@girlalmighty08 Love the names! Also, it's good to hear you made it through first trimester. Glad your doc got the carpal tunnel under control. Prenatal yoga sounds fun. It's awesome that you're going. I'm sure it'll be a great help to you now and in the future. I had a lot of dizziness too, but it wasn't my iron. It was blood pressure and blood sugar/hormone related. Breastfeeding still makes me dizzy occasionally, but it does go away. You're doing great!

@pezhed Glad you didn't get flooding so bad where you are.

Thanks everyone. Bruce's colic has improved greatly. The reflux comes and goes with growth spurts. Poor little guy had 3 baths yesterday because of it. And that's not mentioning the laundry...lol. I have yet to find a diaper he can't explodopoop through. The torticollis is also resolving itself as he gains more head control and muscle development. He is also regaining an interest in bottles. Hooray!

Despite all the rain, I am totally loving this season. It's so gorgeous with the very slow, late fall we're having this year. I got the fireplace cleaned out and have been taking advantage of all the wood from downed trees at the church. (Hubs and bro had to chainsaw through 7 or 8 trees on the church driveway to rescue pastor Ronny during one of the hurricanes.) I'm also looking forward to some new windows that will make the house more weather proof and improve the look. We're replacing 4 front ones first. Maybe replace some more in later years. The wood frames and molding are soft and damaged, as they are original to the house circa 1939.

@puffbrat I've read that too. I just didn't expect ME to be one of those couples that has trouble. If I say more, it'll be in postpartum chat. But anyway, things are resolved and better between us.

Congratulations @VeryKatie !!

• Baby's Name: Brooke Elizabeth Harris

• Date of Birth Jan 20, 2019

• Original Due Date: Jan 28, 2019

• Weeks Pregnant: 38+6

• Baby's Weight: 6 lb 8.8 oz

• Baby's Height: 20.1 in.

• Birth Story:
I was feeling what i thought were braxton hicks starting around 7pm on Jan 19. Around 12:45 am a contraction was strong enough to wake me up. But i slept again till 3:30. After that i had contractions every 6 to 15 mins. I couldnt sleep through them but they were pretty mild so i thought since they were irregular and not getting more intense that they were still braxton hicks. Around 5am i got in the shower to see if they would go away. They slowed down to 2 per hour around 11 am so my husband went to work to finish something up just in case. My son woke up from a very short nap and was grouchy so i called my parents to come help since i was uncomfortable. They arrived around 2pm. At 3:45 i messaged him saying contractions were more frequent, like 6 mins apart but still not terrible. But that i would call the midwife to give her a heads up soon. He left work at 4pm and was home at 420pm. At 5pm he was looking at my contraction timer and was concerned that my contractions were too close together. They had a gap of 1 to 2 mins between them but only lasted 30 seconds or so. So he asked me to call the midwife and tell her were were heading into the hospital. Even the midwife didnt think it was time until i mentioned i was having rectal pressure. We left home while my son was eating dinner with his grandma and grandpa, parked at the hospital at 5:40 pm. We went in and found the L&D admitting area. The lady there took her sweet *kitten* time admitting me lol. My midwives also took forever getting there and changing into scrubs. When they firdt checked me i was 6 cm dialated but that i could be stretched to 7 cm. I had one contraction and then i said i needed to push and they just kept trying to check my blood pressure until i insisted. So she checked again after the next contraction and she exclaimed "oh youre 10 cm now!" So i dialated from 6 to 10 in one contraction. They rushed me on the gurney into the "fast delivery" room meanwhile i was asking for ALL the drugs lol. I hopped onto the bed into the room, pushed 4 times and bam had a daughter! Luckily i only had one tiny 1st degree peri-uritral tear. Recovery has felt pretty rough since though. But so worth it.

@VeryKatie I logged in primarily to see if you had a baby yet! Congratulations! That sounds like one heck of a contraction!

I’m 34+2 here and have had a pretty ideal pregnancy so far. I’ve been walking dogs a few miles a day, and I’ve gained a little more weight than I should have (I’ve already gained the 20 lbs I was allowed oops) but no one seems too concerned about it. I still have a lot to do to get ready for the little guy’s arrival but I still have some time. We got new carpet in all the bedrooms in our house yesterday. We aren’t too worried about setting up a nursery yet because we want the baby downstairs with us for the first 6 months or so. Husband and I have been doing everything we can to prepare for childbirth but it’s so impossible to anticipate I should probably focus more energy on how to take care of a tiny human. We do have breastfeeding class on Thursday so hopefully that will be helpful. I hope everyone here is doing well!

I’m doing well. My dieting hasn’t been great the past couple weeks but it hasn’t been terrible. I need to just abstain from booze though, it kills my calories and I’d rather save them for food. I lose weight more consistently when I forego alcohol.

My husband and I have decided to tell our families that we are planning to have a kid. This may seem like a weird thing to need to announce but we’ve been together for 10 years and until about a year and a half ago we weren’t planning on ever having kids so at this point it would be a huge shock to people if we didn’t mention that our feelings had changed until after we were pregnant.

We’ve also decided that we are going to start trying in September regardless of what my weight is. I’ve lost 32 pounds so far and I still have another 33 to lose to get under 200 which was my goal, but age is a factor here as well. I’m not old old but especially given that it can take a while to get pregnant I don’t want to wait forever to start trying. So basically I have 6 months to lose what I can and then it is what it is.

@arendiva It's great to hear from you! 32lbs is a great loss! Do you mind if I ask why you want to tell your families other than the change of heart? I ask because it is very common for even the most well meaning and supportive people to add pressure to the TTC process by asking if you are pregnant yet, and telling you to try this, that and the other trick, and generally be more into your business than you may want. It's just something to consider although you obviously know your family and I don't

@WifiresGettingFit congrats on the house search being over!! What a relief!

Im back on the spread sheet now. Doing some early tracking so i can nail down my goals and numbers for April!

That's great @WifiresGettingFit! I hope it continues to be smooth!

Welcome back to the spreadsheet @VeryKatie

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@puffbrat Thank you! So far, so good!

We'll expect details when everything is complete and settled