[tiffanys]

It has been a while since I've seen one of these threads on here and I'd love to know how everyone is doing! So, please update us on how life is going as a mommy or mommy-to-be right now! And feel free to post pics of your babies and your bumps!


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I guess I will start us off... I am currently 38 weeks 3 days pregnant ! It is CRAZY how fast this pregnancy has flown by, although to be honest with you, I never thought I would make it this far with how far ahead he has measured all along! We are completely ready for Fisher's arrival, everything is ready and now we are just waiting on him! I started my new job and am and will continue to work from home after he comes! It is nice being home everyday, but I'm really antsy waiting on him, it's literally all that I can think about! Dh only works about 10 minutes from home and he is on stand-by everyday! He will be taking off for 6 weeks after Fisher gets here so that we can spend time together bonding as a family! I am extremely excited about this and can't wait for us to be a family! God has truly blessed us and continues to bless us daily! I have a dr. appointment tomorrow afternoon and am anxious to see if I've made any more progress...I've been 2cm and 80% for 2 weeks now!

Okay, enough rambling from me, can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing!

[MommaLee]

We are doing well. Julie is really good at sleeping during the nights which is good for us. I have a baby scale and she weighed 9.10 lbs yesterday. I gave up bfing but I'm pumping....after I thought we were back to bfing, she started fighting it....and I'm tired of fighting her. I've accepted it though.

Dh's mom told us last weekend that she is willing to watch Julie on mondays and wednesdays...so turns out we will only need daycare on tue/thurs. We will be paying for fulltime and will look into getting a parttime slot in december (or look into other care options cause fulltime is expensive, especially when not using it).

I started back jogging two weeks ago and feel alot better. Going back to work on Aug 2nd.

[CandaceDianne]

Tiffany I cannot believe your little man will be here soon!! The time did fly by!!!!

Lee Ann I am glad your LO is sleeping through the night well. I am jealous! WTG for getting back to jogging. I am still waiting for my 6 week pp appt this week to be cleared (since I had a csect).

We are doing good, but tired. Lilyan has been sleeping really unpredictable at night. Last night was the first time she slept 'through' the night with no middle-of-the-night hang out sessions for 2-4 hours. She has even stayed up ALL night until 7AM...NOT fun! At her 1 month appt last week, she weighed 9lbs 8.4oz and 21 1/4" long (both in the 50TH %ile) and a 15" head (67th %ile). She got her hep B second shot and we go back in August for her 2 month check up with all the shots (poor girl!).
Here is a pic from the 4th of July:

[bliss]

Great thread!

I'm counting down to my next ultrasound, which is in 11 days. After the news of possible twins during last appt, I don't know what to do with myself! I also have a pretty bad morning sickness (which I didn't have last pregnancy), so this could also be a sign? It's very tough every day, but I keep my eyes on the goal and trying to stay positive.

[KennasMama]

I am doing very well. The only thing I have to complain about is the ridiculous heartburn that I get on a daily basis. I can eat spicy food 'til the cows come home, but I eat a PB&J and BAM! There is no rhyme or reason to it. I have a doctor appt. today at 2pm and am not looking forward to the scale after my weekend of camping food I cannot believe I'll be 27 weeks at the end of this week. Been working on helping my mom plan the baby shower and am very anxious for that. Glad everyone else is doig so well!!!

[amonstersmomma]

I'm almost 31 weeks now Caleb is doing fantastic at every checkup. Our online baby shower my mom did for us has been a huge success and we only have a few things left to get now I don't have too many 3rd trimester complaints.....yet! After washing all his clothes though I am starting to get antsy!

[LuvsPecanPie]

I'm at 4 weeks 6 days, so nothing too exciting here! Still getting used to the idea that I'm pregnant and getting anxious to get to the doctor in 2 weeks.

Also busy coming up w/ creative ways to explain to friends why I'm not drinking at events where I would normally have a glass of wine!

[Lyz]

Bella is 8.5 months already...man, time REALLY flies!!! She's doing fantastic. She finally cut her 2 bottom teeth and she looks super cute with them I think the next ones beside those 2 are coming as well. She is up on all fours and is desperate to crawl! It should be long. Finally, she's able to hold her own bottle (I have a lazy baby) and it's soooo nice

Last week she weighed 17.5lbs but we'll go mid-August to her 9 month appt and get better numbers. I have new pics, but I can't post them at work.

[MommyPoky]

We would be doing much better if I didn't pick up a cold. I suspect I got it at Josie's doctor's office, and it's been going strong for a week and a half My husband got it and I think Josie did as well, because they are both pretty miserable. So am I actually, and because she's sick, she won't sleep longer than 2 hours before she wants to eat. She sounds congested and has a cough as well. She was projectile vomiting, so I took her to the doctor and she put her on reflux meds, and I have seen a definite improvement when I give them to her at least once a day. If I could get some sleep, I might be able to get better from this cold! Bah! Other than the cold, we are good though.

[Cheryl_W]

35 weeks 3 days here... Lost a couple of pieces of my mucus plug so far (yay! labor signs!) and very sore... Hips and pelvis hurt SO bad this morning I just stayed in bed for a few hours. Getting a lot of things done like laundry and shopping, almost have all of our supplies for the home birth and Izzy's room is pretty much ready! Now just waiting for her

She's already head down and has been for about a month now, and she's even dropped! I give her until 39 weeks at the latest, I still think she's coming early and can't wait. Midwife home visit is some time this week, then down to one appointment every week until her arrival!

