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March 2017 Moms
wintersong
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GTKY: Things I'm Looking Forward To
wintersong
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Aside from the obvious one-holding your squish!-what are you looking forward to SO MUCH once baby arrives?
Or alternatively, if your baby is already evicted, what were you SO HAPPY to do once your little one arrived?
Or alternatively, if your baby is already evicted, what were you SO HAPPY to do once your little one arrived?
Re: GTKY: Things I'm Looking Forward To
1. Laying flat on my back again!
2. Staying overnight in the hospital. Before my first I thought I'd hate being in the hospital....but its kinda nice! Cable TV, room service, someone bringing you water 24/7....there's a lot to like. Plus my toddler tends to still need a lot of nighttime parenting, and I'm kinda looking forward to my first night away from him. Newborns are easy, lol: nurse, sleep, repeat.
Laying on my stomach
Not having to commute to/from work for 12 weeks
Being able to eat without carb/time constraints
Not having to stick my finger 4x per day
So many squishy baby pictures
- Being able to see my underbelly/girl parts
- Laying on my stomach and back! And crawling around on the ground with my babies.
- The END of "are you still pregnant"
most of all... I'm really really excited to have DD brought to the hospital and to be able to introduce her to baby for the first time!
oh! And no more passing out!!!!
I also can't wait to have a margarita and some sushi. Yum!
It'll be interesting to see my son interact with his new brother. He doesn't really get that a new baby is coming home, so I hope he is happy.
- being able to sleep in whatever position (I think I'm usually curled up or on my back, had never really given it much thought until I could only sleep on my side)
- using all the adorable baby things we have accumulated
- not having to drive half hour to/from work
- the "oh, you're having a baby" captain obvious comments and so many baby questions from complete strangers
yorkie mama to Oscar
FTM EDD 3.12.17
seeing DS be a big bro
seeing how DH reacts to a girl
Not being in pain when I sleep
being able to breathe through my nose!
Get my body back
wear my wedding rings
did I say booze?
-Sashimi
-A bagel with lox (I've been obsessing over this for weeks)
-Lying on my back
-Seeing how DH and my Dad react to LO
-Hopefully carpal tunnel relief and not having to wear the braces on my hands at night anymore!
-Being able to push myself with exercise.
Me: 39 DH: 40
Married: 12/6/2014
BFP#2: 10/28/15 MC: 11/24/15
BFP#3: 3/20/16 MC: 4/26/16
BFP#4: 7/15/16 DD: 3/18/17
BFP#5: 5/1/18 EDD: 1/12/19
- Finding out if we will be bringing home a boy or a girl!!!
- Being able to have my normal range of motion back.. I want to be able to put my boots and shoes on like normal without either puking in my mouth or falling over.
- I'm looking forward to enjoying our new house (6 days!!!) with my family of 4! I just want to create the homiest forever home for my 2 babies to grow up in.
- Last but not least I'm excited to see how DD1 has changed SO in terms of being a dad to a newborn again. He was very hesitant and not very confident when it came to anything to do with holding or caring for a newborn. I wonder if he'll still be nervous for that stage all over again.
For me:
- yep, WINE.
- sleeping on my stomach/back
- working out at full throttle instead of watching my breathing and modifying workouts
- watching DH hold and react to our little nugget
- introducing him to family at Easter
- we have a traditional lobster and clams dinner each memorial day with family at a friend's beach house and I'm so excited to bring our little guy there for the first time. So many traditions, but this one is a big one!
- just going for walks with him!
- not driving 2 hours to work for 15 weeks!
-Drinking wine
-Eating huge deli sandwiches
-Wearing my wedding bands
-Not tipping over anytime I try to put pants on or tying my shoes.
-Sleeping on my back and stomach
-Taking an Advil when I have a headache
-Seeing DH with our LO-I just know he's going to turn into a puddle of mush as soon as he sees her
-Not having to deal with customers while on mat leave
~Sleeping on my back!!! And also being able to roll over at night without a mariad of sound effects
~Watching my husband become a father.
~Getting dressed with ease like a normal person. Basically being able to do anything that requires bending at the waist.
~Drinking as much water as I want, at any time of day, without worrying that I'll be running to the bathroom every 5 minutes if I overdo it.
~Shaving without looking like I let a blind person do it left handed.
Im most looking forward to being off bedrest!
Cooking, going for walks, laying on my belly...
