February Lovebugs of 2016!! 16 pink, 15 blue, 7 yellow

[DaisyDreamer]

Jax, thanks! Will try those and see how it turns out. Some times I get a tingling sensation on what feels like it could be my cervix--maybe that's Zodi in there settling in? I have an appt on Monday 11 Jan so I will speak with my MW about it then.

Spuds, sounds like BH! I get them too, especially when I am moving around or need to pee. They are very noticeable to me, though sometimes it's just baby pushing into one side. In fact I get them quite frequently and often have to be conscious of how many in a hour I have. If you have more than 6 in an hour it's best to lie down on your side, drink water and maybe take a warm bath.

 

[mrswichman]

Came home sick from work couple hours early...these bloody colds and not being able to take anything!! but that means I finally started washing the baby clothes...a friend dropped off a bunch and I can't just leave it all sit...I'll be overwhelmed if I do...so figure I should start sometime...Also now not stressing that I don't have enough for when Elijah does come home Just around 37 days left!!

 

[mommylov]

Hope you feel better! Lots of fluids should hopefully flush it out!

I need to do the same thing and wash all the stuff I have gotten and start thinking about getting a bag together. Has anyone else got thier bags ready? We got the car seat in (still need to go to the fire station to get it inspected), pack n play is put together, and stroller are ready. We have Nursery furniture but no bedding or anything yet.

 

[DaisyDreamer]

mrswichman, hope you start feeling better soon! Blessing in disguise though, hopefully you can get a few things done and still rest ok. Feel better! Like pp said lots of fluid to help move things along with your cold

mommylov, not yet but it's on my to-do list within the next week. I'm going to pack extra pairs of everything and just change em out if I run out of shirts or panties to wear in the mean time We are waiting on a certificate for a car seat, then we will know which kind of compatible stroller to get (if we decide to get one). Amazon is ready to go as soon as our refunds come in. We are cosleeping for the first few months but will be getting a pack n play that Zodi will likely sleep reguarly in until ready for a big kid bed. Sucks being so stalled on things but we aren't even sure where we will be living by the time they get here so

AFM insomnia again. Have been up since 2 AM this morning (about 10 hours now). I have a really hard time sleeping during the day. Usually around 5 or 6 when it's dark I can take a nap for about an hour or so but never really getting any REM sleep. Then I will fall asleep around 9 and wake up around 2 or 3 or so and it starts all over again! Some times I can fall back asleep but mostly I just get really close but my mind starts going about what needs to be done, or I'll feel nauseous, or I'll need to eat something or go to the bathroom. Hate getting up and waking OH but I guess he wakes up regardless if I get out of bed or just lie there

 

[mommylov]

Certificate?

 

[DaisyDreamer]

Certificate?

!! Our MW office provides a gift certificate to a box store that's good for one convertible car seat, so we don't have to pay that expense

 

[Quantea]

mrswichman, hoping the cold goes away soon! I've been borderline rude about keeping people with colds at a distance at all times, but I got one too a couple of weeks ago. It really sucks!

DaisyDreamer, I have been suffering with insomnia too... I often drop asleep (even sitting up! lol) around 11pm but wake up at 2-3 am and can never go back to sleep. Or I can't get comfortable enough to drop off until 6 in the morning. Bottomline is I usually get 3-4 hours of sleep each night for a couple of days and then I collapse on the sitting room couch for 6-8 hours during the middle of the day. It's a good thing I'm not working anymore, but I still feel like a lout when I end up spending half a day sleeping off my insomnia...

In other news, I'm planning on going to see the new Star Wars movie this Friday! I'm so excited, since it took our friends forever to get some common free time so we can go see it together. But now I got this silly idea that the loud sound effects might scare the baby? I keep imagining the poor bug getting startled by starfighters exploding. Anyone else been to the movies lately?

Oh, and I just finished washing the last baby clothes today. Still no bags ready, although my MIL will be dropping of a small suitcase suitable for the hospital (we only have large ones for going on vacation) this weekend, so I'll finish them then I suppose. I keep looking at the little baby clothes longingly... Not long now!

 

[jessthemess]

I saw Star Wars! I also thought about the loud noises, but not in a scare the baby way, just like in a that's weird! Haha but anyway, it was fine, no extra movements or anything. Was a long time to sit on my pregnant booty in a theater chair though, I wiggled a lot haha

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Spoiler Alert, Quantea...Gandalf kills Dumbledore lol


I'm going back and forth on VBAC or csection again. Csection is more convenient planning for childcare and such, but VBAC is more convenient recovery wise. I have so much anxiety around something going wrong with a VBAC again but I have to make a choice soon. I don't think I'm emotionally ready for a VBAC as much as I want one. I think I still have some healing to do around my son's traumatic birth before going a VBAC route. I want the bonding and the skin to skin and delayed cord clamping that would come with a vaginal birth more than the VBAC itself.

