# They're expecting!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 22, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408 "2001-02-22T02:26:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/1 "2001-02-22T02:26:01Z")

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My sister and her husband are expecting their first baby, due date approx October 1. I got to see pics of the ultrasound today (she has two, from two different angles). Little niece-or-nephew-to-be is currently 17 mm “tall”.

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/2 "2001-02-22T02:49:12Z")

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Hey! Let me be the first (unless someone beats me 🙂 ) to say **CONGRATS**!!

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**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/3 "2001-02-22T02:52:43Z")

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Whoo hoo! Congratulations! Wonderful news! 😃

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/4 "2001-02-22T04:05:37Z")

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Congratulations, **Kat!**

Best wishes to your sister for an uneventful pregnancy and an easy birth and the most beautiful, mellow baby ever born!

(Being an aunt is the BEST!)

Scotti

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**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/5 "2001-02-22T07:43:43Z")

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I know how they celebrated the New Year!

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**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/6 "2001-02-22T09:10:31Z")

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**Cool!** I love being an aunt, it’s the greatest job on earth.  
Congratulations! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/7 "2001-02-23T01:58:18Z")

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Thank you.

This’ll be my second time becoming an aunt, so I have some practice at the “spoil 'em rotten and send 'em home” procedure. I’ll have to start looking for drumsets for the baby shower… _evil grin_

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-expecting/55408/8 "2001-02-23T02:05:46Z")

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Congrats! 😃

Being an aunt really IS cool!