Pregnancy and New Baby Check In

[kristhegirl]

I just think he's the cutest little bald guy ever and I'm so smitten.

10.5 weeks old already, fully into 3-6 month clothes, is smiling and cooing and being the best.

I don't post about it on M17 because people are struggling with normal newborns, but he's a newborn dream baby - sleeps until at least 2:30 every night, then usually until after 6:00. Loves sleeping in his car seat. Takes long naps during the day. Is, if possible, even more chill than Elena was.

[nutmeg8484]

kristhegirl you are giving me hope that maybe this new baby won't be the complete opposite of Molly. She was the greatest and everyone keeps telling me how the next one won't be. Mostly my mom.

[shawnabm1320]

kristhegirl he's adorable! And I'm jealous. Mine is not a terrible sleeper, but she's average. Which means I'm tired. 😉

[CoachTsWife]

Apr 27, 2017 16:14:09 GMT -5 nutmeg8484 said:

kristhegirl you are giving me hope that maybe this new baby won't be the complete opposite of Molly. She was the greatest and everyone keeps telling me how the next one won't be. Mostly my mom.

+1 

[shawnabm1320]

Apr 27, 2017 16:14:09 GMT -5 nutmeg8484 said:

kristhegirl you are giving me hope that maybe this new baby won't be the complete opposite of Molly. She was the greatest and everyone keeps telling me how the next one won't be. Mostly my mom.

There's a girl on the F17 birth board who has had two amazing sleepers. Sleeping through the night by 6 weeks. There is hope for you

[CoachTsWife]

I'm coming up on 18 weeks and still fighting nausea and food aversions. I'm still puking. In fact I puked this morning. WHY?? I'm really really really ready for the part of pregnancy where I feel really good. I know I had this yucky part last time, but I mostly remember how good I felt. I want that part to come now.

Sorry to complain, I'm just tired of feeling sick.

Other than that things are great, all tests have come back normal/low-risk!

[Deleted]

CoachTsWife ugh I'm sorry you're so sick. I threw up daily or multiple times daily until 20 weeks. I still will at 22 weeks if I don't take my Diclegis. You have my sorries.

[Deleted]

I'm 22 weeks with our team green/ velociraptor baby. Anatomy scan and all the rest of the tests have come back healthy/low risk.

We have eleventy billion projects to do around the house before this one comes and I have no motivation to do them. Like move W into the guest room, which is currently the holding place for all the crap that will go in the master bath that we started gutting back in October. So, nesting hasn't kicked in yet, apparently.

I think I'm finally to the cruising part of pregnancy before the third tri awfulness hits. As long as I take my Diclegis every night and eat every 3ish hours, anyway.

[lotsoflotts]

34ish weeks over here! It's getting more difficult to sleep, and I'm getting to the point where I kindasorta wish some nights that I could just have a catheter in so I wouldn't have to get up to pee every hour. Overall I feel pretty good though! T tries to feed pretzel sticks to the baby through my belly button, I have no idea where he got that from. He'll also ask me to "open it" - referring to my belly, so he can see his baby brother. It's adorable! Still not motivated to pull out/wash/put up the baby clothes though. Probably because I just don't want to deal with T pulling everything out of the drawers yet.

Also, this bathroom reno isn't done yet and it needs to be before this baby arrives. I'll probably put myself into labor by tiling the floor in a few weeks...

[EmMilAlly]

Apr 27, 2017 16:22:21 GMT -5 shawnabm1320 said:

Apr 27, 2017 16:14:09 GMT -5 nutmeg8484 said:

kristhegirl you are giving me hope that maybe this new baby won't be the complete opposite of Molly. She was the greatest and everyone keeps telling me how the next one won't be. Mostly my mom.

There's a girl on the F17 birth board who has had two amazing sleepers. Sleeping through the night by 6 weeks. There is hope for you

There is another lady with 4 kids (two sets of twins) under 2 whose kids also ALL STTN. I guess anything is possible?!

Looking at you nomnom

[EmMilAlly]

Louis is 11 weeks today! He is the sweetest little noodle and I'm so obsessed.

