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Thanks all, I feel better after commiserating..I've most just gained it in the baby pooch but i still feel it in other parts of my body (i.e. Backfat). Oh well, I have 3 weddings shortly after giving birth so it'll be motivation to drop the spare weight.

In other news, has anyone not taken the birth classes offered by the hospital? Mine offers a 4 series of 3 hours each in a row and it sounds awful. I'll just watch a video on YouTube instead.

@Pinkberrry: We took a birth class the first time around, but had the option to do it all in one weekend (so one 8-hr day on Saturday and one 4-hr day on Sunday.) I think it was more helpful for my husband than myself - I had done so much research already that I knew just about everything they went over. But DH is more of a hands-on learner than I am - it helped him learn ways to support me during labor, stages of birth/labor, what would be expected of him before/during/after, what would happen if we needed a c-section, etc. I did find the infant CPR class good to take, and the hospital tour was also useful for knowing where to go, but I think you can take both of those without taking the birth class also.

@Mrs. Pen: Thank you!

@raspberries: ouch! 10 hours, good luck - hopefully you can sleep, read and relax!

We are flying to TX, 2 flights, to my husbands tiny hometown. Looking forward to being in someone else's house and having nothing to do!

I just had someone ask me when I'm due and they were SO shocked that I'm only 27 weeks (tomorrow) because I'm "ALREADY SO BIG!"

I might be having a bad day but I am so over people telling me how big they think my belly should or shouldn't be. She also said, "But you're big in a good way."

Whatever, I'm over it.

Happy new year everyone!!! Finally it's the year our babies come

@oskarsmommy: take the nap and enjoy the quiet time

@anonysquire: Happy New Year!

I can't wait until we move into our new house in 3 weeks. I feel like I can't start anything baby without being in the house. I just want to get things done!

@anonysquire: I think we have lots of help so it should be OK. Maybe getting everything organized after the move will help labour along haha.
My mil said she would help with the move, by watching the girls. Um, I'm like 8 months pregnant, how about I watch the girls, and you help with the move hahah.

@anonysquire: Lightening crotch? I got it pretty bad with my second, close to when labor started. I have had a few episodes of it this time around too, typically when I have lifted, carried or walked too much.

So excited about our 2017 babies! I'm 29 weeks this week

@lilyann: @MrsB2012: thanks ladies! Familiar with the term but I guess I never had it with either other pregnancy.

@oskarsmommy: oh gosh!! There is zero running going on over here. Kudos to you!!!

@Mrs. Pen: Yay for a great appointment! I hope baby flips soon! Mine was transverse for the longest time too but flipped head down a couple of weeks ago and the pressure down there, yikes!

My doula is also a birth photographer and she happened to be doing a special when I booked with her, free maternity session, woohoo! We are waiting to see if it snows this week because we thought it would look pretty for pictures outside.

I was surprised I passed my 1 hour GD test, I've been gaining weight fast lately, it seems. My placenta is still partial previa, so I have another high risk appt in 4 weeks to see if it has moved. I will be seeing my regular OB 2 times between now and then and she said she will probably do a vaginal ultrasound to check it too.

@Mrs. Pen: no maternity photos here. I don't want to have record of me being a cow ha.

I had an appt yesterday and surprise, surprise, they got the due date wrong again. If anyone is keeping up, when I went in for my 20 week ultrasound they said I was measuring 4 weeks behind and moved the due date back. After I sent in my charts and basically told them it was impossible for me to be that far back, they moved the due date back. So I'm 31 weeks, and at my appt yesterday she said "measuring right on track at 25 weeks". After some tears, because I'm just so freaking frustrated about all this mess and thought it was finally resolved, I called the director again and was told the due date is the same (31 weeks) and finally we are going to figure out why the baby is small. So ya, im over this. I think it doesn't help that we had the failed adoption but I'm just so over this pregnancy. Blah.

@MrsB2012: ugh I hope we can figure it out too. I don't want the labor and delivery to be surrounded by stress. I have an ultrasound Monday so hopefully we can figure things out.

Had another Drs appointment yesterday, all is well..I took the Counsyl genetic screen a few weeks back to check for CF and it tests for 100 other inherited disorders as well and I came back as a carrier for deafness, so now we're waiting on my husbands results to see if he's a carrier for it as well .
In other news I haven't done anything in the nursery other than paint it and I'm feeling very behind. Is everyone else done with theirs? I haven't even ordered furniture yet, yikes.
I did order my baby shower invites last night for the first weekend in February..which also seems late considering my due date of March 17th, but I hope it all works out. Time is flying by too fast!!

@oskarsmommy: thank you!!! I just want it to be over!

@Pinkberrry: Hey, your nursery is painted, you're further along that me! We move in 2 weeks, so I literally haven't done anything. I have a crib from my oldest daughter and that's it. I guess i have her old bedding too, but I'd like something new. It's hard being team green, I can't get motivated to get anything. It's even harder not being in our new house because I haven't decided on colours or anything.

So I've been having Contractions all evening. I know they are not Braxton hicks because I've been having those since week 12. These ones are really hurting me!! Not close enough to be worrisome. But also one thing I noticed is that baby's head is like wayyyyyyyy low! I can't sit for very long because it feels like there is a lot of pressure in my bum/crotch. Sorry, tmi!!! I guess baby has dropped? I don't even know what the heck is going on haha. But I'll admit I am getting a little worried that I won't make it to 37 weeks.

Hi Ladies, I'm back after being away for a while. Hope you all are feeling great. I'm currently 28 weeks and feel pretty good besides having major back pain. We just went in for another anatomy scan and baby looks great. I'm considered high risk because of my hypothyroidism and tested low for Papp-A in the beginning of the pregnancy but she looks great.

For all of you still working out - way to go! Some days, just carrying laundry from the basement to our bedroom on the second floor leaves me out of breath... I have so much admiration for all of you who have stuck it out this whole time. Hoping to get back into working out after this little one comes, but I'm pretty sure I'm done running for now.

We had the trip from hell when we went to visit our families for the holidays - everything from a speeding ticket to the stomach flu to my grandfather's cat dying. I'm so glad to be back home and focusing on the new little one - we're planning to install his car seat this weekend, just in case!

@Mrs. Pen: I was induced for pre-e the first time around too - my labs have all been normal up until this last appointment (31.5 weeks) where I had trace amounts of protein in my urine. My BP was still good (106/66), so here's hoping it goes away by next time. Also, that work schedule is insane! Are you guys understaffed, or is that what it's always like? That sounds like it'd be difficult to maintain even when not pregnant.

@LoveHope: Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl yet, or are you team green?

@lilyann: I should have done that. I'm going to get a prenatal massage to soothe my back. Hopefully that will help for a bit.