Weekly Check-in 12/12

[WineNChocolate]

Morning Lovies! For my ladies warming the bench and those with new lil ones. Let us know how things are going!

Week/Fruit/Team:

Symptoms:

Appointment this week:

Rants/Raves/questions:

GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen?

[hmr11913]

I'll play today!

3 weeks & 1 day - baby N.adia

My biggest fear was how I'd split time between the new baby and our 18 month old. It's been fairly easy as N sleeps most of the day yet, however bedtime was an adjustment as I always put G to bed (after milk and some snuggles in our bed) and N always seemed to want to eat at the same time... so now I feed N first then DH will take her so I can still put G to bed atleast several times a week.

DH took 3 weeks off, and today was his first day back... so I was a little nervous about our morning as we had all gotten into a routine, but it wasn't bad (today anyway, ha!) and we are anxiously awaiting his return! I still haven't taken both girls anywhere by myself yet, and don't plan to for awhile, but Wednesday my mom is coming over to help me finish decorating for Christmas and then she's gonna take G one day, so that'll be nice.

N had her check up on the 5th and was supposed to be back to birthweight, 6 lbs 8 oz... but she was 7.0! Dr was pretty happy. She does have "breastmilk jaundice" whatever that is, so she wanted me to use vit d drops however I haven't been. :/ I didn't use them with G either and she turned out just fine.

So excited and anxious to see more baby's coming!!!!

Here's a pic from her check up also the same day was G's half birthday, so of course she needed cake!!!

[Winnifred]

Week/Fruit/Team: 40/pink/watermelon?

Symptoms: Still feeling pretty good, surprisingly!

Appointment this week: Heading off for my NST and ultrasound in a few minutes. They're booked at different locations a couple of hours apart, so it will be a while. I'm excited that DH will join me for the u/s. As much as I want this baby out, I'm hoping the tests go well and there's no need to rush anything along. She's super active in there so that's reassuring.

Rants/Raves/questions: Ugh I'm getting nervous about labor again. I swing back and forth between feeling prepared and completely terrified. I did decide last week though that I wasn't going to stress out about potential scenarios anymore (what time things will get started, what we'd do with our dog, what if my mom can't come, etc), and that's been helping a lot. I'm still worried about the induction process hurting like hell if my body never gets moving on it's own.

GTKY: I'm just terrified that she will be screaming for hours on end and I will have no idea what to do about it! This is also DH's fear, so we're in this together, lol!

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Week/Fruit/Team: 38w3d/A human baby/Pink


Symptoms: Still up in my ribs, constipation, sleeping sucks, indigestion at night. I had no dilation or effacement on Friday.

Appointment this week: Last chiro and acupuncture this week, no ob/gyn until next week at 40 weeks unless baby shows up.

Rants/Raves/questions: I've been at work all of 5 minutes and I'm already going to drop kick the next person who comes in with "still here?" I have 2 more weeks people, we are not playing this game everyday.


GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen? I don't know if I have any fears, I think I'm just nervous in general, you can read as much as you want but there's literally no telling what you get until the baby is here. I think Dh and I are as prepared as we're going to be and absolute morons have babies all the time so I think we (as two educated adults) will be able to figure it out as we go.I think I am also less scared about things because Dh gets a solid amount of time off with us, if I was going to be alone really soon after she was born I might be more stressed.

[lola]

hmr11913, Gah, what a cute little nugget!

[WineNChocolate]

Week/Fruit/Team: 38w1d/winter melon/ blue    

Symptoms: At this point everything is a symptom!  HB, indigestion, constipation, hemorrhoids (tmi)...I am not getting the symptoms I want like cramping, lower back pain...MP passing..some type of hint we are moving in that direction

Appointments this week: Tomorrow...good ol' oh look at your stomach...its measuring right on time...oh your BP is still low...good bye..see you next week. Meh

Rants/raves/questions: I have been doing really well with just saying he isn't ready...so why rush him. Rushing him may mean he isn't fully ready..but everytime I take my Primrose and I wipe in the bathroom..I get annoyed there is nothing to indicate moving forward. I am going to start DTD...like every other day. My DH may think/know I am using him..but damnit can I get a lil light of hope.

GTKY: I think my biggest fear is the dealing with Toddler and NB at night. I need my DH to pull some of the weight or I will not make it. I think he will...but we will see. My MIL is coming but I don't want her to do it all..cause she is not staying forever.

hmr11913, omg your girls are lovely. Na.dia is so cute in the last picture ugh I want to touch her so bad. I bet she is warm and soft. one day I too will have a squish to call my own.

@kc295905, man I hope its this week without the induction. DO not feel like you failed setting a date..it is what it is. My grandma says some babies are just lazy..lol. She says the need some nudging..its not like they are totally ready to come out. They have baked their needed time.

