U.S. Mommies To Be

[sma1588]

so when u all had your babies did u have your own room after delivery and did OH get to stay with you over night?


i just found out today that kaiser is giving every1 a private room for after having the baby even if they have to put you on another floor and the dad gets the other bed. im so excited about this. i dont have to share!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lisaf]

they only have private rooms on the maternity floor at my hospital (except the overflow rooms) so we had a private one.. the chair in the room folds out into a bed. It was really nice he got to stay with us.

Oh, and I found a GREAT price on pumps!!! Pump in style for 215 and Freestyle for 285!!! Free shipping and no tax outside of TX. I may go for the freestyle anyway at that price since thats how much the PIS costs at my local store.

 

[Sweet_Mama]

What kind of pumps are yall using?

I have the Medela PIS and love it! I've used it after the surrogate twins when I exclusively pumped for 2 months and it was fantastic. I used it to gradually ween my milk out after the next surrobaby and am using it now when I occasionally make Maggie a bottle. It's great. It's the squarish bag style? not the backpack. I used to tug it all around the SDSU campus and it's very portable. I plan to bring it to work every day when I go back.

SMA~she's gorgeous, of course! Oh, and so jealous of your private room (though I did make enough of a stink that I did get one eventually).

I go back to work on August 8th... fun. I actually look forward to it because I am bored out of my mind at home at the same time as not being able to get anything done, you know. My husband will be staying home with our 3 girls.

 

[DarlingMe]

Don't forget u can use 20% off bed bath & beyond coupons at buy buy baby!

 

[bbygurl719]

Hey everyone i have a weird question. im 22 weeks tomorrow and was just wondering by the time you guys were 22 weeks how much weight have you gained.

 

[MissFox]

just one side at a time with my pump. all of my pumps are only one side at a time

i think i had gained 5lbs... nut i was overweight

 

[bbygurl719]

here are my scan pics from july 5th 20w3d. I feel like ive gained a crap load ive already gained 16lbs!

 

[MissFox]

I gained 25 my whole pregnancy and 4 was the last week. (OK- I ate a HUGE dinner right before going in to be induced). BUT again- I was over weight when I got pregnant (due to issues with birth control) I'm not 10+lbs lighter than when I got pregnant. I'm sure you'll do fine. I looked at it as "i'm going to gain what I'll gain and it's giong to take time to come off either way" I didn't stress too much on what I ate (although I tried for 1 healthy meal a day )

 

[sma1588]

Hey everyone i have a weird question. im 22 weeks tomorrow and was just wondering by the time you guys were 22 weeks how much weight have you gained.

well im 29 weeks and have only gained 5-6 lbs in total.....and thats because i lost about 4 lbs in the begining because of the flu. so if u count it from what ive gained from before i lost weight its only been 3 lbs

 

[JNA]

I had only gained 7lbs at 22 weeks but I gained 50lbs my entire pregnancy (lots of water weight)

I had a private room for delivery and recovery. There was a big couch in the delivery room that turned into a bed and my best friend and sister slept on it waiting for me to dialate. There was a Single sleeper couch in my recovery rm.

I prefer to pump one breast at a time because I need to squeeze to make sure I get all the milk out but I find that when I pump 1 the other turns into a faucet lol

I need a workout buddy for motivation but no one will get up and walk with me There are too many snakes around here for me and Kaliyah to go out on our own

 

[DarlingMe]

I was 195 before pg (5' 6") , down to 180 by about 16-17 weeks, up to 203 now. Not sure how to answer when people asked what I gained since I have been up and down so much!

 

[MissFox]

i gp by starting weighht

 

[DarlingMe]

i gp by starting weighht

Yes 8 lbs sounds much better than 23lbs! I told OH I might be a lucky one who leaves the hospital less than what I was before pregnancy! 4 weeks left though so I won't get to excited!

 

[MissFox]

Darling- I was AT my pre-pregnancy weight by my 2 weekpp check.

 

[sma1588]

i thought i would be one to gain the 50 lbs that no 1 wants to gain on even the 30 but so far im not even close so even if i do gain some more i think i will be at my pre preg weight or a little less when i leave the hosp. that would be nice plus i plan to breastfeed and every1 says it helps to loose weight to

 

[Sweet_Mama]

I usually gain about 15 pounds by week 20.

 

[lisaf]

i gained 4 or so by then I think... but I still put on 30 for the whole pregnancy, lol
I lost it all fast but still don't fit in my pre-pregnancy clothes
And I'm sure I'd lose more weight BFing if I could only stop eating like a pig

Regarding pumping - I have to pump both at once because the other drips everywhere
The freestyle looks SO much smaller than the PIS in the stores... but I already have spare parts for the PIS valves/setup.. any chance those are compatible with the freestyle even though it comes with a different valve?

 

[JNA]

Im 10lbs lighter than before bfp Breastfeeding really cancels out alot of the calories I take in thank god

 

[MissFox]

I know! I EAT LIKE A BEAST! It's kinda sad... but I've lost another 2lbs... putting me at 12lbs below bfp weight.

 

[southerngal2]

I was 112 before & 150 at the end of my pregnancy.
Now I'm at 125.