October mommies - *September(almost there!)*

Ok I tried to post but it didn't let me - I will try again...

Eve - you look glowing and beautiful! I seriously look like a night of the living dead zombie!

Bekah - you are not alone with gas pains! I am going crazzzy over here between the contractions, cramping, gas, her hiccups! Ahhh!

Kim - you are brave to mow the lawn! I hear ya on the chasing a toddler making you exhausted..I teach all day then come home to one and do everything since DH is too lazy. Today it took me an hour and a half at walmart alone with my 2 year old because I had to sit down 3 times and waddle...

Heather

I can't remember who is the teacher setting up their classroom but I commend you! I was on my feet most of the time from 3pm-8pm today doing trainning for church sunday school and a meet and greet for the parents and I swear this kid wants to come out of my side and my back feels like it is going to snap! I was hurtting so bad I didn't realize it until almost to the end I went to grab my 2 yr old and I was like oh! can't do that right now! I also had an interesting thing happen. My feet are so swollen like I can only wear flip flops swollen, have been since 22 weeks, well today I put my flip flops on and went to go walk and it snaped! my feet are that swollen, at the church no less! so I had to walk around bare foot (and pregnant yes I know my husband got a lot of jokes about it!) And since those were literly the only pair of shoes I can wear right now we had to stop at the drug store on the way home and get some flip flops for me. It was just one of those I cried at the time but I am laughing now at it things.

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i will cath up later but just wanted to thank bekah for the invite to this link. take care ,

Maribel- is that you?!?!?! your pic with the babies is so cute!!! you look great! I be you have been busy with those twins.

AFM- AFM- Had my doctors appt and my blood pressure was down to 120/70 so perfect!!! I am suposed to call if I start feeling like it is high or if I have the nurses at work take it and it is high. Had a sonogram and at exactly 34 weeks my little guy weighs in at 6 pounds and 8oz right now! no wonder I feel so much pressure!!! I also stayed the same weight which always makes me happy So good news! I also found out my C-section will be scheduled in the books sometime this week and it wil be sooner than my due date since the baby is so big (my last baby was 9 and a half pounds so no need to go there again) so I am excited to know exactly when soon! Hope you all have a good day it is my day off and it is my nap time...lol

Hi Everyone,

I hope y'all are having a happy Monday. I am beat from my whirlwind weekend of furniture / nursery set up, baby shower, baby shopping, laundry and more laundry (more details on the BBC board). I have to go to the grocery store after work and I am really bummed that the stores around me don’t offer delivery or even pick up service. That would help me out so much. No, I have to go isle to isle (like the rest of the world) and pick out my groceries. Blah! Then home to do more laundry. It seems like having a baby has increased my laundry 10 fold and he isn’t even born yet. We got his first photo outfit and coming home outfit yesterday. I am really excited about it. I hope they fit, other wise we might have some issues. NB size normally fits newborns right? This week’s goal (like most weeks) is to pack my hospital bag, pack the baby's bag and write thank you cards. The fun never ends! I can’t wait until this LO is born and I can rest.

Amy- I haven't seen a baby yet that a newborn size doesn't fit for at least the first week. Even with the bigger babies, we have NB for this one for those things too...my DD on the other hand needed preemie to start off with.

Amy-I would say you are fine Amy. My son wore 0-3 months which is a little bigger than NB size butr my son was 9pounds 9oz so that is a pretty big baby. that is teh only kiddo I haven't seen wear NB adn I could of made NB work like a few days but since he was so big I didn't buy new born.

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Mari7779 wrote:i will cath up later but just wanted to thank bekah for the invite to this link. take care ,

Awww hun, no problem! The babies are sooo cute! ^_^ Our first october mommy!!! Keep us posted on your LOs okay?!

Jessi - You are way further ahead than I am. I still have to write them all out. Maybe I will work on them tonight or maybe not.

