Randoms - Week of December 12th

dragonfaerie

@ADRIANAC1982 Thank you for continuing to update us! So glad your babe is staying strong in there! Praying for all of you.  I know there's a lot, especially with these extra dx they are potentially looking at, but I know you can get through it.

kelrauh

@ADRIANAC1982 - you and your little boy are so strong. I admire your fight and love for him. He's obviously a lot like his mom. I thinking of you and your family and you are in my prayers. He has made it this far you guys can make it a few more weeks!

ARB425

@meld17011 I should do that! I called do the other Dr's office and their availability isn't great so it may not work with my work schedule. I'm back to the drawing board. Thank you for the idea of asking if my RE will follow me til the later appointment! I'm going to email them tonight. Unfortunately I started a new position a few months ago and I hate to ask for so much time off so I'm really trying to limit it. 

ADRIANAC1982

Awwww thank you guys! You made me cry! I appreciate all the well wishes I know my updates are long but I figured its easier to post here than in the Trimester threads! 

I definitely think my baby boy is a toughie! I will tell you this hasnt been easy, but fighting for him puts me at ease! I feel wholehartedly that as a mommy and my husband as his daddy its our job to fight until our very last breath for this little man! its crazy how much you can love someone that is not even here yet! and one thing this little man will always know is that he was worth the fight and how absolutely loved he is! And yes i talk to him and tell him daily

cato99

@ADRIANAC1982 this is great news! Your baby has been so strong!

And @kelrauh @AandDM2014 ME TOO and thought I may be the only one! It was drizzling this morning and my husband had to drive 2 hours away for an overnight conference and I awkwardly asked him to drive super safely and he was like "??? as opposed to???". But that "drive safely" request was really just the visible tip of an iceberg full of crazy hormonal anxieties under the surface that I didn't want to subject him to.

2legbaby

@ADRIANAC1982 glad that your little man is still fighting hard and agree with @wifeinraleigh28 you have an amazing attitude and keeping strong for your little boy can only be helping him fight hard! 

chicandbubbly

@adrianac1982 so glad to see an update  from you and that your baby is continuing to grow and hang on. Praying for you and your family. You are a positive light and I am so amazed by your strength. ❤️

ADRIANAC1982

Thank you ladies! But I know and feel in my heart that all of you would do the same! I feel like weve been through a lot with infertility so we are accustomed to fighting for our babies

Tulips29

@ADRIANAC1982 your updates are so inspiring and im always so emotional reading them. I truly admire your strength and positive attitude. Not everyone would be able to do this. Your little boy is surely loved and you're already such a great mama. Im continuing to pray for you and your family. 

flanners1

@ADRIANAC1982 so happy to read your updates. I agree with all the others, you're really an inspiration and a pillar of strength. Your little boy has an amazing mum and dad in both of you. ❤️

kdanjou

@ADRIANAC1982 Thank you so much for your updates!  I have been thinking of you a lot and your little one and wishing you guys only luck and good things.  You are truly inspirational to me and you totally put my "problems" into perspective.

BlueEyedDreamer

@ADRIANAC1982 So glad to hear your updates. Your strength and your will to fight are inspiring! You are in my prayers daily.  

@kelrauh @AandDM2014 and @cato99 I am the same way, only with both DH and DS! I have a theory that the hormones just spark some weird anxiety trigger in my emotions that causes me to imagine the worst case scenario any time there is the tiniest thing to worry about! Very frustrating! I just try to remind myself that it's my pregnancy brain and that they will be fine.  

kelrauh

@BlueEyedDreamer  @AandDM2014  @cato99 - thank you for making me feel sane!! It's crazy what hormones can do to you!

Tulips29

Random win of the day - I slept for 6 hours straight and it felt magical

babylonghorn16

@ADRIANAC1982 ! Stay strong, Mama!

dragonfaerie

Oh my word, we have gotten so many hand me down clothes!! I totally appreciate it, but I also feel a bit cranky because I feel like he won't get to wear anything we bought for him specifically. And I just don't like some clothes and feel like it's an argument with my MIL when I say no thank you.  I don't have to have a reason!!

PNW12RN

Is it just me, or do maternity pants suck?? I am 19 weeks along and wore maternity pants for ~2 hours for a dinner on Tuesday, and have been wearing them all day today.  Every 4.3 seconds I have to pull them up and it is getting truly annoying.  They even start pulling my underwear down a bit.  Not fun.  I can still fit into some old jeans I have, but the belt cuts right across my belly and is not overly comfortable.  However--THEY STAY UP!!  

