Chaz Moms and Moms-to-Be Chat (everyone welcome)
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I'm 40w3d... SO ready to have this baby. My midwife stripped my membranes on Thursday and nothing has happened. I've had some type of flu over the weekend which has been terrible. On Thursday I'll get my membranes stripped again, and on Friday I have to go for a bio-physical ultrasound to make sure everything is still okay with baby. I'm really hoping I go into labor before then!
29 is a good age! I'm 29 and I feel that waiting to have a baby really allowed me to do a lot of things with my life and my husband first. We are still going to travel and do the things we've always done, but it's really nice we were able to have a lot of our own adventures first
Everleigh is adorable! The toddler stage looks like a ton of fun
RD, congrats! How far along are you? I hope that you feel better soon with both the nausea and the mourning. It's very normal to mourn the loss of your "old" life... I think it's something we all do. ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))
29 is a good age! I'm 29 and I feel that waiting to have a baby really allowed me to do a lot of things with my life and my husband first. We are still going to travel and do the things we've always done, but it's really nice we were able to have a lot of our own adventures first
Everleigh is adorable! The toddler stage looks like a ton of fun
RD, congrats! How far along are you? I hope that you feel better soon with both the nausea and the mourning. It's very normal to mourn the loss of your "old" life... I think it's something we all do. ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))
And this week we have.... *drum roll*
Heart palpitations!!!!
Being pregnant is fun!! I'm loving all the changes, even the not so fun ones, but Id still prefer them to stop now please. Why do these things always start 2 days after you see the midwife and not 2 days before?!
They seem to start after I eat but I had them a lot in bed last night, and I've had them mildly these evening too... Not like omg I'm having a heart attack kind of palpitations, more like there's a steam train chugging in my chest.
Jessie - are you holding off being induced? I would too.... Was discussing that today funnily enough. Baby will be with you soon enough!
Heart palpitations!!!!
Being pregnant is fun!! I'm loving all the changes, even the not so fun ones, but Id still prefer them to stop now please. Why do these things always start 2 days after you see the midwife and not 2 days before?!
They seem to start after I eat
but I had them a lot in bed last night, and I've had them mildly these evening too... Not like omg I'm having a heart attack kind of palpitations, more like there's a steam train chugging in my chest.Jessie - are you holding off being induced? I would too.... Was discussing that today funnily enough. Baby will be with you soon enough!
Due to my pcos, I really am not sure of the date of my last period. I had a half day of extremely light spotting in late May, so the doctors office determined that I conceived after that. I disagree with the assessment but my insurance will not cover an ultrasound for another month.
As of now I have a due date of March 2015.
As of now I have a due date of March 2015.
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Heart palpitations were far worse than the morning sickness for me. Ugh. The doctor said drinking a ton of water would help (like 3+ liters a day) but it didn't.
Rd, I'm surprised the dr made that assumption! Spotting is really common in early pregnancy and it could have been implantation bleeding, I think.
I had Lillian a few days shy of my 23rd birthday. I still sometimes feel like a really going mom, even though I'm not that young.
Rd, I'm surprised the dr made that assumption! Spotting is really common in early pregnancy and it could have been implantation bleeding, I think.
I had Lillian a few days shy of my 23rd birthday. I still sometimes feel like a really going mom, even though I'm not that young.
Yeah pretty sure that doesn't happen till its born lol. I am 33 and feel like a kid. We are both like big kids and we don't plan to change!!!! I also don't plan to change my life to fit in with a child. We will just adapt what and where we can.
We like going to festivals and we are going to buy a caravan rather than slum it in a tent. Kids are portable and they're not made of glass. They won't melt.
Life isn't ending it's just altering. Every one who knows me know I'm not a grown up..... I never plan to be either!! Kids or not.
how many weeks are you??
We like going to festivals and we are going to buy a caravan rather than slum it in a tent. Kids are portable and they're not made of glass. They won't melt.
Life isn't ending it's just altering. Every one who knows me know I'm not a grown up..... I never plan to be either!! Kids or not.
how many weeks are you??
