Pregnancy – August 2011
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My friend came over last night and brought me the high chair we registered for!! :bigsmile: :happy: She wouldn’t tell me when my shower is, only that she wasn’t able to make it. But I’m pretty sure it’s next Sunday. My mom, who never wants to do anything, suddenly wants to take me to lunch after church next week. I take her out to lunch for her birthday and mothers day and normally have to throw a fit to get her to go with me. Once she’s there we have a great time, but for some reason getting her to go is a huge process. I could be wrong, but either way I’m going to make sure I look nice that day. :laugh:
Yesterday we spent an hour and a half walking around the car show (I was bored out of my mind) with hubbys aunt and uncle. We cut it short because it started to rain pretty hard and by the time we made it back to the car everyone was soaked. So of course I woke up this morning with a horrible cold. How it’s possible for my nose to be stuffed up and running at the same time, I’m not sure. Now I’m off to get ready for church and my family reunion this afternoon – hope everyone has a great Sunday!0 -
I am pregnant, due January 2012. How do I join this group?0
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Abott - just jump right in! Congratulations and welcome! (And I asked almost the exact same question a few months ago :laugh: )
Ron - it does sound like baby shower coming up next week
Enjoy! And the car show - other than the walking, I'm jealous. I love looking at cars as much as my husband, but when his family goes to something like that, it tends to be a "guys outing" (I think I'm to only wife in the family who can drool over a '77 Stingray or get absolutely giddy about a classic Mustang). Sorry to hear you got soaked and you're not feeling well.
I've had a bit of a sore throat and headache for the past couple of days. I know it's been going around the board, but it can't be contagious that way! Maybe something to do with pregnancy?
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Ronya- that would be exciting to have your baby shower next Sunday if not at least you'll be able to enjoy a nice lunch out with your mother but you're probably right espesically since you only have a few more weeks left until baby time
Julz- sorry you aren't feeling well that really stink when you're pg I got a pretty bad cold around 4th of July it really sucked
Elizabeth- I stopped sleeping on my stomach pretty early on because it was uncomfortable and then I would switch from my side to my back but the past couple of weeks I have been exclusively sleeping on my side I haven't gotten out my body pillow yet but probably will need to in a few weeks I'm still not feeling uncomfortable yet
I think that I will add in a pregnancy ticker as well0 -
Welcome Abott I'm new too just started posting yesterday! Do you know what you're having? I'm not sure when in Jan you are due but I am due Nov 22nd so it wouldn't be too far off from Jan this is my 3rd baby.0
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Last box!!!!!!
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Love the pic rach:)
Will catch up more in the next couple of days. I'm actually sitting on the plane taking me to my conference in Seattle
my bitthday was so good! My mam thoroughly spoiled me I certainly ate alot, after getting gifted with my fab chocolates, chocolate dipped fruit and a dinner out but I'm confident I can male up for this over the next few days by exercising at the hotel.
Have a great Sunday ladies! Xoxo
excuse the spelling mistakes =p after waking up at 5, catching a plane at 7:50 and taking the 5.25 hour flight to seatlle i was kinda stuffed. unfortunately when i got to the hotel i couldnt check in for another hour, so ive used that time to go to the gym made me feel great after the stuffy plane.
ronya- thats awsome that your friend got you the highchair you wanted!!!0 -
Do they not trust you to call if you head to the hospital?
Well, I always thought we would call and let them know, however after today it is making me second guess that decision...I worry that they will just come down and sit in the waiting room, and crash our bonding party as soon as the baby is out. I would much rather have the baby, have an hour or two to bond and breastfeed, and and rest for 4-5 hours before any visitors arrive.
I'd say set the boundaries in advance that you will call them but they can't come to the hospital until you call them again and give them the go ahead. What if you don't tell them so they call and you don't answer, then they come to the house and they don't answer, so they just show up at the hospital "to check"?!
I've realized how lucky I am in this regards. 1) no one lives near us so no one can show up unannounced or really uninvited and 2) my folks drove down overnight from Chicago to pick up my son and take him home with them when I was in labor earlier than planned and had not one to watch The Boy. They not only drove all the way from Chicago to Nashville, but they took just a few hours to get a little rest (they were there probably 3 hours tops and in my room for maybe 1-2 hours? I was puking, I don't remember. Plus they totally left me alone). Anyway... they drove all the way down there and then LEFT before the baby was even born. They easily could have waited around and rushed in to see him but instead went home to wait and come see him a week or so later after he was home and we were ready (well, that's not how it turned out, my mom flew back down the next day when we found out he was sick... but, that was the plan at least!)0 -
Hello everyone! It sounds like you all are doing well Hopefully I will have time to post more later (work has been crazy) but I just wanted to post exercise results for the week really quick.
