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[coleslaw]

Well, the baby's head just feels lower as does it's feet in my ribs. And the head is in a position where I can feel it much more predominantly in my pubic bone - it feels like I'm bruised there as I walk. I didn't get this with my first, so it's new to me.

[dolfinluvr]

I couldn't tell with my first that she had dropped or not dropped but with this one I CAN! I noticed when I went from a 2hr. pee limit to about every 45min.! Yeah! And this a.m. my DD daycare lady commented that I looked "smaller" which to me says it must be obvious to others too. Not to mention the feeling of having to cross my legs when I stand up b/c it feels as though babies head is gonna fall out!

I am SO ready to be done...I'm not sure if it's a indicator at all but I've been having way more (Warning: TMI) discharge then before...I don't know how common it is to lose your mucus plug but I can see that happening.

I was a "hearty" 1cm as OB put it last Friday so I'm hoping for some fast progression.

[Marlet]

We're kind of set. I have the bedding for the baby made and washed. All I need now is to make the curtains/window treatments and cover my glider and hamper. I've been stalling on getting those last few things done. I'm not sure why but I have a feeling things will start moving along once all that is done and finished. I have our birth kit set to go and sitting in the crib (my mom bought us a really nice one...don't know how much use it will get but damn it looks good with the bedding I made for it ). Everything in there is washed and now I just have to finish sewing so I can sterlize our scissors and get them in there. I think that's all that's left for it. I haven't washed the diapers but mainly because they got sent to me over Christmas so I assume they have already been washed real good. It dawned on me last night that everyone but me seems to be washing them but I have faith in you mama's who sent them that they are clean. I've been cleaning the house altely but after reading some posts I don't feel like it is clean enough. I haven't cleaned my oven for one. The only room that is really clean at all is the baby's room but who knows how much use it will get. At least the dog stays out of there. I have swept more dog hair in the last few days than I ever care to. We realized in the last couple days that the dog is going to have to be outside (if for nothing else but to save my sanity on the sweeping) during labor and what not. Not a big deal but the original plan was to put him downstaris. He's gotten really weird about me though. He's suddenly gotten over protective and we don't want him associating any "bad" noises with the baby. I feel good to go though. I am ready for the baby to come any day now. DH asked if I could have it this weekend so he wouldn't feel as bad about going to work (which is no biggie...he works at home! :LOL ) I just laughed. I realized though that we have no food in the house. Or the freezer. I had a plan to freeze some casseroles but doesn't look like it is going to happen. Oh well. We'll deal with it as it comes. If anything I could go with no food til the day we tell my mom to come over. Once she does a whole grocery store will be on my table. :LOL

I am having a hard time trying to figure out dealing with people. I know I can get and I doubt I will be at my best after the birth. I don't like dealing with irritating people when I'm in a good mood. My mom being one of them. She's so over the top sometimes and I hate that. I am dreading her coming over and somerthing the baby and me and being loud and obnoxious. I already told DH that he can call whoever and tell them the baby is here but he is to tell them they CANNOT come over until later the next day. I think that's only fair but we'll see if my mom listens. I don't plan on answering the door if she does.

ETA: Things have definitely kicked it up a notch. Last night I slept on my chest funny and woke to find the sheets under me soaked! I ahven't leaked until then. It was disturbing. No more than realizing I had to go pee again....the second time in twenty minutes! :LOL

[CaliMommie]

I am going to put a sign on our door that says, "If you didn't call first & get our ok to come over & visit, we aren't taking unannounced vistors right now. Feel free to call & plan a time that works for all of us! Thank you for your understanding!" And when people are here we are setting a 20-30 minute time limit per visit (unless it is someone helping w/our boys, cleaning, dinner, etc) since last time we couldn't get some people to leave for anything! We will actually be setting a timer. :

[Marlet]

Originally Posted by CaliMommie

I am going to put a sign on our door that says, "If you didn't call first & get our ok to come over & visit, we aren't taking unannounced vistors right now. Feel free to call & plan a time that works for all of us! Thank you for your understanding!" And when people are here we are setting a 20-30 minute time limit per visit (unless it is someone helping w/our boys, cleaning, dinner, etc) since last time we couldn't get some people to leave for anything! We will actually be setting a timer. :

Good idea! My mom seriously will go overboard...talking all high pitched and being a busy body. If I had my way there would be no one here for about a week. DH thinks thats mean and that his parents would be the exception. He seems to think they will constantly get the exception. His dad is the male version of my mother. I'm surprised babies don't scream bloody murder more. With adults like those around I would. The obnoxious "ohh goo ga ga" crap four inches from their faces irritates me to no end and I have years of tolerance behind me. :LOL

[nym]

Had a long nap today, got my carpets cleaned had a long walk in the hot sunshine! What a good day. Oh midwife visit.. baby has not dropped!

