Sabrina- Thanks for sharing about your crib. We got ours at walmart too. Luckily we found one that came with a free crib mattress! Tomorrow is hubby's last day off so if he doesn't help put it together then, I'll attempt to do it alone on Wednesday. I talked to my friend/hairstylist today during my haircut and she said that when she had her 2nd baby she was alone every night and she was fine. So I guess if that ends up being the case I will be too :ohwell:

On the bright side, in the hospital they let you choose how much you do and do not with the baby. If you want them to do all the diaper changes and feedings while you're there, they will. Unless you're breastfeeding, I'm pretty sure you don't want them to do all the feedings for you hehe jk.... My hubby works 3rd shifts. And he also works out of state two days a week. So it will deff be hard. We have it planned out that he'll watch our 2yr old while i'm in the hospital, and when i come home it'll be able time for him to work out of state, so his grandma will watch out 2yr old while he's gone. Just the first week. I'm have the c-section so I wont be able to lift hijm or anything, so I'm going to need the rest etc

Hi ladies,
Just back from my 38wk midwife appt and all is well. LIttle Ava is still 1/5th engaged and everything else was fine.
Nothing more to report from this side of the Atlantic!
Take care,
Sarah xox

Hi all

Nothing much happening here. I had my 36 week apppointment and all good. Baby measures well. My BP was good and baby heart rate good. The baby is 3/5 engaged - which I was surprised at as I though it might have dropped down from under my ribs when it engaged but it hasnt yet.

My midwife has offered me a cervical sweep at 40 weeks - what do you think? Would you have one or just wait until you had to have one to get it moving? (41/42 weeks). I dont want it to set off if baby not ready so unsure what is best to do. Im sure the midwfie wouldnt do it though if she didnt think she should. I will ask about it again at my 38 week week appointment.

Im on my last week at work and should be just working half days but we are busy so just having quick sandwich and going to stay a few more hours (thats why Ive been AWOL as been pretty busy).


Sas - glad appointment went well, sounds like Ava is getting ready too.

Melissa - plenty of time for baby to turn yet. My friends baby was head down for weeks and 2 days before due date flipped the other way and ended up with C-section. (obviously thats the opposite to you but it still flipped itself).

Sugar - Love your profile picci - you look fit as!!

Destiny - hope you dont go into labour on Thurs, sounds liek you are doing plenty of walking and bouncing to get things moving.

xx

August 21st a little after 5:00pm I will have baby Logan in my arms! So glad the scheduler finally called... That means a little less than 5 weeks! YAY!

Myice - oh great - glad you know the date. Is that a week earlier than your due date?

Yep! If I go into labor I have a 30-40% chance of something going wrong, because of all the problems I had with my last pregnancy. So we all thought it'd be safer to just schedule a c-section 1 week before the due date. Guess we can't be much more prepared than this lol They might call the day of to let me know if there's an earlier time available. 5pm will be torture because i can't eat 8hrs before the surgery, and I'd have already slept all night =P So right before 9am I'm going to eat a HUGE breakfast LOL

Bru- Glad your appt went well. Aug 14th would be a great day for a baby girl (My birthday :laugh: ) but hopefully things go smoothly no matter when she decides to come.

Sabrina- that's so exciting that you know a date (and time!) to expect baby!

Helen- Glad your last appt went good as well. I don't know much about a cervical sweep either. Is it different then breaking your water? Do you know other people who have had it done?

MPederson- I agree with Helen, I think baby has plenty of time to turn. My LO was breach at my 32 wk appt and she turned by my next appt at 36 wks. Fingers crossed for you!

Jenalee- Your back pain sounds identical to mine! I wonder if baby is on a nerve or something, because its only on the right side, just a bit below my shoulder blade. It KILLS!!!! I've heard of some people getting nauseated in the 3rd tri because there's not a whole lot of room for your stomach. I was really anxious about my baby shower with my older daughter too because DH refused to let me buy anything, and my Mom didn't throw me a shower until less than a month before my due date. Hope that goes smoothly!

AFM- Thursday is almost over and I don't think baby will be making her appearance tonight. Yay! However, this morning I had a lot of tinted brown mucous after I went to the bathroom (sorry TMI) so I called the OB dept and the girl I talked to thought it was my mucous plug, But from what I've read the mucous plug is usually clear, but the bloody show can be tinted brown. Either way, I think baby is making her way. I wish I wasn't induced with Olivia, then I think I would have a clearer idea of what to look for this time. But I'm sure everything will work out. Well I'm off to walk my dog before bed. Hope you all are having a great week, and have a great weekend as well!

Destiny
39w2d
+almost 30 lbs

thedestar- thank you for starting a part 3 to this group!

maybe the mucous plug?

I have no idea what to expect, I've joked with my girlfriends who've had kids that i'll have to send them a picture and say "is this it?"

eeeee exciting!

Morning ladies,
I hope this isn't TMI - I've just woken up with a LOT of discharge this morning. So much so I've changed my knickers and put a pad on. It was the same colour, texture etc as discharge (no bloody show or tinge of colour) - any advice? Are things going to start happening today? I'm 39 weeks tomorrow YIKES! xox

I was thinking mucus plug too. I've read online that some people lose it a week or so before even having their baby and just have to carry on as normal. But that's what I read online, so who knows how dependable that information is.
Lately I feel like I've been losing mine little by little, I'll go to the bathroom and wipe and it seems more like snot texture. Did you start to lose yours slowly at first? Thing is I'm only 35wks tomorrow.

Hi all

Lianne - Hi & Welcome, glad you in 3rd Tri. Im the opposite I feel like my pregnancy has flown by! Cant believe only 3 weeks to my due date!

Sas - Sounds like your body is getting ready. How you feeling today? Is your daughter getting excited? We have had rain here for days but at least its sunny (and typical I have booked my prenatal massage for this afternoon - which would have been better on a rainy day! never mind Im sure will still enjoy it).

Mtice - I often have snot like discharge and have done since about 32/34? weeks. Think its quite normal, but double check with midwife.

Faughorn - Hi and welcome. Your weigh gain looks good to me. Sounds like a good boss. When do you plan to finish for maternity leave? How long do you get off?

AFM: I finished work last fri and was sad to finish really - but Im sure I will get over it! starting to feel more real now tho. So this week I have been sorting and cleaning and washing etc. Ive been making some food to freeze so dont live on toast once baby is here! lol

We have friends visiting this weekend and my family is going to London to watch a bit of the olympics. So hopefully Im not 2 weeks early as too much planned! lol

Got cot built today and next week we are going to finish off sorting the baby room.

It seems very quite on here this week - is everyone having their baby's?

Catch up again later.
Helen
37+1
Up 31lb (and hopefully not many more)

Faug Horn- That's so exciting! Have you picked out a name yet for your boy? I have a 2yr old, and trust me they are a joy! I'm having another boy this pregnancy and because having my 2yr old is so much fun, I'm really excited about having another one... 3rd trimester seems to be a lot like the first, tired all the time, and eat often of you start to feel sick. At least for most pregnant women. I wanted to stick around a 35lb gain max but now I'm up to 50. NOT loving this, but at least we'll lose about 20 right away after having baby.

Helenmelon- Freezer meals are an awesome idea! I did that about a month ago and got all my recipes off Pinterest. I always see recipes on there that I want to try but never have, so I thought they'd be the best ones to make and freeze! =D I can't make anymore because our chest freezer is packed! I wish I did this the 1st pregnancy because I was a zombie from no sleep and wanted to cook was out of question lol... now that you're not working you're going to think of your pregnancy even more! Only a few weeks to go though! YAY!

FaugHorn- You are so lucky to be able to work from home! It's such a blessing. My husband and I own our own business and I do all of the computer/paper work from home. With having my 2yr old it's wonderful, because I can work around his schedule & always be there for him when he needs something. Esp with having a newborn baby it will be very nice to work from home!

AFM: I'm not sure what's going on. I've been maintaining the same weight for about 2 months now. But now I've gained 6lbs in the last 9 days, which doesn't make ANY sense to me. I've been eating just as good, if not better, and I never use to drink water, but now I'm drinking about 12-14 cups a day! So how can I possibly be gaining that much? My last appt the ob said that my weight/bp was good. I guess we'll see how this week good. I have another ultrasound next week (last one), and we have our c-section scheduled for August 21st! Less than 4 weeks to go! =D

I'm 35wks and didn't get this far in my last pregnancy... So I was wondering... Lately I've been getting a headache every day, and my belly's starting to hurt, like cramps, last night before bed I was super dizzy, all night my legs and arms were really cramping up, and when I woke up I was still really dizzy..... Is anyone else experiencing this? I have my ob appt today so I'll ask the ob about it, but I was curious if anyone else is going through this. Also, I never use to drink much water at all, but the last week I've been drinking about 12-14 cups a day and I've gained about 6lbs in 9 days! UGHS! .... I was comfortable all pregnancy, until this week. =P 4 weeks and Logan will be in my arms, so in the end this will all be worth it!

Had my 1-hour Glucose test this morning. The drink wasn't all that bad, sorta like flat orange soda.

They said that if everything is all clear than the place usually doesn't even call but that the doctor would call one way or the other when they get the results.

I was STARVING by the time I got home. Just had leftover veggie stir-fry for "breakfast", it was the fastest thing I could get into me :laugh:

Whoops! I 'closed' the last thread and didn't know it. I didn't see any updates in my topics and then I saw I was post 500.... so hello all that are still around and welcome over to those who are 'new'!

Real quick update from doc appt: I'm 2-3cm dilated and 80% effaced. Could be anytime, could still be a week past my due date of 8/14. Reguardless, it's progress!! I have been having lots of BH since last Thurs when they took out the cerclage, but no real ones that I'm aware of.

Hope you all are doing ok with this weather. We had a 10 day straight stretch of 100+ weather, and so far our highest has been 108! In St. Louis area. Yuck. We had rain for a few hours May 1st, at the tail end of May and that's it! It's so crappy out there! I'm thankful I'm done with work til mid Sept.

My dr said with all my symptoms it's not looking good. Esp since with my last pregnancy I had pre-e and had to have an emergancy c-section at 32 weeks.... Well our scheduled c-section just got moved up to 37 weeks. August 7th is the big day now. Hopefully I maintain how I've been feeling so I make it to that date!