Monday - 45 minute walk
Wednesday - 45 minute walk
Thursday - 45 minute walk
Friday - 30 minute walk
Saturday - 30 minute walk
Sunday - 1 hour walk0 -
Do they not trust you to call if you head to the hospital?
Well, I always thought we would call and let them know, however after today it is making me second guess that decision...I worry that they will just come down and sit in the waiting room, and crash our bonding party as soon as the baby is out. I would much rather have the baby, have an hour or two to bond and breastfeed, and and rest for 4-5 hours before any visitors arrive.
I'd say set the boundaries in advance that you will call them but they can't come to the hospital until you call them again and give them the go ahead. What if you don't tell them so they call and you don't answer, then they come to the house and they don't answer, so they just show up at the hospital "to check"?!
I've realized how lucky I am in this regards. 1) no one lives near us so no one can show up unannounced or really uninvited and 2) my folks drove down overnight from Chicago to pick up my son and take him home with them when I was in labor earlier than planned and had not one to watch The Boy. They not only drove all the way from Chicago to Nashville, but they took just a few hours to get a little rest (they were there probably 3 hours tops and in my room for maybe 1-2 hours? I was puking, I don't remember. Plus they totally left me alone). Anyway... they drove all the way down there and then LEFT before the baby was even born. They easily could have waited around and rushed in to see him but instead went home to wait and come see him a week or so later after he was home and we were ready (well, that's not how it turned out, my mom flew back down the next day when we found out he was sick... but, that was the plan at least!)
We've decided to approach it like this;
We will call the immediate family when I go into labor if they can handle not telling people and NOT coming to the hospital. We will call them as soon as the baby is born and let them know when it would be a good time to visit. This day is about us and bonding as a family of 3 (for us at least), not pleasing everyone else. If they aren't able to accept that we won't be calling until AFTER he's here.0 -
Hope everyone had a good weekend! We got a few things done on our "To do before Avery is Here" list. Still so much to do and time is just flying by! And call me crazy but I have a suspicion that we're going to have an earlybird on our hands... watch because I say that he will be late now I have an appointment today so we'll probably find out more then but at my last appointment, 2 weeks ago, the doctor was very surprised that he was already locked, loaded and ready to go ie dropped into my pelvis. This usually happens 3 weeks before delivery.... that was 2 weeks ago! I'm not saying he'll be here tomorrow or next week by any means but I don't think we'll be making it to our due date.
Happy Monday :flowerforyou:0 -
In all honestly, I can't remember what we arranged as far as calling people with my first. I do know that I said NO ONE will be there when I deliver except my husband (I changed my mind when it came time and let my MIL stay, but I had a better relationship with her then). My husband called everyone after she was born to announce it. With #2 we had to drop the other child off at in-laws, so they were stuck with her and couldn't crash us at the hospital. He was born at midnight, so we didn't call until morning. Similar kind of thing for #3 (except for timing).
But I think I need to start deciding what I want for this one. My biggest fear right now is that I'll need to go to the hospital in the middle of the night when husband is at work, and not wait until he can get out of there and home (he's a "controller" for a tv station, so if he leaves in the middle of Letterman, he's got to make sure there's someone else to cover and go to commercials at the right time) and then whomever I stir out of bed to take me won't leave. But I can always talk to nurses and have them come up with an excuse for me. Like I said, need to start thinking about it, so I know what to tell family to expect.0 -
Abott – welcome! Just jump right in.
Julz – you would have loved the car, it’s actually one of the biggest ones in the county. I hope you’re not getting sick. My cold started out as a sore throat and headache a few days ago, and I think the rain just pushed it over the edge for me.
Lindsey – yea for the last box!!! :bigsmile:
Melissa – good for you for going to the gym. You’re better than me; I would have just sat in the lobby and waited to check in. :laugh:
Jenna – great job on the exercise challenge!
Danielle – I hope you have a good appointment today!
