U.S. Mommies To Be

[RosieCheeks]

Heyyady - I am sorry to hear about your grandmother and you being on bed rest.

Welcome to all the new ladies!

 

[lisaf]

glad you found a stroller you liked! I've heard good things about the uppababy vistas!

 

[MissFox]

HEY! to the new ladies!!!
Sorry it took so long for me to get back on here- baby shower was FUN FUN FUN but noone really looked at my registry so I got TONS of pacifiers and teethers and newborn clothes (I didn't want any becaus I had so many!) 45 RSVP'd but 25 showed up. But regardless of the downfalls it was still AMAZING! I had so much fun mingling with everyone and just seeing faces I haven't seen in a long time. Oh- and one of my gifts went missing from the back of my truck!!! I'm very sad my highchair is GONE!

But now I just got back from L&D- I started having lots of braxton hicks (that were apparently real enough contractions). From 12:45 to 2:15 I had 10 so I went in to get monitored. For the next 2 hours I had them every 10 minutes (couple weren't regular.. upto 15 minutes between) Then the next 2 hours they started to slow but I still have them every time I stand up. I want this baby to make it to full term! DH keeps saying "NO SHE CAN COME NOW" but really- I need to get in a couple more weeks of work or we're royally screwed!
Sorry for the downer of a post.

 

[lisaf]

aw, sorry about the highchair and contractions!
I have a feeling I'm going to have the same issue with my registry at my showers, lol I really really really dont' need any more newborn or 0-3 clothes... I've been given SO many so far!

 

[Sweet_Mama]

Bummer about the stolen gift. Some people are just trash... stealing from a baby... how low can you get. Can you return any of the clothes and paci's? I would try if they have tags from the store still. I took a couple things in today that I had lost a receipt for (Target and Kohl's) and both were pretty cool about giving me my money back or exchanging the item.

I don't think I'm having a shower, lol. I don't know many people here (just moved here in August for a teaching job) so I'll just buy what I want, I guess. Someone from work did give me a nice sized bag of hand me downs though, hehe.

 

[MissFox]

Yea I have a lot of gift receipts and a lot of tags so I'm bringing the extras in and getting store credit. We didn't get any bottles or a bunch of other things we need so well be using the extra money we get back to make sure we have everything that were gonna need.

 

[DarlingMe]

I have heard people return things and then get store credit cards to use for diapers or seasonal clothing as LO gets older.

 

[southerngal2]

Heyyady - I am sorry to hear about your grandmother and you being on bed rest. Keep that baby in as long as you can!

MissFox- Glad you had fun at your shower! But I can't believe someone stole the highchair!

 

[blessedmomma]

missfox- im glad you had a great time. i cant believe you got a gift stolen from your shower thats pretty ridiculous! i hope those contractions settle down. 34-35 weeks is just really too little all the way around.

heyyady- sorry about your grandma. take care of those babies though!

 

[luckyme225]

We just had our baby shower yesterday and it was wonderful. I was totally worn out at the end after playing like 6 games, mingling, and opening presents. The food was awesome. I got lucky and this time around people really used our registry or at least looked at it to see what we needed.

Missfox- sorry about the missing gift, hopefully someone will find it and bring it to you.

 

[MissFox]

Thanks girls. Yesterday just wasn't my day! My dogs also ran away (they're home now) but yesterday I was just so upset about my highchair!!! I'm really hoping that we all just lost track of it and it's really either still at the place we had the shower or it did make it into my mom's house. It will be fine though- just a high chair.
Glad to hear your shower went well Lucky!!

 

[RosieCheeks]

MissFox - I hope that your hairchair wasn't stolen and it has just been misplaced.

I can't wait for my shower which is on April 30th. It just seems so far away! I can honestly say that most of the things from my registry have been purchased. I had a car seat on there that someone bought a couple of weeks ago and then last night when I went to have a look at my registry, it was back on there. I guess whoever it was returned it. But how messed up is that?? I was so upset about it last night.

 

[stucknthecity]

How have I not discoverd this thread before now?!?!

I am in Oklahoma and this is our first baby after 24 months + of TTC. We are on Team blue and have yet to pick out a name!

I go back for a follow up level 2 scan on march 9th to check the location of my placenta as it was in a low position at my first level 2 scan on feb 8th. Anyone else around my stage with a low placenta?

