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[forestmushroom]

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[Kamiro]

Weeks/Days along: 28 on tuesday! 3rd trimester baby!

Appointments: wednesday

Symptoms: starting to have moments of panic lol

Food: Oatmeal nearly every morning (sometimes eggs and turkey sausage and toast). and peanut butter and jelly (mmm) and 'buffet style salad' - iceberg lettuce, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, sunflower seeds, pickled beets, ranch dressing and BAKED POTATOES nomnomnomnom (butter, cheese, sour cream, seasonings and baco bits)...I have been craving this so bad

http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/garlic-butter-noodles-recipe/  but have to find some vegetarian 'oyster' sauce. bought dark soy mushroom flavored sauce - close enough...but not quite.

Body changes and other milestones: Getting bigger!

Thoughts: Excited! nervous!

[forestmushroom]

I'm 3 days from the 3rd trimester, and it is super exciting! 

[Rowdie]

Name: rowdie (Nancy)

How far along:  Five days from 3rd trimester (not as close as you two, but I can count on one hand, woot!).  So the 2nd trimester honeymoon is coming to a close.

Appointments: Feb 16, with midwife, pee test

Symptoms: I get winded easier (uterus pressing on diaphragm, apparently). Starting to feel some of the fatigue I'd left behind in the first trimester.

Food: I am a fig-cookie devouring MONSTER!  Here I was, dark greens, hearty grains (oatmeal!), mixed protein, and BAM! three days ago I chomped my way through a package of fig-newton-like cookies (they're really good from the freezer).  Also, found this easy recipe for vegan mac&cheese: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=16227.0 

Exercise: yoga, walking, circuit training, a little eliptical trainer

Body Changes: My belly button is getting tight!  I'm feeling rather walrus-y.  The yoga pants I could get away with earlier are getting uncomfortable.  I'm down to two, soft-banded pairs. 

Thoughts: Nearing the home stretch!!  Make that, home belly-stretch.  

I'm feeling so blessed to have come this far.  I can't believe how happy I am being pregnant (this is my first).  Heart-breaking stories I've heard/read sometimes make me wonder how we've been able to continue as a species, let alone thrive.  I've been using a music belly-band in the evenings.  We'll see what kind of effect that has when the spud emerges.

[forestmushroom]

Rowdie, Vegan mac and cheese with nutritional yeast is one of my all time favorite comfort foods... I love that stuff! I don't even like regular mac and cheese any more....

[Kamiro]

I love Braggs nutritional yeast. Definitely going to try it!

[MeredithA]

Rowdie, I had forgotten about fig newtons! Now I am dying to eat some!! 

[Rowdie]

Originally Posted by MeredithA 

Rowdie, I had forgotten about fig newtons! Now I am dying to eat some!! 

I sincerely hope you can summon more restraint than I managed!

[Astraia]

Name: Grace

Days/Weeks: no clue. I had no idea that 28 weeks was the third trimester! For my first I would have known it down to the day how many days away from that milestone I was, with my second I'd have marked it on the calendar, and now... Eh, no idea. I think I'm somewhere in the 27 week range, anyway.

Food: blah blah blah. I just eat now, I don't care what it is or how it tastes. My only cravings are for gross things (KFC!?! BLECH) that i haven't eaten in years, so I'm sure it's all in my head and not something I'm going to indulge in. My portion sizes are definitely shrinking, but I need to eat about every 2 hours to make up for it.

Symptoms: itchy boobs and belly, despite intensive moisturizing. Tired feet and legs. Have a lot of trouble standing up from a squat (like to give my 3 yr old a piggy back ride), but always feel much much better after I get out for some exercise despite the total exhaustion. I'm with Rowdie, too- get winded really quickly. I feel like an elephant or something, puffing and blowing my way up a flight of stairs! All the maternity pants I've made are now too snug- the elastic band fits fine still, the pants still stay up without a problem, but the pants are too snug! I also don't fit into my yoga pants any more. Maybe a good thing we don't own a scale? I must be huge!

Thoughts: I'm not sure... I'm all over the place. I'm thrilled to be having another baby, I love being pregnant, and when my other two are playing well together and having fun I think, "wow this will be great!" Then they fight and cry and scream and I'm about ready to have a breakdown myself, thinking, "Oh my Lord, this is going to be terrible!" I'm scared about how to cope with three kids. Sometimes i think I'm more excited about spring/summer then I am about a baby (which I talk myself down from, remembering I'm not a huge fan of the newborn stage but soon it will be wonderful! Next summer will be phenomenal!). I feel enormous guilt because I haven't prepared anything, I can't get my husband to discuss names because I still can't decide if we're keeping the original girl name we picked or not- and I'm not trying that hard to make him talk about it- and I have no motivation to start pulling out baby clothes or preparing a bed or anything. I'm hoping by April it kicks in and I start sorting and washing at an incredible rate but for now... nope. 



