Moms to be Part 4

[Lindsay22]

Hi Ladies!
Well, I certainly have had an interesting few days. We originally had a c-section scheduled for 3/25. We had a shower at DHs office on wed 3/17 and an 8am dr. appt for Thursday 3/18.
We went into our appt (for a biophysical profile) and she wasn't passing the test, we weren't overly concerned because she never really passed the tests. At our previous appt, they said that the only way I would deliver before the scheduled date is if my amniotic fluid level dropped significantly. So the tech finished with us and we waited for the dr. And waited. And waited. He walked in and said that my fluid level dropped a lot and we needed to go upstairs immediately and have an emergency c-section. We were both really upset and scared (because we weren't ready or prepared for this). We didn't have anything, the suitcase with my super special gown and the camera were all at home. I didnt even have socks on. DH went down to the gift shop and we bought a disposable camera that we used for the first few hours. We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.
The c-section was okay. Not as scary as I thought. The prep was much scarier, I did not like having a spinal. I was able to hold her shortly after she came out and then she and my husband went to check into the NICU while I was being finished. DH met me in the recovery room. He got to go back down to the NICU to see her about an hour later and about 2 hours after that, they wheeled me down in my stretcher so that I could go see her. I was able to hold her and put her to my breast and she tried to suck a little, which was good.
I was released from the hospital on Saturday night and little P will be there for at least another few weeks while she learns how to regulate her temp and can take a bottle (right now there is a feeding tube). We are allowed to visit her as much as we'd like and we try to go for every feeding.
She's a beautiful little girl with a full head of brown hair and big blue eyes. We are allowed to dress her in her own clothes (right now she has a perfect little sleeper with frogs on it, so cute!!) and wrap her in her own blankets, which is nice that she gets to wear her own things. We can bring her books and read her stories too, so we do that at night and she seems to like it.
We're so excited to be able to bring her home!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Hi Ladies!
Well, I certainly have had an interesting few days. We originally had a c-section scheduled for 3/25. We had a shower at DHs office on wed 3/17 and an 8am dr. appt for Thursday 3/18.
We went into our appt (for a biophysical profile) and she wasn't passing the test, we weren't overly concerned because she never really passed the tests. At our previous appt, they said that the only way I would deliver before the scheduled date is if my amniotic fluid level dropped significantly. So the tech finished with us and we waited for the dr. And waited. And waited. He walked in and said that my fluid level dropped a lot and we needed to go upstairs immediately and have an emergency c-section. We were both really upset and scared (because we weren't ready or prepared for this). We didn't have anything, the suitcase with my super special gown and the camera were all at home. I didnt even have socks on. DH went down to the gift shop and we bought a disposable camera that we used for the first few hours. We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.
The c-section was okay. Not as scary as I thought. The prep was much scarier, I did not like having a spinal. I was able to hold her shortly after she came out and then she and my husband went to check into the NICU while I was being finished. DH met me in the recovery room. He got to go back down to the NICU to see her about an hour later and about 2 hours after that, they wheeled me down in my stretcher so that I could go see her. I was able to hold her and put her to my breast and she tried to suck a little, which was good.
I was released from the hospital on Saturday night and little P will be there for at least another few weeks while she learns how to regulate her temp and can take a bottle (right now there is a feeding tube). We are allowed to visit her as much as we'd like and we try to go for every feeding.
She's a beautiful little girl with a full head of brown hair and big blue eyes. We are allowed to dress her in her own clothes (right now she has a perfect little sleeper with frogs on it, so cute!!) and wrap her in her own blankets, which is nice that she gets to wear her own things. We can bring her books and read her stories too, so we do that at night and she seems to like it.
We're so excited to be able to bring her home!

OMG!! Congrats!!! Welcome to the world, little Penelope!!

 

[Nette]

So, as excited as I am, I admit to being a little nervous and it seems silly. I know what to excpect from a girl but a boy and boy things seems foreign to me. Any other moms feel that way?? I just looks around at our toyroom that looks like Cinderella Castle exploded everywhere and think, "well, we need to make room for some cars and trucks." It will be great though!

Yep, that's pretty much exactly how I felt! I guess to some extent I still do feel that way, but I'm getting used to the idea of a little boy and am really very excited to meet the little guy. I know once I see his face all will be well in the world. DD (who is 8 and much older than your DD) is really excited too.

