December 2012 buns

[citymouse]

We just rely on common sense. When she was little-little, they had very little contact, and if he did give her kisses, we would clean her off with wipes or water. When she started to get older and her immune system was more developed, we got more relaxed about it.

In the beginning, we did go through tons of blankets because every time we would set her down on one and then pick her up, the dog would come and lie down on it. We trained him his whole life to lie down on blankets rather than just on the furniture, so we couldn't make him stop... we would just toss the old one in the wash and put a new one down.

 

[citymouse]

Honestly, the germs on your phone, keys, keyboard, wallet, etc., are probably much worse than what would come off a dog.

 

[sadie]

That's how i was in the beginning, too! And it is funny how dog always likes to sit on O's playmat!


New pics posted in my spoiler!

 

[Katy78]

sadie, such a cutie! Huge eyes!

I personally don't think you should try to keep all the bacteria away from your child (you can't anyway). They should get used to it or they will get sick more when they do come into contact with whatever. Though some extra care is better with a newborn as they're still so delicate.

 

[Coconuts]

Trina OH MY GOODNESS O is so flippin' cute!!!!!!!!! I love every single thing in those pics, her, her eyes, her so-cute-it-hurts outfits!!!!
We 're making cute babes on this thread ladies!!!

 

[ebelle]

Sadie, she is so so so cute! That smiling look of hers just melts me!

 

[ebelle]

In other news, I am 20 weeks today! How fast time has flown! Can barely believe that its the halfway mark and baby artoo will be making her appearance in 20 weeks time. I'm getting more excited with each day and also anticipating when OH can get to feel baby artoos movements.

 

[Katy78]

Congrats on 20 weeks!!!

 

[LoloShells]

I have a c-section scheduled for April 12, 2013. If I go into labor before that, they will let me labor and attempt a vbac. Here's hoping!

 

[artsiekat]

I agree with Katy, I don't think they should be saved from all germs. Within reason, except for maybe when they are new newborns! Our doggie, Duncan, still fears the baby and will get up and walk away when we bring the baby near by, it takes some coaxing for him to stay near Quinn.

Ebelle - Happy 20 weeks!

Lolo - are you hoping for a VBAC or do you just feel safer about a csection? I'm debating this myself for when we want to try for a second.

Sadie - O is s pretty, I can tell she's going to be a gorgeous woman. Those eyes!

Q is 4.5 months! He had his 4 month vacs today and weighed in at 13 lb 13.5 oz and 26 in tall!

Here's some pictures, some of these were from our trip to Dallas to see my family. There's Quinn with Grandpa(my dad) who absolutely loved him and was a total baby hog the whole trip. I had to wrestle Quinn out of his arms to feed him. And, of course, the gorgeous man is DH with his gorgeous boy! And a picture of Quinn trying a little taste of pineapple for the first time.

 

[artsiekat]

A few more

 

[LoloShells]

Oh, I just love him to pieces. How do you not just eat your own baby??

I'm on the fence about the whole c-section/vbac thing. There are pros and cons for both. However considering I feel better with baby M on the outside, where we can take care of him, a c-section is the only way to assure he's here no later than 39 weeks. But if I'm lucky enough to go into labor say around 38 weeks (God willing), I think I feel pretty good about the Kaiser staff and their 24/7 anesthesiologist to go ahead and try the v-bac. If anything were to go wrong they could have me in OR and baby out in less than 10 minutes. I'm interested to see what contractions are like without induction... Perhaps I could handle them without epidural. I'm scared to vbac with an epidural for fear I won't feel a rupture. Not that I WANT to feel a rupture, but if it were to happen I'd prefer to be able to scream that there's something wrong, rather than have them wait to see baby's vitals drop. Does that make sense? Lol God I sound like a mess.
Artsie I know if you plan on having more its best to try to vbac, as the more c-sections you get, the higher the risk of complications. I have a friend who's had 3 sections and in the 3rd one she suffered damage to her bladder.

