# My due date is 11 days away and the waiting is driving me crazy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956 "2012-07-02T01:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/81 "2012-07-07T14:45:08Z")
Congratulations! Welcome, **iftheresababy**!! ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/82 "2012-07-07T14:59:33Z")
Hooray and congratulations! What a wonderful day! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/83 "2012-07-07T16:06:40Z")
It’s too bad there’s no way to have an online baby shower. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/84 "2012-07-07T16:39:29Z")
Sings: **If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake** to new babby.\* \*My nephew’s gf just had a baby girl. My sister kept texting me updates during the labor. I kept spelling baby “babby”. My sister thought she was spelling it wrong and changed to my spelling. Got me into a bit of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/85 "2012-07-07T17:27:30Z")
Congratulations! I’ve been following this thread and am so happy to hear that you made a beautiful little human. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/86 "2012-07-07T20:21:33Z")
Congrats! And add another vote for naming him Will! ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/87 "2012-07-07T21:22:01Z")
> [@iftheresaway](#): > > Magical is right! How do theft make nostrils so tiny ( how did I make nostrils so tiny?) > > Thanks for the footnote. I’m wiped out, but I feel like my heart is going to explode every time I look at him. Worth it. It’s pretty overwhelming, isn’t it? Feels like your heart just isn’t big enough to contain all the love and wonder and awe. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/88 "2012-07-07T22:06:49Z")
Whooohooo! We have a new doper! Congratulations and we can’t wait to see pics! ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/89 "2012-07-08T00:06:53Z")
Good on ya. Now, start saving for college. NOW! ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/90 "2012-07-08T13:11:58Z")
Yay, congratulations! After ours was born my husband and I kept marvelling that it felt like we’d known her face our whole lives. And that brand-new baby smell is so intoxicating. I tried to fall asleep during my pushing. I was gently humored and allowed a break. Then back to it! > [@iftheresaway](#): > > Magical is right! How do theft make nostrils so tiny ( how did I make nostrils so tiny?) I know! Also, I have never been so obsessed with what’s in nostrils. So many boogers. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/91 "2012-07-08T22:09:41Z")
Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/92 "2012-07-08T22:30:14Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Yay, congratulations! After ours was born my husband and I kept marvelling that it felt like we’d known her face our whole lives. And that brand-new baby smell is so intoxicating. > > I tried to fall asleep during my pushing. I was gently humored and allowed a break. Then back to it! Oy, the pushing! So complicated. I tried to give up and go home several times, but apparently they won’t let you leave when you’re crowning ☹ 😃 Thank you to everyone for all the congratulations! I’d like to demonstrate my appreciation by sharing pics of [the cutest 12-hour-old you’ve ever seen](http://s1053.photobucket.com/albums/s470/Iftheresaway/). Sorry to disappoint on the name - Will is cute, but we named him for my husband’s brother and my father, both of whom have passed away. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/93 "2012-07-09T00:05:14Z")
Adorable photos! I really like the second to last one. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/94 "2012-07-09T00:23:14Z")
Love the photos, and thank you for doing your part to ensure that Doper babies remain the best-looking, smartest, most remarkable kids around! Please play with his toes on my behalf, and give him a good sniff for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/95 "2012-07-09T00:36:45Z")
I like number 16 the best. He’s definitely a cutie. Good work, **iftheresaway**. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/96 "2012-07-09T07:45:35Z")
He is the cutest! Congratulations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/97 "2012-07-09T07:59:37Z")
That baby doesn’t just look at his little hand, he _contemplates_ it. Looks like a beautiful, smart little boy! Oh, and just for fun: if you make a free account at this site [www.astro.com](http://www.astro.com) and fill in your sons birth data, you get a free character horoscope. I recommend the free short horoscope for children by Robert Hand. It reduces the uncertainty of what his character will be like! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/98 "2012-07-09T12:17:58Z")
very nice photos, hard to pick a favorite but those feetsies - 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/99 "2012-07-09T17:05:44Z")
Congrats! We all knew you had it in you! ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-due-date-is-11-days-away-and-the-waiting-is-driving-me-crazy/626956/100 "2012-07-09T17:24:09Z")
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