https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:13:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-278717 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:43:44 +0000 Beebug 278717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I missed the best window to wear that shirt that I have on in the bump pic, I think I am definitely done with it now.....little tight!</p> <p>I don't have any comfy, loose clothes......all my loose stuff is pretty or work appropriate.</p> <p>So I have one of DH's undershirts/plain white tshirts on, and my belly is totally hugging it, too funny. I think DH and I weigh about the same now :p</p> <p>Such a busy day, the crib bedding looks fantastic in the room, but I want to make a pillow case or frilly/for pretty pillow with the extra fabric still, looks so plain and empty in the crib for now!</p> <p>I need a lamp still, not sure what colour to go with.</p> <p>We loaded up at Costco today, DH is separating all the meat, I will do a big meal plan for the week's ahead, for the freezer meals I am going to do, I think I am going to one of our local farmers and asking for straight from farm meat to do those up! Will be nice to have more in house, and require less trips to the grocery store.</p> <p>Hope everyone has a great long weekend, it's beyond silly hot here (heat alerts and such!) and I am not leaving the house for too long, stay cool in the AC! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-278149 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:19:57 +0000 Running Elley 278149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CarrieLouWho: Thanks! I've been dying for a prenatal massage! It's on my to do list for sometime this month!</p> <p>@jessiejo17: Thank you :) I'd wear it ALL the time if I could. I don't think I'll ever go back to non-maternity leggings!</p> <p>@mrskc: Exactly! Plus it never gets SUPER cold here so we can totally get away with just sweaters :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-278112 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:56:53 +0000 mrskc 278112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: So glad baby boy is doing great! And that part time works sounds nice. </p> <p>@Beebug: You look great! Excited to see your nursery once it's all done. </p> <p>@Running Elley: So cute! I love your outfit. I saw you thread about leggings and sweaters and that sounds like an awesome idea for after baby arrives. I think I'm going to try that too. Especially since I know I won't be able to fit into my jeans. </p> <p>@CarrieLouWho: Glad your appointment went well.</p> <p>I had my 32 week appt yesterday. All is well. Baby's heartbeat sounded great. He is head down with his butt up under my boobs and his back along my right side just like I thought. Hope you ladies have a great labor day weekend! I'm so excited for the extra day off on Monday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277816 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:40:17 +0000 LuLu Mom 277816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: You look so cute, your outfit is adorable by the way :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277813 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:39:26 +0000 CarrieLouWho 277813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hilsy85 - that's great that your appointment went well and you're going to be working 2 days a week - that's the perfect amount to help the time go by fast!<br /> @BeeBug &amp; @RunningElley - Ya'll look soooooo cute!!!</p> <p>I had my 34 week appointment yesterday and everything was great. Our doc hasn't given us size estimates yet, but says everything is on target. I go back in 2 weeks... then it's EVERY WEEK!!! It's hard to believe it's so close!<br /> I also had my monthly pre-natal massage last night... if ya'll haven't gotten one, if you can splurge and get one - DO IT! I feel sooooo much better after! I'm going to go back in 2 weeks and then start every week after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277781 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:31:24 +0000 Running Elley 277781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: Ah tomorrow it'll be NEXT month. I've been thinking about that all week and I am just soooooooo excited about it. You look great!</p> <p>Bump picture from last Sunday at 32.5 weeks!</p> <p>[attach=699/12/m9mg8c.448x600.photo-10-.JPG] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277771 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:26:24 +0000 hilsy85 277771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: @Running Elley: Thanks! It was really great to see him and hear his heartbeat. </p> <p>@Beebug: You look great, mama! I know--so crazy that as of TOMORROW we'll be able to say we're due next month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277743 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:19:19 +0000 LuLu Mom 277743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: YAY on a good growing baby boy, and a part time job. That should help the next couple weeks fly by. </p> <p>I have my 35 week appointment on Tuesday, I'm intrested to see how my BP is doing. I haven't had any more "episodes" so I'm hoping that means it is back down to normal. I also wish I knew how big DD was, maybe I'll get an U/S, we will see! Haha doctor thought last time that she was felt like she was growing right on track so that was nice to hear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-277682 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:59:54 +0000 Beebug 277682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my doctor about the sore feet thing, she suggested I not go barefoot throughout my house, especially because our mainfloor is all hard floors, no carpet! Will help support my feet, and ease the pain apparently, I don't know if I love going barefoot too much, and might bare the pain for that reason!</p> <p>I had my bi-weekly appointment yesterday, I wasn't supposed to go again until Sept 19th with her availability, but she said she'll see me next week, rather than that long stretch, so back I go Tuesday!</p> <p>I was 183lbs! So up 43lbs total, belly was measuring 33cm, I am 34w tomorrow, so close enough, bp was 128/64, baby's heartbeat was harder to find but between 120-125 bpm, typical for her!</p> <p>Asked a few good questions, that I am happy to have answered, and cannot believe September is nearly here and we are all going to say we're having a baby NEXT month! I remember doing that when it got to June for our July wedding, saying "next month"!