2016 May Miracles

[hmtb16]

Loving all the name choices!

KrissyB, sorry you had some worrying news this morning but I'm glad they're monitoring you closely. I hope everything will be okay!

Drjo, that's a great deal! I'd love to know where you found your maternity pants, too!

Is everyone already wearing maternity pants? I'm curious what you're all doing now in this in-between stage since it's my first pregnancy. My regular jeans/pants have been too tight for a while now but I'm not big enough to fit into maternity ones. I got some full panel and side panel jeans and pants and none of them stay up. I've either been wearing dresses with leggings or regular stretchy jeans I got in a size bigger in the meantime.

 

[bakerh518]

I used bellybands for the first 6 months with my first pregnancy! They keep your pre pregnancy jeans up and had any bulge, I loved them!

I am mostly in maternity now but they fall down some, I loaned out my bellabands and never got them bad

 

[bakerh518]

Krissyb more than welcome for Walmart! You really can't beat the prices!

Sorry you got some concerning need but at least you will get to see that beauty every four weeks! And if the harmony came back good in sure all is well

 

[drjo718]

I got a pair of black pants and some gray yoga pants/leggings on the kohls clearance rack. They were down to $8 each and I had a $10 off coupon. We also have a maternity and children's consignment store nearby where I found the brand new $92 pair of jeans for $20. They had lots of good stuff in there, like a pack n play with the canopy, mobile, and music selections for $58, diaper bags for $15, onesies for $1, all in excellent condition... i restrained myself...for now. Lol.

 

[hmtb16]

Thanks, bakerh! I saw the bellybands in the maternity store but wasn't sure how well they keep your pants up. It's good to know that they work well. I might have to invest in some.

Drjo, those are some fantastic deals! I can't wait to start buying baby stuff but am trying to restrain myself for now, too.

 

[N8ie]

Krissy- hope all is well with you and the little one. I also have a IVF pregnancy and it's all such a worrying and happy process, I feel from the first failed IVF earlier in the year and going through the process that it was all emotionally and physically taxing on me. But I would do it all over again if need be, I feel that I worry more about having a full term baby and no miscarriage. Today was my last day on the cyclogest and it was actually emotional, I can't believe that it's up to my body now to continue with progesterone production. Tomorrow I'm 12 weeks pregnant, 2 weeks away from the second trimester (I cannot wait).

Thanks ladies for the advice for the pants, I definitely need to get maternity pants because my jeans are too tight and uncomfortable now.

 

[TTDuck]

Luckily I haven't needed maternity pants yet since my work slacks have enough space. I just wish they didn't make maternity pants so short! I'm 6' so most are crazy short on me. I'll end up wearing skirts a lot by the end!

 

[bakerh518]

TTDuck: I feel for you on the shortness! I'm inly 5'4 and they are short on me! I can't imagine how they must be for you! I am convinced that there has never been a typical woman incharge of maternity wear as I am commonly saying "what the heck.." when shopping

 

[hmtb16]

TTDuck and bakerh: try Old Navy's online maternity section. They have maternity jeans and pants in long, short, and regular sizes. I have the opposite problem and have to find places that carry petite/short sizes. Also, if you do try ON, there's a much bigger selection for maternity online than in stores.

 

[bakerh518]

Thank you for the suggestion hmtb16! Ill have to check it out!

Also i hate that stores have decided pregnant women no longer need to try things on... SO many places don't carry their maternity lines in the store any more

 

[hmtb16]

Bakerh: yes, I totally have issues with stores not carrying maternity clothes, too! The maternity section at my local ON was a joke and clothes were in a heap on a table several feet high. Like, what pregnant woman's going to dig through that? It is hard to shop online for maternity pants since you don't know what will fit. The side panel pants I got are from ON and they fit except the waist is a bit large but I decided to keep them since I'll probably grow into them. I hope you have better luck if you go to your local ON!

 

[bakerh518]

oh my goodness hmtb16! Seriously! I have the same thoughts when i got to khols! At our local one, the maternity section is two barely maintained racks AND then, 4 HIGH wall hooks with a gumble of different shirts that you have to lift your arms over your head to even look at never mind get down! It makes me SO mad i don't even shop there! What pregnant mom even has time or energy, or not a hot flash to do that??? Never mind if you have another child with you! WE need to run the stores!

 

[hmtb16]

Bakerh, that sounds terrible and similar to the ON I went to. There were a couple of barely maintained racks and shelves of tops, some which are too high for anyone to reach, much less me who's 5'2". The crazy thing is the rest of the store was in normal condition but it's like they gave up on maternity. There were all these idle people working there folding and re-folding clothes because it wasn't that busy. Why don't they go fix the disaster in maternity? Seriously, we should run the stores!

 

[Smanderson]

KrissyB I'm sorry you had a shock hun that's good they are keeping regular checks and will be lovely to see baby so much

Loving the names, we are keen on Archie and Phoebe totally stumped with middle names too many choices!

I'm not in maternity wear yet but I totally was with DS by now. Will wear normal clothes as long as poss this time as I know I'll be wearing them even when baby arrives

I forgot to say at the scan one of the techs referred to baby as he so now we are convinced it's a boy x

 

[drjo718]

We've pretty much decided on a boy name: Isaac Henry. Henry was my great grandpa's name and DH's grandpa's middle name. My concern is my cousin who I'm close to is having a boy and due 8 weeks ahead of me, and she said her husband only likes names that start with vowels, although she's keeping the name they end up choosing a secret. If they end up with Isaac, I'm not sure what we'll do. That is, if this baby's a boy. We haven't chosen a girl name, but we have a list of about 10 we like. Middle name will either be Jo (family name on my side, and my middle name, also was DH's sister's middle name, she passed away last year), or Kelly, after my sister who died in 2008.

 

[febbride2012]

i'd love a facebook group

 

[sugargully]

Hi! Baby kicked a leg and waved at the ultrasound on Tuesday. He/she is hanging out upside down too.

I bought a pair of under the bump work slacks at Walmart. It was the only pair they had so I hope I like them. Only 8 bucks!

 

[Gdef]

I need someone in this group to add me as a friend on Facebook. It won't let me create the group unless I add at least one person to the group while creating it and setting it up! Lol. Once the group is created, I can post the link on here. Since it will be a secret group, I think I will actually have to friend everyone that wants to join. I've only admin'd one group before so if anyone else has more experience with it, please feel free to take over!! LOL. Here's the link to my profile on FB. Add me as a friend and then send me a PM to let me know that you're from our group here

https://m.facebook.com/gdefenbau?ref=bookmarks

 

[Spiffynoodles]

I need someone in this group to add me as a friend on Facebook. It won't let me create the group unless I add at least one person to the group while creating it and setting it up! Lol. Once the group is created, I can post the link on here. Since it will be a secret group, I think I will actually have to friend everyone that wants to join. I've only admin'd one group before so if anyone else has more experience with it, please feel free to take over!! LOL. Here's the link to my profile on FB. Add me as a friend and then send me a PM to let me know that you're from our group here

https://m.facebook.com/gdefenbau?ref=bookmarks

Okay, I added you

 

[Gdef]

So glad to see that bumps are growing enough to move into maternity pants! I thought we were stopping with dd2 so I sold all of my maternity clothes at the beginning of August and then found out I was pregnant with our little surprise shortly after!! So I'm kind of stuck right now. I don't want to spend a ton of money on new maternity clothes bc I know this will be our last baby (I'm having my tubes tied) but I also don't want to just "get by" and be miserable throughout this whole pregnancy wishing I had more clothes to wear! Lol. I'm sure I'll end up buying wayyyy too much...like I did last time!