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@MrsStormy: everything ive heard in my area is for a normal birth its 4 weeks, c-section is 6-8 weeks. I won't actually be back to work, just working a day here or there to stretch my leave. Also some of it may be from home And it's totally my call as far as they are concerned I'm coming back at 8, but if I can handle the projects that are out to construction it saves me huge headaches when I get back.

@marionberry: LOL, I'll have my doula with me (or in the car right behind me) so I guess thats a plus.

@MapleMoose: Yay for passing the glucose test! I HATE when people ask me when I'm due, I say September, and then they act all shocked : "I thought you were due next week by the way you look!!!" etc. Grrrrrrrrr

Now that I'm off work I am getting really antsy for this baby to come. I can't wait until we move (August 20th!!) and can start setting up the nursery. I think that will help the restlessness I'm feeling now. DH and I are heading to the USA this weekend to pick up some baby things so hopefully that will help. I'm trying to fill my days cleaning, making healthy meals and going for short walks but I'm finding them long. I've also been watching a lot of A Baby Story, lol. I cry every time the baby is born!!

@MapleMoose: woot woot to passing the test!
@char54: we are moving 7/30 and I'm dying to set up the nursery -- I can't imagine waiting until August! I bet you'll have so much fun getting baby stuff this weekend, though And I totally cry every time I watch that show!
@meltini: that's so great about the ultrasound in a few weeks! Is it a routine thing? I have my next appointment on Monday I'm going to ask if there are any more...I feel like there should be!

@marionberry: this is my plan too. Showers this weekend then a huge list of we need XYZ to finish the nursery. I've been dying to finish it for weeks now but wanted to wait for the showers.

@MamaMagpie: It seems routine in my doctor's office since I am having a normal pregnancy. Definitely ask!

@jetsa: It's so crazy how fast things go after the first trimester. Wonder if we will have any late October babies too. Very real possibility for me since I'm due the last day of September

@marionberry: yes let's!

@MamaMagpie: provided everything continues well I have my last ultrasound on 7/19

Are there any other NYC bees on this board or anyone else that takes public transportation to work? I was talking to my husband this morning (he takes the train with me) that we might need to start driving into work in Sept. bc I don't know if I will be up for walking to the train plus 6 flight of stairs every morning by then...

Also adding my latest appt and my due date guess:

duckduckkristen 9/6 - BOY!!!
Mrsdiamonddiva 9/7
bisou7585 9/8
misskabers 9/8
NBLChicago 9/9
mrsmoreau 9/9 - GIRL!!!
mrsrey122 9/10
evenstar982 9/12 - Team Green!
ktgee04 9/13
joanlindsay 9/16 - Team Green!
merr 9/17 - Team Green!
mamamagpie 9/18 - BOY!!!
marionberry 9/19 - BOY!!!
izzy 9/19
illumina 9/19 - GIRL!!!
char54 - 9/20 - Team Green!
colee 9/20 - GIRL!!!
littlegbee 9/20
mrs squirreld 9/20 - BOY!!!
jetsa 9/22 - Team Green! Guess: Girl, Born 10/1, 7 lbs, 20.2"
mrsclownfish 9/23 -Team Green! Guess: Girl, Born 9/26
mango.sprays 9/24 - Team Green!
meltini 9/24 - BOY!!!
Racheld75 9/24 - Team Green
jbean 9/25
MrsStormy 9/27- Team Green!
MapleMoose 9/30 - GIRL!!!

Boys: 5
Girls: 4
Team Green: 9

UPCOMING APPTS:
7/12 marionberry - 30 week check
7/16 mrsstormy- 30 week ultrasound
7/9 jetsa - 31 week ultrasound
7/23 - 31 week appt
8/5 jetsa - 33 week appt

Man, I had a rough night, this baby does not move normally at night lately, it is doing some serious flips in there, and it is making it hard to sleep!

Updating the list with my guess:

duckduckkristen 9/6 - BOY!!!
Mrsdiamonddiva 9/7
bisou7585 9/8
misskabers 9/8
NBLChicago 9/9
mrsmoreau 9/9 - GIRL!!!
mrsrey122 9/10
evenstar982 9/12 - Team Green!
ktgee04 9/13
joanlindsay 9/16 - Team Green!
merr 9/17 - Team Green!
mamamagpie 9/18 - BOY!!! Born 9/21, 8lbs 7oz, 20.5"
marionberry 9/19 - BOY!!! Born 9/17, 7lbs, 9 oz, 21"
izzy 9/19
illumina 9/19 - GIRL!!!
char54 - 9/20 - Team Green!
colee 9/20 - GIRL!!!
littlegbee 9/20
mrs squirreld 9/20 - BOY!!!
jetsa 9/22 - Team Green! Guess: Girl, Born 10/1, 7 lbs, 20.2"
mrsclownfish 9/23 -Team Green! Guess: Girl, Born 9/26
mango.sprays 9/24 - Team Green!
meltini 9/24 - BOY!!!
Racheld75 9/24 - Team Green!
jbean 9/25
MrsStormy 9/27- Team Green! Guess: Girl, Born 10/2, 7lbs 2oz
MapleMoose 9/30 - GIRL!!!

