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@pwnstar: Yes! Wth is up with random strangers thinking it is okay to touch someone else's baby or child?! I would never even think to do that but it happened quite often when my kids were little...and they have beautiful bright auburn hair and so at 1 and 2 it still happens when we're out and about because people seem to like to touch their hair. Drives this mama crazy. Leave them alone!

@agold: As others pointed out, everyone feels different after birth. I had a c-section, so I was still in the hospital at 3 and 4 days afterwards. But when DS was 6 days old there was a giant HB meetup that I was seriously tempted to go to, lol. But it was 45 minutes away and I felt like it was too far for him to be strapped in to the car for that long. I get cabin fever too much to worry that much about needing to stay in the house. I took DS all over when he was a newborn and he was fine. I wore him or he stayed in the stroller with a cover. But I would for sure think twice about bringing a tiny baby out in such hot weather. It can take a while for BF-ing to get established (and for milk to come in) and I wouldn't want them to get dehydrated.

@T.H.O.U.: Ha, I assumed the shower was outside. If it was inside, then yeah - the trips in and out of the car are no big deal. And I plan on bringing some light A&A bamboo blankets everywhere with us in case the AC is too much.

@Pirouette: YES! I've never had to wear pants during the third trimester with any of my pregnancies and I'm so grateful. I know leggings are also an option for winter pregnancies but sometimes you have to wear something nicer or jeans and they are just so binding. I actually feel nauseous these days if I wear something too restrictive around the bump so I am loving dresses and maxi skirts - bonus are they are pretty cute, too!

@coopsmama: exactly! and i can't wear leggings to work, and when i have to sit all day, it gets uncomfortable in the 3rd tri wearing pants. My first was a december baby so I had no choice! I was thinking of getting some maxi skirts or dresses - I've never worn them because i'm short but they are much easier when chasing a child around than short dresses!

@Pirouette: I feel like it helps in the sense that there is less skin exposed. And I feel more comfortable in that versus, say, a high crew neck . . . because I feel like a high neckline just exaggerates what's underneath. And yeah, don't get me wrong, I love that I have a booty (even if it does take a lot of work to keep it in shape). But lately I feel like it went from *pow* to *PA-POW* . . . totally makes me think of the ridiculous lyrics in Wiggle ( ". . . your booty like two planets . . ."). Which, I realize is probably a mental exaggeration brought on by the fact that I no longer have a lean midsection to balance it out (if that makes sense).

@pwnstar: yup, makes perfect sense. I always liked having a booty until i got pregnant and lost my hourglass, then it just made me look big all over. and seriously, the boob thing is so frustrating because low cut tops look inappropriate but high neck tops make them look even more enormous! I have zero items of clothing in my wardrobe right now that I feel work WITH my body rather than against it right now (aside from work dresses/tops - those are fine - but not what I want to put on on a lazy saturday morning!)

@pwnstar: Yes! my "good" cropped yoga pants just got ruined this weekend. I'm going to have to find another option for casual weekend wear. Sometimes dresses and stuff just dont work for sitting on the floor or at the playground!

@pwnstar: yes, i've been living in my VS foldover yoga pants, but I totally need to invest in some cropped length ones! that dress looks like exactly what i need stylewise - i don't know if i could fill out a maternity dress yet though.

@MrsSCB: yup! i feel like i either look like a tent or HELLO BOOBS! ahh the joys of pregnancy!

@pwnstar: @coopsmama: @pregnantbee: @ShootingStar: @T.H.O.U.: Thanks for sharing your opinion on taking a days old baby out in the public. The baby shower was outside so it was definitely hot out. I was mostly thinking about (a) heat for the baby; (b) germs for the baby; and (c) mom's comfort. I totally get that a lot of moms might feel fine to go out in public very soon after birth and that moms might feel stir crazy. But I just worried about germs mostly for the baby. Its good to be reminded that you can put a sheet-type thing over the baby carrier which would prevent germs from getting on the baby. But for some reason I was constantly seeing this newborn baby out and about with her super skinny newborn baby legs dangling about. It was shocking to me but I also don't see newborn babies out and about that often. Germs. Ugh. At church, there are the sweetest old men who greet people at the door and shake EVERYONE's hands. I have recently started avoiding the handshake and its so unnatural for me but I am trying to avoid the spreading of germs. I'm going to have to practice saying "Hi, I'm so sorry. Please don't touch my baby or cough in her direction. She's new." But has anyone seen that commercial of a guy in a car and he coughs and his cough is colored blue and it spreads to all the passengers in the car? Yea.. that's what I imagine anytime anyone coughs now.

@agold: Oh yeah, shaking hands in general skeeves me out. I always have to go find hand sanitizer afterwards. Years ago when DH would sometimes still get communion (if we went to a wedding or a Christmas service) I'd ban him from getting the wine during it. I think it's so unhealthy to share a cup with hundreds of people. And just because someone wipes it off in between doesn't mean you're actually getting the germs off!

You'll figure out what you're comfortable with. I didn't mind going out in public, or even going to the mall. But I didn't like people holding him that much. I guess I figured in the stroller or being worn he was far away enough from other people's germs. But it made me anxious to think of DH's entire family passing him around. And I got pissed at my mom when she offered to my SIL (who I don't particularly care for, lol).

@ShootingStar: Thanks for sharing my hesitation on hand shakes.

@T.H.O.U.: That's great! Time will show how I handle this!

@pregnantbee: my legs are paler than pale, so i feel you! but i just decided long ago that I don't care

@pregnantbee: Oh my gosh. Please don't worry about your pale legs. Who cares what anyone else will think anyways??

Babymoon to Maui is out. I don't feel like spending that money right now. I think we will go to someplace like Scottsdale which is fairly easy for us to get to by driving if we wanted to drive instead of fly. Is anyone else still thinking about a babymoon?

@agold: We aren't doing anything. We did our family vacation this past week. We may do a small trip in may and another trip in June to go see friends and then that will be it. My mom may take the older 2 for a short week in July so we can have a "staycation-babymoom".

@agold: if you need any Scottsdale recs let me know!
We will do one more trip to San Diego over Memorial Day so I can soak up some beach time, then mid June we are taking 2 nights away at a local resort with lo, I've never spent the night away from her, so I'm excited and nervous! And then mid July we'll do a resort weekend in Scottsdale. My mid-wife practice works closely with a mid-wife practice there, and traveling 90 minutes away for a weekend even at 36 weeks, doesn't bother me- especially with the promise of putting my lo in the resort day camps, adult only lazy river, and s'mores at sunset! I like having something to look forward to every month!

@OldpuebloJenn: All of what you have planned sounds perfect. What Scottsdale resort are you looking at that has an adult only lazy river??? I am considering the Phoenician but I'm hoping it has some adult-only pools. I need to call. Have you stayed there before? I have not.

@Pirouette: The Berkshires sounds amazing. I really hope you can get to do it.

@mrschickpea: Ugh. I've been putting off doing it b/c I'm scared of the results this time around. Didn't have GD last time, but I was heavier to start this time, and my sweet tooth hasn't eased up. Glad to hear it wasn't so bad.

ETA: And do you mean Galveston, TX? If so, we were just there a few weeks ago and loved it

@agold: i would guess she meant for air travel but you might want to run it by dr. No first

@mrschickpea: i am so dreading this!!!! Not so much the drink but the fasting, lightheadedness and blood draw on top of it. And of course the risk of failing and having to do the 3 hour