</p> <p>Crib bedding is DONE, going to get it washed and on today, I think it's really going to bring the room together, though I still want to find a gray crib skirt (one on Amazon I love, but of course it's not on Amazon.ca) to interchange with what I've made, nothing plain, gray in stores around here that's for sure.</p> <p>I have had some prints printed from that link @mrskc: sent me (thanks again!) but am now looking for frames! Also looking for frames for a pinterest idea I loved a long time ago, and then wall decor will also be complete -woo!</p> <p>Here is a bump pic from yesterday :p </p> [attach=2471/12/m9merv.428x600.IMG_0155.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-276610 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:46:18 +0000 Running Elley 276610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: It sounds like you had a great day! I think 2 days a week of work will be perfect- enough to get you out of the house but still with plenty of time to rest :) Congrats on the good growth scan! I'm dying to know how much baby weighs!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-276603 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:44:02 +0000 hilsy85 276603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hi ladies! We had our growth u/s this afternoon and baby boy looked great! He's measuring 4lbs3oz, so right on track--if he continues to grow at this rate he'll be between 7 and 7.5lbs at birth! He had his right hand up by his face so we didn't get any good shots, but we could see some chubby cheeks! DH and I are so excited to meet him :)</p> <p>In other news, I got an email earlier this week from the job that laid me off in June, asking me to come back two days a week part time. I figured I might as well--hopefully it'll help the next few weeks go by more quickly. So as of tomorrow, I'll be back at work (10 hours a week, anyway). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-275243 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:48:19 +0000 CarrieLouWho 275243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hilsy85 - love your pics!<br /> @HelloBeeBoston - love love love James!<br /> I have my 34 week appointment tomorrow. My belly is starting to feel big now and I'm noticing there is less room. I've got some pretty sharp pains when I move certain ways "down there"... I'm thinking it might be my hips widening? I have a prenatal massage tomorrow too... Yay! I can't wait!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274904 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:04:36 +0000 mrskc 274904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: You look great! And what a cute print you made. I got all the frames at Ikea. They're very inexpensive for a frame and mat. </p> <p>@Running Elley: I definitely feel like he is right below my boobs. I feel a butt there or something. Something pushes on my right rib and it hurts! I don't mind it though. :) </p> <p>It's crazy how much the movement has changed in just one week. I see my belly shaking around when he moves. I've also felt some nubs rub along my belly. It surprises me sometimes and I wonder what body part that was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274868 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:54:42 +0000 hellobeeboston 274868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: thanks! we've had such a hard time with names - but this one we both love &amp; we have been tossing around for months, and it's the only one that has stuck! </p> <p>I also feel like my bump isn't getting that much bigger, but when I look at my weekly bump pictures I realize it is - it's just so round now it's harder to notice! ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274863 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:52:43 +0000 Running Elley 274863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yepp I definitely have trouble getting off the couch by myself! It’s funny because DH is tall and strong so when we’re over at my parents’ house he usually is the one to help my grandma (who has arthritis) get up. The easiest way for him to help her is for her to put her arms around his neck so he’s really just pulling her up almost into a hug. Lately he’s taken to helping me up that same way lol. I feel totally helpless but it’s cute :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274860 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:52:29 +0000 hellobeeboston 274860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: haha, YES! this is our nightly ritual now - my husband gets up first and helps me up. so funny </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274846 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:47:18 +0000 hilsy85 274846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I have also been feeling his butt right under my ribs. Makes it difficult to lean over, tie shoes, stand up...anyone else starting to need help getting off the couch? I usually need a helping hand from dh now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274836 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:44:36 +0000 Running Elley 274836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Exactly! And I’ve been feeling a lot of stabby movements down low. Since baby is head down I don’t know whether he’s just wiggling his head back and forth or punching me or what but I swear it feels like he’s hitting some internal organ LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/27#post-274825 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:41:10 +0000 hellobeeboston 274825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: YES - i definitely say "ow" a lot more these days. I also smile, but ouch! sometimes little heels or elbows hurt - especially when they rub all the way from like, the belly button to the side and you can see it! weird! and sharp! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-274822 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:40:36 +0000 Beebug 274822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: love the name James &lt;3</p> <p>Movement is SO different lately, harder, more poking out my skin/alien-like, it is unreal!</p> <p>I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.</p> <p>I feel like my belly is not getting bigger, but the baby definitely is very active, hopefully getting bigger.....in less space? Gosh knows I could be getting bigger and I just don't even notice any more, ha!