Verena, Gil, Marcia, Shelley - what's the latest? Let's see those ultrasounds. Anyone else with upcoming additions? What's the latest trend in baby booties this year? Remind us all of the due dates and then we can start our countdowns and time/sex/name guessing. For the rest of us, if we find an interesting tidbit of information that would be useful to our new moms, we can pass it on.

Verena

Shelley

I really don't know what to make for this baby. She will be born in summer (i'm still hoping for a girl!), so she won't need a lot of clothes, and besides, Sandy has been buying little outfits already. I have a blanket made and a little dress that will fit when she's a year or so old. Maybe i'll just crochet a some sweaters for fall wear, dunno.

They haven't chosen a name yet - or maybe they aren't telling me! At first they were going to choose a name starting with "E" because Sandy's two kids' names start with "S" as well. I think that's changed, even though Savannah and i searched an internet baby name site and came up with all kinds of suggestions!

http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/babyswezipback.htm
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/found/hooswefou.html

They aren't quite the same as the ones mom made - is anything ever as good? - and she transposed the pattern into several different sizes. That was 26 years ago, but I definitely would recommend them for babies now, too.

Shauna

Thanks for the patterns!

Thanks for the patterns!

Syreeta

Gil, Sandy couldn't get into a doctor until January and she got pregnant in September. About the same time frame, i guess. She didn't worry a lot, though, because it's her third so she had an idea of what's going on. They really should get you in earlier. Our medical system ain't what it's cracked up to be!

Ahhhhhhhh Verena, I wonder if your baby will look like this!

Isn't he cute!

Sharon

Gil, I only got in that quickly because my 'schedule' is not so evenly scheduled. (I could have been 3+ months along before I even started to suspect, if I wasn't enjoying morning sickness ;o). They had to do an U/S right away for dates (since some of the testing, if you're going to get it, has to be done between 15 and 18 wks), but I didn't have my actual first prenatal visit until 12 wks.

It is kind of nice though! Getting to see the little 'peanut' and seeing that the heart is doing it's job sure takes a lot of worry out of the last of the 1st trimester. I'm scheduled for my next one toward the end of April.

Sooo much fun...I'd post 'bump' pictures, but then everyone would start asking if I'm due next week. :oP (It's pretty funny actually, my 'bump' is almost as big as my sister-in-laws, and she goes in for a C-section on Friday!!)

Verena

I will try not to be one of those over-sensitive pregnant women! I know people say things trying to be friendly.

Connie, My SIL is one of those fortunate people who are petite and is a really "cute" pregnant person. (She wears size XS maternity clothes, and went right back into her regular jeans the day after my niece was born...BAG! ;o) (She should be coming out of the O.R. soon...!!!)

LOL Gil, If you aren't hormonally over-sensitive yet, you may just be in the clear...some people think that baby 'bumps' are public domain. I never had actual strangers come and rub my belly, but I used to have rather that I sort of knew (particularly the dear old ladies at Mom & Dad's church) come up and put a hand on the belly and ask how things were going. It didn't really bother me, but it drives some people nuts (particulary those who like their 3' of personal space.)

Oh!! IT'S A GIRL!!! I just talked to my dad (AKA proud Grandpa). My SIL's still in recovery...so no name yet, but she's 8 Lbs (and something Oz...GP couldn't remember) and they say she looks just like my nieces twin!!...YEAH!!!

TTFN!
Verena

Verena

(Shelley...thinking of you and hoping all is going well, especially with the other med. stuff you're dealing with. It must make it more stressful. Kind thoughts and hugs to you.)

Congratulations Verena!!!!

I had my first appointment on May 7 and not much happened besides gallons of bloodwork. The doc tried to listen for a heartbeat but it was a little too early. The doctor's really nice, I really like her which is a relief. She says we'll be doing an ultrasound at about 16 weeks and it can be done right here at the local hospital. I don't know if they will tell me the sex... I HOPE SO!

Oh yeah and I had high blood pressure but that was probably because I had a bad lung infection at the time (got meds, better now). I'm not sure if I'm showing yet or if I just stopped sucking my gut in... LOL!