Ugh. I hope I pick by Friday.

 

[DaisyDreamer]

Brandi I'm sure you will come to a decision that will be the best for you and baby! Whatever it is, only you can make the right choice. Hope you can settle one way or another.

Quantea, same here, but I don't really nap it off. Maybe will get an extra hour of micronaps in the afternoon, but once I'm up usually I'm up Yep can't believe how close we are to our due dates! Labor watch will be here before we know it.

 

[MariaF]

Brandi - I had a traumatic first labour. Didn't get any skin to skin, didn't even get to see her for 6 hours after giving birth. It was horrific. It was 3.5 years ago and I'm still not over the emotional trauma.

My recovery from that horrific birth was actually quick (or may be I just got on with it). But emotionally I kept thinking to that time when my newborn was whisked away to SCBU and was crying her heart out before they gave her to me.

If I had a choice, I would opt in for a planned section in a heartbeat! Unfortunately I don't get that choice. So I am dreading the lottery again, that is the natural labour.

My friend had an EMC with her first, was desperate for a VBAC and got it with her second. Regretted it because her recovery after VBAC was worse than from c section!!!

 

[mommylov]

!! Our MW office provides a gift certificate to a box store that's good for one convertible car seat, so we don't have to pay that expense

Oh that is awesome!!

Spoiler Alert, Quantea...Gandalf kills Dumbledore lol

 

[mrswichman]

So Elijah Joseph will be making his appearence into the world on Feb. 12th...bar he decides any sooner.

 

[mommylov]

yay mrswichman!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Nora will be arriving earth side on February 1, 2016, shortly after 8am

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Wow, can't believe we're getting dates already!! So close now!
I will be 39 weeks on February 16 so it will be between then and the 23rd, I'm guessing...
I love knowing, but at the same time I miss the spontaneity. Like, my dad has already started asking what day it will be. I can't LIE to him, but I really don't need him there at the EXACT MOMENT BABY IS BORN. You know?
Last time I had to go in at 5 am and he was there before 6. Ugh. I wish I could just not tell anyone until after she's born. Have our moment, you know?
Sorry for the rant, guys.

 

[Jaxvipe]

So exciting ladies!! It's getting so close!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

I'm not telling anyone except my best friend (and of course my due date groups). My mother is a little on the crazy side and claims this baby to be hers. She says she'll punch any nurse who tries to stop her from getting in. I have tried politely and firmly to tell her she is not welcome til after the birth and she just doesn't get it or respect boundaries. I almost lost my last baby if not for the quick actions of the nurse and OB to get him out quickly (literally 8 minutes from prolapse to cut) and she plastered all his birth info and picture all over Facebook before I had even woken up from the csection. Facebook saw my son before I had even woken up and when I told her I was hurt and disrespected by that, she said to get over it.

So she isn't welcome. I would love to give people the heads up that baby is coming and I know when. Unfortunately, because she can't respect boundaries, I can't even do that. So I have to pretend like I'm not having a csection. I have to pretend like ai went into labour spontaneously. I have to not say a word about "labour" until after she is born. My mother has an opinion on absolutely everything and has shot down every single name I have chosen because it's not what she chose. She has taken my baby's ultrasound photo and passed the baby off as her baby. It's insane.

So my friend and I have concocted a story. My best friend will be my support person. I'll have "had an appointment" and been sent over for another emergency section right away from that appointment so that I'm already stitched up and in recovery by the time she gets there. I'll have had my bonding time before my mother rips her out of my arms to get her shot. I'll have gotten those first photos of Mom and Baby and had her to my chest etc. I'll get to experience all I didn't with my son.

My first photo posted to Facebook will be a bum shot of her cloth diaper that reveals her name (not revealing that til birth because of my mother and her inability to keep her mouth shut), because as much as I hate how my mother has treated this pregnancy and what she did with my son, I respect her enough that I believe she should meet her granddaughter and see her face before Facebook does. Once she has met her, THEN I will post a photo of her face.

You don't have to let anyone in that you don't want to. My OB has already written on my chart that my mother isn't allowed there just in case she finds out somehow and I'll remind the nurses that no information is to be given out until I'm out of surgery and we're on the maternity floor.

 

[Jaxvipe]

Brandi- I'm so sorry you even have to come up with a plan like that it must be so tough to have to go through that with your mom. But I'm glad you will be able to spend time with baby alone and get in your bonding time.

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Ugh! That's too bad. I can't imagine having to deal with a mother like that on top of all the other stuff that goes along with having a baby.
It does sound like a good plan, though.