FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

what does the difference in flow regarding bottle nipples have to do with?
like when would you use slow flow? medium flow? fast flow? so confused
 
I have the decker. The only thing I don't like about it is when the baby doesn't need changed as much the trash really stinks because it takes longer to fill up.

you mean when you open it or even from the outside when it hasnt been opened in a while?
i thought it was suppose to lock in odors pretty well and only stink when you open it to throw a diaper in


couldnt you just make the bag smaller? and change it more often?
 
Melly, i think i must be dumb! I thought every pregnant mom doubled her blood volume? Am I crazy?

If blood volume doubles even more with twins i think I'd seriously die during pregnancy. Or at least be bed ridden... see? That's why YOU get surprise twins and not me :) Lol!!!! :)
 
ttc, here's an abstract from a medical journal that says that average pregnancies, the blood volume is increased by a factor of 1.5. Which makes sense if in twin pregnancies the blood volume is increased by a factor of 2!!!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4075604
 
Thanks! I was getting my info from my ob i had last pregnancy. I'm not surprised i was misinformed. In case I haven't mentioned...He was a complete ASS of a dr. Excuse the language. Gotta let it out sometimes :)
 
Oh Melly does my body know about the increased blood volume. I have spider veins breaking out on my legs because they can't cope with the volume. My one varicose vein I had gets huge by the end of the day.

raspberry I hope you and your little lady are feeling better soon. X

Headaches are a frequent pain for me. I try not to take anything but a lot of the time I have no choice. I drink plenty of water but I try and drink more when one strikes.
 
Hey girls can I join you all?
I'm due on the 20th feb with a very shock baby. We have four boys already and were quite content with this. But this baby came along and now were all super excited! Hoping to find some girls to talk to and perhaps a bump buddie. Xxx
 
I've just sent my boy off for his first day at school today. 😢💙💙 praying he likes it.
 

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Hi mumofboys! Welcome and congrats! A bunch of us are due right around Feb 20, so essentially everyone in here is a bump buddy :) When did you find out you are pregnant?
 
ttc, I hear what you're saying about finding out the gender before 18 weeks. That's why we are going right at about 17 weeks, and then we aren't announcing it publicly (probably will tell our parents) until 20 weeks when we get another scan to confirm. Also the place I'm going has a policy that if they can't tell for certain, you get to come back in a week or two for another free scan. So that's cool.
 
I had to look up articles yesterday to help dad-to-be cope with his pregnant wife's craziness. The emotions are hitting me HARD starting this past week and I'm suddenly turning into some kind of monster. I feel so bad for my DH :( Looking for ways to cope, but when it hits me, I'm out of control. I saw a lot of men saying "this isn't the woman I married" and "will she ever go back to normal" and that kind of thing. So at least I know I'm not alone.
 
Megan I'm the same way with the emotions! I think 15-16 weeks was worst for me. I wonder if there's some kind of hormone surge then? I started feeling a little more reasonable the past few days :)
 
I will be so grateful if this is a passing phase. I think I did read there's a growth spurt around this time.
 
We finally finished moving into our new place. Ugh, that was by far the worst move EVER! This was our 9th move, and we wouldn't have done it if we didn't have to, but it was the worst... (and we've done 3 international road trip moves). I think being pregnant, having a toddler, and having absolutely no help contributed to it. I lifted way too many heavy things and my abdominal muscles are sore. I feel like crap, but we're moved! We also had to get a new car since ours broke completely, so DH's parents helped with that... but they used paypal so we ended up having to drain our account and we didn't have enough money to buy food for a few days. Thankfully the money came in last night so we went on a grocery run!

Weren't you planning on cosleeping, bridget, or did you change your mind?

I remember making a baby registry with our first, and thankfully nobody bought us anything from it, because we didn't need it. (We didn't send out the link, we just had it in case someone asked.) Someone gave us a free crib and we didn't use it once. Not once! We finally gave it away to someone else who needed a crib. But diaper warmers? Those exist? Some of these things sound like they just kept inventing whatever they could think of in order to convince first time parents that babies "need" it. Sorry if I sound bitter, lol, it's just that if you're really, really in financial need, you can do it for under $300 total for the first 6 months to a year. A newborn only needs love, milk, diaper changes, and a source of warmth. The rest figures itself out, and if you prepare for those 4 things, you can go out and get anything you think would be helpful after the baby is here and it's no rush. Just something I learned from our first from being in a really tight spot financially!
 
Hi raspberry my due date has been moved to feb the 11th can you change it please? Thanks xx

hope everyones well. Still got 3 weeks to go till gender and 20 week scan.got a lovely bump now. Feeling alot more energy the last few days too!!!

Brought some bottles and baby vests and bibs. A few blankets too!!

Just ordered a bath a toiletry set and a changing table from asda baby event.

Are you girls buying stuff?

im deffo enjoying the 2nd trimester. Love hearing my babys heart beating on the doppler. So nice to be past the scary sickly first trimester!!! Hope your all ok xxx
 
we may still cosleep it really depends on what works best for baby once he or she is here
but i have always dreamed of having a nursery so that is why the crib and everything
plus it will be convenient for nap times especially when LO gets older and can crawl walk ect

diaper warmers are actually pretty useful if your baby HATES the cold of the wipes like my sister first did it would take forever to calm him down after a change and then she got a warmer and viola no more diaper changing fussiness. it just makes them more comfortable and i think that is the goal to make them as comfortable as possible
 
Feronia! I was literally just about to PM you to find out how things were going. Glad the move is done, sorry it was so awful :(
 
Hi ladies!

Trying to catch up on the pages I've missed over the last few days. Thanks for the messages regarding OH's knee surgery! All went well, they didn't give him a general anaesthetic because of his cough/cold so they gave him a spinal block instead, made me feel much more at ease.

I'm pretty sure I've been feeling baby kick and move over the last few days, even OH can feel it too which has been amazing!

Still staying with the in-laws, should be back home in two weeks and then we'll have our gender scan to look forward to, can't wait to find out!!
 
i still havent felt movement i dont think :(
kinda worried that my placenta is in the front
but wont know until our scan on the 10th

still hear heartbeat on doppler so im not too worried
 

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