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[Sheri R]

Okay ladies, let us know what's happening with you and baby and family and life this week:)

A bit of too-close-for-comfort excitement/sadness near our neighborhood last week in Seattle.  My DD and I were playing at a playground, about to go grocery shopping, unbeknownst to us quite close to where a shooting that left 4 people dead occurred.  DH was working in that neighborhood, 4 blocks from the shooting and called to tell me about it and that the shooter was still at large.  Needless to say, several of us moms and kids cut our playtime a bit short and headed home.  Thankful DH was safe.  Thinking of'/praying for the families of the victims.  Awful.

Hoping for a 'normal' week of pure boredom here.

[sere234]

Sheri R- Oh wow, that's scary and so sad.  Glad you are all safe!

So Friday night I was getting ready to have my dessert of the day and grabbed some ice cream (homemade strawberry ice cream!) from the freezer, opened the container, and found ice cream soup! Our fridge and freezer had stopped working! Luckily DH was about to diagnose the problem with some help from Google and we were able to buy a $27 replacement part on Saturday. He got it fixed and then we even cleaned out the fridge and freezer. Now it's all sparkling and white and, best of all, working!

My youngest sister graduated HS yesterday and we spent the day at my mom's house after the ceremony. DS had a super fun time but didn't nap and fell sound asleep nursing (after having a mental breakdown when he fell off a chair) at 5:00 in the afternoon. So yeah, he woke up at 4:30 AM this morning, ready to start his day. I let DH sleep in until 7:00 and wow, I'm going to take a nap during DS's naptime for sure!

Hope you all have a good week!

[Thyme Mama]

Wow SheriR! SO glad your story had a safe ending!

Sere- our freezer just went out too! And it is not repairable. We have arrangements to pick up a freezer off of Craigslist tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully our food makes it tell then. And ugh! Naps gone wrong!

We've had a crazy past 4 days. Just busyness. I am looking forward to our normal week. Didn't get my pot rack up yet, other projects took priority.

Today I am prepping my new BG Elementals, since I'm almost out of paper diapers. I've been using cloth on the boys at night. I wash first thing in the morning and then drying in the sun. No stink issues and it's been a couple weeks now. I am so stoked I have finally figured out a wash routine that works!!!!!!!!! After 6 years of trying! Whew!

My goals this week are to start sewing my sofa covers, do some midwifery school-work and get the materials to install the fence around the garden.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

[franjapany]

ok, not much time for chit chat, gotta get the kids into bed, but: anybody else feeling HUGE??? I guess baby is having another growth spurt or something, but I feel like I really shouldn't be that big with just 18 weeks... ugh. it'S probably all in my head but the thought of another five months of growing at this rate... is rather overwhelming. I feel like I have to get this household packed *tomorrow* - while I still can. I really have to figure out a plan as to what items can be packed already and where the decluttering is best started.

Also, I've been super cranky the past few days. my patience with the kids is so short that I am really far from winning any fab mom award these days.

Anybody else feeling cranky?

(rant over - off to teeth brushing and pyjama-wrestling... oh, and not to forget: cringy-feeling skin crawling nighttime dry-nursing. yay. )
 

[eggsandpancakes]

I totally with you on the huge part! I boughts a shirt that had my SO rolling on the ground. It's got a narrow-ish horizontal zig zag pattern and side ruching, so I look about 8 months along in it. But it's comfy, and brings whole new meaning to rocking the bump.

[tekcez]

Feeling huge, too.  Bought 2 pairs of maternity shorts.  It's so freaking hot.  I had been wearing the same stretchy waistband skirt for the past three days.  I couldn't go for a fourth, so I broke down and went shopping...in pants.  During errands today, I had to break out this cheap umbrella stroller that I got as a shower gift because I absolutely cannot carry DS around for a run into the coffee shop (yes...I need my coffee.  no getting around it), and I can't figure out a way to wear him that isn't uncomfortable.  He's too squirmy and heavy, and I'm too, well, tired and out of breath to carry him.  Why am I soooo out of breath?  It comes and goes.  I'll have several days when I'm totally fine, but then I'll get side swiped with breathlessness while unloading the dishwasher.  

House sitting is going well, but I'm really starting to feel the strain of not really having a home.  We close on the sale of our house on the 22nd if all goes well (and that's not a guarantee).  We close on our new house on the 2nd of July.  So it's not that far away really, but I'm ready to be "home."  Just generally feeling out of sorts. I want to get started setting up our new home, organizing, planning.   It's driving me crazy being in this holding pattern. Whatever, first world problems, I know.  

