Oh, and the baby shower from **** is tomorrow. It's going to be a mess. One of the organizers is "too sick to make it" now. And I call BS on that. But anyway...

NONE of my family members are bothering to come. NONE of my so-called "good friends" are coming. I've had people dropping stuff off all week because they can't make it Saturday (which is good, but I really wish they'd come get some cake or punch or SOMETHING!). These are people who I just knew would make it, so I'm disappointed too. I'm just told that the two organizers in charge of decorations don't intend to decorate at all. They're not even using a sign-in book to have as a keepsake so I won't know who all was there unless I just remember. I cannot WAIT for tomorrow to be over...SO glad it's only a 1 1/2 hour long shower.

Sakai: A huge hug to you.

A storm with baseball size hail is coming our way and is in a city fifteen minutes away. Ligthening has also struck houses and trees there. And tornadoes have been spotted less than 3 hours from here. Joyful. I have my one year old niece as my sister is out of state for the weekend.

Praying this storm just swoops right past us.

Baby hasn't been to active but has dropped more. I'm hoping he comes soon.

Oh no, Keller!! Are you in Oklahoma or farther north? I know there was a tornado in Norman, OK last night. Hope you stay safe!!!

We're in the "slight chance" warning area, but having a TON of high winds that are going to get worse.

The shower went amazingly well. The only bad thing is that literally ALL I have eaten today is two pieces of toast with cream cheese, some delicious cake and fruit with fruit dip. Don't feel hungry at all, but I'm about to make myself eat something involving protein and veggies.

Nebraska towards the border of Kansas. 90% chance of tornado hitting just a couple cities over if it stays on the same path. OK has a good chance of getting hit again too as another has been sighted there.

Large Hail has yet to come but the wind and rain sounds like its gonna break my window. Theres little hail but not big enough to do nuch damage. We now also have flash flood warning on top of the thunderstorm and tornado ones.

Glad the shower went well Mindi! Did your family end up coming?

Nasty weather here too, never get tornados but the winds are crazy! so you take care keller and stay safe.
Mindi, also glad that the shower went well. Hope you grabed something good to eat.

Had lots of pain today, low in the back towards my left hip. It made work suck, as I couldn't bend over to pick stuff up and it slowed me down. After two hours i could hardly walk but it was lunch time so I popped two tylenol and had DF rub my back for a few minutes.
I'm not sure if it was because I was off my feet, the pain killers or what, but by the end of the lunch hour the pain was gone and I felt sooooo tired. saddly I still had the other half of my shift to finish. But at least I could work again.

Two friends said that it was pre-labor pains. my body's just getting ready and so on. not sure if that's true. The pains didn't come and go...it was just constant, but they also said back pain is always constant during labor.

I don't think the baby's dropped yet.

Good morning ladies-

Keller- Are you all safe? I hope so.

Mindi - Glad your baby shower went better than expected. I've still got a few more weeks until my shower- but I've been trying really hard not to even know a peep about it. I'm just going to show up and whatever it is -- it will be fine.

Sakai - I've been having some odds and ends pains like that, although mine usually come at the end of the day. My theory is just that my body gets tired after a long day, because once I've walked off the stiffness first thing in the morning I'm good to go until the next afternoon. I'm just telling myself that it' almost over now.

A tornado touched down right on our city limits, less than ten min from my house but then the path changed and it ended up going the other way. Thank goodness. From what I've heard it ripped up a couple barns and sheds but nothing major and no injuries.

Pure luck on that but we got golf ball sized hail and a bunch of unhappy neighbors about their cars but my fiance had ours at work in a parking garage. So another thing we missed

I've had a horrid backache and stomach cramps each time i move all night. I keep telling myself its my body prepping for labor but I can't t convince myself!

Maternity Pics are here...I don't love them all, but I am trying to embrace my giganticness instead of freaking out about it: http://abtphotography.shutterfly.com/1269

I am sore and tired and definitely overdid it Friday and Saturday - but the kitchen cabinets are cleaned out and we bought/washed a few more adorable baby outfits. Today I need to get my tomato plants in the ground...hopefully Sarah can help me with the parts that require bending.

Stay safe, folks in tornado areas! So scary!

I love your maternity photos, Mandalinn! I really like them.

It's been storming terribly here, too. My dog refuses to step out of the house, she's so scared. Stay safe everyone!

Mandalinn I love your photos they are very sweet and casual

Mindi I am glad your shower went well.

Keller that is scary about the tornado and hail glad no one got hurt.

Sakai I think it is a great suggestion to find a support group. I think that you should be prepared to be a mess for a bit, especially till your hormones settle. You may be ok but be easy on yourself if you are not. Sending you lots of hugs. Also sorry about the back pain, I had horrible back pain with my first pregnancy and it really sucks.

