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[joyfulmomof2]

I'm due June 12th- gender unknown

Gender: Boy

Date born: June 3rd or 6th

Time: 3-4 am (ish)

Place: Home- somewhere. Probably in the bed. Or in the bathroom. Lol!

Weight: 8 lbs, 2 oz

Height: 21"

Hair: Light sandy brown/dark blonde

Eyes: blue at first...then who knows? DS has green eyes and DD has blue eyes

[alicewyf]

Oooh I wanna guess!

I'm due June 15th with a boy.

Date born: June 8th

Time: Early AM

Place: Either at the hospital or on the way to the hospital in the car--I'm already expecting a quick labor.

Weight: 8 lbs even

Height: 21 inches

Hair: Black, if I'm being realistic. We do have red hair genes on both sides though, and I'm crossing my fingers!

Eyes: blue-grey, will eventually turn dark hazel or brown.

[kjourdan]

Gender:  Boy

Date: June 2....my DD is 6.14 but I like the idea of the birthday 6/2/12

Time:  Hopefully not the middle of the night!  That was very hard last time, to start off totally exhausted from being up all night, but then being exhilarated after a natural birth and not wanting to sleep.

Weight:  7 lbs 6 oz (my daughter was born at 36.5 weeks and 6'10" so I am hoping to keep this guy in until full term)

Length: 21"

Place:  Hospital

Hair Color: brown that will fall out and come back blond.  Or maybe DH's scottish heritage will come through and he'll have red hair....

Eyes: Blue

[Nicole730]

I'm surprised at how many of you are guessing "early" babies.  I know better than to get my hopes up this time around!  One labor started on my "due date" and my daughter was 5 days past.  Both of those babies were engaged and low from sometime in the 20 week range.  This baby is still moving all over the place and doesn't seem anywhere near getting ready for birth.

[tri31]

My ultrasound date is most of a week past my LMP. This has been true with each of my 4 previous births. Three of those births were at 39 weeks. Personally I am NOT in a hurrry for this baby to come. I am enjoying the calm before our beautiful storm. 

[kjourdan]

I would love a more "well done" baby, but I thought that guessing 38 weeks was being generous after my last came at 36.5 weeks....

[KristaDJ]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

I'm surprised at how many of you are guessing "early" babies.  I know better than to get my hopes up this time around!  One labor started on my "due date" and my daughter was 5 days past.  Both of those babies were engaged and low from sometime in the 20 week range.  This baby is still moving all over the place and doesn't seem anywhere near getting ready for birth.

I've never made it to my due date not in labor lol. I went into labor with my first two at 39wks1d (born at 39wks1d and 39wks2d) and my third at 39wks6d and had her in the early morning hours of my due date. All three of mine were also born within 48hrs of the new moon so with the new moon a few days before my due date I feel that's a pretty good guess :-). I wouldn't mind going over a bit but, given my history, I don't expect it. It is kind of weird, though, to see so many other "early" birthers, it has always seemed to me that most women went past their due dates and I was kind of an odd duck. 

[Nicole730]

Yeah, sorry, I guess I just assumed any "early" babies were wishful thinking.  It's funny because I know and fully understand that the due date is not an exact date.  But, when I went "over" with my daughter I was so impatient!  I didn't mind waiting up until that date and I wanted her to be good and ready to come out, but waiting past that point was soooo hard.   The reason I want the baby to be born on June 25th this time is because our family has a Feb, March, April, and July birthday.  If we have two more children total, it would be cool to add a May and June birthday.  So, I would love it if this baby was born in June.  Also, my son's, daughter's, and my own birthdays all fall on the same day of the week every year.  It's Monday this year, so June 25th fits the Monday theme and the June thing.  :)  I like to make stuff up in my head that I have absolutely no control over and really doesn't matter anyway!

[becoming]

I'm being induced on June 14, that's why I guessed three days early Otherwise she would DEFINITELY stay in there until my due date at least. I have very comfy-in-the-womb babies.

[KristaDJ]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 
  The reason I want the baby to be born on June 25th this time is because our family has a Feb, March, April, and July birthday.  If we have two more children total, it would be cool to add a May and June birthday.  So, I would love it if this baby was born in June.  Also, my son's, daughter's, and my own birthdays all fall on the same day of the week every year.  It's Monday this year, so June 25th fits the Monday theme and the June thing.  :)  I like to make stuff up in my head that I have absolutely no control over and really doesn't matter anyway!

ROFL!! Sounds like me. I was really trying to tell myself I could have this baby on father's day because it is my last baby and I gave birth to my first baby on mother's day so it would only be right. In the end I think a week early is too much this time and the new moon is a few days after father's day so I just let it go. I sure wouldn't mind if it happened that way though! :-D 

[LionessMom]

i guessed early bc the last 2 were early. i would prefer a week late though.

eta: dh's guess.

red head boy born july 4th weighing 9 lbs!

Edited by LionessMom - 4/17/12 at 4:34pm

[Nicole730]

Originally Posted by KristaDJ 

ROFL!! Sounds like me. I was really trying to tell myself I could have this baby on father's day because it is my last baby and I gave birth to my first baby on mother's day so it would only be right. In the end I think a week early is too much this time and the new moon is a few days after father's day so I just let it go. I sure wouldn't mind if it happened that way though! :-D 

Oooh, that would be cool.  I'll put my vote in for Father's Day for you. :)  And it's nice to know I'm not the only nutjob.

[MamaInTheDesert]

Ooh! I like everybody putting their DH's guesses too. I went back and edited to add his.

My reasons for guessing both an early and a late date are a little convoluted.

