pregnancy & text buddy- aug 2010

[QueSeraSera]

thats really pretty out of control that she thinks she can mother you. shes not even married into the family and so she really has no say over you or your FILs kids. plus youre 33 weeks pregnant! youre allowed to sit down and take a break....my goodness, tell her that if its really that big of a deal youll take care of the laundry after you rest a bit! she definitely doesnt sound like someone that would be nice to have around when the baby gets there! hopefully the relationship is off by then...ive got my fingers crossed for you!

DH definitely has a lot on his mind. and for me, i keep track of how far along i am every day, but for him its more of a "the baby will be here when she decides to be here" and at any given moment he may or may not know how far along i am. lol. i mean, he knows generally but not specifically 31 weeks and 1 day...that sort of thing. from most of your bump pictures you seem to have the perfectly rounded belly and they usually say thats a boy bump. but i guess you can never tell. thats interesting that your MIL has a feeling its a boy...it will be interesting to see if shes right!

i can totally understand how it would be hard for the daddies to see the mommies in pain and not be able to help, but at the same time its kind of like a good pain with a good cause to bring the baby into the world. so i bet your OH will be great and able to help you through it perfectly! i think that even though its hard for them, most often times they are able to step up and help us through it. as much as im sure ill be screaming at him to get away from me, i cant imagine him not being there to be my support through it all

i almost did die after the bike ride! the only thing i wanted to do after DH got home was to jump in a cold shower. lately it seems like i actually prefer taking cooler showers where before i loved steaming hot ones. but now im always so hot i just cant imagine putting hotter water on my body. lol. i completely agree with you about future pregnancies....im definitely going to try to time getting pregnant next time so that im in the third tri during the winter. that way, when i get too hot, i can just step out into the cold. that doesnt really work here in hawaii, but by that time we wont be here anymore.

im the same way as you and ive been so bitchy lately. im just uncomfortable and sore and tired and hot that everything anyone does seems to bug me. and then DH will be like "whats wrong with you?!" and usually i just stare at him with that look that says "are you seriously asking me this question!?" lol

my appointments still arent every 2 weeks now! i had the one at 30 weeks and my next one is at about 33.5 weeks. then after that i think it will go to every two weeks, but im not too sure. but, like ive said before, id rather go in less than more. less means theres no complications and nothing is wrong...i like going in less. lol

thank you! 31 weeks is exciting....down to single digits as far as weeks to go! its getting so close and theres still so much to do. last night i had a dream that she came 5 weeks early too. im sure i means nothing, but it kinda scared me. so now i want to start getting the hospital bag together and everything so we are prepared just in case my dream becomes reality! lol

 

[dizzy65]

I know she is a total control freak and i really hate it.. Plus it wasnt even my laundry that needed to being doing it was towels and iwas the one that put them in there.. that women makes me want to smack her accross the face.. Like today when she got here i was trying to get off the couch and i was holding my bump and she looked at me and asked "is everything ok" and i just stared at her like "does it look like everythings ok" lol

I remind my OH every day how far along i am im like today there is only 46 days left lol he can tell im getting excited as every day i have to tell him and stuff than we talk about it and stuff he knows like im in the 8month and stuff but he doesnt get how we figure it out in weeks so he just leaves that to me lol.. I guess if boys were the ones that had to carry around the water melon in there tummy they would know how far along they were and everything like that.. hehe.. your poor DH hopefully he will get the hang of it soon

Yeah im like you i know that ill be screaming at OH like "look what you've done to me" and stuff like that but i wouldnt want him to leave me.. i think he is pretty prepaired cause he knows how mean i can get and everything like that.. My dad thinks im going to be swearing at him and hitting him and stuff.. and in all honestly i probably will be lol knowing me any way.. I was talking to my dad today and i said that its like that time i stepped on the peice of glas and got rushed to the ER everyone thought i was dieing because iwas screaming so much and i was frozen lol. So hopefully we wont have the same issue here my poor OH would run away lol.

Hehe yeah i totally understand how that is i would just want to jump into the shower right after a long bike ride like that.. i have nice cool showers now too and usually i just love the heat but now its like ugh i need to be cold this is just way to much heat for me lol.

OH does the same thing hes like "why are you so cranky" its like seriously buddy you really want to be asking me that question lol.. i just stare at him too and he stops talking because he knows why im so cranky all the time..

Thats a good way to look at it.. the less you go in that means the pregnancy is going good.. its nice to get to go in every 2 weeks thou that way you know you are getting closer

I packed the babies hospital Bag already i havent started on ours just because everything i need to pack in those ones are stuff i use every day and i dont no when i mgoing to go into labour and everything like that..

 

[QueSeraSera]

i couldnt live with someone like that. with my OH and my stepson and people i like, i try my hardest to be nice to them even though im uncomfortable and in pain. but with people i dont like, i dont try to contain my feelings at all! lol. living with someone i dont like, like your FILs gf, i would be fighting with her all the time. especially if she was trying to control me and shes not even in anyway in the position to do so! so annoying!

i tell DH every couple of days how far along i am and how many days left, but he usually just says that that makes him nervous. lol. and i think its in one ear and out the other. hes still kind of in denial that were having a baby...hes worried about finances and stuff. but he will get ahold of it soon enough...if i have to annoyingly remind him every few hours! lol. he should know how long we have left! i think youre right, if the boys carried the baby and got this big and uncomfortable, they would know how many days were left too!

haha. thats too funny that you scream like that. i bet youll scare the other pregnant ladies in the ward! i dont really scream or yell much, but im the master at dirty looks and when im upset i usually shove anyone who tries to come to close. so im sure there will be a lot of glaring and shoving DH away. hehe. hopefully he knows i dont really mean it, lol. id cry if he left the room, im sure.

the heat is out of control. and im in air conditioning most of the time. my work used to feel so cold all the time and i used to have to wear sweaters, but now im just sweating all day even with the a/c. its really terrible and i hope it all goes back to normal after the baby comes!

yea in a way i want to start going in more, but in a way im happy with not. i really dont like going to the hospital, and as much as i love hearing the LOs heartbeat i still get really uncomfortable in hospitals and with doctors. so i prefer to go in as little as possible. but here soon i wont have any choice! after 38 weeks i have to go in every week!

i need to pack the baby bag, and i think thats on my list of things to do this weekend. im like you though, with my stuff its things i use everyday. im considering just buying travel size of everything for me and DH so that i can have everything packed and not worry about needing them daily until the big day comes.

