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@.twist.: LOL! He is small, but gained back his birth weight 3 days post birth so that was good. We're trying hard to make sure he gains weight. We're currently supplementing with Neosure formula to help him gain weight since my milk didn't come in till 3 days later, and currently at 5 days post birth, I don't produce much. About 40mL. I'm pumping and feeding him my milk via a bottle since he's struggling to latch since he's so small.

How are you doing?! How's breastfeeding going?

@lawbee11: No problem! Thanks for putting these other mommas at ease!!

I'll definitely post pictures later! He looks like a lil old man. haha!

@Alivoo01: Congrats on your little man, sound like everything went smoothly (considering) and I'm so happy you are all at home and doing well!

I had my 37 week appt today, I thought they would do a cervical as they said last week that some start them at 36 with the swab.. but he didn't do one. He said I was negative for the swab, my BP was great. I measured at 34, last week I was 36.5 so I guess I dropped. He said that at the 38 week appt they offer to do a membrane sweep, so I said, definitely lets do it, so I'll have that next week. It was kind of nice, he was like, you look fantastic, you've really taken care of yourself and your weight gain is perfect ( at almost 25 pounds? haha I thought it was a bit much, but whatever, )It's nice to hear a Dr say you look good and are doing well. Kinda just relaxes me a bit and makes me hope the delivery will be smooth sailing. I 100% contribute his remarks to not having worked for the last 8 weeks though.

I think I was having some contractions last night. I'd get strong period like cramps that would last for a few minutes then be gone for a while.. like 10 -15 mins? then come back. Not sure, like @Mrs D if it's braxton hicks or contractions. But what confused me if they were real or not was the length of the cramping? It would be for a few minutes and I'm not sure if real contractions last that long? Oh well.

@Alivoo01: Glad to see you guys are home and enjoying your little bundle of love. Sounds like you had a relatively nice delivery as well, so that's really nice to hear.

@Alivoo01: Congratulations!! I'm happy to hear you and your baby boy are doing well!

I had another appt today, and didn't agree with the nurse that I was 3.5 to 4. He said the outside is probably 3.5-4 but the inside is more like a 2.5, but he said he could stretch it pretty good. I'll tell you that was pretty damn uncomfortable, and I've had my membranes swept before, today was worse. He told me that if I do that again to make sure it's next Saturday because he's on call He timed the contractions while I was in there too, still 3 minutes apart, I didn't even have to mention them.

I've been drinking red raspberry leaf tea, and I think it tastes a lot like English breakfast tea, not bad at all. I gasped at the price ($18/lb) but a medium bag cost less than a dollar! I think I'll bump it up to 3 times a day instead of twice. It does bring on some smaller contractions, but not labor inducing for me.

@Mrs D: I have no idea if what you are feeling is real contractions or BH cause I have been feeling some strange things, too, and I am just as confused as you are! Yours sound more like real contractions to me with the wrapping around, though. I would probably call your OB if I were you. When is your next appointment? If they are real contractions I think they will want to give you something to stop them or at least monitor you since you are only 34w. My OB told me they wouldn't stop labor after 37w, but probably would before then.

@StbHisMrs: I'm going to start drinking my red raspberry leaf tea tomorrow! I am glad it doesn't taste awful.

Oh! So we finally have the nursery almost done. I just have to add the final little touches and organize stuff into our shelves and drawers. But, my goal with her rooms was to make it pink but not TOO pink... I failed. I failed so unbelievably bad! I still like it but Good God it is pink! Now I just have to plead with God not to surprise me with extra parts when she is born!

How far along are you guys with the nurserys? Is everybody done? Anybody have pictures? I love seeing baby rooms lately!

@Mrs D: I meant to attach these. This is what we have so far. There is still plenty to do. Mostly hanging stuff on the walls and either curtaining or putting doors on the closet. (The doors it had were so big they took up the entire entry way to the room) Oh, and we still have to organize all the drawers and shelves. Luckily there isn't a ton to organize! I am also wanting to get an end table for beside the glider.

@Mrs Hedgehog: I love all your owls and the mural! It looks adorable.

I've finished the big things for the nursery. There are a few things I need to find homes for, and we haven't put the art up on the walls yet. Also, I ordered a pouf for the foot of the rocker and it hasn't come yet. But this is it so far! I'll add more photos when I complete more

@Mrs D: I ordered this one in lime green. I had a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/search/26856047.jsp?cm_vc=SEARCH_RESULTS

@Mrs Hedgehog: so cute! I'm so jealous of everybody's real nurseries.

@Grace: Glad to hear you read the same material! I have no problem with someone with a differing opinion, as long as they can explain to me the reason for it. I think I'll focus on skin to skin and not worry about the cord ;).

@lawbee11: I really wonder if the cervical check uncomfortable feelings are a physical thing (more space available/more lubed) or a doctor-specific thing.

