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@Smurfette: I woke up this morning to what I think was knee jutting out - it was the most I've seen a body part sticking out so far!

@katiew92081: Yay for not being high risk anymore and weekly appts.! I've heard that too and at one of my classes the teacher said a good #of times to aim for was to have sex 20 times to help bring on labor! I wanted to laugh out loud b/c idk if we've even DTD 20 times since I've been pregnant!

@Smurfette: I don't think I have anywhere for her to drop! I'm super uncomfortable now, esp sitting and trying to get up. It's so solid it's hard to bend around the belly. Yesterday I could feel her head hopping my bladder and bruising my ribs at the same time.

@Adira: I've been buying all Pampers Swaddlers after countless reviews and moms and dads IRL telling us. We also have a gift box of Huggies Natural Care and I bought a few packages of Honest Company diapers.

@Arden: Yay! Sounds like you had a wonderful shower! Ours was super long too! I can't believe u went and did returns straight after! Wonder woman! The disposables are good to have on hand just in case or for longer outings or trips i hear, even if you are going to CD. I know what you mean about other stuff like bottles though. We got like 9 or 12 bottles we can't return and I'm pretty sure will rarely if ever get used. Returns for store credits are awesome though and glad you've got pretty much everything you need now!

@NaturallyCathy: I thought for sure the next update we'd get from you was baby news! Lol! Hang in there! I'm keeping my fx'd for you this house goes through!

@dojo: Isnt incredible when you get a night with a long stretch of sleep these days? Wishing you a productive day off!

As for me, ugh...spent ALL DAY yesterday cleaning and doing laundry to air out the smoke smell. Thought we did pretty good, but had to close the windows and turn on the heater at night and I feel like I've been sleeping next to a bonfire.
I've been hoping for this girl to come soon but with this smoke fiasco, I need this week to give the whole house a thorough cleaning and hopefully squeeze in a massage". A pedicure would be awesome too! Im kicking myself for being so ahead of the game and prepared too with stuff. I opened the car seat, took the mattress out of thelastic, washed the sheets an blankets. Now they have to be re-washed and aired out as much as possible before she comes!

Oh and we took our childbirth class on Sat. Very helpful to help me make birth plan decisions now. And Im glad DH is a really good listener and takes a lot of the instructions to the dads to heart. They were showing dads how to help the moms if we were visual (fingers to count), auditory (count for us), or touch sensory (rub or light stroking). Well I could tell him immediately NOT either of the first two - I'd be so annoyed! So light touching it is.

@Adira: I totally feel your pain! I think the pressure to go #2 means baby dropped lower! I find laying down helps, but as soon as you move to sit up, it's a trip to the bathroom!

@shopaholic: Ohhhhhh... maybe the baby DID drop then! I was just thinking I was experiencing some horrible new kind of constipation where you have to go all the time but there's nothing there! Guess this could be a good sign then.

@Adira: yeah the smoke fiasco..ugh... It's been such a long weekend and no end in sight! We literally have to wash everthing, even everything in closets, dressers, linen closet, even dishes!
I ve been told a few times the pushing in labor is like pushing to make a bowel movement so the pressure down there seems to make sense.

@Smurfette: Ugh, I'm glad I'm not alone, but sorry you're dealing with it too! I've got my Fiber One bars with me today, so hopefully that will help! I do know when I don't have as much fiber in the day, I notice things don't move along as easily.

Oh my gosh, definitely get a pedi!!! They are sooooo nice! I just got one a couple weeks ago and I'm already planning on going again. I want pretty toes for labor (I'm so vain), but also I figure I won't have time to get one anytime soon after, so I need to do it now! I'm thinking I'll go again on Friday.

@shopaholic: Oh yeah, I think I've heard that too, about how labor pushing is like bowel pushing, so maybe that's what this insane pressure is! I'm really looking forward to having this baby out and having a lot of these annoying symptoms GONE.

ETA: I still haven't had a cervical check at all yet, so no spotting because of it! It's crazy that you spotted that long - you should ask at your appointment tomorrow if that's normal. It'll be interesting if anything has changed since your last check!

@dojo: I can't decide if that sounds worse or not, haha! Everything to do with BMs suck!

@aprk: I agree!!! At least I only have (potentially) two weeks left!

@shopaholic: I didn't have any spotting with my cervical check last week. I have had an increase of discharge but still not a ton, and nothing I think is my mugus plug. Even though I have no clue what that would really look like. Your office does a check every week now? I don't have another till 39 weeks.

