https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 08:06:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2807221 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:18:17 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2807221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I'd have it wall mounted and probably put it in my bedroom. Where we live now I have the wall space in my master or dining room. A belly caster on my local FB also does infant hands and feet casts. Another special thing to do would get both girls hands cast at the same time and display them together like big sis/ lil sis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2807212 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:54:10 +0000 agold 2807212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: That sounds so fun! What would you do with the belly cast for, like, the rest of your life? :silly: Do you display it somewhere? Or put it away with something like the wedding dress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2807111 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:06:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2807111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we are blessed with a second I am for sure doing a belly cast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2807092 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 23:10:27 +0000 turquoisemama 2807092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: maybe just a maternity photoshoot with your older child and partner? Just something so your 2nd can look back and see what mommy looked like pregnant with her. It would also be special to document the last few weeks as a family of three. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806924 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:51:41 +0000 Mama Bird 2806924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: thanks, you too!!! And it was totally worth it. Maybe we'll have more kids, I don't know... either way, I need way more time off than I have because the oldest is in school and they have all these vacations! And ugh, having a nanny is expensive! I hope you're able to find someone awesome, even if it is only two days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806884 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:17:56 +0000 agold 2806884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Oh, boy. Yep, that's me. Worrying for months that I have ruined LO#1's life by having a second baby so soon. :bummed: </p> <p>@JCCovi: Thanks for reminding me about newborn photos! I agree that these are a great idea. I did a session last minute with LO#1 and it was amazing so I actually already pre-booked LO#2's session months ago. Glad to check that box off!</p> <p>@2littlepumpkins: Grandparent pictures will be so nice to have. And so funny that you now have rooms and they want to share!! </p> <p>@LadyDi: A diapers and beer party would be so fun! Something we'd throw at our own house, though, and we are currently looking to move to a bigger house with a bigger yard so we can throw those kinds of parties! I'm hoping we get such a house soon!</p> <p>@Bluemasonjar: All great points. I will purchase another baby book for #2. (And updated LO#1's baby book!) And congratulations on your pregnancy! </p> <p>@Mama Bird: Oh, wow. You are a tough mama and doing great! Working from home is so hard, I agree. I really hope your career isn't permanently stunted because of some time you took off for your babies. But if it is, meh. I'm sure the time you had with them was worth more than anything. And you still do have a career. So it all evens out. And yes to having more help. But its hard to afford more help! I'd love to have a nanny three days a week when #2 comes, but I think we will just stick with the necessary two days a week. Ugh. Three days would be a luxury! Do you plan to have any more kids? </p> <p>@Iced Tea: Thank you for suggesting the app. Meditation and connecting with the baby sounds absolutely amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806878 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:04:11 +0000 Iced Tea 2806878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also felt guilty about doing less for the second. So I started doing daily meditations to connect with the pregnancy and feel centered. There's an app specifically for it called Expectful. And I also did the hypnobabies tracks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806872 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:56:09 +0000 Mama Bird 2806872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: when DS was born, I worked from home when he was 3-5 months, and again from 8-9 months (DH took time off in between). Like, full time work, demanding clients, 40 hours a week, maybe 6 hours of child care, otherwise home alone with baby until DH gets back. It was so bad. And yes, it ate my whole week. I couldn't do 8 hours a day during business hours, so I worked nights and weekends too.</p> <p>When DD was born I couldn't even think of going there again... just asked for a longer leave and took the chance that it would cost me my job (it didn't) or my career (it sort of did). Maybe it would have been better to have more help the first time and avoid burning out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806869 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:49:32 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2806869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did bump photos every few weeks with #1 and had baby showers but nothing else to really document the pregnancy. A family member gave me a pregnancy journal but I barely filled it out.</p> <p>I am 10 weeks with #2 and am putting a reminder on my to do list to start taking bump pics! Planning to do a newborn photo shoot again and will purchase the same baby book that I had for DS 1 but it took me over a year to complete it so I'm sure it will be even longer this time around. </p> <p>I am the first born and my baby book was way more complete than both of my brother's but I honestly think I am the only one that ever noticed or paid attention. Don't be too hard on yourself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806850 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 08:06:45 +0000 LadyDi 2806850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m terrible at documenting/celebrating pregnancies. I did bump photos for my first but never finished his baby book. With my second I have no real bump photos and I am sure a baby book will be a lost cause. I did have a couple small “sprinkle” celebrations with family only for my second, and that was special. And we did newborn photos for each. What about something like a diapers and beer party? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806843 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 02:46:21 +0000 JCCovi 2806843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn’t do bump photos with my first either, but we did maternity photos with #1 and not #2. Partly that was just timing, since we always take photos in the summer, but I do wish I had them for #2.</p> <p>I made my son (#2) a quilt while I was pregnant which I didn’t do for my daughter (#1) because I hadn’t started quilting yet. I’m glad he at least has one special thing and I hope to make one for her someday. </p> <p>We also made sure to get newborn photos for each of them and I love them! I still regularly look at them and show them to the kids (now 3 and 4.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806812 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:12:38 +0000 erinbaderin 2806812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: I made a photo book of the first year for B - W turns 2 in two weeks and I haven’t made him one. My New Years resolution was to do it in 2018. </p> <p>I didn’t do much for pregnancy #1, and I did even less for #2. I made them each a baby blanket (just on the sewing machine, not, like, quilted or knitted) and took the occasional bump photo, but that’s about the extent of it. I spent most of my second pregnancy worrying that I’d ruined the life of my first child, which I feel a bit guilty about - I hardly thought about the baby at all, only about how it would affect B. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806810 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:55:40 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2806810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and lo2 had only half a room (shared) and now we have 4 bedrooms and they refuse to separate. 