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June 2014 Moms
Newbie Play date part 2
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Re: Newbie Play date part 2
STM, I didn't take any birth classes and felt like I did fine without them. I did do a bunch of reading, and my practice has a "Meet the Midwife" night where they do a very brief over view of options of pain meds. I found that helpful. I liked "Your Best Birth" by Ricki Lake. It goes over the pros and cons of just about every eventuality when having a baby and it was great to know all my options ahead of time.
We took C to a wedding at 8 weeks. She was in a very simple, sweet white dress for about an hour...and then ended up in her onesie and some pants. The only reason she even started out in the dress was because as the MOH myself, I knew she'd end up in some pictures. We went to another wedding when she was 12 weeks, and we started in the onesie and pants. So much easier. She's a baby, she doesn't need impress anyone.
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
@Temurlang1 -- anything can work of the baby allows it. Some just don't like to be covered.
These are the dresses:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/126901556/the-gray-elegance-romper-sash-headband?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=flower+girl+outfit+baby&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery
BFP: February 2016 EDD: October 17, 2016
BFP: February 2016 EDD: October 17, 2016
I'm not new. I just hate The Bump.
BFP: February 2016 EDD: October 17, 2016
I have the motorola video. Love this thing and it's a must have for us...there's been so many times by noise alone, I would have gone into the nursery. I like that I can just look, see that she's ok, and not bother. Its been buying me extra morning time to get ready since she'll play in her crib for a few and we go in once she's standing. We just bought an extra camera for #2. it has a split screen feature and the one monitor can use multiple cameras
For NIP, in the beginning I was in a nursing tank alot. That was nice because it was an easy unhook and my stomach was covered with the tank. I usually wore a tee shirt or another tank over it so I had top and bottom coverage.
I'm not sure how its going to work in warmer weather. I was always more worried about flashing my stomach than my boob. I didn't get a nursing cover..I thought they were kind of ridiculous looking and used a swaddle blanket instead.
I skipped it. My doctor gave me the run down of the hospital run one that was a video and a tour for $90. He recommended some books and told me to maybe look at one of them and to be prepared with questions once my appts got to every other week. I toyed with the idea of going all natural. But, I'm the type of person where if I have a plan and things don't go according to plan I get really really bent out of shape. So, the plan I made with my doc was to play it by ear, be educated on options and that at every step he would go over the different options I had.
It worked for me. Turns out I went until 41 weeks. I was measuring small, we did an u/s and I had low fluid. He went over the induction options and why he didn't feel comfortable letting me go longer. We picked what options we wanted to go with first (hold off on pitocin for as long as possible). Once it came time for pain meds etc, my dr came in and talked us through our options and we chose what we thought was best.
It helped to have read up on different meds etc so we weren't making completely blind decisions. But, I'm doing the same plan..or lack of plan with this one. I just knew my personality and I knew if I said this is the birth I'm going to have and I didn't, I'd be a trainwreck
I read a couple of books..one was Ina May's Natural Childbirth, I believe another was put out by the mayo clinic. A friend who took a birthing class also gave me her little booklet from her class that outlined some. Reading some of this stuff familiarized me with different scenarios, meds, what is used and why etc and helped me when my doctor was talking about things I had some knowledge of what he as talking about.
I had a strange birth experience..I was admitted for induction at 41 weeks due to low fluid. I had talked to my dr about other techniques vs induction. They tried a foley ballon but couldn't insert and inflate it due to some scarring on my cervix. My dr. came in the next morning. He gave us the option of an oral med vs. pitocin and stripping my membranes. I wasn't in a l&D room and could not get pitocin and l&d was terribly backed up. He striped my membranes at 1pm and I was in active labor with contractions every 2 min at 345. It came out of no where.
I was moved to l&D and he went over the medication options with me. Honestly, since labor came so fast for me, I didn't have a build up of contractions and they were just one after another (I know everyones experience is different). I thought it would be more of a gradual build up with contractions further apart then getting closer and closer over time) which wasn't the case...I went straight for the epidural. I had a great experience with it..I could move my legs, feel the pressure to push and had no side effects afterwards.
I guess just going with no plan and going with the flow worked for me. I felt like my dr guided me and we have a good relationship and my husband and I made the right decisions for us along the way. No regrets not having a plan. I would have been in tears if something didn't go the way expected.
Good luck..sorry for the long version!
@jshrop If you recline the seat all the way down, you can use the stroller fairly early. But I did like using the carseat adaptor, even when it was just a walk around the neighborhood - baby is well supported, which you'd probably have to deal with if you were using the stroller without it.
IF, 5 losses, 1 son, 1 on the way.
We put DD in the City Mini for walks without the carseat at maybe 4 weeks? She was itty still, but it worked fine. Just lay it all the way flat. If you want to do it often, I'd probably invest in one of those infant snuzzlers for it. They are like $15. As long as you lay the seat flat and aren't going fast or over super rough terrain, it will be fine.
Just seconding this. We aren't doing an infant car seat -- doing a convertible one instead. We also got a jogging stroller with a 5-point harness, just like in a car seat. We will recline it and have a snuzzler to put in it. I plan to use it early, once she seems okay in there. Probably by two months, maybe earlier. I won't jog with her, but neighborhood walks.https://m.target.com/p/graco-pack-n-play-playard-with-reversible-napper-and-changer/-/A-15078293
I've always been of the "drug me up and let me feel no pain" mindset, but the other day I somehow "remembered" tgat I don't like needles. Now I'm scared. Is it comoletely intimidating? I'm afraid to Google.