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I think we might end up painting or at least taking down the wall paper that is in the room and putting up new. The wall paper in there is a dark green and it looks like somebody took a paint brush with a lot of different colors of paint and just splashed it all over the walls...it's not that pretty. I do need to get things to put on the walls to decorate though. I got the nursery somewhat cleaned yesterday and can finally have my crib brought up to my house from my moms and get it set up. I'm excited and can't wait, but at the same time I'm nervous and scared. Am I ready for another baby? Is anybody ever ready for another baby?

Tell me about it! LOL...I get those moments every now and again... especially when the house is particularily noisy! I wonder what I have done!! LOL. But for the most part, I am able to convince myself that I have done this before, I can do it again! I am still trying to enjoy being preg, since this is definitely the LAST time, but it is getting harder and harder! My back hurts most of the time now, and my hips bother me at the end of the day and first thing in the morning. Sigh...

I'm so tired of doing laundry, I'm tired of even looking at it. My back hurts from bending over and picking things up and putting it in the washer or dryer. My hip has been hurting again, a lot more than it was before. I have a hard time getting out of bed, rolling over in bed, even walking sometimes. It's like I have pulled a muscle or something. Nothing helps much, but a soak in a warm bath helps a little bit.

9 weeks left...I can't wait. I want her to be healthy and want her to stay in as long as she can, but in a way, I want her to come early because I can't wait to see her.

I feel the same... getting really excited about meeting my lil one, but want him to stay put as long as possible. Hopefully he turns soon too, because the pressure is getting really annoying. It feels like he is gonna fall out any minute! Not to mention, he is constantly kicking at my arms! Thats how far to the side I feel him! I took a look through the preg diary I kept with DD2, and I am measuring the same as I did at 36 weks with her!!! I feel sooooooo big!! LOL. The weather is starting to warm up here, so hopefully I don't start swelling up. I did that with DD2 and it was awful. At one point, I could only get my flip flops on... not exactly office attire! Good thing my boss is not to strict about dress code. I tried harder to wear office attire last preg, but this time around, I have been living in jeans and nice tops and no one seems to care (I don't deal with the public, so I guess they don't mind). Wearing a tank top today since it is bloody hot in this office and its supposed to go up to 28 Celcius today.

It's finally been warm enough the past few days for me to wear shorts again...even though my legs are huge...lol I've been stressed beyond anything that I've felt before and if I wouldn't go to prison, I would probably kill my boyfriend. If you can't tell, it's him that is stressing me out. I got my sister to watch my daughter tonight so that we could finally go out, just the two of us...but instead of that being ok with him, he is bringing his nephew over to stay the night. So, no night out for us, so I had to call my sister and cancel the plans. Sometimes I hate men and wish they weren't around. 8 weeks and 3 days until my c-section...and I feel like I'm doing all of this on my own.

Its too bad that your BF is causing you so much stress when you are already in an emotional state. I also had a pretty rough Saturday. My DH and I fought like cats and dogs, which is not usually the norm for us. Just everything he did was stressing me out. I know a lot of it I can blame on my hormones, but he did his share to tick me off as well. It was also my DD1s 11th Birthday this weekend, so she had friends over on Saturday for a "Wii party" and then family over for cake on Sunday. I spent the whole weekend cleaning and catering to people. Can I tell you how beat I am! Thank goodness I have a short week at work. I only work 2 full days, since I have my u/s tomorrow afternoon and my OB appointment on Wed, and I am off on Friday. If all goes as planned, I will only have 2 more weeks of work after this one. I can't even tell you how much my hips have been bothering me lately. I could barely walk when I got up this morning... even after a hot shower. It took a couple of hours to loosen up, but still hurts when I try to stand after sitting for a while. This morning, I didn't think I would be able to get to the bathroom without falling. And it has been affecting my sleep as well... sigh... is it July yet????

hi ladies i know im rarely on here. im so busy with DS who just turned 4 a few weeks ago, work, appointments & getting things ready for the baby that i hardly have time to check my email (i do read your posts though :)
i seem to be having all the same problems as you lol every ache youve described i think i have! one thing im concerned about though - have either of you noticed a change in bowel movements? like the color of your stool? a few days ago mine was a greenish black & ive had some diarrhea since then that was normal colored & then this morning i went & it felt normal (not like diarrhea & i wasnt constipated) but when i looked afterward it was black & "sandy" i guess you can say (TMI GROSS IM SORRY!). it looked like black sand. what could this mean?!

It could just be what you have been eating. Pg slows down your digestive track, so basically it messes up all your inner workings! LOL... I jump from being constipated one day (or even hour) to having the runs the next! It could also be your prenatal vitamin. When I first started taking them, the iron is higher than in my regular multivitamin, so my stools became very black. Gross subject, but we all go through it!!

