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Hello all! Yet again I've been MIA for a few days. The weather here has been so gorgeous that I've been taking advantage of all the fresh air - in the garden (watching my DH do all the work!), going for walks (short ones!!) and generally making sure I'm getting out as much as possible. It's lovely and a fabulous way to spend the last few weeks. Yesterday we had a little "nudge" thinking that labour might have started as I had some pretty "interesting" pains. However, they soon subsided and all is well today (I think another case of indigestion was the problem!). I am feeling very "heavy" though (what a lot of words with "speech marks"! LOL!!!!) and so wonder if the Bean has moved further down again. Who knows. Acupuncture again today - that should be moving things along too! - and a check up with Ob/Gyn on Thursday so I'm getting plenty of attention during the wait. That's all my news anyway. I'll keep you updated. Wonder how Sann is? She must be getting near to time now!!! Exciting stuff. ******** BM5 - What a horrible experience! I'm SO glad you and baby are OK but I can't believe that no-one stopped to help. Maybe they were all as scared as you. What a shame you didn't get their number. I certainly think you should report the incident to the police. What harm could it do and it may help sort out the insurance. Keep safe from now on and enjoy your shower!! Lovedblessings - you've chosen lovely names for your little boy. Wonderful stuff. Sorry to hear about the infection. How did the doctor's appointment go? Hopefully it's all sorted and you can simply enjoy your new arrival without any extra worry. Thanks for your encouragement with regards my labour. Not long now!! Val - good to hear you sounding so well and still managing to get some preparation done. Did you buy an electric or manual pump? They're funny things aren't they? Tracy - Glad to hear all was well at the ER (I've had a few moments like that where the Bean is not moving and I've worried but generally after a few hours s/he is back on form!) and that you're still on track for the local hospital. Also glad to hear that you've been getting in a few naps. Me too!! Can't seem to get through the day without one. However, my nights have been really broken. Seem to be waking every hour now so I'm truly getting ready for the b___stfeeding schedule I think!! Punkin - glad all is well with you too. 32 weeks eh and bang on target? Great stuff. Well done. Hope it stays that way. lovemy3 - OF COURSE you won't be forgotten - you're the founder of this thread after all and we can't start new ones without you so you'll always be with us!! Thank you for your words of support and friendship - I can't wait to share my news with you and to hear that your dreams have come true. ******* To all those I haven't mentioned - I've not forgotten you - I just want to hear your news so that I can respond. Do get in touch whenever you can - WE MISS YOU ALL LOADS!! (The thread seems to be dwindling in numbers a bit doesn't it?) Hope you're all well. Big Hugs to everyone. TTYL XOXOXOXOX

Hi all : ) First of all ... congrats to Love : ) Just a quick update ladies, I'm finally free from the office. Anyway ... I'll be 40 weeks tomorrow and going in to the hospital to induce labour. According to my doc yesterday ... I'm only 1cm dilated. Will check in again later when I get home from the hospital ...... wish me luck !!!! Hugs to all : ) : ) : )

Good luck, Sann! I'll be thinking about you!!! xoxoxoxo

Good luck SANN! Today is my grams 89th b-day! great day to be born!!

Good Morning Ladies, Things are crazy in the house at the moment. The oldest boys and I are sick with the flu, Jack has a bit of a cold. My incision had to be drained last night from the infection and the medication had to be increase. Both little guys have sore bums too, we are flashing lots of bare bums around the house to try and get them to dry out. They are the cuttest little bums at that age! Tracy, when is your next doctor's appointment? Are you marking the days of on your calendar until your due date yet? Punkin, I felt the same way and the NST It always gave me great comfort to hear the heartbeat. I have saved a strip of paper from the test to put in the kids photo albums. Lovemythree, you were right about the infection, I be gald when it heals. My incision is very low just above the hair line. I was surprised just how low it was. Has your scars faded over the years? Honestly I still feel in shoke over having the c-section, everything happened so fast. The hospital didn't give me much information on what I can and can not do! Hopeful and excited It's wonderful your enjoying great weather! what a smart plan to enjoy your garden. Not too much longer left for you. San, good luck with your induction. You'll be holding your baby in no time at all!

Sann, let us know how things went. Loved, I have been so ill too. I thought for sure the baby was getting cooked by my high fever. I had a NST yesterday though and she is great. Glad you learned that your incision was infected and not just lumpy. Well, I'm not glad it is infected, I am glad you caught it and are having it treated. Take care of yourself and all those little tooshies running around your house!

Tracy, sorry to hear you're not feeling well! Take it easy and get some rest!!! Great news your daughter is nice and healthy. Those NST test are very reasurring. How is your cervix holding up? Any more changes?

