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Hi Feb moms!! How is everyone doing these days?? Has anyone asked there docs about the cramps with the braxton hicks? I was having cramps and braxton hicks that went into my back and diareah, my doc said that those are signs often a__sociated with preterm labor and told me no s_x for a week and to take it easy and drink lots of water. I go back on Tuesday for another checkup. My cervix is very tight. Has anyone started dialating? I would love to here updates on how everyone is feeling and what there docs are saying.

ok so i dont know if this is my hormones or not but does anyone read my posts on here? i just feel a little left out on this thread? i dont know if its just me being extra sensative or not?

No angelmonkey, you are not being sensitive. I feel that way sometimes too. I think, at least this is how I feel, that everyone is curious about everyone else and reading their posts, just more concerned or whatever with their own pregnancy- ya know? I love reading everyone's posts. So you and I are due on the same day. I know my baby is head down already and I am wondering if he is engaged. How did your doctor determine that- a scan? I go back in a week and get an internal check- see if I'm dialating yet. I don't think I get another scan unless/until I hit 40 weeks.

thanks kmoselle, i didnt know if it was me or not with these hormones everwhere lol! i think they determined it just by feeling although i did have a scan that. i get another scan 27th jan i,ll be just over 37 weeks. i can feel her head right down there! you should ask your doc when they examine you and feel your belly.........they didnt even tell me i read it in my notes after! do you have your baby stuff ready ect?

I have TONS of baby clothes, bibs, socks, hats and onsies. I also have the crib and layette, b___st pump, diaper bag and some bottles. I have been buying diapers in bulk. But that is it. I am waiting on my baby shower- in 2 weeks- before we buy anything else. We still need the stroller and car seat, a pack-n-play, high chair, a swing, a baby monitor and a bouncer, plus all the bath stuff . Anything that we do not get from our registry at the baby shower, the store will give to us at a discounted price. So we are waiting for the last minute to buy everything! Hopefully our baby shower will yeild us some of the bigger items. If not, we have put away some money for the necessities! What about you- all ready?

Hey ladies! Sorry Angel, I hope I didn't make you feel like that. Like kmo said I think we're all just so busy talking about and thinking about our own pregnancies, but I do love coming and reading what you guys are doing so I hope I wasn't making you feel left out. I'm actually really glad you guys are still around cause it seems like everyone else disappeared. I'm 35 weeks today and I'm still feeling decent other than being tired and not sleeping due to peeing all the time. Today I have some back pain for pretty much the first time the whole pregnancy but I don't know if it's maybe how I was sleeping or baby related. And this isn't baby related but I think I've been clenching my teeth at night or something cause my jaw is killing me and it's not a tooth ache or anything it's like a jaw ache. It sucks. I'm hoping it goes away. I really have a feeling I won't be delivering a second before 40 weeks. I hear everyone else talking about all the BH contractions they are having and this symptom and that symptom and I still hardly have any so I bet I'm the last to go. Do you guys feel anything about that? Any feelings of how long you might go before baby wants out?

I have a strong feeling that I will have him early. I don't know why, but I expect in the next few weeks. I seem to have all the symptoms for pre-term delivery (from what I have read). Baby is head down and has been head down for over a month, braxton hicks, tingling in the hands, severe swelling in hands and feet, extremely low blood pressure and constant diarreah. I know these are just pregnancy related symptoms anyways, I just have a gut feeling he will be here before his due date. I don't know why, because I do know that most first time moms deliver late. My mom delivered a month early with her first and lost her daughter (my sister) a few days later due to underdeveloped kidneys and lungs. My sister had her twins 5 weeks early and they are healthy and happy 1 year olds now! But my other 2 sisters delivered late. So there is no telling for me based on family history. I haven't had any other symptoms- haven't lost my mucus plug, haven't dropped at all yet. Just a feeling, I suppose. I really feel he will be here before he's due! I have this nagging feeling I won't make it to my baby shower. I pray he doesn't come too early. I hope to make it until at least the 37th week. Realistically, though, I am probably just being overeager and wishfully thinking I will get to meet him sooner than later when in all actuality he will probably be here late. I'd rather have him late and healthy than early with problems.

