Breastfeeding & pregnant Mammas

[Mummy2Corban]

Thanks ladies! Xxx

Spiffy I know! I think girl cause of my ms but boy cause of babies face! I dunno!!!!!

Xx

 

[Veronicaco]

Sorry you're still not over the sickness ladies!! Xxx

 

[ttc126]

Got ticker

 

[Mummy2Corban]

Veronica how's you? Xx

 

[Veronicaco]

I'm good thanks! Not sleeping well but can't really complain about that only 1 week til v-day so just can't wait to hit that milestone still yet to see my specialist about my risk of second tri miscarriage due to my bicornuate uterus but I'm booked in for when I'm 26 weeks so that's really reassuring!!
My mums coming for just over a month this week, although not staying with me so I'm am hoping to start a load of sorting out of baby girl stuff for car boot and starting shopping for the boy!
We have a maybe name finally, just the one! Same as last time so we will probably end up using it. It's really growing on me and it goes with dd's name nicely and our ridiculous surname lol.
On the down side Dh took dd to see his sh*tbag mother yesterday - first weekend he hasn't worked in weeks and we had a spare couple of hours while I bleached the floors at home. He turned up and she had a go at him about how long it had been since he last visited (maybe a month), dd wouldn't even go near her because if the atmosphere so, MIL cried and left to go out. As soon as she was gone dd was fine playing with grandad and having a nice time. Makes me so cross that she can't see how her behaviour affects everyone and why no one ever wants to see her. Even FIL is fed up poor chap!!

 

[Veronicaco]

It feels a bit like we are into that lull, scans out of the way and just plodding on really! We need a q and a session I will start.....
How many kids do you have?
How many do you want?
Will you reach that goal/have you exceeded it?

I want 2/3 probably 2 and then I would like to foster when mine are a bit older.
So hopefully after this one out little family is complete x

 

[Cangaroo]

Have your contractions settled, Spiffy?

Veronucacom We have one child so far. We are probably only going to have two, so I suspect this is my last pregnancy. We may adopt at some point in the future, but that wouldn't be for at least 5 years. I have a very good friend who is about to adopt a little girl- she has matching panel tomorrow. I am so excited for her!

 

[zephyr]

I wanted a big family, wasnt sure on the number. I have 5, soon to be 6.
Even this time we said this was our last and it most definitely is but I'd love to have more but don't want to go through another pregnancy so we have talked about fostering later on in the future when our younger kids are a bit older.

 

[ttc126]

Veronica, so sorry about your dh's mom. What an awful way to act!!!

I really wanted 4-6 kids. I honestly don't know if we'll be able to have more after this. The thing is I need blood transfusions while pregnant but having a bunch of them is not ideal. Last time i developed one antibody but every time you get a transfusion there's a 1 in 5 chance of a reaction. So if i need more than one before delivery i think i may not have more. If i get preeclampsia again i may not want to try again. But we really don't know how everything will go. So I've got to be positive

 

[Jess19]

Veronicaco sorry to hear about your MIL that really stinks.
My MIL is a bit out of control at times. We are going over her house today, its the first time we have seen her in months (she lives like 6 miles away) DH called her when we found out gender and she never returned his phones call....she must not care, whatever. I dont care either

As for me:
DH has a daughter, she will be 12 next month
I have a son from my first marriage, he's 8
We have Charlotte together and this new little one on the way
Total of 4. This is our last.
This was our goal

 

[Mummy2Corban]

Veronica I'm sorry about your mil. So silly! Your poor dd. I'm looking forward to v day but third tri more so.

So I have Corban 3 and indigo 1.
We want 4 so I'm gonna try to wait until this one is about 1 to try again.... But I do get broody far to quickly! Oops!
Once my brood are older I'd love to foster too but I'd only want babies/toddlers but we will see what happens.

Xx

 

[Spiffynoodles]

My contractions are still about the same, about 5-6 a day, but I know from last time that they will get more frequent as my uterus grows. Thanks for asking.

Veronicaco, I'm sorry your MIL is so difficult. Mine can be a bit pushy at times, and likes to make comments about people (including me) behind their backs instead of confronting them about it, but I know I could have it much worse.

As for me, we have a 2 year old DD, a 1 year old DS, and so this will make 3. We want 4 for sure, but always talk about 4-6 with the possibility of more. We're kind of on a "whatever the Lord wants to bless us with" plan, who knows really.

Also, since you mentioned being in a lull, I was also thinking about that the other day, so I set milestones for myself to keep it from dragging. So here's mine:

24 weeks - V-Day
27 weeks - Third tri
32 weeks - Growth scan
36 weeks - The gestation I had my DS at, and when I'm expecting this one to come around.

What are your milestones to pass the time?

 

[Mummy2Corban]

So I'm 24 weeks v day and midwife
27 weeks third tri (yes)
28 weeks midwife
Then I'm not sure!
41-42 weeks baby!!!! Hehe! I'm hoping not to go over but to be honest I expect it!

Soon we will be in double numbers on the countdown so I'm looking forward to that too!

Xxx

 

[luvymom]

Wow, I am way behind. Here's my info.

Looking forward to V-Day and 3rd trimester.


This will be baby #5, but pregnancy #11. I have 3 boys and this will make 2 girls. I've always wanted a large family. I hope to be blessed with more. I never wanted to put a number on it. Like Spiffy, we want whatever God blessed us with. With my track record, I how for more but never really know if I will get to. The thought of when I do have to say "I'm done", makes me sad.

 

[Veronicaco]

Thanks guys! I don't actually have anything to do with my mil anymore, she's just so awful - a toxic personality.

I set myself milestones too as these weeks drag!! So v-day (Sunday), 3rd tri, then I'm looking forward to September, i will be 30 weeks. After that there are a lot more appointments and getting ready so it goes a bit faster x

 

[Mummy2Corban]

Luvymom sorry to hear you've had 11 pregnancys. Must be a worry time for you.

Veronica can't believe v day is Sunday for you! Not long now!

Xxx

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Luvymom, that must have been hard to have had so many losses. I remember you saying that some of them were as late as 15 weeks, too, right? But at least you should be in a safe zone by now with this baby.

Ugh, my DY has had an upset tummy and a killer diaper rash these past few days, and it's been rough. By the end of the day yesterday, he was just laying on the floor with his diaper off, crying, but unwilling to move around because it just hurt his poor rash too much. I've tried creams, ointments, powder, and essential oils already. Do any of you ladies have any tried and true methods for getting rid of diaper rash?

 

[Krippy]

Coconut oil for diaper rash... My little guy is going through the exact same thing right now.

Sorry for my absence lately just feeling quiet and stalking. I do keel track of everyone though 😉

 

[ttc126]

I used a mixture of cornstarch and Vaseline to clear up a really bad rash on my ds. Zinc oxide (just plain they sell it at Walgreens) works well.

 

[Veronicaco]

Air, keeping it dry as possible and metanium is supposed to be good but I've not had any experience of it personally xx