November 2008 Birth Predictions!

[Bella Catalina]

I love these threads, they're so much fun :love

If we can make this a sticky, when your baby(ies) arrive (or you find out gender via U/S), you can update to tell us if you were right or not.... No hurry to answer yet, I don't even have a vibe!

EDD:
Baby's gender:
Weight (lbs/oz):
Length (in):
Baby Birthdate and gestation:
Time of day:
Length of labor:
Place of Birth:
Other details:

[Leav97]

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[selena_ski]

EDD: Nov 1
Baby's gender: girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lb
Length (in): 21"
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 40+6 Nov 7
Time of day: 3 am
Length of labor: 3 hrs
Place of Birth: home
Other details: snowing outside- first snow of winter

[AugustineM]

EDD: Nov 1
Baby's gender: girl Ultrasound confirmed, most likely a girl!
Weight (lbs/oz): 8.5 lbs
Length (in): 22"
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Oct 31, a halloween baby!
Time of day: 8 am
Length of labor: 8 hours, after lots and lots of prodromal labor... :lol
Place of Birth: Home, or my midwife's house
Other details: vba2c!

[natalieadw]

EDD: Nov 3
Baby's gender: BOY!
Weight (lbs/oz): 8.15
Length (in): 21.5
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Oct 31, for days shy of 40wks
Time of day: 4am
Length of labor: 7hours
Place of Birth: home sweet home
Other details: DH will catch em! No tearing and will bf like a champ!

[Bella Catalina]

Watch me be waaay off, lol... but why not, it's fun to dream :lol

EDD: 11/06/08
Baby's gender: GIRL (this is DH's prediction; I have no idea)
Weight (lbs/oz): 6lbs 12oz
Length (in): 19.5
Baby Birthdate and gestation: October 22, 37w6d
Time of day: 5:47am
Length of labor: 4.5 hours
Place of Birth: home sweet home
Other details: I'll catch my own baby and she'll be born in water.

[carolina~mom2be]

EDD: dont know?
Baby's gender: Boy (fingers crossed)
Weight (lbs/oz): 7 lbs exactly
Length (in): 20 inches
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 4th - 40 weeks?
Time of day: early AM
Length of labor: no more than 8 hours (hopefully)
Place of Birth: at home
Other details:
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[Booflies]

EDD:Nov. 8
Baby's gender: Boy
Weight (lbs/oz): 8lb 6oz
Length (in): 20 inches
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov. 10, 40w2d
Time of day: 11:36 am
Length of labor: 11 hours
Place of Birth: hospital
Other details: it will be a WAY WAY WAY better experience than with my daughter's birth

[DeepLakeSwimmer]

EDD: 11/9
Baby's gender: Female
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lb, 1 oz
Length (in): ??
Baby Birthdate and gestation:
Time of day: 3:30 p.m
Length of labor: 8 hours
Place of Birth: Hospital
Other details: I'm predicting an uneventful birth...

[LotusBirthMama]

EDD:11/6
Baby's gender:Boy
Weight (lbs/oz):7 lbs 7 oz
Length (in):19.5
Baby Birthdate and gestation:11/8 40 wks 2 days
Time of day:930 am
Length of labor: 5 hours
Place of Birth: HOME!!!!
Other details: It will be a fast but manageable UC, with my older two kids present.

[andi-mama]

EDD: November 1
Baby's gender: Girl ETA: U/S I was wrong with my gut feeling... so who knows how accurate everything else will be!
Weight (lbs/oz): 8lbs 7oz
Length (in): 21"
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 12, 41w4d
Time of day: 530pm
Length of labor: 7 hours
Place of Birth: HOME!!!!
Other details: I will trust in my body and not be afraid to speak up!