-First, my midwife calculates from the beginning of my LMP. I stopped my birth control (NuvaRing) right before my LMP, and then got pregnant on my very next cycle. So, I'm guessing that my guess date is off by at least one if not two weeks, which would make my "real" guess date be a little later. I don't know very much at all about charting, but I stopped birth control on Sept. 17, finished my period on Sept. 24, got married Sept. 25, DTD every day after that through Oct. 5 (and a bunch more times in that month, but though Oct. 5 was our honeymoon), DH's b-day was Oct. 5, and DH was hoping we got pregnant that day, but I had a feeling it was a couple of days earlier (Just one of those feelings that happened right after DTD). But, from what I do know about charting I think it should have been another week later that it actually happened, because aren't you supposed to O right before you have your next period? But I didn't actually have a next period.

-But, next I know that with DD they calculated my guess date the same way, and I had her the day before the OB guessed. Then my midwife tells me that gestation for 2nd babies is usually a little shorter, so that makes me think that I'll probably have this baby a little earlier. Plus, I was smoking before I got pregnant, and stopped in early pregnancy. (I had let the wedding planning get to me, but cut down and quit as soon as I got a positive test.) And I know that possibly might contribute to an early baby. (I have a lot of guilt about this.)

-Either way I think I'm going to have the baby on a weekend. I don't know why, but I just really feel that way. So, I guessed the weekend before my due date, and the weekend after. I'm just hoping that I don't go two weekends past and have the baby on independence day weekend. My midwife is so far away, I don't want her stuck in holiday travel traffic.

[Nicole730]

I asked DH and he says:

June 26

6am

7lb4oz

19"

That would be our tiniest baby!

[alicewyf]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

I'm surprised at how many of you are guessing "early" babies.  I know better than to get my hopes up this time around!  One labor started on my "due date" and my daughter was 5 days past.  Both of those babies were engaged and low from sometime in the 20 week range.  This baby is still moving all over the place and doesn't seem anywhere near getting ready for birth.

I have a bicornuate uterus so it is extremely likely that I will have an early, small baby. My OB was SHOCKED that my daughter was born at 40 weeks on the nose (she came on her due date). My labor was only 7.5 hours, and started out with contractions 5 mins apart lasting a minute. He said to expect to give birth a week or more earlier this time, and for it to go quicker (assuming the baby isn't positioned incorrectly, which would necessitate a section. I'm more likely to have a breech or transverse baby as well). I'm hoping he is right b/c this pregnancy has been much harder than my daughter's!

[AndtheStars]

I guessed early because my first came two days after his due date and I'm thinking that as a second baby, this one will be a little early.  And the full moon is on the 4th so that will probably bring on an earlier labor for me because I O with the full moon and I birthed within 2 days of the full moon with DS.  (KristaDJ, I'm excited that someone else does things in time with moon phases too!)

I also guessed early because I want to put it out into the universe that I would like a baby before May 31 to save us our $1000 insurance deductible.  And because, as a wise woman once said, "I like to make stuff up in my head that I have absolutely no control over and really doesn't matter anyway!"

As for why my husband guesses early, I have no idea.  He's a man and he knows no reason.  Let me reiterate that he thinks I'm having a 10 lb baby 2-3 weeks early

[tinams8]

Originally Posted by Nicole730 

I like to make stuff up in my head that I have absolutely no control over and really doesn't matter anyway!

Oh totally, and this is the ultimate opportunity for it!!!  Here, this explanation will make everyone feel really sane compared to me...

Want to hear my wacky logic for June 11th... it's math based.  My sons month/years were 2/02 and 4/04, which I like, and this baby will be 6/12 which is acceptable since 6 is a multiple of 12... 6/9/12 is actually another desirable date in my mind. But the 11th comes from this- my first son was born on the 19th and my second the 15th so 15-4 = 11th.  I don't know why that particular equation seems like the right one. There are other dates that I think would be mathematically good, but I'll stop there.

My first son was supposed to be a scheduled csection on 2/22/02, I was so ticked when I went into labor early on the 19th! He was due the 28th. My second was due May 1 and he came April 15th. If this babe is 15 days early also, that would put her at June 8th. So the 11th seems within the realm of possibility.

My other guess is the 19th, that is my wishful thinking guess because it's the last day of school for dh and the boys. It would be best if babe would wait until after then. As long as I'm not miserably uncomfortable or anything. I like that I want to hold off until at least then because I don't want to be obsessing the last few weeks.  I don't think I can go past my due date, because I am a VBAC and AMA so they will  want to induce. I'm not worrying about that because I don't think it will happen.

[kjourdan]

Ok, I wanted to bring this to the top again to see if anyone's guesses were right!  

I had guessed 6/2 and my little guy arrived on 6/1.  And of course he arrived in the middle of the night because I was hoping he wouldn't.  :)

[Nicole730]

Originally Posted by kjourdan 

Ok, I wanted to bring this to the top again to see if anyone's guesses were right!  

I had guessed 6/2 and my little guy arrived on 6/1.  And of course he arrived in the middle of the night because I was hoping he wouldn't.  :)

ooh, good idea to bring it to the top!  you were close on your date.

[kjourdan]

What surprised me the most about my little guy is the FULL HEAD OF HAIR he has...brown like I guessed, with crazy lighter highlights.  He has blond eyebrows though, so I think my guess that the brown will fall out might be correct....he sister didn't have any hair of substance until she was 1.5 years old so all this hair surprised me.  Also, I had overestimated the weight, even though I did manage to carry him until 38 weeks...he was only 6 pounds 14 ounces compared to my daughter at 36.5 weeks being 6 pounds 10 ounces.  To quote my midwife, "that's just the size baby you make!"