March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[baby_maybe]

Love your nursery pics Anna, I really must get mine done

I notice you have a pebble carseat, I have one too but in the lighter blue with the raindrops and rainbow on

 

[skeet9924]

your nursery looks very good anna!! I'm so excited to get mine done!! I'm picking out some paint swatches today!! Oh is actually getting excited about it now that we are getting more stuff..normally oh has no interest in painting or colours...but he told me last night he didnt like my light green idea..he thinks we should do it beige or light brown and then add the green in a border or with curtains...its nice to see him show little bits of excitement as he never does!! we also got a big box of baby clothes yesterday and Oh was digging through it checking it all out before I even got a chance

 

[MrsChezek]

Nice nursery pics anna! Makes me really want to put mine together...can't wait until we close on the house at the end of the month so we can get started

My hip pain seems to have gotten relieved with the chiropractor sessions so I'm sleeping better but LO is so stinkin' active lately and I feel like she is trying to get out at times. Plus, she's sitting pretty high up so I feel like my stomach has NO room right now and it's very hard to eat...or drink more than a cup of anything at a time. I couldn't finish my grande (16oz) latte the other day!!!! Which normally I just guzzle down...but that's all minor so I am trying to focus on how blessed I've been this pregnancy with no major issues so far.

I found out today one of my good friends is pregnant! 13 weeks They got pregnant the first month of trying so she's a bit shellshocked as she didn't expect to get pregnant until later this year! But she's super excited and I am too

 

[rose.]

That's good about your friend mrs chezek must be nice to have a bump buddy!! My SIL has been trying for ages and I'm hoping that she gets pregnant soon so we can share tips etc I feel bad for her as she is older than my husband and must feel like he is always doing stuff before her (she is not married and has PCOS which is making conceiving difficult). I am really hoping she gets the news she deserves soon!

 

[anna1986]

31 weeks today. cant believe in 8 weeks ill have my baby boy here!
im only 4 weeks off when i gave birth to my little girl so its all getting a bit scary n real now!
Docs have told me to expect this little man early too so am just on edge now but think ill be more nervous when i hit the stage i was with my daughter.
I only just thought about this yesterday (thanks to my mother) i have absolutly no idea what im going to do if my waters go or i have any problems when im home alone with my daughter. my hubby can work anywhere up to 2.5hrs away and my mum is an hour away and i have no-one else close by to watch my little girl! thats scaring me now. although have had words with bump n told him if he want to arrive early the best time is early evening or weekends lol!

hope u ladies r well. x

 

[skeet9924]

that makes it difficult anna... do you have a friend near by that could watch your daughter until your mom or hubby can get there? or even a baby sitter that could be on call that you have used before?

lol i have a whole line of back ups if oh is not here. My best friend is coming into the room as a birthing coach with me and oh ( she has 4 kids so i figure it will be useful) plus shes a photographer so she can get amazing pics of our lo when he is born. She is my back up if Oh is at work and then she has her mom on back up and her friend to watch her kids if her oh is at work lol. My mom brings in foster girls so I know she will not be able to be at the birth because she is not allowed to leave the girls alone in the house with my dad ( the whole male/ female thing). My brother also only lives a short distance away if i need assistance and any of my backs are not there

 

[anna1986]

that makes it difficult anna... do you have a friend near by that could watch your daughter until your mom or hubby can get there? or even a baby sitter that could be on call that you have used before?

lol i have a whole line of back ups if oh is not here. My best friend is coming into the room as a birthing coach with me and oh ( she has 4 kids so i figure it will be useful) plus shes a photographer so she can get amazing pics of our lo when he is born. She is my back up if Oh is at work and then she has her mom on back up and her friend to watch her kids if her oh is at work lol. My mom brings in foster girls so I know she will not be able to be at the birth because she is not allowed to leave the girls alone in the house with my dad ( the whole male/ female thing). My brother also only lives a short distance away if i need assistance and any of my backs are not there

No nobody near by! i dont even actually no how id get to hospital.
would it be wrong to drive myself if i wasnt actually contracting?
dont know how u stand on driving yourself to hospital lol
that sounds fab about ur friend taking piccies i have to rely on hubby but as hes sqemish i dont expect he'll take many 1st off! would be nice though as have none of my daughter be born as none of us saw it!

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Cute nursery!

We've been expecting to move in March, so haven't done much in the nursery. Found out today that the absolute earliest we will be moving is May, most likely June or July and potentially August....but we're also supposed to move to a new city some time between July and Sept. Gotta love the military! So, we're officially setting up the nursery here. Which seriously pleases my nesting instinct

 

[baby_bray]

Cute nursery!

