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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
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How was your pregnancy? How is your baby?
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I'm bored and reminsicing, therefore I must subject you all to an informal poll.
How was your pregnancy?: Complicated. Hyperemesis gravidarum, gestational diabetes, gallbladder attacks.
How is your baby?: Very mellow, laidback, and happy. The only issue I ever had with her was with nursing - she wasn't a good latcher. Other than that, she rarely cries, and has always slept like a champ. I think she's my reward for a somewhat sucky pregnancy.
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Re: How was your pregnancy? How is your baby?
SUPER easy-going pregnancy.
SUPER fussy baby. Bad napper, bad eater. Absolutely adorable and very smart but high-maintenance, fo' sho'.
Actually, I have a shiitty napper, too. But she sleeps through the night, and has since 8 weeks, so I guess I can't complain too much.
crappy pregnancy super sick all the time
Baby super easy laid back and happy 99% of the time
How was your pregnancy?: Normal until 29 weeks when he dropped and I began effacing. Delivered 1 week late.
How is your baby?: Pretty chill, but stubborn when he wants something. Great sleeper, napper, eater and traveler.
This exactly. Well, the complications were different (blood pressure issues, m/s for 7.5 months, wicked HB, etc....induction that took days.....ugh).
But the baby part is identical. I also say that the good baby is my reward!
super easy pregnancy, delivered 9 days late, but comfy all the while.
For the most part, super easy baby. Dealing with some sleep issues now, but came home pretty much STTN. Sometimes she's dramarific, but overall she's easy.
Chemical Pregnancy 10/5/10
BFP 2/7/11--m/c 2/12/11
TTD pics taken by knottie jen&louie
Easy preg (but it was my 3rd). Baby is pretty laid back, a bit spoiled. But he goes to bed at 7 every night, wakes up for a feeding once. He is generally happy all day. I think it's more me though, because he is my 3rd child and I know the mistakes I made with the first two.
Really difficult pregnancy. Placenta previa (that moved later), shortening cervix at 5 months, contractions at 31 weeks, plus the bloating and physical pain of carrying him --I didn't think I'd make it 9 months! Turns out I didn't need too because he was born at 32 weeks(doctors could find no reason for pre-term labor). We had to spend 16 days in the NICU and that was SO hard. When I finally got to bring him home, my breastmilk just dried up --add insult to injury--then there was the AR and waking every 3 hrs for 4 months BUT now...
I have the sweetest, biggest, cuddliest, no more AR, sleeps through the night, doesn't need a bink, well-natured bestest baby ever! He's even in the 90th percentile in height and weight! My preemie kickin' A and takin' names all over the place now!
It was worth it
Pregnancy was pretty easy, except for last month. Horrible sciatic nerve pain and long and painful delivery with back labor. She was also 1 week late.
Baby is pretty high maintenance, gets bored easily and cranky. Horrible sleeper, but has gotten MUCH better, still not STTN yet and has never been. Naps are hit or miss. Likes food one day and hates it the next. Cries everytime I put her down for a nap or to bed. Very animated and happy too. A lot of fun, but very high energy!
Super easy pregnancy, aside from going into PTL on a random Saturday morning.
Emma is...stubborn. And opinionated. She was never too fussy, but as she's gotten older, she definitely knows what she likes and wants and lets you know it!
BFP(4) DD2 born 2.14.13 @ 35w5d due to pPROM
Pregnancy sucked. It was unexpected, I was sick the whole time, BP issues started at 31 weeks and lasted until my emergency c-section / gallbladder removal at 37 weeks. Early delivery resulted in a 9 day stay in NICU for my little guy because he couldn't breathe correctly, couldn't suck, and was pretty severely jaundiced.
Jack is amazing. He's slept through the night since about 8 weeks, and still naps really well. He's a happy, smiley, easy-going baby. He has a schedule that he sticks to, but if you don't stick to it, it's okay. He loves people, going outside, and has very few (if any) attachment issues. While he is a bit lazy, and sometimes scares the crap out of me, I genuinely believe he is the child that my body knew it had to produce, out of all of them, because honestly...I would go nuts. Lol. But he's great. Fantastic. Fabulous. The absolute best thing that I have ever done.
Other than throwing up morning, noon and night every.single.day until 18 weeks, pregnancy was pretty stress free. Though, she did arrive 2 weeks early and was only 5lbs. 13oz. so that was alarming.
As a baby she is very sweet, easily entertained, really active, hardly cries when awake and is actually quite shy. BUT, she is a horrible sleeper (naps, night time... etc.) and a very stubborn girl. It makes me nervous for whats to come.
Pregnancy - Fairly easy pregnancy - just the normal complaints. Induced a week early - and had to have an episiotomy, and the pitocin was intense - but after 13 hrs on the pit - he arrived.
LO - used to be a good napper / sleeper at night - has now been waking up multiple times a night and is a terrible napper - but due to teething (we hope). He is a very good baby overall - so can't really complain. He gets bored pretty quickly lately, so we have been trying to keep him entertained. We have been told by our previous DCPs mom that he was one of the best babies she had ever taken care of. We often get told he is very calm / good. He has MH laid back personality - which is probably better than being uptight like me
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Pregnancy: easy in the begining, terrible in the end. Major PIH, preeclampsia, bedrest for 7 weeks. It was awful. Wonderful c/s at 37 weeks though!
Baby: wonderful. easy going, always happy, sleeps through the night
I totally think this theory is somewhat true.
DC#1: Easy pregnancy and SUPER colicky, fussy, whiny, needy, bad sleeper, etc.
DC#2: Difficult pregnancy, got sick the whole time: Very easygoing baby, sweet, cuddly, can be independent, though still not a great sleeper.
