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@NaturallyCathy: It's a fantastic herb to help tone the uterus and it can shorten labor. I take it too.

http://www.bellybelly.com.au/pregnancy/raspberry-leaf-pregnancy-red-raspberry-leaf-tea

@NaturallyCathy: I only heard about RRL through @arden. Curious to see if it helps shorten labor! (Not that I have anything to compare it to ...)

@aprk: I might try that. Although I already have pretty short labors.

@smurfette: maybe you can do a cute photo shoot with gown. Easter is not far after then either so maybe she can wear it then.

I have been burping so much today. Tums have been my friend today even though they haven't helped much.

@NaturallyCathy: I can't take it either for the same reason

@shopaholic: Regarding the fatigue, YES! It's definitely back! I had been noticing it on and off the last couple days, but last night, it was killer! At 9:00 p.m., I thought I was just going to pass out!

@aprk: Glad you had fun at your shower!! Did you get some good loot?? And that's awesome that your husband put your crib together! My parents are coming over this weekend and are going to help me put mine together. Hubs would do it if I asked, but my parents love that kind of stuff, so I figured we'd have them do it instead, haha.

@katiew92081: I have been having issues for like a week. Sometimes I can get in and sometimes I can't.

Yay!! All three of my rings fit today. They aren't even tight at all. Slept great last night and my back isn't hurting as much today. I hope these all mean today is going to be a good day.

I peaked my BBB registry, someone got some hooded towels, washcloths, and diapers. So that is something. I think I need to stop looking, or going to try too, so I am surprised at the shower with the gifts. And stop stressing about people not buying off it. Going to just be grateful for anything that people want to buy for her. Just fingers crossed the clothes are cute!

@katiew92081: So I'm able to log in at work, but I can't seem to access it at home! I don't know what the issue is!

@Smurfette: When is your shower? I registry stalked until the Thursday before (although it helped that BRU started acting up and I couldn't check it on-line anyway). It's always exciting to see that people are buying stuff though! And I did notice after my shower that some items were purchased but still on my registry, so they must've been purchased elsewhere.

@NaturallyCathy: Thanks! I'm checking your blog out now!

@adira: Some people might have gone off your registry, but didn't tell the store to cross it off. Or, yeah, purchased elsewhere.

@smurfette: Yay for rings fitting! And, you were worried last night about that, lol. It's cooler today, though, maybe that has something to do with it? When it got warmer a couple weeks ago, I know I was uncomfortable, sweating and all.

@katiew92081: I think today is it warmer here then it was yesterday. This morning was freezing though, so that could be part of it. Either way I will take it!
@NaturallyCathy: Thanks! Going to read it now.

@Smurfette: Hmm, maybe! When we saw them over the holidays, they mentioned wanting to get together with us sometime in February. I think they are actually still on travel until this weekend, so I won't be able to get in touch with them until they come back. I wonder if I should wait for them to initiate the "Let's get-together!" thing or I should do it...

Definitely ask your mom and sister what they are wearing!!! I talked to my mom and she was dressing up (slacks, nice shirt, blazer, etc) and she thought it was a good idea for me to dress a little down (a.k.a. jeans) because that way no matter what anyone else wore, they'd match one of us and wouldn't feel awkward about how dressed up or down they were!

@NaturallyCathy: Thanks for the post! It was really helpful and I will definitely be referring to it when I get around to packing our hospital bag! I'm thinking that first weekend in February is when I'll want to pack our bag and get the car seat installed, just to be on the safe side!

@Smurfette: Jeans are definitely comfy, although my maternity slacks feel like sweats, so they're pretty comfy too, haha. That's awesome that your husband is coming out after the shower to go out to dinner! That will be so much fun! I know it's common for the baby-daddy to show up at the end of the shower to say hi to everyone and help collect gifts, but my husband didn't do that, haha. You're lucky yours is.

@Adira: I'm glad it was helpful I included explanations so people could decide whether or not they should pack what I'm packing.

@Smurfette: Hope it helps!

@Adira: You have no idea how thrilled I was I didn't have to twist my husband's arm to get him to go to both baby showers we had last year. He actually enjoyed talking and seeing everyone's reaction more than he cared what we got - so long as it was something we needed, he was content. So you're not alone, I promise, in the 'Eh, don't care' boat. I doubt he'd notice a new towel if I brought one home for the baby if I didn't shove it in his face and squee about it...

@Adira: and no doubt he is going to be thrilled and interested when the little guy shows up!

@NaturallyCathy: @Smurfette: @katiew92081: I have just shown him a couple things that I know he'd be interested in (or I at least think he would be) and he's polite enough to pretend interest even if he's not, haha. But I decided not to waste my time (or his) showing him all the gifts, since I knew he really wouldn't be that interested.

Although when I bought the crib set (quilt, sheet, etc) with the little grey elephants on them, I did NOT let him get away with not seeing them or commenting! I was all "Isn't this the CUTEST THING EVER???" and his response was something along the lines of "OMG, I LOVE THE ELEPHANTS!!!!" Even though I know he's just being totally overboard for my benefit, I appreciated his fake enthusiasm!

@Adira: Aww, that is sweet! I think in general men just don't care as much as we do about the stuff for babies.

@Smurfette: @katiew92081: @Adira: It is super sweet he tried and Gordon does the same for me. And I concur, in general men don't care as much about what goes in the nursery so long as it's doing what it's supposed to. Bumper pads to pad the side of the crib? Self explanatory and necessary. Sure why not. Curtains to keep it a little darker? Sure. You want to paint the walls blue? Great. At this point I think they're so grateful for carrying their child and the burden for so long that they'll do just about anything to make you happy.

At least that's the way I feel sometimes. Gordon's been great about being interested in clothes now that Henry's older and he's more likely to agree with me when my MIL tries to force something crazy on Henry. And he's always willing to help get him dressed or change the crib or take the diaper pail out. They're there when it counts and care when it counts. The rest is just frills for us

Ugh...I'm a wimp.

Most of my days, I'm a stay at home mom. But once in a while I temp as a receptionist at a mission organization here in Charlotte. Today was one of those days, and I went in for 3 hours. It involved sitting, answering phones every now and then, and playing on the computer (I was on hb a lot during that time today!)

I'm exhausted!!! I'm so tired of being tired this whole pregnancy! With my son I was waiting tables up til my delivery. This time I can't even sit at a desk for 3 hours. Ugh.

The funny part was when the place I temp at for catering called me this afternoon to work 8 hours on Saturday at a wedding. Mind you, they haven't called me since last summer. It was a little entertaining to tell them I was 7 months pregnant, and they'd have to accomodate me. They told me nevermind, haha. I wasn't gonna go do it anyways...not if I can't even make it 3 hours at a desk!

I can't imagine being this tired after I have this kid.

@smurfette: There was no way I would have accepted to work this weekend. Even if I wasn't perpetually exhausted, they're terrible at that particular venue for not giving breaks and not being able to get even a drink of water. Before being pregnant I wasn't thrilled with it. There's no way I'd do it being this pregnant.