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I'm so curious if I've dropped too. I feel like her feet aren't pushed as far into my ribs anymore but I don't think I look too different. Maybe I always carried a little low? Either way I've started having some serious sharp pains that I assume are her putting pressure on my cervix. I would describe them like @jesslc did.

My midwife doesn't do cervical checks until you're in labor I think. They'll do one if you ask for it but I don't want to obsess (even though I am so curious!)

@highwire - I have no idea how gigantic the pads will be in the hospital but from everything I read people seem to recommend buying some depends for right after the birth to be more comfortable. I haven't gotten any and I'm not so sure I will but it's a thought! I also heard a lot of good things about Always infinity so I picked up a few packs of those to get me through.

@lindseykaye: thanks! I've got some overnight always pads that I'm ordering in a few weeks. Hopefully they will be absorbent enough to use by the time we are discharged and can go home. I'm just going to use those big scary ones the hospital provides until then

Is anyone else following the October mamas thread? I can't believe that they are all having their babies. That means we are all next! How did this happen?!

@highwire glad your maternity pictures went well!

@chelsearose I was thinking the same thing!

34 weeks.. feeling torn between freaking out at the prospect of baby arriving early and at the prospect of going past my due date and laughing at myself for ever thinking I'd go early.

My husband is starting to cross train for his new job 6 hours away and will be gone all week and then back for our hospital tour.. We have 1 (male) friend local who could come if I needed him to and my parents will be in town for most of that week.. but I really hope that this baby cooperates and I don't end up in the hospital by myself!

@clery: I'm planning to work until 39 weeks unless I go into labor or need to be induced for medical reasons. My ob gave me my note for work yesterday. She actually offered to take me out of work at 36 weeks due to borderline high blood pressure, but I declined. I work a 4/40 schedule with Fridays off and I'm working from home at least one day too.

@ChelseaRose: yes I am definitely stalking October!!

I'm working until 39 weeks. I have a job that isn't very physically demanding but I am so ready to be done just because I'm looking forward to the 'break' from the hum drum of office life.

In other news, throwing in sheer excitement into my middle.of the night wakeups has officially tanked my ability to sleep lol.

@clery: i'm planning on working up until the day. so far i feel fine, not too miserable and my commute is really short. i figure if i take any time off beforehand, i'll just end up sitting on the couch and twiddling my thumbs and looking up potential labor symptoms on google. so its better to distract myself and also just maximize time with baby after she gets here.

@scg00387: he'll be away for just this week, then he'll be home, right? is it 6 hours driving? worse comes to worst, he'll probably make it for the most important part of labor - when baby comes out!

@JessLC: heading to our first baby shower in a few!

@JessLC: My brain is refusing to turn off if I wake up in the middle of the night. I'm exhausted at 2:00 AM, but I can't stop thinking about everything that's about to happen!!

@JessLC: @Mrs. Tricycle: @highwire: I'm sorry you ladies are having the middle of the night wake up issue too. Although it makes me feel better that I'm not alone. Most of the time I can get back to sleep with 15-30 minutes, but there have been a few nights when it took hours and turned into anxiety rather than just excited thoughts.

It's a nursery furniture assembly marathon in our house today. Basically that means I hand DH parts while he does all the hard stuff. Luckily, we have a great supervisor.

@Mrs. Tricycle: I hope the furniture assembly marathon went well!

Wow, it seems like everybody will be working close to 40 weeks. I'm going to try very hard to make it to 38 and a half weeks but we will see!

Glad to hear that I am not the only one who stays up at night thinking about baby.

@clery: that's really awesome! I wish more places did that.

@mrsjyw: I've had a couple of moments where I've almost cried and gotten VERY cranky about how I feel physically. This problem I've been having with my hip has just really pushed things over the edge. I've been trying to rest it as much as I can, but sitting around not moving makes me entire body constantly sore and leaves me feeling so stiff! Ugh.

@clery: Did you have your meeting yet? How did it go?

@scg00387: Good tip about the medicine log. I loved our CPR class. I feel really glad to at least have a little bit of a skill set in that department now.

@Mrs. Tricycle: Cute pup! How's the furniture looking?

Besides feeling like TOTAL crap physically, I had a great weekend! My maternity pictures were super fun, the baby shower was GREAT, and I got to spend a lot of quality time with a ton of friends who I haven't seen in a while at the shower and later that night. DH and I went to a little Walking Dead premiere party and it was great to catch up with our old crew of college friends.

@highwire: Phew! I'd be exhausted after that schedule! You're a trooper for making it through such a busy weekend!

@clery: That's awesome! Hope the meeting goes well!

And I just swelled out of my sandals for the day. Sitting at my office barefoot and hoping I don't have to get up and go into anyone else's office for the rest of the day...

@kml636: She said 2-3 weeks, but she also said that about our engagement pictures and had them to us a few days later, so we'll see!

@kml636: PRETTY!!

@kml636: Jealous of all the girly-ness!

@JessLC: Ha they were funny... they absolutely stank! Poor DS had to keep moving the burning stick from toe to toe, while the smoke blew in his face. It made our entire apartment smell like we were a couple of dope dealers : ) Anyway I can't deal with the smell so we're stopping. Baby has moved, I'm not sure which position she's in, but we'll see on Friday.

I bet the brown mucus was due to your cervical check. I know what you mean about needing to pack a bag, we're three weeks out and haven't even thought about it!