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@BandDmommy: I am really lucky that my mom is an RN so she has been giving them to me. we visit them every weekend anyway so thats just part of our visit for now. If she wasn't I would be going to the Dr. office since my office doesn't offer visiting nurses.

@MaryM: Oh no, I am so sorry for your loss. Sending you loving and healing thoughts your way.

@MaryM: oh no! Oh no! I am so terribly, terribly sorry!! I'm so heartbroken for you!

@MaryM: I'm so very sorry for your loss. Will keep you and your family in my thoughts. Please let us know if we can do anything for you. Sending you lots of love.

@MaryM: I'm terribly sorry for your loss. Sending love and prayers to you and your husband. So heartbroken...

@MaryM: I am so sorry. Thinking of you and your husband. Take care of yourself during this most difficult time. ️

@MaryM: I am so sorry - my heart is absolutely breaking for you and I am sending prayers to you and your family. I wish there was more I could say or do for you - I am so deeply sorry.

@MaryM: I know you must be devastated by this loss. My heart and love is reaching out to your family.

@MaryM: how devastating. Thinking of you and your family

@MaryM: Oh my gosh.. I am so sorry. My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family.

I had my glucose screening this morning. I was so anxious about it all weekend, because I was terrified I'd throw up and have to start over. But I took Zofran and ate a high protein breakfast and it went OK. Glad it is over. Now fingers crossed I passed. I start going for checkups every 2 weeks now!

Is anyone doing any type of childbirth classes? FTM here so I'm going all out lol.. maybe overboard.. but thta's okay. My doula recommended The Bradley Method, as did a friend of mine, so we start this Saturday!! Due to being due around the holidays it was hard to find a class that fit into mine and DH's wonky schedules so the only one that works starts this weekend. It's a 6 week series instead of 12, so I'll be done two months before EDD but that's fine, I guess.

Also picked our pediatrician!

@kristinleigh: Definitely recommend doing them. It made a huge difference for me, in just being calm, and knowing what to expect. I think we will do an infant cpr because we never got around to it last time and it has always freaked me out that we didn't.

@kristinleigh: We did an online childbirth class with our first, but also did a class on the "happiest baby on the block" I wish we had done an in person childbirth class, mainly for my husband! I think he was surprised by the process- he clearly wasn't paying that much attention when we watching the videos!! I've heard great things about the Bradley method and I think it's good to get it done before you are too big and uncomfortable.

I definitely recommend the Happiest baby on the block. They have a book and video. My husband found it really useful and mastered the 5 S's techniques!!

@travellingbee: DH is a police officer and CPR instructor and I'm a nurse and I highly recommend infant/child CPR class!

I am waiting to do birthing classes until Christmas break, bc that's what I think works best for DH's & I's schedule, but I'm a bit nervous because I'll be 36 weeks by then. I just read yesterday that women with PCOS have a 13% risk of preterm birth, vs. 7% in the general population But hey, that's still a 87% chance of a term birth, if things continue going well. We're doing a 7 hour Saturday class with a hospital tour included. We also might do a 2 hours breastfeeding class, but I don't know about that..... thoughts?

On a related note, I've got a "preparing for baby" calendar and it is filling up fast, and that's besides appointments!

October: Reorganizing our bedroom to accommodate baby rooming with us and creating an FMLA binder for my sub, purchasing breastfeeding supplies

November: Converting our office into the nursery, prepping cloth diapers and washing used baby clothes, purchasing necessary registry items on Black Friday (after baby showers)

December: Organizing house, birth classes, purchasing postpartum supplies & hospital bag stuff, celebrate holidays

January: Making meals and trying to rest? Weekly appointments by then, so.... yeah.

I am a schedule, calendar, list-making kind of gal.

We never got to do out childbirth class but I wish we had, debating whether or not as a second time mom.

In other news, I spent most of Saturday night in L&D for contractions. I felt off all day and by the evening my back and abdomen were killing me so my Dr had me go in. I apparently have an irritable uterus, but they aren't sure whats causing it; could be my muscles are straining to support my belly weight, dehydration (I don't even know how this would be possible, I would have to live in the bathroom if I drank more water) or it could be that i Just wasn't feeling well and it was a one time thing. Either way, I ordered a belly support band and am taking it easy. I am trying not to pick up my 30 pound toddler too much (which I hate) and take frequent breaks if I am on my feet a lot. I have a follow up with my Dr. this week.

Baby weighing 305 grams. They want me to start monitoring my blood pressure at home as a precaution (it's totally normal and always has been). Also have a lovely bladder infection so got antibiotics for that. And have lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks, making my overall weight gain....2 lb.

Hmmm. That's about it. Slow and steady. Lol.

I took a lot of classes last pregnancy, because my hospital offered them free if you were delivering there. I also watched the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD, and read a lot of books in preparation. The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD was possibly the most useful thing, because neither of us had any experience soothing babies, and it gave us a lot of confidence when stuff actually worked.

The L&D class was okay, but the hospital tour was probably the most useful part. I was always planning on an epidural, though, and I ended up going to the hospital relatively early because my water broke, so I was supported by the nurses through labor. I got my epidural pretty early, so I never needed the relaxation techniques (I was 6 cm, but not in much pain).

Breastfeeding class was okay, but was probably more useful for DH than I. I took a pumping class (without DH) which was more useful. The lactation consultant in the hospital was by far the most helpful in learning to breastfeed, because it is much easier to learn when you have an actual baby.

The infant care class was not terribly useful, I found the nurses in the hospital were much more helpful in teaching us how to do stuff.

Infant CPR and safety was worthwhile.

@DesertDreams88: You are so organized! That's one of my goals for 2016, is to be more organized. I buy a cute planner every year that hardly gets used then rely on my iPhone calendar which I don't record in detail like I should.