May 2013 Due Dates
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On a side note... I am looking to be-friend any mommas that have had success with EBF their little ones!!
I had a terrible go at it with my first and need some support from experienced moms out there!
Welcome Abby!
I had a horrible time with breastfeeding the first time around (I have a 2-year-old son and have chosen to be surprised with what sex our baby is this time), and this time I'd like to breastfeed/pump exclusively (I have nothing against pumping - I'd just like to avoid the cost of formula this time). I joined the Breastfeeding Support group pre-emptively and have been lurking. I actually posted a question there for the first time today and have gotten a couple of responses, though I haven't read them yet. They're not as active as we are over here on the pregnancy board, but with little ones, that's to be expected: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/197-breastfeeding-support0 -
Welcome to the newcomers!
RBXChas: glad to hear the bedroom is finally getting pulled together/the furniture worked out!
Re:pumps - our insurance required us to go through a DME as well but they were able to provide us a list of the approved types. So weird that they'd make you go through the whole process! My hubby said maybe it's so everyone doesn't just go for the top-of-the-line option automatically.
By the way, we bought a Medela Pump in Style (backpack version) and I have never had any problems with it. I got mine in Jan 2010 so I don't know if it has changed at all in the past couple years.
Abby: I exclusively breastfed my first daughter for her whole first year. I pumped once a day on days I had to work (parttime) but that was all. With the twins, I exclusively breastfed for about 3-4 months, then started exclusively pumping for time management (still using my Medela) for a couple months, and slowly transitioned to half formula, half breastmilk and then eventually moved to all formula around 9 or 10 months. This wasn't because of dwindling supply; it was because I was having to spend SO MUCH TIME pumping that it was interfering with actual interaction with the babies. I'd be on the couch pumping, and they would be on the floor wanting me to play with them/read to them but I couldn't because I was pumping for 30+ min (it takes forever when you're pumping a good 30oz at a time!). I'm planning on breastfeeding this next baby, though, just like my first, since it'll be much more manageable with only one. 0 -
(it takes forever when you're pumping a good 30oz at a time!)
Whoa, dude! That's incredible! I was lucky if I could pump 3oz in an entire day! My sister had similar supply issues with her first as I had with my first, and then with her second she could pump 8-10oz in a sitting. (Then she had back surgery so as to avoid significant nerve damage, so she was pumping like crazy since she wouldn't be able to breastfeed/pump after surgery due to medication.) I can only hope this time I have a good supply like that!
ETA that her second baby wouldn't latch, so she ended up EPing while she could.0 -
Hello Ladies!
It's been awhile, but we finally made the move to Canada this weekend and we're getting settled in.
Welcome MtMcConnel!
RBX- nice score on the pump! Glad your furniture came in too! I bet that's a relief.
Welcome Abby!
Tara, Laser - hope you're all doing well.
Jess, glad the ultrasound went well!
MormonMommy- I hear you on the nesting! Being without a home for so long I was so sad not to nest.
LadyJacc- I'm looking into classes, I feel unprepared! How are your classes going?0 -
So.....we traveled for over a month.... Great Barrier Reef, New Zealand, Fiji, back home to Oregon for the baby shower and then moved to Canada last weekend. I'm exhausted.
GBR was amazing for snorkeling! New Zealand was absolutely breathtaking..... We stopped at a gorgeous river that was this crystal clear turquoise color like the ocean! It was shocking! Rolling hills and cliffs and animals on wide open land. We want to go back to NZ and spend a few weeks when our Bub is older.
Fiji, we stayed on a tiny island with only a few other guests. The staff lived on the island too and there was a high level of interaction between staff and guest, we loved that! They invited us into their Kava ceremony and we played vidi vidi with them at night (their local game). Fijians are the nicest people I've met in all my travels! We went to the island where Tom Hanks Castaway was filmed (I've never seen that movie).