</p> <p>We had an eventful morning, DH got a speeding ticket! We took our dog to our local conservation area for a hike (I no longer hike, I sit on either a picnic table or in the car and read, lol) and on our way home, DH got nailed. 88km/hr in a 50km/hr zone AND his wallet was at home, so he was driving without a license. It was a good spot they were hidden, we were accelerating after a stop sign, down a hill, and he got us good. Lucky to have the ticket reduced to just 15km/hr over, minimum fine and they didn't really care he didn't have his license, looked him up I guess......SO lucky.</p> <p>I then went to visit my friend who had her 1st baby (boy!) in May, it was great to visit with her.</p> <p>I need to take an updated bump pic! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-274801 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:34:26 +0000 Running Elley 274801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I feel baby moving constantly too but it kind of hurts?? I love it and each little “Ow” is said with a smile but…ow lol. LOVE your bump picture and that print for his room! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-274795 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:32:27 +0000 hellobeeboston 274795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: YES - i am starting to feel that way! I was reading there is less fluid &amp; more baby which is why I can feel him CONSTANTLY moving. Which is great. But it's really distracting sometimes, and co-workers can see my stomach moving. haha OH - and i LOVE the bookshelves! so awesome!</p> <p>@mrskc: your nursery is looking FABULOUS! I love the picture wall!! Where did you get all of your white frames with mattes?</p> <p>@hilsy85: Love your shower pics! You look fantastic! And how sweet of your husband to bring you flowers :) Glad you had a good shower....</p> <p>We had our shower on Sunday and it was great! We got so many fantastic gifts - got almost all of the registry except for 1 big-ish item, but got everything else! We also got some really fantastic personal gifts - like a bookshelf my aunt made full of books, and my cousins/nieces painted some paintings to hang. And some adorable clothes!</p> <p>So - I'm adding two pics - one is a bump shot of me at my shower (with my husband who was semi-grubby after playing 18 holes of golf with my dad &amp; brother in law all day).... and this is a quick little print I made this morning to add to the nursery... which also reveals the name we've finally decided on! </p> [attach=1584/12/m9j4u4.600x568.shower-bump.jpg] [attach=1584/12/m9j4u5.600x591.sweetbabyjames.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-274734 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:14:40 +0000 Running Elley 274734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I was reading on one of my preg apps this morning that now, at 33 weeks, my uterus is “about 5 inches above my belly button.” I am sorry but that’s a lie! I have my hand on baby’s behind right now which is literally RIGHT underneath my boob. He cannot go any higher! It would be impossible I imagine. I guess this explains my incessant heartburn. So he really can only grow out now… Anyone else feel like baby is already taking up ALL of their space? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-273539 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:46:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 273539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Yes it's a very good thing I can continue working, otherwise any time I take off before cuts into my time I have with the baby afterwards. My work has a very strict policy, so lee-way. </p> <p>@Running Elley: Thank you! yes there will be follow up monitoring, I am also supposed to go get my BP tested every couple days just to keep an eye on it, if it's high let them know right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-273528 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:40:53 +0000 Running Elley 273528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: Crossing my fingers that things continue going well so that you can keep working. Is your doctor going to do any follow up monitoring? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-273495 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:25:28 +0000 mrskc 273495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: It's good that you still get to work right? Take it easy and I hope your BP stays in check. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-273054 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:15:54 +0000 LuLu Mom 273054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just checking in: I spoke with my doctor's nurse yesterday, my doctor was out of the office. I was cleared to continue working as long as I practice bed rest on nights and weekends. Pretty much they just want me taking it easy when I'm home and really pay attention to my body and listen to it. I have a tendency to over do things so this will be difficult for me! Luckily everything so far is going good, and yesterday at work I didn't have any more lightheaded/spot seeing episodes! Hopefully that means the BP is down and staying that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-273044 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:05:50 +0000 Beebug 273044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: AWESOME link!!!</p> <p>Thank-you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-272915 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:44:05 +0000 mrskc 272915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: Oh, I came across this post w/ links to free printable nursery art. </p> <p><a href="http://www.chiccheapnursery.com/2012/get-it-for-less/print-free-art-for-baby/" rel="nofollow">http://www.chiccheapnursery.com/2012/get-it-for-less/print-free-art-for-baby/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-due-dates-yet/page/26#post-272857 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:16:48 +0000 hilsy85 272857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: @TurtleDoves: I also have super super sore feet in the mornings--it feels like I'd been dancing around in heels the night before. It was really bad for a week or so, to the point where I was having trouble walking during the day. But recently it seems to have gotten better, thank goodness! </p>