September Snugglers 2016

[MummaMoo]

Xan- Google Lightning crotch, sounds like that.

I went into breastfeeding so scared and expecting so much pain, but it came easy to me. My daughter latched on good, just had some soreness in the beginning week and then nothing. Point is- don't be scared or alarmed, with baby here take it as you go, if you are having issues, get help asap! I think the calmer and more open you are, the best it is. Also I always kept in mind that if bf didn't work, I wouldn't stress about formula, and I think that was a good stress reliever. We never had to use any formula, so being open doesn't mean that you will do it. I hope I'm making sense.

Totally agree with borr - don't pressure yourself into thinking you HAVE to breastfeed if you find it hard.
Several times I wanted to quit it, and kept formula in the house, just in case. But every time Sophie wanted a feed, I'd give it "one more go"... because I knew I had the back up.

 

[MummaMoo]

Absolutely Xan, it'll be nice to have the body back!

I remember when I'd given birth to Sophie and went into theatre to be stitched up - I was given a spinal block so had to bend over for them to administer it. I had the theatre staff laughing at me because I was delirious at the fact I could actually bend over again

 

[campn]

Oh I remember after we got home from the hospital with the baby, I found it weird I was no longer pregnant but I was so happy!

Mumma- Yep me too. I almost gave up every day honestly, but like you I just kept saying "one more feed", "one more day", "one more week!" And day after day I made it to almost 19 months! It just gets ridiculously easy over time, like nursing in your sleep, in your carrier, in the backseat of the car while baby is in the car seat, on the plane.

I'm so glad I didn't give up. I never knew I'd love it so much, growing up I said I'll just do it a few weeks I don't care.

 

[MummaMoo]

That's great Campn! I only lasted 5 months, but it was my own doing. I didn't feel comfortable feeding in public so would express like a mad woman, created an oversupply and ended up with blocked ducts, milk blisters.... I was sore a LOT. Then with Sophie in her cycle of being too hungry to sleep properly, too tired to feed properly, I admitted defeat.

 

[xanzaba]

My doctor just called and is moving my appointment up to tomorrow. I had a bunch of cranberry juice and lots of water, so waiting for tomorrow will be fine.

For breastfeeding, I'm not going to put too many expectations, but I hope to get to 6 months. He'll be 4 1/2 months when he starts daycare, so I expect the first and last month to be the most challenging.

We're trying to install the car seat/base this week before we go out of town for a few days, then when we get back we'll have 6 weeks left. 5 if I have a c-section. It's getting real.

 

[aidensxmomma]

Xan- Google Lightning crotch, sounds like that.

I went into breastfeeding so scared and expecting so much pain, but it came easy to me. My daughter latched on good, just had some soreness in the beginning week and then nothing. Point is- don't be scared or alarmed, with baby here take it as you go, if you are having issues, get help asap! I think the calmer and more open you are, the best it is. Also I always kept in mind that if bf didn't work, I wouldn't stress about formula, and I think that was a good stress reliever. We never had to use any formula, so being open doesn't mean that you will do it. I hope I'm making sense.

Totally agree with borr - don't pressure yourself into thinking you HAVE to breastfeed if you find it hard.
Several times I wanted to quit it, and kept formula in the house, just in case. But every time Sophie wanted a feed, I'd give it "one more go"... because I knew I had the back up.

I agree as well. I put a lot of stress on myself when I breastfed DD1 and it kind of ruined the whole experience for me. We made it 3 months before I finally called it quits. I felt like a huge failure for giving up, but looking back, it was the best decision for us. I decided to give it another shot with DD2 and took a much more laid back approach to it. My experience with her was shorter (about a month) but it was so much better. Had it not been for her reflux, we probably would have continued to breastfeed longer.

I'm planning on trying to breastfeed again, but I do have some formula already just in case things don't quite go as planned. I'm going to try to keep the pressure off myself and take each day as it comes.

xan - I definitely feel like it's getting real that baby will be here soon, too. I'm probably getting induced at 39 weeks, so that means only 7 more weeks until LO is here. With how fast this pregnancy has gone by, I feel like that 7 weeks is going to feel like no time at all.

