Beanonorder- I am sorry to hear that the results came out positive. It's interesting to hear that they do not test for this condition in the U.S. My blood type is A+ and my husband's is O+. I am not sure if it matters, but anyway, my son was severely jaundiced shortly after birth. He had to have an IV and be under the bilirubin light for 3 days! He wasn't in the NICU, but it was pretty intense. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope things end up turning out just fine with your little boy.
Stripeycat- I agree 100% about newborn sizes. My son was in newborn for around 2-3 months. I was told not to bother. I was also told the same about newborn size diapers. I wonder if it is just for a baby born at well over 8 lbs or something. Because my son was 7 lbs 6 oz, 20 inches, and was swimming in anything over newborn size. Even newborn was a little big on him at first! This time, I have plenty of newborn stuff.
beautymyth- I hope your scan goes great today! I can't wait to hear what you're having.
Christina- That scratch sounds painful. I hope it heals up quickly.
Northern- How infuriating! That is so rude. It was none of her business. Who do people think they are?
We just found out last night that there are going to be 25 people at my in-laws' house for Christmas. My husband and I are both stressed out by it. This is insane. They usually have a good number of people, but 25 is way over the amount that they normally do. And they don't even have the space for it. We celebrate Christmas with them on Christmas Eve. It's one big dinner and then we do presents. I didn't say much as far as my opinion goes to my husband last night because he was clearly irked by it and would rather ignore it until this week is over with. But I want to leave their house Christmas Eve after opening presents and head to my parents' house that night to have Christmas morning with them. He tried to discuss having our own small Christmas on the 23rd with just his family and then they can have their big thing the next day. His parents' house is a huge problem for us. I hate staying there. It is dirty and smells bad. They are smokers. They do smoke outside most of the time we are there, but his dad smokes inside at night thinking that it doesn't get to us because we are in bed, but I can smell it. We might have to sleep with our window open. I'm pretty stressed overall by the thought of it. But I can't talk to my husband about it because it stresses him out twice as much. He hates the smoke, the filth, and the smell as well but they would be offended if we didn't stay with them. So, that would cause a rift right at Christmas. We don't want that. I just hate staying there, and I keep looking for ways to reduce our time there. But I also know that they would notice if we spent more time at my parents' house. It's frustrating to me that my husband hates staying there too, but he sucks it up and then gets annoyed at me for not enjoying it there! I keep praying for a solution because I know it's going to be tense due to all of this and then the giant crowd coming over at Christmas Eve...and I think he gets extra annoyed if I let him know it bothers me because he himself is annoyed and doesn't know what to do. In a way, I get how he feels because I couldn't just tell my parents that we're just not staying with them. That would be hard. However, their house isn't a health hazard either. Okay, I think I just needed to rant and get that all out! Sorry if this is super long.
good luck with scan today!
I really hope things work out. Will oh be able to help with costs if a nicu stay is needed? 
