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Had an appointment with the midwife today and my iron and glucose tests came back great!

And on another note... I feel like I'm about to have a massive pregnancy meltdown. I am so stressed out at work, and my outside-of-work responsibilities are also very stressful right now. I am in pain from the time I get up in the morning to the time I lay down at night. All I want to do is just go home, get it bed, and cry. Just writing this is making me tear up so I'm stopping now.

@Circusbee: Ugh, I'm so sorry. I'm also very stressed. Let's cry together.

@Kbee: I think some providers can tell just by feeling your belly, but at my last appointment when I asked, she just brought in the ultrasound machine and used that. I was always wrong when I thought Liam was head up or head down. I could never tell.

@Circusbee: Meltdowns are all part of pregnancy, just let it out I found I was really hormonal in my last pregnancy, I had a meltdown like once a week haha. I always contributed it to a growth spurt or something big happening with the baby and just messing my hormones up. Hope you feel better soon

@Kbee: I could tell that my baby flipped head down last week or so because I can feel the hiccups down there now. All the dr's I've been to can always tell the position by feeling. I think I remember one telling me that the head feels hard and the bum feels soft so that's how you can distinguish between the two of those? I had an appt today and as soon as she touched my belly she was like "Oh, there's the head", and then she felt around and and was like "here's a foot" haha. She said that the baby had it's back with my back so the hands and feet were sticking out towards my stomach.

I got my note so I'm officially done work this Friday. I just can't keep up with my long days. My swelling 'down there' is just getting out of hand so being on my feet so long is really making it worse. I know they say it will all go back to normal after the baby comes, and it did last time, but man, I'm worried that I'll never be the same haha.

Count me in on the crying/meltdowns. I had a total PMS day (the kind of day where you just pig out on Oreos, pizza, and milkshakes). My husband and I were supposed to have a date night that was supposed to start off with a 3D/4D ultrasound. We haven't been out on a date, just the two of us, since July, so I was REALLY looking forward to going with him, seeing our baby, and out to dinner and a movie. Well, he had to work late tonight instead of getting off early, so the baby sitter and appointment got cancelled Cue lots of tears and lots of eating. I'm sure we can reschedule it, but it's just taken forever to pin down tonight as a good night to go out...boo. Lol the baby is NOT a fan of the food I've eaten today. I've had wicked heartburn that won't go away.

The insomnia started last night for me I'm usually such an easy sleeper, I usually fall asleep very quickly and sleep until my alarm with no problem, but today I woke up around 4am and could not get back to sleep. And that was after waking up 3 or 4 times already! UGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

@MrsB2012: sucks

ladies i have a daycare conondrum to run by you for some thoughts. we visited two places already and liked one enough to put a deposit down to hold a spot. our neighbor did the same for the baby who was born three weeks ago. now they find the center may not have a spot and are scrambling. did any of you put deposits at more than one place? i'm just concerned we may get stuck in the same position, but i also don't want to fork up money i won't be getting back in case the first place is easy sailing for us. fun times!

@loopedd: Yeah it's nice to know I'm not the only one, too! I went to my yoga class last week and the instructor helped me with the specific pain I'm having. It immediately felt better and I left feeling great, and by the time I got out of my car after the 8 minute drive home, it hurt again! I may talk to my boss about working from home more often.It's definitely not the most convenient way to do my job, but I could probably swing it a couple days a week, even if it's only the 2nd half of the day I spend at home.

@Circusbee: Yeah def ask about working from home -- even a little time where you can be more comfortable will help! I was going to ask same as @Mrs Lion: about PT. I have a consult this afternoon and hoping they show me some exercises I can do throughout the day in between appointments. I certainly can't afford to have the massage therapist follow me around!

@loopedd: Mine discovered that my pelvis was out of alignment, so he fixed that, then did massage and then showed me exercises. As long as my pelvis stays in alignment the exercises help a lot. If it shifts back the exercises make it so so much worse. I went without pt for like a Month and I guess during that time it shifted back and got really bad. I went back and was better again after just 2 appointments. It's crazy how quickly it works!

@Mrs. Lion: @loopedd: The worst pain is my front, side and back area surrounding my ribs. I seem to have (at least temporarily) solved my lower back pain problem by wearing the support band, luckily, but the ribs are worse than that anyway. I haven't thought about PT really. I've never seen one for anything before so it's just very foreign to me. Of course I forgot to ask the midwife about this yesterday... maybe she would have suggested that. I might call a little later this week and ask. The other problem is that I have no idea when I'd find the time to fit in another appointment to go to!

@Beanie132: i have never heard of a center taking a deposit and then turning someone down - isn't that the whole POINT of the deposit?? geez. Every daycare contract I've signed says unequivocally that once they receive the deposit and agreement, that your child's spot is saved. Did this happen to your neighbor at the same center that you would like to put a deposit at, or a different one?

@Circusbee: I totally hear you about adding ANOTHER appointment to our packed doc's schedules. That's why I'm so hopeful this works because I'm leaving work early... AGAIN.... ugh. I've also never done PT before but it was the only suggestion my OB had for relief.

@loopedd: hooray!

I finally got my extra ultrasound today. Everything looked good. The sonographer was still really quick, but I got a couple of better pictures this time. I asked her to look for hair, and she said it looks like baby has lots. Surprisingly, I will get another ultrasound in 3 weeks because baby measured on the small side at 25th percentile.

So I finally, FINALLY, busted out the maternity belt today and actually wore it. I'm pretty sure it helped, because I could walk around without being in pain. I woke up this morning and it felt like she had dropped (too early for that, right?) or like she gained 5 pounds over night. There was just so much pressure. The belt helped, but I need to figure out how to wear it better next time. I may have had it too low? It kept hitting my legs, which was awkward while walking.

@loopedd: I'll be 32 weeks on Saturday...no idea when they start moving on down. I should look it up, but I'm in denial that this is moving so quickly, so I probably won't look into it quite yet!

Ah! We are getting so close!!

So if your first baby was breech and came 5 weeks early (requiring an immediate c-section to deliver), at what point would you feel safe a couple hours away traveling by car? My progesterone shots stop at 36 weeks and my ob predicts 38 weeks for when I will go into labor. But baby is breech still which means another c-section if i go into labor before she flips. I'm scared to death that I will end up having an emergency c-section without my doctor in some little dinky rural hospital.

Im thinking about cutting off travel at 30 weeks, but I'm worried about my dad being alone for two months because I can't go visit.

@loopedd: So i just looked it up, and apparently when the baby drops, it's also called "lightening" since you end up having more room and you feel "lighter," because the baby is lower. That's not what i'm feeling at all, so now I'm thinking she's just in a totally weird position and it's putting pressure on different parts of my body.