Post by requiressnacks on Dec 30, 2016 9:50:05 GMT -5
legalbeagle....I have to share a Kon Mari story with you. I've been doing a lot of tidying (15 bags to goodwill!!)
For Christmas MIL got the babies all these cheap Mickey Mouse toys. I hate them. So I kept about 75% and the donated the remaining. One of which was a Mickey Mouse cowbell type thing. Loud, ugly, not fun.
Well...MIL was over yesterday and asked MH where the cowbell thing was!!! I was so sure it would never happen. We pretended like we couldn't find it.
I guess it was too soon to Kon Mari Christmas gifts. 😂😂
It sounds like DH's cold is passing, thank goodness. Neither of us slept too well, I think we're both nervous about our appointment. I really hope I've made some sort of progress, or that our appointment is early enough that we can start something if I haven't.
So I was still feeling super overwhelmed with trying to bf, supplement and pump, but the consultant encouraged us to keep going. We had a rough few hours with baby being so awake during photos and then we missed our time to feed and I was just a mess. A nurse called from my dr office and ran through their post partum test with me. I just cried the whole time and she encouraged me to consider stopping for my own mental health.
I'm still attempting to nurse before we give her formula, and we're just being careful not to overfill her with it. Putting the pump down has helped a lot. I never thought this would all be so hard!
On the plus side, baby slept soundly all night and woke up right before our alarms to wake her. She ate, pooped, and went back to sleep super easily!
Waiting to talk to the ped today about trying to schedule her with wake and nap times during the day.
Post by lastnamewithheld on Dec 30, 2016 11:01:29 GMT -5
Follow up to yesterday: I called the OB office and they had me come in re: incision drainage. My incision looks great, but there's maybe an inch below my incision that hurts and is red/irritated that they took a culture of. So I have a script for abx and I have a follow up next week again.
I'm mostly glad that I'm not becoming a hypochondriac since the nurse I spoke to on the phone said it sounded kind of normal-ish.
IVF+ICSI March 2016 (6R/5M/5F - 3 embryos on ice) 4/7/16: first ever BFP! EDD: 12/17/16 DS Arrived via C-Section 12/19/16! FET #1 June 2019 - 1 embryo didn't survive thaw & the one that did didn't stick around. BFN FET #2 September 2019 - last embryo didn't survive thaw.
Post by littlelion on Dec 30, 2016 11:16:46 GMT -5
I slept on the recliner with Alex on me. 12-3 am went ok got him to sleep easily enough. After that he cried a lot. Barely slept. Dh is all worried because of how hard he cries & wants to take him to the dr. He's still nursing well enough. No fever. I'm like babies cry esp when they don't feel good. And now he's out like a light. I'm sending dh to buy some vicks for the humidifier.
Just got back from my appointment. Still at a 0. Doc was able to get me onto the induction schedule for tonight so they are going to call later with our time. After spending a week being lazy now I have to kill 12 hours just waiting. They said if a bed opens up they'll call earlier but it will likely be around 8 or 9.
Just got back from my appointment. Still at a 0. Doc was able to get me onto the induction schedule for tonight so they are going to call later with our time. After spending a week being lazy now I have to kill 12 hours just waiting. They said if a bed opens up they'll call earlier but it will likely be around 8 or 9.
I've enjoyed being pregnant, and I hope it doesn't come off as I'm ungrateful to have experienced this - but I'm ready. I'm overdue and he's done cooking. I just want to move to the next step.
Ditto this. I nearly started crying at my appointment, I'm so done and did not want to do a week of monitoring and waiting. I was very happy there was an induction opening.
I've enjoyed being pregnant, and I hope it doesn't come off as I'm ungrateful to have experienced this - but I'm ready. I'm overdue and he's done cooking. I just want to move to the next step.
crimpgirl thanks for the reminder.... I need to select which newborn photos we want. DS still had his umbilical cord, but they can edit it out and it may not even show in most. I'm glad your dad is coming. There's always drama about visit time with my IL's.
@kc295905 I'm getting crazy in the house too. The only places I go are doctors offices. 😟
@reauiressnacks LMAO on the donations. I do the same or return/exchange. MIL buys the ugliest outfits. Oy! I wonder if she'll ask you next time too. Oops!
@cahistoryteacher FX for you!! Good luck!
Winnifred awwww I know it's hard, but try not to worry about it too much. It sounds like she's doing perfectly with eating, pooping and sleeping so do whatever you can. Don't push yourself too much or be too hard on yourself. I was struggling with BFing in the beginning as a 3rd time mom. I can't imagine doing it as a 1st time mama. Hang in there!
lastnamewithheld I'm glad you had it looked it and got started on abx. Hope it gets better.
MC Sept '10, MC Dec '10, DS born 2012 Clomid + TI = BFP #1 March '13, MC April '13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #1 = BFP #2 10/21/13, MC 10/31/13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #2 = BFP #3 1/16/14, ectopic w/ heartbeat & rt salpingectomy 1/29/14 IVF #1 - ER 5/9/14 transfer cx'd due to high P4 FET #1 - 6/26/14 transferred 1 AA blast BFP!! EDD 3/11/15 Beta #1 13dp5dt - 1548 Beta #2 15dp5dt - 2748 Beta #3 18dp5dt - 7586
I can't believe it's the end of the year and that it'll be 2017. 2017!? WHAT!!?!? No plans for tonight. Not sure about NYE yet. Might do something for a little bit with friends.
DS2 has been tired the last couple days. He was walking around just crying this am. I felt him and said shit. 102.5. I was hoping it wasn't the flu as one of our friends has it. Then I noticed the ear draining at the doctors office. Yup, ear infection. The second one since he got his tubes. My poor boy. DH finally did something right... he came home from work while I took him so I wouldn't have to take all 3. I surely would've gone straight to the funny farm if I had.
MC Sept '10, MC Dec '10, DS born 2012 Clomid + TI = BFP #1 March '13, MC April '13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #1 = BFP #2 10/21/13, MC 10/31/13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #2 = BFP #3 1/16/14, ectopic w/ heartbeat & rt salpingectomy 1/29/14 IVF #1 - ER 5/9/14 transfer cx'd due to high P4 FET #1 - 6/26/14 transferred 1 AA blast BFP!! EDD 3/11/15 Beta #1 13dp5dt - 1548 Beta #2 15dp5dt - 2748 Beta #3 18dp5dt - 7586
Winnifred, that picture is gorgeous! Sorry BFing isn't going well. You really don't expect it to have such an effect on you mentally, but it really does. I knew I was doing the right thing by stopping with Cora because I know my milk isn't nutritionally sufficient and I still had a night where I spent bawling for several hours because I wasn't completely sure I was doing the right thing.
@cahistoryteacher, I hope everything goes smoothly. Yay for a December baby!
littlelion, whats the name of the app? I think I missed it before!
We spent the afternoon with my bff and our kids. She just has one who is the same age as DD1. It was really nice to be out of the house for a few hours!
Cora has also decided that she will only sleep on me. I managed to squeeze in an hour and a half session with her in her own space, but other than that she insisted on being on me. The only redeeming part was that she slept from 10pm-3am, then again from 3:30am til 7:30am.
Lucy - thank you!! It's nice to know there's someone else here that found themselves in the same spot. I'm still having a hard time with the decision. It's painful emotionally to see that I can squeeze milk out and then I feel like I'm just giving up. At the end of the day, i think I just need to move forward and let it go. I just never thought I'd be in this situation, but it's so much better to see her happy and not miserable.
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