Hellobee Boards

@WALLAROO: Happy Halloween!!!! I'm sorry about your rings! I am dreading the moment I can't wear mine anymore! Currently (at 25w) they still fit, so I'm hoping that doesn't change!

@Mrs. Lantern: Such a cute costume!!!!! I'll be planning my glucose test when I have my doc appt on Friday. Not really looking fwd to it!

Ok, so this is my first time posting pics on HelloBee so I hope I do it right! Here's the nursery thus far (and the inspiration board I made)....DH and I wanted something cool, bright, modern, and fun. What do you think?

@ValentineMommy: That's definitely cool, bright, modern and fun! And gender neutral! The stripes are really cool, how did you do that?

@ValentineMommy: It is the most comfortable chair I have every sat in! And I agree, your stripes are AWESOME!

@photojane: Thanks! We realized we only have room for one bookshelf, and apparently you can't secure an Expedit to the wall if you have baseboards (unless you do some sort of carpentry hack, which I'm in no way cut out for). So we decided to sell the second bookshelf and just do one running horizontally so it's 2 up and 4 across. Which means there's not much room for books, just the top 4 cubbies (we bought containers for 4 cubbies to hide his toys, blankets, etc.). So basically the book wall is it! Which is fine because I'm sure he'll have tons of books but I don't want to overwhelm him so I'll probably just switch them out over time.

Don't worry about your nursery! it sounds like you're doing a lot of DIY stuff so go easy on yourself! It'll be awesome!

ETA I just realized you were asking about the existing book shelves lol. They're Ribba picture ledges from IKEA!

@ValentineMommy: Omg love the stripes! Super creative!

@ladyfingers: i can't believe you have so much done already! I'm with @photojane - our room's not even empty yet! Hopefully soon we will get our acts together... We've had a lot going on...

Sooo unfortunately we were in the path of Sandy. Our power has been out since Monday night. We've been staying at my parents who didn't lose power. Our house was damaged in the storm and may need to be completely resided but it could have been worse. There were a lot of people who lost everything. It's very sad watching the news and seeing the shore points where we vacationed that were destroyed.

Here's a pic of the back of my house and on a lighter note my outfit that I wore to work today for Halloween...

Hey! We *just* got our power back so I am giddy with excitement. Some people here have a lot of damage from Sandy so we are relatively lucky even though it is sad to see lots of landmarks and beachclubs destroyed.. I am especially happy because I am supposed to have my glucose test next week (if my dr. offices have power!) and it is so hard not to eat junk food (and halloween candy) when you're bored in the dark! Back on track tomorrow!

Oh, and here's a bump pic from yesterday!

@Phillybaby2013: I'm glad you guys are safe but that sucks about your house! My husband is from Massapequa Park (Long Island) and he said a lot of his high school friends' parents' houses were destroyed from flooding. He's really sad about it. Your costume is adorable though! Also, re: the nursery, I'm a total overachiever and am actually kind of embarrassed that we have so much done lol. I just can't stand sitting around waiting to do stuff, and I wanted to get it done by 30 weeks (arbitrarily) because I'm huffing and puffing as is, much less when I get bigger!

@ValentineMommy: Love the bump!

@JessiBee: I have gained a lot of weight quickly as well. Last month I gained 8 pounds. I don't even know what it will be this time around. I hate that I'm always in the doctor's office at different times so it's not even the most accurate -- at least that's what I'm telling myself. I've already gained 20+ pounds and I'm not even in the third trimester yet! Guess I'm giving in to so many cravings...

So I finished our mobile last night, and I need honest opinions. I was modeling it off one that I loved on Etsy but didn't want to pay $50. There are some differences, and what I'm thinking might help is on every other strand, adding a colored disc near the top, above the first baseball, so the baseballs are staggered and some strands are longer than others. I think it looks crooked and sad and skimpy, but DH loves it. Thoughts? I don't want to take it completely down (hanging it was a BITCH), but I can take down individual strands by loosening the jump rings, and working on it some more that way.

