Due Sept 2017

[kittykat7210]

Gosh fingers crossed everything is okay honey, thinking of you! Xx

 

[gingmg]

Thinking of you Tess! How scary, hope everything turns out to be ok. Glad to hear the baby is ok.

 

[ladybrown33]

Tess hopefully everything turns out okay for you and your little one.

 

[Savasanna]

Thinking of you, Tess. Give us an update when you get a chance!

 

[lilmisscaviar]

Yea - all the other kiddos we've cared for have been amazing sleepers, so if I had never met Peanut I'd be inclined to link it to formula.. but she struggles. We've even been sleep training consistently for almost two months now and she's still at 2 wakes a night. (And I consider that a huge success from where we started!)

So it's probably one part formula, one part schedule/routine and 5 parts individual kid. haha

I agree with you that there are many variables that go into it. Some kids just love their sleep lol. It could also be the milk supply of the mother. I personally had a hard time keeping up with my kids' demand because they were such large babies (born in the 90th percentile) with just as big of appetites.

Babybump I couldn't have put it better myself! I agree that nothing is as good as breastmilk, but formula these days is probably the closest to breastmilk as it has ever been so no judgement here if BFing doesn't work out.

Tess I'm so sorry to hear this and I think we are all holding our collective breath for your baby's health How frightening it must be for you. I'm appalled that they weren't able to get you in for an ultrasound with that much bleeding. I'm keeping everything crossed for you that it turns out ok in the end

 

[rockstarlove9]

hey ladies are any of you guys starting to leak yet? if so how do you know they are? I ask because im pretty sure mines are starting to as when I pull my bra off at night they feel slick for lack of better words like not sticky but like something has been on them and since dried up. I have yet to actually catch them in the act of leaking although im not really watching them to do that. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? ALso I feel my little one moving a lot lower than it had been previously is that normal?

 

[MrsKChicago]

I was leaking just like that very early last time. It's normal to leak, and it's normal not to leak.

Movement in a different spot probably just means the baby switched positions. We're at a point now where we'll be feeling different movements, too. Kicks and punches are starting to come through, instead of just whole body movements.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Nice appointment today. I'm almost back up to my prepregnancy weight, a couple pounds up from last time, which is fine by me.

At my anatomy scan the tech seemed concerned about her size, and we had a lot of extra monitoring after a similar scan last time. Turned out Teddy was perfectly healthy and just petite. He was just under 7 lbs at 41 weeks. My midwife said my ultrasound was perfect, she's not concerned about size, especially with Teddy having been small. She'll send me for a growth scan later just to be sure but she said it's really just a precautionary thing. So that's a big relief.

She gave me a list of physical therapists for my hips. She thinks that would be a better place to start than chiropractic, which I was considering. She suggested I call around, find one that works for me and takes my insurance, and then they'll fax over orders. So I'll attack that soon. I feel good today but I know it won't last.

 

[Babybump2017]

Tess are you okay? How is everything? Please check in!!


We still have no luck on the name front! We liked Kayla, then decided it's too much like Kayleigh and neither of us are keen. Then we said Scarlett and Ruby. Other half went off the pair of them! However Jada is in the running. My question to you ladies is: which spelling do you think is prettier?

Jada, Jayda or Jaida

 

[MrsKChicago]

I like Jada, but I have to admit a strong preference for traditional spellings in general.

We haven't talked names in ages. Last time it was a specific first and middle combination that won DH over to my side, so we were all set early. We've had a first name for years for a girl and just can't agree on a middle. It's less pressing to figure it out when we have a first name to refer to her. I'll admit to being less motivated since he said he'll let me choose if we don't agree on something

 

[08marchbean]

Hi all. Haven't checked in here since first tri. How's everyone getting on?
Had our 20 week scan yesterday. Everything is great with baby so that's fab.
We had told sonographer we didn't want to know sex and she let it slip! She was very apologetic and I could Tell she felt awedul but I feel so confused now. I'm gutted I know when I didn't want to. But I keep telling myself it's not the end of the world. We have had 2 surprises already and finding out at birth was amazing. But we have decided not to tell anyone else we know. Hope it's not hard to keep the secret!

The sonographer has offered us a free 4d scan and our body weight in pictures to try and make up for her mistake. So that's something to Kim forward to.

 

[Tess08]

Hi everyone. After multiple tests, scans etc the doctors still couldn't determine where my bleed was coming from. Baby is fine as far as they can see but is measuring really small which I'm concerned about because my daughter was 8lb 6 and all of the babies in my family have been on the big side! They let me out after 2 days despite the fact that I'm still bleeding on and off but I just needed home to my little girl. I have to go back in 5 days to be scanned again. I had a bad haemorrhage after my daughter and this is worrying me it will happen again. Glad to hear everyone else is getting on okay. We are half way there thank goodness! X

 

[gingmg]

Marchbean- I'm sorry that happened to you. Hope you are doing ok.

Tess- so glad to hear that your baby is okay. Hope the bleeding stops and stays away for good.

 

[MrsKChicago]

How scary, Tess. I'm glad baby seems ok, hopefully you can get some answers at your follow up.

 

[ladybrown33]

It's good to hear that everything is ok Tess

I have had a private ultrasound at Goldenview and the tech confirmed that it's a baby girl!! Let the shopping begin...

I'm thinking this baby will be named Kennedy even though her dad says it sounds like a boys name. I love it for now but it keeps changing weekly

 

[Savasanna]

I don't think Kennedy sounds like a boy name at all! Anyway, even if it did, I'm partial to unisex names. I think they're adorable.

 

[peach81]

Agreed. I've never heard of a boy with a first name of Kennedy.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Kennedy sounds unisex to me. All those presidential last names are going to the girls, and once a name goes girly it rarely goes back.

 

[Savasanna]

Kennedy sounds unisex to me. All those presidential last names are going to the girls, and once a name goes girly it rarely goes back.

lol - Perhaps I'll suggest we should name our babes Obama.

 

[ladybrown33]

Yeah I agree that once it goes girly it will never go back.
Lol at Obama as a first name....
I think when he says it sounds like a boys name is man code for "I don't like it." Even though he doesn't agree I think I have settled on that name