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Good morning all. Loved...sounds like you are doing well and in good spirits. Thanks for thinking of me with the ttcing. My periods are regular and I have been using ovulation predictor kits each month and I am ovulating, and have the symptoms as well but no conception. I have had 3 sections and am wondering if scar tissue is an issue. My youngest is 3 and I had him at age 34, now I will be 38 in May. Age is most likely the culprit I think. I concieved my others just blike that first month of ttcing, so this is just darn frustrating. At least my af is regular. Over the past year, I have found it very light though. Lasts 2 days of regular flow and then a third day of spotting. Very light, an obvious hormone shift with age I think. Thanks for your encouragement and stay well.

Thanks for the update on the due dates. I swear I wrote them all down too, but can't find anything on my desk! Ever since the condo flooded my desk has had to be moved around, so it's got all kinds of c___p piled on top. I just started to weed through it and set things back in place since the carpet is all dry now. Lovedblessings, you do sound like you are handling things well. I know how hard it is to be on bedrest. My entire first trimester was spent in bed remember??? The only thing I had going for me at that point was that the prometrium I had to take made me sleepy, so at least I could sleep through more of it than you probably can right now. BM5......If you had all that cramping, I think it would probably be a good time to slow down on the nookie. I freak out if I cramp while taking a poop, so having s_x and risking more cramping is out of the question for me!!! You are one brave soul! If my pregnancy would have not started out as high risk, I'd probably have had nookie many times by now. My s_x drive has been pretty high, but I refuse to give up the hoochie! Plus my husband looks at me now and says my vee-jay-jay has teeth!!! He is so afraid of my body! My perky b___bs have changed to look like one of those National Geographic pictures of a naked african woman holding her baby, and my belly is so huge that I just look alien to him. Not like the 118 pounder that he married. Oh well, I wouldn't trade it for anything. We laugh about it here in my house because we know it's completely worth it and the fulfillment of our dream. BM5.....also to answer you question, I average getting up about 3 to 4 times per night as well. I usually roll over and realize then as I start to get comfortable again, that I have to pee. Then I say to myself, "Damnit!!!" and get up.

tracy88 that is the way it does me exactly....where used to i never woke up to roll over but now EVERY time i change positions i wake up roll over get my body pillow and get all comfy and then it hits me i have to pee........well all is well with the MIL she still wont speak to us so if its quite where she is concerned i am happy.......the company was happy to take DH name off of it and mail the bill to her so that will p__s her off more but look real close do you see the little green man jumping up inside me saying i really give a d__n????????all is well with me just so tired still the 1st trimester all i wanted to do was sleep and was tired and now my 14 mo old is into everything running everywhere and has dropped her morning nap so i am so tired at the end of the day........still!!!!! in my neighborhood , when i was preggo with DD there was 3 of us preggo and this time there is 4 of us preggo (so 2 of us will have kids around the same age) there is something in the water here......but i seen another neighbor in walmart last night and she said molly that is 25 weeks her water broke already and that she has been at the hospital for several days and she is doing OK and so far she has no infection and as long as she dont they are just going to watch her????? ithought after your water broke there was so many hours and you must deliver???? anyone else heard this???? well hope everyone is Ok and thanks everyone for letting me vent and being there for me love yall ((((((((big hug)))))))

UGH, I'm so mad I have to vent somewhere......I just went to the grocery store and on the way home I almost got into a car accident. It would in no way have been my fault and I am so angry because it was some idiot driving completely irradically!!! I live in the burbs people and this is so out of character for people to be driving like sh** and yelling in the middle of the night. Whomever that person was could have cost me my baby. I can't tell you how deliberately stupid that person was driving. I would have sued him or her to the point of suicide because I would have made their life a living hell. What I would give to be able to tell that person off right about now! OK, thanks for listening.

Hello ladies ! Just a quick one to update you on how my appointment went ... My little girl weighs just over 900gms . My EDD is still the 22nd of April and doctor is very happy with her ! One more week and I will into my 3rd trimester !! Chat a little later.....

