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Hi girls, ah a nice new thread. Well i hear you on the lack of sleep front. I am sooo tired of not sleeping. In fact i am over it. Its not funny anymore. Im constantly awake all th night in agony with my lower back. My mount pillow isnt helping any and i have about 10 pillows in various positions - nothing works. I have resigned myself to the last good nights sleep being sometime in January 08 - it might be my last!!! How is everyone anyway. apart from shattered i mean. My bump is enormous and I feel like i need a 'wide load' sticker applied somewhere. Seriously what is it with people staring when your pregnant!! Also, while im having a moan i may aswell say that i can hardly walk, literally if im on my feet for 10 mins now i have to sit down. Plus im only at waddling speed anyway, so i cant get anywhere. So much for staying active up to the birth!! Anyway, im happy to reach 32weeks this weekend. Thats a nice feeling. My baby is moving so much, some of his kicks or big movements literally stop me in my tracks, wether im walking or talking or whatever, i feel like i cant breathe sometimes. Whilst i love being pregnant on the one hand, i cant wait for the day when hes here!! espcially if it takes my backach away!! x xe

Good morning everyone. Well, let me tell you all, last night was the worst night yet! I could not get comfortable what so ever, I had the constant urge to stretch- every few minutes it was a different body part- arms, legs, neck & I had this constant pain in my back up towards my lungs, like a burning sensation. I've been feeling this way at bed time for about a month now, but usually within 15mins. or so I am able to get settled enough to actually fall asleep. Last night that was not happening. I tossed & turned all night, had most of the pillows from the bed all around me, my b.f. rubbed my legs,arms, & back & nothing helped at all. If anyone knows any way to get some type of relief please share the info w/ me, I'm getting desperate! Are baby girls harder to carry thanboys? I do not recall being this irritable at night w/ my son. Hope you all are doing well- this is gonna be the LONGEST 61 days ever!!!!

Hey everyone, I know you're pain from not sleeping but the last 3 days it has been so cool and rainy here that we have been leaving the window open at night and I have been sleeping like Im in a coma. I still have to pee 3-4 times a night but I fall back asleep so easy its nice. The bad news is that Im the extreme opposite of being constipated today, I dont know what the deal is but Im otherwise fine, so its not a flu. I cant believe I still have 8 wks left, I feel like Ive been pregnant forever! Miss P- Im glad everything is still going well for you!

Well I've been missing for a bit. Glad to read nothing too serious going on. I'm there with you all with the darn no sleep. I usually get up maybe once tho to pee, but definately by 6am. I went into preterm labor at 28 weeks, spent the day in the hospital being monitered with Alexea (14 months) in a stroller. They wouldn't let DH out of work and he wasn't doing anything and was leaving the next morning. I honestly feel hateful towards the military right now. They didn't run any tests or give any medicine and my midwife was very suprised. My cervix was opened and I was contracting. It started with back pain the night before so I went in the morning. I had been getting very sharp cervix pains and what I thought was bh contractions for a while. When I went to see the midwife a few days later I had dialated to a two and measured barely 24 weeks at 29. I had an ultrasound, of course won't find out any bad news til my next appt on the 13th. I asked a bunch of questions tho, fluid is 11cm so fine and baby measures to date, all she would say on the cervix was it looked "ok." Then nothing else, I didn't even get a picture : (. She kept making furrow eye brows when she took some measurements, not sure if thats just how she looks when shes concentrating or if she just couldn't tell me stuff. He is breach but I did a few exercises last night including a long bath. I rubbed his head down and his bum up and he was transverse with a lot of wiggling. After I got out and finished some dishes and laundry, I layed down and read and he started moving again so I tried to feel how he was laying, I couldn't find his head at all, normally (even tho I thought it was his b___t for a while) his head was jammed into my ribs and there was no missing a hard lump. Hopefully he stays if he did turn. I have to see a fetal a__sessment unit on the 26th and each week following. MISS P - Its good to hear its just normal things these days for you!! Although I know how uncomfortable it can be too. Oh yea I seen some of you talking about facebook ( Brittany Mitchell )and myspace (myspace.com/britt_colton), I only have belly pix and stuff on my website tho. Please check it out, I love comments (who doesn't!!) and my little girl is a riot!! lifeis1drful.piczo.com

Oh Saird I added you to facebook : )

Hey everyone i feel so big 2day i feel like i am going to pop...i have and u/s on the 14 and then i have a dr appt with my dr about c section..... which i really don't want...please!!! don't tell my ma that she don't even want me to think about having it natural.....i am so sleepy going to the bathroom 3 to 4 times a night....i went to a birthing cla__ss the other night and it was real nice they said they now have the tubs so you can labor in them....only 8 weeks to go after Sunday and still don't have the babies room ready dh said he was going to do it NOT he is talker not a doer...(lol) well i have my baby shower 2morrow that my mama and sister are giving me and i have to work so you know it will be a long day for me...Good luck everyone

Yay- I finally got a good nights sleep last night! It was pretty cool out, so we decided to turn the air off (it doesn't really cool down upstairs anyway) & open the bedroom window & put a fan in it. Boy am I glad we did! It got so cold in our room, I slept like a baby all cuddled up in the comforter! The only bad part was I didn't wanna get up for work! Britt I'm gonna search for you & add you on myspace & facebook when I get home from work- can't do it here- working for the state they block most of the good sites, lol. Mrssandy- I'm with you on the feeling big part. Almost every time I attempt to sit up I wind up back in my chair- still haven't perfected trying to get up. & getting out of bed is just as bad- I can't sit up, I have to roll out of it! Going up the stairs is a project as well- my b.f. laughs, but I have to lean forward as I'm walking up, or I start tipping backwards. The joys, the joys, lol. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

Saird Oh my gosh your preggo pix are just beautiful!! I wish I had the perfect bump like that! I totally envy you : ). My bump is rather small and sets low. Hope everyone is enjoying they're weekend, DH comes home on Sunday!!!

