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@runnerd: you have so much done! Good for you!

I, too, am pretty exhausted, even though I'm still on modified bedrest. I'm feeling huge and uncomfortable. It's hard to get around!

The new nursery is taking shape. We had a new glider delivered over the weekend and the newly refinished furniture (was my dad's childhood set) will be here on Friday. It will feel good to start washing and organizing. Of course our washing machine broke last week and we have to wait 7 business days for the part! It is a huge pain (have to visit a laundromat). I've been spoiled since leaving the city!

How is everyone feeling? Only 1 more week until I find out whether I'm cleared for a vaginal birth or scheduling a c-section. At this point, I just want to know either way. There are benefits to both, and I'm just going with the flow!

@runnerd: way to utilize that energy!
@meadow: oh the swelling..... My feet & ankles are just plum pitiful. I feel for you, mine hasn't reached my legs or hands. Blah. We are so close!
@Alba4: Ugh, could your machine not have broke at a different time? Never how it goes, huh? Hope the news you get next week is what you are wanting but like you said there are benefits to both. Healthy Baby & Mom are main goal!
@MrsKRB: I am the same way, full of energy but wipe out after a full day! I am with you on going back & forth. Most of the time I am SO READY but then when I start having contractions I start to panic a little.

Nothing new here. Been having tons of what I assume are Braxton hicks. I am determined not to go to L&D until I am pretty certain it's happening. A few nights ago my Braxton hicks were consistent but they still weren't "painful", they did keep me up most of the night but I could still think, breath, talk, etc. during them so I assumed they weren't the real deal. By morning they had become inconsistent. Last night I had a few what I believe are close to the real thing, they were pretty dang uncomfortable but I only had 3 or 4 then they stopped. Blah.
We are all getting so close! I cannot believe our month is right around the corner! Hope everyone is doing good!

-36w3d

@RKitty: you poor thing!!! how miserable to be back at the morning sickness at this point.

@MMcAlli: I can't imagine how annoying that is to feel on edge - is it something or nothing!

@MrsKRB: the only guideline I have for wanting to stay in is DH will get paternity benefit as long as baby isn't born before 38 weeks (to have been at the job long enough)

@Alba4: I'd be anxious to know how things will be going down!!

So ladies - back to the aches and pains of pregnancy - do you have achy abdominal/stomach muscles? I am just aching all over my body, and the muscles all throughout my abdominal area are sore and uncomfortable. of course when I tell DH, he thinks I should call the doctor, but I assume it's just normal uncomfortable end of pregnancy stuff? I have appt Thurs anyways.

-34w4d

@RKitty: I'm sorry I've been feeling nauseous if I eat too much, but I know it's not the same

@runnerd: sometimes my stomach feels achy when I push on it, but mainly my hips and groin are SO sore, especially when I get up in the morning-it's awful!

@catomd00: Monday!!!! Oh wow, so soon

@runnerd: @Mrs. Champagne: I know, crazy! I'll be 38+5 (DD1 was born at 38+1 on her own). so I guess there's a chance this one might come before then. It's so weird to know the date if she doesn't, though!

I'm surprised more of our babies haven't been born yet....my WB group already has 6 June babies born!

@Mrs. Pink: hope you're doing well!! Love the name Zoey!

@Mrs. Champagne: I keep forgetting I'm at the beginning of June (well may now!) and that some people still have 5 or so weeks to go! That fees like an eternity now! I'm so ready for this baby to be out!

@meadow: good job cooking those babes so long!! I can't imagine having twin options to consider for names... I'd never decide! Also no one has mentioned tdap to me either!! I better ask at my next appointment.

@Mrs. Champagne: @Alba4: Glad to know I'm not alone in the Tdap dark....but weird considering its such a big deal!!!

@Alba4: sorry to hear you were allergic...I wonder if there's another version...like with the flu shot. Also super exciting about your favorite name being in the mix!!

@RKitty: surprisingly I feel more prepared this time than I did with DD and I have made less preparations haha. She came unexpectedly early so our house was a mess and we hadn't installed the car seat yet or anything. This time I planned to go early, so I have the basics ready at least.. Still holding out hope she comes on her own before Monday, but it doesn't feel like she will.

I finished my last work project today and my boss said he wasn't giving me anything else so I scored 3 free vacation days! DH is going to vacuum the house tomorrow and then I think we are good to go.

@catomd00: Aww yay.

I am totally unprepared right now--messes everywhere! Tomorrow and the day after are cleaning days, I hope!

@meadow: Weird! I definitely recommend the TDaP! Some places give it at delivery instead of 3rd tri? I had mine quite a long while ago now. End of February?
I'm surprised it wasn't automatic. Will they induce or section if you hit 38 weeks?

