25 February 2015

Bonus Post: Baby Guesses (Hippo Edition)

It's time for baby guesses again!  My elaborate points system has fallen a bit by the wayside, so we're not going to complicate matters this time around.  For your own personal sense of accomplishment, you may attempt to correctly predict the following:

1. Birth Date
2. Birth Time
3. Gender
4. Weight
5. Length

Feel free to throw in other guesses as well.  Will this baby have a lot of hair?  Will we make it to the hospital in time, or have a baby on the road (the hospital is in St. Mary's, 30 minutes away)?  Who is more likely to miss Easter (Catholic Easter is April 5, Orthodox Easter is April 12)?
Olivia
Gretchen
Hippo
BIRTH DATE
August 3
April 24

My Calculated Due Date
August 3
April 21
April 3
Ultrasound Based Due Date
July 30
April 15
March 31




TIME BORN
12:58 pm
3:29 am

Arrived at hospital
4:00 am, Wed (same day)
3:07 am, Wed (same day)





GENDER
Girl
Girl

Bryan thinks/thought
Girl
Boy
No strong feeling, but optimistically saying boy
Johannah thinks/thought
No strong feeling
Girl
No strong feeling
Olivia thinks/thought
N/A
No opinion
Girl
Gretchen thinks/thought
N/A
N/A
No opinion
Cravings
None
Chipotle, pizza with ranch, both once
Chips and salsa
Aversions
Cream of Mushroom Soup
None
None
First Trimester
Sleepy, never hungry
Starving
Hungry, but nothing sounds good
Sweet or salty snacks?
Salty
Both
Sweet during the day, salty at night
Fruit or meat?
Fruit
Fruit
Fruit
Weight gain
All in front
All in front
All in front
Carrying?
Low
High
Low
Complaints
Pain under right ribs from 4.5 months, mild heartburn
Shortness of breath from 6 months, mild heartburn (less than Olivia)
Pain under right ribs from 5 months, mild heartburn (less than Olivia, more than Gretchen)




WEIGHT
8 lbs, 5.8 oz
8 lbs, 0.2 oz

Johannah weight @9-11 wks
132
124
128
Johannah weight @ 29-31 wks
144 (+12)
141 (+17)
140 (+12)
Johannah max weight
148 (+16)
144 (+20)





LENGTH
21 ¼ in
21 in





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19 comments:

  1. JohannahFebruary 25, 2015 9:25 AM

    Bryan's guesses:

    Date: April 2 (happy birthday, mom)
    Time: 4:34 AM (sigh)
    Gender: Male (fingers crossed)
    Weight: 9 lbs, 1 oz
    Length: 21 in
    Other: We will make it to the hospital. In Lima. We'll panic.

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  2. kleinsFebruary 25, 2015 1:17 PM

    Steph's guesses:
    1. Birth Date - April 2 (birthday buddy for Eli)
    2. Birth Time - 10:02am
    3. Gender - boy
    4. Weight - 8lb 2oz
    5. Length - 21 in
    6. Other - make it to hospital in St. Mary's and be there for 6 hours before he arrives

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  3. Mom/OmaFebruary 25, 2015 2:24 PM

    April 4
    10:07pm
    Boy
    I agree with Bryan 's hospital prediction.
    8lbs 8oz.
    21in.
    Lots of hair

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  4. JillianFebruary 25, 2015 10:47 PM

    No mom! I was going to guess April 4...
    Date: April 6
    Time: 7:23am
    Gender: girl (because no one else thinks that)
    Weight: 7lbs 9.7oz.
    Length: 20 3/4 in.
    Mild amount of hair
    Yes hospital; time there = 4.5hours
    Bryan is most likely to miss
    (if I thought it would be an easter baby and inconvenient, I'd say 1:17am on April 5)

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  5. JacqueFebruary 27, 2015 10:57 AM

    April 5th (Bryan is missing...sorry Bryan)
    10:52am (you'll make it to the hospital in St. Mary's, probably about 4 hours ahead)
    Girl (eerily similar to Olivia, although many old-wives tales point to boy)
    8 lbs, 3 oz.
    20in
    Hair. Definitely hair.

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  6. JohannahFebruary 27, 2015 2:11 PM

    Olivia's guesses:

    Date: "March 39" (that was not a choice, but she picked it anyway... April 8?)
    Time: "Morning, after we're all awake"
    Gender: Boy (pay no attention to her sudden shift in opinion)
    Weight: "He will be BIG! He will be 1."
    Length: "His body will be like that" (holds hands about 18 inches apart).

