Half way there!!! Well, almost!

Whoot whoot!  We are "officially" at the half way mark for baby!!!!  TWENTY weeks!  Ok, who am I fooling?  Give me another week and a half and then I can say that I am half way there.  Seeing as I always go 42 1/2 - 43 weeks, I should just be honest with myself!  But it is still a "milestone" of sorts.  Tomorrow is our ultra sound and I am sooooo excited to see baby!!!  Sorry folks, we will NOT be cheating!!!  We enjoy getting surprised at the birth as to the gender of little one!!!  This seems foreign to most, I know.  And many say, "well, you must have everything you need for either gender"  and they are right.  But you know, we didn't find out with our first children either.  Was it an inconvenience?  NO!  People showered us with gender appropriate gifts at the hospital and the days to follow so no child ever went home in their birthday suit!!! ;-)  I love the joy of my husband telling me, "It's a......"  after many hours of hard labor and the delivery of baby.  It's a wonderful reward for all the hard work.  And it is amazing at how excited the nursing staff is when they find out that you don't already know the gender of your baby!  It just makes it fun.  Yes, it is tempting because of baby sales and such and just wanting to know who this person is, but it is worth the wait.  So..... in about 22 1/2 - 23 weeks, we will meet this little person.  Official due date:  August 16.......actually going to be here:  September 1-6.  Does this ever bother me?  YES!!!!  I am very impatient and always hopeful that "maybe this one"  will be born close to it's due date!!!  I am always hoping from the 2 weeks before due date until the actual day of birth.  You would think that I would learn to be patient, but, when you are very uncomfortable and can't sleep, you would grow weary of being "late" too.  My husband has asked me why I torture myself, why don't I just tell people I am due the first week of September?  My answer is very easy.  People expect you to be fully engaged with life until you are around 2 weeks before your due date, they then give you allowance for being tired and don't expect as much out of you.  Well, I am just as tired as any other mommy 2 weeks before my due date, and it just gets worse each day and I want FULL credit for each day OVER my due date as I can get!!! Lol!  Just a quick side note for all who are wondering, NO we do NOT miscalculate our due date, we really do go over each time!!!  40 weeks is a curving scale, some women go 37 weeks every time, the average woman goes 40 weeks, and yet others go 42 or 43 weeks every time.  This is more rare, due to induction but it still happens......such as in my case.  They always want to induce me, but if my body isn't ready, then they can pump me with the highest dose of pitocin they dare and I will barely have a twinge!!!  So, rather than wear me out, we wait and do all of the lovely non-stress tests and ultra sounds that the doctor orders.  Each of my children has a day appointed unto them to be born by God himself, and I need to be content with it.    By God's grace, each child has been born healthy with no effects from being "late".  And I don't even give birth to 10+ pounders!!  ;-)

6 comments:

  1. Yay!!! Just love this post...I'm so excited that baby #11 is on the way and that the pregnancy is going so quickly (well, at least it is for me :)). You look beautiful as always and yes, we will most definitely be sure to pamper you EXTRA from weeks 40-43!! :)

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  2. Oh boy! I hope this didn't sound like I was whining and fishing for some pampering!! "cough!" I think family camp will be just what I need! No cooking or cleaning. I can just sit back and relax and enjoy the warmth of the sun and take naps as needed! Yep! I'm convinced, though I will be "past" my due date, I must go!!! ;-)

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  3. My first thought after reading your comment was,"What, no zip line??!!" Just kidding! LOL I can't wait to see who the "tie breaker" is. Seriously though,I'm praying for you and baby to stay healthy and to have a safe delivery... no matter when the birth date is.( Just hope we are here and don't miss it.) As always, you know we are here if EVER you need ANYTHING. We love you and pray for you constantly. ~ Grace

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  4. Hi! My husband and I heard your husband speak in Phoenix last year. We ended up at the same restaurant for lunch. We had our littlest one with us and he came over to see her. He showed us a picture of your beautiful family. What a proud dad!!

    I was wondering how big your babies are at birth. My only son was 13 days past his due date and was 10 lbs. My four girls were all in the 8 lb range whether they were early or late. I'm kinda scared to have another boy :)

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  5. Hi Laurel! My husband remembers meeting you! In answer to your question, my baby girls have ranged from 7lbs3oz - 8lbs1oz, and my boys have been 8lbs - 9lbs8oz. While none of those are considered small, they aren't really considered all that big either. I may disagree with the not that big thing!! ;-) But I also don't have babies increasingly getting bigger. They have gone from having my biggest boy directly to having my smallest boy!! And my smallest boy was exactly 21 days past my due date.

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  6. Thanks for writing back. My smallest babies were my 1st and 5th (just like my mom's). We are hoping God blesses us with more. We'd love to even out the "score", but I'd need 3 boys in a row :) I'm not sure if we told Craig, but we lived up in WA while my husband went to school. We were in Olympia. Quite a change from sunny Phoenix!! But we were newlyweds and didn't seem to mind all the rain. Blessings to you as you carry another blessing from God.

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