It is amazing to read that some of us are already dilated! Yikes, I am not prepared or anything! We have the pack n play but haven't ordered diapers yet or even sent out the email to ask for gift certificates to diaperaps or babiesrus or have a carseat or anything. I do have the moses basket we have borrowed and I made silk/flannel blankets and we have gowns so I guess all we really need is a carseat and diapers. And I am only 33 weeks so surely there's time...? I need the baby to stay in at least until 37 weeks so my husband will be in town and until 37 weeks 6 days would be helpful because it so happens that date is when insurance will cover 100% instead of 50%.
My mother-in-law and her lady friends in Boca are appalled we are not getting a crib this time. We have nowhere to put one. We aren't making a room for the baby and there isn't anywhere else, and at first it will be in the bassinette/basket anyway. We travelled a lot with our daughter and had two houses so half the time she slept in the playpen anyway, until she moved to a toddlerbed at 18 months and we had a futon on that (no offgassing). The ladies are upset because they feel the baby should have a proper mattress! Oy. So in bru of course we looked at the cribs and we do still have the beautiful set from our daughter's infancy but then I get home and think where the hell would we put it? We hope to move in a year or so anyway so I don't see the point. And our daughter is ten and her back is just fine.
I finally got my supply list from the midwife. I can hardly believe it. I almost wish it weren't coming so quickly because I haven't done any of the things I always thought I'd do if I had another kid, like exercise right or eat properly, or work full-time or have a real maternity wardrobe or have our finances in order. My diet is ok but I do eat sweets and I haven't sworn off caffeine. My last pregnancy I had been a vegan until the year before and though I ate dairy I was much more conscientious. And all the things I realize I haven't worried *enough* about! I guess it must be getting near the end if I'm feeling this way.
The doula agency I work for had a party a few nights ago and my boss gave me the gift certificate for the belly casting. I knew she was getting it for me but now it's time to set it up! Any ideas on when? This is when it would be convenient to know when the baby is going to be born! My daughter was born at 37 +5 weeks so I don't want to schedule it later than that for fear it won't happen at all! But if I have it done at 37 weeks and then go to 42 I'll be ready for another one!
My baby is "long" and slightly LOP but otherwise just right. I was greatly reassured by finally seeing the "real" midwife since the visit before she had been at a birth and I saw a different one I didn't like at all. She also told my midwife my family was completely unsupportive! I couldn't believe that! She didn't listen to a thing I said, either, and then completely misrepresented me to my own midwife. I was really glad to hear she lives too far away even to be a backup or assistant at my birth, though I am going to double-check this. I don't want her in my house. But my midwife is wonderful and just having a prenatal with her melted irrational anxieties away and made me feel great.
Up to two centimeters either way is still normal for the fundal height/weeks of pg measurement. I have noticed that different practitioners do it differently, anyway. In other words one mw might measure you at 28 and then two weeks later a different one measure you at 33.
My husband is up to something. A few months ago he asked if it were possible the baby would be born in early May (I hadn't even told *him* the due date). It was unlike him to ask that sort of thing. A few days after that an envelope arrived for him, obviously from ticketmaster. I have seen enough of them to know. And now, this week he is working in Miami and said I should come stay with him on a particular night without our daughter. Also unlike him, to be so specific about the date/time. (We sometimes join him if he has a hotel room down there so we can do things in Miami without having to drive back the same day). Even less like him, he asked the neighbor if our daughter could stay over there that night before I even had a chance to. I usually have to make all childcare arrangements or they don't happen. I am pretty sure I know what this is but don't want to spoil the surprise. Actually I am positive I know what it is and could probably find out by snooping about a bit but don't want to do that. I am also severely tempted to make clear I know exactly what it is but don't want to spoil his surprising me either. He probably knows I know because I figure everything out and no one in the house but me can keep a secret to save their lives. Anyway it should be a real treat!
My mother-in-law and her lady friends in Boca are appalled we are not getting a crib this time. We have nowhere to put one. We aren't making a room for the baby and there isn't anywhere else, and at first it will be in the bassinette/basket anyway. We travelled a lot with our daughter and had two houses so half the time she slept in the playpen anyway, until she moved to a toddlerbed at 18 months and we had a futon on that (no offgassing). The ladies are upset because they feel the baby should have a proper mattress! Oy. So in bru of course we looked at the cribs and we do still have the beautiful set from our daughter's infancy but then I get home and think where the hell would we put it? We hope to move in a year or so anyway so I don't see the point. And our daughter is ten and her back is just fine.
