March Chat ****** IT'S OUR BIRTH MONTH!!! ******* - Page 18

[Aliy]

currently i have no real plans of going anywhere by myself till maybe next week and i'll be 3 weeks pp and i'm doing pretty good.. still haven't even tried to pick up me two year old which is hard for me. but he's being fairly understanding.

Cael is sick right now i feel so bad for him. he has a really moucusy cough and a stuffed up nose. I barely slept last night cause i was trying to keep him comfortable and he just kept nursing on and off

[mylilmonkeys]

Oh no!  I hate when they get sick so young.  Lucy's been sounding more mucousy, too, and we've had some virus going around the other kids.  So far it doesn't seem to bother her, though. 

[mylilmonkeys]

Can you believe, both girls slept through the night last night, in their little sidecar even?!  I got them down around 11pm and they woke around 5:30am.  Of course, I bolted awake several times to check on them.  

[Aliy]

oh wow

[VeganEmma]

heard a pop last night while BFing my son (wasn't my water). I started getting crampy and had some bloody show, but was tired and went back to bed. In the morning when I got up the cramps started again, but I sat down and took a nap. labor def wants to start, but I am alone with my DS and my SO is at work. He only works a few days a week and won't be home until late tonight. I def think the baby will be here in the next day or so though 

[kaPOW!]

Today is my due date!!! i've been having more crampy contractions at night, but not many during the day. do you think that means i'll have a night baby? maybe i should be napping more... :/

[Caterina]

Yay! ELV good luck 

Originally Posted by VeganEmma 

heard a pop last night while BFing my son (wasn't my water). I started getting crampy and had some bloody show, but was tired and went back to bed. In the morning when I got up the cramps started again, but I sat down and took a nap. labor def wants to start, but I am alone with my DS and my SO is at work. He only works a few days a week and won't be home until late tonight. I def think the baby will be here in the next day or so though 

[mylilmonkeys]

Originally Posted by kaPOW! 

Today is my due date!!! i've been having more crampy contractions at night, but not many during the day. do you think that means i'll have a night baby? maybe i should be napping more... :/

Any excuse for a nap is a good one. LOL

[forest~mama]

Good luck ladies!

[Neuromancer]

So excited for those of you "popping!"

[Aliy]

looks like we are having a bunch of babies getting in right at the end of the month here

[Banana731]

It sure does! I can't wait to see the next group of little ones!

[Virginia884]

ELV Emma! I've been wondering when you were going to go. 

Sara, nap whenever and wherever you can. I went into labor at 8:45p and wish I would not have been working so much. Labored through the night at DH and I were EXHAUSTED by about 4am. SLEEP!!!

MLM- how in the world did you get TWO babies to sleep? Please share your secrets.

Harper and I ventured out of the house today. We went to church this morning. It was a well planned event. I nursed for 45 minutes, put the moby on, and went out the door. DH was already at church, so I had to finish getting ready with her all on my own. People swarmed us when we got to church (DH works there, so I guess there was bigger interest than if we were just members). She slept the whole time and people were amazed that we were out already. I was so proud! I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but last week our pastor announced that she had been born at home and there was a big gasp from the congregation. He followed up with "that was the plan!", so there were a lot of questions about the home birth this morning, too.

[Banana731]

Originally Posted by Virginia884 

I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but last week our pastor announced that she had been born at home and there was a big gasp from the congregation. He followed up with "that was the plan!", so there were a lot of questions about the home birth this morning, too.

nice!
 

[Aliy]

poor Cael is sick. we were at the hospital today and he has broncoitis ( sp?) i hope he gets better soon

[kaPOW!]

oh no, I hope Cael feels better soon :( all the wee babes are getting sick so early!!! it will likely happen here, as well - with a boy in kindergarten.

today is my second due date!!! :D

[Banana731]

poor Cael! Sick babies are so pitiful!

[mylilmonkeys]

Originally Posted by Virginia884 

MLM- how in the world did you get TWO babies to sleep? Please share your secrets.

