Week of July 12!

[Piglet68]

October Mamas Roll Call

momtol&a
snugglebutter 10/01
mirthfulmum 10/03 BOY! Harrison Eliot Smith
TracyK 10/04
mhurst 10/04
kraftykathy 10/04
Jillerina 10/04
water 10/06
KateMary 10/06 GIRL!
Proudly AP 10/08
mayasmama 10/08 GIRL!
FutureMama 10/09 BOY!
bluehalo 10/10 BOY! Noah Daniel
allformyboys 10/11
Lucysmama 10/12
bendmom 10/12
momadance 10/13 BOY! Gabriel Reed
Mandi 10/14
rhemp 10/14
wannabmommie 10/15
MTBto5 10/15
krnflwr 10/16 GIRL!
gmvh 10/16 TWINS! BOY! and GIRL!
Piglet68 10/18 BOY! Sasha Adam
MommyMuse 10/19
JenDoula 10/19
BeansMomma 10/20 GIRL!
Mom2Lily 10/20
CourtneyandLogan 10/21 BOY! Zander Julian
OakEmber 10/21 BOY! Oakley Kai
mtnjenny 10/22
Stanleymama 10/23 BOY!
gottaknit 10/24
3boyz4us 10/24
Ctmom70 10/24 BOY! Alex Richard
Kim22 10/24 BOY!
aspiring mama 10/25
sunshinegal 10/25
truebluexf 10/27
Soogie 10/27
ameliabedelia 10/29 GIRL! Greta Marie
flitters 10/30
BeauGeek 10/30
AnnR33 10/31
guinnessinu 10/31 TWINS! BOY! and BOY!

Good morning everybody! Hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was pretty relaxing, though I'm SO feeling it at the end of the day when I'm out and about with my daughter. I sleep so much on weekends (bless my sweet DH!), and even with the little I do, I am always so exhausted at the end of the day. I just need to really pace myself, I guess!

Question of the Week: now that many of us are feeling the physical effects of pregnancy, in terms of stamina, etc....how are your partners dealing with this?

My DH has really been great. Sometimes I feel I have to remind him that I may "look" fine, just a few pounds heavier, but that pregnancy is more than just a few added pounds. He teases me about "sleeping all day" and then being tired at night. I also need to remind him that I get emotional. For example: yesterday at our community pool I saw this horrible woman spanking her little boy (couldn't have been more than 3) and telling him to "shut up". Forgive me for being "un-PC" here - but she was the poster child for white trash. Thank goodness they were leaving. And luckily DD didn't see any of this. We live in a fairly poor area because it's so close to work, and stuff like this happens fairly often. I also see/hear parents talking really badly to their kids, humiliating them, shaming them, etc...and alot of smoking in front of kids and babies....so anyways, being rather hormonal (topped with a healthy dose of homesickness for my crunchy BC) I lost it last night and ranted about how much I hate this neighbourhood, how I can't wait to leave here, etc. DH, being a typical male, didn't understand this as a rant, but rather took personal responsibility for me being so unhappy. Thus he got very defensive and accused me of being a snob. Anyways, a few harsh words and tears later (on my part), he apologized and gave me a big hug. Then I explained to him how hormonal I am, and he promised to try to be more sensitive than that.

There, that's my drama!

[3bees~1flower]

24 wks, 1 day (i think...lol)

mornin'!

piglet...i'm glad dh understood in the end...too bad it had to go that way tho. i guess i too get pretty tired at the end of the day, but i just keep going...i guess i'm just not one to let on how i really feel...i proly should, just so i'd take it more easy, but yes, i do get tired. and dh is good about letting me just sit if i need to.

we had an average weekend...not too exciting...i did get to spend the day sewing on sat without the boys...our church had a craft day....bring whatever you're working on and have fun! i got most of a baby blanket made...finished it yesterday..i really like it!!

[bluehalo]

27weeks, 2 days

QOTW: Yes, I'm definately feeling this, both physically and emotionally. I can cry at the drop of a hat, even over stuff that I realize is silly at the time. But sometimes it's like I just can't turn the tears off. Hormones, hormones... I still don't feel like I look huge, but I'm finding it harder to get comfortable sleeping or sitting for long periods of time. DH blew up the "birth ball" and I love sitting on that knitting or at the computer, it's so much more comfortable for me than a regular chair. It's also requires some serious innovation to find a comfortable way to be intimate w/ DH. I'm not feeling overly interested in sex physically, but I do love the intimacy of it, and of course it's very important to DH, so I've been trying to make more of an effort even though I may not always be super aroused.

