(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

[Kaiecee]

As of now my cervix seems to be just sensitive just like my last one so I'm not gonna worry now

I'm really tired and no energy does anyone have a trick to get energy ??

 

[Lara310809]

I did weekly bump pics with all my pregnancies; it's lovely to look back on. I've attached one of them below

I had pics from weeks 1-4 because I was taking weekly pics while TTC as well. I wanted a complete set

They're great pics Lara. Mine wont look as good cause I already look how you did at 20 weeks!! I dont care though, as long as the baby grows in there I dont mind what size I get.

LOL, I was sucking in my belly as much as I could at the beginning; I've done that in every pregnancy because I too look like I'm already 5 or 6 months gone. I have HH cup boobs and mybelly comes out further

Lara, I know what you mean - my daughter has wanted to constantly nurse since about two days before I found out I was pregnant. It's like they know and feel threatened that someone else is coming to take their milk! Lol. I'm trying to get her down to morning/nap/night, but she is refusing that completely!

my daughter is down to just night feeds, and a feed before her nap if we're home (if we're out she's distracted so doesn't ask for it), but she only started eating solids in February (at 14m old), so I can't expect her to do a 180 turnaround just yet. I wanted her to be weaned completely by the time the baby comes, but I will be happy if she's on a 7pm feed and a 7am feed, because that's easy to manage. I'm planning on combi-feeding the baby from the beginning, with a view to switch to formula in the first month, so tandem feeding won't really be an issue. The clinginess will though...

why are you going to combi feed out of curiosity??? I would love to tandem feed, but my daughter will be over 2 by then! I started weaning her at 4 months and she LOVES food, but she just loves my milk more! I still feed her at least 5x a day

It's a long story really.

Full explanations are here:

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/breastfeeding/982383-want-quit-but-actually-cant.html
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/breastfeeding/1367055-weaning-off-breast-please-help.html

Basically I've had lots of problems BF (not biological, but emotional), and I had PND, and my daughter is a bit obsessed with the boob, and the past year has been a horrible time for me, and I'm just not willing to risk repeating it by EBF another baby. It created a lot of problems for us; I went through the mill a bit with her. Things have become easier since I just accepted my situation; she is now eating solids, which helps, but it's by no means perfect, or even close.

 

[Dynamicmae]

Love how active this group is!! Just can't keep up though... Hehe!! I had a normal abdominal ultrasound... Don't really know what we saw... He did manage to measure the baby... He says all looks good so I'm happy

 

[SugarBeth]

I'm really tired and no energy does anyone have a trick to get energy ??

LOTS of water. I've found that if I drink at least one glass of water when I wake up and follow it up with drinking a glass every other hour or so, I don't just have energy but I'm actually hyper! I just ran around the house doing a bunch of cleaning during my DD's naptime...usually I'm in bed napping with her!

Bananas also help out a lot. They're a super fruit!

Love how active this group is!! Just can't keep up though... Hehe!! I had a normal abdominal ultrasound... Don't really know what we saw... He did manage to measure the baby... He says all looks good so I'm happy

Glad your ultrasound went well!

 

[DHBH0930]

Love how active this group is!! Just can't keep up though... Hehe!! I had a normal abdominal ultrasound... Don't really know what we saw... He did manage to measure the baby... He says all looks good so I'm happy

That's great! Did the doc point out what everything was you were looking at?

It makes me think of the Friends episode where Rachel and Ross are at the 1st u/s and the doctor points it out on the screen (its so early like we all are and there isn't much of anything to see) and she is crying cuz she can't see it and that she is going to be a horrible mom cuz she can't even see her baby

I've been like studying other women's u/s at 7 weeks to have an idea what I should see at mine on the 30th Maybe I should train my DH too so he doesn't look at me and say "I don't see anything"

 

[DrGomps]

I also considered tandem feeding. With my last pregnancy, DD would have just been turning two. She's 21 months old now and still so addicted, so I wasn't sure how I'd wean her so fast and considered just letting her do it.

But this time she'll be 2 1/2. She LOVES food, will eat anything, but just loves nursing. I'm hoping to keep her so busy this summer that she'll wean on her own and will stop thinking about nursing. Right now, anytime I sit down she wants to come over for a swig!

