Expecting Mommies~July 2009!

[obraxton]

Amber, stay hydrated...you're in teh south somwhere right???? Anyway, yes that will cause cramping, I was warned about preterm labor during the summer b/c of hydration would cause cramping and contraction, and at 36 weeks it happened. Also you wanna stay hydrated now b/c my amniotic fluid started to get low, it helps a little bit.

[MeekNHumble]

Hi ladies - just checking in. All is well. Bedrest is hard, but necessary for me and Christian, so I am making the best of it. My nurse told me that the doc's goal is to get me to 34 weeks, so it looks like I'll be here for the next 5 weeks or so...maybe longer. I was cramping like CRAZY today and thought I was in labor. I was freakin out, until I got hooked to the monitor. No contractions, so my nurse gave me 64 oz of water to drink. I feel a little better. But, when I went to urinate a while ago, I started having a terrible pain on the side. I just collected uring to give to my nurse and she is going to have it tested to see if I may have a bladder infections ().

Oh, and my nurse thinks I got a false positive from my OB in regards to the GD. After the betameth was out of my system, my sugar levels have been PERFECT in the am and after each meal. My doc ordered an AC1 test...I'm still waiting on the results. Anyways, I don't think I have GD at all (praise God). I'm lovin the diet they have me on tho...I'm going to stick with it when I leave here.

Well, that is it for now. Thanks again for your support and prayers. I really appreciate them all. You ladies are the best! .

Meek

[Cryssi]

Just a quick fly by to catch up...

Jessica, youre blobs are PERFECT! I am so happy for you!

Meek, You are in my thoughts.

Hope all is well with everyone else.

AFM, same ole, same ole here. Insulin shots 3 times a day (not.fun.at.all.) but I gotta do what I gotta do. We should hopefully be setting the date for the c-section soon too.

[Gracie514]

Amber ~ I was thinking about trying Jenny Craig because I'm in my sister's wedding next July. I know that you did very well on it. I went to their website and they don't give you any info on the cost. Can you tell me a little about it and how much it will cost me? Thanks

[AsmallerME]

Dessa - yes, I'm in hot FL. I'm drinking as much as I can to make sure I'm hydrated. Thanks for the advice. I always appreciate it.

Gracie - okay, JC was not cheap. I won't lie. I signed up originally under a $20 plan. They usually run promotions where it's $20 or $36 to join for a limited number of weeks and/or pounds. They also have their "lifetime" plans and other long term plans. You have to be a member to go so you have to join something, either the short term cheap plans or the long term plans. The cheap plans usually don't come with any big perks but the long term plans usually have incentives.

Once you join one of them, you get to meet with a counselor as much as you want, but they recommend at least once per week. There are no costs to meet with the counselor but I believe it says in fine print somewhere you have to purchase at least $50 worth of food to do so.

The frozen food was really good but cost more than the non-frozen, shelf-stable food. The non-frozen stuff was soft canned and very convenient but I hated 99% of it. I loved 99% of the frozen stuff. There are 4 weeks worth of menues that rotate all of the different meals out so you try everything w/in the first month. You can make substitutions right from the start, which is what I did. I never ate something I knew I wouldn't like and never ate something that I didn't like more than once. So that was nice.

I'm telling you all of the above to warn that you can do it a bit cheaper if you eat cheaper stuff but I picked the most expensive stuff and my bill for food was about $100 - $120 per week. On top of that, you have to add milk, fresh veggies, and fresh fruits. So I spent another $20 or so at the grocery store for my extras.

I signed up for one of the expensive plans that had incentives after I decided I liked it. After the first 30 weeks you start saving 30% off the food prices so I was always under $100 week for food but it still wasn't super cheap.

If you do it, you can make it cheaper but skipping things like their salad dressing packets, their vitamin bars, their vitamins, and using your own cereals or things that are easy to measure out and keep portion control. You are only obligated to spend $50 on the weeks you go in but you aren't obligated to go. So you can skip a week. Or do it by the book for a month and then eat more "meals on your own."

