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@rattles: @littlehunny: @mrsmenow: team green girls, are you guys having trouble coming up with names since u have to think of them for each? (esp littlehunny, u have to come up with 2!!) right now we have a girls name pretty much picked out. but we can't figure out a boys name at all. we have a couple we like but nothing as concrete as the girls name. and now i want to know if its a boy or girl to see if we need to even figure out a boys name!
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@kodybear: We have a boy name picked, but are really stuck for a girls name. I feel the same way that is easier to a pick name when you know for sure what the the sex is. Maybe I am obsessing over this for no reason. I really do think it is a girl though so I would feel better if we at least agreed on a couple of names at this point.
ETA: Here is our list girls list- stars indicate DH likes no star = I like
*Charlie, Callie , Morgan
Natalie is the only maybe name we both think is just ok middle name would be Noelle.Boy name is Charles Robert.
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@kodybear: it wasn't too bad trying to come up with names, but we started early (before I was even pregnant). We each vetoed quite a few, but found 4 (2 boys & 2 girls) that we finally agreed on. Middle names weren't too hard because we are using family names.
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@kodybear: Absolutely! We're in the exact same situation. We're set if it's a girl, but a boy? We've got a list, but none of them sound like our kid, if that makes sense. I feel like it's a bunch of family names with only one or two "eh" names thrown in. I'd like to know whether or not to stress about it!
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I failed my 1 hour! Was supposed to go in for my 3 hour today, but pushed it back til next Friday
hope I pass!
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@chopsuey119: I failed my 1 hour too. I did my 3 hour and it made me so sick. I ended up passing it though. Good luck!
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Here are a couple of pics of the nursery so far. This is DD #2's rom so we have started organizing the room both girls will share and are just about readdy for the swith. Where her toddler bed is now will be a dark stained rocking chair. We need to get a matress for the crib yet, but the sheets will either be green or yellow.
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@chopsuey119: I failed the 1 hour two but passed the 3 hour. Good luck!!
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Today's Mantra "Just make it through the day"
So. Tired. Just tried to take a nap in my car, but it's too hot to stay in there without AC, and I hate staying in there with the engine running because its a sketchy neighbourhood.
34 more work-days left. 8 more weeks. Ugh. I think I might use one day of vacation per week until I'm done. Or maybe I should move up my last day?
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@mrsmenow: wow!! love your nursery! is the wall art hand painted??
@travelingbrit: both options sound good right now. would you be using your vacation days to move up your last day? in california i know you can take short term disability (or one of those laws... not sure which) like starting 4 weeks before your due date (with ur drs consent which i heard isn't too hard to get) so then technically you could use 1 vacation day a week till then, then take your leave! best of both worlds! hehe while i would love to do that i need to keep working till the end to keep saving money before baby comes.
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@kodybear: It is hand painted. The pervious owner was an art teacher and painted it, it was sealed th edeal when we bought our house.
@travelingbrit: I am glad that I am not the only one with a countdown of how many work days are left.
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@mrsmenow: Haha I have a countdown spreadsheet I keep on my desktop at work.
How many days do you have left?
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I only have 24 left. I work 12 hour night shift so I don't have too many days. I am sure towards the end those long shifts are going to be tough.
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Hi Ladies:) How is everyone doing? We have been traveling again and I have been MIA so just wanted to touch base with you all...I am 32w3d and definitely have had a growth spurt that is making me feel HUGE.
I also got swelling FOR REAL in my legs, ankles, feet this weekend for the first time and that combined with my ever-growing tummy is leaving me feeling pretty....over it? I hate to complain. I REALLY do. But I think this is the point where physically things are getting simply too hard!
I wish I had enough vacation saved up that I could just take off the next 7 weeks:) But I technically have 28 work days left. I have a really busy week this week and next week, and then I swear I'm just going to stop caring and I will absolutely be doing the bare minimum to survive! My job is so physically challenging these days because I am in sales and have to drive around all day and go in and out of accounts. I literally sit in my car in front of offices that I need to go to and just say to myself, "You can do this. You can get out of the car." I'm tired!
Work has also been even busier than usual lately, and they've been forcing a heavier workload on me. For example, on top of some major appointments that I have this week that will put me out the door by 7am, they have forced me to have dinner meetings where I have to give a presentation on THREE different nights this week! I won't get home tonight until after 10, and will have to leave at 630am. The thought alone wipes me out! So I'm starting to get a little bitter!
