Weekly Questions w/o 1/28

knitknitread · February 2018

Actually, I remembered that one of the mom's in DD's bmb made a very great blog post with info together. Here is the link. She has a lot of links to different sites with reliable information. I'll try to get some more together.

https://www.themaidenmetallurgist.com/2013/04/22/newborn-babywearing/

ETA-
Link to the Babywearing portion of Becoming Mamas

https://www.becomingmamas.com/babywearing/

pourmeanothermocktail · February 2018

@Wishilivedinflorida There's no right answer. I joined baby wearing international local chapter, so I could learn carries and borrow wraps. I prefer longer wraps, but others prefer shorter. I was suggested to use a 4, and I hated it, even though I'm little.

Wishilivedinflorida · February 2018

Oh my gosh thank you @knitknitread and @pourmeamocktail. I have some reading and investigating to do!

klj0228 · February 2018

I want to babywear, but had no idea there are so many options! I’m glad there are so many in this group with experience. Will be checking to see about a babywear international group in my area. Seems that’s the way to go.

Patience7150 · February 2018

I'm a 2 prepreg, 5'4", and use a 6 for most squish carries and still have longish tails. On the flip side, as babe got older, I wanted a shorter wrap for less wrap intensive carries and a 6 feels like way too much.

Again, rabbit hole! You'll always want moar baby carriers!!

Eta the weight and fiber content of the wrap matters too. My 6 100% cotton has much shorter tails that my 6 50/50 cotton bamboo in the same carry.

knitknitread · February 2018

@Patience7150 That is so so true! The density can make a huge difference. A wrap that's 210 g/m2 is going to feel longer than a 310 g/m2 wrap.

I wasn't going to get in to that until later, hahaha. There is so much info to try to get through and so much of it can come down to personal preference.

I like thicker wraps for single layer carries and thinner wraps for multi layer carries. But I know people who like thicker wraps for everything or thinner wraps for everything.

There's so much variety.

starla · February 2018

I'm too lazy to start a new thread (I'm on mobile). This is mostly for S+TMs. What does it feel like when you start to show? I feel like I have a gut but it's really low. Like a slightly chubby area just above my pubic bone. Is this my uterus rising up?!

SkilledSailor · February 2018

@starla Oh oh! Me too! And I can't suck it in which makes me feel like it's a real bump.

prpl11butterfly · February 2018

Honestly I can't remeber what it felt like. I think the uterus is firm.... But I think it is still too small to protrude just yet (not sure how far along you are though). More then likely it's other organs shifting to make room in your pelvis for what growth has occured. Here is a visual.

pourmeanothermocktail · February 2018

Things to remember though- even our uterii (lol, is that the plural?) are still below pubic bone, they've grown quite a bit, and pushed important things like intestines and such out of their way while they did. So it's probably not actual baby, but it's baby caused bump, not strictly bloating or whatnot.

starla · February 2018

@prpl11butterfly I'm 10w2d but I've been measuring as much as 4 days ahead.
@pourmeamocktail I'm not talking about bloat. I know what that's like. I mean the very top of your pubic bone. When I went to a MW appointment when I was KU before she said that around that time (11w) is when the uterus starts to rise up. She thought she could feel just the very top of it but I don't know what it feels like.

nlc8424 · February 2018

@starla it kind of feels like a ridge, once it's high enough you'll be able to press in an upward motion and likely feel it that way.

cbobell2009 · February 2018

@starla I came to stalk this thread after you mentioned it. Yes, I have the same slightly chubby area above my pubic bone too, it was not there prior!

megnwingate · February 2018

What it feels like to me is a really right muscle just above your pubic bone. This is baby #3 for me and I’ve felt the top of my uterus for the last couple of weeks and have found the heartbeat with my Doppler just below my belly button

ellbeedee · February 2018

@megnwingate I had PTL at 35 weeks but my baby was sick so we did an emergency c. My MFM chose to forego the shots this time because I'll deliver at 35/36 weeks regardless. We will do cervical length checks bi weekly starting 16 weeks

megnwingate · February 2018

@ellbeedee not looking forward to the shots again, but whatever I can do to keep baby baking. This OB doesn’t want to cervical length checks. Which I think I’m ok with.

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