We've had some issues with nursing/weight gain. He started out solidly in the 50th % and has made it down to the 5th %, though he's grown two inches in length. I feel awful. He's a happy baby but has always fussed at the breast and is very distractable. As of today I'm EPing and measuring everything. Gah. I can already tell he hasn't been eating enough. He is a great sleeper compared to Henry, who was a crap sleeper and champion eater.

[nutmeg8484]

I'm going to tag nomnom in here again because neither of us go to SAIF much anymore. I'm so glad to hear that the babies are doing well. I still don't know how you do it!

[shawnabm1320]

Clara is 8 weeks old tomorrow, and she is doing pretty well. I weighed her last week and she was almost 11 pounds! She'll be 2 months on Wednesday. She's outgrowing most of her 3 month clothes because of her long torso (like her brother), and she barely cries. Which is amazing.

I am struggling a bit with being anxious about her sleep. Mostly I want to avoid the fiasco that was DS's sleep for 6 months. H thinks I have PPA, but I don't think I do. I can talk myself out of it, so I think I am just slightly sleep deprived and struggling a bit to keep our household afloat and not feel like an awful mom for doing what we need to do to make it day to day. I'm trying to stop obsessing over her sleep. I really need to stop comparing her to other babies. And possibly stay off my favorite Facebook sleep group.

ETA picture. Instagram repeat, sorry!

[nutmeg8484]

I'll be 25 weeks tomorrow. Things are going well. Still sick if I don't take my diclegis every night and morning when I wake up, but manageable. I was diagnosed with borderline GD again so I have to watch what I eat and track my sugars daily which kind of sucks, but isn't too bad. It keeps me accountable for what I put into my body and motivates me to make sure I get in some kind of activity during the day when all I want to do is read my book or watch TV.

I updated the other day about the little guy's kidney situation so I wont rehash that. I'm looking forward to seeing him again next week. It's finally hit me that he is going to be here in about 4 months and I really need to get moving on getting things done for him to come home.

I'm planning on cutting back to a per diem position when he gets here so I also need to figure out health insurance for all of us and look into some kind of accident and life insurance. If something happened to H while he was our main income we would be screwed and he works a kind of dangerous job (logging) so not having anything is irresponsible. Adulting is hard sometimes.

[ashiscute]

I keep thinking this is randoms and I'm confused about the posts. But since I'm here how come kristhegirl is the only posting pics?!

[wells2010]

I am 19+ weeks over here. The nausea I had was by far the worst of all three pregnancies. Now, however, it is gone. Completely. I am so glad for that. I don't have a good appetite though... no food aversions, just don't feel hungry, so I am still struggling to eat for different reasons.

I am feeling a little more energy too, but it is hard with working and everything extra that I've been doing. If I can make it until the end of May, I will be in much better shape I think.

We are team green for the first time. My A/S is in two weeks, along with a fetal echo, which is ordered because I am considered high-risk, not because of a history or abnormal test results so far. I am dying to know what the sex is, but H really wants to keep it a surprise, so I am appeasing him. We have no clue what we will name this poor child.

Peyton is excited and tells the baby every day how much she loves him/her. It's cute.

[ashiscute]

@justinslovo sooooo sweet!! ❤️❤️❤️

[EmMilAlly]

@justinslovo what's triple feeding? We also started Zantac today.

[EmMilAlly]

nutmeg8484 I can't remember if I responded to your post, but Henry had dilated kidneys throughout my pregnancy with him and we're still monitoring them with ultrasound. So far so good! I hope they are resolved soon for you and you can enjoy the extra peeks at LO.

[trebletrouble13]

33.5 weeks (due June 13th) and starting to slow down. If I sit longer on the couch longer than 5 minutes I start getting drowsy and may fall asleep. DS keeps talking about "sissy" and snuggling my belly. I have most of her NB clothes washed and ready, but I still need to wash her new crib sheet and the bassinet covers. Her hospital bag is packed, still need to pack mine. I (or MH) will throw any nighttime necessities for DS together when needed, as my parents will be watching him and they have a tote box with everything else he might need there already.
Slowly transitioning DS to his big boy bed (twin size bed in a new room), just with naps so far. Because baby will sleep in the bassinet in our room for a few months, do I reeeeally need to transition DS out of the crib right now?
All things considered, once I got past my nasty morning sickness I have had an easy pregnancy. I'm hoping she decides to come late because MH and my mom both have to work until 6/22 because of snow days. I was induced with DS at 9 days late, but I know that is no indication of how things will go this time.

