Knocked Up Rollcall

good luck!

Not knocked up any more! Archie William finally arrived at 3.52am, weighing in at 8lb 15oz. Will post on the photo thread later.

Yay!!!!! Thats so great, Meg. Snuck in just before the induction, right? Sounds like everything went well. Was it faster and/or less painful this time? Congrats! Can't wait to see the photos.

Congratulations!

Fantastic news, congratulations! Glad you didn't have to go through the induction, can't wait to see the photos

That's a big baby.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

wau!

archie's a great name. congratulations!

Archie! Woot! :-) How are things going?

All going fine, thanks! He's an angel baby thus far, mainly just sleeps and feeds (and feeds, and feeds -- weighed in at 9lb 9oz yesterday, ie has put on 10oz in 12 days!). It seems much easier than the first few weeks with Howie; I don't know if that's because Archie's more laidback, or we are...

sounds like elisabeth. the first three weeks all she did was sleep. then she woke up and never wanted to sleep for more than two hours. hah but oh boy do i feel broody seeing all these wonderful babies.

my best friend (since we were 9) just found out shes having a boy! she is also due on the same day as i am.

Went for high risk scan today. scary stuff but everything is perfect size and no unexpected fluid gathering anyhwere. kid also moving around like lightning in there. oh also seen - testicles.

!! A little brother to boss around...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_juV31YwBJoU/SAkdoMUEdOI/AAAAAAAABQE/paAfpBBGUoQ/s320/Linus_boxing_Lucy01.jpg

haha. exactly

Yay! How many weeks are you now?

18 and something wks. due date is now a toss up between oct 29, nov 1st and nov 2nd. Neither of my drs is willing to commit to any of those.

OMG!!!!! Cld be same as Elisabeth! She was born 31st of October. :-))))

halloween babies!!!

sinusitis while preggo = lame

sinusitis while preggo in stupid unrelenting southern summer + 2 year old that doesnt sleep = lamer

any kid born on halloween is gonna be a wildcat when they grow up, btw

trust me, the kid is already a wildcat now. :-)

SS, oh crappers, that's horrid. :-( hope it gets easier.

Ah, I had sinusitis for about a month in this pregnancy too. Got antibiotics in the end, which sorted it in a couple of days.

woah just found out my brother's wife is pregnant with a boy due 2.5 months after Henry. weeee.

Just noticed this thread - wife's due on Friday with our first. Exciting!

Friday??? WOAH! Congrats. Is it your first?

Oh you said it's your first. Duh!

hahaha Nate, see how absentminded we get once we pop out a kid. :-)

Congrats btw!

Thanks SS & Stevie - still no sign!

How about now?

Still nothing!

!!!!!

is there a plan to induce?

Well Sam worked her due date out as that Friday (24th), the hospital worked her due date out as Wednesday 29th. So by her reckoning she's 10 days over, by the hospital's she's 5 days over. She's got a midwife's appointment on Wednesday and I guess they'll decide then whether or not to induce.

Both mine were 10 days over so I feel your wife's pain! We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation. In the end it was a sweep that really got things moving.

a little less than 3 months to go here. kid better not be overdue. this pregnancy has been so consistently painful and uncomfortable that i feel like im dying some kind of slow death. /whining

We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation.

Haha...I *did not know* about nipple stimulation!

We think curry did it for us.

Damn sex was what got us into the situation in the first place. Not doing that again.

Ever.

Walking kicked it all off for me I think - late night (i.e. leaving at 11.30pm) trip to IKEA wandering round the whole thing, contractions started 4 hours later.

my mom dragged me around a mall for FIVE HOURS and it did nothing!

Still nothing. Sam's getting fed up now. Getting induced tomorrow.

wow. best of luck!

Right about now I guess! Fingers crossed for you.

excitement!

Our first one was induced, but the induction didn't take until almost 36 hours later, so we had a "wonderful" three days in the hospital waiting, walking, waiting, arguing about walking and waiting,.... We had to stay because they broke her water manually, and so she was "technically" in labor I guess despite having basically no contractions for about 20 hours after being admitted. At that point she was nearly 2 weeks overdue, so things got tense re. c-section (doctors sorta wanted to do it, we strongly didn't). #2 was induced too but was easier; #3 just popped out as I guess #3s are wont to do.

wheres that babby

i had a dream last night that i started getting contractions so my mom took me to the hospital where all of my extended family were hanging out and getting high with their friends. the contractions went away and everyone got mad at me for making them go to the hospital under false pretenses. as payback, on the drive home my mom dropped me off in some dark alley in a strange city where i had no idea where i was or how to get back to the hospital. THANKS, MOM.