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Hello everyone!

Thank you all for such wonderful words of encouragement. I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to you, but I concentrated on taking it easy over the weekend, so I wasn't on the boards at all.

The weekend turned out to be ok. Saturday I was still completely exhausted, but I was able to sleep a lot of the day. Saturday night ended up being the best... I slept through the night and didn't wake up until almost 10:00 Sunday morning. It's amazing what getting some sleep can do for you.

I'm still experiencing some cramping, but I've been able to keep it under control. It's been fairly mild, and seems to be getting less and less as the days pass. Having some actual quiet time this weekend really gave me the ability to concentrate on relaxing.

As for the issues with the neighbors... I talked to my landlord this morning. Apparently they complained about DH walking into their apartment and turning off their blaring tv. I agree that he shouldn't have done that, but what was he supposed to do? I was bawling and DH felt that he had no choice... He knows that I need to sleep.

I told my landlord that because of the lack of sleep and all of the stress from it, that I'm starting to experience minor complications, and that I wanted the neighbors to be aware of it. I'm not one for putting blame on other people, but I think in this case it's more than justified. We're dealing with my unborn child here, and the possible risk of a pre-term delivery. They need to understand the importance of the decrease in my stress level and increase in my sleep and that they're the ones that have taken that control away from me.

As for moving out... it's become more of an obstacle now because of this small complication. I really need to be careful of my activity level. As I said, I'm really torn. The doctor issue is still scary to me, but I think it's something I would be able to overcome, and I so so badly want to move back up to MN into a house of our own, but moving could and most likely would cause more problems with my pregnancy. Because DH is so busy at work, I would be the one to have to do all of the packing and preparing.

We ARE still working on figuring something out. I'm not willing to live with someone else during the rest of my pregnancy because I would miss DH too much, so that's completely out of the question. Hopefully things will get better with our neighbors... at least it's been quiet for almost a week (fingers crossed). We WILL move out of here no matter what before the end of the year. I just pray that it's after baby is born and after DH finds a job that's relatively easier.

On a happier note... DH was asked to send an updated pic of my growing belly to a friend, so I thought I'd also share it with all of you...

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I hope everyone had a good weekend and that you're all doing well.

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~ Rachel (IBS-C)
If life hands you lemons, make lemonade!!

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