We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.

Congrats!! Wanna know something weird though? One of my best friends had her baby girl at exactly the same time!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

LOL, I want to have my baby *right now*!! Of course I know I can't, but I can't wait. I wish I could relish being pregnant, it just doesn't work for me. I sneezed and peed myself this morning...yeah.... not enjoying it so much!
I just want the cute snuggly little baby.

 

[Nette]

LOL, I want to have my baby *right now*!! Of course I know I can't, but I can't wait. I wish I could relish being pregnant, it just doesn't work for me. I sneezed and peed myself this morning...yeah.... not enjoying it so much!
I just want the cute snuggly little baby.

I'm so with you on that. I actually LIKED being pregnant w/ DD... but this time around everything hurts. Especially my sides. I'm already not sleeping well and I feel huge. Of course, I want DS to be "fully cooked" before he comes out, but right now he's transverse and pushing against both of my sides and causing me great pain. Is it july yet?

 

[Mrs. Charming]

I'm so with you on that. I actually LIKED being pregnant w/ DD... but this time around everything hurts. Especially my sides. I'm already not sleeping well and I feel huge. Of course, I want DS to be "fully cooked" before he comes out, but right now he's transverse and pushing against both of my sides and causing me great pain. Is it july yet?

Yeah, I am pretty impatient this time around. I definitely want a fully cooked baby too--DD was a few degrees short of fully cooked. DD's pregnancy was *awful* and this isn't too bad... but I just want to hit the Fast Forward button!!

 

[irisbud]

Congratulations Kiki!

Congratulations Lindsay!

KPM: You must be excited to know what baby is going to be! Yeah for a Boy! I don't really care what we have, but if I absolutely had to choose which I would rather have I would say boy.


Bad weekend here. My beloved 8 month old puppy died suddenly and tragically. I miss her very, very much right now. DH bought her for me about a month after I had my MC, and she was the only thing that had made me smile in all that time at that point. I am just devestated.

 

[kpm76]

Ms. Charming - I did end up buying some boy clothes this weekend The tech at my 15 week u/s guessed boy and today the tech said there was no doubt about it!! It was a Level 2 as well so I'm feeling pretty confident....

Nette - I am so happy to hear that I'm not alone with my concern. It's not even really a concern, so hard to describe. It's also strange because I really didn't have a preference this time. With DD, I really wanted a girl (obviously not the most important thing but I was really hoping). This time I thought a girl would be great because I have tons and tons of clothes, the kids will have to share a room (at least temporarily) and it would be great for DD to have a sister. On the other hand, I really wanted the chance to raise a boy and I thought it would be so much fun for DH as well. This is likely my last pregnancy so I hope DD doesn't "miss" having a sister some day but then again, there is no guarantee they would be close anyway and my sister and brother are really tight so it all works out as it should

Congrats Lindsey!! Beautiful name

Amy - I am super excited! I have LOTS of shopping to do because DD was the first granddaughter on both sides of the family so everything, and I mean everything, is pink, purple etc. I don't think I even own a gender neutral onsie So sorry to hear about your puppy, especially given the significance of the gift and what he represented. Sending you lots of hugs......

 

[Mrs. Charming]

*snip*


Bad weekend here. My beloved 8 month old puppy died suddenly and tragically. I miss her very, very much right now. DH bought her for me about a month after I had my MC, and she was the only thing that had made me smile in all that time at that point. I am just devestated.

I am *so* sorry.

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

Hi everybody.
I just have one hand to type with at the moment but wanted to pop on and tell you that we had our baby girl on March 18, 1120 hours. 7lbs 10oz, 20.5"

Oksana Iryna


Everybody is doing great.

A strange sequence of events happened that led to a quick but wonderful home birth. I got hit hard with the flu on Tues night. Laid in bed all day Wed. Got up Thurs wanting a bath and toast to eat. Felt "funny" and called my midwife then called her back 10 min later. She came over and checked me and I was 5cm dilated with a bulging bag of waters. I had no idea.
DH and I then sat side by side on the couch in peace and quiet and he rubbed my back every minute or so. We were so connected. Midwives had already set up so they sat at the dining room table and did paperwork and checked my BP and baby's HR every so often.
Water broke and there was meconium in it. Because of that EMS were called. They stood by while I pushed baby out....8 pushes? One of them even held my leg...LOL DH rubbed my head and held my hand. I love him so much for just knowing what I needed.


