I'm the opposite, i'm huge but i have a feeling i'm going to go WAY past my date! grr. I'd say the most important thing is make sure you have your hospital bag packed by the start of december then, and have the car seat fitted. You sound like you have pretty much everything, just maybe buy one bulk bag of diapers, and make sure you have at least enough clothes to dress bubb for the hospital stay. Your doc should be able to tell if your going to go into labor THAT much earlier because bubb will be big and ready. Do you think he'll be here dec instead of jan because you feel your due dates are wrong, or because you think he'll be premature?

I think my due dates may be wrong, I have for a bit now. He only measured a week bigger when I had my last u/s. A girl that I used to work with went to the same place and they gave her a date of being 6months. SH=he didn't think it was right so she went somewhere else for it and she was nearly ready to have him!!
I am scard that will happen to me..

i dont think doctors are right and that the ultrasound are wrong alot of the time.. thats why they say they cant really determine the sex that your not supposed to get your hopes up and my sis in law just had her baby and one doctor said she was havin a girl and that she was 7 month and anotha said she was havin a boy and that she was due in a couple of weeks and the 2nd doc was right she had him a week and 2 days lata

i think the doctors are wrong with me to cause i think im getting braxton hicks and thats usually means your going to go into actual labor soon. hey does anyone get tummy aches latly i was wondering what this was all about? i havent heard my babys heart beat in about a3 weeks or so so im going on wensday but yeah im soo nervous that the baby might be hurt or something, does anyone know what contractions feel like either im just soo nervous thats what my tummy aches are or something im scared lol

That scares me a bit!! LOL Not in a bad way just that everything that I have trusted could be wrong!!

What kind of tummy pains??
I am getting strange feelings in my belly at the moment.
If anyone knows about them can you post so I know!
Thanks Reen xx

i am 37 weeks and 1 day today and when i was 6 months the doctor told me that he was measuring at about a week before my due date. I think it was when i was at 32 weeks and he said the baby was at 33 weeks. They told me that they never change a due date if it is in a 3 week span of the original. Are you a first time mom? First time moms usually go up unitl their due date it is rare if they go before. Although i know exactly how you feel, i don't feel completely ready and i have a big baby shower coming up this weekend and that is where the rest of the big stuff(carseat,stroller,dresser, and few other big necessities) are coming from. But everyone thinks that i won't make it past tomorrow because of how big he is. I don't know, but if you ever need someone to talk to i am here for you. Also the braxton Hicks, which i have had feel like cramps at first and it feels like your starting your period and then they get stronger. But labor pains from what i have heard feel like menstrual cramps the worst times 10 so supposedly you will very much be able to tell the difference.

you can tell whenyour in labor when you have pain startin in the top of your stomach down to the bottom.... you can have braxton hicks months before you have your baby your uterus is just praticing you will know your in labor when you lose you muscus plug or your water breaks

Yeah I was told not to change it when i got the u/s just a bit iffy on if it was rightt or not LOL
Yes, I am a first time mum.
Good lick woth the birth! I hope you make it to your shower so you have everything!!
And I'll keep in mind the b/h and labour words...
Thanks guys!
Reen xx

oh hey braxton hicks doesn't mean you are going into labour soon. You can get it months before you do. I have a feeling i will go early, never did with ricky but than I am having twins this time and they will likely go early.

If you think you are in labour go in to the hospital as if you are early they can stop your labour.

Some signs that the labour is coming include pooping all the time, doesn't have to be running can be just normal but many times a day. Back ache, nesting urges, these ones will be really strong urges, having a show, that is the mucus plug. having a show will result in bloody pants.

Its important that if you have these and think you may go early to rest. If your waters break go in straight away, as your baby needs to be born soon after that or else the risk of infection becomes very high. Most early labour can be stopped with bed rest and sometimes a curvical stitch however it needs to be stopped soon after the labour starts.

Thanks I will keep that in mind. I have had crazy nesting urges lately!!!LOL
Thank you all soo much for your help!!!!
Reen xx

your welcome, the nesting urges aren't enough by themselves....but if you get that and any others on that list try and rest.

Nest all you want just don't use up too much energy, it is better you bub if you aren't overtired. Plus you get more done when you aren't too tired. Ignore the urge to move everything around, i gave into the urge to move my couch from the bedroom to the lounge and paid for it for days after with killer back and tummy pain

I have been getting soo tired I don't know what to do! I am expected to do all the housework everyday because I am the only one not working they don't think it is fair but they also have gotten really lazy since that rule was made so now I am always tired! But because of some form of Insomnia I have gained from this pregnancy I have trouble getting to sleep till late at night then awake early!! I can never win!! LOL

I've got some tips for keeping things clean.

tidy the kitchen, including the washing up in the morning after breakfast and at night.

Clean the toilet quickly whenever you go to it and notice it is dirty

Do the bathroom a weekday morning, let the stuff sit there while you have breakfast than wash it off

Don't make the bed, just throw your sheets on nicely

Throw the dirty clothes in the washing baskets as soon as you take them off, if others leave clothes everywhere do it just before bed

Tidy the lounge room after dinner.

That way you have your entire day free. I clean up after my partner and my son everyone else can pick up there own crap and clean there own rooms. Try resting as much as you can, even though it isn't sleep your body still needs to rest.

Thanks I will do all of that!! You are a real big help you knw!

Nah I'm not really, I have just been through it before and sharing the secrets of the trade. And as for the things I haven't been through I can understand how hard it is to not know what is going on, and the need to understand.