JKRs Baby WAS Release Prediction

[saraquel_omphale]

No: HPFGUIDX 109537

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> > Jason:
 Since she seems to release the books 
> on 
> > or around June 21, they could probably get the book out 
by.........
> > 
> >                         June 21, 2005.
> > 
> > Now, feel free to laugh or ridicule.. or correct the math..(how 
> long 
> > does a baby delay a woman anyway?)
> >

Granma Saraquel responds
Being not only a mother, but actually a grandmother, I'd say I was 
qualified to talk about this one.  My guess is that she was at least 
3 months pregnant when she made the announcement.  Normally you won't 
get a doctor to confirm your pregnancy until you have missed at least 
two periods (7-8 weeks) and you are recommended not to consider 
yourself pregnant until at least 8 weeks and preferably 12 weeks, 
because most foetus' actually don't make it to this stage, i.e. you 
are quite likely to miscarry early on. I can't remember the exact 
date she put the notice in, but let's say mid-July (perhaps someone 
with the date can correct me).  That leaves 6 months until the baby 
is born - mid January at the earliest, possibly mid-Feb at the 
latest, I'd say.

By the last month, you feel much like a stranded whale and turning 
over in bed is about as much as you can manage, also there is 
Christmas.  If she is saying that baby things are not going to 
interrupt the process, then the editing and final proofing stages are 
going to have to happen before Christmas.  My guess, is that she is 
finishing off the book at the moment.  The publishers, I imagine, 
would definitely like it to be on the shelf for Christmas because of 
the marketing opportunities - whether that's a possibility, I don't 
know and would bow to others superior knowledge.  Lene seems to think 
it could take another 9 months - I think that the publishers could 
expedite that somewhat for HP!

Look, hell - I want a good read on the plane to Oz, otherwise it's 
watching 10 films back to back, and there's no way I'm going through 
Hong Kong again - that really is the most surreal airport in the 
world!  :-)

Saraquel