@babycakesday aww, I love those! I may have to snag a few pieces too! Are you planning to get photos in the hospital? I really want a birth photographer but I'm not really sure we should spend the money 😩
@kalesix3 I would love to get some pictures taken at the hospital. I didn’t get any from DD and I have two of me actually holding her. So it would be nice to get some with all of us. Realistically it’ll probably have to wait until we leave because of covid.
@babycakesday My mom bought me a robe and matching newborn set from Posh Peanut last week for my birthday! Their stuff is sooo soft! We will most likely do a little photoshoot with my husband, he is not a super pro photographer but has a professional camera and does take pictures at work as part of his jobs. I also did not have any pictures with my son at the hospital aside really bad ones during labor and right after lol.
We might invest in some newborn pics, but then again, now that we have a professional camera we might just do it ourselves and invest in some family pictures around Christmas time instead.
@coldbrew we did not do cord blood banking. My husband was in charge of researching and we agreed it sounded more like a scam than anything else, my doctor was being soooo pushy about it. The company was charging thousands of dollars. I can go back to our research and explain more of the reasoning.
I talked to my doctor about cord blood banking. I liked the idea of it because my husband is adopted so this will be his only blood relative (that we know). My OB described it as a very expensive insurance that you hope to never need, and she kinda dismissed it. When I mentioned donating it, she said the only bank in our area told them to stop sending donations because they got too many. She said that may change by October, but otherwise I think we're skipping it.
Agreed on cord blood. Plus for most scenarios, related or unrelated bone marrow transplants do better than cord blood, so they are still preferred. We didn't do it with DD and don't plan to with this one either.
DH was finally able to feel baby kick on the outside a few mins ago! I noticed he was kicking me on my lower right side so I told DH to put his hand there and wait and baby boy kicked hard! I’m pretty sure he got teary-eyed but didn’t want to show me 😏
@mamahosch wonderful!!! My husband doesn’t have the patience to sit and wait for him to kick. It was the same way with DD too he’d sit for a minute or two and then be over trying to wait.
I looked into cord blood banking with my last pregnancy, and I found it to be expensive. I didn't do it. Also, I wanted to do delayed cord clamping, and it sounded like there might be an issue trying to do both. I researched all of this 3 years ago, so I don't remember too much about it anymore.
Correct, you cannot do both. @kalesix3 why couldn't you do it last time?
Current pregnancy - First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
Yeah @kalesix3 that is one of the reasons I was thinking of not doing it. I looked up some research and the most popular company has only ever had to release the samples back to 500 people, which seems super low.
I just asked at my appointment yesterday if they do delayed clamping, and was relieved that the doctor said they did. It is really important to me, but I didn’t want to be viewed as a “hippie” mom if they weren’t for it. By getting that question answered, and the discussion that followed it made me a little more at ease, and made me feel the doctors would support my wishes if possible.
@tdevlindrye I think for the first person I would have done my best to hold my eye roll until they were out of view, but the second one would have for sure gotten a snarky and/or obscene suggestion.
@tdevlindrye I was thinking of you the other day, glad to have you back in the randoms! I'm not out much so haven't gotten weird comments yet but ugh so annoying!
Do you ever feel like fucking with people like that and playing dumb... like 'what do you mean? I'm not pregnant! Are you saying I look pregnant?!'... just for funsies
Current pregnancy - First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
@morethanamama I’ve missed it here!! Honestly, when all the virus stuff started I dropped almost all social media. I just couldn’t tolerate how two-sided, opinionated, etc. everything had become. I didn’t see any of that here, specifically, but basically just stopped using my phone all together.
Plus I find TB harder and harder to use...anyone else? Like where did the “Communities” button go in the app?
@tdevlindrye it’s under Tools in the drop down list!
So my best friend and I started discussing my baby shower last night after my grandma brought it up yesterday. My grandma thinks we should have it at my house since it’s a central location. The problem is that while my house is a decent size, I’m not sure the 60 some people who are on my guest list will fit 😳 (I’m going off of my bridal shower list currently). It is going to be a come and go shower, and on the invite there will be a blurb about being able to drop off gifts and grab a treat to go due to COVID if they’re more comfortable rather than coming in. I thought that we could maybe utilize both the basement and the upstairs but I’m not sure.
As for the shower, if you can have it literally anywhere else besides your own house that would be my vote. A shower is a party thrown FOR you and having it at your place will likely create WORK for you. Not sure when you’re planning to do it, but I did my first at around 32 weeks and I had ZERO energy. We had the shower at a tea lounge, but if it had been in my house I would have been so stressed with being a hostess and trying to keep everything somewhat clean.
