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@TFrances: Ooh, plantar fascitis is the worst! I'm not dealing with that, but I've got some serious pain my my left groin area along my pelvic bone. There's nothing that can be done but have the baby, according to my chiropractor. It's worst when I've been sitting for awhile, so I try to get up and move.

Returned from my 38wk appointment - I am GBS negative and have dilated 2-2.5 cm. Turns out the cramps I have are totally normal for latent (early) labor.

@mrs. mochi: JEALOUS and excited!!!!!!!!!

@evansjamie and @kjpugs: thank you, ladies! i really am willing to put up with these cramps for another week or two though...i would love for her to come no earlier than october 1st! wishful thinking...

So, we had some pics taken last night for maternity. One I completely love and some is not so flattering. As my wise younger sister said, "but you look so happy and full of love!" True! Just not how I pictured myself in my head.

Also, went to the bathroom and had more discharge than I normally have seen this entire pregnancy. It's like I blew my nose. Is that part of my mucus plug?!?!!

@Jennimac: Holy cow, you are gorgeous in these! Not that you aren't all the time, but I really see the love in these pictures. You guys are just glowing with happiness! I'm curious about the discharge as well, I've been having more and it's mucousy like snot, but it's not a lot, so I'm not sure.

@Jennimac: Also, what lipstick are you wearing? It's really pretty!

@JENNIMAC: Pretties!!!

@TFRANCES: I love the decals - perfect for babe and a big boy

I have had A Day. Been having not painful contractions since Saturday but today they got painful. Lost the plug, all that and the contractions were 2-5 min apart for an hour, then just stopped. What the heck! Doula says this is normal but it's beyond discouraging and emotionally exhausting. It wouldn't be so bad but I'm gbs+ so I'm stressing now about balancing going to the hospital only when it's legit and having enough time for the iv antibiotics. Oy

@AprilK: Hang in there! What did your doula suggest re: the GBS negative?

@AprilK: HI there, Best of luck to you! You're in my thoughts. So what are the contractions? Just false labor/early contractions?

And good luck to ALL of you ladies!

I haven't been checking in as frequently cuz its crazy 'round these parts. With work, unpacking, nursery, generally being a tired schlub. But I'm officially on maternity leave! Woo hoo! Anyone else?

I was checked yesterday. 1.5cm but he didn't seem worried Id go into labor next week while he was out of town. I woke up at 5, threw up, have had a few watery BM and now I'm pretty sure I just lost some of my mucus plug. I wish there was a timer that dinged when baby was done so you knew you had 48 hours.

@MrsMed: I was 2-3 cm dilated and cervix was soft as of Monday but no idea where it is now!

@Chillybear: So excited for you!

@ladybee: you should invent that timer, you could make MILLIONS. I would buy one RIGHT NOW.

So, my comment got eaten by the internet. Here goes take 2.

@MrsMed: I start maternity leave next Tuesday!!! So stinking excited!

@ladybee: Invent that timer. I want one badly. But then I'd be sitting there, staring at it and waiting for it to ding, and we all know a watched timer doesn't ding.

@Chillybear: I commented on your other thread, but I'm so stinking excited for you and your hubby!

@AprilK: They aren't checking me, so I have no idea where I'm sitting on the dilation train. I may ask for it next week at my appointment, since I'm sure that I'm going to be making it to the appointment.

@AprilK: Thanks for the tip! Also, I googled vagina pain, and it can be a sign that your cervix is dilating in preparation for labor, so I'm going to hang on to that hope.

@mrs. mochi: Yes, exactly. I know that some serious head-grinding action was going on down there (at least that's what it felt like), but today even moving kind of hurts. Last night during my 8,000 toilet trips it even hurt to sit down, it's like the entire ladybit area is sore. When I've had it before it's gone away, but I've been having vagina pain for the last few nights and some serious baby acrobatics to go with it.

@Chillybear: Yay! So excited for you!

I am also jealous of everybody feeling some effects, I've felt nothing so like @Sadieloo said, I think I'll be late as well.

@Chillybear: OMG SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to hear the good news

AFM.... both a good and bad appointment today.

The good: had one of my two FAVORITE doctors. She said baby had definitely dropped. I was concerned about weight gain (it's been like 10 lbs in two weeks!??!?!) and she noted that I had a lot of swelling in my pelvic area. I didn't know women swelled anywhere other than legs/ankles (the usual you hear about... I guess unlike FUPA swelling, haha.) She checked me and my cervix is soft (it was two weeks ago too) and also she noted baby's head is low. I think she said it like "yep baby's head is riiiight there." - we were talking about the pelvic pain etc. She also noted that I'm about 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. So that's all good progress for 37 1/2 weeks!

The bad: She noticed that my pelvic bone is flatter. I asked what that means and she held her fingers up to form a circle and said this how how normally the bones are and yours is flatter (she made the circle flatter- more like an oval or in my mind, a MAIL SLOT) and this is how yours seems to be shaped a bit more. She assured me it didn't mean a definite C-section it just can present problems especially with larger babies. So now I've been crying and terrified about that all night. I don't want to labor and labor and after hours of trying to push a baby through a mail slot, have to have major surgery. That's the WORST of both. I'm terrified and disappointed in my body. I would love baby to come earlier just beacuse she'd be smaller and have a better chance of being born vaginally. Oh and the other "bad" is I have to see my least favorite doctor next week

To end on a good note DH took a "daddy bootcamp" class last night and LOVED IT. He's turned into like super dad prep mode. He's upset though that we didn't do a lamaze or childbirth class. OH WELL! Not a single one worked with his schedule, it's not like he can take off work to do this when he needs his days off for leave (plus, his restaurant just reopened so days off aren't really advised right now unless it's very important.) I would have liked to have gone, but I know we'll survive.