@Alba4: Aww yay! We have a 80% sure of it name. Need to see the baby, too!

@Mrs. Champagne: mmmm candy! How are you doing?

@MrsKRB: Please start a labor and post partum mama thread!
@runnerd: Yes, all those aches, so many aches. Ugh.
@MMcAlli: Bummer about your BH, I hope it gets easier!

My test is over! I'm back. Wooo! And I am So not ready and totally freaked about birth. AHHHHHH. :o

-37w6d

@starlitsky: Haha, I am also on twinge watch, it's ridiculous, I am being totally ridiculous!

Labor thread is up!

@RKitty: Oh no, I hate you're experiencing morning sickness again! Hang in there!
@runnerd: I have noticed my inner thighs are super sore. Like I have done an intense workout or something. Hope your soreness lets up for you.
@catomd00: Just a few more days till you meet your Little One. So so exciting! Enjoy your last couple of days!
@meadow: If the BHs are considered practice, my body should be ready for labor. Ahh just 3 more weeks? I hope you're able to keep them in as long as comfortably possible. I can't wait to hear their gender! :))
@pastemoo: Glad your test are over, now onto preparing for baby! :))
@starlitsky: My doctor said the same about the induction scheduling. Are you going to schedule one or wait for natural even if that means going over 40 weeks?!
I am with you on the looking for labor signs.

My contractions/Braxton hicks seem to have picked up over the past couple of days. Some are a little more intense than others. I am so over timing them because they can become pretty consistent which makes me think time is close only to subside hours later, I am to the point of "when they start getting painful then I will time them".

Is anyone worried about their water breaking? Like I want it to happen just so I know it's definitely time. But not knowing when or where it could break puts me on edge. I find myself doing things & all the sudden I'm like "what if my water broke right now"

-36w5d

@MMcAlli: I'm going to schedule the induction for sometime between 39 and 40 weeks (closer to 40 hopefully) since my OB doesn't want me to go over 40 weeks. And yes I totally worry about my water breaking too! Like should I bring a change of clothes with me in case it happens in public?? But then I read about how most women don't experience their water breaking before going to the hospital and even if they do it's not a gush. But you never know!!

Have any of you ladies been having cervical checks? I know it doesn't mean much, but I'm ready to have one bc last time I didn't dilate or efface before I was induced, so I'm interested to see if my body is reacting different this time.

@catomd00: how awesome about the extra days off!!

I can't believe how many of you don't have a name yet!! I'm totally Type A about that, and had a name within days of gender lol I'm stressed out on your behalf

-34w6d

@MMcAlli: Last time I was worried about my water breaking at night and even put a cheap shower curtain under my side of the bed! When it did break (at night like all the stories) it wasn't a huge rush, just a quick leak. It was pretty easily contained by an overnight pad. It felt like I was peeing, but I knew I wasn't so I figured it must be my water breaking.

@catomd00: That is awesome about the bonus 3 days!!! YAY

@pastemoo: Yup, messes everywhere here too! Interesting about the TDap at delivery - I wonder what the point of that is. I thought the reason to get it during pregnancy was to pass along the antibodies - which I can't imagine happens during delivery. Interesting! I currently am on the doctor's master calendar for a c-section at exactly 38w0d. If the babies were in a position where a vaginal delivery was possible, I would certainly speak up that day about inducing instead. But I do know that there is no way they'll let me go past that date. Congrats on your test being over and being able to focus on baby!!

@starlitsky: YAY for a neg GBS! That makes life easier. 6lbs 4oz is a great size for little one - yay!

@mmcalli: At our birthing class the statistic for the number of women whose water break on their own before going to the hospital was so small - I was really suprised. Something like 10% of women.....don't quote me, but it was small like that!

I feel like I grew massively overnight. My body is very achy today and I looked in mirror and felt pretty massive. Of course the number on the scale is exactly the same as yesterday, so I don't really know what is going on. Last night, while I was driving to meet a friend for dinner, I swear one of the babies "starfished" spreading its arms and legs in every direction as I suddenly got punched .... EVERYWHERE. It was so awkward -- hahaha.

-34w5d

@meadow: @MMcAlli: My water did not break on its own, but I still put towels under me when I slept and in the car... Just in case.

With DS#1, they started cervical checks @ 38 weeks. I only had 1 (was dialated 1 cm). Dr did a membrane sweep that same appointment and I delivered less than 48 hours later!

I can't believe so many of you are full term already! It's all very real now!!! I'm getting excited!

Oh and washer is being repaired tomorrow. Phew!
-34 weeks