U.S. Mommies To Be

[lisaf]

aw how exciting Miss Fox!!!!

We're having a garage sale tomorrow... once we get rid of some things, we'll have the room to actually possibly set up some of our baby stuff. Totally exciting and scary!!
(I think I'll spend a week vacuuming the carpet to get all the kitty litter out of it)

 

[MissFox]

Well, we were hoping to have moved by the time the baby came but really- it's just not going to happen. Needless to say we've got to amke the best of our 550 sqft! Storage unit it is!

 

[heyyady]

Well, we were hoping to have moved by the time the baby came but really- it's just not going to happen. Needless to say we've got to amke the best of our 550 sqft! Storage unit it is!

Storage unit is a great idea... Ours is a 700 sq ft condo- with one full time teenager, one part time teenager, a cat and a dog... and I'm supposed to put TWO babies in here??? we decided that realistically we can stay here til next Christmas- but HAVE to get out of here before they are both walking!

 

[MissFox]

That's where we're at too. The carpet where we live is disgusting but we can wash it and it will hold us over until it's time to move but it's gonna work for now.

 

[southerngal2]

How exciting missfox! I can't wait to get all of my stuff!
We are very short on room. We are still building the nursery so there is no room for anything! It's all piled up behind the sofa in the living room!

 

[luckyme225]

We haven't even bought one thing for his little one yet. I doubt we even will until March. The nursery is already filled with books, clothes, toys, swings, and mats from my first little boy. I really just need to get the crib and matching dresser then green/brown decor.

 

[Annunakian]

All I have is a crib, some cloths, bibs, bottles and hair things. If she comes before taxes, I'm screwed.

 

[JNA]

Half the stuff on my things to get for baby comes from this thread. I got a ton of baby clothes and thats it so far. Well I got the baby a puppy but that doesn't count lol.

So did any one "tear" while giving birth with a previous child? Is it bearable or as horrible as it sounds?

 

[lisaf]

this is my first pregnancy but the reports I hear on tearing vary a LOT... it seems to depend on how deep the tear is and where it is. Some women say tearing barely hurt, some said it was worse than labor etc...

 

[Annunakian]

I was overly numb with my epi so I have no clue. I know I ripped pretty bad though and it hurt when I pee'd once it wore off. lol

 

[heyyady]

Seriously- get a midwife or a doula- someone who knows perennial massage. I had a full episiotomy with my first baby- and no tearing whatsoever with my second because my midwife know what she was doing!

 

[MissFox]

Morning girls- There is a thread in 3rd tri "Things the movies don't tell you" or something like that. It's got a lot of women telling when happened to them before/during/after labor. It's really different from each person but there are lots of "tearing" stories- some horrific and some not so bad.
My friend tore to the front- any more and she would have ripped her clitoris (I've heard a few stories of girls ripping their clitoris and EEP!) and she had an episotomy.
But check the thread out- It's really handy, especially if this if your first baby.

 

[lisaf]

I love that thread!! lol.. wish there was more activity on it but its died down a bit!

 

[MissFox]

It really has but the 30 or so pages of it are so full of useful information! Especially the last couple pages where one lady was in labor and updating for us how it was going and then posted a couple days later her experience so far.

 

[luckyme225]

I had an episiotomy but didn't even feel it because I had an epi. I'm using a midwife this time so hopefully I can avoid an episiotomy or tearing.

 

[southerngal2]

I remember with my first I was terrified of everything to do with labor. Tearing, the pain, everything! After having my 1st daughter I thought it was not that bad.
Then with my second, everything that could happen, happened! I had to be put on the drip, I tore, she was face down instead of face up..etc... And I realized that although it was painful, the pain didn't last that long and was not as horrible as I heard other people describe. And you really do get over it, that's why I'm pregnant with my third.

Guess I'm just trying to say. "Don't worry about what could happen and how painful it will be. Just enjoy your pregnancy and delivery, it goes by very quickly"

 

[hopefulmama]

New to this thread, just found it, better late than never... i just went to that other thread 'things they don't tell you in movies' i am sitting hear crying my eyes out scared to death of giving birth now plus the way it all goes down afterwards down there, i think i'm more scared of the after.

 

[heyyady]

Hopeful- It's really not all that bad- if it was, the human race would have died out long ago! Going into it informed is one of the best ways to get though everything easier, and in the end, you get a beautiful baby as your reward

 

[southerngal2]

It's really not that bad. You have so much going thru your head waiting to meet your baby that you really don't care what else is going on.

 

[hopefulmama]

See i'm not afraid of the labor, i am afraid of everything after it, like the tear or cut that you have to care of, the gross blood non stop, all of that stuff... it sounds terrifying