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Happy Monday ladies! I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend!

@Mae: hey better on your bladder than on your pelvic bone! My little man has found comfort there and it hurts. I'd much rather pee all the time.

@Mae: love what you did with the nursery furniture! Our furniture was just delivered this weekend (we got a crib and dresser from ikea) but it's still sitting in boxes.

@Glitter: yay for the new doctor!

@HayleyJane: I think i will be taking the glucose test on thursday too...we'll suffer through it at the same time!

I'm going on about 2 hours of sleep today. DD was up all night long with a bad cough. I felt so bad for her, poor thing. And now I feel bad for me hahaha. Most of Ontario has a holiday today, other than Federal Government workers...so here I am at work while DH and DD are relaxing at home. I'm trying to keep my eyes propped open and resisting the urge to crawl under my desk and nap.

@cookie_dough: Hope that sugar helps! I would choose a giant hot chocolate over a coffee too!

@Mae: Ya, that doesn't sound like much fun, having to sit through a two hour class after working all day! But at least you will have it over and done with. We never took an infant CPR class last time, but I really want to this time. I have a feeling we won't be able to make it happen before the baby gets here, which is not good!

I actually got a good night sleep last night compared to the night before. DD woke up a couple of times coughing, but fell asleep again pretty quickly so I didn't even have to get up. I feel so much more awake today than I did yesterday

@Mae: I think I remember having that feeling last time. It just felt like everything was super sensitive down there and sometimes things just ached. It doesn't hurt to ask your doctor. I feel like everything I asked my doc about was totally normal.

@Mae: that's awesome that you've found a comfy sleeping position! I haven't been too uncomfortable yet for sleeping. I'm actually still semi sleeping on my belly!!! Not completely lying flat obviously, but tilted a bit to the side with one leg up hahaha. We set up our new bedframe yesterday and it's much higher off the ground than our old one. It's kind of nice to just be able to slide out of bed, and not have to push myself up off the mattress! I'm sure that your discomfort is totally normal, but like @Mamasig said, it can never hurt to ask.

@twodoghouse: I am working back from page before, I know I said it once, but again....your stroller I LOVE it. What a cool colour! Also, I think it was you (can't remember now, but I know it was one of us May Mom's!) who posted a pic your DH took in another thread, also love, love the pic, and you look fab!!!

@anandam: I track nothing, and I don't really say no to whatever I want, or think I want. I figure I will then drive myself crazy wanting it at a later point, so might as well get it overwith, ha!! Even when not preggo I am not a tracker, but except on rare occasions am not much to over indulge and can easily keep junk in the house and not touch it. I am pretty good with portions when preggo though, but mostly because I get full so fast, and then know/plan to eat later on to better fill myself up! Big meals are a no go.

@Glitter: Good to hear about new doc, what a good relief and awesome to have moving forward.

@HayleyJane: Awesome about doula! Ped and daycare will come! Eeep about babes in ribs!!!

@Mae: Going crazy over here over your furniture re-do! Definitely lighting a fire under my butt (ok....my dictating butt, put DH to work, lol) to get ours sanded down and done!! They look so awesome, how awesome is that to have complete!

@cookie_dough: Yuck about your night two night's ago, and boo about not having yesterday off! I did, and it was great! I am working from home today as my back if effed, so I am laying flat on the couch working, I don't think I could do a half hour of sitting, let alone day at work.

@Mae: Morning!! I am on the current page and made it "to" today! I get the soreness you speak of all the time, especially when I have over done it, or later in the day. So much pain, and definitely doesn't feel right.

@cookie_dough: Good you got a good night's sleep last night. Did you get the snow that came through here? They were calling for 5-10cm, Toronto got less DH said once he got in this am, but we got 10-15cm.....there is seriously no where for it to go! DH and Fin were outside shoveling this am and I felt awful for him!

DD and this babe will go to my family doc (jumping in on the ped discussion!). I love our doctor and not into looking for a ped I am unfamiliar with, and am always very happy with my doc's care, not fixing what isn't broken!

Had a good weekend, went to the zoo Saturday, best zoo day ever. The Tigers were roaring, DD loved that. Saw the 3 month old polar bear cub super up close, the three big ones were busy too, so lots for DD to watch. We didn't go too far into the zoo, but didn't have a ton of time (just the morning before her nap!) and with the temps we knew we wouldn't get to stay too long anyways. Did me/my sis' bday celebrations with fam Sunday night, DHs hockey team got knocked out of playoffs Saturday so hockey is done now. We love it, but it's nice to have it done and have DH back a little. He says he's going to "retire", but we will see if he is feeling that way as the weeks go by and he has to commit for next year.

Painters got in touch with us and are moving up their work dates, March 3rd they start, woo! Kind of busy time for me with my events on the weekends before/after, but it will be nice to have done.

28w1d today! Went over to old neighbourhood yesterday for playdate with two Mom's and their DDs (three of them 6 weeks apart Fall 2012!) and one is preggo! Due in Sept, so another 2nd time Mom, I totally bawled when she told me, so so happy for them!

I have a regular doc appt today at 3:30. I am not sure if I will be 4w until my next appointment or if every other week starts after this one. Fin is super happy I am home today, and that there is snow, lucky dog.

