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January 2013 Moms
KatieM558
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Shocking things my mother said
KatieM558
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Now that I'm pregnant the truth is trickling out of my mother. 1) She tried cloth diapering with me and couldn't do it. I can not imagine that at all! 2) She seemed surprised that I was turning down alcohol. She said, and I quote, "I never watched what I drank when I was pregnant with you. I didn't drink that much though." Really!? That would explain a few things mom!
Have you found out anything about when your mom was pregnant with you that you find surprising?
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Re: Shocking things my mother said
My parents moved from Iowa to Cincinnati when they were 8 months pregnant with me -- in the middle of August. She remembers climbing on the countertops and standing on them to get everything into the kitchen cabinets while my dad was at work. I was like, what? In an empty house at 8 months pregnant!?
She was otherwise super healthy about what she ate during pregnancy, and just BF us and did disposable diapers -- nothing too out of the ordinary there!
Hearing about my mom's birthing experiences has been a real eye opener. She gave birth to all 6 of her children naturally and had a couple really horrific experiences (like the one time she tried the epidural, didn't work, some piece got stuck in her back, and she had back problems for years after).
Another lovely moment where she had a cervical lip, which the nurse somehow moved out of the way in order for her to push - and described as the absolute worst pain she had ever experienced. She had never screamed bloody murder in labor before that, she says. And that was with my youngest sibling, so that's really saying something!
Needless to say she's traumatized me in some ways, and yet inspired me to try and go natural in others lol.
My mother frequently likes to remind me that A) all three of us were two weeks late to the day.
She cant drink V8 any more because of how much she craved it when she was pregnant wtih me (speaking of that i think i'll have to try and get my hands on some today it sounds AMAZING hahaha) C) that she just "knows" the best way for Morrighan. -.- D) she has "amazing" pain tolerance O.o
A) my sister and i were both induced with our Lo's because we had pre-e,
C) I often remind her in the way the baby would off dinosaurs "Not the momma"
D) because she didn't get an epi with my brother and i but she also freaked out super hard because of the pain... and pushed all wrong with both of us. she busted all the cappalaries in her face because she was pushing so hard with the wrong muscles. to me, this is not pain tollerance if you're freaking out. good job mom... good job.
My mom told me that my older sister (their 1st born), Ruth, slept though the night on her first day home from the hospital. I also found out that originally they only wanted 1 baby, but since Ruth was so easy they thought they'd try for 2.... Then I was born with colic and a general fussy baby attitude.
Also, my mom told me that I have to change my LO's onsie everytime I chage her diaper.... I've asked around about this and have been told that I'd change the onsie a few times a day, but not with every diaper change.
Oh, and I found out that my mom didn't tell my dad she was pregnant with me untill 2 months after she found out. They had infertility problems like an etopic pregnancy and a few miscarriages, though, so this isn't very odd.
My mother-in-law went white water rafting when she was either 6 or 7 months pregnant. She wasn't concerned (and still thinks it was no big deal), but I think she's nuts!
I am planning on a natural childbirth. My mom had me and my brother naturally and she has zero pain tolerance. She said if she could do it, anyone can. That made me feel better!
Why would you need to change the onsie a few times a day? I can see if it got spit-up or other stuff on it, but changing it just to change it seems weird.
Apparently, I was a baby that did not sleep well at night, and my mother confessed to me that one time she was got so fed up with my frequent night waking that she made a bottle for me and THREW it into my crib! She feels badly about this, but I don't remember it and didn't suffer any long term consequences, LOL!
My mother pretty much had no choice but to cloth diaper me, because I was born in 1972 and disposibles were rarely used and very expensive. She also used to put me on my tummy to sleep, and I had blankets and stuffed animals in my crib, but this was totally normal for the time. Oh, and I also didn't have a car seat until I was old enough to sit up. Before that, my mother just held me in the car, but I think infant car seats were unusual back then.
Too funny! I hope that's not me when the LO starts driving me crazy!
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." - Eleanor Roosevelt
My mom said that it would get messy with every diaper change. (i.e. poopy). Especially when my LO is a newborn. Mom might have said this because my sister and I were both very small babies (under 6 pounds). So I can see where there might be leaks due to ill-fitting diaper size.
I asked my MIL and she said that she only used 1 per day. However she had 2 very big babies (over 10 pounds).
Friends of mine have said that it's good to plan (laundry wise) on using 3 onsies a day for this problem. the majority of people agree that it would be changed a couple times per day--sometimes more sometimes less.
Edit: I meant the majority of people that I've talked to IRL. Not a general majority nor a stat. from TB or anywhere else.
Well so far my mom hasn't told me anything too crazy but she did say that one time she came home and my dad had duck taped my pacifier to my face because I kept spitting it out.
That makes sense. I thought she meant you had to change it every time you changed the diaper just to change it.