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Jeff vaccums very nicely. And he's learning to do dishes very respectably.
Personally, I will be happy to cook and watch the babies/preschoolers. I'm willing to teach, but not every day. And I like to garden, but I'm allergic to grass...
Anyway, I think we have enough sl... husbands coming that we'd be covered. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Yeah, but immaculate conception isn't quite common enough for me to worry, two cases, and I'm outta here.
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Wow! Utah babies galore! Beverly in February (right?), me in April, and Mrs. afr in May. Quite the spring season. Posts: 1903 | Registered: Sep 2003
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that isn't a byebye yet, I'm almost positive this wasn't a virgin conception. Three kids that way just doesn't seem likely. Posts: 5362 | Registered: Apr 2004
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This has varied for me from pregnancy to pregnancy. This time about 4 months along for pants (waists too tight. Probably started having to wear looser shirts at 5 months.
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Same here. I remember hearing some joke that when you are pregnant with your first, you start wearing maternity clothes as soon as you can possibly get away with it. With your second, you put it off as long as you can. With the third, your maternity clothes *are* your regular clothes.
I was looking pregnant before I "gave in" and went maternity for this one. It was around midway (20 wks) that I finally gave in and just made the switch.
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Well, I'm at 4 months now. I'm having a terrible time finding regular pants that fit over my stomach right, but I can't find any maternity clothes small enough. Posts: 1903 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Brinestone, do you have a pair of allover stretch pants? Target sells them, like I said. They fit me after I was pregnant for three or four months, until I finally lost all that weight. So maybe they would work for you?
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I don't know what you mean by allover stretch pants, I'm afraid.
The problem with low pants is that I'm simultaneously finding that all my shirts are suddenly too short as they try in vain to make it all the way past my bulging abdomen.
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The all-over stretch pants I have are cut like regular pants (with just a leetle extra in the tummy area-- a tiny smidge) but are made of this incredible fabric that stretches in every direction. So it hangs nicely where you don't need stretch, but stretches just enough to fit all your belly bulge. I can wear them now, just starting to show, and I wore them right up to the day I delivered-- I wore them to the hospital, in fact.
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Husband shirts are awesome. I live in those at home!
I find that my maternity overalls are more adjustable to varying tummy sizes than regular maternity pants. Actually early on even regular overalls without a cinched waist might do it. I stick to them until my maternity pants don't look baggy. The trick is to find the perfect maternity overalls for your frame (it took me a couple pregnancies of searching).
Of course, if you need a "work look" that might not be okay.
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I can't pull off overalls. It's like chunky jewelry-- I just look stupid if I try to wear it.
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I don't pull them off particularly well either. I'm five foot nothing and overalls make me look vaguely like one of the seven dwarves.
During pregnancy though, comfort trumps looking goofy. Besides I look like a bowling pin now no matter what I wear. Posts: 251 | Registered: Apr 2005
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I haven't had a pair of overalls I considered "comfortable" since I was about 12. *sigh* They just really don't work with my body.
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Yeah, I work in an office five days out of the week, so overalls aren't going to do me much good, I'm afraid.
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Brinestone, I checked out the label on my wonderful pants, and they're 93% polyester, 7% spandex. I think (but am not sure) they're these. They are super-comfy in all weather under 100 degrees and over about 45, and dress up or down really easily.
They also don't wrinkle. Ever. And they're machine wash warm, dryer-safe.
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I did look at those pants and thought they looked nice. If my pre-pregnancy size was anywhere between 0 and 4, will a size 6 of those be too big, though?
Also, kq, do you have AIM?
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(Oh, and if the X-Small pants didn't fit you, they have skirts of the same material and same kind of style that are cut a little smaller-- I end up in a Large. An X-Small in those might be smaller.)
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I can't honestly decide whether the morning sickness was worse last time, when it was really severe and all the time and I lost weight, but could just lay on the bed all day if I needed to, or this time, when it's not quite as severe and much less frequent, and leaves me an eating period during the afternoon/evening, but I have an 18-month-old to chase around.