I’m going to call my mom when I go to the hospital and I’ll let her handle everyone else. I don’t care if my mom is at the hospital but once active labor starts the only one I want in the room with me is my husband. I was worried about everyone rushing the hospital until I realized the nurses will kick out anyone I don’t want there, so I’m not too worried about it anymore. They even told me they’d make up a medical reason that the visitors needed to leave so they wouldn’t know I wanted them gone.0 -
I weighed myself today and I’ve managed to maintain my weight since my last doctor appointment. :noway: I think it’s a combination of walking more, eating better and throwing up most of my food. At this point I’m just happy that I’m keeping dinner and my vitamins down. :ohwell:
Exercise challenge:
Monday: walked 30 minutes
Tuesday: walked 1 hour 10 minutes
Wednesday: walked 30 minutes
Thursday: walked 1 hour 10 minutes
Friday: walked 1 hour
Saturday: walked around the car show for an hour and a half
Sunday: walked 20 minutes0 -
I've been exercising (some) all along, I might as well post it here too :laugh:
Exercise challenge-
M- Walk, 20 min
T- swimming laps, 30 min
W- walk, 10 min
F- walk, 45 min
Sa - swimming laps, 30 min
It looks better than I though, when I list the whole week's at once! :happy:0 -
Hi everyone!! Hope you all had a great weekend.
Veronica and Matt- I don’t know what I am having, I run with team green! LOL. I really don’t have much of a “gut feeling” either. I guess we will find out soon enough! That kind of sucks that everyone crashed your birth! That is exactly what I don’t want to happen.
Anne- Thanks for the tip re: the nurses. I will be sure to talk to them if I feel like I am not ready for visitors. I talked to my husband as well and he is going to call his parents and lay down some ground rules/let them know how it is going to go when I go into labour. I am sure that they will be ok with what we have to say.
Elizabeth- It was probably around 20 weeks or so when I started to feel like my stomach was no good. Every since about 32 weeks it has seemed physically impossible.
Melissa- Glad you had a great birthday and got spoiled! Enjoy your conference.
Ronya- How sweet of your friend. You must be excited for your shower! Sorry you keep getting sick! And awesome job on keeping the weight gain in check.
Abott- Welcome! Just jump right in with us.
Julz- Hope you don’t end up getting a full blown cold! I had a runny/stuffy nose for ages with this pregnancy . I hope you can get something figured out too what to do when you go into labour. Could you have a close friend take you, and just stay until your hubby arrives?
Lindsay- Yay for the last box!
Mel- Your parents sound awesome! I am definitely having my husband set boundaries with his parents first.
Danielle- I really like your approach. I had not even thought about asking them not to spread the word I am in labour right off the bat.0 -
Hope everyone had a good weekend! We got a few things done on our "To do before Avery is Here" list. Still so much to do and time is just flying by! And call me crazy but I have a suspicion that we're going to have an earlybird on our hands... watch because I say that he will be late now I have an appointment today so we'll probably find out more then but at my last appointment, 2 weeks ago, the doctor was very surprised that he was already locked, loaded and ready to go ie dropped into my pelvis. This usually happens 3 weeks before delivery.... that was 2 weeks ago! I'm not saying he'll be here tomorrow or next week by any means but I don't think we'll be making it to our due date.
Happy Monday :flowerforyou:
Fair warning -- Going past my due date was pure torture after I set myself up for thinking she was going to come early! Between the sh*ts and the prodromol labor and the OB telling me I could go any day at 36 weeks and telling me I wouldn't make it past 38 weeks at 37 weeks I REALLY thought she was coming a week or 2 early. Yet there I sat nearly fully effaced and 3cm dilated and having contractions every 5-10 minutes for 4 weeks. I'd probably still be pregnant if I hadn't been induced. :laugh: I hope you're right! 0 -
Today is my due date based on being dated with my ultrasound. I am telling myself now that... that must have been wrong. Keeping Friday in mind. Friday is my due date based on the first day of my last period.
If I don't have the baby by Friday we are going on a date to see the moving "The Help". Something special to keep my mind off it all!0 -
Holy moly is it ever slow around here since all the July babies were born!
So, in an effort to get things moving again, and since we have some new faces, how about another "get to know you" type post. Copy and paste the questions into a new reply and answer for yourself. If you don't care to share some of the info, simply skip over.
Real Name:
Age:
Location:
How far along in pregnancy:
# of Children you have:
# of Children you want:
Education (if applicable):
Current Occupation:
Dream Occupation:
Marital Status:
How you met your baby daddy:
What brought you to MFP?
How tall are you?
What was your highest weight?
What was your lowest weight?
What is your goal weight?
What is your goal size?