I just don't know how things can get any worse for me. I know I'm whining but I feel so helpless. I just don't know why all this bad stuff is happening to me. I took my car in for an estimate last week and they said it's totalled. The insurance co isn't even giving me enough to pay off the bank which leaves me nothing left to put down on another vehicle and they are only giving me through the weekend to get a new car. So come Monday if I don't get another vehicle I won't have a way to work and as I've said many times, I'm the main bread winner. I just don't know what to do. I don't know how I can get another vehicle without a down payment and I'm not even sure if my insurance co is going to drop me now or not. Punkin-I did file a police report after the fact but now it's a mute point anyways since my van is totalled. There's no way to prove anything from the accident with no witnesses and since they didn't have insurance, I'm sure they don't have any $ if I could prove anything. I just can't believe that I'm paying the price for these idiots because they ran a red light! I'm not very religious but I don't understand why God would test me this way. I'm swamped at work and there's no way I can even take time off to look at a car. I'm already putting in 10 hours a day here. Sorry, I just had to vent...I am so stressed out I can't eat or sleep properly. I'm exhausted. Any suggestions?

Babymakes5, sorry you are going through so much stress! Try to eat something or try one of those meal replacement drinks. DO you live by any one that you work with? Maybe you could car pool. With a new baby on it's way it would be hard to take on a car payment, would you be able to lease or buy a fixer upper. Not sure if your DH is a handy man just trying to throw out some suggestions. I know in Canada there is a fund available if you get in an accident with someone that doesn't have insurance that will cover your cost of your repairs or replacement. Not sure about the states. Most importantly take some time for yourself so you can keep your head on straight. Take care!

Thanks, Loved. I hope you're feeling better and all the bums in the house too! Here in the states we have "uninsured" and "underinsured" for those that don't have insurance, so I am getting a claim for my vehicle, but unfortunately I just bought it last August and haven't paid much on it. So I pretty much owe the bank what the van is worth. So now it's like starting over but only I don't have another car for a trade-in. I won't have a car payment, but unfortunately we don't have enough saved up even a cheap beater car for now. I work with dh but our hours are different and I'm not sure how our employer would feel about either of us changing them. I was looking through my paperwork last night though and I think I do have this GAP insurance which is supposed to pay the difference of what the insurance co pays on a total loss and what you owe the bank. So I think I'll come out even there, but I was hoping to get a little more than the loan amt so that I could use it as a down pymt on another car. I guess the most frustrating part is not having time to do it. I'm covering for someone on vacation today and tomorrow so I can't take off work at all, which leaves Sat to find a car. I think I just got all panicky and hate to be pushed into making a purchase that big without more time to think about it. Dh and I talked and I felt a little better after that-he's very supportive and has offered to do whatever he can to help. I just feel stuck and under pressure. On a pregnancy note, do you guys think there's such a thing as too much movement? This baby boy never stops. And lately-this may sound kind of weird-but at certain places on the top of my "baby bulge" and when I touch it, it feels so strange that it makes my physically jump up out of my chair. It's like his foot is stuck or something? Has anyone ever had that. Sometimes I swear he's sideways. And if I bend forward too much I get this weird jerking feeling, is it possible to bend him wrong if I bend wrong? I don't remember any this with my other three pgs but it was so long ago.

LB, sorry about your sick family and scar infection...sounds like you are having a rough week. :-( And BM5, I'm sorry about your van and the payments (or lack of) from the accident. I know that must be super stressful, especially since that's your transportation to/from work. I don't know the answers to your questions about bending wrong or too much movement. My little guy has been moving a lot today. I actually think he may have turned head down, as I can't imagine that the bulge I can feel on my right side (pretty high up) is his head! I'm hoping, anyway. TRACY, how are you doing? And LM3, where are you in your cycle now? HOPEFUL, sounds like you are doing well. You always have such a cheery att_tude -I love reading your posts! btw, I got an electric pump - the medela pump in style one. As far as I could tell, it was the one most everybody recommends. Not much to report from here. Finished shopping for baby stuff except for a crib mattress. Got all the cloth diapering supplies today so I'm feeling good to check something else off my list. I only have another couple of weeks of teaching and then I'll be off until sometime in July. Definitely looking forward to stopping work for a bit as it's just getting hard to move around! I can't imagine what it will be like in another month! Anyway, SANN, hope to hear your birth story soon! And COL, update us one of these days, please... I worry! :-)

Val, I'm ok thanks for asking. Just been very ill since Monday. I'm pretty sure the bulge you are feeling on your right side is now a tooshie! I pat it sometimes and the baby moves in response. It is too cute. BM5......I'm so sorry you are having to go through such aggravation right now. Just remember that through all the stress you need to feed your body and make sure you get plenty of water. Don't neglect yourself to the point where you get sick on top of everything else. Oh, I just realized that Loved just gave you the same advice! Loved....how are things in your household today???? Val, that Medela pump is definitely the best. I have not heard one negative review or opinion about it. Great purchase.