Goodness me what a lot I've missed in 24 hours!!!!!!! I wish I was on the same timezone as the rest of you so that I could "chat" a bit more. Seems like me, Sann and Tylersmommy are on one timezone and the rest of you are on another!! I'm always a day late to respond to your posts - hope you don't mind! Tylersmommy - so great to hear your appointment went well. From what you're saying about the Braxton Hicks, I'm definitely not aware of them yet. Sounds like fun!!! ;-) So it looks like we're only 3 days apart, but, then again, I've got my next appointment on Tuesday and, if the last ones are anything to go by, my EDD will probably change again!!! Can't wait to find out - it seems an age since I last saw the doctor! Col - don't worry about not writing much (I more than make up for that!!!) - it's just good to hear that you're OK. Tracy - glad to hear that you got your Chicken Wings (I've not had any cravings at all - boo hoo!!) but sorry to hear about the back ache and crazy drivers. My back is generally OK but gets quite sore if I'm working on my feet for too long (so I try not to!! LOL!) Also I try to avoid driving as much as I can but I know it's a lot easier in Europe to get about town without having to always jump in the car - not the same in the cities of the US from what I've seen so I sympathise. I can totally relate to your description of the attractive "National Geographic look" - me too!!! - although, as I was overweight before, it doesn't seem to be really drastic (YET!!) BM5 - re. sleeping patterns. I just don't seem to be able to sleep more than 2 hours at a time, and I'm usually pretty uncomfortable, so when I do wake up, I go to pee just to stretch out a bit in the hope that it'll help me sleep when I get back to bed. Strange, huh? I am getting a sense, though, that things are moving towards the third trimester symptoms (sore b___sts, tiredness, insomnia, hunger again) so I may actually NEED to pee aswell but I'm not sure. Re. b-ding..........I have that same pressure afterwards but it's never painful so you should watch that. Slow down girl!!!!!!! And re. prenatal cla__ses - we're going to ones organised by the hospital which start at the beginning of Feb. so I'm really excited about that!! DH and I have also bought a yoga-based DVD for Labour Preparation which I can really recommend for anyone who wants to avoid medication as much as possible. Lovedblessings - Funbags!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very funny!!! Great to hear you sounding so upbeat given that you're restricted to your bed. I hope that you get some rea__surances when you go for your checkup next week - keep us updated when you can and get as much rest as possible. Punkin - Glad things are sorting themselves (somewhat) with your MIL. At least if she's quiet you don't have to get involved in stressful arguments. Great that you have some others around who are also pregnant (if there IS something in the water, maybe you can bottle some and send it to lovemy3, Col, KD and the other ttc-ers!! LOL!) I haven't met anyone yet who's expecting the same time as me but I'm sure we'll meet some people at the prenatal cla__ses. Having said that, though, I feel like I've got all the support I need right here with you guys so I'm not too worried if I don't "click" with anyone at the hospital. Re. waters breaking - I certainly thought that was a definite sign that labour will start within hours but I'd love to hear what others think about this! ********* Anyway, I've no real news today except to say that my belly seems to have grown substantially since last week (my husband says it's coz he got back and the baby decided to "show off"!!) but movements don't seem to have increased as a result so I hope all is well. (Went swimming yesterday and that always seems to quieten the bean down a bit!) Also, my stepsister has donated a large bag of baby clothes which my mum is bringing over in March (she says it almost fills a suitcase so she won't be able to bring any of her own clothes!!) Very generous and I can't wait to see it as I know it will start the ball rolling on the shopping front. Of course, I've nowhere to put it all so I really must start clearing stuff out soon. Other than that, all is well! TTYL!

Hello Hopeful ! Wow only three days apart .! How great it is going to be to compare notes !! I bet you can't wait for all those baby goodies to arrive . I must have taken my baby stuff out about a 100 times to look at and then put back . It is so weird to think that soon my little baby girl will be wearing those cute outfits . Must say I am a little sick of pink at the moment so it is time to switch to lavender !! Tracy88 here in Africa we are so used to lunatic drivers !! Our public transport is very poor so we tend to spend a lot of time in our cars . So lovemy3 what day are we putting in our diaries for testing ?? Must be coming up now ? Please be sure to let us know. Punkin 01 how far along are you now ? Sorry if you have already mentioned it but I can't seem to find where you might have posted ... sorry ! Hello Col and Sann great to have you both back . Fill us in with what is happening your side !! Just wanted to let you all know that it is great having you all to chat to .. ..

