1 day DPO and in need of buddies :)

[confusedprego]

Baby boy #2 does that to me a lot already, I remember it happening with Oakley closer to the end. I think it's from them running out of room and trying to get comfortable if it's what I think it is. I swear this one puts his knees on my right rib and tries to stretch out so I have this big ball of baby down by my left hip. It can get pretty painful but I just kind of rub my hands firmly from my hips to belly button and tell him it's OK and he usually relaxes a bit. He's helping my posture for sure because I try to sit up to avoid him 'bending' my ribs! lol. Your doc should be starting to check you soon. I found the best indicator of progress toward labor for me was the "lightning pains" in your cervix - have you started getting those?

 

[BeachChica]

Lindsay - glad your appointment went well and love the pics!! Did you have any problems with your cervix his pregnancy? I thought you had them with Oakley! Love Oakleys new bed!! I bet he feels like such a big boy up there. Love that the dresser has been in your family for such a long time! So did you get your other room set up now and ready for your new addition? Any more thoughts on names?

Rach - I had that too. Isabela would move all around toward the end and some times it would be really uncomfortable. Occasionally I would even look lopsided because she would be all rolled up on 1 side. I swear it was her but sticking up at me LOL! Are you on weekly appointments now?

Sam - hope yiu are getting some sleep here and there. Isabela has been a terrible sleeper the last couple nights... Every 3 hours!!!

AFM - we had Isabela out on the boat this past weekend for her first time on the beach. We've never taken her up to the beach because I was worried about getting her in the sun so we just kept her on the boat. This was the first time we put sunscreen on her. She really liked it. It was so cute to see her face light up when she was sitting on the shoreline and a wave would break in front of her! Anyone else do anything exciting over the weekend?

 

[korink26]

Hi girls!
Alyssa, if you're still checking on here sometimes, I'm thinking about you. I admire you so much for realizing what makes you happy, and not being afraid to do it. Sounds like this summer away was just what you needed. I hope whatever makes you the happiest, happens--whether it be reconciling or separating. hugs..
Lindsay---how are Oakley's nails? Khloe's are getting so pitiful and sore looking---but it doesn't seem to bother her. Except that they must be catching on stuff so she'll bring them over for me to cut the hunk of hanging nail off Omg I love your new baby boy picture (have you decided on a name yet?). Look at those cheeks and those lips!! aww, just wanna smooch him. I LOVE Oakley's bed---what is he thinking about it?
Jessie I'm guessing everything with your bb worked out and mastitis stayed away? I always LOVE Isabela's pictures---she has to be the happiest baby with the most beautiful big smile I've ever seen! Can just imagine how much she loved being on the beach.
Rach-I loved your maternity pictures! You're such a great looking couple---I can't even imagine how beautiful this baby is going to be! I saw on fb you think you decided on a name---what'd you decide?! How long are you planning on working?
Sam--hope you're still enjoying your 2 babies! Is hubby home to help?
AFM---I'm already so frustrated with TTC! I bought the new advanced clearblue OPKS (the ones that blink) and I think my clomid messed with the results. I could not use my clearblue fertility monitor because clomid threw off the results, but this opk said the clomid would not affect the peak days. Well, either it was off or my body geared up to OV and then didn't. So, we BD'd our hearts out around my first positive opk (cd12), but didn't keep it up after like we should have. Then Sunday (cd16) I woke up and my temp had dropped so I took another OPK and the stupid advanced OPK said negative, but yet the test lines were both bright blue--looking positive. Took an opk on my regular ditital test and sure enough, positive! With Khloe being up we had to wait for her nap to bd which didn't happen until early afternoon and by then I'm sure it was too late. By about 5 pm it was already negative again. Ugg....I get my positive OPK's the day of OV, and not day before like a lot of people. If I wasn't on Clomid I wouldn't be so upset about missing this month, but since I am, I'm so frustrated and feel like I wasted a medicated cycle. I only want to try clomid for the 3 months because of reading how clomid can increase chance of cervical cancer and I've already done 4 rounds of it for Khloe.
Sorry for the rant, but I'm disgusted and it's my own fault that we should have kept up the bd'ing until we were for sure.

