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

[DobbyForever]

Malia I second the positive thoughts that your bp stays within range. How exciting that your baby could be here in two weeks or less!

Leson that's a bummer that you may be last but the wait will definitely be sorry it.

Afm last day with kids and checking out tomorrow woot! My room is done though. Really depressed lately about becoming a mom. Didn't help things that my three classes are next week and SO said it wasn't in our arrangement for him to go and my mom is out of town on family vk to Cuba so double hit there. My bff offered to go but that's lame. I don't even want to go anymore. I've been laying in the dark for almost two hours now. My next appointment isn't until 7/3 (36 weeks)

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Dobby I'm sure that's rough. If your bff offered you go why not let her go with you??

Malia here to hoping the bp stays down and you can go to 38 weeks.

Leson, thankfully though it's not that much longer and it'll be so worth the wait to be able to hold your little one!

Afm, my 36 week (35w6d) appointment is next Tuesday. I have been having so much pressure and my Braxton Hicks (at least what I think they are) are sometimes getting painful in my pelvis area. It's making me wonder if I'm having random contractions and not BH. I'm seeing/ feeling my belly move like crazy lately too which for me is so exciting since I didn't know if I'd get that since I'm obese.

We finished putting up the floating shelves in the nursery and now there are just two things left I need to get. The bookshelf is ordered and well pick that up next week and I'm going to look on Amazon for a small lamp. Otherwise we are all prepped and ready for little girl to make her debut..

 

[DobbyForever]

Gag that is awesome! You're so close! Hope the appointment goes well.

Idk just like how lame is that to show up to childbirth class with your friend. Especially since she won't even be in the room. And then it's like my mom and SO don't want me to have the doula, but you're not going to the class to learn how to be a support person? SO eventually offered because i was upset but very grudgingly so that I'd rather go alone than have him go.

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Gag that is awesome! You're so close! Hope the appointment goes well.

Idk just like how lame is that to show up to childbirth class with your friend. Especially since she won't even be in the room. And then it's like my mom and SO don't want me to have the doula, but you're not going to the class to learn how to be a support person? SO eventually offered because i was upset but very grudgingly so that I'd rather go alone than have him go.

Some guys really aren't into the planning part of things but this is one of those things they need to be there for. I decided not to do any classes and dh and I can figure it out on our own.. although I've been watching plenty of birthing vlogs on YouTube to help prepare.

 

[DobbyForever]

Yeah but like with childbirth we agreed he won't be in the room. He irritates me and he "doesn't want to see how the sausage gets made". So win on both ends just stay outside lol. So childbirth for him is pointless. He won't be helping with breastfeeding or any feeding so why go to that? The only one I cared about him going to was newborn care, which is still primarily my job but it would be good to know info for him but he can't get off of work. So oh well.

 

[PrettyInInk42]

That sucks that he's being such a pain in the butt, Dobby. BD's far from perfect, but at least he's being fairly supportive and asking questions and stuff. However, since we watched April the giraffe give birth, he feels the need to remind me not to poop on the baby. : /

 

[lesondemavie]

Oh as much as I'm ready to be done with pregnancy and as much as I want to meet our Charlie, I'm perfectly ok with being last. I love that baby and I have been so healthy, and hope that continues til the end. It was just unexpected that's all

Sorry he won't do the classes Dobby. That stinks

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Yeah but like with childbirth we agreed he won't be in the room. He irritates me and he "doesn't want to see how the sausage gets made". So win on both ends just stay outside lol. So childbirth for him is pointless. He won't be helping with breastfeeding or any feeding so why go to that? The only one I cared about him going to was newborn care, which is still primarily my job but it would be good to know info for him but he can't get off of work. So oh well.

Gotcha.. is anyone going to be in the room with you?

 

[second.time]

I'm sorry your SO isn't being as supportive as he could be, dobby, even if you're on the same page. My DH wasn't actually that helpful in the delivery room in terms of coaching or motivation. He was pretty overwhelmed and mostly was just there for emotional support. I still liked having him there, just to know I had somebody trusted there, and also I wanted him to see the moment when the baby was born.

Malia, that's exciting! Can I ask if they're basing the two-week estimate on your blood pressure or on signs of early labor? Fingers crossed that your BP stays healthy and low and you have a wonderful delivery!

I'm torn. On the one hand I want the baby here ASAP, but on the other hand I know it's better to wait ... this is the last time I'll be pregnant and I want to relish it, and if the baby arrives too early we won't have family here to help out and it will be difficult. If I could choose, 39 weeks would be great, but I know I don't get to choose.

At my 35-week appointment the doctor said I was a "fingertip" dilated and I assumed that meant not dilated at all, but when I googled, it's apparently a tiny bit dilated? Like 1 cm. or less. I don't think I dilated at ALL with my first until labor started so maybe that's a good sign.

