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post #1481 of 1645
1/30/07 at 1:49am
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Originally Posted by mommitola View Post
Well, was it a boy? :
ROFLMAO

Sarah- I wonder if there will be a post tomorrow about Jackson!!

BFmama: G/A is Granola Ambassador. We are all over the board. Mimid mama of triplets is also one. We basically have assigned areas and help out the mods with their jobs. We also post (like I have) some gentle reminders of a ua violation or report if a thread is out of hand or has the potential.
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post #1482 of 1645
1/30/07 at 5:00am
Sarah - give Jackson a message for me. Tell him, Candice voted for Feb. 2, keep it together man! Wait it out, wait it out.

Anywho, baby's first cold, so exciting! Where's the sticker for that one that can put in the baby book? Seriously, though, poor baby. She is miserable. But it's not nearly as bad as Tania's first cold.
post #1483 of 1645
1/30/07 at 8:54am
yay! Marlow only woke up once last night!

I convinced Lee that he is pushing it too much to have her pottied through the night already. I actually got some sleep!

Thank you everyone for your warm words. Although I think it is different for others I was posting less not because I was offended by anyone's comments...but for me it was just that I felt a lost of community or group spirit.

I remember reading this somewhere...maybe it was here! when I read things that I don't agree with or someone has seemed to have gone bonkers...to try to remember to AP each other as we would our children. I do this with my husband too and he the same to me. The affection (infection ) runs rampant in our household.

ok, ramble ramble...

Yay Sarah!

oh and the monster cake is awesome...I think I keep forgetting to post that.
post #1484 of 1645
1/30/07 at 9:56am
Sarah, I was laying there thinking of you last night when I couldn't sleep...hope you are holding that little boy now!! (Or soon).
post #1485 of 1645
1/30/07 at 10:25am
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Originally Posted by Amys1st View Post

I am sorry if my nicu talk bothered anyone, but most of you mamas were there with me 100% of the time I spent there. Also, two of the mamas who post here regularly also were involved in a similiar situation. We normally all post over in the nicu forum but sometimes it gets into this chat..

No, it wasn't the talk of peoples specific NICU experiances that bothered me, it is my own issues. Surprisingly enough, there is life outside of MDC that sometimes us other posters have to deal with.
post #1486 of 1645
1/30/07 at 10:30am
Waiting for Sarah news!

Crankosaur is much better today. We had awesome sleep. She only had one dose of Camilia. I think I slept through an entire nursing. I woke up with my top up. It was either her or aliens.

I hope Talula feels better! We just holed up and nursed our way through Harper's first cold. And lots of steam baths while playing with the baby in the mirror.
post #1487 of 1645
1/30/07 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by mommitola View Post
Crankosaur is much better today. We had awesome sleep. She only had one dose of Camilia. I think I slept through an entire nursing. I woke up with my top up. It was either her or aliens.
oh gosh! I really hope aliens aren't after breast milk!

I'm glad your crankosaurus is feeling better....I thought you wrote canker-sore (sp?) at first!
post #1488 of 1645
1/30/07 at 11:15am
Still here, still pregnant.

By the time we got to the hospital and up to our room, at about 11:15, contractions were 4 minutes apart, I was 1cm and 75% effaced, -1 station.

Then at 2am I was 2cm, fell asleep, and by 8am hadn't had any contractions for several hours. It just stopped. So now we wait, and I sit at 2cm.

Sorry.
post #1489 of 1645
1/30/07 at 11:28am
I haven't figured out multiple quotes yet, so in response to a few questions/comments:

Thanks, everyone.

SIL turned 14 in September and is now almost 17 weeks pregnant. Her boyfriend is 15. His family is thrilled. They're from Mexico, *very* religious, and refused to entertain an abortion. His mom was married and pregnant at 15. Since SIL didn't want an abortion either (although MIL did), this works out well for her, because I think (hope) they'll be a good source of emotional support.

MIL is frantic with worry. SIL only had her cycle for 3 months and is tiny -- under 5 feet tall, no hips yet. DH's whole family are late bloomers; dh and his other sister didn't hit full physical maturity until 17-18. She's afraid SIL is going to die in childbirth. I told her if it came to that, that's where c-sections can be a good thing, but I'm trying to find some research on very young moms to help her figure out what the real risks are rather than letting her imagination run wild.

SIL's bf is standing by her, so far. She's encouraging him to take all his harder classes this semester so when the baby comes he has a little more free time. He's also lined up a job at Burger King . . . to start when he turns legal to work. So it seems like they're thinking ahead (now, anyway).

She's going to take another term or two at school and then switch to a school-provided home tutor for the rest of the semester. She's due July 12.

