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12-09-2018, 03:12 PM
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To all you ladies on the board here:
How far along would you all say Meghan is now? About 6 months entering into her 7th month soon?
I heard she has really popped now and it is no longer a bump.
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12-09-2018, 03:19 PM
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I'm thinking that she's just headed into her 6th month and will give birth sometime in April.
Some women tend to show their pregnancies while some women don't hardly look pregnant even up to the date of delivery. I gained very little weight overall with my pregnancies. The weight was all baby.
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12-09-2018, 03:20 PM
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I'd say 6 to 6 1/2 months. I still say late March to Early June.
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12-09-2018, 03:25 PM
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Have reports that Meghan will give birth at home been discussed or debunked?
The way things are going with the tabloids, the Sussexes may wish to skip all the hospital/ waiting crowds hoopla.
The more the tabs and paps cross the line, the more Harry & Meghan will pull back to protect their privacy.
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My friend is a Consultant Obstetrician, and when asked about 'home births', her answer is always 'Why would women want to go back to the Middle Ages?' Especially when we're considering an 'elderly prim' - FYI the definition of an 'elderly prim' is a woman having her first baby at the age of 35+ - the Duchess is 37
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12-09-2018, 04:58 PM
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12-09-2018, 06:03 PM
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My friend is a Consultant Obstetrician, and when asked about 'home births', her answer is always 'Why would women want to go back to the Middle Ages?' Especially when we're considering an 'elderly prim' - FYI the definition of an 'elderly prim' is a woman having her first baby at the age of 35+ - the Duchess is 37
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I agree. It is due to the fact that Meghan would be considered a first time geriatric pregnancy, is why I believe that she'll be encouraged to have a hospital birth.
https://www.prevention.com/life/a237...ric-pregnancy/
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12-09-2018, 06:25 PM
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How about Royal Berkshire Hospital? Kate and Pippa were born there as well.
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12-09-2018, 06:39 PM
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There's always bizarre speculation about the birthing plans, so there's no reason to believe that Meghan has any intention at all of a home birth. Wasn't there speculation that Kate was going to have a water birth? Of course, that could even be true, a lot of hospitals now offer water births--the home birth is much less likely.
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12-09-2018, 06:57 PM
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I think a photocall outside the hospital will still be expected of Harry & Meghan as it's a bit of a tradition ie Anne, Diana, Sarah, Sophie & Kate have all done it. Harry is a high profile royal (as confirmed by the Queen's diamond jubilee balcony group) so if they slip away privately, it will be unusual.
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Errr yes but there’s a redefining of boundaries going on now he’s married her indoors, so...
Still, the couple get to do what they want, they even get to select their own official home according to some  so maybe they will have a choice regarding photocalls soon after delivery 
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12-09-2018, 07:52 PM
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I think she's due in April..so she's approaching her 6th month.
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12-09-2018, 08:20 PM
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I still think the baby will be born late March/early April. But I would say late March (already spring). Can't wait to see the little one's first pictures, so excited!
I think the Duchess will have her baby at a hospital. But not sure which one, we just need to wait for confirmation.
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12-09-2018, 08:26 PM
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Given the dangerous condition Serena Williams was in right after an easy pregnancy and easy birth, I'm sure Meghan understands clearly how fast things can go wrong. A lot of hospitals have changed the conditions to where they try to make the mother feel as comfortable as possible and only intervene in the natural process when requested or medically necessary. But it's always safer in case things start to go wrong.
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12-09-2018, 08:40 PM
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Whatever plans Harry and Meghan do have, we won't know about it until something official is released such as the announcement when the press will be able to set up around the Lindo Wing. That's a for sure sign she'll use it.
One thing for certain though is that I believe Harry and Meghan will have total control over this event. 
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12-09-2018, 09:40 PM
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 I agree. And the photo call will be the least of their problems. Most of us will welcome the photos. Best to focus on that, because one cannot change the trolls. |
Yes, that's my point. I don't think they focus on trolls, but they are going to continue being extra careful about their privacy and the tabloid blather does nothing to make them want to go that extra mile of being on public display outside the hospital with their first baby. So I agree Meghan will likely deliver in a hospital, but they really don't have to announce anything if they don't wish to do so. They could avoid the public altogether and there might be misleading info regarding how far along Meghan is. Therefore, she could go into labor and have the baby before anyone is aware of it happening to avoid the crowds and clamor.
Harry is surely going to be adamant about protecting his baby's privacy too. We already don't get to see too much of William's children. There will likely be even fewer photo-ops with H&M's family.
I'm already missing seeing Meghan's dogs, because in her previous life she used to share so many photos of Bogart & Guy. We did get to see cute family photos a couple of times with W&K with George and Lupo, and a few years later with George, Charlotte, & Lupo in a grassy setting.
So hopefully, we'll get to see pictures of H&M with the baby along with Guy and the new dog. But there are no guarantees, especially not with OTT pile-on stories about the pregnancy, etc.
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12-09-2018, 09:46 PM
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I think a photocall outside the hospital will still be expected of Harry & Meghan as it's a bit of a tradition ie Anne, Diana, Sarah, Sophie & Kate have all done it. Harry is a high profile royal (as confirmed by the Queen's diamond jubilee balcony group) so if they slip away privately, it will be unusual.
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Some on that list did not hide from cameras but didn’t exactly hold a photocall, either. After Zara and James’ births, Anne and Sophie & Edward left the hospital by the doors where press were camped out, so they were more allowing pictures than posing for them. Interestingly, in the pictures I’ve seen from after Peter’s birth, a nurse carried him out for photographers to see but neither parent was there. And of course, when Louise was born she had to be rushed to another hospital for specialty care, so photos were the last thing on anyone’s mind. The public had to wait two months for the release of a photo taken by Prince Andrew. Sarah and Andrew, on the other hand, held photocalls. They weren’t at St. Mary’s, though. Bea and Eug were both born at Portland Hospital in London, another private maternity facility. All of Princess Margaret’s grandchildren were born there, too.
All that to say that there are options for how Meghan and Harry handle where to deliver and how to introduce the baby, even just within the precedent set by the last generation of the BRF—probably more leeway than William and Kate had.
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12-09-2018, 09:59 PM
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Thanks for that information. Indeed, it seems to me that M&H have any number of options. And once again, I feel they could decide to be ultra private and not announce anything. Meghan might simply be wisked off to the hospital when the time comes, and we don't really know how far along she actually is. The baby could be delivered without hoopla and photos shared later.
Therefore no need for OTT excess about what she wears and how she looks after giving birth.
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12-10-2018, 06:10 AM
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I doubt Meghan will choose to have her baby at home. She is an advocate for more education and accessibility concerning menstrual health. She'd be a fool not to understand that a hospital birth is safer. Not to mention, the numbers are there. It's proven that a home birth is more dangerous to mother and child. They'd set themselves up for A LOT of criticism if they were to go with the home route.
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12-10-2018, 06:17 AM
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At 37 years old and having a first child, no doctor in their right mind would recommend a home birth, especially with a royal baby. As far as I'm concerned, that idea is a nonstarter.
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12-10-2018, 06:22 AM
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I suspect the home birth scenario is the product of a journalist's imagination. I seem to remember when Kate was pregnant with Louis there were stories in the press that she was opting for a home birth at KP. That didn't happen either. I wouldn't be surprised if Meghan and Harry decide not to go to St Mary's for the birth though. Perhaps Frimley Park.
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