Royal style & gossip: now where's that baby??

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Sorry, I dropped the ball again!

Link to previous thread.

Of course there's also always the chance that Meghan wasn't yet 12 weeks when they told people. Maybe she was just 9 or 10 weeks but would be hitting the 12 week month in Australia so they thought they should announce it sooner rather than later.

Well they said late April, early May so my feeling is that covered 38-42 weeks which is considered full term and is all any of us could really say about when a baby is likely to arrive.

I think it might be today! Hopefully it is and then I can stop checking!

I went overdue with both of mine and I can remember feeling the pressure from family and friends and this was before social media had taken off. Imagine sitting there fully aware that potentially millions of people are waiting for you to produce.

I bet Megan is wishing she'd said early may to the person who asked when this baby was due. I didn't mind being over due with my DC 1 - what I did mind was now ex husband's family calling constantly moaning that I hadn't delivered yet. The way they complained you'd have thought a baby was a special delivery item guaranteed to be delivered on X date.

I hope Megan is keeping away from news and social media and doesn't feel pressured.

Max time as pp said for full term is 42 weeks, so induction process is usually started around 41 1/2 iyswim

Bearing in mind the baby grows half a pound a week from the 8th month, Meghan might have a gigantic 10 pounder. ( Lena Tindall was 9 something).
I know she’s putting out messages saying she is comfortable but is probably thinking “ get this giant bowling ball out of me”.

I think the baby was born on Thursday or Friday (just before Harry made the decision to cut out the first day of his trip next week) and it will be announced to the media on Sunday morning. I do think the baby is already here.

[[https://twitter.com/Ed59029780/status/1124505380766277633?s=20 Meghan said late April, early May when it’s ready

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I don't think we can hold much store on what normally happens in NHS maternity.

Let's not forget she went to a zika virus risk area. Presumably it was risk assessed and all risks could be mitigated.

Similarly, it's not difficult to assume that the risks of being overdue can be similarly mitigated if you have enough resources.

An in-house scanner, foetal heart monitor and doctor/midwife available 24 hours a day. Pop onto the monitor for half an hour multiple times per day, whilewatching tv and being scanned, and it could be risk assessed that any potential danger could be caught within time for emergency actions.

I refused induction for DC3, born naturally 40+16. If Meghan is similarly as against induction as I was, there are ways she it can be made as safe as possible to do so.

Loved the little clip with HMQ and her DGC taking the ponies out. She doesn’t sound very posh!?

I wish baby Sussex would hurry the f* up! I’m very confused with what’s happening with all these announcements re:Harry’s travel plans and details surrounding the birth. Why would he announce (and then presumably change) travel plans when his wife is about to have a baby any day now? I thought BP announced yesterday (or maybe it was the day before) that she hadn’t had the baby. Off to google..

Not Sophie’s engagement outfit 🤦🏼‍♀️ Poor Sophie, she looked awful then, very dated. She looks great now though.

Photo of Wills looking long and lean

@AhoyDelBoy That photo displays rather interestingly in the Talk app, just crotches!

There are pictures of the new Japanese Imperial family in the DM

This picture shows their especially Stepfordian uniform. Would love to know the history of this court dress

Japan's Emperor Naruhito greets public for first time since succession
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito greets public for first time since succession
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William doesn't appear to -ahem- be smuggling much!

The Japanese court dress is so conservative; it makes Kate look like she's going clubbing.
I don't understand why the ladies aren't wearing beautiful Kimonos?

I suspect he's in black so it's less obvious how muhh or how little he has

And he's probably cold

It'd be Jūnihitoe rather than 'a kimono' they are traditionally 12 layers weigh up to 20kg I'm pleased they don't have to wear them often TBH. Looks stunning though, obviously.

Here's Empress Michiko (then Crown Princess) wearing a Jūnihitoe, 10 April 1959. Looks like hard work!

Trying the photo again

I'm not a huge Meghan fan and wasn't keen on the coat/wedding situation but I can't help feeling sorry for the poor woman and the amount of speculation going on, some of it really not very nice. I hope she gives birth soon and that her and baby are well and they have some peaceful time together as a family. Once they've made an announcement of course!

Whoops! Should be a full length shot! I use the mobile sight on my phone, not the app.

That is stunning (the Jūnihitoe)!

It'd be Jūnihitoe rather than 'a kimono' they are traditionally 12 layers weigh up to 20kg

No wonder they have made it a modest more westernised formal wear.

The current dress code, they appear to have, would make it very easy to pick your outfit though - it appears to be a simple - what colour would you like your standardised clothes in and which plain pearl necklace do you want. No room for critism.

Been out and about today (Windsor) and there’s lots of photographers about still looking very bored now.

William doesn't appear to -ahem- be smuggling much!

He will have been advised how to dress, there are ways and means of concealing what you have - or don't have!

I expect the Windsor photographers now want her to hurry up so they can go and enjoy their bank holiday weekend. Henry should go in Mothercare and buy lots of things in yellow, after tipping off the photographers of course.

Henry?! Harry!