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@Mrs D: not weird at all! Lol what did you end up deciding on?

@Mrs D: https://5mr.com/products/lenny-lamb-doll-carrier-mint-lace Not a ring sling, but it matches!

@Mrs D: my boys love wearing their stuffed animals. I need to make another doll carrier, we only have one and they've started to fight over it.

So I'm past the "not ready for him to be here stage" hahahhaha. I'm dreading DH going to work tomorrow because I'm so drained and I feel like such a crap mom the past few days. I just wanna rest in quiet, which doesn't happen when you have an almost four year old and a two year old, haha.

When I'm feeling particularly impatient I look up studies on days that women go into spontaneous labor. Up until this point (38+5) there isn't a significant increase in probability each day. But from here on out each day that passes I'm significantly more likely to go into labor! Lol

@Navy_Mommy: I'm right there with you feeling like a crap mom! My patience and energy are so low, and he's been sick and super cranky. Ugh

@Mrs D: agreed, can't wait to feel like my old self again!

@Navy_Mommy: ha, yea that makes sense!!

@princessandthebee: two year molars are the devil.

And we've been having the CRAZIEST weather. Last Monday we got 8 inches of snow. Tuesday it was 50* and raining. Then cold again. Then 60* and raining off and on for the weekend. So all of our sinuses are going crazy which I'm sure isn't helping his teething pain.

Then Saturday Wesley was running and fell into our end table eye first. We spent 3 hours at urgent care for them to tell us it isn't fractured and they gave him a butterfly bandaid. Now he has quite an impressive black eye.

It is just too much all at once. But such is life, hah. And people have started with the, "do you think he's coming soon!?" messages/texts/etc and I respond, well I'm assuming he'll be here in the next couple weeks, so that depends on your definition of soon.

@mrsrain: I dragged my butt (with DH the boys and one of our dogs) to the beach yesterday before the rain started to get the boys some fresh air. It was nice to be out, but I felt EXHAUSTED after walking on the sand.

@Navy_Mommy: I was saying this to my husband yesterday - with Bennett, when they told me at 39 weeks they were scheduling my c section for 39w3d I thought "No, I'm not ready!" If they told me today they were scheduling a c section for 3 days from now I would think "Oh thank GOD". And I'm only 36 weeks! That's a good statistic, that from here on out you're statistically more likely to go into labour every day - it's all downhill now! But WHY WHY WHY do people send those messages! It's like "Listen. I want him here way more than you do, I promise I'll tell you, in the meantime THIS IS NOT HELPING!" Glad Westley is ok!

@Mrs D: I think that every day when I pick B up from daycare and have 45 minutes alone before my husband comes - "If I can't deal with this, I'll just put on Peppa Pig." And I don't think anybody enjoys their last few days of pregnancy even if they'll never be pregnant again. You should have enjoyed the second trimester. Now it's too late.

@mrsrain: We also had great weather this weekend, and we did not take advantage of it, and now I'm feeling a bit guilty. Instead we dragged poor Bennett to the mall and then he fell on his face and conked his head against the corner of a shelf in the Gap (the kid has such a pocket obsession that he won't take his hands out to break his fall!) and now he has a giant bruise on his forehead.

People keep asking me "How are you feeling?" and I don't know what to tell them. Um, I feel enormous, my feet swelled up this weekend and now I can't fit into most of my shoes, the left side of my pelvis is sore all the time, and I spend all my time either drinking water or hobbling to the bathroom, I have four doctor's appointments this week, and I'm looking forward to having a newborn so that I don't have to get up at 5am and go to work anymore. Feeling great, thanks! I should put a sign on my desk that says "Don't expect a lot from me right now."

@Navy_Mommy: DH took K to the park Saturday morning (I was out still from my Friday night Sprinkle)...when I got home he said "do you want to go back to the park or we can just play in the front yard with bubbles. I opted for the latter...mostly sat on my butt the whole time and was still exhausted...

@mrsrain: This is what gets me...if I do too much my BH kicks in bad and just makes me feel miserable!

@erinbaderin: honestly...its awful but I dont know that I have enjoyed any trimester this pregnancy... So ya, I'm a lost cause....

Ugh...and people who ask "when do you think she'll come"...like if I had a frickin way of predicting when babies would come I would still have my 9-5?!

@Navy_Mommy: "I've been done for 6 weeks now, thanks! Do you have any helpful advice or are you just rubbing in the fact that you AREN'T carrying 30lbs of another human who keeps kicking your bladder?" << what I'm going to say next time.

