Baby Watch 08, Day 1 (Due date -1)
Apr. 6th, 2008 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geminigirlKinda like a French Toast Emergency, but I think the weather is better. (Even if it has been raining quite a bit here today.)
No baby yet. Tomorrow is the due date. Which means very little in reality, as this baby will show whenever it's the right time, though my big concern right now is not going more than two weeks beyond tomorrow (4/21) because at that point, I really can't object to induction. But that's my big worry right now...going so far past my EDD that induction becomes more necessary and less optional. (Typically the OB likes to induce closer to 41 weeks than 42 weeks. I pushed for 42 weeks because that's when the placenta issues become a bigger concern and because as a first timer, my chances of going late are far greater than going early.)
I will try and make sure to post once a day or so, in order to make sure that people don't wonder whether I've wandered off to have a baby or something and forgotten to tell you all about it. If you are worried, the best thing to do is to either try and IM me, or to ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zedrikcayne. People are apparently calling my mother (better than calling me, for what it's worth.) At the wedding they were at last weekend, it seems that people had all sorts of things to say, about whether it's a boy or a girl (she told them "We don't know" and directed them to my younger sister who does know) and saying how wonderful it would be for her to be here when the baby is born (uh, no it wouldn't and she and I both recognize that, and agreed from the outset that it would be bad for both of us. In fact, the midwife I saw last week complemented me on the fact that both Mom and I recognize that it would be a really unhealthy and awful thing if she were to be here for the birth.)
On and off, people have asked about the registry. It's at Babies R Us and is #69990408. However, I must be upfront and say that no one should feel obligated to send anything, of course, that I would love it if experienced and knowledgeable people wanted to deviate from said registry, and that one thing I would love, if people do want to send things is books. Seriously. Every baby should have a fantastic library, and every parent and child has their own favorite books. A couple of people have asked for snail mail addresses-I will get those e-mails out in a few minutes, and if you're still looking for that, let me know.
Time for some dinner, I think and some shopping online.zedrikcayne has asked me to acquire a few more diaper covers, and some more fitted-type diapers for very small babies, (I think I'll just buy a couple of Kissaluvs in size 0, but I have to tell you that considering the variety of cloth diaper options ad the cuteness factor, I'm glad he seems to be into the concept even if his motivation is different than mine) plus I need a couple of other things like another sheet for the co-sleeper and stuff. I'm better about shopping these days, as it doesn't require a lot of standing, although I admit, the spending money part is a bit stressful right now, especially when I can't remember if I paid the mortgage or not, and I go to look at the bank account to check and see if I had only to discover that if I hadn't, then I've really made a disastrous mess of our finances for the moment. It will be nice if I ever do really get my brain back.
No baby yet. Tomorrow is the due date. Which means very little in reality, as this baby will show whenever it's the right time, though my big concern right now is not going more than two weeks beyond tomorrow (4/21) because at that point, I really can't object to induction. But that's my big worry right now...going so far past my EDD that induction becomes more necessary and less optional. (Typically the OB likes to induce closer to 41 weeks than 42 weeks. I pushed for 42 weeks because that's when the placenta issues become a bigger concern and because as a first timer, my chances of going late are far greater than going early.)
I will try and make sure to post once a day or so, in order to make sure that people don't wonder whether I've wandered off to have a baby or something and forgotten to tell you all about it. If you are worried, the best thing to do is to either try and IM me, or to ask
zedrikcayne. People are apparently calling my mother (better than calling me, for what it's worth.) At the wedding they were at last weekend, it seems that people had all sorts of things to say, about whether it's a boy or a girl (she told them "We don't know" and directed them to my younger sister who does know) and saying how wonderful it would be for her to be here when the baby is born (uh, no it wouldn't and she and I both recognize that, and agreed from the outset that it would be bad for both of us. In fact, the midwife I saw last week complemented me on the fact that both Mom and I recognize that it would be a really unhealthy and awful thing if she were to be here for the birth.) On and off, people have asked about the registry. It's at Babies R Us and is #69990408. However, I must be upfront and say that no one should feel obligated to send anything, of course, that I would love it if experienced and knowledgeable people wanted to deviate from said registry, and that one thing I would love, if people do want to send things is books. Seriously. Every baby should have a fantastic library, and every parent and child has their own favorite books. A couple of people have asked for snail mail addresses-I will get those e-mails out in a few minutes, and if you're still looking for that, let me know.
Time for some dinner, I think and some shopping online.
zedrikcayne has asked me to acquire a few more diaper covers, and some more fitted-type diapers for very small babies, (I think I'll just buy a couple of Kissaluvs in size 0, but I have to tell you that considering the variety of cloth diaper options ad the cuteness factor, I'm glad he seems to be into the concept even if his motivation is different than mine) plus I need a couple of other things like another sheet for the co-sleeper and stuff. I'm better about shopping these days, as it doesn't require a lot of standing, although I admit, the spending money part is a bit stressful right now, especially when I can't remember if I paid the mortgage or not, and I go to look at the bank account to check and see if I had only to discover that if I hadn't, then I've really made a disastrous mess of our finances for the moment. It will be nice if I ever do really get my brain back.
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