This week I see my doc, and am due for my glucose test and rhogam. I had her nurse practitioner call to see if the rhogam from the hospital has thimerosol in it, and they said no, but you can be sure I'll be asking to verify by seeing the package insert myself. I'm prepared to get a hard time, but oh well. I don't feel overly compelled to do the glucose test, but on one hand I really don't have any *huge* objections to it, so I feel like I need to choose my battles ... I don't know if that makes any sense or not :P

Hope everyone is having a lovely start to their week!

[Lucysmama]

Happy Third Trimester to Me!!!

QOTW: Yes, I am feeling this pregnancy a LOT now. I am hot and sticky and my back hurts and my feet are starting to get really sore by the end of my days. Dh is being pretty good about it. He takes care of dd whenever he is home so I can rest or run errands alone - which is so much easier. I get a back massage every night before bed. He gets me water during the night if I need it, or gets up to turn the A/c on if I want, etc....he always carries Lucy so I don't have to. He does the heavy housework for me like mopping or scrubbing the tub. He sometimes gets a little fed up with my requests and gets a smidge snarky, but hey - he is doing a lot.

I'm feeling the pregnancy hormonally, too. I am a lot more short-tempered with dd especially at night, when I am just SOOOOOOO wiped out. She accidentally had some nuts yesterday, so she was up all last night crying and whining. I know she was probably feeling bad, but she was making me so insane - I couldn't help but to feel impatient and upset! I would JUST start to fall asleep and she would wake and start crying and clawing at me. This happened all night long....we are both exhausted! I feel like such a bad mama for getting frustrated with her. (Though I acted sweet and comforting - inside I was screaming, "PLEASE GO TO SLEEP, KID!) Since she was born, I have spent maybe 9 or 10 nights up all night soothing her when she was sick. I don't wanna ring my own bell, but it's something I have felt that I am very good at - taking care of her when she is most needy. But it was just so much to handle last night! My patience level is teeny.

Piglet - Ok, let me just say I know exactly what you are saying about the Metro neighborhood. I used to live on W.14th st and Clark. I saw waaaaaaay more than the average amount of terrible parents up there. It is so painful to see. There is a lot of poverty and very young or absent parents living in that area. The education system there is awful, too.

It is very hard not to judge people for mistreating their children, especially when in such a hormonal state.

Letia, how you doin', hon? Have you come up with any ideas about waterbirthing? Or do you think you just have to abandon the idea?

[bluehalo]

Whoo hoo Lucysmama ... I can't believe how fast the time is flying!

[blessed2bamommie]

Friday I was hot and dh was laying there and I asked him how hot it was, since even tho I have the a/c on 75 or so, the thermostat still says 80+. He said he was laying down and I got up, he *knows* it takes me an hour to get off the couch I walked into the bedroom and stripped and layed in the bed on his side. I was mad at him and he had the *nerve* to seem like he was irritated with me the rest of the night. Then Saturday was my 30th: birthday. I had a pedicure scheduled, the whole not being able to breathe and give myself one, and the massuese didn't bother to put a message on her machine that she was out of town, so I didn't get a pg massage. (I was ill with dh so maybe it was best so he wouldn't be touching me) When I got back, he had the telltale box on the coffee table (Helzberg Diamonds). He got me some diamond teardrop earrings to match the diamond teardrop pendant he got me in memory of Jordan. ( forgot about the whole diamonds controversy....but the last I heard is that its hard to trace...I need to educate myself more and what better place! ) He was forgiven, so then I agreed to the previously planned brunch. Then we came home and we napped since, no massage that day. I started cramping/contracting and I felt bad the rest of the evening. It kept on during the night. I went to church and then came home and decided to call, and on prodding from one of the ministers who knew I was feeling bad. The resident on call said it sounded like I had uterine irritation, take it easy and drink lots of water and she'd check the baby's hb in the am. I didn't wanna call and be know as "The Girl Who Cried PTL," : Mama was talking about going to dinner for my bday and when we decided to go later and I said good I can call the doc and "contractions," they scattered like roaches and the dinner was cancelled. :LOL I layed on the couch with the hot water bottle and drank water. I got up this am and went. Everything is normal. : The feeling so low is normal and could be round ligament stretching and the baby moving around. She was nice, and due next month with #1 and said its hard for the pros to tell. She couldn't use the fetoscope but tried! I said since I was coming off schedule, use the doppler on and off. No internal done this time. She went ahead and did the hemercrit? the iron b/t, while I was there. So now I'm home, wishing I was at my mamas in the pool....maybe I can live in the pool the next three months. This is uncomfortable! : I told mama to tell her grandchild to move up!

