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Oh! And I keep forgetting to thank whichever one of you it was that brought the Pioneer Woman's Creamy Chicken Spaghetti Casserole into my life. I'm eating leftovers for lunch right now and it's SO SO SO good, it's become a staple at our house.
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@erinbaderin: For us, it depends on if I'm having a c-section or not. If I am, DH and DS will be spending the night in the hospital with us. If I'm not (which I'm hoping I won't), DH will pick DS up from daycare and bring him to see me and the new baby. Let him chill with us a bit, then DH will take DS home to bathe, feed, etc. and put him to bed. He'll probably stay home with DS overnight, then bring DS back by in the morning to visit me and the baby (and probably have breakfast with us) then drop him off at daycare.
This is what we did when I was in the hospital last week. It worked out okay. If DH is adamant about spending the night with me and DD at the hospital, then DS will probably spend the night with us too. Guess we'll see!
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Ya ive been fortunate in the weight gain dept... Only up about 11 pounds and baby weight is 10ish so i cant complain
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@erinbaderin: right now we are planning to have my mil watch DD while I am at the hospital, but my DH will probably go home overnight to be with DD too. I am crossing my fingers that everything goes smoothly enough that they let me leave after one night. The standard at our haospital is 2 nights. Obviously if there are any health issues for me or the baby, DH will then stay with us at the hospital overnight instead of going home.
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@erinbaderin: It may have been me that gave that recipe! I love PW...she doesnt ever steer me wrong! I made this peanut butter pie over the weekend and it is amazing!!!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/chocolate-peanut-butter-pie-recipe.html
As for our hospital plan...its a perfect storm for us right now. All our grandparents are in Florida. Our "go-time" person is our babysitter...she's amazing and has agreed to be "on call" whenever it goes down. If K is at Daycare (where our babysitter works) she will take K home and do the normal routine then take her in to daycare in the AM with her. If it is the middle of the night (or some other non school time) she will come to the house and assume responsibilities.
DH and I have decided that he will only stay one night in the hospital with me (of course assuming everything is fine with DD2). So he will go home after one night...likely bring K up for a visit...then take her home again for her normal night time routine.
If I have her early, and my mom is still out of town, I will be alone night 2 in the hospital (if required...I find out Thursday if I am GBS+). If my mom is here she has offered to stay with me. For us - we have just decided we'd like to do as little disrupting to Ks schedule as possible...
@Alivoo01: Thats awesome your hospital will allow DS to come stay overnight with you...I dont think I have ever heard of that! Is it new-ish? Or has it always been their policy?
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@erinbaderin: our plan is for my parents to watch DS. Luckily they live 1.5 miles away so they'll just stay at our house. And he knows them really well. My only concern is that my parents both work and are busy but assured me that they will take him no matter what.
My mom just assumed my husband would leave me there after the delivery though because that's what people did back in the day. Dad took care of the kiddos. But I'm remembering how sore I was, and how DH changed every diaper that first day. I'm a baby too, I want him to stay with us! Plus my OB said, it's your only time to dote on the new little one, before big brother needs your attention too. Plus, we've done one nighters away from DS before, he pretty much couldn't have cared less when we returned! Lol
Also definitely been in panty liners since forever! I started contractions the day I lost most of my mucous plug so that might be a sign for me if it happens again!
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Also I'm 37w2d and no change since 36 weeks when I was 1 cm and 50% effaced. Hoping this means baby will cook for another two weeks! And tested negative for GBS.
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Got the hose for the birth tub and the adapter to connect it to the kitchen sink. And got newborn diapers and the biggest pads I could find at the store, lol. Officially have nothing left to buy.
All that's left to do is assemble the mamaroo and make our bed with the shower curtain. And I'd like to clean out the fridge.
Lots of cramping/aching/tightening today. Nothing consistent, but very noticeable. Maybe I won't end up 42 weeks pregnant after all, lol.
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@erinbaderin: our plan is firmly sister to honestly with DD. Depending on when DS is born, DH may go home at 5 and do her while evening routine before coming back to stay the night with me in hospital. I am planning to stay both nights, but DH will likely come home for the second night.
@Navy_Mommy: I totally bought the pads designed for incontinence! Today our Amazon pantry order arrived with paper plates, snacks, pads, drinks, etc... Everything I could think of that we'll want in hand that first week! So I think I'm pretty well set, too. Exciting about the cramping! I hope it happens for you soon!
