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@delight: my cousins wife just did a wine and cheese tour in our area and she said she was provided a bucket to "swish and spit" without having to ask and they were really good about pointing out which cheeses were pasteurized. If they don't automatically include you I'd definitely ask.

@skipper2010: @BabyMats:My favorite thing to say to DH now is "I'm stuck. I can't get up." lol

@Alivoo01: I'm looking forward to freaking DH out with the two-way audio some time ;).

@delight: I currently don't have an Ipad, but I assume the apps are the same :). I have it on my Iphone (free app, but I'll probably splurge for a $5 paid app so I can get more features).

You look so cute!

@Mrs D: congrats on finding a coupon!

Does anyone else have a very wiggly baby? Haha! My little guy keeps distracting me with his little punches, kicks and turns!

@StbHisMrs: LOL @ your comment that the doctor okay'd it for your husband to drink beer.

Scary and sorry to hear you're on modified bed rest! Hopefully your mother can help out tons with your two other kiddos so you don't go into labor too soon!!

@Mrs D: bells Oberon...I want one of those soooooo bad!

@StbHisMrs: what a mean lady! Love that potential comeback though! Sorry about the modified bed rest. I'm sure your mom will be a big help though.

AFM, I'm totally vegging on the couch, procrastinating cleaning my basement for the company we have coming tomorrow. I work part time in a retail store so I'm on my feet all day and by the time I get home, I feel like I can barely walk! My boss just informed me she's going to move me to three days a week instead of four, so that should be good. Not too bad in the swelling department, but I have major shin pain. Ugh.

Also, no leakage, and that makes me feel defective too! I'm a worrier by nature so I'm tying not too think that this means I'm going to have trouble BFing.

As for baby moving, I still worry he doesn't move enough. People always ask if he's kicking me a ton or keeping/waking me up with his movements, which makes me worried that he should be and he's not. But I don't really have anything to compare it too, so hopefully everything is ok. Maybe he's just a less active baby. Also, I have no idea if he's head up or down. He was head up at my 26 week appointment, so I'll have to ask the doctor on Thursday when we go.

We got nursery furniture this week. I found it used but it seems really sturdy so hopefully it will work out. I also finally got DH to clear out the guest room bed so we can start putting things in the nursery, although it still needs another coat of paint. I'm still pretty anxious about everything coming together in time, but I'm starting to feel a little better about it.

I also have knocked the belly on things and it hurts. I also get random pains in the belly that feel like baby is pushing out with his leg or arm or something. And on Wednesday, he must have had something wedged up under my ribs because it hurt to breathe in. Also, I feel on Wednesday at work. Landed on my hands and knees, and wasn't sure or anything, but I freaked out that I hurt baby. What a klutz!

@JennyG: Welcome! Glad to have more people!

ROLL CALL
Skipper2010 - Aug 1 - Team Hotdog!
Andrea86 - Aug 1 - Team Hotdog!
Strawberrybee - Aug 3 - Team Hamburger!
.twist. - Aug 7 - Team Hotdog!
Sarbear - Aug 7 - Team Hamburger! (Scheduled C-Sec Aug 1)
Redsmarties - Aug 8 - Team Hamburger!
BabyMats - Aug 8 - Team Hot Dog!
Mrsb2012 - Aug 11 - Team Hamburger!
Alivoo01 - Aug 12 - Team Hot Dog!
Jesskas - Aug 12 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Sapphiresun - Aug 12 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Greenebee - Aug 12 - Team Hotdog!
Delight - Aug 14 - Team Grilled Cheese!
STBHISMRS - Aug 15 - Team Hamburger!
Lawbee11 - Aug 16 - Team Hamburger!
Chanzi - Aug 17 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Jennyg - Aug 17 - Team Hot Dog!
JamieLee - Aug 18 - Team Hotdog!
Organicsass - Aug 22
Grace - Aug 23 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Mrs.peep - Aug 24
MsMay - Aug 25 - Team Grilled Cheese!
Ocean Girl - Aug 26 - Team Hamburger!
MrsHedgehog - Aug 27 - Team Hamburger!
Mrs.Bicycle - Aug 28 - Team Hamburger!
Tysonja - Aug 29 - Team Hotdog!
MrsD - Aug 29 - Team Hamburger!
Moderndaisy - Aug 30 - Team Hotdog!
PBandBaseball - Aug 31 - Team Hamburger!
Hotdogs: 10
Hamburgers: 11
Grilled Cheese: 6
Unknown: 2 (are you grilled cheese or finding out?)
Total Babies: 29

@StbHisMrs: sucks about the bedrest, but at least it's not complete and you get some time out and about. I'm sure you'll make do with the kids. Try not to do /too/ much ;).

