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I just left my 34 week (& 4 days) appt and weight was good, baby measured good, they had to do a quick u/s because she wasn't sure if he was head up or not. He's head down and ready to rock. Blood pressure was a little high again so I start my weekly appointments now! (That makes me feel VERY pregnant)

They said the reason they weren't concerned with my BH last week is because of how far along I am, they said to call back at 3-5 min BH because thats labor.. She said at this point if I go into labor they're going to let him come, no slowing it down or steroids! Crazy to think about..

@ms.janedoe: I think the appointment board died, along with all the rest

@NeekieRose: @MrsTiz: Haha, I'm not due to the end of the month so my viewpoint is skewed. I guess I should've said that by next month most of us will have our babies :D.

Since the the appointment board is apparently dead, haha....I had my 32 week appointment and ultrasound this morning. Everything looked great! Declan went from 65th percentile at 28 weeks, to the 59th percentile and weighs in at 4 pounds 11 ounces :). I was seriously worried that the last month of out of control blood sugar was going to guarantee a giant baby. And part of what's pushing him ahead is apparently his giant head, which is measuring 2 weeks ahead :-/. But that's not caused by GD. His belly measurement is just a couple days ahead, so that's great.

@anbanan15: Oooooh, for CUTE! What brand? Where did you get it?

I'm here, surviving, lurking occasionally, freaking out that we only have 7 Saturdays left to get things done before my EDD. And that's taking for granted that Farmer Man will have every Saturday off until then, which he may or may not. And I kind of need his help for rearranging all the furniture, aka, the whole house, lol, and getting all the firewood cut. I'm counting on Cricket to give me a FULL 7 weeks, AT LEAST, before making his/her appearance. Lol, and then s/he will be happy to sit pretty until 42 weeks. But that might be ok because I have a huge batch of wedding photos to edit (note: 12 hours of wedding photography at 7 months pregnant is not something I would recommend) and I honestly don't know how I'm going to get it all done by November 20th.

In other news, besides my mental freak out, DH and I just started the Whole30 and we're only officially on Day 2 (but we started cutting stuff out several days before), but so far, so good. I'm mostly doing it support DH, but I gotta say, it is SO much easier doing something like this alongside someone else in the house.

Oh, and I get to see my midwife on Monday- YAY! We skipped meeting last month because I had just seen my backup doctor and she didn't feel like I needed to come to Bismarck just a day or so later to meet with her. So, I'll see her on Monday, and then I'll see my backup doctor again a few weeks for my GBS swab, and then a few weeks after that, my midwife will come here for a home visit (she doesn't do weekly visits at the end because she's spread so thin over such a wide area), and then- it's BABY TIME! Yeah, and the freak out starts all over again.

Anyways, that's all. Maybe one of these days, after the applesauce is all put up and the tomatoes canned and the peaches frozen, I'll finally get DH to get the newborn clothes down out of the attic so I can wash and go through them.

@anbanan15: Super cute!!!

@FarmWifeGina: You're superwoman!! Just saying

@anbanan15: Very cute! I thought about making some pre-fitteds myself.

@lilteacherbee: Aww, I'm sorry he's so much bigger than you were hoping for :(. But I've heard so many stories about how ultrasounds can way over estimate size near the end. And as my DH kept reminding me yesterday, at least you get to meet him early :).

@lilteacherbee: Yeah, I can't focus on much either. I've been SO uncomfortable the past few days to the point where I can barely walk off and on, and sleep has gone to crap because it's painful to roll over, on top of all the food/GD issues, so all I can think about is being done with pregnancy. It was like I hit 32 weeks, and *bam* I'm done with it.

Yay, we had our growth ultrasound today and at 36 weeks baby is estimated at 6lbs 5oz, almost as big as my first LO when she was born. So no worries now about growth restriction since my belly was measuring small. She was doing a lot of practicing breathing on the ultrasound though I didn't get a view of her face since she's head really far down. The Dr. was like 'I'm not sure where you're sticking that big of a baby but it's probably cause she's so low in your pelvis and ready to come out'. But the Drs all told me with LO1 I'd go early and I was 3 days late.