I appreciate all the positivity re: my weight! Feeling better about it, now. I spent the day in total nesting mode! Got our bedroom cleaned and organized, including his nursery corner. I also cleaned up the guest room and got it ready for guests, cleaned the bathroom, the kitchen, and the upstairs landing. I had a good talk with my doula today, and I have an appointment on Friday. Thinking I may let them check me, just out of curiosity!
Finally, one of my very good friends was induced this morning and had her baby girl this afternoon! It went perfectly, and I'm over the moon for her! It made me really excited to hold my newborn son!
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@mrsrain: if it happens in the next two weeks I'll be happy (which souks technically be before my due date). Seeing your due date come and go with no baby is just so depressing, lol.
I'm in our local MOMs club and tomorrow is my baby shower with them. It's exciting to have some people celebrate this baby since my closest friends are all on the other side of the country and my family is all more than 6 hours (driving) away.
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@Mrs D: Yeah, every time I go for an ultrasound I think "Don't send me to have this baby now, my child care plan is in Hawaii!" My parents get home at the end of February so I need to hang on until then.
I also keep thinking that if I need to spend a second night in the hospital I'll send my husband home, both for B's sake and for his - somebody should get some sleep! With B I got to leave after 36 hours, so fingers crossed that things go as well this time.
@Lilbear: Has your MIL watched your daughter overnight before?
@Alivoo01: Wow, I love the idea of everybody staying! Although in practice I'd probably be very stressed out about B not getting a good sleep, being woken up by the baby, etc.
@princessandthebee: I was thinking about this the other day - this is probably the only time baby #2 will ever get all the attention from both parents! I also feel like while I'll want my husband go to home and take care of B, he may want to stay and bond/cuddle with the new little guy.
@mrsrain: Wow, you have snacks and everything! That's good thinking! I need to get moving on that - I've been thinking about things I'll want at the hospital but not so much things I'll want once we get home.
@Navy_Mommy: Do you have somebody who is going to look after your kids while you're in labour? My friend had a home birth and I remember her stressing about who was going to hang out with her kids while she was giving birth.
Another day, another ultrasound. Actually getting into the ultrasound room was a nightmare (I love my midwives but their clinic is totally disorganized, they hadn't sent the requisition, then they wanted my last ultrasound report and they sent the one from 19 weeks instead of the one from last week, etc) and I won't know 100% what's happening until my appointment this afternoon, but the ultrasound tech said that she didn't think it was fair to send me home to worry so she "wouldn't worry too much about my fluid levels" which was nice to hear. She also said that he had his feet in his face and hair on his head!
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@Navy_Mommy: Great job getting it all prepped! You're so on top of it!!!
@princessandthebee: I stayed the same (1 cm and 50%) from 34-37 weeks with K...then at 38 weeks I was suddenly I was 3cm and 80%...of course I still didnt have her until 40w2d...such a guessing game!
@Navy_Mommy: I have noticed more period like cramps...and last night I had an hour (while laying in bed) where I noticed they were coming and going. I got a little rattled and then thankfully they went away. I'm excited to have this baby...but I think I'd like her to cook until 38w! Plus - my BH tightening has now become my whole belly - as opposed to earlier in this pregnancy when it was just the underside of my belly...making me think its more "practicing" now and less "muscle spasms".
I got my second Cake nursing bra yesterday - ladies these suckers are SO comfortable. I totally plan to live in them...Also got the last few things in my hospital bag and walked DH through everything. He of course is not packed (why would he? UGH)...but I figure if anything does happen suddenly it will likely be 20-25mins before our sitter can arrive anyways...so he has some time.
As for the car seat...I opted to put the infant carrier in my trunk for the time being. (I have a Grand Cherokee so I have plenty of space) I didnt want to move K because I like her being behind the passenger seat where I can turn and see her at lights. But at least its in the car now...
I also built the shelving system last night that I got for the nursery closet and ordered the wooden name to hang over the banner. I'll just have to paint that when it arrives! Last big thing is moving the swing upstairs to its home in the living room...
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@erinbaderin: I will now be dreaming of Hawaii for the next few hours...MMMmmm...where are they? I LOVE Hawaii and cannot wait to go back!
Between DH needing to be home with K for stability and his awful back it is just better he doesnt spend two nights in those awful chairs...plus if my mom can be there I am totally fine!
Thats so nice the US tech gave you some scoop...I hate when they play all secretive...