Wb.....well, the post in B&B was upsetting! I have had concerns about being pulled out and I think its selfish of me to jeopardize someones job and license. I'm gonna need to discuss it further with the peri coordinator, esp in light that it actually *has* happened! The practice is great, except the MW. Just the hospital is trippin on me! I will ask about a waiver, Katie. I have that written down! I think. Ya know, they are the backup for the bc, maybe they can use it! :LOL Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah...I think I'd rather be at the hosp than to possibly have to transfer.

I seeing the pics! Katie! where are u! I saw those pics of Luc on a link of yours once! Soooooo cute! OK, I'm guilty of lurkin too and her commentary on your body had me :!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeell....I'm gon go and read the Bible and pray for today.

[KateMary]

28 Weeks

Hi all, I had a pretty good weekend. I got a massage on saturday so that was really nice. I relaxed a lot, I am getting really tired and napping a lot too. The wierdest thing is happening, when I lie on my left side, I get heartburn right away but on my right I am fine. Which means I have only one position to sleep in and my right arm and shoulder get all cramped up!

Bad news this week is my husband lost his job but we are staying positive and trying not to stress out. It will be best in the long run because he was very unhappy and he does have some good leads already. The bummer is we worked for the same company for 4 years so I was used to seeing him throughout the day. And everyone keeps giving me sympathetic looks but nobody has said anything to me yet. And I have to work for the bosses that fired him! Anyway, I need to make sure the anxiety doesn't creep up on me, I really hope he finds something quickly.

QOTW: My DH is pretty sympathetic to the emotional changes because they have been pretty obvious throughout my pregnancy but now the physical changes are starting to get in the way. Like yesterday we came to the office to clean out his desk (since he got fired) and he had two big boxes of stuff to carry and didn't realize that I cannot carry a heavy box pressed against my belly! duh! But he is starting to get it.

Hope you all have a great week and send us get a great job vibes please!!

[stanleymama]

First I want to send to all of you who are uncomfortable and tired.

Lucysmama--Congrats on trimester #3!!! I am just a couple weeks away myself and am starting to be ready to have all of this over. And with lucy last night--you did great! We all go through it and our children never stop loving us

Well I had a very crazy weekend. We had friends from Maryland staying with us for a mutual friends' wedding on Saturday. The wedding was beautiful. OUtside in a gorgeous flower garden--but wedding's just bore the heck out of me. I was so proud of dh. He is not into weddings either, but he came with me because he knew I really wanted him to and we got to slow dance, which was so nice!! Not something you get to do everyday with your honey.

Also this weekend was a family reunion/camping trip on dh's side of the family. I missed it, but Sunday we had some of his family come over to visit. It was nice to see them, but I am so thankful to have today be quiet and peaceful. I have felt pretty good and energetic this pg but today--I feel so tired and lazy. So I am going with the feeling

QOTW: This has been my easiest pg so far. I have felt the best and energetic. With my past 3 pg's I had back pain and was tired, but this one I have had hardly any pain--I am so thankful! I am starting to feel "big" though I have only gained around 15 lbs., and I am dealing with a bit more swelling in my hands and feet due to the weather. I too have been emotional. I was feeling very overwhelmed Friday before our friends arrived. I was getting continuous pressure from mil to come out to the family reunion. She just wasn't getting it that I did NOT have the time to make it.

Well I wish you all a great week. Will check in later!

[True Blue]

24 weeks 5 days

Saw the mw this morning, and everything is looking good. Had my glucose blood draw (ate a nice big 100g carb breakfast this morning instead of sugar cola), and measured right on at 25cm. I can't believe I made my August appt when I was leaving, wow August!

I guess I'm a bit hormonal, but mostly just tired and really antsy and sick of being on modified bedrest. I'm slowly adding more to my days, but it's getting old, you know? I can't wait to hit 32 weeks or so and know I'm pretty much home free. I have no stamina now either from being so sedentary. DH has been pretty good, he helps out a lot but now keeps saying we should adopt if we have another (this pg has been a big hard on him I guess ) but he'll forget later on. Not that I wouldn't want to adopt, but I really love the feeling of a baby moving inside me and I'm not sure I'm ready for this to be the last time I get to feel it!

I gotta go take a nap....ttyl!!

