I had to start this because I'm miserable. My first OB appointment is supposed to be in 10 minutes but I had to cancel. It's an hour away and every school district from my house to where the appointment is is closed due to the snow. When I called to reschedule they told me the next new patient appointment was February 24! I kind of freaked out.
They asked if I was willing to go to the other office, which is 10 minutes further away but after driving an hour who cares, and I said yes. They were able to get me in for Thursday afternoon. I have to take a half day off but at least it's scheduled for this week.
I am glad you were able to get an appointment for later this week, king! I'm at the OB now and I am having bad panic attacks. I just feel like something is wrong. Waiting to do a Doppler check.
Hugs, shauni27. I hope your fears are calmed ASAP. How frustrating, King26. I'm glad you do t have to wait a month!
This is my last week of maternity leave Next week I'll be working from home with sitters, so at least I don't have to leave my boy just yet, but still. I plan to spend a lot of time this week snuggling DS.
Post by oneslybookworm on Jan 30, 2017 11:01:42 GMT -5
Glad you got an appointment rescheduled for this week, King26!!
Good to know everything is ok with the baby, shauni27! Have you thought of any names yet??
Not much here...I'm looking at stuff for the nursery to get it sorted out, luckily we are able to reuse a Dutch playpen from a friend as a crib, so now we don't have to get one of those! DH still wants to make the dresser, but honestly...the basement STILL isn't done, so who knows if the dresser will be completed or not. I love that man dearly, but he takes on WAY too much stuff.
A/S went really well today and we're having a baby boy!! I want to shop online all day now.
OMG...CONGRATULATIONS!!!! And I am SO FREAKING GLAD that your A/S wasn't the ordeal ours was!
Ours was LENGTHY. Little turd refused to move. He faced away from my front and just refused to roll over. So they had to bring in two doctors to try and get the angle right for his heart. Lazy little thing.
I had my glucose test today. Tomorrow I'm going to the MFM for an ultrasound to check on baby girl's kidneys. We had this same issue with my son, but worse, so I'm not too worried about it. I guess speaking of my son, we'll be taking him to the urologist before the ultrasound for his annual kidney check. Both doctors are in the same building, over an hour from my house, so I guess that means we'll be taking my son to the ultrasound too. I have no idea what he'll think of the whole thing, lol.
scm1011, We have a list of 3 names but will wait until we meet him to decide. I am just so friggin happy for you, knx9211!!! I completely forgot your scan was today. What a nice surprise to find on the boards. YAY BOY!!!! mpc, that is nice and convenient to have both appointments on the same day in the same building, considering how far away it is! I think your son will love being in there with you guys to see his baby sister <3
shauni27, We already have our name, and I am now digging calling him by it, but it almost feels weird. What if he gets here and I decide he doesn't "look like" what we're calling him?!
Also I can feel that little turd moving around in there now. Why couldn't you perform like this when I was trying to watch you?
shauni27, We already have our name, and I am now digging calling him by it, but it almost feels weird. What if he gets here and I decide he doesn't "look like" what we're calling him?!
Also I can feel that little turd moving around in there now. Why couldn't you perform like this when I was trying to watch you?
I am really jealous of the movement you feel! Hopefully we will be there soon
shauni27 , We already have our name, and I am now digging calling him by it, but it almost feels weird. What if he gets here and I decide he doesn't "look like" what we're calling him?!
Also I can feel that little turd moving around in there now. Why couldn't you perform like this when I was trying to watch you?
I am really jealous of the movement you feel! Hopefully we will be there soon
I only started feeling this in the last 10 days or so - you'll be there in no time!
I'm feeling pretty low these days. Everything that's going on south of the border is putting an incredible strain on my marriage. We thought we were doing the best thing for our family by having H build his career, but now we're separated for god knows how long. I fear for his safety, both as a POC and an academic. He's as unhappy as I am (although he loves his job) but everything is so unpredictable that I hesitate to make the decision for him to just move back once his contract is up. Especially as it's not what's best for us financially - if we could stick it out even another year, we'd be able to pay off the moving costs plus save up some money. I might have to take a break from the boards and FB...
Post by Chrysanthemum on Jan 30, 2017 12:59:47 GMT -5
Such great news knx9211 and shauni27! Sorry for the delay King26, but so relieved it's a few days instead of a month. Enjoy your last days of maternity leave scm1011, I can't imagine the emotions this week must bring!
This week is my husband's last week of paternity leave. I feel spoiled complaining because he did take 5 weeks off, but it's been so nice having him home to help adjust. We're supposed to have some really warm weather this week so I hope to get out for some walks and a enjoy the sunshine.
Post by oneslybookworm on Jan 30, 2017 13:28:10 GMT -5
HUGE hugs loira. I completely understand what you're saying, it is such a stressful time (and DH and I are both white Americans, and we're still stressed!). I can't even imagine the situation you're in, but so many hugs to you.
Chrysanthemum that's awesome that your H had 5 weeks off with you and the baby!
Anyone with older babies have any suggestions on how to get them to sleep longer? C (10.5 months) wakes up at 5:30 am every day. I've tried getting him back to sleep after giving him a bottle but he won't go back to sleep. We've tried feeding him a little more before bed thinking he might be getting hungry at that time, keeping him up later, putting him to bed earlier, leaving him alone for awhile.....I don't know what else to try. He does sleep through the night and it's about 9-10 hours. Maybe he just needs to outgrow the early rising.
I was talking with my mom last night and she said they might try to come down around C's first birthday. That would be awesome because we haven't seen them since July. And then of course we'll be up there in October for my brothers wedding which me, H, and DD have been asked to be in. So that means that my parents will be on baby duty that day.
H's dad passed away this morning. We just saw him two days ago at the shower. It still feels surreal, and like he's just away on one of his business trips, and that he'll walk in the door any second. Baby girl has been incredibly active, and MIL was able to feel her kicking. It's like baby girl is telling all of us that she loves us all. I offered to H to change the baby's middle name, since he had let me pick it a few weeks ago. He's considering the female versions of his dad's first and middle names, or other names that start with those letters. We're leaving the first name as is, because his father has known the baby by that name since we found the gender out early on.
lms we don't feed DD, just keep putting her bink back in over and over until she goes back down. It takes like 30 mins sometimes, but it's worth it. We also bring her into our bed; sometimes the cuddling helps her go back down. I know that's terrible advice but DD is a good sleeper overall so it doesn't impact things.
That would be quite a change for him to all of a sudden not get a bottle but it would be worth it if he learned to sleep longer. There have been occasions, on the weekends, where I would lay on the couch with him and we'd both doze back off for a little bit.
lms Z went through a period where he was up at 5-6am for the day. It was...rough. I think it was just a phase, but eventually we moved bedtime back a little bit and that seemed to help. He was going down around 6pm and I moved it back to 7-730pm.