U.S. Mommies To Be

[southerngal2]

heyyady- -That is such a cute picture!
I'm trying to decide if I should get a 3d scan or not.

lisaf- I think I remember that you work in an office. A lady I work with got Carpel Tunnel in both wrists while pregnant. She left work 3 weeks before having her baby because the Dr didn't want it to get worse. Maybe you could tell them that your wrists are bothering you.

 

[MissFox]

My mom got written off on Carpal Tunnel too!
Southern- I'm so happy I had my 3d4d done!!! I look at the pictures all the time!

I went to www.morphthing.com and made a picture of our baby using a pic of DH and myself! SO FUN! This is the first and it's really blurry because my pic of him sucked but I want to show it off anyways!!

 

[southerngal2]

MissFox- Everyone tells me they love the pics from the 3d ultrasound! That's why I'm leaning toward getting one. I just didn't want to spend the money.

I'm going to that website tonight with pics of me and my DH! If it works- you will have a pretty baby!

 

[MissFox]

hehehe I'm doing another one right now! I hope she's pretty lol.

 

[MissFox]

Alright- here is No2 with better pictures of DH and myself... This is too much fun. I'm going to keep them all and see if any come out true!

 

[southerngal2]

I can't wait to get home and try that!

 

[lisaf]

lol, I want to play with that software!!!

Thanks for the carpal tunnel tips! I've had touches of tendonitis in the past and got carpal tunnel when I was a teen because I used to type while lying sideways on my bed, lol! I'll just have to look up what the symptoms are again, lol!

 

[Sweet_Mama]

Will someone please explain to me the sizing of baby clothes? Someone gave me a large bag, which I am extremely thankful for, but the sizes are throwing me off as I try to sort them.

We have:

newborn
0-3 months
3 months
3-6 months
6 months
6-9 months
9 months
6-12 months
12 months

So, my question is, when it doesn't state the weight, where do they all go together? Does 3 months belong with 0-3 or with 3-6, etc? And what's the 6-12 all about, seriously? LOL.

 

[MissFox]

LOL I got some 0-9M LMAO!
I just started sorting and got the basic sizes and then put them in with sizes accoring to how big they looked- I havea lot of 6M stuff in with my 0-3 because it looks so tiny! Don't try to sort by the size only or you might find that your baby doens't fit into them once you pull it out.

 

[sma1588]

i think they do that because sometimes the 0-3 is too small but the 3-6 is to big and the 3 months is in between like from the 0-3 to3-6 . some babies skip sizes or can be in 0-3 when there 5 months, its like our clothese some we wear larger sizes and some are smaller. i hate that they dont think as far as the weight on the baby clothes not all babies are the same size in those months

 

[Sweet_Mama]

Okay, so I think I've figured out the sizing thing (besides eyeballing it, which makes sense). For example, Carters are all 3 months, 6 months, etc. Size 3 months should belong with the 0-3 months. The 3 months is the largest size part of it. I just wish they would list the weight instead, lol. At least most of what I have is hand me downs and I can assume it's already pre-shrunk. I hate when you get new stuff and it shrinks way up on you after one use.

I'm so out of practice with all of this. I haven't had a baby for ME in almost 7 years, so I am a little lost sometimes, lol. Now if I can just figure out the stroller issue.

 

[MissFox]

I just finished another load of baby clothes to pack into a tupperware until the baby comes (and until we can get her a dresser!!! I can't share mine since she's got so many clothes now) I filled one 62L tub with Newborn/gowns/socks and the lid doesn't go all the way down! I've got almost another tub of the same size that is full of clothes that are the next size up from newborn (0-3M) and a couple blankets. I have WAAAAY too many blankets! I wish I could take some back to get things we need!

I packed the baby's diaper bag with a couple options for coming home outfits (although I think we know which one we're going to use). I should totally do one more load of baby blankets and sheets and stuff (and the ONE outfit I forgot to wash that I LOVE)

I'm pretty sure nesting has kicked in! I just want ot clean clean clean but I can't! I can only do things that involve minimum standing, no lifting and so on! I'm happy I was given the OK to get baby stuff ready though!

 

[southerngal2]

I'm so out of practice with all of this. I haven't had a baby for ME in almost 7 years, so I am a little lost sometimes, lol. Now if I can just figure out the stroller issue.

lol! I totally understand! It's been 14 years for me!

 

[heyyady]

14 years for me as well- so many things have changed!

 

[southerngal2]

Yes they have changed. Sometimes I feel like I'm doing this for the first time!

 

[blessedmomma]

sweet mama i had seven years between my youngest DD and my oldest DS, so i know just what your going through. was there only 3 years ago.

my oldest is 12 and a lot has changed just since i had her.

missfox- yay for getting to go through your baby stuff!

 

[Sweet_Mama]

My children are 17, 9, 6 (nearly 7) and, well, not yet born. But I have been a surrogate twice in the past 4 years, so the pregnancy part I can do. It's the buying of things that I am lost on, lol. Who knew there were so many choices.

(for those of you counting, this is pregnancy 6, baby 7, and only my 4th child, lol).

 

[luckyme225]

I can't wait to wash all my baby clothes. Waiting for the dresser to arrive this week so I can get to it. Pregnancy insomnia has kicked in, I was hoping to make it longer before that happened.

 

[MissFox]

I want to be a surrogate but DH wont let me! He says we'll get attached.
I woke up with some cramping this morning but not contractions or even BH so that's good. I'm off to make some french toast.

 

[southerngal2]

Yum! French toast sounds good!