April Randoms

mmom3

Happy April!  Wishing it would warm up beyond 30 degrees out here.  What’s the weather like where you live?  

Congratulations @sarahhedger7!  

vflux33

70s and sunny here in Northern California! Took the all terrain stroller for a test drive on a short hike with the babies yesterday, and it was seriously the best. I've been so cooped up and it was just what I needed. Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend!

slr1229

830 every night is our witching hour.  No matter what we do, she cries.  Eating, cries.  If she’s asleep, she wakes up crying.  She has no trouble nursing all day but around this time, she always does.  She woodpecks and acts like she has trouble latching.  I hate 830.

megpeg

@mmom3 it’s cold here too and supposed to snow today. We really could use a few nice days. DS1 starts track next week and is supposed to be conditioning this week. 
  Hers a story of stupidity and humor- yesterday we got home and I asked my kids to let our dog out of her crate and outside. I heard the door shut and a few minutes later the dog bark but it sounded weird like the door didn’t get shut all the way. I ask DS1 to go let her in and make sure the door gets shut tight. He said she wasn’t there she was chasing a squirrel. Fast forward 10 minutes and I go to let her in and she’s not out there. I get them loaded up and go drive around looking for her and call DH to let him know. After 20 minutes of nothing we go back home to find her still in her crate- they never let her out and I didn’t think to look there...

mmom3

It’s supposed to snow here later today.  In the next ten days, 3 have snow in the forecast.  I am not a cold weather fan and ideally I would love to move to Florida but don’t see that happening anytime soon since Alaska would be probably be my polar bear of a husband’s choice who wears shorts and t-shirts year round.  He doesn’t own a coat or long sleeve shirt by choice.  

@megpeg - glad your dog wasn’t lost, but ugh I’d be ticked!  It is such a process to get out of the house these days with 3, I avoid it at all costs other then getting my daughter to/from school because we don’t get bus service.  

DDRRT1982

Put away my maternity clothes.  Kind of feels awkward bc I don't know if I will ever be getting them out for myself again. 

crossfitbabybump

I had my 6 week check up and I am getting on the Mirena again. It’s weird to think I could get pregnant again. I guess I forgot that can happen lol. I got cleared to workout again! I’m so excited to return to Crossfit!! 

mmom3

@DDRRT1982 - I am putting it off for the same reason.  It’s sad to think just a year ago I wasn’t even pregnant much less thinking we’d ever have another baby.  It went by too fast.  

crossfitbabybump

Alice just sneezed while spitting up, in turn spraying it all over my face. Motherhood. 

fatstagnation

DH and I are talking condoms for birth control because we're already planning on doing this again omg! Midwife says not to get pg until a year after this birth, esp if I want a VBAC. 
this is our first and we're 40 and 41, so if we want more than one kiddo we have to do it pronto. I can't imagine doing hormonal bc for only one year, though. ugh. going on and off was the worst. 

nancysimp

@fatstagnation same with us. Wanting to do this again asap because of age. He's 38 in Nov, I'm 39 in July. We are going to wait a year and hope for a healthy and smooth pregnancy and delivery.  wish you the best too.

fatstagnation

nancysimp said:

@fatstagnation same with us. Wanting to do this again asap because of age. He's 38 in Nov, I'm 39 in July. We are going to wait a year and hope for a healthy and smooth pregnancy and delivery.  wish you the best too.

 @nancysimp Pregnancy at 40 to 41 was totally fine! Best of luck to you as well!

anyone else weepy after delivery? it's a rare day i don't cry. I'm not sad or anxious it's more like saying "i love you" to LO = weeping. Just overwhelmed with emotion and so so happy. 

nancysimp

@fatstagnation

I'm still weepy with happiness and my little guy is 1 month tomorrow.  just pure love ... the tears and feelings. I look at my baby and I think "wow, suddenly you're here and life is just so much more beautiful now". Such joy and commotion, having a little human that needs you!...wouldn't change it for the world. 

fatstagnation

@nancysimp yes, exactly! I'm pretty sure DH was screening me for Postpartum Depression the other day. hahaha But it's not that at all. Just pure love.  

slr1229

DD smiles at me for the first time (away from nursing or sleeping) and I just cried from happiness- I apologized to her for being mad at her night time issues!  Babies man

LeahS927

WHAT THE HECK???!!! My period just started. 4 weeks?? That's all I get? I know I was lucky to get 10 months off after my first kid, but seriously? 4 weeks?? I was bleeding for 2.5 of those!!

Okay, I'll grow up and get over it now.

megpeg

Could you have just had some breakthrough bleeding? I am 4 weeks out and still have blood some days.

crossfitbabybump

@LeahS927 I got a period too! Pretty sure I was ovulating too. My OB is getting me on BC! 

DDRRT1982

I bleed for a full five weeks.  Maybe it's not really a period and breakthrough bleeding like megpeg said.  Let's hope!

mmom3

With my daughter I bled for 8 weeks.
and With my son 6 weeks.  Both of them were vaginal births.  It took me 11 months to get a period last time and hoping it’s the same or longer this time around!    

