[sarahelaine57]

here is the bottle site for you ladies, oh and I had all my family members get one too, they are 5 dollar bottles and I figure the less I have to buy the better!
Playtex BPA Free Information

Alana-your belly is just to darn cute, looks like you are all belly! Mine just starts near my thighs and goes all the way up! And I bet you will be the last to go just to prove your doc wrong! And why do DH do that with the scary message and make you freak out, my DH did that to me and called me one day from work and said, "You better sit down for this one" and all I thought was oh no he lost his job or someone got hurt or died, yeah he wanted to give me the quote for our heating oil this year! I could have killed him!

Shellie-I feel the same way about time dragging, probably because I am not working and I am about to go stir crazy! The sale sounds like fun!

Christine already has a list of cell numbers started so you can all probably just PM her the numbers, but again I think that is a great idea!!!

Has everyone figured out who their pediatrician will be? I am procrastinating on that, we have three doctors to call and interview but Im not even sure if we can interview them, blah! And my heartburn is horrible today and yesterday! Must be he is pushing himself up higher! Oh and I think I felt a little leg or arm or something yesterday, it was sooooo cool. I dont feel that much because I was a chubbster before and had extra around the middle so I am just excited to have that experience! Ok snack time, the question is chocolate or an apple? hehe!

[BabySteps]

Shellie, that sale sounds fun!! I wish I could find tripet sales around here. There is a twins club that would welcome me joining but there are not triplet mommies at the moment.

Alana, you look really great and I love the top!! It looks like you are all baby and have not gained any weight anywhere else! Oh I wish I was like that......

The earthquake experience was actually funny. I have only been here 2 years. There was one before but I slept through it. LOL Yesterday I was in the bedroom and suddenly I felt really dizzy like the room was spinning. I am a bit tired and light headed these days so I just thought it was the pregnancy. I sat down on a stool to gather myself and I heard the wine glasses clanging. We have them on a wine glass rack and I thought one of the cats had jumped up and knocked into them. At that moment my MIL called to tell me it was an earthquake and I cracked up laughing at how naive I was to the whole experience!! When I went into the living room our chandelier was swinging. Luckily, where we live it was not strong enough to knock things down or cause damage.

[BabySteps]

Sarah, I think the babies want chocoate!!! LOL I am dying for something sinfully sweet!! My DH asked me what I want for my birthday and all I could think of was cake and icecream. My birthday is next week so I am sure the babies will not be born by then. I hope not.

Alana, My ENTIRE family will be Leos!!!! Can you imagine 5 leos living under the same roof???? OMG!!! Both my husband and I are Leos and now our 3 babies will be leos. Wholly smokes!!! The good thing is that I get along really well with other Leos. Sometimes my DH and I get confused as to who is the boss... LOL He usually wins!

[designdiva32]

Originally Posted by BabySteps

Alana, My ENTIRE family will be Leos!!!! Can you imagine 5 leos living under the same roof???? OMG!!!

Lol...actually, I sort of can. Both my sister and I are Leos and on my DH's side theres a huge family thing where someone is always born on August 19th. (they all think Reed will come early on that day too!) Seriously, there are about 3 or 4 people with that same birthday! My FIL is one of them and he and I get on great as we are both outgoing like typical Leos while DH and his mum just sit and shake their heads at us. Its tough though, my sister and I used to fight ALL THE TIME! I'm guessing with 5 of you in the family its going to make for some interesting times!

Oh, and thanks for the compliments girls but I can assure you all that I am not just carrying in the belly. My thighs have tripled in size over the last couple of months and according to the evil doctors weigh scales I've gained about 25 pounds! Trust me, I jiggle when I walk!

[sarahelaine57]

Alana-25 pounds is actually pretty good! I am terrified of getting weighed in next monday, I have a feeling my doctor wont be too happy...but so far I have only gained 12 pounds, but I was chubby before so I shouldnt gain much more than that. Funny thing was that at my last appt I had only gained 1/2 a pound yet the baby had gained at least a pound...maybe by the end of this pregnancy I will have lost enough to put me under my pre-pregnancy weight!

Shelley-yeah I must be eating your share of chocolate because I had a brownie and a moon pie (I loooove them but havent had one in a year or so), and before that I had texted my DH and asked him to bring me a boston creme doughnut, I will have to save that for tomorrow I guess! Maybe you could have a little bit of sugar free ice cream? Can you still have yogurt because one of the yogurts now has a comercial where you can eat it from the fridge or from the freezer...might be a way for you to get some ice cream! Glad to hear you made it through the earthquake, I would have been freaking out!

[designdiva32]

Originally Posted by sarahelaine57

maybe by the end of this pregnancy I will have lost enough to put me under my pre-pregnancy weight!

Lol!! Wow, it could be a new diet thing...get pregnant to lose weight! I'm very jealous over here Sarah, the scales just keep going up in my house. I HATE being weighed too, its so depressing. But I just keep reminding myself its all for the baby so he can grow nice and chubby and strong.