@JamieLee: I think we're just unbalanced now (though honestly, I still don't feel 'omg, pregnant!'. I'm sure I'll be eating those words in the next 8 weeks!). Sorry to hear you fell!

@JennyG: Welcome, and congrats on your little boy! Is this your first?

@chanzi: Glad to hear your baby shower went well, and oh my, you sound so crafty! Our nursery is getting filled to the brim; there's some stuff in there that has to get moved out, and in the meantime DH stashed the stroller in there to keep the animals out of it. I don't know how I'm going to keep things 'clean' enough for him once Ella arrives. He can't touch anything that the animals have touched :(. I've gotten through 4 thank you cards from the shower so far...sigh. We've 'kind of' picked our ped. Kind of in that I got a recommendation from a friend but haven't called them yet.

So today ended up being both our hospital tour and our breastfeeding class. I would HIGHLY recommend doing a tour of wherever you're giving birth; it was nice to find out where we were supposed to park and where we were supposed to go. Unfortunately I could feel my heart rate elevate just being there; I'm scared I'm going to have a nervous breakdown once it's actually time to go. I don't think I'm as scared of labor/delivery as I am of hospital and doctors. The L&D room in itself seemed very nice, though there was this huge (I mean, like two feet across?) spotlight thing that hovers over the bed that just really gave me the willies/brought it all home. I may just wander off and hide somewhere to give birth.

Breastfeeding class was...interesting. Not too much that I didn't already pick up from HB, though it was surprising to me that she was a major Ameda fan and not so much Medela. I'm sorry to say that while she was perfectly nice, she didn't give me warm fuzzies. I was hoping I'd be able to call on her to be my LC. We ran into an LC randomly at the hospital (it was so QUIET! There wasn't anybody there when we toured) who gave me a better personal impression in 30 seconds than she did in 2 hours. Wish I had caught her name.

Seeing the holding positions in person was very helpful. She confirmed that my insurance should cover the cost of a breast pump and that I should call once my plan renews on July 1st and insist on escalating the call until I get someone who knows what they're talking about. She said that it's not necessary to sterilize parts past the initial one to clean out any contamination from the factory.

@StrawberryBee: Laptop and Netflix, then? I guess it might be worth 10 bucks a day if you were actually staying there a while.

@Sapphiresun: DH just picked up a laptop with a dvd player for $5 at a yard sale this morning, so maybe we'll drag that with us and I'll subject him to Cardcaptor Sakura or Escaflowne subtitled ;).

@Mrs D: Love it, your decor is so pretty!! NBD for the win!

@delight: that pillow is adorable!!! I have such a thing for owls and birds right now!

My baby shower was this past weekend and we had a rocking turn out. I think we had about 60 people show up so needless to say we ran out of food quickly, and by the time my hosts came back with more food, everyone's food kind of settled so we had tons of leftovers. I felt bad!

My aunt gifted us our stroller (City Select) so we're uber excited about that! We also got quite a few packages of diapers and wipes so hopefully we're set in that department. We also got a lot of clothes so maybe I don't need to do laundry the first few months? Ha! We did end up with a good amount of useful things also that we registered for, but they didn't mark off the registry.

And instead of cards, I requested guests bring books. We now have a decently large collection in variety of books, and it's awesome!!

I can't wait to officially clear the rest of the office out (hopefully in the next week or so) so we can purchase the dresser and organize the nursery. Right now, it's just a storage room for all our office stuff still residing in there with baby stuff.

@greenebee: Yup, my baby boy is super wiggly and he has started to punch the mattress when we go to bed. The only way I can get him to stop is by lying on my back!

