Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

[Murmers0110]

Yay Miranda!!!!!! So glad to hear from you! I stalked your profile last week trying to see what was happening with ya! I'm glad you are ok and seem to be feeling help. Emily is a nice name! I can't wait to hear what the neurologist says.

 

[KalonKiki]

I'm sorry about the terrible head aches, Miranda. Glad that Emily is doing okay though.
I'm sure you'll find a nice middle name for her. I'm also sure that your DH will eventually tell his grandparents about her.

I'm still pretty small and haven't gained any weight, but I feel huge. Maybe Liam is just crowding up my organs like crazy.

And I almost forgot! Today was V-day for me, yay viability!

 

[angel2010]

Yay for vday Kalonkiki!

 

[MirandaH]

Thanks guys! Yesterday was nice, with no headache. But I can feel it coning back again today, already this morning. Will be glad to get in to see what is going on in there. I just wonder how long it will be before they can get me in. This is really causing a strain in the household with me not being able to do much of anything, but DH has been amazing and doesn't complain. I spend a lot of time sleeping off the headache meds.

As far as weight goes, despite being huge, I have not gained an ounce. I am down a total of 19 pounds since finding out that we were expecting and still puking almost daily, if not several times a day, but I believe the headaches are contributing to that.

As far as the grandparents go (the people who raised him, BTW!!!), he is afraid his grandmother will have a heart attack. She expressed her feelings on us having any children and it was very negative, but she is generally a negative person. DH was supposed to go on a fishing trip with his father this weekend, but has decided to stay home with me. It was our first argument. He was going to go without me, so that he could wait longer to tell them. I was super angry about it because I can't even talk to her. I feel like we are lying, since everyone in his family knows except them. I think their feelings are going to be hurt that they were the only ones who did not know. I just don't understand it. I think that since we are married and grown he needs to just go ahead and tell them, but it is not my place to do it, so I remain silent for now.

Congrats on V Day KalonKiki!! I have 5 more days until then. I can't wait to get to that point and then a can relax a little bit more.

 

[tx614]

I am so sorry for all those headaches Miranda! I hope that the neurologist is able to help get those under control! Emily is a beautiful name! We still haven't picked one out!

Yay for Vday Kalonkiki!!!

How is everyone doing on their nursery? My hubby cleaned out his HUGE desk (he is a gamer and a writer so big ole desk) and we sold it on Craigslist yesterday. So baby's room is going to start taking shape soon. We are going to paint first then put carpet down. Then buy all the furniture and what not. I am very excited!!

 

[KalonKiki]

Thanks everyone! And if there's anyone this week that I missed saying Happy V-day to, Happy belated V-day to you as well, Mamas!

Our nursery is still a wreck at this point. We were going to donate all of the junk in our bedroom that we didn't want/need so that we could start moving furniture out of the nursery and into the bedroom this past Saturday, but we had terrible storms all weekend.

 

[tx614]

That is disappointing, you can do it this weekend though! That is the good part about doing it early is if something comes up it isn't a big deal!

I never really beleived in nesting...but now I do. I have been cleaning and organinzing like a mad woman! I can't stop. And I am normally NOT a cleaner. We are going to have a garage sale this weekend or next weekend to sell all of the stuff I have gone through. What is left is going straight to Goodwill and not back in the house! I never knew we had SO much clutter...we have only lived here a year.

 

[Murmers0110]

No nursery for us yet. We are moving at the end of next month but will paint the room pretty quickly once we move in. So exciting! Right now it's just packing up this damn house! We have already gotten rid of stuff and had a yard sale. We only have like 6 more weeks! EEEK!!!!

 

[goddess25]

Wish I was Nesting, not even close.

HappyV day Kalonkiki- yay!

 

[tx614]

That is exciting Murmers! At least everything will get to go in organized and you can pain the room when it is empty. That will be pretty!

Goddess, I just started! I don't know why. It is good and bad. I do the same thing over like 3 times, and that is annoying. My house looks better than ever and hubby is happy about that and that I am getting rid of stuff.

