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@Ash: Good luck mama! Can't wait to meet baby!!

@Ash: I finally get a 2 hr stretch of sleep and I miss you heading to the hospital! I hope everything is going well so far! Thinking of you...

@Ash: Hope you can sleep if you get the chance! Sleep, and then, come on, baby! Wanna race? I was having very light, but regular menstrual-type cramps for several hours early this morning too. I'm off to the chiro and she'll do an adjustment and some accupuncture too, so maybe that'll get me going for realz!

@anbanan15: That would be fun, but I'm feeling like it's not gonna happen. And yes, I had dreadful afterbirth pains with my second. I know there's more natural stuff you can take, but I'm stocking up on the Motrin because I am SKEERED of how bad they're going to be this time.

@Ash: Any updates? Hopefully you are snuggling a new baby, or close to it!

Never had acupuncture done, but it's kinda the weirdest thing ever. I wasn't expecting it to hurt that much. Well, it didn't *really* hurt, but the points she used were very, very tender, the insertion of the needles hurt more than I thought it would. And then it triggered some detoxing and I was nauseous and had a lovely little detoxing headache by the time it was done, but yeah, no harm, no foul. We'll see if it works. She also stripped a section of muscles in my legs, OMG, I almost fell off the table it hurt so bad, and she said most people have a baby within a week of that trick. I was like, I'm 40+5, I certainly HOPE I have a baby within a week of now!

DH just got called out to do a job until Wednesday... I'm flying solo until then (2 days/nights, not too bad..right?)... Wish me luck!!

@ms.janedoe: You can do it!

@ash: The Miles Circuit I was talking about the other day can be really helpful. And yes, hands and knees and ball-bouncing, totally. Basically, anything that opens your pelvis and movement is always good. Also, you may want to look at spinningbabies.com.

@Ash: Nah, nothing more than I've been having for the past 2 months or so. I think more downward pressure though- I feel like I have to pee and poo all the freaking time. Here's hoping that I'm walking around at a 5 or something all this time, lol. Even though it doesn't mean anything. But just today I realized, oh, I'm probably somewhat dilated, part of the work is done, I can deal with that thought.

@Ash: Boo! I thought for sure you were off having a baby. That's okay I like even numbers anyway so 11/26 sounds like the better day Try to relax and keep up the good work! Baby will be here soon.

@ms.janedoe: you've got this mamma!

@anbanan15: @Ash: I've had the 26th picked as The Day for awhile now. Mostly because Deere Boy's birthday is the 28th, Tractor Girl is the 27th (of different months), so the 26th would be kind of cool for Cricket. Here's hoping!

@Ash: I have to confess, my good attitude is fading. Especially since I was so agitated and on edge and hormonal last evening, I thought for sure something would happen during the night. And I only woke once to go pee. Dammit. Need to get my head in a better place or this is going to be a VERY long day.

@Ash: Err I was hoping your next update was baby is I the way/here! Maybe you'll have the Thanksgiving baby I thought we were having (and probably would haveif we didn't induce when we did).

We are doing well. I feel great! She is such a content baby, barely makes a sound ever, and just wants to sleep. Total opposite from what DS was like at this age.

When she actually nurses she latches and sucks well, but I think she is somewhat of a lazy feeder...she'll nursed excellent for like 5 min then pass out again and most of the time I can't wake her, so that has me feeding her like every hour! Every few feedings she'll nurse longer on both sides. We have our first pedi appointment later this afternoon so it will be interesting to see where her weight checks at.

@Ash: I was sooooo convinced he was never ever coming out! I WA super shocked when I got to the hospital to check his movement and I was actually at 8!

@Ash: Well, you're a FTM, you have a pass to be antsy! But this is my 3rd time, I have a good track record, I'm a freaking birth doula, I have no excuse!

@Ash: No, I understand. Thanks. Soon, soon. More than likely, both of us will have our babies out in the next 2 weeks, lol.

@FarmWifeGina: @Ash: I'm pretty sure I would have gone past both of you if my midwife hadn't given us the option to induce a week early...I'm sure many wouldn't agree with it and although everything worked out beautifuly I'm still not entirely sure it was the best decision, but I know it was the right decision for me at that point in time.

@Ash: I will let you know how it goes! And yes it's hard working do your food She is just so different from DS that it's hard to think this can be normal either.