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zonohedron posted:So Andrew's a month old, and has started doing something new - some of the time when he's done nursing, rather than unlatching he'll pull his head back as far as he can until the nipple pops out of his mouth. Haha my three week old does this too. I thought it was only my kid. Nice to know I'm not alone in the pain!
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We got a Moby wrap during one of our baby showers, and it came in this cute little drawstring bag. I've washed the wrap and am now trying to figure out the best way to store it. Parents who have a Moby, how do you store it? Is there an easy way to fold or roll it up smaller, or am I stuck just tossing it in a drawer or on a shelf? I've already given up hope on using the drawstring bag to store it and will likely just use that for storing a couple of toys when we go places. Also, did any of you have any intuition about when your baby would arrive, and were you right? I've got this feeling that my baby will arrive closer to 37 weeks than to 40 weeks, and it's been hard making sure I don't get too excited or expectant (or panicky, because I just hit 36 weeks and it feels like we aren't remotely close to prepared even though we have the bassinet and diapers, and all the blankets and clothes have been washed and put away).
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Mar 2, 2012 18:42
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vanessa posted:
I was absolutely convinced that Connor would be 2 weeks early, to the extent of arranging Christmas assuming he would be here, and he was a week late. It made the last few weeks drag so much more than if I had just assumed he would be here on week 42. I think for all the people who were convinced the baby would come a certain time and they do, there's 4 times as many just as sure and they don't.
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Mar 2, 2012 18:50
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Yeah, I'd had a "feeling" my son would come early, and he ended up being a week late.
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Mar 2, 2012 19:19
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To clarify, my mom really did mean a very gentle tap - that's why I was unsure it would count as discouragement even if he were old enough to connect it to the head-yanking-away. She wouldn't suggest I hurt my son, and I wouldn't have considered it as a possibility if she had suggested it - but it's really pretty gratifying to have my suspicions that it wouldn't work confirmed. As far as intuitions go, I was convinced my son would show up on time or even late. My due date was February 15th, my mom had a plane ticket for the 1st, and I was actually worrying that I'd go into labor late enough in February that she'd only be able to be there for a few days after I gave birth. Then at 36 weeks 5 days I started cleaning the house, but I said to myself (and my husband!), "Oh, don't worry, nesting doesn't always mean labor is imminent." And then I lost my mucus plug at 37 weeks 4 days and I said, "Well, that can be two weeks before true labor," and then I went into labor on January 31st, at 37 weeks 6 days.
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Mar 2, 2012 21:58
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vanessa posted:Also, did any of you have any intuition about when your baby would arrive, and were you right? I've got this feeling that my baby will arrive closer to 37 weeks than to 40 weeks, and it's been hard making sure I don't get too excited or expectant (or panicky, because I just hit 36 weeks and it feels like we aren't remotely close to prepared even though we have the bassinet and diapers, and all the blankets and clothes have been washed and put away). I just knew I was going into labor within a week on a Saturday and labor started Wednesday. I did think she was going to be around her due date since the rest of my pregnancy was so normal and she ended up being 2 days early so basically right on time!
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Mar 2, 2012 22:33
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I had sort of the opposite experience. When I started contracting in the afternoon, I was convinced I wasn't in labor, because I was 2 weeks shy of my due date and everyone told me first babies don't come early. So I just chalked it up to intense BH or "practice" contractions until that night when I realized they were coming closer and closer together. My girl was born exactly two weeks before her due date.
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Mar 2, 2012 22:43
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vanessa posted:We got a Moby wrap during one of our baby showers, and it came in this cute little drawstring bag. I've washed the wrap and am now trying to figure out the best way to store it. I had a moby and never managed to get it back in that bag. I used to just roll it up and shove it in the diaper bag. I haven't used it in a long time since my son got too big for it, so I just folded it in half a couple times and it's on a hanger in the closet.
