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35w pic!

@Beebug: Awwww, so cute that your DD was having fun hanging out in new baby's bed I haven't let DD in the nursery much, because I want to make sure she doesn't still see it as her room by the time DS gets here. Love the pic too! As for weekend plans....I'm hoping to just survive it DH SHOULD be back sunday evening...fingers crossed. I really hope that it's nice outside and we can play out there a lot. Super jealous that it's your last day of work too!

@Mae: I can't believe that you (and a few others) are already reaching the 37 week mark. I'm tempted to go back to the first pages of this thread and see how far we've come From posts about nausea and cravings to this!!! AHHHHHHH!

@Mae: that was kind of how i felt last pregnancy. I had no major issues, I never felt that uncomfortable, etc (other than the fact that I was pregnant June and beginning of July and it was BOILING hot here at that time). This time I'm feeling it a lot more hahaha...but I'm not quite ready for the sleepless nights yet, so I'm happy to stretch it out a few more weeks. Every time I wake up in the night to pee I think "thank goodness I get to go right back to sleep now...in a few weeks I will be waking up because of a crying baby and will actually have to stay awake".

@Mae: That's the thing, edd is one thing, when babes actually shows? Quite another, lol. Realistically I should be planning for 5-6 more weeks!!

@cookie_dough: Hope you have some good Saturday plans to keep DD occupied!! We have swimming lessons tomorrow am, she hasn't been herself at the the last two weeks, so I hope she enjoys tomorrow. Did DH drive or fly? East or West? Trying to think about 10 hours either direction, Ontario still if west (lol) or New Brunswick?

Thinking about up in night during newborn days versus sleeping through the night now, oh man....in for a reality check soon! I remember being SO blown away with DD how it took like 1.5 hours in early days to feed, change, and settle back down to sleep for wakings, thankfully we got more efficient!

@cookie_dough: Does she nap still? DD naps noon til sometime between 2 and 3, so it always wipes most of the afternoon for us.

omg on North, what is even up there? hahaha, that is an awful thing for me to say!

@Mae: haha and cue why we told people a fake due date so they didn't bug us! I debated putting something on fb today about how it is my last day, buuuut realistically only I care and I don't want my due date on anyone else's brain so they don't bug me, ha!!

@Beebug: Ya, there is realllllllly not much up there. Nature. Nature is up there. hahaha. She "naps" from 1h00 till 3h00, but for the most part, she usually just plays in her crib for 2 hours now. Usually she will nap one of the days and just play the other day. But she's contained in her crib, so I can still get stuff done/lie down myself. I find that stretch of 3h00 till dinner time long for some reason. She tends to be cranky and requires entertainment

@iluvpink: Much better today! When I picked her up from daycare last night, the daycare provider told me she had been WORST yesterday than the days before in terms of food (I wasn't sure how that was possible...) Apparently she ate nothing. like absolutely nothing. And she was going on about how she weighed so little compared to one of the other kids who is 6 months younger blah blah blah. Anyways, I left feeling super defeated. But then DD was awesome at dinner and ate everything (a lot of it with her fork...the rest with her hands hahaha) and was in a super good mood the rest of the night. Then today I got a message from daycare saying she ate all her snack. Then I got another message saying she was refusing lunch. Then ANOTHER message saying she talked a lot to DD about how mommy would be "so happy and proud if she ate her lunch" and apparently she ate it! And here is the proof from last night that she CAN use utensils!

@Glitter: oy pregnancy diet sounds like an oxymoron

@cookie_dough: My son loves food, but there's days where he won't eat. Kids won't let themselves starve!

@cheesetomywhine: Totally feeling you on the PB pie. I discovered that at our grocer a few weeks back and couldn't possibly leave the store without it Did you enjoy?

@cookie_dough: @iluvpink: @anandam: It is yummy! Of course not quite as good as actual peanut butter pie but I am enjoying it

@anandam: Haha your DH is hilarious. Yay for last day of work, even if it is unexpected.

@Beebug: You look great and your DD is so cute for enjoying the crib.

@cookie_dough: Glad to hear DD is feeling better! R uses utensils but she still likes to utilize her hands. I figure whatever works.

@Mae: I have three weeks left (tomorrow!) and I feel like everyone thinks this babe is going to come early. Which is odd since R was on time. However I just assume I will go two weeks late lol.

