These practice contractions are just getting more and more real feeling... hoping to not have baby just yet! I have a room to paint!!

In other news, I haven't been able to get my fasting sugar numbers in line and so I'm meeting with a dietitian on Friday. So glad I found out I have GD as I feel absolutely amazing when I'm able to keep my numbers in line. It's so nice to have energy at the end of pregnancy! (Maybe that's just nesting though )

@RosieRaz I have a friend whose daughter acted like a dog too. Turns out she just loved dogs and playing pretend. She grew out of it on her own thankfully, but I'm sure it's frustrating!

I've packed baby's bag, but I haven't gotten around to mi e since I'm planning on still wearing maternity clothes in the hospital and I'm kind of still wearing those. Lol! I guess I could pack shampoo and stuff though....

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Huge congrats Katie. Love her name and so pleased all going well.

I will catch up properly in next few days. All going well here. Can't believe Anna is 4 weeks old! X

That's frustrating Rosie. the good news is that the doctors with lousy bedside manner are often times excellent surgeons. They have to keep their jobs somehow.

I've still got 3.5 to go. WHAT?! LOL, sorry I didn't realize it was that close!! I have it in my head that I've got 5 weeks to go (counting on being overdue)... but I guess that's not the only possibility.

We've finally started on my daughter's room so we can move her over and bump baby into the baby's room. Hopefully things will come together soon in that respect. I have baby's bag packed mostly for the hospital, but packing mine is proving more daunting. What is it about the second child that makes me feel more relaxed about just about everything?

In other news, I met with a dietitian and she's got me on insulin once a day at night. It's really only my morning numbers that are high as the rest o can control with diet. Still waiting for my numbers to get in line

Congrats Poke! Glad that you and baby are ok and happy that you are checking in on us with updates! It's hard not to be active while recovering but time will pass and you will be able to do all those fun activities soon enough! My brother's bday is the 11th and nobody wants to celebrate that day.

Suzanne - hopefully you won't have to worry about your sugars too much longer and it will go away after the baby. Do they project how long after the baby the diabetes will take to go away? Does it go away?

Hey everyone. Glad everyone doing well and still checking in!

Anna is 5 weeks tomorrow and I just can't believe it! The weeks are flying by. She is quite quiet and not been much bother so far. She has had a cold this last week so a bit more unsettled.

Isaac is loving 'helping' with her and is a very proud big brother. He has settled into pre school and made some friends. It was hard first week as he was upset so I was upset, also my dear grandma died that same week so was a hard one!

I'm recovering well and can't feel my stitches etc now. Don't think I'm 100% but defo getting there and the recovery was so much better than the c section. Think I got lucky with my vbac as all went well. I don't want anymore babies but would do it again as wasn't a bad experience.

I have just got a Fitbit zip and started to record my food intake. I gained 21lb while pregnant and down 14lb so far. So hoping to work on the rest plus extra 7lb over next few months.

Today I went and met the 3 ladies and babies I shared the room in hospital. 3 of them (including Anna) were born on same day and one the day after. It was lovely to catch up and we meet again in few weeks.

Nothing else to report here. Will keep checking for updates

Helen

Helen - that's great your family is all settling in great! I hope your recovery continues to go smoothly!

Sarieth - you're nearly full term! Yay! Sounds like you're pretty prepared! I had crazy heartburn too last time and I found limiting bread to be the best way to go. They say lots of heartburn means lots of hair for the little one, and that was true for me!

I've been transferred to an OB instead of of the midwife I was seeing because I needed to start taking insulin. I was disappointed since OBs have a bit of a reputation for using interventions more frequently than midwives do, but dealing with insulin controlled GD is "outside the scope of care" that a midwife provides. Once baby is born the midwives will retain post natal care though so that will be nice and they also want to be present at the birth which is great with me. I met the OB/GYN today and everything went well. She told me my numbers all looked good and went on to tell me that if I don't have the baby by week 40 I will be induced that week (because of the GD) rather than go all the way to the 41w4d that I did with my first. I was hoping for a November baby (no birthdays on either side of the family born in that month), but I guess I am guaranteed an October baby and quite likely not a Halloween baby. So that's all good with me. I have an ultrasound booked for tomorrow just to make sure everything is going well with baby.

I hit 200 lbs on our home scale today. Boo! That puts me at 22 lbs gained, which is fine, but I didn't want to see 200.

Last Thursday I saw my midwife and she told me that baby is sitting on my pelvis. In her words, "that's not going to feel good." L, thanks, midwife! If anyone knows any tips or tricks to make baby drop or just not sit on my pelvis anymore, that would be awesome... haha

Hey, everyone. I really fell off the wagon with logging and everything because I got convinced I was over-obsessing about what I was eating and causing myself unneeded stress. But more lately, been feeling really unhealthy and stuff, so trying to get back into the swing of things. I'm at 37 weeks, and up until last week, haven't really had much in the way of any hiccups with the pregnancy. Last week, I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was high (even though it's usually pretty low), and the doctor seemed a bit concerned baby's too small - I had to go back in for an ultrasound the next day, and they say she's measuring at 5lb7oz...so small, but still within the normal range. So, trying to make sure I eat enough every day, and ride out the last few weeks of pregnancy...I'm so anxious to finally meet our little girl!

Just had my 36 week appointment today, and my doctor actually measured me at 37 1/2 so maybe I spoke too soon and he may actually decide to be an October baby after all. We shall see! When he said "Maybe he'll be here in a week or two!" I did have a few moments of panic, but I think we're mostly as prepared as we can be for him to come anyway. He also asked me how big of a baby I was, and predicts my baby will be equally large (possibly around 8 1/2!). Eeek! Hope everyone's doing well, and I look forward to more updates!

I woke up this morning with a pounding headache and I couldn't string my sentences together properly. Eventually the conusion faded away but I still couldn't type the right words into my phone. My sister in law picked up my daughter and I took a nap which helped immensely. Called my new OB but they didn't seem to care since I was feeling better by the time I got through to them... scary morning. Advil is helping. No fever and blood sugar was great.