TTC and Beyond!

[brunettebimbo]

Sandy that sound delicious!

 

[frsttimemama]

I. Say yes! Heaven knows I don't know much about babies!

 

[morganwhite7]

Niki- YES, yes, yes!!! I think that's why we made this closed thread, so we can stick together!

 

[jury3]

Of course Nikki! It's be weird if we didn't lol

Sandy- Do not feel bad...I'm so lazy these days. It's hard work growing another person lol I just went through a bunch of stuff in the babies room and I'm exhausted...I was sitting 95% of the time too!

 

[morganwhite7]

^I'm working on sorting and counting clothes right now and it's hard work just sitting!! My back is killing me, can only imagine how you feel!

Can't wait for my baby leggings

 

[Cowgirl07]

I think you ladies should stay together.
Morgan your so cute.

 

[wavescrash]

Waves- they say baby's that aren't head down cause alot of pain...sry. Just so you know my doc discouraged me from lots of dilation checks because it will cause infection...so id be careful with how much you check.

Waves-I say the one from last night definitely looks like a mucus plug based on pics I've google. The first one could've been too, they say they can regenerate themselves.
I agree w Nikki about checking yourself, be careful of infection. Not checking a woman so often is common practice on midwifery to avoid infection as well. Especially if that was your plug, there's nothing there to keep the bacteria out now!

Thanks ladies To be honest, the way I look at it is my washed finger is so much more sanitary than if OH & I were DTD to try and encourage labor or anything like that lol. I don't try measuring dilation because I don't know what I'm feeling for and don't want to stick my fingers IN there.

Waves- no idea on the plug but hope you can get some relief today. Maybe a nice bath?

Amanda, so sorry she didn't flip Hope you get some relief soon. I didn't go check out your pic because I have no idea what I'm looking at/for. Sorry!

Waves, I checked out your pic and then googled mucus plug pictures and it looks just like this lady's mucus plug (https://www.cafemom.com/group/pregn..._GRAPHIC_PIC_WARNING_edt_had_him_that_evening), so I'm thinking 'mucus plug'. ETA1: Sorry you are in so much pain and discomfort!

Thanks Today wasn't so bad. She must have shifted a little while I slept but in the last half hour or so, she feels like she's wedged down in there more. Same pain I felt last night but I guess I'll just be grateful I had some relief for most of the day lol. Lost more plug when I woke up or shortly after. Haven't really felt much so I'm not going to read too far into it.

Emailed back & forth a little with our photographer last night. We were initially going to do our maternity pictures on Tuesday but it's supposed to be bitter cold so she suggested Wednesday or Thursday. I said either one works for me, whichever will be warmest. I'm so happy she suggested it because I wanted to ask but at the same time, I didn't because of all the changes we've made since we first contacted her. She was initially our wedding photographer and we signed contract, gave our deposit but if you recall, we postponed the wedding and she's allowing us to use our deposit for this maternity session. Since we've already been such a pain, I didn't want to ask about changing days but like I said, SO happy she suggested it first lol.

Got more things taken care of in preparation for Leah. Rearranged our (tiny) living room to accommodate the baby swing, just have to wash the seat/cover. Hannah keeps trying to play with it and swinging the seat violently... poor Leah is going to have such a rough big sister lol.

And in the most exciting news - I'm almost positive I mentioned OH applying for a full-time job at an auto body shop and interviewing last week. He found out yesterday that he got the job! He's giving his 2-weeks notice at his current job on Monday morning and I imagine is just going to ride those 2 weeks out, then starts the auto body shop as a full-time porter (40 hours a week.) Best news EVER.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Glad he got the job.

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks dear Me too hahah.

 

[jury3]

Morgan-I know what you mean! I went through everything today that needs to be washed, cleaned trash out of the room, wiped down the cribs...most of those things I did sitting down, but it wore me out! I was exhausted afterward lol I avoided going up and down the stairs with all the laundry by just throwing it over the rail...so now it's all in a huge pile at the bottom of the stairs lol Now I'll have to go through and separate it again, but oh well!

Waves-So glad he got the job! I'm sure that's a huge relief...

AFM-Olivia is quiet again. It's hard not to worry when Grayson is kicking the crap out of me every other 1/2 hour and I don't know if I've felt her. I've been kicked in the cervix a few times and I think that's her. I know she is positioned differently too. He is right by my ribs, so I feel him ball up and do all kinds of crazy things. May have to do a kick count tomorrow if she doesn't give me some satisfactory kicks.