We've been expecting to move in March, so haven't done much in the nursery. Found out today that the absolute earliest we will be moving is May, most likely June or July and potentially August....but we're also supposed to move to a new city some time between July and Sept. Gotta love the military! So, we're officially setting up the nursery here. Which seriously pleases my nesting instinct

Aw, well at least you'll get to do some nesting! Military always seems to work that way. Hubby and I are both Air Force, so I feel your pain
Thankfully we're pretty much guaranteed a while before any deployments or moves. And if hubby gets this teaching job he'll have a 4 year guarantee at our base here with no deployments!

 

[skeet9924]

that makes it difficult anna... do you have a friend near by that could watch your daughter until your mom or hubby can get there? or even a baby sitter that could be on call that you have used before?

lol i have a whole line of back ups if oh is not here. My best friend is coming into the room as a birthing coach with me and oh ( she has 4 kids so i figure it will be useful) plus shes a photographer so she can get amazing pics of our lo when he is born. She is my back up if Oh is at work and then she has her mom on back up and her friend to watch her kids if her oh is at work lol. My mom brings in foster girls so I know she will not be able to be at the birth because she is not allowed to leave the girls alone in the house with my dad ( the whole male/ female thing). My brother also only lives a short distance away if i need assistance and any of my backs are not there

No nobody near by! i dont even actually no how id get to hospital.
would it be wrong to drive myself if i wasnt actually contracting?
dont know how u stand on driving yourself to hospital lol
that sounds fab about ur friend taking piccies i have to rely on hubby but as hes sqemish i dont expect he'll take many 1st off! would be nice though as have none of my daughter be born as none of us saw it!

I think I'd recommend a cab over driving yourself.. How far is the hospital.. For me it's a 2 min drive and about 15 min walk so I could get there regardless...

 

[kraftykoala]

Gestational diabetes sucks!! I would kill for a tin of Roses about now lol.

 

[Kte]

that makes it difficult anna... do you have a friend near by that could watch your daughter until your mom or hubby can get there? or even a baby sitter that could be on call that you have used before?

lol i have a whole line of back ups if oh is not here. My best friend is coming into the room as a birthing coach with me and oh ( she has 4 kids so i figure it will be useful) plus shes a photographer so she can get amazing pics of our lo when he is born. She is my back up if Oh is at work and then she has her mom on back up and her friend to watch her kids if her oh is at work lol. My mom brings in foster girls so I know she will not be able to be at the birth because she is not allowed to leave the girls alone in the house with my dad ( the whole male/ female thing). My brother also only lives a short distance away if i need assistance and any of my backs are not there

No nobody near by! i dont even actually no how id get to hospital.
would it be wrong to drive myself if i wasnt actually contracting?
dont know how u stand on driving yourself to hospital lol
that sounds fab about ur friend taking piccies i have to rely on hubby but as hes sqemish i dont expect he'll take many 1st off! would be nice though as have none of my daughter be born as none of us saw it!

I think I'd recommend a cab over driving yourself.. How far is the hospital.. For me it's a 2 min drive and about 15 min walk so I could get there regardless...

Yeah I agree, I saw a thread in here somewhere about calling cab companies to make sure they take you, just in case . . . plus driving wise there may be insurance issues.

My family live an hour away too, my friend lives a little closer so im going to check with her, she can't drive so it would mean her and her boyfriend on standby! Then again, I'm hoping for an evening or weekend too when OH will be around. Starting to panic if that isn't the case, he drives a wagon so he would need plenty of notice to get the thing back again in time.

 

[Kte]

Gestational diabetes sucks!! I would kill for a tin of Roses about now lol.

Awww

 

[anna1986]

that makes it difficult anna... do you have a friend near by that could watch your daughter until your mom or hubby can get there? or even a baby sitter that could be on call that you have used before?

lol i have a whole line of back ups if oh is not here. My best friend is coming into the room as a birthing coach with me and oh ( she has 4 kids so i figure it will be useful) plus shes a photographer so she can get amazing pics of our lo when he is born. She is my back up if Oh is at work and then she has her mom on back up and her friend to watch her kids if her oh is at work lol. My mom brings in foster girls so I know she will not be able to be at the birth because she is not allowed to leave the girls alone in the house with my dad ( the whole male/ female thing). My brother also only lives a short distance away if i need assistance and any of my backs are not there

No nobody near by! i dont even actually no how id get to hospital.
would it be wrong to drive myself if i wasnt actually contracting?
dont know how u stand on driving yourself to hospital lol
that sounds fab about ur friend taking piccies i have to rely on hubby but as hes sqemish i dont expect he'll take many 1st off! would be nice though as have none of my daughter be born as none of us saw it!

I think I'd recommend a cab over driving yourself.. How far is the hospital.. For me it's a 2 min drive and about 15 min walk so I could get there regardless...

30 mins in car!

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Love your nursery pics Anna, I really must get mine done

I notice you have a pebble carseat, I have one too but in the lighter blue with the raindrops and rainbow on

Cute nursery!