 

[dizzy65]

Im like that too.. i try to control my self to people i care about but if there is some one that tries to get in my face that i dont like i dont do the whole nice thing.. And right now i just blame hormones for how i act towards her lol it seems to be working.. Yesterday when she came here all i did was get up and go down stairs to my bed room tell she left, she was working on our desk top computer, she is so annoying i hate her going threw our stuff even if we hardly use that computer.. She is just so frusterating sum times.. I dont think them two are going to last very long anyway.

OH before was like "i dont want to know you are making me nervous" but now when i talk to him he is like really excited and stuff saying he cant wait to hold the baby and stuff like that.. i think he just really needs something to make it all seem real for him. Like he can see im getting bigger and all of that stuff but to him its not real i think until he holds it. I remind him pretty much everyday how far along i am and how much time is left he just dont get it thou with the week thing and month thing he usually says "ill just let you deal with all that it will be here when it gets here" lol a typical guy thing to say.

I dont no if i will scream like that any more that was when i was 5 that i stepped on the peice of glass usually im really good at controlling my self and i am like you with the dirty looks and stuff like that.. I will probably tend to shove OH away from me and stuff like that because i hate being touched when im really uncomfortable and in lots of pain.. OH should know that buy now.. I know for sure ill be crying and stuff I hope that OH will be able to handle it he will probably be crying too knowing OH as he hates seeing that stuff lol.

I hope so too i dont want to be a insane crazy person who is hot all the time it is just totally outa control!

Im like you too im really uncomfortable in hospitals.. the last time iwas there i was looking around and i was like "woa im the most pregnant women here" and than i had to laugh to my self i was like "ah i remember when i was that small and i wasnt even showing" ... I also remember my first ever prenatial appointment thinking that i didnt look pregnant as these other women and thinking i cant wait to be in third tri and everything.. and now im just like woa im ready to get this over and done with lol.

Thats a good idea i never thought of that.. i really want everything to be done and packed up so i can just grab my things and go i dont want to be rushing around packing everything while in labour im sure to be forgetting something

 

[QueSeraSera]

ugh she sounds very annoying. i have a hard time playing nice with people i dont like too, and usually just try to avoid them. its hard because once you dont like someone, it seems like everything they do is so annoying! lol. hopefully she will be out of the picture soon and you wont have to worry about her anymore. and fingers crossed that the next gf your FIL has is someone you like and get along with!

i think DH is the same way and that he forgets how real it is until something happens. like, it wont be truly real for him until shes here and were taking her home. but this weekend i was laying on the couch and he came and sat next to me with his back up against my tummy. and audrey was rolling around and she kicked him, and he was like "whoa! that was crazy big!" and i was like "yea...shes like that all the time" i mean, he feels her all the time, but it was so big and he wasnt expecting it, so it caught him off guard. so then he turned around and put his mouth up to the bump and started talking to her. its moments like those that its more real to him. but for me its really all the time because im carrying her around and shes moving all the time! lol. i think the whole thing is just fundamentally different for boys than it is for us girls.

hehe. we were watching a baby show this weekend and this woman was screaming like crazy. they said they could hear her on the floor below even! lol. DH asked me if i was going to scream like that and i said maybe, depending on how much it hurts! hehe. he said that i better not, that it would be embarrassing to be "that family" lol. i told him he better not even judge me if i start screaming or ill kick him out of the room! hehe. it will be interesting though, since i dont really know what to expect i cant really guess how ill react.

i remember going in for my first appointments and seeing all the big pregnant ladies and being so jealous. its so crazy that were at that point already! i remember them all looking kinda mad and thinking to myself "why are they so upset...theyre so close to having their babies they should be overjoyed!" and now i realize its because they were so uncomfortable. now i can understand where they were coming from! hehe.

i talked to DH about the hospital bag and he said that his ex packed the babies bag complete. and for theirs they packed their clothes and such, but none of the toiletries. i asked if we should get travel sizes so that everything could be ready, but he said last time he just gathered everything up when her water broke. that it wasnt that much of a rush to the hospital and they had time. but im still concerned...sometimes labour comes on really fast and i dont think i want to have a half-packed bag. maybe im just silly, but it would be more comforting knowing everything is ready.

 

[dizzy65]

The other day i actaully snapped at her and if i wasnt holding stuff in my hands i would of probably smacked her lol i was out of control thou i was just having one of those days.. She Yelled at my cat for getting on to the fridge and he sleeps up there so he is aloud up there and i stoped in the middle of the floor and turned around spilling my juice all over the floor i might add lol and i was like "he is aloud up there for fuck sakes" and than i went out the door and slammed the door and everyone just kind of stood stairing at me jaws dropped lol cause usually im pretty good at controlling my self, than i started crying cause i spilt my juice hehe.. After all this when i was talking to OH on the phone i told him "yep if i dont eat regularly i turn into quite the bitch dont i?" lol .. I figured it was the not eating for a while and the heat all mixed together.

Awe thats so cute hehe. I think you are right that the guys wont feel that this is really real until something shows it to them that its real, like the first real thing for them will probably be when they see the baby for the first time.. They really cant experiance this journy like we can, like i feel the baby move all the time and OH only feels it sometimes if he puts his hand on my tummy at the right time and stuff.. He keeps telling me all the time he is excited for it and stuff and i do believe him but he doesnt have to carry around this baby like i do so he doesnt really know like that there is a real baby inside there.. He keeps telling me that he cant wait to finally be able to hold the baby ect.

haha yep i dont think he will care too much if you are screaming like mad he probably knows that its not going to be a very pleasent experiance for you or anything so he will have to hold your hand threw it all lol. I would kick my OH too if he was embarressed because i was screaming.. But believe me on that floor there will be a lot of screaming and stuff so its all totally natural lol.. Wow the baby floor must be one of the loudest floors there because of all the women giving birth and stuff like that.. im terrified to actaully go up there and see what its like i dont want to scare my self hehe.

