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@SeptMomma12: (Edited) There's just not an 8-5 option for working on the water, and it's what I signed up for, so most days I don't even think about it. Just totally accept it. But I'm always worn thin at the end of the time that he's gone, and being very pregnant makes it physically tough too. Like I cannot get over how bathing a 2 yr old makes me exhausted to the point of passing out after I've worked all day, haha. I'm excited for him to get home bc I miss him, and also to catch a break:)

@BabyPenguinXO: OMG! Is your husband military? Mine is only gone for 3 weeks at a time, and then home for 3 weeks, and I am so worn out by the time he gets home - but I shouldn't complain bc when he gets home, he takes over EVERYTHING. Like I do not have to lift a finger. I go to work and that's my only responsibility, and he handles the rest. It is really exhausting working so much and being solely responsible for a 2 year old, some days I just think I'll die of exhaustion. My daughter has been doing fantastic in her Big Girl Bed and then suddenly the past few nights has started waking up and coming in my room 4 and 5 times a night. I have to get up and put her back in her bed, sometimes with a Time Out and screaming thrown in there, and I am just at the point of exhaustion and sleep deprivation where I don't know if I"ll even make it to Friday night when he gets home! Kudos to you for surviving solo for SO LONG. Do you SAH or WOH with him gone? I have done both, and even though I'm much more physically exhausted WOH, I was more mentally exhausted when I SAH and was with her by myself day in and day out. It's all tough! Hugs to you, mama!!!!

I had been considering taking a vacation day every other week or so until I deliver, thinking it might help with how tired I feel by the end of the week, but I took off Monday bc my mom was in town, and I am still just as wiped out - if not more with DD being such a turd at night - as I usually am. I usually work 45-50 hours a week and am on my feet a lot and I'm just really starting to feel it. My calves and feel ache so bad this morning!!!! I just had a pedicure on Saturday but I'm really thinking of popping in and just asking if they can rub my feet and calves.

@PrincessBaby: no he isn't military! He went down there to start working with his dad. He's in the Ironworkers Union. We are relocating there after I have this munchkin im a SAHM. I think the hardest part is being 2 hours from anyone I know. We moved to the middle of nowhere and I don't have any friends here. My family is just over 2 hours away. I spend A LOT of time at my moms though with appointments lately. But I have cats so I can't be gone more then a week. I will only be at my house for like 7 full days before I move! I have to go down to my moms for 2 appointments before I move. So lots of traveling!!! I plan it around my sons nap so at least he handles it like a trooper. I can't imagine working 50 hours and coming home to care for a toddler while pregnant though. Man!!!! Hugs to us both.
I'm really struggling to get up the stairs to bring my son to bed LOL. That's getting hard.

@Mrs. Lovejoy: Thank you! He is home now and my life is 1 million times easier as of Friday night So I got the Novalash done, and I do like them a lot! I didn't have enough time to do a full set, which we had planned to do, because apparently they add 1 lash for each of your own eyelashes, and she didn't realize that I have so many, so she basically gave me a partial set (I had a sitter on a Saturday and had to be back for a certain time so she could do something she already had planned)...I like them enough to pursue the totally full set, so on Tuesday after work I'm going to get them touched up and filled in to a full set. I'll post a photo when they're done! It's really been nice to not have to spend so long in the morning curling eyelashes and all that mess I usually do.

@BabyPenguinXO: I'm glad to hear your family is relatively close! If my family was 2 hours away, I'd be there every weekend for sure! My family is 11 hours away driving, which equals 13 hours with LO:) And I've flown with her the past few months and I swore it off until she is basically a teenager lol. She is too wild and crazy to sit still on a plane and she was too excited to nap, so then she was a Crank Ass and I had to deal with her and luggage and it was just a nightmare this last time (oh and I was pregnant!). So we are a "by car only" family for quite a while. But I have a company car, an SUV that they provide a gas card for, and since it's for personal use as well, we are allowed to use the gas card on vacations as well...So we make the journey when we can and it's free:)

@SeptMomma12: I hope you had a FANTASTIC weekend!!!! How lovely to spend some time with just your DH and at a spa of all places!!!!

I'm a little over 31 weeks, and since today is March 1st, I just realized that I am going to have a baby NEXT MONTH! I cannot wait!!!! I told DH we have 6-8 weeks to finish everything, so we are really getting on the ball.

I finished my DD1's room, the girls' bathroom, and am about 3/4 of the way done on DD2's nursery. The wingback rocker gets delivered this week, and once we have that, I'll have a better idea of where everything is definitely going and get it finished up:)

I'm feeling like it's getting close/real, and am happy that stuff is coming together.

I continue to fantasize about her coming in 6 weeks and being healthy:) I picture myself texting my boss in the morning and being like "Well I don't think I can work today...I had a baby last night."

