pregnancy & text buddy- aug 2010

[dizzy65]

Ah it is good you got your DH.. I guess a lot of people have those not so good relationships before they have the one that they are willing to be with and work threw everything with just up until the end Im glad my OH got me wen he did, he helped me get off of drugs and everything which wasnt an easy feat and im glad he stuck by me threw all the with drawls and everything when everyone had given up on me. I can honestly say if it wasnt for him i dont think id be alive right now.. Its good to have people in our lives that are as supportive as your DH is and my OH is.. and every relationship has those bad spots and every relationship has the good spots they good spots are what make the bad spots bearable hehe.

That is a very good point.. at 11 years old you arent even developed enough to wear a bra how could you think that your body is developed enough for a baby.. ah that makes me so sad.. Havinga baby threw all of those teenage years and everything never experiancing acaully living you life. and probably by the end of it you will dislike the person that got you pregnant.. and when you like 20 or so years old you will probably act out and stuff because you never got that time to just be a kid.. 11 year olds shouldnt even be having sex any way seriously what kind of parents lets there kid go out and have sex. makes me sick.

It would be a very stressfull call if i was in labour and having to call my OH hehe.. Plus he isnt supposed to answer his phone unless he is on breaks so i would be like constantly calling him just so he doesnt miss anything. im sure if i called like 10 times in a row they would let him talk on the phone odviously it would be important enough lol. Ah hopefully you guys have the nursary set up soon and stuff that will be good for u guys to have to all done up thats good you have pretty much everything.. we do too well the basic living stuff.. we are going to buy diapers and stuff like that still.. but we have most of the big stuff like the bed ect. Yes im glad we get the rocking chair it will be awesome we are going to pick it up on friday when OH is here i really cant wait to put it in the babies room. and then i cant wait tell baby is here to actaully put these things to use.. eek so exciting

I watch that show too birth stories and i was watching one yesterday that the lady was so screaming and all of this.. and my face just fell like "oh my god i cant believe what i got my self into" but once baby was out she was so happy and smiling and everything.thats the part im looking forward too the other part just looks so unbelievably scarey.. i dont no if i will be able to handle it.. i guess im going to half too thou eh hehe.

Ugh i hate that glucose test that is horribal. good luck on that.. that kind of sucks that your appointment got moved but makes since as you wont be there to go to it. It will be fun when you get to go to go listen to babies heart beat an stuff like that.. thats always my fav part is getting to listen to the babies heart beat and everything like that.. and for them to tell me that baby is doing fine. i always hear about these girls going in for growth scans. ive never had one and im not getting one i wonder if thats normal to not get one.

Yep it means you are getting closer that is so exciting to see that you are just about to the end of the ticker.. and finally in third tri. eek you must be so excited the last stretch of the way Omg today im 30 weeks i can not believe it.. only 10 weeks tell my due date. i dont no bout you but i am starting to get so nervous i cant believe it. 30 weeks pregnant i never thought id make it this far.. i cant wait i hope this time just goes by fast baby is growing so big now.. ive been getting really bad braxton hick contractions too those are not fun i was trying to talk to OH on the phone yesterday while i was having one and i was like just about in tears but it doesnt last very long. ugh if it is practice i wonder what the real ones are goina feel like :-/

 

[QueSeraSera]

i think you got that exactly right, the good times are what makes the bad time bearable. i know for me personally when things start going a liitle bad my first instinct is to just say "screw it, im done" but then when i start thinking about the good times and everything weve gone through together, then i remember why its worth fighting for for me, i think i would have just partied away my entire life if DH hadnt come along. when youre in that life you think its so great, but, now looking back, i realize how destructive and stupid i was being. and coming out of the bad life, i went through it and my brother has struggled with it for over a decade. youre really lucky that you had such a supportive OH becaus its hard to be the one going through it, but its also so hard to be the one watching the person you love go throug it. not a lot of people stick around to help someone come out of something like that. we are so lucky to have our great significant others, and our soon-to-be little families! it all works out for the best

oh the 11 year old this is out of control. thats exactly what i was thinking, what kind of parent lets their child talk about things like having sex and babies. and what kind of 11 year old really knows what sex is and how to have it?! lol. i want to raise my daughter in a way where she just enjoys her childhood and doesnt want to grow up so fast. i think youre right, they act out when they have babies so young too...because when theyre like 21 they want to party and have fun because they never got to because they grew up too fast. my brother's daughter was with his ex girlfriend, and she was only 17 when she got pregnant. and thats not all that young by todays standards, but she did it because her twin sister had a baby and she was jealous and wanted one of her own. and now shes 20 and wanting to go out, have fun, and just be single since her and my brother have split. i feel bad though because my niece is the one who suffers. my brother is in jail right now and shes off doind who knows what...my neice is just shuffled between family members in the area who will watch her. its sad. thats why i firmly believe people shouldnt have kids until they truly understand what theyre giving up and what reponsibility theyre taking in, and are willing to do both.

i would imagine that if you call when youre close to your due date, they would let him pick up. that would be ridiculous if they didnt...i mean, it could be an emergency! you would think that if that does happen they would let him head out immediately after getting the call so he could get to you as quickly as possible. yea im such a planner that i need the nursery to be done already, even though were still 3 months off from my due date. but it seems like its coming soon and so i want to have the room all ready and everything. we have to buy the diapers and stuff too. i think we are going to start trying to buy i box every paycheck from now until she is born. that way we can have a pretty good stockpile going and spread out the cost a little bit.

oh i dont think ill be watching the birth stories anymore. it was awesome to see how happy she was to have her baby, but the labour part scared the hell out me! haha. i know that im going to have to do that here in a few months, but i kind of dont want to think about it or see stuff like that...it makes me worry even more than i already do on my own! lol

yea the appointment was supposed to be the day before i leave, but then the doctor needed to reschedule and so it has to be when i get back now. its okay though, it puts the glucose test off a little more at least! and by the time i have that appointment ill be 30 weeks already! then it will only be a few more appointments until the big day! i love going in though...its so awesome to hear her little heart every time. but were usually only there for like 15-20 minutes, so not much really happens besides that. the doctor asks how im doing and all that, nothing much really. i guess thats good though, it means that everything is going well. i wont be having a growth scan. i think that is a very british thing. i see women on here talking about it all the time, but ive never heard of people in the US having one unless there was some reason for the doctor to think that the baby isnt growing normally. so i dont think its a bad thing to not have one. though it would be kind of nice to have one and have some indication of how big the baby is expected to be!

congratuations on 30 weeks!! yay! youre offically 3/4 of the way there! only 10 more weeks for you and thats gonna fly by. i cant believe your baby is already 3lbs according to your ticker. s/he is starting to bulk up for sure...getting some baby fat getting ready to make it out here in the world. and youre at 70 days...that seems like nothing compared to when our tickers used to say 200+ days! lol. the braxton hicks do not sound fun. i havent had any i dont think (im pretty sure that if i had i would know about it! they sound painful and like something you cant really miss lol) i hope they let up on you a little bit. does the doctor have any concern over them at all? in a way im glad i havent gotten any yet, but at the same time i kind of hope i do...i would think it would be good to get some and have some sort of idea of how the real thing is going to go. plus, it must be a good thing since it means that your body is getting ready for the real thing!