Anyway, I hope you all are doing well! And that you're not huge, swollen, and unnecessarily overworked!
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Doing ok here. Had a really busy weekend. We went out in Miami Friday night with my friend who was visiting from Boston. It was the latest I've stayed up in a long time. Saturday, we went to a chocolate festival during the day, a consignment sale in the afternoon and then an outdoor Journey/Pat Benatar concert at night. Sunday we had our first Childbirth class that lasted all day. The weekend went by WAY too quickly.
I have swelling off and on. Usually more off than on, thankfully. At the childbirth class, the instructor singled me out for having swollen feet and then decided to start massaging my feet to reduce the swelling. I HATE when people touch my feet. I've been using an icepack at home and it helps a little.
I feel bad complaining too. I could be so worse off than just uncomfortable...but I still can't help feeling like I've hit my limit.
I keep telling my other half I want to be done with work already but I still have another 33 days left to go.
@jholler25 Your job sounds way more demanding than mine. I couldnt imagine having to drive around and put my game face on all day, not to mention, having to have dinner meetings.
I've been sliding a little at work. We don't have a set time we have to be here, but my boss is always in my 7:30. I always used to try to be in before 8. Now, I try to be there before 8.30. It's even slipped a little until 8.45 on some days. I know I still get there earlier than about 50% of people but I still feel guilty. I've been leaving at 5pm no matter what, and just taking work home if I cant finish by 5.Hope everyone else is doing well, we don't have to stick it out too much longer!
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@mrsmenow love the paintings, done so well!
i hear you ladies on just getting through the next weeks until we can take maternity leave. so tired throughout the day, and the feeling of being huge and waddling around, is not easy. i sometimes take naps in my car too at work, and thankfully i'm in a covered garage so it's decently comfortable in there, but i wake up feeling like i could use 2 more hours LOL. i just told my husband this morning that I just don't like being pregnant, and that I don't like to complain either, and I know that being pregnant is a huge huge blessing, so I'm looking forward to LO arriving.
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I'm 32 weeks 4 days now and this past week i definitely started feeling really uncomfortable walking. I'm not sure if its cause of my hips but my butt hurts when i walk! so now i started waddling.
i wonder if its from the way i sleep. i sleep comfortably for the most part but maybe sleeping on my sides makes my hips hurts when i walk? anyway, i kind of want the last couple weeks to speed up alittle now that its getting uncomfortable!i went to a dr appt today and found out i'm measuring alittle small for my fundal measurement so the dr ordered a growth scan at my next appt 2 weeks from now. while i'm excited about getting to see the baby since the last time was 18 weeks, i also did the worst thing possible and googled what measuring small might mean in terms of baby growth. i hate google. now i'm freaked out! hopefully it's nothing... she said i was borderline small (not yet the 2 cm diff but close). so everything is probably okay.. but 2 weeks seems so far away now!
anyway hope everyone else is doing well! i think almost everyone is in their 30 weeks! crazzy
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@kodybear: Don't google! I googled the same thing for different reasons and was horrified. I've heard fundal heights can be really off and varied.
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@kodybear I totally agree with @travelingbrit; the Internet is not your friend when it comes to these matters! My baby was measuring small - not in terms of fundal height, but in terms of the head/abdomen/femur measurements and the estimated fetal weight percentile - so I started Googling "intra uterine growth restriction" and was practically catatonic with anxiety.
My SIL, who is a doctor in family medicine, told me that ultrasound measurements actually get less accurate as pregnancy progresses. And like @travelingbrit says, fundal heights are not the most accurate either (my OB said as much at my last appointment). So I would not stress! And it is nice to have extra ultrasounds to check in on the baby.
At my last ultrasound (31 weeks), my baby's estimated fetal weight percentile had actually gone up a little. Yay! So I hope that is encouraging to you.
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@travelingbrit: @MsInformation: thanks guys, i stopped googling for the most part. yeah i started googling iugr too! thats what scares me the most. but as long as baby is kicking and moving i'll try not to think about it.
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I put in my notice of resignation this week with my last day being November 30th (assuming things don't happen earlier with baby). Only 6 more weeks until SAHMommy-hood!