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@Mrs D: I have no idea, I've tried to get minimal details because it will make me too jealous.
I think they're in Maui? I've never been to Hawaii and have always wanted to go, and my mom keeps sending me pictures and it looks SO BEAUTIFUL!That peanut butter pie looks amazing but I literally ate an entire pan of rice krispie squares over the past 3 days so I no longer trust myself around desserts until I can stop using this pregnancy as an excuse to eat whatever I want.
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@erinbaderin: I hope your LO stays put until your mom is back from Hawaii!! Glad your levels look good!
@Mrs D: I looked up the Cake nursing bra, it looks amazing! I have some cheaper ones and a few nicer ones, but I probably have enough for now, I'll wait and see what happens but if I had to add another, I'm gonna look at that one again!
So we ended up buying a Dodge Caravan. It's nice but as nice as our old car and now I'm super stressed about getting DS in and out of his car seat. We moved it to the other side and we'll put new baby behind the passenger. I'm so not good with change and our car seat is stupid difficult to get tightened to begin with, ugh!!! And my parents will be using it while we're in the hospital but they could barely tighten it when it was on the easier side!
Also I felt like crap last night, nausea and diarrhea. And yea the body can prep for weeks so it means nothing except that I literally can't eat after 4:30 PM. haha
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@erinbaderin: so - I'd be lying if I said I didnt stand in the kitchen at midnight last night eating the peanut butter pie straight from the dish...it was amazing...I have no regrets (until I step on the scale post baby)...I suspect I'll do the same thing tonight and tomorrow night...until its gone. At any rate...its a great recipe to keep on hand for potluck situations...since its make ahead and only about 6 ingredients!
Maui is my happy place. I went there with my family when I was about 14/15 and then DH and I went there for our Honeymoon. It was amazing...we will go back. I actually plan to surprise DH with a trip some day - hopefully our 10 year anniversary if not sooner. This time we will go to Kauai also!
@princessandthebee: They are a bit pricey...so I bought mine on Ebay (some friends told me it was gross to buy it off ebay...I decided since it was easily washable I was fine with it)...for half the price!
I hope you get more comfortable with the car seat situation. Everyone keeps telling me to get a minivan so K can get in or out on her own but I just dont see how she could?! Thankfully our car seats (Britax) have super easy latches that I have trained both parents on now...but the on DH uses (Graco) is way more difficult to get right!
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@Mrs D: We have the britax travel system and bucket seat but the convertible is a safety first. Good to know britax is good for next time!
It also doesn't help that DS is still rear facing until July. Did anyone switch their kids early?
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@princessandthebee: I switched K at 23 mos...technically early but not much!
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@Mrs D: glad you said that, I'm thinking late June, and he was born late July!
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@Mrs D: There's no policy against DS spending the night unless he's causing a ruckus. We knew a friend who had her 3 daughters plus her hubby stay overnight with her when she gave birth to her son. Her daughter were 7-14 years in age! Talk about a packed room!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE peanut butter (as in I killed an entire sleeve of peanut butter girl scout cookies in one sitting yesterday, by myself. And I may or may not eat peanut butter by the spoonful) so I will have to check out that recipe!!
@erinbaderin: DS slept through a tornado alarm with 60mph winds howling and hail coming down, so I think we'll be okay if DD cries. loL!! But who knows! If he isn't sleeping well, I'll send DH home with him so they can at least get a good night's rest.
Yay for hair, and what's up with babies and their appendages up by their faces?! I know there's not much room in there, but it doesn't sound comfy! DD had her feet and hands by her face this entire time too so we haven't really gotten a good pic of her since her face is blocked 80%!
@Mrs D: Yes on hubbies being so nonchalant about baby stuff! I know we're not due for another 3 weeks, but I wanna have things done and ready to go no matter what. Just gives me a better piece of mind. I'm like we need to install the car seat, sterilize the new bottles, bring down the boppy, etc. And he's all like, eh, all that stuff isn't urgent, and I can take care of it on the drop of a hat if necessary. While it's true, I just want it done!!!! Ahhhhh!!!!!
Cake bras huh? I'll have to look into them!
@princessandthebee: DS currently sits in the middle so it's going to be weird for me to see (or maybe not see) him behind the driver seat!! I like looking back at him when we're conversing in the car so this is a huge change for us! Dunno how he'll take to it.