Let me know if you have any other questions. I do recommend it as a good tool for learning to eat balanced meals/low fat meals. It taught me great portion control and DH and I are already thinking about finding ways for us to be able to afford me to do it again for at least 12 weeks or so after having the baby. I know it will jump start my WL again and get me in the right direction.

[jbird3]

Gracie - How much weight do you have to lose? I did Jenny Craig and yes while it will work, so will just about anything you commit to stick to. And just like with anything else, the moment, you stop doing it and go back to old "bad" habits, the weight will creep back on. I say this because I don't want you to spend all this money to be in shape in a year (which if you don't workout you won't be in shape anyway you'll just be what they call "skinny-fat"), when you could follow low carb or weight watchers or just eat Lean Cuisine for a year or just a low glycemic index plan and lose as much or more for A LOT less stress on the wallet. As someone that has gained and lost lots of weight a couple times, my advice is to workout (join a gym if you have to though i prefer to workout at home - have lots of choices and Schedule it every day), drink your water and find a plan that looks like it will work with your lifestyle (it does not have to be what most other people do, it has to be what you know you can deal with and stick to personally). A year is an awful long time to get to where you want to be, you can do it economically. Basically with plans like Jenny Craig, you are paying for accountability and the food they provide. Eventually they will ease you off the food, off your counselor also and you'll be doing it on your own anyway. I think you can totally do it, with a friend or ediets.com or something similar. My personal advice is, if you don't think you can stick to a plan on your own, you would better invest your money in a real therapist (with a degree) to help you understand and work on the way (you and many of us) use food to soothe emotions and self sabotage. That therapy will help you long term, that is money well spent. Just my two cents. Good luck. I have faith you can do this. By July of next year you could do wonders with your body. Shoot, just doing a 90 day plan like P90X, you could take your body fat down significantly, just think if you did 4 rounds of it between now and July 2010. WOW I can't imagine how hot you'd be lookin'. Or 6 rounds of Slim and 6. Both of these plans come with a diet plan. Another one that is excellent is Chalene Extreme, it is only 30-40 min 6 days a week. If you combined that with some extra walking...shoot you'd be model ready long before a year. We already know what it takes to lose weight, it's the part of making ourselves do it that is the issue. I think ultimately we all have to find that part of ourselves anyway whether you end up doing Jenny Craig or not. It's only that if you don't find it while you lose all that weight with "her" you'll be pissed at yourself for "wasting" all that money. If you gain it all back after doing it on your own, you'll be kickin' yourself but at least you will not have spent a mint in the process.

Good luck!

[Gracie514]

Amber ~ Thank you for your review of JC. Wow, it is pretty expensive. I was thinking of trying my own version by myself. Would it be similiar to using a protein or Atkins bar for breakfast with fruit, a frozen meal for lunch with a salad or fruit, and a well balanced dinner? I read that JC is about 1200 calories per day. The only thing I would miss would be weigh-ins and support from a counselor. But I read some reviews and everyone basically said that the counselors were nice but didn't really know anything about nutrition - they were pretty much diet food salespeople. I see all the commercials and they make it look so easy I did LA Weightloss about 7 years ago and did lost about 35 pounds but gained it all back after I went off of it. UGH, why is this such a struggle?

Jenny ~ Thank you too for your point of view. I'd like to lose 50 pounds total and that seems like such a huge goal right now. I'm confused and just not sure what program to follow. It always seems like nothing works. I know that Erin is my last child and I'd like to get the weight off for good. I always kind of had the excuse in the back of my mind that I was going to have another baby so what was the use of losing the weight now ???? Kind of a silly way to think right? But now I know that I can't use that excuse anymore and I just really want to be healthy and thinner. I would love someone to just tell me what to do, you know? I would love to join a gym but I don't know if I can find any free time in between work, kids, football, cheerleading, homework, hubby-time, etc. I do LOVE t-tapp and I've had great results in the past but I always lose motivation a few weeks in. So, you see I'm just a red hot mess!!! LOL I need a plan.