@JerricaBenton: Glad to hear you guys got your power back.

@JESSIBEE: I definitely can understand where you are coming from when it comes to the weight gain. I was about 119 and in the best shape I had been right before pregnancy. Once I became pregnant I had to completely change my mindset and realize that this weight gain was for a purpose - to help our babies grow as much as possible. I just wanted to let you know that you aren't alone =)

@ladyfingers: Cute mobile but I think I like your idea of adding an extra disc on every other strand so that you have some longer strands.

@ValentineMommy: Good looking bump!

@ladyfingers: That could look good too but for some reason I just like the idea of different length strands as well. So maybe strands of colored discs that are longer than the baseball strands?

@ladyfingers: is the mobile hanging over the changing pad or what? i actually think it's really cute the way it is, but i would definitely lower it.

you guys inspired me to at least get an inspiration board together for my nursery! we aren't painting until veteran's day weekend, and we won't begin decorating until after we're done painting, but i have lots of ideas already.

the cute owl/butterfly pattern at the top left is our crib bedding, which we're using for the color scheme. that's our actual dresser, but i "painted" it pink in photoshop -- i'm hoping the paint job looks better in real life.

@photojane: Yes, that's where the changing pad will go. I guess I could lower it, I can't really unaffix it from the ceiling (I used very very sticky picture hanging tape to get it there and it will pull off the ceiling paint at this point) but I guess I could cut the strings attached to the mobile and add shorter strings to lower it. I didn't want it to be too low because I didn't want to constantly be bumping into it while changing him.

Ok I know this is totally frivolous. But I added onto the mobile a bit - I like it so much better now!

Also @photojane I love your mood board and the pink dresser! So that's the actual dresser but photoshopped pink? What a great piece, great lines! It will be such a fun room.

@photojane: It's beautiful! I love finding furniture and transforming it with paint. I have a half-painted hand me down dresser in our closet that I have plans to someday tackle with chalk paint (not chalkboard paint) and dark stain on the ornate edges. But man I just don't have the energy for it these days! I can't wait to see how yours turns out.

@lolabee: I love that ceiling! I'm getting the lab script for my gd test on Monday, I'll be 27 weeks. I think it's typically 28ish weeks for the one-hour test, then you do the 3-hour test if you fail that one. Since we start going every other week at this point I would assume 3-hour test if you need it is around 29/30 weeks?

@ladyfingers: Thank you! I am really happy with how it turned out. Thanks for the info on the glucose testing.

@WALLAROO: we jumped ship on doing it ourselves and hired a painter. My DH despises painting, I didn't want to have a melt down trying to map it out and then have my arms above my head for hours! The painter had it done in a day.

Pumpkin pie pops sound absolutely delicious! Glad you're enjoying the yoga.

Ah! I have a lot to catch up on.......

@ValentineMommy: Looking great lady!

@JessiBee: You're not alone. I've been stressing about the weight thing too. It's so hard although I'm on the other end of the spectrum of you starting out overweight. My doctor wanted me to try to keep my weight gain to 15 lbs for the entire pregnancy. I already passed that and I feel so much pressure to not gain anymore even though my doctor hasn't mentioned it yet. I'm not eating terrible but not the best I could be either I guess - I'm just hungry!....Try to remember it's for baby and I'm sure you'll bounce back in no time.

@ladyfingers: i LOVE your mobile!! Especially the redo that you did. Your room is certainly coming along! I need to steal some of your overachiever-ness. Haha.

@photojane: judging by your idea board the nursery is gonna be super cute! I'm a color person and I love the shades of blue and pink you picked. They really compliment each other in a fun way. And the bedding goes great. Can't wait to see the real deal! Let me know how painting your dresser turns out. We bought our dresser second hand too and were planning on staining it to match the crib but I'm debating if painting it would be easier.