We didn't turn DS around till he was almost 2.5 years old. He actually preferred being RF instead of FF!! Weird kid, I know. Not sure why we decided to turn him around, but we did.
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So at my MFM appt yesterday, baby girl is moved out of the bottom third percentile to the 5th percentile so we're happy about that. We expected her to be small, but the fact she's growing is awesome! She's already almost at DS's birth weight and still has 3 weeks to gain a lil more. So she'll probably be a 5lb baby at least. Woohoo!! 6 might be a stretch, but who knows!
Also, my marginal previa from 20 weeks that turned into a low lying at 32 weeks is officially not an issue!! It's 2.53cm away now so hoorah for the clear thumbs up for vaginal delivery!! Just need to pray that she will be delivered vaginally and nothing goes wrong.
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@Alivoo01: So so so happy for you and your great news yesterday! Thats all so great to hear!!!
As for DH's...ugh...they just dont get it. Of course it can be done while caring for a NB and a Toddler...but why not just do it now?!!?! UGH!!!
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For those of you who plan to nurse...when do you plan to start pumping?
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@Mrs D: I love it! (eating the pie straight from the dish) I may have done the same thing with rice krispie squares, scooping them right out of the pan before they got firm enough to cut.
We went to St Lucia for our honeymoon and I feel the same way about it that you feel about Hawaii. I had thought we'd go back for our 5 year anniversary but 2012 came and went...then I thought we'd go for 10 but I can't imagine leaving a 1 year old....
@princessandthebee: Oh, does it only open on one side? That does sound like it's not any easier! My parents have literally never used B's carseat so good reminder that I need to give them a quick lesson in how to get him in/out at some point.
My husband hasn't thought of a bag, and the other day he said to me "Hey, I guess we should get a car seat, huh?" (Uh, YES, luckily I'm on top of that) but he does have the time and motivation do something I don't understand with quarter-round around the closet doors so now the nursery has a pile of tools in it. Priorities!
@Alivoo01: LOVE you ladies for making me feel less guilt about my recent face-stuffing! And what great news about your previa!
@Mrs D: I'm probably not a lot of help on the nursing question because I don't plan to pump - I tried last time and had a really really low output plus too much lipase so my son refused to drink anything that had been frozen anyway. With a year off I don't really feel like it's worth the hassle of scalding the milk.
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@Mrs D: THANK YOU!!
As for pumping, probably immediately? With DS, I remember having that "urge" to pump like every 20-30 minutes it seems, and DS would be sleeping so I'd pump to relieve myself. Dunno if it'll happen again this time around or not, but if it does, I plan to do the same. Otherwise, it just depends on how DD eats. DS was too tiny to latch on after birth (plus a lil stint in NICU) so I pumped exclusively for him the first 6 weeks before he latched on and nursed.
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@Mrs D: Why not just do it now is how I feel about most things, whereas my husband believes in this guy called "Future Jay" who he thinks is going to be a totally different person from "Present Jay" and who is going to be motivated. I think "Just do this and get it done with" and he thinks "Eh, Future Jay will deal with that."
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@Alivoo01: yay, way to grow baby girl! Great news about your previa, too!
@Mrs D: I will probably start pumping right away. I had some supply issues with DD and ended up supplementing with formula, s d is love to avoid that this time!
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@erinbaderin: No she hasn't ever watched our DD overnight. She is great with her, so that part won't be an issue. Our biggest obstacle is that we live in a 2 bedroom apt in queens, so she won't have any place to sleep outside of our couch or she could kick DD out of her twin sized bed. Both are not great options. This is part of the reason why DH will most likely spend the night at home instead of at the hospital.
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@mrsrain: Thank you!! We're so happy for this victory after our lil hospital stint last week, small baby, the cyst, etc.
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@erinbaderin: our intention is for them to be home with us. We'll have the midwife, my husband, and a doula/birth assistant there so lots of adult hands to help.
I do have a friend who is happy to come down here to distract them if need be (she lives like a half hour away so I don't want to bring them to her house), or we have friends who live closer that we could bring them to but we do not plan for them to be gone long.
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@Mrs D: I wouldn't really say I'm on top of it, lol. I'm already full term. I'm only a few days away from when my first came naturally. And I still have a few things around the house I'd like to do.
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@Alivoo01: yay for so much good news! That must be such a huge relief!
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@erinbaderin: If I go into labor in the middle of the night either my sister or our nanny will come over and stay with DS until he wakes up. Then it will just be a regular day for him since the nanny comes to our apartment. My hospital only has private rooms if you pay an exorbitant amount which don't intend to and that means that DH can't stay overnight.
