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  • trisharenee0316trisharenee0316 member
    OH!  With regard to eating while in labor.  Just eat things you'd be OK having to throw up, honestly. A doula I met with suggested homemade smoothies made with Greek yogurt (so you can get in some protein) as being easy to go down, or come up if necessary.

    Also if you need a c-section, chances are that they'll give you something to "dry up" your stomach anyway, unless it's truly emergent/putting you under general anesthesia. It's suuuuuper sour citrus flavored.  I got it even though it had been well more than 24 hours since I'd eaten anything and all I'd had was ice chips since then.  Not eating didn't save me from that nastiness, so this time I'm bringing smoothies in reusable pouches that you can use for baby food.



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    GUISE... How unacceptable would it be to skip bathing my older kids until I'm healed after my RCS? 8-} It's getting rough to try and lean over the tub every morning... :!! 4 weeks and counting!!!
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    DD#2 - N.R. - 11/07/2011
    DD#3 - S.R. - 05/20/2013
      DS - R.E. - 10/03/2014

    Absolutely in love with our 'big' family!

    I'm also a proud Auntie to a crazy little girl, her brand new baby sister, a little man on his way in the next month, and a sweet little mister we will miss forever!!!
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    MrMrsandBaby said:


    SusieBW said:

    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.


    Wait, your hospital has valets?!?!?  I'm getting hosed...


    Mine has valet too. During the hospitol tour the guide encouraged us to use it and NOT to tip them. If we do use it, I will make sure H tips. Just seems wrong otherwise.


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    MrMrsandBaby said:
    SusieBW said:
    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.

    Wait, your hospital has valets?!?!?  I'm getting hosed...
    I thought all hospitals had valets.  My hospital where I will deliver is called Women & Infants, and literally only accepts those two categories of folks as patients, so they're pretty much just dealing with pregnant lady's and their newborns.  But the valet is is at the front entrance and is for everyone - family that comes to visit, whoever.  The emergency/admitting entrance is separate, and as I'm thinking about it, I don't think they valet over there.

    But when DH had his last surgery, I left the car with the valet at that hospital when we got there.  And the office center part of that hospital where his orthopedist's office is has a handicap valet, which is also really convenient now that DH has a hanidcap tag.
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    My Graco just shows the seatbelt goes through the channel in the base and thats it. I don't understand why its still so wiggly.




    There are steps to make the seat belt "lock" or you have to use a metal clip of some sort to make it lock into place. I know I have one of those metal locking clips attached to the back side of DS's car seat but I don't use it. Maybe that's why?

    And it can wiggle a little...

    I just watched a youtube video. Im gonna run out to the parking lot at work and fiddle with it. ;)






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  • MuffinMom14MuffinMom14 member
    kfitzguerra said:
    Doods: Same brand for car seat and seat protector is a-ok.
    I don't know if they make one for ours (Graco). I also don't know if I even care enough to get one. I did want a waterproof protector that goes IN the car seat, and didn't get that either (it was the wrong brand, too). Basically, I gave up and decided I didn't need shit.
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  • MrMrsandBabyMrMrsandBaby member
    SusieBW said:
    MrMrsandBaby said:
    SusieBW said:
    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.

    Wait, your hospital has valets?!?!?  I'm getting hosed...
    I thought all hospitals had valets.  My hospital where I will deliver is called Women & Infants, and literally only accepts those two categories of folks as patients, so they're pretty much just dealing with pregnant lady's and their newborns.  But the valet is is at the front entrance and is for everyone - family that comes to visit, whoever.  The emergency/admitting entrance is separate, and as I'm thinking about it, I don't think they valet over there.

    But when DH had his last surgery, I left the car with the valet at that hospital when we got there.  And the office center part of that hospital where his orthopedist's office is has a handicap valet, which is also really convenient now that DH has a hanidcap tag.
    No valet...just a parking lot...and an uphill walk from there to the entrance!
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    MrsTinMKE said:
    SusieBW said:
    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.