I'm getting anxious, excited, and even a bit nervous about the big day... Nervous mostly because I don't know what to expect, but that's normal I suppose. Fear of the unknown!

Glad everyone else is doing so well!

[jensma]

OMG!! Cheryl and Tiffany, can't wait to meet your babies!!

So glad to hear everyone is doing good!!

I had my 24 week appt today. I'll be 25 weeks on Wednesday. I gained 5 lbs in the last 4.5 weeks so not too bad i guess....I've gained 12 total. He's moving a lot, we have of course named him finally, and this weekend we'll be working on the nursery A LOT and hopefully registering soon. Sounds like my shower is gonna be next month so 4-6 weeks!! I guess they better get it figured out soon. I'm usually the planner on these kinds of things so hopefully my friends and sister will get it together.

I have SO MUCH STUFF already but i have to remember its a LOT of different sizes so its not ALL that much...Just trying to pick things up here and there. I bought my pack n play a couple of weeks ago and it was on sale, well today i found the same one for $38 less so i took the original back and then got some more stuff!! I need to just register so i can shop without really buying anything! He's so spoiled!!

[fromustobaby]

Kaiden is 4 months old, and is the cutest, sweetest thing I've ever seen
We've been traveling for the last 2 weeks, and we will finally be home tomorrow...poor guy, I think he's very over the whole traveling thing...

He was amazing on the trip, so so good with everyone holding him and touching him and passing hm around - though his night time sleeping has totally been thrown off...

I love these threads

[MarinaAndCharlie'sMommy]

Marina will be 4 months on 7/16 and she just gets sweeter every day. I love being with her and being at work has made me appreciate my time with her so much! Right now she has a cough and isn't feeling too well, poor baby. Here are some pics of my sweet girl!

[Banned-Jaylas_Mommy]

we are doing good. i posted an update the other day so not much is different.
still no crawling...she tries though!

her birthday is in 2.5 months and i just cant believe it!! its coming up too soon!!
im glad to hear everyone is doin well!

[JustLiz]

This is great! It's nice to hear about everyone here. I'm doing well at just about 7 weeks exactly. I haven't been keeping up on posts here though because I've been pretty exhausted lately, and nauseous all the time. My sense of smell and taste have definitely changed also, which is challenging. I'm so excited about our little bean though. I can't wait to tell everyone in 5 weeks!

[CandaceDianne]

We are about to have another baby boom!!! Cannot wait!!! I keep thinking everyone is still in their 1st tri!

[tiffanys]

I'm really enjoying reading all of the updates! All the babies are growing up so fast and it seems like the pregnancies are flying by! Cheryl, you and I are getting so close and welcome to you ladies who are just recently joining us...enjoy every minute of your pregnancy because it is seriously going to fly by! And I'm sure the mommies could vouch for the fact that once they're born the time flies by even faster! I can't wait for Fisher to be here, but the closer I get to my due date the more I realize that I will miss being pregnant and feeling him move and having him all to myself, it is the most amazing thing I've experienced in my entire life!

[karenwalter]

Connor will be 6 months on the 22nd!! I seriously can't believe it! Where has my little baby gone? But, I really love this age. He's so smiley and he laughs when I talk to him. On Friday he sat up on his own then on Saturday cut his first tooth (which was pretty miserable).

He's starting to sleep a little better now that we have his reflux more under control. And I know he's gained a ton of weight in the last month. I'm thinking he's up by about 6 or 7 pounds in 2 months !!! His upper GI showed severe reflux but no anatomical abnormalities so I think we're on the right track now. He will get his liver enzymes redrawn at his 6 month appointment to check for progress.

Here pics of my sweet little guy:

[pthree]

Ladies, your babies are all so freaking adorable!! Makes me even more excited to meet my LO!

I will be 37 weeks tomorrow. I started getting stretch marks yesterday, I was expecting it but hoping I was going to get lucky. Buuut now that I'm a day away from being full term, baby can go ahead and come now so the skin damage to mommy will be minimal - HAHA!

I had my shower yesterday! It was a huge success and I cannot believe all of the stuff we were so lucky to receive! We still have a few things to get like swaddling blankets, clothes, extra diapers, a swing. But for the most part we're covered and ready!!

Here are some pictures from my shower:

Can you see the pain behind my smile in this one? I am READY to have this baby! Haha:


After I got home from the shower, I pulled out everything ONE BY ONE and put on the couch and floor to show DH. Poor guy I was just too excited.






Don't be fooled by the pink clothing in that last pic - we are still on team green! Some of DH's moms friends are rooting for team pink and so only bought girl clothes, haha.

I can't wait to meet my baby and find out if it's an Avery or a Charlie!

[LindsLuvsSi]

I'll be 26 weeks on Friday. It's been flying by! Can't wait to meet this lil guy! Everything seems to be going smoothly, minus awful hip pain and tons of BHs, which make it hard to be a good mommy to Z and a good housewife. I hate having a dirty house, but i don't want to overdo it and feel worse or end up in preterm labor. Have a MW appt on Saturday. I've been on an online shopping spree- bought a new diaper bag, some Carter's clothes and some other lil essentials I wanted...can't wait for my mom to ship them here to the UK! Oh yeah, I've been planning my maternity photos- can't wait to take them next month, hope DH does a good job. lol.