November Rainbow Babies

[Dahlia2007]

aw that's great DH is able to have a normal day shift! I would be so grateful as well. It slipped my mind that this is your first baby with DH- how special, so yes, you never know what baby will look like/take after.
And with the weight gain, yeah it still blows my mind. DH's grandma says this baby will be a 10 pounder. In my head I was like "um, no it's not!" I think I'll be just fine, it's just the other people around me that are worrying me (not my B&B friends though ).
Back when I was BFing I remember leaking during intimate time with DH, and that was annoying!

 

[DancingSheba]

i've gained 30 lbs so far which im not sure where its going? i feel like im just all belly. i guess it could be alot of fluid too. I see colostrum every day now. just a drop here and there or its dried on my nipples. I went to my WIC breastfeeding class last night. OH came with me actually lol and i know he was sure he'd be the only guy there but there was another guy there too so im glad he didnt feel so alone. I loved the class it was so informative and made me so much more confident about choosing to feed breastmilk only. I was suprised how much OH knew about breastfeeding actually. His reply was "my mom had five kids". LOL glad hes so knowledgable. Maybe i'll just ask him for advice instead of the lactation consultant. I have been feeling alot of movement too. But fortunately none of its in my ribs as she hasnt even gotten to my ribcage yet. I have the longest torso ever. But she does headbang and punch my cervix all the time and its kind of painful. Sometimes it stops me in my tracks. But I told myself that I would never complain about any pains or discomforts from pregnancy as long as everything was going well, because of my last two MCs. I have to be thankful for every little jab, all the gas, swelling, or anything lol!

 

[DancingSheba]

oh yea....latest belly pic.

 

[kleinfor3]

Dancing-That's awesome that your OH knows things about BFing ahead of time. Brownie points to him too for going with you! LOL about asking him for advice verses your lactation consultant!!!
Love the latest bump pic
Having a long torso, I would guess, makes it easier to carry the babies. I am 5'6 myself so its managable. I have a VERY petite friend and she cracks me up. She said towards the end of her pregnancy she kept waiting for a foot to come out of her throat lol. She's so funny to be around and with her petite stature I don't know how she did it!
I do feel bad for complaining. Especially since we did infertility treatments and I've had 2 mc's. I swore I wouldn't be a whiner but this pregnancy has been tougher than my previous one's. Can't wait to make it to the end though!!! The end is getting closer for all of us YAY!

Dahlia-Oh yea big fun...leaking while being intimate. I need to warn DH about that lol.

I found the funniest thread on B&B. I made the mistake of finding it before bed one night last week. It's under the Labor & Birth (I think thats the name of it) It's called, most funny and embarassing labor/birth stories. I've read thru about 20 pages or so and have found comical relief in it!

 

[B&LsMom]

I have leaking similar to Dancing--not too much but there is a bit dried up in my bra every day and in the evenings if I'm just relaxing--mainly on the right side, it will soak thru my tops. I remember I wouldn't let DH touch my boobs while we were intimate after having Blake---or I would wear a bra with pads so breast milk wouldn't leak out on to him LOL

 

[DancingSheba]

lol i have read that forum before! its hilarious! ill have to check it out again

 

[kleinfor3]

Afm-I had an uneventful weekend. I did maternity pics for a good friend of mine who was about 30 weeks pregnant. Boy, it's really hard for me to move around these days though. It took me twice as long as it should of to get the pics done!

My upper back pain is so horrible these days. I'm so ready to deliver just so I don't have to wag around all of this weight. (and excess boob weight) I'm sure it has to do with my posture. I hurt all the time. I constantly have OTC pain patches on my back and am laying on a heating pad! It is by far the thing that is dragging me down the most Ok. (sniff sniff) I'm over it lol.

Well I got LO a little bathtub and changing pad over the weekend. I am TRYING to get everything together. Still have to get a ton more things though.

I have my 35 week appt today. They will do the strep B test and an internal...I think. So I woke up extra early to shave parts of my body I haven't seen in a long time!!! I try to shave daily but it's so hard to shave by 'touch' alone. Heck, I don't even know how long I'll be able to flippin touch lol!

