January Jellybeans 2013!...

[sassy_mom]

Lauren he is so handsome!!!! Congrats! I hope you and baby are doing well.

Melly congrats on being the first to your due date but dang that you have to wait now.

DH and I went shopping and I had some serious pain going on but never turned into anything. It has been going on since last night but will go away and come back hours later. UGH! I go to the doctor tomorrow so we will see what they say. I can only guess that something has changed in the two weeks since I've been there. I'm so done! I have this terrible feeling that they will tell me there has been no change and I will be pregnant forever!

This cough has me annoyed beyond belief! Coughed really hard earlier and soaked myself. UGH! I was wearing a liner but yea that wasn't even enough to save me. Thankfully I was home when it happened.

 

[Kaiecee]

It's Sonia's due date today too

 

[Lillian33]

Huge Congrats Lauren! He is just beautiful & rivals my Harry in the hair department!!

Thanks for the parenting updates Ditty & Span! I must admit I'm struggling a bit with the breast feeding thing- not so much the latch or anything but more so knowing if he is getting enough, to feed on just one boob per feed so as to make sure that he gets that hind milk or two boob feeds, to hold him off If he has only fed an hour ago aarrgghh so confusing & so much info which bits to take!!! Sorry for the rant! Breastfeeding is a challenge!

Kaiecee, I wish I had my suitcase but as my c-section was emergency I had nothing til second day! But I agree with Ditty, SNACKS! The hospital food left a lot to be desired!

Sorry for the long post! Hope the ladies who have hit their due dates have news soon! And that everyone is doing ok, big hugs xxx

 

[Kaiecee]

That's what I'm thinking for my other 2 I had no snacks and I was hungry in between meals my ex never even brought me Any food but dh knows me and he has McDonald's waiting for me on the 2nd day

 

[Betheney]

Lillian even tho I BF Eva I had all the same concerns as you. In the nurserybi was suppose to give Remi a BF then guess how big it was and do top ups via his gastric tube, I was telling them he didn't get anything and to top up a full feed and they were constantly telling me to have more confidence in my supply.

Now I'm taking a lot more laid back approach, some feeds we have one side and some we have two, I always try and push two because doing only one wasn't good with Eva and she lost a lot of weight. I also don't worry at all about the length between feeds some days it every hour to 2 hours and some it's every 4 hours. Just go with the flow and fees whenever baby wants. I secretly love the cluster feeds because I know it's going to boost my supply and Remi always had good weigh ins after cluster feed days.

You'll feel better about your supply once you start having lots of weigh ins and see baby is gaining.

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Just thought I should add. I find the volume he takes if he takes one side seems to.be smaller even if he gets more hindmilk because he'll want to feed again sooner than a two side feed.

Also a lactation consultant told me there's alot less emphasis on foremilk hindmilk these days and you shouldn't let it concern you.

 

[Lauren021406]

Thank you everyone im so in love!

 

[brieri1]

Making vegetable korma for dinner, yet another probably failing attempt at food induced labor. I made the huge mistake of touching my face after cutting a jalepeno pepper... My skin is on fire.

 

[sassy_mom]

I feel you Brieri! I have been walking all over the place for hours at a time. DTD silly ... although I'm rather enjoying all the action with DH! hahahaha! He is too. Here is my what I hope to be my last bump shot.

39 + 5 ... Sorry the picture is so blurry. My camera is having issues! But you can still see the huge bump!

 

[MissMummy2Be]

Nothing here yet been feeling very tired the last couple of days and last night I decided to clean the lounge room and sort out my sons toys as he got so much for Christmas (my mum went a little overboard) got half way done with the lounge and went to bed as it was 11:30pm haha now just waiting for my son to finish his nap so I can finish everything as I now need to re do his room to fit the toys we are taking out of the lounge room in there haha. I go back to the doctors on the 4th and I will be talking to him about inducing me as I can't risk going over due OH has cort (for something he done when he was younger) 5 days after my due date :S and then we are going away the weekend after that very full couple of weeks for us. Might start cleaning up and try to clean this baby out haha wish me luck

 

[brieri1]

I went for a walk today, too. My korma turned out super spicy. It was glorious. I love spicy Indian food. I have nights where I'm cramping so bad I can't sleep, but it eventually ends, and that's that. So frustrating. People are starting to place bets on when she'll come. I know they don't mean any harm by it, but it feels like a lot of pressure to me.