Right now they want to keep the baby. I don't know how things are going to play out when the baby comes. I don't know if one of them will move in to the other one's parent's house. I don't know how they'll parent. I don't know if they'll stay together. It's just such a weird situation. Even two years later it would be easier to suss out -- at 16 they could both legally work, go for a GED or at least be closer to finishing school (they're only in 9th grade!), drive . . . right now they're CHILDREN and very dependent on the adults around them.

BF's parents have expressed an interest in adopting the baby if that's what SIL and BF decide to do. DH and I talked about it and we are also willing. We aren't planning on having any more biological children, but we can always make room for family, you know? We don't know bf's family but we want to get to know them. My concerns are that they don't have anyone home for the baby right now -- it would be patchwork care as various family members were around. We could offer a FT parent, breastfeeding, protection from circ, an AP environment . . . things that might not matter to a court, but matter to us. Am I being judgmental? Probably. But like I said, I don't know this family and that definitely needs to happen before we even talk about who could best care for the baby if SIL and BF decide to place him/her for adoption. Right now they both very much want to keep this baby and raise him/her together.

So right now I'm just trying to give her as much support as possible and help her educate herself about birth and parenting.

. . .

To top matters off, dh's grandma died yesterday. :
post #1490 of 1645
1/30/07 at 11:28am
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Originally Posted by sehbub View Post
Still here, still pregnant.

By the time we got to the hospital and up to our room, at about 11:15, contractions were 4 minutes apart, I was 1cm and 75% effaced, -1 station.

Then at 2am I was 2cm, fell asleep, and by 8am hadn't had any contractions for several hours. It just stopped. So now we wait, and I sit at 2cm.

Sorry.
Aw Sarah
post #1491 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:06pm
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earthmama sarah- sorry about all this! If needed I know a few couples in the Chicago area willing to adopt and do all this. Man, I have friends who cannot conceive and then stuff like this happensIts a strange world!

Another weird thing, I consider myself not a clutter person. Well, not so! The amount of stuff we are getting out of our home for the sale is amazing! And we dont hoard etc so I cannot imagine what other people have. The house goes on the market this week. We already have one couple looking at it this Thurday or even before. Once I have links, I will show you guys.
post #1492 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by Amys1st View Post
Another weird thing, I consider myself not a clutter person. Well, not so! The amount of stuff we are getting out of our home for the sale is amazing! And we dont hoard etc so I cannot imagine what other people have. The house goes on the market this week. We already have one couple looking at it this Thurday or even before. Once I have links, I will show you guys.
When we did the 500 declutter challenge I was shocked at how much junk I had lying around. 500 seemed like such a small amount once I really got into it. I always thought we weren't hoarders as well.
post #1493 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:16pm
Sarah, . But selfishly, I'm glad. I voted for February 21 (I think?)

Amy, I look forward to seeing those pictures. Congrats on the house!

Heather (was it heather?) I keep forgetting to tell you, that monster cake was awesome.

Sarah (Earthmama), you really put it into perspective when you say she is in 9th grade. : I hope all of this works out well, at least as well as can be expected. And I am sorry to hear about your DH's grandmother.

I finally updated my blog.

Helen-- how is your elimination diet going? Is Harper seeming better?
Lindsay-- has Marlow come back to the breast? How are things going? (I am sorry if this is a difficult topic...)

Off to work. Missing Philip already.

Where are Lisa (Mearaina) and Lisa (Ecomama)?

What is the 500 declutter challenge?
post #1494 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Selesai View Post
Lindsay-- has Marlow come back to the breast? How are things going? (I am sorry if this is a difficult topic...)

What is the 500 declutter challenge?
She is not back to nursing yet. She gets really upset when I try to bring her near. But she is very interested in watching her little friends nurse.

I am watching another MDC-mama's baby for an evening soon and the mama has offered to let me nurse her babe if she gets upset....so we're thinking that will add to Marlow's nursing curiousity I really hope it does. I am grateful for my pump but I hate it as well.

The declutter challenge was to be rid of 500 items within a month. It's a fun goal. You can recycle, sell, donate, whatever with the items...just keep track of how many....Amy would be able to explain it more though.
post #1495 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:48pm
500 clutter chalange sounds good I read sink refections by ? and I started small like 25 items a day,kids stuff mostly they come home with so much stuff!: I try to do 5-10 items a room per day. put them were they go or junk it!
post #1496 of 1645
1/30/07 at 12:49pm
SARAH- you called it!:
post #1497 of 1645
1/30/07 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by AlbertaJes View Post
Sorry ladies, last night was just really bad for me...
Sorry Kessa. That sounds really rough. It's hard when you feel you don't have any help or support. Wish we all lived closer to each other!

