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@.twist.: I was getting BH too a few weeks ago, but they seem to have let up. Sometimes my tummy still gets kinda hard but when I feel it, I think it's just the baby moving around and the hard part is its bum.

@Alivoo01: I have only felt a cervix kick once. Poor you

@Grace: That's a late OB appointment. I thought after 28 weeks you are supposed to be seen every 2 weeks. My first OB appointment isn't until 29 weeks and I thought that was late! Maybe you can call and see of you can get anything sooner?

I am also another one of those Canadians that gets a great mat leave. No top up to salary or anything, but I think about 500$ a week. I am taking 7 months with baby, not a year though because I make more money than DH so he will take a few months as well. I also finish work June 15 because I work In schools so I will be off work for 9 months altogether.

I spent the afternoon with my MIL sewing burp cloths. So fun!! So much to do around the house, but we picked up our family cradle from my SIL so at least we have a place for babe to sleep for the first few weeks. My DH's dad made a sweet little cradle that all the grandchildren use when they are newborns.

What is everyone planning on doing for sleeping arrangements? I think we are planning on having baby in cradle in our room for the first few weeks. DH will be back teaching early September and he has to wake up at 5:45 am so I am hoping to have baby in their own room by then. We have a small bedroom so it's not an option to have a crib or PnP in there.

@Mrs D: that's beautiful! Are the circles made from fabric? Will.youmshow a picture when you have it hanging in LOs room?

Also how long are you going to keep LO in your room or are you just gonna play it by ear?

@delight: I'll post a picture on the wall when its up but that might not be for a while. I laid the fabrics against the wall in the nursery (before starting last night) to make sure the fabrics went with the paint color. Hopefully it looks as good hun - oh I still have to paint the letters too!

As for the sleeping. I think maybe she will stay in the bassinet for a month or two. As Grace mentioned if it is taking a toll on DH (who will likely only take a week off work) I'll move her and I to the guest bedroom - especially if she is a fussy sleeper. I'd like to have her comfortably in her crib and in a sleeping routine by the time I go back to work at 12 weeks.

@Grace: Thanks, I was pretty excited for $30 to have the wall over the crib done!

@delight: I've got a year as well. We used to have 90% top up, but apparently we lost it in our last contract negotiation - boo. So, $500ish a week is better than nothing. My husband still has top up at 93% so maybe he'll take a portion of the parental leave, but sadly 93% of his base salary with no opportunity for overtime is about the same "loss" as me being off at $500/week so we'll see. I think he'd like to take 3 of the months off in theory, but the idea that I get to be pregnant most of this year, then have the hardest first 3 months off, then the whole winter where we'll be cooped up inside all the time, and then he gets the to have the entire summer off with a 9-12 month old doesn't seem like a very good deal for me... haha

As for me, I have an extra ultrasound tomorrow (not sure if I mentioned here that baby's stomach measured small, so they want a closer look to make sure there's nothing structurally wrong), and then I'm at the endocrinologist/diabetes clinic on Tuesday, and my regular OB on Wednesday. Phew... I feel like I live in waiting rooms lately. But it's the home stretch now I guess since the 3rd trimester has officially started over here!

@delight: I'm hoping to put DS in the grib from the get go, but we'll see how that works out. If not, I'll either sleep in DS's room with him still in the crib or put him in a pnp in our room. We'll see...

@Mrs D: LOVE IT!!!

@.twist.: Happy belated mother's day!

Anyone get recognized yesterday for Mother's Day? Hubby got me a card from him and DS. It was beautifully written, and if I was the super emotional type, I'd totally would have cried!

@Mrs D: Aww! Such a cute u/s pic!! We have our 3D u/s on Saturday...I seriously can't wait! And I love your DIY project--I suck at DIY stuff!

@StbHisMrs: I felt kinda gross/hungover afterwards. It only lasted about 30 minutes, though. I was fine once I had something to eat.

@Alivoo01: Glad your GD test went well and you passed! I won't find out my results until my appointment on Wednesday, but I am kind of assuming they would have called by now if I failed. I had a donut for breakfast just in case I can't have another one for awhile!