 

[rozziemama]

Name: Rozzie/Danielle

Weeks/Days along: 26

Appointments:  Had one last week - glucose test and regular check up. Appt was fine - no gestational diabetes. But that stuff was disgusting. Harder to swallow this time than last. Plus, it just feels like putting poison in my body. Not good.

Symptoms: HEARTBURN. It is VERY VERY bad. Acid reflux/burning in my chest and throat, mostly at night but also during the day. Just really starting raging last week. I also have a little bit of sciatica. Fun...

Food: Going to try to eat mostly yogurt, nuts, easy to digest things this week following the above-referenced heartburn.

Exercise: Went on a great 3 mile (but steep up/down, lots of bang for the buck - gorgeous views!) hike in white mountains (NH) Saturday, trying to do yoga once or twice each week. Still not much here...

Body changes and other milestones: I'm huge - somewhat alarming, but on the plus side its coming with lots of lovely movement. Hating the heartburn though. Makes me feel awful.  Also feeling like my face is starting to get puffier. anyone else know what I mean?  I guess the third trimester is coming! I really can't wait to meet this baby. 

Thoughts: Yes, many thoughts!   And dreams - CRAZY dreams! Anyone else having crazy dreams?

[shastalily]

Name:  Jenny

Weeks/Days along:  28 on Wednesday--Yay 3rd tri!

Appointments:  Today--Glucose + other blood tests & midwife check-up. 

Symptoms:   Heartburn pretty much every night, and sometimes weird nausea hits, probably due to the heartburn.  I keep Tums by my bed now.  Achy hips & back.

Food:  Kinda blah.  Don't have a lot of strong cravings anymore.

Exercise:  Just starting to feel better after being sick all last week.  Hopefully will start exercising again soon.

Body changes and other milestones:  Like a lot of you, my "regular" yoga pants are shrinking.  lol  I can still wear most of them, but the drawstring is getting incredibly short and it rides low on my belly.  haha  Mostly wear maternity jeans when going out.

Thoughts:  Hard to believe there's only about 12 weeks left.  Can't believe appointments move to every 2 weeks after today, that will definitely make the time go faster.  Paying more attention to baby movements now and making sure I'm feeling him every day.  Looking forward to starting our yard projects next month.  We are going to put a garden in and need to make the raised beds.  I love spring and can't wait to start seeing flowers coming up and budding on the trees.  Really loving this mild winter we've been having and hope it continues right into spring.

[BubbleMa]

Name: Sarah

Weeks/Days along: 27 weeks!

Appointments: Today at 1:00

Symptoms:  Boobs are sore again. Peeing constantly.  Heartburn and acid reflux.  The reflux is so gross.  :(

Food:  Everything.  I don't tend to want veggies or meat though.  I can eat them, but it's not what I want most of the time. 

Exercise:  Walking

Body changes and other milestones:  I have some skin darkening on the sides of my boobs, going towards my armpits.  My linea nigra showed up, but doesn't go all the way up to my belly button yet.

Thoughts:  I'm feeling really good lately!  I'm trying to enjoy it while I can.  I know the waddling, pelvic pressure, shortness of breath, etc. is right around the corner!  

Oh!  The other day in the mail I got a certificate for a FREE hair cut and color from some fancy salon.  I guess it's some kind of new customer promotion.  I don't know how they got my info, but I'm going to call and see what the catch is.  I'm kind of excited about the thought of getting a free haircut and color!  I haven't had my hair done by a professional in years!

[shastalily]

Originally Posted by rozziemama 

Thoughts: Yes, many thoughts!   And dreams - CRAZY dreams! Anyone else having crazy dreams?

 YES!  Lots of crazy and vivid dreams.  Last night I dreamt baby was a girl (I'm having a boy) and she came out as big as a 12 mo. old, talking in complete sentences, and walking a little.  Ha ha  Night before that I had a series of dreams (kids late for school, accidentally left two of them home, lost my car when I went into a store that turned into warehouse after warehouse, etc) that left me mad and I woke up feeling totally "off" in the morning.

What dreams have you had?

