cocobellaf I'm so sorry you're still puking so much. It's so difficult when you feel like shit all the time. I cried so much in the beginning when I was sick 24/7. Hugs.
mcktymck I have a horrible sweet tooth too! As soon as my morning sickness got better I was scarfing down the treats. My FFC should be that I gained 6 pounds in 3 weeks probably from the amount of sweets I consumed! This week I finally cut back and it's been so hard. I'm pregnant I just want my donut.
DS is circumcised. I did a lot of research and was pretty torn over it but we decided to do it. I know they said he didn't even cry and if I remember correctly it was easier taking care of that over the umbilical cord and it healed quicker.
My FFC is that I only have one pair of jeans that fit right now but I really really don't want to buy another pair because the warm weather is so close. I'm cheap like that.
Post by littlesthobo on Apr 15, 2016 18:47:35 GMT -5
Big hugs cocobellaf, pregnancy is not a cake walk and you've had a really rough go of it. It's okay not to enjoy it.
Re: sweets- give them all to me!!! I have a stash of candy in my desk at work and a piece of chocolate cake is calling my name from the fridge.
Re: circumcision- DH isn't so we never even had the discussion about DS. DS2 won't be either. Totally a personal choice.
Re: newborn stage- I found it so rough and there were moments of "what have I done?" And "I can't do this!". It got so much better at 3 months when DS had more of a routine, and even better at 6 months when we sleep trained him. I'm loving him now at 2 because we can do things like go to the park, splash pad, the beach. I'm not a huge baby person.
My FFFC: I don't want to breastfeed this LO because it made me so miserable last time, but I'm scared to tell the nurses when I give birth.
sarcaztic10 , for me, it isn't even about the things that need to be purchased or accomplished. Its more mentally....like I know the kid is in there, and going to come out, but mentally I am not prepared. Baby name is completely up in the air....we haven't even discussed it since 1st Tri. It feels kind of like the pregnancy is happening to someone else, and I just ate a really big burger and have a food baby. July feels like so far away, yet it really isn't that far. It is probably going to take me holding the baby, before it finally hits me that there is a baby and I should probably pick out a name. HAHA
Yep you basically put my thoughts into words exactly! But on top of not being there mentally with this pregnancy, I've done nothing physically for this kid either. I'm oddly ok with it all though!
rungirlrun, I have bought a pack'n'play, Mamaroo, small handful of summer outfits (only because the baby is going to be born in a different season that DD was), DD picked out a stuffed animal for baby, and a convertible carseat for my husband's vehicle. I have yet to buy the infant seat, or really anything else. While most other people are working on the nursery and almost done, our baby's room is still being used as a place where we just throw things that we want out of the way...so it is littered with empty picture frames, papers that we need to shred, random storage boxes we need to go through, etc. What is crazy is that I keep thinking "OMG.....July is SOOOOO far away!" but then I look back on Jan-April....and those months seem to have gone by SO FAST. I even keep forgetting that it is actually April, and still think it is March....even though we are already halfway through April! I am still planning summer activities, and then have to stop and remind myself that I will be having a RCS, postpartum bleeding (ugh!), and a newborn. I almost signed up to coach DD's summer soccer season! WTF is wrong with me?!
Post by harlowjune1984 on Apr 15, 2016 18:58:42 GMT -5
littlesthobo, don't be scared....just be honest. I only BF my DD in the hospital and then as soon as I got home, started EP-ing. That is my plan this time around too.....BF in the hospital, and EP as soon as I get home. I plan on being 100% honest about it, because there is no point in them sending the lactation consultant in my room several times, when that consultant could be spending more time with someone that is dead set on BF-ing and really wants the help before they get discharged. My health insurance and the hospitals associated with it are very pro-BF, but they also know that they cannot force anyone to do anything they don't want to do. If its not for you, its not for you!
I wouldn't stress! I ff ds from day one and plan to with this baby. I want to go on my migraine meds ASAP. I had one nurse that was rude about it, but she was only with me for an hour. The rest of the staff was great! Just tell them to shove it, if the staff gets rude. Haha
Post by littlesthobo on Apr 15, 2016 19:39:38 GMT -5
harlowjune1984 and lostinfaith225, thanks! Last time I felt so overwhelmed with the nurses and ended up crying alone in the bathroom in my hospital room at 1:30am. I shared a room with someone else, so I didn't even feel like I could express my feelings to DH. The nurses gave me such a hard time when I asked for formula. You're right that I need to be honest... and maybe pack my own formula!
Post by housecarder on Apr 15, 2016 23:35:27 GMT -5
Ray that's not how diabetes works. Honestly babies born to moms with diabetes or GD are at risk for low blood sugar more than anything since they are used to having a steady stream of glucose from mom's blood. But a person without diabetes will break down that sugar and store it in their cells so it doesn't get passed to the baby via blood.
DS is circumcised. I've watched circumcisions during my nursing clinical rounds and honestly it's not as traumatizing as those videos make it out to be. I think it's still a personal decision for each family to make and don't judge either way.
Post by housecarder on Apr 16, 2016 7:01:59 GMT -5
katelou with my kids being 6&4 they are at my favorite ages and things are pretty smooth. There are days when things are amazing and I have a moment of sheer terror that we are doing this again, with TWO babies.
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