Today DS bit me during "cringe-feeling, skin crawling" day-time dry-nursing.  I let out yelp and then just started to cry.  He's teething and was falling asleep and probably forgot what was in him mouth and CHOMP!  It hurt so bad, I couldn't control the shriek.  And then I just had to cry a little.  When DS saw the tears and my face, he freaked out.  Oh man, he just looked terrified.  And then I cried harder because I scared him. I should have been able to at least control the tears. It was awful, but he did stop nursing and actually just laid on my chest and fell asleep after he calmed down.  That was a good feeling.

Hope some of you mamas are having a better week than I! 

[franjapany]

Awww! hugs to you, tekcez! I constantly do the shrieking thing, I think dd is used to it by now. but she often is so rough when latching on. But I also think she is slowly 'un-latching' herself from the whole bf-ing routine because she has also started to let go more frequently and just lean onto my breast - I guess the experience kinda sucks without the momma-milk (pardon the pun).

Oh, and for the crying part: I 'almost' cried yesterday when dd destroyed my last remaining mixing bowl by letting it fall on our tiled floor (tiles = soooo idiotically unpractical in a household with kids! I've given up on nice kitchen ware because nothing ever survives for very long). she is just such a handful these days... ds was always easy to have around while cooking and he still is a great helper. dd just manages to create chaos so much faster than I need to clean it up again, it's never clear who'll win the race though she definitely has the advantage. on the other hand she is soo sweet and caring and cuddly and also a real little virgo in terms of needing to put things back where they belong. ...but in the kitchen she positively drives me crazy!

tekcez, I hope the last few weeks before moving into your new home will pass quickly and you'll be able to settle in well. We won't be moving until the end of october and at times that thought really freaks me out... But I know others have done it before, so we will manage too.

And on another note: so funny you mention the stroller! I actually dreamt of a stroller last night and it was this weird and foreign feeling thing to me, but I just couldn't handle carrying another person apart from the baby in my belly. weird weird, since I am not really carrying dd anymore. it'S been ages since I've had her in the carrier - I guess she is rather running about with her big brother than hanging out on my back anymore.

And about the breathlessness: I think it might also have to do with the blood volume adjusting. I might be telling complete bogus here, but the blood volume increases when the baby grows and I always feel like that takes a few days and in those days I get dizzy really quickly and I can't lie on my left side because my heart is pumping so hard that is feels really uncomfortable. Really make sure you keep hydrated! I have gotten used to drinking from big 0,5l glasses, that way I have a better chance to drink enough throughout the day.
 

[kateaton]

Originally Posted by tekcez 

Feeling huge, too.  Bought 2 pairs of maternity shorts.  It's so freaking hot.  I had been wearing the same stretchy waistband skirt for the past three days.  I couldn't go for a fourth, so I broke down and went shopping...in pants.  During errands today, I had to break out this cheap umbrella stroller that I got as a shower gift because I absolutely cannot carry DS around for a run into the coffee shop (yes...I need my coffee.  no getting around it), and I can't figure out a way to wear him that isn't uncomfortable.  He's too squirmy and heavy, and I'm too, well, tired and out of breath to carry him.  Why am I soooo out of breath?  It comes and goes.  I'll have several days when I'm totally fine, but then I'll get side swiped with breathlessness while unloading the dishwasher.  

I get the breathless thing too, and it does comes and goes.  I actually had it the other night while lying on my side.  It didn't matter which side I turned to,I I still felt like I couldn't get enough air.  This feeling was incorporated into my dream- I dreamt that I was suffocating.  The only way I got relief was to stand up and lean forward.  I was kinda freaked out b/c the only time I usually get this at night is if I roll onto my back, but never on my side.  I asked my mw about it and she did agree it was strange but thinks that it was the baby getting into a certain position.  I kinda agree b/c I can be sitting there doing nothing and I'll feel a little pressure shift in my uterus and then feel out of breath.  I haven't had this since that night, thankfully.

Feeling huge here too- third baby though.  So I guess it's to be expected.  I have a short torso, so I always look huge at some point- it's just coming earlier than it ever has.  It also is due to having almost 9 pounders!  I've gained 23 pounds so far.  I was thin to start out with, but not underweight.  I don't feel like I look chubby, just pregnant.  So I don't know where it's all going.  I'm really amping up my exercise routine.  I will not be gaining 60 pounds again like my first- that was ridiculous.  I'm also trying to focus more on proteins/veggies than carbs.  