Back home in Oregon, I had a lovely shower and the Bub was so spoiled! The amount of clothes we got is out of control! My mom washed them all for me last weekend, what a help! My Dad and husband put together our nursery here in the apartment......we've turned a tiny 6 x 7 space into her room.
Other than that, my belly feels tight most of the time, especially at the top. It's uncomfortable, is this Braxton Hicks? Also feeling lots of pressure on my bladder, is that the babies head? She is moving a lot in the last few days and the tightness has gotten worse :frown:
Oh and as my Canadian midwife predicted, I failed the 1 hour GD (Canada doesn't even offer it as its unreliable). I had to do the GD tests in the US and ended up passing the 3 hour with flying colors, but it was drama. I got so sick and needed to throw up, they told me the test would be invalid and I'd have to start over, so I kept swallowing it back down......so gross. Then my IBS reared its ugly head and I was sick the whole time. I HATE that test, but so happy I passed.
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Hi All! Sorry to be MIA; I've been lurking but haven't really had anything much of my own to report.
It's good to see you back, rubybeach! I'm envious of all your exotic globetrotting travels!
Based on what friends were telling me, I expected the third trimester to be really difficult. Week 27 certainly started out that way -I was super exhausted, nauseous, and achy again (also had a lot of tightness on top, so much so that I had a band of numbness up there -I think it was the uterus expanding as far high up as it can possibly grow, plus baby kicking). It turns out I was slightly anemic. Normally I am mostly vegetarian and I hadn't actually cooked raw meat in years, but I decided to give it a try and I have been feeling loads better. I don't know if it's the iron or the protein or just the nature of my pregnancy at this point, but I have so much more energy. I'm also sleeping much better and feeling more alert. My cravings and therefore calories are slightly more under control, too. Heartburn is always lurking in the background, but it's still quite manageable. I take 2 tbl of aloe vera juice every morning and then papaya enzymes throughout the day as needed; again, it's hard to tell whether that's made a difference over the long term or this pregnancy is just not extreme heartburn makeover (yet....).
This week is a family milestone in that my sister went into premature labor with the first grandchild at 33w6d, and I think the knowledge of that has triggered a recent nesting instinct in me. Probably most of you have already bought baby gear and clothes and set up the nursery and packed your hospital bags, but I only just got going on it. I hired a doula (although my husband doesn't seem to be so on board with that, so it's not quite a done deal), went to a big children's consignment event, got the crib, have been washing all of the clothes, attended a La Leche League meeting, starting reading breastfeeding books, etc. My biggest worry right now is figuring out cloth diapers and what supplies I'll need. And I'm glad the group has started to talk about breastfeeding, since that feels to me like the last scary frontier of physical challenge in this process.
Exercise: I've continued to do what I've been doing since the second trimester -water running with paddles + about a mile of lap swimming 3-4 times a week, and prenatal yoga on the other days. Weirdly enough, I feel like the prenatal yoga isn't challenging me adequately, whereas before I felt so achy and uncomfortable that it was the perfect exercise. The Bradley course has had me doing tons of kegels in all kinds of creative combinations; I haven't been able to get all of recommended number them in each day, but I have already noticed a HUGE difference in my ability to control that muscle. Hopefully they will come in handy later.
I'm 33w4d right now and I'm actually feeling better than I have all pregnancy! I keep thinking this can't be normal, but hey, I'll take it!0 -
The Bradley course has had me doing tons of kegels in all kinds of creative combinations; I haven't been able to get all of recommended number them in each day, but I have already noticed a HUGE difference in my ability to control that muscle. Hopefully they will come in handy later.
You've got my attention - care to share some of these creative combinations? I'm the WORST at getting my kegels in (I even have to set a reminder on my phone for 3pm every day... 3pm *ding ding* Kegel!) and would love to hear of some more 'creative' options to keep me entertained...0 -
Fiji, we stayed on a tiny island with only a few other guests. The staff lived on the island too and there was a high level of interaction between staff and guest, we loved that! They invited us into their Kava ceremony and we played vidi vidi with them at night (their local game). Fijians are the nicest people I've met in all my travels! We went to the island where Tom Hanks Castaway was filmed (I've never seen that movie).
