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Mel: Congrats on the great u/s. Any news on the test for infection? Yeah, I can feel/see baby's hiccups about once a day. Sometimes it goes on for a full 5 minutes. ***HAPPYGAL: This is your week for baby showers! Three in 1 week-wow! Sorry to hear you're not getting any relief on the hip & leg pain. I'm also looking forward to having this baby and getting my body feeling back to normal (sort of). ***ANGELSWIM: Interesting that it's your RIGHT hip, same for Happygal and same for me--it's actually the right side of my crotch and right inner thigh bones and muscles that feel very weak and sore. What is it about the right side? Good planning on getting a headstart on Thanksgiving. I've had my dh's family at my home for Thanksgiving the last two years but with 26 family members, someone else can do it this year. Or else we're just going to order pre-cooked Turkey and sides from the grocery store's deli department. The only thing I'm making this year is my cranberry sauce and my stuffing.****KRISTIN: good idea on getting people to write down names and addresses on envelopes. You need to save time since it will take you a while to thank 50+ people. It took me a day to make my 36 gift cards then another day and a half to write out my thanks. You'll be quite busy. That's A LOT of presents your baby is going to get! ****CHRISTA: good to hear your appointment was fine. Still tired? Me too, I've been napping way more than usual this past week. : ( ****My hospital tour last night was a dud. The tour guide forgot to show up so some nurse stepped in and gave us the condensed version. Nothing exciting, we saw the labor/delivery rooms, the nursery then the recovery rooms where I will sleep after baby is born, cafeteria, snack rooms, security systems, chapel etc etc. They have fold out sofa in the rooms for the dh. The one thing that excited me is that each room is private so I don't have to share my space with anyone. That's a good thing.

PERL~Yes, the office called and there is no infection, which is great, but then that just means I stink. LOL. Oh well, something I have been dealing with the last month or two now. She has the hiccups right now as I type. LOL. She usually gets them like twice a day and sometimes they can go for 20 minutes! I feel so d__n bad for her. Well, my MIL is giving me my small party this Saturday with hubby's side of the family. I think there will be like 7-10 of us altogether. It should be a nice afternoon. My dh and ds are coming too since it's in her house. Then Sunday I have my nephew's girlfriend's baby shower to go to. Quite a busy weekend this weekend for me, thank God I'm out of work!! LOL

Mel: hey, that's good news there's no infection! You're funny though. We probably all have a different scent now that we're pregnant. I wonder if maybe your enhanced sense of smell is really enhanced so that it bothers you more than usual. Well, it sounds like a few of us have been or will be busy with showers/parties this week. No more parties for me for a while but I'm booked next 3 days for lunch with a different girlfriend each day who couldn't make it to the baby shower and wants to give me a gift and treat me to lunch--no objections here. I'm happy to get out and visit with friends as much as possible since I know that after the baby is here, my social life will have to come to a complete stop for a little while anyway.

haha. Mellymel*** I don't think you're the only one going through the "stink" period. I also have a problem with odor issues, but I try to drown it out with lotions , powders, and showers as much as possible. Hiccups are so cute, but I too feel bad when it goes on for too long. I think they tickle, so when she gets them it usually makes me smile.****PERL****That's a great idea for ordering TG dinner from the deli. I hadn't thought of that, but it's something I'll look into doing. Everyone's starting to ask what we're doing for TG, so I've been telling them that the little "Turkey" is coming too soon to be out for the big turkey, so we're probably staying home. Then I have to explain to some of them what I just said. *roll eyes* haha. I really don't have many friends here where I live, so it's nice to come to the forum and talk with you ladies. All my friends are back in my hometown in Oregon (I'm on the east coast US now). I'd love to move back there so I can reconnect with them. Quite a few of them have children my daughters age, and we always talk about getting together and going to the park with them. I miss that very much.

hi guys, my shower is on october 15 just like kristins so i am excited. I am 36 weeks today and I did the tour of the hospital on Tuesday which was good. when is everyone due in November, i am due on the 9th and will update you guys on my labour if i go first. Right now I am getting discharge and called my ob just in case it was fluid that was leaking. i cant tell the difference. Good luck to everyone