[AsmallerME]

Gracie - I started heavier than you and started at 1700 calories. I think they would start you at 1500 calories. I don't have my menu in front of me and haven't done it since January, but a typical day would be this:

B: hot oatmeal, bowl of multi-grain cereal, or frozen pancakes; piece of fruit; glass of skim milk (around 300 calories)
S: "vitamin bar" - this can be swapped for a low fat yogurt or piece of string cheese
L: frozen meal (lunch meals were between 300 and 400 calories typically); small salad or veggie; serving of low fat dressing
S: piece of fruit
D: frozen meal (dinner meals were between 300 and 500 calories typically); veggie, serving of fat - either in dressing or bit of butter on veggie
S: fruit; milk; JC dessert option (usually 100-200 calorie) that was usually a small bag of cookies, a slice of cheesecake, a small brownie, etc.

It was similar to WW in that you could eat an unlimited amount of "free" veggies - things that are low carb. You could also eat up to 3 extra things from a list. The extra things were like fat free whipped cream, watermelon, melon, berries, and a few other random things like fat free jello.

The key was eating every 2-3 hours and making sure to eat all of your calories. So if you do it on your own, try to eat often and start with at least 1500 calories. They'd give you more if you were exercising often. The food was similar to lean cuisine but it did have less sodium and seemed to be slightly higher quality, but not much.

Jenny - I agree with you that any plan will work if you work the plan but you can't expect it to keep working if you go back to old habits.

[jbird3]

Gracie - You are totally right about the counselors. I knew more about nutrition than they did. The other thing was, she had never even been fat before therefore she really can't relate to the emotional turmoil underneath it. They are sales people plain and simple. They make commission....so we all know how that goes. As with politicians some may have had the best intentions when they got in there, but honestly it usually comes down to the $$ in one way or another.

I'd be happy to help you by being an accountability partner or something. I really think #1 if you didn't think of that 50 lb number and thought of it more like a goal of 1-3 pounds a week, it would feel so much more doable. Even if you only lost one pound a week from now until July you'd still lose the weight, but most likely you'll lose more. Some weeks it will be .5 pounds others will be 2 or more pounds, it's just the way it works. Some weeks I'd even gain a little, but if you are working out that is perfectly fine. We all know muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less room. And if you could at least get 30 min of exercise in 4 days a week at first and make your way to 6 days a week (or for longer on your 4 days) you'd already start seeing a difference. I realize our lives are busy but it all comes down to how much we want something, right. When my husband was working all the time and the kids were really young, I knew the only way I'd get to workout is if I got up 60-90 minutes before they did (which usually meant 4:00am or 5am). It took going to bed earlier and a lot of commitment on my part to do that and I didn't wake up one day without thinking about staying in bed, BUT I felt so much better facing the day knowing that was done, I was in a better mood, lost the baby weight a lot quicker and was able to eat a little more because I was burning those extra calories.

Anyway I totally agree with Amber, everything you will hear from a trainer or read in any fitness magazine or nutrition book will tell you to eat 6 small meals a day. It keeps your metabolism/blood sugar levels in check and never leaves you so starving you gorge out on food. My problem is usually the "small" part of that statement.

Meanwhile I always go back to two statements to keep me motivated:
"The difference between a goal and a dream is a plan." And "You can make excuses or you can "fill in the blank" but you can't do both.

There are so many free resources on the internet that will "tell you what to eat and do" so if that is what you want you can totally find it.

I don't know which plan I'm doing after the baby is born yet, but one thing is for sure I know I have to follow some type of plan for a long period of time (or I won't see results), but I don't like being told exactly what to eat.