Hehe oh yeah i totally get it now that why they always seemed so go grumpy its because you are so tired and sore and everything else you just want the baby to be here already.. I seen this women last time i was in there that must of been on her first prenatial appointment because she wasnt showing or anything and she looked kind of nervous probably how i looked before my first appointment hehe.. i was like "awe i remember being that small, sigh" lol

Im like you too i would just like to know everything is all packed and ready to go and such.. I convinced OH to let me buy some travel size toiletry stuff so i can have everything ready because i dont no when im going to go into labour and i dont want to be in labour and running around packing everything like a mad women lol.. I cant wait to finally pack my hospital bag and stuff.. its so exciting

Im 34 weeks today its funny I was reading in my wrightup for my pregnancy this week and it said the baby is about the size of a cateloup hehe wow crazy and it could be like 5lbs by now and 20 inches long.. this is a seriously big baby lol

 

[QueSeraSera]

awww! poor you for having to put up with her trying to come in and rule the house! i would be pretty snappy with her as well, i would think. i dont do well with people thinking they rule everything like that. thats sad that you spilled your juice and then had a cry over it, though i have found that lately a good cry every now and then really helps! i have found the same thing though...when i get hungry and hot i am much more easily annoyed and willing to bitch someone out for something silly. lol...ooops!

thats so cute of your OH. he really seems like he is getting excited about the baby coming. this week on the discovery health channel its baby week and all the tv shows are about babies. so ive been making DH watch some of the shows at night. theyre mostly about delivery and things and i keep telling him im nervous but excited about it. i think watching the shows is getting him more into the spirit of things and making it more real that soon it will be us in the delivery room doing that. last night he laid his head on my belly for awhile and just talked to the baby...it was so cute. i know hes excited about her, he just doesnt really show it all the time.

when i went on the labour and delivery ward tour there wasnt anyone there in active labour...at least not anyone screaming or making too much noise. im glad there wasnt or it probably would have scared the hell out of me. its one thing to watch the tv shows and its another to hear the screams in real life. but they did say that the walls are super insulated and that many women scream, that its natural. they tried to make the rooms pretty sound proof so that one woman doesnt disturb another. lol. guess you have to think about things like that when youre building a ward like that!

its so funny that we were just going to our first prenatal appointments, not showing and all smiling and happy. it doesnt seem like that long ago, but were now the big pregnant ladies who are uncomfortable, hot, and bitchy! lol. soon enough though we will be going in for our checkups when we have our new baby with us, and the whole pregnancy process will be over! its so strange that 40 weeks really can pass by so quickly.

DH said it would be okay and he would pack the toiletries when the time comes, but im going to get the travel sizes anyway. i just wont be comfortable knowing that everything isnt just ready and packed. he says that the whole thing isnt as fast as it is in the movies and that there is a lot of time, but i dont know. some women have fast births and have to rush...so i dont want to count on it being slow and then it be fast and not have time to pack everything up! ill just worry if its not packed, and its easier to just spend the little extra to get travel sizes.

congratualtions on 34 weeks! you only have 6 weeks left! (maybe as little as 4! yay!) youre getting so close and i bet youre getting more and more excited with every day. the size is crazy...i cant believe how quick they grow towards the end! 5 lbs...s/he is nearly full size! are you pretty uncomfortable now? how are the braxton hicks?

lately i have had this pain in my abs, up high like right under my bra line. it feels like i pulled a muscle or soemthing. im wondering if it has something to do with the growing. ive heard of the abs muscles separating, and i wonder if thats it. its almost like my ribs and muscles are bruised or something. it hurts pretty bad and is making sleeping difficult. im hoping it gets better, but if not ill be getting it checked out i think.

 

[dizzy65]

I think its a pregnant lady thing that if we dont eat enough we get really mean hehe.. Thats why OH is insiting apon me eating a lot more so i cause a lot less fights lol.. I think She had it coming to her too.. I was talking to OH's brother and apparently after i went to sleep FIL's girlfriend was trying to boss around OH's sister and than OH's sister yelled at her "Shut up you arent my mother" and than she continued to go on and she was like "shut up your not my mother" and than left haha.. i thought that was pretty awesome i wish i would of been up to see that.. She defantly had that one coming ah i wish i could of done that too, but she would of got mad at me because im older and i should know better bla bla bla

Oh yeah i herd about that i was going to watch some of those shows too it always makes me so nervous watching those shows but like the labour and delivery part im always so nervous than when the baby comes out of the women and she stops screaming i usually cry because it is just so beautiful, and thats what i want for all the pain i have to go threw to be totally worth it in the end to look into my babies beautiful eyes and know that im a mother. I think the scariest shows of all of them thou is I didnt know i was pregnant, that was really freaks me out haha but of course I do know im pregnant hehe. It sounds like your DH is really excited about the baby and stuff too thats really great

Haha yeah that is so true.. A few months ago when i was in the hospital i walked passed some one who was in labour she wasnt screaming or anything but she was crying and her face was all red and sweaty allready i just looked at her like "oh my god what have i gotten my self into" lol i think it is really scarey to acatually see it in real life apose to the TV.. I think once we are there thou that it will be way differant than even seeing some one in active labour or anything..

I know what you mean.. i was thinking that like "woa these past 34 weeks have gone by so fast i cant believe it" and i really cant.. I look back at all the pictures of how small i used to be and now i just keep thinking that it seems only yesterday I just found out and now im heading towards the end.. And the worries at the begining seem kind of funny now.. I cant wait tell the LO is finally here So amazing hehe and after i got past 30 weeks too everything seems to be going way faster.

Im like you too i want everything to be packed in ready because i think that in the moment you are going to forget a lot of stuff i know i will too and since its OH's first he might forget sum stuff too id just feel much more secure knowing that we have our stuff packed and ready to go.. I already have babies stuff ready to go when i was packing that i felt really nervous lol.

I know im so excited hopefully there is only 4 weeks left that would be great hehe i dont want to go late.. I remember us talking about what it would be like when our baby reached the size of a melon and now thats how big my baby is hehe crazy.. Im getting really uncomfortable at this point and really wish i could see my feet again ah how i miss being able to see them and to see my area haha.. My braxton hicks are pretty bad on some times they get pretty strong but i havent been getting them that much.. so thats good.