    He will have so much hair that "he will have to have something in his hair because it's going to be in his face."

    Will we make it to the hospital? "No." Where is the baby going to be born? "Probably at Grandma and Grandpa's house." The baby is going to be born at Grandma and Grandpa's house?! "Not at YOUR Grandma and Grandpa's house, at MY Grandma and Grandpa's house."

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  7. Mom/OmaFebruary 27, 2015 3:39 PM

    Olivia's answers are getting more entertaining. :)

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  8. JustineFebruary 28, 2015 10:36 AM

    Date: April 3 because that would be quite inconvenient since it is Good Friday. (Secondary choices of the next Wed because the other two were on Wednesday and Orthodox Good Friday.)
    Time: 1:34 PM (right during Mass, duh!)
    Gender: obviously a boy
    Weight: 8lb, 4.3 oz
    Length: 21.5 inches

    Other Comments:
    Lots of hair I think, but then I always want lots of hair.
    Born on the couch because Johannah doesn't go into labor until Bryan is already at Good Friday Mass and logistics become crazy. (Sorry Han!)
    Of course, this means that Bryan is most likely to miss Easter, BUT no one necessarily HAS to miss it :-)

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  9. JustineFebruary 28, 2015 10:39 AM

    Oh! I didn't even think of Steve and Murry's! Good job Olivia!

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  10. JustineFebruary 28, 2015 10:59 AM

    Joseph's guesses:
    "I'm just going to be a pain and guess these so that it doesn't happen this way"
    Date: April 14 (He tried to say 17th, but I said they would induce before then)
    Time: 7 AM (at Lima hospital after being there about an hour)
    Gender: Boy
    Weight: 9 lb, 12 oz (originally tried to say 10 lb, 3 oz but decided that was unreasonable)
    Length: 22.25 inches long
    Yes, moderate hair. No one misses easter!

    Using mostly a calendar, but also a number puzzle, we questioned William:
    Date: April 1 (after much deliberation...that's the first one he actually touched)
    Time: 6 7 9 10 (I have no idea how to make that a time; lets say 6:07 at night)
    Gender: Girl!
    Weight: 7lb, 27 oz (8 lb, 11 oz?)
    Length: 26 inches
    "Where will the baby be born?" "Baby church!"

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  11. theQuicker1March 01, 2015 11:08 PM

    My two favorite guesses - Olivia's hair comment: he will have to have something in his hair! :D And William's comment where baby will be born: baby church! :D I say birth date will be April 2nd - Fenton great grandparents' anniversary
    Aunt Rebecca

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  12. JacqueMarch 02, 2015 11:59 AM

    April 2nd is a popular day! Murry's birthday, Eli's Birthday, Fenton grandparents getting married and whatnot--I want it to be that day too! But my guess stays the same, because any baby that makes you hungry but not want to eat is bound to be difficult.

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  13. JohannahMarch 02, 2015 3:12 PM

    Gideon's guesses:

    April 14
    Middle of the night
    Girl
    15 pounds
    3 inches

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  14. JustineMarch 05, 2015 2:50 PM

    Did Gretchen guess?

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  15. AnonymousMarch 15, 2015 6:02 PM

    Guesses by Kara
    1. Birth Date: April 6th
    2. Birth Time: 4:26pm
    3. Gender: Girl
    4. Weight: 8lbs 5oz
    5. Length: 19in

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  16. Mom/OmaMarch 22, 2015 2:14 PM

    Guesses by James:
    Boy
    April 4
    Morning (6am)
    21"
    7lbs. 9oz.
    brown hair, lots

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  17. JohannahMarch 22, 2015 7:34 PM

    Gretchen's Guesses:

    1. Not soon. After Easter. After Daddy's Easter. April 11.
    2. Day. Afternoon. Lunchtime.
    3. Girl
    4. Skinny like Daddy. Bigger than 7 1/2 pounds. Bigger than 8 pounds. 8 lbs, 3 oz.
    5. Long. 22 inches.

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  18. kleinsMarch 22, 2015 8:28 PM

    Scott's Guesses:

    1. April 4th
    2. 8:56 PM
    3. Girl
    4. 7lbs 5oz
    5. 21"

    Baby named Uni Gonzaga Barhorst because she is born during UNI/Gonzaga Final Four game, Uni first because they win.

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  19. Mom/OmaMarch 23, 2015 7:41 PM

    And that is why they never give the guys the birth certificates. :)

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