[LinnieThree]

Hey Rozzie- your update reflects a lot of what I am feeling this week! I have my glucose test tomorrow and this time around (after reading what all the ladies said on here), I am nervous about what that high level of glucose is doing to my body! I am also huge but like you said, the hugeness comes with a bigger, stronger baby that is moving all the time and the movements are so much stronger and I am so thankful. I didn't get a nice hike in and we have no mountains here so that just made me jealous! I am having the heartburn too and I am hoping that the papaya enzymes work for you because I will try that also. I really wanted to respond because you mentioned your face getting puffier and I am right there with you. I am getting my usual third trimester, round, tight, glowy face that makes it look like I just had a facelift but for all it's "tightness", its still really puffy if that makes ANY sense?????  At this point too- my lips start getting huge and swollen! This is when I start avoiding having my picture taken because of my giant face!

Also- yes, yes, yes to the crazy dreams! I have had them the entire time during this pregnancy and they are getting even more detailed. I dreamt that I delivered the baby and that right after I had him, the dr's stole him and I was trying to chase them through the hospital right after my c-section and they took him outside to a waiting helicopter! The weird thing is that he had the name of my other son "Deacon" but I knew that it was the son that I am currently pregnant with. That dream upset me!
 

Originally Posted by rozziemama 

Name: Rozzie/Danielle

Weeks/Days along: 26

Appointments:  Had one last week - glucose test and regular check up. Appt was fine - no gestational diabetes. But that stuff was disgusting. Harder to swallow this time than last. Plus, it just feels like putting poison in my body. Not good.

Symptoms: HEARTBURN. It is VERY VERY bad. Acid reflux/burning in my chest and throat, mostly at night but also during the day. Just really starting raging last week. I also have a little bit of sciatica. Fun...

Food: Going to try to eat mostly yogurt, nuts, easy to digest things this week following the above-referenced heartburn.

Exercise: Went on a great 3 mile (but steep up/down, lots of bang for the buck - gorgeous views!) hike in white mountains (NH) Saturday, trying to do yoga once or twice each week. Still not much here...

Body changes and other milestones: I'm huge - somewhat alarming, but on the plus side its coming with lots of lovely movement. Hating the heartburn though. Makes me feel awful.  Also feeling like my face is starting to get puffier. anyone else know what I mean?  I guess the third trimester is coming! I really can't wait to meet this baby. 

Thoughts: Yes, many thoughts!   And dreams - CRAZY dreams! Anyone else having crazy dreams?

I love ya Grace! I am craving KFC too and I usually only eat that once every two years. I caved about two weeks ago and split some popcorn chicken and fries with the kids. What I really wanted was the gravy and a.... omg I can barely write this.... a giant mountain dew! I am craving POP (soda for all you American's-lol) and I HATE POP! I'm all over the place too with this baby number 3. We just bought a used bassinette from a friend and it's gorgeous and I am totally prepared for it to just sit, taking up room in our bedroom as we usually co-sleep but DS hated co-sleeping until the age of 3! Buying this bassinette (that I am staring at right now) made it a bit more real. I have done NOTHING else to prepare for this baby and now I am starting to panic. We plan on selling our house and buying another one a month after the wee one is born so I have been packing and preparing to move and I am super excited about the move and the summer and I wonder if I am more excited about all of that then the actual baby so I totally get where you are coming from. Oh and I finally pulled out my baby boy newborn clothes and shoved them into two drawers in DS's room and I will get around to washing and folding them two months from now. It's funny because I am really enjoying this pregnancy but it's still not real to me! Maybe its because of the constant presence of the other two VERY REAL kids that need my attention!

Originally Posted by Astraia 

Name: Grace

Days/Weeks: no clue. I had no idea that 28 weeks was the third trimester! For my first I would have known it down to the day how many days away from that milestone I was, with my second I'd have marked it on the calendar, and now... Eh, no idea. I think I'm somewhere in the 27 week range, anyway.

Food: blah blah blah. I just eat now, I don't care what it is or how it tastes. My only cravings are for gross things (KFC!?! BLECH) that i haven't eaten in years, so I'm sure it's all in my head and not something I'm going to indulge in. My portion sizes are definitely shrinking, but I need to eat about every 2 hours to make up for it.

Symptoms: itchy boobs and belly, despite intensive moisturizing. Tired feet and legs. Have a lot of trouble standing up from a squat (like to give my 3 yr old a piggy back ride), but always feel much much better after I get out for some exercise despite the total exhaustion. I'm with Rowdie, too- get winded really quickly. I feel like an elephant or something, puffing and blowing my way up a flight of stairs! All the maternity pants I've made are now too snug- the elastic band fits fine still, the pants still stay up without a problem, but the pants are too snug! I also don't fit into my yoga pants any more. Maybe a good thing we don't own a scale? I must be huge!