@delight: We're planning to have baby in our room in a PnP for awhile. Her nursery is on the second floor and our master is on the first, so we won't put her upstairs until she's sleeping semi-decently.

@.twist.: Happy belated Mother's Day!!

@Sapphiresun: Good luck at your ultrasound today. Hope everything looks good!

@Alivoo01: DH was out of town yesterday but he comes back today, and I think he probably at least got me a card. I'll let you know!

I had my first baby shower (with my mom's family) on Saturday, and it went really well! We got a lot of good stuff--we got a few BRU gift cards & the diaper genie, Aveeno gift basket and foscam video monitor that we registered for. We also got lots of diapers and wipes (luckily they're the exact kind I would've bought anyways, but I am glad that I didn't register for any!). My mom also got me some mary jane trumpettes and an angel dear lovey--very cute! We only got a few outfits, so I was happy about that.

@.twist.: How is a mom ever too busy to see her own kids?! Not cool, but yay for a sweet hubby and your MIL!!

@lawbee11: Yay for baby shower and an awesome loot of useful items. You'll love the foscam camera! We have it and are very pleased with the quality.

@Alivoo01: uh oh, if protein helps with tearing then I'm in trouble ;). I haven't had as much as I should.

Is anyone else weird about eating dinner now? Just started third tri and a bowl of strawberries will somehow fill me up in the evening; I don't feel like eating much at that time.

@delight: I think we're just going to do the PnP in our bedroom (either that or the Rock N Play, depending on how finicky Ella is about sleeping). I'm also going to set up the glider in there; that way I can feed her without having to leave the room. I offered to have the glider in another room so that I didn't disturb him, but my DH said he'd wake up anyway, so it really didn't matter. Easy enough to change if it doesn't work out!

@Mrs D: Love it, so pretty! I've always adored the fabric in embroidery hoops -- circles are so refreshing :).

As for us, we hosted a mother's day BBQ yesterday. DSS and DSD were of course with their mom, but I did chat with my DSD later that night. DH got me a card, just as he's been doing since we got together...he's always recognized what I do for my step kids :).

@Sapphiresun: good luck with your U/S!

and I am...off to my Dr's appointment! I think I get my whooping cough vaccine today. Yay.

@Grace: I find that if I wake up in the middle of the night (with hip pain from sleeping on my side, and a need to pee), that sometimes I can't get back to sleep because my body has chosen JUST THEN to be starved. Then I stay up for an hour arguing with my brain about how I'm not going downstairs to make an omelet at 4am!

Appointment went great; baby's heart rate is 154, my BP is good, test results all came back great (but I knew that already lol). I asked for and got the Tdap vaccination, and boy does my arm hurt now. Asked for it on my right shoulder even though I'm a righty because I didn't want to try sleeping on my left side with it if it was still achey by bedtime. Hopefully getting it was the right decision for me and the baby.

I also got a bunch of paperwork to fill out for the hospital.

Question to you girls: have you thought about whether or not you want your baby to get the Hep B vaccination while at the hospital? I believe in vaccinations but I'm not sure I believe in the current CDC schedule...some of these things just seem so unnecessary.

@Grace: I set up the Foscam on our iPad, but pretty much the same as your phone. Setting it up on our intranet wasn't too bad (minor tech difficulties), but setting it up on that extranet was a PIA!!

@StrawberryBee: Yay for a good appointment!! I haven't even thought about vaccinations for DS yet. I'll need to add that to my list of things to discuss with the hubby!

@JamieLee: Thanks! I figured getting the vaccination now while she's still in utero covers her until the 2 month shot. Pretty sure I got it 4 years ago so technically I wasn't really due (it's a 10 year shot?) but I asked my Dr and she said it won't hurt anything to get it again. Arm soreness is starting to go away. DH will get it closer to the duedate (he's so thrilled).

The paperwork in the hospital packet has a whole page on Hep B. "Hep B is transmitted through exposure to blood and blood products, through sexual contact, and from mothers to infants primarily at the time of birth." There's also a risk in other bodily fluids. It goes on to state that if you aren't in a high risk group you can wait to give the first dose at your LO's first office visit rather at birth. I'm assuming that most doctors push/insist on you getting the vaccination regardless of the fact that neither my DH nor I have Hep B and I'm pretty sure she won't be having sex any time soon.

