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Last Thursday, my husband's cousin's wife had her baby...she was due a week after me. One of my coworkers said that her friend's daughter-in-law went into labor this morning, she is due November 30th...just like me. I know it is not my due date yet but COME ON! It's like I am being teased. The baby dropped a lot, I can tell just by the way my skin burns below my bellybutton. I can't believe how much everything has changed. My husband and I were talking last night about all the differences betwe… Continue

I didn't look at the date on my last post but I read the first few lines and it has been a LONG time since I have even thought about trying on my pre-pregnancy clothes (okay, I have thought about it but it is more along the lines of trying to come to terms with the possibility of never wearing my new size 4 pants again). Deep breath. But things change and eventually those pants will be completely out of style anyway. I never realized how hard I would take the changes in my body...scratch that, I… Continue

It used to be that when I had to do laundry it was just because I was out of my favorite clothes. Now it is because I have no clothes. That was me this morning, digging through my closet and trying on (and not fitting) all of my pre-pregnancy clothes. Most of these clothes are ones I bought last year after getting really close to my goal weight. My husband and I took a "vacation" (aka. staying with his family) over my birthday to the twin cities and since he didn't get me a birthday gift, I went… Continue

There is no doubt that this baby has my husband's appetite. Holy crap. I eat and an hour later my stomach is growling again (at least I hope that is my stomach growling, if not, I have other issues in my future). My typical breakfast of bran flakes with Splenda has not been keeping me satisfied for long in the morning so my doctor told me to eat protein before I eat carbs. I ran out of bacon yesterday and peanut butter has too much sugar so this morning I had my favorite breakfast ever. Bacon,… Continue

I have had acid reflux for years. I weaned myself off Nexium because it is not cheap, I changed some bad habits and had it under control without prescription medication. Well, that changed when I got pregnant. The past few weeks it has gone from bad (just using rolaids) to hell (waking up an uncountable number of times throughout the night popping rolaids). In the past two weeks I have gone through one of those large plastic jars of rolaids. I stopped eating and drinking 1 to 1 1/2 hours before… Continue