Predictions

[quetinha]

I saw this in the May DDC and thought it looked fun...
We can put our predictions then later come back and see how close we were.

Actual Due Date: August 10
When I think baby come: August 3
How I think I will labor: I will have a vbac with no pain meds, I'll be pissed at the Dr for giving me the episiotomy I insist I don't want.
What I think baby will weigh: 8lbs 2oz
What I think Gender will be: girl (total guess, no U/S)
What I think baby will look like: Light brown/blond hair, blue eyes pointy nose rather than round

I can't think of anything else, but feel free to add to yours

[Jster]

Okay, I'll give it a try!

Actual Due Date: August 7th
When I think baby will come: August 15th or August 23rd
How I think I will labor: Rather quickly (compared to my previous 28 and 12 hour labors!) 4 hours or less, actually manage to get in the birth tub this time, birth at home unassisted with just DH and the girls.
What I think baby will weigh: 9.5-10 lbs. 22"+long
What I think sex will be: Everyone's guessing boy. I don't want to guess, but I'll put their prediction down.
What I think baby will look like: Dh's beautiful Hazel eyes, maybe darker hair than the girls, longer legs than I'm used to from them.

[eri_flores]

Alright, I'll give it a go:

Actual Due Date: August 13th
When I think baby will come: August 21-23
How I think I will labor: This is tough. I'm telling myself to be prepared for a loooooong labor, like 36 hours or so, but my feeling is that it will be more like 12 hours. I believe I'll start at night/early morning, deliver in the evening. I want to labor in the water, as for birthing there, I'm not sure. It'll be at home.
What I think baby will weigh: 6lbs something
What I think sex will be: There seems to be a slight lean towards girl in the predictions everyone is making, but I get enough boy guesses to keep me guessing. I don't know if any mama "radar" will kick in before the end to make me sure. So: ???
What I think baby will look like: Some dark hair, tall and skinny, lots of gorgeous eyelashes like hubby.

Also, saw this in another DDC: Have Madame Zaritska predict it all for you!
http://pregnancyandbaby.com/pregnanc...rience-736.htm

[Morwenna]

Actual Due Date: July 28th
When I think baby come: August 3-5
How I think I will labor: hmmm, about 6 hours starting in the morning and the baby will be born in the afternoon
What I think baby will weigh: 7lb 6oz
What I think Gender will be: most are guessing boy but I really have no idea. At first, I really thought I was having a girl and now I am stumped.
What I think baby will look like: slightly chubby, little patch of dark hair, blue eyes.

[josybear]

Actual Due Date: august 6
When I think baby come: july 30 - 31
How I think I will labour: loudly. 10 - 15 hours, in the tub, an hour or less of pushing
What I think baby will weigh: 8ish pounds
What I think Gender will be: either a boy or a girl. i really, really don't know. :
What I think baby will look like: judging from the heartburn this one will have ankle-long hair, probably will have dh's green eyes and not likely to have much extra body fat. hoping for 10 fingers, 10 toes and an umbilical cord.

i also predict that while in labour i'll be worrying about where ds is and how he's doing.

ETA: also during labour i'll get sterile water injections for the pain and the birthing tub will have a custom-made birthing bath bomb made for me by the amazing owner of elixir and afterwards i'll order pizza or chinese or something yummy.

[Lady Lilya]

Actual Due Date: August 8
When I think baby come: August 18 or 20
How I think I will labor: birth at home with MW and my mom and sis...average length of time of labor, with me mostly keeping quiet and to myself during contractions...pushing around 20 minutes
What I think baby will weigh: 7lbs 8oz
What I think Gender will be: boy...for years I have known that I would be having a boy first...I never had any doubt...it was confirmed by the 20wk u/s
What I think baby will look like: Light brown/blond hair, take very much after my FIL.

[sagira]

I've been taking predictions from people here too -- weight and date of birth, that's all. Whoever wins gets a small prize.