So, SO stinkin' jealous of you! That sounds like a dream! Was the fresh fruit out of this world?Other than that, my belly feels tight most of the time, especially at the top. It's uncomfortable, is this Braxton Hicks? Also feeling lots of pressure on my bladder, is that the babies head? She is moving a lot in the last few days and the tightness has gotten worse :frown:
Same here - tight belly on and off - my assumption is also that it's Braxton Hicks. It's not painful, just odd feeling and lasts for about 15-30 seconds. I believe the warning flags would be if you felt that more than 4 -5 times in an hour for longer than 30 seconds at a time. But, I'm new to this too.
I hear you with the bladder issues -- I had to laugh at RBX's story of walking around target having to sporadically pee. Those sudden urges are killer! *bam* pee! My FIL was in town over the weekend so we did a lot of walking showing him Seattle's waterfront, etc, and I peed at pretty much every Starbucks we passed... which, if you know Seattle, was about every 3,000 feet.0 -
I had to laugh at RBX's story of walking around target having to sporadically pee. Those sudden urges are killer! *bam* pee! My FIL was in town over the weekend so we did a lot of walking showing him Seattle's waterfront, etc, and I peed at pretty much every Starbucks we passed... which, if you know Seattle, was about every 3,000 feet.
Seriously, the worst is when I'm sitting for a while and then get up and it's like, WHOA, gotta pee! I have been fighting either a cold or a sinus infection or allergies or something that have included a cough for about a week. Every time I cough it's a fight not to pee! (Thank goodness for maxi pads!) This is weird, too, but I've found that if I look up at the ceiling when I cough, it must do something where it doesn't disturb the lower abdomen, since I don't have to work as hard not to pee. Though this morning I did that just as I was about to get in the shower and literally peed a little on my bathroom floor. I wasn't so worried about myself, as I was undressed and about to shower, but I did have to grab the spray cleaner and clean it up I never had this much of an issue with my last pregnancy! I think this baby is just hanging out super, super low.
But I am super jealous of rubybeach's travels! Fiji sounds AWESOME! I have always wanted to go there! Snorkeling on the GBR is also on my bucket list. It sucks that I have this crazy fear of flying (well, not so crazy, since it stems from being on a flight where something actually went wrong, but that's another story for another day). I love the water, though, so maybe I'll be wealthy enough one day to charter a huge yacht and travel with a bunch of people I wouldn't mind being stuck on a boat with 0 -
Kegel combinations:
(I do all contractions on the exhale and all releases on the exhale, which is what I learned in prenatal yoga)
Regular:
Contract, relax, repeat
"Elevator" kegels:
-regular contraction, graded relaxation in five steps (like going down five floors on an elevator and stopping at each one)
-graded contraction, graded relaxation, " "
any combination of the above, plus a three second hold at the top
Sprint kegels:
really fast series of contract and relax, like a pulse
That's as far as we've gotten. We're doing 100-150/day for now. I find myself doing them before bed, when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep right away, and after working out. I try to do them in the car or during lectures, but I find they take too much concentration.0 -
Rubybeach, you win the prize for making everyone jealous of your travels! That all sounded incredible!I hear you with the bladder issues -- I had to laugh at RBX's story of walking around target having to sporadically pee. Those sudden urges are killer! *bam* pee! My FIL was in town over the weekend so we did a lot of walking showing him Seattle's waterfront, etc, and I peed at pretty much every Starbucks we passed... which, if you know Seattle, was about every 3,000 feet.
LadyJocc, I used to live in Everett! Still actually own a townhouse there and have a renter. Small world!
I only seem to get the sudden need to pee at inopportune times, like in the middle of grocery shopping or at the park with the kids. Never when I'm conveniently at home, a few feet from the bathroom! :grumble: :laugh:0 -
That's as far as we've gotten. We're doing 100-150/day for now. I find myself doing them before bed, when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep right away, and after working out. I try to do them in the car or during lectures, but I find they take too much concentration.