This weekend me and DH made a lot of progress on the nursery. It still isn't photo-ready yet, but we've found a place for all of the baby stuff, hung the bookshelf and artwork on the wall and rearranged furniture so there is a lot more space to fit the crib once we finally order it. My new avatar is a picture of a bear that I made and is now hanging on the wall We also went to HD and talked to a guy for waaay too long about replacing the bedroom doors, but they want $430 just to install one door and the doors start at around $250 so that's not in the cards for us right now. We might try and see if a local handyman will do it for less, but now I don't even want to order the doors from HD because I don't like how greedy they are in NYC - when we checked prices in southern NJ a few weeks ago it was about 1/3 of what we were quoted yesterday for the same exact doors & installation.

Also, some bad news - I failed my 1 hr glucose test on Friday. I got a 140 and my Dr's cutoff is 130. So I have to go in for the three hour tomorrow which will not be fun at all. I know I haven't been updating the thread with my Dr.'s appts' and it's just because I'm lazy so I will start doing that again. But from now on I will ALWAYS answer my cell phone on the weekends, I ignored it last night since I thought it was a telemarketer - it was my Dr. calling from a line I didn't have programmed into my phone. Whoops! I was making dinner and DH and I both saw the call coming in and immediately rolled our eyes saying "not answering THAT!"

@.twist.: Please add me as having appt's tomorrow 6/11, 6/21 and 7/12.

@Alivoo01: That is what we will try next. The problem is, once you tell someone it's for Manhattan the price normally doubles. Our best bet would be to find a local super who will do it for much less and try to buy pre-hung doors from a different supplier and have them shipped to my parents house in PA. It will be a huge pain to drive down and bring them back, but it really will save us probably $1,000 or so since we need more than one door.

@delight: I'm glad I'm not the only one with a July Nursery Project! Cute pic too! You're looking fantastic! ALSO, adorable pillow! That would go really well in our nursery too!

@Mrs D: Oh man, I have been craving beer too. Sometimes when DH gets home from work I'll crack a beer open for him. Sometimes I sniff it. Just sit there and sniff for a few seconds....

@greenebee: SO wiggly! Yesterday DH way gently laying with his head on my belly and the little guy was kicking him in the HEAD. ahahaha which I thought was hilarious.

@StbHisMrs: Sorry to hear about the bed rest!

@redsmarties: Sitting for extended periods of time is awful. My couch used to be my favourite place in our house. I freaking love that couch. Lately though? It only makes my back hurt! *sobs*

@JamieLee: My thoughts on the leaking have totally been that of "I'm going to have trouble BFing"! And don't feel too worried about baby not waking you up. Our little guy has not woken me up out of sleep at all. He moves around before I go to sleep but I've never been woken up or had a hard time falling asleep because of his movements. Try not to worry too much, as long as you can feel him move about every day that is the important thing!

@StrawberryBee: I just realized over the weekend that I have never, ever had a prolonged stay in a hospital before. I'm pretty sure the last time I had any sort of hospital work and patient bracelet thing was when I was born. I started freaking out a little. Luckily, one of DH's cousin's wives is a L&D nurse. She has calmed some of my fears and promised to get me the best L&D nurses for when I'm there.

@Mrs D: I just love your nursery! You are too crafty!

@Alivoo01: YAY for a great turn out at your shower and lots of useful items! I bet you had a blast! How did you find a 60 person shower? I found 20 overwhelming! Did you get a chance to talk to everyone? Our office is still... an office as well. It's getting crammed with baby stuff, but alas, still an office. I'm actually going in there tonight to kind of organize a bunch of "non" DH business stuff and move it to the basement! I am starting to STRESS.

@Sapphiresun: wow. That really does sound like a stressful shower situation and I honestly think I would rather not have one too! I don't get how your mom thinks you should go -who knows how long- without essential baby items??

@Modern Daisy: I stopped doing the appointments because they are all pretty routine and the next major ones are birth! Hope that's ok. Sorry to hear you failed your test! A few of the other ladies here did too but they passed the 3 hour one, so hopefully you pass that one too!!! Sounds like your nursery is really coming along, can't wait to see pics and I REALLY love your new avatar! Super cute!