Actual Due Date: August 8
When I think baby come: July 27
How I think I will labor: give birth at the birth center with MW, dh and ds. Shorter labor and standing or squatting position for birthing.
What I think baby will weigh: 7lbs 7oz
What I think Gender will be: I know it's a girl
What I think baby will look like: I think dd is going to look like dh -- light-skinned (but a little tanner), hazel eyes, abundant chestnut brown hair

[pookel]

Actual Due Date: August 7
When I think baby come: July 24
How I think I will labor: I'm supposed to have a scheduled C-section, but as my son was 3 weeks early, I'm going to guess that I'll go into labor spontaneously ahead of schedule. I picked July 24 for fun because it's MIL's birthday and she'd get a kick out of it. Either way, I won't be laboring for too long, if at all.
What I think baby will weigh: 7 lbs 8 oz
What I think gender will be: Boy - pretty sure from the u/s
What I think baby will look like: Lots of dark hair, big blue eyes, and wiggly.

[gratefulmum]

Actual Due Date: August 25
When I think baby will come: September 6 although I want a Leo so am hoping for before Aug 22
How I think I will labor: Slowly. A lot on my own in the dark. I think I may have a long labor (like 24 hours) that goes from afternoon-afternoon. I will go through transition in the tub, but get out and squat when it's time for the pushing. Placental deliver will be easy with no pph.
What I think the baby will weigh: 7lbs 12oz 22"
What I think the gender will be: Boy
What I think baby will look like: Sparkling blue eyes, some thin blond hair - will be a childhood towhead like his father and pink all over: I'm falling in love with him right now.

Birth Date: September 3
How labor went: 13 1/2 hours, during the day. I went through transition in the tub, pushed on the birth stool, and delivered standing. Placenta just slid out, no pph, no stitches needed.
Weight: 10lbs 0oz 21 1/4"
Gender: Boy
Looks like: Dark, thin hair. Steel blue eyes that look like they'll be brown. Ruddy skin tone.

[MamaRabbit]

Actual Due Date: August 3rd
When I think babies will come: July 20th (38wk would be great for twins!)
How I think I will labor: 4 or so hours like my others. 5 minutes between babies. Easy placenta birth, and no PPH.
What I think the babies will weigh: 6lb2oz, 6lb7oz (I expect smaller since my singletons were smaller too)
What I think the genders will be: 2 girls... though one of them we're not as sure about
What I think babies will look like: Brown hair, brown eyes, possibly identical.

[mamamoo]

Actual Due Date: August 11th
When I think baby come: August 15th
How I think I will labor: Early morning water breaking, easy labor throughout the day, talking, chatting knitting with mom and friends. In the tub around 5 pm, ready to push about 5:30 or 6pm, baby out in 2 or 3 pushes.
What I think baby will weigh: 8lb 6 oz
What I think Gender will be: girl, had an us
What I think baby will look like: darkish hair, pink all over chubby

[Alohamelly]

Actual Due Date: August 7
When I think baby come: August 1
How I think I will labor: At home for as long as possible, then on to the hospital.
What I think baby will weigh: close to 9lbs but not more than.
What I think Gender will be: Boy
What I think baby will look like: black hair, big cheeks. Total Asian baby.

[Earthy Birthy]

Actual Due Date: August 30th
When I think baby come: August 10th
How I think I will labor: Either starting in the evening or wake up in labor, fill tub, get in, labor for a couple of hours, have a baby.
What I think baby will weigh: 6.5-7 lbs.
What I think Gender will be: I go back and forth daily on this one...
What I think baby will look like: Some light brown hair, longer than my other babies have been, big cheeks.

DH's guesses
Actual Due Date: August 30th
When I think baby come: August 10th
How I think I will labor: "Frickin' middle of the night." short labor
What I think baby will weigh: 7.5 lbs.
What I think Gender will be: ?
What I think baby will look like: Little bit of light brown hair, pretty red lips, long baby.