Thoughts: I'm not sure... I'm all over the place. I'm thrilled to be having another baby, I love being pregnant, and when my other two are playing well together and having fun I think, "wow this will be great!" Then they fight and cry and scream and I'm about ready to have a breakdown myself, thinking, "Oh my Lord, this is going to be terrible!" I'm scared about how to cope with three kids. Sometimes i think I'm more excited about spring/summer then I am about a baby (which I talk myself down from, remembering I'm not a huge fan of the newborn stage but soon it will be wonderful! Next summer will be phenomenal!). I feel enormous guilt because I haven't prepared anything, I can't get my husband to discuss names because I still can't decide if we're keeping the original girl name we picked or not- and I'm not trying that hard to make him talk about it- and I have no motivation to start pulling out baby clothes or preparing a bed or anything. I'm hoping by April it kicks in and I start sorting and washing at an incredible rate but for now... nope. 



 

[rozziemama]

Every night my dreams are super vivid. I dreamt about a baby boy that looked EXACTLY like DH - same thing - like birthing a toddler - full head of black curls (DS1 was bald for months and still is blonde) - and I've been having vivid non-baby related anxiety dreams about work people and work dynamics. I need to start writing them down so I remember better!
 

Originally Posted by shastalily 

 YES!  Lots of crazy and vivid dreams.  Last night I dreamt baby was a girl (I'm having a boy) and she came out as big as a 12 mo. old, talking in complete sentences, and walking a little.  Ha ha  Night before that I had a series of dreams (kids late for school, accidentally left two of them home, lost my car when I went into a store that turned into warehouse after warehouse, etc) that left me mad and I woke up feeling totally "off" in the morning.

What dreams have you had?

[cristeen]

Name:  Cristeen

Weeks/Days along:  I don't even know.  24?  25? 

Appointments:  Nothing this week.  I really need to go get my blood drawn, but working that in with DS' therapy schedule is a real PITA. 

Symptoms: Nothing much right now, other than the waddle, and the sore back.  Sleeping is getting harder, as I struggle to find a more comfortable position. 

Food:  Definitely smaller appetite - less room for food. Don't much care what I eat right now, no cravings lately at all.  Aversions change with the wind, nothing long-lasting. 

Exercise: pfffttt.

Body changes and other milestones:  I am definitely bigger now, approaching the 3rd trimester than I was at 9 mos with DS.  I don't know if I've been gaining weight, I haven't weighed lately, but I do think I'm carrying very differently.  More out front this time, whereas DS was posterior most of the pregnancy, and didn't stick out a whole lot. 

Thoughts:  Definitely hormonal lately.  Some days all I want to do is cry.  Some days I just want to bite everybody's heads off.  Everything is pissing me off, and I just want to be coddled, and of course DH has very little time to do so.  Last night we got in a big fight about it because I was feeling crappy and exhausted after spending the day prepping and then attending our Superbowl party, and then I fell asleep putting DS down, which always leaves me groggy and disoriented.  And instead of being sweet and encouraging he was being mean and bitchy about the food left in the kitchen (I just wanted to go to bed, he wanted me to put the food away because he just can't be bothered to do it himself).  And then I woke up puking some time around midnight. 

But our deck is done, and this weekend DS and I spent a good chunk of Saturday out there in the sun.  Then yesterday he spent the day running in and out, in and out, in and out.  Very glad we asked them to put a gate at the head of the stairs, makes me much more comfortable with DS being out there alone.  We had to padlock it since he figured out how to open it within about 30 seconds, but that's just a small inconvenience.  I'm definitely looking forward to being able to put a comfy chair out there and sit out with my NB while DS plays in the sun.  I want to get him a water table, that will keep him busy for a while, so I can sit out there and nurse/cuddle the baby while we all get some Vit D. 

[CorgiMommy]

Hi ladies, my internet was off for nearly a week.  back in  the land of cyber now.

heartburn bit better this week.

Otherwise all well.  22 week anatomy scan went well, no problems. Now 23 weeks, and getting really big!

xxxxx

[persephassa]

Name:  roxi

Weeks/Days along:  also 28 on wednesday!

Appointments:  various things coming up starting next week

Symptoms:   nothing much. i want to start doing kick counting every day; i count sometimes when i'm watching a movie or laying down to go to sleep, but i haven't written those down.