[GreenFlower]

EDD: 11/14
Baby's gender: boy
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs 12oz
Length (in): 21in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: If this baby's anything like its older sibling, then 11/14, :lol way to be prompt, eh? gestation? 40wks
Time of day: 12:32pm
Length of labor: As long as it's less than last time (won't tell because I don't want to scare any newly pregnants, LoL) I don't care. 12 would be nice
Place of Birth: Home
Other details:

[buckysprplmonkey]

EDD: 11/6/08
Baby's gender: I'm getting a boy vibe, but I thought I was with both my girls too.
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lb, 2oz
Length (in): 21 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 11/4/08 (election day- I'm voting no matter what, dangit) at 39 wks, 5 days
Time of day: later afternoon
Length of labor: 3 hrs (I was 8 hrs with DD#1, 5 with DD#2- unless you count prodromal laor, in which case I expect to be in and out of labor for several weeks)
Place of Birth: The Midwife Center for Birth and Women's Health
Other details:

[Patchfire]

EDD: 11/11/08
Baby's Sex: Girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 7 lbs 10 oz
Length (in): 20.5"
Baby Birthdate and Gestation: 11/04/08, 39w0d
Time of Day: Between midnight and 2 am
Length of Labor: Three hours
Place of Birth: Home
Other Details: I had a hard time decided between 11/04 and 11/01. So 11/01/08, 38w4d, is my second guess. And all of this is out the window if my mother's prediction of twins is true. (Which, I don't necessarily want twins, but I know it's in the field, so...)

Edit 6/27/08: I'm going with 11/06/08 now, 39w2d, and 8 lbs 2 oz. I do know she's definitely a girl, though!

[sarahcecile]

EDD: 11/13/08
Baby's Sex: Boy - serious boy vibes! (and I was right with my DD)
Weight (lbs/oz): 7 lbs 5 oz
Length (in): 20"
Baby Birthdate and Gestation: 11/12/08 (39 weeks 6 days)
Time of Day: Late even/early morning
Length of Labor: 12 + hours
Place of Birth: Home
Other Details: Anything shorter or even as long as labor with Dd would be great! And I want to catch him or her myself this time (and no transport like I did last time.)

[hattifattener]

EDD: 11-17
Baby's gender: girl!
Weight (lbs/oz): 7 lbs or so?
Length (in): I forget how long they even are, typically. :eyesroll
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 9 or 10
Time of day: early morning
Length of labor: 6 hours
Place of Birth: Hospital. But I won't let them get all intervene-y on me!
Other details: This babe will be a good nurser! Please please please...

[blessedMiniME]

:thumbEDD: November 2, 2008
Baby's gender: Boy
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lb 8oz
Length (in): 21in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: October 28, 2008
Time of day: 6:30pm
Length of labor: 12 hrs
Place of Birth: Northside Forsyth Hospital
Other details

[Kleine Hexe]

EDD: Nov 18th
Baby's gender: Boy
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs 9oz
Length (in): 20.75
Baby Birthdate and gestation:Nov 22 40w4d
Time of day: 7pm
Length of labor: under 12 hours and NOT 22 like the last one
Place of Birth:home in my tub
Other details:will be another perfect HBAC and this time I won't tear

[MamasBoys]

EDD:11/15/08
Baby's gender: Boy (I have three already, why not another one? LOL)
Weight (lbs/oz): 9lbs, 3oz.
Length (in):20 in.
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 11/27/08 (Thanksgiving! I have a Halloween baby, so it would be fitting) nearly 42 wks
Time of day: 1AM
Length of labor: 3 hours
Place of Birth: HOME!
Other details: waterbirth, catching my own baby

[MommyinMN]

EDD: Nov. 16th
Baby's gender: Girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs 1 oz
Length (in): 20 inches
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov. 7th,
Time of day: 4:30 pm
Length of labor: 4 hours
Place of Birth: Hospital
Other details: lots of hair (I hope!! :love) and I am praying for an easier time breastfeeding! I also would love to have my second unmedicated birth.

[goodheartedmama]

I think I'm having a girl, she'll be about 7 lbs, born in the morning, at home.

[Mom2baldie]

EDD: November 20
Baby's gender: girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 10 lbs 2 oz
Length (in): 22 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 20 ~ 40 weeks exactly
Time of day: between 3-6 AM
Length of labor: 7 hours
Place of Birth: home in the water
Other details: I will catch my own baby, I won't tear, my DH and 6 yr old DD will be super involved and it will just be a wonderful experience for the whole family. :love

[hannybanany]

Bumping this back up!