I finally got my supply list from the midwife. I can hardly believe it. I almost wish it weren't coming so quickly because I haven't done any of the things I always thought I'd do if I had another kid, like exercise right or eat properly, or work full-time or have a real maternity wardrobe or have our finances in order. My diet is ok but I do eat sweets and I haven't sworn off caffeine. My last pregnancy I had been a vegan until the year before and though I ate dairy I was much more conscientious. And all the things I realize I haven't worried *enough* about! I guess it must be getting near the end if I'm feeling this way.
The doula agency I work for had a party a few nights ago and my boss gave me the gift certificate for the belly casting. I knew she was getting it for me but now it's time to set it up! Any ideas on when? This is when it would be convenient to know when the baby is going to be born! My daughter was born at 37 +5 weeks so I don't want to schedule it later than that for fear it won't happen at all! But if I have it done at 37 weeks and then go to 42 I'll be ready for another one!
My baby is "long" and slightly LOP but otherwise just right. I was greatly reassured by finally seeing the "real" midwife since the visit before she had been at a birth and I saw a different one I didn't like at all. She also told my midwife my family was completely unsupportive! I couldn't believe that! She didn't listen to a thing I said, either, and then completely misrepresented me to my own midwife. I was really glad to hear she lives too far away even to be a backup or assistant at my birth, though I am going to double-check this. I don't want her in my house. But my midwife is wonderful and just having a prenatal with her melted irrational anxieties away and made me feel great.
Up to two centimeters either way is still normal for the fundal height/weeks of pg measurement. I have noticed that different practitioners do it differently, anyway. In other words one mw might measure you at 28 and then two weeks later a different one measure you at 33.
My husband is up to something. A few months ago he asked if it were possible the baby would be born in early May (I hadn't even told *him* the due date). It was unlike him to ask that sort of thing. A few days after that an envelope arrived for him, obviously from ticketmaster. I have seen enough of them to know. And now, this week he is working in Miami and said I should come stay with him on a particular night without our daughter. Also unlike him, to be so specific about the date/time. (We sometimes join him if he has a hotel room down there so we can do things in Miami without having to drive back the same day). Even less like him, he asked the neighbor if our daughter could stay over there that night before I even had a chance to. I usually have to make all childcare arrangements or they don't happen. I am pretty sure I know what this is but don't want to spoil the surprise. Actually I am positive I know what it is and could probably find out by snooping about a bit but don't want to do that. I am also severely tempted to make clear I know exactly what it is but don't want to spoil his surprising me either. He probably knows I know because I figure everything out and no one in the house but me can keep a secret to save their lives. Anyway it should be a real treat!
: Are 37-weekers more expensive to care for? 37 weeks is considered full term.
All I know is, everyone was sick of me going in to the hospital so that when I thought maybe I really was in labor and maybe my water had broken, I ended up waiting another few days and Eli and I both had problems as a result. 
: ), and when I don't drink enough water. Unlike the contractions I had when I was pregnant with Eli, mine will completely vanish, as if by magic, if I drink a glass of water and sit down for half an hour. It's fabulous to have my body doing exactly what the books say it should for a change. :LOL
Lovely! Not only that, but it gives Eli a little platform to roll his cars around on while he sits under the desk. :LOL I like it when he sits under the desk to play, because I know where he is and that he can't reach any plugs or anything dangerous. Mike hates it because then he's got no place to put his big feet, but my legs are short so it's never bothered me at all. :LOL
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He didn't swallow it, (it was a big one) and I counted to make sure he hadn't swallowed any others, but it was a bit frightening for me. It occurred to me at that moment that I was not the only June mother with a toddler around, and that this was a potential saftey problem. So, I decided that I will be putting the beads on a wire and attaching it to the bracelets... Ah, it probably won't make any sense until you see it. At any rate, because they're separate from the labor bracelets (though still attatched) they will make a lovely foundation for a nursing necklace once labor is over. 
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