 

[korink26]

Oh, and Khloe had those 2 weeks where she was refusing to fall asleep, so in our sleep deprivation, we took her with us a couple nights. Then we put her on the living room floor, which she was fine with too (but I felt horrible having her sleep on the floor). Just wanted to sleep anywhere but her bedroom. I moved her make shift living room floor bed to her bedroom, and I'm letting her sleep there now. She's falling asleep ok in there, but I feel so bad I can't get her in a bed on her own to sleep! I bought her a toddler bed, and we'll set that up as soon as we get a chance. She's such a wild sleeper though, I'm not sure how she won't fall out of it.

 

[confusedprego]

Ugh, I'm stalking this thread today to take mental breaks from writing! ugh!!

Jess - I actually didn't have any issues with my cervix with Oakley but they were worried I would since I had a LEEP procedure done in 2008 that could have weakened the strength of my cervix leading to an incompetent cervix and losing the baby :/ BUT thankfully they said I had an "Olympic" cervix as the 'safe' range of cervix length is anything over 2.5cm and I was around 5cm until well into my third trimester. Because I had such a long cervix last time, I am not required to be checked every 2 weeks like I was with Oakley's pregnancy. I have my SIL check every time I'm in the office and it's been around 5cm again until this last scan it was 3.5cm which is still good.

Now that Oakley is situated in his new room, we're getting started on the baby's room a bit - meaning I've washed his bedding. I think we'll be switching it back to a crib this weekend to give Oakley a bit of a transition time since I don't want him going in his old room and seeing his old bed already gone but I don't want to wait too long to switch it to a crib so he gets used to it.

We are still kind of stumped on names but we both really like Miles and Colton or Kolton. I've never heard of another Colton but according to Baby Center names it is dramatically rising in popularity and I'd like this one to have a unique name like Oakley. I also still like Desmond but not sure how I like the flow of Desmond Winthrop.

Kels - I'm sorry you're having a tough first cycle back but I don't think you're out yet! I always O'd on the same day I got my + OPK and we would wait to BD until that night and def didn't BD the night before when I got pregnant with Oakley so hang in there and I'll def be stalking your chart!!

Oakley's nails are still doing fine - thankfully!! I just trimmed them the other day and no signs of any peeling, which is a relief! Poor Khloe! She's been having a tough time lately! I think the toddler bed will be your answer for her! I'm assuming there is a bit of a railing on the bed? Oakley fell out a couple times early on so we actually rolled up a towel (I've heard of people getting a pool noodle and cutting it to size) and put it under the sheet at the opening of the bed and he never once fell out again - it was just enough of a bumper to keep him from rolling out. Try that right from the start and I think you'll be fine! We were having a HORRIBLE time with Oakley sleeping before we put him in the toddler bed and it definitely helped but it wasn't a cure all so hopefully it will help you guys too!

 

[BeachChica]

Kelsey - ugh! Sorry to hear about your cycle but you may be ok. I always found myself not BDing long enough too just to make sure you are past O. It can be such a chore some times to get it in that sometimes you're just ready to stop when you really need to keep it up for a couple more days. That's terrible about Khloes nails. Have you tried putting nail hardener on them until they fully recover?

Lindsay - glad you are in the clear with your cervix and everything is looking great. I remember you were getting checked pretty regularly but I couldn't remember the details. Do you think Oakley will miss his other bed? He has such a cool one now!!!

AFM - the mastitis seems to have stayed away but I definitely feel painful lumps from time to time but they go away. Did you girls get those? If so did you massage them gently to ease up or what did you do?

 

[confusedprego]

Morning girls!

I think Oakley is confused about his bed and his new room but that he likes it. He has a little ladder to climb up and down on his bed and he literally just wants us to sit in there while he goes up and down and up and down, it's very cute. He's only run into his old room to jump on his old bed a couple times so as long as he doesn't show any interest in it by this weekend, we'll probably put the crib front back on it and start prepping for the new baby. I'm worried though because I got my first "chat" about Oakley from daycare yesterday. I was SO upset but I think it was the pregnancy hormones getting to me. Kirk was upset too though so I know it was warranted that I get upset about it. Anyway - they said Oakley was chasing around one of his friends yesterday and jumping on him and hitting him and telling him he was going to 'punch' him!! I've never even heard Oakley ever say the word punch before and I was terrified they think he got it from home. I asked him on the way home if he was mean to one of his friends and he said "yea!! hit!!" So, both Kirk and I separately had a talk with him that it's not OK to hit his friends and that he needs to nice and he got really upset when I talked to him about it even though I was really calm so I think he was embarrassed that I was calling him out and hopefully he will remember that today. I'm just scared he's getting this from daycare because we had issues with him hitting me a few months ago and now it's showing up at daycare and I've seen the other kids hitting each other and I know it's an unavoidable thing at their age but I'm just not sure what to do about it except talk to Oakley and remind him he can't do that. We haven't had any trouble with him hitting at home anymore, and we got him to stop by doing "time-outs" and I asked daycare if they would do that and they said they can't call it a time-out and they just have them take a "break" so I told her to make sure she does that if he's misbehaving and that it was really effective for us. We'll see.....!! Sorry for the long rant!!