Ah hopefully the pain doesnt get any worse ive herd of stuff like this happening lots of aches and pains and what not.. Hopefully you feel better and everything.. I get bad pains in my ribs and stuff like that and my doctor said that as the baby gets all settled in up there and stuff there will be lots of uncomfy feelings until baby drops.. how annoying

 

[QueSeraSera]

i know! it seems like im never full enough lately. though theres less romm in my tummy now, so i get full a lot faster with less food, but then im hungry again like 30 minutes to an hour later. i feel like im constantly eating lately! lol. thats too funny that everyone seems to be annoyed by your FILs gf...you would think that it would make her learn to stop bossing people around and acting like a mother to everyone. doesnt it suck though that only the younger ones get away with being defiant like your SIL, for us we are scolded if we act like that because were older and "should know better." whenever DH says that about something i say or do, i always think "yes, i do know better. but it doesnt make me want to say or do these things any less!" hehe

the show "i didnt know i was pregnant" is crazy! i really cant understand how people could truly not know they were pregnant, but i guess it happens. for me i think about how much audrey moves and kicks and everything, and i think that these women must have felt things like that. but i guess there really are pregnancies without any symptoms. i think its scary though because they arent getting care or taking vitamins and a couple of them i watched the women were drinking because they didnt know they were pregnant. it seems like most of the babies come out early and small though, probably a result of them getting all the nutrients and vitamins and things that they need. i much prefer knowing that im pregnant though!

DH and i were talking about labour this morning because he drove me to work and i was saying its kind of scary to think about. he was saying though that all the pain automatically goes away when the baby comes out. he said his ex was in tons of pain and there were complications and everything, but as soon as my stepson came out she was just fine. i hear people say that and that you forget about the pain really fast, im hoping its true! when my brothers ex-wife had my nephew she didnt scream once...barely made a sound. she just closed her eyes really tight with every contraction and that was all...i hope that i can make it through labour like that! lol

it really does seem like the weeks have flown by. its all just going by so quick. it was a month ago that i left for vacation to visit my parents, and it literally seems like that was last week. and now im 32 weeks and theres only 8 more to go! i cant believe it. and im getting more BH contractions, but they arent painful. but the more often i feel them, the more it seems like it really is getting to the time where miss audrey is going to make her appearance!

i told DH that tonight i am packing the baby's bag and this weekend im packing ours. that way everything is just ready to go. he finally relented and said it was okay to buy travel sized stuff so that ill feel more comfortable. it will be a relief to have that all done. and last night i put together the swing, bouncer, and the baby bath spa thing. so its all coming together...now all we need is the baby to be here! lol

hopefully neither of us goes late! i really want to be either on time or a little early would be nice. my feet are pretty swollen since i started taking the iron pills and no amount of elevating them seems to work. it really sucks, but when i stand i cant see them anyway! and oh my gosh dont even talk about shaving...i havent been able to shave for a couple weeks now! its been forever since i let it go that long and its bothering me. oh man i cant wait until she is here!

my ribs still hurt pretty bad, but ill live. its jsut weird getting these random aches and pains. im glad your BH contractions have settled down a bit, but i agree with you...i think we should just go ahead and have these babies soon so that our bodies can start getting back to normal!

 

[dizzy65]

Im like that too i try to control my self with the eating but it just doesnt work out that well how annoying.. Well i wont have to deal with FIL's gf any more he broke it off with her although they are still friends and still talk and stuff like this but i just hope she dont come over any more hehe.. Oh im exactly like you when people tell me i should act my age and be nice and all that im like "well just cause im 20 doesnt mean that i dont want to act out just a little" lol.

I really much perfer knowing im pregnant too id hate going into the doctor thinking i have a tummy ache next thing you know im squeezing out a baby no pain meds or anything bleh that would be so hard lol. Ive seen some of the stories and the women are just like they thought there were dieing and stuff. I mean its hard enough to deal with when you know about the pain but to go threw it and not actaully know your in labour wow that would be so scarey..

I wish that it will be like that as soon as the baby is out all the pain goes away that would be a good thing.. ive herd that too.. and than when your holding your new born all the pain and stuff kinda is like a backround thing all you care about is that you just brought your baby into the world and its there with you.. I think seening the baby all in itself will be the greatest reward of all.. I hope im like that too with the no screaming and stuff i dont want to make a sceen or anything lol. Im sure thou that they have herd it all before.. im afraid thou im going to be swearing lol thats not what i want my baby to come into the world listening too, the first word it hears is the "f" word ah that would be no good.

I know it is totally crazy the summer months seem to go so fast, like really its already half way threw july, and next month is the month i am having my baby, i really cant believe it.. Ooh congrats on hitting 32 weeks, it is so exciting to be this far over the 30 week mark and all of that.. the baby must be what about 3lbs now that is so great. only 8 more weeks for you unless you go in early hehe.. BH contractions can be so annoying especially when im in the middle of public and i have one because i look like im really in labour and people stair lol.

Thats good hopefully you will get it all packed and stuff this weekend OH and i went shopping today and i got to buy everything i was missing for my hospital bag like nursing pads and nursing bras and the toilitries and all of that stuff so now im like so happy that im going to have my hopsital bag all packed by the end of the night.. It is such a relief to know everything is just about to the end and soon we will be going to the hospital yay

Ah dont even get me started on swollen feet haha.. I was walking with OH all day in town today and my feet are so huge ugh so annoying.. haha with the shaving i havent even seen my area for a good 3 months.. how annoying ugh..

i hope your ribs are feeling better soon

 

[QueSeraSera]

wow! thats good news for you then that FIL broke it off with the gf. hopefully now you wont have to deal with her at all. he must have started feeling the same about her as all the rest of you guys! i wouldnt think she would be over at the house anymore, now that shes not seeing your FIL she wouldnt have any reason to show up. talk about completely annoying if she kept coming around!

oh yea i watched this one episode where the woman thought she had a tumor in her stomach and was dying. and she was too scared to tell her husband or go to teh doctor, so she just went months thinking she was really sick. then when she went into labour she thought she was dying. i cant even imagine how scary that would be. i mean, im pretty sure labour is going to be scary for us even knowing what is happening to our bodies! i also watched an episode of NICU and it was so sad. it was about these babies that came to early and were having trouble breathing and such, and they had to be in the NICU for a few weeks. i was about to cry! lol. i cant imagine what it would be like to have to go home and not be able to take your baby. fingers crossed that neither of us every have to experience that!

hehe. im a little nervous about the swearing thing too. im pretty bad about that. i think (i hope) when it comes to it i will be able to control most of my screaming, but i bet ill be cussing like a sailor. my mom already told me that i need to try to keep it under control so thats not the first things the baby hears. plus, if my stepson is there at all we wouldnt want him to hear those things either! lol. but were not sure if well have him there for the labour...we might just have his mom bring him up after she is born.

