Hopefully we will both make it that far!!! What is your original due date?
My original due date is 10/10, so 10/3 is the absolute earliest they will do it. In addition to the reasons everyone listed, I had heard (not sure if it's totally true) that scheduled c-sections are usually before EDD because if you go into labor the surgery can be a little more complicated with your uterus contracting and stuff? Makes sense in theory but I know they perform c-sections on women in labor all the time so maybe it's just a preference. Who knows.
That photons from my husband and daughter at Sea World in San Antonio Texas. When we went, I had no idea about the whole "blackfish" movie (not sure if it was out yet). Anyway,not a fan of animal cruelty although all the animals looked well cared for in this facility! Such a cute pic anyway!
Oh ok! It looks exactly the same! In fact I will post a pic.
And yes, we are not fans of animal cruelty either! This was the Birch Aquarium at UC San Diego and it mainly just has all types of fish rather than like whales or other mammals that need much more of a natural environment to thrive. I have heard Sea World is going to start making some big improvements in response to all of the controversy in the media lately.
rbourre - So sorry your pictures didn't go well! I hope you were able to get something decent, and maybe you can do more another time maybe even in your home or something where your dd would be more comfortable. I am trying to schedule ours but it's so expensive. DH thinks we should wait and just do newborn pictures instead, which isn't a terrible idea. I just wanted to do maternity since I didn't get to last time since DD came so early. I know you are in the same boat there! And yes, I can so relate to how crazy all these new pregnancy symptoms are now that we are further along that we've ever been. Sometimes I seriously get so startled and literally jump when he kicks my organs! I picture him in there like elbow dropping my bladder, it's such a sharp and intense pain!
As far as nesting goes, I feel the need to nest, I WANT to nest, but I can't! We just finally painted the nursery but now have to wait for the carpet place to come install. Hoping that will done this week! Then we can get the baseboards put in this weekend and FINALLY start moving things into the room. All I want to do is start washing clothes, blankets, etc but right now all the furniture is in the garage so there would be no where to put anything if I did. I did however pack my hospital bag last night! I feel like that's major progress. It's just sitting in the corner, I wanted to leave it in the car but I have some bathroom items like shampoo and stuff in there that wouldn't be good to be in the heat for weeks. So I figure if there's an emergency, DH can always run home and grab it and it's all ready. I had to count on him to find everything to bring last time because I went in so early and I didn't get half of what I needed! There are a lot of other things we want to do around the house, but so much of our time and energy is focused on getting the nursery ready so we have big plans to do some major cleaning once the baby is here and we are both on leave from work.
I'm also getting my newborn photos done free because the photographer (a different one) is looking for someone to do a session and record it all on video to upload to her website. 
I feel like crap! We had our hospital tour today though which was nice. I was in a lot of pain with the walking but ended up riding in a wheel chair on the way back to the class room.
you get some rest now.
