Pregnancy 2011- June

My dog's name is Emma (not because I think it's a dog's name but because I name my dogs names I really like! :laugh:) and I end up calling her Emmy or Emerson or Emmers or M&M a lot of the time but never G-emma or anything like that.

Wooooooooo! Excited and thinking of you Lynn :happy:

Lots of prayers coming your way- can't wait to hear how it goes

Good luck Lynn!!! You will do awesome!

Lynn !!!! Thinking of you and hoping all goes as well as possible. Can't wait to see photos and hear all about it. xoxo

So, tonight may be a bit sleepless for me....my ultrasound is at 11am tomorrow. Boy or Girl ????????

Ron - rest up OK ! I don't want to hear any stories about you passing out

Good luck lynn! I will be thinking of you!

Meokk- soooo exciting! Cannot wait to hear. Do you have a feeling what it might be?

Julie- That is a very sticky situation with your mom. I feel the same way. My mom lives 1200kms away though... I was just up front and told her that I want to have a lot of alone time as a new family when the baby comes and my husband is off work, and she said she would respect that. And even though we have a spare room, she is going to stay in my in-laws camper just so we have a bit more space. (it's a fancy camper with tv and stuff so she should be just fine!). Stick to your gut and be honest with your mom. Perhaps the way she is behaving (saying "our" baby) could have to do with losing your brother. I would imagine she is still in a lot of pain and that maybe this new baby is the only happy thing she has in her life at the moment.

BM- We have yet to choose a name. We have decided not to find out the sex, we have a short list of about 3 names for each. I am like Rachael and collinsclan in the fact that I do not want anyone knowing the name before the baby comes- we won't even tell people what we are considering! (mostly because I don't want to hear any opinions!). For a boy we have Logan, Nathan, Easton and for a girl we have Avery, Kirsten, Kensie and Lauren. Hubby and I cannot agree!

Rachel- I love the names Nathan and Logan! They were both names my husband and I liked but were taken already by family members. I've also always loved the name Lauren, so cute!! Yeah for your due date being moved. Mine seems to change a lot too. My sil's due date is August 8. So I will have a cute little nephew around that time. I am excited.

I had my 35 week check up yesterday. they did the strep B test. And I am now on weekly visits. On the plus side it was only +.5 lbs over the last 2 weeks, so I am weighing in at around +23lbs. Hopefully I can keep the next 5 weeks at below a +8lb total gain (but I will be ok with myself if I exceed that).

There are so many things I want to respond too... Dumb iPad.

Bm. We having a girl and we are naming her Elise.

Rachel: our due dates are only 3 days apart now!

Julie: about your mother I just wanted to say to stick to your guns with what you two want. You cant get the first moments back.

Rachael: your picture is so cute.

Hi to everyone else hope you all are having a nice week.

Is anyone else doing maternity photos? I think I may do mine at 33 weeks.

Brittony: elise has been way more active at night too. Sorry about your sleep.

Afm: finally got good sleep last night. Beach has been amazing. Doing a lot of walking and swimming. My friends through me a surprise baby shower here... It was really a cake and some really fun gifts. I loved it.

Well, bed rest didn't last long :laugh:

Dr. called at 5:02 and said they already got the results back from my urine and it was 380 something. She said even though it is the beginning stages of preeclampsia, she doesn't want to let it progress any further. If I wasn't as far along she would keep me on bed rest, but since I'm 38 weeks she's ready to induce.

Long story short, we're leaving for the hospital in about an hour! :noway: :bigsmile: Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers and I'll update as soon as I possibly can!

Hope all goes well for you and the baby!!!

Brittony and Maureen -- I'm excited you guys have both made it to the last box on your tickers today. It also terrifies me because that means Rachael, Maria, and I will be there with you in just a week or so. :noway:

Danielle -- Boo, sorry about the sucky sleep. :frown:

Anne -- Hooray for a surprise baby shower! That was so sweet of them! I hope you're having fun at the beach! It's nice that it's not quite as blazing hot this week for you.

Maureen -- Great job with your weight gain! Last week's eating has apparently decided to catch up with me this week. I'm up 3 POUNDS from FRIDAY! :noway: Stupid sodium. :grumble:

Brittony -- Yikes about up at 5.30. That's just absolutely too early to be up and stay up.

Last night I finally buckled down and put in the initial grunt work to research pediatricians and decide who I want to visit first. And, it turns out, one of the pediatricians in the group I've decided to call first is married to one of my favorite OBs so I have high hopes this group will work for us. I'm calling this morning to schedule a time to meet them in the next few weeks. They were the only group of the 3 I researched that openly recommended you schedule a visit while you're still pregnant. I really like that they encourage it.

Hey Ladies. Been MIA and down in the dumps lately. Still doing Zumba 2 x week, every other week, but not logging cal's. I'm up 5 lbs and can't shake them.

