Weekly thread~7-8~yes, there're some still here!

[jee'smom]

OK, so it's 2:40am. : (Nic should be getting up soon!) Good news is, sister got married today. My dad called on his cell phone, from Punta Cana, from the reception, and had me talk to my sister and new BIL. However, I think he called me during their first slow dance. : (We were like 'AAAHHHH.... congrats!!!, etc. I LOVE YOU!!!,' etc. and then she said ' Ah, I gotta go, I'm up here doing my first slow dance in front of everybody!') Men are stupid and have horrible timing!

[jee'smom]

I wonder if pillowhead had her baby yet? and I have a feeling that if Clara hasn't had hers, it'll be soon!

[Mel L]

Please, please, please someone tell us you had the 7-7-7 baby! We have a few that are/have been absent.

We were going to be brave and finally take the whole family to church today, but my son is a little under the weather. : I really need to get back to a regular routine, but stuff keeps getting in the way. I am pouring bananas and applesauce into him hoping that his problem will get better.

[luckydog]

I really need to get back to a regular routine

Mel! Bella isn't even a month old yet. Surrender, mama, surrender to the chaos of having a newborn.

There is plenty of time later to worry about a regular routine. For now, just keep letting go. Remember, she's still too young to even bunch her hours predictably. Plus you have another little one throwing off all your best laid plans. She (and your household) will be way more routine-oriented in another month or so. (And hey, for perspective consider that my baby might not even BE here a month from now, just as you'll be phasing into a much easier period of babyhood. )

[supermuma]

Originally Posted by luckydog

(And hey, for perspective consider that my baby might not even BE here a month from now, just as you'll be phasing into a much easier period of babyhood. )

It is so nice to know I am not alone .

I am 36 weeks now...YEAH!--and so over ready to have this baby..which is SO not a good thing to be feeling this early..I was doing fine up until about yesterday....and all of a sudden I just feel miserable and ready to be done. I am sure that part of it is the heat...but, man...I am tired. I keep having to double over from the pain in my cervix, I keep having to get up in the night with intestinal issues ( ), and I am suddenly swollen everywhere...but I still have my wedding ring on..because I can not really get it off very easily ...I also keep dropping things...maybe from the swelling?...I have broken more dishes lately....okay...sorry for the complaining.

Still keeping fingers crossed that babe decides to come on the earlier side like my first two...if it came as early as ds babe would be born next Tuesday ....but for some reason I feel like this one will be hanging out a bit longer than that....not sure why..just a feeling.

Taking my evening primrose and drinking lots of Red Rasp. leaf tea..for whatever those are worth. I want to walk--but it is so HOT....I am going to have to force myself though.

[Lissybug]

I hope Benji feels better soon Mel.

Luckydog- I appreciate what you just wrote about surrendering. I don't even have my newborn yet, but know that I had a hard time with the upheaval last time, and I've been trying to picture myself letting go this time around. It is comforting for some reason to read your words. They remind me of what I'll need to do.

Keri- so now that your sister's wedding is over that means she likely will be able to be at your birth? Yay! know you were really hoping for that.

I'm 41 weeks tomorrow. No *luck* yesterday. Oh well, I guess it's nice that now we won't share our anniversary with one kids birthday.

[BrownEyed]

So my milk came in last night. That was the oddest experience ever. I was sitting there watching Harry Potter with DH(we're geeks), babe was nestled in between his legs, and all the sudden it felt like my boobs fell asleep and then woosh it came out my cleavage. DH almost peed himself laughing at my milky distress.

Hope everyone has a good day. It's going to be about 80 here today, which is surprising because it's been yucky lately. Hope you ladies in the heat waves stay cool.

[supermuma]

And I got my rings off!!! Yeah!!

...Now what do I do with them until I give birth...I really don't like having them off ..but I just don't think I can handle putting them back on....

[indigo_sue]

Oh, I'm so glad there are other moms here who aren't due until later this month. I'm due on the 27th and I've been kind of avoiding the DDC because everyone's popping out babies left and right! I don't want to start getting antsy about it because I'm quite content with this little bean on the inside - he's QUIET this way, and I can SLEEP.