Marcia, how are you holding out? Have you got all the baby stuff made that you wanted too?
In a month or so I'll be grandma. I hope she doesn't have it early.

Shelley

No word on the sex yet. She's having an ultrasound on Tuesday and may be able to find out then. We got green decorations for the shower but i don't think we'll run out and change the colour!

As far as names go, nothing has been decided yet. Sandy told me that they like Gabrielle for a girl (but don't want to call her "Gabby") and Darius for a boy. I think they gave up on "E" names - we were probably having too much fun with that! Allison said she dreamed one night that Eddie had found the perfect name - Estelle! When she told that to Sandy, Sandy said "That's it - he's not naming this baby!" LOL

Further updates as they come along. :)

Gil, they'll likely tell you if you let them know that you want to know. As long as baby cooperates. (Sometimes they're really modest.) Hopefully you have an experienced tech. I've heard of a few cases where people were told baby's gender, went hog wild with the decorating/purchasing and then got a big surprise at the time of delivery!! Mind you, if baby cooperates, it's really hard to miss...even I could tell I was having a boy. Hee hee about "not sure if I'm showing yet or if I just stopped sucking my gut in". I remember that feeling with Brayden.

Shelley, I'm due Sept. 8th...but I LOOK like I'm due last week. People (strangers) keep asking, and then their mouths drop open when I tell them...follow up question "Is it twins?" Nope. My SIL said I'm going to have a 14 LB-er. I told her if I do, she's having colicky twins next time... ;o> No names yet...still thinking about that one...we knew Brayden was going to be a boy and he was still three days old before he had a name. (Mom didn't name me until almost a month after I was born, but that was in England, and they give you 30 days there, or they name the baby for you.)

I'm sure noticing the heat already, and I'm swelling like crazy, so it should make for an interesting summer...by the time it hits 30*C, I'll probably be out there working away in the flowerbeds in nothing but a swimsuit, 'bump' dragging on the ground, with cankles, and fingers too fat to hold a trowl. LOL!! (Ain't that a sexy picture. ;o)

Verena

Verena of course you're just going to have a normal baby. You just look bigger because it's your second. Your SIL deserves colicy twins for saying mean things like that >:0( LOL

We have a few boys names that we both don't hate but are at an impasse for girls names. I have some I like but DH thinks they're weird. I always imagined thinking of a name I absolutely love and calling my baby that... but it doesn't work that way when there are 2 parents! But I think in the end it will be up to me anyway, since DH can never come up with a name. I named all our pets.

We had a tough time coming up with names that we both liked for the second child. Our first, Jonathan, was named after 3 of our Grandfathers, so that was easy. Adam was supposed to be a girl, so that threw us for a loop!lol And we still get bugged by family about our lack of creativity in the second name.....both are Scott. They don't let you leave the hospital without a name, and believe me, I wanted outta there by the second time around, so creativity went out the window!lol

Shauna

At the shower, we had a pool where everyone paid a loonie and chose a date. I chose my birthday so i'm a loser! LOL Simon chose "Sunday", but he's only 4 1/2 so he couldn't get much more specific than that. :)

You can be sure that you all will be one of the first to know when something happens!

Anyway, stay in mommy's comfy, snuggly tummy a bit longer, Baby P. We'll be waiting to hear of your big arrival date about the 17th of next month.

Love
Auntie cyberShauna

The poor girl even has the cashiers at Walmart saying "Haven't you had that baby yet??"

Announcing the arrival of . . . . . Dum-dum-te-dum (that's supposed to be a trumpet)

(name)
(birthdate)
(weight)
(length)

Good luck to all

cyberAuntie Shauna
(Note the name change. It's more grammatically correct than Auntie cyberShauna)

ANYWAY! Drum roll, please!

It's a GIRL!!