@MrsB2012: Oh good, that makes me feel better, because I think I've gained around 25 pounds as well ^_^. Everyone at work says I look great, but I think that's just a thing you say to pregnant women when they're close to the end and look as big as a house!

No BH here as far as I know, just kinda chilling out at nearly 39 weeks. So surreal.

@JessKas: I love your nursery! The shelf, curtains, rocker, crib… Everything looks great.

I saw my midwife today and got a surprise ultrasound because I was measuring small. But it turns out baby is fine--estimated to be about 6.5 lbs, 56th percentile. Just hidden away in there! Anyway in all the excitement I totally forgot about and missed my breastfeeding class. I'm super unhappy about that since breastfeeding is important to me, plus I generally hate to miss stuff that I've said I will do, but I'll call tomorrow to see if I can go to a different class. This one was part of my class series though and the other one would be with all different people. Plus baby might decide to come before the other class happens!

@chanzi: Sorry you missed your class. Once you I am home from work tonight I will send you the links that they gave us in my BF'ing class just in case you cant get set up with another class. I think the class was very helpful with my comfort level with BF'ing (bc my mom and sister did not - so I have very little real life experience since support) but I cant say anything I learned was really "new information" just maybe more detailed or back story for the "why". I guess what I am trying to say is dont panic - I think you can be totally successful at BFing without the class - especially with the Bee and all the other resources on the web!

@MrsB2012: Why would +25 lbs mean that you don't look great? It's exactly where you are "supposed" to be (according to all the books). I bet you do look great and your doctor was NOT exaggerating.

@StbHisMrs: Have you been having 3 min apart contractions all this time? That seems wildly uncomfortable.

@Mrs Hedgehog: I love all the trees! So pretty. And not too pink at all!

@JessKas: Looking good! Can't wait to see it with the art up.

@redsmarties: I've had iron that low before (prepregnant). You are going to feel like a million bucks when it starts coming back up (which takes forever, so don't worry about the heavy duty pills). It was amazing how many symptoms I had from the iron deficiency.

@StrawberryBee: Agreed! I hate it when people treat me like a stupid little girl who wouldn't understand. Probably why I drive people crazy asking "why" all the time.

@Sapphiresun: So lucky. I've got three weeks left before mat leave. And they aren't replacing me, so they've been piling on the work.

@chanzi: Oh no! I hope you can get to another class. Good that Baby's looking good though (crazy to think there's 6.5 lbs of baby in there....or maybe not surprising considering how often the stretching feels like he's trying to come out the front - Aliens style.

Guess what?!?!? I think I may have gotten DH to settle on a boy name. Now, he's likely to change his mind because that's the kind of man I married, but it might be Zachary Matthew. The only bad part is that Zach sort of rhymes with our last name, but I figure he can go by Zachary if that bugs him. Yea!

Here's a photo of DS just moments after he was born. Crazy to think he's 1 week old today!!!!

@Alivoo01: Beautiful!!!!! Wow, you had a photographer in the room with you?

@Grace: The fitting went okay, but I ended up ordering a size 8 in the same exact dress I wore for a wedding in january that was a size 4. I had to have the 4 taken in a lot and it still looked too big when I wore it so I'm confident the 8 won't be too small, lol!

@Alivoo01: Awww, congrats mama! Your baby is so precious, thanks for posting pics

I love everyone's nurseries!! I can't wait to see more pics. Ours is still in-process, but we should make some major headway this weekend. I've had many talks with DH about being available to help me with things instead of being at the gym or recovering from a workout all day on the weekends. That has really been slowing us down, but it shouldn't anymore! We need to complete our registry at BBB, buy a hamper from home goods and finish hanging the artwork. At that point the only step left will be moving DH's clothes out of the closets, but we can't do that until we buy our dresser which has been delayed since the IL's said they would pay for it then totally stopped mentioning it after the shower was over. I'm going to push DH to bring it back up with them this weekend so we can finally order it and move on with our lives lol!

@Grace: Oh sorry, I meant the same exact designer/style - but the color and fabric are different. Black satin in January and blush chiffon for March! It's funny because I was secretly pregnant when I wore the black gown this past Jan and now I'll be struggling to lose the baby weight by March, lol!

@Modern Daisy: I had a dress (from J Crew bridesmaid line) in black shiffon...another friend asked me to be in her wedding and it was the same dress only in black silk...I have the same dress in the same color in two different fabrics! Ugh!!!

I was going to wait until August 1st to pop in and wish everyone luck from an August 2012 Mama, but some of you gals got an early start! (I think last year we had 3 August turned July Mamas!)

So I wanted to butt in before anyone else had a baby!

Good luck everyone! It's a very scary and very exciting time, and it will go by SO FAST!