[flitters]

24 weeks 2 days

hi and happy monday!

it sounds like the weekends were pretty good all around. i actually threw a surprise party for my dh on saturday for his 40th birthday. he was completely surprised and it went really well. i exhausted myself frantically cleaning before the party, but sunday i rested and now i feel fine.

katemary, sorry about your husband's job. much luck with the leads.

trueblue, hugs for getting through the scary part and waiting out the modified bedrest, i hope it gets easier from here.

wannabmommie, good luck with getting the care you are looking for... it sounds like it has been a very frustrating experience.

lucysmama, i'm sorry lucy had such a bad night. nuts make me sick too.

QOTW: it's nice to hear that for the most part you are all getting good support from your partners... it must be so difficult giving so much energy to your other children when you have none left! my dh has been wonderful. he does lots around the house, is finally getting going with some projects that really should be done before the baby comes, and he actually encourages me to get more rest than i do. emotionally i'm pretty ok, the only difference is that i cry easily now - happy, sad, whatever. i've probably cried more in the last 6 months than the last 6 years. but he understands it's hormones and is really quite cute about hugging me when i burst into tears watching a hippopotamus give birth on the discovery channel, or even worse, watching that horse race a few weeks ago - for whatever reason seeing those horses run in a big circle was enough to make me cry.



i'm glad to hear mostly things are going well with the pregnancies though, although it sounds like some discomforts are increasing in our group. i'm doing really well, nothing particularly uncomfortable for me, although i do have one weird pain that started last night down low on the right side of my pubic bone. it's a stabbing pain, sharp, but goes away quickly then will come back again randomly. i think it's just more connective tissue stretching and it even feels a bit tender if i press on the bone where it hurts. i'm not worried about it, i think my body is just working on widening itself. has anyone had pain there? i've had soreness there but it was usually in the middle of my pubic bone and less sharp.


i actually have a couple other questions too:

do you have a linea negra yet? i keep expecting one to show up but nothing really yet - i thought it would be here by now... especially with the impressive tummy growth i've had in the last two weeks.

also, what are your belly buttons doing? mine is now much broader and more shallow. the funny thing is that i think part of it is considering starting to stick out... twice now at the end of the day, after much kicking from the inside, a small area of my belly button gets puffy, but then sinks back in later.

[True Blue]

My belly button is getting ready....if i push on my belly around it it becomes an outy...but we're not really there yet! i remember it took a lot longer than i thought it would last time. i kept thinking, next week it'll be an outy! but it took til like 30 weeks or so!

[Piglet68]

26 weeks

Getting ready to join you ladies in the third trimester. Wow!

My belly button has gone from a fairly deep innie, to a pretty flat surface, lol. I don't have a linea nigra yet, but IIRC it didn't start until close to the end with my last pregnancy, then it also went around my belly button. It took quite a long time (months and months) to go away. The only colouration I've noticed is that my nipples are most definitely alot darker than usual.

KateMary: I'm sorry about your DH losing his job, must be doubly hard when you work at the same place! I'm hoping he finds something more to his liking soon. These things can have a way of working out to be better. Like Life is giving us a kick in the pants, kwim?

I went to my followup appointment with my cardiologist today. I got to give him back the heart monitor (boy, the novelty of that wore off REAL fast) and basically the diagnosis was that everything is fine and normal, and it's just the regular stuff of pregnancy.

As much as I'm complaining about not being fit, I have to say that I am not feeling "done" yet. In fact, I never felt that way with DD either. I loved being PG, and I still love it. And I'm quite sure this is my last one, so I'm trying to savour this as much as I can. I just hate being so "out of shape" physically, but I'll just slow down a bit and it will be okay.

Katie, yup you know the neighbourhood alright! And hey, cut yourself some slack on the rough night with Lucy. It's not like you yelled at her or anything. I've had many a night where, inside my head, I've moaned "oh for godssake just go back to SLEEP already!" but am sweet and patient with DD out loud. That's nothing to feel bad about, though it takes a lot of effort, lol.

[momadance]

Looks like the homebirth is on! Thank goodness! I have been totally freaking out about the Hospital. I don't want to mention my worries here though, because they could be contagios. It's mainly how they handle the babes.