When I hear "it seems like nothing ever works" I can usually come to one of three conclusions, either the person has a real underlying medical condition metabolical or otherwise, they didn't stick with the plan long enough or close enough, or they weren't on the right plan for their body. (Some people simply can not handle sugar or high glycemic index carbs in any fashion) So if you know you have stuck with the plans you've tried you may need to go get your thyroid checked and whatever else the internist suggests.

One last thing to consider too, if you have any type of depression, that will help your body hang on to weight in the middle especially. So that may be something to think about too.

Like I said though, I'd be happy to help you. I love fitness and nutrition. It's helps to surround yourself with people that support you (harder to find than you think...even the people that love you often encourage bad habits because they don't want to change their own way of life and you changing yours draws attn to that) and with reading material that motivates you. (Unlike my mother that constantly watches the food network....lol.) The other thing is, find something that helps motivate you to get your exercise (and water) in every day (or whatever days you've decided on). Like say you like to watch Access Hollywood every night, or read before bed, or talk to your bff on the phone, or get on Facebook or you like to have a pudding or whatever is your "little treat", if you didn't get your "movement" (or water) in that day then you don't get your "treat".

Meanwhile just keep changing things up, variety is the spice of life. If you eat the same things constantly or do the same workout you'll get bored and quit. My number one rule is: Never go more than two days without working out. After two days it's so easy to keep nixing it even for someone that loves to workout.

[Potaty]

Jenny~Great post!

I hired a doula today and I am soooo excited! I am paying part of her fee and then the rest she will redeem with massages, can't beat that! I am having lots of pressure and BH. One more week until I see if any progress has been made.

I hope you are all doing well!

[MeekNHumble]

My pressure is creeping UP slowly but surely. The nurse just checked and it was 150/105 . My BP meds have been increased. Please pray that the Lord will intervene and stabilize my BP at a safe level for me and Christian. Thank you .

[aunatural]

Meek~ Lots of and for you and Christian.

[MeekNHumble]

Originally Posted by aunatural

Meek~ Lots of and for you and Christian.

Thanks Tracey!!

[Tinkerloo]

Been thinking about you and your family a lot Meek - I hope all is going well tonight. Prayers and love to you.

Nothing much new to report here, except I can't believe that Ada will be 2 months old on Saturday. She hit 8lbs on her 8 week bday Monday - she's looking like a real little baby now instead of the teeny thing she was - she's still tiny to me though! I'm still struggling along with a lower milk supply which is challenging and having to supplement still - and now having to deal with some potential sensitivity to the formula. I just want some peace in this area soon.

Also still trying to figure out what I'm doing work wise. These are the times that I wish I had savings for - but all of that went when caring for my parents, so now it's non-existent.

Wow, I'm falling asleep at the computer - thought I was going to get to write more personals, please forgive me - time to jump into bed.

Big hug to all of you -

[AsmallerME]

Amy - happy 2 months to Ada! Get some sleep and good luck on making the career path decision. It sounds like you have decent options so hopefully you can pick between then soon.

Meek - I'm praying for you. Hopefully the increased meds will decrease your bp. Try to relax and think happy thoughts for your little one.

AFM, not much is new. We are trying to get a few things done around the house that we've put off so it's tiring and expensive. But they need to be done and having a baby soon is great motivation. My goal for this weekend is to buy the carpet, buy some new bras and shirts for work, and then to relax the rest of the time. I need lots of sleep.

[Gracie514]

Jenny ~ What a wonderful post, you're very encouraging. My plan is to start Monday when I get back from vacation and go back to work. If I can lose 1 pound a week I'll get to my goal by the wedding. I always seem to sabotage myself and I don't know why. Before I got pregnant I had lost 24 pounds and was a roll. Now it seems like the scale is stagnant but I have been at the lake for two weeks. I haven't been eating bad, just not 100% on plan and some added cocktails. I agree that reading about health, exercise, and nutrition motivates me too. DS and DD start football and cheerleading on Monday evening so I can walk the track every night with Erin in her stroller. I really need to decide on an eating plan and just stick with it. I'm really motivated and I want this to be the last time I have to lose the weight. I've lost the same 25 pounds about 100 times! So, whenever you're ready I'd love if we could keep eachother accountable. Thanks for all the support!