oh yay! you got your hospital bag all ready! i still didnt do it this weekend. we ended up getting a rocking chair given to us by one of my coworkers. its this really cool old wooden rocker that she had for about 50 years and it belonged to her friend before that, so its pretty old but still realy sturdy. it was chipped and in need of some new stain so we stripped it, sanded it. and refinished it. well, i helped about half the time and DH did the rest it looks so great in the nursery and is just missing the final top coat of finish. i cant wait for audrey to be here so that we can rock and hang out in it so that took most of the weekend and the hospital bag has been pushed back to next weekend. lol. :-/

oh my ribs are so freaking sore still! it seriously feels like theve been broken, but i think its just stretching. i cant lay on my right side anymore or it really hurts. guess thats good incentive to lay on my left side like they say to! lol. i also got so swollen on saturday being outside in the heat helping with the chair...i think it was a combo of standing too much and not drinking enough water. i think all this swelling is a sign that we both need to rest more!

i hope youre having a great time at your photo shoot today! i cant wait to see the pictures when you get them back! i bet they will be absolutely beautiful and great keepsakes

 

[dizzy65]

Oh yeah i think i seen that episode too! Ive seen lots of them.. at first i thought it was just rare when these types of things happen but i guess it happens more than we think it does.. i couldnt even imagin going threw my whole pregnancy not feeling the way i do right now i guess some people are just differant that way.. that is totally scarey to think about thou ugh.. awe that is so sad i dont think i could ever watch a show with babies in the NICU, that is so heart breaking and i dont want to think about anything being wrong with my baby either that it would have to be held in the NICU.. Yes i really hope neither of us have to experiance that.. Its really common for Premies to be rushed into the NICU and stuff.

In the labour and delivery room at the hospital here we arent aloud to have any one other than the father in the room, so no one but OH will be able to here me cussing.. I think ive decided thou that im going to be using gas and air instead of getting an epidural i herd about like what some of the side effects can be of getting and epidural and the gas and air seems more natural and stuff for me.. SO hopefully i will be able to handle it and i wont be swearing out OH to bad.. haha the poor nurses that have to listen to me i feel bad for them

Awe that is so cool about the rocking chair it seems awesome.. Its great that sum one could just give you that, it must be really special ... Hopefully you can get your hopsital bag packed on the weekend everyone has been telling me since i was 30 weeks that its best to have it all packed and ready early because for there on its really common to go into labour and stuff early.. But thankfully i haventgone into labour yet.. in 3 weeks time it will be okay to go in

Ah how annoying.. The baby must be really pushing on your ribs or something.. i know how bad that pain could be. hopefully she moves soon so that you can at least enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and stuff.. I think you are right that the swelling is a sign that we both just need to take it easy and rest a bit more.. OH just bought me some more sandals because my feet are so swollen that they wont even fit into any of my other sandals so i literaly had like no shoes to where lol.

On saturday I had my prenatial class and oh my god it was so amazing like we got a tour of the labour and delievery room and that was so amazing everything was so nice and when we get moved into recovery and stuff like that there is a bed for the daddies to sleep so OH doesnt have to leave me and they have a place for the babies to sleep and stuff they dont take the babies away from us any more and they have nice showers and TVS in the room it is all so amazing.. They said that it is more than likely that we will be getting a private room because they arent very busy and there is lots of private rooms available so yay. In the prenatial class we got to watch videos on a c-section and on a natural birth it was kind of really grose lol.. i had lots of fun thou in the class.

Yesterday i got to do my maternity photos i so cant wait tell they are here im so excited to see what they look like.. They are done by the beach so hopefully they will turn out really good ... Also yesterday i had a prenatial visit and i got an ultra-sound to make sure baby was facing the right way, and yay baby is head down and ready to go lol. When we looked at the baby the baby waved i almost cried when i seen it i was like "awe my baby is waving at me" it was so amazing.

 

[QueSeraSera]

ahh...finally i can write back! ive started to write you back like 5 times and each time something comes up or i get distracted. lol.

oh the NICU show was heartbreaking. i dont think ill watch it again. it made me needlessly start worrying about things going wrong and such...and thats the last thing i want to be thinking about! i was at the breastfeeding class on monday offered by my hospital and she was talking about NICU babies and breastfeeding. but she basically said that there has to be something wrong for the baby to go to the NICU. a lot of hospitals rush premature babies away just in case and just because theyre premature, but apparently not at this hospital. they think that the contact with the mother is really important, and so babies are only taken to the NICU if they are having some kind of troubles. so that is a relief that they wont try to take the baby there based only on the fact that she comes early or something like that.

they dont offer the gas and air option here. i wish they did. basically its an epidural or nothing. i am going to try to do nothing. i really dont want an epidural. i watched a special and it observed babies after birth, and almost all of the babies who were born to a mom who had an epidural had troubles breastfeeding and weren't as alert after birth. thats cool that you have the other option! i have heard some funny stories of women using gas and air and the things they said. i heard its a little like being stoned. youll have to have your OH write down all the funny things you say!!

yea the rocking chair is so cool. and it was so nice of her to just give it to us like that. it took some work on our part to get it back into good shape, but it turned out great and looks so good in the nursery. it will be a nice thing to tell audrey that her daddy did for her too. so basically we have pretty much everything setup in there, and its all down to the hospital bag. DH has a lot of homework this weekend and so Sunday while he works I am vowing to get that done! now that im almost 33 weeks, i really just want to have it done. i hope that i dont go into labour until at least 37 weeks, but i also want to have it ready in case. i have read on here some women who have packed it at like 24 weeks! lol. i feel so behind...

ahh the joys of pregnancy, huh? the rib pain hasnt gone away, but the swelling seems to be pretty much under control. my feet are swollen, but they arent tooooo bad. thats so nice of your OH to buy you new sandals...im thinking that im going to have to buy new shoes for work. the ones i have are pretty narrow and i have to take them off under my desk during the day because theyre getting uncomfortable. i dont know about you, but ill be so happy after the baby comes and my body can start getting back to normal! lol

youre class sounds like it was really informative! and the setup of your hospital seems a lot like ours. i really like the private room thing and having the baby in the room instead of a nursery. i bet seeing the videos were kinda ick...but i guess we need to see those things because soon theyll be actually happening to us. well, hopefully not the c-section...fingers crossed that neither of us have to have one of those! i read on your facebook that the baby has turned...thats exciting to know that your LO is in the proper position now

your ultrasound sounds so awesome! i bet that was really cool to see the LO waving at you! awww...too cute. were they able to guess the size of your baby and how big of baby you might be expecting? ive heard they can do that. i totally wish i could have another scan to find out info like that, and of course just to see little miss audrey again. youve had an exciting few days, getting the pictures done and getting your ultrasound! i saw the pictures on the other thread you posted and they turned out great! you must be so happy with them! oooh...and congrats on 35 weeks! only 5 more weeks now...and maybe as little as 2 or 3! i mean, after 2 more weeks you will be full term and it will be safe for your LO to start heading out!