Baby Darius was born at 12:51 this morning, weighing 11 lbs 6 oz (OUCH!). She hadn't been measured when Eddie called me at 1:30 a.m., and i wasn't thinking too clearly then either. LOL

That baby just didn't want to come out! Sandy was given something to soften her cervix, but that didn't work as well on her as it has on others. Then they put her on the drip yesterday afternoon at 1:30. At 5:00, things weren't progressing that well, and Eddie told me that the doctor was going to be called in at 7:00. They told her then that she would have to have a section done, and i guess she went kind of hysterical on them because she sure didn't want that. So finally at about 8:30, Eddie called Sandy's mom (who is staying with the kids) and told her that they'd broken her water and they were heading to the delivery room. It still took a few hours after that, poor girl.

Eddie thought at the time that they might go home today, but i hope they let her stay another night just to get some rest. Allison and i are going to Dryden after work (hopefully they'll still be there), so i'll have pictures later this evening.

I'm a happy Grandma! :)

cyberAuntie Shauna

Almost 11 1/2 lbs. Wow!

Does Darius have a middle name?

BTW, if you are collecting plants that have names that have the same name as someone in your family...I just bought Darius daylily (Harris '74) last year...maybe in a year or two...

Congratulations to grandma Marcia!

Brenda

Get those pictures posted soon. :0)

Laurie

Someone just told me that this baby might be the weight record in Dryden. Wouldn't that be something?! :)

I've just had a chat with my baby that s/he is not allowed to be 11.5 pounds until s/he has been out of me for at least a week. If s/he tries to pull that stunt I will be somewhere else for the birth, like perhaps Tahiti.

Dying for pictures!

I bought 'Darius' through Cedar Ridge Gardens last summer when they had their big daylily sale.

Brenda

Here's a picture of her:

As you can see, she's in an incubator. Something happened this afternoon and she stopped breathing, but luckily Sandy was right there and so was her doctor when she ran out into the hall to call for help. They aren't sure what caused it, so she and Sandy were flown to Thunder Bay this evening. We're hoping it isn't anything serious - i think they just want her for observation for a couple of days. Eddie, Sandy's mom and the kids are driving to Thunder Bay tonight.

So, it's not exactly the picture i planned to post here, but there you go.

And this grandma is whipped tonight. Off to bed. :)

Shauna

I sure hope everything goes well for her in Thunder Bay, and that she'll be home soon so Grandma can spoil her.

So how many little booties did you knit so far?

Hugs,
Sharon

I think they'll be home on Saturday. Allison and i have some pink balloons that we're going to string up down the road to welcome her home. There will be more pictures for sure! :)

cyberAuntie Shauna

Laurie

Can you post a picture of "Grandma" holding her new prize? It would be nice to see you both.

Shelley

Here's a big baby yawn:

And here she is sacked out with Daddy:

I've been going over every day just for a little baby fix. :) Today i finally decided i'd better go home and see what dh was cooking for supper, and just as i got up to go, she started hollering again. I told Sandy that this was the good part - hold them when they're sleeping, give 'em back to their moms when they're crying! LOL

"this was the good part - hold them when they're sleeping, give 'em back to their moms when they're crying!" Too funny, my mom tells me the same thing.

Oh, more news on the baby front, I'm going to be an auntie again!! My older sister just found out she's expecting her first. She's due at the begining of January. :o)
Babies, babies, everywhere!! (I have three friends all due within a month of me, ones even the same day!!)

Verena

Darius doesn't even look like a newborn. She is so sweet.

Shelley

Verena, isn't it fun having a friend due on the same day as you? I also had that happen, but I delivered a week earlier than the due date, and she delivered 2 weeks late! I'm really glad it wasn't the other way around.;^)

How do you pronounce Darius?

Also, how come you're not wearing a housecoat? ;)

Hugs,
Sharon

p.s. yeah where's your housecoat? We don't believe you wear normal clothes.

She likes her Grandma's knuckle, that's for sure! The little brat has pulled two night shifts in a row. Eddie told Sandy to fix some bottles and he'd get up with the baby, but of course he slept right through. LOL But he's just in love with his little girl - it's so touching! He's wanted his own baby forever.

Holding her while she fusses has brought back a lot of memories. I'm really glad it isn't me anymore!!