Anything else you would like to share?0 -
Real Name: Rachel
Age: 27
Location: Small town, Alberta, Canada
How far along in pregnancy: 39 weeks 3 days
# of Children you have: 0
# of Children you want: 4-5 (if I could convince hubby! he wants 3 max)
Education (if applicable): BA in Psychology
Current Occupation: Stay at home wife. I have been off work for about 2 months (was under too much stress and was effecting my pregnancy negatively), prior to that I was doing payroll and accounts payable for the municipal government
Dream Occupation: Stay at home mom until my children are old enough to care for themselves after school. At which point I want
to upgrade my education to either be a social worker, psychologist, or maybe even a midwife.
Marital Status: Married since July 10, 2010
How you met your baby daddy: Valentines day 2008. We met in a bar in Calgary (where I was living when we met), and went out on our first proper date 2 days later. The rest is history!
What brought you to MFP?: I wanted to lose weight to TTC. Then 3 weeks later I was pregnant!
How tall are you?: 5'6"
What was your highest weight?: It is my weight right now. I am ashamed to share.
What was your lowest weight?: 163 (which was very thin for me)
What is your goal weight?: 155
What is your goal size?: 10 would be great, 8 would be better
Anything else you would like to share?: I am really hoping for a drug free delivery experience with the lowest amount of intervention as possible. My interests include baking, cooking, budgeting, finance, psychology.0 -
Real Name: Julia
Age: 33
Location: Murray, Utah (suburb of Salt Lake City)
How far along in pregnancy: 31 weeks 6 days
# of Children you have: 3 (this will be #4)
# of Children you want: this is our last
Education (if applicable): BS in Human Development and Family Studies, emphasis on Early Childhood Education; currently working on BS in math with plans to continue to PhD (I have 1 year left in undergrad)
Current Occupation: student and mom
Dream Occupation: I have two :blushing: 1) Working for national security (NSA, FBI, something) as a code breaker, using number theory/cryptology. 2) Author of YA/Adult fantasy/sci-fi novels
Marital Status: Married
How you met your baby daddy: He was my brother's best friend starting in Jr High; we hooked up in high school and got married soon after. 16th anniversary this month :happy:
What brought you to MFP? Husband's brother was having good success and everybody in the family decided to give it a try; I joined up for the support, but seems like I'm the only one who is still sticking with it.
How tall are you? 5'4" if I'm wearing 4" heals :laugh: (So I'm 5 feet nothin')
What was your highest weight? 155 lbs, right before baby #3 was born
What was your lowest weight? Since graduating high school - 118 lb
What is your goal weight? 120 lb
What is your goal size? 4
Anything else you would like to share? I'm something of an internet junkie - FB, boards here, MMO, etc. I play flute in a community orchestra and sing in the church choir.0 -
Great idea Rachel!
Real Name: Ronya
Age: 28
Location: Macungie, Pa
How far along in pregnancy: 31 weeks 6 days
# of Children you have: 0
# of Children you want: the factory shuts down after 2! :laugh:
Education (if applicable): BS in Elementary Education, MS in Reading Education
Current Occupation: Welfare Caseworker
Dream Occupation: I have two; my realistic one is to be a Reading Specialist, my secret wish is to be an author
Marital Status: Married since June 13, 2009
How you met your baby daddy: we worked at the same office. We hung out as friends for about 4 months until he finally worked up the nerve to kiss me. 9 months later we were engaged and got married a little less than a year after.
What brought you to MFP? I was looking for something to keep track of my weight loss
How tall are you? 5’4”
What was your highest weight? 204
What was your lowest weight? 151 (the day I found out I was pregnant)
What is your goal weight? 145
What is your goal size? 10 but I won’t complain if I can get lower
Anything else you would like to share? My favorite thing to do is hang out at home with my husband or spend time with our families. I’m a homebody who would much rather spend my night on the sofa than go out.0 -
I want to be a part of this group (as best as I can keep up) and I thought this was a good way of introducing myself.
Real Name: Kay
Age:30
Location: Peshtigo, WI
How far along in pregnancy: 24 wks I am due November 28th
# of Children you have: 3
# of Children you want:Thought we were done after our 3rd
Education (if applicable):I have taken some courses in childcare.
Current Occupation:Stay at home mom
Dream Occupation:Something where I would make good money
Marital Status:married for 11 1/2 years
How you met your baby daddy:I met my hubby on my 18th birthday at our favorite restaurant and ended up getting married a day after my 19th birthday.
What brought you to MFP?I had a TON of weight to lose and needed the support
How tall are you? 5' 4"
What was your highest weight? 286 Very ashamed of this number but when I look at how far I have come I am very proud of all my hard work.
