January Jellybeans 2013!...

[DeedeeBeester]

I'm presuming the depends are the same as tena lady pans which I have (incontinence pants). Do we still need to use maternity pads as well or just the pants?

Yeah, Depend is a brand of 'diapers' for incontinence. I'm going to be using them while bleeding is crazy and eventually change to overnight pads. But I don't expect to wear them together, unless it looks like a crime scene down there. The depend i'm using are the Maximum capacity ones, so they are supposed to handle it all pretty well.

Im going to ask hubbies great grandma for a few lol.... I just cat see myself buying them....

I'm sure they wont say anything once they see your pregnant belly, lots of pregnant woman buy them LOL but you can always get them online hahaha

 

[BlossomJ]

The baking soda seemed to sting & itch like mad when I first applied it, but then it calmed right down. Think I'll stick with this tonight & get some cream if the swelling & blisters aren't improving tomorrow.

Thanks girls! Don't know what I'd do without you!

 

[BlossomJ]

A little tea tree oil works too on bug bites. I've also heard a little toothpaste?

Unfortunately I don't have any tea tree oil. I can imagine that would be great.

 

[DeedeeBeester]

80% DOWN! YEAH!!!

I'm getting ready to go to my doctors appt. Taxi again then hubby will be picking me up. I'm such a dependent. I was single and mingling for too long in life haha, working, my own money and doing what I wanted and now I feel like crying when hubby is not there for moral support hahaha. What happened?! Haha. Oh, I remember, I left family, country, friends and job to be with him and he is all I've known now for more than a year! LOL

 

[mellywelly]

Melly- thanks for correcting me, pregnancy brain has hit me hard!

Cant believe you even remembered, it was ages ago I said that!

 

[Nikkilewis14]

80% DOWN! YEAH!!!

I'm getting ready to go to my doctors appt. Taxi again then hubby will be picking me up. I'm such a dependent. I was single and mingling for too long in life haha, working, my own money and doing what I wanted and now I feel like crying when hubby is not there for moral support hahaha. What happened?! Haha. Oh, I remember, I left family, country, friends and job to be with him and he is all I've known now for more than a year! LOL

add in hormones and ur a big mess lol j/k but I can imagine how hard that all is! :O Your doing great!

 

[BabyHopeful2]

Gotta start taking some meds for the GD. I've only been diagnosed for two weeks, but in that time already it's getting harder to manage via diet alone. I did pretty good my first week. Last week dinners were high. This week my lunch (which is normally lower) was high! It's just so frustrating.

Baby has been very active lately. Yesterday was bad active though - kept kicking me in the hip. Sharp pain. I do love that he hits me whenever pressure is on my belly. The dr. was using the probe to hear the heart beat and he started hitting the probe. DH likes to play with the baby. If he taps on my belly, then baby taps back.

Betheny - I hope you get to the Twilight opening. I'm planning to go the weekend after. I'm not as brave as you with the crowds.

 

[AJThomas]

When I had chicken pox a warm bath with some oatmeal mixed in was the only thing that gave relief.

Bethenney so sorry about the pre-eclampsia, on the bright side, you'll be 34 weeks in another week so if baby comes early you should be able to go to your hospital but everything crossed that he/she stays put until full term.

 

[duckytwins]

Betheney, sorry about the pre-e. I had it with the boys. Just be aware of the headaches. My dr. told me if I got a headache that I couldn't make go away with Tylenol, to call him. Turns out, the last one I had was the last straw - I delivered at 36 weeks.

Blossom, sorry to hear about the itchies. The only way I can get rid of insect bites is to make an 'x' in the middle of them with my fingernail, then put cortisone cream on them. I hope you get some relief soon!

Hope everyone is okay.

AFM, Okay, I'm having a bit of a freak out today. I could effectively have 4-6 weeks left (I'll be term in 4 weeks) and I'm not ready!

Physically, I'm ready for baby to come, I'm so tired, huge, heavy, and in pain, but in every other way, I'm not!

I was trying to put it into perspective and just realized that my parents' anniversary is 4 weeks before my birthday, and it seems like just yesterday we celebrated their anniversary... and my birthday is in 5 days!

There is still SOOOOO much we have to get for baby and I haven't had finished my Christmas shopping yet. I have no idea how we're going to get it all done. I'm not ready!!!

 

[Kaiecee]

So there is a high chance they will b putting me on insuline if my number are like they are this week

On the 27th I go in the morning to check how baby is doing if he's gaining too much weight which I can't wait till I see him and now they are talking inducing me only the 39th week not the 38th but depending which dr. I get they change there minds all the time

Dh got his black ops 2 so ill b watching him play that can't wait to see what the zombies look like then hopefully take a little nap dh had me up at 6:30 this morning arrgghh

 

[Soniamillie01]

Betheney - sorry to hear about the pre eclampsia, but glad they have picked it up and are treating / monitoring it. Like the others said if you do go early baby should be strong enough at this stage to be ok. Sending positive thoughts your way.

Ducky - I had one of those moments today when I realised I finish work in exactly one month! And so not ready, don't think they realise that it's not too long away! In a way I can't wait to leave as it's driving me crazy now!

Hubby starts his new job tomorrow which is nights 10 - 7am so need to get used to being on my own going to be very odd! I am going to a water birth class on Thursday night and am really looking forward to it.

