*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

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Just called my health insurance, they will cover 100% of the cost of a breast pump (mine to keep, not rented). I just need to get a prescription from my obgyn!

Oh also... I woke up this morning with a rash on my chest/upper arms. It's pinkish colour and has little red pumps. Doesn't itch or anything... is this a wacky pregnancy thing?
 
could it be heat rash TTC?

I'm so grateful for my husband's paternity leave, he gets just under 4 weeks fully paid.
 
jtink28 said:
my husband will take off 2 full weeks - 1 week paid paternity, 1 week paid vacation. i'm really excited about that.
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jtink - mine too - he gets one week paid, and plans on taking an additional week of vacation :o)

ttc - Who is your insurance through?? I'm wondering if my insurance would cover a breast pump, too! :o)
 
My husband gets two weeks paternity leave. Plus he is a teacher as well so will then just go back for a few weeks and then he will be home all summer. I can't wait to have a little family to go on walks with in the summer. So excited!
 
has anyone else had people comment on their bellies/weight?

i'm starting to feel really down about myself. SO many people have asked when i was due, and when i say may 6, they say, "oh, my, you're going to have a big baby!!"

i almost burst into tears at work today. the next time someone asks me, i'm going to say, "is that your way of telling me i'm fat? because that wouldn't be nice."

1 year ago, i weighed 125lb, and was thin and fit. my crohn's disease got very, very bad, and i spent 1 week in the hospital on a steroid drip, and then 9 months on very large doses of steroids and immunosuppressants. i gained 25 pounds in that time, even though i was barely eating. and then i immediately got pregnant. so i was already 25 pounds heavier than my normal weight when i got pregnant, and already felt fat. and now i'm gaining weight for the pregnancy, and people are basically telling me i'm fat.

i feel terrible about myself.
 

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Jtink you looks great, really don't listen to them!

My DH is having 3 weeks off - 2 weeks paid paternity and 1 week holiday. Yay!!

Had my physio, back is holding up pretty well considering but not sure how much longer as noticeable pain is starting but I'm glad I have got this far. Also asked her about the numbness and cramps in my hand/arms which I've been feeling. Its not carpel tunnel as I assumed, apparently its bad neck positioning which is a bit scary but not a lot to be done.
The dr appointment went well, baby is good and head down. Unfortunately though my blood pressure has dropped down to 80/55 which explains the feeling faint. Got to go back tomorrow for bloods to check iron etc but been told to rest a lot. I almost laughed at that, I mean who gets to rest with a toddler?! Lol oh well!
 
jtink.... I posted about this exact thing Monday in the April Babies section..... I have had so many people including family members commenting about "your boobs & belly are huge". One of my Dad's cousins actually stated to me "oh you've always been just straight up & down, but now that you are pregnant & have curves you are beautiful" After she kept going on & on about it, I finally told her that if I spent my entire day every day baking junk food & then eating it all I wouldn't be as she put it "skinny" either. I choose to eat healthy & exercise plain & simple. I was so pissed with her rudeness..... I'm serious when I say I have been around some of the rudest people on earth the last couple of weeks.
 
Jtink your bump looks spot on, I think sometimes people are not sure what to say. It seem usual social no no comments are ok if you are pregnant. I've had some off ones and I admit some days I don't cope so well with them. I feel huge too, my bum is growing as fast as my belly! Xxx
 
https://www.pregnantchicken.com/pre...-things-to-never-say-to-a-pregnant-woman.html

love this website, and love this lady!
 
My OH is also taking 3 weeks, 2 paid paternity and 1week of paid holiday :D I'm excited to have him here with us for 3 whole weeks :wohoo:
 
I feel so blessed, DH works from home (self employed) so he will be here with me all the time! We agreed he will spend more time with me for a week after giving birth (has a laptop so could even work in bed with me), then go back to work as usual. I'm so excited for May!
 
my husband and i both work for the government so he gets 4 weeks paid paternity leave and i will get 14 weeks paid maternity leave + the aust govn paid perental leave (paid to all australian working mothers) for a further 18 weeks. so we are very lucky.

If i wasnt working i would get the Aust govn "baby bonus" of $5000 paid over 13 weeks i believe.

I am hoping to have at least 12 months off, then when i do go back to work it will be part time until bubs goes to kindy then ill go back to full-time work.

As for as visitors after the birth we live between 5-8 hours from our immediate family. DH parents live around the corner from us but we have to travel 2 hours from home to give birth. We do not plan to tell anyone we are in labour until bubs is born so I doubt we will be bombarded straight away but i really look forward to our families visiting as we do not get to see them often. My mum has offered to come up for a month after bubs arrives but im not sure im that keen yet :p
 
Jtink you look great don't let the comments get to you, I think people just don't have a clue. They are really getting me down too but honestly I have a much bigger bump (plus fat) then you. You look spot on. I just agree with them now and it shuts them up quicker or I get in there first. People ask how far along am I and i say 'only 6 months....I know I'm huge already' they don't disagree haha the buggers. But what do people expect that you stay skinny and then it's suddenly acceptable to gain a nice big bump at 8 months?! Grrr I think people just don't realise there is actually a fully formed baby in there plus fluid and a mahoosive placenta.
The comments that particularly do my nut in are the ones where they compare me to someone else who is pregnant at the same stage 'ooh shes half your size' i'm like yeah but i'm HALF her height lol
 
haha, kezzie, i totally agree. i am 5'3". where the hell is the baby going to go? lucky me, the baby goes in my tiny torso!! :)
 
I'm 5'3" too and I was 128 before pregnancy. Now I'm 156. I feel really bad about it too, but I think it must just be part of the whole processes. Don't let stupid asses get you down!
DH's company doesn't do paternity leave, but his department bosses are dads, and Have decided to give 1 week paid. I'm so grateful. I'm really nervous he won't get enough time with her when he goes back to work, so at least he can get some time at the kick off. I'm not going back to working outside the house until September 5 or so, and even then, I might just try taking the baby to work with me. We'll see how it goes!
 
You're all so lucky to have your husbands home with you to help after the baby!!! Mine will be back at work as soon as I get home from the hospital:(. I have NO idea how I am going to cope with all the kids and being in pain :/. Welcome to America....land of the overworked...I'm so sad :(
 
Morning ladies, just pop by to say V Day for me! Wohoooo!
 
Congrats V day ladies! 2 more to go for me.

Baby had hiccups for the first time last night (or first time I noticed anyway) I only felt it for like 7 or 8 hiccups or so, but it was so cute.
 
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