Food:  strawberries & lemon sorbet & avocados & smoothies!!

Exercise:  walking, need to do the yoga dvd/wii fit more often

Body changes and other milestones:  not much. i wonder if my breasts will get any bigger (36B now, haven't changed). we went to a trivia night fundraiser for a local school on saturday and our table had 3 pregnant ladies (one at term, me and a woman who is 8 weeks). the term lady was tall & thin like me, she didn't seem very big at all, just more round. i wonder if that is how i will look.

Thoughts:  working on lots of little projects--a log cabin flannel quilt for baby, trying to make enough log cabin blocks for a queen size quilt for our bed before baby comes (started this about 3 years ago); making a duvet (i screwed it up and put the snaps to close it on backwards--luckily i was able to save the fabric by prying the snaps off and hiding the spots they were with a pin tuck. waiting for more snaps to come in the mail). really need to go and get a driving permit so i can get my licence :/ & feeling kind of sad about not having friends/family here. i would like to move away from ohio & be closer to them, or at least somewhere we liked better. i miss my friends in california and colorado, plus i feel like i would rather have our child grow up somewhere like that. we've been here since august and we do see some people but it just takes awhile to make friends... plus my husband's aunt and sister were going to throw a baby shower in minnesota in march and i was going to fly there for it, but now they are saying in the summer after baby is born... so i feel pathetically sad about that, kind of; i was looking forward to having it before the birth, plus i don't know how i feel about going to minnesota this summer with the baby--flying?? driving?? and maybe having to stay in my FIL's house (he smokes a pipe all day long inside his house, it drives me crazy, i can't breathe, i would rather sleep outside in a tent, especially with baby) and all the people wanting to pass baby around and whatever. one of my childhood friends in california said she might organize a skype shower with people but it probably will not happen (& also my mom thought about having one when i was in ca for new year's but she didn't suggest it until too late and the only days we could have done it were nye and new year's day, so that didn't happen either) ... blah. plus my FIL was here yesterday (driving through after buying a car in PA) and he kept going on and on about how i will need my mother after the birth (i want her to come a week and a half or two weeks after so we have time to adjust) so she can give me sitz baths and whatever... i was like ??? i looked up sitz baths, it looks like i can give them to myself? am i going to be an invalid or something? anyhow he wants to come around the due date (since he'll be in chicago around then for a pipe show) and my husband asked him to wait... so maybe he's just trying to get my mom here so then he has a reason to demand to come, too... yes a house full of people, lovely.  anyhow, my mom just ordered a fancy upholstered rocking chair (for baby, but i will probably put it in the living room) for my xmas/birthday, so i am excited for that to arrive--hopefully it won't take as long as the couch we bought in september (it arrived in december!!), or baby will be here before the rocker :)

& rozziemama--lucky!! i love the white mountains. when we lived in rhode island we went camping there several times. so gorgeous.

[lightheartedmom]

Weeks/Days along: 25 + going by so fast now!

Appointments: In 40 minutes! GD test coming up too...I'm going to try and negotiate my way out of it today, and if not, I at least want to see if I can eat a handful of jelly beans instead of that disgusting glucola crap. Cannot stand that stuff. Does anyone know off hand how grams(?) of glucose are in that drink?

Symptoms: Loosey-goosey hips that hitch and cause shooting pain when I walk the wrong way, braxton hicks constantly, increased sex drive (woohoo), very very dry skin. All that aside...I feel completely amazing. In overwhelming ways. My first pregnancy was all sparkly because it was my first, but there was lots of first-timer angst. Second I was totally over it by this point...but this pregnancy...I am in love with it. Of course, I'm also impatient and would like to get to the part where I get the baby...but I feel really just great. And that is really nice for a change. I've been reading through Childbirth without Fear (which is awesomely old school in so many ways...but still moving to me on so many levels) and I read this quote the other day

"We see the rejuvenating pregnancy of women who have faith in the mysterious force that guides them safely through the intricacies of the great adventure. They are aware of their own ignorance and live happily in a state of mental and physical relaxation, leaning confidently on the belief that all will be well."

I have certainly felt that way more this pregnancy than in previous ones...despite times of worry and fear...that totally embodies my aspirations for this pregnancy and to a large extent, I feel like so far I've been there more than not...ask me again in 10 weeks. I'll probably be off a cliff with hugeness and exhaustion. ;-)

Food: Spaghetti and meatballs! chicken legs marinated for days in tasty sauces and baked until the meat falls off the bone, egg/sausage sandwiches for breakfast, coffee with cream and sugar, peaches and blueberries...mixed berry cobbler...basically I love food and want to eat it all the time. OH! Turkey sandwiches with potato chips smooshed into them! Yes! That too please!