Right now for exercising, we go for a walk around town and do yoga in the mornings. That's all I'm willing to do in first tri. I'd love to start pilates in second tri, but I said that all through my daughter's pregnancy and never even opened the wrapping to the dvd!

with your history it makes sense...I was very active my last pregnancy but still gained 65 lbs. So I plan on being active as I can.

Drgomps i also love to workout mainly jogging and elliptical nothing high intensity. I plan to ask my dr if it is ok to continue this during pregnancy. He said it was fine with my previous pregnancy but I did end up in preterm labor so I can't help but worry about that happening again.

Dynamicmae glad everything is growing on track!did you have an abdominal us or a Transvag?

My Doc encourages exercise...she gave me SUCH a hard time about the amount of weight I gained with my daughter...she was CONVINCED I would have GD, but I didn't. I was healthy...just rather big. She was SUPER impressed when she saw I lost it all then some!! I kind of enjoyed proving her wrong...but yeah..I plan on remaining as active as I can safely...but am listening to my body.

Drgromps - There isn't really a rush to tell her MOTHER but we're so excited we want to be able to tell her fairly soon... but she's 3 1/2 and has the biggest mouth were just not sure how well it would go over with her hearing it from baby rather than us..

Located in San Francisco, Bay Area..

so does your step daughter know??? Definitely better to hear it from you!! OOh I love SF...we are talking about moving there when I am done with my PhD. My brother lives in SF and I used to go there all the time when I was in undergrad (at UC Davis).

As for excercising i've always been a workout FREAK... up until the last 6 months - I loved doing MMA and Muay Thai though and those things are DEFINATELY out during pregnancy, but I did like running and weights, however, i've heard that since i've been out of shape for a little while I have to EASEEEEEEE into it but I just don't feel like i'm doing anything because i'm not even sore after!

I am actually doing a MMA program at home called les mills combat..it has Muay thai...I take it easy and don't fight with anyone, but I am still able to do it just fine. But yeah, they say if you are active before your pregnancy its fine to continue, but during pregnancy is not the time to turn up the notch on your physical fitness.

I feel late to the party but figured I'd share as well!

1)Whats your name? Suzy

2) Where are you located??? Wisconsin

3) Occupation? Professor

4) Any kids (besides this one)? 0

5) How long TTC?? 7 months

I'm also worried about working out. I was doing Insanity workouts for about 1 month, then stopped for my IUI/Injectibles cycle and now, I'm terrified to do something stupid to hurt the baby and also terrified that I'll gain too much weight! My BMI is 26 and at 38, I don't think I can afford to gain too much weight as I may never lose it. Plus, even though I have the 26 BMI, I have run 5k's and even a 1/2 marathon in the recent past. Any advice you ladies can share from your doctors/experiences about exercise is greatly appreciated!!!

what are you a professor of??? I LOVE insanity...I did that and both asylums...but yeah, its not exactly pregnancy friendly... If you breastfeed it can help you lose it!!

I know it's early but has anyone else been obsessing over baby names? What is everyone thinking ?

So far all we have (that we can agree on) are:

Girl- Aria, Kaelyn or Kaelen Renee (my middle name)

Boy- Jackson David or Jackson James. ..

I like 'different' names and he's wayyy more mainstream .. ugh!

I had a good friendwho died young named Kaylan. Love your names.

Hey Ladies!! I haven't had time to catch up on the blog will sit tonight and have a read. I went to gynea today @ 5weeks 6days because of cramping.... All is well and our gestational sac has grown.... I am soooo releived!! Didn't see a heart beat yet but will hear and see it at our next scan on 6th May

yay! Glad to hear it!

We sort of have names picked out already. For a girl we want Hannah Sophia. Boy we haven't quite settled yet. We had wanted Theodore originally but I'm having a hard time picturing myself yelling that name out! LOL We're also thinking about Luke. DH wants to be able to say "Luke, I am your father" a la Darth Vader. But with Theodore he could potentially grow up to be an Uncle Ted which is what my niece and nephew call my husband...and my husband's name is NOTHING like Ted. It's a joke that started when my nephew was small and just stuck.

I've always loved the name luke! very classic but new age too. Theodore would be cute to keep a family tradition going ! names are so hard i'm always on name websites and can't stop - i want a name that means something so when i looked up the meaning of my name you could imagine my surprise at 'one who entangles men' being the definition of my name (Kassandra) hhhahahaha!