Boys: 5
Girls: 4
Team Green: 9

UPCOMING APPTS:
7/12 marionberry - 30 week check
7/16 mrsstormy- 30 week ultrasound
7/9 jetsa - 31 week ultrasound
7/23 - 31 week appt
8/5 jetsa - 33 week appt

@mamamagpie @marionberry The doctor told me I would have a sono at 36 to look at the positioning of the baby

@MrsStormy yea my nugget was doing some serious flips last night at around 4:30am. I normally don't wake up when the baby is moving (my husband said he sometimes watches my belly in the morning moving around while I am still sleeping) but i did wake up last night

@marionberry we are team green so hopefully they won't accidentally show us anything

I just had this realization that people are seriously last minute shoppers, I just logged onto our registry to do my last bit of stalking, as of yesterday only 11 things had been purchased off our target registry, just now 27 things had been purchased, crazy! I actually didn't look at what had been bought though, I had a little restraint!

@MrsClownfish: this is my fear too, that we will accidentally find out the sex!

Ok seriously I am EXHAUSTED!! I feel like I haven't been on here for ages.. so here's what happening with me:

Hello 30 weeks! Seriously 30 weeks.. how did this happen... people who I keep seeing say "ohh I had my baby at 34 weeks" or "at 36 weeks... not long to go"... this is freaking me out! Lol I can't believe he could be here so soon!!!

We finally got a moving date... the removalists arrival on the 23rd of July and pack us up. Then they unload at our new house on the 29th of July. DH has to work 2 days after they pack so we are staying in a hotel. Then we have 4 travel days to get to our new house. It's a 1818km (1129miles) journey... wowza.. People kept telling me to fly, but at 32 weeks I am not comfortable doing that.. and it would also mean I would be away from my husband for a week. No thanks!! The new house looks nice.. its another 3x1 and looks a little smaller from the photos I have seen to where we currently are now, but we'll see when we get there and it's not like we have a choice BUT I am very excited in the fact that there is a spot for a dishwasher, so I promptly went out and bought one... a new mum present for myself! lol

I finally found some comfortable nursing bras after looking around for AGES! and the sales lady helped me pick a correct size for when my milk comes in (using the fist rule) and I am a 12G!!! eeeeek I think that's 36G in the US... wow...lol. I have also bought all my postpardum healing items and stuff for my hospital bag.. so will have all that packed for when we move just incase...

I am pretty sure bub is still breach, but I'm not going to worry about that yet.. there is still plenty of time. Definitely struggling with sleeping comfortably, my hips and side go numb and my back is starting to feel the strain. I have gained 3kg (6.6 pounds) from my pre-pregnancy weight, so I am pretty happy with that. I am sure I will balloon up alot at the end though.! I am curious about having another scan too.. I want to know if we will get one to measure his size etc.....

All in all, we are both sooooo excited to meet the little guy, he moves so strongly now, sometimes I think he is trying to escape! lol. Hope everyone is well and looking forward to reading more updates from everyone!!

@MapleMoose: I will feel ALOT better once we are in our new house!! We are very lucky that DH's work packs everything for us and moves it all, and we are hiring a cleaner to clean the house afterwards so I won't have to do much at all

@marionberry I really liked my childbirth class with my first pregnancy. I just felt like I had a lot more information about things, especially things I wasn't really interested/considering like an epidural - which I ended up getting. So it was nice to have a basic understanding of he procedure which I wouldn't have otherwise.

It's really weird this time not to be taking any classes no birth class, no breast feeding class, I sort of feel like a slacker

@marionberry: the fist rule is, when you are trying on nursing bras if you comfortably can fit your fist in the cup then that's the right size for when your milk comes in. Also make sure you have one or two extra rows of hooks free on your back to allow for when your milk comes in. If not dont go up a size just get a bra extender that way when your milk regulates you can take the extender off and your bra will still fit! Hope that makes sense!