awww
This is so cute I could just die
$30 is a bit much for something that gets pooped in though.
$30 is a bit much for something that gets pooped in though.
a question!
Hello! I have a weird question and I hope someone can tell me I'm not nuts!
This is my 2nd pregnancy and I'm eleven weeks pregnant. I can already feel the baby moving around in my stomach and kicking me! I can't even believe it. I felt little butterfly kicks with my 1st baby at around 14/15 weeks, but it was nothing like this. I know it's actually movement because I know what that feels like since I've been pregnant before. It's not gas! Is this normal to feel this so early the second time around? I'm scared that there are two in there! Like seriously freaked out that there might be two because I feel like it's way too early to be feeling this. Did anyone else feel their baby kicking this early? I don't have my first appointment until the 9th and it's driving me crazy! I've been sitting here and for the past twenty minutes I've been getting kicked! And I've also had this vibrating feeling for the past week that goes from my stomach all the way to my lower region. It's so weird.
Yah, so I'm paranoid and I hope someone can tell me that they had just one baby and it kicked early! ;)
Thanks!
This is my 2nd pregnancy and I'm eleven weeks pregnant. I can already feel the baby moving around in my stomach and kicking me! I can't even believe it. I felt little butterfly kicks with my 1st baby at around 14/15 weeks, but it was nothing like this. I know it's actually movement because I know what that feels like since I've been pregnant before. It's not gas! Is this normal to feel this so early the second time around? I'm scared that there are two in there! Like seriously freaked out that there might be two because I feel like it's way too early to be feeling this. Did anyone else feel their baby kicking this early? I don't have my first appointment until the 9th and it's driving me crazy! I've been sitting here and for the past twenty minutes I've been getting kicked! And I've also had this vibrating feeling for the past week that goes from my stomach all the way to my lower region. It's so weird.
Yah, so I'm paranoid and I hope someone can tell me that they had just one baby and it kicked early! ;)
Thanks!
For the record...
The gestational diabetes test= not so bad! I was dreading it and it turned out to be nothing. (And I'm a giant wimp!)
The drink is only about 16 oz., and it tastes like the orange drink they served to us when we were kids, though maybe a tiny bit thicker and more intense. My nurse apologized for it not being chilled but it didn't bother me at all, chugged it right down. I did not get nauseated in the least. Sat around for an hour (had my checkup while I waited), they took blood (this doesn't faze me, as I used to donate regularly), and I left. Results soon.
So, horror stories aside, here's at least one good story to keep in mind if you're not looking forward to this particular experience. The worst part was turning down cake at work the day before. (I didn't have to fast, just avoid sugar...)
The drink is only about 16 oz., and it tastes like the orange drink they served to us when we were kids, though maybe a tiny bit thicker and more intense. My nurse apologized for it not being chilled but it didn't bother me at all, chugged it right down. I did not get nauseated in the least. Sat around for an hour (had my checkup while I waited), they took blood (this doesn't faze me, as I used to donate regularly), and I left. Results soon.
So, horror stories aside, here's at least one good story to keep in mind if you're not looking forward to this particular experience. The worst part was turning down cake at work the day before. (I didn't have to fast, just avoid sugar...)
taking the plunge
I've bought 28 diapers, will try to get 10-12 more off eBay sometime in the next 4 months.
10 Fuzzi Bunz + inserts
12 BumGenius pockets + inserts
6 BumGenius AIOs
Boy that's a lot of money upfront. I just keep reminding myself how much I'll save in the long run.
10 Fuzzi Bunz + inserts
12 BumGenius pockets + inserts
6 BumGenius AIOs
Boy that's a lot of money upfront. I just keep reminding myself how much I'll save in the long run.
cloth diaper question
if I don't want to do laundry every single day, how many should I have on hand to start?
update...or going over your OB's head
Since my OB is so all about deferring to the perinatologist, I called the peri's office and told them the situation. I figured they'd tell me they couldn't make any diagnosis over the phone, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
The nurse got on the phone with me and I told her what I was measuring and that I'd had the cerclage done, but that my OB wouldn't go against the peri's initial ruling of complete bedrest.
