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@smurfette: I don't know, cause she didn't give me the details about it. She said something about eating it from the diapers, which sounds a lot worse than identifying the candy bar. Maybe she was confused about it? I don't know...I didn't ask for more info, cause it sounded awful, lol.

I worry a little about my MIL being in charge of the games and decorations, but I'll just let it fly and hope it goes well, lol.

@katiew92081: Ewww, eating it??? That's not right! At my best friend's shower, we had the identifying candy from the diaper, but there was no taste-testing it! People just smelt it and looked at it to try to figure out what it was.

@katiew92081: Yeah, it's wicked gross regardless! Hopefully you don't actually end up playing that!

@Smurfette: Not yet, but I'm definitely nervous about it! I check my rings a couple times a day to make sure I can still get them on and off, and so far so good. Some days, they feel a little more snug, but then other days, they feel normal, so I don't think I'm swelling too much yet. I should've asked my mom if she experienced swelling, because I hear it's pretty common!

@Smurfette: It's strange that one band fits and the other doesn't! Maybe it's just due to the placement on your finger (one is closer to the base than the other)? My engagement ring is actually a larger size than my band, so I'm hoping I'll still be able to wear that even if my fingers swell and my band is too tight.

@katiew92081: Wow, I'm so impressed with your weight gain (or lack there-of)! You're doing such a good job keeping it down and eating healthy and stuff! I'm so jealous!!! I've already gained 29 lbs (33 weeks) and I was only supposed to gain 25 total, haha, so you're doing way better than I am!!!

It's crazy to think that you had your son so early last time! I can't imagine giving birth right now - I'm just not ready!!! Were you totally unprepared? Our nursery isn't even done - the crib isn't put together, car seat isn't in the car, etc. Nothing! I'm just hoping baby stays in there until I get everything done, haha!

@katiew92081: Oh wow, that's crazy!!! Glad to know that your instincts were right on top of things last time around! Hopefully that means they are accurate this time around too!

@katiew92081: That is crazy that you had a feeling about him coming early. Jealous of your lack of weight gain. Glad she moved and you can breathe a little easier. I don't think that I am carrying low or high. I feel like I can breath just fine. Maybe she is just hanging out in the middle.

@Adira: I am scared to see my weight on Wed. First time going after Christmas. I was feeling good till I saw pictures from the shower, and I feel like my face has gotten so round.

@smurfette: you did say your hands were swollen, so maybe the puffiness you saw in the picture was from the same thing? Maybe not related to weight gain as it is water retention.

@adira: before I was pregnant, I had been wanting a scale for my bathroom. Now, i'm going to wait until after I have this girl, cause I just don't wanna know, lol.

@smurfette: are your feet swollen, too?

@Smurfette: @katiew92081: If I only got weighed every 4 weeks, I think I'd be in even bigger trouble, haha. When I weigh myself once a week, it kind of helps me try to do better after a week where I gained 2 lbs! Although it's not a perfect system, haha, because I'll do bad one week, do well the next week, then do bad the following week! But I think if I didn't step on it at all, I'd have many more bad weeks and I'd be weighing even more!

@Smurfette: Good for you still going to the gym! I think my weight gain started getting out of control when I stopped going around 20 weeks. I just recently bought a prenatal workout dvd, so I'm trying to do that 3 times a week and I'm hoping that will help me for the rest of the pregnancy!

@katiew92081: LOL! Ewww! That sounds disgusting to eat it out of the diaper! LMAO! I did play the melted candy bar/diaper game the very first time I hosted a shower. It was pretty funny though - co-ed and got lots of laughs.