Winnifred, DON'T freak yourself out too much!! You know I am serious when I say when those contractions start...all that shit flies out of your head and you accept this is it. You just take it a contraction at a time and when they tell you, your ready to go, you just do your thing! You will do awesome. I hope that lil one decides that this week looks like the best time!  I am jeally of your 40w...2 weeks and counting over here.

@cahistoryteacher, I may of peed myself a lil when I read that you are ready to drop kick the next person that reminds you that your still pregnant. LMAO...I am in the same boat. LIKE if I wasn't still pregnant would you even be looking me in my face right now...NO! I had a lady say "OH you haven't really dropped yet, I guess he is not coming yet". I literally wanted to strangle her. lol  and haha on the morons have babies all the time...two educated people can do it. THis is so true! YOU def have a couple extra points to succeeding.

W, its your last pre-baby date...you sure? Mine was 40w1d...after I came home crying and pissed off she wasn't here yet.

[dream2be3]

Sounds like we're close to more squishes arriving - yay!

The twinkies are 3 weeks old today. Time is going by so fast!

Appointment this week: the boys have a check-up on Thursday. I'm interested to see how much they weigh now.

GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen? Probably the whole labor/giving birth part and finances. Labor and giving birth were hard but easier/less painful then I expected (thank you epidural!). Finances are still tough. Daycare is so expensive here and we haven't even gotten into one yet. Plus I totally misunderstood my company's maternity leave. It's only "paid" by way of using your PTO and sick time. Ugh. DH is going to freak. I guess this could be a test to see if it would work for me to be a SAHM.

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dream2be3, I'm sorry your leave is not what you thought. I think it's criminal how confusing taking leave can be and how short they are. Those kiddos are cuties!

[lastnamewithheld]

Week/Fruit/Team: 39/Blue/Watermelon!


Symptoms: the usual.


Appointment this week: weekly appointment on Wednesday. FX for some progress! I'm ready to meet this guy!


Rants/Raves/questions: oh!!! THIS IS MY LAST WEEK OF WORK TIL MAAAARCHHHHHH!!!


GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen? I'm just worried that I'm not going to know what to do with him. Or that I'm going to hurt him in some way since they're so gosh-darn small!! That's it, really. My lack of sleep in the last couple weeks has gotten me ready for being tired basically for the rest of my life, so that's good I guess.

[lastnamewithheld]

dream2be3, omgggg look at the twinkies!! so cute!
WineNChocolate, I hope your LO surprises you and you have some progress at your appointment!
W, GL at your appointment! I hope your LO is in a good position for you!
Winnifred, GL at your appointment, too!
@cahistoryteacher, Wow, so you work with a bunch of captain obviouses, too? Yeah, no shit I'm still here. Two more weeks! You got this!!
@kc295905, I hope your appointment goes well for you this afternoon! (So many appointments today!)
hmr11913, you make cute babies!

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lastnamewithheld, yes, in my head I just kept repeating "Obviously" in Snape's voice from Harry Potter.

[mrsp121308]

Hazel will be 6 weeks old tomorrow, which seems insane to me. It's gone so fast.

She's really great. She's a snugly baby and never really cries, unless I put her down awake (then she is PISSED). She's finally starting to sleep better, the move to her own room has made such a difference for all of us.

Tomorrow is my postpartum check up and we're still deciding what birth control route to go. I think we want one more and my last experience with my IUD wasn't great so that's out. I also don't love the pill, so I don't know what we're going to do. I don't feel like I have ppd, but I really feel myself struggling with feeling like I missed out on the remainder of my pregnancy. I wasn't to that point where I felt "done" being pregnant and I just feel sad that I missed the last 5 weeks of feeling her move in my belly. It's strange to explain really. It's hard to hear everyone wishing away their pregnancies when I would have loved to keep her in longer. I know I would have felt the same way at 39 weeks, but it's still hard to listen to when I wanted to be pregnant longer but didn't have a choice.

[WineNChocolate]

dream2be3, omg you called them the twinkies...I am dead! They are so little...want to squish them. On the note of not paid maternity. I am the same we have to use AL/SL unless we can get approval first if we are using just LWOP. If we use FMLA don't have to use the time but we still don't get paid. I used to live in DC and I can only imagine having to do twins in those prices for daycare. Maybe SAHM would not be so bad. TO BE HONEST if I was still in DC we would seriously be considering it. It would be like 4-5K a month for two kids in daycare or with a nanny. bump that. WHY would I even work.

lastnamewithheld,Totally putting myself out there but they are so much stronger than you think. I think like a kong toy my dog loves to chew on they just seem to do really well with FTM bumps and opps. OH my god the times I would turn and lil bits head would hit a corner of a door. Go ahead judge me..I was not the best and she never seemed to care. She is totally ahead of her class by the way. lol no real damage. You got this!

mrsp121308, 6weeks your almost at 2 months and mine isn't even here yet...dear lord. Anywho good on you momma getting her in the crib already. LIL man just like DD will be in their crib by 2 months. Nip that mommy and daddy room in the butt quickly. I don't sleep when they are in the room and I don't think they do really either. Just get things started early..not deal with it later.