What was your lowest weight?My lowest weight ever is 150 but my most recent lowest weight is 196
What is your goal weight? 145
What is your goal size?12 or under but not lower than 6
Anything else you would like to share? My husband is gone a lot (for work) so I have a lot of up and down days right now. We are also working on an addition on our house because we ran out of bedrooms and I am stressing a little because I don't think it will be done before November.0 -
I just ate like 10 chocolate chip cookies,
Barf! I feel gross now. But at the time they tasted so good!0 -
Real Name: Maggie
Age: 37
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
How far along in pregnancy: 31 weeks 3 days
# of Children you have: 1
# of Children you want: only wanted 1 but ... surprise!!
Education (if applicable): high school
Current Occupation: stay at home mom / domestic goddess
Dream Occupation: cop
Marital Status: married (today is our 13th anniversary)
How you met your baby daddy: blind date
What brought you to MFP? weight loss
How tall are you? 5'5"
What was your highest weight? 238
What was your lowest weight? 150
What is your goal weight? 160
What is your goal size? 12
Anything else you would like to share? I have PCOS. Needed big doses of fertility meds to conceive my daughter in 2005. Lost weight last year (close to 40 lbs) and that's how this little surprise happened .. !!!
I can't wait to get back on the MFP weight loss wagon in a few months 0 -
Real Name: Lindsey
Age: 27
Location: Palm Harbor, Fl. (Near Tampa)
How far along in pregnancy: 35 weeks, 5 days
# of Children you have: 1
# of Children you want: 1 more after this lil one!
Education (if applicable): No further education after High School, stayed home and raised my daughter during the day, and worked at night :-)
Current Occupation: Account Auditor for Macy's Credit
Dream Occupation: I would love to teach someday
Marital Status: Married since February 20, 2010
How you met your baby daddy: We met in high school..I had my daughter young (senior year) and was trying to make things work with her dad. But couldn't help having a crush on this sweet, funny guy! We found each other again over the years twice..3rd time was a charm in 2008, been very happy together ever since!
What brought you to MFP? I was looking for something to help me stay on track while pregnant. I gained a lot of weight during the wedding planning process and was so upset to be at my highest weight ever before getting pregnant. I only intended on gaining the recommended 15 lbs during this pregnancy...but that hasn't worked out so well for me!
How tall are you? 5'0
What was your highest weight? 165 before pregnancy, 190 currently at almost 36 weeks :-(
What was your lowest weight? 115 when my hubby and I got together (sorry babe, lol!)
What is your goal weight? 120
What is your goal size? 7-9
Anything else you would like to share? The closer I get to delivery, the more I am getting stressed over losing this weight after. 25 lbs so far during the pregnancy, plus the original 45 I was already over is very overwhelming for a short girl like me with a slow metabolism, who has never been good at working out! I will definitely be in need of some tips and tricks with diet and exercise, and some emotional support! I am hoping I am in the right place for all of the above!0 -
Kay - Welcome! Jump right in to the conversations!
Maggie - happy anniversary!
Rachel - oh, now I want chocolate chip cookies!
AFM - got the invitations for the shower filled out, addressed, and stamped. Hubby will drop them off at the post office on the way to work. Glad that job is done :laugh:
I went swimming again this afternoon. I would have liked to do laps, but the pool was so crowded with kids whose parents apparently never taught them to be aware of what or who is around them, so it was more like dodge-kid than swimming. What makes it worse is when the adults are rough-housing and throwing each other in the pool without watching where they're going. So I mostly just hung out in the pool making sure my kids stayed out of the way and moving around so I got some exercise. And for some reason, that exhausted me.
Darn it, now I really want some Chip's Ahoy! :laugh:0 -
I met my new OB this afternoon. He's fabulous but the wait time is a killer. Why bother telling people to be there at a certain time if there's going to be a 2-hour delay? Crazy ... and I have to do it again in 2 weeks!!
Anyway ... He looked at my blood glucose log book and was satisfied with the numbers, then he took me to the exam room and measured my belly and was impressed that the baby wasn't big considering I have gestational diabetes. My daughter was born weighing 5 lbs 15 oz and was 18 inches long so he said this is going to be a smaller baby as well. Suite me just fine .. LOL
She is now head down and her heart rate is 150.
I'm just waiting for the hospital to call me with an appointment for an ultrasound. He wants to get better measurements. The machine is his office is only for quick peeks because it wasn't very clear.
