Moms to be Part 4

[Leger13]

Please pray for my brother Andrew and his wife Claire. Claire is 22 weeks pregnant with twins and has been on hospital bedrest for 2 weeks. Last night her water broke and she delivered a little baby boy who went to heaven. The Dr's are trying to stop labor from continuing and giving baby #2 a chance to grow stronger. Please pray that the Dr's can save baby #2, and for comfort in this time of grief.

I am so sorry to hear this. So sad. Prayers being said!

 

[WDWorBUST]

Temair - Any updates? Please know I'm still praying for your family.


In a little over 3 hours I should know if this baby is a boy or girl....I can hardly wait!

 

[Nette]

Temair - thoughts are with your family... please do keep us updated.

WDWorBust -- can't wait to hear!

 

[Temair]

Temair - thoughts are with your family... please do keep us updated.

I have not heard anything from my parents. I can only hope and pray that baby #2 is still with us. I'll let you know when ever I hear anything.

AFM I had my post op appointment with the specialist. I'm healing up well and doing good. I go back in a month when I should be fully healed. Apparently the infection was a very big. Dr was impressed that I had put up with that much pain for a week.

 

[Pollito916]

Please pray for my brother Andrew and his wife Claire. Claire is 22 weeks pregnant with twins and has been on hospital bedrest for 2 weeks. Last night her water broke and she delivered a little baby boy who went to heaven. The Dr's are trying to stop labor from continuing and giving baby #2 a chance to grow stronger. Please pray that the Dr's can save baby #2, and for comfort in this time of grief.

I'm so sorry for your family's loss, I will be praying for baby #2.

In a little over 3 hours I should know if this baby is a boy or girl....I can hardly wait!

So... is it a or ?

AFM I had my post op appointment with the specialist. I'm healing up well and doing good. I go back in a month when I should be fully healed. Apparently the infection was a very big. Dr was impressed that I had put up with that much pain for a week.

Glad to hear you are healing well and feeling better!

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I'm right there with all of you struggling to figure out childcare. I went through the same thing with DS too. My mom is only 54 and is nowhere near retirement, so she works full time and was not an option for childcare. DH's mom passed away 12 years ago and his father lives in Mexico. With DS, we ended up first using a neighbor across the street who stayed home with her DS4. It was very convenient, but she flaked on us and we had to switch when DS was 6 months. One of DH's co-workers (a woman I also used to work with) had a baby 1.5 months before DS and was trying to start up a home daycare, so we brought him to her house. It was nice because her son is so close to DS's age, but it was far from our house, luckily on the way to DH's work, though.

Once we moved to AZ, my cousin's MIL started watching DS. She is 72 now! She is in great shape though, walks 5+ miles every day BEFORE she even comes to my house. She worked in a daycare for 30 years, and did in-home child care ever since, ending her last job for twin boys when they started kindergarden right before we moved, so it was good timing for us. Plus she comes to our house to watch DS, so that is really convenient. And she only watches DS 3 days a week. DH is off on Thursdays, and my mom works full time still, but 4-10s, so she is off on Fridays and watches DS then.

But I do sometimes worry about the sitter's health at her age. I know that her daughter calls her every day to check in, so I think that if she ever didn't answer, she would probably come over to check things out. Plus DH's work is only 1 mile away, so he could be home so fast. Now that DS is 3, I think it's time to start teaching him to dial 911. We don't have a home phone right now and I don't really want one because DS loves playing with phones and we don't need it for any other reason. But it might be easier if there were an emergency than for DS to try to find the sitter's cell phone. I'm really not sure what to do.

When DD arrives, we will probably keep the same plan, as long as the sitter feels like she can handle both kids. I work from home 2 days a week, which I also did with DS, so I will try to keep DD with me those days most of the day, until it starts getting to difficult, which for DS was about when he turned 1. By the time DD turns 1, DS should be in pre-school, so that should make things a little easier.

 

[WDWorBUST]

Well it's a.......girl

AND......the ultrasound tech actually blurted it out (she was supposed to write it down for DD) and felt horrible. I told her it wasn't a big deal that we were going to find out we were just going to let DD tell us. So the doctor came in and asked and she told her what we were doing so she asked if DD was close and to have my mom bring her up. SO.....Sammi got to go to the office and see the baby and find out it was a girl. She was so so excited. It was great. And I was telling Sammi that the doctor was really good at what she does but that there was always the chance it could be a boy and my OB said she hadn't been wrong yet....so I think she was pretty confident it was a girl. And I'll have my Level 2 ultrasound in 2 weeks so they can confirm it again then....she also offered me the quad screen and the more intense ultrasound (I think it's the nuchal translucency thing....but I thought it was done much earlier) and I turned them down. I did ask her if she had any reason to think I should do it and she said no, but if there was anything later that looked suspicious we could always do it then. So to say we are ecstatic is probably an understatement Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to do DD's room that will accomodate the baby too. The good news is even if we aren't able to build soon it will be much easier to have 2 girls AND dd will be big enough that when the baby is ready for a big girl bed I would feel comfortable with DD in the top bunk of a bunkbed. Of course I'm hopeful we're in a new house by then.

