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@psw27: Oh, disjointed sleep is the worst. My REM cycles are like 3 hours long, so if I get less than that, I feel like hell all day. Its almost better to just get up, but if its 4am, what do you do!?

I'm soooo sleepy today. Hopefully its quiet at work today, its been nuts lately and I am zonked by the time I get home.

@gingerbebe sometimes I just lay there since my DH's alarm goes off at 4:45 anyway. Sometimes I just go ahead and get up, but mostly just watch the news and do chores around the house. It definitely leads to some long afternoons (like today!) when I am hitting a brick wall at 3:30.... YAWN!!!

@LatteLove: I skipped the BH and went right to the real deal.

@tequiero21: I mostly get them when I'm sitting at my office desk! Rarely when I'm working out. Maybe I need to get up and walk around more?

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Oh, wow! does that make you worried?

@LatteLove: Yes, I get them whenever I lay down to rest (or if I'm driving in the car for a long time and relaxing my lower back). I think for me that any stress releasing from my body causes them. Work has sucked lately, so whenever I crawl into bed after I get home, my tummy is instantly hard and clenching.

@tequiero21: I thought I posted about it but maybe not. I was diagnosed with an irritable uterus, which is different than BH. The key difference between IU and preterm labor is progression. I am not dilating, which is good news!

@Mrs. Jump Rope: thank goodness for not dilating! If u posted it, I definitely missed it, thought u were talking about when u were pregnant w Chloe!

@Torchwood: she's beautiful! Sorry to hear about increase in ventricle size. I'm really hoping it seems worse than it actually is... U know how they overestimate weight sometimes? Hugs! We are here for u if u need us! Your lo is in my thoughts n prayers.

@Torchwood: We will all be thinking of you and we are here for you if you need us. xoxo.

@psw27: I'll be 29 on Sunday.

@psw27: Ugh, the last two days I've been wide awake at 5am. One day I finally just got up a little before 6am after playing with my phone and felt fine all day (but tired at like 10pm), today I fell back asleep and woke up groggy and dying at 7am and got to work late.

@torchwood: She's gorgeous. I'm sorry this has been so hard - come back whenever you need encouragement.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: Wow, that is tough :-(. I hope they calm down for you! What a roller coaster pregnancy you've been having.

@brownbear: wow, was wondering what happened to u! Glad u r still around! Welcome back!

@Torchwood: I'm sorry that the appointment wasn't what you had been hoping to hear. But I echo the others in saying that we are here for you in whatever capacity you need. Take some time off or come back just to vent.
And she is gorgeous, honestly. 34 weeks is soon and scary, but I can't wait to "meet" her. xoxoxoxo

We're back from our holiday in Spain, had a lovely week with nice weather and good food. Holidays with a very stubborn 2 year old are definitely different though, we've been on vacations before but going with a 1 year old is a different (easier) ball game to a 2 year old. I'm really glad we went and had a week off to enjoy some time as a family, and DH and I managed to get a few evenings on the balcony with a glass of wine after DS passed out.

Otherwise all's well with the pregnancy, have my mini GTT test on Monday but all I have to do is fast for 1 hour, drink a bottle of Lucozade and then have blood drawn 1 hour later so doesn't sound too bad. I did manage to slip whilst on vacation and now my right hip is killing me, feel like an old lady who can't get up after I've been sitting down for too long! Pregnancy is so glamorous...

Catching up on everyone's updates now.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: LOLz on boob sweat. Just put C front and center, she will cover the boob sweat and amp up the cuteness factor so much no one will care about your hair!

@London Mama: I Spain so much. Sounds amazing.

Just wanted to come by and say "hewoooooo hoomans." I have my SECOND 1 hour glucose test this week, plus our 28 week scan to see if my placenta has moved or if its still (as DH describes it), a "manhole cover." And I also have my regular OB appointment too! So we'll be spending a lot of time at the medical offices this week.

Batch cooking for the freezer is still going strong. We re-signed our lease finally and DH taught his last class on Saturday for the school year, so this next weekend will be time to start putting the crib together and figuring out our room arrangement. Anything we don't finish this weekend we'll do over 4th of July weekend since we're not going anywhere. So hopefully we'll be locked and loaded in the next 2 weeks since OMG I could be having this baby in less than 8 weeks!!

BIL had his baby on Saturday, so we've got our first nephew!! He was born after 30 hours of labor. SIL dilated well but pushed for hours and hours because he was sunny-side up and wouldn't flip! The doctor wanted her to get a C-section bc she was so tired but she insisted she could do it and pushed him out at last. Luckily he was only 6.6lbs so she could do it - the doctor said if he was any bigger they would have gone with the C-section. He looks EXACTLY like my BIL - all pale white skin and GINGER hair! So cute.

@LondonMama: Glad to hear you had a great trip! I would looove to go back to Spain!

@gingerbebe: @littlebit: I also have my 1-hour glucose test + 28 week appt on Thursday! However, my doctor decided that I should wait on having another ultrasound to check on my placenta previa. She was like, "If it hasn't moved, all we're going to do is check it again, and then keep checking it, so you might as well wait until 36 weeks." Mine is marginal though, so that probably makes a difference. Oh well. I'm actually kind of jealous that you'll get to peek at your LOs this week!

And, I'm having a little pity party at the moment because DH is not on board with spending $150 on the PBK blackout curtains I want for the nursery...I know it's totally ridiculous and childish of me. Anyone have any other good sources for reasonably priced blackout curtains? I can't sew, so making my own is not an option.

@London Mama: I've always wanted to visit Spain! Last year, it was between there and Italy, we ended up going to Italy. One day! Where did u go? I can imagine how tough it is with one two year old, try two! So I jumped at the chance when my mil suggested we go sans kids!

@Mrs. Jump Rope: oooh post pics! I'm sure it'll come out fabulously! But I hear u on humidity! So humid here too!

@gingerbebe: congrats on nephew! So exciting!!!

@Pancakes: I got like $20 blackout curtains at target or somewhere. Works fine!

@tequiero21: Ugh that Mickey Mouse ears view is luxurious. Kill me with the jealz.

@Tequiero21: wow, that looks amazing! We went to Mallorca, one of the Balearic islands. I'd love to go back and next time rent a villa and a car and explore the whole island.

Ladies, I need some perspective as I suspect I might be going off the rails. Background: I'm going to get a double stroller to replace our Bugaboo chameleon, I'll be doing a lot of walking and will definitely need somewhere for DS to sit and be strapped in for trips to the store, bank etc. The problem is that our house has a front porch where the door isn't aligned with the front door of the house, ie the two doors aren't completely straight in front of each other but the porch door is more to the left. It's not a problem with a single stroller but the double is wider so won't fit. Am I being unreasonable to get DH to tear down the front porch so the stroller will fit through the door? It seems the only logical thing to do to me but it might just be the hormones talking...