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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 7:51:09 GMT -6
Going off of the check-in post, I know this is way down the line but a lot of you mentioned Christmas. Will this baby affect your Christmas plans at all? I think I will be 36-37ish weeks at Christmas and I am not sure if I will be allowed to travel - my family lives on the east coast (I am midwest) so I am sad that I might miss seeing them. As terrible as this is though, I am also really hoping they don't invite themselves here. Do not want to host Christmas while monstrously pregnant!! I wish this would mean a quiet Christmas with just the 4 of us before baby comes but DH's family lives in the same town as us so we really won't have an excuse not to see them.
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Post by sarahh on Jun 5, 2017 8:05:21 GMT -6
We were planning to stay home this Christmas for the first time in a few years and my parents were going to visit so really no change. I plan to have a RCS so will schedule that for the week before Christmas and New Years so the only thing that may change is they may come after Christmas since they will hopefully stay a week at least after the baby comes so DH can stay with me in the hospital.
So last year, the local hospitals didn't allow kids under 12 visit any of the hospitals because of the flu. I really hope DD can come visit us this year. I'm not sure when the ban started last year but hopefully its after the end of December.
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Post by cake on Jun 5, 2017 8:33:16 GMT -6
I'm not due until the end of January, so I'm hopefully the pregnancy won't affect the holidays too much. My whole family lives in the same city so we'll probably do the normally Christmas dinner with them.
My husband's parents are 2.5 hours away. We might spend one night at their place over the holidays or maybe they'll come here this year.
Thankfully neither of our families are pushy or unreasonable. If we can't make it to anything over Christmas, everyone will be fine with that. There's never any real pressure in a normal year so I'm sure at 8 months pregnant, there will be even less.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jun 5, 2017 9:05:00 GMT -6
I'm due the 15th but DD came 2 weeks early so I want to be prepared in case. Our families live 8 hours away so we won't be going home this year. DNW to possibly go into labor and be that far from my hospital/doctors. I feel bad bc DH was deployed last Christmas so this will be the second year in a row he will miss Christmas with his family but I figure we will see everyone within a month or two bc they will all come visit to meet the new baby.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jun 5, 2017 9:08:12 GMT -6
This may be bad of me but I'm also sort of glad we aren't going home. It's so stressful trying to split time with our families-- they live 40 min apart and don't get along so there's no "sharing" of holidays. DH already whines bc we see my family more than his (I mean, my parents drop everything when we come and his keep their regular schedules like we're not even there soooooo ya). Anyway ya so the holidays are stressful bc he thinks we need to spend more time at his house to "even it out" so I'm glad we won't have that this year. I know my family will come visit more than his anyway so I'm not really missing out on tons of time with my fam.
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Post by teraiin on Jun 5, 2017 9:10:06 GMT -6
Both our families are local so we never really travel for holidays anyway. I'm extremely grateful for that now. Haha
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Post by readinglove on Jun 5, 2017 10:03:50 GMT -6
I don't think anything will change for us this year. I'm not due until 1/23, and will likely have a RCS (thanks a lot, giant babies). I'll be largely pregnant, but nothing that would prevent us traveling the under 2 hours to see family. Fingers crossed that's how it stays, anyway. We usually do Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning with my family (my dad's birthday is Christmas Day), and DH's family Christmas Day night. That will change once children are older, but for now it works.
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Post by maddisonrose on Jun 5, 2017 10:18:04 GMT -6
Both our families are local also. I hate splitting the time between them though. I can be selfish and just want to spend it all with my family since DH's family doesn't make too big of deal about Christmas. There was some talk about maybe renting a cabin up at whistler and having Christmas there with my family. I'm not due until the 19th but with a rcs would put me at the 12th so I think I'll still be able to go. It's not too far of a drive
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Post by tiffrobot on Jun 5, 2017 10:42:54 GMT -6
It will be interesting. I may want to push for hosting Christmas.
We live not quite an hour from the hospital, and right on the highway that would take us directly to the city.
My parents would be a solid hour, and ILs have a hospital in their town with ambulances, but the nearest mat ward/NICU is in the city nearest us, so 2 hours from them.
All fine and dandy, except both of my kids' labours were less than 4 hours long. DD (my second) gave me no warning, we pretty much got to the hospital and had her. And DS (my first) came 6.5 weeks early. So yea, we'll have a lot to think about!
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Post by sarahh on Jun 5, 2017 10:46:01 GMT -6
Would it be bad if I ate an entire watermelon in two days? I brought about a 1/3 of one cut up to work that I planned to last a few days but now that I started I'm not sure I can stop.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jun 5, 2017 10:49:05 GMT -6
tiffrobot my DD wasn't that early but also a super quick labor so I am going to be on edge the moment I hit 38w (when DD came).
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Post by cake on Jun 5, 2017 10:55:41 GMT -6
sarahh I've definitely eaten a whole watermelon in 2 days before. Go for it!
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Post by benandjerrys on Jun 5, 2017 11:10:40 GMT -6
We usually go to my family 7 hours away for Christmas. I'm not 100% sure of my due date but I'm thinking Jan 22. DD came 1.5 weeks early so that would be Jan 10. So I'm not sure we'll be traveling this Christmas. I think we'll go up there for Thanksgiving and just have Christmas the three of us this year. And you know what? That might be just perfect for our last Christmas as a family of 3.
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Post by marygracerich on Jun 5, 2017 11:32:20 GMT -6
My due date is 1/10 but I am having a scheduled c at the latest 39 weeks. My dr is pushing for 38 weeks because DD came at 38w 4 d and she really doesn't want me to go into spontaneous labor. That puts my delivery date at 12/27. I will be huge and cranky af. I spend xmas with my fam and then usually go to MHs family after that. They are about an hour away in NJ. I don't know if we are going to do that this year. They have santa at midnight 🙄and the kids open a present from Santa then. I can't imagine me wanting to stay up that late three days before I deliver.
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Post by ajetter on Jun 5, 2017 13:23:22 GMT -6
With my third I was on bedrest at 35 weeks, DH isn't amused with the idea of attempting any travel beyond that (history of gestational hypertension, and relatively quick labors, my last being 6 hours from nothing to out with pit, and from 4cm to baby in an hour), so we'll be home for Christmas I'm sure.
Children home for summer break is really cramping my ability to nap midday. Lol.
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Post by pippiann on Jun 5, 2017 13:45:07 GMT -6
The IL's are in Italy and my family is in the Midwest. Most likely it'll just be us for Christmas bc everyone will want to be here in January for the babe. I am due the 17th (I think) due to my history I'll go later than that.
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Post by lili on Jun 5, 2017 18:55:54 GMT -6
I'm due January 2nd. My first two came on their due dates, but I'm contemplating a RCS instead of another VBAC, so that would mean I would have the baby the week of Christmas?! Oye, I don't even want to think about it. Either way, I'll be super pregnant/have a newborn/be in the hospital so good times all around. All of our family is local, so our kids wouldn't miss out on the family parties at least.
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Post by flippinchica on Jun 6, 2017 17:23:02 GMT -6
We were planning on traveling to Florida to see the inlaws for Christmas which is a flight away. That is probably out since I am due January 7. A good excuse!
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Post by marygracerich on Jun 6, 2017 19:57:52 GMT -6
Since there is no randoms thread for today I am just going throw this here. It's TMI so don't read if you don't want to know about my sex life. 😛 The dr said no sex or orgasms until 14 weeks. This was because of the spotting issues that I was having. Now that the spotting has basically stopped for the last few days I have been so tempted to have sex. I won't because it is selfish to take the risk but MH and I are dying to do it. Lol
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