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January 2015 Moms
Ask a BTDT Mom Anything!
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Same as @tripletoe. We didn't have issues with our angelcare until DS moved a lot. But instead of letting alarm go off we just turned the sensor off.
Here's the monitor with two mats. I wish we would have spent the extra cash on it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HE66YU8?cache=b73638735d4415cbeb2df822ccea5599&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1411526556&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2
Is it likely that my hips will return to their normal size? I know part of it is just extra fat , but part of it is my bones expanding. I'm ok with the fact that my body might not be the same again, I just want to know if I might have to buy a bunch of new pants.
BFP #2: EDD 9/3/13~~Slow HB at 1st U/S~~MMC -Loss on 2/13/13
I also never used an app for feeding/changing -- I fed on demand, and changed when needed. You learn the different cries prettty early.
I did download a 'baby husher' app which was free at the time and is now $5. White noise works wonderfully for long car trips when baby wants to be held.
@CuppyCakes721 was also telling me about an awesome app that I would be interested in downloading. I forget what it's called now
You learn the different cries early on. I really can't explain it, but there's just a certain sound they make when they're hungry - I can recognize it in other babies sometimes, too. Another sound for when they're sleepy or dirty or gassy, etc. I never dealt with colic, so I can't offer any advice there, and the Nose Frida wasn't around when my boys were itty bitty. Not sure what the Windi is.
Yes, you will poop like a normal person again. It will take awhile, especially if you have hemorrhoids, and if you've delivered vaginally with a tear or episiotomy, but eventually it will be more "normal". I've never had roids, thankfully, so I can't attest for sure as to whether or not they go away, but I would assume they will eventually. In the days/weeks PP, stool softeners and the hemorrhoid pads with witch hazel will be your best friend!
Honestly, you'll be so utterly exhausted that you'll just sleep. Your sleep will likely change, though. I used to sleep like a rock - could sleep through the worst of thunderstorms and never bat an eye. After my first, though, it's almost like I slept with one eye open - any noise I heard was instinctively analyzed to determine if I needed to get up or not to deal with it. It's a subconscious thing that I think most mothers, if not all, get after birth. If you're putting baby in a bassinet or co-sleeper for the first few weeks/months, you'll do a lot of just putting your arm into the sleeper with them to help soothe them back to sleep. Also, like others have said, at the end of the day, you just have to trust that you've covered all your bases and taken all the precautions that you can. I never had hips before kids - very athletic body with no curves - and they haven't gone away, which I'm thankful for. When you carry and birth a baby, your pelvis expands and turns to make space for baby to leave the birth canal. Sometimes it goes back slightly, other times not at all, from what I understand. I don't think it ever really goes back to how it was before.
Unfortunately, I can't help you with this. Smartphones were very new when my boys were tiny, and apps weren't a thing yet. With both of them, to remember which side they'd last fed on, I just put a hair tie around my wrist for the side they last nursed on. I didn't track much else with the first, but the hospital for my 2nd request I keep an in and out log - times of feedings, and wet/poopy diapers, just so they could make sure he was eating enough and his digestive tract was working properly.
I used "What to Expect Baby" for tracking diapers (just the first week or so) and feedings (maybe the first 3ish months). It was ok because you could select left breast, right breast, bottle, or other types of feeding once you start on solids, and you can set a stop watch, so it helped me keep track of how long I fed him on each side. I think there are better ones, but that one was free.
@misslizzy82 for contractions I used an app called "contraction timer" by James Ots. I have an android. It was super easy to use. The only time we kept track of diapers/feeding was at night. We used a spreadsheet and clipboard and just put it on the changing table
There was another one, about periods of growth that may cause extra crankiness?
Of course I feel like I have roots growing in my brain and that's all I remember
I don't know about the boob question. I went from breastfeeding to being pregnant, so I didn't really get a chance to see how they'd look in between. I do know that when DD was about 6 months old, my boobs were definitely smaller than they were when she was a newborn. I had to buy new bras!
My feet got a little bit bigger - not quite a half size. I live in TX, so it's not noticeable if I wear sandals, but I notice it in shoes.
My hips went back to the size they were or were smaller, which I know sounds odd. It could be that my butt was smaller and my hips went back to the size they were, My waist stayed a little thicker, so overall, I wasn't quite as curvy as I had been. My jeans were all baggy in the hip/thigh area once I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight, so things definitely changed.
I had no sex drive after DD was born. I also had a tear, and breastfeeding made me insanely dry, so sex was really uncomfortable. Even lube helped only so much. My dr gave me a prescription for an estrogen cream, but I was hesitant to use it because I was breastfeeding. My husband was on the same page, so it was no big deal. Once my period was back, sex felt better (at around 6 months). I'm also 40, so that may be a factor, too!
DD was a huge crier. She may have had colic, but it sort of didn't matter whether she did or not at the time because we knew there wasn't anything that was treatable to blame. She didn't have reflux, and my dr. didn't feel it was a reaction to any particular foods, so we just did what we could. Unfortunately, her cries all sounded to the same to me, so I would just go through the list - wet, cold, hot, hungry - and if nothing else worked, we would just walk and bounce. Eventually, she would stop. She was never a particularly easy baby, but the worst of it was over when she was around 6-8 weeks old. I just kept reminding myself that it wouldn't last forever.
Sleeping - we used the co-sleeper bassinet that I kept next to my bed. If I was worried, I could just roll over and put my hand on her tummy to make sure she was breathing.
We did use a contraction timer on my phone, but I don't remember what it was called. For feeding, we used the Itzbeen, and I liked it. The only downside is that it doesn't track wet and dirty diapers, which you need to track at the beginning. For that, we just use da piece of paper. It also doesn't give you a report of the number of feedings throughout the day, and our dr always asked us that. After a while, we switched to an (Android) app called Feed Baby. I'm not sure what I'll do this time.
Hope that helps!
If you're just walking around in the stroller, we did it at days old with DS in the infant carrier attached to the stroller. I think we kept him in the infant carrier in the stroller until he could sit up around 4-6 months.
My husband was at work. I labored at home for almost 24 hours before I knew it was time.
I'll likely use it again.
mm 2/17/11 * dd born 4/20/12 * bo 1/3/14 * edd 1/21/ 1/15
I'm already in my 34G bras and am still expanding this time around...
@BabyStandish my husband took DS for his first jog when he was a few weeks. We bought the car seat attachment for the B.O.B. I think they are like $35.
I love the app. It would get to the point where I would look at it to see when DS would stop being a punk.
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I love the app. It would get to the point where I would look at it to see when DS would stop being a punk.
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Ha! I do this too! I've got 18 days.
I think every baby is different because my DS nails do not wear off on their own. I have to clip/bite them at least once a week or they will get too long and he will accidentally scratch his face in his sleep.
Do kegels really prepare you for delivery?
I second the pelvic tilts that PP suggested. Also parental yoga can really help strengthen and prepare your body for labor.
Eta: pelvic tilts not pelican tits lol autocorrect