Sharon, her name is pronounced "Dairy-us". Must be why she likes Mommy's milk so much!

Verena, funny thing - when i was pregnant with Eddie, there were four of my friends due all about the same time. Thing is, none of us even lived in the same town! The babies were all due in April - Eddie was early, born in February, another little girl was born in March, and the other three were boys born right around their due dates. It was really strange that we all should have gotten pregnant at the same time - must have been the full moon in July!

Syreeta

Take more photos grandma!

Grandma Shelley

Hope everything went well and am waiting to see pictures of your little grandson!

Brenda

Congratulations Shelley! Yes, we want photos!

Hugs,
Sharon

He's perfect.

Daddy (Devon) and Auntie Kenzie love him too.

Shelley

How old is Daddy? He looks young. Eddie is 25, which is plenty old enough to be a daddy - but he still seems too young to me! It's just hard to believe that he is old enough, y'know? :)

Congratulations again!

Your little girl sure looks happy. I bet she'll be doing lot's of babysitting in the future.

Btw, I've been to the PA hospital a few times, visiting or picking up my mom who lives in Shell Lake. I also kind of know the town/city since we use to visit many relatives there when I was younger. As well, we use to go to many AA roundups when my mom and dad use to attend when they were younger. I love the native trees and bush out there!

Have fun with your babies gals!

Who's next now? LOL

Sharon

Shauna

Verena

I had my ultrasound today and it's a girl!! I've got a little garden helper coming (I'm halfway done already)! We're so happy, we were secretly hoping for a girl. The technician wasn't supposed to tell but I buttered him up and he said... 'Here's the two legs, and the bum, and the umbilical cord, and I don't see anything else so if I had to pick a paint colour... I would go with pink.' LOL

She was so cute and the ultrasound was incredibly clear, we saw her face and she rubbed her eyes and stuck her finger in her mouth. DH says he saw her pick her nose but I don't believe him. LOL They don't give pics to take home though, too bad but I'm just so happy we saw her.

Oh I'm so happy for you Gil! A baby girl, how wonderful, you and DH must be so exicited! Now you can start buying all kinds of cute little pink outfits and bows and ribbons for her hair.

Any names planned yet?

Sharon

It's weird how different the policies are from place to place. Where I went, as long as the little peanut's a bit of an exhibitionist, they'll tell you, if you want to know, and they'll print off the pics too, for free. Though depending on the tech, you could end up with one pic or ten, but when I had my first U/S with Brayden, at a different location, they didn't even have printers.

Verena
31 weeks...AHHHH...single digit countdown now!!

Shelley

Verena

With this heat wave, I hope you pregnant gals have air conditioning, or somewhere to escape the heat.

Shelley

Verena, it seems every pregnancy is different. I'm not envying you in this heat, though! Sandy was just saying the other day that she is soooooooooooo glad that she isn't pregnant right now!

Shauna

Hey...any suggestions for names??? We're stumped so I'm firing it out to pretty much everyone I know (no guarantees on what we'll use, of course ;o) We know it's a boy, and you'd think that would make it easier, but so far...not so much.

Verena

I always said if I ever had a boy, I would of called him Ryder.

Sharon

Shelley

Congrats Savona!

WOW Verena its sure getting close now! I can see that you hate being a pincushion though. Names? Devon is a cool name. I have a nephew named Devon and I've always liked that name too. Another name I've always liked is Hudson. DH & I almost always disagreed on boys names -- they really are the toughest I think.

Gil that is so cool that they told you. It is neat when you can plan for what colours and all that stuff. With my youngest the technician "messed up" and was chatting with the person she was training so I overheard them talking! I was thrilled to know what I was having so I could get things ready! Anyways, have fun planning! Cute ticker too!

Ang

Verena, I'm sure everything will go fine and it's good that they're not taking any chances. I'm slightly jealous that you're going to have your little boy so soon... but mine's nowhere near ready yet so I'll keep hangin in there.