 

[dizzy65]

thats defantly for sure Im like that too everytime we get into a bad argument or something i just want to say "yeah im done" but than i look back at all we've been threw and all of that and than i want to stay. i mean there are women out there with spouces or boyfriend or what ever that beat on them and all that and you and i are the fortunate ones to get a partner that doesnt beat up on us or anything like that.. i couldnt stand being in a relationship where it was lots of smacking around and stuff.. Thats like me too looking back on it i know the choices i made were stupid. But do i regret doing it... defantly not because i got it out of my system before igot pregnant and before i turned into being an adult.. i think its more benifical towards my self that i got this all out of the way while i was still young enough to do it.. still young enough to pull my self out of it .

If i was 11 and went up to my mum and said i was ready to have a baby she would of smacked me up side the head lol. I dont no many mothers that would seriously let there 11 year old talk about having babies in the positive.. Like wanting there 11 year old to be sexually active and everything like that.. err makes me sick.. I see that so much with young mothers that once they have there childern they just let there parents watch there babies and they go out to the clubs and everything like that. I couldnt bare that i would want to be with my baby as much as i can.. If you'v ever watched that show 16 and pregnant some of the girls on there after they have there childern they just stick it with there moms and go out and have fun at highschool or out partying and stuff. I personally dont think i could have a baby and still be in school that would be so hard to do.. That is so harsh about your brother and the mother of your neice that is so sad to see that she doesnt have parents around.. that would be so hard to do have a child and not be around in its life.

I would really hope they would let him pick up lol. Or else they would get really seriously annoyed with me calling like every 5 seconds tell i get a hold of him. i told him ill try anything if i go into labour and he isnt here because i dont want to do this alone.. seriously. i would panic in labour by my self eek lol. Thats a good idea so that you will have a good supply of diapers for when the baby is here. ive talked to OH on getting diapers now that ive hit 30 weeks but we will see what he says.. he also says he doesnt want to buy to much more cause that leaves like nothing for people to get as shower gifts ect.

It does really scare me too thinking about the labour and stuff but i think its getting me better prepaired for what i got my self into everytime i see the labour and stuff now thou im like "eek i have to do that here in like 10 weeks i cant believe it" it looks so painful but im sure in the end it will be worth it.. im also terrifyed becasue they dont really show you bad stuff that could happen like what if i was giving birth and accidently pooed or something like that hehe that would be so not good :S

Haha yes that glucose test is rather grose thats for sure i really hated to do it and having to go threw it twice eek. that is so bad i hated having to do it.. thats right all you have to think about is that there is only a little bit of time left tell your at last appointment than when baby is there thats so exciting My appointments are the same im only in there for maybe 15 mins and all they do is check my blood pressure and check on baby and ask me how im doing. its really boring now actaully. Ive never herd of people in canada getting growth ones done eather i guess they really dont need to if everything is going well. i really hope to be able to see the baby one last time on the ultra-sound thou

im so happy to finally be 30 weeks it is so exciting i know i can defantly feel the baby is gaining weight now hehe i cant wait tell i give birth to it thou it will be so much bigger ah scarey haha. I know i cant believe how far we have come already and that i only have 70 days left the days are really starting to fly by now When i was having a braxton hick contraction and trying to talk to OH on the phone he was panicing like asking me if the baby was coming and stuff like that lol i had to tell him not to worry that it was just a practice contraction hehe. They arent worried about the braxton hicks contractions not yet anyway. im sort of glad ive been geting them but sort of not glad cause i hate having to feel them but i guess its gettin me prepaired hehe

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea i agree with that completely...everyone makes mistakes when theyre young. thats what growing up is all about. thats why i am so against people having kids so young, like 14 or 15, because they havent had the time to make all their mistakes and learn from them. they havent grown up yet. and eventually they will make the mistakes, but theyll do it when theyre trying to raise a kid...and thats going to be bad news for the child for sure. we definitely did things the right way...got everything out of our system and grew up before getting pregnant and starting families. i was talking to DH about the kids having babies thing and he was like "seriously, at 11 years old i dont think i completely understood what sex even was, much less how to have it or that thats what had to be done to have babies" and looking back i think i was the same way. its just that kids grow up and know so much so fast these days. and they think they can do everything, but i can tell you having a kid and being in school is hard! i was just doing it with a stepson too and we only have him part time and it was still so difficult. lol

that is a good point about the diapers, im sure a lot of people will want to buy those for you...theyre essentials. but also there are other things that people can always get you too! blankets...can never have too much of those. and clothes...gonna need so many outfits as babies are super messy in the beginning. plus, youre gonna want to get some diapers anyway...youre definitely not gonna get enough from presents. in the beginning babies go through like 10-15 diapers a day! its insane the amount of pee and poo that they produce. and you have to change them immediately so they dont get a rash. i would say that even if you buy some, youre gonna be in need of more anyway. lol.

i hear the pooing during birth is actually quite common. and something you cant really control. i guess it makes sense, youre pushing so hard to get the baby out and all. i really hope it doesnt happen to me though. i sooooo dont want to do that in front of the doctor and a bunch of nurses. i already told DH hes not allowed to look down there during the labor, i dont want him to see everything all stretched out and gross. ill feel all self conscious. im sure that when were actually in it though, we wont be thinking about any of these things we worry about now. im pretty sure that the only thing well be thinking is "get this baby out of me NOW!!!" lol

yea im so not looking forward to the glucose...ick! i wish they could just go off of the first one that i had to take. but i guess its all for the baby's health, so ill do it. i wont like it, but ill do it. lol. i wish i got another ultrasound or growth scan or something...i just want to see how big shes getting and what she looks like now, but unless there are complications i wont get another one. it sucks, but at the same time im happy that there isnt any reason to need one. im happy that this pregnancy is pretty much easy and complication-free so far

thats crazy about the contraction. im nervous to have them if they are so painful that you cant talk and want to cry! my stomach has some tightening from time to time, but its not painful. it just feels weird. im not sure what it is, but im going to ask the doctor about it when i go in next time. speaking of weird, we went to the pool last night to swim some laps and get some exercise, and it was the weirdest feeling. i guess cause youre weightless in the pool and so everything is kinda floating and all the pressure of the baby and everything in your tummy kind of stops. but also, because everything is kinda squishy in the water like your organs and stuff...i could feel exactly where she was laying in my belly when i pressed around on mys tomach because she was the only still solid thing in there. it was very strange and cool feeling. i think i am going to try to go to the pool 3-4 times a week. its invigorating, good exercise, and it eases up the pressure on my tummy, abs, and back

 

[dizzy65]

Thats why people are young so they can make the mistakes before they need to settle down and have babies. thats also why im against people really young having there childern just because they havent had there time to grow up... and its not a good thing to do grow up while u have a baby to look after.. A baby who didnt even have a choice in the matter.. that is the worst part too they are so happy to of had there babies but in reality there childern are suffering... when all they want to do is leave there babies alone with there parents or what ever i couldnt imagin doing that to my child.. That is so true at 11 years old not very many no what sex is or how to have it or even the pleasure of it.. really its just something they here people talk about.. i new about itwhen i was 11 but its not like i was ready to go out and start having sex at that age.. why would you want to with all the risks out there. That is so true, going to school and raising a child would be lots of hard work... hard work kids are not prepaired to be doing.

Im sure we probably will end up buying diapers and such, its crazy how much babies need all of that stuff even if everyone gets us a package of diapers we will still need lots more... Babies are so expensive hehe. Im having my baby shower after the baby is here so we know what sex the baby is and so if any one wants to get him/her an outfit or what ever they dont have to buy yellow or green. im so excited for my baby shower really. I also right now love to go and look at all the baby stuff and look at buying all the baby stuff it is so amazing and i like going into the babies room too and seeing all the cute stuff we have got and imagin baby using that stuff

Ive herd that too thats why im terrified of pooing. I get embarressed really easily too.. So i dont want OH to look down there and see anything like that.. plus i dont want him to see the baby coming out of there to see everything all stretched out of place hehe he might get a little repulsed well he said he wont but i dont no i dont think i could handle seeing the baby coming out of places like that lol. I read that doctors are so used to seeing that as its so common that they just brush it away and continue on with what they are doing.. i still think i would be very embarressed if that happened!