Since people are ading each other on FB, you can PM me to add me if you like.

Kiki, congrats to you!!! I'm so glad you were able to deliver at home...How wonderful! I hope you and your little girl are doing well!!!

Hi Ladies!
Well, I certainly have had an interesting few days. We originally had a c-section scheduled for 3/25. We had a shower at DHs office on wed 3/17 and an 8am dr. appt for Thursday 3/18.
We went into our appt (for a biophysical profile) and she wasn't passing the test, we weren't overly concerned because she never really passed the tests. At our previous appt, they said that the only way I would deliver before the scheduled date is if my amniotic fluid level dropped significantly. So the tech finished with us and we waited for the dr. And waited. And waited. He walked in and said that my fluid level dropped a lot and we needed to go upstairs immediately and have an emergency c-section. We were both really upset and scared (because we weren't ready or prepared for this). We didn't have anything, the suitcase with my super special gown and the camera were all at home. I didnt even have socks on. DH went down to the gift shop and we bought a disposable camera that we used for the first few hours. We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.
The c-section was okay. Not as scary as I thought. The prep was much scarier, I did not like having a spinal. I was able to hold her shortly after she came out and then she and my husband went to check into the NICU while I was being finished. DH met me in the recovery room. He got to go back down to the NICU to see her about an hour later and about 2 hours after that, they wheeled me down in my stretcher so that I could go see her. I was able to hold her and put her to my breast and she tried to suck a little, which was good.
I was released from the hospital on Saturday night and little P will be there for at least another few weeks while she learns how to regulate her temp and can take a bottle (right now there is a feeding tube). We are allowed to visit her as much as we'd like and we try to go for every feeding.
She's a beautiful little girl with a full head of brown hair and big blue eyes. We are allowed to dress her in her own clothes (right now she has a perfect little sleeper with frogs on it, so cute!!) and wrap her in her own blankets, which is nice that she gets to wear her own things. We can bring her books and read her stories too, so we do that at night and she seems to like it.
We're so excited to be able to bring her home!

Lindsay, congrats on your little girl! I'm glad things worked out well, and soon you will have that beautiful one home to love and keep you up all night!


My little Adam is most happy to hear so many girls are being born... He'll have lots of Disney girlfriends when he grows up!


I would love to add my fellow Mommies on FB... Just PM me!!!

 

[EmALee]

Hi everybody.
I just have one hand to type with at the moment but wanted to pop on and tell you that we had our baby girl on March 18, 1120 hours. 7lbs 10oz, 20.5"

Oksana Iryna


Everybody is doing great.

A strange sequence of events happened that led to a quick but wonderful home birth. I got hit hard with the flu on Tues night. Laid in bed all day Wed. Got up Thurs wanting a bath and toast to eat. Felt "funny" and called my midwife then called her back 10 min later. She came over and checked me and I was 5cm dilated with a bulging bag of waters. I had no idea.
DH and I then sat side by side on the couch in peace and quiet and he rubbed my back every minute or so. We were so connected. Midwives had already set up so they sat at the dining room table and did paperwork and checked my BP and baby's HR every so often.
Water broke and there was meconium in it. Because of that EMS were called. They stood by while I pushed baby out....8 pushes? One of them even held my leg...LOL DH rubbed my head and held my hand. I love him so much for just knowing what I needed.


Since people are ading each other on FB, you can PM me to add me if you like.

Yay! Congratulations and welcome Oksana!!