When you say "we," do you mean your prenatal yoga class? I am imagining you doing simultaneous kegels with your husband, which is kind of funny in my head, I guess because I am imagining what would happen if my husband were doing kegels...0 -
The kegels are homework for my Bradley class, so that "we" means the pregnant class members!
My husband did inform me that he has experienced contractions. I was like, ha ha ha. But it turns out that he used to have horrible back spasms that wrapped around to his abs and so he would have contractions that he needed to breathe through. I don't doubt that they were painful, but somehow I don't think they are quite the same.
Today he also asked me if I had any mother's intuition about whether the baby would come early. I said I have no clue.0 -
Kegel combinations:
(I do all contractions on the exhale and all releases on the exhale, which is what I learned in prenatal yoga)
Regular:
Contract, relax, repeat
"Elevator" kegels:
-regular contraction, graded relaxation in five steps (like going down five floors on an elevator and stopping at each one)
-graded contraction, graded relaxation, " "
any combination of the above, plus a three second hold at the top
Sprint kegels:
really fast series of contract and relax, like a pulse
That's as far as we've gotten. We're doing 100-150/day for now. I find myself doing them before bed, when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep right away, and after working out. I try to do them in the car or during lectures, but I find they take too much concentration.
Thank you!! That's incredibly helpful.
I too find that they take too much concentration for me to do while driving or working. Honestly, I know they are important - but they really do feel like a chore.
Whining aside - I will try these combos to spice it up. Thanks again! 0 -
My husband did inform me that he has experienced contractions. I was like, ha ha ha. But it turns out that he used to have horrible back spasms that wrapped around to his abs and so he would have contractions that he needed to breathe through. I don't doubt that they were painful, but somehow I don't think they are quite the same.
During one of my past pregnancies, my hubby said that he was experiencing sympathy symptoms because he was feeling 'kicks' in his abdomen :laugh: You never know!0 -
Ooops: I meant all releases on the inhale.0
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Hey ladies!
Hope everyone is doing well. Sleeping at night had become so uncomfortable already. Luckily my husband is a chiropractic student so he did a bunch of trigger points and gave me an awesome lower back massage last night. But my joints are sooooooo achy. I finally fell asleep with a pillow propped under my belly, a pillow under my lower back, a pillow between my thighs, and a pillow between my shoulder and neck. I have a maternity pillow - but it doesn't feel supportive enough, and I have a stomach sleeper pregnancy pillow with a hole cut out for the belly - but my belly is to narrow for the sides and too deep which makes it hit the bed anyways
Sigh.... 7 more weeks. Okay, the rant is over.
The Nexium seems to be working FANTASTIC for the heartburn (which subsequently has keep my nausea in check too! Hurray!).
As far as nesting, I am feeling much, much better. Still a few smaller projects to do - but if worst came to worst they are things my husband could take care of on his own.
Anyways - hope everyone is feeling great! Are we all officially in the 3rd trimester now? It's the homestretch ladies!0 -
Hi Ladies!
LadyJocc, fruit was soooo yummy and really fruit has been my only craving, so it was heaven.
Lady & RBX, totally hear you on the bathroom breaks! We walk to the park and about 10 minutes into the walk I already have to pee!
RBX- my mom didn't fly until she was 40, so I feel for you. She still won't fly alone, it's a tough one. I like you yacht idea better anyways
MormonMama- wow, you are lucky to have a chiropractor husband! How nice!!! And where did you get the stomach sleeper pillow?
Well, settling into our life in Canada. We had a nice relaxing weekend and took the dogs to the park twice. We met a couple there with 2 dogs and a baby. They had lived in Portland (where we're from) and Australia and had just moved to Vancouver too. She also delivered at the hospital we'll be at. Isn't that crazy to have so much in common??? They were so nice and she gave me her number to meet up
The stereotype of Canadians being so nice has rang true for us so far......so nice and polite, I LOVE it! Such a change from Australia, it's so interesting experiencing different cultures.
