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Post-Thanksgiving Weekend Randoms 11/27-28

Lisa3379Lisa3379 member
in January 2022 Moms
How was everyone’s holiday (or for our Canadian friends, the past couple days 🙂)? 

We’ve been at my in-laws for the past almost week and we’re going home today. Not looking forward to sitting in a car for 4 hours in jeans 😫 but my comfy pants are really not ok for going out in public, haha. Then we’re putting up the tree and decorating for the rest of the weekend. 

Anyone think they may be getting close to birth day? Sometimes I wonder… I don’t remember exactly how uncomfortable I was right before the other kids were born, but I’m almost near tears sometimes over here, especially at night. 

And did anyone find any good Black Friday deals? I briefly thought about perusing the internet but my motivation is almost non-existent. Either that or I’m almost completely incapable of focusing on anything 😄
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Re: Post-Thanksgiving Weekend Randoms 11/27-28

  • fifilala516fifilala516 member
    Our Thanksgiving was pretty calm - just my parents and in-laws. Unfortunately, our elderly family friends did not join us as the husband had a stroke and is now in palliative care. :(

    I had my first experience with real Braxton Hicks this morning. Whoever said they weren’t painful is a lying liar who lies. We actually put a call out to the doctor. I’m lying down now and it seems to have eased up some. 
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  • Lisa3379Lisa3379 member
    @fifilala516 yeah, they can be super painful! Laying down usually helps me a bit, too. I just keep reminding myself that they’re pretty random so it’s not the real thing, but they definitely make me run down the list in my head if what we need to do if it’s go time all of a sudden! 

    I think I’m going to have to detox from all the sugar I’ve had. This was the first thanksgiving I’ve had candied sweet potatoes. Holy s**t. That and pie for breakfast ruined me. 
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  • AshleyGemini24AshleyGemini24 member
    My 11 month old has RSV so to avoid getting anyone sick, we didn't go to my grandmother in laws for dinner. Instead we drove the kiddos through the Dancing Lights of Christmas. I worked all day for black 7. So no deal hunting. Cleaning house today possibly nesting since I was on my hands and knees to do some of the mopping. 

    Yes I feel like LO will be here sooner rather thsn later. More frequent and stronger BH to the event of waking me at night. Feeling more and more miserable everyday. Also feel like he's getting lower everyday. 
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  • rachel0428rachel0428 member
    Hi! Our Thanksgiving was fine; my in-laws from India flew in this week (my husband couldn’t wait to book their tickets as soon as travel restrictions were lifted) so it’s been a big adjustment. They’ll be here through the baby’s arrival and a little while after so hoping it’ll be a positive/ beautiful time but I’m also a little exhausted and stressed already so we’ll see. 

    I can totally relate w more Braxton Hicks and feeling like baby is coming sooner rather than later.. I told my husband that yesterday too. Just feeling big and tired and exhausted.

    @Lisa3379 I feel you w needing a sugar detox! 

    I also got a couple postpartum things (pumping bra, postpartum underwear) w Kindred Bravely’s Black Friday sale! 
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  • angiemac9angiemac9 member
    @Lisa3379 I hope your drive went well! @fifilala516 I hear you on the Braxton Hicks….although I’m not really sure exactly what I experienced last week. My stomach wasn’t contracting but had low period-like cramps and low back cramps that was very painful for about 45 min.

    Thanksgiving was good! I am just getting so full so easily and feeling uncomfortable. Everyone kept saying how lucky I was being pregnant and being able to eat anything, but I feel the complete opposite of lucky. 

