phoenixgirl
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Amber, we've had a couple ant infestations in our house too. Can you find out where they are getting into the house by following the trail to its origin? In both cases ours were coming in through cracks in our wooden window frames (house is over 90 years old). First, I left out liquid Terro on little pieces of cardboard (you don't want to put it right on the floor/sill/whatever because it's sticky, and you don't want the kind where the ants have to crawl into a bait because they might not) right in the ants' path. This causes a giant swarm of ants to come and feast on the poison, which they will take back to the nest where it will kill the rest of them. Then, once you don't see any more ants, you caulk the area where they were getting in. No more ants for us! If you just use the Terro but don't seal up where they're getting in, they'll eventually regroup and come back, and you don't to have to keep reusing the Terro with pets and children around.
Meresel, glad you are feeling better!
Vizla, wow, I don't think I could wear my fat pants right now just because they wouldn't stay up (thankfully I don't think I've outgrown them in the thigh/butt, but I just don't think they'd be comfortable even unbuttoned with a bella band)!
drk, congrats on the house! So was it the city house or the suburban house? Congrats either way! I'm glad to hear the bleeding has stopped and that your doctors are so confident everything is fine. You should be too, seriously!
Ditto November on not buying too many maternity clothes ahead of time. It wasn't just my belly that grew -- butt and thighs and everything else. And some shirts are too short now. I've got 4 weeks to go, so everyone will have to forgive me for wearing my same outfits over and over. And pants are more comfortable than skirts, so I'm just going to alternate my two pairs of pants and hope no one notices/minds! (I wash them every time though.)
But actually, my sister gave birth to her baby girl today!!! She was induced, so this is not a surprise. She came in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces, the biggest of my sister's three children (but who can complain about 7 lb. 5 oz.?). An U/S around 36 weeks had projected that she would be more like 9 pounds, but you always hear people say, oh yeah, the U/S said my baby would be gigantic, then she was just 7 pounds . . .
So I'll be getting some maternity clothes from her this weekend and can mix up my tired wardrobe a little bit. She says she has medium petite Motherhood jeans I can have. I didn't want to spend the money when I have a pair of khakis already, but jeans will be nice for the next few weeks with the weather getting cooler. Yay!
Tomorrow I have the day off because I could only schedule my 36 week appointment and pediatrician meet and greet for odd times. I'm trying not to use my days off now but there was no way around it. At least I'll get a three day weekend out of it! We're having an U/S because of my uterus measuring 33 cm. at both the 32 and 34 week appointments. I've been warned that you don't get the same cute full body shots that you get earlier in pregnancy, but I am glad that we'll be making sure she's more vertical than transverse and checking on her size. But I'm prepared not to believe their estimates too much since everyone always says they're not very accurate.
DH and I have a date planned tomorrow night before we go up to meet my niece on Saturday. I think he's been getting the hint that I wish he were around more, but I know I'll just have to speak my mind when I think he's doing too much since toning things down for him still involves lots of errands and working out, so he can still be gone for a big portion of each night just doing those things.
Hmmm, I'm having the crampy feeling again. That's the third time this week. I guess this is normal for 36 weeks. It is a relief to know that if I were to go into labor now, there'd likely be few if any complications.
Meresel, glad you are feeling better!
Vizla, wow, I don't think I could wear my fat pants right now just because they wouldn't stay up (thankfully I don't think I've outgrown them in the thigh/butt, but I just don't think they'd be comfortable even unbuttoned with a bella band)!
drk, congrats on the house! So was it the city house or the suburban house? Congrats either way! I'm glad to hear the bleeding has stopped and that your doctors are so confident everything is fine. You should be too, seriously!
Ditto November on not buying too many maternity clothes ahead of time. It wasn't just my belly that grew -- butt and thighs and everything else. And some shirts are too short now. I've got 4 weeks to go, so everyone will have to forgive me for wearing my same outfits over and over. And pants are more comfortable than skirts, so I'm just going to alternate my two pairs of pants and hope no one notices/minds! (I wash them every time though.)
But actually, my sister gave birth to her baby girl today!!! She was induced, so this is not a surprise. She came in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces, the biggest of my sister's three children (but who can complain about 7 lb. 5 oz.?). An U/S around 36 weeks had projected that she would be more like 9 pounds, but you always hear people say, oh yeah, the U/S said my baby would be gigantic, then she was just 7 pounds . . .
So I'll be getting some maternity clothes from her this weekend and can mix up my tired wardrobe a little bit. She says she has medium petite Motherhood jeans I can have. I didn't want to spend the money when I have a pair of khakis already, but jeans will be nice for the next few weeks with the weather getting cooler. Yay!
Tomorrow I have the day off because I could only schedule my 36 week appointment and pediatrician meet and greet for odd times. I'm trying not to use my days off now but there was no way around it. At least I'll get a three day weekend out of it! We're having an U/S because of my uterus measuring 33 cm. at both the 32 and 34 week appointments. I've been warned that you don't get the same cute full body shots that you get earlier in pregnancy, but I am glad that we'll be making sure she's more vertical than transverse and checking on her size. But I'm prepared not to believe their estimates too much since everyone always says they're not very accurate.
DH and I have a date planned tomorrow night before we go up to meet my niece on Saturday. I think he's been getting the hint that I wish he were around more, but I know I'll just have to speak my mind when I think he's doing too much since toning things down for him still involves lots of errands and working out, so he can still be gone for a big portion of each night just doing those things.
Hmmm, I'm having the crampy feeling again. That's the third time this week. I guess this is normal for 36 weeks. It is a relief to know that if I were to go into labor now, there'd likely be few if any complications.
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