In 3 weeks I will be considered full term.

[Shell Beau]

I am kinda shooting for September 1 to have baby Bella. I will be 38 weeks then. Will I make it? Will I go all the way to 40 weeks? What do you think?

It is a guessing game!

[PeaceNikki]

1. I think you will go a few days beyond due date.

When is due date?

And... OMG, good luck!!

[Shell Beau]

6. Ugh!! Due date is actually 9-15. I want to go 2 weeks early.

It is miserable right now. It is hotter than the hinges of hell and I am to a point that I can't breathe really well. And I am just ready to meet her!!

[PeaceNikki]

11. I know... last few weeks are really rough.

Uncomfortable, anxious, swollen, etc... and you have oppressive heat to boot. I feel for ya.

I went 5 days past due date and it was the LOOONGEST 5 days of my life.

I hope you are comfortable and get to meet your beautiful lil girl as soon as you can.

[Shell Beau]

13. Awww, thanks!

I can't wait.

[PeaceNikki]

14. Do you watch "My Name is Earl"?

There was an episode where Joy was pregnant with the surrogate baby she was carrying. The couple wanted ALL natural and she went 2 weeks past due date. She spent a whole episode trying to induce labor. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen on all of TV.

[Shell Beau]

16. I have seen episodes here and there.

I can see myself doing some crazy stuff to induce labor.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. That's the truth. For the last month or so I wished that I could just put

my belly on a shelf overnight so I could get some sleep. Or maybe have a good friend who would carry it around for a while. Either one would have been wonderful.

[Bake]

15. Hotter than the hinges of hell!

I love it!! Not for you, though! I sympathize most deeply!! I can't imagine being THAT pregnant in this Mississippi heat! Of course, I'm a dude, so I can't even imagine actually BEING pregnant at all, anywhere!

Is this your first?

Bake

[Shell Beau]

19. This is my first. And the heat is miserable.

I am so ready for our version of fall.

[Bake]

21. You know the drill ... first baby will be late.

I hate being the bearer of such glad tidings ...

Maybe we'll get lucky and have a cold snap (yeah, right). "Our version of fall" doesn't happen until about December!

Bake

[Shell Beau]

23. Not late!! No no no no!!!!

You are right about fall in December!

[Bake]

28. You could try trampoline-jumping ...

Bake

[Fran Kubelik]

2. Oh yay! This is GREAT!!!!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. labor?

on Labor Day?

oh.yeah

~ ~

are you really big in the hottest months? are you misrable with the heat?

[Shell Beau]

8. Yeah, I think Labor Day would be appropriate!!

Yeah, being 9 months pregnant in August in Mississippi... I don't know what the hell I must have been thinking! Miserable is about the only way to describe it.

[BarenakedLady]

4. I went past my due date twice

Two weeks the first time before I was induced. Two weeks the second time before I went into labor. Third time was scheduled. You just never know. It's an exciting time for you. It will seem to last forever though! Heh.

Good luck!

[Shell Beau]

9. I already feel like I have been pregnant forever.

I can't wait to have my body back to myself.

[auntAgonist]

5. Exciting!

I hope you're managing to stay comfortable in these hot summer months.

I predict August 30th!

Congratulations and best wishes


You know we're going to need LOTS of baby Bella photos.

aA
kesha

[Shell Beau]

10. My husband got me an awesome camera for my birthday a couple

of weeks ago. It is a really handy dandy camera!!!! August 30 sounds good to me!

[yellowdogintexas]

7. this is starting to look like a betting pool, isn't it?

I think you will go another week: 39 weeks

I went 40 weeks and 4 days btw

My sympathies on being PG in the hottest weather.

[Shell Beau]

12. 39 weeks, eh?

Not too bad! Just don't want to go 40! Thanks!

[LeftyMom]

17. I did 44 weeks.

Most doctors won't even "let" a person go that late- a friend of mine was recently induced at five days after her due date, and naturally wound up with a section. But I had a midwife, so as long as my tests came back okay she was willing to wait and encouraged me to do so.

[Shell Beau]

20. 44 weeks?

Yuck!! Bless your heart!

[LeftyMom]

24. THAT was uncomfortable.

LK was 24" long at birth, and I'm shortwaisted. I had bruising of all the muscles right under my rib cage, because my abdomen was trying to push up farther than there was room to go.

[Shell Beau]

25. He was a long baby! I bet you were beat up!

[LeftyMom]

26. Luckily, my labor wasn't too bad.

Really long, but only a little under an hour of active labor.

[Spacemom]

18. 9-15

was my due date with my youngest. He arrived on 9-6.

You have my sympathies about the heat. I was huge during the summer too. Texas heat was horrible that year.

Take it easy and enjoy all the pampering you can get! Congrats!

[Flaxbee]

27. I'm an early-Sept. baby, and my poor mom was very miserable in

August, too. Near Palm Springs, Ca., 8 months pregnant in 110+ heat. And for some godforsaken reason, my dad INSISTED on going dune-buggy racing in Mexico in July, and for some completely incomprehensible reason, my mother went along with it. I guess the infatuation of early married life, or pregnancy-induced insanity.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. I was pre-eclamptic with super high blood pressure with both of my boys, so

I got induced. I suppose you could get induced too if you want to go earlier, but it makes more sense to let baby come out when she's good and ready. LOL

[Arugula Latte]

30. Wow! Congrats!

That's so exciting.

My first (my son) was eight days past the 40-week mark. With my second, I thought, okay, this one will be earlier. Nope. She went 10 days past due.