Pregnancy- July 2011

Ronya, Noah' Ark will be so cute. I always wanted to do a playroom decorated like that. Heartburn, yes, I get it off and on. It's a nasty thing, but I don't really know what helps to alleviate it.

Julie: I have been nauseous and throwing up all over again too. My mw said it's normal at the end of pregnancy for the symptoms of the first tri to come back. Today I am feeling especially queasy, I have already thrown up twice. Yay. I hope for your sake the baby comes this weekend. I first thought it seemed horrible that I haven't had much happening in the way of contractions, but I think it would be also pretty obnoxious to have them for days on end without it actually turning into something soon. I feel for you, I do!!

My mw is out of town this weekend, so I am hoping that somehow my water will break on Monday. I just really don't want to do another work week. Ugh...

Well off to a baby shower... is it bad that I did some re gifting? haha

Sorry ladies about all the heartburn. I haven't had any yet, but boy did I last time! I used Tums all the time but I did find one thing that helped a lot when tums didn't... Papaya! I'm not sure if eating the fruit would help but you can buy papaya enzymes at the store in a chewable tablet. Papaya is a natural digestive aid Maybe it could be helpful to some of you?!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

oh dang Maureen - sorry you are checking in tonight! :ohwell:

But no Julie since noon....

You ladies can't be going more than 5 or 6 hours w/ out a post or you know we're all going to start assuming!

Good morning ladies!

So, for everyone experiencing heartburn and realizing that tums does absolutely nothing, my brother in law went and bought me some Pepcid Complete tablets a couple weeks ago that have been amazing! I was totally craving some good real Mexican food a couple weeks ago but was sad that I wouldn't be able to eat it because it would hurt too bad. My BIL has experienced chronic heartburn for years and went out and bought me those so we could all go out to eat some delicious Mexican. Up until that point, I was eating 2 tums during the nights when I woke up. That night, I ate very spicy homemade salsa and chips, and a nice spicy Santa Fe Chicken Salad and didn't need to eat ANY tums during the night. Ever since then, My heartburn has felt like it's much more under control!!!

So, I have been spotting since last night. Sure wish I hadn't been spotting off and on my entire pregnancy so that I would know if that is blood from a bloody show or blood because of some other reason! I still would like baby to wait at least a week and a half more, but at least we made it to this point!

Hopefully someone has had a baby this morning............

Maureen, Maria, Rachael, Julie - You all are in my thoughts for easy and safe deliveries. I keep checking hoping to hear some baby news, thinking that once one of you goes, you'll break the log jam and all of you will go one right after the other.

Julz - I totally understand buying the new swim suit. I just did that a week ago. I didn't get a maternity one, but did get a fat ladies one that should accomodate the growing belly and still look cute. And I totally o****ed walking the mall as my workout - mine is three miles long and it was exhausting!

I scored yesterday. Three days ago I discovered that Jenavieve's bed was broken. How the kids managed to bend the spring and break the corner completely apart, I will never figure out. So I was trying to find a way to purchase a new bed for her (6 people in a 1400 square foot house requires sneaking in storage wherever you can!) and a friend posted that they were moving and had a twin bed with storage available. I jumped right on it and we got it yesterday. No instructions and a few missing parts, but thankfully it is IKEA and they have their instructions online and will give you most common parts. So we spent yesterday afternoon putting it together. We've at least doubled our storage capacity - I currently have 6! empty bins sitting under the bed that we can take some of the pressure off the toy bins and spread out a little bit. We did end up having to get a new mattress, but her old one was a hand me down - we've had it for over 5 years and it was really hard.

Contractions are still coming but I'm not going to laze around. I'll follow up with the midwives tomorrow to get my lab results, but I think we're going to go on a bike ride today and then we're going to do a clean - a grandma standards clean - on both kids rooms! That will only take me most of the day. I love my kids, but the shoving whereever when everything has a place kills me. This week we're going to pack the big kids for sleep away camp, I attend a conference on Friday and Saturday and we still have swim lessons and TKD to fit into the schedule. Should be another busy week. I'm thinking of surprising the kids and painting their bedrooms while they are at camp. 5 years ago when we were trying to sell the house, right as the market crashed of course, we painted everything a sandy color. It's nice but totally blah in the kids bedrooms.

Have a great weekend!

Julz - I would count walking the mall as exercise (and may actually be partaking in that form next week). Hooray for finding a swimsuit on sale.

Mel - I was thinking the same thing about Julie.

No baby here yet... Today we are going to see a baseball game at nats park. I am not really looking forward to sitting outside all day with our current heat going on, but my nephews will love it.

Katrina - Getting the bed is great! I completely understand the needing as much storage as possible.

Mamarandall - sorry to hear about the heartburn... bf had a REALLY bad case of it last night (I have no clue what he ate that was different than the rest of us).

edit... I just read my baby ticker. I think its a little off. It should have just ended with the I am comfy inside my mommy. I am pretty sure she would stay inside forever if she could given her not showing any real signs of wanting to come out right now.

Elizabeth, congrats on the wedding! That is so exciting. Hopefully everything goes smoothly for you.

No Julie... I hope that means she is finally having that baby.

I got nothin'

Maureen - I remember feeling exactly like that with my first. Due date came and went, I was at <1cm and maybe 30% effaced, and I swore that she had decided to stay in there forever (I even remember thinking that they would induce me and she still wouldn't come). She came, all on her own, 6 days past due, and she was barely 7 lbs so I know there was a reason for her waiting.
Hang in there! You'll have your little one in your arms soon and it will all be worth it!

Did anyone else's face start breaking out again towards the end? It went awhile for awhile but today whew, I have a couple of spots again

YES! Right at 36 weeks, too.

The good news is the zits popped up all at once within a matter of a couple of days but new ones haven't popped up since then. The bad news is I still have the marks on my face from the zits that popped up (like 5 or 6 of them popped up at the same time and I normally have pretty clear skin).

My grandpa passed away today. It was hard, but he is in a better place. Before I really wanted to go into labor asap, but the funeral is Thursday, so I hope that as soon as that is over then I can meet my sweet little girl. Today I kind of felt like that is why she has been waiting, just to let me get through this with my family first.

I'm sorry to hear about your Grandpa! Sounds like your baby knows what's best right now and hopefully you can heal. I worked with hospice patients and as hard as it is to see them go, I always felt at peace knowing that they aren't in pain and suffering anymore but know how much it hurts for the family to lose those precious ones. Thoughts and prayers are with you!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Rachael --- Hugs to you and your family! I'm glad that you can feel at peace with it. When my grandpa passed, it was after years of senile dementia and heart failure, and we were all expecting it. I cried the days leading up, but when grandma called and said he'd died, I felt relief more than anything. But, I did ball like a baby at the funeral. He died a month before our wedding, and I felt like it was a blessing because he could be there in spirit (where he wouldn't have been able to attend if he'd been alive). Hoping that baby cooperates and lets you go to the funeral!


Between being out of just about everything and on a lousy emotional roller-coster, it was not a great food day. But we can grocery shopping in the morning and hopefully stock up on good stuff again. Good thing one bad day won't hurt the baby ... must remember to take my vitamins tonight!