@Mrs D: I got a Huggaloops stretchy wrap and when it arrived I immediately put it on and tried to stuff a doll in it. My husband showed up to find me trying to jam a stuffed porcupine the size of an 8 month old into it, working around my giant belly, and basically just backed out of the room quietly.

@Bubbles: Me too, with not too much trouble sleeping (which: sorry, that feels like gloating!). It hurts to get up but I fall back asleep pretty much right away, at least usually. I'm really really not looking forward to getting up 5 times a night and NOT knowing that in 3 minutes I'll be back in my warm bed.

@Lilbear: I usually say, "well I'm alive. Sometimes I feel better than other times."

Roll Call:
2/28 Bubbles
3/1 Navy_Mommy
3/1 keepsinging
3/2 creativemomma15 born 2/20
3/6 Matcha Latte
3/6 princessandthebee
3/9 Punky
3/9 leighleigh
3/9 mrsog
3/9 sassymama34
3/11 Mrs D
3/12 CRGmama
3/13 ModernDayJibarita
3/15 reverie
3/15 Chloesmommie
3/15 bjm529
3/16 erinbaderin
3/16 MrsLilybugg
3/16 jazzy
3/17 nicollette1189
3/18 winter_wonder
3/19 araneidae
3/20 PitBulLover
3/21 alivoo01
3/22 mrsdoily
3/22 ksnow
3/24 mrsrain
3/24 Lilbear
3/24 Lilypad
3/26 sailgrl18
3/26 Loscato
3/27 sbbs3
3/29 MoreCoffee
3/30 Travelinmoon
TBD Kelli_Deluxe

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@princessandthebee: I think I'll go somewhere between 40 and 41 (so between March 1 and March 8) OR he'll be born on my birthday, this Wednesday, just because I don't WANT to share my birthday, lol.

@princessandthebee: I'm going to be induced on March 7th so no guess work for me! I'll never experience "going into labor naturally" since my OB said if I get pregnant again, s/he will follow in their big bro and sis's footsteps of measuring small, which means inducing again. lol

@Navy_Mommy: hope you get to keep your birthday to yourself! My hubby is March 4th, a few people in the family are guessing baby will arrive then. (due date is the 6th)

@mrsrain: Yes, hope you get early March!

@Alivoo01: Ahh, gotcha! Well March 7th sounds like a great birthday to me! And no more guesswork then!

@Mrs D: Makes sense. So did you have a membrane sweep last time? I didn't have one but I'm wondering if I should try that at my next appt (39 w).

@princessandthebee: I had membrane sweeps starting at 38w last time. I was 3cm and 50 or 80% effaced (cant remember) so I was very favorable. I remember the one I had at 40w1d being particularly uncomfortable (more so than the previous 2) - I went into labor 12 hours later...I cant say for sure if it had something to do with it or not but it certainly didnt hurt my chances!

As for the epi...obviously its something most women have an opinion on and something I think each should decide on their own. I dont believe its right or wrong...just personal preference. I only have one experience so nothing to compare it to - but my Dr's practice is to turn off the epi at 9cm (so long as you have been progressing nicely). They turned my down at 9cm (noon) I remember my contractions being particularly rough from 12:30-1pm...the Dr told me she would not check me again and that I would tell her when I was "ready". At 1pm I told her I felt like it was about time...K was born at 1:20pm.

I felt everything (I think) while pushing. Ring of fire and all. But I truthfully think it made me a good pusher being able to feel. I also remember wanting to walk to recovery (probably an hour after delivering K)...thats how normal I felt. They of course did not let me ...but I do think I was up and using the restroom within 2-3 hours of having K.

The worst part? Having the Epi off at noon...I should have asked for a local before they stitched my tear (2nd degree)...it hurt more than delivering her...

@princessandthebee: I dont remember the "uterus going back to normal" contractions at all. But I definitely took all the pain meds they offered in the hospital...maybe thats why? I just remember how painful my nipples were those early days...

@Mrs D: OMG! The nipple pain - yes!! Had to cover my boobs while I showered too because who knew shower heads sprayed needles at your boobies?! lol

I'm cringing just thinking about it this go round..... (>_<)

@Mrs D: My epi couldn't keep up with my progression so I felt everything once I got to 10cm. I had my epi at 2am and they started pitocin at that time (no idea the dose but no one ever came to turn it up). At 4am I told them I was feeling pain and need to push. There was questioning over whether my epi needed to redone. They decided to check me and found I was already at 10cm. The next hour was agony waiting to push. Then I pushed for about an hour feeling just about everything and being able to tell my nurses when I was having contractions. Stitching up was also awful.