I used to get the lumps in my boob too and it's REALLY important you get those out. They recommend rubbing them as you breastfeed or pump to try to break it up as those can turn into mastitis. They also say rubbing them while you're in the shower can help too. I always seemed to get them in the same places so I would just rub those areas in the shower to try to prevent them from getting infected but it didn't always work so great.

Rach - let us know how your doc appointment goes today!

 

[BeachChica]

Lindsay I bet he is getting that from daycare. Hopefully with the chat at home and the daycare giving him, and anyone else that's doing it, a break he'll stop. I think it's just a phase they go through but definitely one you have to nip in the bud quickly! Glad he's not hitting you anymore for sure! Have you had a talk with him about his little brother coming? My friend has 2 boys and when the little one came she had to keep them separate at night because she was worried about her older boy (about Oakleys age) being rough.

Thanks for the info on lumps. I do try to rub them when I BF or pump. They must loosen up some, even though they don't feel like it at the time. Today I don't have any.

 

[confusedprego]

Thanks - yea, I know it's a phase that will pass and he definitely is more rough than he used to be and I remember ALL of my friends with little boys going through this phase with their kids, I guess it's just hard to think your kid is being a bully! I do really worry about him being rough with the baby but we talk about his little brother almost every day with him. He was really fascinated with his cousin that was born a couple months ago but moved very quickly around him and ended up bonking heads with him, so it will definitely be an adjustment period learning limits for him.

Keep up rubbing those bbs! mastitis is awful!! If you've made it this long without getting mastitis then I would think you're probably good! They told me women typically get it most around 2 months when they're getting a solid supply of milk.

 

[confusedprego]

Kels - I kind of think you did O on CD13 based on your temps. Maybe it didn't flash the other day because it wasn't a true + OPK. I'll keep stalking!!

 

[confusedprego]

Hi Ladies!!

How is everyone doing??? Good weekends??

Kels - your chart is looking very promising!! What are you thinking???

Jess - your pictures on facebook make me drool!! Such a life you guys live!! How's Isabella doing?? She looks like such a happy baby!

Rach - how are you feeling? Getting so close now! I saw your post about not being able to roll over in bed - I'm already there!! lol I can't believe it's already almost September! I'll be so curious to hear if you're more dilated this Friday!

Sam - I hope baby O is being good to you! I'll check your journal to see if you're updating there

Mar - Hope you guys are doing great! Any talk of #2???

Alyssa - Hope you're doing well in case you're stalking!!

AFM - Things are going really well! We had a nice relaxing weekend and should be down on the eastern shore this weekend - really looking forward to it!
Oakley had another bout of croup Saturday night. Worst one we've had yet and from a bit of google searching it seems to be my fault :/ As soon as I heard the croupy cough and I went and got him cough medicine but it turns out that cough medicine makes it worse. It also seems as though Oakley's croup may be due to allergies so I gave him some Claritin and he was great last night, so I'm hoping that's all it is!!
We also had a big weekend for Mr. O - he was peeing and as of this morning pooping on the toilet ALL weekend (he didn't poop at all this weekend for some reason)!! We had a bit of a regression yesterday due to him being up all night with croup but he got back at it last night and first thing this morning, so we're stocking up on gerber training underwear and hoping he keeps it up! Keep your fingers crossed for us - it would be so awesome to have only one in diapers!! Daycare said they will be encouraging it every day for us there now that he has done it at home

 

[korink26]

