U.S. Mommies To Be

[Sweet_Mama]

Aww she's adorable!!! Rosie is loving food these days. Not every day but she looks forward to it so much! I've been having some intense relationship issues and I've told my hubby I can't do it anymore but he is still fighting. I don't know what to do and it sucks. He is demanding her Tuesday thru Friday and ahhhh I can't do it. I need to talk to him about it again bc I can't let her go fir that ling.

MissFox, I understand... more than I want to, I really do. With my first son it was like that. Please email me so we can talk if you want to and I'll share my story.

for those that have had your first...when did u drop?

also, were any of u told u had a small birth canal? a lot of women in my family had small birth canals and needed a c section. if i have a small one i would rather schedule a csection than go through laboring just to end up with a csection anyway

I don't remember dropping really and my first was over 9 pouds. I'm a small person (5'2" normally 120) and you would think I was "small" everywhere, but I guess not. I had no issues pushing out my big boy. Good luck.

well hello ladies, long time no talk! all those babies are getting so big now and super cute.... im pretty close to full term now i only have 2 more days untill 37 weeks and i reeeeeeeeally hope she comes soon though i dont wanna go over 40 weeks. its starting to suck now

Yay for being full term! Yeah, going over sucks. I did that once and it was the longest 6 days of my life, lol.

i feel like i have a good idea of what i'll need and we only live 2 minutes from the hospital so i can always send my boyfriend home to get stuff...but he doesnt really listen very well to specifics so id probably ask for a pair of jeans and get a dress lol

Hahaha, never send the man to pack your things.

did any of you get professional pics done of your newborns? i kind of want to get some done relatively soon after shes born but some people have said to wait til closer to a year old

I wish I had some professional newborn pics, but I don't. Honestly, I was so traumatized by my hospital experience, I'm lucky we have pictures and some video. That will have to be enough.

I wanted to- and then with a month in the NICU and getting used to juggling, etc once they came home, it just never happened- I totally feel you, MissFox, I get twinges of jealousy when I see newborn shots, especially with twins

Hey stranger! Miss you. How are the girls?

 

[heyyady]

The girls are lovely
We're going through a difficult moment- they are BORED, but not yet mobile, so require constant entertainment They are also teething and have given up sleeping almost entirely But it's still just amazing! They have started laughing and babbling to eachother- soooo cute!

LOVE Maggie's bonnet!!! How have you been?

 

[southerngal2]

Sweet_Mama- that is the cutest picture! LOVE the bonnet!

 

[sma1588]

another doc app today... after what happend last week with going into the hosp. because of swollen feet headaches back pain and cramping then come to find out every time i went pee her heartrate drops, i hope they will let me be induced or not let me go over 40 weeks because it really worries me that she is tangled or pushing on the cord

 

[JNA]

BEAUTIFUL babies you guys.
Sorry your having a tough time with hubby.

Kaliyah is 3 months and thinks she's grown
Started teething last week and is a little cranky.
At her last weigh in she was 20lbs 3oz and can talk your ear off.
Here are so pics

O yeah got her ears pierced Sunday and she didnt even cry

 

[sma1588]

that first pic is super cute she looks like shes ready to fight as shes all dressed up.... 20 lbs at 3 months wow !!!!!!! i was asking every1 what size life jacket i should get for next summer as my baby girl will be about 8-9 months when we take her swimming and they said 20-30 pound weight limit should be good...now im thinking that might not work out so well

 

[lisaf]

aw what a sweetie!

I thought I had a heavy baby, lol.. Daniel just had his 4 month checkup and was 17lbs 5 ozs (his weight gain seems to have dramatically slowed down since he was 16lbs 8 ozs 4 weeks before when we weighed him at home). He's 26 inches though so he's a tall guy.

Are you going to do a life jacket for swimming or do swimming lessons right away? I've heard that you should teach a kid how to swim as early as possible and not rely on flotation devices which may give them a false sense of security around water?

 

[JNA]

sma my advice would be to wait till baby is here to buy things your really gonna use alot. Or make sure you can return it. She has tons of attitude (looks like shes ready to fight)
Everyone see's Kaliyah and thinks she 9 or 10 months already. Dr say shes on the verge of being over-weight but since im breastfeeding they are not too worried. Once shes mobile she will slim or should slim down lol

I want to get Kaliyah into classes come next February Me and OH love to swim

 

[sma1588]

we r going to do alot of time with no vest but the one we got her attatches to the swim shorts so its not like the others. its more like a bathing suit top that can be taken off by snaps. were going to teach her t swim or atleast be used to the water by next summer, i just dont trust having other people and kids around and her not have a vest on. plus if we go to the water park next year she has to have one

 

[lisaf]

that makes sense, sma
do you need to buy it now? why not wait until you see what size she is?

 

[MissFox]

OMG she's a big girl!! And absolutely adorable too!!! Rosie is a little over 16lbs lol. She's right around 50% for height and weight (still... since birth) and it works for me. I bring Rosie in the water with me and she LOVES it.

 

[sma1588]

that makes sense, sma
do you need to buy it now? why not wait until you see what size she is?

i bought it now because it was on clearance from the summer sales, im also going to check on things like the baby pools and floaty things for the big pool for her too while everything is so cheap

 

[JNA]

Rosie is a little over 16lbs lol. She's right around 50% for height and weight (still... since birth) and it works for me. I bring Rosie in the water with me and she LOVES it.

Sometimes I wish Kaliyah were smaller bc it is a workout carrying her around lol

 

[JNA]

Well OH and I ended things I finally was pushed over the edge by his family. It amazes me how people will try to tear a happy family apart because or the color of my skin

Baby girl and I are happy though I went to the Dr today and was given a Medela Advanced Pump In Style! For free it feels like Christmas. I had no clue the WIC program I participate in gave away pumps. Kinda sad to say goodbye to the Lactina but this one is way more convenient

How are all the babies and mothers to be?

 

[lisaf]

Sorry to hear about OH.. he should have stood up to/cut off his family if they couldn't be supportive.

Congrats on the free pump!

 

[southerngal2]

Wow! A free pump! That's great!

 

[JNA]

Thanks Lisa
Im sad but it's best for Kaliyah being in a drama free environment.

 

[sma1588]

sorry to hear about that jna. i also have WIC and asked them about a pump and they said they will give a pump if needed untill baby is done BF i thought that was pretty cool.


my due date is 2morrow and my little girl is still tucked in not wanting to come out. still at 1cm from last week but i was 80% thinned so i guess thats a good thing but i take forever to dialate

 

[lisaf]

thinning out is supposed to be most of the work invovled with labor. Try not to worry about how long it will take, its really impossible to predict if it will go super fast or not.

I think I'm the only one who was more than happy to go past due

 

[sma1588]

im really hurting though from all the pain in the lady areas from before and my back pain from before is like 100 times worse. my tummy is rock hard most of the time and she always has her feet sticking out one way or another. shes running out of room....p.s they said she has a big head and i dont want it getting any bigger lol