2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

[Karen]

What great pictures of your pretty girl! I hope you had someone take a "4 generations of women" picture for Lyra to treasure when she's a grown-up! I have one black-and-white, small grainy picture of my mom at one month old, being held by her grandmother with her great aunt and mom looking on, and it's just priceless to us!

[beeniesmom]

AWWWWWWWWW! Happy 6 month Lyra!
I can't believe it's already been 6 months.

[finn's mom]

Oh, wow, Jill! Your daughter is beautiful! If Clara smiles half as much as that, I'll be thrilled! There's nothing like babies that smile! I can see she comes by it naturally, too, your mother and grandma have wonderful smiles! Happy six months, Lyra!

As for me, nothing much to report! Feeling great, sinuses finally cleared up. I think it was just a bad bout with allergies for a couple days. It wasn't miserable, but it certainly had an impact on me.

I did go check out the office of the pediatrician our obstetrician recommended. I loved it and the staff! I have an appointment on Thursday morning to meet the doctor, and I'm optimistic about the introduction. His nurse came out to hug me, and she was just as cute as could be. I'm 5'1, and she was at least a couple inches shorter than me. We definitely waited too long to find our pediatrician, but I really hope Clara holds out a couple days so that I can go to the appointment on Thursday. As long as he supports breastfeeding, I'll be happy!

I'm going in tomorrow morning for my first pelvic exam to see how far along I am, and make sure everything's good. I'll update afterwards!

How's Laura, Carmen?

[wolfsoul]

These babies are just too cute. Congrats on your little one Carmen!

I'm getting bigger and bigger... really have to get some new pictures. But, I'm right on with where I should be. Of the 17 pounds I lost in my first trimester (due to metabolism changes), I've gained 15 back, and I'm 32.5 weeks now. Dr says I measure at 33 weeks and she's thinking I'm going to break the chain of giant babies in my family. All of the babies in my family tend to be between 10-12 pounds. My dr is thinking she might be 8 something, which is what I keep saying too. So I'm very happy to have a nice average sized baby instead of a huge one LOL.

Now for the bad news -- dr says it feels like she may be breach. She doesn't know for sure, it's hard to tell at this stage, but she said give it another two weeks and she will probably get a better feel. If she still suspects breach position, she'll send me in for an ultrasound. I'm going to start putting cold things up high right now just incase lol. Honestly I don't think she is breach -- I swear I can feel the position she is in and I'm sure it's her feet that keep kicking me in the ribs, not hands. I can actually reach into my skin and grab hold of them and they feel like feet. But at the same time, she moves around in there so much I wouldn't be surprised if she flipped herself overnight and now she just may be breach. Who knows.

[finn's mom]

Wolfsoul, I hope, even if she is breech, that everything goes well and that you're fortunate like we've been! Clara was frank breech until we had her manually turned. Of course, she could still flip around, but we're hoping she doesn't!

Good luck, either way! And it sounds like you're on the right track with yours and your baby's weight gain! I've gained about 15-17 pounds, got about a week left til her due date! A few weeks ago, our doctor estimated that she'd be a 7 to 7.5 pound baby, so we'll see!

[beeniesmom]

What is it with these breech babies! We got us some lazy ones here.

Here is my little pumpkin. She's already 2 weeks old today!

[prechrswife]

Lyra and Laura are adorable!

[finn's mom]

Well, today is Clara's due date, but so far, she's pretty content. I am a little nervous that she might have moved, but it's so hard to tell! I have an appointment today at 3:30, so we'll see if either of us have changed at all. I am still feeling great, though, so as long as that's the case, she can take her time.

My parents are to arrive Thursday night! I am so excited to see them both!

Everything's ready for our girl, now we just need her!

[finn's mom]

Oh, Carmen, she's gotten even prettier! I can't believe it's been two weeks already. Good grief!

I had a doctor's appointment this morning, and Clara is still in a good position for delivery, but nothing has changed. I'm not dilated at all and she's not dropped. We have an appointment on her due date (Monday), and our normal appointment scheduled for Thursday, just in case she's not here, yet. If she doesn't come by then, we'll schedule an appointment to induce her on Friday, August 21. So, that's our news!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Now for the bad news -- dr says it feels like she may be breach. She doesn't know for sure, it's hard to tell at this stage, but she said give it another two weeks and she will probably get a better feel. If she still suspects breach position, she'll send me in for an ultrasound. I'm going to start putting cold things up high right now just incase lol. Honestly I don't think she is breach -- I swear I can feel the position she is in and I'm sure it's her feet that keep kicking me in the ribs, not hands. I can actually reach into my skin and grab hold of them and they feel like feet. But at the same time, she moves around in there so much I wouldn't be surprised if she flipped herself overnight and now she just may be breach. Who knows.

Does your baby ever get the hiccups? I could tell Lyra was head down because she got the hiccups 4 or 5 times a day and they always felt really low.

[wolfsoul]

Aww what cute pictures.

Does your baby ever get the hiccups? I could tell Lyra was head down because she got the hiccups 4 or 5 times a day and they always felt really low.

Omg! I never thought of that, she always gets the hiccups and they are always low. Interesting, maybe she is in the right position then! I certainly hope so!

[popcornbird]

Laura looks so sweet!! So adorable! How have the pets been doing with her?