***Perl~Thanks. I'm glad I don't have an infection either and have fun at all your luncheons this week with your girlfriends. You're right, enjoy it now, because you won't be getting out much once you have your baby! ***Angelswim~I'm glad to hear I'm not the only smelly one on the board. LOL. I also shower everyday, sometimes twice and use the spray, but sometimes it still bothers me. And have you noticed an increase in discharge? Sometimes I will go pee and my panties will be (sorry tmi) like wet with discharge. It totally grosses me out to the max man. Like totally! LOL!! That's too bad you don't have many friends in Oregon. Thank technology nowadays for telephones, email and webcams! ***Anna~I hope you have a beautiful baby shower this weekend!! Wow, the 9th? I think you are before any of us on this board. I can't wait until I'm that far. I have almost 7 more before my section and it seems so short, but on the other hand, it seems so long when I think about how much bigger I"m going to get and uncomfortable. All I can think is how 7 weeks is long!! Oh well.....I'm off to post another post about what happened to me today..

Well today was a very bad day. I felt nauseous this morning, but figured maybe it was just the coffee I drank earlier. Anyway, later on during the morning, I was just watching t.v. and I felt kind of weak and very breathless, so I called my Mom (mom & dad live only a mile or 2 down the road) and they came over, because I felt like I was going to pa__s out. In the time they got here, which was in like5-7 minutes, I felt a bit better and was just shaky. I got a wet facecloth and put it on my forehead and was lying on my left side while I was waiting for them to arrive. SOOOOO, I THINK I just had a good ole full b__wn anxiety attack. I used to be on medicine for them, but when I wanted to try to conceive, we weaned me off and I have been doing great since, but think I may just be getting a bit more nervous at this point in pregnancy and not to mention because I'm home all day to think about things and just plain boredom too maybe. Well anyway, I called my ob just to ask them to call me in bloodwork to make sure I'm not low in iron and I'm going tomorrow to get it done, but I was so scared. I just kept thinking what if I'm having some kind of complication and I think that is what made me more nervous. Anyway, it was an awful day and I hope tomorrow I feel better. I'm also sure my ob will want to repeat my 3-hour gtt, but since it only happened one day, maybe not. I am just scared that I will get preeclampsia again or that something will go wrong before I'm able to deliver. Do any of you have those fears too? Well, off to watch t.v. for a bit. I will see you tomorrow. xo

Hi everyone. Hope you are doing well. It is almost 3 AM here and I am exhausted, but cant seem to fall asleep.... KRISTEN - love your thank you note idea. You seem to be totally creative. Regarding the dh... I have lots of resentment that I have had to raise my husband, while so many of my friends have these guys who came equipped to deal with hormones and other life issues. So glad to hear I am in good company, although of course I wish for both of us more peace in the home. For ALL of you Ladies in pain - Let me add that the kicking in my bladder is so severe I can hardly breathe! I went for my u/s yesterday and the technician is like whoa.... your baby likes to move :) I told her I was fully aware. I was almost 33 weeks and baby weighs a little over 2 kilos (4 pounds +) and some things like the femur measured 34 weeks and other parts 31.. but they said everything was within the normal range. I am sooooo tired all the time and find that all my plans for cleaning and getting things ready is taken over by work, taking care of 3 kids, and regular life stuff, not to mention late nights like tonight, which destroy the next day. I know Christa has an older son, same with Perl, and angel an older daughter... is there anyone besides me who is not on their first or 2nd? sleep well and feel great :)

Melly Mel i get panic attacks all the time. Before i became pregnant I was on medication also and got off because i wanted to be pregant. I get short of breath all the time and I cant take enough. I am also very paranoid and I always think the worst of things. Its hare being pregnant and then worrying about complications like I do everyday. I have 4 weeks to go and I am terrifed. Good luck and dont worry I tell myself to be strong

ANGELSWIM: I only have 2 friends in my city with small babies and toddlers. I'm hoping to meet some more friends through support or play groups later on though. You're right this site is such a good place to come to for support. ***ANNA: you're among the first if not the first with a Nov 9 due date. You're very close and I look forward to hearing your story. What did your OB say about your question on discharge? ***MEL: Sorry to hear you had such a bad, c___ppy day. Having all thoses symptoms would have freaked me out. Sounds like you already know weakness and breathlessness are symptoms of anemia (as well as anxiety and whatever else). I hope it was not anything too serious. Good luck tomorrow I hope it all goes well! I think anxiety at this point is very normal. I worry about the baby's head getting stuck in my pelvis or something happening during delivery. ****ANNISHEL: just wanted to clarify that I do not have any children, this will be my first. I can see why you could feel so busy and tired with 3 kids and a not so cooperative husband and of course the tired feeling that come along with pregnant. I woke up at 11:00 am today!!!! Okay, I woke at 3 am and went back to sleep at 6 am but still that's a lot of sleep. I don't have a good reason (like 3 kids) but I"m pretty darned tired ALL the time as 2 weeks ago. I'm embara__sed that I have to cave in and tomorrow I plan to hire someone to come clean the house. If only I could hire someone to cook and pay the bills too. . . . ****I had lunch with my friend today and her 4 month old baby boy too---it really got me excited at the thought of being able to hold my own baby boy soon!

