There's a regimen you're supposed to follow but I'm all stubborn and pigheaded so I don't. I lay on it (not often enough) and it just relaxes my muscles like a massage. I lay in different positions on it to get different areas, my shoulders being my worst spot and it makes a huge difference. I don't know what it actually does to me physically, but it makes me feel really good. I did it once after yoga and jumped off immediately because it hurt so bad. I think it's only good for tense muscles, or possibly I had such good blood flow from the yoga it was a just a really stupid idea, I'm not sure. Either way I like the thing and it was definitely worth the $40.

We're watching old family videos. I used to sing to the dogs the way I sing to the kids now. Miami started wagging her tail when I started singing in the video. I was SO fat!

I was just thinking about how we were so excited to get to 100 pages. If we had only known...

I meant can I just have lots of teA instead. I just feel really strange about vaginal exercises. I don't know why, it's just weird.

Can't I just use it the way it's supposed to be used a lot? It would be easier.

There are tools!? :willy_nilly:

I'll Google that. ;)

I actually have a desperate hatred for kegels. But I find that full body strength training replaces the need. I think I do kegels while I do squats or something but don't notice.

I don't want triplets. I would love them but it would be so hard to take care of 3 babies. I figured it was normal, I just wanted to make sure. And humiliate myself publicly.

I had both babies kicking at the same time and showed Matt. He agrees it's either twins or a massive child. I've been asked if it's twins by 4 different people. I'm seeing the good doctor next time and he'll search for another heartbeat if I ask. He's really cool. If he doesn't find one we need to start taking bets on this kid's size. I have an embarrassing TMI question. I've been having little accidents when I sneeze with a full batter. That's just because of a lack of room, right? It will go away... right? This didn't happen with my first two.

It's an incredibly difficult topic. If you decide to let her stop you can always readdress it at a later time. She has obviously learned a lot.

I'm glad I got the one with the neck thing. I lay too high on it to really dig into my shoulders and it does wonders for my knots. It's not painful at all. Just don't accidentally step on it! :willy_nilly:

Obviously we're getting a snake for our daughter. Thanks for the tip!

All of my babies have preferred the left side. I wander what's so bad about my right side?

Ninja Menstrual cup Glass water bottle Zensufu mat Eta: And I want Fiestawear, glass tupperware, and a Brother printer. :)

That's the plan.

I wanna work out. 5 years ago you never would have guessed that I would be one of those types of people, but now I am and I wanna work out. I wanna sweat and grunt and hurt and I'm really pissed off that I can't. I want my fiestawear and tablet, and now I want diamond earrings because of my stupid husband, but I can't have any of it because we're poor. I think I need chips.

I just googled elephant ninja duct tape and got some strange things. I don't recommend it, but I'l share this.

Panda.

STOP MAKING FUN OF ME! :crying:

Today is arm day. I can't wait to get this baby out of me and do some Shaun T! YAY! Welcome! I've been pretty touch and go, but when I'm not pregnant I post enough here to be quite annoying. I love these threads because you get to know the people and know where they're coming from when you ask for advice. Someone recommended I videotape myself to critique my technique. Great idea! But no. Tonight yes. Tomorrow no. Such a unique problem. What kind of sports bra do you like?

JJM, it's okay. I promise not to put my children in hot baths. I asked because I've done it to myself more than once and it worked. That whole thing about being near death to avoid the doctor, remember? I'll do things myself or let myself get sicker than my kids because I'm older and I know myself. I can't trust my kids to know when to go to the doctor so we just go. I'll treat my ingrown toenails, fevers, UTIs, all sorts of stuff, but the second I knew Mary had a UTI we were off. I am good with cold and flu, but the doctor can't help there anyway.

I believe her behavior difference is because her behavior depends on her sickness, not her fever. I don't think fevers have anything to do with how we feel unless they're really high for the most part. So really sick = cranky Jo while sort of sick = non cranky Jo. The fever is irrelevant because it's a symptom, not a cause. Does anyone here break fevers with hot baths? What does that old saying "starve a cold, feed a fever" mean? I'm not going to not eat or not feed my kids due to sickness. That sounds dumb.

SIL woke me up at 4:30 and I'm still up. I had a dream Tex and I were arguing about the best way to teach math to an adult genius from a television show I believe we were going to teach together. I've had lots of strange dreams lately. I think I'll have breakfast now.

Goodnight. Jean I hope you sleep like a baby and wake up to a much better day. :)