rbourre - yeah I think they should let you do what you want - all they would need to do is take your bp periodically and maybe run some blood work if needed but why does that restrict you to a bed? That's dumb. If your bp starts rising or something else comes up, then maybe getting into the bed with more continuous monitoring would be best, but until there are signs of anything going wrong, there should be no reason you can't try it.
Goodness ladies I am just a burping machine lately. I am burping SO much, and it usually comes in like 3 burps in a row, and these aren't just your average small belch after a meal. I mean I am burping like a grown man who just downed a huge beer or something! It's all day long, while at work, at home, I even wake up to pee and burp several times once I sit up and the air is forced up. I don't even drink anything carbonated or anything. It's embarrassing!
I feel this pregnancy has been pretty easy on my body physically. I have been super tired at times, I have leg and foot cramps a lot, minor acid reflux, typical stuff... but overall I don't feel quite like a huge waddling pregnant lady yet. However I feel like it's starting to get that way! By the end of the day it's a struggle to get out of a chair, I feel stiff in my legs and am starting to waddle, and my back pain is amping up. It's actually exciting to experience all this stuff since I didn't get this far in pregnancy with my dd. My c-section is in just over 5 weeks... 38 days... That is so crazy to think!
I've been eating pretty bad lately and I think my weight gain is increasing fast. How much weight are we supposed to gain in the last month or two? I know the baby gains about 1/2 pound a week... what about us?
I am sure my blood pressure will go up when I am in labour. I just hope they don't want to rush to do another c-section if baby is stable. I am going to really, really try to get them to let me labour and have a vaginal birth. I hope my doctor delivers my baby because he is awesome and very pro vbac. He hasn't even tried to tell me I might need a c-section again, he is sure I will be able to have a vbac. It was the nurse I met with to pre-register at the hospital that said they will probably stick me in a bed to be monitored. My blood pressure rises really easily though so I'm not sure how that is going to go. It will probably be high by the time I get to the hospital when I am in labour. Any pain, stress, being really active, anxiety, etc make it go up to over 140/90, when it's normally about 120/80 or lower.
I am also burping a lot and I don't usually know when they are coming. My mom and sister were over last week and I kept burping very loudly while they were here. Thankfully, they are the type of people to just laugh it off but I kept apologizing. I usually will go to say something and let out a huge burp instead.
hope things start moving soon, in so much pain 
starting to engage is good. You should find you can breathe deeper now!
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