Is anyone trading their single stroller in for a double? I really like our city mini gt, and I'm sad that I might have to get something else. The double version of this stroller seems huge and expensive.
Also, how do you grocery shop (alone) with a toddler and infant? I'm like freaking out about how to do anything with 2 small humans.
We have the same predicament. I love love love our City Mini GT. I'm having a tough time trying to decide whether to get the city select, or make do with babywearing and the ride along board thing.
Is anyone trading their single stroller in for a double? I really like our city mini gt, and I'm sad that I might have to get something else. The double version of this stroller seems huge and expensive.
Also, how do you grocery shop (alone) with a toddler and infant? I'm like freaking out about how to do anything with 2 small humans.
We have the same predicament. I love love love our City Mini GT. I'm having a tough time trying to decide whether to get the city select, or make do with babywearing and the ride along board thing.
I think that I am going to start off babywearing plus preschooler in stroller/cart and make the call on a double later-on if needed. I'll probably look around for a used double jogger when LO is about 6 months for exercise and outings.
Is anyone trading their single stroller in for a double? I really like our city mini gt, and I'm sad that I might have to get something else. The double version of this stroller seems huge and expensive.
Also, how do you grocery shop (alone) with a toddler and infant? I'm like freaking out about how to do anything with 2 small humans.
We bought a double knowing we'd have two mini's not too far apart in age. So, we bought the City Select. It was expensive... but its amazing. We've literally had my 2.5 year old niece and 14 month old son in it together ... or... my son and my 4 month old nephew in a different configuration. We looked at it as an investment in one good stroller and we're hoping it lasts. We've taken it on road trips, through the airport, to the farmers market... it seems to do what we need and more. (and no, they didn't pay me to say this )
I did a lot of my shopping at target. I didn't even always get maternity tops. It was summer when I was my biggest, so I'd buy their cotton tops/tanks in big sizes. Also Burlington coat factory was good. Not sure what areas all have that store.
I had a teaching hospital. I did have a few rough residents doing my internals that were not fun but otherwise, no problems.
Post by heisenberg on Aug 17, 2016 12:37:21 GMT -5
gingerspice, my main concern is a bit silly. I have issues with needles. I can handle it usually, but I almost passed out when a nurse in training couldn't get my IV in once. Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.
ETA: that seems like a dumb reason not to go to my OB of choice.
heisenberg, I have trouble with needles too. It's tough during pregnancy! Luckily I passed my 1 hour glucose test because the idea of 4 blood draws in a day sounds terrible. I was at a teaching hospital for delivery but didn't have any issues.
megd893, we have a city select also. I'll probably get a second seat because my first will only be 20 months in April, but she's boycotting the stroller pretty hard right now since she just learned to walk. I'm hoping she'll go back to liking it!
iqeb,The second seat is crazy expensive! We've been borrowing my SIL's as needed Leo likes the stroller most of the time. But when he WANTS to walk, its disaster if you don't oblige.
Can anyone comment as to how the City Select folds up in the trunk? I have a small car. I have occasionally seen them on sale with the second seat free.
aviatrix, we only have one seat but the city select fits in the back of our prius c (super tiny car, but hatchback). The two large wheels also pop off which we've done to fit the frame on the conveyor belt to go through security at the airport.
I really like Old Navy, Gap, and Target for maternity clothes. I'm excited to try Pink Blush this pregnancy as well.
I never heard of pink blush so I immediately googled. I now have way too many items on my wish list. I can also neither confirm nor deny I ordered a beautiful kimono- which of course was necessary bc I can wear it now and it really doesn't count at maternity clothes.
Post by mustloveerica on Aug 18, 2016 9:41:44 GMT -5
So I have been seeing a nurse midwife for my yearly OB stuff. I need to decide if I will continue with her or switch to a dr. I love her personality and I intend to try to go med free for labor. However, I have some unique medical issues that could cause problems. I have a fused spine and I've been told that an epidural may not take. Thus why I would want to go med free. If I had to have a c-section I would have to be put to sleep and then DH would not be allowed in the room. This is all kind of just what other people have told me. Once we pick a hospital I will make sure that's actually what will happen.
So tell me the pros and cons of nurse midwife vs OB?
So I have been seeing a nurse midwife for my yearly OB stuff. I need to decide if I will continue with her or switch to a dr. I love her personality and I intend to try to go med free for labor. However, I have some unique medical issues that could cause problems. I have a fused spine and I've been told that an epidural may not take. Thus why I would want to go med free. If I had to have a c-section I would have to be put to sleep and then DH would not be allowed in the room. This is all kind of just what other people have told me. Once we pick a hospital I will make sure that's actually what will happen.
So tell me the pros and cons of nurse midwife vs OB?
I'm interested in this as well. Although I'm leaning towards OB mainly because the midwife practice doesn't have an U/S and that seems inconvenient.
So I have been seeing a nurse midwife for my yearly OB stuff. I need to decide if I will continue with her or switch to a dr. I love her personality and I intend to try to go med free for labor. However, I have some unique medical issues that could cause problems. I have a fused spine and I've been told that an epidural may not take. Thus why I would want to go med free. If I had to have a c-section I would have to be put to sleep and then DH would not be allowed in the room. This is all kind of just what other people have told me. Once we pick a hospital I will make sure that's actually what will happen.
So tell me the pros and cons of nurse midwife vs OB?
I'm interested in this as well. Although I'm leaning towards OB mainly because the midwife practice doesn't have an U/S and that seems inconvenient.
I'll add that the midwife I see works for the same hospital/practice as any OB I would see. It's a large teaching hospital. So I would get just as many appointments as ultrasounds with her as I would with an OB.