 

[clynn11]

Waves- yaaay for him getting the job!! And for today not being as painful as yesterday was for you

Julie- that must be so nerve wracking! We think that when we can feel them kick it will be reassuring and then they like to mess with us and be lazy for a while. I'm sure she's perfectly fine and will give you a good swift kick to show you

 

[clynn11]

And holy crap, I can't believe so many of you are over the 30 week mark or getting REALLY close!! Sooo crazy!!!

 

[Kiamaria83]

Amanda great news about the new job. I hope you're feeling a bit better.

Julie what about trying a sugary drink ? Try mot to worry.

Ahh I'm loving all the baby bump pics. I can't wait for a bump

Nikki I wouldn't worry too much about a routine just yet. Its nice for daddies to have that bonding time too. I did try and keep the house noisy in the day and had the bedtime bath routine and tried to be a bit quieter at night but didnt start the "routine" until elliott was a couple of months. He's 2 now and has been sleeping through since 3 months.
I didnt get much chance to come online last night as elliott was sick. One minute he was laughing and the next he was projectile vomiting everywhere. It was like a scene out of the exorcist. Me and hubby just stood there not quite knowing where to start. He's bavk to his normal bouncy self now but my house honks of sick. Yuk!

 

[goldstns]

Sorry elliots sick. Its hard when a child is sick and you don't know why.

julie- I was always at l&d because I was worried about Alia when she was quiet. Its cool u can tell the two apart.

 

[frsttimemama]

Amanda, glad you had some relief yesterday! Congrats to you guys on hubby's new job. Surely that's a huge relief!

Julie, I can't imagine being kicked x 2! So cool you can tell them apart.

Collette, sorry your little boy was sick. No fun! Glad he's better!

AFM, slept like crap, feel like crap. Ugh. I'm gonna try some toast and Gatorade and the couch.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Morning ladies!
I haven't been on since Friday afternoon! I've just been so busy! My mom and I went out yesterday and bought a bunch of stuff for the baby (at goodwill, since they grow so fast) and it was a blast. At first I was like "i'm not going to do a lot of pink!" but that changed yesterday when I kept seeing adorable little pink outfits. I guess i'm already changing my mind about that one!

Here are some pics from the anatomy scan!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Awe.
Does anyone know how long thyroid test results take? I should work on my patience.

 

[frsttimemama]

Britt those are great pictures! We never got good ones of the 3 or 4-d because of my anterior placenta and some other stuff she explained that I have since forgotten. How is name choosing coming along??

Katrina, I'd call and ask your results tomorrow. They should have them by then. I'm impatient, too.

I went back to bed and got back up. Still feel lousy, but gotta clean, do laundry, run errands, etc. Must find motivaaaaation! Ugh. For now, I'm still siting in my chair. Haha. Forgot to start my 24 hour urine at 8 when I got up.. shoot! So I started it at 10:30 am, and I'm gonna call it good enough when I drop it off at 8 am.. Not looking forward to that glucola tomorrow either. Bleh.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hey ladies! Happy swing day Sunday!

Cute pics Britt! Glad all went well!

Katrina - our results come back within an hour but I'm in the ER so that's why. It all depends on the lab that processes it. Then they have to fax the results back to the office unless the office has computer access to them. I always get them done through a lab affiliated with my hospital so I can look them up myself bc I hate waiting.

Nikki - I agree that you should establish a routine but maybe make it a goal by 3 or 4 months. She's so small right now. But then again I have never been a mom so I have no clue lol. I'm going to try to get it down by 3 months. We are going to have a sleeper in our room for the early months but then start making her sleep in her crib as she gets older.

Had my shower yesterday! Got so much stuff! Ellie is so spoiled. I will have to return some stuff bc we got duplicates. And We still need a bunch of stuff but I have one more shower. I am so swollen from driving up here and being on my feet constantly. I feel so fat and uncomfortable. I think it's going to go downhill from here. I'm grateful that I've had a good pregnancy though and it'll just be a few weeks of misery.

 

[jury3]

One minute he was laughing and the next he was projectile vomiting everywhere. It was like a scene out of the exorcist. Me and hubby just stood there not quite knowing where to start.

This made me lol...glad he's feeling better today!

Katrina-Any test results I get I usually have to wait 2 or 3 days...it just depends like Rachel said.

Britt-Look at that tiny little nose! Lol about the pink, it's hard not to buy pink stuff bc most of it is...luckily even with pink it doesn't have to be super girly and frilly.

Rachel-Glad you had a great shower!

Thanks for the encouragement girls. I swear Olivia just loves to make me stress...she is quiet for 2 days and then kicks the crap out of me lol She was moving like crazy this morning (might be bc I had a smoothie and a chocolate long john...). I think it's cool that I can tell who is who too! Although anything around the belly button area is hard to tell bc I know they meet somewhere in the middle. It's only further right and further left that I know for sure.