So I was going to make an entry about this anyway, but Christine's comment on my last entry made me decide to go ahead and post it. Lizzie recommended these to me when I made my registry, and I bought 2 of them, and I wanted to pass along the recommendation ( Read more... )

So, things are going pretty well. Breastfeeding still seems to be going mostly ok. No problems that I can tell, and she had gained back up to her birth weight at her 2 week appt. Sleeping is...difficult. She has good nights and bad nights. Lately I think the lack of sleep has been getting to us, as we have been staying in bed until about 1pm a ( Read more... )

So, breastfeeding ( Read more... )

Cut, because it is super long, and has lots of gory details

( birth story! )

I should probably wait to post until after my appointment today, but I am not, obviously. I mentioned that I was not dilated at all at the last one. Friday at my NST I was having BH contractions about 7 minutes apart (still not at all painful) so the doc had them check me again there, and I have a whopping dilation of "about a dimple" now, so ( Read more... )

Ugh. 37 weeks and 3 days along now. Had my weekly doc appt. yesterday and I am still not dilated at all. This frustrates me, because with as many braxton hicks as I am having I would hope to have been dilated at least a little by now. Beginning to worry that she will come late. Sooo don't want that, with my gestational diabetes. Also don't ( Read more... )

Been eventful since I last posted. Still having contractions at my NSTs. Still not *really* feeling them, although I think I may have figured out what they sometimes feel like, maybe. Still not sure. Today, though, was very unpleasant. Last night for a few hours I was having cramps and lower back pain, then woke up ok, but only for about half ( Read more... )

(trying not to get so far behind on these things that I feel too overwhelmed to do it ( Read more... )

(wow, be amazed at how quickly after the last entry I made a new one! Awe and wonder ( Read more... )

I know, I know, it has been forever. I am sorry. I have been exhausted and not really felt like writing out all my complaints ( Read more... )