We also liked kylee too, but far too common

ooh I love Hannah!! thats pretty!!! Theodore is nice too! I like long elegant names with fun nicknames!

Our lists for both genders are big, about a dozen each. Which is surprising that we agree on that many names since I'm a teacher so there were MANY names I tossed out because they made me think of "that student'' We are just going to wait till we know the gender to pick since we have such big lists and that will narrow it down to 1/2!

On another note, is anyone else already really wanting to nest? This is my first so we don't already have a nursery, but we have a room designated. Ever since we moved into our house 1.5 years ago we left it empty knowing it would be a babies room and we had nothing else to put in there anyway. Anywho, now that I'm preggers, I REALLY want to decorate it, but I want it to be specific to the gender and it's just overall too soon for buying stuff *sigh*

thats awesome that you have a room...LOL...no real nesting here...my idea of nesting is getting my spring /summer clothes and putting away my winter clothes...I even got out my maternity clothes. :hahah: wont' need it for awhile...but it brought back good memories...

there is no harm browsing and seeing what theme you want for either gender...I saved most of the stuff from DD, so we are covered as far as supplies...unfortunately the baby won't have a room...we live in a 2 bedroom appt in NYC and have a live in nanny. so both kids will be in our room.

I know it's early but has anyone else been obsessing over baby names?

We have a name for a girl (Darcy Beau) but no name for a boy yet.

On another note, is anyone else already really wanting to nest? This is my first so we don't already have a nursery, but we have a room designated. Ever since we moved into our house 1.5 years ago we left it empty knowing it would be a babies room and we had nothing else to put in there anyway. Anywho, now that I'm preggers, I REALLY want to decorate it, but I want it to be specific to the gender and it's too soon for that *sigh*

I dunno; I wouldn't call it nesting as such, but we're on the verge of moving house, and I just want to get it done so that I know I can then focus on the pregnancy and getting ready for the baby properly; not in all of this chaos.

Ooh I love Darcy...pretty...BOO. Moving stinks...especially while pregnant.

As of now my cervix seems to be just sensitive just like my last one so I'm not gonna worry now

I'm really tired and no energy does anyone have a trick to get energy ??

ugh...I wish there was....I have been consuming more caffeine then I should...but being a working pregnant mom its hard...

I did weekly bump pics with all my pregnancies; it's lovely to look back on. I've attached one of them below

I had pics from weeks 1-4 because I was taking weekly pics while TTC as well. I wanted a complete set

They're great pics Lara. Mine wont look as good cause I already look how you did at 20 weeks!! I dont care though, as long as the baby grows in there I dont mind what size I get.

LOL, I was sucking in my belly as much as I could at the beginning; I've done that in every pregnancy because I too look like I'm already 5 or 6 months gone. I have HH cup boobs and mybelly comes out further


why are you going to combi feed out of curiosity??? I would love to tandem feed, but my daughter will be over 2 by then! I started weaning her at 4 months and she LOVES food, but she just loves my milk more! I still feed her at least 5x a day

It's a long story really.

Full explanations are here:

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/breastfeeding/982383-want-quit-but-actually-cant.html
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/breastfeeding/1367055-weaning-off-breast-please-help.html

Basically I've had lots of problems BF (not biological, but emotional), and I had PND, and my daughter is a bit obsessed with the boob, and the past year has been a horrible time for me, and I'm just not willing to risk repeating it by EBF another baby. It created a lot of problems for us; I went through the mill a bit with her. Things have become easier since I just accepted my situation; she is now eating solids, which helps, but it's by no means perfect, or even close.[/QUOTE]

sorry to hear about your PnD and migraines...def sounds like weaning is your best option for your sanity.

Love how active this group is!! Just can't keep up though... Hehe!! I had a normal abdominal ultrasound... Don't really know what we saw... He did manage to measure the baby... He says all looks good so I'm happy

wow...thats awesome you could see so much transabdominal.

