November 2013 Babies!

[Rockinmomtobe]

Thanks for the advice on the bras ladies, its very helpful.

Jenn- you look fantastic. I cannot believe you can walk around in boots! And 35...or 37 weeks! Youre getting so close, its crazy!

Want-Congrats on almost having your house paid off, thats fantastic! OH and I are not big spenders either. We had a ton of money saved to buy a house and then I got pregnant a lot faster than we were anticipating lol so we're renting for a bit. Its hard to not eat into our savings, but we're doing pretty well.

Alchemist-at least your OH has talked about marriage with you. Mine doesnt ever want to get married. He doesnt see the point. So, no white dress for me. Sometimes it bothers me and other times it doesnt

bb- thanks for the explanation. I think I read it wrong. I meant your uterus was measuring big. My doc doesnt tell me much about measurements. The only thing Ive heard so far was from the ultrasound tech at 28 weeks saying baby was chubby and around 4lbs!!! YIKES

Cowgirl- My OH never says anything like that unless I bring it up. I wanted to stay home a bit longer than 6 weeks...we had a pretty big fight about it and finally after hours of arguing he threw the 'ITS MY MONEY' at me. I cried and eventually we talked it out, but...it still sucks to hear. I like to think we're in a partnership....dumb men

Love- congrats on 30 weeks!! It is a big deal. We're almost done!

AFM- I've been having some bump pain. Dont think its BH, more like shooting pain at the bottom of my bump near my pelvis and on the bottom sides of my bump. Im really hoping this is normal. If I shift in bed, it hurts so badly it will wake me up. Have I just been lucky up until now to not having anything like this, or should I call the doctor? It doesnt happen all the time, but its become much more frequent in the last week.

 

[wantb502]

Rockin: I get horrible pain at night too, it's when LO is shifting and going transverse and stretching fully out. I feel like my insides are going to rip out. It make me confused because it happens when I'm sleeping so I wake up disoriented.

I've been super uncomfortable the last couple of days I decided to buy maternity scrubs, wear my undies with the lace waist band, and I'm wearing my nursing bra today

 

[whittnie117]

Wow! I don't get how your guy's men could say stuff like that. When we got married I think my OH had a tough time adjusting to the whole 'our money' thing, but we soon got a joint account and I think it passed. He never said anything about it though, it was just a feeling I had. Now it definitely is 'our' money and he is the only one working right now. I never have to worry about what I take or spend unless it's on something REALLY dumb. If I make a random purchase, I just tell him, but normal purchases and I say nothing.

I have been uncomfortable at night as well and increasingly so. A lot of pain in my outer hip area and lower back (in addition to the sciatica pain that goes to my ankles). I am getting so uncomfortable that I can't sleep well anymore. I stay up for hours at night.And at this point, little boy never stops moving. I don't know what he is doing in there, but momma needs to sleep.

Cat, I am sorry to read about your dog. Hopefully he is better off due to those medical problems. We had a cat with medical problems and we let him pass naturally, but it was tough.

As for getting married. By a year of dating I was all over the marriage talk, lol. I was really young so I didn't quite understand the full scope of actually getting married and processes men need to go through. At almost exactly the two year mark he proposed and we got married a week later. Weird, I know, but there were circumstances (not pregnancy obviously). I have a friend who has been with her boyfriend for over ten years living together and three kids. It's also that guy that doesn't want to get married and my friend has just accepted it. I don't think I'll ever get that. Especially for insurance purposes and certain legality reasons. Hopefully those of you who want to get married get your wish in the future.

 

[luna_19]

I've been with my hubby for almost 16 years and we aren't married because it's not important to either of us things are different in Canada though and we have all the same rights as a married couple anyways.

 

[missjenn]

I am uncomfortable all the time...sleeping and awake...but its really difficult to find a comfortable sleeping position now. The only time I feel comfortable is when I am outside exercising....oddly enough.

Ha, my boobs sit on my belly too....to the side...gawd...I'm predicting a boob job in the future...I better start saving...my friend just had one and it was 9000....geez!!!!!!!!

