Mid-week randoms

[krystee]

^{My baby comes with a how-to manual! I was just searching the hospital I'll be giving birth at since I've never been there (my doctors recently dropped the local hospital, so I'll be going farther away). There's a 48-page PDF on the maternity services, birth, feeding, baby care, when to call the doctor, sleep expectations, signs to watch for PPD, etc. I'm kind of relieved.}

[orangeglow]

Psh.  My internal manual reads - feed, change, try to not kill husband, try to avoid husband killing me, keep baby alive.

I'll make sure to page you if I have additional concerns!  I hate reading those things.  :-)

[estrellita]

Nice!

I'm overwhelmed with baby right now. I just don't want to make decisions about what car seat/crib/stroller/etc to get. It reminds me of registering for stuff for the wedding but more difficult! Plus trying to figure out where baby's stuff will go is exhausting me. We will figure it out, but I just don't want to deal with it yet. Luckily we have time!

[katie80]

Oct 1, 2014 18:02:04 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Nice!

I'm overwhelmed with baby right now. I just don't want to make decisions about what car seat/crib/stroller/etc to get. It reminds me of registering for stuff for the wedding but more difficult! Plus trying to figure out where baby's stuff will go is exhausting me. We will figure it out, but I just don't want to deal with it yet. Luckily we have time!

I understand how you feel! Our registry took me FOREVER, and I still don't think it's completely done. I just checked it to add something else and notice that several things have already been purchased! I'm shocked because we've only sent the link to a few people (and I just finished it like 2 days ago), but thrilled! Now it's going to be hard not to stalk it non-stop!

Kind of related, a friend offered to throw us a shower today! We live really far from most of our family so I wasn't sure we were going to have one, which would have been fine, of course, but this will be fun. 

[linz]

I'm pretty sure I've been having BH for awhile and just realized it's what they are. I always thought one of the babies was just getting into a weird position causing my belly to get hard, then I sat there thinking that's actually not what it is. Duh. I guess I always thought they'd be more obvious but I remember people saying they aren't painful.

Everyone at work has been saying how small I am for twins. Now all of a sudden they are all "oh you seem to be getting bigger each week". Well no shit. I told you come my last month I'd be growing like crazy!

[shekels1222]

I had 25 minutes of timetable painful contractions this evening. Scared the poop outta me. After a warm bath some Tylenol and deep breathing they let off. Thank god. I'm telling you baby girl stay in there a few more weeks please!

[gretchenindisguise]

I learned this weekend that I can't tell the difference between BH and mild real contractions.

I also talked about l&d a bit with my doctor today. I ended up being induced last time. I'm nervous. I'm not a nervous person.

We are not ready.

And I won't be closer until Columbus Day when I have off and L has school. Surely he'll stay inside until then, right?

[nessness]

Ugh, I am so over being pregnant. On top of being huge and uncomfortable, a bunch of my symptoms from earlier in pregnancy that went away have decided to come back this week (insomnia, heartburn, nausea, congestion...)

While I still wouldn't choose an elective induction, I totally understand now why people do.

Come quickly baby!

[626]

Oct 1, 2014 18:02:04 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Nice!

I'm overwhelmed with baby right now. I just don't want to make decisions about what car seat/crib/stroller/etc to get. It reminds me of registering for stuff for the wedding but more difficult! Plus trying to figure out where baby's stuff will go is exhausting me. We will figure it out, but I just don't want to deal with it yet. Luckily we have time!

I feel the same way.  I delegated some of the research on items to my H (though I'll admit I feel the need to double check what he chooses!).
My goal is to finish it by Saturday.  I'm hoping I can finish by then.

[lillaguma]

We told my in-laws on Monday. They were super excited just like I knew they'd be, but MIL is also a little put out that we waited until 12 weeks to tell her (just like I thought she'd be.) Apparently she called my mom afterward and was going on and on about how we waited so long to tell, and my mom tried to calm her down and explain some reasons why a person might not want to tell everyone right away. Last night we skyped with BIL and SIL's family, and MIL happened to be there (I feel mean in thinking that if I knew she was over I would have waited until a different night.) After we told them MIL kept saying more things about how we "knew for three months and didn't tell anyone!" and "that's called 'sitting on the nest'" or something or rather. She isn't really rude about it, although I can tell she's a little mad/hurt, but I'm just wishing I could tell her to let it go and not keep harping on how long we waited to tell them.

On the plus side of telling people, my youngest brother (who is only 12) and one of our nephews (who is 6) have had really darling reactions that have cracked me up. When I told my 12-year-old brother I was having a baby he kept saying, "What??" and finally I was like, "Didn't you hear me?" and he replied, "No, I heard you, I just don't think I heard you right." He was so happy once I convinced him that he was hearing correctly. Our nephew immediately asked if we had a name picked out, and when I asked if he had any suggestions he said "If it's a boy, you can name is [H's-name] Jr. and if it's a girl you can name it [my name] Jr. Then either way it will be named after one of ya!"

[anaps28]

I am about to burn my house down. My mom is here to help me with my 3 yr old. She got here last week to learn the ropes on getting him around town to school, all his activities and help me cook some freezer stuff. Well she has a fucking stomach virus!!!!!!

My husband is working a zillion hours trying to finish a project before my induction next week so he has zero patience for DS. DS only wants to be with me and only wants me to do things for him.
I'm so tired and just want to escape. This baby has to stay put until this house is illness free.

[bluelikejazz]

We had an u/s to check the placenta earlier this week, and baby is measuring 11 days big! EEKS! DH and I were both pretty small, so I was shocked to hear this. Hopefully growth will slow down in the last 8 weeks. I'm telling myself baby had a growth spurt b/t 28 and 32 weeks, as I went from 24cm at 24wks to 30cm at 28wks and 33cm at 32wks.

And I think it's time to buy some compression socks for my swollen feet. Any rec's besides the "old people" version at the pharmacy?

[coribelle26]

I think my mom would have greatly preferred waiting to find out about this pregnancy, lol. She knew right away and the other day she was like, you've been pregnant forever. And I said, uh, it's been 14 weeks, we've known for 10. There's a little ways to go, mom!

In her defense between the loss last year and the fertility stuff it has basically been all pregnancy or pregnancy talk all the time around here for like two years.

[krystee]

I just found out my company is building out a designated nursing room! We only have 100 people total and a max of like two nursing mothers at any one time, so I am very pleasantly surprised.