 

[Lara310809]

LOL DrGomps that was a crazy quoting post Moving while pregnant IS crazy, and this will be the second time we've done it. We actually moved abroad when I was pg with our eldest. I was 30 weeks and we moved down here from the UK - 2000 miles. It was interesting to say the least, but my MIL accompanied us, and she used to be a midwife so I was in safe hands At least this time we're not going too far; within 1/4 of a mile, though I'm more anxious about this move because now we have two children to worry about

 

[diamondlove33]

Lol I agree DrGromps you are a quoting genius! haha I'm totally loving this forum all these women so darn excited about something the size of an apple seed ! Makes me happy i'm not the only one Feel like i'm way more excited than DH because it's my first but not his. ugh . trying REALLY hard not to take it out on him but he just isn't as 'into it' as i always thought he would be... high expectations? Does anyone else feel this way

DrGromps- We're actually about 40min outside of SF but no one knows where my tiny little town is .. haha so I just say SF.. We love it but really want to move into a more 'homey, small town' feeling place..

** We do want to tell the LO first before her mother gets to it but it's just very tricky.. Maybe have DH tell her when he's picking up the baby? But then if she freaks out it's not going to be good either.. ugh! Baby mama drama I just want to make it as easy as possible on the LO ya know?

 

[Lara310809]

Feel like i'm way more excited than DH because it's my first but not his. ugh . trying REALLY hard not to take it out on him but he just isn't as 'into it' as i always thought he would be... high expectations? Does anyone else feel this way

i think guys handle it differently TBH. My OH has never had a fantastic reaction to a BFP, but he's always excited to tell people. And he's more the quielty-mull-it-over type, opposed to me, who wants to scream it from the rooftops.

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My nipples are killing me It's so uncomfortable when LO feeds, and she's feeding more often because she's unsettled with her teething. And her sucking makes my boobs itchy

 

[diamondlove33]

is anyone else's lower abdomen sore?? like they've been doing crunches?? Mines so sore my friend said it's everything stretching..

 

[Kaiecee]

Sugarbeth
All I drink is water doesn't seem to help every time Riley goes to bed I'm falling asleep on the couch too

 

[Starry Night]

I'm not drinking enough water. I keep forgetting until I'm at the point where my mouth feels like cotton. But I hate going to the bathroom so much. ha ha Being on modified bed rest just adds to my fatigue. I'm getting really bored so I might try adding more activities to my routine if I can go several days in a row without spotting.

We already have a nursery but that means we'll be having to move DS out. Could be a bit traumatic I suppose, but DS will eventually like having the bigger room. The only problem is his new room is currently bright pink and has leftover princess-y touches from the previous homeowners. I have a colour for the walls picked out but still am not sure how I want to decorate his room. I might be uncreative and just go with a PIXAR Cars theme as it's easy finding stuff for that. With the nursery I went with a Beatrix Potter/Peter Rabbit theme and it is SO HARD finding stuff for that in North America. I managed to find a couple of things on eBay and PotteryBarn Kids sells a nursery set with a limited selection.

 

[SugarBeth]

I hate the constant bathroom trips. My bladder is going crazy - sometimes I'll make it ten steps out of the bathroom and need to pee again!

We'll also be moving DD out of the nursery. Her toddler room is right next to it, and I'll be getting it painted into a cute little girl room for her. However, we're going to keep her bed in the nursery as we side car the crib for babies to our bed. DD has so much stuff that there's no where to put the baby's things in the nursery, so that's what we'll be working on fixing in a few months. Today I spent hours just organizing all of her stuff and trying to limit it down to what she plays with daily.

 

[brit3435]

We have a room all ready as well. It's been empty since wemoved into this house since we planned to have another baby.its the same size as my daughters room so she will be staying in her room. Just trying to decide whether or not we will use her crib or buy another one. Dd is very attached to her crib at the moment.

 

[Kaiecee]

Since Riley will be 11 months were gonna put him in his own bed and give the crib to the baby if its another boy ill keep them in the same room for a couple months if not ill give her a room alone but I need to find a house to move by the 1st of October cause the owner here stopped paying his mortgage and the bank is taking the house which sucks

 

[DrGomps]

LOL DrGomps that was a crazy quoting post Moving while pregnant IS crazy, and this will be the second time we've done it. We actually moved abroad when I was pg with our eldest. I was 30 weeks and we moved down here from the UK - 2000 miles. It was interesting to say the least, but my MIL accompanied us, and she used to be a midwife so I was in safe hands At least this time we're not going too far; within 1/4 of a mile, though I'm more anxious about this move because now we have two children to worry about

That was a massive quote post. Lol. We moved recently, next door to an apartment on the same floor. Wasn't too bad.