 

[whittnie117]

I am so scared of a boob job. My friend had one and hers look HORRIBLE. The most I was thinking is after kids getting a breast lift. I plan to lose weight after this baby so that any future pregnancies I won't have all these issues. But losing the weight means I'll need some kind of lift in the future, lol.


Also, YAY. I just bought two sheets a bed skirt, sleepsack, and swaddle sack for 24.99 which is an alright price, but I added on 5 pairs of little boy shorts for 99 cents each and last night I got a Pampers Natural Stages Big Kids set for 9.99. 8 stages bottles with handles with nipples and sippy tops. That was a good deal IMO. I've seen them for sale in the stores for 39.99 for only 6 of them. Slowly ticking down the last things we need for the baby.

 

[missjenn]

Those are great deals!!!

My friends boob job looks fantastic!

I wish I would just need a lift....but I lost alot of weight back in highschool so my boobs already had sag from then...stretch marks....etc...so I would need a lift and a fill probably...although I wish I could just get a reduction as it would probably be covered since I have scoliosis of the spine....I just have a tiny curve in mine though.

 

[Rockinmomtobe]

Pretty sure my bump hasn't dropped it seems early for that but I feel like stuffs just going to start falling out there's so much pressure

Here's my 34 week bump

 

[missjenn]

Love the bump!

When is baby supposed to drop anyway? I haven't noticed that change yet either.

 

[The Alchemist]

I was contemplating boob job too but I'll see how they are after I stop bf. I'm a small girl and small boobs sometimes they look all sad and funny and depressing looking...like deflated looking after kids/bf. So yeah...lol. If that happens, I would fill them to perk it up.

Rock - beautiful bump. Mine hasn't dropped...i don't think? Lol i should know, but even last pregnancy, I didn't know...so...if anyone knows, do tell!

 

[missjenn]

Your boobs look awesome from what I can see haha

Should I be leaking colostrum or something at this point?

 

[The Alchemist]

Missjenn - some women leak colostrum at this point, some don't. But it's not something you should be looking out for. And it doesn't mean anything bad if you don't.

 

[missjenn]

okay good, thanks!

 

[luna_19]

You look great rockin

I think most people drop between 34 and 38 weeks, I'm really looking forward to jot feeling like my entire digestive system is up in my chest!

All the bf books I've read say even if your boobs don't leak you can still bf. So far I get occasional really small amount of dried stuff on my nips but no actual leaking that I can see.

 

[The Alchemist]

Oh I have those dried things on my nipples. It's been there ever since 1st tri. They're yucky after they accumulate and I gotta pick them off.

 

[whittnie117]

Ugh leaking. I soak shirts near the nipples sometimes. I've been leaking since 16 weeks, but it was much less then, just a little clear liquid coming out. Now it's yellow/clear and comes out in squirts. It's a lot more on the left side. It's awful, but I just take it as a sign that they're doing what they need to do to better prepare my massive honkers to breast feed when baby is here.

My mom decided yesterday that she wants to throw me a baby shower. I was like, "It's almost time for baby to be here." I don't know if I'll be able to handle a baby shower near my due date. I wasn't expecting one at all due to not having many friends and my family is small and estranged. Apparently those people want to come. It will be interesting to say the least. Hopefully this baby is what brings the family back together.

So, I made a registry of things at my mom's request. Do you think 35 items is too many things to ask for? It's quite a few toys (because we don't have any yet), and random things that we need. And then diapers and wipes are on the list. We already have all the clothes we need and all the big ticket items. I never know what to ask for because I am so used to providing things for myself. Or rather OH providing it for me, lol.

 

[bb1]

my bump dropped at 30 weeks. he does still occasionally push up into my ribs not not often now. Its very different from last time as DS was transverse so I didnt really get anything up high.
STarted getting lots and lots of pressure yesterday and I keep feeling like I need to pee but when I go next to nothing is coming out. Also starting loosing little bit of yellowish/greenish mucus today. mixed in with the regular creamy white stuff.