@lolabee: glad your enjoying your hynobirthing class so far! Maybe you can give us some tips as the big day gets closer. ; )
Oh and the ceiling looks awesome. Very modern and fresh. I love that everyone is doing something very different in their nurseries.

I thought I'd share that I had my Glucose Tolerance Test this morning. I want to preface this with my Dr. told me not to fast and gave me no special instructions (or atleast that I could remember). Figuring that I usually feel sick if I don't eat in the morning I ate a protein bar on my way to the lab. When I got there the lab tech told me I shouldn't have eaten and it could skew my results. I was kind of upset and worried that I would fail my test for sure if this was true. I looked it up online while I was waiting for my blood draw and apparently there is A LOT of conflicting info about this. I still don't know what the right answer is just thought I'd mention it....

The stuff itself didn't taste bad at all but it burned a little in my throat each time I took a sip. I had the orange flavor. After a while I started feeling jittery and baby boy went crazy which is to be expected after that much sugar hitting your system. I had my blood taken and went to work. Once I got there I started feeling really yucky and hyped up. I had our department nurse take my blood sugar and it was 54 which is incredibly low. This was about 45 min after they drew my blood at the lab. I immediately ate something and got an OJ so I didn't pass out. I'm hoping since my sugar was that low after such a short amount of time that my original # couldn't have been that high. I'll find out on Monday! Just out of curiosity I had the nurse check my sugar an hour after I ate lunch and it was 109 which is completely normal. I've felt crappy the rest of the day.

Hopefully the rest of you ladies have a good experience and hope we all get good results!!!

Interesting! I have my glucose test at my next appointment (after Thanksgiving), so I asked my doctor at my last appointment what to do beforehand. She told me to just eat whatever I usually do: breakfast, snack, whatever. So...I guess that's my plan!

Thank you all for the weight support. I know it's for the baby's good, but I've never had to worry about weight before, so I guess I sort of assumed it would just work itself out where it needs to be. And I kind of know it will, just not necessarily the way I thought/hoped it would. But I'm trying to pay more attention to not just eating when hungry, but trying not to eat any more dessert than usual, trying to keep making good, healthy food choices (but not driving myself crazy), and figuring the rest will take care of itself.

We're finally looking at building our registry, and it's STRESSFUL!! I hate how everything is pink, blue, or green, as if there are no other colors. I like purples! I like yellows, and oranges, and blues (for girls!), and grays, and teals, and lots of other things, but apparently the baby-stuff-makers disagree. Arg.

Also, @ValentineMommy: @lolabee: @photojane: @ladyfingers: I love the nursery updates! We're still in the painting phase (with no real stuff to put in yet after painting), so I'll try and share a photo (my first on HB!) once the painting is done.

@ladyfingers: I love the changes you made to the mobile - it's adorable!!!

@photojane: I love everything about that nursery. Love love love the colors! I actually almost bought that same glider, but it didn't match our blue as much as I wanted it to. It's super comfy!

@lolabee: omg that ceiling is awesome! I would have probably attempted that myself and realized halfway through that I couldn't do it. It looks amazing, your painter did an awesome job!

@WALLAROO: prenatal yoga sounds awesome! I was really into yoga before being pregnant, and now, I honestly don't want to move. Lol

@Phillybaby2013: Yikes, I am not looking forward to that glucose test, and after hearing your story...I REALLY am not looking fwd to it! Mine is in two weeks and I'm afraid of how it will go with all this candy I've been eating!

@JessiBee: I'm totally with you on the registry stuff. I am not a fan of baby blue (or light green or yellow) for our boy, and there is absolutely nothing we could find that would go with our room. Since we registered at Target and buybuybaby, we ended up having to bite the bullet for all the nursery bedding/changing covers/etc, because the only ones we could find that we liked were from Land of Nod (they have much brighter colors), and I wasn't about to open another registry. You'll find something, keep looking!