About that....
You are going to have so many awkward small talk conversations about your baby in lines in the grocery store in your future...
-Watching DD figure out this big sister thing
-Taking the baby in to meet my preschoolers (they have probably been even more excited than me about this baby)
-no more heartburn!
-The hospital stay (the nurses at the hospital are great, and DH isn't staying overnight with me except maybe the first night to avoid completely thing DD out of her routine......so NO SNORING HUSBAND!)
Side note: I am not looking forward to being away from DD for a few nights. I have never left her overnight, and I am definitely having some anxiety about it.
None sappy:
- Sleeping on my stomach!
- Not a huge drinker.. but have been craving frozen margarita for MONTHS!
- Ability to overindulge in food and not have the heartburn to punish me for it.
- Getting to be home with my son and the new baby.
- Yes @longliveregina ... I actually kind of want the hospital stay where I can choose my meal and have someone bring it to me!
Sappy:1 Samuel 1:27
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-sleeping comfortably and being able to snuggle with DH and not a snoogle!
-Having my sex drive back
-A margarita
-raw sushi
-Wearing whatever clothes and shoes I want
-my mom finally being a Grandma and seeing DH be a dad ❤
-my regular clothes
-alcohol
-being a mom/watching my H become a dad
-really stretching my back
- not having to pee in the middle of the night every 3 hours
- really good sex (TMI!)
- seeing DH as a dad - he will be great!!
- liquor if I choose when going out to dinner
- not having to check sugar 4 x daily
- not having NST 2 x a week
- sleeping on my belly!! (Or any position for that matter that's comfortable)
DH: 37
DD: 03/17/17
DS: 12/06/19
So today I went and got an honest to goodness Italian sub with all of the delicious Italian lunch meats I hadn't eaten since June. It was lifechanging.
SLEEP. My mom comes 2-3 nights a week (twins + disabled husband = me being a burnt out mama), and I've been able to sleep for up to 6 hour stretches. I literally hadn't slept for that long of a stretch since probably August or September.
Not being in constant pain! It's great!
I'm looking forward to:
- sleeping on my stomach eventually. Unfortunately, now that my milk has come in, I have a c section incision, and my boobs have grown, its not comfortable for me.
being skinny again
being able to get comfortable in the couch, in a chair, in bed.
Sugar- on the GD train here so I've cut out sugar and limit the carbs.
Carbs, bread, PASTA!
Not having to drive an hour each way 2-3x a week for Drs appointments.
Being able to see down there- less about wanting to see it, more about being tired of DH having to help me landscape.
-Insert alcoholic beverage of all types here. I've never liked beer, but man have they looked good lately.
-Being able to sit, lay, walk, move, breathe comfortably.
-No more rib pain.
-Being able to put on undies, pants and shoes easily.
To loose my newly acquired tree trunk limbs & overall swelling. I feel like a whale and can't wait to loose this extra layer of water flub.
Also, as much as I can't wait to hold this baby in my arms, part of me is also looking forward to being able to put them down. My back is ready for a break.
@mecoats I have to say pregnant sex hasn't been terrible when it happens! Sorry that wasn't true for you
yorkie mama to Oscar
FTM EDD 3.12.17
I'm really looking forward to:
- holding my baby for that first time & having it all become REALLY real
- seeing DH become a dad & our parents become grandparents for the first time
- sleeping/sitting/laying down comfortably
- being able to get dressed normally & put socks/shoes on without a tremendous effort
- getting back to my prebaby weight
- not dealing with heartburn & all the aches
- being able to have normal sex again
- wearing my rings again
- not having to make so much small talk with people about my pregnancy
- staying at home with my LO for hopefully the full first 12 weeks before going back to work
- figuring out how to be a mom & take care of a baby/learning along with DH as we go through everything ahead
- seeing all of baby's little milestones & watching him grow
- seeing how our dog will be as a "big brother"
- being able to run again & do normal workouts
2. Not feeling so out of shape. Between breathing, not being able to walk very far, extra effort to get things off the floor, get out of bed, get off the couch. I just want to feel normal again and be able to workout.
3. Not worrying so much about food. I'm not a huge eater of anything on the "no list", so it's not that. It's - will this give me heartburn? If I don't eat within the next 30 min, I know I'll start getting nauseous. I'm just so over having to think so much about what I'm eating or not eating.
Samantha - 4/5/2017