Apparently the glucose test isnt accurate unless you do it above 24 weeks. thats what they told me.. im so glad ive got that all done and out of the way. i never want to go threw that again thats for sure haha. it will be over before you no it thou.. its just one small stepping stone in the pregnancy to go threw they uncomfortableness of the needs and tests like those.. You are right it is what is best for the babies health even if it makes u want to throw up hehe.

Im nervous for the real ones too. ive herd they can get really really bad and hard to bare so im really not looking forward to those ones at all. Braxton hicks are bad enough. i cant even think what the real ones are going to feel like lol. That is so cool about the pool i really have to try that and see if its the same for me. that would be so freaky to feel that haha but very cool at the same time. OH and i set up our pool yesterday so if its nice here anytime soon we will be going for a swim in that. I told OH that i bet him i can float better this year, aand he said "haha yeah all you will be able to see from you is your head and belly" lol i was like "gee thanks"

Congrats on 28 weeks ooh exciting only 12 weeks left tell your due date

 

[QueSeraSera]

yes, thats the thing that really gets me is that the kids are so happy to have this baby, but they arent even doing any of the work to take care of it. the other day we went to the mall and ended up having lunch at the food court. there was this whole group of people together and about 5-6 of them looked to be about 15-16 and they had babies. they were all sitting around gossiping and not even paying attention to the babies. the moms of the girls were there too and they were the ones watching the babies. and then this one baby started crying and the 15 year old (presumably the kid's mom) turned around and was like "would you just shut up already?!" my jaw just dropped, she was so annoyed like she had been working so hard to care for the baby, but in reality she hadnt been paying one bit of attention to the baby the whole time. it was pretty sad to see it really.

i think thats really good that youre having your baby shower after the baby gets her. that way youll know exactly what you have, what you need more of, and so on. plus everyone will know if its a boy or a girl and what colors to buy in clothes and such. im sure that there will be lots of things to get. plus there are a lot of things that you dont need until their older that people can get you. like we arent getting a high chair yet or a bumpo seat or some other things that we eventually want, but she wont need until about 6 months. that way it leaves the grandparents some things to get for christmas and such. im with you on that one, all of this stuff we have is cool, but it will be so much cooler when the baby is here and can actually use it!

yea i think the poo thing is common and doctors kind of expect it, so they arent grossed out. i mean, being a doctor they have seen so much stuff in their day that im sure that very little surprises them anymore. but i will be embarrassed to if it happens. i dont want to have to know that the pooed in front of someone....like into the general direction of their face and hands! ick! lol. and i dont want DH to look either and see it all. but he agrees, he doesnt really want to look. he said he looked when his son was born and then, after that, he could never quite look at his ex the same way. he said everytime they had sex after that, all he could image was how it had looked when the baby was coming out. i so dont want him stuck with that image of me for the rest of our lives. lol

yea and i think the risk of diabetes is significantly higher after 28 weeks too. so thats why they want us to take it then. by then weve gained a lot of weight and all that, all things that lead to gestational diabetes. but i so wish i didnt have to take it again. good thing is that now i know and in future pregnancies if they try to make me take it early i will refuse, knowing that it doesnt count before 28 weeks. lol.

i am so not looking forward to finding out what contractions feel like. im excited for the birth, but not the pain! lol. i keep wondering if the few times my ab area has tightened has been a braxton hicks contraction, but somehow i dont think so since it doesnt really hurt...just feels weird. guess i still have those to come! :-/ the pool is awesome! you should totally get in as soon as its nice enough. its so relaxing and just feels much better to not have the strain on the belly. i go swimming for laps though, so its still a workout, but i bet its nice to just float around too. ill warn you though, its almost like learning to swim all over again at first because will the big belly and the extra baby weight, your center of balance has changed. and its not as easy to float as youd think! lol. when i went to do a lap the first time i got in, i bout drowned because i took off like normal and then my belly started sinking and i was all thrown off. took me a few laps to get everything sorted and get used to swimming with the belly. hehe. its great though

thanks! im so happy to be at 28. only 12 weeks left and i cant wait! each week seems to be going by so fast and the time left is getting so short so quickly. i love it though. every time we are out and i see a person with a little baby i get a little jealous...i just cant wait for her to finally be here!

 

[dizzy65]

Thats insane! i couldnt even imagin doing that. Having a baby and making my parent look after the child. and to say that in such a public place too, like "would you just shut up already?" thats kind of harsh and not very parently. You should know or at least try to find out why bubs is crying not just sit there and be like humm i wish this thing would just shut up.. ah that is really inferiating. Thats why a lot of younger kids should not have babies they are really not ready for the responsiblity that comes along with having a baby. it just makes me sad that there are people that try and try for a baby and cant get it at all than there are ones that it happens in one night and they dont even want the childern.. How could they be so selfish as to take there little baby for advantage and not realise how much of a precious gift they really got.

I think so too. that way if it s a girl they can by like dresses and stuff for her instead of having to buy yellows and greens I cant wait to see the baby in its cute little out fits for sure.. We already have a high chair but thats only because MIL had one and she wasnt using it any more so she gave us her sons, I guess she is probably not planning on having any more kids or at least i would hope not lol.. That is true to save sum kind of stuff like that for after the baby is here because we really dont need like everything right away so there is still stuff to get baby at like chirstmas and all of that.. I think for right now just getting the basics is all we really need to do and we will work off of that

I had a chat yesterday with OH about not looking down there when baby is coming out and he said "why" i was just like "incase i poo or something i dont want you to see plus i dont want you to see it like that all stretched out of shape and stuff" and he said "well either i see it or i smell it" lol than he added in "knowing you, you'll probably just fart really loud" lol i was like "gee thanks hun" haha.. I really dont want him to look down there but i guess i cant control what he does. i really dont want to get embarressed about it. but i guess when you are in the moment all you are concentrating on is getting that baby out that you wont be thinking about all the things that could go wrong and stuff like that. well a normal person wouldnt be thinking about all of the stuff thatcould potentially embarress them hehe.

Haha yeah I think im going to be the same on my next pregnancy just to make sure i dont have to do the yucky test twice like i had to do this time.... i really wish i had know that its more acurate after 28 weeks instead of having to do it twice.. mean people lol

Ive herd people get braxton hicks like you are discibing some peoples dont hurt at all.. some peoples feel like really contractions like mine do i suppose lol.. its not very nice any way makes me dread what the real thing is going to feel like.. ugh im so nervous hahaha.. I guess it would be weird to go for a swim the first one of the season witha big pregnant belly and not being used to it. probably throws you off balance as your not used to all that extra weight and stuff. i could totally understand that.. It wouldnt be very nice lol but i think swimming is good exsersize and i cant wait tell it gets warm enough out to go swimm Ooh yesteday i was looking at bathing suit tops in store and i bought too but they arent bikini ones they are just a top that covers my tummy but it looks so funny because my tummy is like all pushed out and stuff i was like "wow this is awkward" lol.

