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@marionberry: ya I'm down with that! I've done the major things for the nursery but the actual decorating I'm stalling on.

@Astro Bee: sounds like a great combo! I love clown fish!

@SunshineMcC: I've signed up for a class but it doesn't start until feb. They suggested March but I felt like that was too late and would stress me out.

@loki: our nursery is light mint too! We went with lighter mint from sherwin Williams. It's a beautiful colour!

@Astro Bee: OUCH! I am sorry you've had so much pain. DH convinced me to buy a Snoogle last week and it's helped me while I sleep.

@marionberry: I would post to a nursery thread! We are renting our house so we can't paint, but we are doing navy, gray, white, and pops of orange. The walls are white so we are incorporating colors elsewhere. I had two weeks off for the holidays so I wanted to make the most of it and get as much done as possible.

@loki: We have our name picked out and most people we know know the name. I'm not super secretive about it IRL.

I have my maternity pre-admission appointment with the hospital this morning and then my glucose test right afterwards. A busy morning with lots to knock out! Then tomorrow we have an all day class at the hospital. It's a preparation for childbirth class and a hospital tour, so I'm pretty excited!

@loki: this is the lighter mint in natural light. It's not too monty or overpowering!

@Banana330: gooorgeous. i might copy you!

@Mrs. Sunshine: oh yes i knew about sydney grace! love it!!! and i loooove coral & gold together, sounds beautiful. i ordered gold polka dot decals but i wish i had someone to make them for me! ha.

@loki: ooh the online class is a good idea too so you can both participate. We have a few ideas in names but are waiting until he is born to decide. I hope we're not one if those couples who leave the hospital with no name for baby!

@loki: love your color scheme! Can't wait to see progress!

@Boopers: sounds like an exciting baby weekend! Have fun!

@Mrs. Sunshine: your color schemes sound so pretty! Love the idea of gold polka dots!!

@marionberry: love the idea of a nursery board! Glad to hear your DH got things out of the class, despite his knowledge. I'm sure once DH goes he'll be glad!

So I think I had a BH contraction last night! I got up around 1:30 to go to the bathroom and had this weird cramping in my left side, then my whole belly was rock hard for a couple minutes! It was a bit weird and initially freaked me out but once I realized what it was I was gone. DH was awake too and couldn't believe how hard my belly was. Does that sound like a contraction?

@SunshineMcC: ya i think we'll have to wait until she's born. i hope i have one of those "she just looks like a ______!" moments... but right now i can't see it happening.

@Banana330: ya being vague is hard. even if i just say 'we have a list but we can't decide' people are so annoying and press us on it. family on boxing day was giving us suggestions and i just wanted to roll my eyes at all of them.

you guys are good... can you please name my baby? kthx.

@loki: I HATE suggests. I don't know why, I know people are just trying to help. My MIL want us to name her Zendaya (pretty but no) and my grandma want due to name her Pepper (again, not a bad name but really really not for us). I just gave people blank stares when they tried to help us name her lol

Ours has had a name since our first attempts. It will be emily grace.

No nursery for us. She will sleep in our room. Right now we have a family bed (baby will not cobed because brother is there and that is not safe).

We may also be moving right around the birth/ first of the summer so we aren't working through boxes too fast.

@loki: we have to my husband hates his job and the place. So we have to do something different.

@loki: we don't know. We want to move to family or close friends. Mostly it depends on where he can get a job. We moved here a year ago and may move back to where we were.

Just got home from the glucose test. The drink was not bad at all! I chose lime and it tasted just a bit sweeter than a Sprite. I don't feel too badly now either, but we will see how I feel in the next few hours. I should hopefully get the results by sometime next week.

My next appointment is in three weeks and then I go every two weeks after that! We are getting closer and closer!

@SunshineMcC: We're doing a 12-week Bradley method class, which is pretty intense (2.5 hours per class). It covers breastfeeding and infant care and a LOT of prep for childbirth. They've got me doing a ton of daily exercises to prepare my body for birth, as well as relaxation exercises, and eating more protein too.

@Mrs.Pinecone316: I will be 34.5 weeks at my shower. I have been asked to promise that I won't be in labor. I hope not! We're definitely waiting to see what people gift us before we start buying anything, but I think there will be plenty of time for that after the shower.

@loki: Names, ugh! We have a short list and I keep hoping some divine inspiration will come help us decide among the remaining options, but mostly I just worry a lot about the importance of picking the perfect name. We're keeping 100% secret about the whole thing, and people have respected that. At the moment, there are two frontrunners, and I slightly prefer one while DH slightly prefers the other one. I think we have settled on a middle name, but sometimes I have second thoughts. I think naming is the hardest part.

@SunshineMcC: I had what I think are are couple of BH contractions over the last week or so, but they've only lasted maybe 5-10 seconds. I'd describe them as a sudden hardening of the uterus, but no discomfort. It really just feels like I'm flexing, but totally involuntarily.

After 2+ weeks of trying to book an appt for a 3D ultrasound, I was finally able to get one booked today... for tomorrow at 9 am EST. It's a Canada-wide company called UC Baby, and they do live web streaming for family that can't be there. So, basically our parents, brothers, and their SOs. It's just for fun, so our family can participate in our pregnancy a little more, but at my last appt I asked my doctor if she saw any need for a final ultrasound, and she said no, they got everything they needed from the anatomy scan. I told her I was thinking of doing a 3D us, and she recommended I do it bw 26-28 weeks; I'll be 27w3d. So, this will be the last time I see my baby boy before I hold him in my arms! Really brings it home how close this is all getting!

I do my GD test on Tuesday - glad to hear that's been okay for most people so far; I hope it continues for all of us. I also start my 2 week appt schedule then, too, and on to the 3rd trimester!

@Astro Bee: My GD test is this Tuesday, too! Then I have to wait another month for my next appointment, and I'm assuming my 2-wk appointment schedule will start after that.

@SunshineMcC: I've had a couple BH contractions, too! Woke up around 4am last night to a rock-hard belly! It's been accompanied by some cramps once a few weeks ago, but last night's was just a tightening of the belly. So strange!

@Mrs. Sunshine: in our state some laws about 3D ultrasound changed recently making it really restrictive but I do think that they seem more lax in general with us second time moms. I can't believe you didn't have a 20 week ultrasound?? Maybe you need to confront your provider about it and ask when you'll get another one?

@Mrs. Sunshine: am I reading that right? Your doctor didn't have you do an anatomy scan? I thought everyone had to get one.

@Mrs. Sunshine: Wow. That would not work for me. I think that's the most disorganized office ever.

@brownie: love the name, it's so pretty!

@PawPrints: that sounds like a great class! If I can ask, what kinds of exercises are you doing?

@Mrs. Sunshine: grr, that is annoying! Hopefully you get another US soon. I had my last at 20 weeks and will have one more at 36.

@As Time Goes By: my glucose test is in a week and I have the orange too. My doc said drinking it really cold helps! I hear you on feeling like things are getting so close now that it's 2015.

DH & I both go back to work on Monday and we were just discussing that our next break together will be when baby comes! DH has a 2 week paternity leave and his spring break is a week before we're due so we'll hopefully have 2-3 weeks off together! So exciting! Do other DHs plan to take time off?

@Mrs. Sunshine: Ya it's late in the game to switch now. At least despite the same experience last time, you had a great birth. That makes this time look promising.
@SunshineMcC: My DH doesnt get paternity leave. Last time he only took off four days of pto because it's all he had. We're aiming for him to be home with me for two weeks this time on pto and then maybe work some half days afterward.