TTC and Beyond!

[Lotalaughs16]

Yay Kara!!! Congrats!

 

[brunettebimbo]

Hope you feel better soon Sandy
Nikki that's brilliant, I love those milestones!
Kara amazing news

 

[Kiamaria83]

Kara, fab news .
Nikki she's growing so fast. Each milestone is so exciting.

 

[goldstns]

Kara- awesome numbers! Congrats. I think around 4months... But can't totally remember. But we had to tickle her to get it out. Tickle the lower part of her rib. Also "throwing" (she never leaves r hands) above our head with our hands on her waist makes her laugh.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Yay Kara!! Great numbers!!

And yay Alia!!!

 

[goldstns]

Got my prolactin levels taken...48.8 and they want under 20. So not bad seeing that they used to be in the 100s. So on meds now. So getting body ready for #2!!!

 

[HWPG]

hi gals!
i love reading about all the different things that are happening in our lives - milestones and medicines and day care and work and stuff.
Alek is one month old - wha?! i really need to buckle down and start looking for daycare/nanny. we're looking at around $800/month for 3 days a week care. things are going ok - we're starting to get into the swing of "newborn" life - although not such a newborn anymore. but the schedule and sleeplessness or how to navigate better sleep. OH and i ahve had it out a couple times - mostly over the fact that our lives changed overnight and how we are coping with it differently - but overall it's working. i'm nursing (sucks!) and pumping and we've introduced a bottle which is wonderful - OH can feed Alek (which he loves to do!) and so can other people, i get a break, and i continue to pump and store my milk. we even bought a freezer for the basement just to store my milk in - it's crazy how much i already have, yet also how quickly i know it can be depleted. he eats about 4.5 oz each feeding (every 3 hours). and i would bet he's over 10lbs at this point.
it's been a wild ride - no one can prepare you for it - but i love him each day and more and more.

 

[frsttimemama]

Great to hear from you Mirolee!

Yay Kara!

Great news Nikki

I'm still hanging in there. Just miserable being sick and pregnant both. Otherwise, I'm ok.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Same here Mirolee-- we've had our share of fights. Life really does change over night!!!

 

[goldstns]

Hey Mirolee!!! Missed you! It gets easier!

Well my friend/neighbor/pharmacist/mother of 2 recommended we let Alia sleep without a diaper to help her rash. So we did that last night... thank god I am only cleaning up after pee (not poop). However, this morning she looked WAY better! I have the day off (like a REAL day off), Alia is at day care and DH is at work, so I am cleaning up after the pee mess from sleeping naked. We have a long weekend that I think we will continue this and hopefully it will be gone by Tuesday when she's back to school/we are back to work.

So alia's new schedule is 5 days a week at day care (not the 4 days we were doing before). DH and I still work 9 hr days and take every other Friday off. However, with daycare assistance that they offer the price for 4 days a week was the same as 5 days a week for us (basically 1 day a week is covered under the assistance). So every other Friday I get a FULL DAY OFF! However, guilty mommy over here feels bad leaving her at day care when I am home, so I am sure there will be times I pick her up early or just not send her in so I can have mommy/daughter time. And I wont feel guilty financially because we aren't really paying for the day anyways. However, today I needed a mommy alone day, so DH took her to day care.

 

[jury3]

Awe Nikki, that's awesome!!!

When did Alia start giggling? My husband can't wait for that-I told him we aren't funny enough!

Beta came back at 1200! 31 hour doubling time!! first u/s is Sept 15th @ 7 weeks4days!

Yay! Congrats!!! So excited for you
G and O are both giggling. The first time for both was when my mom was here at the beginning of Aug. She got the first giggle out of both of them! I was so jealous lol But she doesn't get to see them much so that was pretty special for her. After that they didn't give them up to easily, they've just started to giggle much easier the last week or so. Liv likes to be tossed in the air, both like to be tickled. Mom got the first out of G by putting this foot to his chest, now they both giggle for that...I can make it like they are kicking themselves and they think it's pretty funny. Liv likes the attack kisses to the neck lol

Got my prolactin levels taken...48.8 and they want under 20. So not bad seeing that they used to be in the 100s. So on meds now. So getting body ready for #2!!!

Exciting! Liv gets bad diaper rash with pampers. So, we started using natural versions...we've used Huggies pure and natural and they were fine, but seventh generation or honest are my favorites. These are back ups to the cloth though. We also used coconut oil which seemed to work well. I know disposables can have lots of chemicals and many are bleached, so it could make her booty more sensitive. We still use pampers on G bc my MIL bought a whole bunch before they were born and he's been fine when we use them.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Glad to hear all the babies and Mummy's are doing good

I need some food ideas. Wednesday I threw up all day, I don't know if it was pregnancy sickness or a bug but I kept nothing down all day. Thursday I threw up in the morning and I've managed to keep food down since but I'm struggling to eat. Nothing is making me want to eat and when I do I hardly manage any at all. I need to find something to get in me for babies sake. Any ideas please?

 

[clynn11]

Maybe just try some chicken broth or something like that? I had morning sickness through 17 weeks every morning but luckily it was usually just once or twice right when I woke up and then I felt fine. I know that dairy made my MS worse initially so try staying away from that.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Yeh I found that out the hard way Milkshake is a big no no!
I'm not actually feeling sick at the moment I'm just really struggling to eat if you know what I mean?

 

[clynn11]

Oh ya I totally get that. I had loss of appetite a lit of the time too. Try to eat something with lots of protein and good healthy stuff when you do eat so it makes up for when you're not eating eenough. Broccoli, spinach, lentils, bananas, eggs, oatmeal, oranges, whole grain bread, salmon, avocado, nuts, and Greek yogurt are all highly recommended for pregnant women (eggs need to be cooked all the way through though.. no runny yolks)

 

[asmcsm]

Hey ladies,
Quick question for those of you with baby girls. I know
It's normal for them to have a little blood in their diaper the first couple days after being born but Lux is 11weeks now and this morning I found a little pink spot about dime size in her pee diaper. Wondering if this is still something common or if I should be taking her to the Dr for a possible UTI?

 

[goldstns]

Ash- is she still drinking your milk? R u having AF? If so it could b your AF hormones in your milk making her have it. If not, I'd call her doc.

 

[asmcsm]

Ash- is she still drinking your milk? R u having AF? If so it could b your AF hormones in your milk making her have it. If not, I'd call her doc.

Yes, she is still drinking my milk. I had some bleeding on and off a week or 2 ago but not so sure it was AF.

 

[Kiamaria83]

Bob I'm the same, I am constantly throwing up. The only thing I like is strawberries at the moment. Have you tried a bit of cerial? Don't worry about baby , they get all the nutrients they need, that's partly why you feel so crappy

 

[goldstns]

Could b that Ashlee..but never hurts to check in w doc