I totally know what you mean now when i see some one with there baby im like "ah i wish mine was here i cant wait to meet him/her"

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea it was weird to see them all together like that...almost like a little club or something. and there was a distinct lack of any boys around...so it seems like all of the fathers were out of the picture or at least not integral parts of the girls' lives. its was just so strange to see. my and DH were both surprised by how young they were and by how little attention they were paying to their kids. it just seems like babies would be much better taken care of and loved in families that had the means for taking care of a baby and actually wanted one. i dunno the circumstances, but you see so many women on here who cant have babies and who have gone through multiple MCs, and then you see women that have tons of babies and dont act like good parents...just doesnt seem very fair at all.

thats nice that you were able to get some things from your MIL since she is not planning on having more kids and had some extra baby stuff that she didnt need anymore. thats the bad thing for us over here in hawaii is that we dont have any family near. my mom has so much baby stuff from when my neice and nephew were little, but its all in vegas. and the cost of shipping it here is more expensive than just buying new. but there will definitely be things for your family and friends to get you once you have the shower...there are so many things made for babies these days! and then you can get little dressed or little boy outfits...its really neat the way youre having your shower and people wont be limited to the yellow and green.

haha...your OH is funny! man i hope that i dont fart...thats another thing to be nervous about! man with everything that happens down there during birth its a wonder that anyone wants to become that kind of doctor! :-/ lol i told DH that if he tried to sneak a look that ill have him removed from the room! haha. i probably wouldnt, but i just really dont want him to. i dont think i have to worry though, i truly think he doesnt want to see all of that. hah. and im sure we will just be so concentrated on pushing and breathing that we wont be as worried when the time actually comes

maybe im just one of the people that get painless braxton hicks then. we will see if they become painful later on...maybe its a thing of them getting more painful the closer you are to your EDD. who knows. im glad they dont hurt though, though it might be kinda good to have an idea of what real ones will be like. that funny that you steered away from the bikini tops...i did the same. i got the kind they call tankinis which look like a tank top. they are kinda weird because i feel like a whale with this huge top covering my huge belly...but i think its better than just letting my whole tummy hang out. youll have to tell me how it goes when you have your first swim, for me it was weird finding my center of balance again. but i really like it and its a great workout too.

 

[dizzy65]

That is very true people just take babies for granted and dont relise that there are actaul people out there trying for a baby and cant get it.. man it would frusterate me so much if i couldnt concieve and i seen all these young girls with there babies and such. err... There probably wernt any fathers in the pictures sad as it is in most teen pregnancy situations the daddies all take off thinking they arent involved in this, even thou it was half of there fault. im Glad that im not a teen trying to have a baby that would be so harsh to experiance plus they all just want to grow up way to fast.

It is nice to get stuff that you dont have to buy because baby stuff can be so expensive now a days. That sucks that shipping and everything now is so expensive so your family cant send you any of that stuff they have there.. i bet you wish at a time like this that you could be living by your family so they could give you all of the stuff they have as left overs hehe.. I wsh in a way that my family had more stuff to offer but since this is the first grandchild and me and my sister are so much older that they gave away all of there stuff or sold it years ago.. but they are giving me stuff like the jolly jumper and lots of clothes, as soon as they go retrieve them

Haha i know what you mean there are so many embarressing things that can happen.. im just hoping ill be so in the moment of pushing out my child and everything that i wont notice if anything happens. they should defantly be set up for incase you poo or something, im sure they put like pads or something down.. Im really nervous but i think when its all down too it all thats going to matter is making sure the baby has a safe arrival into the world for sure.

maybe you are one of the lucky ones that doesnt get really painful braxton hicks hehe that would be lucky for you... i woke up with braxton hicks this morning i was like "ugh what a great way to start the day" i had them for most of the morning than until about lunch time and havent had one since.. it gets so annoying some times when trying to relax and thats all that happens lol i cant wait tell this is all over and im holding my LO in my arms. I will tell you how it goes for sure.. im so anxious now to go and try out swimming it sounds kind of fun lol it should start to warm up enough for swimming now i hope fingers crossed

 

[QueSeraSera]

ahh...sorry i have been gone for the past 10 days or so. i was on my vacation and forgot to take my laptop so i didnt have access to the internet except by my phone, and for some reason i cant access BNB from my phone anyway...now im back! we had a great time and did a lot of shopping for the baby while i was in las vegas. plus i got to see, in wyoming, my neice (who is now about 20 months) and my nephew (who just turned 8). and then in colorado i got to see my two little girl cousins who are 2 and 5. it was pretty cool being around all the little kids and especially because theyre mostly girls. with my stepson all his friends are boys and such and i dont get to be around girls that much...it made me so excited for my LO to arrive and finally even up the score between boys and girls in the house

yea a lot of the stuff from when i was a baby has been sold. my mom still has some of it, but i was really premature and so most of the clothes she kept and everything are going to be (most likely) way too small. my brothers girlfriend (mom of my neice) did offer up a lot of the clothes and toys from her daughter, but again its pretty expensive to ship it all back. and my cousin, who has a little 2 year old, offered some clothes as well...but i just couldnt figure out how to get them back. thats nice that you are getting some things from your family though...because things are expensive! i mean, a lot of what me and DH have gotten are probably not "essentials" like the bouncer and the swing and some of the other things, but theyre going to be nice to have im sure. its crazy how much all of it costs though! its funny, we could probably raise our kids with a lot less "stuff" but society makes us believe that we need all of it. i guess thats what we get for living in consumer countries! lol.

i think that when it comes down to the labour, we will be so involved (and probably in so much pain) that we wont know much about what is happening down there. i was talking to my cousins this past weekend and they both said that even right after the labour was over they couldnt remember that many details about what happened and that it really passes in kind of a blur. i would imagine that that is even more true when a person is having an epidural. are you planning on having one? i want to think that i will be able to do it all naturally, but i think if the pain is too bad i will end up asking for one.

i think youre right because im pretty sure im getting braxton hicks, but they dont hurt. the whole plane ride to las vegas my tummy was contracting and getting all tight, but it didnt hurt. they were kind of annoying because i was trying to rest and i could feel my tummy all tight and it felt weird, but i imagine its a lot worse when it hurts too. but the good news is that your body will be really well practiced for labour and youll kinda know what to expect for them to feel like oh, speaking of the plane rides, it was so funny because audrey really didnt like the take off and landings in the plane. it must have felt funny to her or something because every single time she would kick and squirm around like crazy.

youre 32 weeks today! i was reading how big your LO is on your ticker and its so crazy..over 4 lbs! i saw your picture on facebook and your bump is just adorable! so many congrats! only 8 weeks...or 2 months, however you want to put it...left!

 

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Thats great that you had fun with your family its good to go away like that.. i was supposed to go to a grad this past week but OH's brother only had 4 tickets for it so i stayed back and FIL took his horrid girlfriend (he has a new girlfriend worse than the other one) ... I would of thought she'd of wanted to give up her ticket to one of BIL's siblings but i guess she doesnt have that much sence That is great to hear you had such a awesome time it must of been nice just to get away and see your family.. have some girl time hehe now you know sort of what to expect when you have little audry with you.. Than at all the family gatherings and such she will have lots of little cousins and stuff to play with that wil be great for her ... This past week i have been at my parents place. we went and got out the baby clothes and stuff mostly are dresses and stuff so if we dont have a girl we will return them

Yeah that makes since.. That most of it would be too small or what ever.. thats what sucks about having people live so far away they may have stuff they can give you but it will be too far away to hard to get it down to where you are.. most of our families are closer so we will be able to have it all sent to us and stuff.. It kind of sucks that my parents dont have much to give us but it is better than nothing plus we have loads of stuff already.. What i call baby essentials but FIL and his gf keep telling us we are waisting our money with all of this stuff, well i want it so there haha.