But much better appointment than last time. I got my flu shot and GBS test so I'm starting to feel a little more secure about when she comes, she comes.

@lilteacherbee: Ha, yeah, my house is filthy. I am no superwoman. / Try not to worry too much about the ultrasound too much- like someone else said, late-term ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate. Up to 1-2 lbs. in either direction after 36 weeks or so.

@anbanan15: Since you thought my bump looked like a girl bump, here's a side-by-side 33-week comparison with this bump and my bump with DD, when I was also 50 lbs. heavier:

@anbanan15: seriously? ruffle butt?! Your making me want a girl now!

@FarmWifeGina: I think this bump is MUCH lower, and doesn't lower=boy? I can never remember. Either way, looking great!

@lilteacherbee: Wow, do you think you'll go early or do you think he'll just be big? At least you know not to stock up on anything in NB size, right? I hate that you and @shootingstar: are having to deal with GD.

Glad to see all of you guys are doing well, I haven't been on too much lately. I've hit a really rough patch and I am not handling it well. My replacement is annoying the crap out of me but I'm not sure if it's because she's annoying or if it's because I have ZERO patience anymore. Like, seriously- NONE. I am in a major funk and have been feeling so down lately. I'm on the verge of tears constantly and I'm not sleeping well, I'm messing everything up at work that I possibly could and I'm not able to focus well enough to fix it so I keep having to ask for help on stuff I *know* how to do, which makes me feel like such an idiot. My house is a disaster. I haven't done dishes or laundry in over a week now. I'm dizzy ALL the time and actually passed out last night. Jack is trying to fight his way out and my body is just so.freaking.done. I'm so crampy and dizzy today. I've got tears in my eyes typing this, I just feel so, so defeated.

@MrsTiz: You can totally do ruffles on a boy lol. There is a mama who posted a pic of her son rocking a black and white zebra diaper with neon pink ruffles. She said her husband thinks it's hilarious haha

@Maysprout: wow, exact same weight and you are 2-3 weeks ahead of me! I knew his head was measuring about 36 weeks. I'm really nervous about all of that.

@MrsTiz: I'm not sure. They'll induce a little early, but everyone seems to be convinced that I'll go early on my own. He's dropped really low the past couple of weeks. And I just wanna give you a big hug! Everything will be okay I know it seems so overwhelming now, but you're almost done. Take care of yourself. When I start stressing about things, I ask myself if they will matter in 10 years. If not, it's not that big of a deal. Take this weekend to rest and relax!!!! You deserve it!

Ugggh, I need to get caught up, but having a bit of a freak out...

So our plan for Thanksgiving was to just have my mom and dad, and DH's mom and dad over to OUR house for the day/afternoon/whatever. I was slightly panicked enough about that, but our moms said they'd take care of EVERYTHING, we'd throw a few Chinet ("fancy" paper plates) out, and it'd be a super relaxed, no-pressure thing, just moms/dads and us with new baby girl. OK, great.

So DH's brother (who lives across the country) just calls and says he heard "we were hosting Thanksgiving so he'd see if he and his wife and their kids could fly in to make it." They were never in talks of coming into town, not involved in this at ANY point, and had there been any discussion of them coming, we would not be "hosting" anything at our house...

They have THREE kids, a 7 year old, a 3 year old, and a 5 month old, and they are NOT well-behaved--we're talking like, full on talking/yelling back at the parents, NOT listening to anything they say, grabbing/pulling whatever they want from any room in our house, etc.. Our house is NOT set up/large enough to host this many people, we are NOT kid/baby proofed...they stopped by over the summer and our house was destroyed and I cried after they left...

Not exactly what I had in mind for my first Thanksgiving with a probably 2 week old newborn... DH keeps pulling the, "Well, it's family..." card. Help! Please tell me someone else is having holiday drama already!