Mellymel** Yes, TMI...LOL...but I am going through the exact same thing with discharge and odor. I hate the way it makes me feel, and I can't wait for it to be over with. *****Has anyone had any vivid dreams about their delivery yet? I had one last night. My specialist doctor said clearly the date October 17th, then woosh I was in the delivery room getting my epidural for my section. I felt the needle and tube going into my back. It didn't hurt, but it scared the c___p out of me. It was a nightmare. LOL. I had a hard time going back to sleep after that. The good thing was that my husband actually stayed in bed all night. My snoring drives him to the couch in the middle of the night most of the time, but with my lack of sleep last night, he was able to get some Z's. haha.

Mel: I think anxiety is rather normal at this stage....I'm sorry it was so visceral for you. I used to have panic attacks and they are NO fun. Just remember that the feelings pa__s....and that things are most likely just fine and dont' forget to B R E A T H. Angel: Yes, the dreams are part of the natural anxiety that comes along w/being this close to giving birth. In factg, I had a dream last night.....I dreamt that my baby was born with only a head! It turned out that I had some kind of high tech incubator in my home and put the head in there hoping the body was just very small and would grow eventually. It was pretty scary. I think I had it because my OB told me the baby's head was "large." Talk about nitemare, eh? I forget whether I mentioned of not that my C-section is scheduled for Nov. 14th??? Baby brain.

November 14---my birthday!! A very good day for everyone except me to have a baby. : ) If I give birth that day I'll have to change my birthday.

Annishel~I also have a 7 year old son. This is my second and last baby. :) Anna~Thank you for the advice. I'm glad to see that someone else knows exactly how I feel. I had a good day today, so I'm thinking it was anxiety. If it was something else, I would have probably felt the same way today too. I went for my bloodwork and they will call me Monday. I'm sure it's normal. I just have to learn to relax a little more. Angelswim~I figured that I couldn't be the ONLY one going through the discharge smell stage. LOL. Glad again that I'm not alone. No dreams here yet, none at all actually. PERL~I would probably have the same worry as you if I was having a v____al delivery. I hear that is a common fear. It hardly ever happens though, so don't worry about it so much. Happygal~Thanks for your words. I generally can control them when I get them. The thing is I haven't had one in over 10 years, not a full b__wn one anyway. I came off my med's, got preggie, have been doing GREAT considering the no med thing until yesterday, but it was only one day and I am really thinking today that is all it was. It's just more scary getting one and being pregnant, because I have to wonder is it an attack, anemia, sugar? If I wasn't pregnant, I would have totally b__wn it off for a good ole panic attack. We'll find out Monday when they get my blood results. LOL@your dream. A baby's head with no body!! That is too funny!! I'm sure your fear of having a big head had something to do with your dream no doubt. Also, who is delivering Nov. 9th? That is me and DH 10th year anniversary!! Unfortunately, we are not going anywhere to celebrate. :( We were suppose to until we found out I was pregnant. Maybe we will celebrate our 15th instead. I'm sure we will go out to dinner, but no going away. CHRISTA~Where have you been??

For everyone having their baby showers this weekend, I wish you all a beautiful day and tons of good presents!! Eat, eat, and eat some more!! LOL. Have a great weekend everyone!!! XO

HOLY SH*T!... I am in preterm labor! I went in for my routine NST...didn't think too much of it. I did see that I had a contraction...no biggie...we get them all the time right?? I get a few BH's all the time...some days more than others. Well...she said they were going to check me because I was having contractions...I am 90% effaced and a finger tip dilated and a -3 station (good!). It is a tad too early. I need to get through 2 more weeks for comfort...wish me luck!...MEL...as for being smelly...I am like an old woman in a diaper....I leak so I wear a liner...and it is starting to get nasty!...c___p...I am so nervous...anxious...you name it!!!!!!! UGH....