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@JCCovi: thank you!

@Becky: I’d love to knock this off the to-do list but I’m a little worried that whatever I buy will be the wrong size. With my hx if DD coming at 32 weeks and being 4 lbs (came home in a size premie dress) and DH and all his brothers being 11+ lb babies - I don’t want to buy a size I can’t use. But I suppose I could hunt for something I love and then pick the size once we have a few more ultrasounds and get a sense of how big he might be.

I was just talking to my DH about going home outfits for our little girl. My dad just recently told me he picked out all my siblings going home outfits. So I asked my DH to pick out our little girls and he wants to get her a car burglar inspired outfit. Which made me laugh. I told him that’s not what I had in mind so I get veto. 🤣🤣🤣

@yellowbeach: Yikes! So scary for those mommas

@Becky: I don’t even remember what my kids wore coming home from the hospital (I’ve got pictures just have to dig them up) so I don’t think I made a big deal about it last time but reading your post made me think about it and I just ordered some cute outfits. They’ll get plenty of use even if she doesn’t wear them home from the hospital because I love gowns for babies.

I think we’d have to unknot them for the car seat but they should work?

@Becky: TBH, I didn't even think about this with my first. I didn't even buy anything in newborn size (the doc kept telling me he was going to be huge...he was 8lbs4oz) but a friend gifted me a nb size outfit so I used that. It was still too big on him!

I’ll probably use one of these

@Becky: I had a September baby and we did a lot of diaper time and skin to skin when it was hot. We were in the South and had AC though so could dress her pretty regularly most of the time. This time around we’re in CA and don’t have AC but our apartment is pretty cool. We’ll probably still do a lot of diaper time and focus on keeping air circulating inside.

Had a follow up scan yesterday. Turns out they did a fetal echocardiogram as well. All good news thankfully, little girl is measuring just a few days ahead and 78th percentile for her weight.

They reminded me that due to my age I’ll be seeing them twice a week at 36 weeks for NST. After asking what that is, not really looking forward to being at the doctors strapped up to measure her movement and stuff that often. But I told myself whatever is necessary for this little one is worth it in the long run ...

@BUNBUN: twice a week is their protocol for NST since I’m over 40. It’s worth it but it won’t be fun.

Ladies I have a question related to the nursery. Especially since this is our first child and everyone else on here already has more experience with babies then me.

Did you have a rocking chair/glider in your nursery (or on the house) and how much did you use it? We are about to start renovating the bedroom that is going to be the nursery (and my office as it’s a huge bedroom) in March. And I have this super comfortable large PB chair and ottoman in the room. It’s my favorite reading spot and you could call it my chair to hide away from the craziness of life at times. I could get a glider but then may have to end up getting rid of the chair due to space constraints. I’m also not desiring to spend a ton of money on a chair if it’s not really needed because we are renovating our whole house without going into debt - something near and dear to both my DH and I.

We do have an antique rocking chair in great shape in the house - I just hadn’t planned on putting it in the nursery (it won’t go with the color of the crib and dresser I intend to get for this baby).

Any of your thoughts/experiences would be so welcome.

@MrsJBeeG: I used our glider a ton, but I think I mainly used it because it was a super comfy chair, not because of the gliding itself. If you love your old chair I'd keep it for now and only consider switching if you find yourself standing and swaying with the baby so much and not using the chair.

@MrsJBeeG: You can buy conversion kits or pay someone to convert the chair you love into a rocker/glider. I’m not sure but I imagine you could convert it back down the road.

http://dinahollandinteriors.com/converting-an-upholstered-chair-into-a-swivel-glider/

Where is everyone on deciding names? We have some front runners but I can’t really remember how/when we went about definitively choosing one for the first 2. Did a name just click? I know we decided well before the hospital with DD and DS but I can’t remember if it was a moment of clarity or just a decision to select our favorite name.

@JCCovi: We are having the toughest time with names! With DS, we agreed on one name long before we were even married, and had a few backups.
My fave girl name is now the name of my BFF's (also DS's Godmother) DD, so that's off the table.
DH and I can't find even one name that we both love or really like. Here's hoping something rises to the top of the list in the next 3 months!
But even with that front-runner for DS, we kept it a secret and didn't make the final decision until after he was born. We felt like we had to meet him first

@JCCovi: Carmen San Diego! I love it!
That's funny about releasing the name early so folks can get used to it. My MIL has *opinions* about names as a speech therapist for preschoolers. She definitely mentioned that she felt DS's name could be a disadvantage if he had trouble with "th" Thankfully, he did not.

@Becky: I love that she was able to keep it a secret! I actually just remembered that when my Aunt was pregnant with her 3rd or 4th they told all the kids and told them to keep it a secret but that they could share if they really wanted to. But then they told extended family it was fair game to try to get it out of the kids! The kids were really good about not telling and only one Aunt was able to ‘’trick’’ her niece into revealing it.

We haven't decided on names yet since we're waiting for the 20 week scan to find out gender. 4 more weeks! hard to be patient!

With our first we kept the name secret until she was born and really liked that. However, this time it would be nice to tell DD the name so she can get used to it, get ready for baby more concretely. So we haven't decided what we'll do yet.

@yellowbeach: 24 weeks is always such a relief!!!

@yellowbeach: Yay! You look so good!

So our new neighbors were out last night and I had the kids go over to introduce themselves. DS (5) took it on himself to manage introductions and he totally took me by surprise by introducing the baby in my tummy and informing our neighbor that the baby has no teeth... Thanks bud.

We just haven't had time/energy to do names, but we have a current girl frontrunner name that we're keeping secret. Since we're team green, we also keep the names secret. DD was a Lydia for about 10 minutes before I decided she just wasn't a Lydia.

@JCCovi: That's an awesome story, when my kids are older, I want to do that!

So yesterday wasn't great - slept like crap and started having a dull headache in the morning. After a little bit felt woozy and had some fuzzy vision, so I had someone check my blood pressure. 130/100, 130/90, 148/89... I was out of town of course, so I went back to where I was staying to lie down and rest and page the on-call OB. By that time my BPs went back to normal (thank god) but they still wanted me to come home and be seen last night.

So I went to L&D so they could test urine, get some labs and monitor baby and my BPs for a few hours. Everything checked out perfectly which was amazing news. I'm NOT jazzed about having a micropremie after having had a regular premie. That was difficult enough. But all looks well for now. Going to cut back on my hours at work a bit from 30-40 down to 20-30 just to not push it.