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@runnerd: so sorry you have yet another cause for concern for this pregnancy =( i would be worried too, but try and focus on the fact that both the main OB and the specialist aren't worrying about him right now, and that his vitals were good. I'll be keeping my fingers and toes crossed for the next scan to go well for you- keep us updated!

@coopsmama: ahhh, I'm starting to feel the same. I've had a lot of pelvic pain, pressure and cramping all night, every night - I'm just done.

I start to get bored, agitated and slightly depressed during the last month of pregnancy which is happening now I need to spend my days not sitting around but I'm also so tired! I feel way more tired right now than I do when I have a newborn.

@runnerd: So sorry about your update!! I hope he grows in the next couple of weeks!

OK just getting caught up!

@littleredhairedgrl: Love the Ava updates, thanks for sharing!!

@runnerd: I'm really sorry, but glad your OB said not to be stressing about it too much! So unfair to have something to worry about right at the end here.

@coopsmama: @HLK208: Thanks for making me feel normal about feeling a bit depressed. I do feel weird all of a sudden, and just odd in my bump. Like not cramping or tightening but just discomfort? Things are changing!

I will be having my first cervical check and strep test next Wednesday because my family is going camping next weekend and my OB is really nervous about it for some reason. It's only an hour and a half away and I'll be sleeping in a pop-up tent camper (not on the ground). DH will be walking me to the bathroom in the middle of the night (I go every 1.5 hours, it's bad!) and I'm planning on doing a lot of nothing and just staying cool. I'm in MN so June still isn't that hot for us.

@coopsmama: Honestly, I wish I could skip the cervical check but she is kind of insisting which makes sense since I'll be farther away than normal. I feel like they mean nothing in relation to when you actually give birth.

I'm an end of July due date so not too worried about the 4th! But getting oddly excited (??) about birth and labor after my awesome natural birthing classes.

My OB and I see things VERY differently but she still appears like she'll be supportive of my med-free birth wish list (not plan!). I'm surprisingly relaxed about birth for someone's who generally anxiety-ridden but I hope this carries over for when labor actually starts!

Anyone else making a birth wish list or preferences sheet?

@princessandthebee: haha that's a cute idea about baking for him! Much more ambitious than me though

Question - are y'all having cramping and/or achy uterus type feelings now? Not sure how better to describe lol. I have been very achy and crampy the past 3 days - no tightening like BH.

@runnerd: No, not here! I would assume that means something is happening down there which is awesome! My body doesn't seem to be gearing up at all for labor. I have no doubt that some/most of you who aren't as far along as I am will go ahead of me because that's just the way my luck seems to be.

@runnerd: Oh I hope so!! Send me labor vibes, please. My husband agrees by the way and thinks it will be sooner rather than later. This is totally TMI -- ack!! -- but he noticed my smell down there has totally changed in the past day and said it was so odd he felt like I should pack my hospital bag haha! I still feel like I have at least 3 weeks to go!

I have to think that someone else off of the long July due date list has had their baby by now! I feel like the odds would say that's the case! I wish we were getting more updates from ladies on the list.

I can tell we're getting close when I'm far more interested in posting in this thread than I have been all pregnancy.

A lot of ladies have kind of dropped off the board, I want updates also!!
I don't have much to post about, unfortunately. The nursery is almost complete, except for hanging artwork and making one more curtain panel. Aside from that and packing the hospital bag, we're pretty much ready! I was starting to do more meal prep/cleaning/all around nesting, but then I got a cold and it pretty much has me out for the count. I don't recommend being sick and this pregnant, I'm pretty much miserable.

Anyone else not had Braxton Hicks? I've had a couple of times where my stomach tightened up and it was a little uncomfortable, but the way people describe it I feel like I should be more positive that's what's happening. Not sure if I should be concerned it hasn't started yet.

Totally agree with everyone that I want more updates! @coopsmama: I'm with ya wondering if some babies have already arrived!

@lauraeabel: I'm not sure if I've had BH. I think I might have had a few - like tightening that I thought was the baby pushing or something might have been BH? I dunno, I've read both - that you'll know, and also that some people don't feel them!

@lauraeabel: Those sound like Braxton Hicks to me! I bet you're having them more frequently than you think but that they just aren't that noticeable.

I've been having lots of BH and painful contractions off and on but have been for weeks so nothing new there.

@runnerd: Oh that's SO cute! I adore navy and white on little boys! My son practically wore all navy and blue the first few months of his life.

@princessandthebee: Oh, the eye "goop" is an erythromycin ointment they put on newborns' eyes routinely to prevent infection due to chlamydia or gonorrhea. This article summarizes it well: http://evidencebasedbirth.com/is-erythromycin-eye-ointment-always-necessary-for-newborns/ It doesn't really seem to have any risk so that's not my reason for declining it - DH and I have only been with each other so we're at 0 risk and so it's just pointless for us to accept it. It makes the babies eyes look funky and shiny when they smear it on so on a cosmetic level and for pictures I really don't want it ahaha.

@runnerd: really cute onesie! I should probably figure out what she's coming home in....

@coopsmama maybe I am having them then and they aren't super strong or something. Hoping that doesn't mean my uterus isn't preparing itself enough!

@princessandthebee fortunately I've avoided that problem so far, probably because I'm so freaked out by the idea I take extra fiber supplements and miralax at the first sign of trouble. Sorry you're going through that. It sounds pretty painful =(

@coopsmama: cute! And aww that's sweet that he picked it out! the other option I'm packing is one DH suggested too, so just gonna see which fits better when time comes.

@runnerd: @lauraeabel: It's crazy painful although really good prep for baby pushing and feeling like you just want it come out NOW. I really did some good breathing practice/staying calm practice last night, haha. trying to look on the bright side I guess?

@coopsmama: Gotcha! Thanks for the info! I know, gotta look cute for those fresh new baby pics! And we have some of those sleepers with the animal faces on the butt, haven't seen the fox though- love it!

@princessandthebee: miralax!!! Worked wonders when I took zofran during this pregnancy. But I'm so sorry, constipation at this stage in pregnancy would make me feel like I would push the baby out lol. Scary!

@coopsmama: adorable!!!

Anyone have any items left to buy? I don't really...but I'm tired at home all day so I've been browsing amazon. I think I'll buy a few nursing bra's and a recovery girdle. Today I purchased a nursing tank, diaper genie on-the-go bags and some diaper genie refill bags.

@HLK208: I was taking Ducolax but clearly not often enough! Haha, I definitely like I'm pushing a baby sometimes. It's so bizarre. I mean I've never done it, but I imagine it to be similar.

@MrsCDH: thanks for the update! I too need to get working on a hospital bag and frozen meals but I hate cooking so I've been putting that off! It will be fun to see if your prediction is right!

@HLK208: Oh dear! Keep us updated. Or maybe baby N is just interested in coming early? I hope for your sake you can get those to die down and go away until at least 37 weeks.

@coopsmama: @princessandthebee: thanks, ladies! I took a bath, Tylenol, drank a lot of water and then took a nap and they went away. Whew. I couldn't talk through the contractions earlier though. They were intense and scary. Now I feel like I have nothing ready. I hope this doesn't continue for the next 4 weeks.