April 20 - May Thread - Page 3

[MamaFae]

Originally Posted by slightly crunchy

Nym and Mamafae (and anyone else) -- you mentioned you are dyeing prefolds and onesies. What kind of dye do you use for that? I think I want to do this, too.

I am just planing on using Rit. Nothing fancy. Just something other than white. As for the prefolds, this will be my first time doing it and I need to research that a bit more.

Nym have you done prefolds before? I heard you have to use special dye or do something special so that the dye doesn't bleed due to the urine.

Blessings,
N~

[seren]

Here is what my handout on black cohosh says. My midwife gave it to me.

First day- 15 drops 1 time
Second day - 15 drops twice a day
Third day- 15 drops 3 times
fourth day- 15 drops 4 times
Fifth day- 25 drops one time
Sixth day- 25 drops 2 times
Seventh day- 25 drops 3 times
Eigth day- 25 drops 4 tims

Continue 25 drops 4 times a day until birth.

[nym]

I used Dylon cold water dye. It holds the color well

I did it yesterday, so here are my pics!

prefolds
shirts 1
shirts 2
shirts 3

[Marlet]

Isn't it blue cohosh that gets contractions started? From what I've read the black cohosh is a pain killer and regulates the contractions. Am I wrong?

[annakiss]

I've taken both cohashes to get labor started. Blue is what's supposed to really do it, I guess though. I wouldn't do it again, however, as after all my impatience with DS I have learned that it all happens when it's ready to anyhow. Cohash never did anything for me. We even did a whole home induction with the cohashes alternated with foot massage and nipple stim. I even did castor oil. Nothing at all ever helped.

[Marlet]

Glad to hear I got it right! I only bought the blue and have used it all. I think it's worked but nothing I can say exactly is directly from it. We'll see what happens tonight.

[CaliMommie]

Guess I'll go pick up some blue cohosh tomorrow after Farmer's Market. My mom had her masectomy today, so I am going to go visit her for a bit as well. Tonight I mopped all the floors, scrubbed down the bathroom walls, made a pot roast w/gravy for dinner & apple crisp for desert. Partly nesting & partly so I wouldn't worry about my mom. I think I'll make my mom (& dad & brother & sister) a pot roast dinner for Sunday night so my mom doesn't have to worry aboiut it. That is, of course if Myla hasn't made an appearance yet!

[slightly crunchy]

Nym, those look great! Can you get the Dylon at a regular store? I am going out to do my final run tonight of "stuff" I need to get ready for the baby, so I will look for it. I discovered I only have two pairs of socks left over from ds that actually match, so maybe I will get some white ones and dye those.

AmiBeth, Glad your mom came through the surgery okay. It is nice that you live nearby and can be there. Don't forget to put your feet up once in a while. When does she start the chemo? I remember a while back you were worried about her missing the birth.

[MamaFae]

Originally Posted by nym

I used Dylon cold water dye. It holds the color well

I did it yesterday, so here are my pics!

prefolds
shirts 1
shirts 2
shirts 3

wow! Those look awesome. Now I can't wait to do the prefolds!

[nym]

You should be able to. I know walmart carries it, infact so does my grocery store..

If you are doing just solid colors mix the fix in with the color, makes them more vibrant. I find prefolds are easier to just do solid colors anyways. The t-shirts I just dip dyed. Easy peasy!

I just finished scrubbing my kitchen floor on my hands and knees! My back hurts now, but my kitchen looks great!

[CaliMommie]

slightly crunchy~ She starts chemo in two weeks. Hopefully Myla will come after Monday & before my mom starts her chemo! I have a doula, though (she's an MDC mama) who has been very generous & flexible about taking me on as a client at the last minute. We know each other through LLL.

[seren]

I am so tired. I got up early. Cleaned a bit, washed Madalyn's clothes. GOt my family up. We went to the car seat safety check and got 3 new car seats. I didn't think they would give us one for Madadlyn, but they did. Went to my sisters bridal shower. Came home, cleaned some more, and took a nap. I've been in the bathroom all day again. I'm so ready. I hope something starts soon.

[nym]

I washed the floor on my hands and knees today. Now I feel all crampy and indigestiony. Actually kinda crappy all around!

[Velvet005]

hmmm..... I wonder what could be looming ...? My mother said she scrubbed the floor on her hands and knees the day before she went into labor with me!!!

Not much is going on with me except I keep having these weird pains in my upper inner thighs where my leg connects to my pelvis. I'll be fine then BAM I'll feel like I am going to fall down because of this pain. It's weird. Think I'll ask the main pregnancy board about it...........

[Marlet]

Ahhhh my house is finally clean! I went with the flow tonight for a change and cleaned my house top to bottom. I kicked the dog outside and swept every floor and wiped down all the counters and washed all the glass in the house. Laundry is caught up, folded and put away finally. I have let clean clothes sit floded in a lump on the floor for about a week now. I have one load left and am working on bedding (for both us and the dog). I am almost done sewing. I am such a genius sometimes I don't know what to do with myself! :LOL Actually I just got fed up with the crappy instructions for this pattern and set about doing it myself. Things are turning out pretty nice! (minus the dust ruffle....I hate those things to begin with so making it was a PITA). I would like to freeze some food but I think if I were to start cooking right now DH would think I had gone batty! It's a quarter to eleven our time so I know if I started I would tire out quick. I have some weird energy going. I am tired and if I sit down I could easily stay but just as easily I am getting up and doing what needs to be done. I think I'll go for a walk here soon (dragging DH along). We went for one last night and it felt so good! I wanted to go again once we got the dog home but DH didn't want to and we ended up falling asleep. I almost wonder if things would have moved along last night had I gone for another one. Things were looking up before we went to sleep. I just wasn't about to go by myself and the dog is a little eager to go for walks so I can't control him very easy by myself nixing that idea. PLEASE baby come out already!

