New Babies & Babies to be Nov 29th

[melanalyus]

New Babies & Babies To Be:

luprisi/Priscilla - Dec. 5 (It's a boy!)
23jimbeam/Christine - Dec. 15 (It's a boy!)
bunekneck/Raciela - Dec 23 (It's a girl!)
Krillie/Kristine - Feb 1
ersikes/Kelli-
Liann/Amber- June 28th
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Susank41/Susan - Oct. 13 (Kara)
wendybdh/Wendy - Oct. 12 (Allison)
Sweetpea1/Jen - Nov. 10 (James)
Dragonfly/Cee - Nov. 10 (Titus)
melanalyus/Melanie - Nov. 11 (Madalynn & Myranda)


I'm sure I'm missing people up here. Please let me know your due dates & I will include them next week....and let me know what errors I have too.


My bleeding flow has decreased significantly yesterday and today. Since I have THIRTY pounds to lose, I'm going to be hoping into my exercise regimen tomorrow. I plan on starting with Turbo Jams/ellipitcal and working my way up so I can do STS Cardio when it's released!!!! I will doing the South Beach Diet....as this is what helped me lose my weight with baby Jadon. Wish me luck!!!

The girls had their first pediatrician appt today. They both are above their birth weights and doing great. It still amazes me that I got *two* beautiful daughters.

[23jimbean]

Mel- It all falls off, your body has been through the equivalent of trauma. I bet that once you get in a routine, you will feel better! Have you ever tried Gin Miller's step videos? They are lower key than Cathe but are good for starting back up again, and are a bit shorter...
Still only dilated 1cm. Baby dropped, so my heartburn is gone, which is great. I am anxious to be done being pregnant. We are havign all the closets ripped out today and they will not be done till Friday, so he needs to stay inside! The house is a wreck! All the closets contents are in his room!

[luprisi]

Good Morning everyone,

I have been MIA but not by choice. I still don't have internet at home. The ATT guy went to our place on Saturday and apparently some cables got messed up due to the new construction that is taking place in the area. They took few days to fix it but they won't be able to come back out until this coming Saturday! Oh well, so I'm typing from work

No changes at all. I went for my 39 week chek up yesterday and everythong looks the same. She said that she is not a big believer of waiting too long after 40 weeks so she schedule an admission for sunday night to have an induction the next morning. She actually asked me if I wanted to be admitted yesterday but I had this feeling of guilt that made wait at least until my due day. I just did not want to rush things. So it's seems that is gonna be Dec 7th (unless something happens before then) YEAHHHH

I haven't had enough time to catch up with all the post but I noticed few things,

Amber, that's a beautiful pic of your sonogram. We got some at 11 weeks but they weren't as clear as yours.

Kelli, congrats on your abby girl!!!

Melanie, take easy. It will all come off eventually. Your body went thru a lot this year. Your girls are so precious!

Jen, which breast pump did you get? Any pointers on breast feeding?

Susan, did you guys celebrate your DH's B-day? My DH is not a big fan of sweets so me and my mom made a nice steak dinner for him. Are you done with this semester yet?


Christine, any action yet?? We're are racing to the finish line!

I'm off to work and will catch up during the day.

Hi Allison, Cee, Wendy, Raciela and the rest of the crew!

[luprisi]

Oh Christine, I just saw your post. You know, my baby has not dropped that much, he's lower but not that low and the Dr said that it may be just the way I carry and that is not for sure he'll drop any more. I am still having a lot of heartburn at night. I'm just afraid that that may meke induction a lot harder...

[Liann]

I'm so excited for you gals who are getting close!!!

Melanie - Congrats on a good ped. appointment! Post more pics of your cuties when you get a chance. Oh, and my due date is 6/28/10.

[melanalyus]

Turbo Jam Cardio Party One is done!! WOWZERS!! I cannot believe how out of shape I am!!!!! I suppose....after 9 months of no exercise & 12 weeks of bedrest. YIKES!!! On a positive note, I am burning MAJOR calories with each workout....no plateus for me for a while. LOL

Platelets are at 70,000 today!!!!! Which is just awesome news. 10 days ago they were at 25,000......so they are moving their way up....even with my tapering myself off the prednisone (yes, I"m a bad, bad, bad patient). My bp was 127/72 so not too bad....we'll have to stay on labetolol for a bit longer.....maybe at 6 week check up?

Well.....I'm off to play matching game with Jadon.

[Liann]

That picture is so cute Melanie!!! I love how the one little girl is looking over at the other one!!! And congratulations on your platelet numbers!

[melanalyus]

Thanks Amber!

I cannot believe how "sore" I am already. I'm going to have some serious DOMS tomorrow. I'm thinking I can do a slow elliptical "run" tomorrow. 20 minutes? We'll see!!

[Sweetpea1]

Melanie- You go girl! You are doing better than me! I've started walking on an incline on the TM. I tried running yesterday and my bottom area felt funny so I didn't push it. I feel like a slacker now. Yay on the platelets! Oh and Christine is right....most of my weight fell off the first three weeks. I only have 10 to go til my pre preggo weight but I'm not too worried about it because I am also breastfeeding and think my body will hang on to some fat. I just need to tone back up.

Priscila- I bet your little one will arrive before his induction date. But at least you have a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't worry about dropping either, James still didn't drop enough even after my water broke and I pushed for awhile. The only thing I can stress about breast feeding is DONT STRESS. I was really relaxed going into it and I think that helped. I became stressed at the hospital because the nurses kept telling me to wake him every two hours and feed and blah blah....but my ped said as long as he doesn't go more than 4-5 hrs then don't wake him. Now that I am home and have a routine, its pretty laid back. I also pump (starting a freezer stash) and we give bottles at night. A friend gave me the Medela and I love it. I still wake up at night when DH gives James a bottle to pump but I found that majority of milk is in the AM. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I am no means an expert but I have been doing TONS of research and reading because I would like to give James BM as long as possible.

Christine- Stay in your mama baby John! The closets aren't done yet!

Amber- I know your due date seems far away but it will go by fast when you look back. Enjoy being pregnant! There are times when I miss it (esp when James has bad gas and is screaming, he was much quieter in my belly)

I am slowly feeling more and more like myself and getting into a routine, well, somewhat. I am actually having my first full beer right now (already fed James) and I feel like an adult again. We took him to the mall today and had his pics done with Santa. He did great and I will post them as soon as DH is done on the other computer. He has had such trouble with gas and we were thinking reflux but I did some googling and started breast feeding him in an up and down position (due to overactive letdown) and giving him gripe water which has seemed to help immensely. He is just such a gassy little guy!

Hi to everyone! Hope you all are well!

[Sweetpea1]

Heres James and Santa!