[CaliMommie]

I finally got our room cleaned out. Brayden & I washed & put away all of the 0-3 month baby clothes while Colby was napping~ he loves to help & kept saying "Oh, how cute!" when he was looking through the clothes I don't think Myla has dropped, but I've heard it's common for second & third, etc babies not to drop until right before labour. However, I have had some signs that she will be coming soon, so I am trying to get ready before she does. I am going tomorrow to get the co-sleeper & some sweats & a nursing tank to wear home. Other than that I just need to actually pack my bag!

[Velvet005]

I took a walk today too. I guess we walked about a 1-1/2 miles. I would like to have walked 2 miles but DH wanted to get home so he could ride his 4 wheeler.

I have my weekly appointment tomorrow. I am not expecting to have progressed any more than the previous 2 weeks. I am trying not to think about it though because I know he will be here when it's time and he's ready.

[udonandbroth]

I am ok... 37 weeks today! Had an apointment today, GBS test , the midwife estimates that the baby is around 6 lbs at this point. I look and feel like a house and I hate all of my maternity clothes from my other two kids. They are so 5 years ago plus it just got really hot around here (87 today!) and most of my clothes are fall/winter.

Been an emotional rollercoaster: depressed, excited, scared, bored, impatient, irritated, neutral. I have also been kind of like hanging on to my last days with the kids, kind of cherishing each moment as if it were our last together. It sounds so cheezy and it's very uncharachteristic of me to act like this. It's not like they or I am going anywhere, things are just going to change. Things are about to get a lot harder and Misha (DH) and I are a bit freaked out by this (him more so than I). Last week he fell 12' out of a tree while pruning it (I think he got too close to a bird's nest and the bird was feeling mother bear ish about the whole thing) and broke a rib so he's been having a hard time doing his job. But he's a good sport and still keeping us all afloat. He's just freaked out about another mouth to feed and me not working at the moment.

As far as the list goes- ha, what a laugh. I have given up on the list. I knit the baby's hat, which is good, laid out a boy and girl outfit, onesie and socks and bought some natural baby shampoo/bodywash (don't like the stuff they use at our Birth Center). Got out my summer clothes and One leftover nursing bra (all of the others were destroyed/worn out from nursing two kids) to add to the bag. We still haven't fixed our car window (how lame is that?), gotten the kids summer clothes/shoes together or done ANY of the other projects or bought any of the items on my list. All this stuff takes energy and money, two things that we seem to be pretty short on these days. I will do what I can with what I have in the next three weeks which is all anyone can do. It's such a pain with seasonal work because if we were having the baby in the summer or fall all of this stuff would be done because I would have had the money to do/buy them/it. Luckily nothing is going to fall apart if these things don't get done, with the exception of the car. It just would have been nice to have everything all set up so that there was less to do after the baby comes.

Physically, I feel uncomfortable. I haven't been sleeping well about half of the time, esp. when the baby moves around a lot. So during the day I feel like a zombie. I also notice that I have been saying just whatever the heck I want to to just anyone. It's like I am Way too uncomfortable to be sweet or exceedingly polite or to keep it to myself, which is what I usually do. Yesterday I ran into one of our neighbors (guy about my age with a son 1 year younger than my son) and he said, "so when are you going to pop?" and I said, "I really hate that expression" where as normally I would have kept it to myself. I have also gotten into a couple of confrontations with the people in the neighborhood behind our apartment complex (either about my kids on their property or them making odd/rude remarks about my fertility- it seems to involve older or middle aged women...) Then one of my best friends thinks that I am blowing her off because I am not calling her as much/ hardly at all these days or visiting (hello, it's spring, I have no car now! Misha needs it for work) or inviting them to dinner (like I said I feel like a zombie most of the time now). It's just strange because I remember when She was pregnant with her son it was like people just couldn't do enough for her. And I did help her a lot getting ready for her baby and inviting them over all the time. But now that I'm tired and can't give her as much attention she thinks I'm blowing her off. Sigh. The same a little bit with my mother. Can I please have a break here? Yes, there are actual limits to how many people I can nuture and support at one time and my kids, my husband and myself come first.

So that's what's going on with me at the moment. This is all going to be over soon and it will be a distant memory. Anyway, I can't wait to meet the new baby.