Oh, could be the start of my nesting...I cleaned house some this weekend. Totally went thru DD's & DS's room from top to bottom. Threw away a dreadful amount of broken toys etc. Vacuumed and dusted. Cleaned the AC return and I've been eyeing the ceiling fans to clean them...I have to climb on a chair so haven't got around to all of that yet but they are calling my name!

Baby Klein was pretty active this weekend. The kids enjoyed bouncing its little butt up and down and watching for it to kick its legs out of my side in return lol. Then they'd take turns pushing at its feet and watching for its butt to move. It was nice DH would come and kiss my belly to which LO would return a swift kick to his lips lol. Good times!

That's about it for my boring weekend and update lol. Hope all of you are doing well

 

[Dahlia2007]

Klein- back pain is no fun. Every now and then I'll have problems, but it's usually due to overdoing it. When I was taking pics of my niece it was difficult as well. I was on my knees and it took a while to get around!
I feel like it's okay to vent on our pains, after all, it is pain! But we all know it's for a greater good : )

Let us know how your appt went. I have my 35 week Strep B test on Friday, then I go back that following Tuesday for my 36 weeks appt. So the weekly appointments will have started. I would like to pre-register at the hospital, so I'm going to ask about that.

I've been going about trying to organize our bedroom and get rid of stuff we no longer need. We cleaned up the basement.. again. It's like a quarterly thing we need to do. lol. DD's has a play area down there and I'd like to have it in order before baby comes.

The movement is getting crazy lately here as well. Baby was going at it this morning in my ribs. It never hurts, but it's just so weird feeling. 5 more weeks for me! "I can't believe it!" will probably be my weekly declaration : )

I've been looking on Pinterest for Halloween activities and snacks to do with DD's class party. I'm looking forward to that. Also, I'm searching for freezer meals I can make ahead of time. I was getting stressed out making the grocery list for what I'll need though. Ah!

ps- I tried to find that funny thread , but couldn't...

*** ALSO, could you ladies please mention your LO's name choice (if you've chosen it), so I can update the first page of this thread with what team you're on and your LO's beautiful name?

 

[sharonfruit]

Hi girls, I haven't posted on here in a while, the last couple of weeks have been particularly uneventful for me! I've got an ultrasound tomorrow and an OB appointment so ill let you all know how those go. A lady on the November thread with the same due date as me had we baby this morning and another with the same due date is in early labour . I must admit I'm a little jealous of those girls, my baby seems so far away! Although I do want to make it to 37 weeks so I can have the option of using the birthing pool and/or an active birth. Before 37 weeks id have to be constantly monitored during labour.

Backache is getting the best of me i have a constant strain like pain on one aide of my upper back which is only really bad when I move my shoulder blade in a certain way. I then have a horrible dull ache in my lower back which seems to start early evening and makes it uncomfortable when I'm sitting watching TV in the evenings and difficult to get comfy in bed. Then I've also got the pain in my tailbone when sitting which makes driving particularly difficult as well as pain in the front of my pelvis, mainly when I walk. So yeah I am a big bundle of pain and if baby goes overdue I potentially could have 5 and a half weeks left of it

I've been nesting through the days, I feel like I can't sit still and always need to be dohh something, although I barely have anything left to do. I have a garage full of groceries so food shopping isn't a necessity for the first couple of weeks, I've made and frozen some soups, burgers and lasagne... All babies clothes are washed and ironed and put away in size order, an today I washed the sheets on our bed so that's another job less to worry about.

I've got a girly sleepover planned for Friday as OH is working way and I didn't want to risk spending the night alone, so I'm looking forward to that.

Re names, we are still team yellow, but our name choice for a girl is Katiya. We have agreed on Trey for a boy but I have recently started thinking that I prefer Tennyson, although I sort of mentioned it to OH and he wasn't keen, so I probably won't approach xhanging our boys choice until baby is born. Xxx

 

[lilblossom]

Just wanted to pop in and say hello. Glad to see you all are doing well. I was thinking about Dahlia and just thought I would say hi.

