[OPEN] 1st child due late July/August 2011

[HarliRexx]

Wow MissSazra that is incredible! Fantastic job! How wonderful that you and the little one are so healthy because of the good changes you are making

 

[MissSazra]

Thanks Harli. Now I've made so many good changes to my diet I really hope to be able to continue them once the baby is here so that I can lose weight and get really fit and healthy.

 

[SMFirst]

That's great MissSazra

Well I'm sure you guys have had many discussions on baby gear here but I didn't read back..

I had some time to kill on Friday so I started doing some research on things. figuring it would take me weeks to decide on things..

Well I found a stroller/ car seat "travel system" that I liked, and it happened to be on sale, and I had a 15% off coupon so I went out and bought it on the weekend! (Had to get DH's permission as we'd promised to hold off on buying things but he said ok) - It's the Graco Quattro Tour - it's big but it fits in our car

While at the store (Sears) I signed up for the baby registry there (mainly so I could get more coupons )

So now I have to hold back from buying anything else for a while


I also told my close friends our news, and they were all excited (my one friend just had a baby last week actually and she sent me home with some maternity clothes )

So things are rolling along!

 

[flyingduster]

woohoo Miss Sazra! I know exactly how you feel; I too am heavily overweight and was a bit worried about bub, but so far bub is strong and healthy, and I haven't gained a single ounce! So FX I can keep up with the healthier eating and lifestyle and when I give birth I'll have actually LOST weight. lol!!


and yay SM for buying stuff!!! hehe. We had a ton of stuff by 12 weeks ( a cot, a changing table, half the nursery finished.... lol) so I dunno how you can hold back! lol!!! Do you have a scan soon?? I balled my eyes out at the 13 week scan, it was amazing watching such a real wee baby jumping and wriggling around in there!!!

 

[SMFirst]

Flying - we had the NT scan last Thursday - it all went well, but the baby wasn't moving too much (at least when we were watching the screen).

Heartrate and measurements all looked good so we were happy (but we already have the doppler so we'd heard the heartbeat already, thankfully otherwise I would have gone crazy with the wait!)

 

[HarliRexx]

Wow SM I totally missed that you were pregnant while I was away! I did notice the "other" under your SN but missed the pregnancy ticker...so a belated congrats to you!!! I'm happy all looks good with your little one so far!

I was considering going with the graco quattro travel system as well but ended up getting a chicco. Happy shopping!

 

[SMFirst]

Harli- yeah I should change my status there.. I was hesitant but feeling good about it now

 

[Sideways 8]

hi everyone! Came to see if rducky had updated us but we're still waiting Hopefully she and baby are doing well now!

MissSazra that's awesome!! I've already gained all the weight they wanted me to for the entire pregnancy... but they think a lot of it is water retention. Boy I hope so because I am swolt up lol!! And good for you too flying! I'm going to try to reduce the amount of water I'm retaining by lowering sodium and drinking more water, etc. But if it doesn't work out then whatever, I'll lose it all after Bonnie is out!

As far as buying stuff, poor Bonnie only has a stuffed lamb, a bedding set, a few pieces of clothing, and 2 boxes of diapers. *sigh* We've just been lazy procrastinating, plus I haven't had my shower yet. We should probably go ahead and purchase some of the bigger ticket items like the travel system -- we've picked out the Graco Stylus. I wanted one of the Chicco ones but the carseat/carrier thing was so heavy by itself that I couldn't imagine toting it plus the weight of a baby.

As for me, nothing much to update except I got the painting in the nursery done, and this weekend I will FINALLY start tiling the bathroom floor (guest bathroom). I'm hoping too that the nursery furniture will finally arrive. It's been 5 weeks or longer at least! I'll have to remember to call them tomorrow.

Harli, have you started getting any signs that it's getting close yet??

 

[rducky]

Hi Ladies!

24 hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing and here she is!

Aoife (pronounced Ee-fa) Jacqueline Araminta

July 25th @ 02:26
7lbs, 12oz 19 inches
https://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k587/rducky20/IMG_0105-1.jpg

I'm pretty tired, but we're all doing well!

 

[Sideways 8]

Oh my she is soo pretty!!! Congrats rducky!! Get some well deserved rest sweetie, I'm sure you're on cloud 9!

 

[HarliRexx]

OMG how precious! She is beautiful with a beautiful name also! CONGRATS!!!

 

[MissSazra]

Congratulations rducky! She is absolutely gorgeous! Xx

 

[SMFirst]

Beautiful girl Branwen

(I can't remember if you knew it was a girl?)

She looks big! I love all the knits

Get some rest when you can!!

 

[flyingduster]

ooooohhhh!!! Congrats! She's GORGEOUS!

 

[rducky]

Thanks everyone!

I haven't been able to get on the computer much. Having a few challenges with breastfeeding so I'm working on that a lot.

How's everyone doing?

 

[HarliRexx]

Not much to report here. Just trying to stay indoors since I abolutely can't take the heat at this point. Also avoiding being in public because I don't want to get sick here at the last minute!

Still can't tell if I'm close at all or not. My mom said the 3 labors she had with us all came suddenly and were fast...between 6 and 9 hours. That would be great! But for now I'm just hoping I go naturally sometime in the next several days.

 

[flyingduster]

wow Harli, the waiting must be dragging now!

All is well here. The heat is no problem cos it's winter here! lol! We had our first (and only probably) decent dumping of snow last weekend which made me miss my midwife appointment, so need to arrange another of them. But other than that, all is going along, and the weeks are still flying by for me...

 

[HarliRexx]

Just wanted to vent...
I'm only 2 days past my dd and already sick of people asking "Where is she?" "Are they going to induce you?" "Are they going to do a c section?"
GRRRRRRRRRRR!

 

[rducky]

Just wanted to vent...
I'm only 2 days past my dd and already sick of people asking "Where is she?" "Are they going to induce you?" "Are they going to do a c section?"
GRRRRRRRRRRR!

I don't really have any advice...those comments made me crazy also and I didn't even go over my DD.

 

[rducky]

So yesterday was pretty bad...haven't been on BnB much cuz of this breastfeeding thing. The milk came in yesterday and I got a fever. Apparently this can be normal when the milk is transitioning...who knew? But like any fever it made me feel like crap. Spent the better part of 2 days crying.
I had already been pumping since we got home because I couldn't get her to latch. My breasts are pretty big (and have now gotten bigger) and the nipples seem flat. Her mouth just isn't big enough to get enough boob in.
Anways, fever broke and I'm feeling much better today. We went to a lactation consultant today and I made some great progress using a nipple shield. At least I don't have to deal with low supply! I'm pumping 40ml from one breast already. I feel like a Jersey cow...

So, for the ladies who want to breastfeed, I've realized that it can be hard but the support is out there. The important thing is to reach out and ask for help and don't feel like you're the problem.

Just one of the few things I've learned in the past 4 days.