Posts by melissa_bruce

Welp last week went great!  Until the weekend.  Yuppers I ate out a bunch.  Oh well it was my last big "blow out".  I am back on track in full force today!  :)  How are you ladies doing??!!

Okay I am learning the hard way.  My dr didn't tell me not to take baby out and we took him everywhere.  I am not sure if it was from taking him out or if it was grandma who got him sick.  She insisted on holding him even though she was sick. Yeah horrible!  He has a horrible cold...and is puking poor little guy.  He is only six weeks old.  So after seeing him sick I am wishing that I would have stayed home more with him.  You should make your own decision though.  I am just saying they are so little and if they do get sick...you feel horrible!  At least I do!

**Edit I guess I just remembing this time more because he is sick.  With my daughter Tegan we took her out just about as much as him and she never got sick.  I think it just really depends on the kid.

Knock on wood but I think that it has stopped...but then again that is what I thought last time then it came back.  I am really glad to know that this normal!  With my daughter it only happened for like a week. ;o) I guess I was lucky haha.

Maybe TMI---but I am having other problems now haha---

Now I am having some discharge...it is enough to wear a pad with.  It doesn't have a yucky smell...but it does have a yellowish color to it. But it almost looks greenish/yellow on the pad... Is that normal as well? 

Yes I am going back to the dr for a 6 week checkup.  I will mention it to him.  Unless you guys think I might have an infection then...I might call early.  I just don't want to seem like a crazy woman!

I do the same thing.  I gain about 2-3 pounds a month then one month I gained 9 then the other months nothing.  I am at a total of 23 pounds right now.  I don't think that it is anything to worry about as long as your eating right and not starving yourself or the baby.  Every womans body is different and every pregnancy is different.  I think the only thing that really matters is when the dr measures your tummy...it should be growing.

Original Post by anniebaker2008:

I have a lot of stretch marks - but I suddenly realised yesterday that they have faded a lot. I have been using an intensive moisturiser every day when I get out of the shower for about a year because my skin is dry.

It is not an expensive moisturiser either - very basic petroleum jelly ... it seems to work better than any of the fancy stuff!

 What kind are you using?  I am thinking about giving it a try.  I have them...from my first pregnancy and they are more pronounced this time.

I really want mac and cheese with tomatoes in it!  lol I always crave something and then when I go to the store and get it...and get home...yuck--I don't want it anymore.  Although...I have been having a sweet tooth.  I wonder if it is because all this candy is around...hummm?  lol

Something really strange happened last Friday...we went to TGIF's and I ordered the salmon.  I hate salmon!  It looked so good and I wanted it so bad.  Well I got it and EWWWW...yep I still hate samon! haha  Oh my what pregnancy does to you! lol

So far I am pretty proud of myself....I am 32 weeks along and have gained 20.5 pounds...so I guess the cravings aren't too bad.  :) Now if I can keep it at a pound a week until I deliver I will be a happy camper!  :)

I think I am going to rent one from the hospital when the time comes.  I might get a manual one for those trying times when I just need to pump and pump fast.  Thank you guys for all your help!

I guess if I knew the people it wouldn't be that big of an issue.  But I actually have been looking on ebay and craigslist...and these people I don't know anything about just that they have a really cheap breast pump! haha :)

Wow--two garbage bags full!?!  That is amazing!  I really hope that I am able to do that.  I want to breast feed so bad this time..it isn't even funny! But I know that I have to go back to work and will have to pump for sure.

Congrats!  He is handsome!! :) Very cute!!  That is awesome that your hubby was able to take some pictures in the c-section room.  It isn't allowed at the hospital I will be at!  :D 

I am the classic binge eater.  I get bored and so I eat....it doesn't matter what I am eating as long as I am eating.  My husband is the same way.  We both want to stop doing this.  We don't eat because we are hungry...we eat because well for many reasons but mostly because we are bored. NOT HUNGRY!

I am going to start trying the water thing.  I have also started drinking hot beverages.  Them seem to be filling.  Hot water or coffee...sometimes sugar free/fat free hot choco.  I think everytime I get that binge feeling I am going to log on here....or go take a shower...or do something productive.  I read somewhere that a craving normally lasts about 5 mintues.  If you can make it through that you can make it through anything. haha :)

Guess we will see.  Other bingers add me as a friend...it would be great to be able to shoot a e-mail telling about the battle..rather than giving in and doing it!

sorry late but never due 1/1/09 New Years Baby :) But I am actually going to have him on the 26th of Dec. C-section :)

I have had my daughter in daycare now since she was a baby.  Yes we have had the running noses and coughs...but never the flu.  But every kid is different...Tegan has always been a healthy baby.

As for getting the shot when your pregnant--it just doesn't make sense.  Your going to have the baby before it is even needed.  IF you don't want the shot don't get it. Simple as that.

My doctor kept asking me if I wanted to test for downs and stuff.  I told him no...more than once.  But he kept asking.  I think that they have to. 

I work in the healthcare setting and you need to know exactly how much FLu vaccine to order.  So maybe he was just making sure?

Maybe she is just scheduling the c-section out of convience.  But then again she wouldn't even have to do the VBAC she could be turning me over so she didn't have to deal with me.  :)  But shes not. 

Either way I go yes there are pros and cons.  But something in my heart is telling me to just go with the c-section.  I would feel horrible if my baby died because I wanted to give childbirth a try.  And I have already had a tubal pregnancy lost one of my tubes.  It is not a chance I am willing to take.

Who knows! :)

Thanks guys!

Mel

Well I think after speaking with the Dr. yesterday that I am going to go ahead and have a planned C-Section.  I think this is what is best for me and the baby.  I know I want to experience things and have a VBAC but it is really risky.  And with my track record maybe not the best choice.  My dr scared me yesterday when she said and I quote, "The risks of a VBAC are that you and baby will die."  Something about how she told made me think, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING? Why risk it?  Why go to some other doctor that you don't know anything about?"

So it is offical--a planned C-Section is the way I am going.  Plus it will be nice...no guessing about when the baby will come...I will have a date...and a time...and just be ready! :)

I am the same way. I am about 22 weeks along and people can't tell--they just think that I am fat. I hate the way that maternity clothes fit me....I am a very tall girl and they just look funny! I have started shopping at motherhood maternity though....they have some good stuff. I DESPERATLY WANT THE BABY BUMP AS WELL!! HAHA Guess we will see what happens!