Make your guesses

Well, Abbie is not here yet! And I am getting miserable. So, I have decided that maybe playing a guessing game will help bring her here faster.

So here are the rules:
1. Post your guess for date and time as well as weight and height in the comments- be sure to include your name
2. The person closest on the date wins a prize (which may or may not have any value besides bragging rights) with the time as the tie-breaker
3. Same goes for weight with height as the tie-breaker
4. When guessing the time you have to be at least 2 hours off from any other previously posted guesses of the same date
5. You can post anytime up until I am admitted to the hospital- procrastinate at your own risk!
6. Good luck!

Helpful info:
-Due date is March 1, 2011
-Last Friday I was dilated to 2.5 cm
-The doctor says he will not let me go past one week after my due date

Sympathetic Pregnancy

Today marks Abbie's original due date. But she hasn't come yet, so I guess they were right to change it to March 1. Any day now though...right?

I remember hearing, long before Christy got pregnant, about dads who ended up experiencing some of the signs of pregnancy with their wives (i.e. morning sickness, food cravings, etc.). I probably thought that was a cool thing for dads to do (as if men can actually come even close to the discomfort and pain of childbirth!).

Fortunately, I can't say I have experienced much of the downside of this pregnancy. But I have had more than my share - particularly not being able to sleep. It's like my body is trying to get ready for Abbie to disrupt my sleep schedule (as she is already doing to Christy in a very direct way). If I ever get more than 4 hours of continuous sleep, it's a miracle! And if I come anywhere close to that mark, it's a good night. Any appreciation I may have had for men experiencing a sympathetic pregnancy is gone. This is far more a PATHETIC pregnancy.

One of my worst fears about being a father is losing sleep. And since I'm already living that nightmare, can I at least have my daughter? Any day now...