What do you feel GOOD about today? - Page 4

[tradmom]

I feel great that I took the time to have my umbilical hernia repaired after the last pregnancy.  By this point, I was usually in terrible pain.  This time... no pain at all!

[LemonDrop]

I am feeling good that my DH is finally on board for a home birth!!! I am so excited!!!  He had been pushing hospital for so long when he came to me the other day and said "I think you should have the baby at home" I cried.  I think this just made my whole week!!

[PoetryLover]

That is AWESOME! Congrats!
 

Originally Posted by LemonDrop 

I am feeling good that my DH is finally on board for a home birth!!! I am so excited!!!  He had been pushing hospital for so long when he came to me the other day and said "I think you should have the baby at home" I cried.  I think this just made my whole week!!

[cat13]

Originally Posted by LemonDrop 

I am feeling good that my DH is finally on board for a home birth!!! I am so excited!!!  He had been pushing hospital for so long when he came to me the other day and said "I think you should have the baby at home" I cried.  I think this just made my whole week!!

I am so happy that you are feeling supported and loved! 

[SouthernStormy]

We got some cloth diapers off craigslist today $110 for 22 diapers- good brands too!

As far as the "stuff" we need- we've been so lucky to score some awesome deals. Except for more clothes- (which I hate to buy b/c I"m sure people will send us some (but I also think they'll wait til the baby is born, and I want to have everything ready before then)- I think we've got pretty much everything the little one needs at least until we start on her nursery in October.

[Beckily]

I just took a bath. I have a big nice tub. Can't let the water get too deep, because I only put in hot, so I have to be able to get most of my parts out if I'm too warm. Added epson salt and this nice bath gel stuff. Lit my candle (it's lime basil scented. Extremely light, but wonderful), and tried out Blissborn radio on Pandora for the first time.

Oh man, you guys. You have to do this. It's trancy music and I ended up in space, connecting me and my baby to the birth of stars. Divine. I've never been so relaxed or content or connected with myself and my baby.

This is what will be playing for my birth. Absolutely.

http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh95257001689975224

And the page I got the link from, in case: http://blissbornonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=11

I hope that each of you finds the peace I've just found.

[PoetryLover]

Thanks, that sounds awesome! I'm listening to it right now and will have to listen to it in the bath later.

Originally Posted by Beckily 

I just took a bath. I have a big nice tub. Can't let the water get too deep, because I only put in hot, so I have to be able to get most of my parts out if I'm too warm. Added epson salt and this nice bath gel stuff. Lit my candle (it's lime basil scented. Extremely light, but wonderful), and tried out Blissborn radio on Pandora for the first time.

Oh man, you guys. You have to do this. It's trancy music and I ended up in space, connecting me and my baby to the birth of stars. Divine. I've never been so relaxed or content or connected with myself and my baby.

This is what will be playing for my birth. Absolutely.

http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh95257001689975224

And the page I got the link from, in case: http://blissbornonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=11

I hope that each of you finds the peace I've just found.

Later today I'm going to Kohl's as they're having a big sale on maternity clothes from 3-10 PM. My MIL sent me a check for my birthday, so I'm trying to find a couple longer shirts that I can wear with leggings and maybe a dress and some comfortable sandals. A close friend of mine is getting married in about 3 weeks and I have nothing suitable to wear.  I'm hoping to find something that I feel pretty in. I've felt so frumpy lately and just want to feel delicate and pretty. Just a little.

My 15 month old DS wakes every day the same time as me and has been super clingy so that I can't journal in the AM or even sip a partial coffee. I love my DS to pieces, but sometimes I just need a break. This morning DH, seeing that I need a break, offered to take DS out to give me some alone time. So they are running a couple small errands, going to some thrift stores (which DH LOVES to do), going to the park and to the airport to watch the airplanes. DS was so excited, as he LOVES gong bye-bye with Dada.

Also, DH and I counted last night and DS can say something like nearly 70 words/phrases at 15 1/2 months. We were worried about his speech because he was born with a cleft lip (that he had surgically corrected at 2 1/2 months of age) and cleft alveolar (a hole or gap in the gum line) that he will need bone grafting surgery on between 8-10 years of age), but so far he seems to be doing fine, even a little advanced. He says one 4 word sentence: Get down right now. I hang my head in shame...