EDD: November 3
Baby's gender: boy
Weight (lbs/oz): 8 lbs 6 oz
Length (in): 20.5 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 12, 41w 2d
Time of day: between 4:30 am
Length of labor: 12 hours
Place of Birth: hospital, but I'll arrive pushing :wink
Other details: will have a successful vbac, and will not be afraid to speak up for myself!

[alleybcat]

Fun. I did this with my son, but I forgot to check before they took our board down. I have to be more diligent this time! :-)

EDD:
Baby's gender: girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs even
Length (in): 20 inches
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 14, 40 weeks and 6 days (this would make my kids exactly 2.5 years apart)
Time of day: 2pm
Length of labor: 6 hours (wishful thinking!)
Place of Birth: birth center
Other details: more hypno birthing and another quiet uneventful birth (I am meditating on this)

[slinginhipmama]

EDD: Nov. 25th
Gender: Boy
Weight:9lbs 3oz
Length: 21in
Birthdate and gestation:November 28th
Time of day: 5pm
Length of labor: 8 hrs
Place of Birth: hospital
Other Details: I'd like to labor mostly at home so I can bypass all the hospital baloney! I will have wonderful support within me and alongside me so I can have a wonderful VBAC.

[gypsymomma4]

edd Nov. 8

gender:girl

weight 7lbs 3oz ---which would be my second biggest baby

length 20 1/2 in

birthdate and gestation oct. 11 36 weeks 3 days --which would be my second longest gestation

time of day: early in the morning
length of labor 4-6 hours --if it is anything like the rest
place of birth: hospital birthing center

other details, hope to have at least my oldest with me, and hope to labor and deliver again with no drugs, and little interference

[nurnur]

EDD:11/13/08
Baby's gender:boy
Weight (lbs/oz):10lbs (smaller would be nice but I doubt it after 10.3 & 10.4!)
Length (in):21"
Baby Birthdate and gestation:11/13/08 ~ on dd this time ~ full moon!
Time of day:12midnight
Length of labor: 4 hours
Place of Birth home sweet home
Other details water birth, family present, me & dh catch,

[Booflies]

just bumping this up

[Booflies]

bumping this again so we don't restart this thread :D

[PookieMom]

EDD: November 19th
Baby's gender: Girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 9lbs
Length (in): 21in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 23 or 26
Time of day: Morning
Length of labor: 6 hours
Place of Birth: ?
Other details: It will be the first snow of the year! DD keeps telling people that the baby will be here when it snows so I think she's on to something:thumb

[OkiMom]

EDD: 11 Nov 08
Baby's gender: Boy! (I was right with DD) The doc that did the ultrasound said she "thought" it was a girl so we will see.
Weight (lbs/oz): 8lbs or so
Length (in): 20 inches
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 16th 40w5d
Time of day: Mid morning around noon
Length of labor: 12 hours
Place of Birth: Camp Lester Naval Hospital (otherwise there will be problems)
Other details: I want to get to the hospital when Im fully dialated so that I don't have a problem with them pushing meds on me.

[myra_mcgray]

EDD:11/03
Baby's gender: boy (always boys)
Weight (lbs/oz):8.2
Length (in): 19 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 42 11/17
Time of day: early morning like 4 am
Length of labor: 36 hours
Place of Birth: water at home
Other details:[/QUOTE]

[hislittlelambs]

EDD: November 15
Baby's gender: pregnancy symptoms say boy, but something deepinmy gut says girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 6 lbs, 13 oz. My biggest yet
Length (in): 19 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 18th, 40w 3d,my pregnancies keep getting longer lol
Time of day: late morning...around 10-11am
Length of labor: 6-8 hours would be fantastic!
Place of Birth: home in the water
Other details: I would love to catch my own baby this time, or have DH totally do everything himself. Basically just have MW there to emotionally support me and supervise in case of problems, but we do everything else! (MW even said DH could totally do this on his own this time! lol) :thumb

I can't wait to do this again! :joy:

[Katielady]

I'm feeling some serious tugging on this baby now that the moon has been full for a few days, but it's a bit too early for her to come now, so I'm having a strong feeling she'll come next full moon.

EDD: Nov 25
Baby's gender: Girl
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs even
Length (in): 20 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 14, 38 weeks 3 days
Time of day: 3PM
Length of labor: 6 hrs
Place of Birth: Home
Other details: I think she'll be born in the caul, and that I'll catch her myself.

