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Gosh ladies - I cant wait to be feeling my baby kick & squirm!! I MEAN i hope to soon! LB - have they done an internal on you yet to see if your dilated since you've had premies before? tracy - Did you have any leaking before? Hope bed rest is going ok. I hope all you other ladies are doing well. TTC - cd 13 & probably oing today

TTC#3.....nope, no leaking before, they just check to make sure since I have what is called funneling. Funneling is exactly how it sounds. The amniotic fluid is creeping it's way down toward the door of the cervix more or less. I took the pill to help me sleep last night. I can honestly say that I have no idea how I slept. I still woke up to pee regularly and still felt restless before falling asleep, so unless I slept more soundly, nothing really seemed different. What I would give for a d__n muscle relaxer or real sleeping pill!!! What I took last night is just an antihistime of some kind. I saw the endocrinologist this morning for the diabetes. I have to test my sugar two times per day to start off with since I am borderline, and we will go from there after he reviews my levels in one week. I think I have an upper respiratory infection, can you believe it???? I have the worst chest cough and I am coughing up yellow junk. I will see my OB tomorrow and see what he thinks. OK, back to the couch. Oh, and I'm praying an egg meets a sperm this month for someone!!!! Hope the rest of you preggies are hanging in there!

TTC #335. My last appointment I was 3 cm dialated. Next visit is on Tuesday, hopefully my cervis will be progressing. At this point I am very ready to give birth. The weather is supposed to warm up next week which will make it great for going for a walk. It will be wonderful when we can hear your news that you can feel your baby moving toon. Truck loads of baby dust coming your way!!!

Tracy, another restless night yuck! I can so relate!!! Now a cold to boot, on the up side you won't have much desire to get off the couch. Did the doctor give you a diet plan to follow? Will the doctor check your cervix tomorrow?

Loved, right now all I want is to go to the couch and lay down, but I already tried that, and am very restless today. I mean bad. I'm seriously at my wits end. I can't take this anymore. Nothing helps. I can't go on like this. Everyone says to stick it out and that it will all be worth it, but noone knows what this feels like. I am tormented every day. No wonder I ignored doctor's orders a week ago, I couldn't help it, but even being active didn't make it go away. I have to go, I can't stop crying right now.

Tracy, I do understand! If your anything like myself the pressure of knowing that your baby depends on laying still on the couch is overwhelming. It just gives you more time to think about everything that is going on. Time on your hands is not always a blessing. I felt trapped and useless with the only solution being bed rest. Give you doctor's office a call and let them know how you are feeling. My hospital stay at very least gave me a bit of time to rest. The doctors gave me medication to help me sleep. This might be just what you need to take the edge of. Thinking of you lots. Take good care!

Tracy - geez .. im so sorry .. i feel so helpless.. I dont know what to say to make you feel better. maybe you should listen to LB & head to the hospital for some much needed rest & help.. Im thinking of ya!

hey all tracy i am almost in tears for you.....i am very emotional this week for some reason i am crying at commercials....and when someone i liked got voted off american idol ....too weird and now just trying to think how it would be to be in tracys shoes right now knowing bed rest is the best for the baby but being so restless.......how LB does it i just dont know....tracy i dont know what to say but hang in there girl and put your computer on the bed and we will keep you company all day!!!!TCC tons of baby dust headed your way......LM3 val col and hopeful ....hope everything is going great for you ladies and i will try to check in with yall tomorrow hugs to all and to anyone i missed hope your doing great also bye!!!!!!!!!