Okay, I hope I don't p__s anyone off or offend anyone but I have to gripe for a min. I belong to another pregnancy website that is a lil more active than this one. There's a ton of members I guess and they all post several times a day, so I typically spend a lil more time there. Anyways, for the past day everyone has just been going on and on griping about how people aren't buying them what they want. Some of them have had family members buy some of their expensive stuff and instead of being grateful they are on there talking about how they are going to tell them to take it back because it's not the one they wanted... are you kidding me? WTF... It's ridiculous, like Christmas has become. No one is in ANY WAY ent_tled to buy you a gift because you're pregnant. We all hope our family and friends will want to help and buy us some nice things but they didn't sign some contract that says, we're friends/family now so I will always get you exactly what you want on every holiday and special occasion regardless of price. People in the states are so materialistic (I know not everyone on there is from the states, but I believe the majority are, like myself). I know it's easy to get caught up in wanting all the cutest, nicest baby stuff, especially if it's your first, but honestly some of the c___p is useless and expensive. Technically if you have something to feed your baby, clothes to put on him/her, some basic toiletries, diapers whether cloth or disposable, a place for him/her to sleep and a carseat you're in business. All the other stuff is only to make life with baby a lil easier and if someone else is willing to save you a couple hundred dollars by buying it for you say thank you not uggg... it's not the color I wanted. OMG. Okay, I'm done. I don't mean to gripe. I do understand that if they are going to buy something and spend so much it should be something you can use but these people are griping like they are selfish, spoiled brats and it just bothered me. My mom who is retired and wants so badly to help more and just can't recently found me a double b___st electric pump on sale for $50 and I felt bad because I know she can't afford it on her fixed income and is struggling to make ends meet anyways. People should get back to the basics of what relationships, friends and family are for. There have been times in my life where I couldn't afford to get people gifts for holidays and/or special occasions and I honestly wanted to but I can't imagine how c___ppy I would have felt if they treated me like that about it and I would never treat anyone like that if they could't afford to buy me exactly what I wanted. I didn't even register for my baby shower. I did a wish list instead... okay I'm shutting up now. KMO... I HOPE I come a lil early but I'm telling you, I'd almost put money on it. I think I'll have him between 39w2d and 41w3d... I just have this feeling. lol I hope I'm wrong though cause I'm so excited to meet him. :)

kmoselle, flybear, angelmonkey: I am so sorry if I madeany one feel left out!! I certaintly dont mean to. I really enjoy this site and talking to my other feb moms!! That is one good thing about my c section, I know that Feb 16th is the latest I will go. I dont really have anything yet! lol, My shower is on the 24th so I hope I dont go in labor before then. Money is so tight I cant afford to buy anything untill I see what I will absolutly need. Like u said flybear... as long as I have the necesities I will be ok. I hope u all are feeling ok....as good as u can at least!! lol!!

Flybear- I hear you about the baby shower stuff! I don't expect anything from anyone, but anything given I would be so grateful for! I asked my family not to buy my Christmas gifts this year, but to use that money for a baby present instead (I understand that everyone is having financial difficulty in our wonderful economy). And I asked my co-workers to donate me some leave time, rather than buy a gift- they keep asking me to register at one of the local baby stores. To me, spending time with my baby is going to be worth SO much more than anything they could buy! I do know that my mom is buying our stroller which comes with the car seat. That is the only item that we are depending on receiving from anyone! And that's cuz she told me she was going to buy it for us. It's also the most expensive thing on our registry. I felt guilty for even having a registry, but I get a 20% discount for everything not bought plus I got an awesome coupon book and a gift card for registering! That will only save me money in the end! Woohoo! I am already clipping diaper and baby lotion coupons, too!