Hi Ladies!
Well, I certainly have had an interesting few days. We originally had a c-section scheduled for 3/25. We had a shower at DHs office on wed 3/17 and an 8am dr. appt for Thursday 3/18.
We went into our appt (for a biophysical profile) and she wasn't passing the test, we weren't overly concerned because she never really passed the tests. At our previous appt, they said that the only way I would deliver before the scheduled date is if my amniotic fluid level dropped significantly. So the tech finished with us and we waited for the dr. And waited. And waited. He walked in and said that my fluid level dropped a lot and we needed to go upstairs immediately and have an emergency c-section. We were both really upset and scared (because we weren't ready or prepared for this). We didn't have anything, the suitcase with my super special gown and the camera were all at home. I didnt even have socks on. DH went down to the gift shop and we bought a disposable camera that we used for the first few hours. We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.
The c-section was okay. Not as scary as I thought. The prep was much scarier, I did not like having a spinal. I was able to hold her shortly after she came out and then she and my husband went to check into the NICU while I was being finished. DH met me in the recovery room. He got to go back down to the NICU to see her about an hour later and about 2 hours after that, they wheeled me down in my stretcher so that I could go see her. I was able to hold her and put her to my breast and she tried to suck a little, which was good.
I was released from the hospital on Saturday night and little P will be there for at least another few weeks while she learns how to regulate her temp and can take a bottle (right now there is a feeding tube). We are allowed to visit her as much as we'd like and we try to go for every feeding.
She's a beautiful little girl with a full head of brown hair and big blue eyes. We are allowed to dress her in her own clothes (right now she has a perfect little sleeper with frogs on it, so cute!!) and wrap her in her own blankets, which is nice that she gets to wear her own things. We can bring her books and read her stories too, so we do that at night and she seems to like it.
We're so excited to be able to bring her home!

Congratulations! I love the name Penelope, I think it's so cute!

Congratulations Kiki!

Congratulations Lindsay!

KPM: You must be excited to know what baby is going to be! Yeah for a Boy! I don't really care what we have, but if I absolutely had to choose which I would rather have I would say boy.


Bad weekend here. My beloved 8 month old puppy died suddenly and tragically. I miss her very, very much right now. DH bought her for me about a month after I had my MC, and she was the only thing that had made me smile in all that time at that point. I am just devestated.

I am so sorry to hear about your puppy. I cannot imagine what you're going though...

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Ugh, it's so gloomy out today, I can't even bring myself to browse online for baby things! I have the lights on in the house, too, it feels like 7PM. We've had nice sunny 70+degree days over the weekend, so I got so spoiled! ---holy crapola!! There's a *thunderstorm* outside! Haven't heard one of those in a while.

We were talking about names over the weekend, not coming up with a whole lot. MIL thought if it's a girl we could call her Lilo. Hehe, I think it's kinda cute. It goes with our last name too, few names do. I'm stuck on boys names though. We like Logan (haha, Wolverine from X-men!), but it's my dad's middle name, and my mom would have a conniption fit. We like Luke (Skywalker!) too, but there's already a Luke with our last name--- Jay's cousin, I think he's 6 or 7 now. Booo. Have any of you thought of names yet?

 

[Pollito916]

Here's my prediction from Madame Zaritska:

The day you deliver, outside will be cold (-30! ). Your baby will arrive in the evening (6:45 PM). After a labor lasting approximately 44 hours 15 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 5 ounces 7lbs, 15 oz, and will be 21 inches long. This child will have dark violet eyes (blue eyes) and a lot of black hair (TONS of dark brown hair).

I don't think most of it will be accurate for this baby, since I live in Phoenix and baby is due in September, and I am planning a c-section, so there better not be a 44 hour labor!

Funny enough though, parts of it ARE true or close for DS I highlighted in bold and made comments in blue above. The size of the baby predicted for me sounds reasonable, but so many of you are getting predictions of 4lb 21 inch or 10lb 17 inch babies, and neither of those sound very likely.

It cracks me up that we were all talking about undies on here and then my DH wakes up this morning and says "Let's go out. I want t-shirts and you should get new underwear."

Too funny that your DH said you need new underwear!

So I *think* I am starting to get that PUPPS rash on my stomach. It's been lingering, starting to itch for a few days and just exploded last night. OMG ... the itching is insane. It's sooo hard not to scratch. I keep wiping it with a cool face cloth and lathering Hydrocortisone on it but it's not really doing much. THANK GOODNESS I am having him on Monday.

Sorry about the rash, I hope it is getting better and everything goes well with your delivery today!

Alex has been wearing big boy underwear this afternoon!! We spent the afternoon cleaning upstairs and he was "Swimming" in the tub with his colors (those drop-ins that change the water color). He got out and came running to his room to pull out his big boy undies I bought him for Christmas. One accident so far but at least he is showing interest, right???

