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[Ladybirdgb]

Giy I totally take the blame lol is it bad that I'm planning to have another tomorrow?????

Seen consultant have decided to aim for a vbac ( vaginal birth after cesarean) will more than likely end up being a section given my blood pressure and weight bmi if 40 ooopppppsssss need to lose weight.

I have to have test for gestational diabetes at 24 weeks and will be having growth scans at 28, 32 and 36 weeks that's on top of the normal scans. Also I will have to meet with the anaesthetist to discuss my options should I have either birth method.

Thankfully my blood pressure behaved when I went to have it taken so don't have to see consultant again till 26 weeks will see midwife at 21 weeks tho

So already for next scan on 30th

 

[girlinyork]

To be honest the subway wasn't as great as I hoped. I cant wait for second tri when food is better than crack.

I might have gone to the supermarket and bought £7 worth of fizzy sweets and sherbet

 

[Ladybirdgb]

Lol I'm loving fizzy stuff too sour Astrobelts mmmmm

 

[SweetV]

I still haven't had my subway! I think I have built myself up so much over it that when I do get it it will be very unsatisfying.

It's a long weekend here as well for Good Friday & Easter looking forward to a little relaxing. I have a birthday party tomorrow for my step daughter and I hope the 16th (my next scan) will be here before I know it.

 

[dairymomma]

My cravings have been McDonald's cheeseburgers-any kind-and canned mini ravioli. What IS it about craving junk food when you are pg? Though today, it's been half/half tea. You know the stuff that's half lemonade and half iced tea? OMG...Lemonade works in a pinch but the half/half stuff is like ambrosia to me right now. Settles my tummy like none other. Must be the lemon.

Been a crap day for food all around and I didn't do myself any favors by stopping at Target after my kids chiropractor appts. DH is not going to be happy to hear I spent $300 (oops...) there but in my defense, I bought alot of things for packed lunches, DS needed new shoes since he decided to jump a full size in 3 weeks, and I needed to stock up on diapers & wipes. Crazy how fast it adds up though. I will admit that I did binge shop a bit...I am addicted to Target and I shouldn't be left unattended in that store, especially when it's been 3 weeks since I was last there.

 

[SweetV]

They just closed all of our Target's. They were not doing that well up here at all. I can do that in WalMart though no problem. I spend approximately $100/45 minutes that I'm there. I forget sometimes how expensive DS was diapers and formula alone were going to break the bank. I think I'm going to catch one of those crazy sales and stock up. Or have one of those diaper parties instead of a baby shower.

 

[dairymomma]

I know. I wish I could put LO in cloth diapers but she's got a stomach bug atm and while it's not all that bad nor is it catching, it's a bugger (pun intended) to get rid of. We fought it for a good 6 months with DD before we got it to go away. This bug causes some pretty icky poo issues and clothies just make for a red red irritated bum. But I would LOVE to go back to them. Saved me tons of money when I used them for DS and DD (until the bug turned up anyway) and I loved not having to run to town for diapers because I'd forgotten to stock up. And formula isn't as expensive either since LO is on foods mostly now but it's still a pain in the checkbook when you need to buy all of it at the same time. I was out of diapers, wipes, formula, AND my stash of packaged baby food for the diaper bag. That was easily almost a $100 right there!

 

[SweetV]

That sounds icky. I think I will try bf again (DS would have none of it from day one) to see if I can save the $ on formula. I did make all of my own baby food when he was old enough which was time consuming but I hope a little cheaper. I was off work though until he was 18 months which I don't think I am going to have the luxury this time.

 

[girlinyork]

I'm not sure how anyone can afford to formula feed. That stuff costs a fortune! DD was stubborn and didn't want to feed but we spent hours laying skin to skin and it kicked in her suckling instinct beautifully. Going skin to skin within an hour of birth is my hospital's policy now because it has been proven to be so beneficial

 

[Embo78]

Max went through a nursing strike at about 4 months and that's how we got him latched back on - I spent a couple of days naked in bed with a naked Max!! I'm positive the skin to skin got him back nursing again

 

[girlinyork]

I'm really excited to breastfeed again. Although last night I dreamed the baby couldn't latch correctly and I was screaming "you're doing this on purpose"

 

[Embo78]

oh the joys of weird preggo dreams! I dreamed that we were having twins but one of them was a puppy! I think that's cos I watched Fortitude before falling asleep

 

[girlinyork]

I dreamed there were triplets. One boy and identical twin girls. That would be a challenge and a half lol!

 

[SweetV]

I really have to admire anybody that has more than one at a time. I struggled with just DS lol. I wish my hospital took a better stance on bf. Although I will hopefully be delivering at another hospital this time. The hospital closest to my house has not been very good to me over the years. They told me to just give up and as I was young and hormonal and my birth had been horrible I listened. They ended up keeping DS for an extra 2 days as he would not eat at all. I found out from a report later that when they used the aspirator after birth they had bruised the back of his throat.

 

[dairymomma]

I would have loved to nurse longer than the 3.5 months I did with LO but I've never had great luck with nursing any of my kids. The longest I've made it is 7 months (6 before we had to start supplementing) with DS and DD was around the 4 month mark too. My milk just starts to dry up and it's literally overnight despite all my best efforts. With LO, I was pumping between feeds, drinking nursing mom's tea (3 cups a day), using fennel essential oil, brewer's yeast, eating healthy and drinking lots of water, and nursing often but it just kept drying up. I did notice that I didn't get engorged with LO like I did with my other kids either so I think I had supply issues from day 1. And my delivery hospitals have been great about nursing. I was given my baby to nurse for as long as I wished within a half hour of delivery. Basically, they came out, were wiped off a bit, weighed and diapered and given back to me. All three have fed that first time for at least an hour and emptied both bbs.

Pg cravings...Ugh. Still the half/half lemonade/tea but now I'm adding Spam to the mix. Ugh. Seriously? Why can't I crave green salads or carrot sticks? I will say that I'm quite happy my chocolate cravings are gone though. If anything, I'm having a slight aversion to chocolate so I'm not binging on that at least...

 

[Embo78]

My craving is ice cold orange juice. Not cordial/squash. That fresh orange juice in the cartons my mouth literally fills with saliva and I've GOT to have it when I think of it/see it on tv!!

 

[dairymomma]

Spam and baked beans for me atm. And that darn half/half iced tea...The first I can indulge (I am actually ) but the second, I can't as I don't have any on hand. May make some lemonade to tide me other though. Trying not to drink too much of the stuff either as it does have some caffeine in it and I usually avoid caffeine religiously in my first tri. Not that I think it's the cause of my m/c but anything I can do to bring down my risk, I'll do.

 

[Embo78]

I do the same dm. I cut caffeine out completely (apart from chocolate ) but sometimes I'll allow myself a tassimo cappucino if I need a pick me up. In the uk we're advised no more than 200 mg of caffeine daily

 

[SweetV]

I have cut down caffeine but I do still have a 1/2 cup in the morning. We are only recommended 200 mg/day as well. Orange juice does sound very good atm. I also drink a lot of juice and I have had more water in the last month than I have in the last few years.
Still need to get that Subway, i have barely left the house lately and when I do I'm never hungry.

 

[dairymomma]

My dr says limited caffeine isn't an issue. It's if you drink like 1 gallon of tea a day that you can MAYBE have problems. But I just avoid it because really, it's in alot of stuff that you *shouldn't* be drinking/eating anyway. I find it's easier to avoid them if I have this reason for not having them, especially since some of them (chocolate and soda in particular) are big binge foods for me.