Hope everyone else is doing ok. Can't believe that some of us will be at term in just 4 or so weeks x

 

[BlossomJ]

Washed the covers from DS's old carrycot & car seat today. I think We've got everything we need, but I haven't really made a list, so I probably should! I'm sure we'll be missing something essential It really is coming fast!

 

[Nikkilewis14]

So there is a high chance they will b putting me on insuline if my number are like they are this week

On the 27th I go in the morning to check how baby is doing if he's gaining too much weight which I can't wait till I see him and now they are talking inducing me only the 39th week not the 38th but depending which dr. I get they change there minds all the time

Dh got his black ops 2 so ill b watching him play that can't wait to see what the zombies look like then hopefully take a little nap dh had me up at 6:30 this morning arrgghh

Ahh insulin isnt that bad hun but it is sucky if your not used to it! I always put it in my hips since their a little chunky haha... not so much my stomach since its all hard now... Good luck and let us know if they do decide to and what your dosage is..

 

[darkstar]

I have to vent here. Early in my pregnancy a friend offered to loan me her bassinet and capsule and now when I try and make arrangements to collect them or even confirm we can still borrow them she's not responsive. I don't mind if she's changed her mind, maybe she's pregnant again and doesn't want to tell anyone (they kept their last pregnancy quiet until 6 months or so) but I need to be told either way. We would have bought a full reversible baby seat or at least budgeted for it sooner if we knew we didn't have a capsule to use. I think I'll arrange to hire one today and we'll just stick with using the bassinet layer on our portacot.

 

[DeedeeBeester]

@Niki: haha, hormones don't help lol

@kaiecee: uh oh, probably need to send some of that cake our way: p

Afm: waiting at the cafeteria for hubby he will probably won't be here for another hour and a half. I gained 2 pounds in 2 weeks. Dr touched my belly and said he was pretty sure Matthew is heads down now. Next ap in 2 weeks.

 

[Nikkilewis14]

just a few pics from the sugar and spice baby shower...

the empty wishing wellhttps://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/680361_4460590165847_858734127_o.jpg
some of the place settingshttps://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/664496_4460600326101_1168286768_o.jpg
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/617075_4460588405803_92554051_o.jpg


the thank-yous made by ellas godmother... they were mason jars filled with brownie mix to go with the theme
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/533809_4460653247424_274745357_n.jpg
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/532186_4460640607108_903276471_n.jpg full wishing well with books and odds and ends.. we asked everyone to bring a book instead of a card and now her entire library is full
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/306840_4460656807513_180693808_n.jpg

this is the rocking horse that the godparents (his brother and his fiance) had refurished for us in ellas nursury colors. This was made for ryan when he was born from his grandfather who is passed away.. on the bottom is engraved To :ryan from: grandpa charlie 1983. I cried as you will see in the pictures.. it means so much and is sitting in her nursery now

https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/277354_4460654927466_1157045123_o.jpg starting to cry lol
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/169461_4460610446354_186996382_o.jpg
us with her godparents :0 soryr for the squinting!
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/134857_4460601086120_663137365_o.jpg
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/78424_4460598966067_1319360706_o.jpg

and the cake and cupcakes made by her godmother.. they were chocolate with peanut butter mousse filling and vanilla with strawberry filling... yummm
https://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w367/nikkilewis14/75991_4460614966467_937255792_n.jpg

one of the games to go along with the theme

 

[Poppy84]

Nikki it all looks amazing!!!!
I wish we did baby showers like that in the uk

 

[snowangel187]

I'm presuming the depends are the same as tena lady pans which I have (incontinence pants). Do we still need to use maternity pads as well or just the pants?

Yeah, Depend is a brand of 'diapers' for incontinence. I'm going to be using them while bleeding is crazy and eventually change to overnight pads. But I don't expect to wear them together, unless it looks like a crime scene down there. The depend i'm using are the Maximum capacity ones, so they are supposed to handle it all pretty well.

Im going to ask hubbies great grandma for a few lol.... I just cat see myself buying them....

I'm sure they wont say anything once they see your pregnant belly, lots of pregnant woman buy them LOL but you can always get them online hahaha

I felt awkward buying the overnight pads being this pregnant. I must say the pads they have at the hospital with the built in ice packs were my FAVE!! I stocked up on them before leaving.

 

[BlossomJ]

Looks like it was an amazing shower Nikki

 

[sassy_mom]

Nikki it looks like you had a wonderful shower! I love the photos!!!

Ducky ... I have been having a lot of those moments ... more so because when DH got laid off and took the new job, he took a pay cut and it hit us pretty hard. Now, I have to somehow manage getting baby stuff in with DD's Christmas..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH .... yes that is what I do sometimes when I start thinking about it. We never go overboard for Christmas (usually because my mom does for her hahahaha!) but still just thinking of trying to get all this stuff situated .. I know how you feel! I told my mom that I would be asking for some of the things I need (such as a boppy) for Christmas so hopefully some of those things could be taken care of. I don't know what I would do without her sometimes. She has been there for us while all these crazy changes have happened and I couldn't be more thankful.

Sonia my DH works from 10pm-6am so I know how that is. It is definitely weird. This isn't the first night shift job he has taken but I like these hours better than the last one ... he use to work 6:00pm-4:40am ... those were awful hours. Thankfully now when he comes in and I wake up it is about 7 so I don't have to fight to go back to sleep. I would say to invest in some room darkening curtains and ear plugs. I know DH couldn't sleep without the curtains. We've had them since last time and they are wonderful. It makes it look like night time when they are closed. No light gets through and DH can sleep better.