Mid June and July Firecrackers Group Due June/July 2017!

[Gagrlinpitt]

Since I'm not going back after leave in planning on working until my water breaks or my doctor tells me enough is enough.. about 7 more weeks to go!! Hubby and I are narrowing down car seats/ strollers in the next week so we can order it and get in installed asap. We are all in the home stretch how ladies!!!!!!!

 

[DobbyForever]

Woot! I pretty much went love at first push with my travel system haha. It gets here Friday I think. Eeee

 

[Weebles]

Thank you all for the well wishes! I'm just chilling, bored really.. contractions are few and far between. Only update is I will likely be induced tomorrow morning as the are more concerned with infection from my waters going early than they are with her not being quite 36 weeks. It seems so surreal!

I'm so glad we have the car seat. I got the Chico bravo travel system, raspberry and navy. We didn't have time to install it before we left for l&d (in retrospect we had time, lol) but it's in the back seat of my car. With my son I didn't even have a car seat yet and had no one to get one for me. I ended up having to leave him in the nursery to go shopping, I'm pretty sure the nurses were making bets on if I was abandoning him. Go buy your car seats!! None of our furniture for the baby is set up either but my wonderful MIL bought me a bassinet which is waiting for us when we all go home.

US maternity leave is the pits, ugh!! But I'm a little jealous you get some time off before you're due that won't cut into your leave Dobby. Perks of being a teacher!

 

[DobbyForever]

Teacher perks for real

I hope everything goes smoothly with the induction so crazy you'll be holding your baby soon!

I also got the bravo system but in Orion (greys and blacks). Little nervous about it sitting on my porch =\. Forgot to set it to ship to the FedEx down the street. But I need a car to put it in lol not lol. Still waiting on my check from being rear ended at 8 weeks! About to cave and ask my mom to front me the money

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

We are pretty set on the Doona travel system and find it at bed bath and beyond for a great price. The only downside is she'll outgrow it at 35lbs but honestly we can worry about that then.

I also like the recaro 525 performance system if we stray from the Doona. We ended up with about $500 in money from the shower so well be using that to buy the car seat/stroller.

 

[Maries_s]

Weebles: I'm glad they are taking good care of you.

I'm happy to be so close to 35w. I'm very uncomfortable and getting a couple of painful contractions at night so for me I think I'm very close.
We got the Chicco keyfit and Chicco bravo for 2 stroller since I'm going to have two under two. I was planning to use the crib right away but decided to order the arms reach co-sleeper (it suppose to arrive tomorrow). All cloth diapers are prep and ready to use, hospital bag, baby hospital bag and baby's clothes washed.

 

[Mummafrog]

Wow weebles I can't wait to see this beautiful baby of yours Yeah I'd resist induction for several things but waters breaking early and risk of infection I personally think is a time to get baby earthside. So very exciting! You'll do just fine with a bassinet and car seat, the truth is you don't need much else at first

I feel a bit left out, we don't buy travel systems hehe. But I have my beautiful new baby carrier called the Izmi baby in teal that I can't wait to try and my neighbour is also giving me her beautiful and very expensive wrap and is going to teach me how to wrap my newborn and I can't wait. Saw a mummy with a wrapped newborn in the park today and I just about melted!

But my baby brain did make me miss a study day today that I paid loads of money for, gutted still having a lovely day with hubby and dd.

 

[Girly922]

We've got an icandy that we had with DD but I'm honestly not sure how much use it'll get this time either. I pretty much wore DD everywhere, and I plan to wear this baby from birth. We're wrappers too mumma My stash is a little bit high end, but I blame that on admining for a high end brand.

We will also be using the car seat we used with DD as it is still in date and in good condition. I do want to buy the isofix base for it this time though. That's our only real big spend for this baby.

I can't believe how close we're all getting. I keep thinking it's still ages away yet, and in reality I could have another 9 weeks to go as I'm convinced I'll go overdue again, and end up with an August baby. Lol.

 

[lesondemavie]

Hope all is well this morning weebles!

We ended up with the babytrend expedition jogger. We have dirt roads and no side walks around here, so I'll be baby wearing at first on walks, but I want to get back to running just as soon as I can. I'll just have to drive a short distance to get to a surface where the jogger will work. My SIL saw the box and mentioned that she had the same one and loves it.