Lol I agree DrGromps you are a quoting genius! haha I'm totally loving this forum all these women so darn excited about something the size of an apple seed ! Makes me happy i'm not the only one Feel like i'm way more excited than DH because it's my first but not his. ugh . trying REALLY hard not to take it out on him but he just isn't as 'into it' as i always thought he would be... high expectations? Does anyone else feel this way

DrGromps- We're actually about 40min outside of SF but no one knows where my tiny little town is .. haha so I just say SF.. We love it but really want to move into a more 'homey, small town' feeling place..

** We do want to tell the LO first before her mother gets to it but it's just very tricky.. Maybe have DH tell her when he's picking up the baby? But then if she freaks out it's not going to be good either.. ugh! Baby mama drama I just want to make it as easy as possible on the LO ya know?

Eh, I think men just handle pregnancy different. We become mothers at the moment of conception. They become fathers at birth. I feel like my hubby is in denial.

is anyone else's lower abdomen sore?? like they've been doing crunches?? Mines so sore my friend said it's everything stretching..

I get the odd pulling/stretching. Maybe round ligament pain? Your uterus growing?

I hate the constant bathroom trips. My bladder is going crazy - sometimes I'll make it ten steps out of the bathroom and need to pee again!

We'll also be moving DD out of the nursery. Her toddler room is right next to it, and I'll be getting it painted into a cute little girl room for her. However, we're going to keep her bed in the nursery as we side car the crib for babies to our bed. DD has so much stuff that there's no where to put the baby's things in the nursery, so that's what we'll be working on fixing in a few months. Today I spent hours just organizing all of her stuff and trying to limit it down to what she plays with daily.

The nursery/toddler room sounds precious.

I hate the constant peeing. Especially at night.

I am so dizzy/light headed. Wish it would go away.

 

[Starry Night]

Sugar Beth - we plan on keeping the baby beside our bed for awhile too. Our bassinet is designed as a sort of co-sleeper where the one side is a bit lower so it makes it easier to reach over and grab the baby. It's also a playpen so when the baby outgrows the bassinet I can keep him/her in there. We had DS in our room for about 3 months at which point we were waking him up just as much as he was waking us up so the move was mutually beneficial.

Our bedroom is between the two other bedrooms so I will be able to feel close to either. The toddler room is closer but I have a monitor for the nursery.

 

[DHBH0930]

I was so much better about drinking lots of water before I was pregnant, now I have to make myself drink it. I haven't noticed having to pee more often really, and I knew I wouldn't since I have always had to go very frequently.

I've kinda noticed my stomach muscles feeling a bit tight, like after a work out. Though I was doing gardening over the weekend, maybe it's from that....

The room that will be the nursery is the closest room to the master, the one thing I worry about is you have to pass the stairway to get to it... We have a dim night light to see know, maybe will need a brighter one for when we have to stumble to the babies room in the middle of the night. For sure a gate will go up eventually, but not till the baby is capable of making an escape. otherwise i dont want to deal with a gate for as long as i can!

However I do plan to have the baby in our room, next to the bed at first. Not sure for how long, I know everyone does it differently. But about how long till the baby can go in its own room? When it starts sleeping for longer amounts at a time?

 

[brit3435]

We moved dd into her own room at 7 weeks and she was sleeping through the night for 13 to 14 hrs by then. I could see her crib from our bed though since it was across the hall. This baby's room will be about 20 ft from our room and I can't see it from our rm so we will prob keep the baby in our rm until it is sleeping through the night. I'm worried about my daughters sleep being disrupted when the baby wakes up though.

 

[SugarBeth]

We decided to keep baby in the room for at least a year beforw getting their own room. I wouldnt want to be all alone at night so I felt uncomfortable forcing my baby to. With dd, we're just transferring her to her own room now as she's our first and has no one to be with. Hopefully we wont have that problem with the next one, but still plan to have them in our room fot a good while.

I love sidecarring. Its easy to breastfeed and we still have our entire bed to ourselves. Dd loves having her own space and being able to easily come into bed in the morning for a quick wake up nurse. Definitely plan to keep this system, we slept great since day one like this.