    Our hospital has a valet! this is great - totally going to check with them :)
    HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaa.aaahaaahaa.......

    I'm lucky my hospital has beds.

    Seriously, I asked if they would help, and the lady said "we don't know how to do the carseats, we just make sure you have one and we know if the baby is in the carrier correctly. If you want to make sure the seat is correct, you'll have to go somewhere...else...."

    And I was all "like.....where.....?" And she was like....."I don't know....."
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    Has anyone else noticed @Heartwood0519 's absence? For weeks now.
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    MrMrsandBaby said:
    SusieBW said:
    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.

    Wait, your hospital has valets?!?!?  I'm getting hosed...
    We have valets also, but it's $25.00 for the first hour of parking and goes up from there.   :((  At my old hospital all parking was valet and free.
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  • LightBright515LightBright515 member
    My SO is open to relocating after grad school in the future. My dreams of home ownership may be deferred which means yay to being able to save longer, but damn cause this kid will only need more stuff and my current spot is limited...
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  • SusieBWSusieBW member
    FamousEa said:
    MrMrsandBaby said:
    SusieBW said:
    And re: car seat installation - our hospital's valets are all trained and anyone can just drive up and they will install/re-install/check your seats for you without an appointment.  Check if your hospital has a similar service.  If they don't, then they should be able to point you in the right direction, and local police/fire usually have appointments available with the few officers that they have trained.  A lot of the time, if they aren't too busy, they will usually also show you the right way to do it, in case you ever need to do it yourself. 

    Every parent should know the right way to install their kid's car seat, IMO.  You never know when you might need to be able to do it and won't have the luxury of making an appointment to have someone do it for you.  Also, Britax FTW - those seats are wicked easy to install.  I did DD's by myself a week or so ago at 8 mos pregnant.

    Wait, your hospital has valets?!?!?  I'm getting hosed...
    We have valets also, but it's $25.00 for the first hour of parking and goes up from there.   :((  At my old hospital all parking was valet and free.
    Whoa! $25?? Our valet parking is $10 for the whole day!
    And ours is free, but only available at certain entrances, like I said.  I tip them if I have the cash on hand, but not always.

    When I park in the regular lots, my MIL gives me free parking cards because she works in one of the blood labs at one of the hospitals.  And thank God for that, because I would've racked up a second mortgage visiting DH every effing day if I actually had to be paying for parking there.  It's like a giant complex of three (or maybe four?) hospitals with all of the attached medial office buildings and surgical and special buildings and all of that.  I haven't been valeting when I've been visiting DH this week because the part of the hospital he's in, it would be a longer walk from the closest valet entrance to him than from a regular lot to him.  But it is uphill, which is exhausting.
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  • krysngregkrysngreg member
    @scottysgirl77‌ just and idea. Have you tried academy ? They have dry fit every thing. And all sizes
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    starla487 said:
    Quicky etiquette question: co-workers threw me a shower today and I received one large, generous gift from "everyone." Usually, for parties like this, they take up an optional collection and people can pitch as much, or as little, or nothing at all, as they want. But everyone signs the card. General thank you note to the whole office or individual ones?
    I received a group gift at my last shower. I sent individual thank you's.
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    MrsBabe614 said:

    Has anyone else noticed @Heartwood0519 's absence? For weeks now.

    Yes, I've been wondering was she was on the diabetes check-ins. I hope she's ok.
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    MrsBabe614 said:

    Has anyone else noticed @Heartwood0519 's absence? For weeks now.

    Yes, I've been wondering was she was on the diabetes check-ins. I hope she's ok.
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    MrsBabe614 said:

    Has anyone else noticed @Heartwood0519 's absence? For weeks now.

    This crossed my mind when the whole Jalopy thing was going down and others were bringing up regs that weren't around anymore. I wonder who else is MIA?

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    I recall @kimberlymacrae‌ being on our board. But I havent heard from her in forever!