That is very true that it will probably go by so fast that in the end we will forget the details of what happend and stuff like that Im hoping to go natural but i dont think im going to be able to handle to pain so if i get all down to it and i cant handle the pain there is always the epidiural to fall back on hehe. the one thing im not to keen on about the epidural thou is having to have a cathiter inserted whilest on the epidural that would suck so bad but i guess they really dont want us messing our selves haha.

awe thats so cute it was probably really uncomfortable for her with the landing and stuff lol maybe her ears were popping too hehe that would of been not good at all.. Ive herd lots of people get pretty painless braxton hicks not me thou they are just really annoying.. The Other night i went with my sister to the highschool for the awards night and stuff (of course i had an isle seat) and i had gotten and braxton hick so bad that my eyes were watering i thought i was going to have to leave the room.. lol.. i did end up having to leave to go to the bathroom thou thats why i chose to sit at the isle seat plus i didnt want any one sitting beside me really it was so hot in that gym..

I know icant belive im 32 weeks already only 8 weeks left eek.. im so nervous and so excited.. only 2 months left .. thanks hehe my bump is getting pretty big now making it impossibal to see my toes at all.. hehe.. Wow you are just about 30 weeks well you will be tomorrow yay you must be so happy than there will only be 10 weeks left your getting there

The other day my dad had to take me to the hospital because i had a really bad pressure on my pubic bone area so i went and sat in the ER at our hospital and they had the nurse in there whom wasnt much help she seemed to think i was in labour but than the doctor got there and felt muy tummy and stuff and found the babies head was pressing on my pubic bone causing all this pressure so he just moved the baby up a bit he let me feel the head and stuff.. Him moving the baby didnt really help much because the baby just slides back down there.. yesterday i went to move the baby my self and it got irritated and kicked me like ah stop that haha.. so i guess it has a new place to hang out

 

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oh the trip was great and it was awesome to see the family and catch up with everyone that i hadnt seen in awhile. it was also so nice to be around the little ones and get an idea of what it will be like when Audrey arrives. thats horrible that you couldnt go to the graduation and that some new girlfriend took your place. man, it seems like your OHs dad sure know how to pick horrid girlfriends. you would think that anything could be better than the last one, but i guess not! thats just silly that she didnt give up her ticket for you...she probably hardly knows the person who was graduating! thats nice that you are staying with your parents for a little bit though...i bet they are happy to have you around and be a part of the pregnancy in this stage. i know my parents were excited when they could see the baby move and feel her kicking all the time.

hehe...im the same way! half of the stuff we have for the baby i know arent exactly "essential" to raising a baby, but i just wanted them! lol. for example, its probably not necessary to have a diaper wipe warmer thingy...but im sure the LO will appreciate not having a freezing cold wipe placed on her bum everytime she has a tinkle or such! lol. and DH keeps saying that we have way too many clothes and that weve gone out of control, but i keep telling him to hush and that she will be wearing them all!

i agree about the epidural...the idea of a cathiter just seems so...invasive! lol. i guess we probably wont be carring and it will probably be necessary so that we dont have a mess everywhere, but it still just seems so bleh. the only thing that scares me about the epidural thing though is that they can only give it to you up until a certain point. so im scared that the first part wont be too bad and ill tell them i dont want one, but that then it will get bad and ill be begging for one and it will be too late. lol. but im just gonna try to hold off and not get one...we will see if that happens though.

hehe...its so funny how that now whenever we go anywhere we have to position ourselves for the easiest access to bathrooms. lol. i do the same thing when we go to a movie or anything, i make sure i have the seat on the aisle and that im relatively close to the exit. when i was in vegas it was so hot and i just kept drinking so much water to keep hydrated, that i swear i visited every restroom in the city in those 5 days! its crazy that you get that painful of braxton hicks...i would have been screaming out probably in the gym if i were you! i keep getting them, but so far nothing has been painful...it just feels weird and catches me off guard a little cause im never expecting it. i have noticed though that when i stand up too fast the bottom of my bump hurts really bad. i dont think its a braxton hicks, but maybe just more of everything rearranging in there. but sometimes i have to just stand there bent over and holding my stomach for a couple of minutes until the pain calms down. its really not fun and i try to stand up a lot slower now these days.

its crazy how far along weve come! 30 weeks is pretty exciting...the 3/4 mark. but 10 weeks still seems a ways away. i went to the doctor yesterday and she said that i had gained a bit too much weight since the last time i saw her :-/ she said i need to stay away from sugars and carbs to try to slow it down over the next 10 weeks. bleh! and i also have low iron it seems so i have to take an iron supplement...isnt that the same thing that happened to you? the glucose test came back well though and my sugar levels are low and it doesnt seem like im at any risk for that, so thats good. its mostly the weight part that sucks! ive gained 20 lbs already! :-/

the pressure thing sounds really uncomfortable! im glad it wasnt anything wrong though. ive heard that when the baby engages that there will be something similar and just a lot of pressure on the pubic bone and such. i didnt think it really happened until like 37 weeks or so though. i hear that thats what makes the last few weeks of pregnancy so uncomfortable. so im definitely not looking forward to that! has it gotten better since you went to the doctor?

yesterday after the glucose test and the appointment, we went on a tour of the labour and delivery ward. it was kind of cool to see the rooms. theyre really nice and spacious and they all have jacuzzi tubs in them so help relieve the pain of pressure if we so choose to use them. so it was good to see that they try to make it as comfortable as possible. and then at this hospital they dont have a nursery for the babies unless something is wrong. so if the baby is born healthy then it is kept with you the entire time. so after labour you move from the birthing room to a room that is a lot like a hotel. theres a little crib in there and a pull out bed for the daddies to stay the night. apparently with the first kid you stay a minimum of 2 nights...so thats where we will be sleeping. it was kind of nice to see everything and be walked through how it is all going to work when the big day comes!

 

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Yeah no doubt it would of been nice to be around all the little ones just so that you had an idea a bit of what to expect when your little one gets there it will be a good learning experiance any way for you hehe Thats good that you had lots of fun down there.. and next time you see everyone you will have your little girl with you awe that is so amazing It really does suck that i couldnt go to the graduation and that FIL's gf got to go.. This is one of his on again off again relationships he has really been with her for like 4 years on and off but she is a crazy psyco and no one here likes her we've even chatted with OH's father about this but he keeps defending her and says stuff like he will talk to her and stuff. He knows its never going to work thou.. ugh so annoying! She tries to act like our mother and we really dont like that she is going to be really bad when the baby comes i can tell..

Hehe oh i know what you mean.. we go into babies R us now and im just like ooh we need this this and this OH just looks at me im like well i think its essential lol.. I love buying for the baby, its a lot of fun hehe.. we dont really have any thing for baby to play with or anything yet but we will get those probably from the baby shower and stuff we do already have like some stuffies and stuff thou for the baby i cant wait tell its fianlly here. Haha oh yeah i bet probably have lots of clothes for the baby.. we have some but really not that much.

Thats right always wait and see what happens.. right now im just like "pfft i can handle this with out the epidural" but when its all down to it ill probably just be a big weenie and begging for an epidural lol.. Im scared too that i will ask for an epidural too late and they wont be able to give me one because you are only aloud to have one up to like 5cm or something so i want to make sure i can handle all of this.. im nervous lol and im scared ill be in labour with out knowing it and go to the hospital and they wont be able to give me one because i waited to long hopefully thou i wont need one.