Hello all! I'm sooooooooooo sorry for not being able to check in very often at the moment. What with my mum's visit and the baby shower (and subsequent shopping to get all the other things we need - looks like it's pretty much done now thank goodness!!) I've been up to my eyes in it. Yet again this will be short as a result but I'm hoping that once this weekend is over we'll have cleared the spare room, "built" the crib and chest of drawers and started to put things away in there new living place. Very exciting but at the moment it seems like we're living in chaos and I'm not very good at that (something I'll have to get used to I suppose!!! LOL!!!) Other than that, I'm just glad that all is moving along smoothly. We have so many gifts that I almost feel guilty so my next project (while my DH goes to a work-related thing on Sunday) is to write personal letters to each person that has given us something. Quite a job as there's over 40 gifts which I can't quite believe. Such friendship is overwhelming!! In other news - my antenatal on Wednesday last was really good (in comparison to previous ones) because we actually did some breathing exercises! I was beginning to think they'd just talk to us each week which isn't much help to me. I'm still deep into "Nappy research" but the end is in sight so I'll be ordering some soon (must must MUST!!!) and I've been given another few books on natural childbirth which look really good so I'll try and skim read them when I have a few minutes to spare!! I'm soooooooooooo busy I don't really know where to put myself but I'm trying to do a little bit every day! ********* Tracy - I'm so sorry that you're not getting sleep. I wish I could recommend something else to help. Have you tried this yoga/relaxation technique? - Lie in a comfortable position (preferably in bed so that should you fall asleep you don't have to move again), close your eyes and start to concentrate on your breathing, slowly getting it to centre on your abdomen (full breaths out - don't worry about the "ins" so much). Then start tension/release techniques ................Go through EACH muscle in your body (fingers, toes, legs, arms etc etc AS WELL AS smaller ones like your forehead, eyes, mouth, neck etc) one at a time and tense them up for about 5 counts and then release them to relax. If you start at the bottom and work up then you could easily go back to your legs for a second go if they're still tense by the end of the "workout". I love this sort of exercise and it would be perfect for your situation. What's really nice is if you can get your husband to help you by asking him to slowly and quietly call out each part of your body to tense and then after the count of 5 he can then place his warm hand on that part of the body to help you relax. If, at the end of the workout, he can still see areas where you're still tense, he can lay his warm hand there to encourage you to relax it again (no need to tense it beforehand this time though!). This is a labour preparation technique too so maybe good for you when things really start happening!! Hope this helps. ******** So sorry not to reply personally to everyone else but I must get on and you are all sounding pretty good today so that's FABULOUS! BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL ******** One question - is anyone else getting more v____al discharge at the moment? I know it's normal for pregnancy but I've managed to avoid it really until now and I wondered if I should be concerned with a sudden increase - could it be the fact that I've been so busy and active? Any advice gratefully received. Love to you all and I'll try and get back to you again soon with proper personal replies. So sorry again!! XOXOXOXOX

I seem to be doing a little better this morning, but who knows how long that will last. Hopeful, thanks for the techniques! it's very thoughtful of you to to share your knowledge. I know how daunting the task of writing thank you's can be. When I got married, my MIL threw me a shower that 50 women I had never met in my life came to. It was all of her friends (she's a socialite) welcoming me into the family. It was fabulous, but difficult to write thank you's to people whom I had only just met. Take a deep breath because it sounds like you are going full speed woman!!! It's funny that you ask about the discharge, because today I am a mess. I am seeing the doc this afternoon, so will ask him about it then. I think it's normal. Punkin.....the tears are coming down like rain here too. I have no idea why all of a sudden I can't stop crying. I feel a bit of rage over the physical restlessness I have, and then that rage turns to utter frustration and helplessness, so then I cry. It's cute that American Idol made you cry. I'm not mocking you....just think that's hormonal and so typical of pregnancy. My husband thinks it's cute when I get hormonal. Hope everyone else is well. TTYL

