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@Beebug: jeealllouuusssss.... sitting (uncomfortably) in my office wishing I was either outside or home on my couch! 3 more weeks of work and I'm done!

I have not taken a bath since wellllll before being pregnant! Are we still to ensure we don't get too hot if we have a bath? I feel like there are some times I would really love a bath! We've been here 2 1/2 years in this house that I paid to have upgraded tubs (deeper!) yet have had all of two baths? Silly.

The birthing class people called this aft and I was SO hoping they were cancelling on tonight, I am so tired! They were just reminding me of breastfeeding class Thursday night, which was good because I totally forgot and have to find someone to come with me as DH will be on a plane.....hmmm, who on earth would want to come, Mom has a work event. I am thinking it will be my sister, and strangely she will want to come, lol.

@Beebug: lol about taking your sister to your bf class...I laugh because my sister would rather die. She is 19 and couldn't care less. Regarding dinner: we're doing hamburger helper night. It's awesome because DH loves it and it's so easy on me.

Ohh... I can't keep up during the day with you ladies!!! Work is so crazy trying to get stuff done before I go out!

DH & I date started dating in June 2005 and got engaged in March 2009, married October 3, 2009. So our 3 year anniversary is right around the corner!!! If baby doesn't come before then, we're going to do a dinner at a nice restaurant :o)

I've had swollen ankles since Thursday. They look like giant elephant ankles. So sad. I've been having a LOT of pressure down low and on my bladder.

Can't wait to see how the appointments go tomorrow! I go on Wednesday @ 130 east coast time. Woohoo!!!

@Beebug: We got engaged on the one year anniversary from when we met, we bought a house/moved in together after 8 months of dating, were engaged for 8 months and then married. Celebrated a year in May. We were a quick romance, but we both just knew it was right from the first month!

Ugh so my bad allergies turned into a bad cold I feel so crappy right now! Barely could eat any of our fun anniversary dinner, boo. And I kept poor DH up all night with my coughing and nose blowing. not fun!

Seems like a bunch of us have doctor's appointments today! I'll definitely update when I get home, although I'm not anticipating any progress if she even does an internal.

@hilsy85: Happy belated anniversary - but I'm so sorry you couldn't enjoy it! You'll be getting a heck of a gift soon though! And next year, you'll have a babysitter and you can celebrate appropriately. Our third anniversary s is a week from tomorrow, and I'm totally content to veg on the couch in sweats and eat pizza. Which we may do! We're thinking of going out this weekend to celebrate early, but I'm not feeling like it...but will try to suck it up for DH.
@CarrieLouWho: Same anniversary!! We may have had this discussion on WB (Lotam).
Good luck at all of your appointments. Mine isn't until Monday (36 weeks)...it's like that's when the final strecth starts for me. We did SO much work on the nursery last night. DH put our whale decals on the wall, and they look awesome. It's still kind of organized chaos, but we're getting there.

@TurtleDoves: My sister is 18, but for some reason realllly interested in the birthing/baby stuff......she wants to be in the room when the baby is born....uhhh no, but hilarious she wants to! I think I may just go to bf class alone, I will just say my DH is out West and my replacement partner cancelled last minute, plead ignorance, lol.

Birthing class last night, oh lord I am giving them course feedback or if there's a course evaluation form, what an earful will be coming from me! How 10 couples pay $150 for the course than runs time slots a week (so $150 x 10 x 6 =$9000 a month essentially?) and we are in some crummy basement hospital room with only a women's washroom the men have to use, a DVD player that skipped through the video last night and she uses laminated poster board and just old, old dated stuff, it was REALLY frustrating last night! I work at the university just up and down the road from them and with the partnerships we have with them for practicum's I don't see how we can't let them use a classroom, free parking (as opposed to $16 at the hospital each time) and then at least the room is more up to date, the technology works, and professional looking. Anyways! Ranting over, lol....I have no patience for inefficiencies, lol. 2nd half of class was GREAT, sat there and the instructor was like "it's 2am, contractions are 20 minutes apart, what do you do" and just went through all types of scenarios! Even though we knew it all in class, being "put" in the scenario like that made a difference and we worked through the scenarios as a group, really awesome, super helpful!

1:45 appt, will see how things go!!