@Mrs D: We actually have our first trip all booked. We are flying to Hilton Head (2 hour flight) mid May. Having flown multiple times with DS we know the earlier we fly the better since the little guy will pretty much just sleep the whole time. We're also flying JetBlue and DS will have his own seat so we can distract him with cartoons. We're staying in a timeshare property so we'll have actual bedrooms, living room and kitchen. That should make things easier.
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@Alivoo01: @mrsrain: So I am trying to figure out this "pumping right away" thing logistically. With K she nursed well from the start...but when we transitioned to a bottle for Daycare she basically stopped nursing all together and then rejected all my frozen milk stash...it was awful. I am hoping by introducing bottles earlier with this one I may have better luck.
If I remember my schedule with K correctly...At my peds request I nursed her every 2 hours during the day - nursing sessions with her would be anywhere from 30-60 mins for both sides total. So during the day it truly felt like all I did was nurse her. Then when I put her down at night (9pm) we nursed on demand...up through like 4-6w this meant 9pm, midnight or 1am, 4am, 7am (things stretched out as she got older of course)...
So when do you fit in pumping to a nursing schedule like that?
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@sailgrl18: That trip sounds awesome!!!
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@Mrs D: I haven't figured out pumping yet but I too had a child who didn't really like the bottle. We will have our nanny while I'm on leave so I plan to pump more and have her take the newborn some of the time so I can spend time with my toddler (it would kind of suck for him if I was in the apartment all the time but not hanging out with him). Anyways, I got the Dairy Fairy Arden Bra in hopes that I can pump while I nurse. It's a combo nursing and handsfree pumping bra so its theoretically doable.
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@sailgrl18: FYI - my sister is going through major struggles right now (she is home with DS...who is 4 mos and has the nanny predominantly looking after DD who just turned 2) on the nanny front. 1) unfortunately my sister is seeing all of the nanny's little flaws and 2) DD hates that my sister is home but not giving her attention. I think you are very wise to have you and the nanny "switch" focus occasionally. I dont think my sister has done this and I think its added to the frustration...
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@Mrs D: Thanks for the heads up. Where are you located? I've spent some days with our nanny so I know her flaws and hope they don't eat at me. During the warm weather our nanny is basically out of the apartment all day (excluding naptime) either on playdates or to the park. So he would be out and about. But I want to help him with the transition and think it would be fun to have Mommy / Son brunches or trips to museums / zoos. Newborns just don't need as much interaction as my two year old so I want to give him as much attention as I can. He'll also be starting pre-school in the fall so he'll have another transition. Additionally, I have a side project to improve his picky eating. I've just been too lazy to meal prep and work with him on his picky eating habits.
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@sailgrl18: I'm in Michigan...I think Mommy/Son dates are a great idea! I have told DH that when he gets home from work with K (from Daycare) I want to switch - meaning I'll take K and get our special time in before bedtime. Since I will have been home with baby all day. On the weekends I think we are planning to do one special thing per weekend that is catered to K - so she feels we still put effort in to her. Plus - when it is nicer out it will be easy with parks/zoos/etc...
We just recently started working on the eating. Its been my most stressful thing as a mom. I read an article that provided some good tips - i.e. always giving them a "safe" item, etc. And recently got our pediatrician to bless the idea of "fine if you dont like it you wont eat"...its helped us a lot...
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@Navy_Mommy: Thank you!! and it is!!!
@Mrs D: Boo on K quitting on nursing and frozen milk! 60 minutes a really long feeding time! Did she eat the entire time or did she eat and doze off/comfort nursed? Is this on one side or both? If she comfort nursed, maybe pop DD2 off and put her down (either to sleep, tummy time, etc) and then pump for a bit after that?
I think they're in Maui? I've never been to Hawaii and have always wanted to go, and my mom keeps sending me pictures and it looks SO BEAUTIFUL!
As for pumping, probably immediately? With DS, I remember having that "urge" to pump like every 20-30 minutes it seems, and DS would be sleeping so I'd pump to relieve myself. Dunno if it'll happen again this time around or not, but if it does, I plan to do the same. Otherwise, it just depends on how DD eats. DS was too tiny to latch on after birth (plus a lil stint in NICU) so I pumped exclusively for him the first 6 weeks before he latched on and nursed.
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