Saw the OB this morning; declined an internal. He said, "Your prediction [that I would have this baby late like all the others] might be coming true." He said this baby will be smaller than my others, an assertion I also heard when pregnant with #2 (9#6) and #3 (9#12).
My mom says I'm going on my due date (the 18th), and that my baby will weigh 7#1. She bases this on the fact that all my babies were born in the waning gibbous moon. I don't want to know how long it took her to figure that out.
I cannot let myself think that I'm going early; I know from painful experience that it is the direct route to Crazyville. The Concorde route, even. I am guessing the 28th, and I am guessing this baby will be 8#8.
Want to play? I'll send chocolate to the person whose guess is closest. If it helps, my boys were born at 40w6d, 40w6d, 41w3d, 41w1d, and they weighed 8#14, 9#6, 9#12, and 8#0. As of today, all's quiet on the uterine front. I told a couple of people that I wasn't feeling very nesty, but then I realized that I spent an entire twenty-minute phone conversation cleaning baseboards with my husband's toothbrush. Maybe my definition of nesty is a little skewed these days.
41w, 8#12
Posted by: Lucy | December 09, 2008 at 04:01 PM
8#8 on Dec 29
Posted by: Ruth | December 09, 2008 at 04:10 PM
40w1d, 8-5.
because this baby is different in every respect - from conception to gender to birthday :-D.
Posted by: Tracy | December 09, 2008 at 05:07 PM
8 pounds 4 ounces on Christmas Eve (40w6 -- I see a trend).
Posted by: Pippi | December 09, 2008 at 07:19 PM
8#10 on December 22. :)
Posted by: Julie | December 09, 2008 at 08:24 PM
8#1 Dec 25, just in case you thought anything about little girls would be convenient ;)
Posted by: JenA | December 09, 2008 at 10:31 PM
8#2, on the 20th...b/c i want you to have it as easy as possible, and before christmas enough to catch your breath!!
praying for you, mama, even though i'm rarely here- grace and peace as you say "yes, lord" one more time...
Posted by: pnuts mama | December 09, 2008 at 10:36 PM
ps- congrats on prelims!!! whee!!!
Posted by: pnuts mama | December 09, 2008 at 10:37 PM
I'll play.
7 lbs 15 oz on December 26th
Posted by: Lisa C. | December 09, 2008 at 11:48 PM
I'll be an outlier and guess 12/27 and 8 pounds 10 oz.
Also: congratulations on your prelims!
Posted by: Ariella | December 10, 2008 at 09:24 AM
I'm going to guess a Christmas baby as well-- Dec. 25, 7 lbs, 6 oz. Can't wait to hear about her arrival!
Posted by: Laura | December 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM
12/17, 7# 7oz. Dark chocolate please. ;-D
Posted by: Salome Ellen | December 10, 2008 at 04:31 PM
12/23 (my birthday!), 8#1. Wishing you well in the meantime!
Posted by: susan | December 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Dec 18. 8 lbs 1 oz.
Here is a blessings that I received before one of my babies, and it came true ~ "With ONE push!"
Posted by: Renee | December 11, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Christmas Eve, 8#12oz. Congrats on the prelims and on being almost all the way through pregnancy!
Posted by: Clare | December 17, 2008 at 07:21 AM
December 28th is a good day to be born (it's my birthday).
Posted by: JaneC | December 22, 2008 at 01:16 PM