Donna, have you checked out spinning babies? I know that's worked wonders for many women... I also know that the Webster Technique (a chiropractic maneuver) has a very high success rate, as does doing the Miles Circuit (I think you can just google that and find what you need!). I know when my midwife thought baby was breech at 31 weeks, it was all I could think about until my 35-week appointment when they confirmed baby is head-down. I am glad you're feeling better today, I know how things like that can preoccupy your mind.
Puglover, sleep is always elusive for me, even when not pregnant. But when I'm pregnant, it's an absolute beast! I am so sorry about the awful night. My insomnia is always an issue, and these days I'm getting up to pee around 10 times a night, which is just ridiculous. Good luck with the new house!!
Phillipa you look fantastic! Our bumps are very similar. I also feel like I can't get any bigger... though I know I will! I'll upload a pic soon.
I am feeling a lot of momentum and urge to purge and reorganize our house. We live in a very small home (2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom!) and we are about to have 6 people in here which is bonkers. We DO have a finished basement, but it's really a guest space (with a big beautiful bedroom and extra bathroom) and a work space for my husband. Laundry is down there too. So it's not like everything is crammed into our main living space, but we definitely have to be very thoughtful with how we use the space we have. The kitchen is an absolute disaster, the cabinets are literally disintegrating and I constantly have to wipe wood splinters and paint flakes off our pots and pans before we use them. I can't wipe down the front of the cabinets because wood and paint comes off every time! I am very stressed about the health implications of our kitchen in its current state... so we are actively discussing redoing the kitchen with a contractor, which of course is an insanely long and expensive process. But we really can't wait anymore, even with how careful I am I'm sure my poor kids are ingesting some of the falling-off paint/wood and this is an old house and I'm sure there's lead paint in there somewhere! Anyway I think about it constantly but there's just nothing more I can do about it at the moment. And when we finally get a date for redoing the kitchen, I don't totally know where we'll go while they do all the work!
We may have to look into a new house altogether, but I don't want to leave our block. We have the best neighbors and 11 kids (about to be 12
) ages 11 and under, and in the summer time it's a kid party outside all day every day. It feels idyllic for our kids (and for us, too!) and I don't want to attempt to form a community like the one we already have here. I'm hoping in the next couple years we can build on (maybe add a second story) but I'm not sure how realistic that is.
Thanks for listening to me, this is just on my mind constantly these days and I had to get it all written down!
