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Post by rebeccabunch on Jan 2, 2018 8:23:00 GMT -6
At least where I am! It’s -10 with a real feel of -25. Brrrrrrr ☃️
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Post by sweetsurprise on Jan 2, 2018 8:33:54 GMT -6
Checking in from my LAST perinatologist appointment for GD. Wooo! I can't believe I'll be delivering in a week.
Unpacking while 1,000 months pregnant sucks. Trying to find random parts to baby gadgets is the worst since we had packers and I don't know where anything is. I wish a magical unpacking fairy would visit my house!
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Post by hiimjamie on Jan 2, 2018 8:37:21 GMT -6
Morning! At my 38 week appointment. My LAST maternity appointment! Next week is my pre op on the 9th and c section on the 11th. How did this happen?! It went so fast! I’m going to ask if they ever write people out of work early bc I just don’t want to deal anymore. And we need to clean more before my parents get here. 😂
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Post by hiimjamie on Jan 2, 2018 8:40:03 GMT -6
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Post by flippinchica on Jan 2, 2018 8:45:14 GMT -6
My first full week of leave and daycare just called. They have no running water so are closed today. Ugh. So no free day for me. I also have a dr appointment today hopefully my last but no guarantee.
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Post by tiffrobot on Jan 2, 2018 9:03:52 GMT -6
So exciting sweetsurprise and hiimjamie!! And fingers crossed flippinchica!! I’ll be sending this week’s numbers to my dietician tonight too and have my 38 week checkup tomorrow so I suppose any of of those could be my last time too any week now! Otherwise just another day at home. After -30/40s since Christmas Eve it suddenly warmed up today (at least our winter warm!) looks like it’s sticking around so will be nice to get the kids playing outside again! rebeccabunch and anyone else still stuck in the deep freeze hope that means it’s on its way down to change soon for you too! |
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Post by cake on Jan 2, 2018 9:11:34 GMT -6
Room looks great hiimjamie! Today is my last day off. I always take off an extra day or two after New Years. Totally worth it. A friend of mine was supposed to stop by for a visit between 9 and 10. Just got a text that her car won’t start. So I’m already done cleaning g the bathroom, first load of laundry and the dishes. Now I’m not sure what to do with my day lol |
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Post by sparky85 on Jan 2, 2018 9:21:05 GMT -6
Good luck to everyone with appointments today!
I'm visiting DD at the hospital right now, and she is officially over 4 lbs (1840 g)! They have also stopped the pump feeds, so she is back to gravity feeds via her ng tube. Hopefully they will test her out in a cot again sometime this week, and possibly even bottles soon.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Jan 2, 2018 9:26:02 GMT -6
Im going to try to post nursery stuff. Someone tell me if these are huge. I rarely Tapa and never desktop.
Here are some of my Scarlett O’Hara accents and the sheet set I just picked. I think it will go with my blue/gray walls do I don’t have to deal with painting pink. My H also got me a Scarlett music box for Xmas. It was really sweet.
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Thanks everyone for the positive feedback!
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Post by pinkcat on Jan 2, 2018 9:37:30 GMT -6
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Post by pinkcat on Jan 2, 2018 9:39:17 GMT -6
Hi friends! It is a cold day here too and the weather the rest of the week doesn't look any better.
I am soooo tired. I haven't gotten more than 5 hours or so of sleep a night for the past 3 weeks and it is really starting to wear me down. Everyone keeps say "just wait until the baby comes and you really won't get any sleep!" which is NOT helpful- I know I will be getting even less sleep then so it just stresses me out when I hear that.
