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@MrsSCB: @OldpuebloJenn: I've been having a tremendous amount of pain right where you describe, ribs about an inch or two under my bra line, since the beginning of the third tri. It gets worse after sitting up in an office chair all day but is now getting to the point of hurting even when I'm lying down.

@Silva: awesome, thanks for the heads up! I've gotten a few of the zip-up jammies from HA but def in the market for more.

@MrsSCB: @T.H.O.U.: insomnia is back *full force* over here too. two options: take 1/2 a unisom, STTN, and have an exhausted hangover all day the next day, or not take one and wake up at 3:30am and vacillate on buying obscenely priced shoes on the internet and go back to bed at 8am (weekend) or drag myself to the subway (weekday). do you two get the Unisom hangover, too? are we there yet?!

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@LCTBQE: @OldpuebloJenn: sorry you guys are dealing with this, too, it is so uncomfortable I figured it might be muscles or ligaments stretching/tearing, or maybe something nerve-related because the area feels slightly numb, too. I hope it goes back to normal after baby...

@LCTBQE: Half a unisom makes it a little harder to wake up in the morning, but luckily it doesn't last all day. i'm taking it every other day at this point, and I may just check with my doc again on tuesday and resign myself to every day. Otherwise, I get maybe three hours of broken sleep and it's just miserable. And did you get the shoes, or what? the shape reminds me of the comme des garcons converse, though those have the heart logo. But definitely more affordable, lol.

I think it was @OldpuebloJenn: who posted the study about dates and preparation for labor. I've started having 5-6 a day the last 4-5 days in the form of homemade bliss balls/Lara bars and smoothies and have been amazed at the uptick in contractions I've had. It could just be a coincidence but I thought I'd share. They are painful contractions, too - I know that every contraction counts and gets you closer to the finish line regardless of when actual labor starts (according to my midwives) so I am happy to be seeing something going on!

@OldpuebloJenn: oh lady, that was me yesterday. I cried last night before bed and accused DH of not supporting me as well emotionally as I'd like to be supported before going into labor. Really I just know that I am freaked out to do it again and am tired and have too much going on and I cracked emotionally. But the tears were helpful. I feel more refreshed. I hope you are able to catch some relaxing moments despite the crazy and feel a bit more rested before baby arrives.

@coopsmama: I started on the dates yesterday! I figure it can't hurt and I've found some fun ways to use them. Yesterday I made a grilled cheese with chopped dates in it for lunch and this morning I had a vanilla date smoothie. Even if it doesn't end up useful at least it's tasty

I've been having a bunch of mild to moderate contractions tonight and 1 really painful and long one. I'm partially happy that my body's doing something, and partially "whatevs" since I'm only 36 + 6, it's not like it's probably going anywhere.

Just popping in quickly to update that baby Juliet is here!

My water broke on Saturday evening at 6pm and she arrived Sunday morning around 9am after 15 long gruelling hours of labor. Here's my sweet girl.

@Glitter: congratulations!!!

@Glitter: Oh my goodness! Congratulations! She's gorgeous. Love her name!

@Glitter: Congrats!! She's perfect

@pregnantbee: This is awesome - thank you so much for taking the time to do this update! This will certainly help me edit my packing list . . . and it made me re-think a few things, e.g., a nursing pillow (especially since it looks like I am going to have a c-section, this is probably going to be a huge help for BFing), and nipple shields (my nipples were so torn up within the first day or so!).

@Glitter: Congrats to you all! She is a cutie!

@pregnantbee: Thank you so much for this! I can't believe I've already done this two times already and I still struggle with knowing what to pack - I had like 20+ contractions yesterday so DH told me I needed to pack my bag last night and I did but was struggling to decide what to bring. I love the mention of the stretchy maternity skirt - will bring that to wear with my nursing tanks. I hadn't thought of it but that's really perfect! Some of your other thoughts helped me this AM, too, as I finished up that task.

Thanks all! Its such a dream having her here, and early! Looking forward to more exciting news as AUGUST is finally here!

