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We are taking our maternity pictures today! We had them originally scheduled for tomorrow, but it is supposed be 1*/ in the negatives so we rescheduled for this afternoon. It is still kinda cold (but at least it is in the 20's today!), but hopefully it won't be too bad since we are going to be in and out of places in our downtown area.

LO has hiccups for the first time today. Now I know he's definitely head down.

@Dandelion: I felt them for the first time about 2 weeks ago, so fun!

@Mrsjets: I will definitely post a few when she finishes editing. It was pretty chilly by the end, but I'm so glad we did them yesterday and not to today!

Well today kind of sucks...I called my doctor's office to let them know I noticed a bit of blood in my stool this morning and while they said to just keep an eye on it until my appointment next week (probably just hemorrhoid related - glamourous!), the nurse said my GD test levels came back elevated (148) and I have to go in for the three hour I was so nervous about not passing and now I feel like crap about my fears coming true. Hopefully I pass the three hour with flying colors but this week of waiting will suck - ugh. The worst part is the blood draw (I passed out at my standard 8 week blood draw and came *thisclsoe* to passing out last week as she was taking blood after my GD test). I don't do well with losing blood after fasting I guess

@fussygal: Good luck w/ your 3-hr test!

@MrsRcCar: Stay warm! No snow here, but it's the coldest it's been in a while (20's/30's)

@Dandelion: I actually felt hiccups this morning at 3:30 (when I couldn't get back to sleep). I thought it was a muscle spasm at first but thanks to your response, I remembered that it was more likely hiccups because of the location and frequency. Those annoyed me so much later in the pregnancy w/ DD1, but they were cute to feel this time.

I had a small dot of blood last night.. ughhhh so frustrating because things have been great so far! It was just a couple streaks when I wiped after going # 2, so I'm wondering if that was the cause? Midwife wasn't concerned at all. She said could be a UTI and to go in and give a urine sample when I can get my car out of the snow-filled driveway--- maybe tomorrow. I'm feeling kicks though and no more blood after that, so I'm assuming things are ok! I hated seeing it though.

@fussygal: Thanks! All roads here are closed!! So i'm not able to go. I don't think I have a UTI.. I think it was a fluke thing. No more bleeding or spotting and baby is moving a ton, thank god!

That's so frustrating you don't know what your leave is going to be! When will they know?

We had our 30ish week elective 4D ultrasound today- great experience, pretty much one of the highlights of both of my pregnancies. My family got to come and see and we facetimed with my IL's so they could watch too. His measurements are incredibly similar to his brother's at the same age (I think I'm a week ahead of C's ultrasound by MY dates).

We figured out Cam's name right after this one last time, and were hoping for the same to happen this time. Just now my husband told me, "Well from looking at the images, I think we should name him Cameron" they look so alike. I've included one of Cam from the same age (last photo).

@Mrs. Champagne: hope everything is ok!

@fussygal: I hope they figure out your leave soon! I still need to work on a plan for me too but I am not too worried right now.

@lemondrop: love your ultrasound pictures!! I wish I was getting another one right now. Although we opted to go early this time.

I haven't worked much this week on account of the weather and road conditions. My mum drove me in this morning and the ride in was just fine. For lunch my dad and I went out for food and on the way back we rear ended another car. No damage to my dad's car but very slight damage on the other car. So I called my doctor and was sent to the hospital for monitoring just to make sue little E was ok. Everything looked great on the monitors and I have an appointment in the morning. I am just happy today is over with!

Hope everyone else is staying safe and warm!

@lemondrop: wow they do look exactly alike! So adorable!!

Thanks all, I'll post a few side by sides and comparisons after I survive my work day tomorrow. I love the big ol' nose on this guy, I keep forgetting how smashed up they get in there. I'm so excited to get to see him, Cam looked so similar to his ultrasound when he was born.

@MamaChin: I hear ya, I am tearing up at EVERYTHING right now, I seriously cry at the drop of a hat!

@Mrs. Champagne: hope all is well and that you can get checked out soon! Relaxing and taking it easy definitely can't hurt right now.

@MrsRcCar: Wow, glad you and the little one are safe- how scary!

@lemondrop: Wow they do look a lot alike, crazy! Those are some great photos. When we had our specialist appt she didn't really get many good 4D photos for us, yours are great!

I had my appointment yesterday. It went well, no weight gain in the past 3 weeks. I have had nausea lately and haven't been eating much so that is probably why.

Chunky baby on sonogram, already weighs 4 pounds. The sonographer was so shocked that I still have 8 weeks left. Starting to wonder if my EDD is wrong! She even went back and looked at DS's sonogram from the same point and he was 3 lb 6 oz and the EDD with him was about 3 days prior to when I really had him.

@Mrsjets: drink lots of water for the 2-3 days ahead, I made it my job and our ultrasound tech went bananas over our images. I think it helped that the lady before us was super dehydrated and they were going to have to re-do them.

@matador84: DS was born 8 weeks early and was 6.5 pounds! I shouldn't have been so surprised that S was 10 at 39 weeks.

@Mrsjets: Yes, the cramps! Ugh, they're driving me crazy. Usually I can stop them right when I feel them about to ball up, but I've often woken up DH yelling, making him think something else is really wrong, lol. It hurts!

@lemondrop: Yep, that's exactly what I do! And once, you get it, do the same thing.

I've got my baby shower on Feb 1st! I'm very excited, my mom will be over here from Canada and some of my friends are coming in from Melbourne and Adelaide.
Things are good here! Had a natural childbirth intensive class last night where i learned some pain management strategies and breathing stuff...it was okay but i'm sure i'll forget all of it when the time comes! Is anyone else in this group planning a med-free labour & delivery?

@ScarletBegonia: maybe, mostly I'm leaving my options open. I'm expecting to go pretty fast, so I may not even have a choice

I recently reviewed a bunch of labor positions, and will probably put an infogram together to remind myself (make a cheat sheet- I forgot everything when labor hit!). Pain management and breathing while pushing is my next project to review because I think I can do better than how that went last time.