TTC and Beyond!

[clynn11]

Awee your pictures are BEAUTIFUL Sarah!!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Beautiful pictures, Sarah!!

Nikki- I hope you can get some rest tonight!!

 

[wavescrash]

Aw love the pictures


Totally random and I'm sure I still have the full 11 days to go but while I was thinking about it --- my hospital has this website blocked and in order to access it, I need to turn wifi off on my phone but I don't have unlimited data so I'd rather not. So I doubt I'll be on here much during our hospital stay & therefore not really updating anywhere other than FB and Instagram. Not like it's a big deal or anything but if you're curious and we're not already FB friends, feel free to add me: facebook.com/birdsthatsing or anyone who is friends with me on FB can update the group on anything that anyone may wind up curious about. I hope I don't sound conceited thinking people will be begging for updates lol, but just in case someone's curious - I don't expect I'll be on BnB until after we're home from the hospital.

 

[Kiamaria83]

Awww nikki that sounds annoying. Hope you managed to get some sleep.
Sandy how do you cope living next door to mil ? Mine would be popping in every day !
Lovely pics Sarah, such a cute family.
Amanda thats annoying about bnb being blocked. I'm not on fb anymore , I am on instagram though. Whats your user id ? I cant believe how fast it's coming round.
Me and dh argued yesterday. He doesn't want to know the sex of the baby and I do. I said thats fine , ill know and you wont , but he doesnt think that will work. I want to know so I can get organised and buy pink things if I need to. Grrr bloody men.
Sorry if I've missed anyone off. I'm struggling to keep updated as I am asleep most of the time.

 

[goldstns]

Awesome maternity photos!!

thank god the banquet was quick! I was home by 930. Sleeping by 10. When I came home dh was watching tv with Alia in her swing and she was wide awake, but was just fed. Anyways, dh was frustrated because she was playing the spit out paci game. Anyways, I told dh, spend 5 min in her room rocking her and put her in her crib. For her, crib indicates bed time. ....and guess what worked! It was nice that it worked cuz he didn't care for the "routine" idea. So then I got a good 5 hr stretch. Now feeling and hoping for a 2-3 hr stretch. And I am for sure taking a nap when she naps today! Hopefully I'll b caught up for the week to start. We r going to mil/fil for dinner tonight
I will make it clear in the car there on what time we have to leave by cuz we can get stuck there sometimes.

some suggested giving dh the middle of the night feeding last night, however in scared because I think my supply is decreasing since work/pimping.....so I'm trying to feed as much as I can...and she had a pumped bottle while I was at banquet.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Glad you got some rest. I remember those first few months. So hard with the sleep deprivation.

 

[Kiamaria83]

Thats good, a routine works wonders . It terrifies me the thought of a new born and elliott only being 2. I dont think ill get to nap in the day. It will certainly be challenging.

 

[wavescrash]

Yeah I'm dreading the sleep deprivation with a newborn and 2 year old lol. I'll let you know how it goes

 

[frsttimemama]

Sarah, I love your pictures! Beautiful!

Waves, I definitely hope someone will update here for you until you can!

Nikki, glad you got some sleep!

Collete, believe it or not, it's not SO bad usually. They are in Florida from like mid December to mid March. Then from April to October they camp from Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning. And we usually have supper there on Sundays with the whole family. Now other than that, they do pop in on thea golf cart and call fairly frequently .. and I'm sure it will be worse when the baby is born. We may need some rules. We will see.

It's so nice to be home, but the laundry probably won't ever end. And I have no energy. Ha. Oh well!

 

[Kiamaria83]

Yes definitely have rules in place. You dont want to put baba down for a nap and then in laws come banging on the door. My house looks like a bombs gone off, toys and dogs everywhere and I cant move my fat bum from the sofa. Plus I have just eaten a massive doughnut even though i feel sick. Oh well.

 

[frsttimemama]

Unfortunately I thi k it may be difficult to get Hubby to agree to rules when it comes to his mom. We will see.

 

[frsttimemama]

I was not particularly productive today. I didn't really feel good, well I still don't. Exhausted and just.. blah. I need a week to sleep and recover from being on vacation last week! I cleaned and unpacked and did a couple loads of laundry.. and that's it. Definitely not enough, but better than nothing. Took a couple hour nap. I'm so tired allllll the time! Then I worry if I'm not "tired enough" when I think I should be. I can't wait to get past this part of it for sure. Well that and start feeling movements so I can feel better about this pregnancy. I swear I'm going to drive myself crazy for real. I have an appointment with my regular doctor a week from Thursday, and I can't wait. I'm ready to talk about the plan and get some reassurance about all of this again. Oh and I have to call and schedule my 3 hour glucose this week, too. Ew. I hope that turns out okay. GD in the first tri can increase your risk for miscarriage and poor brain formation. Thank you Dr. Google.. It's so hard to live my life afraid of something going wrong every single day. It's always there, no matter what.