For names, I think Devon's nice too. Before we found out it was a girl, I had picked out Blake, Stewart, Edward, or Beau for a boy, but I just found out one of the former Spice Girls just had a son called Beau - dodged a bullet there, LOL!

Verena, when Eddie and Sandy were looking for names, i hardly paid attention to boys' names because i was so positive she was having a girl. I like Ethan, but it's being used a lot lately. Boys' names are hard. Our first boy was always going to be Eddie (Edmund) after Uncle Ed and we never chose Adam's name until i was in labour. I was sure he was a girl too so the boy's name was just in case. Luckily! :>

After we named our daughter and realized how many times we were spelling her name for others, we wanted to use names that everyone could spell. The boys rarely get asked.

Lots of boys' names to choose from...Mark, Aiden, Bryce, Luke, Alexander, Matthew, Luke, Paul, Justin, etc. We bought a book with the names and their meanings and used that. Now you can just go into the internet to get that info.

Picking out a name is a lot of fun but can also be frustrating if one spouse likes a certain name and the other hates it.

Brenda

Brenda, was your daughter born around 1980? There were quite a few Kristens around that time (from Dallas). I really wanted to call my daughter Allison but dh wasn't so sure about it. However, he was so excited when she was born that he gave in right away!

Christopher and Kristin (Kristen and other variations of her name) were very popular at that time. But, we really liked the name and gave it to her. A few years ago I found out that Kristin is the US way of spelling Kristen (Canadian version). Years ago being able to find name tags or key chains in a Canadian store for the name Kristin...impossible. Until we went to Florida one year on a holiday I had never seen any. Then I definitely got one for her. Jolene is her middle name.

So, anyone making up their own version of a name will probably never be able to find that name correctly spelled in name tags, key chains, etc.

Brenda

Btw, Brenda - regarding 1980, i keep forgetting that i'm old! LOL

Brenda

Verena

DH and I did something a bit different. All 3 of our boys ended up with their first names having 6 letters and their second names having 4 letters. Why? Really not sure but it was cool at the time. LOL

Shauna

Shelley

Matthew Frank Primeau
Sept. 13, 2007 3:25 PM
9 Lbs, 3 Oz.
20 1/4 Inches long

Everything went really well. Was only in the 'good stuff' for about 4 hours, (as opposed to 10 with Brayden) was more intense, but was really quick. We're both doing great and (YEAH!!) the both nights so far he's had one good 4 hour block of sleep (so I get to sleep too!!!)

I'll post some pictures later. For anyone on facebook, I've thrown a couple up on there.

Verena

Hugs,
Sharon

Shauna

Shelley

Thursday...hmmmmm. What was I doing at 3:25pm? Think I was heading to the garden to do more planting...

Are you planning on doing any fall planting now that you can touch your toes again?

Brenda

Off to look you up on Facebook. :)

Hmm - thought i'd posted this already. I guess you can't just look for a person there, eh? I just joined so i'm still finding out about it. Oh well - i'll look forward to the pictures you post here!

I saw your pics and he's so adorable!! Brayden looks so grown up with his little brother. I'm happy for you all. :0)

Matthew's a really content baby...soooo nice!! He's gone back to waking up every 2 hrs to feed, but he only fusses when he's hungry or dirty, so I sure can't complain. Brayden's doing awesome as a big brother, and wants to hold Matthew all the time. It's pretty cute!

Here he is (these were taken in the hospital when he was just a few minutes old... there are more on photobucket.)

Syreeta

Hope Matthew likes his bath a little better now! LOL Darius loves hers.

It is heart breaking for me and for Devon.
Jake and Devon are no longer an item as well. So I will no longer be seeing this little bundle of joy.
I'm sure I'll go through some kind of grieving process.
It is somehow kind of like a death.

I'm used to reading about stuff like this. Not living it.

Shelley

It will be also be easier on Aiden now than if he was older and more attached to both of you. He sure has grown!

Maybe someday Jackie will find someone else for herself and to be a father for Aiden.

Brenda

Thanks Marcia.

Shelley

Aiden sure has grown, what a cutie.