[emilie]

hmr11913 you’re gonna do great solo with the girls! your big girl looks so big next to your tiny baby!

@kc295905 I hope you’re able to get your induction this week. Happy 40 weeks!

Winnifred good luck with the NST and u/s today. I really hope things get going for you this week!

@cahistoryteacher ha - “a human baby!” I am also sick of everyone I come into contact giving me every form of “any day now, huh?”

W sorry you are in pain. I’m so jealous of your nanny skills. I feel like I have zero idea of what do to around a baby

WineNChocolate my OB appointments are like that, too. “baby still breech? yup. low BP? yes. see ya”

dream2be3 soooo cute! and I’m sorry about your company’s misleading PTO - so annoying.

lastnamewithheld how amazing does it feel to know you have MONTHS of time off? even though we all know it won’t exactly be relaxing, lol

mrsp121308 6 weeks already?! The whole figuring out birth control thing has me a little baffled, too.

Week/Fruit/Team: 38/human/pink

Symptoms: elephant legs and feet, and starting to feel sore around my lower belly/upper pelvis. moving around and getting up/down is definitely getting harder.

Appointment this week: I have an OB appointment mid-week to do one more check to see if baby is still breech. I can feel her lil’ noggin right under my ribs, so I know she still is. So if all remains the same, I AM HAVING A BABY IN ONE WEEK! My c-section is scheduled for next Monday. I’m a little nervous but mostly just excited. 


Rants/Raves/questions: Last week felt so busy-busy trying to get everything done, but this week I feel like we are finally getting there! Holiday decorations are up, almost done shopping, nursery almost done, bag packed, etc. I hope H and I can have a couple date nights this week and just enjoy this last week of just the two of us!


GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen? I am most nervous about breastfeeding and caring for a newborn post-C section. I just hope it all goes OK. I’m lucky it’s the holidays and that I will have my mom and siblings around to help along with MH.

[tbonequeen13]

T&Ps would be appreciated tomorrow as we check in at 5am to start induction!

Week/Fruit/Team: 39/pumpkin/pink

Symptoms: i look and feel like a blimp, lol

Appointment this week: I have an appt to meet my daughter tomorrow, lol

Rants/Raves/questions: I'm afraid the little bugger may be sideways again...she moves like a lunatic in the evenings and her rolls and kicks are everywhere to the point where it's nearly impossible to tell how she's situated

GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen Since DD1 was such an easy baby, I'm terrified DD2 won't and we won't be prepared to deal with that (DD1 slept through the night early on and you could take her anywhere and she'd be fine)...I'm also worried about how DD1 will handle having to share the spotlight after almost 4 years of being an only child and how we'll manage splitting our time when both need something at the same time. DH only has enough PTO for 1 week off, an although he may be able to work from home a 2nd week, I'll mostly be on my own after the 1st week. That is terrifying. We have family close that can come help, but I am kinda selfish and love keeping my squishy babies to myself as long as I can since I know I only have 8 weeks before I have to go back to work.

[kaydee0402]

Week/Fruit/Team: 39ish/whale/Pink

Symptoms: Sore back, lots of cramping, swelling.

Appointment this week: Getting this child out on 12/15

Rants/Raves/questions: Get out get out get out GET OUT!

GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen? I'm nervous about how my toddler is going to take everything. Especially since we're already dealing with bouts of regression.

[emilie]

good luck tomorrow tbonequeen13! hopefully you can get some sleep tonight!

[dream2be3]

WineNChocolate daycare is so ridiculously expensive! I thought my area was high, but 4-5k in DC? Yowzer! There's no way.

Daycare and health insurance costs are so outrageous I just don't know how people do it.

[requiressnacks]

Gabriel and Gianna are 5 weeks tomorrow! I can't even believe it.

We are still working through getting them on a good schedule and I am hoping and praying that they start sleeping for longer stretches soon.

Gianna is flourishing. She's a great eater and is growing like a weed. Gabriel continues to struggle in terms of eating and growth. I'm not really sure what I should be doing at this point, aside from encouraging him to eat. It's so hard because there are two of them and only one of me so I want to make sure everyone is getting the attention they need. And it's hard not to compare twins.

We were referred to "Birth to Three" for Gabriel and they are coming to do his assessment on Friday. I'm really interested to see what they say.

Rant: MH is on night shift this week. I don't know how single parents do it.

Rave: I went to Target today.



