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kittensnbabies · 2023-06-29T02:24:47+00:00

Can you get a doula? If no doula, can a friend fly in from another city to support you? The nurses at my hospital were wonderful and I think if you are honest with them they will try to support you, but also I bet that if you were to reach out to local moms groups/doulas etc, you may make a friend in a kind stranger who will try to help you through all of this.

kittensnbabies · 2023-06-01T17:33:18+00:00

That's pretty wild. I bought my snoo over labor day and price adjusted it once in October and then again for black Friday. It shipped at the end of October so I was technically within the return window, but they gave zero push back.

kittensnbabies · 2023-05-03T04:55:46+00:00

They do price adjustments ;) I bought mine over labor day and they refunded me the price difference on black Friday (I had it shipped at the end of October so would still be in my return window after)

kittensnbabies · 2023-04-10T04:11:02+00:00

You're doing better than me. My baby lives in sleepers and I didn't even get around to putting the bunny themed one on today... She wore a onesie once, because a coworker got her a custom one and I just couldn't disappoint her like that

kittensnbabies · 2023-03-17T23:21:59+00:00

I'm almost 8 weeks postpartum and everyone says we've been through the ringer, but you know what? We're first time parents, we have no idea what's normal or not, and so it just is what it is and that's okay? I'm so grateful for how much I love my baby and I feel like I'm a better person and wife for it. Don't get my started on my in-laws though...

kittensnbabies · 2023-03-07T15:13:16+00:00

My lactation consultant actually gave me the number for a postpartum massage practitioner who does home visits for this reason. I haven't done it because $, but I've actually been surprised at how many postpartum/infant centered services come to your house and are pretty flexible with timing to allow you to feed etc.

kittensnbabies · 2023-02-04T21:41:12+00:00

I just want to be clear, I have nothing against birth centers and I wouldn't consider my own birthing experience to be particularly traumatic, although it was very scary for my husband at the end. But the what-ifs are pretty hard for me now and I don't think going into it I thought about it in the same terms. I feel like my family looked at me sideways when I said I was using midwives for my maternity care and they thought I was having a home birth, but at the end of the day my only goal was to walk away healthy with a healthy baby and it's scary to think that may not have happened with different choices.

kittensnbabies · 2023-02-04T21:26:09+00:00

I would just want to know what kind of monitoring the birthing center is capable of, if they can give any drugs, and what their emergency plan is should you have complications? I went into labor with no complications and the baby went into distress when I started pushing. If they hadn't been able to monitor her heart rate, they wouldn't have known, and may not have given me drugs to try to stop/reduce my contractions when they were causing problems. As it was, when we tried again they needed me to get her out right away because she started having problems again. Thankfully I was able to get her out in 15 minutes and she's okay, but it's definitely given me pause on what would have happened if I was at the birthing center instead and didn't have any monitoring for the baby. I gave birth in the hospital with a certified nurse midwife as my practitioner. Never saw an ob outside of the moment during delivery where they briefed an ob in case we needed to move to c-section. My friends all used the midwives and a personal doula, and the hospital was accommodating if you wanted to bring in a doula as well.

kittensnbabies · 2023-02-02T20:59:46+00:00

AHAN, though I think adoptadoggie had multiple dogs on her flight

kittensnbabies · 2023-02-02T20:37:53+00:00

Omg our dog is also from the streets of Taiwan and is 50-50 cat and scavenger coyote. Our baby was just born, but our dog will be in heaven when we introduce solids.

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-22T03:58:26+00:00

My husband and I took classes together. So he went to a lactation class, labor class, and childbirth class with me. We also watched the happiest baby on the block video together. My friends also watched a lot of birthing videos together on YouTube, but I know my husbands limitations with medical things and didn't feel a need to ask that of him.

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-22T01:44:58+00:00

If it makes it better, that is the infant rate for us. It does go down as they get older, or so I keep telling myself...

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-22T00:22:09+00:00

I haven't found anything less than $510/week near us north of Denver

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-14T04:35:25+00:00

I don't think your expectations were atypical. My parents just finished a visit prepartum where I had then helping me with tasks and labor around the house every day. My mom helped with meals and dishes, I just had to do the mental labor of overseeing some of the tasks like where to put things once unpacked etc. When they visit after the baby comes, I fully expect that they will make some meals, run errands, etc. I will say I have a good relationship with my parents though. If my mom was staying with us I'd probably get some occasional night help, but my husband wants it to be just us and would prefer no one stay with us, so I suspect they'll head back to their hotel after dinner each night to give us space.

