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I WISH I had more of an appetite! Baby must be crushing my stomach because I can barely fit anything in it and then I get terrible heartburn! At least that means the weight gain has slowed down...

@pastemoo: That's a really good idea to protect the leather. I was just watching a daytime talkshow yesterday and they suggested using a bathroom mat for under the seat....might do that. DH is installing the carseat right now. I guess I should have told him before now. Oops.

I am just having a little relaxation before the shower. I am sooo tired from cleaning the house. I cleaned it the best I've ever cleaned it: no cutting corners. (For my weekend guests....so glad they decided to just meet me at the shower instead of coming here early first).

I hope my friend isn't getting too stressed about the shower. She's a real Martha Stewart and I know she'll be working really hard on details.

It's a cold but beautiful day today. Hope everyone's having a great day!

I had a busy day yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to catch up on here! I will have to work on it when I have some time this week. I posted a thread about my trip to LDR yesterday due to epigastric pain. Since I have get home, I haven't had any more of that horrible pain, but I did end up contracting about every 30 minutes or so throughout yesterday afternoon/evening. I knew they wouldn't stop it if I went in since I am 35 weeks now, so I ended up just going about my day, rested in the afternoon, and then went to DH's work party in the evening. I sat through 90% of the work party, and by the time we got home at 1 am, the contractions had stopped. I was passing little bits of what I think was the mucous plug last evening though. It made us a little worried Ziggy was going to try to make an early arrival, but no contraction activity today at all so far.

We have about a days worth of drywall work left, but today we slept in until 1 pm! It was awesome, since DH has been working so much, we haven't had a sleep in day together in forever. He just went to go get a haircut (maternity pictures are thursday!), and has to go to work for a couple hours, so I am going to run errands, and maybe get started on prepping the nursery.

My Mom was up to visit for 2 days, and we got the future nursery pretty much cleaned out. All thats left in there is the guest bed! I am going to spend my time prepping the nursery for paint, and then as soon as drywall is done it is paint time! My sister is coming up next weekend, so I am hoping when she is here we can be ready to put up the giant/complex wall decal we bought, and since we are leaving the bed in there a little longer, she can still use the room to sleep in.

@cvbee: We are buying a seat protector made to use under the car seat in our car. It is available at BRU - we really don't want to ruin the leather seats with the car seat!

@LAGS: Our LO has dropped from the 70th to 50th percentile from 24-33 weeks (probably due to my PIH). My OB likely won't check weight again though, unless my belly shrinks or completely blows up over the next couple appointments.

@pastemoo: The epigastric pain is from an old surgery I have (they think), they think baby is kicking the scar tissue and tearing it, so there is nothing to do but take some tylenol.
At the hospital I work at they won't stop labour at 35 weeks, especially since I have a complicated pregnancy (the thought is with all the complications, if your body goes into labour, there is probably a reason for that), so I just stayed out and had a good time. I am glad everything stopped though, because we are SO not ready!
We just really want Ziggy to stay where he/she is for another 2 weeks! Then he/she can come whenever they want to!

@MsMini: super glad that your labour stopped. Must hold on until maternity photos But that does make sense that if you go into labour at this point it must be for a reason.

Speaking of when to go into labour, I was looking at the moon, it is a 2nd quarter moon (looks like a half-moon), which means we are about 2 weeks from the full moon. And more women go into labour on a full moon! So for me, I'd be 37 weeks, which is considered full term, so I'm hoping for a full moon baby. My Mom said, maybe I'll hit the next full moon though at 41 weeks, which is just as likely....but I am so excited about the coming of a baby that it will be so hard if I go past due date.

My shower yesterday was so lovely. It was at my friend's Mom's house, which is a beautiful herritage home. It was lovely to have some of my gal friends together and open the cute baby stuff. I even got baby gifts from my best friend who is working out in Afghanistan for the Canadian government. She gave me lots of practical stuff I needed (like a matress cover), and from others I got so many cute outfits and books.

I'm a bit short on time right now but just wanted to pop in and say hi. More to say next time.

PS. Happy first anniversary to MrsDareDevil!

@mrsdaredevil happy anniversary hope you had fun!!

@msmini I am so glad your labor stopped on its own how scary!!! Especially that you were passing parts of your mucous plug. Has that ceased as well?

@cvbee yay about your shower!! I hope it was as awesome an experience as mine was this saturday.

Yesterday was my baby shower and I cant get over how generous/thoughtful our family and friends are. We literally got everything we immediately need for the baby. There were so many gifts and clothes and surprises I was moved to tears on occasion from some of the handmade and sentimental items we received. The next few weeks will be spent writing out tons of thank you notes and sorting through what we received.

How was everyone elses weekends?

@Nskillet: Yay for your shower and feeling so set-up now. @duckduckkristen: Custom onesies sound super cute...what a great idea!

