Here's your weekly due date check-in. If you'd like to be added, post below with your EDD, place of birth, birthing method and team (green, blue or pink). Let's get to know each other better!
QOTW: If you were interviewing a new OB or midwife, what is one key question that you would ask them?
Give us any other updates, news or random thoughts you?d like to share!
Birth Announcements
? AppleMomma gave birth to Rebecca at home on January 11 at 8:51am! ? 7 lbs, 8 oz & 20 in long
? AshfieldMay gave birth to Grace on January 25 at 8:04pm! ? 7 lbs, 11oz & 20 in long
? Bountifulbride gave birth to Claire on January 14 at 7:52am! ? 9 lbs, 2 oz & 20.5 in long
? MaddysMama07 gave birth to Elise in the water on January 4 at 4:59pm! ? 9 lbs & 20.75 in long
? pixieprincss gave birth to Vaughn on January 4! ? 6 lbs, 12 oz & 20 in long
? tropicalmama gave birth to Angus on January 16 at 1:41am!
Congratulations to our newest mommas!
Please think happy thoughts for?
? calikat80 and schoolsoutbride, whose babies are currently breech
? chicsub, who was diagnosed with GD
January Joy Mommas
Amandabrown530 ? Jan 16 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
AppleMomma ? Jan 20 ? Home
Belleamor ? Jan 21 ? Birthing Center
Blessed1018 ? Jan 15 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobirthing
BountifulBride ? Jan 7 ? Hospital ? Hypnobirthing
Daenikoffre ? Jan 1 ? Hospital
DeAnna&DavidRyder ? Jan 9 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Deilindra ? Jan 24 ? Hospital
Firsttimemama ? Jan 8 ? Home ? Hypnobabies
Jamiekendall ? Jan 27 ? Home
Kesrya ? Jan 21 ? Home ? Hypnobabies
Ladipale ? Jan 19 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Lissydee ? Jan 11 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Lizzie_1_7 ? Jan 22 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
MaddysMama07 ? Jan 3 ? Hospital
Mchupie ? Jan 8 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
Mrs2DUCKSinLOVE ? Jan 30 ? Hospital
Mrs.Reyna2008 ? Jan 8 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Mzclaire ? Jan 30 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Pixieprincss ? Jan 1 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Rachiemoo ? Jan 1 ? Hospital ? Bradley
SherryBaby77 ? Jan 26 ? Home
Sweetmej ? Jan 1 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Vegansprout ? Jan 27 ? Hospital ? Hypnobirthing
February Love Bugs
Alopdx ? Feb 18 ? Hospital ? Hypnobirthing
AmandaS1017 ? Feb 9 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Anniee1963 ? Feb 21 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Armybride6510 ? Feb 27 ? Hospital
AshfieldMay ? Feb 1 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
Aud&Shad777 ? Feb 23 ? Home
Bonniebelle101 ? Feb 23 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
BrideNamedMeg ? Feb 28 ? Home ? Bradley
Brittm87 ? Feb 9 ? Home
Buckets of Moonbeams ? Feb 20
Calikat80 ? Feb 10 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Clynn58 ? Feb 27 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Deemartin03 ? Feb 5 ? Hospital
Firedancer1013 ? Feb 11 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
GoMommy ? Feb 26 ? Hospital
HappyFebruary ? Feb 13 ? Hospital
Jcragg ? Feb 21 ? Hospital
JennML10 ? Feb 26 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Jkromer37 ? Feb 11 ? Hospital
LifesPeachy ? Feb 24 ? Birthing Center
Meltoine ? Feb 27 ? Birthing Center
Papagena ? Feb 13 ? Hospital ? VBAC
ReeseM ? Feb 1 ? Hospital ? VBAC
Rms55 ? Feb 19 ? Hospital
Robbysbride ? Feb 21 ? Home
Soon2BMrsBoylan ? Feb 8 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Staryeyes ? Feb 10 ? Hospital
TiffanyTheMom ? Feb 3 ? Hospital
Tropicalmama ? Feb 2 ? Home ? Hypnobabies
March Lucky Charms
*Abby* ? Mar 29 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
Addi517 ? Mar 30 ? Hospital
Always4278 ? Mar 4 ? Hospital
AutumnBride929 ? Mar 19 ? Hospital ? HypnoBradley
California_dreamin ? Mar 9 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
Cass422 ? Mar 31 ? Hospital
Chicsub ? Mar 8 ? Hospital ? VBAC
Drpayne ? Mar 24 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Flowerchild77 ? Mar 2 ? Home
Green*Flamingo ? Mar 17 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
Jandy09 ? Mar 20 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Jayellekay ? Mar 17 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