Lindsay how is Oakley doing in his big boy bed--hopefully still good! Are his nails still looking good? Khloe's toenails just started falling off now And to top it off, HFM is going around her room again---must be the other strain this time! I could cry. That is such a great idea about rolling a towel up at the edges of the bed. we still can't get her in the darn thing, she's sleeping on a mattress on the floor, but at least she's sleeping. Although, about every other night or every 3rd night she wakes up screaming and is in by us. I think it's inevitable they're going to learn things we wish they wouldn't at daycare. don't be too hard on yourself, he'll grow out of it. Khloe started constant "MINE"---which I'm sure she learned at daycare becuase they probably have to claim their territory. She won't even let poor Presley get near her things without yelling "MINE" and chasing after him. I swear her terrible 2's are starting early. YAY ON POOPING AND POTTYING ON THE POTTY!!! Such a little smarty pants he is Just read the croup part--omg how awful for him! Does he seem to really struggle with breathing?
Jess how long do you plan to keep nursing? I agree, your pictures do make me drool. Isabela just fit so perfectly right into your lives, you guys never missed a beat!
Rach--how are you feeling hun!? Still at work? ARe you going to be up until the end?
Sam--hope you and the boys are doing great!!
AFM-I don't know what to think of my cycle. I'm pretty positive I O'd on CD16-if it was CD 13 my temps are AWFUL. The last couple days I've been really sensitive to smell, not felt well in the morning and super tired at night. I can't imagine it would be PG symptoms this early so I'm sure it's stress of trying to sell the house (omg, I'm ready to burn the thing down---I'm so sick of showings and open houses with no results). The nurse called and said my prog. was 14.2 something and that that Dr. said that was GREAT. I was like oh yeah right, that's low for a medicated cycle, but you guys are never realistic with me. Although, I'm almost positive I was 5DPO instead of 7DPO like you're supposed to be, but who knows how much difference that makes in the level. Todays temp kind of has me stumped, because my temps have been so low. I took a test because if I had o'd on cd 13 I should get a positive by now and it was negative. So I'll see what my temps do the next couple days. I just think the clomid really threw my system for a loop and that's why I've been feeling off and had such a weird cycle.

 

[confusedprego]

Oh my goodness Kels - I don't know what I would do if I heard another strain of HFM was going around Oakley's school! I think I'd keep him home for a month if I could (even though that's pretty much impossible!!). His nails never fell off - I just cut them yesterday and they look good, so it must be strain specific.
He is doing GREAT in his big boy bed - I'm really proud of him but sad because he really is growing up!
I feel bad for you guys struggling with Khloe sleeping! She flips out if you try to put her in bed? Even in the new toddler bed? Does she have a favorite stuffed animal? When we have trouble getting Oakley in bed (just because he doesn't want to go to sleep) we tell him he needs to tuck his stuffed monkey in for night nights and it works really well usually! Saved us last night from a meltdown for sure.
Oakley's "mine" stage has dramatically increased since he went into the older kid's room and it makes me kind of crazy. I have no idea how to deal with it. I was trying to take basically everything away from him that he called "mine" and tell him he could have it back when he was willing to share with everyone but it honestly just got too exhausting and I try to gently tell him that it's only his for a short time but he needs to share.
Oakley's terrible two's started well before he was two. Some days I think he's already growing out of it and others I feel like they're just beginning!! But, it's such an exciting time with how much he's learning and growing - it's just amazing to watch! We are SO excited about potty time for Oakley! He still has his accidents here or there but when we're home, he goes almost exclusively on the toilet. He hasn't gone at daycare yet but that's OK!
Oakley's croup sucks but he doesn't struggle too badly to breathe, it's just the awful cough. We're lucky he doesn't get much stridor - which makes me hopeful it's not something that is on his way to asthma or something more chronic like that.
Your chart still looks good to me but we'll have to wait and see!! When will you test again??

How's everyone else doing?? I have my 34 week appointment tomorrow - Kirk is able to come with me for once so my SIL will sneak us in for a scan so he can see the baby. I'm excited for him as he hasn't seen this baby at all except for the pictures I bring home. He couldn't even come to the first scan this time.

 

[confusedprego]

Oh and Kels - wasn't it on your second round of clomid that you got pregnant with Khloe? maybe your body just needs a couple rounds to get in the right "groove"! I have everything crossed for this cycle though!

