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Perhaps they should post an eviction notice on her belly.

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If there's no signs of dilation at tomorrow's doctor's appointment, I'm totally putting a sign up in protest.

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This weirdo stole my original idea!

https://squeekymomma.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/eviction-notice/

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Are you going to have a mommy blog? I ask because I'll have to rescind and adjust my opinions of mommy blogs.

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Though I'll inevitably have a few kid-updates and frustrations and pictures and such, I don't really plan on having a mommy blog.

I'm kind of hoping that "mommy", while I'm sure it's rewarding and fantastic, won't suddenly usurp all other elements of my identity.

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Well, yeah. LJ doesn't count. I expect (and will enjoy) lots of photos and talk about child-rearing. I can't see you becoming a sanctimonious mama who wants to turn her experience into a book.

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If I did, it would be titled, "Oh my god, how have I not accidentally killed you yet! And other parenting tales."

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Lol! I JUST saw several messages on the WTE boards about Castor oil. MOST of them spelling it "Castro oil" which...yeah, that's not the same thing. Good luck with all of that, other people.

I've been having more...intense (I guess I would describe it) Braxton-Hicks and stronger period-type cramp-feelings. But nothing I would really mark as "contractions". Nothing painful.

I can't remember--did your water break spontaneously, or was it after they started induction?

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Don't use castro oil. Then he really won't ever leave. And he'll want to wear olive green uniforms and smoke cigars all the time.

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They broke it, which was funny because I swear they just used a really long crochet hook to do it.

Also, that is when the real labor started, so don't have them break it and then send your husband out for dinner. Have him eat dinner first.

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He's made himself at home in there. It's so comfy, why leave?

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You make a good point. Though it's going to be uncomfortable carrying around a 2 year old in-utero...

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The terrible twos in-utero sounds like a nightmare or a B-horror film. They could call it "24 Months Later".

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She'd be like kanga and baby roo.

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Hopefully s/he will make their appearance soon enough.

The story my mom tells is that she went to the doctor the day or so before I was born when I was two weeks late and was told it would be another two weeks before I'd make an appearance.

She went into labor that night or the night after.

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I'm amazed that they wouldn't have induced at that point...usually they will only let you go 42 weeks (2 weeks over) because the placenta can start to become less effective (and even deteriorate!).

But back then they didn't do that as much. My brother-in-law was almost a month late. HUGE baby. Started supplementing with cereal almost right away.

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Yeah, this was 1979, so I don't know what technology they had for inducing. As it was, I was underweight when born (I was 2 weeks late and only weighed 5 pounds even!)

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Actually, in 1979, and at that weight, I would guess that you probably weren't "late" so much as the pregnancy was inaccurately dated (unless there was some problem that was causing you not to gain weight properly).

Now they do ultrasound dating very early--which is quite accurate--but if they were going from your mom's last missed period that can vary REALLY wildly because cycles can be very different.

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I've thought that that could be the case, too. I was the size of a premee (sp?) and considered late. I also have always been small so maybe it did have to due with not gaining weight properly before I was born, too.

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Whelp, what are you going to do? These things don't respond well to sheer force of will.

And THEN they become the Little Shits in my icon!

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