U.S. Mommies To Be

[sma1588]

i love it sooo much i want another one for x-mas lol to go with the rest of her stuff like her sheets and whatever.....

i did end up taking some stuff back and u ladies were right about target!!!! also i noticed at other places that say u have to have the reciept to return or exchange some thing, u dont have to....i did it will all the stuff except clothes that i neededto return or exchange with no problem.........we ended up getting more stuff that we needed for her that will last longer and on to the next baby because its not all pink...the only thing we need now is the rain cover for the stroller so i can put it on when its in the garage so it doesnt smell like smoke oh and i need a moby wrap

 

[southerngal2]

It's been quiet in here!
How is everyone?

 

[MissFox]

HAHAH I was just getting ready to post! Rosie and I are good. Here of some of her 4 month pictures.

 

[heyyady]

what a doll! How big is she now?

 

[lisaf]

Rosie is so cute!! Here are a few recent pics of Daniel
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth244.jpg
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth243.jpg
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth241.jpg
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth32.jpg
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth34.jpg
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/DanielMonth35.jpg

 

[heyyady]

Loving the bubbles picture! So cute!

 

[lisaf]

he's a bubble machine, lol

 

[MissFox]

Aww he is too cute!! Rosie weighs in at 14lb5oz (somewhere just over 50%) and is 24.5in. She's getting. So big so fast! How about your girls heyyady

 

[lisaf]

Lol, I have a big boy. Guessing he is 17lbs now, no idea how long but he's so lanky that he must be tall

 

[heyyady]

We'll find out on wed at their 4 month check, but I'm guessing about the same I LOVE that they've caught up so well!

 

[bbygurl719]

just dropping in to say hi!!

 

[southerngal2]

Adrian has her 2 month check up today.
As soon as we are done I'm going to share some pictures as well.
I'm guessing she's about 12 lbs now.

 

[sma1588]

hi every 1............. had my 33 week app last wed and baby girl is not head down yet so hopefully by 36 weeks she will be head down or i guess we will be looking at other options of her being born..




hope every1 and there LOs are doing good

 

[Sweet_Mama]

How is everyone? I had to do a search to even get this thread to pop up for me. It seems we've all gone and found our lives again. I started back to work (I teach 9th grade) and that's okay, mostly. Maggie is just over 14 pounds now, so about double her birth weight. I'll try to post a couple of pics.
https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/sweetmamags/P8190217.jpg https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/sweetmamags/P9040240.jpg

https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/sweetmamags/P8130212.jpg https://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h110/sweetmamags/P8270221.jpg

 

[MissFox]

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.

 

[lisaf]

sorry to hear that MissFox! Must be so hard!

I have a couple videos of Daniel if you guys are interested. Don't know if I have any current pictures ready to upload that I haven't already shown you guys.

 

[tlh97990]

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

 

[MissFox]

The first time I dropped was around 32 weeks. I guess she was still floating even though she dropped a few times and seemed to stay lower each time. She was so low by the time I reach full term but then she could still come up. Although they later four d her chord was around her ne k which is why she couldn't get all the way down.

 

[lisaf]

I dropped at about 38 weeks I think..... but they still needed to break my water to get him to drop enough to finish dilating my cervix.

A planned c-section is safer and easier to recover from than an emergency c-section.
However, I had this whole discussion with our local expert sonographer because I was having a big baby (he came out at 9lbs 15ozs.. vaginal delivery, minimal tearing, no need for forceps etc). There is no predictable way for them to measure how wide your birth canal is and if the baby will fit. 1% of all deliveries get shoulder dystocia (where the head comes out and the shoulders get stuck. 5% of 'big babies' get shoulder dystocia.
I wasn't worried about my baby's size because my mom had 9lb+ babies. My doctor reminded me that half my genes came from my father's side though, so your mother's side isn't always the best predictor. The better predictor is what your sister went through (if you have one).

In my case, they wanted a planned c-section. If I had gone for it, my recovery would have been harder and it wouldn't have really been necessary. If something HAD gone wrong, it would have been 'preventable' by an emergency c-section of course.
I hear MANY women going for emergency c-sections and told the baby wouldn't have fit, but that is not really something they can know for sure, its just their guess as to why things didn't progress. The pelvis separates and makes room for the baby in most cases.

In my case, they might have concluded the baby was too big if breaking my water didn't make my cervix finish dilating. It was looking like he was too big to engage fully. I waited a long time to get an epidural which probably also helped me progress by keeping me off my back.

Anyway, thats a lot of rambling to say that its a really complex question with a lot of factors to consider. A schedule c-section is easier to recover from and safer than an emergency one, but a natural birth is usually safer than a c-section.

 

[sma1588]

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