[CaliMommie]

I went to Farmer's Market w/my cousin today & then we walked to a local co-op for lunch (6 blocks each way). It was sprinkling, but pretty nice out. Tonight I talked DH into "extracurricular activity" which I am hoping will help things along. :LOL When I mopped yesterday it was down on my hands & knees too~ made me very crampy both last night & today, and today my knees were aching. I am SO ready for Myla to be here. I am a bit worried about not really having anyone to help me with the other 2 once she's here. I know my Grandparent's will watch them when I'm in labor & actually giving birth, but I don't know who is going to watch them the rest of the time I am in the hospital & I am overwhelmed by the thought of having all three of them by myself the first day I am home. DH can't take off of work (unless we don't want to pay our bills) so I am hoping my 19 year-old sister will be able to get time off of work. I know it will all work out, I'm just trying not to worry about it until I need to.

[Debstmomy]

Hello Ladies!! Wow only 6 more days until May!!! OMG! That just sort of freaked me out!

So many of you are really scrubbing your floors. That cleaning bug has not really hit me yet. I have been getting things organized for baby. That is all the cleaning I am doing right now. I do need to mop, perhaps next week. I am learning to knit, & that is much more exciting than cleaning! Anyone else making crafty things for baby?

Dh finally built our babys bed. http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLan...de%3Dtrue&Ux=0 I think it is beautiful. I am so excited.

Went to a planning meeting for the upcoming LLL conference I am working on. They threw me little baby shower. That was so nice. I was not expecting it at all. I did get a couple gender neutral things, that was nice.

Last night I see many of us had very active babies. Here too. Then I had a really wierd sensation on the upper left side of my belly. Not sure what it was. A very sharp pain, & it drove me nuts until I ate & then it went away. Gas maybe? Who knows.

I am curious as to what carriers you all are choosing. I am sure we have talked about it before. I know I will have a Taylor Made batik & I am looking into a moby wrap. Anyone here use one?

Have a great sunday. I see the midwife tomorrow. I am excited for that. I like going!

[Marlet]

Finally got everything done! At 2 in the morning but it's done!

Woke up last night to go to the bathroom and had a pinched nerve in my lower back. It was so bad I was gripping the sink to keep from crying. I couldn't sit or stand! I was in this weird crouch pose trying to apply pressure. That was the most awkward pee I've ever had! :LOL DH is finally going to work on my back for me now. I don't want to have that nerve still pinched if and when labor starts. That would kill me!!!! On the plus side though I'm getting my back worked on. I can't wait! I am really hoping the moon helps things along tonight.

After I went to bed last night I was thinking about everyone mopping their floors lately and I realized I hand dried my bathroom floor! That was quite the sight to see. I'm surprised I didn't pass out from exhaustion last night! How's everyone feeling this morning/afternoon?

[mightymoo]

I'm so envious! I have no energy most of the time and at night I'm in too much hip pain to do anything. My house is a total pit, but I just don't have the motivation / energy to clean it. I think I'm probably also thinking of how I cleaned my whole house at about 37 weeks in preparation for my daughter - who wasn't born for another 5 weeks! It will never last that long :LOL

[udonandbroth]

Gosh I can't believe all you ladies going crazy on your floors. I just can't get inspired to clean our apartment. I did get inspired to move the dining room table and zabutons to the living room and turn the EIK area into a play space for the kids (well I had the idea, at least, probably do it this afternoon when A. takes her nap) I was going over some of my old fengshui notes and realized that we should so totally NOT have our dining table in the Northeast. God, how could I have missed that?

I still have SO much to do and no money to do it with. I have been inspired to do laundry, though. I need about $20 more in quarters just to get everything clean, though. I want to wash everything in the house: all the quilts, back log of sheets, zabuton covers, couch covers, etc. I want more fabric so that I can sew more summer kids clothes and wool for other little projects to keep my hands busy. Money is coming, though. Misha is working like a dog trying to keep us going and I am grateful for that. Other wise I have been totaly bored. Yesterday I had a total break down because I have been having trouble sleeping. When I don't sleep I feel just like a zombie all day long and yet I still have to do all the mom stuff. It's so horrible. Last night I was kind of freaking out bc/ I couldn't sleep but luckily I was able to sleep in today and I feel ok right now.

Misha is going to Miami on Wed. for a "Think Tank" conference (he's going to start working part-time for a local Institute doing the fund raising soon) so I am a little nervous about that. I had asked some of our friends to stay over with me while he will be away but they are going to be out of town, too. So some other friends in NJ are on call. Luckily they are only about 35-40 mins away. But god, I so totally do not want to have this baby without my loving husband there to at least get the first look at the baby and take the first video/photos... So just stay where you are baby!

Nym- those diapers and tshirts are beautiful! I've used Rit in the past on various article of clothing and it seems to wash out eventually (and turn the rest of the laundry different shades of purple/blue/red/etc. depending on the detergent that I was using) Will have to look into the dye that you're using (you mentioned it but can't remember the name at the moment)

I also got a card in the mail yesterday inviting me to a lunch/tea in honor of me May 7th! cutting it kind of close! I am just happy that my friends are having something for me, though. It makes me feel so loved. The invitation doesn't actually mention the word "shower" but I hope everyone will read between the lines. And it's not like I am registered anywhere but I'm hoping for gift certificates, child care vouchers and meal vouchers.