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I agree, it took forever to load that last one! lol Ohhhh, I'm so tired but can't sleep. So I decided to jump on the computer and eat a bowl of cereal. I'm so tired of people... everyone's like, "Still no baby?" um, obviously not... I guess I'm just moody. I have my 39 week appointment on Tuesday. Hopefully, they say I'm like 5 cm! lol... that would be nice... probably just wishful thinking though. As of last week, I was 2 cm and 25% effaced, so we'll see what the next appointment brings. Talk to you guys later (yawn)... I gotta go back to bed.............

Chatty if you mean having 1500 people calling every other day to see if you had the baby yet or the MIL always making comments on when am I going to have this baby oh yeah. It seems people just really dont care about what we are going through carrying the baby, sure we would love to have the baby like now but its not up to us. DH and I went to a store and I didnt even make it to the front door without a comment. It was like WTF. First a lady stopped her conversation with her friends to make it a point to point out that it looked as if I should be at a hospital not shopping, Then halfway through the store a man said pretty loud OMG you better hurry up and do your shopping. Guys I feel like a freak show. Rachel I hope you get some good news ;-)

Oh yeah, when I got my hair cut last week I had a couple of people ask me how far along I was and when I said 38 weeks their response was "yeah, it looks like you're ready to pop." Thanks! As if the limping around due to leg cramps, being out of breath all the time, and feeling like I'm going through menopause with hot flashes doesn't make me feel like a freak, telling me I'm huge definitely does the trick! lol But luckily thats starting to calm down more. I did have to tell my mother to stop with her comments as she keeps saying "oh I don't think you'll make it to your due date" and such but after a few consecutive days of everyone asking me if I'm having contractions, still pregnant, etc, they've started to calm down. PHEW. I do have a question, though, but i think I'll post it on the third tri forum.

oh my god, you guys too?!! every day mil calls me and asks how you feeling anythign yet etc etc. and i want to kill her now. like every freakin day sometimes twice a day she calls and i'm thinking geez you'll probably be the first one dh calls anyways. so stupid i feel like punching her LOL. i guess lately i feel like punching everyone. and the aunts the uncles and even all of my friends and dh's friends...baby yet, we get calls emails texts all the time. my sis was telling me that my mom last week was complaining to her that the baby hasn't come yet, and my sisters like the due is two weeks away why is everyone a__suming he should be here. grrrr.......on the other hand, i think i'm going through some sort of nesting phase, because i keep cleaning everything, and i've majorly dropped, so even though last night was the first night in months that i didn't pop tums, the pain in my pelvic area is now crazy. i hope this means he's coming in the couple of days.....not week or two.

Sorry everyone is feeling so bummed out and having to be nice to people who are irritating the hell out of you (: Hopefully we'll have more babies soon!

haha.. early this morning I woke up and the pressure/pain on my hips was killing me. So, I got on my hands and knees and then put my head on the pillow (so my b___t was up in the air, if you can picture that!) and slept that way until I woke up again an hour later. Luckily that was time for BF to get ready for work so I stole his pillow and rearranged things so i could finally be comfortable.

Sims, yay that is awesome! Sounds like you are on your way! Have any of yall lost your plug yet? I have nothing going on... this is getting disappointing,lol. Yeah its suppose to be hitting 90's plus this week here and I am just like okay as if I am not hot enough. yeah AC is gettign cranked!!! Chatty I steal Dh's pillow whenever he gets up too just so I can get a few more mins of comfy sleep that my 4 other pillows wont get me!!! I think its just because I finally feel like I am not going to fall out of bed. RMC how is your lil one doing?

Hi everyone! Little Steven and I are doing great! He was born on May 15 at 12:18 pm and was 7lbs 9 ounces! The surgery and recovery went really well and I was released from the hospital on Saturday. Now things have died down a bit and we are home relaxing. He is so cute and my DH and I could not be happier! The b___st feeding was slow to start but now he's feedling like a champ, with the help of a nipple shield. I will post pics on snapfish, myspace and facebook as soon as I can. Now I have to go feed Steven! Good luck to you all! I can't wait to hear about the new babies!

RED, I lost mine the day after my membrane sweep but other than that not much has been going on. Got checked today (I'll share more about that in a minute) and still at 1cm. RENEE, congratulations!!! ---- So, this afternoon I freaked myself out because I've been noticing that the baby hasn't been moving as much since the membrane sweep. I wasn't really concerned, but I decided to give the doc a call just to make sure and of course they wanted me to come in. So, I did. Baby was still for a while but then he started moving around more, so he's fine, BUT wouldn't you know, I am having contractions! They were pretty regular so I had to stay there and see if they caused any cervical changed. Right at the end of the monitoring they almost completely stopped and no change. Still at 1cm even after the sweep (boo) so I'm home now, still pregnant. At least now its easier for me to recognize when I'm having one. I've had a couple since I've been home, but I am thinking they'll go away over night. But at least somethings going on!

wv_red - baby is good. He was 5 11 at birth and now weighing in at 7, 4. He's still a tiny thing, but putting on good weight. Reneenay -Congrats on your baby boy, can't wait to see pics! Chatty - b___t in the air, that is pretty funny lol. Hopefully your discomfort will end soon.