At 32 wks 4 days I really don't have any issues with pain yet and hope that it will last. I get tired, but not so much that it is a constant issue.
I had my family baby shower last weekend. I also have a work one this coming week and then another small co-ed one Nov 5th. We are pretty much set except for clothes and diapers, but it is nice that people want to throw showers for us.
So that is my little update. What is going on with everyone else?
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@rawrasaur
Congratulations on putting in your notice!
Is your insurance through your company? Mine is and I would be afraid of putting in my notice in case I lost my job/insurance!So far my main issues are exhaustion, lack of sleep, and just a general feeling of uncomfortableness.
Work is really taking a toll on me. I left at lunch on Friday and went home and slept/worked from home.Work has come up with a plan for my "maternity leave." I start training people this week, despite the fact I'm not due until Dec. I guess they are afraid I'll end up on bed rest or leaving early and want to be prepared.
My shower is scheduled for November 3rd. I don't know many people here though, so it will be fairly small. My MIL has taken it upon herself to invite her friends. She has more friends than I do LOL!
Other than that, just counting down the days! Every weekend until the birth, we have something scheduled on the calendar. I could use some rest.
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@travelingbrit: Nope, insurance is not an issue. I can still be on my dad's which is better than what my work offered so I opted out of it. My boss did express concern about that when I told her when my last day would be.
I am starting to get that general uncomfortableness you are talking about. Yesterday I was so tired I went to bed at 8pm.
We have very little scheduled after this month, so I have a feeling November will drag on for me.
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@travelingbrit: I have a shower Nov 3 and decided it's the best day to do it (after MIL chose that day). That night is when we change the clocks back an hour so I get some extra sleep that night!
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@MaisyMay: oh I had forgotten about the time change!
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@travelingbrit: As tired as I've been lately, I was so excited when I figured out what day it was on!
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Any updates from anyone else? Anyone freaking out about anything as our due dates approach?
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33w4d here! it looks like the hip pain is here to stay... i've gotten numerous comments about the wadding! i'm still kind of worried about my bump measuring small. only 1.5 weeks left till the growth scan! this reminds me of the early days when i'd be so anxious for the first couple appointments. anyway baby is still kicking and moving so i'm trying not to worry.
does anyone find themselves becoming more irritable? i'm not sure if its a pregnancy thing or if i'm always like this, but seriously people can annoy me so fast these days. its not usually pregnancy related, sometimes just hearing certain peoples voices makes me cringe. it sounds horrible. i hope its a pregnancy thing!
whats on everyones baby to-do list? our nursery is pretty much done. our first shower is this coming weekend so i'm trying to hold off buying anything else until then. i haven't thought much about packing the hospital bag yet altho i should soon! so i think for the most part i just have to buy some odds and ends for postpartum and for the baby. and then figure out the state disability thing. so confusing!
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I'm freaking out about everything. I'm a control freak so not knowing when he'll come is driving me crazy. Among my list of worries:
- He'll be too big and I'll need an induction / C-Section
- Where our parents will stay when they are visiting
- Something bad will happen to me during labor
- He will be born unhealthy
- I will not be able to feed him enough
- We won't be able to afford for me to SAH
- Discussing return to work plans with work@kodybear: I've been irritable for 9 months. It's really working for me at my job. They say I'm more assertive. I say I'm a B****
To do list is mostly finish some last minute shopping after the shower. We have no diapers yet but I'm guessing we'll get some. I bought some things last minute at Target and Walmart today to complete my hospital bag - Robe, PJ's.
We also have to choose a pediatrician (Have an interview next week) and we have to install the car seat.
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I feel enormous, yet my husband and friends say I don't look that big! And I still have anywhere from 5 to possibly 7 more weeks of this every increasing belly!!! And yet I get super annoyed these days with total strangers commenting that I look like I am due any minute or when they ask me my due date and then are surprised that it is December. That's getting old really fast.
I started feeling movement under my ribs but only on one side. I am hoping this means that baby girl is in the right position now because I think she was either transverse or oblique before. I will find out for sure at my next ultrasound in a couple weeks.
Have you started washing clothes, blankets, bottle parts, pacifiers, pump parts, and sterilizing things? I naively thought it would be a pretty straightforward task but found myself having to consult all the instruction manuals on whether you can put what in the dishwasher and steam microwave sterilizer and how they recommend boiling the nipple parts of bottles for five minutes just once at least before first using it. Augh! I think I was being overly careful because they are just out of the box but I doubt I will be this anal when I need to use these things day in and day out.