@Alivoo01: @Modern Daisy: I am totally still sleeping on my back too.

@StrawberryBee: I am a craft dilettante, dabbler in many but expert at none. We have our stroller/carseat stored in the nursery too but mostly because it seems weird to put them in the car yet. Pet allergies sound really hard to deal with! And you have completed 4 more thank you cards than I have… I keep thinking about how I need to ask my MIL for addresses, but really the delay is me writing the cards.

I was also super nervous at the hospital when we toured and am really glad that we got to figure out where to go, etc. ahead of time. I've never stayed in a hospital at all! The delivery and postpartum rooms are really nice, but still... I haven't met either of the lactation consultants at the hospital yet but my nurse partner described herself as very "hands-on" with breastfeeding. Umm, good I guess?! Lol.

To get a pump covered by insurance I need to buy it through a medical equipment supplier but I called the list of local ones that I got from the insurance company, and none of them carry pumps. I looked up a larger list of approved suppliers on the insurance webpage but there's no way to filter by which ones provide specific things, so I guess I will be making a lot of phone calls… Unless someone else has a better suggestion? If I try talking to different people at the insurance company, do you think SOMEONE can give me a list that is actually relevant? It is super annoying if they can just tell me to buy through an approved DME provider but then not tell me which ones carry pumps. I contacted the leader of the local chapter of La Leche Leauge but she didn't have any helpful leads.

@delight: Yay, I was hoping for a report from the winery tour! I love that pillow too.

@Alivoo01: We purchased the dishwasher for $80 off Craiglist so it wasn't a huge investment, but I'm glad it it working out so well. I wish I had thought to ask people to bring books instead of cards!

I'm jealous of those of you who can get ped. recommendations from friends! None of our friends with kids are local.

@Sapphiresun: Oh my gosh, that sounds like a super stressful way to do a shower! I can totally understand people wanting to meet the baby, but some advanced planning seems necessary... I like the idea of letting people buy you stuff you won't need right away, but I'm pretty sure I am not going to be feeling like attending a party right after I have a baby.

@StrawberryBee: We had our hospital tour last week, and once we walked into one of the labor and delivery rooms I came damn close to having a panic attack! lol It suddenly hit me that not only was I going to have a baby soon, but that I actually have to get him out of me! haha I then became all emotional and teary because this pregnancy suddenly felt so real and I'm so excited to meet this little guy. So all in all, I was kind of a mess. haha

@delight: Cute pillow! Glad you had a good experience at the winery!

@Alivoo01: Sounds like you had a great shower! Do you have any pictures to post either here or to our FB group? I'm beginning to have a new obsession with baby shower pics/themes.

@lawbee11: That does sound scary, but I'm glad it was nothing! I sometimes wonder how I'm going to be able to tell the difference between real contractions, braxton hicks, and gas pains. lol I guess I'll figure it out, but I'm sure I'll constantly be on edge towards the end.

AFM I can't believe how fast the third trimester is flying by so far! I'm sure it will slow down as we get closer to our due dates, but right now it feels like I still have so much to do! On my baby to do list: Find and interview a pediatrician, send in hospital pre-registration forms, install car seat and check at fire dept, tour day care, book newborn photographer, pack hospital bag (I would like to have that done by 36 weeks just in case and I'm 32 weeks now), and of course the ongoing nursery project. I know I'll soon have more to add to this list, but that's what I have for now!

@.twist.: Most of the guests were hubby's friends and family. We did a co-ed shower so that probably affects the number a bit - ha! He's a social butterfly and knows EVERYONE! I think the original guest list was over 100 people.

@lawbee11: oh no!! That would be so scary!!! Glad to hear it's just gas pains and all is well now.

@skipper2010: All my baby shower pictures are on my host's camera, but she said she'll send them all to me today so I'll post some tomorrow!

@Modern Daisy: We just had our interior doors done by a local carpenter. $155 per door. A little less for bi fold closet doors. We got cheap non solid wood doors from HD (our house just does not justify buying expensive solid wood doors) I will send you a link if you're interested - they are $55/piece and the guy charges $100 to install them a piece!

@.twist.: Haha - at least all you do is sniff - I totally steal sips!!!