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Entries for the ‘Having a Baby’ Category

Due date is today!

Supposedly, only about 5% of all babies are born on their due date.   I couldn’t get a stat for “on or before” the due date but one number I saw was about 38%, so we’re still doin’ fine.  Also, I would bet that first babies tend to be born later.  Of our two concurrently pregnant [...]

Luke’s Baby Nursery – with Photos

We did a little final tidying today and took some pictures of Luke’s nursery.  Yes, we understand that it will never be this neat again.  Of course, this is missing the coolest accessory of all, which we’ll have for later photos. In general, we tried to save some money on everything there.  The armoire we [...]

Luke will come when he wants (unless it’s much more than 41 weeks, young man)

Today, we got the news we were waiting for.  The source of consternation for the last three months has been the position of the placenta and whether it would require a c-section.  The situation was considered a marginal placenta previa that the doctor felt might change as the baby dropped.  Well, the baby wasn’t dropping and since [...]

Still no progress – c-section tentatively scheduled 7/27

Elizabeth had a follow-up today and there was no “progress.” The headline says it all.  I have mixed feelings about this but better to be safe.

Latest Doc Appt – Still waiting…

Elizabeth is now attending weekly appointments with Dr. Clinton now.  Unlike others, however, she’s getting ultrasounds to monitor whether we’re going to be able to go au natural.  Just like the last time, there were no desired changes and Dr. Clinton confirmed that baby Luke has not “dropped” at all, which is unusual this late [...]