Now one things that was disappointing this weekend was that when I brought my Mom and bestie up to see all the baby stuff my Mom totally got all sarcastic and critical about the cloth diapers. She knows that it is something really important to me, and yet she went on and on about how we're going to hate it, and we're going to spend so much money on energy to wash them, and how they're going to smell and she gushed over how 'cute' the disposable diapers are that we got, and she said that people are getting us disposable diapers because they know we're never going to make it with cloth. (And by the way, those people who got us the disposables didn't know we were doing cloth). Seriously? I know that my Mom can be harsh critical, but I just thought that by this point she'd keep her opinion to herself. Whatever. And yet I had to vent it to you gals.

I'm actually looking forward to my first internal this Wednesday. I'd like to know if I've got any effacement, etc going on. It feels like the beginning of the 'actual' countdown.

@msmini: Sounds like you two made tons of progress this weekend! That's awesome! And glad to hear the contractions subsided.

@Nskillet: That is so sweet! I'm glad the shower was so nice.

@duckduckkristen: I totally misread that at first and thought you ate decorated onesies! I was trying to figure out if it was a onesie shaped cake or... or what? Glad your shower was fun!

@cvbee: grr. Mothers.... they remember when they were the one putting you in diapers and they don't necessarily want to let you do it yourself now. I'm sorry she's being difficult!
Hahhaah. I know what you mean about that. I won't have an internal because I think I'll be so disappointed when they say "nope, nothing" and I don't want to deal with that! Plus the progress doesn't tell you how soon or how long until labor. But I still want to know! Well... 4 weeks before I have to think about it at all.

Anyone else still have appointments every 4 weeks? I thought they were supposed to get closer together...

@winniebee: details....hmmm the shower was hosted by all the moms (4) and was at my favorite local Italian restaurant which serves the most incredible foods! The theme was baby ducks and there were plastic multicolored versions in these adorable flower centerpieces in various Easter grasses. Lots of pastels. My MIL hand made duck sugar cookies that were painted AMAZINGLY with a tag that said. Baby Abbey Marie arriving soon! My mother had a diaper raffle for me so I've got like 3 months worth of all these different sized diapers. She planned many tasteful games for guests including a word scramble and guess the baby animal game. I was so overwhelmed when I saw the incredible gifts. Many many registry items, an amazing assortment of clothing in different sizes. Our Chicco cortina travel system. Diaper bags, bottles, diaper cake. I could go on for days. DH was so surprised when he showed up to me still opening gifts it was incredible. The day was just so full of joy/beauty and was so surreal for me. I have just 20 more work days till my maternity leave I kinda can't get over it.

@duckduckkristen: I'm addicted to those Frozen Planet specials! The penguin portion last night was so sad! My cat also loves them - whenever they show polar bears, she stares at the TV and sometimes taps at it with her paw. It's hilarious - last night she also branched out to watch the voles running through their snow tunnels.
It sounds like we had lots of showers this weekend! Glad everyone seems to have had a great time.
@cvbee: Ugh - it's so irritating when people can't just shut their mouths and pretend to be supportive. Fingers crossed for a good internal!
@pastemoo: I just had my last 4 week appointment last week (32 weeks). My OB has me at 2 biweeklies, then we start every week after my 36 week appt.
@winniebee: Yay for bedrest parole this weekend! I'll have to pop over to WB to check out the photos (and post my 33 week bump picture).
I was telling DH this weekend that I thought it was way too early for me to be developing the pregnanty lady waddle. Then I realized that "hey, I'm 33 weeks - only 7 to go" so, OF COURSE I have the waddle. I'm almost done!

@MsMini: Does it feel different now that the baby has dropped?

@Mrsdaredevil: Happy anniversary!

@winniebee: Looking good! (saw the pic on wb) Glad to hear that everything is going well.

@cvbee: Oh dear! Your mother reminds me of how my mother reacts whenever I tell her I am doing something not so 'run of the mill'. She'll relax when she sees how well the cloth diapering is working out.

I have one more month until our baby boy is due. A couple of days ago, my joints started to loosen up in the hip area. Things overall are becoming more uncomfortable. We ran a bunch of errands on Saturday and yesterday, and I just don't last like I used to. I took every opportunity to sit down and rest. I took a nap the second we came home yesterday.

We have a ton of baby gear, and we are waiting for the big items to come in the mail like the glider, stroller, mattress and Mamaroo. My husband has been working hard on the nursery, but there is still so much work left to do. We found someone to help us with the name above the crib (we are doing his name in a jersey baseball script...baseball themed nursery).

Well, after a busy weekend, I woke up after a long sleep (12 hours with just one break to pee!!) and I am still so stiff/sore/tired. I think today I am going to just relax with my feet up and not tackle any projects. My OB appointment is in an hour, so I will head off to that soon, and then come right back home to relax. I think I definitely over-did it a bit, so I am going to be a good girl for today, because I know once DH is home he will want to work on the last little bit of drywall. I am really hoping we will be done with that and ready to paint the nursery, and get someone in to mud and tape soon. I am a little nervous for my OB appointment, with my LDR visit friday, plus the semi-regular contractions friday night. My BP and sugars have stayed good though, so that is good news.