Hugs
Sharon

I have another tiny bit of consolation too - at least there aren't previous children being taken away also. My nephew (yes I have a nephew in his 20s) had a baby with his girlfrend... then the second baby was not his child and was in fact a different race. No paternity test required. She got custody of the first boy and they don't get to see him very often. It's so sad.

Laurie

Gillian, you said your due date was Nov 20. Been thinking of you this past week...how are you and the baby doing? Are you still working?

Brenda

I was working up until this week, now I just go in if I'm needed, plus my regular Saturdays. I'm so bored. I have never not worked. I don't even take holidays every year. :(

I have 10 acres, love to sew, read, scrapbook, tole paint, garden, take pictures, can and preserve, etc, etc. Don't know what it is like to be bored. Do you want to come over here...I can give you lots to do. No, really, once your baby comes, you will be busy.

Hope all goes well with the fetal assessment this afternoon. Keep us updated. You might be one of the lucky ones who has a smaller baby. I wasn't. My first baby was 3 weeks early but she was definitely ready 'cause she weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz. I am really glad that she wasn't bigger.

Brenda

I'm back at work today and tomorrow... LOL... the world's shortest mat leave. I'm not too worried about being bored once she gets here. Besides, DH is taking parental leave in January right through the summer so he will be the stay at home daddy. He's super excited, he loves babies. I will be at work part-time from January to April and then full-time over the summer.

Stay tuned for real baby pictures!

Shelley

Connie

When I found that out a few years ago...I calculated how much my babies would have been on their due date...

My daughter was 8 lbs 2 oz...would have been 9lbs. 1 oz on her due date.

My son was 5 days early...he was 8 lbs. 12 oz. add 5 oz and he would also have been 9 lbs. 1 oz.

My third was 2 days overdue. He was 9 lbs 3 oz. Would also have been 9 lbs 1 oz on his due date.

Concidental or what?

I did the list thing for years and years. Still do, once in a while. It really helps to get work done around the house and yard. It also helps in priorizing your 'things to do'.

Brenda

My step brother and his wife just had a new little baby the other day. He was almost a month early, so he is a little guy weighing in at 5lbs 1oz. Initially they were going to call him Aiden as well. But after hearing about Devons situation, they changed their mind and called him Bryson David. I am very thankful that they changed his name.

Verena, I didn't realize until the other day that one of my friends has a Braeden and Matthew. I think that it is kind of funny how some people have the same taste in names.

Gillian, I'm thinking of you.

Shelley

Marcia, I'm hoping for Monday now, as that is my birthday. I doubt it though. Then one of my best friends is Nov. 15 so that would be a good day too. (same year, I'm actually 3 days older and we found our birth announcements on the same page of the local paper!)

That's a really cool U/S pic! I don't think I've ever seen one with that much clarity and detail. What a beautiful little sweetheart.

Good luck for Monday, Gil. My middle son shares his birthday with my DH and he was born on DH's 30th. I've got a picture taken in the hospital of him holding the baby with a cake in front of them. My MIL could not figure out why I wanted her to pick up 2 "zeros" and 1 "three" for candles. I placed them so it read "30" and "0" on the cake. One of those very special Kodak moments in our family.

I envy all of you now in this digital camera age. It used to be such a pain to go get film and get them developed. My youngest son doesn't have near enough pictures taken of him as he was growing up. What a treat to be able to take them instantly and to get so many "perfect" and candid shots all of the time. Wow. Am I showing my age!!

Shauna

Sorry for being SOOO behind on this thread. I did read through it all the other day so I feel caught up again finally.

A very very belated congrats to Verena yet. Your little guy is such a cutie and he has probably grown by leaps and bounds already! You all look so happy which is awesome.

Shelley, I can't imagine what you must have gone through and I am glad to hear that all in all its getting better.

Gil, wow, that ultrasound is amazing! I've had 4 kids and numerous ultrasounds with them and I've never seen one so clear either! Cool! Thinking of you and wishing you all the best!

Shauna, that Kodak moment sounds really cool! Its so neat to have pictures like that.

I WILL check here more often! LOL

Ang