Well I think I have just decided that I will have my parents watch the baby with the explicit condition that if it gets to be too much they tell me. I will also try and see if I can go back to work gradually....but won't be too disappointed if I can't. In the meantime I am going to pinch pennies like crazy (except our September Disney trip) to be as prepared for complications as possible in that plan. Oh and after my mom fell I taught Sammi how to call 911 and she also knows my cell phone number. It definitely made me feel a little more comfortable.

So does anyone have any great budget ideas for Christmas gifts? I am going to try and be extremely frugal this year.

 

[leith78]

Well it's a.......girl

Congratulations!! So exciting that your DD got to see the u/s too!

 

[vettechick99]

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I'm right there with all of you struggling to figure out childcare. I went through the same thing with DS too. My mom is only 54 and is nowhere near retirement, so she works full time and was not an option for childcare. DH's mom passed away 12 years ago and his father lives in Mexico. With DS, we ended up first using a neighbor across the street who stayed home with her DS4. It was very convenient, but she flaked on us and we had to switch when DS was 6 months. One of DH's co-workers (a woman I also used to work with) had a baby 1.5 months before DS and was trying to start up a home daycare, so we brought him to her house. It was nice because her son is so close to DS's age, but it was far from our house, luckily on the way to DH's work, though.

Once we moved to AZ, my cousin's MIL started watching DS. She is 72 now! She is in great shape though, walks 5+ miles every day BEFORE she even comes to my house. She worked in a daycare for 30 years, and did in-home child care ever since, ending her last job for twin boys when they started kindergarden right before we moved, so it was good timing for us. Plus she comes to our house to watch DS, so that is really convenient. And she only watches DS 3 days a week. DH is off on Thursdays, and my mom works full time still, but 4-10s, so she is off on Fridays and watches DS then.

But I do sometimes worry about the sitter's health at her age. I know that her daughter calls her every day to check in, so I think that if she ever didn't answer, she would probably come over to check things out. Plus DH's work is only 1 mile away, so he could be home so fast. Now that DS is 3, I think it's time to start teaching him to dial 911. We don't have a home phone right now and I don't really want one because DS loves playing with phones and we don't need it for any other reason. But it might be easier if there were an emergency than for DS to try to find the sitter's cell phone. I'm really not sure what to do.

When DD arrives, we will probably keep the same plan, as long as the sitter feels like she can handle both kids. I work from home 2 days a week, which I also did with DS, so I will try to keep DD with me those days most of the day, until it starts getting to difficult, which for DS was about when he turned 1. By the time DD turns 1, DS should be in pre-school, so that should make things a little easier.

Our sitter is also older. Been doing it for 30 years too! Amazingly, she is healthier than anyone I know. She never needs to take a day off - she is 100% reliable. I hope you get the same in your sitter.

Yay, WDWorBust!!!!

 

[cmskok]

Hi All!!
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I had a pretty scary thing happen yesterday, thought I would warn the other still pregnant mamas.

I had a regular day, but probably only had 2 glasses of water. Weather was mild (70's) and I did regular in house stuff--laundry, dishes, cleaned bathroom, repotted some outdoor plants. Anyway, I came back inside and got hot. I never sweat, and I was sweating so much that my shirt was wet, water dripping down my neck....then I got dizzy! So I sat down, asked my DS8 to get me the phone so I could call DH and my DD6 got me some water. I rested my head and closed my eyes, drank the water and it faded after a minute or so. I could not believe it! I have never been that dizzy in my life (well there was that one time when I had too many margaritas!! lol)

Anyway, I was tired for a while and then went to DS8's baseball game and sat still for a bit, and drank a ton of water for the rest of the night.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that we are so easily dehydrated with these growing babies...take extra care of yourselves. I would never have known it would come on so fast!

Take care mamas!!!