@Adira: I usually go every 2-3 weeks for a pedicure, so this is a record for me. I need to fix it stat. I even have a gift card for a man/ped.

@Adira: I used to go with a girlfriend as well. She had a baby so now she has day care pickup, so for the last year we have been trying to go on the weekends, just getting so hard. I don't like going by myself as much. But this weekend for sure I am if she doesn't have time.

@Smurfette: I know what you mean about going alone. It's so much better if you can go with a friend. I've gone a handful of times by myself, so I'm starting to get used to it. I just close my eyes and try to relax in the massage chair while they do their business! But it's definitely nicer if you have someone there to chat with!

Mamas!! Your month is quickly approaching. Just wanted to pop in to share lots of love & wish you all a lot of comfort before the little ones arrive.

@Adira: It was a really long day, but I'm glad I got it all out of the way. The only thing I have left to buy is the car seat. I'll probably buy it Friday if my parents don't get it by then (they've mentioned that they might want to get it).

@shopaholic: I don't plan on using disposables at all, and if I did it would only be organic ones, so that's why I figured I'd donate them. I know a lot of people plan on using both though!

The smoke cleaning sounds killer. I'm so sore just from the shower, I can't even imagine cleaning all day. I'm sorry!

@Smurfette: I couldn't return all the blankets, we got one handmade one and three we can't figure out where they are from, but I returned two to Target and one to Kohls. I'm going to download that UPC scanning app and see if I can figure out where the others are from.

Oh man, a pedicure sounds so good! I hope I can get one before labor. I can still sort of paint my toes, but they look a little sloppy.

@VEGMAMA: Thank you!

@Arden: That's really great of you to stick with just CDs and organic ones. Donating sounds really sweet! Yeah, the cleaning IS killer! I ended up with a pinched nerve or sciatica last night. SO glad and thankful for the yoga ball because that was the only way I could sit comfortably to eat dinner!

@Adira: I SORT OF paint my own toes. lol
It involves sitting down, putting my foot up on the coffee table, bending my body weirdly, and dabbing at them until they look halfway decent. Like I said, they are messy. A pedicure would be awesome. lol

@shopaholic: @Adira: I think I've felt a couple -- one was a long time ago, like 17 weeks, and the others have been when I walk "too fast" (aka not super-slow) downtown. It's hard to tell for those ones though, if they're BH or just a stomach cramp haha. But that's only 2 or 3 times. So weird!

@Adira: Aww, I'd love a pedicure date! None of my local friends are pregnant or have ever been pregnant before, so this is kind of a solitary experience for me IRL.

Midwife appointment went great! I'm 36 weeks, and baby is measuring 37, which is not an issue. I got the official "when to call the midwife" sheet and the worksheet to fill out for the birth certificate. I get to go back in a week! She also said that the OB will probably want to give me an ultrasound on Thursday, so I'm excited about that! I know I only have a few weeks left, but I'm so excited to see a peek at my baby!

Midwife said I'm in "any day now territory", and as long as it's after Thursday's OB appointment, I can go to the birth center for my baby's birth! If before, I gotta go to hospital, so lets hope this kid will hang in there.

@katiew92081: Wait, you got actual paperwork?? I'm kind of jealous... I guess I should maybe ask about some of that stuff at my next appointment. The last time I got anything to fill out, it was just to register at the hospital. And I think if I hadn't asked about when to call for labor, they would have forgotten to tell me!

@katiew92081: I have this fear that I am going to push wrong. Is it natural to push like you are having a BM? So jealous you are going to get an ultrasound on Thursday.

@Adira: I don't think that I will get any paperwork. I filled out a consent form for the hospital last week but that's all. I asked about when to call too cause the L&D class leader told us to just go the hospital. The doctor was like Um no, we will have to talk to her. Said to call them first when you think you are in labor and they will listen to what my symptoms are and will tell us to labor at home, go to the hospital, or if it sounds like false labor.

@Smurfette: My OB said the same thing about when we think we're in labor to call them and they'll tell us what to do. I think once they give you the go-ahead to go to the hospital, they call the hospital too so that they know you are coming!

@Adira: I was glad that I said something cause I thought that it was weird that the leader said to just go to the hospital when your contractions are 5 mins apart for an hour or you can't talk through them. I think she said it mostly cause she wants you to labor more at home, cause the longer you are at the hospital the higher chance of a c-section.