 

[La Mere]

Congrats on your beautiful boy, Lauren! Love his hair!

Yay Melly and Sonia on it being your due date! Hope your babies don't keep you waiting too long now!

For you ladies who were wondering about self checking your cervix.. Here is a good link I found that explains it very well. https://m.voices.yahoo.com/checking-cervix-dialation-guide-checking-7434352.html?cat=52 Luckily my hubby isn't squimish about helping me out and he felt the baby's head about a week or so ago. Still seeing my plug coming out... Haven't had much cramping today, but didn't this morning like normal... But my back has been aching and have some tightenings!

 

[Kaiecee]

I think the beging of pregnancy is stressful waiting for that bfp and near the end looking for any symptom showing progression towards labour

 

[brieri1]

I know this is TMI, but my regularity has changed so much the last few days. Its become that every time I eat something, anything, even if its just an apple or a few m&m's, I have to go to the bathroom. I've never had so many bowel movements in one day before! I think I'm at like 5 today.

 

[brieri1]

BTW, I've been reading the posts of the ladies that were due at the end of December and are still waiting for their babies to come... I just know that's gonna be me in a few days. They said the average first baby is 5 days late... That puts me at January 9th. That's pretty disheartening.

 

[Kaiecee]

Packing my bags and wow I have a lot of stuff lol

 

[ARuppe716]

Ugh... Feel like crap today. Dh and I went to a movie and did some food shopping to stock the freezer but once I came home I felt terrible. I have no appetite and a pounding headache with sinus type pressure. I had a ton of bm's the last few days and today my system did not want to cooperate. We're on our way home from the inlaws house and I can't wait to just curl up in my bed in the dark

 

[sassy_mom]

Ugh... Feel like crap today. Dh and I went to a movie and did some food shopping to stock the freezer but once I came home I felt terrible. I have no appetite and a pounding headache with sinus type pressure. I had a ton of bm's the last few days and today my system did not want to cooperate. We're on our way home from the inlaws house and I can't wait to just curl up in my bed in the dark

So sorry you are feeling so bad. Hopefully a good nights sleep will help you feel better.

 

[brieri1]

Ugh... Feel like crap today. Dh and I went to a movie and did some food shopping to stock the freezer but once I came home I felt terrible. I have no appetite and a pounding headache with sinus type pressure. I had a ton of bm's the last few days and today my system did not want to cooperate. We're on our way home from the inlaws house and I can't wait to just curl up in my bed in the dark

Have you been having a lot of headaches? Any swelling to go along with it? My midwife tells me some of the things you mentioned are signs of pre-eclampsia. Not to scare you or anything, I'm really not trying to.

 

[ARuppe716]

Thanks brieri... It did cross my mind but I've had no headaches lately and if anything my swelling has been better over the last week or so! I'm getting over a cold and have been congested so I think it's sinus related. I just hate getting like this because I can only take so much and if I have a headache that gets bad even when not pregnant it makes me nauseous. However, if I wake up in the morning with it still I will call my OB... Luckily it seems to be fading a bit now. But thank you for the heads up!! I would hate to get this far and start to have issues... Friday cannot come soon enough!

 

[Betheney]

Preeclampsia headaches are not able to be helped with panadol and usuallyy accompanied with vision disturbances. I had headaches with my preeclampsia and every doctor said without the vision disturbances and the fact that parasol helps even tho ot didn't fully get rid of the headaches means it's just a regular old headache. I had a constant headache for about 3 weeks and as long as panadol helped the doctors said it had nothing to do with my preeclampsia.