Hopefully all is going well with the rest of your pg. When are you done work?? I am soooo looking forward to being home, especially now that the weather is finally warming up. Right now, I am sitting at work, and I can't stop fidgeting because my low back is absolutely killing me! I can't find a comfy way to sit, or sleep at night for that matter... sigh!

i havent eaten anything out of the usual & ive been on the same prenatals since the beginning of my 2nd trimester so i doubt its those .. its just so BLACK it had me worried lol. ill be working until the day i pop though so my coworkers have been warned i may go into labor there LOL

Haha... I did that with my others. The good thing was, that I worked in a hospital at the time... just not the one I wanted to give birth in. This time, I am 5 mins away from the hospital but work mostly with men (who are squeemish) and would not be impressed if I went into labour here!! LOL. Are you in the US? You guys get only limited mat leave there right.. 6 weeks is it? I'm in Canada, and we get 1 year... so leaving a few weeks early really makes no difference.

yes im in the US im really not sure by law what we're entitled to but i know we're entitled to a minimum amount - every job is different though & the minimum may be higher depending on where you work. at my job im guaranteed my position for up to a year but there are alot of factors that go into it. its still confusing to me lol

So I had my 32 week growth u/s yesterday, and my OB appointment today. Doc said baby looked great. They don't give a weight at the clinic I go to, but said my little man was measuring in the 50th percentile for size. Means he is average. That makes me happy! Doc also said he was now head down... woo hooo!!! Hopefully he stays that way. I kinda guessed he might be, since I have actually been NEEDING to get up in the middle of the night to pee now. That just started in the last week or so. At my last OB visit, he was still transverse, so I felt no pressure on my bladder. The only thing I wasn't too impressed about, is when I asked the doc about what I can do to alleviate the really bad hip pain I have been having, he said "have the baby!". No SH*T!!! There are 9 OBs at the office I go to. You are assigned a primary, but basically see whomever is working that day (and get delivered by whomever is on call when you go into labour). This is the first time I have met this guy. I am seeing him again in 2 weeks as well. I am hoping to get a doc note at that appointment so I can leave work a little early... but he doesn't seem too sympathetic... sigh.

Sorry that I haven't been on, I have read all of the posts though, just haven't had the time or energy to write. I hope that each of you have had a good day so far. I go to my doctors in a few hours and I'm a little nervous about it. I've been having a lot of pressure down low, my legs, feet, and hands have started swelling very badly, I've had hot flashes and my stomach is upset again it feels as if I could get sick at any minute. I've been this way since Sunday night, but since my appointment was today, I decided to wait to talk to her about it. I have had some braxton hicks the past few days, mostly not painful at all, but some I have to stop for. I need to get some lunch right now and then have to get ready for my appointment.

How did your appointment go??? DD2 kept me up half the night last night, so I am soooo tired right now. Thank goodness I am off tomorrow. The fact that my brain hurts from the rain is not helping much either. Sigh... was diappointed yesterday, since I went to my massage appointment, and they had made an error in the booking, so my therapist was not available. They offered to give me the next session free, but that didn't help the fact that my back was (is) hurting. Oh well... next week. 2 weeks left of work (hopefully) and it can't be a moment too soon. Just getting to the point where I can't sit still and am really restless. Makes it really hard to focus on what I am doing. At least when I come back next year, I will be back to my regular duties, and out of this office!!!

Overall, it went ok yesterday. I gained 8 pounds in 2 weeks and we have no idea how. She wants me to go back in next week so that they can check my weight again to make sure that it's not going to be a pattern. I've been swelling everyday since Saturday, major swelling that makes me hurt. My blood pressure was low normal, and there wasn't any protein in my urine. She thinks it might just be from the swelling. Of course I'm worried about everything. I was talking to my BF last night about it and we both think that I'm farther along than what the doctors think, we've thought it the entire pregnancy though...but I'm not sure if that would make a difference with the weight gain though. Guess I will talk with my doctor about it next week.

I went through a huge growth spurt with my DD too... but it was mostly water weight from the hot, humid weather. Could that be the reason for you? So why do you think you are further along than the docs think? Are your dates different?

I am home in bed today. ALL of us are sick with a bad cold and cough. I feel so run down and its making my back hurt even more. I finally got my car seat for DD this weekend tho. Now I can wash the infant carrier and I am totally set! WooHoo! I just have to put together my labour bag and I am ready (it will contain snacks, so I don't want to do that part too early). Hopefully the next 8 weeks will go by fast. Anyway... back to bed for me!