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PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
Updates?
QOTD?
Mrs._F
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Re: PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
Updates - Our big u/s is tomorrow, not Friday, and I'm really looking forward to it. Part is still sad about being team green but I'll go with my girl's decision on this one.
I'm feeling okay other than back pain. I knew back pain would be an issue for me but I didn't expect it to start so early. I'll continue to go to the chiropractor and hopefully add in a massage or two in the coming months.
I've spent a lot of time lately narrowing down what I would like to put on our registry. K is so busy with school that this is up to me. I'll show her my top two picks for something and then let her make the final pick and color choice. This system seems to work well for us as there really is no need to have us both researching high chair safety.
I have no real updates, as I am babyless. But I was sad to see so many view and so few replies so I decided to drop in and say hi anyway. Let see, preg-related stuff...
Our friend's baby welcoming ceremony is this weekend. She is the most adorable little puddle of caramel cuteness. Oh! I just bought a fab dress at the thrift store which I later discovered was a maternity dress. Ok, I'm clearly stretching here....perhaps it's time to leave this thread to folks actually TTC.
I just realized that our next midwife appointment is two weeks away - it feels like we were just there! Shortly after that, our big u/s will be scheduled (for December), which I am so looking forward to!
I've discovered the joy of Preggie Pops. My nausea has been coming and going lately, and these really help. I'm going to try to get some of the Drops, so I don't have to have a stick hanging out of my mouth. Still really tired - some days are better than others, and today has been a bit of a rough one. A full 5-day work week is about the limit of what I can handle, so I'm really glad the next few weeks will be 4 days or less. That will be a nice break!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Carter woke up crying b/c he wanted L (who'd already left for work.) I offered to call her. NO. I tried to comfort him to no avail. So he sobbed in bed and finally let me bring him to our bed. I turned on Caillou (what they watch every morning) and he went ape-crazy - screaming that he wanted it off. I explained he didn't have to watch it, but Grayson wanted to. He could go read a book or come into the bathroom with me while I got ready. When I turned my back, he knocked everything off of L's nightstand with a brush of his arm.
Off to time out. Gets out of time out and is still mad, so he takes a
roll of paper towels and unrolls them across the floor while I am
drying my hair. 
Ask him to pick out a shirt and when I say that it needs to be long
sleeved he loses it again and then pulls down every shirt on his side
of the closet. 
Time out again. I get Gray dressed, talk to Carter about his behavior,
and manage to get him dressed without another meltdown. Gray decides
that he wants to wear his plain blue underwear and not the Grover ones
he has on. When I suggest that he wear the blue ones tonight to bed or tomorrow, he
says, "But I pooped in my underwear." WHAT? He hasn't pooped in his
underwear in over a month. Did he do this just to wear the blue
underwear? I could kill him. Needless to say he needed to be striped, cleaned, and re-dressed.
Finally get downstairs and more crying from Carter b/c I won't let him take Grayson's airplane set (Carter has one JUST like it in his other hand.) Carter refuses to put on his coat/shoes. He cries b/c I opened the front door and he wanted to. He refused to get into the car. Andd somehow he manages to throw his baggie of raisin toast out of the car door as I am closing it. Thankfully, he zoned out in the car on the way to school. I needed some quiet time.
Aren't you all looking forward to being parents now?
(thankfully, this is the exception rather than the rule in our house - but when it does happen.
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I will keep this brief, the full complainy version is on my blog, but basically my muscle strain is keeping me in a lot of pain right now. I'm icing it and taking the tylenol, but its not really helping. Tried calling my GP again and she had no other suggestions. I'm wondering if I should call my midwife, but don't know that she'll have anything to add... so thinking maybe I should just suck it up until my next appointment in 2 weeks.
Otherwise, things are fine. I'm getting big. Trav is visiting two daycares on Friday and another on the 16th. Once we figure out what's happening with his insurance in January, we'll start looking at pedis. Also, work just bought us our crib!! Yay!! And I'll end on that pleasant note.