 

[Cata]

Dahlia - I love your niece's picture! it looks like if she's on a tiny nest how precious! I also had the breathing problem for some weeks but now it just dissapeared

Klein - I am glad to know you had a nice baby shower! it is always good when people let you now if they cannot show up i currently have at least 4 friends that would talk to me all time on facebook and after my babyshower they won't lol none of them showed up and I understand but maybe they feel bad for not letting me know.
I hope your back pain decreases soon, it is really annoying
How did your doctor's appointment went??

Blakesmom - I abslutely love Blake's room! Where do you get the energy for this from? I would have just painted half a wall and then fainted lol. Your bump is really cute too!!

Dancing - I hope your allergies are better now *hugs* I'm glad to know your checkup went well. How was your baby shower??
Your bump is too cute

Dahlia - Those are some extremely cute outfits!! you made me want to go out and shop for a new one I'm not even that sure of what to take for LO anymore as they say he is so big :s
Love the bump pic!!

Sharonfruit - I'm glad to know you are doing well even with all the aches and pains of these last weeks. Love the names you have picked!!

I disappeared because i got all sad after my doctor's app last Wednesday. They said baby was 8.5 pounds now and my blood pressure was high, I also failed my blood sugar test. The doctor didn't know what to do, he would take the paper to send me in for a c-section and then put it back, he would grab his head lol it just made everything worse.
He finally decided to give me one more week, i have been taking my blood pressure every day and took the 3 hour test on friday (it was awful I have no idea of why but i almost fainted) tomorrow I need to go for a fetal monitoring thing and then appointment on Wednesday again.

I went to the port again last Saturday as I did back in May to meet my cruise ship friends it was awesome and I met the guy I told you about last time again, maybe I should call him OH? lol he rubbed my bump so much! it was super sweet and I had lots of fun as my best friend was with me too, surprisingly she wasn't that hormonal. Anyway Roy, the guy or OH or I don't know how to call him said he wanted to stay but he prefers to fix everything on the ship first so he doesn't have to resign and come here for a new job as baby will be very tiny so he will just update his country of residence and at least will come on vacation so we can talk about everything else.

My belly has dropped definitely, I feel Nathan scratching my cervix LOL and I can finally breathe now! Since last night I also feel weird things tho, almost as if he was going to come out any minute. i also have a pulsating belly avery evening at around 6 pm.

Got my pics today so here are a few of them the first one is fron last Saturday at the port and the other ones from a week ago.

 

[Cata]

And some more

 

[B&LsMom]

Freezer meals is an AWESOME idea--why didn't I think of that?!?

Cata--DH helped a TON with the room for Blake which I was thankful for--hoping to move over the the nursery next, but will wait until after my shower on Sunday. Love the first bump pic on the 2nd page--and your dog looks so happy to be included--I did a few pics with Buck out Black Lab when I did my maternity pic with Blake--I don't know if he will get to co-star in any pics this time tho.

Klein so sorry your back is hurting so bad--no fun : (

 

[sharonfruit]

Cata your pics are lovely, is that a bichon frise? My mama had 2 of those but one died last year, he was a good age though - I think 15 and a half x

 

[kleinfor3]

Dahlia-I can totally relate to crawling on the floor for pics lol. So close with our weekly appointments!!! I got 'pre-registered' when I was admitted for my UTI. So I think I'm all set as far as that goes. lol Good luck with the basement! Our names are Xander Brenton Nole or Journee Merci Lyla. YAY!!! We are getting so dang close!

Sharon-I don't blame you for being jealous I am too. If I go early though with my luck my poor baby would have a rough time. I keep trying to tell myself 37 weeks at least 37 weeks lol. I too want to use a birthing pool and you have to be 37 weeks to get in!
So sorry about the back pain. I use the birthing ball to apply pressure to my back where I hurt. It's more like a constant pain now days. Totally stinks! Good luck with your u/s!!! Sounds like your ready to me! That's great. I still have alot to do. Hopefully the girly sleepover will help you pass time!


