Both my pregnancies were exactly 40 weeks long to the day. One good thing about having a LDH is that it's pretty easy to figure out the exact date of conception. Both births were natural but I had to have my water broken both times. The midwife said that I probably would have ended up with born in the sac babies if they didn't do it.

I had an appendectomy when I was 6 mos. pregnant with D(13). My uterus was in the way of my appendix so D(13) was actually out of my abdomen and out in the bright lights for a little while 3 mos. before she was born (the uterus is only semi-opaque). I've always wondered if she might have been awake or whether the general anesthetic would have traveled through the umbilical cord and knocked her out too.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver