Due Sept 2017

[Tess08]

Yeh bump I wanted more time at the other end too but couldn't possibly work any longer. Plus I'm still off until mid June so still getting plenty of time with baby!

Oh I see. We don't get NSTs here unless you go into hospital with an issue such as reduced movement. It's not something we would get routinely. I hope everything is ok with bubs ladybrown.

Oh ging you are a much better person than me lol! See I think the name my husband wants is 'ok' but I just don't feel like it's my babies name! I just can't bring myself to agree to it when I don't love it n it's a name I'm going to need to call him forever. But I see what your coworker means about growing to love the name because you love the child. I hope that happens for you x

 

[gingmg]

Tess- I'm not a better person. I basically get my way in everything if I fight hard enough and she's backed down on so many occasions and let me do things the way I want that I sort of feel a bit obligated to give her something that she really wants, and this is what she wants.

 

[Tess08]

Tess- I'm not a better person. I basically get my way in everything if I fight hard enough and she's backed down on so many occasions and let me do things the way I want that I sort of feel a bit obligated to give her something that she really wants, and this is what she wants.

Well I suppose that's fair. I wouldn't say either of us get our way most of the time so there's no easy way to work out how we should go about this. It was just so much easier with my daughter's name and we had also pretty much agreed on a name if this one had been a girl too lol. I find it so much harder coming up with boys names. I bought hubby the big book of baby names as his anniversary present so hopefully he'll find something else he likes that we can agree on out of the 60,000 options it gives lol x

 

[gingmg]

That's so hard Tess. I hope that book helps you find a name that feels right for both of you. With that many names there's got to be another handful that he will realize he likes just as much. Good luck!

 

[ladybrown33]

The failing was due to "minor decelerations" and I had one urgent ultrasound after the first failure but now I must wait until Tuesday to have another ultrasound and finally here what my OBGyn has to say regarding all of it.

 

[gingmg]

Lady brown- thinking of you. Hope everything is ok.

 

[Savasanna]

First - thinking of you Ladybrown! Glad your u/s is tomorrow and hoping everything is ok!

I'm so jealous of all you ladies who are stopping work now/soon! I'm planning on going straight to delivery (as long as my body allows me to, of course) and am already finding myself dreaming about maternity leave! 4(ish) weeks to go!

Names are SO difficult. We've bounced Chloe around forever. Like.. it was one of the original names we threw out there. Both of us went from meh, to maybe, to liking it, to picking it, to not picking it, to get it off the list, to "hey, what about that Chloe name?", to picking it again. Now it just feels right, which is a good feeling.

I will say I don't love love the name SJ is thinking for a middle name - but I don't not like it, either. But I feel like since Peanut's middle name is going to be a family name on my side, then she should get to choose this baby's middle name. But middle and first names are a totally different ball game. I understand the desire to not "settle". I also agree with Ging's co-worker, though. I didn't really care for my nephew's name at first, but he's 4 years old and that's just his name. It doesn't sound weird or off or any of the things I originally felt. I think babies just have to grow into their names, sometimes.

That's not a pitch to settle or not settle, just the reality that, whatever name ends up being chosen, will be your baby's name and you won't be able to imagine it any differently.

Or, if you do - trust me, it's not that difficult to legally change a baby's name.

 

[Babybump2017]

Thinking of you ladybrown! I'm sure she's perfect these professionals do an amazing job but do like to scare us sometimes.

How's everyone feeling getting so near to the end? I am knackered. I can't explain how much my back aches, it seems like the pregnancy massage helped for a day and then it went straight back to normal.

I also had my second to last (hopefully) midwife appt this afternoon. I keep getting these bursts of pressure right down low. I wouldn't say it hurts but it's so uncomfortable and makes me jump out of my chair and cringe for a few seconds. Midwife said it's babies head getting low and then moving away again.

Starting to wonder if she'll be a week or two early!

 

[TFBG]

Hello ladies! Wednesday marks 36 weeks and I can't believe it's 4 weeks OR LESS left to go. Back has been really achy. I think baby boy is making his descend due to lots of pelvic pressure that can only be described as the "swim down"! scene from Finding Nemo 😝. Aside from all the discomfort, I'm so anxious for his arrival.

 

[peach81]

Almost 33 weeks here (yeah, I'm lagging behind with a late Sep due date), and I'm feeling only slightly rundown. My biggest problem is not being able to move around as fast, but I still have a good amount of energy left.

How's everyone doing with the last few weeks of waiting? Is the anticipation kicking your butts?

 

[ladybrown33]

35 weeks today and everything looks fine baby is measuring the same size as last week which is fine since she is bigger than average anyway. I'm waiting for the doctor now to hear what she has to say about all of this but I've been waiting long so we'll see how this plays out

 

[MrsKChicago]

I hope everything looks good, Lady Brown! Keep us updated!