DS:
Pregnancy: Horrible. I was sick for months, and was induced at 36 weeks due to a large baby.
Baby: he was a breeze. Slept like crap, but was a happy baby and cuddly, but played independently.
DD1:
Pregnancy: Great until I developed pre-e at 29 weeks on bed rest.
Baby: great baby, but had separation anxiety that was awful.
DD2: Pregnancy: Great. no m/s and felt great the entire time. (She did break my rib on the right side, and that was painful for a bit.) She was breech and refused to budge during the version, so c-section.
baby: She is a joy. Constantly happy and smiles and laughs all day. My son calls her "sunshine" because she is just a constant ray of sunshine.
Pregnancy # 1~ I had Thyroid issues which threw my whole body out of wack and horrible m/s.
Pregnancy # 2~ Everything was perfect! No m/s my thyroid problems didn't come back I gained 20 lbs less then I did the first time. It was a wonderful experience
Both my kids have been very mellow, and laid back. Both STTN at 5 weeks, only ever cried if they were hungrey. We always joke and say we're done with two because if we had a third it'd be completely opposit.
Alivia Nichole Willow Nov. 9th 2007 @ 8:22pm 9 lbs 4 oz 20.5"
Ian Robert March. 5th 2010 @ 6:41pm 9 lbs 1 oz 20.5"
Our blog http://rappfamilyof4.blogspot.com/
-I had a pretty easy pregnancy. I have an autoimmune disease and it actually went into remission while I was pregnant. Aside from the normal pregnancy complaints I felt great most of the time.
-Liam is pretty easygoing. He only cries if he's really hungry or something is wrong. I'm starting to see a little bit of stranger anxiety but nothing severe as of yet. He's a great sleeper, eats well, is hitting all of his milestones, and loves to dance!
Both pregnancies were very similar. 40 weeks of morning sickness although after 14 weeks with both boys, I felt ok if I took 1 Zofran a day. Weeks 6-10 were horrible with both boys, even with Zofran. Other than that, they were easy, uncomplicated, textbook pregnancies. I was induced with both boys but delivered them within 6 and 4 hours of starting induction.
DS #1 was/is a super fussy kid. He wants constant attention. He's uber-persistent and the slightest changes in his routine turn him into a cranky, hot mess. He was a horrible sleeper the first 10 months and can easily get off track now but STTN as long as he's on routine (going on vacation, keeping him up late = recipe for disaster). It's gotten a lot better but the first 9 months were REALLY hard. He's full of life and exciteable and passionate about everything which makes him really fun too!
DS #2 is way easier. No one whose had one of those super easy babies would call him easy, but for us, in comparison, he is. He still likes a routine and won't sleep on the go (he's also a crappy traveler) but he's pretty happy if he's fed and sleeping well. He's not the best napper and still wakes up between 4-5 am for a bottle but he does sleep fairly well at night. He's pretty much content just hanging out with us and taking it all in.
Pregnancy : super easy. No complaints
Baby: I would say easy but "opinionated." She has definite, strong opinions about what she wants, but overall she's super easy. She's not a fussy baby.
Except for the carpal tunnel syndrome and feeling breathless all the time, it was a very easygoing pregnancy.
DD was tough in the first two and a half months, but has gotten a lot better. She's not what I would call laid back or mellow, but she is a happy girl. She sleeps OK - naps vary from day to day. She used to STTN since about 6 weeks old, but since 4 months, she gets up once per night, which isn't the worst.
Pregnancy was difficult - blood clotting disorder, Gestational diabetes, insulin resistance, induced 3 times 19 hours of labor that ended in a C-section, extended hospital stay due to LO having pulinary hypertension
Baby is great. Very few problems, sleeps through the night since 3 months, great eater, napper and a very happy little boy. We believe he is this good for us because of what we had to go through to get him.
Pregnancy was perfect.. didn't even spot.. My only complaint was that I had morning sickness 24/7 the first 5 months, literally. BLEH.
Baby is amazing. Sleeps through the night.. always has since 7 weeks... Smiles all the time..Enjoys eating-- eats everything I give him. haha... just wild... loves to play and LOVES to be held...
I had an easy going pregnancy. Nothing weird or complicated happend really. I did start having contractions due to dehydration at 30 weeks... but once that was resolved everthing was fine. I delivered 3 days after my due date.
I (think) I had a horrible labor though.. it was just long!
Tristan is such a happy go lucky baby... I could not ask for anything else. He still does not STTN (getting better though) but he does go from 11 or midnight - 4:30/5am. Other than that he is not a fussy baby and he is always smiling and laughing. He is mobile and all over the place now though... he is a ruff and tumble type of kid and just such a daddy's boy.
Baby - absolutely perfect. He's happy, healthy, smart, etc
How was your pregnancy?: Great until 20 weeks (no sickness, bad symptoms, etc.), then complicated. placenta previa (resolved at 28 weeks), hemorrhaging at 20 weeks, 24 weeks and 26 weeks, SEVERE hemorrhaging at 29 weeks, 3 days, MORE SEVERE hemorrhaging at 29weeks, 5 days, water broke and emergency c-section at 29 weeks, 6 days.
How is your baby?: Healthy, even during her 9 week NICU stay, now very mellow, laidback, and happy. She rarely cries, and has STTN since 4 months and was only up once per night before that, and according to last night's early intervention evaluation (evaluation for preemies to check for evelopmental delays), right on target at a 6-8 month level for ALL development...thank goodness! She will go to anyone, entertains herself well and is a great eater. I think its my recompense for having such a miserable pregnancy.
My next one, however, will likely be Satan's bastard child, lol!