Oh my goodness Sann!! I can't believe it - I go away from my desk for a few days and it all starts happening!! Well, it seems it's actually happened for you already so I hope things are wonderful with you and your new baby. Congratulations!! Update when you can - I want to know all the details!! ******** Lovedblessings (and your clan!!!), Tracy and BM5 - so sorry to hear you're not feeling at the top of your game. I think we all could do with an injection of some sort of energy boost, couldn't we? I'm feeling pretty good myself but I really don't enjoy "bedtime" much at the moment as I can't sleep for more than 2 hours at a time and my legs get really sore/achey now so even changing position doesn't seem to help. I force myself to stay in bed as long as I can though coz I know I need it. Hope you all start feeling better VERY soon and, as Tracy said, eat well and PARTICULARLY drink lots and lots of water - it's soooooooooo good for you! BM5 - I really hope the car thing gets sorted for you soon but try not to let it get you down too much. It's far less important than your health remember. Re. your worries about movement etc.......... I can't really answer your questions but I'm sure it's OK. Give your Ob/Gyn a quick telephone call for some rea__surance - that's what you're paying for!! Big Hugs to you! Val - thank you for your kind words! My philosophy (as much as possible!!) is that positivity breeds positivity so I try really hard to find the good in everything. It seems to work pretty well (of course there are days when it's harder than others, no question!!) and puts a brightness on most things. Great to hear that you're nearing the end (if there is one!!!LOL!!) of the buying and preparing. Are you pleased with your cloth diapers? I am thrilled with mine - they're so fluffy!!! Can't wait to put a bottom in them! I bought an electric pump too (apparently they're more efficient than manuals so I'm glad I followed that piece of advice) but it's from Avent (UK company) - not sure if it's available outside of Europe. Haven't really seen any reviews but it seems to have the same "bits and pieces" as your model and it all packs away into a lovely little black travel case. Another exciting gadget to add to the list!! Anyway, all's well with me. Had a checkup yesterday (scans and monitoring etc.)and the doctor was very pleased saying that my cervix was beginning to efface and so things are progressing properly. I don't think much is going to happen in the next week though. My due date is next Thursday and they kept saying that the Bean was measuring big but I don't think s/he is going anywhere soon as s/he feels way to comfortable in there. I reckon I could be on for a May baby after all!! We'll see - keep everything crossed for me!! Can't wait for it all to start happening! *********** So that's all from me. Hope to hear some updates from the rest - Col in particular. Are you OK? And hello to TTC#3 again - How are you doing? Let us know your update soon. Baby Dust coming your way! Big Hugs to everyone and lots of positive vibes and energy!! TTYL XOXOXOXOXOX

Hopeful, I'm one who likes to think like you do, but I often fall into the negativity pit until I realize that it will do me no good to stay in that "space", so then I dig myself out with a more positive att_tude. I was just talking to another friend who is also having major car problems right now, and as tired and worn as she is, everything actually worked out better for her, and it reminded me that good things can come of terrible, trying situations. So, BM5 keep positive, take care of your body, take the baby steps toward working this out, and things will work out in the end....they always do. Just don't lose your health in the process. Hopeful, you are talking to the No-Sleep guru here, so I feel for you on the discomfort level, BUT you are so close to having your body back!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good thing you are starting to efface. Perhaps the process will go quicker than you expect???? or you could be like me and just have the stickiest baby in town! I am completely effaced and this bean does NOT seem to want to budge!!! Heck, I've been on "bed rest" for two months, which I have been awful about sticking to to be honest, and she's still just as snug as a bug in a rug!

Thanks for everyone's support! I can't believe everyone is so close to having their babies. I'll be the only one on here pretty soon, but can't wait to hear about everyone's birth stories. Unlike everyone else who seems to be ready and waiting, I'm still freaking out thinking I don't have enough time to get ready. But I still have 2 months to go so I'm sure it'll all fall into place (trying to be positive!). Yesterday when I got home from work there were 2 threatening messages from the other driver saying that there will be consequences if I don't talk to my insurance co and "settle this". So today I'm leaving work early to go complain to the police. He has my address now so I'm a little worried about that. If he was so sure of his innocence you'd think he would have insisted upon calling the cops, which is what I wanted to do. Basically he's upset that his car damage isn't going to be paid for. But I guess that's why people have insurance. Oh well, I'll feel better once I report his calls. I guess the driver (a young girl) didn't even have her driver's license, so I'm sure that's one reason they didn't want to call the cops. Tracy-don't worry-she'll come out when she's ready. The longer she waits the better it is for her. Last weekend we went to dh's neice's house and she had severe preclampsia (sp?) and had both of her sons prematurely. Her oldest son looked like (and developmentally) he was only 2. When I asked how old he was, she said he was 4! I couldn't believe it. He was still in diapers and still couldn't talk very well. He was definitely behind. But I don't know how far along she was when she had him either. It just reminded me how much developing these babies still have to do in their final weeks. So hang in there, I'm sure it won't be long! Hope everyone else is well. Sann-looking forward to hearing your story-I hope all is well!

Hello there my friends, I read all of your stories, am up to date: ) . Congratulations to Loved, I am sure that she is on cloud nine away from the infection that it will be history soon. I can’t believe it’s the time for almost all of you. I am so happy for all of you ladies. My update, I am m 2 days shy from 13 weeks, the baby is doing good so farm, as for me, you name it, any pregnancy symptoms’ anybody had in the world I had, it was not an easy ride so far, Nausea, vomiting, tired , exhaustion, and the icing on the cake is the Sciatic Nerve in my left leg. But still kicking and I am still hopeful that things will keep going well. Good luck to all of you, and I love you all.