Just now checking in, and I was kind of hoping there would be news. At this point, I'm beginning to suspect Baby Sussex does not prefer the month of April. I too hope the baby will not arrive on another royal baby's same birthday. So, if not today, then please May 1, May 3, or May 4. Anything beyond that will surely be overdue.
That article was back in October. It was said that Meghan was going to give birth at the Lindo wing, with 20 staff and they would all be on call for 3 months. The whole alcohol thing makes sense when her due date is here or near. She isn't going to want to use a different doctor, because her doctor was drinking the night she goes into labor.
Ah, I don't doubt the 'no alcohol' rule is absolutely above-board and in line with normal protocol for royal baby deliveries most likely. And if I was Meghan, it definitely would make sense to me as a reasonable request to make, rather than taking it for granted. I don't have any issue with any aspect of the report. It's kind of cool to have that many specialists on hand to ensure a safe and a smooth delivery.
I think some of the team of doctors were not necessarily 'hand-picked' by Meghan, but are simply on hand for consultative purposes, at the behest of Her Majesty, the Queen.
The fall back care and attentiveness on hand by experts in their field, should make an expectant Mom feel super relaxed and stress free. But I'm sure that Meghan, as a strong, independent woman, has also firmly made all of her own personal wishes known, so that she can exert and maintain full control over her own body, her own life, and her own birth process.
Hmm, here's interesting articles about how Meghan's years of yoga practice has kept her fit... [which is a bonus for her as an older expectant mother]:
https://fitworldsport.com/fitness/2...-stays-fit-through-pregnancy-the-cheat-sheet/
https://www.thisisinsider.com/meghan-markle-yoga-routine-2018-9
And for handy reference, here's the actual link to the original Tig feature with Meghan's former yoga guru, Duncan Parvianen (as accessed and provided in the second article above via the Internet's wayback machine):
https://web.archive.org/web/20160714223454/http://thetig.com/6-daily-poses-rejuvenation/
If its a girl and born on May 4th, they'd definitely have to name her
Leia. After all, her daddy actually almost was a stormtrooper in a Star Wars movie. The only reason they didn't appear in the movie was because William and Harry were too tall.
That's funny. I posted in the baby name and gender thread that there's a recent article claiming 'Allegra' (of Italian origin) was Diana's favorite name for a girl, so that M&H are considering it for a baby girl. I thought in that case 'Leia' might serve as a nickname, but there are so many nickname possibilities, including 'Legra,' 'Allie,' etc.