 

[heyyady]

My shower is on Sunday and so far not one thing from my registry has been purchased! I blame it all on my MIL- who, as you recall, didn't want a big shower- so she didn't send out the invites til last week! I doubt at this point I'll get more that 5 guests...

 

[DarlingMe]

How have I not discoverd this thread before now?!?!

I am in Oklahoma and this is our first baby after 24 months + of TTC. We are on Team blue and have yet to pick out a name!

I go back for a follow up level 2 scan on march 9th to check the location of my placenta as it was in a low position at my first level 2 scan on feb 8th. Anyone else around my stage with a low placenta?

I think this is fairly common. The placenta should move up as your uterus grows. Did they tell you if it was covering your cervix at all? I think there isnt too much of a concern unless it is covering the cervix.

 

[lisaf]

heyyady - UGH... thats so frustrating!!! I know that my MIL threw me a bridal shower with 2 days notice (she called everyone to invite instead of mailing invites). I STILL got some stuff off my registry though... people just went there the day before. Hopefully that works for you.

I'm a little worried that my MIL might not have told anyone where I was registered. I've seen stuff being bought but I think its from the shower my friends are throwing me. Yikes

Rosie - I'm hoping the person who returned the carseat just found it somewhere else cheaper. That is kind of crappy because what if someone else was going to buy it for you but saw it was bought and got something else instead? Maybe its just the price thing, in which case, great. Fx'd!

 

[blessedmomma]

How have I not discoverd this thread before now?!?!

I am in Oklahoma and this is our first baby after 24 months + of TTC. We are on Team blue and have yet to pick out a name!

I go back for a follow up level 2 scan on march 9th to check the location of my placenta as it was in a low position at my first level 2 scan on feb 8th. Anyone else around my stage with a low placenta?

i wouldnt worry too much hun. with my 4th pregnancy mine was right by my cervix. it wasnt covering it, but its still a concern if its a certain measurement by the cervix. i was at 32 weeks though at that time and was gonna have to have a c-section cuz of it. they did sonograms every week and i think by 36 weeks it had moved up enough to not need a section. as long as they keep an eye on it, which sounds like they are gonna, you have plenty of time for it to move

 

[luckyme225]

heyyady- hopefully people are looking at what you need off your registry and just buying it from some place close to home. I know that's what some people did for my baby shower and luckily there was only one doubly purchase.

 

[Sweet_Mama]

MissFox - I hope that your hairchair wasn't stolen and it has just been misplaced.

I can't wait for my shower which is on April 30th. It just seems so far away! I can honestly say that most of the things from my registry have been purchased. I had a car seat on there that someone bought a couple of weeks ago and then last night when I went to have a look at my registry, it was back on there. I guess whoever it was returned it. But how messed up is that?? I was so upset about it last night.

Ah, I hate that... someone asked me to make a registry, so I did, but so far that person has not mentioned throwing a shower, nor has anyone else, so I guess it was for nothing. Nothing has been purchased from it anyway. Oh well. I'll just make a list and do some shopping.

How have I not discoverd this thread before now?!?!

I am in Oklahoma and this is our first baby after 24 months + of TTC. We are on Team blue and have yet to pick out a name!

I go back for a follow up level 2 scan on march 9th to check the location of my placenta as it was in a low position at my first level 2 scan on feb 8th. Anyone else around my stage with a low placenta?

Congrats on your son! I had a low lying placenta with my last two girls (not the surrogate babies) and it always moved. As long as they didn't say placenta previa, you're golden.

My shower is on Sunday and so far not one thing from my registry has been purchased! I blame it all on my MIL- who, as you recall, didn't want a big shower- so she didn't send out the invites til last week! I doubt at this point I'll get more that 5 guests...

Ah, yes, I remember this type of thing... with my first baby, my SIL offered to throw me a shower and asked for a list of my friends, etc. So I made a list of about 30 people (both male and female) and she just about had a fit and said I needed to cut down my list. I cut it down to about 15 and only 3 showed up (one being her neighbor). Oh well. I sure hope yours goes better.

 

[lisaf]

sweet mama - make that registry anyway... even put diapers and stuff on there... you'll get a coupon after the 'event' to buy the stuff on your registry at a discount

Only thing I'm regretting is making my registry event date my due date... This means I dont' get my coupon until after the baby is here... I mean most things can wait, but if someone hadn't bought my carseat then I would have missed out on the discount for that! UGH I only made my registry so early because people asked me to!