 

[dizzy65]

I know what you mean after watching shows like that i tend to worry about stuff being wrong with the baby and i really dont need that stress right now thats for sure.. i really hope the baby isnt a premie because that would be so sad i wouldnt want to be seperated from the baby.. I think at this hopsital they only get rushed to the NICU if they cant breathe or are having some other serious problems and need imidiate attention.. other than that the baby basically stays with the mum for the whole time, unless done by c-section than they are put in the nursary tell the mum is feeling better, i mean like not all drugged up.

That really does suck, i didnt like the idea of the epidural when she showed us at the class what it looked like and what it did and stuff.. and i herd that it takes longer for the baby to latch on and stuff if you do the epidural so thats not good at all iwant to be able to breast feed right away.. I've herd also that being on the gas and air is like being stoned im kinda looking forward to it exsept OH is probably going to be making fun of me the whole time if i say anything stupid.. they have it here so that the mum holds the mask on her own face so if she starts feeling dizzy and sick her hand slipps away and so does the mask so all the effects gett taken away after the first few breaths.

It will defantly be a good story to tell little audry about what her daddy did for her and stuff, and she will know she was defantly loved that is such a neat idea that you guys had to fix it up and stuff in a way its like making it yours, you know what i mean.. putting something thats you into that chair.. I couldnt imagin packing my hopsital bag at 24 weeks lol that is way to early i wasnt even thinking about hopsital stuff when i was 24 weeks, i just packed mine the other day so now im all prepaired but even still i was 34 weeks when i did it..

I am so the same all i keep saying to OH is that i cant wait to the baby is here so i dont have giant clown feet any more and so that i can slleep on my tummy and back again this is getting so uncomy..i really cant wait to have my body back and to be able to walk for more than 5 mins with out getting instantly tired and have a really bad back ache.. also now i waddle when i walk so i look really ridiculous lol.. Im getting so sick and tired of people looking at me like they think im going to explode and have this baby like right infront of them or something.. so annoying lol.

it was really informative and i really enjoyed it im very glad we went it was nice being around other pregnant people for once.. There was a lady in our class that actaully went into labour there, hehe it was to funny. i am so happy my LO is in the proper position now, i was getting scared there for a bit, but yay that means i shouldnt have to have a c-section now unless there is other complications i dont no about yet but tehre shouldnt be ugh the videos were really grose, i hated watching that.. During the tour of the hopsital the teacher said that they have the option of puttin a mirror there so i can watch the baby coming out im just like "UGH no thanks!!" haha

We didnt have a profecially ultra-sound person there with us we just had one that could tell which way the baby was facing so we didnt get to know any of that cool stuff which is okay any way i would rather not no just incase the baby is really big that would scare me haha. I am very pleased with the pictures they turned out great, there is still more to come she is just in editing right now so hopefully in the next couple of days i will be able to see the rest Hehe thanks im so happy the baby could be here in as little as 2 weeks eek im so nervous but so excited i just hope the baby doesnt keep us waiting so long.. The baby now is the size of a honeydue melon.. thats some serious size haha..

Also congrats on hitting 33 weeks just about there only 7 weeks left or 4 weeks left tell your LO will be here how exciting

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea those shows are really pretty upsetting. i made myself stop watching them, because like you said...the stress of worrying over something like that is the last thing we need right now! our hopital is pretty much the same...i think they want to do everything they can to keep the mom and baby together unless something is really wrong and the baby needs immediate attention in the NICU. i guess that even with a c-section they will give the baby to the daddy for skin to skin contact. they really believe that having the baby with mommy or daddy right after the birth is best. i like that about them, cause it would be so sad to be separated from the baby right away.

thats cool about the gas and air thing, that you have to hold it up to your face yourself. that makes sense and then theres really no way for you to get too much or anything, because your hand will fall away. i bet your OH will be getting a decent laugh at all the funny things you end up saying though! i agree that the epidural seems like it has bad effects on the baby as far as feeding and such, and i really want to be able to establish that as soon as possible. i have an appointment on monday and im going to ask the doctor about alternative pain relief. they must have something besides the epidural...maybe a morphine drip or something to take the edge off. well see

yea i think it will be really cool to tell the kids later on that daddy fixed the chair and that it was the place where we raised them all and took them all for night feedings and such. its a really sturdy chair and so im hoping it will last through all the kids and then it can be handed down when theyre older too. itll make a cool heirloom like that yea i think packing the bag so early is kind of silly, but now im starting to feel like im a little late myself. ill have it done this weekend though for sure! so ill be getting it done about the same time as you did...between 33 and 34 weeks. i dont think thats too bad at all

i agree! yesterday i was in the breakroom at work and a guy walked in and was like "you look like youre about ready to pop!" and i was thinking "umm...i still have 7 weeks to go, and even if i do look like that...you probably shoulndt tell a pregnant woman that" lol. ooohh...the dreaded waddle! ive started doing that too! and i seriously get pretty tired after walking down the hall, and thats at a slow walk! its just hard to get around lately as i get bigger. even worse is trying to get out of a chair...i look absolutely ridiculous cause i kinda have to puch myself up with my arms. and today DH dropped me off at work and i was getting out of the car, but it was parked on kind of a slope so it was hard to keep the door open and get out...DH kinda pushed my butt as i was trying to lift out of the car. i felt like an old woman :-/ oh the joys of pregnancy, lol

wow...i cant believe some people would want mirrors in the room so they can see the birth. that is jsut about the last thing in the world i would want. i dont even want DH looking down there either! it sounds like your class was great though. we have ours next week on tuesday and thursday nights. i hope ours is as informative and everything as yours was. its like 3.5 hours each night...so there must be a lot of information to cover...

oh i see. well at least you got to see your baby a little bit and see that s/he was in the proper position. thats reassuring im sure, knowing that you probably wont need a c-section. oh the pictures are awesome and im sure the rest will come out just as great they will be great keepsakes to show the baby and for you to remember when you were carrying him/her

a honeydue melon!? wow...that is seriously big! yea...ive tried to stop seeing what baby is the size of lately...kinda scary to think about now. lol. i look at the length and weight and thats enough to get me scared. hehe. thanks...im pretty excited that its getting closer. i really am ready for her to get here already