[kristhegirl]

trebletrouble13 no! Why would you do that if you don't have to?! You'll have a newborn with their newborn sleep to deal with, why add extra trouble of a loose toddler if you don't have to?

[ashiscute]

@trebletrouble my advice is always keep them in a crib as long as possible. If he's not climbing don't move him! You can easily use a bassinet or rock n play for 4 months or so. I'd rather pay an extra $100 for a second crib than switch my toddler while dealing with a newborn.

[rachydc]

trebletrouble13 Dont worry about transitioning! ashiscute, and I forget who else (basically every other STM here) told me when I first announced to not worry about PTing or switching A out of her crib if she's still comfy in it and sleeping. Once I decided to release all that and let it happen naturally on it's own, I feel SO much better and less stressed! Really great advice

[trebletrouble13]

kristhegirl, ashiscute, jnetx, rachydc - I was mostly thinking of the advice (I read elsewhere) that says "he'll feel like he is being kicked out in favor of baby." I'm happy to keep him in the crib until baby needs it! He when he needs something, he just stands at the corner and calls for me or MH. No signs of climbing out yet, thank goodness. Climbing everything else yes, crib no.
ETA: I just remembered the biggest reason I wanted to move him. His big boy bed and most of his things are in a new room (right next door). I plan to use the nursery at night with new baby for diaper changes and feedings (as opposed to my room or living room), as that worked best with DS. I suppose I could set up a secondary changing/feeding area in DS's big boy room and use that at night, but I'm not sure that would be less work. The crib would have to be dismantled to move it and MH refuses to consider a second crib, so maybe we try the pack & play in the big boy room?
Sorry for the long-winded post.

[Deleted]

I go here now! Tomorrow I'll be 8 weeks based on O, 7w6d based on last scan.

We are being very guarded about planning with this pregnancy so I don't expect to do much until we get well into it. I also don't expect to do much period, because new baby will likely be in our room for a very long time, like L was. We haven't decided if we will convert husband's office into a kid's room and put office in the upstairs attic suite, or if we will have baby and Lily be roommates until L is old enough for the attic suite (if she wants it). I like the idea of them being roomies but that will depend on what baby is like.

I feel hungover and gross and tired most of the time. On the rare occasion I notice, hey, I don't feel terrible, something must be wrong, I generally have felt terrible within a half hour of such a thought. With my history though, I'd rather have symptoms than not.

[kristhegirl]

This thread is really lacking bump pictures.

[lotsoflotts]

Here ya go kristhegirl



And a bare belly one because T was snuggling with baby brother

SPOILER: Click to show

[trebletrouble13]

Today's bump! I have taken very few pictures this time around.

[LydiaDeetz]

Um... what about my TWO special snowflakes?! I guess since they both make sounds like prehistoric reptiles, I could click 1 girl and 1 raptor...

Anyways, the twins are close to 7 weeks and I'm so ready to be out of the weeds. They're mostly good, but the night is dark and full of terrors. Wait, was there a twins under-story in GoT? Does the new season start soon? I watch 0 tv and even less HBO, since we don't have it...

Seriously? They're doing great and we're all alive. I'm not sure what else to expect. C is "going on vacation" next week with her Grammy to Maryland for a couple weeks. This will be the first time alone with the twins and I'm nervous. I'm hoping to nail down a routine and add C to it when she gets back. I'm BF, pumping and supplementing and hoping the twins meet all milestones at their next appt.

[LydiaDeetz]

Apr 28, 2017 16:27:36 GMT -5 @amc25 said:

LydiaDeetz That was a poll fail on my part! I think I initially intended to have it set as girl(s), but then I got interrupted by the brain-frying shrieks of a J15 velociraptor.

Just giving you a hard time... in addition to your boys