We've been expecting to move in March, so haven't done much in the nursery. Found out today that the absolute earliest we will be moving is May, most likely June or July and potentially August....but we're also supposed to move to a new city some timuhe between July and Sept. Gotta love the military! So, we're officially setting up the nursery here. Which seriously pleases my nesting instinct

Aw, well at least you'll get to do some nesting! Military always seems to work that way. Hubby and I are both Air Force, so I feel your pain
Thankfully we're pretty much guaranteed a while before any deployments or moves. And if hubby gets this teaching job he'll have a 4 year guarantee at our base here with no deployments!

Hubs is Air Force too! We tried to get down to your neck of the woods to Tyndall or Moody but don't think it's happening. We are hoping to find out our new pcs location in February or March. Dh will probably deploy within 6 months of our actual pcs however :/

 

[baby_bray]

I've been down here in the south my whoooole enlistment so far. Texas to Mississippi and now Florida. We're lucky though that this is pretty much where my husband grew up and his whole family is only an hour and a half away. We love it, all in all. I am definitely a "northern" girl though...I was a military brat, but we spent most of our time in Maine so Florida is a BIG change.

 

[Mizzy]

mind if i join you all ?
im a bit late though

 

[sharnw]

Mizzy


I was trying to do some pelvic muscle exercise last night and I had uterus pains all night. Im not sure if I did it right
I feel better today though

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

I've been down here in the south my whoooole enlistment so far. Texas to Mississippi and now Florida. We're lucky though that this is pretty much where my husband grew up and his whole family is only an hour and a half away. We love it, all in all. I am definitely a "northern" girl though...I was a military brat, but we spent most of our time in Maine so Florida is a BIG change.

We're originally from closer to the East coast so when we got our 15 choices the first time we ranked out top 6...all on the East coast. We're out west now in the cold neverneverland! I'm not so much of a "southern" girl as I am a "I hate the cold" girl. We pretty much have one option for the East coast on this next pcs and it's New England, and the closest to our family at 10.5 hrs away So we're hoping for that! ...even though it will be cold. Again.

 

[MrsChezek]

That's good about your friend mrs chezek must be nice to have a bump buddy!! My SIL has been trying for ages and I'm hoping that she gets pregnant soon so we can share tips etc I feel bad for her as she is older than my husband and must feel like he is always doing stuff before her (she is not married and has PCOS which is making conceiving difficult). I am really hoping she gets the news she deserves soon!

unfortunately my friend lives in Italy (we went to high school together here in the states but she moved to Italy 3 years ago and married an Italian) so it will still be a virtual bump buddy!! I can't wait for one of my local friends to get pregnant…only one of my besties that lives nearby has 2 kids already…everyone else is either just married or still single! There are two that are trying so hopefully they will get their long awaited beans soon And poor sister in law It must be so hard for her! I too hope she gets the news she deserves!!!

Gestational diabetes sucks!! I would kill for a tin of Roses about now lol.

awww - hang in there!!!!! What's a tin of roses anyway?



anna - my parents are a little over an hour away as well and I'm nervous about my DH being away as I wouldn't have anyone nearby either! All my close friends are at least 45 minutes away. I'm sure if I called my less close friends who live nearby though they would help if they could I guess…but you raise a good point! Probably should come up with a back up plan just in case

athena - so are you getting your crib all set up at your current place? I'm still on the fence about what to do…I'm due March 7th but we don't move until March 31st and I don't want to set up the crib here and then move it a month later!!! Seems silly. But I'm not sure where to put LO in the meantime either…I'm looking at some travel cribs as we will be traveling a lot in her first 6 months of life so it would prove useful…but is that a good, every day sleeping arrangement for a newborn? *sigh* So many decisions!!!

skeet - I just had a vision of you walking yourself to the hospital in labor! I hope you have a backup plan as that would be crazy But I guess 15 minutes is doable...

sharn - which exercise were you doing? tilts? I try to do the flat back to arched back on all fours exercise every night before bed. I hope it's doing something!!!


AFM, saw my doc today and I've only gained .5 pounds over the past 2 weeks...granted I was sick for most of it and my doctor isn't worried at all. But because I haven't gained much wait since the get go, he offered for me to have an interval grown ultrasound just to make sure baby is measuring well. He thinks she's perfect but for my peace of mind - I'll take it!!!! I'm so excited that I get to see bean again! I booked the earliest appointment available which is on the 15th. Yay

Otherwise, everything is going well...he's seeing me every 2 weeks until week 36, then it will be every week. I can't believe it's almost time. I just seriously can't! I spent the last 3 days researching EVERYTHING about cloth diapers and all the brands and finally ordered a bunch of diapers and covers. So I feel better...at least I have the most basic baby gear