I have been hoping for my belly button to disappear. THis is gonna sound weird, but it seems like the only time you can really get it clean

Katemary s

This weekend was ok. We went to Dh's company picnic. I thought it'd be a little more family oriented. It wasn't! He's at an architect/interior design firm, and no one else has kids, and the majority of men he works with are gay, and they seem like a bunch that likes to party! They chose a cool place though, and it had a butterfly sancuary. It was very cool. Lots of awesome photos, and Miles was tripping out at all the butterflies, (as was I)

I want a weekend where we have nothing to do, and it looks like it's not gonna happen until Sept. this was supposed to be our chill and enjoy our last moments as a trio summer So much for planning...

Heartburn is killing me! Last night I made fresh corn fritters, corn on the cob and tomatoe, pesto, and fresh mozzarella salads for dinner, and my esaphagus was flaming for the rest of the night. Ok I know the tomatoes, but this morning I made groats for breakfast, and then got heartburn! THat's just nuts! I mean it's basically whole oatmeal. Now what about that, can give a person heartburn? Yeesh!

[Piglet68]

Originally Posted by momadance

I have been hoping for my belly button to disappear. THis is gonna sound weird, but it seems like the only time you can really get it clean

:LOL

and hey, congrats on the homebirth plans coming together!

Okay, I finally posted some pics. They are a bit outdated but DH still hasn't uploaded our latest batch of photos so I will add the recent ones when I can. I loved looking at all the photos - we ARE a good looking bunch o' mamas!!

[Court]

25 wks 4 days - seems like more

Originally Posted by Piglet68

I loved looking at all the photos - we ARE a good looking bunch o' mamas!!

Yeah we are!

My belly button seems to be the same as you guys - flat and sometimes getting puffy. No linea whatever here yet, I was just wondering about that too. Mine took forever to go away last time as well.

KateMary - Sending good job hunting vibes your way for dh, so sorry you guys are having to go through this right now. Like you don't have enough going on already!

Momadance - congratulations on the homebirth, yay, that's so exciting. I'm really excited about mine too (it'll be my first). Oh and I just found out dh's insurance at work changed from HMO to PPO, so we can at least get 50 % of the midwife payed for. We were having to pay for the whole thing out of pocket - which was a little stressful.

QOTW: I'm going to try not to say anything too rude about my husband, but he doesn't really treat me any differently. I still do all, and I mean all of the housework. And I still give all baths, make all meals, etc. I ask repeatedly for him to help, but he's too tired. He does take out the trash occasionally if I ask him over and over - and he's not nice about it when he does it. He's very emotionally supportive, and sort of coddles me when I cry for no reason or whatever. But I really have to ask him to do things that I just can't do anymore and if he wants to be pissy about it, so be it. I'm so jealous of you ladies who get massages from your dh's, mine probably thinks he's more deserving of one than me. This is kind of a sore spot for me, so I may be exaggerating a little. It would be nice to get some special treatment occassionally, though.

Letia - I'm still laughing about your post. Did you really get diamond earrings because dh made you get up from the couch? That's awesome. J/K, I know it was more meaningful than that. Glad everything's okay with the baby.

talk to you ladies later!

[BeansMomma]

26 weeks tomorrow!
(Am I the only one that's losing track of this number week to week?)

KateMary - I am so sorry to hear your news - we'll all be sending the good job vibes your way.

Man, have I felt tired over this last week; it's reminding me of the first trimester. I actually left work early last Monday to come to the hotel for a nap (I travel for work during the week). It was so luxurious and I didn't feel one bit guilty. It seems as if I can sink into a snooze at the drop of a hat these days. (And secretly, I love naps, so it's not all bad!)

QOTW: DW has been sooo supportive on energy levels and she tries so hard not to laugh at me when I cry over silly things. (Let's see, things that have made me cry include sappy movie scenes, a funeral procession while driving, commercials, you name it!) Sheryl is the cook in the house so I always get that chore off my plate and lately she's been insisting I take it easy when I show the slightest sign of fatigue (and really means it). This has been especially important since we just moved a few weeks ago and there is *so* much work to do.

We painted the nursery over the weekend (or should I say, my family did - again I was relegated to other parts of the house due to the fumes). It looks great - we went with a peachy/orange color that we just love. (You can check it out on our blog - www.sanfordanderson.com/beananderson.) Does anyone else out there do the blog thing? Sheryl does most of the posting, but I update about once a week.

I had the best ego boost earlier today; we had a work meeting where I got to see colleagues that I haven't seen in months. Everyone was so excited to see my belly and I had several remarks that I was looking great - even went as far as asking me what kind of diet I've been on since I haven't gained that much extra weight. (I bit my tongue and didn't disclose that I've been living on chocolate and grilled cheese!) I guess I had enough fat reserves going into this pregnancy that my body doesn't seem to need to add a bunch more - phew. And here I was all paranoid about the recent uptick in weight.

