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Eggplant Parmesan at Scalini’s

Well, we caved into curiosity and as I type, Jennifer is finishing her plate of eggplant parmesan at Scalini’s, which took us almost an hour to drive to!

The story is that nearly 900 babies have been born over the past 25 years after their moms ate this dish at Scalini’s. Yesterday on our program we had John Borgino, the founder of Scalini’s was on our program, and we were entice enough to try it out.

So now she’s finished. If the baby arrives in the next 48 hours, the baby’s photo will go on the wall at their restaurant, and she’ll get a baby t-shirt, as well.

Overall, a good meal. Now we just have to wait 48 hours to see what happens.

And NOW we can say we’ve tried EVERYTHING to induce labor.

Here’s the empty plate:

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This Baby Is Not Very Fast

I’m not even sure what to say anymore.

We are totally confused as to what is going on with this baby.

After going through labor for the first four boys, we thought we had a clue, but this baby girl is definitely not speeding her way along. In fact, every time we think something is happening, we end up being wrong.

And now that we are five days past the due date, she has adequately proven that The Flash she is not.

Last night, after a full day of what seemed like non-stop contractions, we finally gave up and went to bed around 11. I think at that point that we both knew the baby wouldn’t be coming last night, after all.

Yesterday Jennifer was supposed to have an ultrasound and check-up at the doctor. We arrived to learn the ultrasound technician wasn’t available, so they sent us to the hospital where we’d be charged $150 for the ultrasound, so we left without any update whatsoever. So we’re just totally and completely clueless as to if there has been any actual physical change since Jennifer was at the doctor’s on Monday morning.

What’s frustrating is that we feel like we keep letting other people down. I know Jennifer, especially, feels that way even though there’s not a single thing we could do to speed things along.

Trust me, if there is “sure-fire way to induce labor,” we’ve tried it. Yes, that one, too. And that one. We did that one, as well.

So here we are Thursday morning and we’ll be back on the air in less than a couple of hours and I’m quite glad for the distraction. While we talk about getting ready for the baby, it’s great taking calls, talking to fun guests, and laughing our way through 3 hours of not worrying about what happens next.

But I still think it would be über-cool for Jennifer to go into labor – REAL LABOR – during the program.

It would be even cooler for the baby to be born on the air.

That would help make up for all the waiting.

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Is This It?

Jennifer had been having steady contractions pretty much all day.

They haven’t been enormously painful ones, but they’ve been frequent.

She says on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being, “Take me to the hospital,” that she’s been at a 5 for several hours.

So for now, we’re just taking it easy, had a healthy dinner, and we’re going to watch Lost in a few minutes.

After that we’ll head to bed, unless God has some other ideas and we end up heading to the hospital.

It could be something, or it could be nothing. I wish I could tell you more but that’s where we’re at for the moment.

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Leave a Message For The Baby!

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We have a new voicemail line for The Catholics Next Door. The number is 1-646-313-2086

In the event Jennifer actually goes into labor during the show, we’re going to see how long we can continue to broadcast, even if it means doing it remotely by phone.

Should be a lot of fun, at least for you as a listener. Not sure if Jennifer will think it’s as much fun, being in labor.

In the event we need to go to break, or even if we want to do something different prior to labor, we’ve set up a voicemail line that you can use to call in and leave your messages for the baby.

You can give the baby advice on how to deal with her new parents, you can give advice to me and and Jennifer, or just say whatever you want (within reason, of course).

So if you’d like to leave a message for us or for the baby that might be played on The Catholics Next Door, call now. Of course, since Jennifer is now three days past her due date, you might want to call that number right now!

Here it is again: 1-646-313-2086.

And in case you didn’t hear them on The Catholics Next Door, here are some messages our baby girl has left for us via “Messages From The Womb”:

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2 Days Past Due Date: Family Celebration

Because the boys were also disappointed that their sister is arriving late, we decided to take them to one of their favorite restaurants: The Golden Corral.

Jennifer and I also refer to the Golden Corral as “The Golden Trough.”

We’ve also called it “Oh Yeah,” as in what we usually say when we leave: “Oh yeah, THAT’S why we don’t go there very often.”Nevertheless, we’ve all had an enjoyable dinner and I think we all needed to get out of the house and just hang out together doing something different.

We’re trying our best to be patient, but after learning this morning that Jennifer is still only 3cm dilated after one week, it’s been difficult. Getting out with the boys has been a nice change of pace.