That's great news! My Alex has been working on it actively for the last month or so, right after his 3rd b-day, and is doing really well. He rarely had an accident after the first week, and can now even make it through nap time and bed time dry! We of course have plenty of Cars, Toy Story, and Wall-E underwear.

Does anyone take Folbee? My perinatologist prescribed it for me. I guess it can be used as a pre-natal vitamin and has extra folic acid.

I have never heard of it, I just take the Target generics. Did your doc say why they prescribed it for you? Does it have to do with the GD?

My Prediction: The day you deliver, outside will be sunny. Your baby will arrive in the evening. After a labor lasting approximately 16 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 10 pounds, 13 ounces, and will be 16-1/2 inches long. This child will have medium violet eyes and a lot of brown hair.

10lbs! yikes How do people have violet eyes? I've never seen that??

Me neither, but apparently my next child is going to have dark violet eyes

We had lunch in the food court and then DH and I got haircuts. I LOVE my hair!!!! I haven't had my hair cut for about 11 months and it'd grown out so long (since I've practically been on prenatals nonstop!) and I LOVE IT!!! I'm so glad that I decided to get a haircut with DH.

A new haircut always feels great (as long as it looks good! ), especially when it's been so long since your last cut!

So things here are going alright. I got REALLY sick last week and ended up on L&D overnight because I was having contractions. I caught that nasty Norovirus crud and couldn't keep anything in my body. It took 4 bags of fluids to get my Ketones back to a normal level, they were over 100 when I was first tested. Needless to say, I felt like crud. I still feel pretty bleh but I can at least eat normally, just working on getting back my energy.

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, but glad you are starting to feel better and your LO is doing well!

I was determined, esecially with the scheduled c-section, that I would have better hair and have make up on!! How Vain ...

I agree with you, it's not vain, it's just wanting to look presentable enough that you don't have to avoid the camera or burn any pictures taken. When I was pg with DS, a co-worker was due 2 weeks after me and we both mentioned one day how we planned to take a shower if we went into labor at home before going to the hospital. An older btdt co-worker rolled her eyes and made fun of us. Then we both ended up having emergency c-sections.

Hope you all are having a great weekend. DH and I went to Babies R Us to get a look at what we will need to plan and budget for - he was freaking out adding prices as we strolled - he thinks he needs another job -

It was fun to see all the strollers, carseats, vibrating seats, swings, walkers, etc.

We also hit some car lots to look at new cars - we have a not very kid friendly 2 door convertible and an old SUV that is on its last legs....so far we like the Mazda 6s...

I love shopping for new baby stuff, it is all so fun! I think the Mazda 6 is a really cute car!

Grrrrrrrrrr @ that movie!
My DH is bugged by mentions of 9/11. He was in bootcamp on 9/11 (graduated 9/28/01) so it bugs him.

Sorry to hear you weren't able to enjoy the movie. Some things are handled as sensitively as they should be.

I just saw someone I haven't seen since the beginning of Feb/end of Jan and she asked if she could rub my belly (which everyone had been doing all night...my best friend and I went to a 4 person bday party at a local bar)
I have a brunch date today so I have to go attempt to get ready...I haven't been on a date since well high school. And even then I'm not sure that counts. I don't know what to expect, he's even paying. I'm very nervous. I'm sure I'll post more after though, you ladies seem to get pretty busy during the day!

Sorry about the weirdo drunk chick, I don't like strangers touching me either. I hope your date went well!

Hi everybody.
I just have one hand to type with at the moment but wanted to pop on and tell you that we had our baby girl on March 18, 1120 hours. 7lbs 10oz, 20.5"

Oksana Iryna

Everybody is doing great.

Since people are ading each other on FB, you can PM me to add me if you like.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I will PM you later for FB.

So....I was exposed to strep throat yesterday. DH's sister threw my shower at her house, prepared most of the food, and started feeling bad last night. Hopefully I don't catch it! She said to go ahead and call the doctor because the same practice put her on antibiotics just in case with a similar situation during her third pregnancy.

I hope you don't end up getting strep - that's no fun ever, but especially when you are sick. How does you SIL know it is strep already if she just started feeling bad last night?