GTKY: What is or was your biggest fear with having a newborn? Have they come to fruition? Is it easier/harder than expected? Moms without babies yet, what are you doing to possibly not have the fear happen?

My biggest fears before I had the twins were very concrete....like money, nursery, cars, clothing, etc. Now that they are here my fears are so much more emotional....like are they healthy? Happy? I also worry that I am dividing my attention properly.

[WineNChocolate]

Dec 12, 2016 21:04:42 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Gabriel and Gianna are 5 weeks tomorrow! I can't even believe it.

We are still working through getting them on a good schedule and I am hoping and praying that they start sleeping for longer stretches soon.

Gianna is flourishing. She's a great eater and is growing like a weed. Gabriel continues to struggle in terms of eating and growth. I'm not really sure what I should be doing at this point, aside from encouraging him to eat. It's so hard because there are two of them and only one of me so I want to make sure everyone is getting the attention they need. And it's hard not to compare twins.

We were referred to "Birth to Three" for Gabriel and they are coming to do his assessment on Friday. I'm really interested to see what they say.

Rant: MH is on night shift this week. I don't know how single parents do it.

Rave: I went to Target today.

Sorry to hear there is a struggle with Gabriel. Your doing great and getting help. It will work itself out. And look at you going to target!

[requiressnacks]

Dec 12, 2016 21:06:12 GMT -5 WineNChocolate said:

Dec 12, 2016 21:04:42 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Gabriel and Gianna are 5 weeks tomorrow! I can't even believe it.

We are still working through getting them on a good schedule and I am hoping and praying that they start sleeping for longer stretches soon.

Gianna is flourishing. She's a great eater and is growing like a weed. Gabriel continues to struggle in terms of eating and growth. I'm not really sure what I should be doing at this point, aside from encouraging him to eat. It's so hard because there are two of them and only one of me so I want to make sure everyone is getting the attention they need. And it's hard not to compare twins.

We were referred to "Birth to Three" for Gabriel and they are coming to do his assessment on Friday. I'm really interested to see what they say.

Rant: MH is on night shift this week. I don't know how single parents do it.

Rave: I went to Target today.

Sorry to hear there is a struggle with Gabriel. Your doing great and getting help. It will work itself out. And look at you going to target!

Thanks.

[requiressnacks]

hmr11913....so cute! Glad all isn't well with N.

Winnifred....that's is a valid fear. And I assure you it will happen:) I have literally Looked at a crying baby and asked them whAT the problem is.

[requiressnacks]

@cahistoryteacher....I tell myself that all the time. WAY stupider people have kids all the time. Haha

W....MH is having a hard time adjusting to life with kids, it's a HUGE change to our lifestyle. I think at 5 weeks in he's finally coming around. I hope YH doesn't take so long.

[requiressnacks]

WineNChocolate.....good luck with the sex! I barely remember what it feels like. MH jokes that we are going to have to clear the cobwebs out of my vajayay when we finally go there again. Haha

dream2be3, love them! Also, I can't believe about your maternity policy!

[requiressnacks]

mrsp121308 why didn't you like the IUd?

emilie....my cankles are finally going away. I don't want to discourage you, but it was one of the last things to go back to normal PP.

GL tbonequeen13!

[dream2be3]

tbonequeen13 good luck tomorrow! Hope everything goes well.

[requiressnacks]

@kc295905.....when is the induction scheduled for?? We need more babies!!!

[Lucy]

I updated in the Monday thread, but I'll post here too

Cora is 2 weeks exactly today. We went in this morning for a weight check and she's finally exactly back to her birth weight (5lbs 2oz), up from 4lbs 7oz on Wednesday. It really reconfirms my decision to switch her to formula since she's a completely different baby now. She's growing, and sleeping, and finally rid of her jaundice.

I have a hard time sharing her with everyone else in the house -- I just want to snuggle her all the time!

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requiressnacks, is it possible he needs a different formula from Gianna? There's some research out there from the Celiac Disease and Intestinal disease research community looking into c-section babies and their intestinal systems, to see if there is a link later in life to Celiac or allergies. Much like how c-section babies often have a lot of fluid in their lungs from not being squeezed through the birth canal they think that some bacteria that gets stuck in baby's intestines and stomach could cause allergies and such. There is apparently a high incidence of celiac cases being c-section babies who had to be formula fed and in particular need special formula(I fell into this category, I was on soy formula when I was born). Just a thought. I hope they figure out what is ailing him and it's an easy fix.

[mrsp121308]

Dec 12, 2016 21:22:03 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

mrsp121308 why didn't you like the IUd?

emilie....my cankles are finally going away. I don't want to discourage you, but it was one of the last things to go back to normal PP.

GL tbonequeen13!

I loved it while I had it, but I bled nonstop and for almost 6 weeks after getting it removed. I also bled red blood all through first tri which I think is from that IUD.