 

[TSRE]

Well it's a.......girl

AND......the ultrasound tech actually blurted it out (she was supposed to write it down for DD) and felt horrible. I told her it wasn't a big deal that we were going to find out we were just going to let DD tell us. So the doctor came in and asked and she told her what we were doing so she asked if DD was close and to have my mom bring her up. SO.....Sammi got to go to the office and see the baby and find out it was a girl. She was so so excited. It was great. And I was telling Sammi that the doctor was really good at what she does but that there was always the chance it could be a boy and my OB said she hadn't been wrong yet....so I think she was pretty confident it was a girl. And I'll have my Level 2 ultrasound in 2 weeks so they can confirm it again then....she also offered me the quad screen and the more intense ultrasound (I think it's the nuchal translucency thing....but I thought it was done much earlier) and I turned them down. I did ask her if she had any reason to think I should do it and she said no, but if there was anything later that looked suspicious we could always do it then. So to say we are ecstatic is probably an understatement Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to do DD's room that will accomodate the baby too. The good news is even if we aren't able to build soon it will be much easier to have 2 girls AND dd will be big enough that when the baby is ready for a big girl bed I would feel comfortable with DD in the top bunk of a bunkbed. Of course I'm hopeful we're in a new house by then.

Well I think I have just decided that I will have my parents watch the baby with the explicit condition that if it gets to be too much they tell me. I will also try and see if I can go back to work gradually....but won't be too disappointed if I can't. In the meantime I am going to pinch pennies like crazy (except our September Disney trip) to be as prepared for complications as possible in that plan. Oh and after my mom fell I taught Sammi how to call 911 and she also knows my cell phone number. It definitely made me feel a little more comfortable.

So does anyone have any great budget ideas for Christmas gifts? I am going to try and be extremely frugal this year.

Congratulations!!!! Glad your daughter got to see

The best thing I ever did for our Christmas budget was convince our families to draw names instead of do gifts for everyone - one nicer gift still costs so much less than all of those smaller ones. Took me 4 years to convince DH's family, though.

Other than that, do you craft? Knit? Something like that? I just saw the cutest book of holiday gifts to make at JoAnn - very retro but modern and clean too, if that's your thing.

cmskok - thank for the reminder. I have found it soo easy to overdo it with this pregnancy. The heat doesn't help! And we are having an unusually mild year so far. August is going to be a joy!

temair - glad you are healing, and know that I am praying every day for your family's peace and wellness

 

[vettechick99]

That's scary, cmskok! I have noticed I get light-headed very quickly when pregnant. I sweat more easily and get tired after only a minute or two of effort. Pregnancy is a great excuse to sit on our butts!

 

[Nette]

So does anyone have any great budget ideas for Christmas gifts? I am going to try and be extremely frugal this year.

We used to draw names on my mom's side of the family, but that started stressing people out... Too many of the family already are "have everythings". So now, no one expects a gift from anyone. If you happen to get something, then that's great. Of course, everyone still buys stuff for the kids.... On my dad's side, for years I've been making a baked goods package for each family. They seem to like it, but they're kinda weird about showing gratitude, so who really knows.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that we are so easily dehydrated with these growing babies...take extra care of yourselves. I would never have known it would come on so fast!

Take care mamas!!!

Heck, I feel dehydrated by the time I wake up in the morning. But I'm normally a huge water drinker anyway... so maybe I'm just weird. I have had a day like yours though. We were walking through Target for like 2 hours when I was just over 20 weeks... and all of a sudden I started feeling really really dizzy and generally bad and TONS of BH contractions. Rest and water alleviated all the symptoms. And it's so hot now!! Make sure you're drinking water! Glad everything turned out ok.

This morning I had an u/s to measure my fluids which I guess are normal since they didn't comment on that. The baby however, was measured at 8lbs 3oz AS OF TODAY.

Someone please reassure me that the u/s measurement isn't terribly accurate. I'm not ready for a 10lb baby!

 

[LaurenLC]

So I am attempting to post a few pictures of my little peanut... I have never done this before, so I apologize if they come out really big, really small, or not at all.

 

[cmskok]

So I am attempting to post a few pictures of my little peanut... I have never done this before, so I apologize if they come out really big, really small, or not at all.

Well that didn't work... I'll keep trying... Can anyone give me some instructions on posting pictures?

You have to use a photosharing site like photobucket. You have to open an account and update your photos there.

 

[LaurenLC]

You have to use a photosharing site like photobucket. You have to open an account and update your photos there.

Thank you... I got it working, I think I just need to work on re-sizing now lol

 

[cmskok]

Lauren, she is gorgeous. What a perfect little face!!!

 

[WDWorBUST]

Lauren - she is so pretty.....it makes me that more anxious for November.

 

[Nette]

So I am attempting to post a few pictures of my little peanut... I have never done this before, so I apologize if they come out really big, really small, or not at all.

Adorable!

 

[LaurenLC]

Thanks for the compliments... We think she's pretty darn cute too!

 

[Temair]

This morning I had an u/s to measure my fluids which I guess are normal since they didn't comment on that. The baby however, was measured at 8lbs 3oz AS OF TODAY.

Someone please reassure me that the u/s measurement isn't terribly accurate. I'm not ready for a 10lb baby!

U/s can be off by up to 1lb. I don't think there is an accurate way of knowing the size, till they are born.