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Hello all! Well we had our 39th week appointment yesterday. Our OB guessed that baby is about 7 to 7.5 pounds now. She also said that she wouldn't be surprised if I go a "few days" past due since baby is showing no indication of coming out anytime soon. This is also a guess, of course, as apparently babies are well known for doing whatever they want and surprising everyone. However, it's an educated guess, so I'm preparing myself for a wait. I've heard that most first-time-moms deliver after their due date anyway, although that hasn't been true in any case that I can actually think of at this moment, except once (out of three kids) for my mom.

I would rather baby arrive sooner rather than later as 7-7.5 pounds sounds quite nice and as my class is now over. (Temporarily, that is - Peter decided I was too stressed and asked my OB to write me a note which she happily agreed to - I now have until December to finish the last few projects.) But at the moment (now that the pressures of my responsibilities at work and school have been lifted), I'm also more than happy to wait as long as it takes for baby to feel ready to make her entrance into the world. It is a rather big deal after all, and I don't think it's fair to rush her. (I know that I hate to be rushed, and maybe she's like me in that way.) On the other hand, my OB said she probably wouldn't want to let me go more than a week past due, and as I really don't want to be induced, I'm hoping that our daughter decides to come out on her own sometime before that point - which is actually two weeks from today.

That's right! We are now only one week from my official due date: July 29th. And, in celebration of all the wonderful free time I now have, I've decided to create another poll! Isn't it exciting?! Actually, I just may go poll crazy, for no other reason than I can - so definitely take a look to the right and toss your opinion into the ring. I would say that the winners get to name the baby (nope, we still haven't decided on a name), except that a certain friend who I won't identify (okay, her name sounds just like a famous perfume) showed me last time how you can cheat on the polls and vote multiple times. (Said friend then left me with the sad task of informing Peter that "Adelei" had received a significant number of fraudulent votes - which I guess didn't actually make much difference in the end as it still ended up dead last in the poll results. Poor Pete.) Anyway, don't cheat!