Roll-call!! Due June/July/August 2013

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Jadis she is gorgeous. I love all the hair.

I am 1 week on from delivery today and I am still on a high. I weighed myself this morning and I only have 3lb of baby weight left to lose ( plus a lot of stomach toning) and I did the jeans test. My fat jeans fit and I am wearing them today ��. I still have a little bit of tummy shrinkage to go before my normal jeans will close.

My little man is doing great he is feeding and sleeping well and because he is so long he is nearly the length of his 0-3 month sleep suits already. He was 57cm. He has already but on 4lb since birth putting him at 9lb 3oz

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Pearl, soo sweet. Sounds like he is doing fabulous. So glad to hear! And good for you on losing almost all the baby weight so quick! Wish I was as lucky hehe!

[cvd]

As for us:
Hudson is 8 weeks old tomorrow (he'll be getting his needles on Monday ), and weighs about 14lbs! He's a great sleeper - only wakes up once a night to nurse then goes right back to sleep. We're going to be moving him from the bassinet in our room to his own crib shortly as he's getting too cramped in there lol. Are any your DH's going for vasectomy if you're done with babies? Mine has his book for August 26th.

Hope all the mamas and babes are doing great and that more babies are on their way.


PS: Praying4Pink - haven't heard from you lately!! If you read this, how are you and Joelle doing?? How did nursing go? I know you were feeling a bit nervous about that!

[Falling2Grace]

Are any your DH's going for vasectomy if you're done with babies? Mine has his book for August 26th.

Funny you mention this bc my DH just had a vasectomy on friday! Here is a link to our experience and tips. you can read through the thread as ive updated it along the way. It is from another forum, though, but you should be able to still read it without creating an account.

Our Birth Control Choice - Vasectomy. Why and How. Ask? if you're curious! - BabyandBump

Hope the needles are not too stressfull <3

[Falling2Grace]

Ladies, if anyone is interested in participating, here is my baby birth poll.

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyKirsch3

HINTS to help you make your guess:

*EDD based on Ov. is August 31st.
*EDD based on early u/s is Aug. 31st or Sept 1st depending on which measurement you go by.
*My water broke first with DS1 at 41+4. He was born at 41+5 on a Saturday at 9:17am weighing 7lbs & 10.2oz and 20.5 inches long.
*My water broke first with DS2 at 38+2. He was born at 38+3 on a Sunday at 3:03pm weighing 7lbs & 4oz and 20 inches long.
*Our angel came to be on a Saturday night around 8:30pm (not sure if thats relevant, but apparently my body prefers the weekend!)

[cvd]

Funny you mention this bc my DH just had a vasectomy on friday! Here is a link to our experience and tips. you can read through the thread as ive updated it along the way. It is from another forum, though, but you should be able to still read it without creating an account.

Our Birth Control Choice - Vasectomy. Why and How. Ask? if you're curious! - BabyandBump

Hope the needles are not too stressfull <3

Neat!!! I just read it, thanks so you weren't in the room while they did it? I wasn't sure if they allowed it, not sure I'd wanna be in there anyway lol!
We are also young, I don't have the health concerns you do but this is what we both want. We are getting avlot of flack from people for doing it but we're happy with our 2 boys. DH isn't even telling his parents, his mom would probably kill him because she believes in big families. I'm an only child, I wanted our first to have a sibling but 3 would just be too much for me. No one seems to really understand lol anyway, now that I've got off on a rant hahah thanks again for posting that!

[Mum23boys]

We always said we'd have 4 then hubby would get snipped but he wanted it at 3 and I persuaded him not to ..... I just don't like to think think that that's it - I'm worried I'd change my mind in 5 years time . Never say never is when people ask about more children. Though its hubby bits and if he really wants it done ill support him since we did always agree on just the 4 :-)

[Falling2Grace]

We don't have any family or trustworthy support networks here so for us three is all we can handle. And actually two probably would have been better. We will have three under three so this really is it for us and we are perfectly happy w that.