Right now just sitting in my chair here at work, my hip feels like its going to pop out of the socket. It hurts so bad. I don’t think it makes much sense because (as I found out) this baby is riding high and breach so I don’t know where all this pressure is coming from - Oh wait maybe its the 35 lbs I have gained. I just wanted to cry. I still do. That and my DH finally got to see the horrid sight that is my tummy. I swear this child is trying to scratch his way out - or you would think from all of the stretch marks. I just want to crawl in a hole and stay there for a while. BLAH!

Anywho - enough of my complaining. I hope you all are having a wonderful day.

Take Care of Yourselves!

I feel like I'm just waiting around.. LOL
I feel MUCH better today. Spent most of the night in bed and even threw up.. wonder if it was a touch of a stomach bug or something.

I hate the way the last few weeks just c..r..a..w..l.. by. It's so not fair. I still have a week til my scan and a week and a half til my next appointment. lame.. I'm just ready to move on already.

Other than that nothing to exciting going on here today. I need to go get a tube for my pump but the place closes at 6 and so does DD's daycare. I guess she's a little more important..

I will write personals later but I have GOOD NEWS!!! I got to schedule my C-Section today!!! So October 13th at 10:30 am!!! I had hoped for the week before that at 38 weeks but ohwell 39 weeks it is. Which means only 34 days so not quite 5 weeks!!! woohoo that sounds so much better than 6...lol I changed the date on my ticker so I could see the difference...lol I am so excited I can finally start finalizing my leave and getting all that lined up. I LOVE knowing the date!!!

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I loved finding my date too!! It such a reflief to have that one week shaved off isn't it..hahaha

Mine is on the 9th. But doc said if I go into labor before hand we'll try for VBAC. I guess I'm open to that. It was just weird after I took soooo much time trying to determine what to do.

Awesome Eileen! My doc said she was going to induce me at week 39 if she thought I was ready. So, since I'm fully effaced, she's going to check me next week and see about dates for getting me induced. I'm not psychotically thrilled about being induced, but since the doc mentioned that she'd try IV drugs B4 an epidural I think I'm a little less nervous about being induced. But... it's just a wait and see kinda process. I have to say tho, it would be nice to know exactly when your LO was going to be out and about lol. I ordered that car seat from Target.com and I don't even know if it will be here on time! lol

Eileen that's awesome - you are one day before me! I go in on the 14th for my C-section. We have to be there at 5:30am, but she won't arrive until about 7:30am!

heather

Bekah - getting induced is no picnic...i was induced with my DS since my water broke before I went into labor -- but at least your cervix is ready and you've started to dialate...i wasn't even dialated 1 cm when I was induced...after 4 hours of constant contractions, i got drugs...and it was still about 10 hrs before he was born!

time to get the kids ready for school

I liked the suprise I had with my first. I had contractions all day at home and went to the hospital and they kept me since I lived 45 minutes away. they gave me a shot of something to let me sleep through the contractions. I woke up to no pain medication and 10cm and ready to push. I don't really remember the next 30 minutes but I had to be held down I was in so much pain and I think I would of handled it better but I went from no pain to all if it the second the meds wore off. It was bad but then they got the edipural in and I was great. Second I was induced and wouldn't go into labor after all day of the damn pitocin I was 3 cm ofcourse he was 9 1/2 pounds I think my body was just like no he isnt' going out that way...lol I really do like the planned though. Makes planning leave much easier with work. But I am glad I have had both.

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last night DH finally helped me get all the totes together...we went through them and pulled out all the boy clothes, bibs, towels -- he was so funny - he's looking at the little clothes and laughing because it's been so long since we've dealt with newborn clothes! He's like "look at this threads! they're not clothes!" and I'm remembering my DS in the outfits -- from almost 8 years ago! So, I have the last load of baby clothes in the washer --okay, the last load of newborn sizes -- haven't dived into the 3-6 mo sizes yet - figured that will wait until after baby is born and we know how quickly we will be into that size...worst case, DH will be lugging the totes up from the basement for me to go through....of course, as I'm washing these clothes, I'm noticing stains that I know weren't there when I packed them away, because I always put away stuff after it had been washed -- age spots, i guess from being packed away for so long...hopefully most of the stains will come out -- otherwise, i'll be washing the 3-6 mo sizes very soon!!