[Piglet68]

Beansmomma: great painting job! I love your house too, has alot of character in the architecture.

I don't blog. I have a journal that I started when I was 12. Funny how, when my life was nothing but boys and crushes, I could write pages and pages. Now that I'm a parent and my life is full of Meaning and Wonderful Things...can I find the energy to write? no...lol.

[Lucysmama]

Thanks for the reassurance, everyone. It is just so darn hard to be patient with toddlers sometimes...add to that my pregnancy, and sometimes I feel like I am losing it inside. I guess that is normal!

Lucy is feeling much better. She stopped tantruming and crying in the afternoon, so I took her for a nice long swim so she could relax and let go of some frustration. Then, I asked her what she wanted to do most of all that night. She said, "I wish we could go to a birthday party." Well, she had just had a really rough time, so I hated to refuse her sweet 2-year-old request. We went to the store and bought balloons and cake ingredients, and she and I made a huge chocolate birthday cake, complete with rainbow sprinkles and a zillion candles. When dh got off of work, we threw Lucy an "un-Birthday Party." She was over the moon. She must have sang herself the birthday song 20 times, and she ate gobs of cake. So did I. I feel kinda ! She totally crashed out afterwards, sooooo happy about going to a party.


The belly button: mine never popped last time. I really wanted it to! It got really shallow, but that's it. It doesn't look like it will pop this time, either. I still can stick my finger in 1/2 inch or so. So I have this weird indentation in my otherwise round belly. It looks a little weird.

The linea nigra: never got that either. I am the fairest person I know, though...I am like WHITE. So maybe that has something to do with it.

I am however, blessed with the stretch-mark gene. I don't have any yet with this pregnancy, but I got a bunch during my last, all around my belly button. They are pretty faded now. I'm hoping I won't get new ones this time, since I've already been stretched once!!! Do you guys have any?

[Jillerina]

28 weeks

Good evening all (ok, it is night).

First of all I have to say sorry to hear about your DH loosing his job KateMary, Dh lost his job about 1 month before DD was born... it was stressful at first but everything worked out for the best in the end. I will hope that you also get a good outcome.

Re the QOTW, I think I'm more in the position of CourtneyandLogan. Dh does do a few extra things and will pick up Clara if I ask him but I don't get much help in the way of regular housework or any massages or backrubs or anything like that. I have to ask outright to get any special attention which I do from time to time but it is not the same as having these things offered.

I am feeling the physical strain of this pregnancy quite heavily now. Sleeping is uncomfortable, my back hurts, I think I'm getting the beginning of sciatic nerve problems (lots of painful twinges). No linea negra to speak of though and I'll be a bit surprised if I get one cause I hardly had anything noticable with my last pregnancy. The belly button however is a partial innie. The top "lip" sticks out but the bottom still goes in. DH thinks it is hilarious!

I started a whole other thread about my adventures in switching doctors so I won't go into that mess here! Just send me good luck vibes OK?

Have a great, healthy week everyone... keep up the good work amazing mamas!

[3bees~1flower]

ummmm, anyone got any good sunburn remedies?? i took the boys swimming today and it was 93 degrees and i didn't put on any sunscreen till we had been there awhile and then it was only 10 spf...i'm sorta paying for that now...oh, and we were there a little over 4 hrs...all i have in the house is plain ol' lotion....we did have fun though...

katemary...sorry 'bout the job thing...hope he finds something soon.

lucysmama....it is so hard to be patient at all, and then being pregnant to boot is even harder...i know how you feel! and if you want to talk stretch marks, bring it on!! my mom and g-ma NEVER got the blasted things!! but two babies over 10lbs will do that to a gal, i spose...

letia....that is such a bummer about all the troubles in finding a practice you are comfortable with...glad the ctx's weren't anything too serious.

trueblue...i was on complete bedrest with ds #1 for three weeks...and i didn't have any other kiddos...i'm sure being on even modified BR must be difficult...hopefully the rest of you pregnancy is uneventful.

i have a grand canyon belly button...it has never popped out! and this is my 4th pregnancy and i have never had a linea negra...don't know why.

piglet...great news about the heart testing...i'm an RN and i hate cardiology stuff...it gives me the willies! i'll just stick with mamas and babies!

mamadance....horray for the HB!!

courtney...sorry you aren't getting all that much help at home...i'm sure that must be frustrating.