I've had a really really hard pregnancy and I just have so many risk factors anyways. Never really is never for us. After experiencing Hypermesis Garviduarm. I never ever ever want to be pregnant again and I stand firm on that.(which speaks volumes bc before this pregnancy i LOVED LOVED loved being pregnant and everything about it. I never thought i would get to the point of actually wanting to be done. for good) It was horrible. If I get baby fever then we would adopt but honestly three is really stretching it for us. And im over the baby stage. I really have no desire to have more children. I want to move on w my life and experience new adventures which can't happen that easily w more babies. I know some ppl can't imagine not having more kids but for us I can't imagine having more kids lol


Even if I didn't have the health side of things (which is the number one reason we don't want anymore and more importantly why we SHOULDNT have anymore) we still would have happily and peacefully gone this route. We are perfectly content w our family size and I know some ppl are designed to have and want a million kids but that is def not for us. At some point every couple has to stop (unless of course they decide to be a Quiiverful family).

There isn't a doubt in my mind nor his, long term or short term. If there was even a small hint of worry or doubt about the choice (for either of us) we would have never had him get it done. *no way*. It really has to be a choice that BOTH parties are 110% fine and 0% doubtful about.

Neat!!! I just read it, thanks so you weren't in the room while they did it? I wasn't sure if they allowed it, not sure I'd wanna be in there anyway lol!
We are also young, I don't have the health concerns you do but this is what we both want. We are getting avlot of flack from people for doing it but we're happy with our 2 boys. DH isn't even telling his parents, his mom would probably kill him because she believes in big families. I'm an only child, I wanted our first to have a sibling but 3 would just be too much for me. No one seems to really understand lol anyway, now that I've got off on a rant hahah thanks again for posting that!

we dont have any childcare or family to help, so i had to drop DH off and take the kids somewhere for a bit. I really didn't like not being there but it just wasn't feesable without help (we have a one yr old and a wild two year old). But as it turns out the doctor doesn't let wives back there anymore bc he used to let them but they freaked out more than the husband did lol. So i wouldn't have been allowed back there anyways, but some doctors do allow it, so it would depend on where you went and what doctor you went with.

DH is an only child. He would have been more than happy stopping at 2 but i wanted to try for a girl. (TBH had DS2 been a girl we would have for sure been done). So he agreed. I have 4 other siblings plus 2 steps, so i know what a big family is like. Im glad we found a middle ground family. Not too big, not too small.

We didn't bother telling his parents. My mom knows (but thats just bc we are freakishly linked lol). Im not sure how they (DHs parents) would feel. His mom doesn't like me that well so im sure she would think i was evil for having him be the one to get sterilized, but whatever lol

[Jadis]

My hubby would get the snip tomorrow if he could. Logically, I know and understand that we can't just keep on having babies. If I think back to the fatigue and morning sickness of the first trimester or the constant backaches in the last trimester, I don't actually want to endure pregnancy again. But then I think about those first flutters, feeling my baby kick and hiccup inside her safe and cozy place in my body and my heart aches to know that I won't ever experience that again. At the minute, my brain and my heart are at odds with eachother. I know that my brain will have to win out, it's time to be done with having kids but these past 5 years of childbearing have been the best years of my life and I'm sad to see that chapter close. I guess I have to look ahead to the new chapter-adventures with my kids as they get old enough to do fun things. But I'll always love the way a newborns bum fits into your hand.

He wants to schedule his vasectomy but I keep asking him to wait until I can say yes without crying. Eventually, he'll be frustrated with me. Anyone else feeling conflicted? CVD-I wish I felt the way you do! It'd be so much easier if I had that definitive sense that we're done and it's time to move on. Maggie's outgrown some of her adorable newborn outfits, and I was weeping while folding them up and setting them aside. It's already going too fast!

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

I have to chime in. My dh just had a consult for a vasectomy at the beginning of July. I have 5 kids and I just turned 38 yesterday. I've been pregnant 6 times in 8 years. I know we aren't having any more children, but I too don't want him to get one. I feel the same way you do Jadis. These childbearing days have been so wonderful. I do need to look forward to the next chapter in my life with my kids. But having the newborn stage behind me keeps making me want to look back. Being a mom is great. I'm so happy I got to experience a child growing inside of me. What a gift!! Congrats to all of you.

[Mum23boys]

So girls i had my 36 week app today and baby is presenting head down 2/5 what ever that means - im not sure if its 2 5th in and 3 5th out or if the 2 5thi s all that she could feel so its 3 5th engaged .... i must remember to ask next time i see her at my 38+4 app