Wow havnt checked in here for a while. Im 35 weeks Thursday. Also have an ultrasound and checkup Thursday. Gotta have an ultrasound every week. They're concerned about her being a low weight. Im actually hoping to got the full 40 weeks. We have an out of state trip starting Jan 28 and we get home Feb. 6. Im due Feb. 12.

its ok girls i think its just me and my hormones lol!! i was just feeling like no one ever replys to me lol! just feeling sorry for myself as you do when your so uncomfortable lol!................ kmosell your nearly osrted then lol! i live in the uk and have never heard of a babyshower lol! i have nearly everything i even have two prams lol! i have clothes up to a year i just need a baby bath, some nappies (diapers as you call them) am planning to b___stfeed so only have two bottles that came with the b___stpump so might pick up a few more just incase...............i,ve got all my stuff for my hospital bag and have even picked out her outfit i want her to wear coming out of hospital..............i,ve probably forgotton something that i wont remember until i need it lol! wow flybear thats some ungrateful people!! i have had nothing bought for me really! i got given a really nice pram that got used once as its one of thoses big bulky ones and my partners mum bought us a lighter one that came woth a carseat............and we have had the odd baby clothes bought for us my mum got stuff like cotton wall nappy bags a baby johnsons box with talc, baby shampoo ect in it......im quite proud that i,ve bought most of it by myself lol! you just have to spot the bargins lol! baby showers are really good ideas though i had to ask my parrtner what they were lol! i cant believe people are that ungrateful after getting that stuff bought for them! flybear im feeling pretty good too!! im not really that tired much of the time either, i hate the waking up about 6 times in the night tho! im quite uncomfortable though as she has dropped......the last few days i,ve had horrible BH to the point they woke me up 3 times last night and hurt so much i felt sick! i had one that lasted about 40 secs then one about 2 mins later that lasted about 50 secs and then one about 15 mins after that that felt like it lasted about 5 mins!! there not as bad during the day but quite noticable............i didnt think they are suposed to hurt that much? kmoselle i have a feeling im going to go early too.........i have no idea why just instinct lol!...........i wouldnt worry some people have loads of symtoms like loosing there plug being dialted ect and still go late and then some get none and it all happens at the last miniute! i wonder which one of us will go first lol! does anyone have there names yet? we are calling our little girl Heidi Marie

We are naming our baby Hunter. Although, we have been calling him that for the last 6 months and I am getting kind of bored with it. Now I like 2 other names, but I still do like Hunter. DH says it is all hormones that I am being so weird about the name but at least he agrees if he does not look like a Hunter, we can decide on another name after we see him. My dh really likes Hunter and he said we can pick one of the other names for our next baby boy. I bought a ton of clothes off eBay. I bought mostly new lots of baby boy clothes up to one year. We live in Florida and it is hot year round, so we I bought mostly summer stuff. The few items that I received that were well worn I resold on eBay or gave away to charity. But with the way babies go through clothes- drooling and spit up and poopy diapers and eventually crawling and getting dirty, I figured most of the 3 months- 12 months would be fine gently used. I bought 4 lots of clothes that came with like 100 items each! I'd say about 70% were never used and still had tags. I have washed them twice already, and I am sure one more time here in the next few weeks! However, I bought all the newborn clothes brand new- that is one thing I was picky about- new clothes for new baby!!! I usually pick up an outfit a week. New baby clothes are expensive!

kmoselle thats exactly what i did, except i didnt get them off ebay i got them from a local women they were in such good condition even the bibs ect were white with not one stain on them! it all looked brand new i got the mosas basket from her too it cost me about £60 alltogether and i thinks its worth over £200 all the stuff there is! you can get really good deals! aww hunter is a nice name! but i supose hecould come out and not look like a hunter at all............i dont have any back up names lol

Today and yesterday I have been feeling horrible- hot, sweaty, naseaus. Oh my goodness, I cannot stop sweating! I feel like a pig! And down really low in my pelvis it feels raw. I don't know how else to explain it, it just feels raw, probably right where his head is sitting just inside my cervix. I can't wait until he comes out. I'm miserable right now! I haven't slept in days, either. I wake up all night long, usually sweating, having to pee or feeling like I am squishing the baby or from nightmares. This is the worst I have felt this whole pregnancy. But I still smile when I feel him moving! Miserable yet happy, frikkin hormones! 5 weeks and a few days to go- can't wait!

My dh and I have a back-up name picked out, Chase, although I want a completely different name! I really like Lincoln and that is what I want to name him. DH likes it too, but wants to wait for second boy. All our friends and family already call the baby by Hunter.