birth day and blooming orchids

so i've been asking all my friends and family to predict when the little peanut will arrive despite being unable to come up with a prediction myself...i did tell my husband i thought i would go in to labor about the time that the orchid in the hallway bloomed...it has like 15 green blossoms that have been waiting to open or slowly considering open for a couple of weeks now...

my husband's birthday just ended (the 12th)...i thought it would be kind of cool to have a little boy on his birthday...or even a girl i suppose...but another part of me wanted this child to have his or her own day...then my husband had made a comment he hoped we could avoid the 13th so of course as i got up to drink some more water in the middle of the night on the 13th the largest green bloom had opened completely in the dark! so now my question to myself and possibly any intuition i may really have had on this one is whether i meant ONE bloom or the entire 15!

i've had more contractions but nothing regular...i just feel "ready" which is how i've heard other moms describe their state of mind shortly before going in to labor...kind of surprising after all my posts on anxiety and fear of letting go of control, but comforting nonetheless...

so if i make it until thursday the baby would be born on heart day which i suppose has some advantages but i still like having his or her "own" day better...

i've thought for some time the baby could easily come on my birthday...the 15th...that would work out well for relatives traveling because they would come after work and stay for the weekend but as fun as it would be to share my birthday, i'd like the baby to have his/her own...

the 18th stands out in my mind because my father was born on dec 18 and i'm not sure this baby will make it to the due date of 28 which was the day i lost my dad in may...plus i like this is the last day of aquarius so maybe the baby will get some piscean emotion/intuition in combo with aquariun traits i'm already familiar with...and sea is on the cusp of cancer/leo and i liked that...and i like that it is 3 days after my birthday and 3 days before skye's (her cousin)...

other days that don't have to be shared with others include: 16, 17, 20, 23 (sea's "day"), 24, 26, 27, 28, and of course my favorite, the 29th or leap year...i really don't think the baby will make it that far...

well it is late and i'm getting obsessive and actually quite silly in all this analysis. i will just be ready to hug and snuggle and love this baby so much whenever he or she arrives...

if anyone wants to weigh in on predictions, reply to this post! we don't know if the baby will be a boy or girl if you want to throw out a guess on that one, too...