A July baby

Unless I go into labor right now and have a super fast delivery I think it is safe to say we will have a July baby. I was also thinking about the fact that the baby technically can be born on two different dates if you look at Dutch versus US time..... how funny is that.
One thing I do know for sure is that Jr isn't here yet and I am starting to get quite uncomfortable. Pretty soon I will be desperate enough to start trying the tricks to induce labor like drinking pineapple juice, tonic, biking on bumpy roads etc.

Serious baby talk

I have to have a serious talk with Jr soon. This week the weather will get hot, Wednesday it will get up to 30 degrees C (90 F) and I don't feel like dealing with contractions then. So either today or tomorrow it needs to happen, but by now I am guessing we will have a July baby and Jr is going to stay put till next weekend. How about a 4th of July baby? Then both mom and baby have their birthday on a holiday..... me Sinterklaas, and Jr independence day.

Paternity leave

When Jr is born Sean will get 2 days off. At the moment the Dutch cabinet is deciding on an extension of this leave. One of the parties suggested 2 weeks, but this got rejected. Now they will debate about a 1 week leave. I hope they decide fast, it would be sweet if Sean got a couple of extra days!

What are the odds?

Lately I have been getting emails from some ladies in my aerobics class who already had their baby. This morning I started to notice the boy to girl ratio so far. One woman had a boy and seven had a girl (incl. one set of twins) so far. Also all my friends who had a baby recently or already know what gender the baby is that they are expecting soon after me had/will have girls.....
Does this mean we will indeed have a baby boy to beat the trend or is there just a big girl wave going on?

The other night by the way I dreamed again that we will have a boy. So boy to girl dreams is also 2 to 1 I think.... We'll know for sure soon!!!

Check up

Today we had a check up at the hospital. Nothing changed since my last appointment, my BP is still great (110/75), Jr's heart beat is too and still (s)he didn't drop yet. I was for sure that had happened because I felt something going on and seemed to have more space in my stomach again.... it was probably just wishful thinking.
So we have another appointment next week July 1st (no, not another week!), so it could very well be that Jr will be a July instead of a June baby.

As for now I am thinking of new projects. I have to start keeping myself more busy, because I start to sleep bad at night, I am just not tired enough. But on the other hand it can't be anything to elaborate because I am not allowed to after my bleedings. I think I will go get some fabric and do some crafting. Any suggestions on what to make?

Today is Jr's due date.....

.... without a baby..... but still with a big belly! It is not that unexpected since only 4% of deliveries take place on the due date and 90% of first born babies come in the week after the due date. But with our recent adventures and my liking of tight planning we would have hoped to beat the odds.
Any day now.










This is my last belly gallery of the last 9 months. I almost made a circumference of 1 meter (100 cm), as of yesterday it is 99 cm.

Maternity leave lasts too long when....

....you are happily willing to participate in a 15 minute phone telemarketing interview about pollution of the national airport. Everything at this point to kill time I guess!