Good morning ladies! I must say that I love the fact that you guys are in another time zone. When I wake up in the morning , your posts give me something to start my day with! Since I watch so much world news, I don't read the paper in the morning, I read posts!!!! Hopeful, I think I sleep about two hours at a time as well. It's starting to show on my face how tired I am in the morning. The quality and quant_ty of my sleep is just awful. I am going to try to go for a walk today since it seems that every night I have serious restlessness in my legs. It's been like this for about a month, so I think I need walk more to poop my legs out. I've always been high energy, except in my first trimester, so maybe this is due to my second trimester energy boost. Tylersmommy, I have to move on to Lavender as well. I have been buying so much pink that now it is time to start integrating some other colors. At least in my wee-one's room I put in a lot of sky blue and some tender green with the pink. Well, I have on my list today to go by the hospital to register and meet with the anesthesiologist. The doc said the cla__ses at the hospital fill up quickly so to get registered now. That's ok by me, the sooner I get things accomplished the better I feel about the possibilities of my daughter showing up a little early. Well, I will chat with you girls later.

Hello tracy88! It may be good morning for you but it is 5pm in the afternoon for me !! Time to sneak off home ! The walls in my baby room are also sky blue . I have lime and lavender colours to go with my fairy theme . I don't know about you girls but I am so facinated about peoples birth stories and just can't get enough of them . I wonder how this pregnancy of mine is going to end ? Will i be early or overdue , will my waters break will I be induced , will I land up having a ceasar etc,. etc . All these questions and only time will tell !! I wanted to go to antenatal cla__ses but I unfortunately finish work to late . So I will just have to take it as it comes . Anyway gotta go look forward to reading all your posts !

OK, I think I am just having a really off kind of week because I need to vent again. I was out running errands....went and registered at the hospital like the doc said to, etc.... and then called my pregnant friend that I work with from my cell in the car. She asked me what my address is because "they" are throwing her a shower on April 2nd, so not to make any plans, etc.... Then she asked if I was having a shower and I said I don't think so because nobody has said a word to me about one. My problem here is that she and I have all the same friends and the "they" that she is referring to , is our friends. So they are throwing her a shower, not "us". That hurts my feelings to be honest. Secondly, now that I look at the reality of things I know my sisters won't be throwing me one because they both live out of state, and one of them just had major surgery, so she has a one track mind right now (understandable), while the other sister never had a shower, so I don't see her throwing me one. Then there's my MIL and SIL who I KNOW would throw me one if it weren't for the fact that the other daughter in law is PG and due around the same time as me, and they hate her. They are politically nice to her, but will not go out of their way for her like they will me. They are fair; however, so they would not throw me a shower and not her. Then there's my mom, who just doesn't do stuff like throwing showers and parties. I can afford to go buy all that I will need, I guess I'm just more hurt that it seems noone cares to celebrate this with me after it took me having surgery and doing shots to get this far. My heart feels a little crushed right now and of course i have been crying off and on since that phone call. I feel left out when it comes to my so-called friends.

Tracy, maybe it’s a shower for you that she invited you to, and she wants it to be a surprise. If they are your friends as well, they it does not make any sense to me other than its your too. Wait and see ::)))))