I started packing the hospital bag but I have almost nothing packed for myself since I need everything that needs to be packed such as my toiletries, PJs, electronic devices, etc...
Insomnia and heartburn are bad these days and I wake up feeling like my hands have arthritis now but I am also thankful that so far these are very minor issues.
Anyways, I am super excited to meet our baby and snuggle and kiss her!!! How is everyone else doing?
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@gracecat: I'm still at -5 lbs from my pregnancy weight, so that's a good thing. My little girl is sitting transverse right now, so hopefully she turns in the next few weeks. I'm hoping to at least start thinking about our hospital bag this weekend. Our showers are next weekend and the weekend after, so after that we'll be a lot more ready. I can't wait to meet this girl in just 6-8 weeks!
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@travelingbrit: I am freaking out too! I totally feel you! I started getting cramps/shooting pains in my belly, and at the same time, I SWORE that she was moving around less than usual. I had an OB checkup yesterday and told the doctor all of my concerns (I also had a couple of warm gushes that I couldn't tell if it was urine/CM/???) and she sent me over to L&D to monitor baby's movements, see if I was having contractions, and do an u/s. Well of course, no contractions registered, and Harper totally decided to embarass me by being more active than EVER and doing tons of acrobatic moves. I know the nurses thought I was a nutball for thinking this baby wasn't moving enough!
Every little pain/cramp/new thing kind of freaks me out!
@kodybear: I'm with you- have a lot done and the nursery is done, but just need to do a few last minute things/shopping. Mainly for clothes to wear postpartum. I am picturing myself in leggings and some t-shirt-like tunics and Uggs. Everyone is telling me I won't care what I look like in those first few weeks, but ummmm....Yes I will. I'm sorry to say. We'll have family flying in and out of here to meet Baby Girl and unfortunately - I am going to want to not look like a Hot Mess. Plus I'm TOTALLY SICK of maternity clothes, so I want some comfy transition pieces until I can get back into my pre-preg clothes.
I am thinking of getting some tops like these from cheap places like Old Navy, and some good leggings to hold me in...And that will be my new mom uniform
And also, I am totally getting the Belly Bandit and Hip Shrinkx. I am not messing around with this baby weight. I am pretty hard on myself about my body, probably too hard, but I am 32 so expecting it to be harder to "bounce back" so I'm pulling out all of the stops! These items are expensive, but it's cheaper than buying new (bigger) clothes! I want to get back into my size 26 True Religions so bad - and to buy a bigger pair will cost more money than these things so that's how I'm looking at it!
http://www.bellybandit.com/?gclid=CIukn7v3obMCFQ70nAod5F0ACA
Is anyone else fantasizing about getting their body back together post partum?
At my 34 week appointment yesterday, I was at exactly 25 lbs weight gain. I am REALLY hoping to keep it under 30lbs total, and I get induced at 39w3d, so I've got to keep it at 1 lb a week to stay at my goal!
@MaisyMay: How long do they wait on her to turn before they say that you'll definitely have a C-section?
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@PrincessBaby: glad everything went ok at l&d. Better safe than sorry. I'm curious about my post partum body. unfortunately I was at my heaviest pre pregnancy. I had some metabolic issues and felt like my job got in the way of working out and eating Healthy. I actually lost weight in the first tri, but now I'm up a grand total of 15 lbs. After the birth I would like to get a belly bandit also, and once I've had a chance to heal I want to work out every day. I won't be able to use work as an excuse anymore.
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@PrincessBaby: Not sure. Being diabetic and inducing means I'm already at a 60% chance of C-section. I have a sizing ultrasound on Monday, and then a check up about a week and a half later. At that point we may know more. That will be at 32 1/2 weeks. Maybe if she's not turning at 35 or 36? I'm supposed to start my NST's at 34, so we'll monitor her then too.