[BabySteps]

Speaking of weight...one time the nurse measured my BP and it was a bit high. I said yeah, no kidding I just weighed myself. She waited a couple of minutes and took it again and sure enough it went back to normal. We got a good laugh from it. LOL

[fossie]

Sarah - I am procrastinating on the whole pediatrician thing too! The practice we want to be at has a meet the pediatrician/newborn care class one Saturday each month and we didn't find out about it in time for the July class so we are going to try to go to the August 16th class and we will get a chance to meet their newest doctor who is accepting patients. I hope we like him because I've kind of already decided that is who we are using :-).

Let's not even talk about weight gain!!! I was worried at the beginning because I didn't seem to be gaining like I should - well, I certainly am now - I am almost 2 bills now and so that means almost 40 pounds gained going into the time where they say I will gain a pound a week at least - wow!

I have been eating boston cream donuts every weekend when my dh goes to Dunkin Donuts! My dh tried to avoid a Marble Slab Creamery run last night by getting some Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream on his way home - good but not the same! I did end up making Chocolate chip cookies!!! So sorry about your medically imposed chocolate hiatus Shelley - the one good thing is that chocolate is supposed to make heartburn worse!!!

[sarahelaine57]

Shellie-that must be why I have had such bad hb!!!! I need to reduce my chocolate intake!

ALana-believe me I do not need to gain anymore! I lost about 10 pounds prior to getting preggo so I guess I am not doing so bad considering where I was a few months before January. But like my dad said about stretch marks, they are our battle scars and the weight gain is kind of like a battle scar.

Shelley-that is too funny about the bp!

[BabySteps]

Oh heck don't reduce your chocolate, ask your doctor for a prescription for prevacid or aciphex. It works miracles eliminating HB!

[charms]

Shelley - i am glad you are well and the EQ was not that devistating for you.

thus far i have cell phone numbers for:
Jill
Sarah
Elisa
and Me.

If you want to add your cell number to the list - i can update it and send it out.

now that we have the date set, everything seems to need to be done today! and everyone at work is going crazy!!!

[Justine]

Hi ladies,

Thanks for the feedback on tech, I like your idea Alana to offer to pay, that could be it. The first tech gave me lots of images so I didn't understand the difficulty with the new lady. I'll give it a try.

You look great in your photo, truly. We should design some attractive maternity attire, because it is few and far between. I hope to make it through mid Sept, so you won't be the last, don't worry.

Shelley, how exciting to find out the date tomorrow---can you believe how close you are?

Shellie, good luck at the sale this weekend. Glad to hear you're putting on the weight that you were worried about a few weeks ago.

Christine thanks for the brownie tip

Sarah, for pediatrician I'm going on a rec from my neighbor for a practice which is within walking distance, in case I don't have car access or something else comes up. Funny it is the same ped office my family went to as a child. They don't offer to meet but I feel comfortable giving it a try.

[larklynn]

Morining all! These mornings seem to be getting harder and harder!!! It doesn't help that I have had to get up earlier to get Elizabeth ready for baton comp.s 5:30 in the morning everyday but monday. I can't wait for the weekend I bet she can't either the boys get to sleep in and go swimming most of this week lucky guys. I think Victoria has been doing the back stroke in here I never know where hands and feet are going to pop up.

Sarah thanks for reposting.
Shelly can't wait to find out your date!

We have a nice practice of ped's here that I have used since I had Ryan and actually went to myself although my dr.'s retired quite awhile ago... I hope you all find dr.'s who listen to you and you trust.

[elisa0422]

Alana- Love your picture you look GREAT! As for sharing numbers, I definitley think it's a great idea and as Christine mentioned above she already started the list so ladies be sure to PM her before any of us go into labor.

Shelley-5 leos in one house wow-you will never have a dull moment! It's funny you and Alana brought up leos-I too am a leo, my birthday is today by the way, I was just talking to a co-worker yesterday and telling her how my bestfriend who I met in the 9th grade, 19 years ago is a leo. In addition all of my closest friends are leos and there are also 7 leos in my family. I would love to have my son born on a leo date!

Oh and I laughed at your BP and weight thing, sounds like something I'd say. I feel like I'm retaining so much water, none of my maternity shirts fit anymore and I refuse to buy anymore.

Amy- hope your morning gets better and that your able to get some rest this weekend!

Sarah-thanks for the link on the playtex bottles!

Fossie-"stawberry cheesecake icecream"-yum!!

Is anyone else having trouble getting around? I have so much pain around the belly area, I'm sure because there's no more room in there, that the pain has me walking in baby steps. I get head starts now, if we are going anywhere because I walk so slow!

Hope you all have a great day!

[elisa0422]

I almost forgot-

Shelley-can't wait to read your post on a set BIRTHDAY!