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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OMG, we are 10 DAYS away from the due date! eek! i am so excited and nervous and happy and scared and everything in between that i think i might explode!
she's meeting with the lawyer this afternoon to go over some final things with the co-parenting agreement so we can get that in place as soon as possible after he's born. tonight is her last night at work, and i'll be home trying to finish some things up to get ready for his arrival. tomorrow we meet with the ob. sometime within the next two weeks we should be meeting our little boy. i can't wait!
Ella is off today. She eat an ounce then won't finish her bottle (very unlike her) She nursed and then fussed for 1/2 hour then took an ounce and then went down for a nap. I am totally freaking out that she is sick. She doesn't have a fever so I am just guessing that she is in a mood. S is feeling sick and is now in bed also very unlike her. She keeps saying I don't know how this happened and going over how careful she was when she has gone out this week. It is taking all the power I have not to bring up the fact that her neice was sick and we saw her ect...I know I need to talk to her about this but I just don't want to fight about it. I just don't have the energy.
Now I need to figure out how to not to get sick myself although I don't feel great today. Keep Ella from getting sick. I am hoping we are having side effects from the H1N1 shot.
On happier notes Ella is so cute and is smiling up a storm. She is also holding her head so much better these days. If I knew how to do a pip I would post an awesome picture of Ella that S took the other day. I am also stalking my photographers website for picture from the other day. 3 weeks can not come soon enough!
No big updates for us other than the fact that we are counting down to our first iui in about a week and a half. O can't get here fast enough.. We are ready and so, so, so excited and hopeful!
CD18, 4dpo. TEN more days of this?! Really?!
Last month I had a family/conference trip to keep me busy.This month I have a bunch of stuff to do, but the days aren't going fast enough.
Looking forward to the weekend. I think we're going to be making some decor decisions and I'm babysitting on Saturday night.
On the whole, I'm feeling better. The daily headaches/frequent migraines have calmed down quite a bit (knock on wood!), which is making it easier to get through my workdays. Now I'm down to more "normal" pregnancy pains-- e.g. hip pain that keeps me from sleeping more than an hour at a time (ugh). Not sure if it's normal or not, but I've just recently started having these weird back spasms up high on my back that knock the wind out of me and are really, really painful. That said, I try to not complain because I am just so grateful to be pregnant with our two wonderful babies!
I haven't felt the babies much yet, but I'm assuming that is due to having two anterior placentas. At our next u/s I'm going to ask them exactly where the placentas are at this point, because when I do feel movement, it is usually on Baby A's side, which of course makes me worry about Baby B. Every now and then when Sylvia is reading the babies their bedtime story, one of them will start up with little flutters. It is so sweet.
We have not done a thing in terms of planning for the nursery, picking out cribs, thinking about registering, or anything. I still haven't set foot in a baby store. Sometimes when I hear how far into things others are, I get anxious that we're too far behind. But mostly I remind myself that as long as the babies have carseats, a few sets of clothes, and a place to sleep when they get home, we'll be okay. Not sure about the carseats, but we're planning to buy a co-sleeper and some baby clothes from my brother and SIL, so I think we'll be able to get the basics down.
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
finally blogging again at This Will Be: An Adventure
It's Thursday, but I'm posting anyways. I didn't post yesterday because I was dealing with ATP...i.e. my DD was up MUCH of Tuesday night off and on...not complaining of anything hurting (despite me asking over and over). I finally pulled her into bed with me around 3:30. Around 6:00 she finally said, "mommy my ear hurts." SIGH. We JUST went thru this very same thing with the other ear 2 1/2 weeks ago. So another trip to the pediatrician, another missed day of work, and anothe round of antibiotics. Thankfully last night was MUCH better. I
mo.trin for kids.
2brides, your morning story made me LOL. I can't tell you HOW many mornings we have had, just me and DD, like the one you shared. And that's with just my one kid...thank goodness both your boys weren't acting up! I hope today was better!!!