I'm also really looking forward to getting my body back to myself. I think it's incredible that my body can grow another human, but I feel like I've been completely taken over.

 

[campn]

Mumma- Kudos to you for making it that long hun! I found breastfeeding to have new battles along the way, I had a pretty bad yeast infection on my nipples that hurt like hell and lasted so long, then I had to get my breasts biopsied for a lump and I was terrified about getting nicked in the milk ducts. I'm sure there will be battles this time, but we at least have experience on our side!

My house is full of baby gear, it feels more like 37 weeks to me with everything around me. I still find it so so weird I'll have a baby here in 2 or so months! I keep wondering now, how will she look like!? How much will she weight!? What kind of personality will she have!? How will I handle it this time around? Will I ever be skinny again?

 

[Uni tsi]

Moo, that story about Mr. Moo and the milk in ear - I loved it. I laughed so loud I was worried I would wake up my hubby.

Linz congrats on a boy! How exciting!

Mummy, I know it can be so hard sometimes. Have they considered meds for you? At first I didn't want to go on them, but it got to where I could hardly eat anything. Not being able to eat very much combined with always being hungry due to pregnancy is a horrible combination. The meds have been a huge help for me. At first they were scary, but now I'm so grateful for them. At various points, they've had me on glyburide, metformin, and lantus. PM me if you have questions about any of them, I'd be happy to share my experience in more detail. The main difference is it gives me a little more wiggle room with my diet. I still have to be careful with carbs and get enough exercise, but it does make it easier.

Borr, and everyone, I think the low pressure approach is probably a good idea. There's only one problem to that for me - my mom was a le leche league leader. I think if I formula fed she'd probably disown me! (I'm only half joking) But, at least I can call her for help if I have any questions. It does add a bit of pressure though.

I have to clean my car out to get ready to put the car seat in. Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but the back floorboards are even with the seats there is so much junk in my car. I can't even remember the last time I cleaned it. I obviously can't put a baby back there, but it's so daunting to get started. I keep hoping my nesting instinct will take over and I'll just get it done but apparently I only want to nest in air conditioning

 

[campn]

Uni- I don't blame you! I wouldn't want to clean my car all pregnant in this awful weather. We've a heat wave so it's been almost 100 degrees everyday! Can your DH clean it instead?

Also awesome your mom is a LLL leader cause I found so little support in my own family, but thankfully I found some awesome lactation consultants. This is my tip at the hospital, keep calling them to come and help, not just a regular nurse.

 

[xanzaba]

We want to get the car seat in because we want the dog to get used to it before there is a baby. We need to clean it out first because we take the dog to the beach every weekend and there's lots of sand and an old towel covering the back seat. I'm having to convince DH to get it professionally cleaned- he wants to just hose it down.

I know the beach is something I'm going to miss those first couple of months. Going to the beach first thing Saturday is an excellent way to release the stress from the previous week. The dog runs up and down the beach and then plunges into the ocean. And the people and dogs are laid back and fun. The last couple of weeks, though, walking up the dunes is getting tough and I just float in the ocean like a beached whale.

 

[mari35racz36]

Uni - I have to clean out my van and rearrange all the seats for the baby. My van is constantly a mess because the kids are always snacking when in it. But I hear you, it so much harder to do being pregnant. Weather is crazy hot here right now too. I am not liking the heat!


AFM - I got sick starting Friday night. It is a chest infection/cough and its awful. I've coughed so much all the muscles in my back and chest are sore. I really hope it passes soon. The baby's movements were a lot slower on the weekend, had me a bit worried. Maybe because I am sick? But yesterday I felt some good kicks, shifts and turns. I've got my scan and OB appt in Friday, so not too far away.

 

[ajarvis]

Aidensmama I'm not as far as you and I am so ready for my body to be my own again! I want to be able to bend over as normal. Go out for a run. Eat whatever the hell I want without horrid Heartburn. the list goes on lol.

Xan I went to a pool party for my nephew on Saturday and was one of the only adults in the water. Swimming is so wonderful when your huge

Mari maybe baby is taking it easy since you're sick? But they also take breaks too.

