U.S. Mommies To Be

[lisaf]

I'm just as worried about how to handle the heat with an infant, lol!

And I'm SO not a beach person.. I never really go even though its a 5 minute drive away. My mom's a readhead and I got her fair skin so I really can't be out in the sun much (and sunscreen is kind of scary with some of the chemicals in it.. I got paranoid, lol)

 

[DarlingMe]

I am a natural blonde (ok dirty blonde now!) and fair skinned. I dont tan, I turn red. It is probably good I dont live in close proximity to the beach or I would end up with some nasty peeling skin and skin cancer!

I worry about the cold with an infant. Winter usually hits quick after September. I guess anywhere you live you are fighting with the elements to keep LOs safe and healthy. You can just have one of those cute little ones who runs around in his diaper!

 

[lisaf]

lol, yes, but then what about all the clothes I've bought?!?!

My brother had some skin cancer removed on his face last year (he's 32) and one of my irish-heritage (fair-skinned) friends in town here also had some skin cancer removed from her face and she's only 40. So I totally think about the cancer concerns. I'm much happier in the shade anyway... as long as there's a breeze too!

It doesn't get too cold here, so I mainly have heat to worry about, lol.. guess the grass is always greener, eh?

 

[DarlingMe]

Naked babies are so cute tho! (can I say that without sounding like a perv?!?) I keep hearing you dont get to use all those cute little outfits the first few months anyhow b/c you dont go anywhere.

My mom has had skin cancer removed too at age 47 or so, so no one is immune to it! Of course grass is always greener. We can do a house swap for a couple weeks! Lol!

 

[lisaf]

lol, only if you clean my house! (thats usually enough to deter anyone )

I dont' have too many 'outfits'... just cute onesies etc..., lol!

 

[Sweet_Mama]

I have a yoga ball I should inflate. Maybe it will help my tailbone. I am trying to clear the clutter out of the house and I think it looks worse now because all the junk is pulled out instead of tucked and hidden!

I heard it was 100 degrees in CA today Lisa!? It is about 45 in Chicago, send the heat wave this way!

It was 102 here today, but then again, I'm in the California Desert (Coachella Valley).

When I worked at a gym at the front desk and was pregnant, I sat on a big yoga ball behind the counter. It helped my back and my sciatic nerve pain.

 

[DarlingMe]

I couldnt find the ball! I am thinking I may have got rid of it. I checked with the rest of my "work out" stuff I havent used in years. I might have to order one, I know they are pretty cheap anyhow!

 

[southerngal2]

I didn't know that birthing balls helped with back pain. I thought you just used them in labor.
I'm going to start looking for one.

 

[MissFox]

I love love love my ball!! I was told 31 weeks or so helps baby engage- use it for an hour a day. I use it more than that just for how much better it makes my back feel.
Sweetmama- where in the desert? I grew up in palm desert.
It reaached 70+ at the cabin yesterday and down by the river it was 80! Supposed to be the same today!
So I had bad cramping all down the front and into my back and then contractions every 5mins for 6 hours last night- drove the hour to the hospital and they disappeared! So lame! Must be getting closer though! And I've progressed from 50% to 60% effaced in 2 days- at this rate I should be favorable by the time they wan to induce!

 

[lisaf]

when are they going to want to induce MissFox?

 

[MissFox]

Its going to be discussed at my next appointment. So disappointing. I really don't want to be induced but at the same time my hips hurt so bad and I had to crawl up the stairs last night because I couldn't (still can't) liftmy leg that high

 

[lisaf]

yikes... could you go up backwards? I know that can be easier sometimes...

Mind if I whine a little too?
I'm waddling around because of my hip stiffness/soreness in the mornings (lasts for a few hours.. apparently sleeping is like beating myself up )

Oh, and my feet got so swollen yesterday that it made the tops of my feet sore today... lovely, eh?

 

[Sweet_Mama]

MissFox~I'm in La Quinta, bordering Palm Desert. We moved here for my job...

Good luck with labor starting. What is the reason for inducing you?

 

[luckyme225]

Yay for 60% effaced! Boo for going to the hospitals and contractions stopping!! Shouldn't be too much longer hopefully!

 

[southerngal2]

MissFox- Hopefully she will come on her own.

lisaf- My feet have been swelling like that too! It's so annoying! They swell every afternoon so I can only wear flip flops!

 

[MissFox]

Oh no no no whine away ladies!
I have friends that live in laquinta! I miss it down there and need to make a trip soon
They aren't talking induction yet but if I go too far over and have to start going in for daily monitoring then I would have to be induced since we've moved so far from the hospital. But I do really want to avoid it.
Swollenness! UGH! Sorry some of you are having it sooo bad! Mine is occasionally my feet and then my hands at night/ when I first wake up

 

[lisaf]

the trouble with the flipflops (which is what I'm wearing today) is that they might be contributing to the bruised feeling on the top of my feet. And when the swelling gets bad enough, I can't squeeze my foot far enough in
With my luck, I'll end up stretching these out and have to buy new ones after the baby is here, lol (I buy expensive ones since we wear them so often in my town)

 

[southerngal2]

I never thought about that. Maybe I'm making things worse!
I've already stretched mine out. But I had no choice, nothing else would fit.

I do keep slippers at work and I put them on under my desk!
So comfy!

 

[lisaf]

oooh slippers at work, what a great idea

 

[MissFox]

I'm thinking of grabbing my flip flops from the cabin- if I head over there soon! Just got back from a loooong hike with my mom- up theb hills and down! Feeling good now but ill probably regret it later. But now my feet are so hot and feel swollen too!
Had a little slip and fall too but thanks to being freakishly clumsy pre pregnancy I fell with grace and landed on my bumm.