On a random note- am I the only one in this group who doesn't work? I had R a month and a half after I graduated college so I have never actually had a real job. Totally feel lame admitting that. Though it is different as from graduation to due date last time I just got to be a stay at home wife and do whatever I wanted whenever. Just curious!

@cheesetomywhine: I don't work either! I thought I was the only one. I was supposed to go back after DS but we had issues with him gaining weight and he refused to take bottles when I did go back so I took extended leave which turned permanent when my company did lay offs.
@anandam: That comment is so funny! Why did they decide you should be done with work? I was having appointments 3x a week last pregnancy and my midwife told me I had to keep working until the end. Like they were so worried about the baby that I had to practically live in the ultrasound office but it was fine for me to work.
@cookie_dough: Aww she is so cute! I know how frustrating the toddler feeding thing can be. DS has been on a food strike the past couple days too. He only wants to snack or drink his milk. It drives me nuts!
@Beebug: Congrats on your last day!!! How amazing does it feel to know you won't need to go back for almost a year and a half?
@Mae: I'm surprised they checked your cholesterol. We used to get annual cholesterol checks at work and they wouldn't test mine when I was pregnant because it would not be accurate.

@skipra: Not in the least. I started my career while in college working in the manufacturing industry. I climbed my way through the company and then jumped around, from different companies to advance my position. I landed in the telecommunications industry (manufacturing communication towers, telephone systems, etc.) When I had J2 I had a lot of struggles with breastfeeding. I attended a weekly moms group at our local hospital and they eventually asked me to join a volunteer program that gave mom to mom support for woman who chose to nurse. It sort of snowballed from there.

I met lots of woman this way and began to attend births. The hospital where I volunteer actually offers doula services and the head of prenatal education department, who ran the program, approached me about joining and getting certified through DONA. Basically, they offer woman who are on state insurance a free doula. In trade for doing 3 free births per year, you are then on their "preferred doula list", where paying clients search for their doulas. I however, recently agreed to work along with a midwife group as well. I really love it.

@junebugmama: That sounds awesome! I wonder if there is a volunteer type program where I live. I'd love to be able to offer assistance. I generally have absolutely no idea how to find out about these sorts of things so I appreciate your explanation

With R, we actually hired a woman who was in training. Long story short, she ended up passing out during my pushing stage and had to be admitted. Luckily she didn't have any issues but it was so weird that my husband wasn't willing to hire one for this birth.

@anandam: It came up early in the pregnancy. Some women I worked with had babies several years earlier and it was standard procedure to stop working at 38 weeks or something so when I asked the midwife about it she told me in no uncertain terms that she wasn't going to write me a note to get out of work before baby's arrival. I was induced on Wednesday and they wouldn't even fill out my paperwork as being taken out of work until Friday when DS was actually born. How was I supposed to work when I was in the hospital trying to have a baby on Wednesday and Thursday? They didn't care though so I had to use an extra two vacation days rather than starting STD.
Take advantage of that extra time! I can see concern if fluid levels are borderline or low.

@cookie_dough: awww she is so adorable! Kids have their days, but I am glad she doing better with her eating

@anandam: haha I know what you mean. DH doesn't think I can actually carry such chubby baby because of my size but hey! Its happening

@cheesetomywhine: I sometimes wish I didn't have to work and stay home and be with my nugget forever so don't feel so bad. Being a SAHM is much harder than having a 9 to 5 job. I have friends and family who stay home, so I know its not always easy.

@Glitter: Nice!

@iluvpink: Thanks for that. My DH is of the mind that I have it easy all the time

@twodoghouse: Aw a stay at home dog mum! I love it. I guess that was me, plus a cat, before R was born lol. Soon you shall have your precious babies!

@Mae: Installing the car seat is a total PITA! Can you just get a convertible now to put in the other car? You will use it in the future anyway. We didn't get our second car until DS was almost out of the car seat but honestly the second base was not necessary for us. I wish we'd just gotten the convertible earlier.

@twodoghouse: I was so ready to go back to work right around a year and I feel like it would be better for DS now at 19 months to be in daycare a couple days a week but we can't afford it if I'm not working. My friend with twins went back just after they turned a year and she is loving it. I think it's a good time!