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Harpchick
Harpchick has 21 days to go and is now in week 37
	Age: 38 Country: US Province/region: New York City: Rochester Partner: Hubby Bob Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Yes Due date: 10 Dec ,2008 Occupation: Harpist
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Scheduled c-section date: Tues, Dec 2, 10am... woo hoo!

12 days to go!

It's a girl! Again!

I'm Amy. I'm 38 and pregnant with my third child. If you ask my teenaged son, my husband Bob and I are hopeless perverts for "carrying on like that at our advanced ages". Maybe my son's right: there will be a nearly-16-year age gap between our oldest and our youngest, with a three-year-old thrown into the mix too! He considers it the height of rudeness that we are supplying him with another baby sister and not the brother he had in mind. Ah well, life is tough, no? My husband and I have been married almost 17 years and tortured my parents by living together for a few years before that at the university where we met. In addition to our two human children, we have three canine ones: Basil, the always-cheerful epileptic cocker spaniel (who happily responds to "Bubba", "Banana" or anything that begins with "B" at this point) and Hoover, an aging and exceedingly hairy shepherd/Yeti(?) mix named after our vacuum cleaner for good reason. (That having been said, I'm embarrassed to admit that, at pushing 90 pounds, she also answers to "Large Marge". As in 'big as a barge'. Limericks are continually written in her honor. No offense intended to any profile readers named Marge, naturally.) The latest addition, as of August 18th, is a cocker spaniel puppy named Snickers, or "Snick" for short. Ask me how pleased I am about Snick's "excitable bladder". Buy stock in paper towels.

'Water' the odds? It's been a weird pregnancy. When we had our CVS testing way back in May of this year, the genetic team ruptured our amniotic sac and we lost most of the fluid around the baby. It's been a long recovery period, during most of which they thought the baby would die, but the tear seems to be healing and our fluid has coming back, so now our prognosis is very hopeful indeed!

Amniotic fluid update 7/1/08: We're up to 11cm! Two weeks ago we were at 4cm and last week it was 9cm, so we're on an upward trend! Hooray! If we get to 13 we'll be considered "normal" again!

Amniotic fluid update 7/14/08: Hmm. Still at 11. But hey, it hasn't gone down!

Amniotic fluid update 8/3/08: HOORAY! 14.8cm!! So we totally exceeded the "normal" mark! The baby is even ahead of things for growth. So it would appear we are out of the woods!

Amniotic fluid update 9/2/08: Well, it's official. We're out of the woods! We've gone a whole month without losing fluid. In fact, we have SO much amniotic fluid they didn't even bother measuring it this time. Within a nanosecond, the tech exclaimed we have more than we need and there wasn't even any point in measuring

Amniotic fluid update 10/1/08: A whole month since our last fluid measurement, but we're at 15.6cm, hooray! On today's scans we could clearly see her lungs "practice breathing", moving the fluid in and out, so we're confident that her lungs are on track despite early fears. Two months to go!

Update 11/11/08: Still near 15cm of fluid, which is actually higher than most pregnancies at this stage.Go figure! Tiana has gone head-down and is enjoying making my cervix feel like it's being poked with a sharp stick. Joy. Have had a little spotting, so doc says things could technically start at anytime; she seems to think I may start early.

The Name: Tiana Claire. Tiana is a name my husband is fixated on; he likes Tia as a nickname, though we like Tiana as a formal name. Meanings of Tiana include:

Russia: short for 'Tatiana'. Cherokee Indian: 'beautiful soul'. India: 'princess'. Greece: 'highest beauty'. England: variation of 'Diana".

The 'Claire' middle name is after the protagonist of Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series of books. (Read them, or forever hang your head in shame...) I always pick my kids' middle names after my favorite literary characters.

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Boobah815 - Friday, 7 November
thank you soooo much for the advice on my blog. I got a lot of responses and although I appreciate all of them your response was a real reality check. I know I'm going to keep going up and down with this nonsense... the trials of TTC. Thanks again for that much needed advice!

Laura Ward - Wednesday, 5 November
Message to all: Message to all: Because of the controversial opinions and thoughts, please do not continue to discuss politics on the site. This includes private or public messages, comments, quotes, etc on ALL pages of the site, whether it be a weekly or monthly forum, your personal page or a friends page. If you choose to continue posting once this message has been posted, your account will be deleted from the site. Please report any member that continues to post these messages. Thank you all for your cooperation and help keeping this site friendly for everyone!

luckywhite - Wednesday, 5 November
hey guiness baby!!! i was concieved on a hospital bed while my dad was off his face on morphine - apparently he was trying to prove he was still a man even with the use of one man.. he proved his point.. (although he didnt know where i came from cause as far as he was concerned hed been in hospital for a year) and- despite the morphine laden swimmers he provided - i consider myself rather on the ball!!! hahah

fiona33 - Tuesday, 4 November
Baby Oliver has arrived on Halloween at 32+1 weighing 4lb 8oz. I'm still in hosp, but was desp to tell you so trying to post this on a mobile phone. I'll be home l8 so will give you full details then. He is doing really well though. Will fill u in l8. fiona.x

toi30 - Monday, 3 November
Thank-you and hope that he turns on his own and i don't have to go through that. I think if he does not i would rather have a c-section. I know that is painful as well. Like you say even after they do it he could still flip back. Well how are things going with your little one? Please keep in touch !!!

mommaxamanda - Sunday, 2 November
Just a question...can men (father-to-be) get post-pardum depression after the baby is born? I believe they can and I think Jay has it now. He's been really down and out and his mood changed a week after Shayna was born.

juels101 - Sunday, 2 November
Wow, thank you sooooooo much for that info, it helps a lot!!!!!!

masonsMOMMY - Sunday, 2 November
Thanks for the comment on my "name" blog. You did have a good point I am just worried that when she goes to school people will make fun of her for having a "boys" name or what about when she gets older would a man want to marry a girl names Charlee? I don't know it's a hard decision but thanks for your advice.

melanie rae - Saturday, 1 November
Hi, I read your story and think you are hilarious! I'm 40 and haviny my third child in December also. Yes, she is a very big surprised but overall she is a blessing and we are very happy she is coming. My two boys are teenagers and like you, they probably wondered what the heck I was doing when I announced the pregnancy! Needless to say, your story sounds alot better than mine. At least you are married, I'm not. You can read my story. Hope we can chat! Good luck with everything!