LilBlossom-Hello! Hope you get your BFP soon!!!

Cata-Love your maternity pics and the pic with the doggy too! Glad you can breathe...unfortunatly something else has to give...guess that'd be the pain in the cervix! So glad you got to see your man. Sounds like he's getting excited too. So, your doc decided to give you one more week and your doing a monitoring today & Wednesday. When is the section date? Did they give you one. I'm sure if any of those 2 monitorings are 'off' then they'll deliver you straight away! Are you packed and ready?!?! So exciting

Ok ladies, freezer meals? Give me some ideas on what type of meals freeze in the freezer well? I have no idea?!???

Anyone else stressing about Christmas? I just thought about it the other day. I thought well, I guess I could go start a lay-a-way. I know I'll be pushed for time once the baby gets here and anyone that has had kids before knows that the first few weeks you really lose bc your so busy with your LO. Heck by the time we recover and get adjusted...BAM...it's Christmas!!! Sorta stressed about this now!

Doc appt went well. She felt around on my belly and told me baby was a good 6lbs right now and to expect an 8lb + at birth. I told her I was scared since my biggest baby was 7lbs 2oz and that was a forceps delivery. When she did my internal she said that I wasn't too small to deliver a baby thats bigger and she didn't 'feel' anything that would be a potential problem. I told her ok and I'd be giving my girl parts a pep talk from now til delivery lol. She laughed and told me good idea! I'm a fingertip dilated and everything else was good. So next appt next Monday YAY for weeklys!!!!

Also got a pack & play, bouncer and swing. 2 came from an upscale children's consignment store and the swing was off of craigslist. All was $120.00. They would of cost over $400.00 new so I was excited. DH seemed to have an issue with buying used. After I explained how you remove the coverings he was ok with it...MEN. Oh well.

 

[sharonfruit]

Klein I'm not too sure either I've just played it safe and made mince based meals to freeze. I'm pretty sure I just lost my mucous plug, but there was no blood in it. I was up from midnight to 2am last night having strong BH but they went away after a while and I got to sleep and haven't had any today.

My ultrasound went well today they are estimating babies weight at 5lb9, which I like. xxx

 

[Dahlia2007]

Hi Lil Blossom! Thanks for thinking of me : ) How is your TTC journey coming along?

Sharon-Ah it must be sobering to hear that someone with the same due-date is having their baby! I know the jealous feeling too, but these babies will be here soon enough and it will be splendid when they do! I keep telling myself that I can wait, because I just want to have a healthy baby with no issues (even though that can happen at full term as well).
And I have a feeling the bigger baby gets, the more back issues I will have as well. I'm most worried about my pubic bone though. It's feeling lose, but no real pain... yet.
It's great you've organized the house and got things ready! I'm doing things a little at a time. I mean, baby's room and all her stuff is ready, but it's the house that I need to get into tip-top shape! Today I cleaned out the fridge and cleaned it up. A sleepover sounds fun! It will probably be your last one with adults, as when baby comes, he/she will be your sleepover buddy
TMI but I had to google mucous plug images this morning because I thought I was losing mine due to a major increase of discharge I've been having the past week. But I'm pretty sure it's just discharge. Do you think it could be discharge as well?
I've been having more BH lately, but it's never been a bunch in a row. It's usually just sporadic. Your baby is measuring great. The ultrasound must have been nice to see



Cata- ha, yes that was my thought about Vivienne, she's resting in a "nest." hehe. And yes, baby must have been in an awkward position for me to feel that bad. I haven't had it since.
lol you made me laugh with your fainting comment regarding Blakesmoms' painted room : )
Well, with what your doc is saying/doing, seems you just might be having a baby in your arms soon. I know you must be nervous, and it's a tough situation pertaining to how big baby is. Another week should be good and hopefully they'll have a plan for you then
I'm glad Roy was friendly with you, and you had a lovely time with your friends. It's good to hang out and have adult time : ) When baby comes, that will all change : )
I love your maternity shots! Nature is the best backdrop : ) The tree really gives it a natural look. Very beautiful you are!

