I've had a horrible backache, another migraine, the pelvic pain at it's worst so far and i'm extremely sore and exhausted for the past few days now. I swear I could sleep all day If I could get comfortable at all. I've also had increased discharge and nausea has come back. My doctor told me this would happen in the last week or so... so i'm hoping this is the beginning of the end!

The weather here today was BEAUTIFUL though! And I got all the clothing gifts from the baby shower washed and put away! The music is on the ipod for the labor and delivery room and the hospital bag is now packed. I don't want to put the carseat in yet though just in case of an accident before then so DF plans on bringing that the day after baby boy is born. I'm sooo ready!

I'm glad everyone seems to be doing alright.

I tried the soap trick and stretching before bed and they work. Not sure which but I refuse to find out which and get cramps if I can't help it. Thanks very much.

Baby boy is still very active and it's so much fun to see him bounce around in there. I often wonder if he's having fun or if he's bored, lol. I guess I won't know.

Anyway, take care everyone.

Keller- Eeee! getting so excited for you. Only a few more days left. Sucks that all the nasty stuff has to pop up at the last second. but it's almost over, hang in there!

Racrane- My leg cramps came back as soon as we started talking about them >.< two, two nights in a row. I'm grabbing some soap!

Baby girl is rumbling around lots as of late. I thought they were supposed to settle down as they get bigger? Maybe she's just getting stronger and I can feel her more than I did before. But her favorite kicking spots are getting pretty sore and I'm not as excited to feel her move as I was before @.@ more so now that she's started using both feet at once. She really beats on me after I eat. While I'm eating, she's just tapping around like a nice little baby. but about a half hour after she really gets into it with the double leg kicks and head butts to my bladder.
It's still all good though, she hardly keeps me awake when I'm asleep, what keeps me awake is the pain in both hands and arms. ugh!

How's everyone else doing? the thread is getting kinda quiet as we're all getting closer and closer to go time.

I'm doing ok, Sakai...it's just been BUSY at work the past couple of weeks unfortunately! They're trying to get all they can out of me before the baby gets here.

Full term today!! Now just waiting. Impatiently.

I'm excited for y'all that are full term! Checking the tickers, looks like it's Keller, Mindi, and Mandalinn that are 'ready to go'!!!! Sakai and Butterfly are close too

Baby has finally started dancing around in there... especially during or after I watch music videos LOL!

My friend Megan had her baby girl last Monday. Her name is Ireland and she is ADORABLE! Her hubby loves the baby so much <3 I also spent time with lots of babies this week (including a 7 month old baby of a new friend who happened to be visiting, plus lots of little ones at an impromptu kids birthday party... I say impromptu because I showed up at my friend's house as she was going out the door for the party! We crashed it but it was still fun )

Called in to work today because I woke up feeling just... bleh. One of the roommates was so kind as to share his cold with the WHOLE DAMN HOUSE this past week or two. Ugh. My next dr appointment is coming up soon, I will probably request to be re-tested for gestational diabetes. *sigh* I have had a lot of signs that I have it or am borderline... (okay, I won't go into details bc it's TMI... lol) I feel like a bad mommy because I have been so unhealthy through this pregnancy, I feel like I have a new infection or health issue every other week.

7 hours of nasty belly pain and cramping this morning. @.@
With it came some of the worst diarrhea I've ever had (tmi sorry)

I almost went to the clinic but after 7 hours the pain let up enough for me to sleep. I passed out cold for 10 hours. Pain is all gone now and I feel great. it's the most amount of sleep I've had in weeks, maybe even months.
Not sure if it was false labor, or just a bad tummy bug.

Sakai - glad you're feeling better!

Rough day. My grandpa's long-term girlfriend, for whom we are the nearest contacts (her kids are in another part of the state and basically ignore her, long story), had a stroke today. I spent the entire day at the hospital, with no food except a vending machine pack of peanuts. She was extremely upset and extremely agitated, and now I'm extremely tired and emotionally worn out.

Awww, Hugs Amanda! It's rough being pregnant, much less with all the emotional stuff you've been going through. On an empty stomach at that!

This baby has definitely dropped. Compared my 31 week photos to one I took yesterday, and she is WAY lower. Has been for almost 2 weeks. DH's granny has lived on a farm for years, and they always "knew" the calves were coming when a full moon was near. She says I'll have the baby on or within a few days of the full moon....which is this weekend. And it's a "super moon" at that. We'll see if granny's theory is right...

Final doctor appointment was today. They found that my cervix is still closed, as far up as possible and baby is still transverse. They are going to try to induce beginning of next week but he said i'm looking at a 75% chance of getting a c-section. I'm really freaking out.

Mindi- Hope she comes soon and you don't have to wait it out til 40 weeks. The impatiently waiting has gotten the best of me. Agh!

Sakai- Glad you feel better. I hope it wasn't preterm labor!!!

Manda- So much on your plate! I hope his gf is doing okay after the stroke. Hope you catch a break before baby boy arrives!

Aww Keller that stinks!!! Are you ok with the c-section (not that there's much choice I guess)? I'm terrified of them! But...they say that some babies flip as labor starts and everything turns out ok. My doctor said you can go from zero dilation and thinning to in labor with everything functioning properly in the same day, so there is still hope!