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Mar 2, 2012 22:52
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vanessa posted:Parents who have a Moby, how do you store it? Is there an easy way to fold or roll it up smaller, or am I stuck just tossing it in a drawer or on a shelf? Drape it on a hanger in a closet? I have a wrap and it's just folded on a shelf in the closet.
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Mar 2, 2012 23:06
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zonohedron posted:So Andrew's a month old, and has started doing something new - some of the time when he's done nursing, rather than unlatching he'll pull his head back as far as he can until the nipple pops out of his mouth. It really, really hurts when he does that, but I'm not really sure what I can do to discourage it, besides noticing that he seems to be done nursing and breaking his latch with my finger so that when he moves his head the nipple doesn't go with it. My 1.5-month-old has done this from birth, every time he gets really full and satisfied. It's uncomfortable, but I don't know how to make him stop, and it eventually stopped hurting as my nips toughened up, so now I just think of it as the satisfied "Ahhhhh" at the end of a good meal.  Also he makes a cute face afterwards, pursing his lips, closing his eyes, and raising his eyebrows, and then falls fast asleep.I don't know how to help, though, other than be sure to use your nipple balm afterwards to minimize any damage he might be doing. Regarding Moby: mine winds up being wadded up and thrown onto the nearest surface, I use the bag for baby toiletries and keep it in the diaper bag. On the subject of Moby, can any similarly large-breasted ladies manage to nurse in this thing? I've tried, but there's just no room.
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Mar 2, 2012 23:07
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I'd love to know that too. Before my milk came in, I was a 34 G/H, and I feel like if I pulled my boob up, it'd cover the baby's entire face.
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Mar 3, 2012 01:02
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Chicken McNobody posted:
I do nurse in the Moby, with the baby tied up like this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Tn-vtLFic&feature=related I usually tie the ends behind my back, and that seems to hold her pretty securely. I haven't been able to manage any other type of nursing carry yet either because she hates it, or it doesn't work with boobs bigger than a B cup. I like this because it's a bit more adjustable, rather than just cramming the kid against your tit and letting her sort it out.
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Mar 3, 2012 03:06
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Okay I have a couple of questions for anyone who can help me. A few weeks ago I was on my way to an OBGYN appointment, and grabbed a granola bar on the way. When I got there they told me they wanted to give me a 1 hour glucose test. They said it didn't matter that I'd had sugar just recently, and did it anyway. When the results came back I was one point above normal and they insisted I had GD, and scheduled me to see a high risk specialist. I don't think for a minute that I have GD. My OBGYN has several bitchy nurses that have this air of "If you don't meet every parameter perfectly you're a terrible mother." I'm overweight and in my early-mid 30's and had three large births (no poo poo I had large kids, I'm 5'11.5") so this one test must be totally right! They will NOT retest me, and the High Risk doc believes me but instead of re-testing me she wanted me to log my blood meter readings for a month (two weeks left) instead. I've spent over 120 bucks so far on lancets, strips, and a meter as my insurance makes getting these things through them nearly impossible and I'm loving sick of it. I average about a 77 pre breakfast, 82 two hours after, 95 two hours after lunch, and 96 two hours after dinner, based on an average of the last two weeks. For anyone who has had the baby diabeetus, do these sound like the sort of levels you had? I'm not asking for a diagnosis, just would like to know how likely it is that I'm right about not being diabetic (I'll know for sure in two weeks.) The other question is have any of you had any experience with those stretchy one size type bras on TV? My boobs are growing faster than my bra budget and I'm looking for something that will make my expanding womanhood look less like a pack of hot dogs!
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Mar 3, 2012 05:16
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Stairs posted:When the results came back I was one point above normal and they insisted I had GD, and scheduled me to see a high risk specialist. Did they only do the one test? Usually if things are that close they'll do a second to determine if the first was a fluke, I thought. re: bras - I'm cheap and just do the tanks with the built in bras and sports bras. But I have a pretty average cup size and I my boobs don't tend to grow during or after pregnancy.