Meek ~ Prayers for you and Christian. Each day longer in your belly is so important.

Amy ~ Wow! 2 months old already! Erin will be 3 months on August 4th and she's about 14-15 pounds right now - she's my little chunky monkey. Hopefully you'll figure out the formula supplementation. Erin is on
Similac Sensitive and she doesn't have any problems whatsoever.

Amber ~ I can't believe the amount of food you get on your list! My mind is so warped in thinking you can't eat and lose weight. I think your menu is totally doable. 1500 calories is probably a good place for me to start too. I'm going to take the weekend to really think about how I want to do this. I wish their was a magic pill and I'd wake up thin!

[DisneyPrincess]

Meek Hang in there

I had an appointment this morning. Everything is fine but I have this nasty rash on the back of both my legs. If it spreads I need to go back and get it checked out further.

I get another ultrasound in 2 weeks to check my low lying placenta. I am excited I get to see my little man again

[Tinkerloo]

Quick run through to check on Meek and say hello to everyone - we're off to our weekly breastfeeding workshop in a bit, or as I call it "booby school".

Gracie - How come Erin is on the Sensitive formula? We tried that one first but noticed no difference in her belly distress so moved onto the Alimentum (stinky!) I still think the distress is the same for the most part, and she's pooping less now - but the doc said to try the Nutramigen after this can runs out to see how that one does.

I hate having to wake her up to go out, but it's time to go Oh! On cue I hear her stirring

Have a good day all -

[jbird3]

Meek - bummer! I'm so sorry to hear your body is not cooperating. You seem like you are in excellent hands though and they are watching you like a hawk. Didn't you say they were already giving you steroids for his lungs before? I hope so just in case. I'm just glad you are in the hospital as hard as that is I'm sure. I'll keep prayin'.

Amy - I can't believe it's been 2 months either. Wow I bet she's adorable though and doing new stuff every day. I was watching some home videos of when my boys were babies and toddlers and it's just so strange to me. I barely even remember that time because they were all so demanding of me physically and emotionally at the same time (they were all a year apart - all in diapers at the same time etc., we had just moved and I didn't know anyone where I lived and my DH worked ALL the time.) I'm looking forward to really focusing on Griffin and enjoying all the moments I feel like I missed with the others because it really does go by so fast as "they" always say. Anyway good luck at "booby school". I think I've decided I'm going to nurse this one. I think the swine flu thing has just thrown me over the edge. I'm hoping that while my boobs will look horrible and sag for the rest of my life, that little bit of extra protection may spare him. Who knows, one thing I do know is, if I don't nurse, I'll blame myself even though rationally I know it won't be my fault if God forbid something bad were to happen.

Disney - Could the rash be PUPPS? I've read about that in some of my pregnancy update emails.

Katy - Awesome on the doula! I wish I had something to barter. I always used to say to my DH I wish we could all just go back to the barter system.....he's always got his mind in the gutter of course and says, "Well the things you are best at, I surely don't want you to be bartering." I guess that is a compliment but he's just gross. LOL!

