September 2013 babies!!

[Wanting-a-girl]

I have so many appts coming up it is insane! I feel sooooo overwhelmed!

I am starting ds3 vaccinations on Tuesday and I'm very sad but it needs to be done... I've delayed them long enough....

I have my first OB appt on next thurs!

I have to renew his health card ds3 and that will prob take hours from my life lol

The week after ds3 has a sedation appt for his eye and I hate these appts they pin him down and make him take chloral hydrate and it burns his throat...

DH has a consult for the big V

Ob appts are gonna be bi-weekley already! I wish I could go another month... I'm gonna request it...

Ds2 has drs appts and he's getting a pshyc evaluation

Ds3 will be starting occupational and speech therapy which will be weekly

Then throw In the new baby and all his appts and the birth, his jaundice that he will have...

Ds1 has nothing thank god lol

Sorry had to vent lol it seems to help to let it out

[Mum to three girls]

That's a huge number of appointments WAG, I find the school drop offs and pick ups more than enough! I can't remember my OB's appointment regime - I don't think it gets more frequent than monthly until after 32 weeks?

The bumps all look great, I'll post mine this weekend.

[Thorz300]

Im feeling quite bummed right now, and I really don't know why! I think it is mostly because of the huge weight gain and knowing that now that bed rest is here, weight gain will just get worse! I've gained 16lbs which is about normal, but the problem is I'm gonna be in bed for practically all of the next 4.5 months so its going to get out of control like last time. On top of that, there are so many things I still need to do for the baby nursery but the pain in my hips is even preventing me from sitting in a chair so I can get in front of my sewing machine! Ugh. Well, I still need to post a pic of my bump. If I actually get dressed then I will do it for sure, also I have a friend who just dropped off 2 bags of baby clothes!! I'm already set with enough clothes from NB-3 months, do you think its bad to tell people to buy 3month+ for my shower? I know most people buy newborn stuff for baby showers but I really need older baby stuff. Anyhow, going through that stuff got me all emotional, I still cannot believe I am having a baby girl and get to actually dress my baby in all these super sweet clothes!

[Girlsway]

I feel with you Thorz, I put piles on since I got back to work this Feb, where I sit all day. I hardly use up any calories this way and I will end up looking like an elephant for a year again :-) thank god it's our last baby. Had enough of putting weight on and then stuggling to loose it. Only advantage this time was a low weight start due to LE diet and I think you started pretty low too.

[Wanting-a-girl]

Pregnancy is not a time when I worry about the weight I've been eating soooooo bad lol lots of junk food which is really out of character for me... I don't have a sweet tooth normally .... But this pregnancy I've been eating candy,cake,eclairs lol everything lol

[Thorz300]

In my head I know that I shouldn't worry about weight, but I just can't help it. I was chunky in high school and I worked really hard to stay slim since I lost my chunkiness, and it is just built into me to worry about watching the scale go up. Luckily I have really never had an issue with losing it even though I gained 50+ with DS3 I still lost it all in a reasonable amount of time, but I still struggle with watching the number on the scale go up. Not to mention, we are too poor to buy new clothes for me, so I should control my weight. My dr wants me to put on 40 lbs, I really would feel more comfortable with 30 but I guess as long as I don't go over 40 I should just relax about it.

[Wanting-a-girl]

Maybe don't weigh yourself at home... I put my scale away so I can't... And weight gain doesn't bother me just cause I no I can't do anything about it till preg is over... Then I obsess and get self conscious lol

[Mum to three girls]

I hate the weight gain as well and I tend to pile it on whilst pregnant. I also find it depressing after the baby is born and I'm fat and sleep deprived and nothing fits. And I feel like I'm continuously losing pregnancy weight! It always comes off though.

I do envy those women who look completely normal apart from their bumps though.

[Southern Butterfly]

I've gained a lot this pregnancy as well and trying not t get too bummed but it's hard. I still weigh less at this gestation than I did with the others only because I started out so underweight.

My bump has really "exploded" over the last several weeks. I kept telling DH that I'm much bigger (belly-wise) this time around. Also as much as I hate being a complainer I've been sooo much more uncomfortable... more back pain, pelvic pain, shortness of breath, etc. At my u/s on wed I now know this isn't all in my head. Apparently my baby is measuring MASSIVE and I have polyhydramnios which is excess amniotic fluid. The combo of giant baby and the extra fluid is causing all these issues and uncofrunately has also been causing tons of contractions due to the added strain on my uterus. So my already high risk of preterm delivery is now even higher. I've been pretty down about the news because I really was hoping to go full term.

Has anyone done their glucose screening yet? The perinatal ob said my big baby and high fluid levels could be a sign of gestational diabetes which floored me because I usually have LOW blood sugar, not high. I've never thought twice about the glucose test but now I'm a little nervous for mine next week.

I got some more cute pics at my scan... this one is my favorite. Poor guy is getting tired of having his picture taken lol

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[Wanting-a-girl]

im doing my gluclose test next week... last preg i failed the first one then had to go and do the longer one :S but that one was fine...

are you dialating at all yet?