    I also have a feeling he will come early, but my OB said it’s more likely that your second will come later, so it may just be wishful thinking :)
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  • kcf19kcf19 member
    Our thanksgiving was uneventful. I’m ready for life to go back to “normal”. I keep checking to see if any more J22 babies have been born! I’ve started having Braxton Hicks just the past few days too. Nothing painful here yet. I’d just like to get settled with our kitchen and my boys’ birthdays (Dec 9th and 14th) and Christmas wrapping so I can focus on baby. Such a busy time of year for us. 
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  • elksammelksamm member
    @fifilala516 I’ve been getting BH for months now, I was getting them every few minutes when I was walking and started getting nervous, OB said I need to drink more water and as long as they go away when I stop exercising it’s ok. 

    @Lisa3379 I’ve been eyeing the Snoo for a while and it being 20% off and being able to buy on Amazon and get 5% back it seemed like a good deal since they resale for $1000 locally. I also bought a lot of things off our registry but aside from the 15% completion discount I don’t think I got any deals. 

    For thanksgiving our house was still a mess from getting the floors done that we spent most of the last few days getting it back together and working on the nursery. We had a pretty simple dinner with just our family. I only ate the green beans and turkey because of GD but if there were ever a Thanksgiving to have GD it was this one. 

    I am also feeling like LO is going to come early, so many BH and my body feels like it’s getting ready. 
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  • Lisa3379Lisa3379 member
    @karenmarie9 French Laundry! 😲😍 Please let us know what you had and how it was! Have fun! 
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  • elksammelksamm member
    @karenmarie9 that sounds awesome! Definitely report back. 

    @magalina_h sending good vibes LO continues to cook!

    I can’t believe how close we’re getting! Does everyone have nurseries set up, hospital bags packed, all stuff ready for baby?

    I’m only 32 weeks so I’m still getting things together but definitely feeling the pressure to get it done.

    also - does anyone have a baby monitor that they love? We’re looking into getting two - the Cubo AI and the Eufy
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  • magalina_hmagalina_h member
    @elksamm we have the nursery set up, with the exception of bookshelves. We're putting them up tomorrow morning. I've also got my hospital bag packed since I didn't have it ready last time. I keep it next to my bed and am adding new things as I think of them. We also are going to install car seats tomorrow too. I'm 35w2d. 
    DS: 3-6-15 💙
    Baby Girl Due: 1-1-22
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  • fifilala516fifilala516 member
    edited November 2021
    @magalina_h Ahh!! Keep cooking, baby!!

    @elksaam I’m 33w2d and we have the hospital bag pretty much packed - still need to add my toiletries and wash baby’s coming home outfit since we just got it as a gift from my mom. We also just got the car seat and haven’t installed it yet. 

    The nursery is still pretty much organized chaos but we have everything we need and since we are going to room share initially, I’m less stress about having it perfect.
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  • sarah_is_pregnantsarah_is_pregnant member
    Thanks for the nod, eh @Lisa3379!

    We didn't do much this weekend. My husband was splitting a load of wood we got this week and stacking it to cure for next year. I found myself making some Amazon orders for things that would randomly pop into my head that I'll need for baby (a white noise machine, pumping bra...). And we bought some sz1 diapers for baby. After his umbilical cord falls off, I'll use cloth diapers again. 
    Anyone else use cloth?
    My left SI joint/low back are hurting, so I'm pretty useless a lot of the time. I was planning to work for 6 more weeks (I'm 32wks), but if this pain in my SI doesn't F off, I'm not sure how I'll do it (I'm a massage therapist). 

    I slipped on a stair yesterday and landed on the top of a sidewalk salt shaker container on the left side of my belly. And then I couldn't feel baby move much (though I didn't let much time elapse while waiting to see), and drove myself to the hospital. Thank God after 20weeks you get sent directly to the OB floor....the wait times in Ontario ERs can be enormous...the board said 4-5 hours yesterday afternoon. It's especially bad in the small town I live because we don't have walk in clinics- instead you go to the ER. Mind boggling. 
    Baby is fine. A nurse hooked me up to a HR monitor for baby, and I counted his movements. As soon as she put the monitors on my belly, he started kicking them and rolling around. 
    And his HR looked really good. 
    Note to self: just be barefoot until this baby comes. 