I also made a reservation for brunch at my favorite restaurant for the day before my induction is scheduled. Just to tempt fate to make me go into labor before then so we can't go, haha:)

Oh god we haven't even started on the nursery. Second baby for sure

@PrincessBaby: It was called "prenatal" but the only difference I saw was that they had lots of pillows to make me comfy and the back massage was done with me laying on my sides. Otherwise a totally normal (and amazing!) massage.

Yes, we officially decided on Charlotte I had a bunch of names on my list but DH was immediately sold on Charlotte. It was our girl name for our son, so it's not surprising that's where we ended up. And we both love how much her big brother loves that name.

When we got home yesterday, all my son wanted to do was "hug the baby" - it was so cute. He keeps saying "I want to meet the baby today!" I have to knock wood and tell him that we want to wait another 2+ months to meet the baby!!!!

@PrincessBaby: Yeah, he is really into babies, especially for a 2 year old boy. A bunch of his friends at school had siblings born in the fall, so I think he "gets it" a little more than average. I just hope this enthusiasm continues when she's actually here!

I really like Hayden. I hope that sways him too!

@SeptMomma12: @PrincessBaby: @BabyPenguinXO: Love all the name choices!!! So darling and perfect!

@Mrs. Lovejoy: thank you!!

@SeptMomma12: thank you! I love charlotte as well! I really liked Evelyn and FI was like.... NO. baha. Her initals will be AMP! lol Our son has 2 middle names because he wanted to encorporate his grandpa, and while i wasnt suuuuper close to mine he is deceased so we wanted to honor them both. Except i still have my paternal grandfather! Also, there is a "G" name trend amongst my fiances dad's side... all the guys are G's... fiance included. We picked our sons name without thinking about it. FI wasnt very close with his father until recently.. So it's kinda nice we followed a trend without intention! lol. My FI has his moms last name though, as does our son. And his dads family has already started refering to him as "Johnson" for example. Using their family name, and not his actual last name. My dads family always did that to me... they addressed all my cards and stuff as using my dads last name, because I have my mothers maiden name.

ANYWAYS.

60 days for me!!! I can't believe it! I'm so uncomfortable though. This sciatica pain... FI said go get a massage. My insurance wont cover the Chiro and thats more expensive and not guaranteed. I can try PT but that never worked for my pinch nerve after my son was born, but it would be covered. I might get temporary relief. At least a massage would be kick ass for my back regardless. LOL ugh.

@PrincessBaby: I can't believe they're making a deal out of it! My dr's told me that in the past but nobody at work has ever said anything to me. It's always just been "nope, blackbird can't go". Totally NBD

@PrincessBaby: I was given that restriction at 35 weeks last time, and you know you're delivering at 39 weeks so I assume that's how your dr got there. I was under the understanding that I was given the restriction a week early due to high blood pressure readings.

Just got the call I failed my glucose test 158 and they want 130-135. Followup is tomorrow morning.

@jetsa: aw bummer!! Sorry to hear that. Hopefully the follow-up goes well and it turns out you don't have it! Or that it isn't severe.

I take my glucose test tomorrow and I called my doc to ask for alternative ways of taking it. My friend took hers a few weeks ago and apparently just had to eat a larger, planned meal in the morning (eggs, toast, OJ, coffee?). Seems crazy that that is an option, yet they don't offer it up freely. She said I might also be able to just eat a bunch of jelly beans. With my first, the test made me so sick, and so I'm hopeful they'll let me try something else. Did any of you guys do this?

@Mrs. Lovejoy: thanks. I just drank the nasty orange juice, the test made me sick the first time but no symptoms this time....but now that I think about it maybe that is the problem.

@MsHangry: thank you! I hope so too

@PrincessBaby: I'm glad it all worked out. I have to do the 3 hour. No food or drinks after midnight, blood draw and nasty juice at 9 and then blood draws at 10, 11, and 12 before I can eat.

@jetsa: I was afraid you were going to say that I did the 3 hour with DD1 and it was rough bc my blood sugar was all wacked out. I'm sorry:(. Hopefully you pass and then it's definitely worth it!!!

@PrincessBaby: @SeptMomma12: @BabyPenguinXO Love all the name choices ladies! We are still so undecided. Names are so hard!!!
@jetsa: I'm sorry you failed the test. I just did my glucose test yesterday. I really hope I pass. That orange drink is so nasty. I didn't get too nauseous but about an hour after I had my blood draw I had a total sugar crash. I was super tired and got a terrible headache. I won't get my results until my Dr appointment next Monday. Fingers crossed.

@SeptMomma12: I didn't even think to ask about easter. I'll be 32 weeks so I'm guessing it'll be okay and thanks Id much prefer fruit punch We're supposed to get a 1/2" of sleet and 6-8" of snow tomorrow I'm so over winter

I'm so paranoid that this stubborn and crazy active baby is going to be just like that when she arrives