So, today, while we're waiting for the ham to come out of the oven, my mom said that the date of arrival is going to be October 29th at 2:45pm. Considering that Moriah came in 7 days early, and Ethan was 6 days early; I'm really hoping that this one will stay in pattern with its siblings and arrive sometime around then.
Which, ironically would put the date at October 30-31. And according to my mom, she doesn't want to share a birthday with anyone on the 31st... (since I can of course, control the outcome of this little one!)
My bet is that the little one will come on October 30th at some inconvenient time when there's no one around to watch Moriah and Ethan. I told everyone with Moriah and Ethan that I wanted to have it be just Mark, I, and the doctors in the delivery room... However, with this one, considering it is the last child that I will be pregnant with; I've invited my mom and sister to be there with me. Susie, at first, looked at me like I was smoking crack, but now she's thinking it might be good enforcement of birth control for her... :-) I did warn Susie that with the births of Moriah and Ethan; the anesthesiologist did not arrive in time to give me an epidural... which means yes, there was little to no pain medicine available to me the last chunk of labor. Perhaps I will ask for it sooner this time, rather than trying to endure it until it's too late.
In addition to having everything with this pregnancy be completely new... I'm going to also be seeing a Certified Nurse Midwife, rather than a family doctor and delivering at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, rather than in St. Paul at United Hospital. We're also planning on not finding out what the gender of this baby is... since we have one of each... I'll just bring an outfit of each with me to the hospital.
So, if you'd like to join in on the delivery date betting pool... leave your comment here! It might be kind of fun to see if anyone is close!
P.S. Susie's guess is October 31st, at 4:30pm.
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