@hilsy85: so sorry to hear you are sick...I can't imagine with being so pregnant and being sick too:( Get well soon:) @hellobeeboston: I hope you have progress! I was semi-depressed and defeated at my 36w when I was only 25% effaced but I quickly realized "dude-I'm only 36w; I have 28 days to get to 100%!"
@Tidybee: great job getting to that nursery last night:) although ours has been done, I had to go in there and dust and vacuum just because our heat tends to make our rooms very stuffy...especially since that nursery door is shut all the time.
@Mrs.B: friday is still very soon! Hopefully that far along, you'll get to hear some good news.

So, seeing as we pretty much ALL? have appointments today, I was thinking of a little game. Put down your appointment date & time and your questions! That way we can borrow from eachother's questions and learn from the answers we get too.
Here I go :

Appointment date/time: today! @ 2
How far along: am 364d
Internal? Yes. 2nd one. was 1cm & 25% at last
Questions for doctor:
1- can I have a membrane sweep today?
2- at what point do we start talking induction?
3- my skin is itchy---is there anything else I can do to rush this labor because I am getting bumps, rashes and discoloration all over from the itch.

Those are my questions( one is obviously exclusive to my situation haha)

@hilsy85: Hope you feel better soon! It's no fun being sick and preggo.

Exactly one month until my due date!

@TurtleDoves: Ok, I'll play along! I have an appt. tomorrow morning.

Appointment date/time: Wed (tomorrow) @ 8:10 am pacific
How far along: 35w5d (35w6d for my appt)
Internal? Have no clue if they're going to do strep B or do it next week. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
Questions for doctor:
I'm seeing nurse practitioner tomorrow, so I'm holding off on all my Q's until my 37 week appt. when I see my doc. But at 37 weeks, I plan to go over birth plan. Go over things like will intermittent monitoring be ok during labor instead of being confined to a bed with constant fetal monitoring.

Appointment date/time: Wednesday (9/26) at 8:15am (EST)

How far along: 36w

Internal? Yes. 1st one. not sure if they'll do strep b test

Questions for doctor:
1- Want to talk more about when to call, and WHO to call when I start feeling contractions, etc - more about what to do when I think I'm in labor....
2 - Want to ask about the fact that i'm feeling more pain/pressure & cramping down low - assuming it's because he's getting so big & hopefully moving down
3 - Wondering if we will get an u/s or do anything new to guess/measure at size of baby
4 - Want to ask about rythmic baby movements, NOT hiccups - this is new in the last few days, I read online it was the baby practice breathing, but want to hear more from Doc
5 - And finally I want to ask her about my gluten free diet and if they'll have food for me when I'm in the hospital! I just thought of this the other day, I might need to pack my own food, but who knows.

SOOOO curious to see if there is anything happening, although I know I'm only 36 weeks.

@Running Elley: WOW!!!! So close, it could be anytime for you and you are almost full term so no worries, so exciting!

@Running Elley: HOLY SMOKES girl!!! You're soooo close! That's super exciting:)
I am sitting here naked from the waist down waiting on my doc:/ let you know how it goes:)

@CarrieLouWho: good call about the station question! we learned about that in class also!

@RunningElley - I FEEL THE SAME WAY! After my appointment last week making so much progress I got so freaked out that she would be coming any time (and I wanted her to wait)!
Now I'm worried that I'll go in tomorrow and have no progress from last week and I'll end up going past my due date... haha! What are we going to do??? Not much since these little ones are going to come when they are good and ready and not a moment sooner!

@Running Elley: wow!!! That's fabulous news!!@TurtleDoves: that sounds great! So you have a definitive end date--so exciting!@jessiejo17: holy crap, can't believe that this time next week you will have your baby!!

My appointment was good, but not very exciting. I had my strep B test, which was no big deal, and then an internal. I"m 1cm dilated and 0% effaced, boo! But I'm EXACTLY 36 weeks today, so I figure that's not too bad, I still have time. The internal didn't hurt as much as I thought it would at all, so that's good.

Still feeling pretty crappy from this cold...I'm about to get into bed and watch some tv on netflix. Hope you guys who have yet to go to your appointments have good ones!

So this is a random pop-in...

I was in line at Starbucks today and this woman (she seemed pretty normal) asked me when I was due and the usual Pregnancy Interrogation. I mentioned something about starting to get really tired and hoping that the baby comes *a little* early. She said that her midwife told her of an induction concoction of 2tbsp of castor oil mixed with A&W root beer. She did it at 37 weeks and went into labor 12 hours later.

Just thought I would share....I googled it and found where a lot of peeps' MW told them to do that. I was intrigued:)