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@travelingbrit: @PrincessBaby: im with ya on everything. my first trimester fears have come back and now every little thing worries me. esp cause my baby doesn't move around as much as other peoples (or so i think) and so if i don't feel anything for a couple hours i freak out. and then i'm always afraid that my water broke and i'm leaking even tho its probably urine or something like that! and then with all the pains i wonder if its contractions! but its not. man i didn't think i'd worry so much towards the end.
but yah i can't wait till this baby is out of me and i can try to get back to pre preggo weight! my plan is to do insanity once i'm allowed to. I went through it once like a year ago with good results. but my exercise during pregnancy has sucked. so im anxious to get back at it. right now i'm about 27lbs at alittle over 34 weeks. so hopefully i can keep it only alittle bit over 30lbs. blah. i feel huge.
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I can't stop crying. I feel so overwhelmed by everything. Physically and emotionally.
I've been a little hard on SO lately. I know he's doing his best - but I don't think he truly has any concept of what I'm going through and what my body's going through. -
@travelingbrit: How do you feel on the weekends when you're not working? I only ask because the couple of weeks I was MIA because work was so AWFUL, I cried A LOT - like I couldn't handle any stress at all without crying and I just felt so sorry for myself for having to work so hard while being so tired. But I noticed a BIG difference in the way I felt on the weekends - though I was still tired, it was so much more manageable. I was in recovery though- not relaxation. It takes so much for our bodies to recover from stress and exhaustion now. And after my workload got so much lighter last week, I feel like a different person. My pregnancy is not hard, it's just WORK with pregnancy that's hard. I guess I'm asking if there's any way that you can get some type of note from your doctor to lighten your load or responsibilities, or even work from home a couple of days a week?
I know you're taking a PTO day each week (great idea!) but maybe even less time in the office would be helpful! You sound miserable and it is breaking my heart for you!
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@PrincessBaby: You're right, for the most part I feel significantly better when I'm not at work.
This will be the first week of the PTO plan so hopefully that will make it better.
I feel just like you said, the weekends are either complete recovery or us running around to get things done.This weekend was particularly emotional for me because it was our anniversary.
I haven't been too personal on here before but basically here's the short version.
+ In a long term living together relationship
+ Though I would not be able to get pregnant
+ Got BFP before proposal
+ Ecstatic about baby
+ Both discussed we'd like to be engaged before baby
+ SO bought ring
+ Waited
+ Waited
+ Waited
+ SO has attempted but each attempt has been thwarted
+ At 6 weeks until baby any element of surprise for a proposal is goneBeing engaged to him is the one thing I want more than anything but at the same time I still dream of a nice, well thought out, surprise proposal.
I know that's such a selfish, first world problem to have but it's just completely tearing me up inside.
I know I got myself into this situation, I'm just really disappointed that it looks like I wont get to experience a dream proposal.Despite the engagement stuff (that lived in my head until last night when I couldnt hold it in anymore) our relationship is amazing and stronger than ever. I love him, he loves me. We are excited to be starting our family together. The problem is all mine - I cant seem to figure out how to get over it.
Ok internet friends and future December Mommas. Now you officially know more about me than any of my IRL friends, or my family. I know most of you are married, but I could just use some support.
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@travelingbrit: I know exactly how you are feeling regarding the engagement. I had DD #1 in high school. I met now DH and we were really serious from the start. Moved in together. Decided to not prevent a pregnancy as DD was getting older. Got pregnant no problem, and then waited and waited to get engaged. We bought our house, got engaged, and then had Dd #2 a few months later.
It is tricky when you are already comitted, having a child, but still going through the emotions of being someone who is still waiting for the engagement (even when you know it will eventually come). I hope you still get a great suprise/proposal, even it isn't the most spontaneous timing:)
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@mrsmenow: Thank you so much for that! You put into much better words the struggle I'm feeling. There's absolutely no doubt about the level of commitment, I just need to get over some of my feelings on it!
On another feeling sorry for myself note, my mom is hosting my baby shower this weekend and only 2 people RSVPed. I dont know a lot of people here but I was hoping out of 25 people, that 8 or so would come.
Also, she's flying in from Maryland to host it, and her flight is Wed. While it's not canceled yet, there's about a 80% chance it will be. All the flights out of Baltimore are full until Sat apparently.
I promise in a few days I will stop feeling sorry for myself. It's just one of those weeks.
hope I pass!
i wonder if its from the way i sleep. i sleep comfortably for the most part but maybe sleeping on my sides makes my hips hurts when i walk? anyway, i kind of want the last couple weeks to speed up alittle now that its getting uncomfortable!
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