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Post by rebeccabunch on Jan 2, 2018 9:45:29 GMT -6
Hi friends! It is a cold day here too and the weather the rest of the week doesn't look any better. I am soooo tired. I haven't gotten more than 5 hours or so of sleep a night for the past 3 weeks and it is really starting to wear me down. Everyone keeps say "just wait until the baby comes and you really won't get any sleep!" which is NOT helpful- I know I will be getting even less sleep then so it just stresses me out when I hear that. It’s different when the baby comes. You run on adrenaline, especially in the beginning, and it feels different. At least it did for me. One of my boys waking at night now + uncomfortable sleep + plus not being able to fall back is harder on me than newborn stuff in the beginning. Now later becomes a different story... |
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Post by benandjerrys on Jan 2, 2018 10:26:37 GMT -6
Hi friends! It is a cold day here too and the weather the rest of the week doesn't look any better. I am soooo tired. I haven't gotten more than 5 hours or so of sleep a night for the past 3 weeks and it is really starting to wear me down. Everyone keeps say "just wait until the baby comes and you really won't get any sleep!" which is NOT helpful- I know I will be getting even less sleep then so it just stresses me out when I hear that. It is totally different. I don't know if you can nap when the baby naps, but when I had one kid and she was like 3 or 4 months old, that was some of the best rested time of my whole life. Even though she didn't sleep more than 3 hours at a stretch I was able to mirror her schedule and I definitely felt the adrenaline and it just worked for me. Now with two I'm not anticipating that... |
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Post by pinkcat on Jan 2, 2018 10:30:56 GMT -6
Thank you rebeccabunch and benandjerrys- You have given me some hope! Lol. I also can't wait to be able to sleep on my stomach again- or roll over without it feeling like an aerobic exercise  |
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Post by cake on Jan 2, 2018 10:36:40 GMT -6
Hi friends! It is a cold day here too and the weather the rest of the week doesn't look any better. I am soooo tired. I haven't gotten more than 5 hours or so of sleep a night for the past 3 weeks and it is really starting to wear me down. Everyone keeps say "just wait until the baby comes and you really won't get any sleep!" which is NOT helpful- I know I will be getting even less sleep then so it just stresses me out when I hear that. I hate when I get those comments from people! Not at all helpful. I hung out with my siblings yesterday and there were 2 infants there. One 4 month old and one 4 week old. We were there for 3 hours and both slept the entire time. I’m a FTM but I’m holding out hope that since I’m a good napper (lol), I’ll be able to nap when the baby does. Sure, it might not always be 3 hours at a time, but I’ll take what I can get. My husband and I both don’t care if the house is super clean and we know that cereal for dinner will happen from time to time. |
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Post by cake on Jan 2, 2018 10:40:35 GMT -6
It just took me 40 minutes to take all the tags off of the clothes, blankets, etc. for the baby. I’m finally washing everything. Super grateful that 90% of the stuff was given to us as gifts (and I haven’t even had my main shower yet!). My family and friends have been so beyond generous with gifts and baby stuff that they have loaned.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 11:09:45 GMT -6
Hello! I am chowing down on pickle dip and getting ready to tackle more projects today. It is supposed to "warm up" to 10 degrees today.
DD2 woke up 3 times for a bottle last night 😨😵 I am thinking about trying to night wean her in the next week or two before baby comes. Someone tell me I'm nutso.
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Post by flippinchica on Jan 2, 2018 11:19:58 GMT -6
Hello! I am chowing down on pickle dip and getting ready to tackle more projects today. It is supposed to "warm up" to 10 degrees today. DD2 woke up 3 times for a bottle last night 😨😵 I am thinking about trying to night wean her in the next week or two before baby comes. Someone tell me I'm nutso. I would assuming she is over a year. My advice is to start by moving the last bottle 20-30 minutes before bedtime then no feeds for the first 5 hours to break the suck to sleep association |
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Post by flippinchica on Jan 2, 2018 11:25:53 GMT -6
And now I'm playing the gas or contractions game ate the children's museum
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Post by aprilz81 on Jan 2, 2018 11:35:04 GMT -6
I was having some cramping/gas/contractions last night as I laid down to go to sleep, I overdid it with the putting away of Christmas decorations and 2-3 hours of returns and exchanges at the mall.
This morning I got up and cleaned our bedroom, including changing the sheets and started some laundry. My NST was at 11:00 and everything looked good and she was super active. I registered some contractions but only felt one of them. I hope they are doing something productive instead of just being annoying.