Red, Chatty, i do the same thing, once dh is up and gone for some reason his pillows are more comfortable lol. i hear you on the hip pain it's so bad at night and in the morning when i want to sleep in i can't because thats when they start screaming. Red, I still haven't lost or seen anything that resembles a mucus plug. then again, i know lots of women that didn't see there's and probably lost it sometime during labor or not....i'm not going by that sign anymore. i'm waiting for the darned pain to begin, i have no idea what to expect or what it's going to feel like but i'm waiting. Reneenay, congrats on your little one. I'm soooooooooooo jealous of you and RMC, can't wait to be in that position. but i figure due date is this weekend, can't be too far off now, even if i'm over can't be over the due date for too long right?! that would be a nightmare.

here's a pet peeve of mine when people say rest now because there's no rest when the baby comes. WHAT REST??? how can they expect you to sleep decently when you're in pain or when you're restless......i hate that when they say that. there's so many women i know that say that. i swear i'll never say that to anyone, if someone complains and says they're in pain or whatever, i'm going to bring on the full sympathy and not downplay what they say. because i now know, and can't believe that women want to do this again. i'm sure i will, but it will have to be when i settle into a little bit of amnesia.

Hey everyone; Renee: Congrats!!!! I'm glad you and your family are OK!!! Ladies, hang in there. Your turn is coming soon, no doubt about that! For those who are interested, here is how it went down for me: I went to the hospital on Saturday (May 10th) for an NST. The hb of the baby was not picking up whenever she moved so they sent me for an u/s (even though I had one the day before and everything was fine). Following that, the OB came to talk to me and said that since I was already over due, there was no reason to keep the baby in there and that the fact that the hb was not picking up could mean that the placenta was degrading. I was induced with a foley catheter at around 4 pm. (i was completely closed and only 25% effaced and the cervix completely at the back). At about 7 pm they started me on a very low dose of oxytocin and the contractions started about 45 minutes later. at about 10 or 11 pm, I was at 3 cm so they took the catheter out and broke my water. OMG, there was a whole lake in there! My belly deflated a lot! about 2 hours later, I was at 4 cm and the contractions really did hurt. I was going to wait until 6cm to ask for the epi but then was thinking: What the hell, why not get one now if I'm going to get one later??? I was lucky cause the anasthesiologist was still at the hospital (they didn't have to call him from home). About 5 minutes after the epi, I stopped feeling the contractions. It was great. About 2 hours later, I was at 6cm and about 3 hours after that, 9 1/2. I was sleeping most of the time. We did have a big scare though because the heart rate of the baby did go down when she descended. I was scared and panicked. My husband was shaking. Eventually the OB told me: you know, if I thought your baby was in danger, I wouldn't be standing here looking at the monitor; I would be prepping you for a csection... I tried to calm down. At 6:30 am I started pushing. It wasn't going well, couldn't feel anything. Once more, the baby's heart rate went down a lot. The OB said she had to get her out quickly so was going to use the vaccuum. She tried a couple times and it didn't work. She then said that she would perform an episiotomy and get her out with the forceps. I totally freaked when I saw the size of those... guys, thank God I had an epidural because that would have hurt like hell... It turned out baby girl had the cord wrapped around her neck once and it compressed every time she was pushed down the birth ca___l. The baby was out in no time and all I could say was: is she breathing, is she breathing??? I immediately heard her and I felt they put her on my chest. I was unable to look, I turned my head, closed my eyes and I cried. Please don't judge me guys, but after ttc for 4 years, and still being scared to lose her during the birth process, I STILL couldn't believe it was true. I know it sounds crazy, but it was truly an emotional time. After about a minute, I calmed down and could hear my husband near her getting cleaned up and weighed, etc. So Victoria was born at 7:24 on mother's day, weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and measured 20 inches. We came home on Tuesday as she was a little jaundiced and everything is fine now. She is a good baby and beautiful too! I posted some pictures on Facebook. Anyhow ladies, I am still overwhelmed by emotions sometimes, but it's getting better every day. I try to take it one day at a time. She has regained her birth weight and above so that means that my milk is worth something! I hope I can keep in touch with you guys, as my family lives away and this forum has truly been a blessing to calm my worries during this pregnancy!!!!! Will write more later!

CG CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That is great! Great name too, hehe. I am so happy for you,after so long of you both trying to finally have your lil girl is amazing. Congratulations to you all!! :-)

Wow cggirl, congrats so much. what a great birth story. I'm very happy for you and your little girl.

So ladies i have an update. i went to the dr's today and the last time i was there he had be do another blood test to test gd. and again he felt the results for the long term (i dont' know exactly what this means) but the long term blood sugar test was abnormal again, and this time he said with the baby being big and my gd, he wants to induce, and i jokingly said this friday and he thought about it and said yes this friday is good. he said he would normally wait a week but doesn't feel comfortable anymore with the sugar tests coming back the way they are....which he still hasn't fully explained to me what is so abnormal about them. either way for another reason i don't know why he sent me to the hospital today for a non-stress test. so i had one of those......so i'm looking forward to this even though i always said that i don't want to be induced.....plus he's absolutely 100% convinced that i'm going to end up with a c-section. we'll see.