Gracie - Don't feel bad about the self - sabotage....I think the majority of us do that. The fact we are aware of it is the important part and arm yourself for what you are going to do when it starts. I think we just really have to watch our self talk...you know that tape we play in our heads over and over again that no one else knows about but us. For me if I don't focus so much on what I want to look like or the number I want to see on the scale, but more on what I want to feel like and being healthy to be a great example to my kids and be able to run and play with them and my grandkids one day...unlike my own mother, I tend to get through better. Because then it takes me out of the "you'll never be able to wear this or that or you've never made it to that weight before what makes you think you'll do it this time" or " you deserve that cake or that treat...life is too short" or, or, or,.... you name it. I think keeping a journal and jottin' down some of the ways you've felt in the past when you quit your plan, what was happening in your life at that time is helpful so history won't repeat itself. The other I like to remember is no matter what negative things you tell yourself, time is going to keep on.....you can either be smaller this time next year, the same or bigger. So even if you have a set back, it's still to your advantage to keep tryin' cause time aint stoppin' right. PM me for my email address, when you decide on your plan. And we'll go from there, I'm not due until the end of August but I could still stand to do a bit better between now and then but I dont' plan on going hard core until after he makes his arrival. Have fun on the rest of your vacation.

AFM - The hip pain is just freaking horrible on the left side and not getting any better. I'm not even trying to sleep in my bed anymore that is where it's the worst. It is going to be a LONG month is all I gotta say. Sleep deprivation.....not fun but good prep for what's to come. However on an up note my bronchitis, or whatever it was my son and I had, seems to be almost all better. Although my bff was talking to me on the phone about her dentist apt today and said something that was gross and I gagged and dry heaved right on the phone ....that is the weirdest thing isn't it?? I mean...seriously I must have a very vivid imagination to just hear about something and it make me feel sick. CRAZY!!

My diet really s*cks right now. Here is what I've been able to eat today: 1/2 c. coffee, 1 pop tart, 1 butterscotch pudding and an ice water...this is all day....by dinner I just don't even want to think about food, I just feel yuck. I've been making myself eat dinner because I just don't think it's good not to, but I never feel good afterwards. I don't understand this. Weird. Has anyone else experienced this with any of their pregnancies. I NEVER have usually I wanted to eat everything under the sun. One thing I'm doing non-stop is crunching ice. I crave that....good thing it's not coins or sand like the Pica people. Yikes!

[Gracie514]

Jenny ~ You are so motivational! I wanted to comment on the craving and chewing ice - that's a sign of anemia or low iron. My friend just went through all kinds of testing because she has been chewing ice for a few months and here she is anemic. They thought she was losing blood somewhere in her body but they couldn't find anything. They diagnosed her anemic and she's on a high dose iron pill and she has improved greatly. I'd maybe call your doctor because it's a tell-tale sign of low iron.

Dessa~ Yay for good poopie! Isn't it funny the little things that make us happy. Keep your chin up on the dieting, it's so hard especially after having a baby. My body is totally different than it was 10 years ago. I just try to remember it's for the best reason in the world.

Amy ~ I switched her on my own from Similac Advance to Similac Sensitive because she was having gas so bad that she would cry and get fussy until the gas came out. Once I switched her she had no problems whatsoever. Sometimes it's hit or miss until you find the right fit. Good luck at boobie school!

Katy ~ Everytime you talk about massages I get jealous! I would love to get a back/leg/neck/foot massage. My feet and legs are always aching for some reason????

AFM ~ It's raining AGAIN today and we're under a flood watch until 4 pm. This sucks! Tomorrow is supposed to be better. I can't believe I only have one weekend left and I go back to work. I've been off for a full 12 weeks with Erin so I know I need to go back but it breaks my heart to leave her. I know my mom will be there with her but I'll miss her so much. I'm going to play the Lotto today in hopes of winning and not going back to work!

[DisneyPrincess]

Thought I'd sare Kyle's nursery with you all. I think it is about done



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[Cryssi]

Originally Posted by DisneyPrincess

Thought I'd sare Kyle's nursery with you all. I think it is about done



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I love it!!!

[Gracie514]

Originally Posted by DisneyPrincess

Thought I'd sare Kyle's nursery with you all. I think it is about done



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Very nice!

[Potaty]

Meek~Hope you and Christian are doing well today!