My head is set on this weekend, or by the 8th, for some reason. Has been for months. Not sure if it's "intuition" or wishful thinking, since the lady who's coming to work to cover for me is going to be here on Monday. It's just awkward having someone in my office looking over my shoulder. And she's annoying to boot. I don't want to have to sit here and babysit her for weeks 'til I give birth!!

Started having a sharp pain in the left side of my belly yesterday, and it's still there this morning. Hope it isn't a muscle separating...

Oh, and I may not ever have this baby really. I've had ZERO signs that labor could start. NO contractions other than some low period-like cramps over the weekend for a few hours. No mucus plug lost. NOTHING.

MindiV- well, you have a few weeks left to go. I know you can go from zero to full labor in less than a day if you're lucky. So you just may reach your weekend, or hopefully not long after it.

Keller- That baby just dosn't want to listen. Hopefully things will go smoothly no matter what has to happen. I'd be freaking out too so I'd feel a little two-faced if i told you to stay calm and not to worry. But really that's the best you can do right now. Are you still trying to go into labor naturally? You have a week to work on it, or are you just gonna relax until induction?

Manda- That is a lot to deal with with how far you are. I hope everything turns out okay for her.

My cousin's wife (different cousin this time lol) has been in labor for a little over a week, poor thing. The dr's keep sending her home as she was only at a 2 and then a 3 as of a few days ago. a hour ago her water finally broke...no being sent home now. Hopefully this will help jump start everything and get things really going.
This also got me thinking if i should start keeping a towle tucked under my bedsheets because if my water breaks at home, I really, really don't want to make a mess of my bed. @.@ A bit too early to worry about that stuff right now, but with that last wave of pains the other day, I guess it couldn't hurt.

Well I'm freaking out because he said there's practically no chance for a natural labor so its pointless to try because the position of him. I've never had any kind of surgery and I'm scared of being cut into! Although I know I won't feel it the fear is still there. And as for the induction he said he will be using the 3 capsules of the strongest induction medicine available and i should expect t a long painful labor. I know he's being honest as to what he's seen ans he's been right on with my sisters and all my friends labors which really scares me that he will be right! Also, I went to him for my last pregnancy so he already knows how my body works.

I sure hope baby turns out of nowhere and labor occurs on its own but I can't foresee that happening at all. Women in my family have all had difficult labors or the same issues I'm having. I just thought maybe mine might be a bit different and its not looking good. So then I hope the induction works, they can flip him and i can still do a vaginal. I wanted to try all natural but with as baa as he's making pain sound I'm beyond open to the epidural.

Maybe it's best to keep an open mind on the natural vs. medicated. You never know what could happen. I'm planning for an epidural, but I also know that things may progress too fast for that to happen, or like in the case of my niece, I could have an epidural that never really works.

So if you go in for induction that day and the baby is still not flipped, are they going to induce anyway or just do the c-section? Do they make you endure any labor for a c-section when you know it's gonna happen?

i'm definitealy keeping an open mind. I'm just saying the whole time i've told myself that i wanted no epidural and a natural birth and now I don't really care anymore. I'm just to the point that I want him here safe and screaming!

Yes, he will induce no matter what and try to turn baby boy himself- he said if the induction works there is a medical way this can possibly be done and he can physically turn him if he isn't too big. He said that if I haven't had any or barely any change within 12 hours or 3 pills, my blood pressure rises at all or there is even the beginning sign of fetal distress that it will become an automatic c-section. So yes, I still have to endure the laboring part of it basically to see if they can get him into position.

Keller - they won't try to flip him before you go into labor? Normally they can try an outpatient procedure to get him to turn around.

Mindi - don't stress too much about not showing signs yet. You can go from 0 to 60, so to speak, really quickly. You could also lose your mucus plug and not go into labor for 3 weeks. My midwives don't even do cervix checks until you're in labor for that reason...just don't give you any meaningful info. Just relax, it'll happen when it happens.

Sakai - Did they give her anything to help her get some sleep in that time? I know at our hospital, if you haven't slept in over 48 hours but are still in early labor, they give you some narcotics to knock you out - otherwise it gets hard to have enough energy to push. Sending good thoughts that she gets things moving now!

As for me - Spencer is head down, dropped, and facing the correct way, so that's all good (he'd been sunny side up for a LONG while, and I'd been doing all kinds of exercises to get him to flip, so this is VERY GOOD news). Now we're just waiting for labor to start.

Who is still working? They keep giving me trouble for it, but as it stands, I get 8 total weeks out for financial reasons (I do get disability, but it's about half of what I get paid typically), so I'd much rather take those weeks when he's here than take them now. Plus, I'd just be sitting and twiddling my thumbs, or worse, taking on even more of the stuff with my grandpa.

Lyn is still in the hospital, my grandpa is kind of being a jerk about getting over to visit her (I KNOW you want to visit. I TOLD YOU I will drive you over there at 10:00am. So if I get two calls asking when I'm coming, and then when I show up, you're not there because you called a cab and didn't let me know, I AM GOING TO BE IRRITATED). I know he's stressed, but I need the man to work with me on this. If I haul my 9 months pregnant butt out to pick you up, YOU SHOULD BE THERE.