:lol::lol::lol: Would you believe I opened this thread just to see if somebody made a joke like this? DH and I once attended a class on Dutch oven cooking outdoors. Neither one of us could keep a straight face. Yeah, we're both pretty juvenile. :tongue_smilie:

I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?).

From what I understand she's attended a few, but she's also a fairly new midwife (about 6-7 years). She seems confident in this area, and I trust her.

I wonder if that is my problem? I've been doing a ton of squats because I read it was good for delivery. When my midwife saw that the baby was breech she told me to stop doing them, I think because it might help the baby stay in its current position.

Thanks everybody...I feel a lot better! This is just new territory for me. This baby moves around A LOT (must be a lot of room in there from previous pregnancies). :) Thanks for all of the resources. I see in a few places to not ever start the exercises till 32-33 weeks, so I still have time. I just checked and I guess I was 31 weeks yesterday. I just didn't want to wait too long, as baby #3 came at 37 weeks, and I worry about this one coming a bit sooner or something.

I'm almost 31 weeks, and right now the baby is in the breech position. My midwife says there is still plenty of time for baby to turn, but I just thought I'd see if anyone out there has any experience with this. If so, how far along were you when your baby turned? And what technique(s) did you use? Do you think they were helpful or do you think he/she would have turned anyway? Sorry for all of the questions...this is my 4th baby, but we've never had one in the breech position this far along. We're doing a homebirth and really want to avoid the hospital. My midwife says I'd be a good candidate for a breech birth if it comes down to that, because my previous labors were all 3-5 hours, but of course I'd prefer to birth the baby head-down if possible. :001_smile:

:iagree::lurk5: I'm 7 mths pregnant with our second surprise (no, DH has not had a vasectomy, but he plans to soon. Sounds like he'll definitely need to go to the check-up after the procedure!) OP, I hope everything turns out the way you want. :grouphug:

Thanks for sharing! I hate it when I miss a good Google pic. :001_smile:

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Hmm...I don't read a lot of dystopian themed books, so I probably missed something there. It's been awhile since I read it, but I just remember going from liking Katniss in the first chapter to being annoyed by her shallowness in the makeover sections and after. To me, it felt like her character went through a major personality change. I also don't remember her being particularly horrified about what was to come during those parts. I thought the first chapter(s?) did show that, especially when she takes her sister's place. That part was very moving, and I was frightened for her. But when it came to the actual games...it didn't "feel" as horrifying as I thought it would.

IMO it wasn't gruesome enough. Not that I wanted it to depict details of the violence, but I think the seriousness of the subject matter was skirted over by the author. Katniss(sp?,) the protagonist, starts out fine...she's a tough, compassionate character who takes place in the games so her sister doesn't have to go. The first chapter depicts the sense of danger and terrible things that will happen. After that, IMO it turns into a typical teen novel. The participants are dressed and made-up for the show and somehow the point of the games is forgotten as we get pages of Katniss' transformation from dirty poor girl into a beautiful girl (she was *beautiful* under all of that dirt? What a shock!) Yeah, I get that this is a dig at reality TV, but for once I was hoping for a strong female protagonist who doesn't care about appearances. And does she have to be beautiful? Really? Considering what she is about to experience, are her looks that important? And then, during the games, where people are getting killed, they actually hint around at a love triangle. :glare: Is that really what would be going on in this character's mind as she struggles to kill or be killed? I just found the whole thing annoying. I didn't even read the second book.

:lol: I do this every time. Maybe it's because hair is the one part of our bodies we can control when we're pregnant?

Yeah, I get that. :) I guess I just prefer the direct approach ("Hey, that comment was un-called for!") rather than pages of photos. And maybe not everyone wants the discussion derailed. I liken it to people having a heated political argument IRL and then having a group of people walk into the room loudly chatting and laughing to cover up the discussion, because *they* feel it's getting too heated. Maybe the people having the discussion didn't want to be interrupted? I don't know, I like a good argument. And I think for the most part, people around here stay civil. If somebody says something hurtful, they usually apologize. Or they'll take a break for awhile. Yep. I say let it run its course. I've seen a few threads where somebody has made a point, or asked a question that doesn't get answered because it's gotten derailed by pages of kilt photos or recipes. Sometimes (only sometimes) it *seems* to me like there are a few posters that dont like the way a certain thread is going , so they decide to jump in and take it over. I could be wrong though. I seem to be the only person posting about this. :D I'm not even sure why it bothers me, since I'm not usually posting on those threads. I read a lot more than I post. I just feel like if I was in the middle of an interesting conversation, it would bug me if it got derailed like that. Once the kilts come up (so to speak :lol:) the conversation rarely comes back around again. And that just doesn't seem fair if there are just a couple of people being nasty.