[CrazyCatLady]

Today I feel good about my budget and how extra good I have been at managing it.  My nesting urges sure have come in handy for getting everything else extra organized as well lol. 

[Beckily]

I've figured out why I've been hurting!!

Had to be be half asleep to do it, apparently.

My pubic bone has been sitting wrong, great combo of a hip with tight muscles that pulled my sacrum. For years. So I had a fit a few nights ago and Dusty and I went after it - inversion, robozzo, massage and I tried the pelvic floor release from Spinning Babies. It was subtle and didn't do much then, so I didn't think a thing of it. I've also been doing more squatting to stretch things out.

Before bed last night I told Dusty I thought I should call the midwives today because my whole pelvic floor hurt - and the pooping thing, which has been so very annoying (Stabbing pains and pooped 4 times within three hours of waking up yesterday). And he asked to help with something and I told him to rub my butt, as I always do. But neither of us could find the normally tight spots.

And I woke up this morning thinking "whole pelvic floor... the stretch!"

I did a squat this morning to see where the pulling was and yes! All my new sore spots with a lot of pulling anally! Yay! :D That's it! I've released my very very locked pelvic floor and everything is resetting! I checked my hips this morning and they're even. They haven't been even in years. I will take some pain for that fix! :D

[greencarnation]

My mum gave me money to buy fish oil!  I hope it helps my depression, as well as being good for baby!

[Lynann]

DH has finally agreed to consider co-sleeping for the first couple of months. I was explaining how if I learn to nurse side lying I would be able to get more sleep during the night and not be so tired in the morning when dealing with DS. His reply was that I wouldn't be so grumpy at him (DH) and so he is thinking about it. I did say that if there is room for his giant body pillow in bed with us then there is room for a tiny newborn. I even said I would sleep in the middle with the baby on my side of the bed and a rail to stop the baby falling out of bed. We'll have to get the bed rail eventually when DS makes the move from the crib to a bed, so we can just get it now and use it with the new baby in our bed.

I'm really liking the idea of not having to get up to nurse during the night, just latch the baby on and drift back to sleep.

[egmaranian]

I haven't posted to this thread yet because I've basically been a hormonal, lunatic, b%^ch lately and not really happy about anything....

However, I am SO, SO over the moon happy that we FINALLY got the closet organizer installed in the nursery yesterday!!!!

I actually have little tiny newborn clothes hanging in the baby's room and it makes me so happy to go in there and look at all the miniature stuff!  He he he

11ish more weeks 'till I get to hold a little baby...I can't wait!!!

[Chaika]

My mom and my sisters threw me a really fun, low-key shower yesterday.  I took home some leftover food (including some DIVINE vegan cupcakes).  I got some great gifts but not ONE cloth diaper - I wanted cloth diapers most of all!  I guess people find it more fun to buy clothes and toys.  Oh well, some people got me gift certificates to the natural parenting store where I registered, so I will go pick out some diapers soon!

Becky, I like that Pandora station...sounds like massage music :D

[Chaika]

Oh, also...just harvested my first zucchini and yellow squash from my garden!  They're going into a casserole tonight :)

[Beckily]

My sister came over yesterday and helped me wash all the baby clothes. It seems hard somehow, I needed help the first time. What if they faded or turned into smoke or something?

Still didn't wash the diaper covers. I need to buy more and they still seem complicated. She said I need to wash them several times and with .. I don't remember. I have a card. But when I get more. And then someone got me hemp liners and apparently those need to get washed specially.. I don't actually like that. I don't have very many, I won't be using those, I'll be using flats and I don't want to wash a load of four liners. That's very wasteful.

But! It feels good to have washed and put my baby clothes away! They're very sweet. Just need to do a bit of wood glue in the dresser (it's my son's great-great-grandpa's dresser) to keep it together where it's cracking a bit and yay :)

[SouthernStormy]

Originally Posted by Beckily 

My sister came over yesterday and helped me wash all the baby clothes. It seems hard somehow, I needed help the first time. What if they faded or turned into smoke or something?

