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Across the Fence:  Today is my Due Date..or "D" Day as my husband  |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 11:52:02 AM
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Thank you so much, Diana...it's such a wonderful feeling--yesterday seemed like any other day, but today, because of the "date" it feels like a holiday, even though nothing is happening--but celebratory none the less.
The docs used to let folks go quite a while, didn't they? Gosh, 4 1/2 weeks!!!! My husband was a month late, and he was quite large. I'm hoping that this little one decides she wants to see the snowfall on Saturday--cold or no! |
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 12:02:22 PM
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Keep up the great attitude and enjoy these last moments of pregnancy with THIS baby. You will never again have her on the inside.....so enjoy it. Like the previous poster said....enjoy the alone time with your husband....and cherish the moments that if you want a nap you can take one without having to care for anyone else. Your next pregnancy you will be running after a todder/child and won't have the freedom to rest when you want.
Sewing, knitting, gardening mom of 4. |
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vermont v
True Blue Farmgirl
194 Posts
Victoria
Chester
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 12:24:50 PM
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You must be sooo excited! It is wonderful time for you and your husband. I hope your birth experience is perfect. |
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 12:33:29 PM
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Congratulations and best wishes for a great delivery! Power walks always helped me along - ok, it was really a slow walk, but it did help. For one of ours, we toured the zoo - it did the trick. Maybe it was all of the animal noises, Paige just had to see what what so exciting!
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
www.forresterfarm.etsy.com |
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 2:42:55 PM
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I agree with not rushing things, this baby will come when she is ready! A normal pregnancy is 38-42 weeks so it is perfectly normal to go a week or more overdue and no danger until it creeps closer to that 42 week mark. Inductions many be more convient but they are more stressful to the body and the baby since it is "forcing" the body to go into labor before it is ready. Depending on the methods of induction they are also more painful (pitocin makes very hard contractions with little breathing room in between). There are cases when an induction is nessicary and then you just have to go with the flow but when everything is perfectly normal there is no reason to be in a rush (except for wanting to see that little one!). I'll step off my soap box now.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 3:12:00 PM
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| You and I can "share" the soapbox, Elizabeth...I completely agree :) I asked my doc because I was nervous that he would be one of those who quickly induced or suggested c-sections. Thankfully, he applauded me and said, "you're a breath of fresh air--if I only had more ladies like you!" I am in no way afraid of labor (I've made my peace with the fact that it's gonna suck a bit ;)) but I don't want things to be more unnatural than they already could be in a hospital environment. |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 3:26:37 PM
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It seems that a lot of doctors are quick to induce now, even before your due date. I was due Jan. 4th and in early December my doctor started asking if I wanted to be induced before the end of the year for tax purposes. Tax purposes!! I couldn't believe that, but he said alot of people request it to save money. It would have saved us alot of money since we had already met our high deductible, but I just couldn't agree to that. But he still asked at every appt and kind of chuckled when I said the baby would come when it was ready. Then when I went into labor on Dec. 31st, he laughed and said, "aren't you the one that didn't want to be induced this year?"
Good luck in labor and I keep forgetting to tell you how much I like your daughter's name. Very cute! |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 4:49:20 PM
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I just saw this and wanted to wish you a safe and uneventful labor and delivery. It is so exiting to know your little one will be here so soon. I know you and your hubby are anxiously waiting. But she will be here when she is ready. She may have a few more things to do before she comes on out.
You know the song by Brad Paisley "Waiting on a Woman"? She's just taking her time just because she can. She's a lady, ya know!
I'll be thinking of you and waiting to hear more news.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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wild daisy
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Madelynne
Billings
Montana
USA
503 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 5:35:35 PM
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I also had easy pregnancies but had to have a c-section. Never know until the last minute. Just enjoy and be prepared for anything. My daughter was born on the 25th of February 22 years ago. My older sister said to me just think you will have a new baby just in time for March as I was over due. She was just trying to keep my mind busy just before I delivered. Yes we did leave the hospital on March 1! I teased my older sister say you knew my daughter better then her own mother.
Madelynne
johnandmadelynne.blogspot.com |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2009 : 07:19:32 AM
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Thanks all...your wishes mean the world to us!
Miss Wilma, I wasn't quite sure, either, but I figured I'd let you bask in the glow of that little baby--I know how much you've been missing him, and I'm sure glad he was there!!!
Ahh shucks. You are too kind...I think I'm "alright" but I do think my husband is a beautiful man!!! He does look like James Dean, doesn't he, Wilma?! |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2009 : 09:14:12 AM
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Hey there. Just checking in to see how our little mommie to be is doing. I just talked with Wilma and she was having a grand time with her grandbaby this morning.
Yep...we need mini-edition shirts for our Knob Lick Country Club for the youngin's of the bunch. :)
Lots of babies going around...one at work is expecting in about a month, another coworker @ work's wife is expecting, and I have another cousin that is due in the next week.
Miss Vi...good luck with the labor. Cannot wait to see what she looks like! I know with my youngest nephew, my SIL had to walk a LOT because she kept having false contractions. It was bitterly cold outside and finally on a day when it warmed up she had him. :) Maybe little Violet is waiting to build a snowman. Teehee.
Take care!
Jessica in KY |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2009 : 02:15:43 AM
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Miss Vi,
What wonderful memories you will have and how wonderful that your time is almost here. I love your approach to it, so like you girl. I cannot wait to meet this sweetie this autumn, what a grand idea to have small Knob Lick Country Clubbers....grin.
I miss you wonderul laugh girl!!!!!
You will do great during labor, you know how to do the job your body gives to you. And the reward is sweet Miss Violet.
Your hubby and you will make the sweetest baby ever girl!!!!!
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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Across the Fence: Today is my Due Date..or "D" Day as my husband |
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Today is my Due Date..or "D" Day as my husband