So, is it better to get it as a bright and shiny newborn at the hospital? Or to wait and combine the second round of it with all the other vaccinations at her two month checkup. I want to make an appointment to talk with a pediatrician but I'm afraid that they'll have a knee-jerk reaction to 'the vaccination discussion' and immediately get defensive.

I really, really hate the push to combine all these vaccinations.

http://www.chop.edu/service/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-schedule/history-of-vaccine-schedule.html

http://www.drmomma.org/2011/01/cdc-mandatory-vaccine-schedule-1983-vs.html

@lawbee11: @Alivoo01: Hoohoo - I'm soooo harassing you ladies if I have trouble setting mine up (when I get it).

@StrawberryBee: Where I live, the kids don't get the Hep B vaccine until Grade 4, so I don't have to worry about it and other first vaccines aren't until 2 months. I have some half-baked/half-remembered thought that babies immune systems are almost non-existant until 6 weeks, in which case, I do wonder how effective an early vaccine is. But to be honest, I don't think there is a wrong answer.

As far as the vaccine pushing, I think what may be helpful is to remember that the pushing isn't really targeted to you. It's to the population at large, and especially to people that are at risk and will forget to do it. It is much easier for a Public Health Agency to vaccinate all babies at birth for Hep B than to try to track down babies who maybe aren't getting all the desired infant care. And maybe this first consult with your pediatrician will give you some insight into whether he/she will be a good fit for you.

@redsmarties: hahaha seriously, especially for the delicious things like CARBS?! I'm not totally sure, but apparently the more protein, the less chance of tearing!

@Grace: I should be less of a 'fraidy cat!

@Alivoo01: DH is so excited to set up the foscam. I'm lucky to have a husband that is tech-savy--it would take me days to figure it out!

@Grace: Yay for a great deal on a changing table!

@StrawberryBee: Glad your appointment went well! As far as the vaccinations go, I will probably go with whatever our ped recommends.

@sarbear: Hope your GD test went well!

I got my second stranger comment today--a lady in the elevator this morning asked when I am due. Is it weird that I get excited when people notice?!

@lawbee11: I haven't had any stranger comments yet, but I am starting to get annoyed about the long conversations coworkers and neighbors seem to want to have with me when noticing I am pregnant lol! When I get up from my desk, I am usually rushing to the bathroom because I'm about to pee myself and women coworkers totally corner me and want to ask me a million questions and tell me stories. I appreciate the interest, but honestly we weren't on 'that level' before so please keep it professional and brief!

Ugh, this TDap vaccination is kicking my butt! My arm is so sore, and yesterday I had a six hour meeting that included the second in command of our company and all I wanted to do was fall asleep (felt fatigue/achy/queasy). I really, really miss advil.

Then I googled TDap side effects and ended up getting a bunch of articles about how the CDC is pushing pregnant women to get it without enough studies to support that it doesn't harm the baby, and how it's a class C drug and...ugh. I wish I had waited to get it until later in the third tri.

@sarbear: Congrats on selling your home; and good luck finding a new one soon! I’d love to be able to sell my current home, but it needs a few updates first before it can be sold. Sigh. How’d your GD test go?

@Delight: Yay for baby gear being purchased for you!! It’s like being a kid on Christmas morning all over again. Glad to hear the massage was relaxing! Are they expensive? I looked into it, and they’re like $100+ each session. You get a lil break if you buy a package of sessions, but still. Ouch! I don’t normally get massages so I don’t really know if that’s expensive or not, but seems high to me. Haha!

@Modern Daisy: I’ve always been afraid of the delivery even before TTC, specifically the tearing part. When I mentioned this to my OB, she brushed it off and said it’s totally normal. That’s what stitches are for! I know tearing is “natural” but it doesn’t make me feel any better. Haha!

@StrawberryBee: How’s the TDap treating you today? I totally forgot to ask my OB about this at my appointment last week, and made myself a note to inquire at my appointment next week!