 

[korink26]

See and daycare didn't even specifically mention the new cases of HFM--I happen to see it posted so asked, and I was like omg nooo!! And they were like omg Kelsey, it's so not a big deal don't stress! Then they said, "it doesn't hurt them"! I was really irritated with their response, because it does hurt them, she was sick as a dog and anything that makes a person's fingernails and toenails fall off, hurts them. My mom said she'd keep her all week, but last time we took her out of daycare right away and had her out a week and she still got it so I didn't bother doing it this time.
yes, she flips when we put her in the bed. She'll be out like a light, and the minute we start lowering her into bed, she stiffens up and clings and the screaming starts. Last night she got up at 2 and was screaming and then got lost in her room so she was really freaking out. she has no interest in stuffed animals, but I got a glowworm which she likes, but not enough to get into bed for it.
I'm sure Oakley is so busy at daycare, that getting him to remember the potty while he's there will be a little tricky. Unless they are good about constantly asking him? It's relieving to hear it's not just Khloe misbehaving, and that it sounds like others go through it too! We have no babies in either of our families, so I have nobody to compare things to except you guys--you're my life savers! Lindsay I'm so happy Kirk can go with you! Hope you get some new pictures to share today!!
AFM-I don't think I told you guys---but my sister is finally pregnant!!! She's 35 and has been trying for over a year and a half!! She'll be 8 weeks Sunday Very excited to finally be an auntie!
As for me testing, depending what my temp is tomorrow, if it's the same as today or went down, I probably won't waste a test. I had a little bit of brown cm today, but nothing since. I'm sure AF is on the way. And I guess it was CD 16 I OV'd-boo. Unfortunately, last time it took me FOUR rounds of Clomid---I sure hope it doesn't take that much this time. I hope my lower progesterone number this cycle was just a fluke and that it's better this round without needing to up it.

 

[babydust818]

Hey girls. Just wanted to pop in quick and say hello. I'll be 38 weeks tmrw. Hard to believe he can come at anytime. I'm so anxious for him and ready to be a mommy. I am very emotional today. Feeling like no one cares that I'm on my feet all day at work. My work says I can go sit down when I need to but as soon as i do I can hear the girls talk and say where did she go? she go to break? then I come in and see someone told on me for having my cellphone out showing a co-worker thr nursery. So pathetic. I hate people. Last night I felt very crampy and achy. I just wanted to go home. My feet were numb and tingly. What does my boss do? When ppl would come in he'd say come up here! and was pointing to me when there was 2 other girls working as well. i got so pissed bcz I wasn't feeling good and I check in 10 ppl to the other girls 5. It's not like I slack. I give 100% even when not feeling good. I am just so over work and people. I just want to disappear until my baby comes.

 

[BeachChica]

Hi girls! Sorry I have been MIA. Isabela hasn't been feeling well this week. Very loose stools (almost watery) yesterday I took her to the doctor and th put her on a BRAT diet and told us to put some probiotic in her bottle. They also prescribed a special compounds diaper cream because her bottom was so raw. I stayed home with her yesterday but she seemed to be feeling better today so I took her to day care. Hopefully she'll be ok today. The doctor said it wasn't anything that could pass to other children unless someone didn't wash their hands after a diaper change.

Lindsay - happy 34 weeks!!!

Rach - happy 38 weeks! Do you have yiur bag packed and everything ready? It could be any time now!!!

I will post more later!

 

[confusedprego]

I think I would have completely lost it if someone told me HFM doesn't "hurt" them!! Oakley was miserable and then I got it and it definitely hurt!!
Poor Khloe and poor you guys with the bed situation! How frustrating!! I would avoid bringing her in your bed as much as you can as I know that can be a bad habit to break and will make BDing much more difficult for baby #2! My friend's kid is 3 and they just recently got him to go to bed in his own bed and are pregnant again now that they got some privacy!

Rach - I know it's tough but it should be any day now! The other girls have probably never had kids and just don't understand what you're going through. I'm fortunate that pretty much everyone around me at work are doctors or in the medical field and if anything I get babied way too much and believe it or not that gets annoying too. I hope he comes for you soon - did you have another appointment today? I'm curious to know if you're dilated any more!

Jess - aw hugs to Isabella! Poor baby girl! I hope she feels better soon! Hope you're getting out on that boat for this beautiful weekend!!