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Weren't you supposed to start babysitting and tutoring? I was trying to figure out where you could even fit that in.
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It's on and off. The one kid refused to do any work with his mom there (well at all, but I thought he would have done it if she'd left), and his mom wouldn't leave. So they aren't coming any more. I'm going to have some teenage clients soon (much easier to deal with!), just for Algebra (easiest subject for me to tutor! Yay!), but they still don't have their books (it's a long story.)
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My dr. appointment on Friday had a surprising twist! After no change for 3 weeks, I was at 4, almost 5 cm and almost completely thinnned out. Given my history of rapid deliveries, the dr. told me that she honestly felt more comfortable having me go to the hospital that evening. Mr. Opera and I discussed it, and since she was offering an induction without medication (cervical massage was the plan) and I didn't want to give birth somewhere on the highway we decided that it was the best decision. My dr. had said there was no time table on delivery, so I felt very supported and knew she was keeping my desires for labor in mind.
So...we arrived at the hospital at 6 in the evening. I went to go give a urine sample and found some bloody show. My lower back was also achy. My dr. arrived around 7, and found out that I had dilated to 6 cm already...seemed there wasn't going to be much need for massage! Mr. Opera joked that I just wanted to steal the dr.'s thunder.
Contractions were very intense and (lucky me) completely in my back. By 8:00 I was at 8 cm and unable to find any relief during contractions. Anyone who tells you back labor is hell is correct - I was literally driven to my knees with every contraction. At that point I asked for meds and was given morphine to take the edge off. I told Mr. Opera later that if the morphine "took the edge off" I don't even want to imagine what it would have been like without it, as it didn't seem to help at all! I would have to say that my primary impression of Samuel's birth was that it was very primal - I did lots of vocalization and probably made anyone without an epidural down the hall nervous about what was coming. Thank goodness the whole thing was only about 3 hours!
Pretty soon I was at 10 and beginning to feel the urge to push. The dr. asked if she could break my water, which I agreed to as I knew it would speed things even more (I can't believe it didn't break earlier!). I have to say that my dr. was absolutely wonderful, as were the nurses who assisted during Samuel's birth. I was never pressured to stay in bed or to push before I was ready, and I was constantly told what a great job I was doing. I'd wish that kind of supportive environment for anyone giving birth. Mr. Opera was great as well, reminding me to keep my vocalizations low and reminding me that my body knew what to do.
Pushing seemed to take forever but was in reality (I think) about 20 minutes or so. Samuel got kind of "stuck" as he crowned and the dr. asked permission to use the vacuum extractor, which we agreed to. At that point she could have asked if a monkey could finish the delivery and I probably would have agreed! Anyway, she used it as I pushed a single time and that was enough to help Samuel's head out. His shoulders took some work, and we soon found out why. The dr.'s first comment was, "Wow! You've got a big baby!" (8 lb. 4 oz.) I ended up with a 2nd degree tear (no episiotomy) which I don't think is too bad - my biggest baby before Samuel only weighed 7 lb. 5 oz.!
All in all it was a beautiful experience that I wouldn't have changed a moment of. While the nurse was helping me clean up I thanked her for her help during the birth and she in turn thanked me and told me that it had been exciting to be there as they have very few "natural" births at the hospital. It made me feel pretty proud. Most importantly though, Samuel is healthy and happy and I'm on top of the world.
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Yay, SO! What a good story. I'm glad your birth went more smoothly than mine. Welcome to the world, Baby Samuel! You will be well loved.
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Back labor is a special kind of miserable. Congrats on no episiotomy - that was the part of giving birth I was most nervous about (of course, you don't get one when you have a C-Section).
quote:At that point she could have asked if a monkey could finish the delivery and I probably would have agreed!
I'm just so happy for you, Space Opera. I remember when they thought he was going to come early! Just goes to show that babies have their own schedules.
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