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One Day PAST Due Date – Walking Contractions

You’d think that since we’re about to have our fifth kid that we’d have somewhat of a clue as to what’s going on with this labor.

But it was on Tuesday we found out Jennifer was 3cm dilated and every day since then there have been intermittent periods of ongoing contractions.

Today has been a long day of regular but sometimes infrequent contractions.

Things were slowing down so now we’re out walking. Yes, I’m typing this from the walking trail.

Though the baby is taking her own sweet time getting here, I feel like we’re already making very distinct memories from this experience.

Jennifer just said that she’s had one long prolonged contraction the entire time we’ve been walking, and we’re just coming up on a mile now.

Anything could happen at this point. She could be out in a few hours, tomorrow, or next week. For now, we’re just moving forward and we’re thankful for your prayers.

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Due Date is Here. Now Where’s the Baby?

So we started the day with Jennifer having some hard contractions between 5 and 6 AM.

After that, not much else.

Per a listener’s recommendation, we had fresh pineapple for breakfast. That didn’t work to bring on contractions.

Around noon a friend came over to watch the boys so we could go power walking around the mall. That didn’t work either.

Jennifer and I decided to take advantage of being out by ourselves, and her mother had taken over watching the boys, so we went and saw Marley and Me. Good movie. But that didn’t work, either.

Now we’re going to Mass, just in case the baby comes tonight or tomorrow.

But at the rate we’re going, maybe a birth on the radio Monday is not out of the question.

Stay tuned…

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One Day Until Due Date!

We’re broadcasting at the moment and Jennifer is having contractions approximately every 10 minutes. She just started standing to bring on more contractions. We’re praying for hard labor by the end of the program!

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Dilation has begun!!!!

I went to the OBGYN today for my regularly scheduled weekly checkups and lo and behold did I get some good news today! The midwife confirmed that I am currently walking around at 3 cm dilated! (Plus, I also lost another half pound on the scales, which always puts a smile on my face!) Of course, the midwife did remind me that I could continue to walk around for up to a week at 3cm dilated, but in my heart, I know that I won’t. With this encouraging news of this dilation, we went ahead and finished all our packing and leaving instruction notes for grandma to hold down the fort whenever it’s time to rush to the hospital.

We are very excited that our little girl will be here soon! We will do our best to keep you guys in the loop on a moment to moment basis. And if we don’t, it’s only because Greg couldn’t get a wireless signal to upload. Trust me, that would be the only reason!

Thank you for all prayers and well wishes that you left for me on this website and on my Facebook page. You guys are awesome and it’s been so much fun sharing this experience with all of you.

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The Year of Bad Lungs

Last month Ben had walking pneumonia. Now, for the last 10 days, Sam has had a really bad cough.

Jennifer brought him to the doctor on Thursday and he missed two days of school last week.

After completing a round of antibiotics, his cough is just as bad. Last night he coughed for almost two hours before falling asleep, and it was bad enough he had to miss Mass. Not sure if he’s ever had to miss Mass since he was a toddler.

So now we’re back at the doctor and she says his lungs sound worse.

Right now he’s getting a breathing treatment and then we’re heading to the hospital for a chest X-ray. After that, we’ll need prescriptions for an inhaler and another antibiotic because he now also has an ear infection.

So he’s all messed up.

Maybe this is why the baby girl hasn’t arrived yet. We need a completely healthy house for her to come home to.

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Eight Days Until Due Date: Place Yer Bets (VIDEO)!

So we’re down to just single digits in the number of days until the baby’s due date.

Lots of people are trying to guess the name (we’re still not telling!) but here’s the chance for you to have bragging rights. Leave a comment with your guess for:

baby’s name
when you think she’ll arrive
her weight
her length

No prizes awarded, but you’ll forever have the right to say, “I knew it!”

Oh, and if you want to know what the baby’s using, be sure the find out here.

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Nine Days Left: Diaper Changing Practice

We figured it was time to break out the monkey for some good old diaper changing practice. My mother gave our soon-to-be born diaper a stuffed monkey for Christmas, so we used that for practice. It’s always a little shocking to be reminded of just how small newborn diapers are.

This little girl is still very active in my womb and I wonder if it’s possible for her to remain this active even when I eventually go into labor.

The big question is will this baby girl come early, on time or dare I say “late”? Here’s my delivery history:

Sam was born 1 week early.

Walt came 2 weeks early, but was induced, so who knows when he would have come.

Ben was 2-3 days early.

Tom was on time.

Any predictions?

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