BrittnieMariee

We had a new fridge delivered yesterday and I am beyond happy about it! We had the most basic, POS fridge before and this one is giant and beautiful!

mmom3

Something that should not happen together ever. Newborn waking every few hours overnight with a puking/sick older child.  What a horrible combo!  

DDRRT1982

Ugh, that's a bad night @mmom3.  I hope everyone is better soon.

megpeg

Ugh sorry @mmom3!

@BrittnieMariee we got a new dishwasher in February and I felt the same way.

BrittnieMariee

@mmom3 so sorry! My toddler was just awake for no reason at 11:30, and again from 1-4. And of course Emma woke up to eat between those times. I swear they team up to make sure mom doesn’t sleep. 

@megpeg I want our next upgrade to be the dishwasher! We only got the fridge because my FIL wanted our old one to put in the apartment he built for my SIL lol which I’m totally okay with!

GG620

@mmom3 omg I am so sorry!! What a night

@megpeg we got a new washer and dryer before baby and it was Christmas!!! Ha

slr1229

I want to chalk paint our bathroom cabinets since I’m home and have the time!  

megpeg

@slr1229 I keep looking at doing that. I need new flooring so I want to do it before we put that in. 

megpeg

@BrittnieMariee I highly recommend a kitchen aid. I can barely hear it running and it works amazing.

StephBrim24

@mmom3 - that’s my worst nightmare! I hope all has settled down now. 

mmom3

Thanks ladies - it was not a fun night.  Of course it started 10 minutes after she went to bed instead of during the day.  She just finally had a piece of toast about 15 hours after it started and fingers crossed it stays down.  

On a a different note heading to Charlie’s 1 month appointment in a bit.  He’s still pretty jaundice so I’m nervous what’s going to happen next as pushing formula and continuing to BF doesn’t seem to have helped.  

DDRRT1982

Good luck, @mmom3

nancysimp

I rolled over onto DH last night...who says to me "wow, you smell clean". Never thought I'd hear that comment in my life. Hahaha hashtag mom problems.

slr1229

Earlier today my husband sent me a text from work “I need a nap”...I about lost it.  I told him he can sleep in the guest bedroom if baby is too loud.  Just now she was having a hard time burping (always does during one night feed) and he just got up and left with pillow.  Men

mmom3

@slr1229 - we left the bed in what was our guest bedroom because DH now moved into that room because he doesn’t want to be disturbed by the baby and me even on his days off.  The only nap I’ve been able to take since having the baby is when my parents came over once and basically made
me take a nap while they helped with my son.  But my husband pretty much naps always on both weekend days all afternoon long.  So unfair.    

crossfitbabybump

I know only you guys will appreciate this. Anyone else look down at your baby after breastfeeding and see them smiling in their sleep? Like it was satisfying and now they’re happy? Gah it melts my heart everytime! 

DDRRT1982

I was at Costco yesterday and ran into a lady that had six kids with the youngest being the same age as our babies.  On my way out she said good luck.  I was telling my husband about that last night and he told me we are going to have seven. Dead serious too.  I was like no we aren't.  I am struggling to care for the ones I have with no help from you, so I don't think so.  Why would a man that barely likes to do any of the mundane parenting stuff want to have so many kids? It's interesting to me.

StephBrim24

Guys I’m 7 days overdue and trying not to break. I really want to follow through with doing this med-free. I had an epidural with DD and it was an awful experience (low blood pressure issues, pushing stressed her and made them use the vacuum and do major damage down there to me, she ended up being too wiped and stressed to get nursing down, I was a mess...). I did med-free with DS and felt so good and nursing went well. This is important to me but I’m stressing that my body isn’t going to do it on its own this time. DH cleared 2 weeks of his work schedule starting last week so I’ve already lost his help with the older kids for an entire week because I’m overdue and im feeling the pressure of getting the baby here before we lose more days of this week that he had cleared to help. 
I’ve tried pumping, sex, nipple stimulation, spicy foods, red raspberry leaf tea....

vflux33

@DDRRT1982 Agh that sounds really frustrating. Maybe he wants more because he doesn't do that stuff and it's easy for him?

@StephBrim24 That sucks! I'm sorry. Do you know whether you are dilated at all? Sorry if I missed that elsewhere. I haaaated the foley but it isn't a drug... I *guess you could do that. Maybe it would hurt less for you since you're not a FTM. 

DDRRT1982

Most definitely, @vflux33.  Why wouldn't you want a gazillion cute people that adore you when all you have to do is he the fun guy?

@StephBrim24 you are doing awesome!  Just keep complaining to us and get it out.  I think you should definitely wait it our or go with what your doctor recommends.  Get your membranes stripped too.

StephBrim24

@vflux33 I was a tight 2cm on Monday. I haven’t been checked since then. That wasn’t quite enough to do a membrane sweep at the time. It’s driving me nuts that I might be far enough today but my next appointment is on Monday.