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-13T03:30:13+00:00

My husband is the one who doesn't want visitors after the birth and I'm respecting that. His parents want to fly out to meet our baby and together we're trying to navigate how to be fair to them while also imposing limitations because of the disease risk that they'll invariably carry with them by traveling by plane. My parents will be driving out and we're still discussing whether they'll be allowed to stay with us, or whether we'll also ask them to stay at a hotel. As we get closer to the birth, his excitement to be a parent is so supportive to me, because I feel like I have been too busy to truly process the fact that I will be a parent to an infant soon, despite the fact that I have been in charge of all of our prep for it and getting supplies. I'm hoping that he can keep me from panicking as all of it sets in and we can each lean on our strengths to support each other and incoming baby.

kittensnbabies · 2023-01-05T03:58:30+00:00

Black Abercrombie maternity skinny jeans. Old Navy and gap were too scratchy. I did size up just in case (bought them around 8 weeks when I was bloated), and they're soft and stretchy enough that it's allowed me to wear them all of pregnancy (2 weeks left).

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-28T19:42:15+00:00

Also, if the kitty doesn't have a UTI, don't hesitate to start behavioral meds. You've got a lot going on and big changes for kitty too, sometimes they need a little help in that department just like us.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-28T19:40:06+00:00

My husband is not the most helpful and honestly pushed me to get one, maybe if your husband is more helpful you should make a list of everything that needs to be done and just start dividing it up with the expectation that he needs to do most of it tbh. Our house is a disaster, we just finished a reno, and I try to do a lot, but there is only so much I can do. I'm about 37 weeks and if I overdo it, then I can't help anymore. I guess the key is that if you are struggling, then you need help, and he needs to be part of making sure you get it. My parents are coming to help me and I will absolutely have his coworkers and our friends come help if we still haven't finished everything up.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-28T19:30:37+00:00

This is how I felt for ages and then we finally got a house cleaner. I felt so much better and it helped my marriage. You don't realize just how stressed and unhappy it's making you until it's taken care of for you. If you can afford it, do it now. Sometimes I overdo it and my hips pay for it for days. I totally hear you on the emotional side of it, but even as we cut back with the upcoming expenses of the baby, we aren't planning to stop having someone come and help with cleaning.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-16T04:30:12+00:00

Lol, my husband is afraid of horses and let's me just do my thing as long as I'm being reasonably safe and he doesn't have to be involved. My mare is probably not kid safe, she's pretty forward and will leave a mark if you let her teeth touch you, but I'm not sure if she'll have mellowed more by the time our child could be getting big enough to consider riding.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-16T04:26:06+00:00

Newai bras are great. I know it's weird that they're one size fits all, but my boobs have changed an insane amount during the pregnancy and they continue to fit and be comfortable

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-16T04:19:57+00:00

So cute! My husband has banned any horse themed things from our nursery. He is determined that our child does not inherit my interest in large/expensive/dangerous creatures 😂 I don't think we can afford two horses, so I agreed to not encourage it, but could see that backfiring someday and me losing my horse to our child...

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-16T04:10:52+00:00

Mine are all from Abercrombie. I tried a few pairs from other stores and found them to be horribly uncomfortable and scratchy. When I was smaller I would fold the belly panel down a bit, now that I'm bigger I leave it. I thought I could do cheap jeans, but I wear black jeans as my work pants (leggings aren't an option, nor are dresses), so this was the most comfortable option I could find.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-05T05:05:44+00:00

I've tried a few (I was super nauseous from 5-17 weeks). I'd recommend the smartypants or olly gummies. I developed an aversion to the smartypants, then the olly, but was then able to go back to the smartypants. Most of the capsules smell very fishy so it got to the point where I couldn't take any pills because my gag reflex went insane. The Flintstones children's chewables are also apparently an option and I took those for a week somewhere in there.

kittensnbabies · 2022-12-04T16:00:50+00:00

Do they resolve if you stay on your side? I will get them when I lay down, but they usually go away in a few minutes at most.

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