I had my Level 2 u/s this morning and it's a BOY!!! We are so excited

Congratulations - little boys are so fun too! Now you'll have a little around to keep those princesses in line.

We were upstairs by 10, I was in the OR by 11:45 and our beautiful Penelope Rose was born 3/18/2010 at 12:11pm. She weighed 4lbs 2oz and was 17 inches long.
I was released from the hospital on Saturday night and little P will be there for at least another few weeks while she learns how to regulate her temp and can take a bottle (right now there is a feeding tube). We are allowed to visit her as much as we'd like and we try to go for every feeding.

Scary night, but am glad everything turned out well! I hope Penelope will be able to go home soon! Congratulations!

Bad weekend here. My beloved 8 month old puppy died suddenly and tragically. I miss her very, very much right now. DH bought her for me about a month after I had my MC, and she was the only thing that had made me smile in all that time at that point. I am just devestated.

So sorry about your puppy. I understand if you don't want to talk about it, but what happened?

My little Adam is most happy to hear so many girls are being born... He'll have lots of Disney girlfriends when he grows up!

I would love to add my fellow Mommies on FB... Just PM me!!!

Sounds like Adam will be surrounded by Disney princesses! I will PM you for FB

 

[Pollito916]

We were talking about names over the weekend, not coming up with a whole lot. MIL thought if it's a girl we could call her Lilo. Hehe, I think it's kinda cute. It goes with our last name too, few names do. I'm stuck on boys names though. We like Logan (haha, Wolverine from X-men!), but it's my dad's middle name, and my mom would have a conniption fit. We like Luke (Skywalker!) too, but there's already a Luke with our last name--- Jay's cousin, I think he's 6 or 7 now. Booo. Have any of you thought of names yet?

My mom is driving me crazy, calling or texting at least once a day with a name suggestion. And I don't really like any of her suggestions, but she won't give up.

We don't have any boy's names picked out, we don't really agree on any. DH is hispanic and I am not, and I think it's important to have a name that both families can say. He usually prefers hispanic names that are difficult for gringo tongues to pronounce.

So I hope it's a girl.

For a girl, we have had the name Isabel picked out for over 5 years. DH's mom passed away almost 12 years ago, and he has wanted to use the name to honor her. I agreed b/c I think it's a nice name and it goes well with our last name. MN would probably be Grace or Rose.

Unfortunately, to throw a wrench in our plans, DH's younger brother had a baby girl last week and named her Isabel. So now I'm not sure what we're going to do about the name if it's a girl either. There are a few other names we kind of like and agree on, but none feels as meaningful to us as Isabel.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

OMGosh! I forgot about DMickey's C-section today! I hope all goes well!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

My mom is driving me crazy, calling or texting at least once a day with a name suggestion. And I don't really like any of her suggestions, but she won't give up.

We don't have any boy's names picked out, we don't really agree on any. DH is hispanic and I am not, and I think it's important to have a name that both families can say. He usually prefers hispanic names that are difficult for gringo tongues to pronounce.

So I hope it's a girl.

For a girl, we have had the name Isabel picked out for over 5 years. DH's mom passed away almost 12 years ago, and he has wanted to use the name to honor her. I agreed b/c I think it's a nice name and it goes well with our last name. MN would probably be Grace or Rose.

Unfortunately, to throw a wrench in our plans, DH's younger brother had a baby girl last week and named her Isabel. So now I'm not sure what we're going to do about the name if it's a girl either. There are a few other names we kind of like and agree on, but none feels as meaningful to us as Isabel.

My mom has been really hands-off with the name thing, but then again she's been weird about it the whole pregnancy. She talks to me about it like I'm a coworker that you don't really talk to outside of the mutual elevator. Weird.

Isabel is really pretty. Doh! to your BIL. If you're going to call her (if it's a girl of course) by a nickname, I'd say go for it. I should take my own advice on the "Luke" thing.

How about Julia, or something like that? I like Julisa (sp?) is nice. There are some really pretty hispanic names... MIL's hudband is from Ecuador, so I hear them alot, he has a BIG BIG BIG family.

