Just checking up on everyone...

Jessica - posted on 09/22/2010

Jessica... That is great to hear... I am sorry about things with your mom and I hope they get better... I can kind of understand the situation with your mom... Unlike you and your mom my mom and I have always been close and could pretty much tell each other everything... But when I was at your age things were very tough for us... It didn't help that I got pregnant with my daughter at 19 years old... That really put a strain on things... To make matters worse my daughter's father is 13 years older than me... I delivered at 28 weeks and he was in prison by the time she was 5 months old... He did get to see her but not like he should have been... I got married to a guy I dated in high school and have since divorced him which caused another strain with me and my mom... Now my current hubby is 19 years older than me and the best thing to ever happen to me... I am 30 weeks and doing great except for the minor things like ligament pain and major heartburn... Again I am glad you are doing so well and I wish you the best of luck... Just keep trying with your mom hopefully it will get better... TTYL... Joy

Jessica - posted on 09/21/2010

As of right now , i'm 33 weeks pregnant & i'm feeling great .
My baby shower will be in 3 weeks ( a bit late , i know but i went to Portugal & didn't have time to do it before ) & things always get busy . But any how i'm very excited and can't wait till these last few weeks pass by . I can't wait to put the bassinet up & have all the stuff ready for my baby . (which is a baby boy Ethan Alexandre , due in November 10th) This is my first child , and surprisingly i thought i would be freaking out more but i am very happy and excited .

My mom doesn't really seem to bother with my pregnancy .. I understand it was rough on her because i am only 17 & the way she found out was a horrible situation (with police involved and everything) . She's making it so hard on me sometimes , like with the baby shower , she stressed me out about it saying i have nothing done & i'm inviting so many people & top it off i'm renting out a hall and etc .. She tells everyone i don't tell her anything , about what's going on with me (but really that's not true , i tell her & with some things she doesn't even ask) but me and my mother have always been that way , (never really opened up to each other).

After all this time my mom is still akward around me , but tell you the truth ever since i got pregnant i feel more open with her because now i have literally nothing to hide & she can actually listen to me because before she would cut me off all the time .

i've always had these issues with my mother since a pre-teen .

as for my boyfriend , he is the greatest thing & he makes my pregnancy so much better because i love having his support & i love seeing how excited he is for our first son to be born . i know he's going to be a great father and he is going to take very good care of me and our son . i'm very happy i found a guy like him . he's really one of a kind .

Alison - posted on 09/16/2010

Thats good to hear Jessica. I am glad you have things sorted with Hubby and all the little things for bubs are coming together :-)

Brandy thanks I love the name and wanted it from the start. Husband didn't like it. So after 20 weeks I said I was going to call her Harper unless he came up with a better name. He finally picked up a baby name book and I swear the first name he said was Violet!!! I could have thrown that book in his face!!! hahahaaaaa

The things we put up with?!?!!?!?

Jessica - posted on 09/16/2010

I am so glad to hear that all are doing well and that things are getting done for your babies' arrivals... That makes me feel so good... As for me I am waiting for my baby show which is on October 3rd to come so I can finally finish the nursery... I hope that I get what I need because otherwise I will have to go get it myself and money is really tight right now... On a better note... My hubby and I are okay for now... The wedding is still going to happen and that makes me very happy... I think that he was just frustrated and feeling the pressure of everything going on... In other news... My bedroom is almost finished and I have moved the baby to my side of the bed (for easy access of course) and finally decided where all the other stuff is going... Plus I cleaned out and got rid of all kinds of stuff from my closet to make room for whatever I need to... Well again I am so glad that you are all doing well... TTYL... Joy

Brandy - posted on 09/16/2010

Alison, I love that name. I've never met a Violet before, but I've always loved the name when I've heard it.

Alison - posted on 09/15/2010

It's good to find women who support one another through this. It makes me smile widely!!!

I have had some stresses of late, stupid non friends, landlord problems and trying to sell my car. All that stuff aside I am fantastic!!! Only 6 and a bit weeks left and feel so ready for birth.

I am actually looking forwarding to birthing this time, I have a fantastic midwife and all things are ready for a home birth!!! I can't believe I am doing this but I feel so positive about it and not even a little worried. My husband is excited too and can't wait to catch our little girl. Speaking of which we have finally decided we will be calling her Violet Olwen, only taken us 33 weeks to think of a name lol!!! But the wait paid off I guess.

The only thing I am slightly concerned about is having my girls so close together. My daughter Miriella will be 1 on 10th Oct and I am due 1st Nov, so not even a full 13mths and miss Miri has been getting really cheeky of late.

I do feel I can manage, but with how much sanity intact?? :-)

take care everyone xoxo

Brandy - posted on 09/14/2010

Thank you for asking! This is really a nice type of post to come across. Like Laura said, I don't really have very many friends, so these interactions have begun to feel like I'm just sitting down and chatting with a bunch of girlfriends. That's much appreciated since most of my day is filled with baby talk : )
I am doing well for the most part, though. I am also very fatigued. I'm struggling to get in the sleep that I am craving because my son is eight months old and started to want to spend a lot more of the day playing and moving around. That wouldn't be a problem if he weren't getting so ridiculously big, and therefore difficult to pick up. : )
I'm having some problems with my mother right now, so those have been weighing heavy on my mind lately. Right now, she isn't a part of mine or her grandson's life right now, and I'm not sure if she is going to be involved with this next one. I think I'll make another post asking advice about that after I'm done here. Don't want to clutter up this conversation with responses.
Still haven't set a date for my baby shower. Not entirely sure who will be hosting it. Might be my aunt or my friend Heather. Need to figure that out soon, though.
My husband and I are finally about to go buy the extra furniture for Jonathan. We just received his student loans today (He's studying for his master's in Pastoral Counseling) so that relieved some of the strain on our bank account. Thank God for that! So, I'm looking forward to baby shopping throughout the next week or two.
All in all, things are well. Once again, thanks for asking. Hope things continue to go well for you.

Laura - posted on 09/14/2010

First of thank you for your concern! I feel that through these posts I know you! Makes me feel good as I do not have very many friends that are good enough to count...I have not been on lately as I am just so tired I can barely function! So I completely understand you there.

I had my baby shower over the weekend and allthough the time was pushed back twice (I was extremly irritated with this) It was totally worth it! My Step FIL made me a diaper cake himself, came out kinda cute. I was very excited about that since had wanted one really badly but didn't want ot say anything to anyone lol. Considering this was thier first baby shower they did a wonderful job. I am starting to get impatient with the pain I've been in lately, I just seem so tired, so cranky, just hurting in general. My little girl keeps judding her shoulder into my hip (shes been in postion for three weeks now) I've also had contraction like pain in my cervix, which is a new feeling to me. I plan on having the doc do a cervix check tomorrow. I am going to have to increase my apts with him since I am only going in for testing once a week instead of two...can't get there for the second :(

I am counting down the weeks now until my c-section, which I am hoping to actually schedule tomorrow. but I have between 5-6 weeks left, which technically makes me an October Mommy, but I love this group so much I'm not going to move lol.

Hope all is well with everyone else!

Laura