hey everyone,, what a busy day at home, not much time to read. Just a quick update, remember a few months back when I was ticked off because I culdn't get in to see my high risk dr cuz they aid he was for already pregnant people who had issues, blah, blah etc? remeber? So anyhow, message on my machine yesterday saying i have an appointment Jan 30 at 1 pm. Gosh I 'm praying I am pregnant, that would be perfect timing. I would love to go to the appt becuae in the same clinic is this renowned RE that could answer my mystery of whats up, but ZI haven't lost any weight and they will tell me no baby till skinnier, so I don't want to see my dr. Does that make sensde. So, now don't know what to do about it. I'm thinking now that I have my foot in the door again, postpone it till march and at least have some weight loss, better than nothing or just go and face the music and get some tests done? QAnyhow, I am cd26 today and don't feel pregnant at all as usual. My hope has just died out and I haven't even taken my prenatals this month. Jyt be so long and I can't imagine the test finally being positive. I don't know anymore. you all sound well. Tracy...I hate those kind of drivers. With my first pregnancy I got smashed into but was ok. All your symptoms and sleep patternsre mind me of those days. All the same stuff, funny to remember back. Seems like you are all good though and thats great. Hopeful..love the tikme zone thing, I wake up to your posts and drink my tea! Gotta run, Also, KD are you out there? COl...how did this month go for you?

hi all... wow, you've been busy on here! I've actually been off work the past couple of days due to the snow, but between updating some websites and painting, I kept forgetting to get on here and post. TRACY, sounds like you are having a c___ppy week... sorry about that. I hope COL is right and that they just aren't saying that it's a double shower. Do you have any long distance friend who would coordinate a shower? I did that last year for my one of my best friends. I wasn't able to make it down there to California, and she didn't know anyone locally who was a close enough friend to coordinate it, but coordinating long distance went ok and I think it ended up being fun and working out fine. SANN, so glad you checked in - I was really worried! LM3, if I was you I'd go to the appt and get tests done and stuff. You can still work on losing weight but why postpone the tests any further... if there's some other issue that needs to be addressed, you could do that while losing weight. Just my 2cents. I'm pulling for you! HOPEFUL, I've forgotten, where do you live? I keep thinking it's England or Australia. And am I the only person on the US west coast on this thread? Well, not much to report. Had a weird wave of tiredness today - haven't had one of those in a while. And I've been having cravings for blueberry muffins- yum. Citrus is also really good. I'm bummed out by the cold snap in CA - no way I can give up tangerines and tangelos right now! I stocked up a bit today at the market while the prices are still low. Otherwise, things are smooth which is nice. I'm trying to figure out whether to go to Portland to a museum with a friend tomorrow. She really wants to go, but the road leaving my house is a bit sketchy right now with the snow/ice. Maybe I'll put it off for a week, and have her come up to our place and visit if she wants to hang out. I hate driving more than necessary these days, especially if the conditions are bad. And dh needs the 4wd tomorrow so that's not an option. Well, I'm off to work on the paintings... I might actually get them done in the next day or two! ttyl...

To be honest, I hope you guys are right and that it is a double shower, because if not, then I will be really hurt. Truth be told, I can't see these people not including me. They are just as excited about this baby as I am. I guess that's why if I am not included, my feelings will be really shot down. It's not about the stuff to me, it's about the friendship factor. I also just thought that my sisters would do something for me too, but when my older sister questioned why I even registered, I had my answer to that one. She even said it kind-of coldly. Val, don't go anywhere if you don't feel safe driving. I wouldn't in that weather. You sound like you are feeling very well and I couldn't be happier about that. I am on a fruit kick myself. My fruit of choice is pears, navel oranges, and apples (green tangy ones). I bought some awesome strawberries yesterday at Whole Foods and practically ate them all last night. The pears are my favorite though. LM#......if you don't go to that appointment I am going to be mad and you will be on posting restriction!!!! Seriously though, don't even worry about the weight issue right now, because like Val said, there may be something else wrong and you will have postponed things by making a__sumptions. Now if you are right, and the doc says something about your weight, so what???? You know what you need to do. Get started now if you can rather than putting it off. I just know how I am and think you should go ahead instead of procratinating, ya know? I am a true procrastinator, so this is advice coming from someone who knows about putting stuff off for later.

Thanks guys, I know I should go. I just keep thinking about all the testing. It just seems like such a big mountain in front of me ya know. My friend told me she is pregfnant with her first tonight. I am really excited for them. They are such a sweet couple and they are just beaming with joy. I love that just pregnant excitement!!

LM3.....it may not be a mountain at all, just a mole hill. Stay positive and go at this one step at a time. It can't all be done in one day anyway, so baby steps (no pun intended)!