Tiff-I really just hang out in bed, I am allowed to sit in the recliner, but never do, I surf the web, and nap alot, lol. It sucks, but will so be worth it in the end.

Hugs,
Donna

Big hugs to you Donna! I was on complete bed rest (at home) for the last 7 weeks of my pregnancy... it was rough. I watched a lot of TV series on DVD (no commercials that way) and read a lot. You'll get through it, and you're right... it's completely worth it in the end! I'd do it a million times over to have my little guy healthy, no question at all.

Hi Gale, good to see you!

Donna, you know whats strange? When they are born you will wish for these days back, I know its hard to believe now... I had a c-section with both my kids, and I could not wait to leave the hospital, I did not want to use all 3 recovery days..I was like "Get me outa here, I want to go home!" After 2 weeks of waking up at 3am, I was begging to go back! Now with 2 of them (even though they are 6 years apart) all they do is fight. Yesterday they fought over a sock (yeah, you read right, a sock). The 2 year old (girl) usually starts it the 8 year old (boy) usually ends it (lol). Anyways this time I will be taking ALL of my 3 days and letting my Husband do the work. I am a stay at home mom, so you can imagine how much im appreciated around here...Man, I can't wait see how they deal with out me!

Tiff-Lol on the fighting about the sock!! I will stay at home with the baby too, and will go back to running my in home daycare in January. I just want to get thru the first few months with him and the holidays before I add more to the mix.

Hugs,
Donna

Hehe... I don't wish for my bed rest days back, but I do wonder why I didn't sleep more when I had the chance!!

I know, guys, I was so eager to be a Mom, no make that SUPER MOM..I was going to conquer the world! Now I use their nap times to cry (lol)...

Donna you rock for doing Day Care! I'm a teacher; I taught high school, 10-12 grade history ok, so when I said I wanted to stay home, I thought i was getting a BRAKE...What the @#!$ was I thinking?
Today I let the 2 year old have yogurt with her own bowl and spoon..She's two, so its time right? I swear she looked at me like "Ahh you foolish women, you might as well have dumped this on the floor yourself and save us both the time and trouble"..And sure enough off the tray it went and power splashed into the dishwasher full of CLEAN dishes...Yeah...about me not selling her little butt on the black market...

I used to teach preschool and I was so excited when we decided I would be a SAHM. Now I look back some days and ask myself what the heck was I thinking!! 10-15 kids under the age of 4 alone is SO.MUCH.EASIER than one little 2 year old!

Tiif-I can almost picture you putting her on the porch with a sign that reads "free to a good home", like a puppy, lol!!

Dh came to see me tonight, and while he was here I was got my daily NST, he left before they took me off the monitors as he has to work in the morning. About 5 mins after he left they came in to take me off and my nurse had a syringe in her hand. I didn't think much about it til she said "your baby look great, but you're having contractions"! I didn't even feel them!! The nurse gave me a shot of terbuteline, which makes you feel like super nervous. I stayed on the monitor for a while after that and they had stopped, but they are gonna check me again in a bit. Super scary stuff!! Glad i am in the hospital where they catch stuff like this early.

Hugs,
Donna

I had turbutaline when I went into early labor around 30 weeks and it made me super jumpy. I hope things calm down. Remember to try not to stress (I know, way easier said than done). Your body reacts to it and it will only make things worse. Let us know how things are going today if you get a chance!

Wow!! The board has exploded!! Terrific!

Donna, WELCOME! I hope you're having a good day today! Not that I would EVER want anything to threaten my baby, but a week of bedrest sounds nice to me. My husband was in the hospital with a staph infection about a month ago and I was slightly jealous of the "quiet time" he was getting.

If you already have kids can they visit you in the hospital? I don't think I'd want to go very long without seeing Jake.

Donna, How did it turn out? Are you ok? Your right its good that they can catch it cause your right there.
Toby sounds like cant wait to meet his Momma and Daddy, but he got to hang in there for a few more weeks! Hes just excited!

Guys,
I broke down and enrolled the 8 year old in summer school. All he's been doing this summer is swimming, veggn' out on video games and eating me out of house and home. So when his school said they had a summer program I was like heck yeah! I'm filling out the paper work NOW!
The two year old will be with me (if i don't get a buyer lol), shes into this naked phase. Every time i turn my back, she strips, what with that?..Anyways, I figure its easier to cart one kid around instead of two.

BTW, I have a personal trainer, I hate him. He's talking about upping my workouts..Remember the days when being pregnant or in a "delicate condition" meant just that? And they WANTED you to gain weight? No not today, now its ok to do back braking labor as long as you "use your legs to lift"! I swear every time I go to the OB's office I gotta hear "because your heaver we have to do this or that different....." uhgg give me a brake! I didn't have to do anything DIFFERENT to get in this position! Ok Im done venting

Oh if your wonder why I use so many "cartoon smiles" in my messages its for the 2 year old, she gets a big kick out of them...since she has to be present for every message I send out..

I had my u/s this morning, Toby looks great, measures right on date, weighs 2lb 2oz, and was taking practice breaths. My cervical length did change a bit, but the perinatologist said it was probably caused by the contractions. I had a NST after the u/s, and had no contractions, so that made me feel a little better.
I think this will be a sleepy day for me, I have napped most of the day and feel like I could the rest, lol. DH won't be here today, he has tons of yard work to do.

Hugs,
Donna

Go Toby!!

Im learning being pregnant in the summer is nuts! I feel like im wearing a backpack in the front of me..I cant seem to get cool enough! Doing the simplest things makes me winded...did anyone start feeling "Bigger" around your 20th week? I feel like all of the sudden I just ballooned up!

Maybe it's pg hormones but I cried when one of the neighbor kids told my 2 year old to go the h*ll away and flipped him off when he asked her to play. Why are kids so mean?? (she was only about 4 *maaaaaaaaybe* 5 too)

and I feel HUGE already, the heat isn't helping at all either.

WOW!! What must she hear day in and day out from her parents to say something like that to another kid?? That would have upset me, too. That little one has some rough times ahead of her unless she learns to tame that tongue.