I tried to call you ESD, last night around 10 pm but the line was busy. I had a feeling! I almost picked the 15th and then I changed it later. As I got thinking I thought you two got preggers before Christmas. because if she was sick around Christmas and New Years- alot of people get pregnant when they are sick.
so didn't someone pick the 16th? what hospital? and dialated to 3-4!!! WOW!!! thats babies coming quick!! ESD-thats not funny-really!!! I bet she has your daughter by 6 tonight.well, hopefully a quick delivery/labor for the long sore months you endured! whawho!! this means she may only be about 7 pounds ---yeah :) nice small size!
I just called and my doula is now on alert. Contrax seem to be about an hour apart. She told me to keep her posted and let her know immediately if my water breaks or they get closer together. In the mean time she told me to take a nap. I'll be doing that soon.
We will be at Regions, which is literally like 5 minutes from our house. I too am praying and sending out prayer requests for a quick labor.
I layed down for a little bit, no sleep though and things seem to have slowed down. No contrax since 12:30p. I'm drinking soup now and plan to lay down again when i'm done. After i'm rested i'll try the raspberry tea & birthing ball to see if that gets things started again. ESD came home early from school .. too nervous / excited to stay there. He says he's going to take a nap in case it's a looong night.
Looks like this little one is going to take after me... she's a stubborn little shit!! I've tried the ball and now i've tried walking around the house for 10 minutes and still nothing. UGH! I'm going to tackle the stairs next!!!
ISABEL, ISABELLE, ISABELLA. Eavesdrop at a play group in SoHo or Santa Monica tomorrow and we'll lay odds that you'll hear at least one version of this so-hot-it's-afire name. A venerable Spanish and Portuguese variation of Elizabeth (it went from Elizabeth to ILSABETH to ISABEAU to Isabelle), Isabella is known to every school child as the name of the Queen of Castile who helped finance Christopher Columbus's expedition to the New World. And since then it has had an incredibly rich history as a royal name, a literary name (Shakespeare's Measure for Measureand Henry V,a narrative poem by Keats, novels by Jane Austen and Henry James), even a soap opera (Loving) and star-baby (chosen by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Geraldo Rivera, and Jeff Bridges) name. But despite its burgeoning popularity, we still can't restrain ourselves from recommending it, because it is simply one of the most enduringly beautiful names we know. It's got some pretty terrific nicknames and foreign variations too: IZZY, IBBY, BELLE, and BELLA; the Gaelic ISHBEL and the Scottish ISOBEL; and the Old French ISABEAU (the name of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in Ladyhawke.)
And yes, I have taken a birth control pill in my teens to see if I could catch a buzz because I'm a guy.  It just made me think of Ponch from CHiPS for some reason. ;-)
haha you have to buy their magazine to get into their site... no thanks
I didn't have to buy anything either.
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Dawg and ESD are all the buzz around here- TC and I have been calling eachother to see if we had heard anything yet. nothing :( ---she'll come when she's ready :) not when you are! haha
I tried to call you ESD, last night around 10 pm but the line was busy. I had a feeling! I almost picked the 15th and then I changed it later. As I got thinking I thought you two got preggers before Christmas. because if she was sick around Christmas and New Years- alot of people get pregnant when they are sick.
so didn't someone pick the 16th? what hospital? and dialated to 3-4!!! WOW!!! thats babies coming quick!! ESD-thats not funny-really!!! I bet she has your daughter by 6 tonight.well, hopefully a quick delivery/labor for the long sore months you endured! whawho!! this means she may only be about 7 pounds ---yeah :) nice small size!
Goodluck you two! I am sooo excited for you!
I just called and my doula is now on alert. Contrax seem to be about an hour apart. She told me to keep her posted and let her know immediately if my water breaks or they get closer together. In the mean time she told me to take a nap. I'll be doing that soon.
We will be at Regions, which is literally like 5 minutes from our house. I too am praying and sending out prayer requests for a quick labor.
My wife always took a shower......don't know why but she did....
I guess she wanted to try to feel...good.....
Digger Dawg 8/27/04 10:00am
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wow....wishful thinking???
Holy crap! Nice guess!
It looks like a little bit of Mother's Intuition kicked in early
whooo hooo! baby on the way :)
Kitch...you have a lot of time on your hands, doncha. ;) Going back two and a half weeks to read posts??  Just kidding of course. :)
Nope, not just you Treasure! lol Isn't this fun? I still think they should reconsider and name Isabella Snow Queen or something. ;)
And by the way....if I had had one more daughter, her name would have been Isabel! Love the name.
me2? is that you behind that collie?
I layed down for a little bit, no sleep though and things seem to have slowed down. No contrax since 12:30p. I'm drinking soup now and plan to lay down again when i'm done. After i'm rested i'll try the raspberry tea & birthing ball to see if that gets things started again. ESD came home early from school .. too nervous / excited to stay there. He says he's going to take a nap in case it's a looong night.
Are you still on bed rest? walking usually helps it along,if they will let you that is :) I went into labor delivering the sunday pioneer press :)
my doc didn't say thing about staying off my feet today... so i'll have to do more standing & walking around the house.
I went into labor delivering the sunday pioneer press
That must have been hard to push out with all the ads and such. To bad it wasn't the daily paper instead.
somebody had to say it
You shit!