Day care is going good, just got a new client. I start on Mon, so now I have a 2 y/o and 17 month old. I'm hoping that getting back into the swing of things gets me back on track. My app't with OB is tomorrow. I hope he has another option for me, other than Metformin and waiting.

I went to my cousin's wedding this weekend. My mom helped me find a really flattering dress and I felt pretty good. My sis from NY came 1 week before the wedding and just left. it was awesome having her visit. she even said she was really proud of me and said that this is the longest she's seen me keep up interest in loosing weight. Now I just have to find the motivation to do something every day, and turn on the Wii for zumba on the weeks DH is working.

@ Mel - Congrats!

So would you guys say that near where you live that drs "compete" for your business kind of thing? They do things that make their practice more attractive? That is the one thing about the public health system in Canada- it is difficult to get a regular family dr for your family- all of the drs are so oversubscribed- there are just not enough drs!! (luckily we have one, but many many people just have to rely on walk in clinics and emergency rooms).

Ron- I hope you like the daycare too! How wonderful that Kathryn could be with all of her family!

Rachael- I meant to say ditto on what everyone else said about your picture! you are cute as a button!

Bit- 5:30 sucks! Same thing happens to me when hubby gets up early for work, I find it so hard to go back to sleep!

Carina- Sorry you are feeling down in the dumps! That sucks :-( How do you like running a daycare? I am considering that for some extra income once my mat leave runs out and still allow me to stay home with my kids, however I would love the freedom of being able to go where I want when I want, ya know? And how to you manage when you have drs appts in the day, etc?

Danielle- Sorry you had such a bad nights sleep! I have heard that leg cramps can be really common in pregnancy. Maybe ask your dr if they have any ideas for what might make them better?

Sorry if I am missing anybody!

Since I am off work now I feel sooooo much better. It was kind of one of those situations where you did not realize exactly how stressed you were and unhappy until you were out of the situation.

Now that I have more time I have been doing my prenatal yoga DVD, but it kind of hurts! I am just soooo big! I am wondering if it is a bad idea to be doing it when I have not been doing it through my whole pregnancy?? What do you guys think? I am trying to either walk or do my yoga dvd each day (on top of household cleaning and gardening).

Regina! Where have you been?

Baby is getting sooo much bigger- I can feel EVERY SINGLE movement now. I love it because it means I feel the baby soooo much more. Same thing happen around this time for you other ladies?

$60 a week for an infant!?!?!? That is phenomenal! You better take that spot right away! Plus what an awesome place where your cousins kids go too!

Hey Rachel (and everyone else)! I'm still here. I've just been feeling really overwhelmed with everything that needs done right now. So much garden stuff to work on and the four - five hours of push mowing a week are starting to get me down. It was SO hot this past week when I was mowing I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. And then I felt like I was doing the whole pregnant waddle thing and felt like I looked terrible. (Like really, whose going to sit in their house and watch me mow anyway :noway: ) I'm crazy I know! At least we live on a dead end street with only three houses past us so there's virtually no traffic. I've been garage saling and only have about five items left that I'd like to have for LO and DS for the next year. The down side to that is that all the stuff I've gotten so far is sitting in the basement needing to be put away. I can hardly walk through the one room!!! And I really need to sew or I'm going to run out of clothes to wear. And I've been helping my parents some. And DS is into EVERYTHING!!! I'm not going to complain about him though after reading you last post, jen. You're really scaring me! DS has slept through the night since he was a month or so old with relapses pretty much only when he was sick. I think I'd loose it if he started waking up now!!! Sorry, no advice here. :ohwell: Hope you get something figured out soon though! I'm trying to hold out 'till the end of June to put our little window AC in the living room. DH doesn't think I'll make it, which is pretty much the only reason I've made it this far. :laugh: Wonder if he's got that figured out yet. I just know as soon as it goes in that I will never want to do anything but sit in front of it. I'm about that bad with fans now though so maybe it won't be that much different. I'm just sick of my house heating up to between 80 and 90 degrees every afternoon!!! That doesn't make a person feel like doing anything either. I should go work in the basement since it's some cooler down there. Sorry that I'm not being a very good friend to you all right now. I'm still keeping up with everyone's posts, but that feels like about all I have the energy to do. :grumble: Hopefully I'll feel like being more interactive soon. I sure do enjoy reading what everyone else writes so I'm glad that you all aren't in the same funk I am. And jen, my midwife would like for me to do the high protien low carb thing, too. I really did try, but I only lasted a couple days. Speaking of carbs - I just made some delicious shortcake to eat with fresh strawberries. I've managed to eat two pieces (without berries) already. I knew it was a bad idea to make the stuff!!! Sure is yummy though. Thanks for being great friends you all! Have a good rest of the day!!!