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The diaper genie is definitely worth it, for a year or maybe two. It gets to the point, though, where you figure, heck, I will just throw it in the trash. With the design, if you just roll the dipe into a ball, and close it with the sticky tabs, it is a pretty stinkproof plan.
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my mom used cloth diapers for the first kid and washed them herself. she has six kids. whoah buddy, disposable is the way to go. ESPECIALLY after you start introducing other foods.
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quote: He liked to cuddle, and would stop crying just from being in my arms. My hug-me-at-your-own-risk daughter liked her crib, and slept through the night from a fairly early age.
Isn't it funny how every kid is different? I only have one, but I know from being one of two children, how wildly different progeny can be. (ooh, I dangled my participle, will I get a visit from Velvet J? Hee!)
And as I tell my recalcitrant only child when he wants to stay up late because "all the other kids in the neighborhood get to stay up late": Every family has different habits, and that's what makes the world so interesting!
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Jexx, It was such a wake-up call to the whole nature-nurture question, the minute I held my little boy in my arms. I had not understood, before that, that you didn't have to bounce, dance, and sing for a baby to keep him entertained. All I had to do was hold him, and he let me hold every ounce of him. It was like holding a sack of rice. Alyssa loved the backpack, the car, anything that would keep her up high and able to see every little thing. Both children are still pretty much the same as they were the days they were born. There is nothing I have done to make them that way. Sure, I guide them, and push them along, and discipline, and teach them right from wrong(my version), but they are still who they are. I might have influence on their behavior, but not on their personality. It is pretty wild.
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36 weeks and 3 days! Things here are pretty good, although I've really been tired and sore and have been having some contractions this past week. Still, I'm in pretty good shape for a pregnant woman! Not too much longer to go, now.
We got the car seat inspected by the fire station and installed in our car and should be all ready to go. We picked up the rest of the things we absolutely needed -- like wipes!! -- last weekend and so I think we're as prepared as we're going to get. I've been reading up on breastfeeding and newborn care and we had our hospital Lamaze class last Saturday.
Tom even freaked out about finances this week, so I know that its beginning to sink in for the both of us that this baby is coming *smile*
Donated the baby baths and extras to my coworker with triplets. Her first one came home on Monday. She was "officially due" around the same time I am and hasn't had a baby shower because she was in the hospital for the last month or so. What a little sweetie her little girl was. So little!
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Stay cool! Andrew was a July 5th baby and I spent the last few weeks on a lawn chair, reading. Can't wait to hear she's here!
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None of the traditional methods for encouraging childbirth work, for the simple reason that Murphy's Law can't be demonstrated, i.e. you can't make it rain by washing your car.
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Chris, I was told by a doctor that what romanylass is saying is true. In male semen there can be found a secretion from the prostate gland called, uncreatively, prostaglandin. It can encourage labor (though there's no guarantee).
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We tried everything to get this last baby to arrive. I was dialated to a 6 for a couple of weeks. I was walking, jogging, hopping, drinking red raspberry leaf tea. Sex would get contractions started, but they wouldn't last. I wasn't going to let the midwife strip my membranes (don't remember why now).
I finally broke down and had her do it. When even a walk didn't seem to keep labor going after that, sex pushed me just over the edge enough. On the way to the hospital when my water began leaking I thought "Thank goodness! Now there is no going back."
What must be understood here is that 1) I didn't want any pitocin to have to be administered 2) I wanted as much of the labor to happen at home as reasonably possible. Also, my parents had already been out visiting for nearly a week and were soon to go home, and my sister was just about to move away.
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Awesome. We can all get into chat and Tom can give us a play-by-play once your labor starts. I mean, what else is he gonna do during all that time?
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I did castor oil with Olivia, except I was otld to cook my scrambled eggs in it. They help "bind" it so the runs aren't so bad. It was nASTY though.
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I was in the next room when my oldest was born. Taking a nap. We had gone to the hospital at about 3AM and I was tired. They gave mcubed an epidural and it took her hours to have the kid. I remember watching the Clarence Thomas hearings on CNN or something.
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I know its a very personal decision and I don't mean to be judgemental, but I want Tom there with me. I would be very hurt if he was in the other room watching CNN while I gave birth. Not that I want to inflict suffering on my husband or out of any sense of making him endure because I am in pain, but just for the simple fact that I would like to share this experience with him and I think it is a very emotional time that can never be duplicated.
I feel very fortunate that Tom has been so understanding and supportive of this. I don't know what I would do without him.
CT ??? I'm not in labor. No worries yet! It will be a few days. I'm still at work and planning to be for the rest of the week, although I did have a horrible migraine this morning complete with nausea. Luckily, that seems to have subsided, but ugh. You're more than welcome to come over just to be sure, though. *giggle*
I also want Tom there with you. I guess in my own way I'm hoping, as he sees that new life form arrive and be bundled into his arms -- for a moment he might actually believe in the great Creator.