🤷‍♀️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806809 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:54:16 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2806809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really document any of my pregnancies but lo1 is the only one with a baby book with grandparents pics and all of those pages done which I did when I was pregnant and when she was a newborn. I don't think it matters personally! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806808 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:44:40 +0000 agold 2806808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: Do you work from home some or all days a week? I work from home right now one day a week and its brutal! I feel like that one day's work bleeds into every portion of every day of the week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806802 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:39:56 +0000 Mama Bird 2806802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's what happens when you have a toddler... but hey, once she was born, my younger kid got a lot more one-on-one time with me than big brother did at that age. I knew better than trying to work from home while she was tiny, because it was horrid the first time I tried it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806799 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:30:36 +0000 gingerbebe 2806799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really do anything for DS2 other than book newborn photos. Like, the kid slept in a PNP until he was almost a year old because I was too lazy to disassemble the crib in DS1's room and move it to his room. I think he got a decorated room finally right before his 1st birthday.</p> <p>Like with DS1, we did newborn photos, 100 day photos (Korean thing), and 1 year photos plus a big 1st birthday party. That was...about it. I got him a few new sleepers and a going home outfit from the hospital, but really we just joke that we got DS2 a minivan when he was born. </p> <p>No guilt. But I wasn't really into celebrating my pregnancies in either case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806797 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:24:42 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2806797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did the bump shots and all the rest with our first but I found the thing I loved best was the monthly shots we did after he was born. I framed them and put it up in his room. I LOVE them now 3 years on and I’m so glad we did it. I’m pretty much just planning on doing that for our 2nd.<br /> We did order journals from Promptly for this currently baking babe and for our 3 year old. It allows you to document the pregnancy and it’s a really nice book different than a baby book.<br /> You could think of doing a family photo shoot before baby arrives if you like. We usually try and do that each year anyway so might time it for during the pregnancy too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806792 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:08:10 +0000 agold 2806792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: I really like that idea of a photobook for birth and few weeks after birth. I could do a couple weeks before birth, birth, and a couple weeks after. I did pregnancy for baby #1 and still haven't done first year for her. But so maybe if I do a few weeks for baby #2 then that will be sufficient!!! Thank you for suggesting this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806791 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:06:42 +0000 agold 2806791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: So I keep thinking about that exact thing! I do have an older sister and have never once asked my mom what she did for us during pregnancy. :silly: But I'm worried that its a different generation. OBviously nothing something I should be worried about. I'm realizing now I need to not worry about this as much as I did last night! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806782 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:49:32 +0000 codeitall 2806782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know, I didn't do much for my first pregnancy, or my second. But when my first was born I did this cool shutterfly book about his birth and first couple weeks of life... and I still need to make an equivalent for my almost 1-year old. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806775 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:57:57 +0000 snowjewelz 2806775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt so bad that I barely documented my pregnancy with #2! But I had a shower/sprinkle (whatever you want to call it), threw by my awesome sister and friends and that was an amazing day to really celebrate this 2nd pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806771 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:47:23 +0000 LBee 2806771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Random, but do you happen to have any siblings? I'm a non-first-child and I've never once asked my mom (or noticed) if my mom documented her pregnancy with me less or more. It's not like she loved/loves me less than my siblings or wasn't excited for me. It's just the way life is. You will still love that baby fiercely :happy: </p> <p>We did just a dinner for my sprinkle after bedtime and it was absolutely perfect! I think a brunch sounds wonderful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806770 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:45:30 +0000 Mrsbells 2806770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: on my 3rd pregnancy now and haven't celebrated any of them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806768 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:41:41 +0000 agold 2806768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: OMG. A quilt. You win. :silly: :heart: </p> <p>@LBee: Your first sentence made me laugh. I love sprinkles!! I've thrown a few, but I'm actually so busy right now and everyone around me seems to have housing drama and crap going on. I will likely go out to brunch with a few of my friends and I think they will make it special. My mom was talking about doing a "sip and see" after the baby comes. So maybe that would be nice. </p> <p>@ChitownRo: Thanks for telling me you have no guilt about not doing pregnancy stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806764 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:36:12 +0000 ChitownRo 2806764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pregnant with my third.. and I've basically done nothing to document this pregnancy. I took weekly bump pics with LO1, maybe every trimester bump pics with LO2 and literally 0 this time. Oops. I try to focus more on the documentation once they are actually born -- monthly blog updates, photos etc. No guilt about pregnancy/bump stuff though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806763 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:34:32 +0000 LBee 2806763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't do anything particularly special for baby #1 so the bar was fairly low for #2. With that said, I did have a sprinkle for LO2 (know this is controversial on HB :silly: ) and that was really special. Most of the time I forgot I was pregnant and it was really special for me to have a night of just focusing on LO2's arrival. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806762 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:31:36 +0000 avivoca 2806762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made sure to take bump photos to remember that stage of my life. I also made her a baby quilt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-did-nothing-special-when-pregnant-with-lo2#post-2806761 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:30:10 +0000 agold 2806761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 30 weeks pregnant with baby girl #2 and it just hit me hard last night that I have done nothing special at all to celebrate/prepare/focus on this second pregnancy. Last night I saw a photobook I made documenting all of the special things we did while pregnant with baby #1. Now that I'm at 30 weeks, I don't even know what I could do to celebrate this pregnancy. I feel like I should do something. Poor girl doesn't even have a room. We are currently house hunting. </p> <p>Is there any one thing you did to celebrate your pregnancy with baby #2? Or is it is a lost cause for me at 30 weeks? </p>