AFM - had my doctor's appointment yesterday and Kirk was able to come with me. It was great for him to get to see the baby. we got more pictures - I'll try to post some later. Baby boy has big cheeks just like Oakley did but for some reason looks different than Oakley to me. We'll see when he comes out I suppose!
They almost sent me to the hospital to be monitored yesterday though because I've been very crampy and was up a lot the night before with what they think were contractions. I'm sure they were but they were just uncomfortable, I don't think they were real and I convinced them to just do an exam. I am a half centimeter dilated but she said my cervix is still long so I was able to go home and try to relax a bit and if the cramping continued then I needed to go in. So, Kirk is being just amazing and has been really attentive and letting me rest and the cramps have pretty much completely stopped. I get maybe one an hour so we'll see if this baby decides to come a little earlier than Oakley did (day after his due date). I have a big school thing September 19th though so I just need him to behave enough until the 20th that I will be able to travel to work!

 

[BeachChica]

Hi girls!

Kelsey - I cannot believe the school said that to you! I would have been so pissed! I hope Khloe will learn to love her bed soon!! How are you feeling? I need to go in and check your chart. When I looked a couple days ago it still looked good!

Lindsay - glad your appointment went well and that Kirk got to go. Where are your pictures!!! (Insert foot stomping here!!!) that's great that Kirk has been so amazing! How has your Boss been with this pregnancy. I remember her being a bit snippy with your first pregnancy. Did you decide on a name yet?

Rach - you are almost there!!! It could be any day now!!! I can't wait to see your little man!! Try to keep us posted if you go to the hospital!

Sam - Hope you are doing well with your new little guy! I know it's hard to post but when you get a chance I am anxious for an update!

Mar, Alyssa - hope you girls are doing well.

AFM - Isabela still seems to have something going on. Her diaper rash has gotten better but she is still going more often than normal. I am waiting for the doctors office to call and see if they want to do a stool test. She has been getting up a couple times at night which has been really tough. Around 11-12am, 4am and then again around 6am when we get up. We tried to let her scream out the first one last night at 11pm since she just had gone to bed at 9pm but it didn't work and I ended up feeding her and getting her back to bed. I hope this is just a phase and she will go back to just once a night. Any suggestions or do I just need to wait this out? I am trying to feed her right before bed but that doesn't seem to make a difference.

Oh I wanted to ask you girls, how long did it take to get your first AF? I have not gotten mine yet. Also feel like I still have a mild case of incontinence still, if I really have to go or cough really hard. Is this normal?

 

[confusedprego]

Hi girls!

Kels - sorry to see AF showed but now your body is ready for your clomid and you can keep up the BD! Are you using the OPKs again? Can you feel yourself ovulate? I know I always could! Congrats to your sister too! Very exciting Khloe will have a cousin close in age

Rach - I've been stalking you on FB - don't worry about the 'progression' and what not that the doctor's say. At my 39 week appointment they told me I would go to 42 weeks if they would let me and scheduled an induction for 41 weeks and my water broke right at 40 weeks so they really have no idea. Just try to take it easy and savor those moments of baby moving as you'll really miss them when he's out! I bet you're excited this is your last week of work! I'm kind of jealous! I'm going to try to work up until October 3rd, assuming docs say it's OK.

Jess - Poor Isabella! Oakley would go through bouts of runny poo every once in a while when he was younger as well. Has she had any new foods lately? Or too many fruits? Oakley LOVED (and still loves) pears but when we gave him too many he would end up with liquid poo (gross, sorry!).
I don't know that I have any good advice for sleeping as Oakley went through similar phases - try to let her cry each night and see if she'll settle herself - the other thing we found was helpful with Oakley was a noise maker - worth a shot if you haven't tried it yet!
As for the incontinence...unfortunately I'm in the same boat as you are. It has gotten better but it is definitely still there for me. I haven't exercised in a while but it was terrible when I would try to jump without peeing even if my bladder was (what I thought to be) empty. I try to do keggles whenever I can but I rarely remember to do them. I have definitely gotten a lot better than I was as I would leak in certain BD positions (TMI, sorry!) and I have definitely gotten better with that so I think it's a time sort of thing but worth mentioning to your doctor as I think there are things they can do to help too.