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Mar 3, 2012 05:40
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I'm having bra trouble also. Right now I'm in a DDD that I got a month ago and it's starting to feel a bit tight. I have absolutely no idea where to go to try some on in my size. I could look online but I'd rather find a plus size maternity store. edit: oh and I may or may not have felt a kick or two today. It kinda felt like a little bubble popped or something. It's hard to describe but it was kinda cool.
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Mar 3, 2012 06:00
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Stairs posted:The other question is have any of you had any experience with those stretchy one size type bras on TV? My boobs are growing faster than my bra budget and I'm looking for something that will make my expanding womanhood look less like a pack of hot dogs! E: I've only tried the V-neck full-size.
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Mar 3, 2012 06:11
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Stairs posted:Okay I have a couple of questions for anyone who can help me. A few weeks ago I was on my way to an OBGYN appointment, and grabbed a granola bar on the way. When I got there they told me they wanted to give me a 1 hour glucose test. They said it didn't matter that I'd had sugar just recently, and did it anyway. When the results came back I was one point above normal and they insisted I had GD, and scheduled me to see a high risk specialist.
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Mar 3, 2012 07:07
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Awesome Kristin posted:I'm having bra trouble also. Right now I'm in a DDD that I got a month ago and it's starting to feel a bit tight. I have absolutely no idea where to go to try some on in my size. I could look online but I'd rather find a plus size maternity store. I hear that the Elodie is supposed to be really good, and that's available at Nordstrom. Usually they'll order a bigger size for you, and they're great for returns. How do you guys try on bras after birth without hosing the place down? Just put the bra over a sleep bra with nipple pads in there?
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Mar 3, 2012 07:13
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Ben Davis posted:As to your at-home testing, I massively failed 2 out of 4 of the 3-hour blood draws (170-something as far as I recall), but I never failed a single at-home test, even when I started eating things like ice cream and belgian waffles. So I don't know if that's normal or not :-\ The price of those things really sucked, though. Costco has a program that offers cheaper ones, but honestly I'd just buy the store brand that has the cheapest strips, because those are what will end up biting you in the end. Target's Up & Up brand had the cheapest ones I saw, but I only compared to Costco and CVS.
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Mar 3, 2012 07:19
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They get you on the strips. If you have a nice specialist they usually have a monitor or two in a cabinet to give out. Ouch. The numbers you reported are fantastic blood sugar numbers, completely normal numbers. If you do have GD, you are controlling it well. The test is supposed to overload you to see how your system reacts. I think being one point over is pretty dubious, especially with readings consistently under 100. Usually if you fail the first screening they send you to the longer, twice-the-sugar test because a blood sugar spike is not that bad, it's when your sugar goes up and stays up for long periods that it affects the baby. If I were you, paying out of pocket for strips, I would cut down on testing for now. Take some (not every day) fasting/pre-breakfast readings until your next appointment because that's the most vulnerable time of day, and if you eat out or have a bowl of ice cream or something really off the GD diet, test afterwards. If they give you poo poo about that, remind them how expensive the strips are. If you see your fastings go up, start testing more again. But if you have two weeks of data and haven't hit any problem spots, you're not likely to have a drastic change in two weeks. With readings like that, I can't see the high risk doctor insisting you be diagnosed with GD either.
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Mar 3, 2012 07:44
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Yeah, I figured out why the nurses diagnosed me so abruptly at my regular OB. As I said they are judgmental anorexic cows and said "Oh, look, her glucose is a teeny bit high! That fatty fat fat blob of unhealthy fat as to be diabetic because oh my God she's so fat so that must be why the test is high! FAT!" This is the same group of women that used the doppler thing on my belly to check the baby's heartbeat, couldn't find the baby, and said "Oh, sometimes it's really hard to find the baby with a large belly like this!" I'm only about 20 lbs. overweight. And they were trying to use doppler on me at 10 weeks gestation. My actual doctor is wonderful though, but she literally does none of the testing unless it's major stuff. I'm overjoyed that I will not be dealing with any of thses nurses when I'm actually in labor.