Exercise: Still walking...daily or every other day plus a moderate hike on the weekends (you Bay Area people - we hike up to Mt. Davidson where the big cross is every saturday. I've been joking to DH that one of these days my water will just break on the way up...it's a short hike but there are parts that are pretty steep!). Weight gain is at a net +1 lb now.

Body changes and other milestones: Not much this week...although...it could be my imagination or...my belly feels like it's resting lower this AM? MW will measure me at my appointment I guess.

Thoughts: Lots. I'm a little not on board with having this baby in the hospital...or maybe it's that I'm having trouble visualizing it...I've had lots of birth dreams, but they're all at home. And if we were in a different apartment, I would definitely be having a homebirth I think. Maybe even UC (shhh, don't tell anyone ;-)). I'm more agitated about all the stuff we're going to reject this time...basically everything including the newborn screen (why no, we do not want you storing our child's DNA, kthxbai)...But I do love the midwives I have at the hospital and DD2's birth at this hospital was totally amazing...so I feel like I should feel good about it...I just don't entirely.
Funny story on dreams and birth - DH woke up the other day and said OMG I just had a crazy birth dream (he never remembers his dreams!)! He said he dreamed that I was in labor and we got the hospital and there were no rooms and there was a janitor cleaning the one we were supposed to be in and he was like oh! I need 15 more minutes and DH was saying no! We need the room now! and then the mw came in and said the room is fine, we can just use it like this and DH said there was dust and crap everywhere and it was totally messy so he and the janitor and the mw were all bickering because there were no other rooms in the hospital and I was needing to push and it was all chaoscakes. So maybe we both have a little subconscious anxiety about hospital birthing this time. ;-) Maybe the universe is trying to send us a message.

Originally Posted by rozziemama 

  And dreams - CRAZY dreams! Anyone else having crazy dreams?[/COLOR]

YES! I mean, I always have crazy dreams, but they've been especially out there lately...I don't even want to talk about the dream I had last week...possibly the most horrific, traumatizing dream I've ever had. And that's saying a lot since I can remember dreams I've had going back as far as 8 years old.
Mostly they're all about the baby, with your average sex dream thrown in just for fun here and there.

Originally Posted by Astraia 


Thoughts: I'm not sure... I'm all over the place. I'm thrilled to be having another baby, I love being pregnant, and when my other two are playing well together and having fun I think, "wow this will be great!" Then they fight and cry and scream and I'm about ready to have a breakdown myself, thinking, "Oh my Lord, this is going to be terrible!" I'm scared about how to cope with three kids.

This so much! I took the kids to the playground yesterday and there was a dad there with three girls who were probably 8, 6 and 4 and they were fighting incessantly...the bossy firstborn, the retaliatory second born, and the third born just trying to keep up with all of it...it made me hope so hard this baby is a boy (flashbacks to my own childhood with three bickering sisters)...and then I promptly felt horrendously guilty for having a preference.
I'm so excited about having a newborn (I'm one of the strange ones who loves newborns...loves them), but I'm so nervous about the part that comes after...where there are three opinionated little people all trying to assert their wills, all clamoring to have their needs met NAAAAOOOW MOM....One day at a time, I guess...

Still have to find those beads. The place I wanted to get them yesterday did NOT having what I was looking for so now...I have to find a plan b. Fast.
Have a great week ladies! I so love this DDC.

(disclaimer: this post may or may not have been influenced by my morning dose of caffeinated coffee which seems to have made me even more happy than usual ;-) )

[alittlesandy]

Sandy here, 27/28 weeks. According to my LMP I'm 28 weeks today, but my adjusted due date is May 2, so I'm really on the cusp.

Heartburn and acid reflux are both ridiculous. I can barely eat and cannot lie down AT ALL. Have been sleeping sitting up.

I'm still an emotional mess. Yesterday was the first time I felt like taking belly pics and DH was all, meh, which really hurt my feelings. I ended up using the self-timer. Had a strong sense of wanting to meet DD today. I'm torn between wanting it to go by fast, and worrying because I have sooo much to do between now and then.

Having BH regularly now, as well as HORRIBLE charley horse pain in my calf muscles at night. UGH.

I'll work on being more positive! ;)