 

[dizzy65]

Im glad the hospitals do it that way so they have the babies in there it is a much better idea then putting them in the nurseries.. and im really glad that OH can stay in the room with us too that makes it so much easier and better than he doesnt have to find aroom for the night ! It is great the baby will stay in the room so that way you can see what its going to be like once you get home and have to wake up with the baby and stuff.. andthey have nurses that help you and baby with breast feeding too, helps us like show the baby how to latch on.. i really cant wait to do the breast feeding thing it seems so cool to me

They must have other options besides the epidural because a lot of people dont want to have to use the epidural it does have a lot of bad side effects to it and such.. They actaully make u sign papers and stuff stating u wanted this and they have to go over everything that is a potentional hazord and stuff like they really dont want people using it and stuff. but i guess if worse comes to worse than you will defantly take it, i dont think ill be able to go threw the whole labour with out sum kind of pain relief.. So its a good thing they have the gas and air option for sure..

It will be such a great story to tell the kids that there daddy spent all that time fixin up that rocking chair just for them and stuff.. maybe make it so they want to keep it in the family it will defantly be a great heirloom.. I dont think i could of packed to early like right when you hit viability or what ever just because to me its kind of like a jinx like you pack early so you go into labour and have a preemie and stuff.. That wouldnt be good at all.. im so glad ive made it this far with out going into labour and stuff it seems like a huge accomplishment too me..

Ah the other day i went to the 7'11 gas station and walked in and asked for the key for the bathroom and after i left with the Key OH went up to the counter and the cashier was talking to the other cashier and was like "i hope she doesnt give birth in the bathroom" and then OH was like "you really shouldnt say that" and they all just laughed.. OH waited tell we left the gas station to tell me this, think he was afraid i would of made a seen lol ive been waiting for a good reason to knock sum body out and i think that would be reason enough for me lol.. i look friken ridiculous when im laying down and try to get up i kinda have to take like 3 attempts it looks so funny i feel like litterally a beached wale!! haha

It is defantly not my cup of tea being able to see that.. i dont really want to have to think about what im doing i think that that will make it so it will hurt worse if i know that there is a giant baby coming out of my area haha. I hope you have fun at your classes im really glad i got to do mine.. now im all done with my classes im kind of sad that its all over with but glad I got the experiance of doing them for sure

It is such a good relief to know the LO is in the right direction and everything i hope the baby when its older enjoys seeing all the pregnancy pics i did for it and stuff and see the ultra-sound pics to see what it looked like before it was a real person hehe

i know what you mean hearing how big it is now makes me so nervous and stuff its liek "ah i really didnt need to know that" lol ... Im on the last box of my ticker now yay

 

[QueSeraSera]

i am really excited about the way the rooms are setup these days too. it just seems so much more logical to keep the baby with the parents and let them get used to caring for a newborn. i think the old way, with the separate nuseries, was meant to give moms a bit of time to rest and recover, but it also didnt prepare them for taking the baby home at all. i love that DH can stay over too. im a little nervous though because we have two dogs and so i need to find someone to come over and take care of them while were in the hospital during the labour and the 2 days after that we stay. i hope i can find someone otherwise we will have to pay to board them for a few days...

we went to the first session of the childbirth class last night. they didnt get to the part about the pain relief yet, but i was looking at the packet and it doesnt seem like they offer a gas & air option here. they have either epidural or morphine drip. i guess the morphine isnt as strong and doesnt last as long, but takes the edge off. on thursday, at the second portion of the class, im going to ask her more about it. i still want to try to do the labour without pain medication, but if its too bad ill probably take the morphine.

dh finished the chair and its gorgeous in the nursery. he got all into woodworking doing it so he also ended up making a little table for the room and ive been painting wood to make shelves for in there and my stepson's room as well. weve just been going crazy making stuff the past week! lol. i think it gives the rooms a nice, handmade feeling. though i STILL didnt get the bag fully packed this weekend. i never got up to the store to buy nursing bras and calling cards. they dont allow cell phone use in the OB ward and so we have to use calling cards to call everyone. but i those are the last things that im missing to make it complete.

aww what a mean thing to say, even if the people at the 711 were just kidding! people really should keep their mouths shut around pregnant women...even if they think its funny theres a good chance that because were big and uncomfortable and hot that we wont think its funny at all! everyone seems to think i am like 40 weeks along already and when i tell them im only 33 weeks along they just cant believe it and they go on and on about how much bigger than that i look. it is not amusing. lol :-/

at the class they were saying how we could request a mirror too! i was just like "no thnaks" and the ladt beside me was saying she didnt want to think about what was going to happen down there, much less see it! i couldnt agree more. DH said he thought that seemed really weird too. i didnt even want to watch the video of a baby coming out of someone else, much less see it happening to me! im much more excited about the part AFTER the baby has come out

aww youre on the last box of youre ticker! youre so close now! congratulations and hooray for making it to 36 weeks. only one more week to go and then you LO can come whenever s/he likes! oooh...random note. dh agreed to let me get this stroller that i have been wanting forever! we didnt really have a stroller yet, just a frame to snap the car carrier into, and so we wanted something that would last her a little bit longer after she outgrows the car carrier. so we went down and got a bugaboo chameleon. its awesome and it has a bassinet option and a normal seat. it was expensive, but it should last her until she doesnt need a stroller anymore. it was my excitement for the week

 

[dizzy65]

Yeah i think you are right they were just set up that way so the mothers can relax and all that before they go home.. But i think i would be much more realxed with baby in the room with me any way.. And OH too that way we both can see what it will be like with the baby im really excited, and they have like nurses that help and stuff when ever we need them so its not like we are totally completly alone thats for sure.. I am having the same dilema with my cat.. I mean there will be people here and stuff but im not sure they will remember to feed him and let him in at night and all of that stuff.. ive never been apart from him for more than 24 hours so it makes me really anxious to think im going to be spending 3 days away from him with sum one that i dont no will take good care of him or not.