Nesting in full force, if you look at my profile picture you can see the beginnings of our weiner dog nursery. Much more stuff to come...... Etsy will be the death of me and has taken all my money! You can't buy much weiner dog stuff in stores so a lot of it is custom made :ohwell:
Still waiting on the air shipment of our belongings..... It'll be interesting to see where I'm at on the scale as we haven't had one in weeks. Measuring right on track though, so that's what I'm going by at this point.
How are you??0 -
Today he also asked me if I had any mother's intuition about whether the baby would come early. I said I have no clue.
My husband has asked me that about whether I think we're having a boy or a girl. He asked me that the first time, too. I went back and forth that time, as I do this time. So yeah, I had no guess! (Honestly, I think if you put a gun to my head the first time and forced me to make a guess, I'd have guessed a girl, and we had a boy. This time I have a feeling we'll have a girl, but as luck would have it in both of our families, we'll have another boy - which is TOTALLY fine by me.)0 -
Hey ladies!
Hope everyone is doing well. Sleeping at night had become so uncomfortable already. Luckily my husband is a chiropractic student so he did a bunch of trigger points and gave me an awesome lower back massage last night. But my joints are sooooooo achy. I finally fell asleep with a pillow propped under my belly, a pillow under my lower back, a pillow between my thighs, and a pillow between my shoulder and neck. I have a maternity pillow - but it doesn't feel supportive enough, and I have a stomach sleeper pregnancy pillow with a hole cut out for the belly - but my belly is to narrow for the sides and too deep which makes it hit the bed anyways Sigh.... 7 more weeks. Okay, the rant is over.
The Nexium seems to be working FANTASTIC for the heartburn (which subsequently has keep my nausea in check too! Hurray!).
As far as nesting, I am feeling much, much better. Still a few smaller projects to do - but if worst came to worst they are things my husband could take care of on his own.
Anyways - hope everyone is feeling great! Are we all officially in the 3rd trimester now? It's the homestretch ladies!
I know, sleeping is getting to be rough I'm sorry you're having trouble with that. Glad the Nexium is working, though! I was doing the Zantac thing but decided to stop because I was having, um, movements that were interesting colors. (Not black, which is a sign of bleeding, but colors that led me to Google it, and it turns out that can be a side effect because you're producing less stomach acid and thus not digesting food as completely.) I decided to just use Tums as I go and to avoid foods that make things worse, and I've done fine so far. It's been about a week since my last Zantac.
I think we should all be third trimester by now, since I'm 32 weeks and am due 5/26... anyone due past me and still in May is at least 31 weeks by now!
We are thisclose to having our son's room set up with the big boy bed and everything; we just have to set up the monitor camera. We ended up ordering one online that we can use an app for, and it just arrived today (like 10 minutes ago). So we'll play with that tonight. On the downside, his overnight diaper has been leaking every. single. night. for the past week or so, which means I keep having to pull the crib sheet and wash it along with all his stuffed animals plus give him an "emergency" bath. (He gets baths every night, but I mean that I have to give him an unexpected bath.) I had just ordered more Huggies Overnites, so as soon as they arrive I will be shipping them back to Amazon (yay for free returns!) and have already ordered Huggies Pull-Ups Nighttime. Typically I would go a size up in diapers when this would happen, but he was already in size 6 Huggies Overnites, and they don't make them any bigger. So I went to the 3T-4T of Pull-Ups Nighttime and am hoping that works. I just don't want to have to strip his bed down to the vinyl mattress cover every day!0 -
Hi Ladies!
LadyJocc, fruit was soooo yummy and really fruit has been my only craving, so it was heaven.
Lady & RBX, totally hear you on the bathroom breaks! We walk to the park and about 10 minutes into the walk I already have to pee!
