@rosy003 - Me too! 33w on Saturday. I've been feeling so lazy I started wearing my fitbit again to keep me moving. My goal is to hit my 10,000 steps everyday and 10 flights of stairs. Its been so tough I am now forcing myself to use the upstairs bathroom everytime I need to go instead of the downstairs one just to get more exercise! Doc appoint today at 1:45... HATE weighing in! Fingers crossed.:blushing:

33 weeks this week- first week of pretty terrible sleep. I'm thankful to have made it this far with no real issues though! Last night I got my first, and hopefully only, charlie horse. The pain woke me up at 4:30 and I had to have my husband massage my leg. I got these a lot with my first but didn't have any with my second child. They are no fun! I thought I remembered that bananas are supposed to help, but when I looked online this morning it seems like that is a myth.

I just started getting those lately during the night and they are HORRIBLE! I don't remember them with my past pregnancies. So I started taking a magnesium supplement which my midwife had recommended months ago for round ligament pain but I never took them. Now as long as I take one daily I don't get any cramps at night. I researched all the benefits of taking magnesium while pregnant and I was having so many of the other issues listed that maybe a magnesium deficiency was my problem all along.

I've had such back pain while sitting down (I sit all day at work) and I finally found a solution...a lumbar back support! Now I don't have any pain at work.

I was having horrible back pain when driving, but we just bought a new car (had to move up to a minivan thanks to this kid!) and it has adjustable lumbar support for the driver. It's made SUCH a difference!


I finally hit that point this week where I don't think I can keep up with my regular workout which bums me out big time. :frown: I'd been going to Zumba 3 times a week and just modifying however I needed to, but it's finally just getting to feel like a joke because I have to rest so often from uterine pain or BH that don't stop. I'm going to try my elliptical instead, but it's just not as fun as a Zumba class with friends and music. The weight has been piling on so much faster this pregnancy than previous ones for me, so I'm afraid of what would happen if I quit working out all together!

This group has been very quiet lately. How is everyone doing? I have 26 days to go (yay) and today hasn't been so bad....yet. The aches and pains usually hit around mid afternoon after I've been running around. I woke up this morning in denial that there will be a baby soon. I've been in full blown panic mode the past few weeks trying to get everything done while packing for the new house. My hubby hasn't been super helpful. He just keeps saying...it will get done. His idea of getting it done will be after the baby is here and will be of zero help to me. EEERRR!

Hope everyone is feeling great!

I have noticed that this group is pretty quiet.

I keep thinking I'm going to go early this time around, but my luck will be that he/she will be late. Went on my due date with the last. Packing is going ok. I'm anxious to actually close on the other house (which is May 31st...BOO). Sleeping has been an issue for about a month now. Just can't get comfortable. I also go to the Dr. on Thurs for my 1st check. Kinda excited to see if I am progressing at all...not so much looking forward to the actually check though.

Hope you get some sleep and hope your Dr. appt goes well for you on Thursday!

3 1/2 weeks to go! Had my strep b test 2 weeks ago. Next appointment is this Friday. This is my first so I am super nervous! I can't believe it's so close!

Welcome and congrats on your baby girl!

Just checking in . . .

I'm 36 1/2 weeks and I've pretty much abandoned my workouts. I'm not sleeping very well, so my 5am wake-ups aren't happening. But, I have 2 kids at home with me to keep me at least a little bit active, so I'm okay with it. At my 36 week check up I was dilated 2cm. Yesterday I was contracting a LOT- I actually started timing them at one point just to be safe. I never had BH with my first 2 kids, so it is kind of weird for me to have this false labor. We are NOT ready for this little guy to get here yet- our big plan to organize everything is happening this weekend, so he needs to hold on for at least a few more days.
How is everyone?

Flyingcarbacc- I'm so sorry your sick on top of being pregnant right now! That should be against the rules of nature in my opinion. I had a horrible cough last time I delivered and it was miserable! Hopefully you feel better before your LO comes.

rosy- I'm 36w4d and we're not ready for this one either. No crib set up, so carseat installed, no hospital bag packed. In the past I've been pretty ready by 36 weeks but not this time. It's just harder when I've got 3 other kids to take care of I guess. I just feel so blasted exhausted all the time! At least we have diapers and clothes washed for baby. That's something.

I can sympathize with the no sleeping thing. I take 1/2 a unisom at night and STILL wake up twice a night to pee and often can't go back to sleep for more than an hour. Then I'm awake every hour or so after that just tossing and turning. I'm so uncomfortable all the time, even sitting or walking feels like a huge chore. I feel like this grumpy thing that shouldn't be let out of the house because all I feel like I do is complain. When someone asks me how I'm doing I don't know how to respond with anything other than "miserable." I asked some girl in my neighborhood who's due the same week as me if she's feeling as miserable as I am. She said, "Oh are you miserable? I'm doing great!" Yeah, I felt like an idiot, like something's wrong with me because I'm so uncomfortable.

At my 36 week check last week I was 2 cm, 70% effaced which is pretty much exactly what I've been at this point with my 3 previous pregnancies and I never went more than a few days early with any of those. I'm waiting to hear if I'm strep B+ or not so I can decide whether to get induced. Last time I was and I chose to be induced so that I'd have enough time for the antibiotics since my labor would be pretty fast. We'll see what happens this time.

Still going to my Zumba class 2-3 days a week even though I feel like an idiot going since I have to modify so much and frequently stop for contractions or ligament pain. I guess I want to keep the habit up and let my 2 girls at home get a chance to play with other kids there more than anything. Really though, I look like that "low impact girl" on workout videos that you wonder how in the world she's getting any kind of workout at all. :laugh: The rest of my class is really supportive though.

I hope you ladies are feeling better this week! Well, as good as you can feel when 37/38 weeks pregnant.

I had an appt this morning- 3cm dilated. I'm so anxious to know when he will get here! I don't care if it is this weekend or still 3 weeks away, I just want to know! We have a lot of family plans this weekend, so it would be more convenient if he waited a bit. BUT, DH is going out with his friends Friday night for one last hurrah before the baby comes- when he did that with our first, I went into labor that night. He was hung over in the delivery room the next morning. We'll see if he has better luck this time.

I have been eating dates like crazy. I also, kind of crazily, decided to try out my 30DS dvd this week. It was a gift a few weeks ago and I plan to do the real, unmodified version in August. But, I was too curious not to try it out. I think I like it, but it seems a bit easy, though I realize that I am completely modifying the cardio, push-ups and abs circuits. Have any of you done it before? Am I deluding myself for thinking it is an easy workout? Are the other 2 workouts more challenging?

PS. Kori, love the "low impact girl" image.

Hang in there all you June mamas to be!!!!! My DD was June 1st, delivered May 22nd Just when you think you can't do it anymore, and you can't stand one more second worth of peeing, or one more sleepless night....it'll all be over. So rub that belly & try to enjoy it for a few more days...you're in the home stretch!