@Smurfette: The rings fit different on me depending on the day. I already had swelling issues with my fingers since I could remember. So my e-ring is bigger than my wedding band. My stacking ring is in between the size of those two. And my anniversary ring I wear on my right hand is even bigger. So far I can still wear all of them, but anytime I feel hot or clamy, all my fingers get swollen. I've stopped wearing my right-hand ring this past week, because it's kind of thick and I felt like it was getting harder to take off. Now that we are in the freezing mountains right now, they are all too loose. The good thing is since all my rings are different sizes, I feel like I can wear at least one of them on any given day. lol. Note: I think the thinner the band, the easier/longer you can wear it even if you're swollen. IMO

@shopaholic: @Adira: I was concerned about my weight gain too (up 22 lbs..wahhhh)..but my doctor said it's totally normal and expects me to gain 1 more lb each week for the next 10 weeks. I realy hope it's just water rentention because I'm still wearing clothes from my first trimester..so I really dont know where the weight is going!!!

@cokiezombie: @Adira: Yes, my Dr. told me she wanted me to gain more weight too. It seems to have been fluctuating the past week and half though. I went up like 4 lbs at the one visit, but then last week was back down to an overall weight gain of about 16-17lbs. I'm not sure what it is now, but I honestly wish I didn't buy most of the maternity clothes I did. I've returned a couple of things that I could, but really still living in all my normal non-maternity clothes. The other day I couldn't believe I could still wear my regular jeans! They are low-rise though so sit mostly under the belly.

@cokiezombie: I found a couple of dresses last week (non-maternity) for the baby showers at Forever 21 and Zara and actually I like them better than anything I found at a maternity store (but that might just be my style and the fact that I'm kind of short 5'4") A lot of maternity clothes still look overwhelming on me and the Forever 21 ones were cheap enough that I won't feel guilty if I just wear them once or twice.

For the 2 weddings I've been to, I wore regular dresses too, just picked stretchy material or a shift dress shape to accentuate the bumps.

* ETA: SORRY IG pics are so huge!
Forever 21 dress

Alice & Olivia regular dress

Weird question: Am I the only one who doesn't have a name picked out for their upcoming LO? We had a lot of names picked out for our first one but with this one, we've been too busy - trying to buy a new house, being parents to our son, etc. With the days ticking down though, I feel a lot of pressure to come up with some options and we're struggling!

@cokiezombie: Yeah, I have been sizing up in some tops and sweaters, if just for some added length. I did find one cute H&M maternity sweater that I have been wearing though. And yes, SF has some GREAT shopping!

@NaturallyCathy: We had our names picked out early on, but a lot of people say they want to "meet" their LO and a name will come to them then!

@Arden: I have written down somewhere a list of names we didn't use from the first time around for both boys and girls (since we don't know the gender for this LO either), but for the life of me I can't find it. I know I'm partial to Thomas for a first name but my DH isn't that thrilled with it. As for girls, well... girls are tricky, especially with middle names. I feel like the only good girl middle names are the simple ones, like Mary or Ann or something but then again, I'm not that creative when it comes to names.

And it took us up until the lady came by with the paperwork a second time to get a middle name for the birth certificate before we finally settled on something. And that was the day before we were released!

@shopaholic: We had a list of names for our last one but we had a pretty good idea that it was a boy - a hunch, nothing more - so when it came time to meet our LO in person, that part was easy. Funnily enough, when we first saw him all cleaned up, he looked like his name. But like I said above, the middle name was a long hard debate until we couldn't put it off any longer.

@cokiezombie: I'm envious of your short list and your solid middle name. If it's a girl, I'm probably going to settle on something simple for a middle name - right after I figure out a first name! If it's a boy, we'll probably have a repeat situation as above. First name nailed down, middle name in the air. I just feel like we're so behind at 33 weeks. Nothing's really 'ready' although there's really not that much to -get- ready!

@NaturallyCathy: I can't give you any advice since we actually had our boy's name picked out well in advance of even trying to get pregnant! Finding a girl's name that we both liked was challenging, but ended up not being necessary since we're having a boy. But I think it's pretty common for people to wait and see if a name comes to them once the baby shows up! The Bees (Mr. and Mrs. Bee) were actually hitting up Hellobee while they were in the hospital for baby name advice when they had their daughter!