 

[Ingodshand]

Sandy- so sorry you are struggling today. Your lo is growing just perfect and I pray you do not have gd. I say rest while you can as I would love to take a nap!!

Afm- had my shower today and it was so fun. My mom and sisters did such a great job and all my good friends were there. I feel so blessed!

 

[frsttimemama]

Thanks, Sarah. Glad your shower was great! Hope you got lots of wonderful cute little baby things! We talked about doing something.. my mom really wants to, but I just had a baby shower last May so we aren't sure.

 

[wavescrash]

Afm- had my shower today and it was so fun. My mom and sisters did such a great job and all my good friends were there. I feel so blessed!

Aw, so exciting! Hope you got lots you needed or wanted

Thanks, Sarah. Glad your shower was great! Hope you got lots of wonderful cute little baby things! We talked about doing something.. my mom really wants to, but I just had a baby shower last May so we aren't sure.

I say go ahead. You can always make a note in the invites if you don't want/expect gifts and just want to celebrate the baby anyway. Or you can do a baby sprinkle instead of a shower. Mine was considered a sprinkle and I only had a few guests, didn't get any big gifts but people brought diapers, wipes and random other things but it was totally up to them and not expected.



Had some contractions randomly today but nothing close enough together (not even in the same hour) for me to call my doc about it. Hannah's at my parent's for the night because OH starts his new job in the AM but I also have my biophysical profile scan first thing. I'm kinda hoping that maybe I'll develop some more frequent contractions tonight as you tend to go into labor at night when your body is relaxed. Plus the timing would suck since OH starts the new job tomorrow so that means it would be more likely to happen at a time like this lol. I highly, highly doubt it but it one can hope, right?

We've had so many March babies born already in our due date club. Like 10-15 already and almost every single one of them has needed to go to the NICU for one reason or another. Some were born premature, some were full-term, it's crazy. I guess it's a good thing Leah's still baking in there but also has me worried for when she IS born because they say she's small so I wonder if certain organs will be less developed when she's born, you know? I'm sure everything will be okay but who doesn't worry about those kinda things? Plus with all these March babies requiring NICU stays, it's kinda scary lol.

 

[frsttimemama]

Thanks for the ideas! I am sure Leah will be just fine even if she's small. Her organs will just be proportionate to her small size I imagine, and not less developed ? I don't blame you for worrying though. It's impossible not to!

 

[asmcsm]

Checking in, been in Reno the last couple days. I had bought a package for DH for Xmas for 2 night stay for $50. I ended up hitting a bonus on a slot on my first bet after putting only $10 in and won $500 super stoked! Then today dh and I decided to stick around and he won a drawing for $500 worth of free play which he won $420 off of so was a pretty successful trip! Lux seemed to like it. She was super active this whole weekend kicking up a storm in there.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Please stick baby!

https://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh70/kjordanj/Snapbucket/513A77AF-C644-4664-B704-8A8F67C755A5_zpsa6eimwsl.jpg

I burst into tears and I am shaking like a leaf! Please please please let this be our rainbow baby!

 

[frsttimemama]

Congrats BB!! Told you that your chart looked amazing! Can you call your doctor and ask for like.. a progesterone level or anything like that since you already had 2 losses? I know they don't do a lot of the things there that they do here, but what can it hurt to ask?

AFM, I did not sleep well at all. I'm exhausted. I may have to work extra tonight because I'm on call. Depends on the schedule. I'm stressing about going back after vacation. How sad. Not to mention just not able to get comfortable or stay asleep. I had no problem dozing off.. but then I was up again 45 minutes to an hour later. All night! It's too early for that kind of pregnant sleeping. Lol. My alarm clock died last night ,so I had to use my phone so I couldn't see what time it was, and I was afraid my phone wouldn't go off. I don't feel good today again. Almost nauseated but not quite? Does that even make any sense? Okay, I'm done whining. Sorry. I didn't mean to whine but it sure came out that way! Geesh. On a brighter note, I'm thankful that I woke up this morning.

 

[brunettebimbo]

I'm booked in for Wednesday morning. They probably won't do anything to be honest. Maybe a scan at 7 weeks.