Klein-I am actually all set for Christmas . I did my shopping at Target a few months ago when the toys were clearanced out. I got some great deals for the kiddies in our family and also DD. And fortunately, I also had got small gifts for some relatives last year after xmas when everything was on clearance. I only have to worry about a gift for DH and stocking stuffers. If you're worried, I would really suggest starting to shop NOW then!
As for freezer meals, this is my plan...
-Chicken or beef enchiladas
-pre-packed crock pot mixes (a meat, veggie, and potato in a zip-lock)
-Shephard's pie
-chicken with noodle bake
Google freezer meals, and you'll find plenty

wow a fingertip already? Ah! You know, just because baby is bigger than last, doesn't mean it will be more diff to push out. It the head and shoulders that are the hard parts, right? So maybe your baby just has chubbier legs or butt, and it won't matter that it's bigger : )
*pat on the back* for your baby deals! That's great, and those are all items you'll be using all the time!


Blakes- oh now i wish I would have included my dog, but we didn't bring her to the park when we went. She would have been flying all over the place anyways. ha. For anyone who has a dog, I am attaching a pic I got off Pinterest, that I would like to copy when our baby girl gets here

AFM- we took DD to a cider mill today. Had fun, and I at this delicious caramel apple. We did go on this tractor train ride around the orchard, which I wasn't going to go on at first, because I thought it might be too bumpy. Then we talked with the driver and he said it wasn't too bumpy. Well, clearly he's never housed a baby in his stomach, because there were a few times when I was bouncing up and down and had regretted my decision. I was holding my belly for safety the entire time. I was laughing about it, but I won't be doing that again. I was fine getting off and didn't have any issues with pain or BH after. And I've felt baby move around since then so I'm not worried. I just feel a bit stupid

 

[kleinfor3]

Love that pic dahlia! I'm laying in bed attempting to go to sleep and I realized I forgot to post the link for the thread that you couldn't find!!! So I'm going to copy and paste it since I'm on my iPhone! Hope everyone gets a nice nights rest https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/labour-birth/696911-funny-embarrasing-labour-stories.html

 

[B&LsMom]

Klein Christmas has me a bit worried as well. Haven't started at all, and my due date (Nov. 28th) is less than a month til the big day--gahhhh. I'm also worried about affording it. I don't have a ton of hours to take for my maternity leave, but do have a Aflac disability plan that should hopefully pay in time for Christmas. I know this will sound bad, but I'm also worried that my Boss wont remember about my "Bonus" we normally get for Christmas since I wont be there to get it with the rest of our team. I don't remember being included in whatever they did when I had Blake, which was Dec. 14th, but I was off work from before Thanksgiving--I'm sure I missed out on something tho... My DH is also weird about used stuff--he has no problem spending money for some reason--I'm pretty sure her thinks money grows on trees and he is oblivious to anything involving paying bills--If he has cash he thinks he needs to spend it---crazy man!

Sharonfruit--do you have an ultrasound pic to share?? I can't wait to see my LO on Friday--he is going to be so big since we last saw him @ 20 weeks!

Dahlia--love the pic idea. That looks like my Bucky--but he is a little less gray on the chin. What kind of dog do you have?? Good for you being all done with Christmas---smart shopper!!!

 

[sharonfruit]

I don't get a pic yesterday because baby had its face buried into my placenta so we couldn't see it, and I have about 12 side on pics from earlier scans!

Dahlia I think it was definitely my mucous plug because it came out in a big glob, tmi sorry. It was really thick and clear, like a little jelly fish and not stringy like discharge. I lost the same thing back when I was 30 weeks before I was admired to hospital with contractions. But it must have grown back.

That pic with the dog is lovely. I'd love to get my dog involved in my newborn shoot but I don't know if my photographer will let me, I also don't think my dog would sit still for long enough. It's maybe worth a try though! X