Sticking Together Crew

[lilrojo]

Hey ladies..

Hope your all doing well.. I say worry about the weight after baby is here and healthy.. obviously dont eat like a crazy person but worry later..

Not much going on today.. probably do a load or two of laundry and go out to play in the snow later.. got a few inches last night and yesterday so should be fun for mckenna.. cant believe 28 weeks on wed..

Have a good day everyone..

 

[sept10]

Dara is pronounced......DAR (as in DARk but witout the k) then RAH

DAR RAH......so yeah it kinda rhymes with sarah...

 

[sspencer99]

Hey guys
Sarah that name is totally unique and Pretty cool

I've gained a stone already but I am not comPlaing and I don't Plan to lose it I look and feel much healthier.

Xxxxx

 

[babydustcass]

I feel the same stace, I gained 2 stone and hoping to keep it! Xx

 

[QueenVic]

I hope I don't keep mine !!!!

 

[AmaryllisRed]

I think I'm going to have to start standing backwards on the scale... and hope they don't tell me.
I had a gym membership for two years (my mom paid for it) and it just ran out last month... but I hadn't gone but maybe three or four times since my bfp. I would've, but I felt funny once I started showing.
I'm hoping once I get the all-clear at my six-week check-up, my mom will hook me up with another year at the gym and I can run off all that baby weight on the treadmill. I miss running.

 

[Traskey]

Happy 34 weeks Vicki

for everyone!

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Hey, Tracey, been thinking of you. How is everything going?

 

[lilrojo]

Hey ladies..

Hope you had a good day.. Happy 34 weeks Vicki.. getting close now.. 3 more to term..

Went to my mom's and spent the day.. I hope i lose all my weight too and more.. lol not that im huge i just want to be back to where i was before.. that was perfect.. and happily i have my own treadmill to run on after baby so looking forward to it.. I can walk and get off if baby needs me..

Well anywhoo off for now.. talk more tomorrow..

 

[truthbtold]

Jen just in case your mom doesnt hook you up with another year in the gym. Look into your local recreation centers. Here in maryland you can pay 10 a month no contracts to use there fitness equipment

 

[cranberry987]

Working super part time this week so pretty much on maternity leave. I'm so bored and it's only the first day! I have been to the gym and have a facial booked at 4pm. Had a balance on exercise ball. I refuse to clean the house as that's just silly - have some cleaners coming for a full clean in a week or so. How do people cope being off for weeks and weeks?!

 

[cranberry987]

Oh and found this

Check out this video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2AUCPtDObc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Thanks, Erika-- I know there is a rec center nearby but I just checked prices and it's actually MORE expensive than my gym! It's probably nicer, since it's pretty new, but they don't have childcare either, which my gym does.

 

[Sun_Flower]

Hey ladies, hope everyone is doing well I'm just caught up in the whirlwind of having a newborn, lol. Seriously the days have pretty much melded in to one because of feeding every 3/4 hours and grabbing sleep when I can. I'm loving every minute with my beautiful little girl, but I have had a few wobbles where I've felt like I'm not doing things right or that she's not getting enough food etc... she gets quite grumpy in between feeds and chomps on her hands even if she's just eaten, and sometimes she just cries and cries for no apparent reason even if she's been fed, changed, is warm and clean and everything. Resorted to a dummy (pacifier) a couple of times and that's seemed to give her enough comfort to go to sleep or just calm down. My mum is already making a few comments that she 'seems hungry' and that 'you've given her the goodness from colostrum, that's enough' - everyone seems to want me to bottle feed and while I feel like I'm trying to do right by my daughter by breast feeding, I just hope I'm not starving her or something? gah this is a very rambly post but it's pretty much just what's flowing round my head right now...

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Awww, I don't know anything about breastfeeding!! Did you talk to a lactation consultant? I know they say you can judge by the number of wet and dirty diapers if she's getting enough...
Stick with it, though! You know you're doing what's best for your baby! And definitely talk to a LC if you haven't.

 

[truthbtold]

Sorry Jen, that sucks. I love my 10 dollar commitment lol. And never thought about daycare. I get up at 6am and leave them with DH on the weekend. On the weekday I go every other day, it usually the night there eatting leftovers.

Im in shock can you ladies believe my boss, who is an Special Agent, whose wife is a stay at home mom, who obviously doesnt know anything about working mothers, just asked me if I was coming back to work after 4 weeks. He must be insane to think I would have a baby then run back to this mad house. I had to chuckle a little and told him I would see him in 4 months. Daycares dont even accept babies younger than 6 weeks old, my doctor wouldnt even clear me to come back before 6 weeks and too me thats all too soon to leave my newborn. I hate working for men at times they can be so insensitive.

 

[lilrojo]

Hey ladies..

Hope your all well..

Rachel-im sure your doing wonderful.. the first few weeks are hard with a new baby.. dont let others pressure you into doing anything that you dont want to.. I would suggest sticking with bfing as long as you can if you need help find it.. if it doesnt work out its okay too.. HOpe all continues to go well hun..

 

[AmaryllisRed]

4 weeks??!! That's insane!! Men just have no idea...

My DH would never watch the kids so I could go to the gym. My mom would, but I like being able to just go whenever (as long as it's within their childcare hours) without having to make plans with someone else. Plus I feel bad enough leaving Thomas with her from time to time. She's in her sixties and has to take care of my brother all the time. I would feel really bad about asking her to watch Thomas plus a newborn.
I don't know either if I would feel okay leaving Crumb with her. I mean, she's perfectly competent, but it's so hard to leave your baby with someone else!! I didn't leave Thomas with anyone until he was about seven months old!!
But if I use the childcare at the gym, Crumb will be right there, literally just a few steps away from where I'll be working out. I think I can handle that.

Speaking of working out... I need to do some upper body stuff. I lifted Thomas to put him in a shopping cart the other day and my arms were so sore for like three days afterward! I'm a weakling...

 

[Sun_Flower]

She's having lots of wet nappies and poopy ones too, so I figured that must be enough, but I just keep second guessing myself :S

Thought I'd add a couple of pics of Eden for everyone to see

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Awww, is she yawning in the first one? So cute! She looks so content in the second one... love her little mouth.
And she looks itty bitty all bundled up in the third one-- precious!

My guess is that if she's got lots of wet and poopy diapers that she's doing fine... maybe she's just grumpy? Idk. Thomas was the grumpiest baby EVER and I FF'd him, so I knew exactly how much he was eating. Otherwise I might've thought he wasn't getting anything, if I'd BF'd him. That's my most recent thinking about BFing. I love knowing with the bottle exactly how much he got. I would be so frustrated not knowing.