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Mar 3, 2012 07:51
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Ugh, I had a similar thing happen with the nurses at my doctor's office. For a while, they'd consistantly try to use the doppler a good 5 inches above where the baby would be at that point, presumably because of my bloated belly, then they'd try another machine, bring in another nurse... and finally leave the room to get the doctor, at which point I'd cry because I was sure my baby was gone. Every time he was there, they just didn't pay attention to what week the chart said I was in because I was the same amount overweight to start and then bloated like crazy once pregnancy started. should add that the doctor would find it without even looking, and told them to "Quit freaking me out, dudes."
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Mar 3, 2012 10:47
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Stairs posted:They are judgmental anorexic cows Is this really necessary?
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Mar 3, 2012 13:31
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So, apparently I finally (hopefully) get to move over to this thread 10 months of trying, and now I'm 6 positive sticks in. I'd be right at day 12 or 13 past ovulation, so this is the very beginning. Of course, it's Saturday, so I can't pop on over to my OBGYN and get a blood test. So... umm... now what? I've been so focused these last 10 months on getting pregnant that I don't know what to do now! I want books, but I remember reading that 'What to Expect' can be a little... much. Please, ladies, suggestions
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Mar 3, 2012 16:08
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Cathis posted:Please, ladies, suggestions Prenatals mostly.
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Mar 3, 2012 16:23
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buttzilla posted:Prenatals mostly. I've been taking them for a year already
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Mar 3, 2012 16:24
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Cathis posted:I've been taking them for a year already Your OB should schedule an appointment to get the bloodwork drawn and go from there. As far as reading materials go I really enjoyed Your Pregnancy Week by Week and I'm currently using the Sprout pregnancy app (free one, not the upgraded version) for the iPhone. They also have it available on the Android. I guess other than that take it easy and stay healthy 
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Cathis posted:So... umm... now what? I've been so focused these last 10 months on getting pregnant that I don't know what to do now! I want books, but I remember reading that 'What to Expect' can be a little... much. Please, ladies, suggestions My favorite pregnancy book has been the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. It's pretty straightforward with good info and not a lot of fluff I guess. Maybe that's just the way my brain works, but I liked it. To be honest, I kind of felt like ....now what? when I got pregnant for quite a while. I felt like everything should have changed but really not much changed. Then I started getting sick. I'd say just keep yourself healthy, keep taking your vitamins, make a doctor's appointment, and try to be patient. Pregnancy lasts for quite a while. I can't believe I'm barely halfway through.
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Mar 3, 2012 16:59
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Thia posted:My favorite pregnancy book has been the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. It's pretty straightforward with good info and not a lot of fluff I guess. Maybe that's just the way my brain works, but I liked it. Left a message with my OBGYN for the blood draw, so I guess I just get to wait until Monday to get more details. I am not looking forward to the getting sick parts :/ I kind of want to ask my mom how long she was sick with me and my brother but it is WAY too early to give the game away like that.
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Cathis posted:I am not looking forward to the getting sick parts :/ I kind of want to ask my mom how long she was sick with me and my brother but it is WAY too early to give the game away like that. A lot of women don't get sick during pregnancy. Maybe you'll be one of those. My mom had 12 pregnancies and only got nauseated one time. I had horrible morning sickness for all three of my pregnancies.
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Mar 3, 2012 17:45
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Yea, I wasn't sick with my first one, and with this one I was only nauseous once my thyroid meds were adjusted. I didn't throw up with either.
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Mar 3, 2012 17:58
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I really wasn't that sick either. I was nauseous from weeks 6-9 and never threw up. It was just my only early indication that something was different other than being super tired.
