Has anyone started a postpartum plan? I was discussing this with my sister. Like delaying the vitamin K shot and eye drops, skin to skin right away, plans for limiting visiting hours once LO is home, etc.
I have added those things to my birth plan. The midwives told me they don't even touch your baby without your consent but the doctors at the associated hospital will do those things before they hand you your baby, so I wanted to make sure my baby's "birthday" plan is written down.
So I guess I'm going to my breastfeeding class alone tomorrow... Long story and I don't feel like getting into it but DH is walking on thin ice right now.
Also I got an email I (and also DH) could get called into work this weekend. No big. Just my birthday/'surprise' shower on Saturday. Of course I'd love nothing more than to get a phone call in the middle of everything and have to leave for work.
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
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So I guess I'm going to my breastfeeding class alone tomorrow... Long story and I don't feel like getting into it but DH is walking on thin ice right now.
Also I got an email I (and also DH) could get called into work this weekend. No big. Just my birthday/'surprise' shower on Saturday. Of course I'd love nothing more than to get a phone call in the middle of everything and have to leave for work.
Ugh. Hugs. I'm sorry. I just went through something similar this past weekend.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
Just finished The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm (both by Robert Galbraith) and Ready Player One (by Ernest Cline, iirc), all of which I LOVED.
Also, this pregnancy has me craving all the romance novels/movies. I've reread all my Susanna Kearsley books (she's my favorite romance author and the atmosphere and the way past collides with present in her novels is totes my jam, y'all), and am desperately searching for a good book with a similar feel if anybody's read her stuff and has a recommendation (besides Anne Fortier...I've recently reread both of her books, too). And I recently watched The English Patient and St. Ives and Pride & Prejudice and now I need MOAR sweeping British romance films what the eff. I'm not usually this into them (I usually prefer action/adventure/thriller type stuff), and I'm blaming all of the hormones on this.
Should I resurrect the Entertainment thread and move this there instead? Or should we maybe create a new one for April?
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
We were liars... Is that the one about the cousins on the island? Definitely did not see where that book was heading
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
I'm reading Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children right now too. I'm also listening to Gone Girl on Audible, which is starting to get pretty interesting. I second Defending Jacob, it's really good. I'm doing a reading challenge, so we'll see how many I can get through before LO comes.
Thanks for all the recommendations! I ended up starting Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. But I'm sure I"ll be finished with it quickly. Thankfully, amazon remembers what books I've already purchased because it took me four tries of downloading books I already own. Talk about pregnancy brain. I know I have already read Defending Jacob, Turtle Creek, and Gone Girl.
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
We were liars... Is that the one about the cousins on the island? Definitely did not see where that book was heading
YES!!! I didn't either. I read it right after I watched Bloodline on Netflix so I thought it was going to be along those lines of story. Nope. I liked it though.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Anyone read any good books lately? I've been reading birthing books but need a change. Haven't read anything else since Still Alice.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
I'm reading Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children right now too. I'm also listening to Gone Girl on Audible, which is starting to get pretty interesting. I second Defending Jacob, it's really good. I'm doing a reading challenge, so we'll see how many I can get through before LO comes.
Defending Jacob is another book with an ending I didn't see happening. All of Gillian Flynn's books are awesome.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
@mcb2016 I was gonna suggest Sharp Objects. If you enjoy that and enjoyed Gone Girl, try Dark Places from same author. I am sad I have read all three, she needs more books..
@mcb2016 I was gonna suggest Sharp Objects. If you enjoy that and enjoyed Gone Girl, try Dark Places from same author. I am sad I have read all three, she needs more books..
My kindle had an ad for a new book by her yesterday! I don't remember the name but was excited to see that
@mcb2016 I was gonna suggest Sharp Objects. If you enjoy that and enjoyed Gone Girl, try Dark Places from same author. I am sad I have read all three, she needs more books..
My kindle had an ad for a new book by her yesterday! I don't remember the name but was excited to see that
I had to google it and it seems it's called 'The Grownup' - thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Question particularly for BF mamas: DS has been weaned for a few months now and my milk halted and has come back as colostrum. DS developed stuffiness with a cold and sore throat overnight; I can feel some mild symptoms, but it doesn't seem to have hit me as hard as him or DH. It is worth it to express and syringe some colostrum for DS to help him get better faster (he'll be 2 Friday for those on mobile)? I'm leaning towards yes, but I didn't pre-express colostrum last pregnancy, so it's new territory for me. Obviously, if the sore throat persists I'll take him to the pediatrician too.
@kbrands7 I would call the pedi incase it is strep or something that needs antibiotics. If they say it's just viral, maybe give him some colostrum then?
I mostly bump on my computer. Lately when I quote something and go to highlight something in the quote in order to make it "bold," the page jumps up to the top and I have to scroll all the way back down again to the reply box to keep typing. I basically can't bold anything now. This is annoying, @BumpAdmin.
I was getting nervous I was actually going to have to do something today...and then I got an email from the Nurses’ Health Study III and the Maternal Health Study that I enrolled in waaaay back in nursing school! I had a new survey to take about the progress of this current pregnancy and how working as a nurse has potentially affected said pregnancy. It was a good 30-45 min where I looked super busy. Awesome.