AFM I made it to the gym again FINALLY lol. It's been a while. I feel great now we'll see how tired I am come mid morning ha. 30 min eliptical and some weights. 48 more days of work. The end is in sight Then I won't have to get up so early that's the main reason I'm counting down haha.

 

[campn]

Mari- Oh yeah I hear you with kids making a mess with snacks, crayons, toys and who knows what else!

Aj- Good job going to the gym! I couldn't convince myself to go non pregnant I usually just did Jillian Michaels and P90 whenever I was ready to get back in shape. It should be funny this time, we'll see how many jumping jacks I could do!

So we've assembled the baby gear, now we are ready pretty much. I think.

 

[xanzaba]

Campn- I just realized your DS is a September baby too! Wow, hats off to 2 pregnancies during the summer months. I know it was Chicago, but it gets pretty hot up there too!

 

[mari35racz36]

Campn - it's amazing what I find in my car! Lol Love all the baby gear. Mine are all sill in boxes. I should probably assemble hem soon. We've got a lone weekend at the end of July, so I think I'll dedicate that weekend to getting everything out together I haven't done anything with the nursery in a while and still need to hang curtains, wall decals, get the bedding together a now that i think of, there is still so much to do!! Lol

AJ - that is amazing you got to the gym!! I haven't been to a gym in years! But I have been going on walks. I plan on walking a lot near the end to help being in labour lol I definitely think the baby took it easy because I was sick. But he seems back to normal now which is good.

 

[campn]

Xan- It was brutal even in Chicago, and now even more! It's just my bad luck I swear. We started ttc last July hoping I dodge the heat but didn't get my BFP until January! I spend so much time inside now.

Mari- Oh yeah I forgot things like curtains, FAN, wall shelves and those things. That room gets lots of sun so we definitely need curtains and a fan. We've blinds but they don't block out all the sun and heat.

I'm glad by the time those babies are here the weather will get cooler and nicer so we can enjoy taking walks and lose some of the baby weight.

 

[ajarvis]

Campn I'm looking forward to cool walks too! But here in Calgary I don't know if it will be fall or winter

 

[MeganS0326]

This heat is killing me. Here is a snapshot of what the week here is going to look like. Kill me now!!!

I'm putting a lot of pressure on the breastfeeding thing this time. Mostly because I don't know how we will swing it financially if we have to do formula. If the BF thing doesn't work out I'm going to have to exclusively pump. Good thing is I didn't have a supply problem last time and my boobs are leaking pretty regularly already so hopefully it doesn't present a problem for me this time around either.

All you first time mommies say goodbye to ever having a clean car again. It's crazy how messy these kiddos are in the car. My poor husband has a thing about vehicles being clean and I think it drives him mad whenever he gets in our car now.

I'm officially in heartburn hell. I had it really bad with DS and way sooner than this so I was hopeful that it would skip me this time but no such luck. The past two nights have been torture. I even had plain toast and eggs for dinner to see if it was just what I was eating but nope. Grrrrrr!!

Love all the bump pics!!

Campn- cute baby gear!! You seem to have your $#!+ way more together than me. I'm super jelly.

 

[campn]

Meg- It's even hotter for you guys up there! It's crazy how it's hot everywhere!

I hope you have no problems bfing this time either! I completely understand about formula, it's so expensive in addition to diapers. I'm hoping I get a much luckier experience this time with latching.

Also I'm a very impatient person (not proud of it!) otherwise I'd still have nothing. My sister is 35 weeks and doesn't have much yet other than a crib! She's the opposite of me though

 

[aidensxmomma]

The weather has been so horrible here, too. It's been in the 80s and 90s with at least a 70% humidity. You walk outside and are instantly hot and sticky and feel like you're melting. Everyone makes jokes about Wisconsin's brutal winters, but I think our summers are even more brutal. At least in winter, I can get more blankets; I can only remove so much clothes in summer

My older daughter was born August 20 and I swore I would never be heavily pregnant during the summer ever again. This baby had other plans, though.