I have one week of work left and I'm so looking forward to Friday. It's been over a decade since I had more than a week off work at one time and wasn't travelling somewhere that involved stress/packing/mess/upheaval. It's going to be SO nice to nest!

[Mel L]

Originally Posted by luckydog

Mel! Bella isn't even a month old yet. Surrender, mama, surrender to the chaos of having a newborn.

There is plenty of time later to worry about a regular routine. For now, just keep letting go. Remember, she's still too young to even bunch her hours predictably. Plus you have another little one throwing off all your best laid plans. She (and your household) will be way more routine-oriented in another month or so. (And hey, for perspective consider that my baby might not even BE here a month from now, just as you'll be phasing into a much easier period of babyhood. )

If it weren't for the fact that Benji has forgotten how to act around other children, I would totally agree with you. I, however, am afraid that he is turning into a sweet bully (he means well, but he hugs too often and too hard). He is a little more gentle with Bella, but that is because we are almost always holding her. I don't need a full routine, but time with other kids would be very good for him! If we could just get to church, storytime, or playtime once a week, that would help him and me. It is funny that you said she shouldn't be here yet. Dh and I (and the kids...feels so strange to say that) went grocery shopping and out to dinner with his folks yesterday. Of course, we got the how old from a bunch of people. I was wearing her in the sling so she looked really small and scrunched up. For some reason, I had to tell people that she was 3 1/2 weeks old, but she is due this week.

She is seriously getting big though! I am starting to phase out the newborn diapers because the tabs are getting too short. I am so glad that I had them though because she barely fit in them when she was born. Benji wore the nb for 6 whole weeks, but my baby girl will be out of them before 5...I think.

Jo- Isn't that the strangest feeling? Let the milk flow!
Keri- Sorry you missed the wedding, and, yes, men have been known to have terrible timing! They do get it right once in a blue moon though.

Good luck to all you mommies-to-be! I think that, by the time some of you have yours, a lot of people will be back ready to hear some new news!

I think everyone is finally down for a nap so I am off to take one, too. I have been sitting here on Benji potty patrol. He is almost completly potty trained, but now he thinks he needs to get up 20 times during a nap. He can't clean himself that great right now so we have to help when he poops in the potty, and he "forgets" to tell us. I would have never thought that I would be so happy to wipe poop off my child's butt!

[~Demeter~]

Originally Posted by jee'smom

OK, so it's 2:40am. : (Nic should be getting up soon!) Good news is, sister got married today. My dad called on his cell phone, from Punta Cana, from the reception, and had me talk to my sister and new BIL. However, I think he called me during their first slow dance. : (We were like 'AAAHHHH.... congrats!!!, etc. I LOVE YOU!!!,' etc. and then she said ' Ah, I gotta go, I'm up here doing my first slow dance in front of everybody!') Men are stupid and have horrible timing!

Did you edit that part about me waking up soon in after you originally posted because I swear I woke around 3-ish read a couple threads, this one included and totally missed that. I was thinking yes men are stupid and have horrible timing.

Originally Posted by jee'smom

I wonder if pillowhead had her baby yet? and I have a feeling that if Clara hasn't had hers, it'll be soon!

I have a feeling Clara is going to go soon as well... she's been rather quiet the past few days and I keep checking to see if she or her buddy have any news for us.


DH didn't get his 7-7-7 baby, as uncomfortable as I have been the past week I was definitely willing to go yesterday eventhough I vehemently said I would cross my legs and hold her in if she chose to come that day. I had a dream last night that I had some bloody show... I wish that was significant. It would have been nice to wake up to that this morning.

[bdavis337]

Mel, I hear ya on the routine thing. My kids are going to FLIP if I can't keep some semblance of a routine going here when Baby arrives. I'll surrender to the chaos as long as I can, but MT simply will not allow me to slip off the deep end into Babymooning. Even just getting up and going to church helps me feel like I have a normal life that includes things outside my house! It's probably ALL I'll do for a good while (church and this MEGA indoor playground I just discovered!), but I'll definetly need it.