 

[kpm76]

We were talking about names over the weekend, not coming up with a whole lot. MIL thought if it's a girl we could call her Lilo. Hehe, I think it's kinda cute. It goes with our last name too, few names do. I'm stuck on boys names though. We like Logan (haha, Wolverine from X-men!), but it's my dad's middle name, and my mom would have a conniption fit. We like Luke (Skywalker!) too, but there's already a Luke with our last name--- Jay's cousin, I think he's 6 or 7 now. Booo. Have any of you thought of names yet?

Oh, we've talked but we can't seem to agree It's funny because DH is a very agreeable guy and we rarely disagree, but we have always had a hard time with boys names. Both times we agreed to wait and see. Obviously the first time it was a non-issue since we had a girl.....now we have to put the negotiating skills to the test

If we were having a girl we both liked Genevieve.....we do both like John, Patrick and James but we don't like Pat and Jim for nicknames so we'd have to give that serious consideration......

 

[irisbud]

Thank you for the kind words everyone

Sara: She was hit by a car. We live on a horse farm in a rural area, far back from the road and she had never gone near there before. I wasn't home when this happened; My Dad had come up to work on some equipment for DH and both of my doggies were out with him, as they usually were when anyone was working outside. The worst thing is, since it was a nice, sunny day, and just knowing the stretch of road and knowing that she moved slow and wouldn't have "darted" out, the people that did it almost had to have either done it on purpose, or not tried not to do it. They didn't even stop when it happened. At least it was instant, so she probably felt no pain. My dad was there very quickly and said she was already gone. I just miss her alot. She brought so much joy to our lives, and was always so happy and had such a fun, funny personality, and was such an innocent, sweet baby.

 

[Nette]

We were talking about names over the weekend, not coming up with a whole lot. MIL thought if it's a girl we could call her Lilo. Hehe, I think it's kinda cute. It goes with our last name too, few names do. I'm stuck on boys names though. We like Logan (haha, Wolverine from X-men!), but it's my dad's middle name, and my mom would have a conniption fit. We like Luke (Skywalker!) too, but there's already a Luke with our last name--- Jay's cousin, I think he's 6 or 7 now. Booo. Have any of you thought of names yet?

Parents and relatives are starting to ask us about names now. And now I remember why we didn't tell them w/ DD what the name would be. Because EVERYTHING I come up with -- even if it's a name that is BARELY on the list -- my mother tells me is too weird. Seriously? Aaron is weird? Eli? Charlie???????????? And then my step-dad (who is probably only half serious) starts suggesting stuff like Julius or Othello. Please shoot me.

I'm having a crap day. Tomorrow is my dad's probate hearing and I just had to get my HUSBAND to call my UNCLE to tell him to answer the d--- phone and call the freaking probate lawyer. (Uncle has to be there to swear he actually did sign the will). I've already got enough headaches with not being able to get my dad's mail (it's going to my grandmother's house (in another town) where my dad died -- and my uncle lives coincidentally), and getting my brother's to answer their phones and go sign the stupid paperwork. And I'm the one who is bank rolling the entire operation because brothers have no money, dad had very little money (has a house & car to sell) and I can't get to any of dad's money because he didn't trust any of us enough to put us on the bank account. I'll get all the money back, but it's frustrating to be expected to handle all of this while working full time and pregnant and taking care of an 8 year old... when NONE of them have any other responsibilities. Sheesh!

Ok, sorry... rant over. New mommies should post pictures so I can see all those adorable faces and know there is a light at the end of my tunnel too! Congrats to ALL the new mommies!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Thank you for the kind words everyone

Sara: She was hit by a car. We live on a horse farm in a rural area, far back from the road and she had never gone near there before. I wasn't home when this happened; My Dad had come up to work on some equipment for DH and both of my doggies were out with him, as they usually were when anyone was working outside. The worst thing is, since it was a nice, sunny day, and just knowing the stretch of road and knowing that she moved slow and wouldn't have "darted" out, the people that did it almost had to have either done it on purpose, or not tried not to do it. They didn't even stop when it happened. At least it was instant, so she probably felt no pain. My dad was there very quickly and said she was already gone. I just miss her alot. She brought so much joy to our lives, and was always so happy and had such a fun, funny personality, and was such an innocent, sweet baby.

Ohh... my heart is broken reading this.