@Beebug: That sucks about your back, but good that you can work from home today! We got a bunch of snow on the weekend, and it was snowing again this morning. Poor DH has been out there shovelling because our snowblower is broken. That's awesome about feeling a limb! Since DD was breech, I could feel her head at the top of my belly for the last few months of my pregnancy last time...it kind of freaked me out. There's was literally a baby's head like sticking out of my stomach...felt very alien-ish! I kept getting worried that I was poking at it too much, because I kept trying to feel if she had flipped or not. This time I don't feel anything...yet...

@Mae: I don't feel started yet, but it will be so cool when it all comes together IN the room, so much work will be out in the garage first, and then bam....the room will come together fairly quickly once that is done!

I keep forgetting I need to buy a crib mattress! I saw the same one we have for DD at Target, but I can't seem to find it online anywhere to compare and it's not at Sears any more where we got DDs. Figure I will just stick with the same one.

@Mae: Love the nursery work! And I have soreness in the bits these days, too. Think it's probably par for the course. Mine feels a little more like bone soreness, though, like in the joints of my pelvis/hips, so I think it's just things loosening up. Baby has also taken up residence on my bladder for the first time over the last few days. Makes me think of you

@cookie_dough: @Beebug: I've tried sleeping like that and the LO protests! It's so funny. My shoulder/hip joints get really sore if I'm straight on my side for too long, so I've tried leaning forward a bit with pillow props, but the minute there's any pressure on the lower side of my belly, I get nonstop kicks there until I move back. Haha, I'm definitely not the one in charge any more.

@skipra: We just chose our pediatrician yesterday! It was a surprisingly painless process. I spent a lot of time in online research and poring over the list from our midwives, and yesterday was our first meeting, and we both loved her. So that was easy! Hope it goes smoothly for you, too.

@anandam: It's funny I remember propping myself with pillows over Christmas, but haven't in weeks, surely I can't avoid them for long, the relief on the back is amazing propping with pillows!! lol on not in charge....we have no idea

@twodoghouse: Hope the 3-hour goes okay tomorrow! fx for you. We CD, but I didn't really do newborn sizes, had prefolds and covers for that age/stage, but then had a 9lb baby and didn't start til 3w, so we jumped into using fuzzibuns size small and BG 4.0's snapped down to smallest! But I do have a small obsession with my stash, and a large hate on for this washer in this house, I miss the one in our old house!

Does anyone have tattoo's? I am watching an Olympic feature on one of the Canadian athlete's with a whackload of them, reminded me of mine, and then I wondered if any of you ladies had any....especially any in any preggo stretchable locations? I worried about the one on my ribcage with #1, but no change! The other is on my foot, they both need re-do's in terms of colour, buuuut it's not exactly high on my priority list these days.

@cookie_dough: I start out on my left side but I do roll onto my back quite often. I shift between the two. I am not worried about sleeping on my back because I have heard that if there was an issue I would wake up and move. And I did the same thing with R. Weird but I cannot control my sleeping movements!

@twodoghouse: Yay for a baby shower! Such fun. I ADORE homemade gifts so that is awesome that you received a good amount. Boo to the 3hr test...good luck! We CD but like @Beebug: we used prefolds and covers until she fit into her OS. We use happy heineys

@Beebug: I have one but it is in the middle of my upper back so no worries about it being affected.

@Mae: Awesome job with the furniture and I love the light! So feminine

Sorry I've been MIA. I had to catch up on like 5 pages. You ladies have been busy

@Mae: I love your furniture! And glad you enjoyed the infant CPR class. I might take that one again.
@twodoghouse: good luck on your 3 hour test

Do any of the 2nd time (or more) Mamas have a Mamas girl or boy. My DS has a definite preference and I'm getting worried about how this is going to work with the new baby. I handle most of his stuff and it's not really my DH's fault because I do it because I like it but I might have him do more bath and bedtime so DS gets used to it not always being Mama. Anyone else worried?

@sungirl: DS is kind of both. He LOVES his daddy and some nights just hangs around him. but my husband isn't always around because he does shift work so I handle the majority of baby duties most of the time. I am a little worried about how all that will go. When DH is home, I know he will need to take care of more which we are both fine with. I'm wondering how the nights when I'm by myself will go. Honestly, I think my mom will sleep over a lot on those nights. She watches DS during the day so he is very comfortable with her. Sometimes I get sad for DS thinking about how his little life is about to change. Then I remember I'm giving him a brother that I hope will be his best friend.

@twodoghouse: I hope your Breastfeeding class was better than mine! I really thought it was a waste. I agree that hands on with the baby after he was born was more useful. I hope the lactation consultants at the hospital are good for you. I saw three different ones but only really likes 2 of them. Unfortunately, they were on the last days of me being in the hospital. I hope I see them first this time. Maybe it will go better for me.

@sungirl: DD is definitely a mommy's girl. I mean, she loves spending time with DH and they have tons of fun together, but she definitely clings to me a lot, especially when I'm trying to get anything done in the kitchen! It's almost impossible to get dinner made these days. I have to hold DD while I instruct DH on what to chop, etc for dinner! I'm definitely worried about how it's going to be when her brother gets here. I made DH start doing bath time with her a few months ago, knowing that it would be his "job" when the new baby gets here. At least that transition is done with!

I didn't read any bf-ing books, but we did cover it a bit in our prenatal class. But ya, the nurses/lactation consultant at the hospital were definitely a better resource in my opinion. The only problem was that being there for four days, we saw a lot of different nurses...and they all had different techniques/advice! So it got to be a lot of different opinions on the best way to bf after a while.