I'm officially back to work today, but zero things to do, it took me about 5 minutes to clear out my inbox after being off for 2 weeks. So since I have no actual work to do I'm going to try to continue being productive after I take a nap. I'm going to try to work from room to room this week and get everything in tip-top shape.
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Post by helloerrbody on Jan 2, 2018 11:52:30 GMT -6
rebeccabunch, I LOVE that bedding!! pinkcat, try not to worry. With my first it really wasn't too bad b/c yes you are sleep-deprived but you are also happy and have time to nap during the day or just in general lay around with a baby on your lap.  peachesncream, how old is DD2? I'd definitely try to get her STTN before baby comes if that's at all possible! We had to do extinction with my son which I know isn't for everyone but he sleeps SO SO well now. I'm waiting for my mom and DS to finish hyperbaric oxygen treatment number 13!! Just 7 more to go after this. I'm tutoring this afternoon and then going to try to do a barre class so I'm happy to have some "normalcy" back in my life for a bit.
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Post by pinkcat on Jan 2, 2018 11:59:10 GMT -6
Glad you are getting close to the finish line with the treatments helloerrbody! Does anyone have any recommendations for nursing bras and camis? I know I have seen them talked about here but I can't remember any specific ones people recommended. I think I would like camis without a shelf bra, if they make those in nursing versions. |
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Post by sunfrogger on Jan 2, 2018 12:12:11 GMT -6
Thank you rebeccabunch and benandjerrys- You have given me some hope! Lol. I also can't wait to be able to sleep on my stomach again- or roll over without it feeling like an aerobic exercise I reeeeally hate to be a bearer of bad news but if you plan to BF you will not want to sleep on your belly bc BOOBS and they hurt. I finally was able to belly sleep when we nightweaned DD.... At 15mo. |
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Post by sunfrogger on Jan 2, 2018 12:14:18 GMT -6
Glad you are getting close to the finish line with the treatments helloerrbody! Does anyone have any recommendations for nursing bras and camis? I know I have seen them talked about here but I can't remember any specific ones people recommended. I think I would like camis without a shelf bra, if they make those in nursing versions. I haven't found a nursing bra I love tbh. I bought the Motherhood Maternity "Jessica Simpson" ones with the shelf built in and pads built in too. So we'll see! |
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Post by pinkcat on Jan 2, 2018 12:20:37 GMT -6
Thank you rebeccabunch and benandjerrys- You have given me some hope! Lol. I also can't wait to be able to sleep on my stomach again- or roll over without it feeling like an aerobic exercise I reeeeally hate to be a bearer of bad news but if you plan to BF you will not want to sleep on your belly bc BOOBS and they hurt. I finally was able to belly sleep when we nightweaned DD.... At 15mo. Oh no! 😭😭 Lol...well hopefully I can at least sleep on my sides comfortably again! |
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Post by benandjerrys on Jan 2, 2018 12:23:36 GMT -6
pinkcat, For nursing bras, I recommend going to get fitted at Nordstrom after your milk has settled (maybe 6 weeks pp). They have lots of great ones there and they can customize any bra to be a nursing bra for $15. I bought 2 high quality nursing bras after DD was born and they were $$, but I rotated between them each day for my entire breastfeeding career (2+yrs) and I always felt that my boobs looked great. The medela or other bras that come from target or motherhood maternity are kind of shitty and don't hold the tatas where they need to be IMO. This time for xmas I requested a nordstrom gc and I cannot wait to get back there and get new bras.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 12:34:54 GMT -6
flippinchica helloerrbody she will be 2 in March 🙈🙈 I don't have much hope of her STTN before baby comes but it would be nice if we could be on a path towards self-soothing by then. Related note: I am doing everything in my stinking power to make sure this kid takes a pacifier!! 😬
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Post by sunfrogger on Jan 2, 2018 12:42:53 GMT -6
It's really cold here.
I started nesting last night literally out of nowhere. So that's fun.
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Post by benandjerrys on Jan 2, 2018 12:48:21 GMT -6
I will aw the nursery today too! Finally finished!!   |
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