    @elksamm no nursery set up here. I think because this is our 2nd baby, I am in no worry to set up a nursery at all. He will be sleeping in a bassinet next to me for several months, and the room that will be his is currently our only guest room. 
    I'm not sure what my plan is...I might have to set the guest bed up in the basement. 
    And ill likely start packing a hospital bag and just slowly add things to it. Or at least write my list. 

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  • travistoritravistori member
    Our Thanksgiving weekend was so fun but tiring! Thursday we watched the parade with brunch at my in laws, went home for the girls to nap and make dishes for our large family dinner, then back to my in-laws for our 30 something family members to come over and celebrate a big meal. It was nice! Black Friday I always go shopping with my SIL, we start around 6 am and don’t usually get home until 6 pm and that’s exactly what we did, I got almost all my Christmas shopping done! I paid for that on Saturday when I woke up feeling like a train ran over me. 😅We spent Saturday in Jammie’s with our toddlers decorating their trees for their rooms and the inside of the house for Christmas. Sunday it was our weekend for volunteering in the kids at church, then we had thanksgiving leftovers, and after naps put our Christmas lights on the outside of the house! So excited for Christmas!! 

    @Lisa3379 Also super uncomfortable but think baby will stick in there until around the due date. My first two were 4 days late and then day of due date, so I’m thinking somewhere in there. 

    @fifilala516 I’m so sorry to hear about your family member, so hard to deal with 😥. Also Braxton hicks are jerks. Point blank lol. 

    @AshleyGemini24 Hope your babe with RSV gets better soon! 

    @elksamm I haven’t done any nursery because baby will be in our room in bassinet for atleast the first 6 months. Plus, we will need to navigate putting our daughters(3 1/2 & 2) in the same room to have a nursery, so we will do that when baby is about 3-4 months old so we can get nursery ready. 

    @sarah_is_pregnant I clothed my first, my second was the hardest postpartum ever, my husband worked 24/7 and I also had a toddler who hated her new sister and a colicky baby so I decided cloth wasn’t happening that time but I’m planning to this go around! So excited to have another fluff butt in the house! Also glad to hear baby is okay, that’s so scary. 

    I have no hospital bag packed. As long as everything goes well, we will only be at the birth center 3-4 hours after baby arrives and then we get to go home and sleep in our bed! 🙌🏻 I need to see what my midwife provides and what I need to bring and get a jump start on that. 
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  • Lisa3379Lisa3379 member
    @elksamm Our nursery is basically set up, it just needs to be organized a bit better. My kids keep going in there to raid the baby toys for some reason, so it's a mess. And we need to put the side up on the crib from when it was used as a toddler bed. Hospital bag is on my to-do list today for sure. And as for monitors, we've been pretty happy with the Infant Optics DXR-8. The picture is good enough, range works well all over the house... we've had to replace the battery on the monitor screen once, but we had it for 3 years at that point so it wasn't a big deal. We have two of them going right now, and the toggling back and forth from room to room every few seconds has been fine. 

    @sarah_is_pregnant I will always give a shout out to Canada!  My profile image is along the highway from Whistler to Vancouver :)<3 And that's so scary about your fall! I'm glad you and the baby are fine. I'm super paranoid about falling. And no cloth diapers here. I feel guilty about all the waste, but I know myself and I would get so fed up with the whole process, so I didn't ever try. But props to all that do! 

    @travistori Wow, super busy weekend! Sounds fun though. We did some decorating yesterday, but our house is a total disaster and I need to work on that before I can really decorate. Why is it that it takes days to recover from being out of town? And that's neat that you'll be home potentially the day you give birth. I may be a weirdo here, but I like being in the hospital for a bit after the baby is born. It's kinda nice to only have to focus on myself and the new baby for a bit before going back to the mayhem at home, haha. Plus I can order food almost whenever I want!  :D
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