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@ms.janedoe: Sounds like a good appointment! I should go to the grocery store, but the lady at Pottery Barn Kids took literally an hour to ring me up and now I'm tired and sitting on my couch, watching Revenge, and trying to order things online for the nursery.

Is anyone getting stiffness/numbness in their legs. My right leg seems to get this way when I've been sitting (particularly at my work desk). It was ok all weekend and now that it's Monday it's bothering me again. Maybe i'm just "allergic" to being at work still

@anbanan15: You seem to be following the same path as me regarding baby's position! Couldn't confirm head down at 35 weeks & did a quick ultra sound at my 36 week (last friday) to confirm that he's breech.

I'm having such a hard time coming to terms with the idea of a scheduled c-section. It just wasn't on my radar at all. I've tried to stay open minded about my "plan" for a med-free water birth at the birth center but was always open to the idea of a transfer or needing to be induced if I was 42 weeks late. It just never crossed my mind that he would be breech!
I've gone from wishing labor would start as soon as I hit full term to wishing I had more time for him to flip! This week I have a detailed ultrasound and consult to determine if I'll do an ECV (have the dr's try to physically flip him) as well as a consult with a chiro and acupuncturist to see if they have any luck. Plus my 37 week appt on Friday. Sheesh.
On top of that I'm starting to get SUPER uncomfortable & I just wish I knew what the heck this little guys plan was as far as getting into prime position.

Sorry for the vent. It's one of those days...

I'm hoping to go late (ask me again in a few weeks, hah). Or at least on time, but not early -- our baby shower is the 26th and our car seat isn't due to come in until the 28th, so I'm hoping she holds off till then (I'm due on Nov. 9). I've been cramping quite a bit so I kinda am wondering if she'll come early but who knows! It's so weird knowing that if it happens now, that's it, because my doctor gave us the go-ahead to basically have the baby any day now.

That being said, I feel SUPER sick today. I don't know if it's a Thanksgiving food hangover or what but bleh. Mr. D took some DIY maternity photos for me and I managed to not turn green during them but I sure do feel awful.

Anyone else feeling hiccups? I thought she was just kicking me like crazy until Mr. D clued me in. It always seems to be when there's a cat purring on my belly.

@ChitownRo: If it's up near the ribs I sure do! My doctor told me they kind of bounce off the ribs/top of the uterus to get into position. I can't bend over very far without feeling like something is gonna crack or snap.

@sarah.clarisse: I can only imagine the anxiety. I would be the same way. If nothing else, would your birth center help you arrange with their backup hospital for an unplanned planned c-section? Lol, like, give you a chance to go into labor naturally before sectioning? Babies can still flip in labor and then they get the benefit of the laboring hormones too, even if they don't flip and you wind up with a c-section. I dunno, just throwin' it out there. Or, if that's not an option, maybe google "family-centered c-section" and start asking about implementing some of those practices into any c-section that may be scheduled. Anyways, just some unsolicited advice, but I know how nuts my mind would be going if I found myself in the same place at this stage of the game.

@ChitownRo: I have pain like that but it's super low, under my belly, between my belly button and pelvic area. It's not the pelvic bone spreading apart pain I has earlier, but more if you just touch that region I want to cry. The ultrasound I had done last week literally had my in tears and wincing when she was scanning that area. I also feel like I'm crunching baby whenever I bend over. Such a lovely feeling.

Okay I couldn't sleep this morning and spent the last few hours catching up on 10+ pages of this tread!! And now I don't only feel behind in our conversation, but also in life! We have done NOTHING to prepare for baby besides accumulate a bunch of crap. DH is on his crazy work schedule until baby arrives due to a coworker getting married and they also switched him to 2nd shift, so it's me with DS, terrible pain/feeling like crap, and all the baby stuff to prepare, and honestly I just don't feel like or have the energy to do it.

I need to get the nursery together, finish some DIY stuff (nursery stuff, sewing projects), clean the house, switchd DS's summer clothing out, clean/organize his toys (really not point to this, but they are taking over our house), strip DS's old diapers, wash new diapers, pack bags, decide if I'm making freezer food (debating since we couldn't use anything I prepared for when I had DS due to his FPIES), wash and install the car seat, and the list goes on. I'm exhausted just thinking about it and honestly just sitting here sounds more appealing lol.

@MrsTiz: I know this was like 20 pages ago, but we have the same memory book for DS and got the girl version for the baby. I was horrible at updating it, but really love it! We have an actually scrapbook too, but that's empty lol. Congrats again! Hope you are feeling better now and enjoying those first precious moments with your little man!

@sarah.clarisse: No numbness in my legs, but I definitely feel like an old lady when I realize I've been sitting for too long at work and I get up to walk to the bathroom. Make sure you take frequent walk breaks while you're still in the office. Or tell them that you're "allergic" to work Also, I hope your guy gets into position on his own. Hugs!

@anbanan15: I'm sorry that you feel so terrible right now and that your husband is so busy with work. I don't think you're complaining at all, I'm sure it's a lot to handle. A baby on the way and your little guy. I hope it is your thyroid and you're able to get some help with it. // And as for feeling behind, don't even go there! I have baby stuff accumulated, but my house is turned upside down right now and filled with contractors. I'm just thinking that if I know where the carseat and the pack and play are located, I'm in good shape

@MrsDragon: I've definitely been feeling the hiccups lately. Funny little rhythmic feeling, isn't it?

@anbanan15: You have a ton going on, complain away. Do you have anyone that can come and help you out for an afternoon or drop DS at a babysitter for a bit?

