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@jetsa: Haha that's what I'm like - go to Peru now, please and come back quick!! Unfortunately it doesn't look like it will happen for a few more weeks.

@MrsStormy: I'm not sure I'm ready for the life change either - it's so huge!! On one hand I keep clinging to everything we will be leaving behind (sleeping in! date nights! travel!) but on the other I am SO excited to meet this little baby. Such a weird mix of emotions!

I just got back from my 34 week apt, and while I was there they hooked me up to the fetal monitor since I hadn't felt any movement all morning. Baby woke up almost immediately and started kicking up a storm. The Dr told me I was having contractions (!!!) and asked if I could feel them (I couldn't). She didn't seem concerned, as she checked my cervix and it was still high and closed. So no baby for a while! My belly was measuring 36cm though so I wonder if that's a sign I'll go early.

@jetsa: She didn't seem too concerned - last apt at 32 weeks my belly was exactly 32 cm, this apt it was 36cm...she just said "Baby's growing well!" She had told me earlier in the pregnancy that the fundal height is just an estimate and can be off +/- 2 weeks.

I wish I had another ultrasound so they could tell if the baby is measuring ahead or not. Maybe next appointment I'll be brave enough to ask for one! Those are much more accurate than the fundal height, I think.

@char54: I don't think they actually are any more accurate. From the little research I've done, weight can be +/- 1 pound on an ultrasound.

@evansjamie: thanks, me too! I meet with her the 16th!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/length-of-pregnancy-can-vary-by-up-to-five-weeks-scientists-discover-8749081.html

good read - not exactly breaking news but i found it interesting that there is a study that backs up the midwives rule of thumb

@illumina: awww beautiful!

I had an appt today too! Everything is great! Protein trace is gone so all is great there! AND FINALLY he is head down for the first time!! wooo hooooo! Apart from a Strep B & blood test at 36 weeks I don't see the midwife til 37 weeks!!! Yikes! Feeling really good though now, all my worries are fading oh and there was a tiny trace of blood in my urine, but she said it was nothing to worry about!

@jetsa: yeah I'm looking at other options too. I think the reason why the bamboo belly bandit is so popular is that the bamboo is very soft and breathable- making it more comfortable to wear for longer periods? Bamboo is probably a good option for me since I live in a hot hot hot climate!

@marionberry: exactly, I think they probably would but what do I know

@Mrs squirreld: ahh, thats crazy!
@Mrs squirreld: they taught it in our birthing class and it seems ok, we haven't actually tried it but both my dh and i know how its 'supposed' to work. The reason they gave for doing it actually made sense to me; they said if you are doing it right (very very tight) the baby feels protected the way it did in the womb.

@Mrs squirreld: I haven't tried swaddling, apparently at our hospital here the nurses give you a lesson on the best way to swaddle TIGHT. I have tried my moby with a teddy though, and yeah I'm not real sure I'm going to figure that one out, I need to find someone in town to give me a lesson!

I found there was a huge difference between being shown and trying to do it yourself! Lol.... Plus a baby will be squirming! Guess it will take practice!!

@Mrs squirreld: usually they will give you tips in the hospital - there are a couple different ways to do it. DS HATED being swaddled in the little swaddle pouch things that have the velcro. i had to use a receiving blanket for him. i laid DS down on blanket with his head at the corner (with about an inch or two of blanket around his head), then wrapped the left side corner across his body and tucked it behind his shoulder/arm , folded up the bottom corner, then wrapped the right corner around. he looked like a little burrito. that was the only way he liked it, and even then he only wanted to be swaddled for about the first 4 days haha.

Our DD acted like swaddling was torture so we gave up until I talked to a friend with a baby 4 weeks older and she recommended trying again and the little stinker ended up loving it. We used the Swaddle Me with Velcro because they were so easy but, once we had relaxed and gotten used to baby a bit we could both do it with a regular blanket.

i am beginning to get really worried about going into labor at work - it is about a 45 minute drive home, which isn't too terrible... but i am worrying that this time around will go much faster and I am having horrible visions of my water breaking at the office!!!
i am just being paranoid - but that is my latest obsessive worry.

Also I know this was sort of being discussed earlier, but are people going to get cervical checks? My next appointment (36 weeks) I'm supposed to get my group B strep test done and get my first cervical check, I sort of want to skip the cervical check, but the Dr. uses that time to do a little perineal massage and show you how to start doing it and I don't want to skip that, so I'm not sure what to do....

@mrsmoreau: I worry about my waters breaking anywhere but home! lol.. I think I might start wearing a pad just in case!
@marionberry: I'm sure he is head down! I feel bruised today from where the midwife pressed around trying to work it out... ( she finally gave up and pulled out the U/S machine!) I think she said bub was spine to spine..so hopefully he twists around and I don't have back labor!
@MrsClownfish: I have been practising Hypnobirthing too.. It's making me feel more calm about labor I need to practise my J breathing more... I'm not very good at long breaths out. You are super amazing at being calm for your DH leaving internationally at 35 weeks! I don't think I could be! I freaked out when he flew a few hours away randomly for work the other day! lol
@MrsStormy: Since I have moved I now just see a midwife at the hospital where I am going to give birth.. they are pretty laid back, I don't think I will get cervical checks unless I ask.

I also have to DIY my Strep B test for 36 weeks. They just gave me swabs and instructions and told me to drop it off at the lab!! Yikes!

So far behind!
I'm with some of you on feeling a little overwhelmed about this major life change happening in 40 days (!!!!!) but am really excited to meet our son. So many mixed emotions...
I can't believe we are at this point -- it feels like a month ago that @marionberry started this thread and we were all just starting to get to know each other!

As for me, this last week and a half has been one of the most stressful, emotional, rough times I've had in a really long time. The move was a nightmare, logistically, and it was supposed to be "easy" because we hired the movers to not only pack us but unpack us as well. It was so bad that the company ending up refunding us 25% of the total cost, which is unheard of. I also did not expect to feel so attached to our last apartment...we'd only been there a year, but it was our first home in CA and where we thought (before deciding to move only two months ago) we'd be bringing home our first baby...I don't know, it just hit me a lot harder than I expected!
I've been super hormonal and weepy all the time, which I haven't experienced at all this whole pregnancy I think it's just stress. I'm glad we're in the new place but all I want to do is set up the nursery, but the rest of the apartment needs to get set up, too! Over. Whelmed.
I'm also feeling really huge, my hips hurt, my legs and ankles are swollen, sleep has been a joke...I'm trying not to complain because I've had a pretty easy go of it so far, but gosh I'm ready to not be pregnant anymore.
Ok, whine-fest over