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    @MrsBabe614 I stalked her profile, and it says she last posted on August 29th saying she was really swamped with work. So maybe that's why she's not around so much?
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  • bumpuser10309732bumpuser10309732 member
    starla487 said:
    Has anyone else noticed Heartwood0519 's absence? For weeks now.
    Yes, I've been wondering was she was on the diabetes check-ins. I hope she's ok.
    She popped in on a Random thread and said things were crazy at work, I believe. That was before Labor Day.
    Ok- I started to think well shit maybe she felt attacked when everyone was telling her that her husband needed to be put in his place/kicked in the nuts. I feel better then!
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    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 
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    MrsTinMKE said:
    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 
    Did you ask him for suggestions on what he'd like to do??
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    MrsBabe614 said:
    MrsTinMKE said:
    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 
    Did you ask him for suggestions on what he'd like to do??
    I did, I suggested dinner and a movie or something.  He just said that we would talk about it later when we were both home from work... We have had this conversation several times before and then it seems like we still do nothing. We seem to fall into the same rut.  I am at the point where I think I need to make him feel like his my priority right now before this baby comes, and I don't know why it seems so hard to do that right now.  
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    MrsTinMKE said:
    MrsBabe614 said:
    MrsTinMKE said:
    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 
    Did you ask him for suggestions on what he'd like to do??
    I did, I suggested dinner and a movie or something.  He just said that we would talk about it later when we were both home from work... We have had this conversation several times before and then it seems like we still do nothing. We seem to fall into the same rut.  I am at the point where I think I need to make him feel like his my priority right now before this baby comes, and I don't know why it seems so hard to do that right now.  
    because being pregnant is hard yo ;-) If he wants you to do those things more that means he should also make that effort! I'm always telling DH you get what you give when he has some complaint like that. I understand what you're saying, it is a hard balance.
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    MrsTinMKE said:


    MrsBabe614 said:


    MrsTinMKE said:

    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 

    Did you ask him for suggestions on what he'd like to do??

    I did, I suggested dinner and a movie or something.  He just said that we would talk about it later when we were both home from work... We have had this conversation several times before and then it seems like we still do nothing. We seem to fall into the same rut.  I am at the point where I think I need to make him feel like his my priority right now before this baby comes, and I don't know why it seems so hard to do that right now.  


    I'm kinda in the opposite boat right now. I really want to go out to dinner. So I can put on some makeup, do my hair and not wear scrubs or sweat pants for once. I just need to get out! But DH's job is so busy right now that all he wants to do is order take out and watch TV. I sympathize with him being tired and I know there have been plenty of times during this pregnancy that I haven't felt like going out but I have to get out of this house!
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    How will we judge the winner of this month's siggy challenge? Will it be based on hotness? Or weirdness?
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    Guys, I hate DH's job SO MUCH. How can I be a supportive wife? I don't even know. Now he will only be home for 10 days in September, home for maybe 3 weeks in October, and then leaves again the first or second week of November. 

    Also, I'm stressing about daycare. I want to quit my job and stay at home with the baby.
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    MrsTinMKE said:


    MrsBabe614 said:


    MrsTinMKE said:

    DH emailed me today and said that he was sad we never do anything together anymore. I feel bad, we really do stay home a lot right now because of the baby coming, I am too tired to go out and do things and I want to save money right now.  On top of that, I would rather spend Friday night at home making a meal with him and watching a movie than anything else.  He is not satisfied with this. I feel bad, I just don't know what else to do right now! 

    Did you ask him for suggestions on what he'd like to do??

    I did, I suggested dinner and a movie or something.  He just said that we would talk about it later when we were both home from work... We have had this conversation several times before and then it seems like we still do nothing. We seem to fall into the same rut.  I am at the point where I think I need to make him feel like his my priority right now before this baby comes, and I don't know why it seems so hard to do that right now.  

    Not to pry. But I have noticed my DH normally means things in the bedroom. This is just my experience with my DH. You guys might be in a different boat behind closed doors then us. But my DH will never come out and say it but he loves to beat around the bush saying things like he misses me. Or we never have time together. He is a gentlemen about it. But I have learned after he gets some room time he is good for a while. And doesn't mention it.
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