Racrane I hope the storm doesn't get too bad.

I am good. Puffiness went away by the time I had my midwife apt last Tuesday but I asked her about it. She said my BP was great and I have not protein in my urine and that a bit of puffiness is normal. The puffiness is back today but just slightly. Baby is doing well and enjoying punching me in the cervix. I go on Wednesday to consult with the OB and have another ultrasound. We will book a repeat c-section in case I don't go into labour on my own and they will look at the position of my placenta and do a bio physical profile on the baby. I am a bit anxious but also excited to see the baby again.

Dentist apointment in the morning. I'm so not looking forward to it. I'm certain I'll be dragging DF into the office with me until I get the numbing shot (if I get one, which I think I should, unless the cavity isn't large enough or close enough to a nerve to need it)

Think the dentist will think i'm a baby dragging my man back there with me to keep me calm? It may not be so bad at all but i could also bolt out of the building too LOL

not sure why I'm having such issues. a handful of years back I went in to get a cavity fixed, but it turned out to be a false alarm. But I was all gung-hoe about it and didn't care about a shot in the mouth (well i did but I was better able to deal with it.) Now I feel like a little kid being dragged kicking and crying into the dentist chair.

Those pictures are great Amanda!!

I bet the dentist won't think badly of you bringing some support with you at all, Sakai...

Had some period-like cramps this morning, but they went away when I got up out of bed thank goodness. Going to be a long week. 35 weeks today, appointment at the end of my 36th week NEXT Friday. Surely I'll go weekly then?

Amanda: you all look SO ADORABLE! I think you discussed this in an earlier post, but did you say if you had a second baby that your wife would carry? Think of all the times you get to say "and you thought I was just weird? I was serious!" while she is pregnant

Keller: Hope that you all are doing okay after the storms.

Sakai: I had some yucky bacterial stuff when I went to the dentist, I thought I was going to squirm out of my chair!!!! Thank goodness she used the numbing gel when I did my follow up appt, I never would have made it. (although the gel is pretty bad tasting) I think your pain tolerance goes haywire when you're preggo, and I'm sure they have people bring someone back with them for moral support all the time I'd just ask your dentist just in case they have a policy against having non-patients in the room.

OMG girls... I feel like I just found out I was pregnant and I'm already half way there! Thank goodness. Expecting some gorgeous baby pics from a few of you all in the coming weeks!!!!! (I'm looking at all of you 35+ week girls! ^^)

I am frustrated because I don't look or feel pregnant (to me). I haven't had any morning sickness, I haven't felt any baby dancing yet (I feel like it's because I weigh SO MUCH but I have 2 friends who were around my size while pregnant--one a size bigger and one a size smaller--and they felt baby movement way before 21 wks), and my shape is about the same as before I started losing weight SO to those who haven't seen me in over a year, I look the exact same. harrumph. I've had so many people come up to me and touch my belly (not where the baby is in my abdomen/belly button, where the chubby is in my ribcage) or ask me if I'm having twins. I just look at them and tell them that I was big before so I will probably not show for a little while longer.

Having one of those "damnit why isn't the baby here already" days. Lots of bad thoughts (depression thoughts) and job frustration and just general frustration. Trying to find a place to move to, but finances are really tight plus we'll more likely than not have to enlist movers bc I can't help move much. We'll probably have to give up the kitty for adoption to save on rent costs in the new place. AC is broken in the house, I got up at a normal time, moped around the house all day, and then slept most of the afternoon. DF and I cooked dinner for the roommates, the picky one didn't eat the meat (pork chops... bc he doesn't like pork chops and bc it had onions and he doesn't like them) but everyone else seemed to like it. Still frustrated me because after he cooked it, I looked at it and said "He either won't eat it at all or will eat a bite and then lie and try not to hurt my feelings."

I feel like I've been crying (or on the verge of crying) a lot too. There was an incident at an apt complex a week or so back, a mother shot her daughter and then herself and then the son came in and thought his mom was passed out but knew his sister was hurt. He called the paramedics but while on the phone with the dispatchers he started to cry and said "we don't have money for stitches"... I lost it... trying not to cry right now!!!!! I looked at my friend and I said 'they can stay with me' and tried not to cry more. The kids survived and are staying with family, the mother didn't survive. I've been crying a lot at church too, but that's really the only place that I feel like I can cry and people won't say "oh, it's just pregnancy hormones, you poor thing"... as if I can't cry while not pregnant!!!

Sorry for the ranty, lengthy post. I don't have very many friends who are plus sized and pregnant (or were plus sized and pregnant) so I feel like you all are the only ones who get what I'm saying.