So many people with early babies this month! My friend had her baby early via c-section due to placenta previa, my photographer was induced early due to complications, DH's cousin's wife just had her baby at 36 weeks, and now our two early babes in here too! DH's sister was induced early July last year bc her baby wasn't growing. It totally has my wheels turning. I never considered baby coming that early! Just received my 34 week update and it recommended getting the car seat set up before hitting 35 weeks, so I think we'll do that on Monday. I guess it's true though. Even though it feels like there's so much left to do, you really just need the car seat and a place for baby to sleep to start. Guess DH would be running out to by a crib mattress for us if baby came too early

 

[PrettyInInk42]

I don't have a car seat or travel system or anything yet. And none of those have been purchased yet, according to my registry. Just gonna have to see what we get at the shower and possibly go to Once Upon A Child for the rest after.

 

[TTCfirstovr30]

Understand, Dobby. It is great that school year coincides with maternity leave. Yea, the pay stinks once on maternity leave but I am thankful that DH will be able to support us!

We bought the Nuna Pepp and Pippa Travel System in black. It is an infant car seat, travel system plus comes with a bassinet and extra seat that clicks into travel system. That was our one purchase so far!

Our friends are staying with us for a couple of days next weekend and that is why we haven't gotten anything ready. I know this is mean, but I wish they weren't staying with us so I can break down the room and go buy things!

 

[second.time]

I think we're just using the infant car seat from my son, but I just double-checked and apparently car seats have expiration dates, so I better make sure ours is still suitable and safe. If not, we're going to have to shop for one ... but I'd probably still use that one as part of the stroller system we have.

 

[DobbyForever]

That tickles me that car seats have expiration dates hehe idk why it makes me laugh but it does

Pretty I love once upon a child. They had a gently used halo swivel with all the trims (usually $250) for $130. But I had already bought my arm's reach and I like that it has storage for diapers. Plus the halo is massive in person

Marie you are so prepared! Love it!

K brain conking out

 

[808malia]

We are going to get the baby trend expedition jogger travel system as well. Its super cute, and my friend recommended it cause it will roll on the grass and other surfaces well. And we live near the beach so it will be helpful

 

[second.time]

That tickles me that car seats have expiration dates hehe idk why it makes me laugh but it does

It makes me laugh too! It makes the car seat sound like a can of tuna or something. Thankfully ours is good through the end of 2018, and by that time our son should be in a booster seat and the baby will be old enough to be in his larger, newer car seat. So I think it should all work out. Our travel system is still being sold and doesn't have any recalls. I got it out today and made sure to wash it all down and find the stray pieces, etc.

Weebles, hope you're doing great!

 

[Flueky88]

Hey ladies just wanted to update my baby girl just couldn't stand to wait any longer born may 31st at 12 30 a.m. at 34 weeks and 6 days. She was in NICU for less than 24 hours. I love her so much

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Hey ladies just wanted to update my baby girl just couldn't stand to wait any longer born may 31st at 12 30 a.m. at 34 weeks and 6 days. She was in NICU for less than 24 hours. I love her so much

Ahhhh Fluek!! Congratulations!!! Can't wait to see pictures of her.

 

[lesondemavie]

Congrats flueky!

One of my clients whacked me really hard across the abdomen yesterday. That led to 4 hours of monitoring at L&D and bloodwork. We didn't get home until midnight. Bright side - All looked great, baby was perfect, and now we know where to go and what will happen when I go into labor. One woman came in while we were there - 3.5 cm dialated and contractions 5 minutes apart but her contractions didn't hurt! That was just amazing to me. I was with my best friend when she went into labor and her contractions definitely hurt. Some people are just lucky I guess.

 

[DobbyForever]

My cousin had her kid this morning. Almost had him st home because her contractions didn't hurt at all and she had no urge to push. She was 7cm when she went in and had him four hours later. Her first she had at home because her contractions never got painful so she never went in. Makes me nervous because I think I had BH yesterday but I felt no cramping or pain

 

[Girly922]

Aww, congratulations Flueky!! I hope you are both doing well!

Glad to hear you are all okay leson!

Dobby, I was 8/9cm when I got to the hospital to have DD, and she was born 2 hours later. I definitely had pain, but I was fast asleep only 4 hours before she was born not a clue I was about to wake up to my waters breaking and being in the full throws of active labour. Childbirth differs so much from every woman, it's incredible really.