Jennis81 ? Mar 27 ? Home
Lisagde ? Mar 8 ? Hospital
MandusMaximus ? Mar 7 ? Hospital
Missmiss307 ? Mar 27 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Mrs.Husband ? Mar 14 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Perplexed59 ? Mar 27 ? Home
Rachelinouray ? Mar 26 ? Home ? Hypnosomething
Randommoose ? Mar 25 ? Hospital
Roxyroodle ? Mar 5 ? Home ? Bradley
Ruchemist ? Mar 21 ? Home ? Hypnobabies
Runnergirl79 ? Mar 3 ? Birthing Center ? VBA2C
Tcarrol12 ? Mar 1 ? Hospital
Thebigmare ? Mar 22 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Sgreen04 ? Mar 30 ? Birthing Center ? Hynobabies
Sl_gordon ? Mar 31 ? Hospital
Stahlop ? Mar 24 ? Home ? Bradley
StellarStina26 ? Mar 5 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Wendylaine ? Mar 6 ? Home ? Hypnobabies ? VBAC
April Due Drops
ACSMITH89 ? Apr 19 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
AlaskanKisses ? Apr 4 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Ambercg33 ? Apr 12 ? Hospital ? HypnoBradley
Armandos_girl ? Apr 13 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Ayaka34 ? Apr 1 ? Home
babyTaylor2011 ? Apr 7 ? Home
Brunette mac ? Apr 20 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
Ciaram22 ? Apr 19 ? Hospital
Ckolak:-) ? Apr 28 ? Hospital
Cyprissa ? Apr 17 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Emmyann52 ? Apr 22 ? Hospital
Etjohnson0825 ? Apr 2 ? Hospital
Jarobinson21 ? Apr 21 ? Birthing Center
Jojotraveler ? Apr 7 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Jteneback ? Apr 4 ? Home
Mmereggie81 ? Apr 24 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Mrsjohnson706 ? Apr 18 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
MrsRoy07 ? Apr 18 ? Hospital
Ncbelle ? Apr 1 ? Birthing Center
Ross344 ? Apr 24 ? Hospital ? Bradley
SarahL77 ? Apr 8 ? Hospital ? Hypnobirthing
SouthSideDrea ? Apr 8 ? Hospital ? Bradley
SoxChamps ? Apr 23 ? Home ? VBAC
Tashaobrien ? Apr 8 ? Hospital
thefutureMrsParker ? Apr 8 ? Hospital
Xles10 ? Apr 24 ? Hospital
May Flower Mommas
Aquabee21 ? May 6 ? Birthing Center
Christina1776 ? May 10 ? Birthing Center
Erinb31 ? May 24 ? Hospital
Jazzyag ? May 6
Jeffsgurl86 ? May 2 ? Twins!
Joecubed ? May 20 ? Hospital
JoelsGirl07 ? May 9 ? Home ? Hypnobabies ? VBAC
Kacelle ? May 14 ? Hospital ? Bradley
KidsRN ? May 6 ? Hospital
Klcl8981 ? May 9 ? Home
Kristen3009 ? May 2 ? Home
Pdilly2b ? May 18 ? Hospital
Robbie3982 ? May 20 ? Hospital
Sparrowsocks ? May 11 ? Home
June Beach Bums
Baby4OT ? Jun 14 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Cherhop1 ? Jun 18 ? Hospital
ChrissyK2006 ? Jun 3 ? Hospital ? Bradley
DaisyJanie ? Jun 11 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
DreamChaser246 ? Jun 18 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Gymnst1013 ? Jun 1 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Jcsumm0 ? Jun 5 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Lily37 ? Jun 16 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobirthing
LittleEgypt ? Jun 14 ? Home ? VBAC
Marriedtoeric ? Jun 2 ? Birthing Center ? Bradley
Melknee78 ? Jun 1 ? Hospital
MrsJuicy2B ? Jun 3 ? Home
Nickiechan ? Jun 5 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
PinkPearlGirl ? Jun 4 ? Hospital ? Bradley
Redjan ? Jun 30 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
Robianne ? Jun 1 ? Home ? Hypnobirthing
Sazhrah ? Jun 22 ? Bradley ? VBAC
Sazzie ? Jun 20 ? Birthing Center ? Hypnobabies
July Firecrackers
BradleyDoula ? Jul 11 ? Home ? Bradley
Ihearttab ? Jul 2 ? Hospital ? Bradley
JNS023 ? Jul 8 ? Birthing Center
Laurel_l ? Jul 20 ? Home ? HypnoBradley ? VBAC
Marsee ? Jul 25 ? Hospital
Mrs.Leah.Maria ? Jul 3 ? Hospital ? Stubborn
ShannonMacHappy ? Jul 14 ? Hospital
Tavia_martin ? Jul 26 ? Hospital ? VBAC
Tinkalooha ? Jul 20 ? Hospital ? Bradley
X0stephanie ? Jul 15 ? Home
August Poppies
Hooker82 ? Aug 21 ? Hospital
Kbk84 ? Aug 17 ? Hospital
Littlepoppyseed ? Aug 3
Mantle ? Aug 2 ? Hospital ? Hypnobabies
Nillian10 ? Aug 29 ? VBAC
Queenalexandra ? Aug 4 ? Hospital
September Sapphires
Corbin30 ? Sep 20 ? Hospital ? Corbin
JosephsSweetie ? Sep 10 ? Hospital
Re: ??? Natural Birth Due Date Check-In ???
QOTW: It would definitely be about their VBAC policy, hands down.
Hi, this is my first time joining the check-in. So far I have mostly been lurking and asking questions. I have a lot!