Jackie~Kyle's nursery is really cute! I love the puppy/boy quotation on the wall, very cute!

Amy~time goes by so fast, doesn't it? I hope booby class went well.

Amber~things do get expensive, don't they? I have been much more thrifty this time around, plus you get to use a lot of stuff over again and that helps a ton.

Jenny~glad you are finally feeling better! And I echo Gracie's input on the ice chewing, I heard it can mean anemia too.

Gracie~You might add some magnesium to your supplements, that might help with the achiness/tiredness in your legs. Natural Calm is an awesome product and you can probably find it at any health food store. It makes you sleep good, too!

AFM~My nesting urge and energy has finally kicked in! I didn't experience it with Tucker and it is so helpful! I sent Tucker to GMa & GPas today so I could focus on cleaning. My goal was Aug. 1st and that is tomorrow. I pretty much have everything done (still need to make our bed and do the bathrooms, yuck). I will still have laundry to do, but that is a neverending chore anyways. For the nursery I am still waiting on my dad to paint the crib and then I can finish that all up.

Does anyone else have nursery pics they'd like to share? I love seeing them! I will post mine when it's all complete (hopefully sometime in the next couple of weeks).

Edited to say: didn't realize netrition carried Natural Calm, they have it for an awesome price! My mom sells it for $39!

[Potaty]

I know we were all talking about Facebook the other day and I meant to say this then. I am a little weird about posting my full name in the thread, but if anyone cares to be FB friends, just PM me. Oh, and you have to promise to not be offended by some of the things I may say on my page from day to day, haha.

[DisneyPrincess]

Do you all have days where the baby doesnt move much? I have barely felt him today and I am a little worried

[jbird3]

Katy - LOL! I will reiterate your comment. PM for my FB name and know you may be offended from time to time...well unless you agree with me of course. LOL!!

And Gracie and Katy - I will totally ask about the anemia thing. It would not surprise me, after I had my first son I was so anemic (I didn't know it) and I called 911 because I didn't feel right, I had just gotten home the day before from the hospital (c-section) and couldn't stand up without feeling dizzy and sick. Ends up I was severely anemic...My doctor was PISSED because apparently the nurses are supposed to check that before they release you. But honestly I was like shouldn't she have checked instead of blaming the nurses. Whatever.... anyway they put me on Rx Iron and I was better soon. But I'm glad y'all told me because that is gonna be an issue with the blood loss during the section...so I'd better get to taking extra now...I only have 24 more days...I hope I can make a difference in that amt of time.

Disney - There are days Griffin moves less than others. I really don't stress about it unless it was A LOT less. Plus he moves certain times a day like he's havin' a dance party in there and the rest of the day like he's totally asleep. But when I do get a little freaked, I can push on him and he wakes up and will let me know he's still there....annoyed that I woke him up I'm quite sure. But obviously if it's worrying you, call your Dr. Better to be safe than sorry.

Well I'm off to the pool before it rains....gotta get some energy out of these kids before later when I blow my top because they won't settle down.

As for the nesting I've got it too. My house has never been cleaner. Though I still haven't taken out the baby stuff...y'all know about my superstitiousness around that. I know I'm a total freak but oh well I embrace my crazy.

Talk to y'all later,
Jenny

[Gracie514]

Originally Posted by DisneyPrincess

Do you all have days where the baby doesnt move much? I have barely felt him today and I am a little worried

Drink a glass of orange juice and lay own, he should perk right up!

[MeekNHumble]

hi ladies, just checkin in..the pe had gotten worse, so i have to get a c-sec which was scheduled at 5pm, but pushed to 6-630pm.

bbl with details...

Meek

[aunatural]

Originally Posted by MeekNHumble

hi ladies, just checkin in..the pe had gotten worse, so i have to get a c-sec which was scheduled at 5pm, but pushed to 6-630pm.

bbl with details...

Meek

Oh no. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. I'll be praying for little Christian.