Comments on: Guest Blogger Jenna Hull on The “Due Date” Thing

By: JDerek

JDerek — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:21:19 +0000

Also, if you are/have experienced diarrhea as an early pregnancy symptom, how early in the pregnancy did you experience it???

By: usaonlinecasinoblog

usaonlinecasinoblog — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:58:55 +0000

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By: Field Turf

Field Turf — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:10:02 +0000

Thanks for the great post! keep it coming

By: Self Esteem

Self Esteem — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:32:06 +0000

Great post! Thank you so much for all you do, i’ll keep reading.

By: Jenna H

Jenna H — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:54:14 +0000

Mendy–I think you unintentionally came up with really nice, calm idea…let’s remove the word DUE all together and go with ‘birth window.’ I like it. I also like “season.”

By: Jennifer Margulis

Jennifer Margulis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:21:10 +0000

I’ve been thinking (and writing) about this question too, as I was “due” several days ago. My first was 2 weeks early (and I was sure I’d be “late” so it was a 4-week early surprise in my mind). My second was 3 days past the due date (my husband says 10 but it was actually 3), my third 2 days before and this one … who knows? Not in the breathing way yet, I guess. The uncertainty and waiting are hard. I guess that’s what pregnancy and childbirth are partly about — letting go of our expectations. Thanks for this post. I’ll make sure to link to it when my own rant against due dates goes live next week.

By: Melinda Cavazos

Melinda Cavazos — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:26:29 +0000

I mean due window!!

By: Melinda Cavazos

Melinda Cavazos — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:25:14 +0000

Spring! What a lovely birth window. Both my boys both decided to breathe in the spring (march 2 and 5. Now we need to spread this new “birth window” concept to all- I love it!

By: Bev Schubert

Bev Schubert — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:20:57 +0000

Thank you so much for this perspective- in a culture that seems bent on inducing early to avoid postdates at just about any cost! I hear that in some forward thinking places the due window is accepted as the norm . Imagine if the paradigm shifted and women truly believed that there are a few weeks that a babe could be expected to come, rather than one day!

By: laura

laura — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:23:57 +0000

“I think babies are born when they are ready to breathe.” I love this!