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Mar 3, 2012 18:01
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I was so nauseous that I had to take Zofran on and off for most of my pregnancy. I barely remember months 1.5 to 3 because I was in a nauseous haze. I rarely vomited, though. Around week 20 I started wishing I would vomit, because I knew I'd feel better. I'm not trying to scare you or anything, just trying to point out that every woman's body reacts to pregnancy differently. Don't worry if you don't get nauseous, and don't worry if you're almost always nauseous. edit My OB also said my height (5'2") possibly contributed to the nausea in later months. He said it definitely contributed to the heartburn. A baby elbowing your stomach out of the way sucks.
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Mar 3, 2012 20:18
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I'd totally recommend Pregnancy 411; we checked it out of the library 3 times before giving up and buying it, and we used it right up to the last week.
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Mar 3, 2012 22:15
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Stairs posted:The other question is have any of you had any experience with those stretchy one size type bras on TV? My boobs are growing faster than my bra budget and I'm looking for something that will make my expanding womanhood look less like a pack of hot dogs! I'm in love with the Genie Bras - bought a 3 pack of them at the start of the second trimester and they're soooo comfy and still fit just fine for now (27 weeks). I expect I'll need to go up a size after the babys born and my milk comes in, but I can't recommend these bras enough.
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For the possibly preggo Cathis - now is the time to start practicing consciously relaxing. Hypnobabies, meditation, prayer, etc. whatever gets you to your "happy place." I did Hypnobabies and meditation pretty much daily starting in the first trimester, and it was more helpful than anything else I bought or did. I don't think I could have made it through labor without the practice, and it's come in handy so many times since then. Helanna posted:Anyway, reading the last bunch of posts I noticed something that kind of surprised me; does each session of breast feeding really take 45 mins or an hour? I always assumed (perhaps naively!) that I could wake up, feed baby for like 10 or 15 minutes, and go back to sleep! When we were still figuring stuff out (like the first 4 weeks or so), it really did take Nolan about 30 or 40 minutes to get a full feeding. I think I was spending like 5 hours a day nursing at one point. It gets better, though because they get more efficient. Its so much better now. He can suck down a full meal in like 5 minutes now that he's 3.5 months old. Once I gave into the idea of cosleeping, we can nurse without ever even fully waking up. Baby stirs -> pop boob in mouth -> go back to sleep. You'll get there eventually, but it'll take up more of your time at first as you're both learning.
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Ben Davis posted:How do you guys try on bras after birth without hosing the place down? Just put the bra over a sleep bra with nipple pads in there? I used Lily Padz. They are silicone petals that stick to your nipples with surface tension, prevent leaks with slight pressure and if there is a bit of leakage, it stays within the lily pad. I used them a lot, especially in the early days of breastfeeding. They rock! I think they were a goon recommendation, too.
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Cathis posted:So, apparently I finally (hopefully) get to move over to this thread The book that I've enjoyed the most is Brain Rules for Baby. Only one section is about pregnancy, but I've enjoyed the overall tone of the book. I have the Mayo Clinic guide book which I read and enjoyed, but I noticed that I found similar information on websites - there's several sites that have the "x weeks pregnant = xx development" and that's a lot of the book.
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Cathis posted:I want books, but I remember reading that 'What to Expect' can be a little... much. Please, ladies, suggestions First, congratulations! The best book I read during my pregnancy was this one: The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. It's completely informational without being overwhelming. It's very positive oriented and nicely put together, with full color photos throughout. Highly recommend it. I have a question about boogers. Max's breathing seems a bit labored, like there are dried boogers in there. I've tried using the bulb, but it doesn't seem to clear dried boogers out very well. He's not turning blue or even seems in distress, but hearing him breath while he sleeps, I can tell there's something in there. Suggestions? Also, still sticking with the breast feeding thing, although it's really frustrating that a feeding session takes 45+ minutes sometimes. I'm glad to hear he'll get more efficient as he gets older, cause man, I can't see being able to do that for 6+ months. When do they start to get better? 1 month? 2? Bodnoirbabe fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Mar 4, 2012 |
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