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Hi girls! I know you are all sick sick sick of being pregnant but it is almost over and soon you will be posting (HILLARY I will be happy to post for you) your birth stories and so excited for you new little ones - I am sorry I have been a ghost lately I amm just super busy with Megan - here it is 330 and I have yet to take a shower and better hurry up before my dh gets home...LOL ....I just wanted to share with anyone who is nursing or planning on nursing - this time by day 3 I was ready to give up after the pain of an unexpected c-section I didn't want my b___st/nipples hurting too. Megan and I were not doing well with the nipple shield and my bleeding cracked nipples were on their last leg! My sweet smart mother went on the search for anything that would bring me relief - she came back with nipple cups (medela makes them) and soothing gel pads that help with swelling and the best nipple shields ever!!! Only they weren't technically nipple shields they were NUK nipples for bottles stage one slow flow - they are kind of a tall nipple compared to playtex and such - I placed this nipple over my real nipple and Megan latched on correctly and within seconds I could see the milk flowing through the nipple and it was pain free I have finished my first week of using these nipples and I am completely healed and I put little Megan on my b___st and she latched on perfectly and I nursed her pain free it was great - if anyone wants to see a picture of the nipples I am talking about i will be happy to send some photos.....just don't throw in the towel so quickly I almost did and would have regretted it. Hang in there girls!!!

Hi girls! Tina, send me the pics of the nipples! So they are just nipples for NUK bottles? I have nipples for Medela, Born Free and Playtex bottles, but no NUK. Just let me know. And you put them on your nipples and the baby just sucks the rubber nipple and it works? Wow! I need mine to heal aas I think she is latching ok, but the nipples are sore and it just hurts when she latches on . CHARLI, you and Brooklynn are in my prayers and I hope everything is perfect with her! I'm trying to check in here as much as possible to see when you girls are going to have your little ones! Sounds soon and Hillary I feel your pain girl!!!! I want you to have your baby so bad and understand the frustration!

Oh and YES let's please make a thread on the infant care forum maybe next week or something to get started there. I know I am going to start having lots of questions and stuff with Ava as this is my first and this site has helped me so so much in each stage of this deal :) Maybe name it JULY 08 MOMMIES and then number each thread or something...

Brooklynn seems to be doing much better still am waiting for the results from spinal tap but she is b___st feeding and all...so Im very happy. I am doing good...my c section doesn't hurt at all anymore. I think thats cuz i've been moving around and stuff...I had to start moving and walking and stuff right away. Its been so hard. So how many babies do we have left to come out??

I think there are five of us left. I am being induced on Thursday, then there is CeeCee, Lucky, Samantha, and Pepperperson.

not to many more! I wish you all good deliveries! Im serious I would never wish what im going through right now on anyone....its so hard to see ur baby in NICU when they look heathly I put up bunches of pics of her on my myspace...btw. mypace.com/charlibabe Brooklynn has Dark Green eyes and brown hair now...IM so happy. she is sooo beautiful.

Anyone else as miserable as me? With every little movement the pain is so sharp and stabbling, and it feels as though he is going to rip through my cervix. On top of that I am so incredibly sore that I can barely walk. Thank god the nanny is coming today, and my hubby will be home before she leaves this afternoon. I have been awake since 3:30 this morning in tears from the pain. If it weren't for the fact that I know I will be getting induced on Thursday, I think I would lose my mind. I really feel bad for anyone going past their due date. I did not have pain like this with our daughter. I was uncomfortable in other ways, but nothing this bad. My husband is trying to be supportive and helpful, but there is nothing he can do for me, and I can tell he is frustrated by that. He feels really bad for me and offered to stay home from here on out, but I told him to go. I can manage until Cynthia gets here, and he will be back home by 2pm. It is my daughter I really feel bad for. She wants me to play with her and do all the things she likes, but all I want to do is sit with my feet up, or sit, and I know she doesn't understand. Last night my girlfriend Julie went for a walk with me and then helped me do my last minute grocery shopping. I also bought Madalyn some presents to give her every day I am in the hospital and a special gift for the first day home. My hubby is going to wrap them and we will have them at the hospital with us for when my mom brings her each day. I am just so glad that I am to be admitted to L&D the day after tomorrow. I hope everyone else is feeling better than I am.

mj- I can't believe it's going to be two more days for you. That's great! My appointment went alright. I'm 3 CM and about 75% effaced. She won't break my water because she is concerned that the risk of having to have a C-Section is greater in first time moms when they are induced. She scratched my bag of water, in hopes that today or tomorrow, my water will break on it's own. Then they scheduled me for an induction on Monday, if nothing happens this week. I'm pretty sure she will be here this week though. I had my bloody show last night, so we will see. I'm just soooo tired....I've been trying relaxation techniques, and visualizing my water breaking and her being born. We'll see. Good luck to you other Mommies to be.

Oh yeah, and somehow I lost 7 lbs. I don't know how that happened.

ok so i went to the fetal a__sessment & u/s yesterday. They hooked my tummy up to some heart monitor to monitor the babys heart rate and movement and my contractions if any. Well everything with that went smooth and i even had some come minor contractions but didnt stay unfortunely. She did a u/s and she showed all of Alyssa. What i thought was cool was she showed that she had alot of hair. She was all see this shiny stuff thats her hair and it was like flowing. It was cool. My other 2 daughters had a head full of hair too i love it.. But baby is doing good and is ready whenever whe decides to come. I have another appt tomorrow to sweep membranes and see about inducing so i will let you all know. 6 days late today

CeeCee and Lucky, you are both overdue and I am the one complaining! I can't imagine having to wait until my actual due date of the 24th. CeeCee, 3cm and 75% is a really good starting point, and very favorable for induction if you have to go that route. If you have to be induced, it should go well. Lucky, that is geat that your a__sessment went well. It's too bad though that they wouldn't just induce yesterday. Have a great day ladies.

I am actually feeling some tightness today in my stomach guessing/hoping there contractions i think im going to go walk around a bit.. wish me luck. if nothing i think the sweep tomorrow may help

lucky- sry so long for response from us.. we are great = ] strads doing amazing i put him on his tummy last night at 830 for bed he slept till 4am! it was amazing. =] hows everyone else doing.

I thought you are supposed to lay them on their backs only.? Well anyway, I hope things go well for you tomorrow Lucky. I'm really trying to be patient. Does anyone know if nipple stimulation actually works?

ceecee it hasnt worked for me...

Hey ladies. I got my bedding yesterday! :D IT was so fun watching my boyfriend put together the crib and then putting on the bedding and bumper and stuff. I was all excited. The only thing that sucks is that my nesting instinct is really kicking in right now and since I'm staying back and forth and his parents and mine, I feel like I have to be two places at once. I want to do stuff here at my moms and at his place too. I washed some of the baby's clothes and I had to leave right after so I didn't get to really fix it the way I wanted. So right now it's nagging the heck out of the because I didn't pair off her socks. I want to move her blankets to a different drawer and just do other little things. I know it sounds stupid to everyone else how badly I want to do this...but I really want to do it! It's all I can think about. On top of having this nesting instinct kicking in, it feels like my pelvic bone is about to break! So I'm trying to do all this cleaning and it feels like the baby's just gonna fall out of me! I'm having so much pressure and pain. It sucks :(