[raek622]

EDD: 11/29/08
Baby's gender: u/s confirmed BOY
Weight (lbs/oz): 7lbs 12ozs
Length (in): 20.5
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 11/23 (39w1d)
Time of day: between 8-9pm
Length of labor: 15 hrs
Place of Birth: hospital
Other details: I get my non-medicated vbac!

:)

[andi-mama]

EDD: November 1
Baby's gender: Girl ETA: U/S I was wrong with my gut feeling... so who knows how accurate everything else will be!
Weight (lbs/oz): 8lbs 7oz
Length (in): 21"
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 12, 41w4d
Time of day: 530pm
Length of labor: 7 hours
Place of Birth: HOME!!!!
Other details: I will trust in my body and not be afraid to speak up!

I was pretty off!

Baby's gender: Boy
Weight: 9lbs 5 oz (off by almost a pound!)
Length: 21.5" (off by half an inch)
Baby birthdate and gestation: October 11 2008, 37w5d (off by a month!!)
Time of day: 157 am
Length of labor: 4 hours
Place of birth: Home! YAY!

[DanaMarie]

I never replied to this so I'm doing it now before its too late!



EDD:November 8 (based on date of conception & in line with ultrasound dating)

Baby's gender: girl(sono) but I also felt this baby had to be a girl because pregnancy was totally diff than anything like my 3 boys

Weight (lbs/oz):8lbs 2oz
Length (in):20issh
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Nov 8 or possibly Nov 9. I expect all my deliveries right on time, 2 of my boys were born on their due dates

Time of day:i dunno between 12am and 12pm

Length of labor:4-5 hours from beg of contractions i have to work through til delivery

Place of Birth:hsptl with midwife

Other details: I hope this labor turns out to be as easily manageable as my others were and I can handle things well and not "lose it" until transition. I have to say "lose it" cause I really go through serious self doubt until I get a grip when I hit those last cms.

[selena_ski]

for those of you who have had their baby how did you do?

[christie23]

EDD: Nov. 28th
Gender: Boy
Weight:8lbs 12oz
Length: 22in
Birthdate and gestation: November 25th
Time of day: 2pm
Length of labor: 8-12 hrs
Place of Birth: At home with midwife
Other Details: Lots of support from hubby, sil, and mom (scheduled to arrive in PHX 11/24th). Would like me or my husband to catch our baby. Would love to do it myself, but would also love for him to have the privilage. Will be happy either way.

[Barbie64g]

I never did this, and its a good thing because I would have been WAY OFF.

EDD: 11/16
Baby's gender: boy (confirmed through U/S)
Weight (lbs/oz): 8 pounds even
Length (in): 21 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: November 12 39 weeks 4 days
Time of day: 11 pm
Length of labor: 12 hours
Place of Birth: Hospital.
Other details: DS# 1 was so easy, no guessing, no prolonged prelabor or weeks of cramping. So this one will be completely opposite with lots of prelabor, misery, and major guessing. Can you tell I have lost all optomism?

[Om Girl]

EDD: Thanksgiving
Baby's gender: male
Weight (lbs/oz): 6lbs 4oz.
Length (in): 20"
Baby Birthdate and gestation: Tuesday
Time of day: around midnight
Length of labor: 5 hours
Place of Birth: home
Other details:

[ICURNMama]

Updated:

EDD: 11/7
Baby's gender: girl (DH is guessing boy but he wants a boy!) Its a girl! Isabelle Maeve
Weight (lbs/oz): 9 lb 2 oz 8lb 15oz
Length (in): 22 in 21.5 in
Baby Birthdate and gestation: 11/13 born 11/8- my water broke on my due date
Time of day: 4 am born at 7:47 am
Length of labor: LONG (this is my first and most of my mom's were over 24 hours) 18 hours
Place of Birth: Hospital
Other details: I will labor at home as long as possible, have a peaceful unmedicated birth, and my water will break as I deliver

My water broke and contractions started 10 min later. after 12 hours of labor, my labor stalled and I ended up getting an epidural and being started on pitocin. I pushed for two long hours and Isabelle cried for her first three hours because of a headache- poor baby

[ICURNMama]

any other updates?