@pastemoo: Thanks! My appointments have been every 1-2 weeks for a while just because of my complications, but I think they are weekly from here on out.

@winniebee: I did get some rest, but not enough I don't think. I am so bad for just going and going and not stopping to think about rest. Sounds like people were incredibly generous for your shower!

@Nskillet: Sounds like people were quite generous with your shower as well!

@marriedandlovingit: It does feel a bit different with baby dropped, his/her little butt only digs into my ribs when I sit upright now (as opposed to all the time before), and I constantly feel like I have to pee, but when I try I only get a trickle. Otherwise I might not have noticed had DH not taken and uploaded pictures in the past week and a bit. I can totally relate to not being able to last as long as I used to, but I also have a big problem with knowing when to slow down and rest.

@shortcake: 2 showers would be busy! I don't think I could last through 2 in a weekend at this point, I would collapse in exhaustion! I hope your LO turns soon! We have a couple names picked out, it will either be Sawyer or Emerson/Emmersyn, we will decide which one when baby is born, and the other name will be the middle name, we are team green, but we are fans of more neutral names.

Well, just got back from my OB - GBS swab is done, we opted to skip the cervical check, but did a quick US (baby is head down, and dropped and my cervix is short). My OB thinks I will last to 38 weeks, but we are going to induce sometime in week 38. I get a 2 week break until my next appointment, and next monday we will likely decide the induction date. Given the induction plan, baby is likely to be born sometime between April 23-27!

@cvbee: That's disappointing your Mom didn't have a more supportive response to going cloth. It'll make sharing your success with it that much more satisfying though

@MsMini: Awesome progress with the nursery and guest rooms. You must be excited! Glad to hear things have calmed down for you, hopefully your LO stays put for a while longer! Has it always been the plan to induce at 38 weeks or is it related to some of the complications you've had? You must be so excited to have a concrete end in sight. I'm excited for you!!

@pastemoo: I'm pretty sure my appointment on the 13th will be my last bi-weekly and then I'll be onto the weeklies.

@winniebee: Your shower sounded amazing and how awesome! I love all the little details - so cute! You'll have lots of organizing to keep you busy while you're at home now!

@Nskillet: I'm glad to hear you were spoiled too! Abbey Marie is such a sweet name. ....and now I'm craving Italian!

@Goldilocks1107: Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately saving a leather interior isn't a problem DH and I have to deal with but I definitely think I had registered for the roller shades. So good to know!

@shortcake: Crazy! I hope you're able to relax this week and recoup from your weekend of showers. I love your book idea, kinda wishing we emphasized books somehow... we literally have two at the moment. Shameful!

@winniebee: Creepy. I've definitely been getting the tightening with what feel like mild menstrual cramps. I just assumed my BH were taking things up a notch.

I'm finally feeling myself again after two days of feeling totally out of it. I could do nothing but sleep, had really consistent mild cramping and my sinuses were acting up. I felt like such a big baby but I was miserable. I was starting to get freaked out wondering if my body was starting to get ready but I'm back to feeling pretty normal now.

Do your LOs ever have days where they're randomly really quiet? It seems like once a week or every few weeks there's a day where I get mildly freaked out cause LO isn't nearly as active as she usually is. Today is one of those days. She's moving 10 times in a few hours, but its just not her usual level of activity. I've been going back and forth about calling my OB, but her HB is normal on the doppler... I think I'm just getting paranoid!

@MsMini: That's interesting! I have a feeling that my husband will be the one telling me that I've dropped. I ask him all the time so I know he is on the look-out!

@cvbee: That is so cute about the little kids being obsessed over your belly! I love that age of kiddos. It must feel good to work part-time at this point in your pregnancy.

@winniebee: One month! Yes! We are all nearing the end and it is hard to wrap my head around it! My husband is in the nursery touching up some paint right now before he starts the next step.

Today, we ordered a personalized kid-sized Braves jersey with our last name and the number "1" on it to be framed. We will most likely be putting that over the dresser/changing table. We also ordered some baseball pennants to hang on the wall as well. We are debating on ordering a baseball locker growth chart. It is precious and would look perfect in his room. We aren't sure where it would go at this point, so we are going to hold off for now. Here it is:

http://www.julabug.com/item/JOD-GC-BASEBALL-LOCKER/Oopsy%20Daisy/Baseball%20Locker%20Personalized%20Growth%20Chart/1.html

My husband put together the Pack n Play today, and our pets (2 dogs, 1 cat) were wondering what was going on. Our dogs know something is up, but obviously they aren't sure what. I don't think our cat cares. She just sees it as another thing to *try* to jump into.

I need to get another belly pic taken! I look like crap today though with my hair sloppily thrown up on top of my head, so maybe tomorrow lol.