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Originally Posted by sehbub View Post
Still here, still pregnant.
Hey, you're making progress!! That is good - the more you dilate and efface now, the less work you'll have to do in actual labor! (Plus, um, I voted for late Feb. so I have a vested interest )

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Originally Posted by earthmama369 View Post
SIL turned 14 in September and is now almost 17 weeks pregnant. . . .

To top matters off, dh's grandma died yesterday. :
Wow, that is a challenging situation. She's lucky to have you as a positive influence on mothering! I can't imagine being pg so young - but at least it sounds like they have some family support and somewhat of a plan.

Sorry for the loss of DH's grandma.

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Originally Posted by mommitola View Post
I woke up with my top up. It was either her or aliens.
Hey, those same aliens strike here very often!

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Originally Posted by Amys1st View Post
Another weird thing, I consider myself not a clutter person. Well, not so! The amount of stuff we are getting out of our home for the sale is amazing! And we dont hoard etc so I cannot imagine what other people have. The house goes on the market this week. We already have one couple looking at it this Thurday or even before. Once I have links, I will show you guys.
Yeah, I want to see the listing! It was pretty exciting when we saw our listing online. And it sold in 5 days so that was nice! Hope yours goes fast too! It cuts so much stress out once you have it under contract!

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Originally Posted by medicmama View Post
500 clutter chalange sounds good I read sink refections by ? and I started small like 25 items a day,kids stuff mostly they come home with so much stuff!: I try to do 5-10 items a room per day. put them were they go or junk it!
Isn't Sink Reflections by that FlyLady woman? I signed up for her email reminders and bought some of her stuff but I am terrible, I couldn't keep up with it and gave up :

I am so bad about clutter. I have to get rid of stuff but it's so hard for me - I am notorious for boxing stuff up and putting it in the garage to get rid of, and then getting up in the middle of the night and going back and getting it because I changed my mind!

I have no idea how, but Andrew is sleeping through two guys laying hardwood floor. They have these HUGE saws and wood staplers and sanders and every time they do another plank the whole house practically shakes - but he hasn't moved :
post #1498 of 1645
1/30/07 at 1:14pm
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Originally Posted by earthmama369 View Post
To top matters off, dh's grandma died yesterday. :


So sorry to hear of your loss sarah. My thouts are with you and your family.
post #1499 of 1645
1/30/07 at 1:20pm
medicmama I am almost afraid to ask but what does your DDDDC mean??
post #1500 of 1645
1/30/07 at 1:27pm
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Howdy folks... I am sick. Yeah! I feel like I have been hit by a truck and J slept horribly so that didn't help at all. I have to send an application out and then I am going back to bed. I took advantage of daycare and dropped the boys off so I could get some sleep. I know, I'm terrible...

Selsai/Jessica, I know circ is a strong subject and a lot of folks get, um, disgruntled, when talking about it. But unfortunately, we are not all perfect and we all do things that we may regret, especially when we are harped on by drs. If you need any info to help you, just let me know. I'm there for ya... I wanted to delay J's vax schedule and let someone (doc) talk me into starting it sooner than I wished. Yeah, well, don't think I am going back to the dr, really gotta find a new one... So yeah, we do what we can...

Sarah/Earthmama~ Your SIL is doing a very brave thing and yes, it means that she is going to grow up kind of early, but if she had an abortion, she would too. Unfortunately, that is the nature of early pregnancy. You are doing an awesome job in supporting her and I will keep you all in my thoughts/prayers. And I am sorry about your dh's grandmother. You all are having a rough month....

Teething sucks.

Sarah/sehbub~ Jackson can't come til the 8th. And don't be sorry! That babe will come when that babe is ready and we will be here cheering you on the whole time, even if it takes another 3 weeks.

Kessa~If I lived in Canada I would so be there helping you Hang in there mama and come vent to us anytime.

RE: truth, I felt uncomfortable with the Catholic bashing. That may not have been anyone's intent, but that was the feeling that I got. I know that in our society ragging on christians is kind of free game, but it still makes me uncomfortable. My feeling is if you would not say a similar thing to a jew or an african american or any other ethnicity, please try to be respectful of christianity as well. I felt like we were attacking people personally. We don't have to agree and I think we can even express that disagreement with someone's comment, just if we could keep it from become a personal attack? I truly feel we are all trying to be as supportive of each other as possible, no matter if we don't agree on the way to support.... I'm sorry if that offends anyone...

And Lindsey, I have the same fear about typing something and being put on someone's ignore list (now let's see if I can hit send this time cause yesterday I um, deleted like 3 messages
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