Anyone solve this dilemma, or is this what the next 5ish months are going to look like for me?  I'm really glad I'm an RN and I basically wear pajamas to work, so I only have to deal with actually dressing myself on the weekends and don't need an extensive maternity wardrobe, but day one of maternity clothes is not going so well for me.....

Tulips29

@dragonfaerie maybe just take the clothes and then if anyone asks if he wore them, you can snap a quick pic for them and say yea sure. My friend does that with clothes she doesn't like that her MIL buys. And then she just dresses her baby in the outfits she loves.

@PNW12RN I had the same thing with maternity jeans. It took a number of trial pairs to find good ones that stayed up. I found them at old navy and I love them. Although it was annoying when I tried to get a few backup pairs of the same style in different colors, those fit completely differently. As for black work pants, my favorite ones are from motherhood maternity by their own brand. They are skinny pants and so comfy, I can live in them! Same for old navy leggings, at this point they are pretty much all I wear. 

babylonghorn16

@PNW12RN unfortunately I've had the same issues w/ maternity pants. Found some skinnys at Target that are BETTER, but still have to pull them up every once in a while. My friend passed down some designer jeans that are nice, but still need to be adjusted more than usual. I bought a "bella band" at Target that I wear over my non-maternity jeans/pants. It's pretty amazing. Look it up!

@dragonfaerie agree with pp! We got some hand me downs that are kind of gross... I politely took them, but am planning on throwing away. Not even going to pretend the baby wore them lol

AandDM2014

@dragonfaerie I don't know which sex you're having, but I've heard that boys go through clothes like they're going out of style! I've had people offer me baby girl clothes, but that sorry, my son destroyed all of his. If you're having a boy, you'll probably go through them quickly. I'd say just take them all, go through them, and donate the ones you don't want.

@PNW12RN I think once you get a bigger tummy they'll stay up better. Mine still like to fall down a little, but they've gotten better about it over the last 2ish weeks.

dragonfaerie

Thanks guys. I know it's a silly thing to whine over, I just got overwhelmed by the four bags of clothes, and it's hard when MIL wants to argue. Fortunately we do know several people who are expecting so we can pass things on immediately.

ale9687

@pnw12rn I usually fold the belly band over so that the tightest part of the elastic is where a belt would go. It seems to help keep them up a bit. 

clt2pwm11

@dragonfaerie That's really funny about the clothes, because I'm over here wishing people would give me hand me downs! A friend gave us four totes of clothes. . .all for girls! We just found out we are having a boy, so I decided to go through and see if anything is salvageable. I ended up with 6 things out of (not kidding) like 200 things. I'm praying we have some other friends who will pass down to us because baby clothes are expensive, and they wear them for such a short time! If you don't like some of what has been given you thpugh, don't feel bad about passing it on to someone else.

dragonfaerie

@clt2pwm11 I don't suppose you are in Colorado

AandDM2014

So did anyone else go and see Rogue One this evening (well, yesterday for a lot of the rest of you)? Baby Boy either loved or hated the pew pew pew parts, and Baby C either loved or hated the music during the end credits. Baby A may have been asleep the entire time, but I don't feel her often, so who knows!

clt2pwm11

@dragonfaerie Haha! Unfortunately, no. I'm an Easy coaster.

wifeinraleigh28

@PNW12RN I'm having the same problem with maternity jeans. I do have one pair from Old Navy that stays up better than the others. I'm hoping once our tummies get much bigger they will stay up better. I am living in my leggings right now. I bought some fleece lined leggings from Amazon recently and they are amazing!

@AandDM2014 DH and I are going to see Rogue One this afternoon! I've heard good things!

ultratomato

@dragonfaerie I loved getting the hand me downs but one neighbor kept giving so much I had to give some to my parents since they will be watching them when I go back to work. She also gave me a bunch of dr brown bottles and all I had to do was buy the nipples which I found out adr cheaper on Amazon.  With twins i don't mind as much clothes but there are days when I will want to dress them alike. Another good thing with the clothes is that they have me stuff spread out to 3t so there set. And if you don't want to use the clothes donate them don't throw them away there are tons of people who can use them 

AandDM2014

@wifeinraleigh28 If it helps, I was very "meh" after seeing all the previews, but I enjoyed it thoroughly!

2legbaby

@AandDM2014 DH and I watched Dr Strange this afternoon...I don't know if was all the loud sounds or the most and ms, but she kicked like crazy for the whole movie!

AandDM2014

@2legbaby Awesome!

ale9687

@clt2pwm11 any chance you're in NJ or NYC? I was given two bags of baby boy clothes and with a nephew I have a lot to donate.