@T.H.O.U.: thanks for the updated list! Just one correction - Juliet was born on July 31st.

@Glitter: Thanks! I'm loosing my mind this morning. I was wondering how the sheet calculated her as 4 days old already!

MRSWHIT1 (Born 7/15) - 0 Months, 21 Days
Thismustbetheplace (#2 born 7/28) - w, 0 d
APRILFOOL (#2 Jack born 7/22 - 0 Months, 10 Days
Umberto (#1 born 7/29) - 0 Months, 3 Days
July 28: TeawithPaloma (#2) - 40 w, 4 d
dcw6411 (#3 Luke born 7/21 ) - 0 Months, 11 Days
pregnantbee (#2 born 7/29) - 0 Months, 3 Days
Mossyslane (#2 born 7/13) - 0 Months, 19 Days
AANDMKLOVER (#3 Wes born 7/12) - 0 Months, 20 Days
August 1: MrsBeluga (#2 ) - 40 w, 0 d
Coffeemom (#2 born 7/12) - 0 Months, 20 Days
mrschickpea (#1 Anya born 7/18) - 0 Months, 14 Days
August 11: silva (#2 ) - 38 w, 4 d
August 11: coopsmama (#3 ) - 38 w, 4 d
Glitter (#2 Juliet born 7/31 ) - 0 Months, 1 Days
August 16: oldpuebloJenn (#2 ) - 37 w, 6 d
August 16: MrsSCB (#1 ) - 37 w, 6 d
August 16: T.H.O.U. (#3 ) - 37 w, 6 d
August 17: KOALAHUGZ (#2 ) - 37 w, 5 d
August 18: pwnstar (#2 ) - 37 w, 4 d
August 19: stratosphere (#2 C/S 8/16) - 37 w, 3 d
August 20: jojogirl (#2 ) - 37 w, 4 d
August 22: shootingstar (#2 C/S 8/16) - 37 w, 0 d
August 24: agold (#1 ) - 36 w, 5 d
August 25: LCTBQE (#1 ) - 36 w, 4 d
August 28: mrskerch (#1 ) - 36 w, 1 d
August 29: clairhuxtable (#2 ) - 36 w, 0 d
August 30: pirouette (#2 ) - 35 w, 6 d

@Glitter: Congratulations! Juliet is beautiful and YOU look super beautiful!!

@T.H.O.U.: All of the births popping up on your list is making me nervous!! I can't imagine imagine when my name is the next up on that list. YOUR name is coming up pretty close!

So I'm starting to have to plan things in the next coming months and its SOOOOO weird for me to factor baby girl into my plans. For example, this morning I scheduled an appointment to have a stupid wide cut on my dark freckle (came back moderate-severe atypical, blah) and I almost picked a Monday morning. But quickly changed it to a Thursday since that's when husband is home and can watch the baby. So crazy to think about who will watch the baby while I do my normal stuff!!!

@T.H.O.U.: Wow! Only 8 more work days. Are you super busy? Do you have lots to get done? Finishing work is currently my ONLY source of anxiety. (Being here on hellobee clearly doesn't help.)

@T.H.O.U.: Having to go out on leave before I finish most of what I am working on has me freaked out! Hahaha. Gees. Well, we can only do so much!

@Glitter: Congrats, she is gorgeous!!

@agold: I'm in the same place -- work is really the only thing that has me a bit stressed at this point. I'm training people this week in how to help take care of my responsibilities so once that's done, I think I'll feel a lot better. It feels really weird to be handing over my work to other people.....I just hope I can get it all back when I return! Also, I feel like I'm not a great teacher, but I did create super detailed step-by-step how-to documents complete with screen shots, so hopefully people find that helpful.

@coopsmama: thanks for your encouragement yesterday! It helps to know I'm not the only one! DD sttn last night, so, so did I- except for peeing 5x, but I feel refreshed and new today. I went and worked out and DH is home today, it's like a 180 from yesterday! Hope I can keep this attitude up for the remainder of this pregnancy! Hope you are having better days too!