Hopefully they will get to talking about that pain relief at your next session and stuff.. At least there is another option besides having the epidural.. thats always good to know.. I think they offer that at our hospital too im sure the nurse mentioned something about that, but i really want to do the gas and air thing if it gets to that point of course they also dont give that tell around 8 cm or so, so its a long time in labour to go before i can get the relief i want.. The lady said with the epidural you dont no when to push and stuff because you cant feel the area so you have to have some one constantly checking to see if baby is ready or not.. that kinda scares me.

Thats good it seems like you guys are doing pretty good at getting your nursary together now.. i go into the nursary every day and look at all the stuff and get excited that the baby will be here soon it is so exciting Hopefully you can get all of the stuff for your hospital bag soon, that kind of sucks they dont alow cell phones.. they alow us to have cell phones we are just not aloud to use them in our rooms because it might be disruptive to other people around us so we have to walk down to where the pay phones are and use are cell phones there lol kinda stupid but oh well.

I know if she would of said something like that to my face id probably of smacked her for sure lol im just in a right bitchy state right now that im looking for any excuse just to wail on some body.. OH told me everything after the fact because he didnt want a scene i think he knows how i am right now lol.. People right now just are so rude to pregnant people seriously.. I get so fed up with people telling me i look like im about ready to pop when i have 4 weeks left haha.

Im like you im excited to be holding the baby not to actaully see the baby coming out of such areas lol i dont think id ever be able to look at my self the same again after seeing that.. id really rather not no what im about to do than see it and i think it would be more painfull if i seen it too just because i have that image in my head of a giant baby coming out, ugh lol.. I guess some people want that.. i dont even want OH watching that, but oh well.

I know im so excited to just about be full term and i really hope the baby doesnt keep me waiting to much longer i cant take it hehe. Thats great that you get that stroller thing you must be so happy the stroller we have is for running with and stuff im happy and i like it too

 

[QueSeraSera]

yea i think it will be great to be with baby, but at the same time have nurses and everything to help with any questions or issues we might end up having. plus the visiting hours for people other than DH are from 8am-8pm. so thats quite a big time for my mom to be up there with us helping out and spending time with the baby. im really excited about the whole thing, except the pain that is. i know what you mean about the pet thing though. i do have a lady that has kept our dogs before and shes really great, but its kind of expensive. so i would rather try and ask a neighbor or something, but then it becomes an issue of being nervous if theyll take care of them well. argh! lol. so i need to get that figured out soon so i can stop worrying about it! it is nice that we only live about 15 min away from the hospital so DH can go home if he needs to, but id rather him not im sure. you guys are far from the hospital thought right?

the lady said they would talk about the pain relief next class. she did mention though that with an epidural you are numb from the middle of your chest down! i think that is crazy. and they have to tell you when to push and everything, and you cant really feel if youre pushing right. id rather just be in pain and know when to do all those things, i think. so ill probably go with the morphine drip. thats crazy that you cant get gas and air until 8 centimeters! by then youre pretty much done already! lol.

i think the nursery is done except for the shelves. i havent finished painting them yet, but i plan to this weekend. and then i think were done except for the nursing bras lol. we had a carseat scare on monday and we couldnt fit the seat in the back because we cant use the middle, because my stepsons seat is in there too. so we had to go back last night and try out all the seats in the store, finally one fit so we got it. but we were getting pretty scared that we were going to have to trade in our car and get a bigger one...and we werent sure how we were going to manage that financially! but luckily it all worked out.

i think the cell phone thing in our hospital is that the transmissions can mess with the machines. so you have to use a landline. but everyone i know is out of state, so we need calling cards to call everyone. DH and my mom can go down to the lobby of the hospital to call out, but im not allowed off the ward. i can see where they wouldnt want you using them in shared rooms though too, in case the other people are trying to sleep or something. all the rooms at our hospital are private though, so thats nice.

i totally agree! im tired of everyone saying how i look like im about to burst! its like, i still have 6 weeks! argh. but i can tell my tummy is growing, so i guess they have a right to think that. i just dont want to hear it! lol. and i definitely dont want to see the baby coming out. i think it will just be gross and an image i wont be able to erase from my mind...like ever. lol. i told DH hes not allowed to look either, but he didnt really want to anyway. he said he doesnt want that image burned into his mind either! lol

 

[dizzy65]

It is good that the nurses will be around as i will probably have about a zillion questions for them and ask them stuff like am i doing this right.. They said also the nurses help bath the babies the first time so you dont like end up drownding the kid and stuff like that.. i was thinking "wow you people are really reasuring" haha.. Your lucky you have 12 hours of visiting time the visiting time in the recovery ward is 3pm to 8 pm so there is only like 5 hours to have other people there.. i think its ok thou cause i really dont want to be around people all the time i just want to spend lots of alone time with OH and baby and my self i know we will have hords of visiters when we get home thou ... Thats always the thing with pets, i would never forgive my self if i left my cat to some one i thought i could trust and he ended up getting hurt or what ever because he wasnt being properly cared for! we live about 45 min away from the hospital

That is totally crazy with the epidural i would be so scared of them having to tell me to push and stuff i kind of want that sensation to push instead of some one being like "oh yeah your ready" haha.. They also said that some times it doesnt work as it should like it only numbs parts of your body some times it could only numb like the left side or what ever and you still feel everything on the right side, that would be pretty uncomfy if you ask me ha ha.. I know it is crazy that they wait tell 8cm to give the gas and air, but at least its there if i need it

wow that sounds like a really big scare, we havent even tried putting our car seat into the jeep i think we probably should, we dont have a middle belt either so it might be a bit challanging there is only 2 seats back there ireally hope it fits we have had our car seat since i was about 16 weeks pregnant so crossing fingers it fits It is really good you didnt have to go out and by a whole new car that would of really sucked especially if you cant afford it . Ive already got sum nursing bras they are so comfy to wear!

They said at our hospital that its likely we are going to be put into private rooms and stuff like that because they have more private rooms that shared ones, they have quad rooms i dont think i would like being stuck in a room with 3 other people, no thank you that would be so uncomfy lol. That makes sence about it messing with the stuff and all of that it kind of sucks they have to go all the way out of there thou so they can make calls they should have a special room for making phone calls and what ever!

I am at a point where its like "if one more person says i look like im going to pop ill pop there heads" haha.. its getting frusterating and then there are those people that keep asking if i can see my feet, its like "omg shut up i dont need this!" lol i guess people dont relise how hot and miserable a pregnant person can really be in the summer time thats for sure lol.. OH wants to look when the baby is coming out, maybe because its his first he doesnt no what to expect, lol i think he will be grosed out thou hehe