RBX- my mom didn't fly until she was 40, so I feel for you. She still won't fly alone, it's a tough one. I like you yacht idea better anyways
MormonMama- wow, you are lucky to have a chiropractor husband! How nice!!! And where did you get the stomach sleeper pillow?
Well, settling into our life in Canada. We had a nice relaxing weekend and took the dogs to the park twice. We met a couple there with 2 dogs and a baby. They had lived in Portland (where we're from) and Australia and had just moved to Vancouver too. She also delivered at the hospital we'll be at. Isn't that crazy to have so much in common??? They were so nice and she gave me her number to meet up
The stereotype of Canadians being so nice has rang true for us so far......so nice and polite, I LOVE it! Such a change from Australia, it's so interesting experiencing different cultures.
Nesting in full force, if you look at my profile picture you can see the beginnings of our weiner dog nursery. Much more stuff to come...... Etsy will be the death of me and has taken all my money! You can't buy much weiner dog stuff in stores so a lot of it is custom made :ohwell:
Still waiting on the air shipment of our belongings..... It'll be interesting to see where I'm at on the scale as we haven't had one in weeks. Measuring right on track though, so that's what I'm going by at this point.
How are you??
Glad Canada is going well so far! That's so weird about the couple you met! I hope you guys hit it off
I love your nursery. The dog theme is ADORABLE. In case you haven't noticed, I'm totally a dog person (my profile pic is just one of our four), so I love it! I kept our nursery neutral, and our son's room is space-themed, but I would love to do a dog theme!0 -
MormonMama- wow, you are lucky to have a chiropractor husband! How nice!!! And where did you get the stomach sleeper pillow?
This is the pillow I bought when I was pregnant with my first:
http://www.bellybuttonboutique.com/soprprcu.html
http://www.amazon.com/Sophie-Prone-Pregnancy-Cushion-Wedge/dp/B004LTFR7M
It doesn't get great reviews online, but when I was pregnant with my first it was the perfect solution for my inability to sleep, achy hips (from side sleeping), PSD (pubic bone would click and pop out of place if I rolled to switch sides in the night), and relaxing my overused back (think about how much effort our back goes into to keep our pregnant bellies stabilized both day and night!). I talked to my chiropractor (and my chiro student hubby) and my OBGYN and they were thrilled that I had found a way to sleep more comfortably. It is expensive, but I had it for the last two months of my first pregnancy and it was worth every penny.... BUT this time around, I'm carrying the baby out in front more and I'm not as wide, because of how he's positioned. So I kind of "fall through" the pillow... and because my belly sticks out so far, even with the extra cushions my belly touches the bed under the pillow. I still lay on it for massages and to rest for a few minutes, but I can't sleep on it for more than 20 or 30 minutes before I feel a little pressure on the belly.
If I had the money to buy another one this is the one I would buy:
http://www.bellypillow.com/
It is more expensive.... and that sucks, but I have been adjusted on this at my chiropractors office and it is SOOO nice. I like that they sell 2 sizes - and that even if the deeper size is too small you can double them up (they sell a combo set). I like that they are a medical grade dunlap foam, and that they are manufactured for massage therapists and chiropractors versus just home use - which means they should endure a lot of usage/weight. With only 7 weeks left I'm not sure if I can justify buying another belly pillow - but this one was not available for international sales unless you were professionally certified when I was pregnant with my first, otherwise this would have been my initial purchase.
Another reason I loved my first pillow was during breastfeeding. I developed mastitis and was told that sleeping on my chest could have been one of the factors. After that I slept on my pillow (or propped up so my chest wasn't taking the brunt of the weight) and didn't get it again (but I was also changing other "possible factors" like how often/how long I pumped. so no guarentee it was really avoiding sleeping on my chest). I have googled far and wide for stomach sleeping solutions... if anyone else has any ideas I'd be glad to hear them!!0 -
I don't have much to add today, but I wanted to bump - how is everyone doing? We are all getting so close!!!0
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Thanks MormonMama for the links and info
RBX- I've noticed you're a dog lover! It's been hard to find girly dog stuff, let me tell you! My mom said, this girl better love dogs! Haha
How's everyone else doing?
