to have back to back babies! Had a BFP last night! OMG 
We had hoped to have #4 close in age to William (09/14/09), and were thinking it would probably happen within the next 6 months or so. We had weaned W to a bottle at 8 weeks due to seriously no weight gain for him ( 8 week old he was only 5 ozs over birth weight -6lb 6oz- and had lost 1.5 oz from his 6 week check to 8 week weight check) I loved breastfeeding and tried my hardest to continue but it came down to the point that even with on demand feeding which for him was every 2.5hrs for 1hr-90min sessions at a time, pumping an hr after he ate to increase milk, fenugreek (4 pills 3x a day) and mothers milk plus supplement he just was not thriving. It was sad for me, but his health and development was worth more to me than trying to keep a breastfeeding relationship that was only really good for bonding and not for nourishing him. He gained 1.5 lbs in 6 days on formula once I made the switch. I still offered him the breast after each feeding for the first week and gradually he weaned himself to formula only. It is what it is. Anyways I figured I would ovulate pretty quickly after stopping BF and it looks like DH's little swimmers were in the right place at the right time.
Guessing I am due in August sometime. Our oldest two kids are 11 months 15 days apart. These two will be much closer than that! I havent even had my post partum check with my MW yet due to weather and scheduling issues. She is coming next week to do the visit and now will make it my first prenatal visit too! Crazy!! We are choosing to keep this baby on the down low for our friends and family until the spring. We've never kept it a secret before and thought why not this time?
It will be more fun to tell them when I have my preggo belly again and they can see it when we go back home to Seattle for spring break in march.
Rambling I know... I cant believe I already get to join the Aug 2010 DDC!
We had hoped to have #4 close in age to William (09/14/09), and were thinking it would probably happen within the next 6 months or so. We had weaned W to a bottle at 8 weeks due to seriously no weight gain for him ( 8 week old he was only 5 ozs over birth weight -6lb 6oz- and had lost 1.5 oz from his 6 week check to 8 week weight check) I loved breastfeeding and tried my hardest to continue but it came down to the point that even with on demand feeding which for him was every 2.5hrs for 1hr-90min sessions at a time, pumping an hr after he ate to increase milk, fenugreek (4 pills 3x a day) and mothers milk plus supplement he just was not thriving. It was sad for me, but his health and development was worth more to me than trying to keep a breastfeeding relationship that was only really good for bonding and not for nourishing him. He gained 1.5 lbs in 6 days on formula once I made the switch. I still offered him the breast after each feeding for the first week and gradually he weaned himself to formula only. It is what it is. Anyways I figured I would ovulate pretty quickly after stopping BF and it looks like DH's little swimmers were in the right place at the right time.
Guessing I am due in August sometime. Our oldest two kids are 11 months 15 days apart. These two will be much closer than that! I havent even had my post partum check with my MW yet due to weather and scheduling issues. She is coming next week to do the visit and now will make it my first prenatal visit too! Crazy!! We are choosing to keep this baby on the down low for our friends and family until the spring. We've never kept it a secret before and thought why not this time?
It will be more fun to tell them when I have my preggo belly again and they can see it when we go back home to Seattle for spring break in march.Rambling I know... I cant believe I already get to join the Aug 2010 DDC!
There's always ONE! Better you than me, sister! Congratulations!
So it really is impossible. But it got me thinking about back-to-back babies, and here you post this!!
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