So other fellow nurses between the ages of 20-46 years of old, feel free to join and take surveys at www.nhs3.org so they can reach their goal of 100,000 participants.
@kbrands7 okay, glad I'm not the only one. Thought I was losing my mind. I tried to explain the pain to my husband but all I could come up with was it is like she's scratching me. Didn't know if that was a thing or not. It makes me jump every time.
Went out for dinner and there was a baby at the table next to us - couldn't have been more than two weeks old. So frickn cute (and tiny!) and I can't believe in a couple of weeks we will all have our own little people. My DH couldn't stop staring and my friend might have decided that they are going to try for a baby now as well (haha fingers crossed).
We are taking the cat to the vet tonight - no issues, just her yearly checkup and shots So this morning I took the carrier out of the closet so that way when I get home I can just grab her and toss her in there and run out the door. Before I left this morning I am looking all over for her. Guess where she was? Yup, she jumped into the carrier. Who thinks it will be as easy to get her in there tonight when I need her to be in there?
Anyone else feel like their baby is clawing your insides? Holy moly the pain.
I'm pretty sure the weird pains I've been having occasionally are LO taking her talons and raking them down my uterus. Any day now I fully expect her to rip it open and come out, Alien-style.
Also, has anyone's LO pinched them from the inside? Now THAT was definitely the weirdest thing I've ever felt.
Some clawing, but mostly this baby is transverse and likes to **s t r e t c h** out to where I feel like he's going to come out alien style on both of my sides. Not cool, kid. And get your head down already, Mama wants a VBAC.
In my first trimester, I couldn't stand the idea of chocolate or sweets.
In my third trimester, I can't stop dreaming about chocolate cake.
I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to post some food porn.
Same! I couldn't stand chocolate until the end of the second tri and now I'm obsessed, particularly with baked goods. These pictures are cruel and amazing at the same time.
Got the Tdap shot yesterday and almost passed out this morning! Yuck.
I got insanely sick after mine, too! Had to take a couple days off of work. I know that means it's working and your immune system is responding, but jeez. I haven't felt that sick in a long time.
When I got the TDAP shot yesterday I was all "pfft this is nothing, what was everybody even talking about" because the needle is so tiny and it's really a very small shot, so it's over in like half a second.
Then I woke up this morning at 4 am feeling like some giant linebacker punched the hell out of my shoulder, and it was like "oh that's what they meant."
It's not that bad for me, but I keep feeling slightly surprised when I look over at that shoulder and there's no actual bruise there. It definitely feels like there ought to be a bruise.
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for May 2016**
Also I got an email I (and also DH) could get called into work this weekend. No big. Just my birthday/'surprise' shower on Saturday. Of course I'd love nothing more than to get a phone call in the middle of everything and have to leave for work.
I've read the Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series, I'm on Turtle Creek by Alice Hoffman right now, finished An Unexpected Grace by Von Kreisler, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Defending Jacob by William Landay, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart...
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Just finished The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm (both by Robert Galbraith) and Ready Player One (by Ernest Cline, iirc), all of which I LOVED.
Also, this pregnancy has me craving all the romance novels/movies. I've reread all my Susanna Kearsley books (she's my favorite romance author and the atmosphere and the way past collides with present in her novels is totes my jam, y'all), and am desperately searching for a good book with a similar feel if anybody's read her stuff and has a recommendation (besides Anne Fortier...I've recently reread both of her books, too). And I recently watched The English Patient and St. Ives and Pride & Prejudice and now I need MOAR sweeping British romance films what the eff. I'm not usually this into them (I usually prefer action/adventure/thriller type stuff), and I'm blaming all of the hormones on this.
Should I resurrect the Entertainment thread and move this there instead? Or should we maybe create a new one for April?
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
BFP 1: 9/15/2013 | DD 5/23/2014
BFP 2: 9/15/2015 | EDD 5/26/2016
DS: Born 5-17-16
I haven't felt hiccups yet!
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!
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5.5.16 | 8.14.17 | 1.30.19
5.5.16 | 8.14.17 | 1.30.19
We are taking the cat to the vet tonight - no issues, just her yearly checkup and shots
So this morning I took the carrier out of the closet so that way when I get home I can just grab her and toss her in there and run out the door.
Before I left this morning I am looking all over for her. Guess where she was? Yup, she jumped into the carrier.
Who thinks it will be as easy to get her in there tonight when I need her to be in there?
I'm pretty sure the weird pains I've been having occasionally are LO taking her talons and raking them down my uterus. Any day now I fully expect her to rip it open and come out, Alien-style.
Also, has anyone's LO pinched them from the inside? Now THAT was definitely the weirdest thing I've ever felt.
In my third trimester, I can't stop dreaming about chocolate cake.
I hope you don't mind, but I'd like to post some food porn.
BFP 1: 9/15/2013 | DD 5/23/2014
BFP 2: 9/15/2015 | EDD 5/26/2016
Then I woke up this morning at 4 am feeling like some giant linebacker punched the hell out of my shoulder, and it was like "oh that's what they meant."
It's not that bad for me, but I keep feeling slightly surprised when I look over at that shoulder and there's no actual bruise there. It definitely feels like there ought to be a bruise.