I'm doing ok, tired and feeling lots of pressure on my bladder, baby dropping? Lots of movement and hiccups.
Not sure if I already mentioned this already but our baby is "sunny side up" mid wife said there is plenty of time to turn but if she doesn't labor is a little bit more painful. Turn baby, turn!
Speaking of dogs...... How did you adjust to life with newborns? Barking, sniffing, etc?0 -
Thanks MormonMama for the links and info
RBX- I've noticed you're a dog lover! It's been hard to find girly dog stuff, let me tell you! My mom said, this girl better love dogs! Haha
How's everyone else doing?
I'm doing ok, tired and feeling lots of pressure on my bladder, baby dropping? Lots of movement and hiccups.
Not sure if I already mentioned this already but our baby is "sunny side up" mid wife said there is plenty of time to turn but if she doesn't labor is a little bit more painful. Turn baby, turn!
Speaking of dogs...... How did you adjust to life with newborns? Barking, sniffing, etc?
My son is WAY into dogs. I think it's just natural given that he is greatly outnumbered by them He also talks to them all the time, which is kind of cute. I guess he sees us doing it and follows suit. When we first brought him home after he was born, he started crying because he needed a diaper change. So we brought him into his room to change him, and one of our then-three dogs started running around the room barking, as if to say, "I can make noise, too!" It was so out of character for him, which made it really funny. That was the only time they barked with regard to his crying or anything. My dogs aren't big barkers, but they will bark if, say, someone is at the door or in the wetlands behind our house, etc. I used to have major issues with the neighborhood kids using our backyard as a pass-through to the wetlands (where they're not supposed to be playing) and sometimes even playing games or chasing each other *in* our yard. Finally we had a fence put up, but until we did it was a major PITA because my son would be napping, I'd be trying to get stuff done, and out of the blue my dogs would start going nuts and would wake him up :explode: Otherwise, the dogs weren't all that interested in my son as an infant. I mean, they definitely kept an eye out for him, and occasionally they would sniff him, which was fine (hard to be a germophobe when you have dogs), but for the most part they didn't care. Only in the past 6 or 7 months have they really interacted that much, and since my son is gentle with them, they are fine with him.
I hope your baby turns face down before birth! Like your midwife said, though, you've got time.
Lots of weird pressure here. It comes and goes, though, and it's usually when I stand up after sitting for a while and/or walk around a lot that I feel that way. It's annoying, but it's my sign that s/he is dropping, which is good. When I was pregnant with my son, he hung out low from about 34 weeks forward, so when it came time to be born, he was pretty much right there, ready to come out. It only took three pushes to get him out. I am hoping baby #2 is as cooperative!0 -
Hi Ladies!
Nesting in full force, if you look at my profile picture you can see the beginnings of our wiener dog nursery. Much more stuff to come...... Etsy will be the death of me and has taken all my money! You can't buy much wiener dog stuff in stores so a lot of it is custom made :ohwell:
Ahhh! Etsy has taken all of my money too! Such cute stuff - your nursery is looking great! I love the dog theme - very original.
Glad you're settling in and (potentially) met a new friend! Crazy to run into people with so much in common as you - they are your Canadian Instant-Friends!
Mine is having lots of hiccups too. He's also started in on the right rib and seems content to kick that spot and that spot only. But, otherwise he's head down and in position (hope he stays that way) - I'm sure that your baby will get turned around, like you said - plenty of time!