 

[DobbyForever]

Thanks ladies. He's actually being very supportive. He's just a- a little bit Aspie and b- very into traditional gender roles (as am I). So he did offer to go, but the only one he said he 100% cannot do because it's only offered in the morning is the only one I want him to go to. I'm just stubborn so to me you don't go unless you want do, don't go out of some pity favor to me. Lol. And as for being in the room, I almost kicked him out of my anatomy scan because he wouldn't stop talking sports and politics with the ultrasound tech and I'm like you f*ing a*hole I want her narrating about my son not talking about bs I don't care about. Same with my keepsake scan like stfu I don't care that your boss is emailing you on a Saturday and his big of a b* she is I am trying to enjoy looking at my son *insert eyeroll*. I'm very self centered lol

As of right now, my doula (who is busy with summer school atm so she may not) and my mom (who gets stressed and yells when stressed) are going to be in the room. My little brother wants to because I made a joke about it because he's pre-med that he thought was serious. I go back and forth on that. Because it would make for a great interview/essay/experience story for his resume BUT he's not going into obgyn anyway and there are things you just can't unsee lol. I know he'll have to do it in med school, my older brother did. But meh.

Second that's exciting! I hope it means things will progress quickly and smoothly when the time comes

 

[808malia]

Malia, that's exciting! Can I ask if they're basing the two-week estimate on your blood pressure or on signs of early labor? Fingers crossed that your BP stays healthy and low and you have a wonderful delivery!

Mostly on my blood pressure which has been borderline throughout my entire pregnancy... they said when blood pressure is high they like to deliver no later than 38 weeks... But also because I was already having contractions last Sunday they said it could happen at anytime now... Hoping to start labor naturally, Fingers crossed!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

So ladies we had a scheduled potluck at work today which is typical, but what I didn't know it's it was actually an impromptu baby shower for me and peanut. I literally cried for a good ten minutes as they made a cute bear diaper cake, brought in cupcakes, gave us a $50 amazon gift card, a $35 babies R us gift card, and some really cute clothes...

https://i67.tinypic.com/k2hifo.jpg

 

[DobbyForever]

Awww that is so sweet!!!

 

[Weebles]

Aww gagrl, that is so adorable!

 

[second.time]

Gagrlin, how sweet! That's lovely that your coworkers did that for you and your little girl.

Malia, I see ... having contractions like that seems like a great sign. Even if they do end up inducing, if your body is already preparing, it should make things easier. That really is exciting that you have a date in mind already ... and it sounds like you're in good hands in terms of BP and all. Keep us posted!

 

[DobbyForever]

Ugh I am sweating a storm from being in A's room putting together his toy storage rack. It's so stifling hot in there. I really worry about how I'm going to keep him cool. We have central heating but not central ac =\

Anyway finally pulled all the nb clothes and apparently I just have onesies lol 22 onesies. I want to just wash them all at once but I feel like I'm supposed to sort them but ugh too much work

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Onsies will be perfect for July/August.. I'm going to personally buy more of them..

 

[lesondemavie]

I'm sweating and so exhausted too Dobby. This is the first moment I'm putting my feet up for the day, and baby is having a blast kicking me in the side. Probably just angry I'm no longer rocking him or her to sleep with my movement. We did baby laundry today too (among a lot of other baby prep), and it is hideously hot in our garage where the washer/dryer are. I did separate out my whites though. This heat wave is killing me, but there's more to tackle tomorrow and next weekend as well (still waiting on our last few items to arrive).

Agreed that onesies are great. Are they all different sizes? I have just a few NB size, but now that we're expecting baby to be over 8lbs I'm not sure they'll fit. I've seen mixed reports. Guess we'll find out!

And gag, I found a sort of baby clothing checklist and used that to decide what else to buy, and bought enough to get us through 6 months using a 20% discount. We actually didn't get much clothing as gifts...guess people just weren't as excited about that bit not knowing the sex of baby.

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

I'm sweating and so exhausted too Dobby. This is the first moment I'm putting my feet up for the day, and baby is having a blast kicking me in the side. Probably just angry I'm no longer rocking him or her to sleep with my movement. We did baby laundry today too (among a lot of other baby prep), and it is hideously hot in our garage where the washer/dryer are. I did separate out my whites though. This heat wave is killing me, but there's more to tackle tomorrow and next weekend as well (still waiting on our last few items to arrive).

Agreed that onesies are great. Are they all different sizes? I have just a few NB size, but now that we're expecting baby to be over 8lbs I'm not sure they'll fit. I've seen mixed reports. Guess we'll find out!

And gag, I found a sort of baby clothing checklist and used that to decide what else to buy, and bought enough to get us through 6 months using a 20% discount. We actually didn't get much clothing as gifts...guess people just weren't as excited about that bit not knowing the sex of baby.

I think that's always hard not knowing and most clothes are not gender neutral. Not saying that's right ... but I'm sure people feel that way.


My sister sent me loads of clothes from NB to 6 months but most of them are cute dresses and outfits. I also got monthly the number stickers at my baby shower so I feel like I need to figure out a cute way to display them every month for her monthly pictures...

 

[DobbyForever]

All of those are nb. I have enough to pack the closet equal parts 3m, 6m, 9m, and 12m. But those I have a mix of outfits and pants and sleepers along with onesies.

I didn't actually get around to doing it lol. Maybe tomorrow