This thread will be created on every Saturday for questions FTMs may have for STMs, or even questions STMs may have.
Feel free to resurrect this thread at any point during the week if your question does not fit within a current discussion.
Me: 25 DH: 29, Married 1/1/2015
DS 11/2/2017
TTC since August 2018
Re: FTM questions for STMs Sat March 4
What is the RH shot? I haven't had my first appointment yet, but being in Korea I want to make sure the drs here take care of things right. DH and I are both A+ blood type if that means anything.
Also, What do you do for bra shopping? I'm already busting out of my pre pregnancy bras. I was thinking of buying some nursing bras, one or two as I increase in size. I plan to breast feed so I think having a variety of sizes on hand when that time comes will help with size fluctuations and such. Also so that I don't have to go out and buy nursing bras with a new LO and so that I don't buy new bras now and nursing bras later on. I'm a 32DDD/F pre pregnancy so bra shopping is already hard.
TTC since August 2018
RH is basically a protein on the surface of red blood cells. If you blood type is A+, B+, O+, or AB+, you are RH+ and have the protein. If your blood type is A-, B-, AB-, or O-, you are RH- and don't have the protein Normally the blood system of a mother and the blood system of a baby don't mix. If they were to, however, and the mother was RH- while the baby was RH+, the mother's body could begin creating antibodies that would attack those RH+ blood cells. So, RH- mothers are typically given RhoGAM a shot around 28 weeks to prevent "sensitization" - to keep a mother's RH- body from creating those antibodies. Or at any point in the pregnancy where the doctor feels it might be a good idea. At birth things get messier so most docs will give a shot after the birth as well if the baby is RH+. I am O- and my husband is AB+ so we have a 75% chance of an RH+ baby and a 25% chance of a RH- baby.
TTC since August 2018
ETA just looked these up, the range is more narrow than I remember, but they do offer a little more flexibility
https://www.bravadodesigns.com/us/products/dream-nursing-tank?variant=13777607239
Also, vitamins! I've been taking a prenatal a long time (TTC for 21 months) and realized tonight I don't have the recommended calcium in my prenatal alone. I take vitamin d3 (because I was deficient), my prenatal, and a probiotic. I bought calcium citraite 1000mg tonight. Is there anything else I should be looking at or taking?
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Married May 2014
TTC #1: May 2015
September 2016-December 2016: Met with RE, fertility testing, diagnosis of tubal scarring, and plan of IVF
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@artificialred since we're due in Nov and we'll be in NY I don't think I'll get too hot the first few months haha but thanks for the tip.
TTC since August 2018
I just consider myself lucky!
@slaven I am also a bit on the chestier side (I made it to a 32H/I with DS). Motherhood had some nursing bras in S/M/L that I found stretchy enough for my boobs but tight enough for my ribs. I also love the VS body lounge bra for later breastfeeding. No underwire but supportive, and the cups were flexible enough to just be pushed aside.
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Married Since: 7/29/2012
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@kyersten I didn't feel real symptoms with either of my pregnancies until 8 weeks so I wouldn't put too much stock into it now. But I get the anxiety
@jess0211 I actually liked what to expect. It's broken down by weeks so it's kind of fun to see what's changing and it really does prepare you for everything. I also loved the womanly art of breastfeeding for post partum
TTC since August 2018
@ChickadDeedee You probably already know this, but I just wanted to point out for @DuchessOfCambridgeand anyone else that may read this that not all stroller bassinet attachments are safe for overnight sleeping. The Uppababy Vista is approved but I wouldn't want someone to think that they all are. As usual, do your research. That's something I had to learn because the Vista was the first stroller I saw with a bassinet part but then learned it's specifically tested to be approved for overnight sleeping but I don't think all bassinet attachments are.
TTC since August 2018
@ChickadDeedee the Mamas and Papas Urbo2 is the one I'm drooling over but it is absurdly expensive, I definitely cannot have it haha. But the rose gold!