I'm getting excited, we're pretty much ready except for the never ending mess to clean up. Because of the DH schedule is he couldn't wait till baby was born to take off so his last day of work is Friday! Then he's off for 4 weeks so hopefully LO doesn't dilly dally on making her entrance but there's plenty for him to do around the house before she comes. At first they said they'd induce me by my due date (Halloween) but since all her scans have come back good and LO1 was only 3 days late I think they're just going to go with the flow and at least allow for a couple days late. So sometime in the next 3 weeks she'll be here hopefully. As long as she doesn't come before Friday I'm good with whenever she shows up.

@sweetooth: I'm due November 8th, so it's kind of starting to sink in, like you said, that babies DO come early! To be honest, I am hoping she stays in a few more weeks (I'll be 37 weeks this Friday)...I reeeeally don't want to go past my due date, but at the same time, I really don't want her to show up too early. I'll take all the extra benefit to having her in that I can!!! That being said, if she DOES decide to show up early, I feel like we're in a great spot--the nursery is done, we have pretty much everything lined up that we wanted to/needed to, DH will be home as of Friday (no traveling for about 6 weeks!), so...yeah! I guess we'll see what happens!

In other news, I feel like my butt is falling out. Like, I'm not sure how to describe it, maybe like, the inside of my pelvis is achy? The inside bone part of your butt/crotch? Hmm. Anyway, it's achy and I want to lay down. Hahahaa.

@sweetooth: I'm super anxious about baby coming early!! I know that it'd be okay but I don't feel ready yet, mentally or prep-wise. We still have a few things to get, and do, and I want to just sit and relax for a day before she shows up. But if she comes early, she comes early, and the stuff gets done after the fact.

I'm 36 weeks and a bit, now, so I'd be surprised if she came soon, though. I just feel like I'm on high alert, haha!

@ShootingStar: "also am getting really tired of being pregnant. I know I should enjoy that I have the ability to sleep in and for longer than 2 hours at a time, but I'm having so much discomfort, sleeping isn't all that restful. And I'm dreaming of all the carbs I can eat again and of not shooting myself up 3 times a day (with insulin), or pricking my fingers 4 times a day. Nothing is all *that* bad, but it's just wearing on me. Once I hit 37 weeks I'm going to be begging baby to come out!"

THIS. Minus the insulin part. I WANT CARBS and a flipping Hershey's bar!!! Gah, I'm usually not this impatient and I know it's not as bad as it could be because at least I won't be 40+ weeks, but I'm getting sooo impatient!!!

And I actually LOVE being pregnant. It wasn't an easy road to get here, and even with the GD, it hasn't been that rough of an experience. I completely appreciate it and I love feeling him move. I just wanna meet him so bad!!

@sweetooth: On the baby front, yeah, it wouldn't be too difficult to pull things together if s/he decided to come early, we're not doing nursery or anything, so basically, it's clothes, diapers, some kind car seat, and sleeping arrangements. I just hope Cricket gives my procrastinating self enough time to order my birth pool and get my birthing area all arranged like I want to. Although, if I went into labor before that would be done, I would have every right to boss and nag Farmer Man and he could get it done in a few hours, lol.
But there's things like the 8 pickup loads of firewood that still need to be cut, never mind split and stacked, before winter and I would feel bad if we didn't get it at least all cut and hauled into the yard before Cricket comes. I mean, I can't really run the chainsaw anymore and I'm slow at carrying my little armfuls of wood out, but at least I can do *something*, as opposed to DH doing it all of it all by himself while I'm still bleeding postpartum.

@sweetooth: Hmm, I have no idea if it's genetic. I kinda think it's just random. I know my grandma had her first baby too early and he didn't make it (not sure about the other 4), but my mom had both her kids late. As slight tangent, my mom said the funniest thing to me a few weeks ago. I mentioned something about the possibility of the baby coming early and my mom was like "don't you have long cycles like me? That means the baby can't be early." I was like LOL. For one I was on fertility drugs and monitored and I know exactly when I ovulated (or within a day), two - wow are people uneducated about fertility! My mom's a smart, educated woman too. But then, her due date for me was WAY off because of her long cycles and I was 18 days late based on her LMP. But in reality I was probably only like 3 or 4 days late, so she said she can't imagine a child of hers having kids early, lol.

@lilteacherbee: I want to meet him so bad too. Ever since we got the 3d ultrasound and I could see his face, I just want to see it in person. Overall I don't *hate* being pregnant, but I don't love it either. So many aches and pains and special accommodations. And I hate to admit this, but I don't always love feeling the movement. Like at 5am when I just want to sleep and he has hiccups for a half hour straight.

@anbanan15: @sarah.clarisse: I think I updated it on this board, but 37+4 and baby is still breech. They thought she flipped a few weeks ago, but I don't think she ever really did. Her movements have never changed, and I definitley didn't feel anything that could be her flipping and then flipping back.

Since I have been seeing midwives, I had to have a consult with an OB this morning on my scheduled c-section. I am scheduled for 2 weeks from pretty much right now )2pm on Tues, the 29th).

I am pretty much at peace with the c-section at this point. We are almost 100% ready for the baby and having a date that she will definitely be here is great. My mom is flying out from Colorado and right now my biggest fear is that she will flip at the last minute and my mom will come out here only to have me not have the c-section and then the baby won't come until after my mom has to go home and I will have no help.

So even though a c-section is far from ideal, at this point the pros are outweighing the cons. I also have a substantial cyst on my ovary and with the c-section they will be able to take it out while they are in there. I know the recovery is going to be worse, but hopefully everything else will make up for it!