APRIL CHIT CHAT!!

[Inglewood]

DM, beautiful birth story!! Bet u can't believe she is here!

Z and princess, my ds2 (he's 5) was very clingy, drawing things like me in hosp and writing things like 'mum be ok, not die, operation ok' freaked me out! chatted to him and turns out he was worried about missing me whilst in hosp, wasn't about the op. He's been ok since girls here, no probs and less clingy.

Mocha, woo hoo, a girl for sure!! Love the scan pic. I got rid of boys baby stuff b4 falling pg, as was so sure dh wouldn't agree to a 3rd baby!

princess, not long now

I kinna miss my bump! never thought I'd miss my HUGE belly, but I always get like this after a month or so. Girls are almost 5wks, going so fast!

I'm on Fb if anyone wants to see pic's of the twins, just pm me. x

[begonia]

Ingle I totally miss being pg. Not 9 months pg but you know, 2nd trimester pg

I'm not on FB but pictures are the one thing I always wish I was on there for ... so many of my friends put their kiddos pics up and I miss out on them. Booo!

Mocha I'm glad you're finally starting to believe you can get rid of all your boys clothes! After DD2 I gave away ALL of my girl clothing. I was SURE we'd have a boy next, I really was, not even bc of swaying it was just how I felt. And I felt like getting rid of her stuff was like, good luck, KWIM? Anyhow I gave it all to a neighbor who has been dropping it all back by for me as her DD outgrows it Unfortunately the way I deal best with some of my lingering sadness is shopping so DD3 needs to have about 4 outfit changes a day to keep up with all the clothing

[Mochagirl]

Shopping for ds3 definitely helped with my GD too, though he definitely didn't need anything since with twin big brothers we already had two full boy wardrobes!

I keep thinking how I should be enjoying the pregnancy this time since I know for sure it's my last. I'm in the nice 2nd trimester period where I'm starting to feel baby move, I have a nice little belly, but I don't feel completely run-down yet...and still I find myself being impatient thinking that I just want to meet this little girl. September seems soooo far away.

[auroara78]

Mocha, I'm the same way! Once I found out it was my lil girl in there, I literarlly just handed to be handed my newborn girl already, lol. I am impatient now because I know gender and just want to get the show on the road...trying to tell myself to enjoy every moment of this preg.

I bought DS2 a few new things too when I found out he was a boy because I wanted to feel special about having new clothes (his own things) plus they were two different seasons, so that was a good justification

[purplepoet20]

Sarah you're so close to holding that newborn, you lucky thing!! Hang in there

You too, Zan and Danni, I'm amazed at how it has all flown by!

DM, that story had me in tears ... what a beautiful birth experience. Especially the no tearing (and no puking), that's downright wonderful Mama! I am so glad she is here in your arms now.

DD3 slept from 11p-8a last night! We're BFF now If she does it again she'll officially be my favorite daughter Saying things like that is good parenting, right? I frequently joke with DH that the college funds will be therapy funds if we're not careful

DS2 is my favorite he still takes 3 hr naps and he sleeps from 8pm-8am... DS1 hardly napped and he is always up at 5:30-6am. Also DS2 is a mamas boy so he misses me even if I am in the other room.

[Mochagirl]

I bought DS2 a few new things too when I found out he was a boy because I wanted to feel special about having new clothes (his own things) plus they were two different seasons, so that was a good justification

Mine were even born the same time of year, so I really had no justification for the extra expense other than to make me feel better. DS3 looks a lot more like me than my other sons (which also helped a lot with my GD), and because he's got gorgeous blue eyes I've always liked to dress him in blue. My twins looked better in colours like brown, red and orange, so most of my baby stuff for them was in those colours. With this pregnancy I kept telling myself that at least this baby will be born in a different season, so I could easily justify buying all new stuff. I'm just happy I can buy some PINK stuff this time!

[auroara78]

Yeah, it's been intoxicing shopping for the pink, I almost get a buzz because for a while there, despite the swaying, I wasn't sure I'd ever be there. I keep finding myself picking up new clothese for DS1 and 2 too while I shop because the boys do need some summer things and it makes me feel like I'm not just going crazy for the girl stuff. Though I have taken a break for now, cuz I wanna see what I get at my shower in August, and then I'm trying to wait for more Fall-ish/Winter things to come in, still a lot of summer clothese atm.

[DoulaMama]

Thanks so much for reading my birth story!! xo It was the perfect birth to end my child bearing stage of life I've been feeling pretty amazing in the PP stage I think it was the placenta smoothie I had right after birth...sorry if I gross anybody out!! LOL! I've also dried the majority of it so I'll be blending it up for capsules in the next day. I'm hoping it'll help keep me stable and happy in the weeks to come. My bleeding basically gone now at 10 days PP. I'm almost ready to jump my husband!!

Princess- today is the day, right??? Easy labour vibes to you, Hun xoxo Can't wait to hear about your birth and your new little spud

Z-Holy crap!!! Not long now!!!!! Oh I'm so excited to see your little girl!!!

M- So glad your u/s confirmed girl for you Get rid of those boy clothes!!! LOL!

I'm hoping to pop by more often but right now I'm dealing with BAD nursing issues. My kiddo was severely tongue tied at birth and although we had it clipped at 6 days old, she still can't grasp the tongue movement she needs to nurse properly, so my boobs are ravaged and I've gotten mastitis already its been a long 4 days.

XO Much love to everyone on here~

[Mochagirl]

So sorry you're having such a rough time nursing, dm - as I said on FB I got mastitis when my twins were around that age and it was not fun. My fever was up to 103 and my boobs were on fire.

We had major suck issues with one of my twins - he couldn't suck at all, which meant I had to syringe feed him pumped milk after nursing his brother. At 6 weeks he just suddenly got it - I hope it doesn't take that long for Felina!

[Ribbons]

Thanks so much for reading my birth story!! xo It was the perfect birth to end my child bearing stage of life I've been feeling pretty amazing in the PP stage I think it was the placenta smoothie I had right after birth...sorry if I gross anybody out!! LOL! I've also dried the majority of it so I'll be blending it up for capsules in the next day. I'm hoping it'll help keep me stable and happy in the weeks to come. My bleeding basically gone now at 10 days PP. I'm almost ready to jump my husband!!

I'm hoping to pop by more often but right now I'm dealing with BAD nursing issues. My kiddo was severely tongue tied at birth and although we had it clipped at 6 days old, she still can't grasp the tongue movement she needs to nurse properly, so my boobs are ravaged and I've gotten mastitis already its been a long 4 days.

XO Much love to everyone on here~

DM - I did the same thing with my placenta! I swear that is the CURE for pp depression.... I felt like I was on cloud nine for weeks! I also did the smoothie and capsules. I made them last - took them over a 30-day period. It was great. Will DEFINITELY be doing that again! I was trying to talk all of my friends into doing it and they looked at me like I had 3 heads LOL

So sorry you are having trouble nursing! I hope it will pass for you soon!