i've had a very easy day - my mom picks up DD from pre-school on wed and takes her to a music class and then brings her home by the time DS gets home from school - like around 3:30ish, so I have a child-free day! I've been very good today - spent most of it on the couch dozing, when I wasn't dealing with the laundry -- which is good since I'm not sleeping very well at night -- starting the freaky dreams again -- probably because delivery day is getting closer.....

okay - the washer (or dryer) just beeped - time to go check it out!

hope everyone is still doing okay!!!

Congrats to all you ladies who have your dates set up for either induction or c-section. I think I have decided to wait this one out to see when nature takes its course. If I end up needing a C then so be it. I just dont want to end up having one if I could have waited an extra 3 days - this baby turns and decides that is when it wants to be born.

Its a gray, rainy miserable day. Hopfully Ike misses you TX mommies. (and anyone else on here in its path) I know we are going to get a ton of rain this weekend from it I just hope none of y'all get the brunt of the storm. That whole cone of uncertanty thing - crazy.

Elise - I have been washing baby laundry for days and I think I am going to get finished up tonight. The newborn stuff is so small its hard to imagine anyone fitting into it.

Maybe if I am up to it I will take pics of the outfits we have for the photo and the coming home. I also feel like a better mommy because I went to Hallmark yesterday and got a baby book. I also replaced the bear my sister got for the baby. It is really cute but everyone in her house smokes and it just reaked. So I found the exact same bear and bought it. I just thew the other one away. No one has to know. All is good.

I guess that is it for now.

Take Care Ladies!

Amy, I got my baby book out of the closet and put it in the living room w/ the ink pen....that was two days ago an I still haven't written anything in it. I know I'm going to be sorry when I'm behind.

AFM: I had a small happy hour baby shower yesterday an I SO appreciate everyone's gifts but I got more bibs, socks & burp clothes. I have more than I could every use now, seriously, one large drawer in the baby's dresser is just socks,bibs & burp clothes. I hate to return someone's gift but I'm going to have to.

Have a great evening ladies...I'm getting out of work and then off to MIL's (edith bunker) for dinner.
Diana

Diana - How was MIL's? Did she welcome you with open noses? That is the one episode that always sitcks out in my mind. When Edith Bunker throws the tupperware party. LOL too funnny.

Jessi - I knew everything I got from my sister and my step mother was going to reak of smoke. They both smoke like chimineys in the house and car so its just a fact of life there is no use fighting. I washed the clothes (twice becuase they still smelled after the first run) and all of the bouncer's cloth parts. Even sealed in plastic in the box - it reaked. Everything came out ok. I just couldnt wash the bear. So it was either break my sister's heart or find another one. Problem solved for 10 bucks - so worth it.

I think I just saw the sun for a second. I havent seen it in a few days. Its been really cloudy here. Looking forward to a weekend in the rain. We will hopefully be doing more baby shopping. I want to shop at lunch so bad but I must hold myself back and wait for DH.

I guess that is it for now.
Take Care Ladies!

hi girls, nothing new here.
went to dr app on tuesday and midwife said babys head is still down, and hb was fine too. she approved my birth plan sighned it and put it in my file, she said it will go with the rest of the paperwork to the hospital....yay! but i did get some bad news......i tested positive for strep b, so it means i have to get an iv when i go into the hospital and get antibiotics, then they can just leave it a as heplock.... i didnt want one at all! but ive had to do it before, so i guess i just should of figured it. my next app in tuesday.
ohh and i bought Isabela her holloween costume....i bought it newborn size and its a ladybug....cant wait!!!
hope you all are doing well!!
one more week almost done!

Evelyn- sorry about the IV but you are right better safe than sorry. Yeah on your birth plan being good to go!!!

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