Thanks Britt, but I won't lie, the photographer and her lighting make it look a whole lot better! I envy you the small bump, mine feels like i"m ripping apart already. I don't know how to make it till 40 weeks! Mine is actually quite low too. You must be glad for DH to come back. Mine's on nights right now andI hate it when he's gone for one night!

Catsmommy your belly bump from 24 weeks is adorable! Definitely put up a recent one when you can. It's nice to put a face to someone you keep having conversations with on the forum. Britt you should put some belly pics on facebook too so I can see them. It's cooler here today and rainy and I feel so much better. I'm doing some mental visualizations, telling this baby to come at 38 weeks, that's only 6 weeks away for me! It would be so nice if it worked, however I won't count on it, I"ve never been early, actually I've never even gone into labour on my own....

Aryanna - your pictures are absolutely amazing! I'm speechless and in awe. They are just so beautiful. Funny you say that about putting additional pictures up of myself... I've gained so much weight since my 24wk pic, I'm to embarra__sed to put any more up! I was doing good for a while, then I just tuned into a monster. I know I should embrace the way I look but I'm so uncomfortable. I've got to get more pics up on facebook of me and my family - all my pics are on myspace. Well... my new mattress arrived this afternoon. We'll see if I can actually get a good nite's rest this evening! Hope you ladies are all doing well. It's been cool in Chicago lately - I'm just lovin' it.

Catsmommy, I hear you on the weight gain. I had 3 weeks between my last appts and I gained 5 lbs. I was shocked. I think most of it has been since week 24 as well. I can't seem to slow it down and I hate it. I realize the baby is gaining weight, but I also gained way too much with my son and am hoping not to have to go through the whole trying to lose weight thing again after. It is SOOO not fun. I think I've gained 25 lbs so far, which was my goal for the end so apparently I'm going over what I wanted... I'm just so hungry all the time!!

Hi Saird, me too, im up about 22 pounds and i was aiming for 25 - so thats definitely not going to happen. I figure ive got 8wks to go and if i could keep it to a pound a week then 30 pounds isnt so bad. But how feasible that is when im craving icecream is another thing!! And im so hungry all the time too. I hope this just goes after the birth and i can start eating normal amounts again. Im hoping that i can b___st fed and that will help. Is anyone else scared that they wont be able too? I havent had any leaks or anything weird happening with my nipples yet, apart from swollen b___bs and darker skin etc. No sign of milk. What if it dosnt happen? Im really worried about that. Also me and dh are having last minute doubts about the name were calling the baby, after calling him Tyler all the way since 15weeks when we found out he was a boy, before that he was called lil sarah because we thought he was a girl!! But now we feel like we want to change the name. Well actually its me whos having doubts and i feel bad because i know my dh liked Tyler a lot. H says he dosnt mind, but i still feels guilty. We have 2 others we like instead. Is this normal do you think, and will i regret it after?? x x

Aryanna - I've gained 25lbs as of 3 weeks ago. I've got my next appt this Wed the 13th. I'm so super scared to hop on that scale again. I know I've gained a ton more - I can see it in my legs. My goal was to gain 25lbs total, but that already went through the window 3 weeks ago! I haven't been walking either, like I did. I was walking 2-3 miles 3-4x a week. I get so tired so quickly, I can't even make it up the stairs from doing a load of laundry without huffing and puffing! MissP - I'm a little nervous about nursing. My daughter never latched on - I tried for 4 weeks and it just never happened for me (or her). My b___sts are already leaking... probably about 1-2 weeks now. Not every day however, just every so often but it's always around bedtime. I am SO determined to nurse this time around. I hear a lot of first time mommies have a hard time with nursing and usually when number 2 rolls around, it gets easier. So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!! I think it's completely normal to be concerned about what names to pick - I don't have any good advice in this area... our son is being named after my father-in-law. I think if you go armed with a few names when you get to the hosptial, once you look at his little face, it'll come to you what name belongs to him : )

Jen - When is your shower??? Hee, hee... so exicited! Be sure to post pics on Myspace.

Hi everyone! Mari- I had my baby shower at work yesterday & got a few nice things off of my registry that I did not expect. My staff also pitched in together & made food, got a cake, & gave me a $75 gift card to babies r us. I did not realize how much some of the people cared. So, I have a new dilemma. There is this other supervisor, she plays like she is your friend to your face, but then tries to hang ya at work for any little thing she can. I also had problems w/ her before- she used to have "relations" w/ my ex-father in law & when me & ex-husband were really going through it- such as when I had him banned from entering my workplace-(we have a guard at the front entrance b/c it's a state psych. hospital) this woman took it upon herself to call my ex-father in law & tell him. She has also done a bunch of other things along these lines which could have gotten me seriously hurt beings my ex has bi-polar & can become very violent. This is where the problem lies- she is my b.f.'s mothers next door neighbor. I asked that she not be invited to my family baby shower & b.f.'s mom said it was too late, b/c she already sent the invitations out. My b.f. then told her to tell that woman she can not come & she said she doesn't have the heart to. My thing is that if you are constantly trying to screw me, why would you even want to come? She has even tried to weasel her way into the planning! I really dislike this woman, & can not tolerate her. Would I be wrong by approaching her myself & asking that she not come? This is such a special time in my life that I only want to share w/ those that care about me & that I care about. Please give me some advise a.s.a.p.! I am ready to just b__w up at this woman!