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Wouldn't count on it. Wouldn't rule it out, either, but...
I was present for both my sons' births and each time it was powerful, transcending, and deeply emotional. Tears were streaming down my face and there was more emotion in me than I could express. With the second birth I had an arm around her neck and was holding her right leg with my other arm, giving her something to brace against. I have never been more awed or more in love with Teres than in those last few minutes when Jamie slid into the world.
Didn't affect my agnosticism a bit.
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But, see, agnosticism allows for the possibility of a divine being of some sort without being certain of it having any organized involvement in our lives.
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Heehee...Farmgirl, I can't resist, so forgive me in advance, okay?
I think there's a good chance that Tom will believe in God once he holds his "new life form." Because if your wife gives birth to an alien, it's either believe in Divine intervention or just go plain crazy.
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Fair enough. To clarify: at the time of my kids' births, I had no thoughts about a Supreme Being(s) of any type. Love, wonder, fear, excitement, anticipation, all of that. No thoughts about higher powers. Sorry.
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My hub was there for all three births, loved it, wouldn't have missed it...but is still agnostic leaning toward atheism. I was hoping though, each time.
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Okay, you all. I would just like to point out how highly inconvenienced I am by this child's lateness.
Here I sit, twiddling my thumbs, anxious to fly out at a second's notice. I mean, I can hardly shake the thought of the phone ringing as I stretch and limber up at my ballet barre, exerting full range of motion. Certainly it comes to mind as I spend half a dozen hours between bathroom breaks, if not longer.
Why, as I rest comfortably through the night, occasionally a brief thought of little Rosie will enter into the dreams of my deep, deep slumber.
*sigh
When ever is she going to come?
*poke at Christy *nudge, nudge
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Heh, holy crap, dude. Good luck! And I hear it's best if you take the drugs. You miss out on the "natural" experience of your body splitting in two, but on the plus side, you won't be cursing Tom out for doing this to you the bastard I hate him I hate him I hate him oh god let me dddiiiiieeeee...
You'll make great parents.
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Best wishes and good luck. P.S. (Don't take a gun to the hospital. . . because there will be a point where you will want to shoot Tom, then the doctor, and well, you get the picture. It could be ugly, but it's all worth it in the end!
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Good luck, Christy. Jules and I are both really excited for the two of you - and we can't wait to bring you guys baby presents. (I know, we could have done so before, but now we've got money. )
When Davidson 2.0 makes his/her appearance, it'll be
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So, SOMEBODY has got to tell us when things start happennin'.
I know you've already worked out who's driving you to the hospital, and who will be present at the birth, etc.
I just wanna know who your designated poster is. That is, the person with the honor of announcing little Rose's arrival while you guys are all otherwise engaged.
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Christy-- for what it is worth-- a massage therapist friend of mine (who actually lives in MAdison!)once claimed that massaging the ankles could bring on labor. She said to really work on the sensitive area behind and below the ankle bone. Basically on either side of the tendon. My first baby was born very late, I had to be induced, so we'd planned to try this when I was pregnant with my second, to avoid another induction labor. Naturally my daughter came 2 weeks early so it wasn't necessary. SInce then I've resommended it to several overdue friends. None have ever tried it so I don't know if it works.
Not as fun as some of the suggestions here but worth I try, I always thought...
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Ok, Christy, here's the deal. Just put yourself into a very inconvenient situation for labor to start. Get really really tired or decide to go out on a date. Babies just love to come when they're least expected! My labor with my daughter started at midnight. I had just gone to bed and thought, "No! Not right now; I'm too tired!" Many hugs, though. I know it's tough waiting.
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Sex can induce labor, if you don't use a barrier (like WHY you'd use a barrier at this stage of the game... but *shrug* ). Also, a small dose of Castor oil, I'm told.
Dunno if it's an old wives' tale or not. I thought I read that there was some scientific basis for it. The sex thing is true, though. When I was opening early with Robert, they told me not to have sex, even with a condom, as it might induce labor early.
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The cervix can be "ripened" by the application of prostaglandins, which come from, naturally, the "prostate gland." Prostaglandins are also released locally by uterine tissue upon stimulation.
Nipple stimulation induces the release of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary, which aids both in milk letdown and in inducing uterine contractions (thus the injunction to put babies to breast ASAP -- helps tighten a "loose" uterus & thereby diminishes blood loss postpartum).
The uterine contractions of orgasm are also thought to stimulate further contractions, perhaps. There's a lot about sex that may stimulate birthin' the babies.
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