Due in March/April/May 2013 Roll call!

Mummypink, I'm exactly the same. I'm so unorganised this time, but think thats because xmas took up alot of my time then the building work is just beginning to start on our house/extension!!! My kitchen was replastered yesterday, what a mess. Took me 2 hours to clean afterwards, my back and bump were killing. Theres a serious lack of space at the moment and at the moment cannot even fit a moses basket in my bedroom.

And now the oh and said that work want him to fly over to Ascension Island, when i'm 34/35 weeks. I'm really not impressed at all, he's already been there for 10 days when i was 11 weeks. That was tiring doing everything myself. I really need to be resting up (esp with my bad back and trapped nerve) now but no chance if he does go :( He may be finding himself locked out when he gets back :wink:

Hope your all ok, can't believe how quick time has gone!

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We're in the process of extending our house too Wishing4Pink! We're supposed to be going and getting the new kitchen in a couple of weeks so that hubby can start fitting it. Thankfully it is going to be in a new part of the house so we won't be disturbing the old one until the new one is in and functioning.

How come your hubby may have to go to Ascension Island? Would it be for long? I wouldn't be happy either, that's a long way to go when you're so heavily pregnant! Have you got anyone that can help you out if he does go? xx

Is anyone else getting loads of braxton hicks? I'm literally getting about 10 a day and I'm starting to get paranoid that this baby is going to come early. I don't remember getting them like this at all with my first two, I know you are supposed to get more with each pregnancy though. x

First of all, congratulations Coocoo! I can't believe we're all almost done! My mom will be here March 4th, so hopefully this little man doesn't decide to stay in too much longer after that ;) of course, not too early though. I also got DS1 enrolled in a preschool right after baby is due, so we have that to look forward to! I have pretty much everything we need, especially considering DS2 is only 18 months. All I'm lacking is pacifiers, and DH is letting me buy a new video monitor for the nursery in a few weeks, since the one I have now is older and we can't buy a second camera for it. I'm pretty excited lol. I'm waiting for this load of laundry to be done, then I'm washing and hanging up all the newborn clothes. I went through and got rid of a lot of stuff yesterday, since we don't have much room in this house. I can't wait for him to be here, I'm just getting super nervous about the labor!

Mummypink, I get anywhere from 1-5 an hour... My ob said 6 or more in an hour is when I should come in for them. I literally have them all day. And I've lost pieces of my mucus plug, so I'm worried about premature labor also. But when I mentioned all that to the OB, they checked my cervix and all was well still.

I've only just started noticing my BH contractions lately (not counting them, though)... only reason because I feel a little 'pinching' pain in my lower uterus when I get them, which makes me reach to feel my belly (which is hard!)

With my son, my BH contractions never had pinchy type pain!

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Is anyone else getting loads of braxton hicks? I'm literally getting about 10 a day and I'm starting to get paranoid that this baby is going to come early. I don't remember getting them like this at all with my first two, I know you are supposed to get more with each pregnancy though. x

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Yep i am having them all day long too, pretty much any time i stand up, bend down, someone touches my belly, doing housework, i have a feeling stress is causing them to be stronger and sometimes painful as in so tight i cant move for a few seconds.

One of my friends is a photographer (she took my avatar pic of DS2 :) ), and she just emailed me to ask if she could take birth photos for me! I had never heard of people having them professionally done, but I think it will be an awesome experience. I'm excited! I just hope my labor doesn't go too fast, and she can get there in time lol. Have any of you had anything like this done? I'm just curious about experiences... But I know she won't take any 'down-there' shots lol.

I would not worry about braxton hicks at all unless they are more than 6 an hour and progressively get worse and don't go away with water and a rest. I get a TON of them some days like well over 5 an hour at times. There were a couple days where I had strong BH's and more than 6 an hour but I refused to go in because I didn't feel as if anything were wrong, my intuition just chalked it up to stress and from being in the car and I was right..they went away.

I think women know better than they think when they should go in, don't worry about the hullabuhloo the books say, just follow your gut.

I wish we were expanding like some of you ladies, ugh! We live in a 3 bedroom apartment and mind you it's not tiny but it's not big enough either! My kitchen is too small and so is the living area so those spaces are overflowing with clutter. It's going to get very packed with another babe. Here is to hoping DH gets a better job soon and we can get out of here! Where I live it is very expensive to rent right now no matter what it is...apartment, house... it really sucks!

Just to let you all know...baby butterfly is here :) a beautiful little girl for a beautiful lady :) congratulations again butterfly xxxx