[50ftQueenie]

Hi, y'all. Just checking in. I haven't really posted since Baby was born...imagine...
He is such a good boy! He loves to nurse (very, very often) and have his hair brushed. He has some kind of crazy rash on his chest, so he may be off for his first doctor visit tomorrow. I thought it might just be heat rash (it was 105' yesterday), but now it's nice and cool, and he still has it.

I hope you are doing well. I have to say I'm so glad to not be pregnant anymore.: Take care of yourselves.

[luckydog]

I don't need a full routine, but time with other kids would be very good for him! If we could just get to church, storytime, or playtime once a week, that would help him and me.

That makes sense, Mel - I'm sorry, I wasn't meaning to lecture you at all - just wanted to make sure you don't push yourself too much!

As far as routines go, we'll have only limited chaos here because of school starting. I am really expecting DH and his mama (and the big kids, who are old enough to assume at least some responsibility for themselves) to help pick up my slack during the first weeks, though. And it will help that I have a few weeks off from working at least.

[DoulaClara]

Sorry about no updates. There's kind of no news- still in a holding pattern here. I've got about 5 days to go before my due date, and I keep having random contractions that go nowhere, little gushes of fluid that I can't figure out, and random periods of crazy. 3:30 AM I was wide awake and feeling MANIC. Like, Superman on crack. I walked around, ate and drank, watched stupid early AM TV (Fresh Prince of Bel Air, anyone? Magic Bullet commercial?) Took a shower to try to calm the heck down, and then just rested from 5 until DH got up to get ready for church. All day I've been shaky and just weird.

Now I also feel crabby and antsy. I think I've made such a cozy home in there that the baby will want to stay a loooooooooong time. Contractions? Nahhh. He or she will just hang onto a rib, and enjoy the extra squeeze. I'm going to try to relax and talk to the baby tonight, and do some soul searching to see if there are any kinds of mental hang-ups that are causing this start-stop-start thing. I don't think I'd be this mental if I was 5 days pre-due date, and nothing was going on at all.

Clara

[phathui5]

Still pregnant here. I'm not "due" until the 29th. Though there's something about sitting in church that makes me have contractions. It happened last Sunday too, but not as much as this week. I swear I had contractions every four minutes during the sermon today. Not fun. Now of course, I'm fine. But this morning I thought I might have a baby today.

[jee'smom]

Originally Posted by Lissybug

Luckydog- I appreciate what you just wrote about surrendering. I don't even have my newborn yet, but know that I had a hard time with the upheaval last time, and I've been trying to picture myself letting go this time around. It is comforting for some reason to read your words. They remind me of what I'll need to do.

Keri- so now that your sister's wedding is over that means she likely will be able to be at your birth? Yay! know you were really hoping for that.

Yeah, but it's easier, mentally, the second time around; I thought so anyway. With my first, I was an emotional wreck. I felt like I couldn't get my life together, no semblance of a routine (I'm not a big routine person anyway), but with the second, as we were driving home from the hospital, I told my dh that I felt like we went for chinese takeout instead of a baby. I brought him in, I parked him on the kitchen floor and proceeded to make everyone lunch.

My sister lives in Colorado, so although I'd love her to be there, she won't. It's my mom I'm waiting for. She'll be home on the 10th. (Say prayers Kalia holds off in coming until she's home!)

Nic~ I think I did edit that and add you a couple of minutes later. I was right... you were up!

Clara~ that same thing happened to me last night! I felt so antsy and nervous feeling. I was actually wondering if it meant I was going to go into labor, but I didn't.

Supermuma~ when I go out in public, I wear my wedding ring on my other hand's pinky finger.

[jee'smom]

Originally Posted by Mel L

Keri- Sorry you missed the wedding, and, yes, men have been known to have terrible timing! They do get it right once in a blue moon though.

Kalia's proof of that!

[bdavis337]

It IS easier the second time around! Well, at least routine=wise. I'm nervous about have 2 small ones this time, instead of a 4 yo and a baby. Handling MT and a baby will be a very interesting task!

Clara, don't mess with me! I happen to really enjoy infomercial tv, and I most especially enjoy the Magic Bullet. Yep, I'm a freak.

[DoulaClara]

Bethany- "Nachos, anyone?" The acting in that commercial... well, it's sublime!

Clara