She said that with a growth of nearly a centimeter and a cerclage in place, they would be comfortable putting me on modified bedrest.
By their chart, that would mean limited activity and two hours up, two hours laying down, two hours up, two hours down throughout the day. I am not even going to do that much, but it's nice to have the official go ahead!
I even did a little dance when I hung up the phone. No hopping, just tail shaking.
This means I can go to the movies!
The nurse got on the phone with me and I told her what I was measuring and that I'd had the cerclage done, but that my OB wouldn't go against the peri's initial ruling of complete bedrest.
She said that with a growth of nearly a centimeter and a cerclage in place, they would be comfortable putting me on modified bedrest.
By their chart, that would mean limited activity and two hours up, two hours laying down, two hours up, two hours down throughout the day. I am not even going to do that much, but it's nice to have the official go ahead!
I even did a little dance when I hung up the phone. No hopping, just tail shaking.
This means I can go to the movies!
No definitive answers :/
So when I was diagnosed, my cervix was 1.9 cm. The perinataologist, who my doctor totally defers to as "the expert" put me on complete bedrest, and told me it was not going to improve, it would only stay the same or get worse.
So the fact that 4 days later my cervix was 2.5cm makes me not have a whole lot of faith in the Peri, even though my OB feels that his word is law. Even though when the peri saw me, there was a very different picture than there is now.
I had the cerclage 12 days ago. Today I had an ultrasound. The baby is fine and super wiggly. My cervix is measuring 2.7cm.
3 is the start of "normal" range. Anything over 3.2cm is considered good. 2.7 is not bad at all.
However, my doctor has pretty much absconded all responsibility and left it up to me if I choose to get up or not. He will not give me an opinion. I said "what if I am only up for less than three hours a day, don't do anything strenuous, no lifting, etc...and then we see how it looks when I come back in two weeks?" and he says it's my risk to take or leave.
So basically if anything happens, it'll be my fault and not his. Not that things can't go wrong even if you're on full bedrest, but if something does go wrong and I'm not, that's guilt I'll have to live with.
The perinatologist is in Pensacola (2+ hour drive) and doesn't want to see me again until mid-January, so I can't get an opinion from him. I know if I call they will just say they can't diagnose anything over the phone.
So I am kind of at an impasse. For now, I have to go to the dentist this afternoon. And I am going to the Christmas party on saturday even if only for an hour. Other than that, I guess I will just see how I feel and take it day by day.
So the fact that 4 days later my cervix was 2.5cm makes me not have a whole lot of faith in the Peri, even though my OB feels that his word is law. Even though when the peri saw me, there was a very different picture than there is now.
I had the cerclage 12 days ago. Today I had an ultrasound. The baby is fine and super wiggly. My cervix is measuring 2.7cm.
3 is the start of "normal" range. Anything over 3.2cm is considered good. 2.7 is not bad at all.
However, my doctor has pretty much absconded all responsibility and left it up to me if I choose to get up or not. He will not give me an opinion. I said "what if I am only up for less than three hours a day, don't do anything strenuous, no lifting, etc...and then we see how it looks when I come back in two weeks?" and he says it's my risk to take or leave.
So basically if anything happens, it'll be my fault and not his. Not that things can't go wrong even if you're on full bedrest, but if something does go wrong and I'm not, that's guilt I'll have to live with.
The perinatologist is in Pensacola (2+ hour drive) and doesn't want to see me again until mid-January, so I can't get an opinion from him. I know if I call they will just say they can't diagnose anything over the phone.
So I am kind of at an impasse. For now, I have to go to the dentist this afternoon. And I am going to the Christmas party on saturday even if only for an hour. Other than that, I guess I will just see how I feel and take it day by day.
Hm
When did it become taboo to use the word playpen? Now we have to say play yard. Or play den.
Was pen too much like jail? Or an animal enclosure? When did it become a bad word?
Yes, I am THAT bored.
Bedrest sucks.
Was pen too much like jail? Or an animal enclosure? When did it become a bad word?
Yes, I am THAT bored.
Bedrest sucks.
baby is a football fan
I have felt the baby move three times now, twice was during football games.
