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@krsmall: @meredithNYC: CONGRATS, MAMAS!!! so exciting!

Just had my 35 week appt yesterday and decided to go ahead and get my cervical check w/ the strep-B test. I'm currently 1cm dilated and 50% effaced, which of course to me, means nothing, and that I could have weeks and weeks to go. Of course, to my hubs, he's all excited and thinks that the baby can come any day now!

@HeatherlovesKenny: Good luck tomorrow! We'll be thinking of you!!

@HeatherlovesKenny: how are you feeling? I saw you post on another thread, so I thought I'd ask. You've been there since 5:30, right? What have they done so far?

@chrispygal: thanks!!

@krsmall: Oh, that's great news!!! I'm happy that you are both healthy!!

@mediagirl: I had to call at 5am to see if there was room for me since inductions don't take priority but I'll be admitted at 7:30 this morning! I woke up about every 20 minutes last night and got ready at 4am...I completely lost my breakfast. I'm so nervous! The rest of that nasty mucus plug is gone now too (probably why I lost my breakfast, lol).

@Shimmer: thank you!!

@HeatherlovesKenny: aw, I'm sure I would have lost my breakfast, as well. At least losing your mucus plug means things are moving!! That's good news and hopefully means the induction will go quickly. Good luck!!

@krsmall: That's fantastic news!

@HeatherlovesKenny: Good luck!

I took the 3-hr GD test this AM. My body didn't like it very much...I still feel like crap, 4 hours after the last blood draw and after eating.

But I just got the call from my midwife, and I PASSED, WOOT!

I also had a regular prenatal visit thrown in there. Things are looking good. My blood pressure was low (102/58), but I was told that fasting was the likely culprit (although my BP tends to run low, allegedly because of my age and build). Bebe's heart rate was a steady 145 (except for the first visit when it was 173, the HB has ranged between 135-145), and I'm measuring at exactly 31 weeks, which is what I am today.

Karen was also pleased that I'd put on 2lbs since my last visit, which officially puts me at 2lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight, and about 15lbs overall.

Happy Weekend everyone!

The induction went smoothly!! Elizabeth Loretta was born at 1:45pm...8 pounds 13 ounces and 19 inches long!
The pitocin wasn't fun at all. But I went from 2cm dilated to 10 in 3 1/2 hours! I'll be back with my full birth story soon!

@HeatherlovesKenny: Congratulations mommy!!!

@HeatherlovesKenny: Congratulations on your little girl!

@krsmall: That is SUCH great news!

@krsmall: hooray! Home early! That is wonderful news.

I'm a little late to the party but I just saw the thread. I'm due August 9. So exciting to see all the June babies arriving. I feel like the summer is flying by.

How's everyone doing? It's been quiet around these parts!

Just got back from our ultrasound today! Baby A is weighing in at a whopping 2lbs 10 oz and Baby B is 2lbs 11 oz! I managed to get them to put on almost a pound a piece since last month!

Baby A is still head down, which is good but Baby B (little spaz!) is breech now. At first, I was like "there's no way - I've been getting kicked up at my ribs by Baby B" - and then we were given a photo of him still breech but with his leg/foot up over his head! So I'm still getting kicked by Mommy's Little Gymnast over here! I'm hoping this doesn't hinder my plans for a vaginal delivery... hopefully if Baby A stays head down, that's all I'll need!

No cervical changes, despite all the crazy BH contractions I've been having! Yay! They're still stuck in there for a while!

Hi ladies! I'm such a sporadic poster to HB - I really need to move over here full time but I haven't quite cut the cord to WB yet. Anyway, just checking in to see how everyone has been doing. Congrats to all the new mommas! It's so exciting that summer babies are starting to arrive now!

I'm currently 39w 3d and don't feel as though this baby is going to come any time soon. I'm way too comfortable right now to believe that a baby could be arriving at any moment, but fingers crossed it's not too much longer until our LO arrives! We don't get any internal checks here, and my appts are still fortnightly anyway, so I have no idea if any effacement or dilation has started occurring but if I had to guess, I'd say no.

Anyway, I'll keep checking in to see how all the other summer mommas are doing. Does it seem crazy that July is almost here - especially to the July moms!?!?

@krsmall: I hear ya on the exhaustion. Ugh. We're not having the best night over here. I think it gets better.

Well, I have some good news: the full-leg, down to the knee cellulite is gone! Must have had something to do with weight distribution. Woohoo, my legs are mine again! I'm feeling good about my body pp, as well. I don't have a scale but I do have a mirror. The belly is shrinking every day and my undies are fitting again! Haha.

How are all the mid-end of June and July Mom's holding up?

@mrs. wagon: "Praying lil miss wagon stays in there as long as possible..!! I'm not ready for her yet!! Will I ever be??? ;)" I absolutely understand what you mean here!! lol

@chrispygal: oh gosh, I read your thread this morning--I hope all the swelling goes down and you start to feel better!

I keep following this thread even though I already have had my LO!

@mrs. wagon: Just think, as soon as she's here all of that heartburn/pressure/pain will be long gone!! I feel like a new person after giving birth (even though your a second timer too) I forgot how nice it is to be normal! I can't believe I spent 18 months of my life pregnant, lol

So far, pp has been fine--I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight but I still look probably 14 weeks pregnant. I feel fantastic though (despite some breastfeeding problems but they're worked out now). Also, I realized I bought WAY too many nb summer clothes, not enough pants and no sleep n' plays! What was I doing the whole 4 months after I found out the gender?!

I hope all of you ladies are doing well and enjoying the last bit of pregnancy!!