So I have been seeing a nurse midwife for my yearly OB stuff. I need to decide if I will continue with her or switch to a dr. I love her personality and I intend to try to go med free for labor. However, I have some unique medical issues that could cause problems. I have a fused spine and I've been told that an epidural may not take. Thus why I would want to go med free. If I had to have a c-section I would have to be put to sleep and then DH would not be allowed in the room. This is all kind of just what other people have told me. Once we pick a hospital I will make sure that's actually what will happen.
So tell me the pros and cons of nurse midwife vs OB?
With my son we weighed the pros and cons as well. It came down to (and your whole pregnancy and parenting style should too) figuring out what you want/are comfortable with so you're doing the right thing!
While in our research we found that the midwives have a sort of higher-touch support for yo ie. more visits and better follow ups after birth. We liked the idea of having someone to come to the house afterwards if we needed.
We also talked to an OB. Now, the OB appointments (because they're always off delivering babies) are terrible. The wait times were sometimes upwards of 3 hours... no joke. With our jobs, that wasn't feasible.
So, we ended up staying with our GP! We had a GP who had been trained for 'normal vaginal birth with minimal complications (ie. needing an episiotomy)'. We figured, we'd be able to see him whenever we wanted, with reliable wait times, we already knew him AND... when the time came to deliver we'd end up at the hospital where we wanted to be. My reasoning was that if anything, minor or major went wrong, I wanted to be in a hospital with the best people around me to handle any situation.
Now, you can plan and hope but my best advice is to try not to set your heart on a certain delivery. I wanted a vaginal birth. I wanted to do it! However, at the end of the day it was just about what was best for Leo and I. After my water breaking at 7pm, I was still only 6cm at 2pm the next day and we opted to do a c-section before he became stressed. He was healthy and I was okay. Was it my ideal going in? No. But, I look back and just think of it as our story now.
Post by mustloveerica on Aug 18, 2016 10:10:39 GMT -5
@megs893 that does help! I had no idea that midwives offer extra visits. It's something I'm definitely going to ask about.
And yes birth not going according to plan is something I'm thinking off. That's why I say that if something happens and I have to go c-section I still want to know that myself and my baby are getting the best care.
Post by heisenberg on Aug 18, 2016 10:20:48 GMT -5
mustloveerica, my OB has midwives in its practice. If someone risks out of the midwifery practice, they are transferred to an OB. I would love to use a midwife, and the ones in my practice have a great reputation. But I really really liked my epidural.
Post by risalyn0904 on Aug 18, 2016 10:22:32 GMT -5
Has anyone here had 2 csections? I had a csection with my first, and my twins. I really don't want a csection again but I don't know if my dr will even consider a VBA2C. My first visit was with a APRN so I didn't see my dr to even ask. But the thought of another csection makes me so anxious. I probably should have thought of that before I got pregnant again. Oops.
risalyn0904 I havent had two, but will have to have a second with this baby because it's less than two years between births. Have you asked what the timeline is like? I was told over a two year gap, and a VBAC is possible.
Post by risalyn0904 on Aug 18, 2016 11:21:24 GMT -5
megd893 I haven't asked yet. I know my ob would have let me attempt a vbac with my second pregnancy has they not been twins. I don't know why a section scares me so much this time, I was fine with it the second time around and I didn't have any complications. I guess just the thought of that surgery 3 times freaks me out a bit.
risalyn0904 - a second one is scaring me a bit, so I can't imagine what you're thinking/feeling. If you dont mind me asking how was your second recovery? Harder than first?
Post by risalyn0904 on Aug 18, 2016 11:27:28 GMT -5
megd893, actually it was easier. I knew that I needed to get up and moving bc it helped a ton, and i think already having a child at home kept me from resting too much. Obviously you need to rest and take it easy, but I feel like being up and moving a bit really help recovery.
mustloveerica , my OB has midwives in its practice. If someone risks out of the midwifery practice, they are transferred to an OB. I would love to use a midwife, and the ones in my practice have a great reputation. But I really really liked my epidural.
I LOVED MY EPIDURAL.
To this day, I still say it is the only thing that got me through L&D (besides the nurses). It allowed me to take a nap before pushing after having been in labor already for 24 hours and awake for 36 before the epidural went in. It was the only way I had energy to push.
I would try to speak with an anesthesiologist at the hospital you plan to deliver at. I had a different issue of but there was some debate over whether I could have and epidural between the different doctors but then the anesthesiologist was basically like "Oh yeah, that's no problem."
I would try to speak with an anesthesiologist at the hospital you plan to deliver at. I had a different issue of but there was some debate over whether I could have and epidural between the different doctors but then the anesthesiologist was basically like "Oh yeah, that's no problem."
mustloveerica , my OB has midwives in its practice. If someone risks out of the midwifery practice, they are transferred to an OB. I would love to use a midwife, and the ones in my practice have a great reputation. But I really really liked my epidural.
I LOVED MY EPIDURAL.
To this day, I still say it is the only thing that got me through L&D (besides the nurses). It allowed me to take a nap before pushing after having been in labor already for 24 hours and awake for 36 before the epidural went in. It was the only way I had energy to push.
All this. It did stall my progress a bit but it sure made the afternoon much more pleasant.
I should add, though, that whether or not to get an epi was really a game day decision for me. Not having any clue what labor would feel like, I went into it open minded. As it turned out, I labored at home until 4 cm, got admitted and immediately went into the whirlpool tub for an hour, where I sat until I couldn't take it anymore. I got out, cried Uncle for the epi, was at a 7cm after it was administered and my OB broke my water which got me to an 8. So I did a fair amount of labor "on my own" and was proud of myself.
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