Haha i know what you mean while at my parents place i was drinking like soo much water because they dont have air conditioning or anything at there place so it was like so hot and then i kept haing to pee like every 5 mins.. i kept telling them that it was the water making me have to go mixed with the pregnancy lol not a very good combination.. It sucked so bad when i was in there having braxton hicks i was like holding my tummy and my eyes were watering it was a good thing there was no one sitting beside me or anything they woulda thought something was wrong.. I hate braxton hicks and really cant wait tell this is all over with so i wont ever have to deal with them again well tell the next pregnancy any way lol.

I know it is great that your 30 weeks now it doesnt seem like too long ago you were just at 12 weeks and no wow 30 weeks nearly there hehe. I cant believe how fast its all gone.. 10 weeks seems like a lot now but when you think about all the time we have already been pregnant 10 weeks is pretty much a walk in a park and it might not even be 10 weeks it could be like 8 weeks or something if you dont go late.. hehe Thats what i keep thinking is yes i have 8 weeks left technically but it really could be here as early as 6 weeks from now.. i cant wait

it is really painfull and uncomfortable and stuff and i hope it doesnt last to much longer but the baby is really comfortable there so i guess i will probably be in pain from here on in.. thanks my darling child lol. It has gotten worse since the doctor moved the baby because the baby just keeps going back to the same spot and such and last time i tried to move it it got irritated and started like kicking me rally hard like "ugh mum stop that im comfy" so i guess i will just let it hang out there tell its ready to come out hehe.

That is really awesome you got to have a tour of the hospital now you know what to expect and stuff when you go there.. I didnt know they would have beds for the husbands or what ever i hope they have those at our hospital as i dont want to be staying there alone haha.. I would totally take full advantage of the jucuzzi tub and stuff like that it sounds awesome.. that is so cool too that the babies get to stay with the mommies all the time i like that better than them getting taken away to the nursary andstuff like that i would want to be with my child all the time.. i get a tour of the hospital here i think in like 2 weeks at my first prenatial appointment.

 

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i forgot to add yes low on iron is what i have an still have it really sucks having to take iron tablets.. but it is what is best for baby i guess.. hehe..

 

[QueSeraSera]

that reallu is too bad that your FILs new gf is worse than the last. in my experience, if a relationship has been on again off again for awhile, its probably not going to work out. i mean, if youre constantly breaking up there must be something wrong there and its best to just move on. and it really sucjs that she tries to mother you guys, especially since shes such a temporary figure in your lives. who knows though...maybe theyll be broken up again by the time the baby arrives! lol. im sure that the last thing that youll want or need is some woman butting her nose into your business when youre trying to recover from labour and have an infant to care for. :-/

so this weekend we started putting the nursery together and all i can say is that we have too many "essentials" lol! we put the crib together and organized all of her blankets and clothes. im in the process of washing all of them so that we dont have to worry about it as it gets closer. she has SO MANY clothes! i guess i had them all in different bags and such, and it only became clear how much she has once i put everything together. :-/ but they are all so adorable and im determined to make sure that she wears them all, so that i can get pictures of her in each outfit to send to the people who gave us the outfits we are going to put together the swing and the pack and play this week too. and then, after that, the only things we have left to get are a little dresser, the mobile for the crib, and a baby monitor. we might need some toys too, we really only have like 2 or 3: a stuffed animal, a couple of lovies, and a rattle. so, overall, not too bad. im hoping that we will have everything done within the next two weeks just to be able to stop worrying about it. its funny that you go crazy in babies-r-us, because im the same way (obviously). so much so that DH has pretty much forbade me from going there anymore. hehe.

they had a baby story marathon this weekend and i was watching some of the episodes. man, everyone looked to be in so much pain and igot to thinking - "i dont think im going to be able to do this without medicine" lol. i mean i have a pretty high pain tolerance but these women were seriously screaming bloody murder. it was kind of terrifying and now im really concerned about the same things as you, like not making it to the hospital in time to get an epidural and such. DH said not to worry, that when his ex was in labour it was pretty obvious that it was happening and they got to the hospital in plenty of time and they lived further away than we do now. but that didnt really help ease my fears. lol.

that sounds insane about your braxton hicks! i am so glad that mine havent become painful like that! i think that if i were on the couch holding my stomach and cringing in pain, my DH would freak out and make me go get checked out. its so cute cause he worries over everything, but so far i havent had much to really worry about. im hoping, that if the BH contractions do come, its not until almost the end. though, if that does happen, ill probably think im in labour and be rushing to the hospital! i dont want to be one of those ladies that rushes to the hospital several times and have it end up being false labour, but at the same time i can totally see me doing that :-/

i keep thinking the same thing about the number of weeks left...that technically the baby could come a week or two early and so it may not be as long as im thinking. but my mom and DH are both convinced for some reason that i will go past my due date. i keep yelling them everytime they mention that because i dont want them to be jinxing me into having to wait longer! lol. now youre at 33 weeks and only 7 weeks left (maybe as little as 5 weeks!) that is crazy and so cool. you must be getting so excited for the big day to finally come! time does seem to be going pretty fast these last couple of weeks and it will be here before we know it and we will be mommies and have our little babies to hold! hooray

audrey keeps pushing her feet or but up into my ribcage and just hanging out there. its really uncomfortable, but ive stopped trying to push her down. everytime i do, she does the same as your LO and starts kicking at me like crazy. she also kicks at me whenever i eat lately. im pretty sure shes trying to tell me "hey! its already cramped in here! stop putting all that extra stuff in here too, its taking up my space!" i guess maybe the fact that your LO is hanging out really low is a good sign though? i mean, that kinda seems like maybe s/he is getting ready for the big day and getting in position!

yea it was really nice to see how the hospital is laid out and how the ward works. i really like that they keep the mother and baby together all the time and that they give a place for the dads to sleep and stay near. they said that after the birth they try to make sure, so long as everything is okay with the baby, to lay her on your chest and have skin to skin contact for about an hour before taking her away to get cleaned up and everything. apparently that is supposed to be really good for the baby and some studies show that babies who have that right after birth are less fussy and sleep and feed better. so thats exciting. and then after shes cleaned then she will be with us the rest of the time. im excited about that because i think i would be sad if they took her away to some nursery right away.

so many congrats on 33 weeks! the weeks seem to be flying by lately, cause i swear it was just yesterday that i was congratulating you on 32 weeks! lol. hope you had a wonderful weekend and everything is going well. this weekend was independence day for us and we went to the fireworks show. she was jumping every time that one of the fireworks went off. it think it kinda scared her because she didnt know what was going on. it was pretty cool to watch my stomach though because it was like a little jumping bean was in there, the way she was going crazy! lol.

 

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I hope that FIL's gf doesnt last very long.. none of us here like her and she kepts putting her self where she doesnt belong. i guess my SIL likes her but she likes every one she isnt as judging as the rest of us lol.. im telling my OH that if FIL is still with his gf when baby is here there is going to be stipulations that she isnt aloud in our secton of the basement and such so she has to wait tell we come around that way to see the baby, i wont let her in the nursary she is just going to be telling me what im doing wrong all the time and stuff and i dont want that around.. So far what she has been saying is that she thinks they got my due date wrong because im way to huge to only be 8 months along. ugh some people i tell you.. i hope it doesnt last very long with them too.