It was definitely a one-off event. :(

Harper and I ventured out of the house today. We went to church this morning. It was a well planned event. I nursed for 45 minutes, put the moby on, and went out the door. DH was already at church, so I had to finish getting ready with her all on my own. People swarmed us when we got to church (DH works there, so I guess there was bigger interest than if we were just members). She slept the whole time and people were amazed that we were out already. I was so proud! I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but last week our pastor announced that she had been born at home and there was a big gasp from the congregation. He followed up with "that was the plan!", so there were a lot of questions about the home birth this morning, too.

Way to go!!  People always freak about my home births, too.  It's just very uncommon around here.

[audmommy]

So sorry to hear about sick babies. I think my LO is finally over his crud he caught from the older 2.

I think we lived on saline drops and letting the baby sleep on my chest while he was sick. Of course now he luervs to sleep on my chest, which is fine.. but not while I am trying to cook dinner! I think my sling is in the basement, and I am not supposed to go up and down the stairs.. and I cannot find the infant insert to my beco! argh! I did order a new one.. but it is not here yet. So for now, no baby wearing for moi.

I had a burn - from a thermacare wrap placed near my incision after my section. Well on Friday the surgeon who has been monitoring my (second degree 2nd level) burn decided it needed to be cut out! That was a fun Dr. appt. So now I have brand new stitches. My tummy looks a little like my cat's did after she was fixed from the vet. Except this incision is 4inches long and horizontal and right above my c-section incision. ugh. This month is my month of stitches!  Hopefully this is the last slicing that will happen to my tummy. Heck if I had known all of this I would have just scheduled a tummy tuck after my section! 

Other than my new stitches, everything else is going okay. I can pick up my 20 mo old, just not from the floor. That seems okay, it isn't painful. I think I can feel my internal stitches under my skin - like on my uterus.. it feels very odd. So far the only pain I have had now has been from the new stitches and new incision but my section seems like it has healed up beautifully. 

Asher has perfected nursing on his side in the bed! whoo! That means much more sleep for mommy! 

[Lyss]

Oh Audmommy, I'm so sorry you had to be cut into AGAIN.  It sounds like such a nightmare.  :(  You sound pretty tough about it.

Aliy, I'm so sorry Cael is so sick.  That's horrible.  I hope he gets better soon.  You have sure had a rough three weeks.

Sara and VeganEmma, bring us some new babies!  I'm so excited!  ELV!

MLM, that's fantastic.  Hope you felt rested?  That's the problem with them sleeping - I'm always up to see if they're ok.  All 5 of us sleep in one room, so I'm always checking on everybody.  We'll move in July and hopefully have BR.  I can't even imagine - I'm so used to all of us sleeping on top of each other.

We've had a hell of a 3 week run, too.  I went to Target yesterday, leaving my youngest 2 at home with my mom, and the oldest was at school.  I have been over-doing for the last few days, and by the time I got home, I was in pain at my incision site and the blood was just pouring out of me.  Then, I laid down and realized I had to puke.  I was up all night barfing (and then out the other end, often both), and with the owie incision, heaving and pooping, I was on the verge of passing out.  Of course, everyone else slept like rocks.

We've been incredibly lucky - the moms from DS's co-op have brought dinner the last 3 nights, and if they hadn't, the kids would starve.  As it is, avoiding dairy, soy, gluten and eggs, I am starving.  I'm 13 pounds below pre-pregnancy weight at 2.5 weeks PP.  I often don't have any energy to fix myself something to eat, either.  And now, with the stomach virus, there aren't many things I CAN eat.  I would kill for some saltines!  But, of course, the gluten.  I tried to choke down some coconut water last night when I was getting really shaky nursing the baby, but couldn't.  I also couldn't drink Sierra Mist, so it's mostly been chamomile tea.  Ugh, I am so hungry.  I suppose I should go fix myself some chicken and rice.  I have Jell-O setting in the fridge.

It would be nice if the deluge of illnesses would just STOP!  Both kids are covered in head to foot in their Fifth Disease rashes, which are raised and red and itchy, and I feel so badly for them. 

Otherwise, still enjoying the baby.  My mom is nuts about her.  It would be nice if my mom would do something besides hold the baby and expect to be waited on hand and foot, though.  The dishes, maybe?  A little cooking?  Seriously.  I'm going to be SUCH a great helper when my kids have kids.