Also I like to sleep in only undies as shirts or bra get me tangled because I move so much. I am having to wash our sheets every other day because of milk leakage on the sheets. DH now has "evidence" he calls it that I do indeed sleep more on his side than mine lol.

Starting to get hot here now and my feet and hands are swelling everyday. But they are going down overnight so thats good.

Question about breastfeeding for mums with bigger breasts or even smaller women who can help. With DS I tried to BF but but breats are so heavy and my nipples are downward pointing. So I was having to hind of hold my boob up as not to have boob skin squishing up at his nose. (making sure he could still breathe) So my question is how do you think i could do it? I have heard of rolling up a wash cloth and sitting it under the breast to help keep it that bit better lifted. any other suggestions apart from laying down as I cant do that.

 

[missjenn]

Ugh leaking. I soak shirts near the nipples sometimes. I've been leaking since 16 weeks, but it was much less then, just a little clear liquid coming out. Now it's yellow/clear and comes out in squirts. It's a lot more on the left side. It's awful, but I just take it as a sign that they're doing what they need to do to better prepare my massive honkers to breast feed when baby is here.

My mom decided yesterday that she wants to throw me a baby shower. I was like, "It's almost time for baby to be here." I don't know if I'll be able to handle a baby shower near my due date. I wasn't expecting one at all due to not having many friends and my family is small and estranged. Apparently those people want to come. It will be interesting to say the least. Hopefully this baby is what brings the family back together.

So, I made a registry of things at my mom's request. Do you think 35 items is too many things to ask for? It's quite a few toys (because we don't have any yet), and random things that we need. And then diapers and wipes are on the list. We already have all the clothes we need and all the big ticket items. I never know what to ask for because I am so used to providing things for myself. Or rather OH providing it for me, lol.

My husbands mother is throwing us a baby shower this Saturday. Like you, we have so much clothes we don't know what to do with them...so I am really hoping we dont get any more. We have all the big tickets items as well...we bought the crib and stroller/car seat set...my parents pretty much bought us all the other big ticket stuff at a sale...they were so helpful with this baby its out of this world!

The more items to pick from the better!

Lots of big boobs on this thread haha!

 

[missjenn]

my bump dropped at 30 weeks. he does still occasionally push up into my ribs not not often now. Its very different from last time as DS was transverse so I didnt really get anything up high.
STarted getting lots and lots of pressure yesterday and I keep feeling like I need to pee but when I go next to nothing is coming out. Also starting loosing little bit of yellowish/greenish mucus today. mixed in with the regular creamy white stuff.

Also I like to sleep in only undies as shirts or bra get me tangled because I move so much. I am having to wash our sheets every other day because of milk leakage on the sheets. DH now has "evidence" he calls it that I do indeed sleep more on his side than mine lol.

Starting to get hot here now and my feet and hands are swelling everyday. But they are going down overnight so thats good.

Question about breastfeeding for mums with bigger breasts or even smaller women who can help. With DS I tried to BF but but breats are so heavy and my nipples are downward pointing. So I was having to hind of hold my boob up as not to have boob skin squishing up at his nose. (making sure he could still breathe) So my question is how do you think i could do it? I have heard of rolling up a wash cloth and sitting it under the breast to help keep it that bit better lifted. any other suggestions apart from laying down as I cant do that.

I can't help with your question as this is my first but maybe you can help me? Did you have a difficult time getting your first to latch on or did it just work right away? How soon do you have to pump?

I find I only get the swelling in my fingers now and only if there is a change in temperature.

I get tangled in my t-shirts all the time too! I should just go to bed panty style.

 

[wantb502]

I haven't started leaking yet. I will be pissed if these girls don't do what they are suppose to do since they've gotten so big! I'm worried because I had nipple rings for 5 years (8 years ago).

Whit: 35 items is not much! I have over 120 on my registry. That way people can choose how much they want to spend. I put everything from cabinet locks to baby wipes, to a trash can on there! Lots of options and a big price range. I didn't have much but most people have already purchased the big items off the registry like the mattress, car seat stroller, moby, and car seat base. I even registered for hand sanitizer I put so much on there because I got yelled at by my moms best friend for not putting enough on my wedding registry!