[edenluna]

Actual Due Date: July 29th
When I think the baby will come: I am hoping for July 25, but since it is my first I will also predict August 3
How I think I will labour:I will begin in the middle of the night, labour at home for as long as possible and then head to the birthing center for a waterbirth! i will go super fast for a first baby, with no pain meds and no tearing (a girl can dream, can't she??)
What I think the baby will weigh: 7 lbs 5 oz
What i think the gender will be:it is a girl!
What i think baby will look like:skinny with loads of black hair, not too pink and green eyes. although DH says brown

[alisonsage]

Actual Due Date: August 16
When I think baby come: August 10
How I think I will labor: I will labor at home, it will be fast and intense but my dh, the midwives and my two friends who are acting as doulas will kepp me grounded and loose and sunk low into the contractions. i will labor in water. there will be a point where i think i can't do it and i will wish for meds but i WILL be able to do it and then i will have an ORGASMIC (a girl can dream) birth with no complications
What I think baby will weigh: 7lbs 10oz (though dd was 8 10 so i may be waaaaaaaaay off here) 21"
What I think Gender will be: girl
What I think baby will look like: like me she will be born with lots and lots and lots of black hair and blue eyes but will eventually have light brown hair and hazel eyes. i think she will be long and lean.

[QueenOfThePride]

Actual Due Date: August 14
When I think baby come: August 10
How I think I will labor: Definitely shorter than the 24 hour labor with my first who was trapped posterior behind my pubic bone before he flipped himself over and decided to be born. This baby could quite possibly be born breech.
What I think baby will weigh: 9lb 8oz
What I think Gender will be: boy, U/S confirmed
What I think baby will look like: Probably a lot like my first son - long, narrow head, fat cheeks, low sloping forehead

[PiePie]

Actual Due Date: August 22
When I think baby come: August 15 (is this wishful thinking for a first birth or what? i was my mom's first, and i came 15 days early)
How I think I will labor: no pitocin induction or augmentation, the first 5 hours or so at home bouncing on my birth ball and beating my dh at board games, then in the birthing center (praying that i won't "risk out") with my mw and my dh, who will be wonderfully supportive, in and out of the jacuzzi, lots of position changes, but not much squatting (which will disappoint dh -- he thinks that's the way to do it), born after 12 hours total (like eri, i am trying to prepare myself for longer).
What I think baby will weigh: 7 lbs even (perfect)
What I think Gender will be: boy (total guess, no U/S)
What I think baby will look like: a full head of curly brown hair, blue eyes that will turn brown

[Twinklefae]

Actual Due Date: August 18
When I think baby come: August 27 (family history of going late!)
How I think I will labor: I think that I will go into labour int he afternoon, hang around my house with DF and doula for a while, cook dinner, and deliver at some point between 2 and 3am, when I am completely exhausted and sure that it is never going to end!
What I think baby will weigh:8.5lbs. ish
What I think Gender will be: Haven't been able to guess all pregnancy, but have dreamt about a little baby girl, so I'm going with girl!
What I think baby will look like:Both DF and I were blond as children, so I am expecting either blonde or that black hair that falls out. (And will be blonde later)

[cornpicker]

Actual Due Date: August 15
When I think baby come: August 20
How I think I will labor: I'll take a long walk in early labor, come home, shower, labor all over the house, on the ball, in tub, in the blue bathroom, etc. Doula and MW and DH are all great and support me and each other. Baby is actually born in our bedroom. Maybe 10 - 15 hours total.
What I think baby will weigh: 6lbs 7 oz
What I think Gender will be: girl
What I think baby will look like: loads of dark hair and dark eyes. Totally cute, of course.

[zofranland]

Actual Due Date: August 11th
When I think baby come: August 2nd
How I think I will labor: I hate to sound like a downer but that is the tentative induction date b/c of health problems... this is the day the Dr will be on that is most supportive of my birth plan. Hopefully a , natural labor surrounded by my friends and family!
What I think baby will weigh: my first was 6lbs 10 oz so i will guess this little guy to be 7lbs 8 oz and 22 inches long
What I think Gender will be: he is definately a BOY
What I think baby will look like: similar to my son... bald, blue eyes, sensitive rashed skin and petite!