# Beta-chan still sticky at four weeks out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919 "2008-09-10T10:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/1 "2008-09-10T10:17:20Z")
OK, I learned my lessen and there are no fake surprises this post! Today is the final day of week 35. Tomorrow is Expected Day minus four weeks. We went in for a routine exam today. Ultrasound measures her at 2280 g, just about 5 lbs. Even if Beta-chan were born today, for which she’s far too sticky, she’s be fine. All systems go, missing not even a toe, we wait and wait. Less bored than at 25 weeks, less scared than at 15, the routine, boring, average , grey pregnancy has given way to the growing reality that soon, really soon, we will be feeding, clothing, changing, bathing, holding, rocking and all the other 'ings a little girl. Past Big and Uncomfortable, my wife has hit [HUGE and MISERABLE](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/2830414168/)(at times). Cute kicks succeeded by an athlete in training. I fake my best sympathy for my wife while secretly cheering on my daughter. “Yeah Beta-chan! Go! Beta Go! Grow strong!” We have seen the future and the past. Close friends had a baby girl a few weeks after Pough-chan was born. A multicultural family, with the wife Lithuanian, the husband Argentinean and a button-cute almost two-year-old moved from Japan last year. They came back for a visit and the wife and daughter stayed for a couple of days. They speak Spanish in their house, so we couldn’t talk much to the daughter, but [she still loved](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/2845608376/in/photostream/)being [read to](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/2845608382/in/photostream/), even in English. A visit last year would have been a little bitterer and less sweet than this visit with our own daughter coming soon. A look into the past – this is the age Pough would be. This would be how he would sit on my lap. A peak into the future. In time, my own daughter will be flipping the pages and saying “Quack” at all the pages. All is well in the Tokyo Family. Peace for all. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/2 "2008-09-10T10:28:03Z")
Stay sticky, Beta-chan! We want you as big and strong as you can be!!! Thanks so much for the update. Your wife looks lovely. And we’re all looking forward to lots of pictures of Beta-chan and the whole TokyoFamily. Keeping good thoughts focused on Tokyo… GT ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/3 "2008-09-10T10:30:56Z")
_yawn_ Because, let’s face it, you might as well get a few last weeks of quality sleep in, because you’ll be kissing all that goodbye next month. _sends out for balloons, bunting, tooters and so on_ See you soon, Beta-chan! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/4 "2008-09-10T12:03:33Z")
Mostly just :D… Because, what **Mal** said. Once you have a healthy baby girl we won’t see you posting very often again for awhile. Continued happy/sticky thoughts for your daughter, your family, and yourself. Thank you for taking the time to update us, even though most of us live halfway across the world. ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/5 "2008-09-10T12:05:22Z")
Sticky thoughts and hope for a healthy and beautiful baby! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/6 "2008-09-10T13:02:49Z")
Go Beta! But please dear, stop headbutting your mom’s bladder now and then, ok? ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/7 "2008-09-10T13:21:25Z")
Beta-Chan, we can’t wait for your arrival! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/8 "2008-09-10T13:31:15Z")
Hang in there kid! Best of luck to all. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/9 "2008-09-10T13:38:59Z")
BOOOOYAH! Your wife looks _adorable_. Tells her I said so. I’m sure you say so a whole lot. 😃 May you have a happy next four (or five or six :D) weeks waiting, an easy delivery, and kiss the baby for me when she’s born. I’m so, so happy for all three of you. Go Beta-chan! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/10 "2008-09-10T13:40:44Z")
Yay!! Go go, sticky girl!! I’ve rarely been so happy to read about something so uneventful! _doing the sticky dance_ ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/11 "2008-09-10T13:43:25Z")
The third trimester (when everything is normal) is all about “I don’t care how much labor will hurt, I just want this DONE!” Best wishes for an uneventful labor and delivery. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/12 "2008-09-10T13:52:48Z")
Stickystickysticky! I’m so happy for you, **TokyoPlayer and Mrs. Player and Beta-chan**! I’m so happy that you’re getting another chance, and it looks like it’s going to work this time. Think sticky thoughts and hang in there…only a month to go! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/13 "2008-09-10T14:15:48Z")
I thought you were saying the baby had a skin condition, or you didn’t wash the baby. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/14 "2008-09-10T14:18:18Z")
YAY for sticky Beta-chan! I get all misty-eyed when I read your totally boring and completely non-eventful updates. It’s fabulous. Please let us know when Mrs. Player goes into labor so we can all think good speedy delivery thoughts for her. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/15 "2008-09-10T14:41:00Z")
Just a little bit longer, baby girl. Stay safe and warm and growing. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/16 "2008-09-10T14:47:03Z")
> [@BaneSidhe](#): > > Beta-Chan, we can’t wait for your arrival! Oh yes we can! stickystickystickystickysticky Another 2 weeks would be excellent, 4 perfect. stickystickystickystickysticky good luck guys ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/17 "2008-09-10T14:51:59Z")
Lovely news. I’m so pleased for all of you. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/18 "2008-09-10T14:57:16Z")
I witnessed my baby sister give birth to my niece on Saturday. Here’s a glimpse of your fairly immediate future 😃 : > **[Michaela Louise, fresh out of the oven. 6 September 2008](http://twitpic.com/auli)** > > Michaela Louise, fresh out of the oven. 6 September 2008 > **[Michaela Louise, swaddled and a little happier. 6 September 2008](http://www.twitpic.com/aulp)** > > Michaela Louise, swaddled and a little happier. 6 September 2008 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/19 "2008-09-10T20:58:40Z")
About Oct. 8, we all need to switch from sticky thoughts to slippery ones, to try to help with a quick and easy labor. But until then - stickysticky. Little Beta-chan, keep hanging in there. It’s so good to know you’re doing just what you should. Let Mommy sleep sometimes, though. She’ll need it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919/20 "2008-09-10T21:08:22Z")
Yay yay yay yay STICKY! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beta-chan-still-sticky-at-four-weeks-out/462919.md?page=2)