☆♡☆ FTM check-in 1/31 ☆♡☆

[nomnom]

Hi, first-time moms! Dumbest question ever for some of you: what's new?

notagoddess
staz
@wineandcupcakes
crazycatlady6
loves2shop4shoes
dancerspose
Evelyn3
HeyMrsPotter

I feel slow, awkward, and tired.

QOTW: What do you think of Valentine's Day? Any plans?

[Evelyn3]

Not much.
I feel slow and tired too.

Lots of weird pains, lots of emotions.
Just taking it day by day right now.

QOTW H's birthday is Valentine's Day, so it's a funny combination for us, we joke a lot about it, either he has to take me out on his birthday or I have to give up valentines for him, etc. We have fun with it all. But for this year, no plans as of yet. We will see how we feel with baby I guess.

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What's New? : OMG I forgot how bad nights are! Especially twins after a csection....

Last night was our first at home alone. Thank goodness for the 3rd set of hands from my mom.

QOTW: personalily I like Valentine's Day. Normally we for our but this year may be pizza and wine...so my wine!

[loves2shop4shoes]

I am right there with you on feeling slow, awkward, and tired. My nipples started leaking last night. That was fun.

DH and I are beyond ready for her to get here and I have menstrual like cramping and BH pretty much on the daily.

QOTW: I like Valentine's Day. DH usually gets me flowers. We exchange cards and do the sex usually. This year, it'll really depend on when she gets here but I imagine it'll be extremely low key.

[staz]

I'm, what's the term?, lovingly over it.

I hit 37 weeks in a few days but I have this awful feeling she's coming late. I'm such a type A planner not knowing is driving me nuts!

What do you think of Valentine's Day? Any plans?
I've never been big on Valentine's Day. H and I decided to do a romantic dinner at home because I don't feel up to a big dinner out at this point and it's still two weeks away. We celebrated last weekend with our big date night out.

[nomnom]

Jan 31, 2017 7:18:00 GMT -5 @jacks605 said:

What's New? : OMG I forgot how bad nights are! Especially twins after a csection....

Last night was our first at home alone. Thank goodness for the 3rd set of hands from my mom.

QOTW: personalily I like Valentine's Day. Normally we for our but this year may be pizza and wine...so my wine!

Don't tell me that about twins after a c-section.

[crazycatlady6]

staz - I am a type A planner as well and I do not like the fact that he can come anytime. I asked him to come on his due date since that's the only thing to go on so we'll see.

In regards to V-day, we'll see what happens in the next 2 weeks. We typically do dinner out before or after the holiday.

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Jan 31, 2017 12:00:18 GMT -5 nomnom said:

Jan 31, 2017 7:18:00 GMT -5 @jacks605 said:

What's New? : OMG I forgot how bad nights are! Especially twins after a csection....

Last night was our first at home alone. Thank goodness for the 3rd set of hands from my mom.

QOTW: personalily I like Valentine's Day. Normally we for our but this year may be pizza and wine...so my wine!

Don't tell me that about twins after a c-section.

For me the main struggle is feeling useless. I had to ask for help all the time and things I normally do without thinking are now hard(bending over to pick up that dropped XXXX.) Just not in me to sit back and ask for so much. My pain level is pretty minimal so that's huge( I've been a 0-2 for the better part of my recovery. Never needed any Percocet only ibprofin 800's and the Tylenol with codine.)

[notagoddess]

What's new: I'm nesting big-time now that my in-laws have left and I have my house back, but I'm still not ready. I need nursery closet shelving and to put baby's things away in an organized manner. I have to figure out maternity leave paperwork, which is really confusing since I am not FMLA eligible. And I still don't have child care, and I won't know the outcome of the daycare waitlists I'm on until March at the earliest. So I'm a little stressed out, but I think that's how come I'm feeling some extra energy these days.

I hope to feel more ready after this weekend. I have nothing scheduled (aside from a yoga class) and the whole weekend is going to be nesting.

QOTW: Valentine's Day always sneaks up on me. I'm usually holidayed-out by then, but my husband always asks what he should get me. So then I have to get him something too. I'd prefer to go out for a romantic meal but we never do.

[notagoddess]

@jacks605, give yourself credit for what you just went through! You're doing great!

[dancerspose]

Evelyn3 sorry your appointment today didn't show any progress, but FX little man isn't too late!
loves2shop4shoes sorry you're feeling so frustrated, hope your little lady comes soon!
staz I was convinced I would be late too...so you just never know, don't worry about it too much.
crazycatlady6 I hear you on the Type A thing...part of what was so crazy about Z's early arrival.
notagoddess enjoy your nesting!

AFM - I can't believe Z is almost two weeks old already (on Friday). We had the bloodwork done for her repeat newborn screening today, and our appointment with the GI doctor is Thursday (her results were abnormal for one of the tests). We won't have the results yet, so I doubt they'll tell us much other than what additional testing they want done. It's frustrating because I wish they;d wait for the repeat results before making us see the specialist and all so that we could possibly be spared unnecessary tests and appointments.

Breastfeeding (from the boob) is still a no go for us. My nipples has been healing well, but when I try to put her on the breast it does not go well. She won't hold a latch without a nipple shield, and using the nipple shield, even the bigger size, causes me immense pain. I don't really know what the solution is. I still have another week before I see the lactation consultant I want to. I tried watching her videos to get some pointers, but it's just not working. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. but with my heightened emotions this is the one thing that makes me burst into tears. On the positive, I am getting quite the stash of pumped breastmilk. I'm producing enough to probably stop the formula and just exclusively give her pumped milk at this point, but since we have to bottle feed, it's honestly just easier to do the formula sometimes, particularly at night, so we don't have to worry about warming breastmilk up. We've stopped waking her up every 2-3 hours to eat though.  We're trying to let her tell us when she's hungry, but we won't let her go more than 4 hours.  Of course, I worry she's sleeping TOO much.

So yeah, other than, all is good. I still honestly can't believe she's really here. I won't lie, most of the time I feel helpless and terrified that I'm doing everything wrong, but also so completely in love. My favorite thing is still to watch DH with her, just fills my heart.

ETA QOTW - We usually either go out for a really nice dinner or DH makes a special dinner for Valentine's Day.  Given the newborn at home, I'm assuming the latter this year.  We don't usually exchange gifts.  The tradition it that DH will often give me flowers, and I give him a bottle of good booze.  I tell him that's the male equivalent of flowers.