How is everyone going to do their nursery? I am doing pink and brown bedding and accessories. Any suggestions on wall color? I was going to do pink but that seems like SO much pink with the bedding and all. Maybe a light green? I am not good at picking colors that go together.

 

[MirandaH]

I'm so glad I am not the only one nesting. I thought it was too early and that between being stuck in bed so long and not shopping at all, was just finally losing my mind because I was feeling better and wanted to start doing stuff.

 

[SisterRose]

Good to hear from you Miranda, hoping that you get to the borrom of the headaches soon

Happy V-day Kalonkiki! yay!

So far we've emptied the spare room of all of the junk we had in it(my OH is a gamer and computer nerd too, so we had a lot of computer junk in there) and random bits! once we'd emptied it we had the boiler moved from the cupboard it was in to downstairs out of the way. Now the cupboard is being converted in to a build in wardrobe and wooden flooring needs to be put down and then we can start painting and decorating. Can't wait. I spent £200 on nursery decorations, wallpaper and cute little bits n bobs last week and was expecting them delivered today but no sign *shrug* now im wondering if i picked Thursday and not Tuesday for delivery.

I had my 20 week scan finished up yesterday. Baby is fine, no evidence of anything wrong and I had my second confirmation of gender. Baby is definitely a girl!!!!

For anyone who might be interested, I put pictures in my pregnancy journal of the things I got for my nursery.

 

[tx614]

That is great news sisterrose!!! So excited for you! It is always reassuring after a scan. It is the best feeling.

 

[girlnboots]

The only nesting I do is in my nice, warm bed with the a/c on.

I keep running over everything that needs to be done, but I have no energy to do it.

 

[broodymrs]

I'm with you girlinboots. I want to do stuff but constantly knackered. Our house is up for sale too so we are in limbo atm waiting to see if it sells.I don't think it will but not doing nursery just yet just in case.

 

[jbell157]

I'm jealous of all you ladies who have started! We are currently remodeling our house and the nursery is next. However, because a friend is helping us the help is not always reliable, but it is cheaper, so that's a plus. I know exactly how I'm going to decorate it though and the paint colors. We are huge Atlanta Braves baseball fans so we are doing a baseball nursery with Braves colors. Nice and simple. I am currently searching for an upholstered glider but they are quite expensive. Anyone know of where I can get one around or under $300?

 

[ptr]

tx614, how about leavign the walls white and just doing wall decals in brown/pink so that way when the baby is older it is easier to take down and add new decals or accessories that matches the new bedding for toddler bed and such. that's why i painted my daughter's room two toned greys so greys will go good with the majority of toddler bedding colors out there. Maybe something similar to this:

https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6418628/il_340x270.259454717.jpg

 

[girlnboots]

I love that, ptr! I'm a sucker for trees and birds.

jbell - Try walmart.com. they can ship it site to store for free, or to your home for cost.

My nursery is beige with hot pink and light pink accents. I'm about halfway done painting...for about a month now, but the crib is assembled, so at least she has somewhere to sleep, haha. My OH has started nesting, so he's always surprising me when I get home from work. Then I crash til the next time I work. Luckily, they're starting to schedule me lighter weeks since they know I'm getting overworked. Thank God!

I've had a quiet baby since Thursday, but she finally adjusted herself so I could feel her. Doc says we're still doing "perfect". 10 pound weight gain so far and my blood pressure was 122/64, I think.

 

[ptr]

I agree, I think the tree/bird decals are really pretty without being too overboard! You can also even paint your own tree/birds/flowers without needing to buy decals which is probably much more cheaper (by a hundred or hundred fifty, easily)! Just use a pencil and draw until you decide it is perfect then start painting.

 

[ptr]

My daughter has been head down since day 1 pretty much... but with this pregnancy, i was told at the 20 weeks ultrasound that the baby was breech.

now that i am nearly 25 weeks, I have been feeling TONS of kicks to my bladder and cervix nad very very low on my bump and I have felt kicks and punches at the same time on both sides of my bump but never on middle/top of my bump so I am wondering if this means the baby is breech still? When is it time to start worrying about breeched baby? I can't remember.. is it 32 weeks?