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@Navy_Mommy: Hope you're hanging in there. Happy due date twin!

Can't believe it's here already. Here is my 40 week bump shot!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: @Navy_Mommy: You guys look great! I hope you can have those babies soon and without complications, inductions, etc. Praying for safe deliveries for you!

@Navy_Mommy: poor thing. hugs! I hope these babies come soon for both of our sakes!

@creativemomma15: @MamaBehr: thank you!

I definitely had a moment this morning of not wanting my hubby to leave for work this morning. Total and utter breakdown. Sigh. I swear if anyone asks me if I've had the baby yet, I'm going to lose it, lol. And I'm only 1 day past due! It's just everyone has been asking since like 37 weeks so it's totally old. I need to spend some time praying and have some quiet time so I don't flip out on someone, lol.

Everyone asking if I had a baby yet was the worst. Especially when I hit 40 weeks. I ended up turning off all of my FB notifications on my phone because I had a break down. And going off on MIL

You're in the home stretch ladies! Keep strong and keep going! Like DH said - "Babies are like wizards, they are never late, nor are they early, they arrive precisely when they mean to!" (It's a play off The Hobbit quote)

@Navy_Mommy: You are in my thoughts! I hope you ended up going into labor!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I remember (when I was working) getting those dumb questions when I was only 36 weeks! Some people think they are so clever, when in actuality you hear the same comment about 50 times a day! I hope that you have your baby SOON and enjoy that quiet time, because it'll be gone soon

Ugh thinking of you ladies! The end is the worst but so forgettable once its over! Hang in there! Looking forward to updates!

Our daughter was born yesterday evening (29th January). Shes 3 kg and gorgeous.

@Navy_Mommy: congrats! Beautiful pictures and I love his name! Oliver was on our list for a boy his time.

@Mrs Rivera: congrats!

@Navy_Mommy: Oh my goodness! I'm so excited for you!!! He is so gorgeous and your reaction is just beautiful. Makes me tear up thinking about holding my LO soon.

@Navy_Mommy: Peeking in to say congratulations! He's beautiful! Can't wait to hear about his birth.

ETA: Congrats to all of the lovely Jan. mamas!

@MamaBehr: I'm hanging in there. Counting down the days until my appt on Monday. Dh and I went to a movie today and I'm trying to make the most of our last baby-free weekend. Just trying to enjoy this time before everything goes crazy. It's hard to be patient!

My induction is scheduled for tomorrow 7:00 am (after a failed natural induction (whatever this really is) by my midwife yesterday) I feel like crap. I threw up all night/day and I'm terribly tired. I have no idea how to get through tomorrow....

So I woke up this morning at 2am with contractions and part of my mucus plug came out. I got good consistent contractions for about an hour and a half at 7-8 minutes apart, but then they started spacing out and by 8am, they pretty much stopped. I went in to my Dr appt and he checked me and I'm at 2cm, but he is on the fence about placing the cervidil. So he told me to go home and walk and see if I can get contractions started again and if they do, to come in for another check to see if I'm at a 3. Otherwise, I'm going in tonight to check in at the hospital and get the cervidil placed and induce tomorrow morning.

I was so hopeful this morning! Sigh.

We went walking at the mall for 1,5 hours and it was SO difficult. Going to try to nap this afternoon since I only got like 3-4 hours sleep.

@MamaBehr: crazy night and morning! I only got about 2 hours sleep before contractions started up. I finally said uncle at about 330 because they were really intense and the floor was busy and I didn't want to miss it. It took 3 tries to place it and I ended up getting a hot spot on my hip and it was terrible! My water broke naturally about 30 minutes after the epi was placed and there is a little bit of meconium in it. Anyway, they tried all sorts of things to get my hot spot to go away but nothing was working, so I to get another one placed by a different Dr. This one actually worked! Thank God. I was able to sleep solidly for a little bit. The only thing is that Lily is being particular about the level of pitocin and the contractions it's bringing. So they turned it off for a bit and now they have it at a 2. Pretty much they said it'll be a low and slow labor. My Dr is coming to check me in a little while and hopefully I've progressed!

@abbydabbydoodlebug: my first labor was very slow like that. The end is near!! Good luck.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: you get to meet your LO soon! Make sure to take recovery easy. Be vigilant with your pain meds and don't do too much when you get home. If you have questions or concerns about a csection let me know! (And if you feel disappointed about it, that's pretty normal too. I was disappointed in my first csection) please post a pic when you can so excited for you!!

@MamaBehr: @Honeydew: Thanks! I was a little disappointed when he first told me, but honestly, I was so tired and not feeling good that I just wanted to meet her asap. I was first in line to the OR, so we just went in and did it! There ended up being 3 more c sections after me, so I was lucky I didnt have to wait.

So Lillian Adele was born at 4:52. She was 8lb 14oz, 21 in long! She ended up having low blood sugar because of her size and had to be whisked away for the meconium and to get her blood sugar levels tested. So for about 4 hours I didn't get to see her, except for about 20 min we did skin to skin and tried to latch, but she wasn't having it.

But I finally got to see her and hold her at about 830pm! She's so cute and her blood sugar levels have stabilized from a little formula syringe. We got her to latch on and it seems like she's doing really well with it! I need some practice though.

We are so happy and exhausted. Looking forward to this new adventure!

@abbydabbydoodlebug:congrats!