And RBX - just 3 pushes on your first!?? Holy cow - I'm jealous! Here's hoping you have just as good of luck this go around!!0 -
Hey ladies - just realized I never made an update about the "big boy bed" for our toddler. He went straight to a twin bed (and then were gifted an amazing lightening mcqueen toodler bed - that will probably stay at grandmas for naptime). The very first night I asked him where he wanted to sleep and he chose the twin bed and has never looked back. In fact, the first night he woke up crying and I put him in the crib and said "if you are going to cry, then you have to sleep in the crib" and he said "no! [his name] big boy!" so I moved him back to his bed and he laid down and went to sleep.
We still get a few wake ups a night (1 or 2) where he is startled and calls for help - I think I'm going to go buy a little night light for next to his bed so he can see a little bit (he usually sleeps with the room pitch dark) and hopefully that helps. He has only gotten off the bed once in the middle of the night and it was during an episode where he was convinced it was "morning". I had to show him the window and let him see that it was still night before he calmed down enough to go back to bed. He is waking up closer to 6 than 7 now, but I can live with that. He seems to love it though
RBX - is your lttle man in the big boy bed now too?
Anyways, as far as pregnancy goes I'm feeling pretty good. I'm getting to the huge stage where I feel like a balloon about to pop, but according to the countdown my husband set up on my phone, only 44 days left!0 -
I have not posted here in a while. I can not believe I will have another infant in just 8 weeks.
My home will be a mad house. Three boys three and under!!! what was I thinking:) I hope everyone is as excited as I am to have another little one so soon!0 -
RBX - is your lttle man in the big boy bed now too?
Anyways, as far as pregnancy goes I'm feeling pretty good. I'm getting to the huge stage where I feel like a balloon about to pop, but according to the countdown my husband set up on my phone, only 44 days left!
I am so glad to hear your transition has been fairly smooth! I was just telling my sister today, I think the biggest transition will be that his bed is in a new room. We haven't done the camera setup just yet, so he hasn't slept in there yet. It's otherwise all done, and we have played with him and stuff in there, and he likes being in there and on the bed. When he sits up there, he actually cuddles up with the pillow and pretends to sleep, so he already understands the purpose of the bed. When he goes in there, if he wants to sit in bed and look at books until he falls asleep, I have no problem with that, but I am just concerned that he's going to be super upset at being in there by himself. We even set up a little lamp that can act as a night light, and we set up a cute little speaker to the iPod shuffle that my husband never uses so that he can have music, since he uses the music thingie in his crib every night (if we wakes up in the middle of the night, he will turn it on).
The biggest issue we were having (and the biggest reason we haven't had him sleep in there yet) is that he was having diaper leaks every night (pee only), and then three nights in a row he woke up completely soaked. He's already wearing a size 6 diaper, which is fine for daytime, but Huggies Overnites don't come in bigger sizes. I actually moved him into Pull Ups Nighttime pants in the 3T-4T size. So far we've had three dry mornings. It is a big enough pain to have to wash a soaked crib sheet plus the three stuffed animals he sleeps with, so I didn't want to have to deal with the difficulty of getting him to sleep on his new bed plus having to strip the bed completely. (We have a vinyl cover on the mattress, so that wouldn't be an issue.) Since he's had now three dry nights, I think we will set up the camera tonight, spend tomorrow morning playing in there, then try a nap in the new bed. We can try again in the evening, too. Just hoping it goes smoothly!
Overall, I still can't believe how close we all are! I was talking to someone yesterday who said, "Well, if you're due at the end of May, that's two months." I said, "Well, we're almost a week into April, and I have a feeling I am going to go early again, so we're talking about a month and a half." Which is CRAZY! I think I'm just anxious to get L&D over with and get going
ETA that I have to go buy the Contraction Master app! I used an app last time (I had a Droid, and Contraction Master was not available for anything but iPhone - now it's on Droid, though), which was very helpful in timing my contractions, since they were close together from the start. I think the same guy created a breastfeeding app, too, so I might check that out.0 -
I have not posted here in a while. I can not believe I will have another infant in just 8 weeks.
My home will be a mad house. Three boys three and under!!! what was I thinking:) I hope everyone is as excited as I am to have another little one so soon!
Good to "see" you!!!0
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