@ms.janedoe: I would just say no, honestly. I know if it was me and I said yes out of obligation, I'd be aggravated the entire time, stressed out, and fighting with DH about it before, during and after. Tell your DH exactly what you just said - you're not equipped to handle them in your house and it'll be just too overwhelming for you with a newborn. And have him tell them you're keeping it low key this year but you can't wait to see them another time.

We are doing a very low key Thanksgiving at our house. My parents are coming when the baby's born, if he's early they'll stay awhile and then come back for the holiday. (They live 3 hours away and are retired). They will cook, clean up, etc. I have also invited My MIL and BIL. No kids, no special diets (thank God my vegan SIL moved to Indiana), no cleaning the house. It is what it is. My baby will probably be a week old at that point, so I know I won't be able to handle anything else. I'm not even going to invite my own brother. He's likely to spend it with his GF's family, and I'm not going to invite them because it just starts to be too much. Plus we have issues with the GF, and I don't want the drama.

@Maysprout: My parents are about a half hour away, DH's parent's live about two hours north... I told DH the same thing--that I'd rather do the two hour drive north than try to entertain 10 additional people at our place...

@ShootingStar: Baahahha, that's exactly what I've done so far... But now we're stuck with me saying no and him saying yes... Your Thanksgiving sounds like exactly what we WERE going to have! Enjoy it!

@ChitownRo: DH's parents are about 2 hours north...and they're planning on staying with us that night...sigh. You're superwoman for wanting to take on cooking/baking!!!

@ms.janedoe: I would absolutely not want to have that many people at my house with a brand new baby! I'd definitely ask if the ILs could host instead.

Btw does anyone else feel like there is a small person pressing their way out their lady areas or is that just me? I feel like every time I move I'm crushing something down there and squashing something up above. Not so much the spreading pain anymore though. I swear I feel like I look like baby dropped too.

@ms.janedoe: Yeah, I would definitely ask if your in laws could host instead. That's a lot of people and extra stress with a newborn!!

I'm pretty lucky in that my family and DH's all live less than an hour away. We usually go to both families houses, but I'm hoping DH's parents will come to my parents house for lunch this year (my parents are 20 min away vs 45). His parents live in another county and its usually just them for Thanksgiving. My family on the other hand includes my grandmother and aunts/uncles. We definitely can't host in our small apartment, especially with a newborn!

@anbanan15: I don't feel the bowling ball between my legs, but I definitely feel a head behind and on top of my pubic bone much of the time! Last night and earlier today, I was having a hard time distinguishing between movements and contractions and with the pelvic pressure, I was feeling way more than 33 weeks and just a bit nervous because we just had a HUGE freak blizzard come through, we've been out of electricity since yesterday afternoon, and we are literally so snowed in that we couldn't get out if we tried. Of course, our tractor is not at our place right now either, so yeah, we are STUCK! I think the pressure and contractions I was feeling was just the low pressure system moving through, but EEK! I have never felt this way so early before- what the heck will 40 weeks feel like? I guess I'm depending on losing my mucus plug in a similar fashion to the first two times to tell me when I'm actually in labor, lol.

Ok I am WAY behind and haven't posted in weeks, but I have been trying to follow along!

First of all, @ms.janedoe: I would absolutely tell DH that in no way will you be feeling up to hosting a thanksgiving dinner. You will have enough on your plate without hosting a more formal dinner with family that will create a ton of stress for you. I agree with others about asking your IL's to host or maybe even suggest going out?!

My due date is 11/23 so I'm not even thinking about Thanksgiving. I could very well be in the hospital depending on when she decides to come. My BIL and SIL are coming into town for thanksgiving, but will be staying in a hotel and have no expectations for a dinner.

Our nursery furniture finally came this weekend, so we have been super busy putting the nursery together. Trying to get it all done before I have zero energy...also I'm technically onto the weekly appointments since I have one this week, an u/s next week, then my 35 week appt the following week. Crazy!

I hope everyone is feeling well...can't believe how close we are all getting! Who thinks they will have the first November baby??