The anticipation isn't too bad here. I'm 36 weeks today, looking forward to the baby but apprehensive about the adjustment for Teddy. We have Hamilton tickets in a week for our anniversary, so she's not allowed to come before that

DH has Thursdays off and we don't have any appointments for once, so I'm going to work on baby laundry and packing my hospital bag and Teddy's sleepover bag. I don't have everything I need yet (I need to order spare phone chargers and buy labor snacks next payday), but something is better than nothing. I think I'll feel better towards the end of next week when we've seen the show and done the last bit of shopping.

 

[Savasanna]

So fun! We saw Hamilton last September - it was great! If you haven't yet, my biggest recommendation is to stop listening to the CD. I listened to the soundtrack probably every day leading up to the show and so I think that took away from it just a tad. I mean, live performances are always amazing, but I had JUST listened to all the songs the day before. If I were to redo it, I would've stopped like a month ahead of time, just to have a bit of a break.

Still, though - have so much fun!

My wife made me a labor playlist and "Wait for it" is totally on there. Ugh.. that song is SO moving!

___

I'm doing well with the anticipation. I sort of feel the opposite - I feel like she's going to be here in a heartbeat and I'm a little anxious over the transition to our family. How will Peanut adjust? How will we adjust to two babies? It sounds like a lot of work (lol). But I definitely have moments of "I wonder what she looks like" where I'm excited to see her. I'm mostly over the anticipation of labor. I just want it to happen so I can stop being nervous about it!

I have to say, babies are cute and all but I do love it when they get a little older. I'm more excited at the idea of having a 2 & 3 year old. I can't wait for that!

 

[MrsKChicago]

Hamilton is more DH's obsession than mine, so I've managed to keep myself kind of in the dark about it. I've heard songs here and there, of course. I like going in blind, so I'm excited to see it without too much background. It looks like it will be a lot of fun from the bits I have seen, and a night out without Teddy before the new baby was a priority for me. I know what you mean about taking a break beforehand, though! I prefer to obsess after the show.

That's exactly how I feel about the anticipation. I'm excited, but I can wait.

 

[Savasanna]

I'd love to chat with you after! It will be interesting to see how you like it, not knowing every single song forward and backward! I've heard both - it's a fast paced score so some people found it difficult to follow along without knowing the music.. while others enjoy the fresh take. Also, I've heard some enthusiasts struggle with the differing takes on the characters now that it's not the original cast because they're SO used to the recording. Anyway - I'm totally jealous and you're going to have such a good time. You're right - regardless of the show it's a night out and away, and that's going to be awesome. Are you seeing it in NYC?

It's coming to Boston sometime in 2018, I hope the tickets aren't too expensive as I'd love to see it again.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Oh great, the ad from hell that makes using the desktop site impossible on mobile is back. This is the third time, can they just ban the damn ad already???

We're seeing it here in Chicago. I was nervous about buying tickets so close to my due date but they happened to extend the dates right when our tax refund hit and I knew it wouldn't be an option for a long time if we skipped it. I'll probably do just a bit of reading ahead of time to make sure I can follow it, I was a little worried about the fast pace. I'm definitely not an auditory learner! Hopefully you can find a way to see it when it's in Boston! I'm hoping Hedwig will come to Chicago one of these days, we saw it in NYC a few years ago and it was amazing. We really don't take enough advantage of the opportunities we have living in Chicago.

 

[Savasanna]

lol - right. Chicago. MrsKChicago. duh.

(and I know - that ad is TERRIBLE!)

 

[Tess08]

I'm so jealous of you ladies who aren't completely exhausted lol. Even doing simple bits of housework are really tiring me out. My little girl starts nursery next week though so I'm hoping the morning breaks will do me good! Not that I'll be relaxing because we need to pack up our lives for moving into our new house so I'll be using my free mornings to get everything organised.

Have any of you started taking the raspberry leaf tea capsules yet? I started this morning as I'm now 34 weeks. I'm not sure if they made my labour any shorter last time but for my first labour 6 hours from start to finish isn't too bad so I'm willing to try them again incase they did make a difference at all x

 

[Savasanna]

I've heard rumblings of raspberry leaf - what's the deal with that? Should we be drinking tea? Am I too late to start?

I could not imagine having to move right now! I feel pretty good about my energy levels, all things considered, but I still need to take a lot of breaks and am pretty beat/ready for the couch by the time Peanut goes to bed!

 

[gingmg]

Red raspberry leaf is a uterine tonic. Supposedly it helps make your contractions stronger and more efficient during labor. My labor was 30 hours start to finish so I don't think it helped make it shorter but I only pushed for 20 minutes so maybe it helped with that? I'm probably going to start drinking the tea around 36 weeks. I will eat the 6 dates daily again too for the oxytocin effect. I don't want to start just yet because I've been having some pretty strong and frequent BH that I'm a little afraid (a lot afraid) of going too early. The red raspberry leaf definitely amped up my BHs last time so I don't want to do that too early. Maybe next week. Generally speaking I feel ok-I mean I get tired easily for sure but it doesn't take much for me to feel tight. That's my biggest complaint right now, the BHs are scaring me a bit. Hard to know when to be concerned. I was also having period like cramps for the past two days too. Does that happen to anyone else?