::winks, blows a kiss and runs::
DD, make ESD go for a walk around the block with you :)
I feel like a kid in the back seat of the car
are you there yet, are you there yet, are you there yet???
Looks like this little one is going to take after me... she's a stubborn little shit!! I've tried the ball and now i've tried walking around the house for 10 minutes and still nothing. UGH! I'm going to tackle the stairs next!!!
My wife always took a shower......
That is really soothing! Mark took a shower with me-that really helped too!
also-warm baths!
a walk around COMO lake ;) -maybe Phalen instead?
I been thinking of you all afternoon!
I better remember to tell Scribe about the contractions, or I'm dead meat.
You and I know that, but she'll still kick my ass for not telling her.
Did you know that there is pitocin in watercress?
Break out the watercress!!!!
Its been over an hour since ESD posted! no sleeping while we are all waiting for minute by minute reports -hahaha ...GET SOME REST-
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watercrest? she's carrying a watercrest!
Did you know that there is pitocin in watercress?
I'll start drying some out for good smoking soon. Thanks
epidural? now pitocin? CM?!!
you a woman under there and we dont know it? can I check? ;)
Next thing you know he'll be asking for some Midol.Â
ISABELLA
Variations: BELLA, BELLE, IBBY, ILSABETH, ISABEAU, ISABEAU, ISABEL, ISABELLE, ISHBEL, ISOBEL, IZZY
ISABEL, ISABELLE, ISABELLA. Eavesdrop at a play group in SoHo or Santa Monica tomorrow and we'll lay odds that you'll hear at least one version of this so-hot-it's-afire name. A venerable Spanish and Portuguese variation of Elizabeth (it went from Elizabeth to ILSABETH to ISABEAU to Isabelle), Isabella is known to every school child as the name of the Queen of Castile who helped finance Christopher Columbus's expedition to the New World. And since then it has had an incredibly rich history as a royal name, a literary name (Shakespeare's Measure for Measureand Henry V,a narrative poem by Keats, novels by Jane Austen and Henry James), even a soap opera (Loving) and star-baby (chosen by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Geraldo Rivera, and Jeff Bridges) name. But despite its burgeoning popularity, we still can't restrain ourselves from recommending it, because it is simply one of the most enduringly beautiful names we know. It's got some pretty terrific nicknames and foreign variations too: IZZY, IBBY, BELLE, and BELLA; the Gaelic ISHBEL and the Scottish ISOBEL; and the Old French ISABEAU (the name of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in Ladyhawke.)
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/parenting/name_test3.cgi
Isabella
Popularity rankings from the Social Security Administration:
    1900     10's  20's  30's                90's
so in the 1990's Isabella was ranked 202nd out of the top 1000 names on the girls list.
http://www.parenting.com/parenting/pregnancy/tools/babynamer/results/0,20081,ISABELLA__B,00.html
Thanks for the link me2. I'm going to have fun looking at that one.
haha you have to buy their magazine to get into their site... no thanks...
New babies are so exciting. Hope things are progressing and soon this phase will be over.
Then the fun of raising them starts...the good, the worry and the miracle of it all.
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I didn't have to buy anything to see it. I just clicked on the link. I've been looking up my kids names.Â
can I check? ;)
No tickets needed for this ride baby. :-)
epidural? now pitocin? CM?!!
They're both aides in my book.
And yes, I have taken a birth control pill in my teens to see if I could catch a buzz because I'm a guy.  It just made me think of Ponch from CHiPS for some reason. ;-)
Ponch took birth control pills?
I always figured that would have been John... he always seemed like more of the gay type.
Still nothing exciting to report other than another big burst of energy that's now keeping me awake. UGH!
Darn..I was hoping for an update.
haha you have to buy their magazine to get into their site... no thanks
I didn't have to buy anything either.
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Dawg and ESD are all the buzz around here- TC and I have been calling eachother to see if we had heard anything yet. nothing :( ---she'll come when she's ready :) not when you are! haha
It says my youngest daughters name, Abigail/Abby, means "father's joy". She'll like that.Â
I have a toddler bed I'm getting rid of if you guy's want it, let me know and you can come look at it.
OK.. I just got done slogging through all the guesses and here's the compiled list of what you all guessed before I closed it yesterday:
Everyone is still in it but me.. =(
Violent J - just guessed time 11pm
Me2 - Sept 17, 1:17pm, 19.5 inches
Pay Me - Sept 19, 3:42am, 7 lbs 9 oz, 21 inches
TMK - Sept 20, 10:20pm, 9 lbs 2 oz, 20 inches
TC - Sept 21, 7 lbs 10 oz, 21 inches
OT - Sept 22
LL - Sept 24, 7 lbs 9 oz, 20 inches, 5:30am
MOM - Sept 25, 7 lbs 14 oz, 19.5 inches
Clue Master - Sept 25, 10:26pm, 8 lbs 10 oz, 21.25 inches
Mucluck - Sept 30, 6:55am, 7 lbs 8 oz, 21 inches
Kitch - Oct 1, 10:14am
Terry V - Oct 1, 2:30am, 10 lbs, 21.5 inches
THX - Oct 4, 14 lbs
ESD - Oct 8
She must have decided to wait until i'm over this stupid cold to arrive. Nothing happening here except those dumb brax hicks things again. =(
Tired of being PREGNANT !!!
JOE!