LOL Dizzy, same here. That's why Hannah and I relate so well... we're really the same age :rofl1:
kids are very portable and they are actually kinda bouncy. not fragile at all lol. We take a lot of road trips so Hannah has been road tripping it since she was a few months old. I attribute her being a great car traveler now to her early long road trip experience lol. I have to worry more about how the dogs than I do about Hannah lol
kids are very portable and they are actually kinda bouncy. not fragile at all lol. We take a lot of road trips so Hannah has been road tripping it since she was a few months old. I attribute her being a great car traveler now to her early long road trip experience lol. I have to worry more about how the dogs than I do about Hannah lol
I'm holding off on being induced until they make me. The longest they'll let me go is 42 weeks, which is next Friday. I really, really hope she comes before then. I'm trying to enjoy my sleep now while I can. Haha.
There are many times where I wonder how I'm mature enough to handle a baby. Haha. We're still going to do the things we want to do and bring her along.
My parents took me on plane trips and car trips from the time I was a few weeks old. We went to Hawaii (12 hour plane ride) when I was 18 months old and my parents said I did great. I've always loved being on a plane and in a car, even now.
I'm hoping that Nora will be a good little traveler as well!
There are many times where I wonder how I'm mature enough to handle a baby. Haha. We're still going to do the things we want to do and bring her along.
My parents took me on plane trips and car trips from the time I was a few weeks old. We went to Hawaii (12 hour plane ride) when I was 18 months old and my parents said I did great. I've always loved being on a plane and in a car, even now.
I'm hoping that Nora will be a good little traveler as well!
Honestly I got the life will change drastically lectures but it really hasn't. We still have all our hobbies and we generally just take Case with us. He is such an easy baby and I think part of it is we did not stress and it's just how it is.
There is nothing I have had to turn down doing since I had him. And he is a ton Of fun. Things will change but they do not have to be so drastic that your life no longer resembles what it was.
We planned him and I still freaked when I found out I was pregnant! Think my husband did till he was here.
There is nothing I have had to turn down doing since I had him. And he is a ton Of fun. Things will change but they do not have to be so drastic that your life no longer resembles what it was.
We planned him and I still freaked when I found out I was pregnant! Think my husband did till he was here.
I will say though....be careful in assuming you will be able to do everything still. I was very happy to be having a child, very ready, etc. Then I had her and she was HARD. She was a super high needs baby and honestly, I really did have to change a lot of my plans...BUT it was still ok. I adjusted, it just took time
I debated saying anything but felt it was needed. I just assumed everything would work out, she would be an easy baby, etc. Hard babies are well, hard.
I debated saying anything but felt it was needed. I just assumed everything would work out, she would be an easy baby, etc. Hard babies are well, hard.
I think it needed to be said! Falon is what I'd call an easy baby but I firmly believe that adhering to a schedule is a huge part of that. And adhering to a schedule means that sometimes I say no, we're going to head home and nap instead of going out to lunch. Sometimes it bothers me that we can't do the occasional fun thing but I feel like it's worth it to keep my happy baby happy. And she's not going to take a nap forever.
I will say that babies are generally easy to do all kinds of things with before six months. They're more willing to sleep wherever you are (most of them anyway). YMMV and all that.
I will say that babies are generally easy to do all kinds of things with before six months. They're more willing to sleep wherever you are (most of them anyway). YMMV and all that.
and see, letting go of a schedule is what I had to do for us I had planned in my head how our days would go, that it would be organized and scheduled (forgetting the fact that I hate schedules too lol) and yeah, no way Lilah was going to go for that
As a newborn she hated being away from home...strangers freaked her out, she hated the car...etc. Once she got older she settled and now at 8 (but really started around 3-4) she is a social butterfly and really easy to do things with.
I had planned in my head how our days would go, that it would be organized and scheduled (forgetting the fact that I hate schedules too lol) and yeah, no way Lilah was going to go for that As a newborn she hated being away from home...strangers freaked her out, she hated the car...etc. Once she got older she settled and now at 8 (but really started around 3-4) she is a social butterfly and really easy to do things with.
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Hard babies are hard. Ev screamed non-stop for the first 6 weeks. Then she just stopped. Or I figured out what she wanted. Either way, it got easier and easier and most days I wouldn't trade her in for anything. Even on days like yesterday when teething meant trying to drain pasta and hold her at the same time.
Motherhood will really sharpen your multitasking skills.
Motherhood will really sharpen your multitasking skills.