Houston, Nug has a birthday!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

:d

[Lobodeb]

How nice to have a date! (Unless he decides to come early, that is.) Is Nug putting on more weight now? I know you were concerned.

[Suki Wingy]

CONGRATS! That is Oslo's birthday! He'll be one.

[carole]

Another little saggi on the way, now make it the 20th if you like , thats my birthday, here's to the safe arrival of little nugg., not long to go now, you must be ever so excited.

[finn's mom]

Wow! How cool! Can't wait to see who's in there!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

How exciting! Can't wait to meet the little guy.......(my work mate's birthday is 21 December and he suggests Tom as a great name....- here we go again!)

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

How exciting for you and Josh! It's getting so close!!! A new baby for Christmas, what better present to get.

I do have a question though, and please don't feel like it's a negative one at all, I'm just confused since I've never had kids or know anybody in person who has had one lately.

Ok, my question is, it seems to be such a common things these days to induce labor - why? What's wrong with just letting nature take its course and let him come out when he's good and ready to make his appearance? I can see in a medical emergency way where an induction would be good, but it seems - besides a few blips here and there - you've had a relatively good healthy pregnancy, so why induce labor? Just curious because this seems to be a fairly recent trend in having babies. I never heard of it until people here on PT started having so many babies.

[Samantha Puppy]

How nice to have a date! (Unless he decides to come early, that is.) Is Nug putting on more weight now? I know you were concerned.

Well, we had a sonogram on November 7th and one yesterday (the 28th). In 3 weeks, he gained approximately a pound so he's now around 4.5 lbs. If we allow him to cook another 2-3 weeks, I'm assuming he'll gain approximately another pound which will put him right around the same size Josh and I both were when we were born. I'm not so worried anymore!!

[Lobodeb]

Sooooooooooooo glad to hear that he's growing.

[Samantha Puppy]

Sooooooooooooo glad to hear that he's growing.

Me too, but he's still in such a 'low' percentile compared to "normal" babies, I don't feel like anyone's listening to me (the sonographers) when I tell them how small Josh and I were at birth. All they see is percentiles that other babies are/should be in at this stage in the game and compare him to them. He's small, yes, but not abnormally so. The fundal height should be within 2 cms (or whatever measurement they use) of your gestational week. Last week, at week 35, he measured 33. THAT'S NORMAL!!! And Josh and I are tiny people! This baby was never destined to be gargantuan! I've found that that is the most frustrating thing to deal with now... along with the morons who look at me and say "You don't look pregnant at all!" or "You look like you're maybe 5 months along - not 9!" I'M EXACTLY THE SIZE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!

[Lobodeb]

Perhaps you'll appreciate his smaller (yet normal) frame during delivery. I was just measured yesterday and my little one came in weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz. I'll be 36 weeks in Friday. I weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz and my hubby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz.

I look like I swallowed a basketball. There is a small part of me that's hoping for a c-section.

[Samantha Puppy]

Yeah, that's what the doctor said. While we were in the exam, Josh asked how long I'd be in the hospital and I said depending on the time of day I have him I'd be out on the 23rd as I get 48 hours in the hospital for a vaginal delivery. Then I added "Or I'll be out on Christmas Day if I have a c-section." The doctor started laughing and said "Not with this little guy! Are you nuts?" hehe

I know I've said this before, but I was 5 lbs. 4 oz. at birth (one week early) and Josh was 5 lbs. 9 oz. at birth (two days late). I'm now 5'2" and Josh is around 5'5" or 5'6". We're tiny people. Our kids will be tiny. My dad always said that if Josh and I got married (we started dating in '95 when we were 17), we'd have puppies because they'd be so small. Looks like Dad knew what was going on all along!