My blood pressure was higher than it's been in the past but I don't do well in official hospital environments .. plus it was my first time there, didn't know what to expect, never met the doctor before AND the nurse weighed me BEFORE taking my pressure. Yeah, bad idea .. LOL
I hope my pressure is more in the usual range at my next appointment. It wasn't off the charts (142/82) .. but I was nervous and anxious so I'm sure that had to affect it a bit.
Baby shower is coming up in 3 weeks so I'm looking forward to baby girl getting spoiled before she gets here. After the shower we'll go shopping for the essentials we didn't get. LOVE baby gear shopping
I hope everyone else is doing well.0 -
So, I keep bouncing back and forth between thinking this guy is going to come early and that he's going to be irritatingly late. I'm measuring big (33 at my 31 week) but I also have a lot of fluid. Both fundal measurement and fluid are on the high side of normal, so it's no concern. At the last u/s it projected the due date a week earlier than my dates put it. But sometimes I think he's just been such a stinker already, he's going to make things hard by coming late.
I can't go off my others, either. #1 was 6 days late, #2 4 days early, and #3 on his due date. The first 2 were born on the day the U/S suggested and the 3rd was a day before it, but with them I only had the one at 20 weeks. This guy we've had 3 so far, at 17, 21, and 25 weeks, and I get another at the end of the month at about 34 weeks. So who knows what to pay attention to...
I just have to trust that he'll come when he's ready. And hope he doesn't wait all the way until my birthday!!!0 -
Real Name: Katrina
Age:38 (damn, when did I get old?)
Location: Woodbridge, VA
How far along in pregnancy: 21 weeks
# of Children you have: 4 - G-11, B - 8.11, B - 6 and G - 4
# of Children you want: We had a plan of 3 with an option for 4, this baby was unexpected but welcome!
Education (if applicable): B.S. Biology and Chemistry, B.S. Psychology
Current Occupation: Stay-at-Home Parent, PTA Treasurer, Girl Scout Leader, Cub Scout Committee
Dream Occupation: Community Education for Safe Kids
Marital Status: Married 6/1996
How you met your baby daddy: In college, he was the friend of a friend who helped me set up email. When I got an electric charge from his knee brushing mine, I asked him out.
What brought you to MFP? A friend's amazing weight loss he credits largely to the site.
How tall are you? 5'9"
What was your highest weight? 297
What was your lowest weight? 236 (when I found out I was pregnant)
What is your goal weight? 170
What is your goal size? under 12 - I'd like to be able to shop anywhere for clothes!
Anything else you would like to share? I'm a CPST - Child Passenger Safety Technician. I have a passion for keeping kids safe in and around cars. My kids aren't overscheduled, but I surely am!
Maggie - I hate doctors that overschedule! It drives me insane, which is one of the reasons I love my midwife - we get 30 minute appointments so rarely are we over time. I also have PCOS and my weight loss is likely responsible for this pregnancy as well.
Julie - I dealt with it by having it in my head that I was going to go 10 days overdue. Then when they came earlier, it was a pleasant surprise. The earliest ultrasound is generally the most reliable for due date because of different growth rates. My baby is measuring a week ahead as well according to the 20 week.
Welcome Kay and A. We've gotten a little quiet here since six or seven of our mommas gave birth in the last couple of months. I know since getting off of easy rest that I haven't been here as much as I was before.
AFM: DH and I tried to get to the gym this morning. Instead, I ended up sitting with our van, dead on the side of the road. He took the kids home and I got to ride with the tow truck driver to the dealership. Last year this happened and we replaced Cam Sensor 2 and this year it was Cam Sensor 1. Frustrating to have to spend $400 on the van right before our cruise. But, dh's parents handed us $$$ to go on the Dolphin excursion which we had decided not to do because it was so expensive for our family of 6, Right now, it looks like this cruise that my parents are paying for should cost us around $1800. I've tried to save up for it, but life keeps chipping away at our savings. Car repairs, basement flood, dental fillings, - sometimes I hate having to be the grownup.
I really want to get to the gym this week, but tomorrow and Thursday I am watching my neices and nephew for my MIL during the morning and they don't offer childcare in the afternoon. It looks like it may be Wednesday, Friday and Saturday if I can get motivated. I need to get back into the grove. And we're working hard on breaking the fast food habit. Anybody got any dairy free, soy free ideas for what to do with chicken breast for dinner tonight? I hate having to figure out what to cook and then cooking it!0
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