You guys are good!

So in one of my last two polls before Elle's arrival, I asked how large everyone thought she would be. Ten people said 7 pounds to 8 pounds, 15 ounces. At 8 pounds, 2 ounces, you were right. Two people thought she'd truly be Gigantor and nine pounds or more.

My other final poll was about the length of my labor. Here is how the voting broke down for that:

Less than three hours: 1 vote
Less than six hours: 4 votes
6-12 hours: 5 votes
12-18 hours: 6 votes
18-24 hours: 3 votes
24-36 hours: 2 votes
36-48 hours: No votes, yay!

I guess if you count from the time my contractions started (about 2:30 p.m. on Friday) to Elle's birth (11:28 a.m. on Saturday), labor lasted 21 hours. If you count my post-work contractions (after 11 p.m.) until the delivery, it was about 12 hours. And if you count the time we were preparing to go to and were at the hospital, it was about 7 hours or less. So the majority of the votes hit one of those time frames.

New poll

In addition to the "How long will my labor be?" poll, I have added a "How much will Elle weigh at birth?" poll. I think we can safely assume it will be at least five pounds.

Survey says ...

Survey says I hope the majority of you are WRONG :)

The results of the latest poll show that:
* Four of you think labor will start when my water breaks.
* Seven of you think labor will start with contractions but no water breaking.
* One of you think I'll go in to labor during the day.
* Seven of you think I'll go in to labor at night.
* Six of you think I'll go in to labor while at work.
* Five of you think I'll go in to labor while at home.

What I'd prefer would happen is that my water breaks sometime while I'm at home. I don't care if it is night or day, but I'd like a clear sign, and I'd like to not be at work or grocery shopping or at the gym when it happens.

I hope those of you who disagree with this are wrong, but knowing my luck, the majority of you could very well be right on the money. Guess we'll find out in the next few weeks!

Be sure to vote in the new poll about how long my labor will last ...

Gender poll!

We are exactly two weeks from what's referred to as our "big" ultrasound! We'll get to see Baby W. and the doctor will check to make sure s/he is growing properly and there are no issues of concern. Annnnnddddd we should find out if it's a boy or a girl. If you haven't voted yet, please weigh in on what you feel Baby W. is - there's a poll at the top of the blog, right under the blog header, in the upper right hand corner. In about two weeks, we'll let you all know if we'll have a future baseball player or a ballerina later this summer :)