hi all... it's rainy, rainy, rainy here in Oregon. I mostly get to stay home today which is nice. Just have to drive up to a neighbor's house for an hour today to do a guitar lesson...not so bad. I kind of overdid it yesterday doing errands - didn't bring any snacks and was just exhausted and in tears when I got home. I'm still not used to how tiring ordinary activities are. TRACY, I'm glad you are feeling a bit better today. Did you take one of those sleeping pills again? I hope that's helping. Have you tried Unisom? It's a schedule A drug and it definitely worked to put me to sleep, even with just half a pill. Not sure if it would be strong enough for you with all you have going on, but the fact that it's schedule A is nice. HOPEFUL, sounds like you have been busy! Have you settled on diapers yet? We went to a store in Portland the other day (to see the options in person, rather than online) and the girl in the store was really helpful. I think we're going to start with the pre-fold and cover types, with a few all-in-ones for nighttime. And I think we're going to get a sampler pack to try out various styles. There are so many to choose from and from what I've read, some work better for certain baby body types than others. LB - I poke my little one too if he's been quite for a while! I'll probably do the same when he arrives and is sleeping... did you ever see the opening scene from the movie Terms of Endearment? That will be me, I'm sure! BabyM5 - sorry about the UTI - ick. This probably sounds funny, but after s_x, I often get up and drink some cranberry juice - I'm convinced it helps ward off UTIs. Hope you're doing better. The support belt does seem to help, although I haven't been wearing it much because it's sort of bulky, and I'm already very bulky! I've been wearing it around the house. PUNKIN, I've cried more this week too... not sure why! I can't watch that one home improvement show (where they go in and redo a family's home each week)... I just weep during the whole show and am wrung out by the end!

Hi all- h&E - good luck with your hand cramps from writing all of them thank yous!! But that is so nice that you have a lot a wonderful people around you. tracy - good to hear you alittle better. I hope you appt goes well. TTC#3 - cd 14 & waiting for a temp rise

Hi Ladies, It was back in the hospital for me today, the abdominal pain from my incision site was unbearable. I was throwing up from the pain. My doctor gave me a shot of gravol, Demoral and sent me home with a prescription for Tylenol # 3. Also my liver enzymes are high so I have an antibiotic for the infection. The baby is fine; the heart rate was monitored for half an hour. I love hearing he was not in distress. Punkino1 Could you imagine all of us in a room.... there would be a flood from the tears! Tracy, great to hear you are feeling better. How did your doctor's appointment go? Hopeful and Excited you must be exhausted at this point from your visitors and shower. How are you holding up? Val, make sure you take it easy, once you get burned out its hard to bounce back. Snacking throughout the day makes a big difference. Three meals a day does not work for me any more. Will you have a diaper service or will you wash at home? TTC# 335, do you take your temperature each morning and chart the results? I better lie down; still feel sleepy from the medication.

hey all!!!! i still feel weepy all the time.....hubby played me a song dont remember the name think it was Elton John but it was about an older child meeting his new little brother and he wanted me to hear it ....before the end i was bawling and hubby was like whats wrong....and i just jumped up and walked away telling him nothing just let me be!!!! i have never been a drama person and it is killing me.........glad everyone is doing good will check in later bye

Loved, so very sorry to hear you are having pain! You and I are in the "tough pregnancy" category! My cervix seems to respond well to bed rest. It lengthened again, which is good. It doesn't lengthen by much, but if I'd stay in bed long enough, it might! My blood sugar seems to be under control with just diet. What sucks is I am dying for something sweet and I refuse to put Nutrasweet and stuff in my mouth. I might have DH buy me some sugar-free jello though so I don't cave and eat a whole cake!!! I used to eat healthy oat cereal and fruit for sweets (most of the time) but the nutritionist changed my cereal and makes me eat protein every time I eat fruit. Well, the cereal is not the least bit sweet and the fruit just isn't the same experience with a protein! The soy yogart I am allowed to eat has NO flavor since I have to stay under a certain amount of carbs in snacks. "LM3" where are you, haven't heard much from you. Hope you are well. I will chat with the rest of you later. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend.

Oh, Val, meant to address your question about Unisom. The ingredient in Unisom is not recommended for those with RLS because it actually exacerbates the problem, just like Benadryl does. The doc prescribed me a different type of antihistimine that they have been using for years for various purposes, but the day after I take it, I have bad RLS, so it's a catch 22. It doesn't help alleviate the RLS, I do sleep better though, BUT the next day the RLS is twice as bad. HUH???? This sucks. I just keep setting incremental goals for myself so making it though this will be easier. Like, right now my goal is to stay on bed rest and follow orders until my shower which is March 31st. Three more weeks. At that point I will be a day shy of 33 weeks and the baby is measuring ahead, so I will consider myself out of the danger zone and ready to go at any time. I know that sounds crazy, but I have to think that way even if she hangs in there for the full term.