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I got a diaper bag for my shower and I love it. It's the skip hop Chelsea downtown bag.

Then yesterday my mom and I are shopping and I eye this gorgeous backpack (seriously the pics don't do it justice) and my mother (SERIOUS SHOPPING ENABLER!) insists I buy it. I feel guilty because I already have a diaper bag and I have thought about getting DH a Mec Satchel/man diaper bag .. And that would be THREE bags. My mom insists I won't always want to lug the diaper bag (skip hop) around and a back pack is extremely convenient.

What do you think? Backpack really that convenient? FWIW we plan on baby wearing.

Here are some pics.

@Reese: I find a lot of pregnancy symptoms pass on their website wn in about half a week. If I've still got the leg cramps by mid-week I will give magnesium a try. I hear a calcium-magmesium combo in liquid form is effective.

@cvbee: I got horrendous leg cramps with DD1. My doc suggested caltrate D, and I never had a single one again with her or with this pregnancy so far. Of course tonight I'll probably have one.

@Reese: I love that backpack!! Is it skip hop brand as well???

@Reese: I think a backpack would be great, especially when babywearing. We're getting one this time around.

@travelgirl1: @Ginabean3: @cvbee: Thank you for making me feel better about it

Do you guys subscribe to Amazon prime? Debating if it's worth it. I use it way more often now and imagine I will use it even more once Bebe gets here.

@Reese: we do.....we actually got the membership as a Christmas gift! Best gift ever.

@Reese: cute bag! this sounds like such a first world thing to say, but I don't know what I would do without amazon prime.

@Tidybee: lately I have really been wanting a drink here and there which is totally unlike me! Maybe it's the anxiety of what's to come the sprinkle sounds so sweet

@fuzzypeaches: did you order your crib? I just saw this limited edition blue one. Drool.

http://www.westcoastkids.ca/Furniture/Cribs/Da-Vinci---Jenny-Lind-Crib-Limited-Edition

@QBbride: I did! I really wanted the yellow one actually but it was $100 more so dh made me get the white one lol it's supposed to come sometime this week and im so excited! Still need to buy a mattress though
As for diaper bags, I bought a jujube be prepared in the states and I LOVE it! So big and allows for my packrat tendencies

@Reese: I think it kind of depends on your comfort and how often baby was feeding! I would feed him, then drink a max of 1-1 1/2 drink very occasionally and then pump and dump the next one. I think some people are more cautious and will pump a second time, and some of my friends avoided alcohol altogether.

Because it was so much work And planning I didnt indulge much either :s

@Reese: pumping and dumping is actually a myth! The alcohol is your milk is "broken down" at the same rate as your blood, so basically it's not like pumping just gets rid of it. The general rule of thumb is if you're ok to drive, you're ok to breastfeed. It is up to your personal comfort though!

@fuzzypeaches: wow your crib is coming so soon! I think I will likely order the white one too. I met with the sleep consultant today and she said DS should pretty much stay in his crib for almost another year, so I think i can convince DH to buy a second crib. We were planning on using the Uppababh basinet in our room for a bit though so it won't be a huge rush.

@Ginabean3: how about the petunia picklebottom boxy backpack? My friend has one and loves it!!

So at my last midwife appt she mentioned my placenta is 3cm from the os, which is the minimum requirement but to expect I will bleed a lot once I get to 9cm. She said not to worry since with multips they usually go from 8-9cm to babe in arms in about 20 mins but I'm still sort of nervous about it. First of all my hemoglobin and ferritin is suuuuper low (I'm on supplements) so I don't have much to spare. And the whole bleeding thing in general kinda scares me. Anyone else have experience with this?

@QBbride: I don't have any experience but thinking of you.

@travelgirl1: yes I've got A&A sleep sacks from Winners before!!

@simplyfelicity: Not at all! Sometimes I am underwhelmed with Amazon.ca but they have upped their selection lately.. but its still not comparable to its US counterpart. I had to order carpenter ant bait for ants that we found around our deck and shed. It was $13 on Amazon.com and $80 on Amazon.ca. Whaaaat!?

@Tidybee: My cousin is pregnant and is pretty relaxed. I know she has a half glass of wine here and there. I am just such a paranoid chicken.

@fuzzypeaches: yeah I did ask her if it could move more as I got (even) bigger and she said that it could. It was so weird, she was so nonchalant about it and then afterwards I'm thinking, I can't afford to have a big bleed!! I trust my midwives 100% so I should just settle down but I think I'll ask whoever is on next week (there are 3 of them in the group) and see what she says.

Meanwhile, pass me the iron supplements

@Spinny: Let me know if you want me to add you - feel free to pm me your FB name so I can!

@cvbee: I FB friended you so I can add you to the group

@Reese: That backpack is gorgeous! Babywearing is WAY easier with a backpack IMO. And it really doesn't hurt to have more than one bag, as long as you don't mind switching out all your stuff from one to the other. And amazon prime is TOTALLY worth it. I buy from there at least once a week lol.

@QBbride: oh man i am banned from baby gap right now lol. I love everything!! I know we will get a lot of gifts though so im trying to reign it in (unsuccessfully).

But I did see really cute baby leggings at carters (sadly I don't think there's one near you but they opened a HUGE one at Lougheed Mall) and also at H&M!!

Anyone getting the car seat ready??? I just took mine out of storage to wash! Eek!

I had BH contractions every 7-12 min for 3 hours last night (this went on for a couple weeks every night prior to labor with my son, so my guess is it doesn't actually mean anything at this point) but I realized that I better get some stuff done just in case lol.