Still didn't wash the diaper covers. I need to buy more and they still seem complicated. She said I need to wash them several times and with .. I don't remember. I have a card. But when I get more. And then someone got me hemp liners and apparently those need to get washed specially.. I don't actually like that. I don't have very many, I won't be using those, I'll be using flats and I don't want to wash a load of four liners. That's very wasteful.

But! It feels good to have washed and put my baby clothes away! They're very sweet. Just need to do a bit of wood glue in the dresser (it's my son's great-great-grandpa's dresser) to keep it together where it's cracking a bit and yay :)

I washed up all of Magnolia's a couple days ago when we finally got a washer and dryer. I only ruined one pair of pants which were white with blue polka dots- now they are white with blue polka dots and red splotches. Eh, one piece out of 60+, not too bad.

I haven't started on the diapering stuff either. I'm very intimidated by those for some reason too.


Today I feel good that its DF's birthday so I had an excuse to bake. I baked a Reese's cheesecake. Can't wait to taste it.

[Beckily]

Originally Posted by SouthernStormy 

Originally Posted by Beckily 

My sister came over yesterday and helped me wash all the baby clothes. It seems hard somehow, I needed help the first time. What if they faded or turned into smoke or something?

Still didn't wash the diaper covers. I need to buy more and they still seem complicated. She said I need to wash them several times and with .. I don't remember. I have a card. But when I get more. And then someone got me hemp liners and apparently those need to get washed specially.. I don't actually like that. I don't have very many, I won't be using those, I'll be using flats and I don't want to wash a load of four liners. That's very wasteful.

But! It feels good to have washed and put my baby clothes away! They're very sweet. Just need to do a bit of wood glue in the dresser (it's my son's great-great-grandpa's dresser) to keep it together where it's cracking a bit and yay :)

I washed up all of Magnolia's a couple days ago when we finally got a washer and dryer. I only ruined one pair of pants which were white with blue polka dots- now they are white with blue polka dots and red splotches. Eh, one piece out of 60+, not too bad.

I haven't started on the diapering stuff either. I'm very intimidated by those for some reason too.


Today I feel good that its DF's birthday so I had an excuse to bake. I baked a Reese's cheesecake. Can't wait to taste it.

That doesn't sound bad at all - red splotches are all the rage, you know! :D I'm not good at laundry - I don't even sort. I just stuff, add soap, push button. So all this special care stuff is scary. Good to know I'm not alone on the diapers ;)

Also, yum. Did you lick in in the bowl? That sounds so yummy!

[bethany42309]

Made my first new baby purchases today!  Just a few little outfits but I'm so excited!  We're mostly using DD's stuff but a new baby deserves a few new things of her own right?!?! 

[cat13]

This weekend we got our diapers in the mail.... and they are sooo cute! Fuzzibunz and Bumgenius are doing a buy 5 get one free sale until the 31st, so we got a bunch of those.  I haven't really been excited about any baby clothes at all, so I decided that I'm just gonna have diaper-only baby since the diapers are so cute.

[Italiamom]

Originally Posted by cat13 

I haven't really been excited about any baby clothes at all, so I decided that I'm just gonna have diaper-only baby since the diapers are so cute.

Fully acceptable!  There were actually a lot of times where we would just swaddle DS in only a diaper, or in those first weeks I kept him only a diaper so he could spend lots of time skin-to-skin on my chest under a receiving blanket or my robe.  Clothes are over-rated

Today I'm feeling GOOD about the insurance situation.  While I still have some pain in the patoot hurdles that I'll go bitch about in the bad thread, I was able to acutally get a policy number, and have my midwife's billing person give my insurance a call.  It looks like they'll reimburse about 80%, which I guess is great compared to some insurance companies.  AND they do reimburse for homebirth, AND they don't have stipulations on the type of midwife.  So my CPM will be reimbursed at exactly the same rate as a CNM, or an OB.  This is GREAT news for us...  It means that our total remaining out of pocket expenses should be less than $1000, barring any complications (knock on wood).  I wasn't sure if they would cover ANY of it, so, this is really nice news!!!