My EDD is March 16 in Northern California. I am using Hypnobabies for my natural birth and we are Team Green.
QOTW: I think I would ask them something about when they find it appropriate to induce and/or augment labor by means of an amniotomy or Pitocin.
In other news... we are getting our maternity photos taken this Saturday! I'm pretty excited and I hope it goes smoothly with DS being there and all, lol. I'm sure he will enjoy it though since they will be done outside. And my next checkup is in a week. I think I'm getting my GBS swab taken and I'm always nervous about stuff like that because it's one of those things that can sort of make or break how you've been envisioning your experience!
Matthew Kevin
7/31/83-7/20/11
Met 1/8/00
Engaged 4/21/06
Married 9/29/07
Two beautiful legacies: Noah Matthew (2 yrs) and Chloe Marcella (8 mos)
Day Three
Hi there! I have posted a couple of time, but mostly just lurk around--everyone is so helpful!
My guess date is 3/10/11, we are planning on birthing in a birthing center using hypnobirthing techniques, and we are team blue!
QOTW: If you were interviewing a new OB or midwife, what is one key question that you would ask them?
We just did this actually, because we switched from an OB to a midwife. My main questions centered around transfer and c-section rates and finding out what they do in case of emergencies. I actually ended up picking the midwife that had the lowest rates, although, that wasn't the main reason why I picked her.
A week and a half until EDD! DH is going out of town this week and my mom is on her way here. Hopefully there will be no L&D while DH is gone...just wait until the weekend, baby!
QOTW: I would ask about their induction policies and cesarean rates.
A possibility was born the day you were born and will live as long as you live.
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Hi there,
Please add me to the list. My due date is April 16th, delivering in a hospital in Austin, TX, using the Bradley Method and we are Team Pink.
QOTW: The "key" question I asked my midwives when I was pregnant with my son was about c/s rates and episiotomy rates. Both, thankfully, are about 5% with their practice.
I would also like to join the list. I am birthing at home... I am currently team green. I plan on using hypnobabies and renting a tub. My due date is June 17, 2011.
My major question for the midwife would be what plans or procedures does she have in place for emergencies? Which ones can she handle and what are her plans for ones she can not.
At our last MW appointment LO was head down... yay! She's been low throughout the whole pregnancy but I can tell she has grown a lot over the last week or so. I've had lots of pelvic and lower back pain for months and DH finally was able to make it to an appointment with me. The MW showed him some massage techiniques to help relieve my hip bones that definitely made a difference. Now it's just a matter of getting him to help me out more often. Lots of BH too... typing through one right now!
QOTW: The first question I asked my OB was about the hospital he works with. I expressed my concerns about that hospital and in his attempt to make me feel better about it, actually just confirmed everything I was trying to say in the first place. We switched to a MW and birthing center. I don't remember asking too many questions at the birth center because they answered pretty much everything when I called or during our tour.
We are looking into switching to a MW, so this sounds like a great place to start.
Other news, we told my mom and her fiance, and my bride-to-be sister and her fiance this weekend. Our guess date is 3 days after my sister's only shower so I was REALLY nervous about how she'd take it, but it went really well.
DH's b-day is Thursday, so MIL, FIL, and bros-IL are planning to come over for MIL's homemade to-die-for bumpy cake and ice cream. We're telling them then. Hoping to make plans with my dad for Friday night. Then all the immediate family knows.
Make a pregnancy ticker
Our baby Emiko has arrived! She was due on January 27th and arrived January 24th at 1:37 am. She weighed 7 lbs and 11 oz, and was 20 inches long. We had the natural birth that we wanted and now have a wonderful, healthy baby girl!
If you were interviewing a new OB or midwife, what is one key question that you would ask them?
If we were interviewing a new midwife, I'd want them to walk me through their support, general procedures, and overall practice for labor/delivery. I think I'd make sure I was on the same page as them for the general stuff (regarding how I could expect to be treated through the pregnancy) before interviewing them, so would really want to know more about what to expect when the baby comes.
Please add me to the list! EDD is June 18, giving birth in a hospital and it's a boy. Not sure about birthing method yet.
QOTW: I'm not sure how I would phrase this as a question, but I remember meeting with our midwife and the first thing she said was "We don't think pregnancy and labor are sicknesses. This is a natural, normal process and we are here to help, not to "fix" you." I think every OB and midwife should have a similar opinion.
QOTW: I asked about policies and procedures for induction, their opinion on letting me labor naturally, having a doula, etc. I also asked the standard procedures for after the baby is born i.e. letting us have some skin to skin time and breastfeeding before running tests, the hospital's rooming in policy, how long are we required to stay after baby is born, etc.
An update: My insurance would not agree to let me go to a birthing center, but they are allowing me to see midwives at a local hospital which is a huge score! And, after 2 mths of having to deal with drama about wanting to change my OB I finally have an appointment with a midwife this Friday! I also signed up for Hypnobabies classes and think I have found a doula I really like, so it's been an exciting past few days!
EDD = March 17th
Birth Place = Hospital Birthing Center
Birthing Method = Bradley Method
Team = Blue