We moved during my 2nd pregnancy (while waiting for construction on our new house to finish, we bounced around to several different places).  We finally moved in 3 weeks before dd arrived.  Talk about stressful.  But seriously there is nothing like that nesting instinct to get a house in order in record time.  We had the whole thing painted, unpacked, with curtains/blinds and pictures completely on the walls.  I was a crazy woman.  I was up on a ladder at 39 weeks, painting in 90 degree heat- probably not the wisest decision in hindsight.  I was even harping on dh about the back yard.  The debris in the woods surrounding the yard was bothering me a lot.  I'll never forget his comment- "You know your wife is nesting when she wants you to clean the woods."  Ha!  So true!

[abouttobe5]

ha ha...so I have two puking children at home (ages 5 and 3).  Which does NOT go well when one still has an easy gag reflex!!!  :)  That's pretty much my update.  Will be home all day cleaning out puke pails and applying cool cloths to foreheads.  Good news is that I can get some long overdue reading in as I'm a little behind in that department!  

cheers to you all & wishing you all a great weekend!

andrea

[Sheri R]

oh Andrea!!  so sorry about all the puking... hope you don't 'catch' it and that it passes quickly for the others....

Tekcez and Kateaton..... I'm feeling breathless too... mostly when I have DD in the mei tai and am pacing in the hallway and singing to her to get her to nap... my singing starts getting really slow and breathy.  I'm guessing its having the extra weight tied on to me that does it.

Franziska and Tekcez - DD is still BFing and I still have milk, but it does drive me crazy.  My boobs have just been so sensitive/painful lately, that sometimes I just hate it.  She only feeds first thing in the morning and right before bedtime and sometimes only for a couple of minutes.... but still!!!  I think the flavor is definitely changing because some days she is barely interested and I have mixed feelings about it... if she self weans during this pregnancy, it might be a relief and yet I'd miss the closeness too.....

[Thyme Mama]

Andrea - I hope the puking has subsided! We had our first full-family puking flu a few months ago and it was really horrible. DS1 has a sensitive gag reflex, so every time someone else would puke, he would start puking too. Remember Stand By Me? The pie eating contest part? Yeah, that's my boy.

I am breathless too. Not too badly yet, but it seems to strike at odd times. Usually when I'm holding my youngest and trying to do something physical, but it could happen when I'm putting away dishes too.

I nursed DD while I was pregnant with #2, and it was torturous! Then I tandem nursed and that was even worse. I wanted to chuck the kids across the room. I thought I was some type of monster until I talked to other moms and learned that it is fairly common.   It was hard for me to accept that I couldn't do it, but after researching WAPF and traditional societies, I feel that personally, MY body just is not nourished enough to nurse through pregnancy and tandem nurse. I am pretty "healthy" by SAD standards, but I have underlying issues like chemical sensitivities that point to me actually being poorly nourished. Working hard on that one.
 

[Krystal1220]

It's fun to read everyone's updates, and reassuring that I am having some of the same issues! I have been having a hard time drawing a good breath so often in the past few weeks, and sometimes it makes sleeping really difficult. I was thinking that it might be allergies affecting me more now that I am pregnant or something, but it has been so uncomfortable.

The most exciting thing for me this week is that I went to my first prenatal yoga class yesterday, and I loved it. I hope I get a chance to go several more times in the next 22 or so weeks, but it depends heavily on my husband's schedule. However, I can take my son to Toddler Yoga, which I am excited about, too! I look forward to seeing how well he likes it.

[QMtwins]

I like hearing what's going on too!  I've been feeling the out of breath thing too...partly I'm sure because I'm not nearly as fit as I was and partly due to pregnancy.  :) 

I am transitioning to a prenatal yoga class.  I have a couple weeks left of a good old level 1 Iyengar and am making up some classes with the prenatal class too.  Its a good thing too, because there are things that are becoming more challenging in the level one class and some asanas I'm sure I shouldn't be doing!

Definitely now at 18 weeks feeling soem solid movement from these two.  (If anyone can tell me how to add that signature line at the bottom I'd be thrilled!).  :)

We are prepping our house for sale...looking for something bigger as we will go from 4 to 6 and I do not want to move in later pregnancy.  My DH teaches and is finishing up the school year soon and all this just makes it a busy time in our home right now!