 

[Coconuts]

Happy 20 weeks Ebelle. Time runs away up to 20 weeks. I'm finding getting to 30 to be reaaaaaaaaaaaaally slow though. although I've got so much to do and buy that's not such a bad thing!

Artsie, I can't handle the cuteness! The one with his granddad is just to cute. I'm not surprised he was a baby Hog, with that level of cuteness he can't be blamed one iota!!!!

Lola, that's exciting having a date planned!!! I'm on the vbac side of things. I have no first or even second hand experience of this and am totally uninformed about it so take my opinion for exactly what is is, whatever it is, but when I was TTC I was reading a lot of natural birth stories and a lot of vbac birth stories were coming up again and again and again. Maybe search some out to give you some confidence in going for it. I think you're thinking about it the right way though, you must consider as many possible outcomes and the risks involved of course, but I guess I'm just saying that many woman manage a vbac just fine and exploding stomachs aren't necessarily more likely. But like I said, I don't know much about it.

 

[ebelle]

Surprisingly, I have some input on the vbac issue. I don't know if you all remember, but I have actually had uterine surgery to remove fibroids before ttc, so I have a long scar that is similar to a c section scar. Basically my doc will treat me as someone who is at a risk of uterine rapture, just like a post c section mother.

He has agreed to let me try vbac, but wants me to try not more for 4 to 6 hours. This will also only happen if I go into labour naturally before 39 weeks. If not, we will be doing a c section around the 39 week mark, which would make baby artoo a March baby.

I have read up a lot on the pros and cons of both and really hope I can succeed in doing vbac as that would mean if I decide to carry number 2, the risk of uterine rapture is not increased, but I am not going to worry about it and will just let nature take its course. I will be delivering at the top women and children hospital in Singapore where they deliver about 3000 babies a month so I am in good hands.

Lolo, don't stress about it and just let it happen OK?

 

[ebelle]

And again in other news, I felt baby artoo kick this morning and she was so strong I felt her kick my hand off my tummy for the first time. That was such an exciting feeling and I cant wait for her to do it again!

 

[ebelle]

And artsie, Quinn is so adorable! We absolutely must meet when I go to the east coast of usa next year! ( Looks like we may be getting married there next year after baby artoo arrives safely)

 

[Katy78]

artsie, I love looking at Quinn's photos. He's really adorable and I hope my boy looks at least a bit like that.

ebelle, so we really will be bump buddies, they will be born around the same date. If my baby doesn't decide to come a bit earlier or later. Great that you're making plans do get married. I hope you guys get to meet up. We've known each other for a while here on BnB and I'd love to meet any of you myself. And your adorable babies.

I've been reading about birth plans on girls' journals but I don't think I'll be making one. I've never heard of it before. Not from anybody IRL. You feel contractions, you go to the hospital and trust the doctors to do what's best. Though you do have a say in it, you can request a certain way of giving birth, epidural, etc. But you just ask for it on the spot. If you've had a c-section before, they do the same as everywhere else. They let you have a natural birth if it starts early or do another planned c-section.

 

[sadie]

Katy, i agree with you on not having a birth plan. I didnt and found it wouldnt have been necessary nor followed anyway!

Ebelle, I will be there in July so we can have a mini reunion, if that is when you plan to go!

Artsie, more adorable photos! He is sucha darling! Thanks for sharing!

Do your kegel exercises, ladies! I always did them while prego, but always forget to do them now even tho I am still having some problems with my pee. So annoying.

 

[LoloShells]

I'm not gonna stress, he'll get here one way or another. I'm just gonna be praying for the next 20 weeks that I labor on my own before the section. I just want a chance to try
Coco the rupture stats are very low... But I guess if you're that 1%, then it might as well be 100%.
Yay for kicks Ebelle, so sweet. I can't wait until theyre regular!

 

[ashleywalton]

Lolo-My birthday is the 11th

Cute babies in here

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still trying to recover from a second degree tear and SPD. I'm really hoping another week I'm good to go!