The third time, today, was the first time it was totally unmistakable! I am laying here on my bedrest, watching the Saints and I felt a few little twitches. I was thinking "Hmm..is that the baby?" and then *WHAM* I got a KICK! I shouted, it was so strong, and totally took me by surprise. Sean came running over to put his hand on my tummy and see if it would happen again (it was strong enough that he would have felt a little pulse from the outside) but that was all the baby had for the time being.
Still, it was very exciting. What a funny feeling.
I hope baby is a Saints fan and wasn't cheering for the 49ers, or we're going to have to talk.
:D
The third time, today, was the first time it was totally unmistakable! I am laying here on my bedrest, watching the Saints and I felt a few little twitches. I was thinking "Hmm..is that the baby?" and then *WHAM* I got a KICK! I shouted, it was so strong, and totally took me by surprise. Sean came running over to put his hand on my tummy and see if it would happen again (it was strong enough that he would have felt a little pulse from the outside) but that was all the baby had for the time being.
Still, it was very exciting. What a funny feeling.
I hope baby is a Saints fan and wasn't cheering for the 49ers, or we're going to have to talk.
:D
home from surgery - all is well
My surgery yesterday morning went very smoothly, they had been going to give me a spinal, but ended up deciding to put me completely under which I was THRILLED about (who wants to be awake for something like that, much less get a shot in the back and be numb from the waist down for 2 hours if you don't have to be?)
Aside from a blinding headache (which I had actually had since I woke up) I really wasn't in any pain afterwards, some mild crampy pain but nothing unbearable. They decided to keep me overnight since Sean was out of town so I'd be on my own if I went home. They gave me regular doses of percocet for my head and my saint of a hair/nail girl brought me Sonic for dinner since the hospital food was inedible and her spa is almost right across the street. I just watched teevee and read all night, I didn't even need help to the bathroom after the first time. They checked the baby's hb several times and it was 146-154 which is where it always is. I woke up this morning feeling 100% and they sent me home.
My doctor wants me to stay on total bedrest (only up to use the bathroom and shower - and I can keep my dental appointment tuesday) until my appointment on wednesday morning, as long as things still look good on the u/s I should be able to be on a much more modified bedrest, allowing me to basically have a normal life , I'd just have to lay down for a few hours at a time several times a day. What pregnant woman wouldn't be okay with that?
Anyhow, I am feeling a million times better than I did after my initial diagnosis on monday. What a week it has been!
It was also kind of cool because after surgery I was moved to the L&D ward, so I got a preview of where I'll be staying when I birth the little bunny. Now I know I need to bring extra pillows (which I am SO GLAD I thought to do yesterday) and snacks because, aside from breakfast, the food sucks. The nurses are all really nice, out of five there was only one who wasn't super friendly.
So I am hopefully in the homestretch of this full time laying down thing.
Aside from a blinding headache (which I had actually had since I woke up) I really wasn't in any pain afterwards, some mild crampy pain but nothing unbearable. They decided to keep me overnight since Sean was out of town so I'd be on my own if I went home. They gave me regular doses of percocet for my head and my saint of a hair/nail girl brought me Sonic for dinner since the hospital food was inedible and her spa is almost right across the street. I just watched teevee and read all night, I didn't even need help to the bathroom after the first time. They checked the baby's hb several times and it was 146-154 which is where it always is. I woke up this morning feeling 100% and they sent me home.
My doctor wants me to stay on total bedrest (only up to use the bathroom and shower - and I can keep my dental appointment tuesday) until my appointment on wednesday morning, as long as things still look good on the u/s I should be able to be on a much more modified bedrest, allowing me to basically have a normal life , I'd just have to lay down for a few hours at a time several times a day. What pregnant woman wouldn't be okay with that?
Anyhow, I am feeling a million times better than I did after my initial diagnosis on monday. What a week it has been!
It was also kind of cool because after surgery I was moved to the L&D ward, so I got a preview of where I'll be staying when I birth the little bunny. Now I know I need to bring extra pillows (which I am SO GLAD I thought to do yesterday) and snacks because, aside from breakfast, the food sucks. The nurses are all really nice, out of five there was only one who wasn't super friendly.
So I am hopefully in the homestretch of this full time laying down thing.