Haha thats great you guys got to putting together the nursary must make it really feel like baby is coming now it is so fun to do that and see all the neat little baby things you got for her and stuff. Wont be long now tell she is in her nursary and you will be able to see her using all of these things.... We dont have too much clothes but thats only because im bored of buying yellow and green things i want to see what the baby is than buy a whole bunch of out fits and stuff for the baby to wear, and than i will know what colour to by and everything.. OH and i did our nursary this weekend too i put all of the books for baby in the closet and got things all sorted out and ready im so excited for when the baby comes only 48 days now.. I asked OH the other day to take me to Babies R us and he was like "no because im goina go in there for just one thing and come out with $500 worth of stuff" haha.

I know what you mean watching that and then thinking that you actaully have to go threw this is a big eye opener its not going to be very pleasent what we have to do.. Ive seen some people on there that try to go natural but the pain is so intense that they just have to have pain meds.. i also have a really high pain tolerance but this just looks unbearable, plus i keep thinking like what if i tear or something and im not on pain meds i really dont want to feel the whole thing.. Im still not quite sure if i want the epidural but at least i know its there if i need it.

Some women dont feel there BH contractions at all, i wish some times i was one of those lucky ones that didnt feel them.. my OH is really used to me getting them by now he even knows the signs and he just rubs my back and makes sure im okay.. he can tell because i will be talking or what ever than stop and stair off into space and start breathing differantly lol. He's friend is pregnant she is due 2 days after i am and he could tell when she was having a BH contraction too.. so its good that he is all prepaired for this and stuff. i just wonder what other people are thinking that are watching me like this hehe it is good practice thou.. Ive herd some women dont get BH contractions at all.. i guess its differant for every women.

That what i keep doing to make it all seem like its going to go by fast im like well 7 weeks left or maybe 5 than i start getting nervous haha.. everyone thinks my baby is going to come early i really hope so because i dont want to go late at all that would be not good at all. especially in the summer time and all lol plus i am so anxious to meet my LO.. thats not very nice everyone saying they think you are going to go late hehe i would be smacking some people if they were saying that to me.. OH keeps saying it will be the 20th of august instead of the 24th.. we will see i guess.

Awe that is so cute that your LO will kick you like that when you eat.. i herd that babies have reactions to food to like if something is to sweet or to salty they can kick harder and more ect, maybe she is also telling you that she likes what you are feeding her he he.. It gets kind of uncomfortable and annoying when they have there little feets every where in your rib cage and what not.. i had a doctors appointment the other day and they told me baby had move position and now is in a butt down possition so hopefully the baby changes its possition here soon i dont want to have to have a c-section.

That is really good that they let you have the baby like that.. there are a lot of hospitals that as soon as baby is born they take it away from you and you dont get to see it for a while.. i hope that the hospital here does the same thing because i dont think i could bear seeing them take my LO away from me hehe. After waiting so long to see it you would want to spend as much time with it as possibal. i cant wait tell the LO is here and ican actaully hold it and stuff.

hehe thanks im so happy to be 33 weeks i cant believe it i remember looking at tickers that were above 30 weeks thinking about what i will look like and stuff when im above 30 weeks and now i am eek so exciting awe that is so cute that she was scared of the fire works hehe. This weekend on saturday OH and iwent up to the lake for my cousins first birthday that was loads of fun.. everyone was like grabbing my bump and stuff like that it was really weird lol

 

[QueSeraSera]

oh my gosh your FILs gf just sounds horrendous! does she have any children of her own? it sounds like she really wants to be a mother to everyone, and with grown kids thats not really going to be possible. i mean, i love being a stepmother and i am grateful that i married my DH when my stepson was young so that i can be an integral part of his life. but with this lady it seems like she wants to be like that when (a) shes not even married to your FIL and (b) yall are fully grown. plus she just pops up and starts telling you how to go about being pregnant?! argh! i would set some boundaries if i were you too! hopefully your OH will talk to her or to your dad. does your OH feel the same way about her?

oh putting the crib together really made the whole thing seem so much more real. in a little over two months there will be a baby sleeping in there! eeek! its getting so close! DH just signed up for some online classes last night and theyre 10 weeks long. i was saying oh my gosh how much would that suck if i go into labour and youre having to sit there doing your finals while im pushing our baby out. his reply was that finals would be long over by then. and i said...no....im 9 weeks and 2 days away, so it could fall right on your finals. then he was like "oh shit! the baby is due in 9 weeks?! what happened to the last month?!" lol. he lost about 5 weeks somewhere and thought it was still june. hehe. so while he was doing homework i worked a little bit more on cleaning up the nursery last night. im kinda glad he is busy, that way i can go work in there and not feel like im ditching him. lol. i cant blame you for wanting to wait to get most of the clothes...i would get tired of green and yellow too. only 7 more weeks and youll know if you can fill your nursery with blue or pink!!

yea thats what i keep saying too, that i have a high tolerance for pain. i mean, i walked miles on a shattered knee cap when i was in middle school. this cant be worse than that right?! but then i watch those shows and hear those screams and i think...wow, okay...that might be something i cant do. but im like you, its comforting to know that we can opt for the epidural. im not going to be disappointed if i have to have one.

thats so good that your OH knows how to help you through the BH contractions. apparently DHs ex didnt have bad ones either, and so hes never really experienced them. and even when she had mild ones she was a really nervous pregnant lady and so she went to the doctor for them. lol. so i know if i have a bad one hes going to be ready to rush to the hospital. lol. thats so cool that your OHs friend is pregnant at the same stage as you! do you get on with her well? if so, i bet thats nice to have someone so close that is going through the exact same thing

i know! everytime someone says that ill probably be late i just want to hit them! i dont know why but i feel like im going to be right on time. thats nice that everyone thinks you will be early. it kinda seems like it with your BH contractions and all...like youre body is getting ready for the big show! i hope that you dont have to wait too long...especially not go over your EDD!

i asked my doctor if she could tell what position the baby was in, but she didnt say anything. its cool that your doctor keeps checking for you. ill keep my fingers crossed for you that your LO flips around to the proper position. did they say what they would do for breech? is it that you then have to have a c-section or can they try to get the little one to flip around? i have heard that babies now have taste buds and that the things youre eating now are things they get used to and like. so ive been trying to eat more vegetables so that she comes out liking to eat healthy! lol. but last night we had pizza....oops. :-/

yea the hospital seems really cool and supportive of doing everything possible to have the parents and baby bond right away. i really like that. i know when my nephew was born they immediately took him, cleaned him up, gave her to my exSIL for like 10 minutes and then ushered him off to the nursery. it was crazy. i would have been crying if i were her! i was almost crying and it wasnt even my baby! lol

aww i bet the bday party was so much fun. and i bet everyone was so happy to see the bump! i know that kids lately seem to really be in awe of it. all these kids at the playground have been coming up and touching my belly when were there with my stepson. its strange. and a couple of the ladys at work always come up and give it a pat. its so funny how crazy everyone goes over pregnant ladies

 

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My OH has the same oppinions over this women but OH and i did talk to his dad about it so hopefully she changes and stuff she even told my 9 year old SIL that she needs to start wearing a bra its like wtf are you doing shes not your child and she is 9 for god sakes i just want to smack her up side the head for doing shit like that seriously.. But we wont have to deal with it not for a while any way because as of last night OH's dad said he basically broke it off with her because she was like pressuring him to have a full time relationship which he cant do at this point because he has all of his kids down here and he has a lot going on plus work there is really not enough time for her and she was bein selfish demanding more of his time than he could give her.

yeah i could imagin, it seems like before i was buying baby stuff nothing seemed real and then once i started getting the nursary together i was like oh my god i cant believe that soon there will be alittle baby in there. That is funny that he thought it was still in june, i would of laughed at that hehe.. the months really have being flying by i cant believe we are already in the second week of july soon this month will be over and than it will be time for my birth month i cant believe it this summer is going to go by fast eek.. lol. i know i cant wait tell we can put all the blue or pink stuff into the nursary it is so exciting so far lots of people think its a boy so we will see when it gets here im getting more an more anxious to see what it is.

