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@bushelandapeck: I'm already drowning in clothes! I'm tempted to take all but my favorites off the registry.

@MaryM: @dominobee: @bushelandapeck: Feel you ladies on the fatigue. I have basically had 3 colds in a row so that hasn't been helpful and now it seems my pregnancy insomnia has kicked in. I slept really badly with LO1 but that didn't happen til the last month or so! Last night I was up for a few hours in the middle of the night and I have been having trouble falling asleep now for a while. Thankfully I do have time off over Christmas. Hope you all get some rest soon!

@MaryM @bushelandapeck: We already have a ton of stuff through 3T! People keep giving us hand me downs!!

@MaryM @dominobee @bushelandapeck @petitenoisette: I'm sleeping fine between frequent bathroom breaks. I usually get in bed by 9:30 and listen to my Hypnobabies tracks and rarely make it through them without falling asleep. I'll usually wake up at some point with my headphones still in, haha. Once we have two newborns I'm sure I'll be getting a lot less sleep, so I guess I'll just probably never not feel tired again, ha.

@MaryM: @dominobee: My sleep has not been great. My kiddo's two most active times are when I lay down to go to bed and really early in the morning, his movements usually wake me up then and I have a hard time falling back to sleep. When I'm lying down he also loves to move his head around which sends lightening pains through my cervix. Last night, I woke my heavy sleeper husband up yelping in the middle of the night when baby shoved his head into my cervix with surprising force.

I've also been a bit of an emotional wreck, is anyone else experiencing this? First tri I was pretty pessimistic about things working out and second tri I was worried, but I wasn't really emotional and don't remember crying even once. Now, most nights, I'll have some thought pop into my head about something bad happening, and burst into tears. I feel as emotional as I did after my D&E, but now there's not really anything per se to trigger it. I don't feel unhappy over all but just super emotional. I'm not sure if it's hormones going nuts, exhaustion/discomfort of third tri that wears me down by the end of the day, or the fact that there's been some pretty high stakes/high stress stuff come up unexpectedly at work that matters for future employment prospects. My husband is very understanding but baffled - like "why are you crying, we have our baby now and he's been doing great so far..."

@periwinklebee: I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. I don't think it's unusual but it might be worth bringing up to your doctor or midwife. Prenatal anxiety is a real thing and there are therapies out there that might be able to help you. Sending you so much love. Just remember the odds are in your favor for a healthy baby.

Our pediatrician interview is scheduled. I think the only thing left to schedule after that, is a breast feeding class (I'm waiting, because this pediatrician offers them)

@periwinklebee: Antepartum anxiety/depression is a thing too, so don't be afraid to talk to your OB if you're concerned.

@dominobee: love the names!

@dominobee: love the names, and the significance of the middle names. The nicknames are cute too. Once we decided on the name for our daughter I used the nickname the whole rest of my pregnancy but now that she is here I have found myself using her full name and not the nickname, so be prepared for strange quirks like that.

@dominobee: Evelyn nn Evie

@dominobee: thanks i love its meaning extra hard, it means wanted or wished for child

@bushelandapeck: I think we are sticking with Evelyn for now and she can decide if she wants a nickname

@dominobee: I'm working with a pretty small room too. My solution was to not even try to fit a dresser in the room. originally I was going to use one as a changing table, but figured an actual changing table is smaller, and while their clothes are tiny, they'll probably mostly fit in the closet.

One wall is pretty useless for furniture because the door and closet are on the same wall, but there was room for a small bookshelf in between them. I figure until he's older, I'll just use one shelf for books, and the others for storage to make up for his dresser being in the guest room.

@dominobee: Can't wait to see the pics! And don't forget to leave room for the diaper pail, if you're going to have your changing station on top of the dresser (I say because I did forget in our very small nursery, but thankfully managed to just barely squeeze it in ) Our nursery doesn't have a closet, so a dresser was a must, and I have to say I love it along with the little Ikea organizer bins for separating out all the different sizes/pieces of clothing/swaddles/odds and ends like pacifiers and bf supples, etc. But I'm one of those people who goes crazy if I don't know where everything is at all times.

@periwinklebee: Oh yes a diaper pail! I put one on our registry but now I'm wondering if we should have two - one for upstairs and one for downstairs? We're going with reusable diapers and DH already installed a sprayer on the downstairs toilet. When I suggested one upstairs he didn't see the point until I asked him if he'd be going downstairs to rinse out poopy diapers in the middle of the night, lol.

@dominobee: We'll only have one changing station, as we're living in a small place now, but I feel like a decent diaper pail(s) is a must. Especially with multiple babies, I would not want to be walking around the house juggling two babies and two diapers to take to the pail. And it's supposed to be much better than a regular trashcan at containing the odor until you can take care of washing/disposing the diapers. But people on here who already have kids must have better insight than I do of how important it is.

@MaryM: Uhhh yes you have permission! Seriously what is wrong with dudes sometimes. "I'm tired from laying down too much" LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

I would recommend getting a belly belt to help relieve the pain from your hips and pelvis. Mine was 100% covered by insurance.

@dominobee: I would hold off on a second sprayer for now. You don’t need to spray diapers until the eat solid foods if they EBF. I don’t know if they’re on formula how it works. But we never had a diaper pail, we used a big wet bag in the bathroom. We were cloth diaper drop outs so the disposables just go straight in the regular trash and we dump poop out first in the toilet. If the poop isn’t dumpable then we bring straight outside to the trash can. Of course idk how it would work with two babies so you’ll need your own system!

@MaryM: my DH regularly complains about being tired and I just cannot even deal.... dude you sleep like a rock for 8+ hours regularly, no bathroom trips, no nursing, he has it easy! I point this out and he's all "well, I'm still tired, just because you're more tired doesn't mean I'm not" *eye roll*.

@dominobee: For the 1st 6 months we used just a normal, small trash can with a step-operated lid, grocery bag inside, emptied every couple of days..... for US, EBF poop didn't smell much, and LO only pooped every couple of days. Once we started solid food though.... gross! diaper pail for sure. We cloth diaper and use Viva paper towels as disposable liners. They're super soft.

DH and I had a "come to Jesus" the other night about how I felt like he had no earthly idea how hard this pregnancy has been (physically and emotionally), and I feel like he did a bit better last night. And I think I finally managed to get myself SO tired that I just passed out that night finally got close to 7 hours sleep.

The highlight of my week though, I finally ordered a shower stool so I can shave my legs without risking falling over. I haven't wanted to spend money on it so I kept putting it off, but I realized the last time I attempted to shave I either needed to give up and spend the money or just give up on having shaved legs.