:iagree: And while I don't find the kilt pictures offensive, I do think they are annoying when they pop up in a heated thread about a completely different subject. They end up derailing the whole conversation, and even though I know it's supposed to be done in a light-hearted way, it seems kind of....er....passive aggressive? I don't know if that makes sense or not. It's like people are forcing the thread to turn another way and sort of dismissing all of the "serious" stuff that everyone was talking about. I don't know...maybe I'd feel differently if I found the kilt thing funnier. IMO its been done to death, just the same pics posted over and over. Right now I think the Ryan Gosling things are hilarious, but talk to me in a month or so and I may feel differently. :lol:

I have low blood pressure too. I had a dizzy spell a few years back at a concert where I actually passed out for a few minutes. We couldn't figure out why, until a year or so later when DH was diagnosed with high blood pressure and we bought a monitor. My normal range is about 80/50. I'm getting it worse now that I'm pregnant. If I stand up too fast, or go up the stairs too fast, I feel like I can't catch my breath, and I'll get overheated and even a bit nauseous. Lying on my side helps, but of course that isn't always feasible when out in public. I just try to sit down, or find a place where I can lean over and rest.

:iagree: Exactly. I don't think what this guy did was abusive, I just think it was stupid. I think his first priority was looking "cool," not punishing her. If he was really serious about the punishment, why the heck did he let her view the FB comments afterward? It makes no sense. For some reason he was very mad about how he looked to her FB friends (which seems kind of childish to me...why the heck would you care about what a bunch of teens think about you?). So if she whines to her friends at school about her parents, what is he going to do about that? The shooting of the laptop makes absolutely no sense. Just take it away. FB was the main problem, right? And the Internet? Destroying the laptop was just a dumb dramatic gesture.

I would love to hear some recipes, especially how to make shampoo!

Swellmomma, what kind of probiotics does your son take? Are they tablets? My DS11 has enco too and will not swallow pills (he has major sensory issues). I tried crushing the pills and putting them in juice, but that didn't fly either. I'd love to find a chewable or powder or something.

:iagree: When I was 16/17 yrs old, my friend introduced me to some pretty explicit rap music. We listened to it all the time, but it was just a phase. It never changed my behavior (I was quite a prude, actually). I don't know why it interested me at the time...I guess it was my own mini-rebellion (though my parents didn't know about it, as I never actually owned any rap tapes. This was back when we listened to cassettes. :lol:)

OP, you are not alone. :grouphug: EL, I could have written *your* post! We had to close our business of 15 years last fall because it was so slow. Then DH ended up in the emergency room and we racked up $12k worth of bills. He was able to get a temporary job (with no health insurance) but that ends next month. He's miserable dealing with his chronic illness, and comes home and lays down every night. Even with his medications (which cost us $200/mth) he's miserable. Add to that the fact that I'm in my 3rd trimester and also miserable, and we just commiserate together every night. All we can do is try to watch a funny show and laugh. We're pretty good about laughing together, especially about our situation. I mean, it just seems to get worse and worse and sometimes you just have to laugh. :tongue_smilie: :iagree::iagree: I'm in charge of paying the bills. More often than not, I'm in tears by the time I'm finished. We absolutely do not have enough money to pay all of our bills every month. My priorities have changed to keeping the utilities on and basic food in the house. I cannot do anything about the bills in the future. I can only pay what I can today. I think we might be further down than some, because the last year of having our business we were basically living off of credit cards. Not smart, I know, but I think I fooled myself into thinking we were making more than we were. Besides that, we were stuck. Last month we had to miss payments on two of our cards. I honestly have no idea what we are going to do this month. We get our tax refund in the next few weeks, but most of that will go to our midwife, and a bare minimum of baby supplies (we had no baby stuff saved, as this pregnancy was a surprise) Well, at least we're not alone. :grouphug:

Oh man....I can relate! My almost 12 yo DS has to be reminded to do all of this every. Stinkin'. Day.:glare:

My dad taught me to just make two loops and ties them together. I've never been able to tie them the regular way.

Oldest DD played flute for three years (two in band, one with private lessons). Even though she was very good, she just didn't enjoy it. We let her quit, and now she is in a girls' choir, which she enjoys very much. I think if they've given it a good try (and I think 2-3 years is a decent amount of time to try out an instrument) that they should be free to move on to something else if they want.

:iagree: Now that was an awesome live show! Gives me chills every time I watch it. Freddie Mercury was an amazing performer.

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