Ive herd people say that this is a pain that we have never experianced any other thing like it so it really makes me nervous.. its kinda weird because i know its like a good pain like its for a good cause but im still so scared to give birth and stuff. Its good to know that the epidural is there in case we need it..

I am happy my OH tries to help me get threw these because they really are so annoying and painfull he tries the best he can just trying to comfort me and stuff i hope he doesnt get to stressed out and such while im in actual labour i think he will do good as a coach and stuff like that thou he seems to really relax me when i have my BH contractions.. That is good that you and your DH's ex both have had pretty easy BH contractions.. but ithink your DH will be good with you in the delivery room because he has already been threw it once before.

I really dont want to go over my EDD that would be so horribal especially in this heat i already cant handle it lol i just want to stay where it is cool all the time.. I get frusterated too when people say its going to be a huge baby and its going to come late i just want to smack them like shut up i dont see you having to give birth here lol.

They usually check the position on every visit i have.. I asked them what they are going to do on my next visit if baby is still breech and they said they will talk to me about it when the time comes.. so if its still breech next visit ill have a talk to them about it.. i really hope the baby behaves and turns. lol.. they said that it still has lots of time to turn so fingers crossed.. Haha hopefully the baby does come out like healthy food and stuff like that.. its okay to have a treat like pizza pops and stuff the baby probably relaly enjoyed the change

Lol i would be so upset too if they tried to take my baby away from me i just want to be able to hold it and snuggle it all the time lol.

It was lots of fun at the bday party.. its weird how everyone wants to touch a pregnant belly and to us its like we see it all the time so we dont see what the big deal is about the belly and stuff.. My aunty she like held my tummy i was like "i really dont think the baby is going to move for you" lol and than it kicked it was funny.

 

[QueSeraSera]

thats good that your OH has the same opinion as you on this one. with the last gf it seemed like he was always defending her, and thats not good when you have a pregnant, hormonal fiance! lol. this one does seem to step over the boundaries a lot. i mean, who is she to tell your SIL that she needs a bra?! and at only 9 years old too! she probably doesnt need one anyway, and even if so its not really your FILs gf to say so. its pretty out of control too that she was demanding more time of your FIL, it seems very selfish. thats the thing about dating or being married to someone with kids, you have to understand that the kids are always going to come first. doesnt seem like she really gets that...

it was pretty ridiculous when DH said the thing about the time left until the baby. i mean, yea hes been really busy lately, but how do you lose a whole month!? lol. what a silly guy. i just looked at him like he had lost his marbles when he said that. im glad its only 9 weeks away and not 14 or 15 like he thought! im ready for this summer to be over and the LO to arrive! youre right though, it does seem to be going pretty fast actually. im so excited to find out what youre having. from some of your pictures i think "thats a boy bump" and from others i think "definitely a girl" lol. it will be exciting to find out!

thats very good that your OH can relax you through the BH contractions. that means hell probably be really good at helping through the real things too i have to agree, i think my DH will be good in the delivery room just because he knows what to expect and what is going to happen. but because hes not used to BH contractions, i think if i end up getting them bad he will be convinced im in real labour. lol. im glad he knows what hes doing though, it makes me worry less about the labour and everything thats going to happen.

oh man im the same way! i feel like im permanently overheating and cant cool down, not even in the air conditioning! and its only getting hotter as the days go by. yesterday i went home early to get my meds for the iron deficiency before the clinic closed so i took the bus home and then realized i didnt have keys to the house or the car. so i decided to ride my bike up to the clinic...in my work clothes and shoes...and in the heat of the day. its about 1.5-2 miles each way and it sucked! i was so hot and tired and my tummy hurt from my thighs hitting it with every pedelling movement. and then i had to sit outside 1.5 hours until DH got home. it was horrendous and so hot. totally ruined my day. lol

thats good that they think the baby can still flip around. hopefully at the next appointment the baby is in the right direction and you wont have to worry about it. when is your next appointment? mine isnt until the 26th of this month and im going to ask her again if she can tell me what position little audrey is in.

i know! everyone gets so excited about a baby bump, but were just like "dude...i deal with this thing everyday. and its uncomfortable" i always ask the lady at work if she wants to carry it around for me for the day. hehe. thats so cool that the baby ended up kicking for your aunt. everyone has felt audrey except my stepson. as soon as he puts his hand on my belly she stops. i think hes convinced that im lying and theres no baby in there cause she nevre kicks for him. lol

 

[dizzy65]

I am really glad OH feels the same about this one.. She doesnt really no where the boundries lie and stuff like that i mean we talked to FIL about it and he talked to his gf and said stuff like "just let me parent my kids" and stuff like that but it just made it worse now that she knows all of us cant stand her parenting us.. Plus FIL said his kids so she is easier on them but on me she is way harder and stuff like making me do chores and stuff like that.. Its like one day she was down and i went to sit down on the couch and she got mad cause i wasnt helping with the laundry.. its like hello im pregnant here lol she just doesnt get it i hope she wont be around when the baby is here for sure.. I dont get why she tells my SIL she needs to wear a bra she is only 9 years old and doesnt even have boobies yet, yeesh lol.

I would of looked at my OH too like he was crazy if he missed a whole month hehe.. Your DH must have tons on his mind.. But pretty soon the baby will be here and you will be able to hold it and than hopefully he will be in theright month hehe. Some times i feel like im carrying a girl and sometimes i feel like im carrying a boy so i am so anxious to know what it is.. It will be great either way just as long as its healthy. my MIL told OH she is positive that its a boy, and she said she new with each of her kids what they were so we will see if she is right

I hope that my OH is good in the delivery room he has never been really good at seeing me in a lot of pain and i herd from other fathers to be and fathers and stuff that they feel kind of helpless while in the delievery room because there is really nothing to do but see the people they love in lots of pain.. So i hope that my OH does good hehe.. Your DH will probably be really awesome helping you and stuff like that because he has already been threw it once so he knows what to expect and what helps and what doesnt.. well some what any way tell you start yelling at him hehe.

Ah i would have totally died if that was me i couldnt stand riding in that much heat.. im like permantly over heated too and we havent even had our extreme heat like we usually do.. I mean im down stairs in the basement where it is colder and still sweating like crazy i can jump into a lake or a pool or have a cool shower and i still feel warm ugh i didnt think being pregnant in the summer was going to be this hard.. For baby number 2 i think im going to make it a winter time baby so that i dont have to be pregnant in the summer no more.. like i told OH on the phone last night "im 8 months pregnant, im hot, im tired, im bitchy, so dont fuck with me" hahaha. I was also baby sitting SIL last night and i wasnt being very nice i told her "you really dont want to piss me off right now" lol poor girl.

My next appointment is on the 19th of this month i really enjoy going to the prenatial appointments now as they come every 2 weeks and it is good to know the baby is doing great all the time Hopefully they will tell you what possition she is in this time.

Hehe yeah i know what you mean.. I keep telling OH that i think its only fair he has to carry it tell the end now i did my part lol. He keeps looking at me like im crazy but I really dont want to be stuck with this huge tummy during the summer lol..

Congrats on hitting 31 weeks just 9 weeks left yay so exciting