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@bubblegum: we've had our name picked since we found out the gender: Waylon.

My husband accidentally slipped (didn't even know he did) the name to his parents and his mom immediately hated it. Buuuuut she has to understand where I come from working with kids with disabilities. I can't name a child after a child I work with or know. It's too strange! My husband loved Axel and I immediately vetoed it as a speech therapist working with a child who can't pronounce the "k" sound it came out as "a$$hole" and said NOPE! We're keeping t a secret otherwise

Names made me think of it, but does anyone else's parents or ILs drive them nuts during pregnancy? I find my mom slightly difficult to manage normally but during pregnancy everything drives me nuts. Maybe its the hormones.

This past week we were talking about names and she kept asking if I was going to name baby 2 something really weird. And it's so odd because my son's name is James. Like really, you think I'm going to have James and Jaxertoni? (made up). But she kept asking about it.

And then she was holding a friends baby while my son was present and kept wondering if he'd show jealousy. She was super disappointed that he didn't. So weird. Its like she wants DS to freak out about having a new brother.

Again, both tiny examples from this past week but for some reason they super bug me. I'm probably crazy.

@mrsmacSLP: Ugh, that would bug me too. So crazy to expect you to want to make trips that long with a newborn! Maybe its not pregnancy hormones making us irritable but babies just bring out the most annoying features in relatives.

@JennyPenny: my MIL is driving me crazy already. This could easily turn into a novel, but she lives on the other side of the country and really is super super type A and passive aggressive at the same time. She is having a hard time with the fact that I can't give her a set day that this child plans to arrive. So she has now booked an OPEN ENDED TICKET to my house.... and my DH isn't concerned about this cause he will just get up and go to work every day and leave me at home with his pacing, anxious, fidgety mother. I don't know what's worse - if the baby comes while she is here and I have to deal with her hovering while I recover from child birth or if I go late and she ends up staying for like a month while I'm 37, 38, 39, 40 weeks pregnant.

She's so anxious about this trip she has already mailed me special pillows for my guest bed to ensure that she gets a "good nights rest" while she is here since she is "particular" about her pillows. I wanted to write back and say ohh I'm sorry you don't sleep well at my house when you stay for weeks on end.... perhaps the Hilton down the street has better pillows?

Ok end rant. I wish DH would put a stop to the madness. Her anxiety is out of control already and it is January.

@lilteacherbee: I hear ya. I feel bad sometimes complaining about my mom because its not like she's a terrible mother and I still love her, but at the same time having conversations with her stresses me out immensely and so it makes me not really want to.

@psw27: omg that would drive me nuts! My mom lives 10 minutes away and I had to have a very serious discussion with her about the fact that she did not need to stay at my house when the baby was born. It was absolutely insane. I hope things work out that your MIL arrives sometime after the birth and you've had some time to yourself. But even then it sounds like it'll be stressful having her there

@JennyPenny: Your mom stayed over?! See my mom is super duper chill and if she lived 10 minutes away she would definitely be like "bye, I'm going home to my bed!"

In positive news, just heard from the OB and I passed my glucose test, and I don't have HIV or syphilis, yay!

@JennyPenny: Yeah, it was a challenging time. We also lived in a very, very small apartment and it was a long 2 weeks.... Oh well. I'm not confrontational either, but luckily she is even less than me so I just did what I wanted and she wouldn't say anything. I did a lot of nursing in my bedroom and not coming out for hours and hours and she wouldn't say or do anything.

Woohoo! So glad you passed your tests!

My mom is amazingly chill with this pregnancy just like she was for DS pregnancy. I think my one MIL is excited because we weren't on speaking terms for my first pregnancy so she gets to experience this one.

I was a little taken off guard when my SIL reached out to me saying she is willing to watch DS while I give birth to DD (scheduled c-section) because her mom would likely wanna be at the hospital with us. I'm 100% fine with this because I wanna give her the chance to experience this but was kinda shocked she would want to spend the day waiting on DD considering it's a c-section and I can only have one person in the room, which will be DH. BUT I don't wanna take that from her and so I invited my mom too and that way she can have some company lol

Things like that WAY annoyed me with DS BUT now I get it. I figure give them the chance to share this moment because at least they're willing to help, because some grandparents don't. Thankfully MIL is super sweet about worrying about my feelings and it's not all about her son. To her and FIL, WE'RE her kids and she treats me as one. Considering there was drama in the pass, I'm thankful!

I can't speak on MIL #2 however lol. She drives me NUTS. She means will but goes overboard! lol

@littleblessings: Nova stay put! Sending lots of love and prayers your way for that little girl and you!

@littleblessings: oh my! I hope both you and Nova stay safe and healthy no matter what happens!

@mrsmacSLP: @JennyPenny: @lilteacherbee: @MapleMoose: thank you ladies. They didn't get the contractions to stop entirely but they are more tolerable so I was sent home. They were every 4 minutes and are slowly spacing out more since I had two terbutaline shots

@littleblessings: eek! I'm so glad things slowed down! How are you feeling?

@JennyPenny: things haven't stopped entirely but I was able to sleep.

@justjules: @bubblegum: I'm alright. I just woke up with a headache from the labor stopping medication which is a normal side effect.

@JennyPenny: My MIL always drives me crazy, lol. But yea, the things you listed would definitely get under my skin too! And congrats on passing the test!!!! Mine is on Friday, ugh, already dreading it! So far my stretch marks look the same. I got them all around my belly button with DS1, but not until something like 34 weeks - it was right near the end. With DS2, I didn't get any new ones, but some of the ends of the old ones turned pink, again, not until the 34ish week....they faded fast though.

@littleblessings: Holy moly! Glad things have slowed down! Did anything happen to start labor up? Are you doing too much or anything, or did it just happen?! Get some rest!

@littleblessings: Were you dilating?? I had prodromal labor with DS2 for two weeks. It was....intense.

@ValentineMommy: I'm almost dilated to a 2
@bubblegum: I will. I'm talking to the OB tomorrow about the shots that prevent labor when you've been prone to preterm labor.

@psw27: They said if this keeps happening they will keep me there for bedrest since I have two littles in my house.

@psw27: no I don't. I have someone set up for April when I am supposed to go into labor. Had no idea it would try starting so soon. They did do a swab test that says I don't have the protein to dilate my cervix so I guess that means I won't be delivering for at least two weeks since it came back negative.

I'm packing the LOs bag today and working on prepping Nova's stuff some more. It's all light activity I can do while sitting on my bed. No lifting or anything. Mostly sorting laundry. I'll be figuring out my stuff to take to the hospital too but I need to find my suitcase. Lol

@littleblessings: Yikes, I hope things slow down and labor doesn't progress. You must be stressed trying to scramble for potential care for your two kids. Sending more prayers!