@tdevlindrye I’m not sure if any places are allowing gatherings right now. It would have to be at someone else’s house probably, but everyone lives in a different town than me. I’m not sure who would host at their home. I’ll have to talk to my best friend and brainstorm! I know she would have it, but she lives on a busy one-way street with no parking other than her driveway and an alley!
@mamahosch Yeah, you gotta work with what you have, for sure. Maybe your family/friends will offer to host and clean and make it stress-free for you. 🤍
-the three lines in the top left corner -the pregnancy right arrow
scroll all the way down, and community is at the very bottom.
Don’t know why they hid that, but gave baby names it’s own direct link. There are quite I few things on here I want to yell at them for. Like capitalizing any letter if you click to move the curser!
My grandfather built a cradle when my uncle was born back in 1937. Since then most of the kids, grandkids, and great grandkids have used it. There’s a list of everyone in the family to great great grandchildren listed on a plaque. We brought it down from the garage rafters today, so I could see if we needed a new mattress, and what size sheets we would need.
We also finally actually created a registry. Now we just need to fill it. Doing both of these things, plus the fact that I can now finally feel her, has made everything feel more real.
@animalandplantrescuer that's so amazing! Does it take standard sheets? I still need to create a registry 😩 my bookmarks and Amazon saved for laters are absolutely a wreck, it's just so daunting to actually make a designated list for everything!
@kalesix3 I think standard bassinet sheets will work. They aren’t the easiest to find from my research, but not impossible. Luckily there is one sheet with the cradle, but I know we’ll need more than one set. That’s why I asked to bring it down so early. I didn’t want to be frantically searching later.
@animalandplantrescuer I hear you on that for sure! That was pretty much me last pregnancy, never again 😂 We don't do baby showers, and my MIL isn't very respectful about our choices for clothes/diapers etc, so that keeps me procrastinating too, if I was hounded about it I'd get my behind in gear sooner. I think it's more of an overwhelming thing because it's really just my partner and I budgeting and buying everything..
Re: June Randoms
Are you planning to get photos in the hospital?
I really want a birth photographer but I'm not really sure we should spend the money 😩
My mom bought me a robe and matching newborn set from Posh Peanut last week for my birthday! Their stuff is sooo soft! We will most likely do a little photoshoot with my husband, he is not a super pro photographer but has a professional camera and does take pictures at work as part of his jobs. I also did not have any pictures with my son at the hospital aside really bad ones during labor and right after lol.
We might invest in some newborn pics, but then again, now that we have a professional camera we might just do it ourselves and invest in some family pictures around Christmas time instead.
@coldbrew
we did not do cord blood banking. My husband was in charge of researching and we agreed it sounded more like a scam than anything else, my doctor was being soooo pushy about it. The company was charging thousands of dollars. I can go back to our research and explain more of the reasoning.
I have started to read about donating it and help others!
I'm so hopeful I'll actually get to do delayed cord clamping this time!
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
So my best friend and I started discussing my baby shower last night after my grandma brought it up yesterday. My grandma thinks we should have it at my house since it’s a central location. The problem is that while my house is a decent size, I’m not sure the 60 some people who are on my guest list will fit 😳 (I’m going off of my bridal shower list currently). It is going to be a come and go shower, and on the invite there will be a blurb about being able to drop off gifts and grab a treat to go due to COVID if they’re more comfortable rather than coming in. I thought that we could maybe utilize both the basement and the upstairs but I’m not sure.
As for the shower, if you can have it literally anywhere else besides your own house that would be my vote. A shower is a party thrown FOR you and having it at your place will likely create WORK for you. Not sure when you’re planning to do it, but I did my first at around 32 weeks and I had ZERO energy. We had the shower at a tea lounge, but if it had been in my house I would have been so stressed with being a hostess and trying to keep everything somewhat clean.
-the three lines in the top left corner
-the pregnancy right arrow
scroll all the way down, and community is at the very bottom.
I still need to create a registry 😩 my bookmarks and Amazon saved for laters are absolutely a wreck, it's just so daunting to actually make a designated list for everything!
We don't do baby showers, and my MIL isn't very respectful about our choices for clothes/diapers etc, so that keeps me procrastinating too, if I was hounded about it I'd get my behind in gear sooner. I think it's more of an overwhelming thing because it's really just my partner and I budgeting and buying everything..