Oh yes, it's one of the pricking ones. My fingers are a mess. D:< I'll be happy when Tuesday night rolls around.

Gestational diabetes can cause the baby problems (too big, jaundice, some other unpleasant things), but it can also screw up the mother too. But it's not hard to manage if you have it. Dietary changes can often do it, but if it ends up severe some need insulin.

Yuck! I wonder if that's why I had jaundice when I was born. My parents told me they put me in some special room and put some sort of special sunglasses on me and it helped cleared it up.

I was also prematurely born two weeks early and I had pyloric stenosis.

Well, I think I'm gonna go ahead and do some crab fishing.

Byebye, all! Thanks, zoomy!

It could be. I've heard that sometimes babies get too big on the outside, but things like the lungs aren't completely developed. It's hard to pinpoint.

Most of my levels have been fine. I've never gone over what the nutritionist said was a "concern", but the nutritionist and my midwives have disagreed before, so who knows.

All I DO know is that if they tell me I need to watch my evenings (the fasting levels, after breakfast and after lunch are all within normal range) all that means is cutting some carbs out. Wouldn't bother me.

But I think I'm in a fine range. No one told me specific "do not cross" levels, so I've gone by what the nutritionist said on top of online research.

NP Kin. Take it easy and it was nice seeing you. :)

If you're curious Chi -
Pyloric stenosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I also have a horizontal pyloromyotomy scar from the Op. Strangly I do have O type blood and am Caucasian. My mother had it too and nearly died of it as they thought back then it only effected males. Her scar is vertically.

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Probably tmi..but you know I went for psychotherapy and the therapist tried to tell me all my problems stem from this issue. She said my constant need for hording material possessions came from not being able to get the nourishment needed early on in life... I found her to be very much way out in left field.

I told her you know it's probably more to do with my mother's family history than to do with that you know. Her mom was downright rotten to her.

Yikes!

When I was born, I had severe jaundice and refused to eat. I think I ended up going back to the hospital two or three times after going home due to the jaundice not going away. But then again, back then they said I was born mentally retarded, so it's fully possible my mother just gave birth in a poor hospital. :roll:

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In addition, I've noticed I have difficulty handling photos of babies in "hurt" situations. :XD I fail so much right now. Like the other day I read an article where a mother stomped on her child for some deranged reason and I was in a state of ";___;".

Seriously Chi? Seems like the opposite is true. :XP

Glad you came out alright in the end. It's scary all the different issues that crop up during pregnancy and early on in life. Then you have the whole SIDs thing too, which is equally scary. I think I read something saying they're not 100% certain what causes it, but know things that may help contribute.

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It saddens me that anyone could hurt a child, especially one in it's very first year of life. They are SO helpless and can't help the fact that they are needy and stressful. I want so badly to coddle all the babies I see and my motherly instinct raises it's ugly head. It's scary as growing up I didn't have baby dolls, and I didn't have a desire for kids.

Now baby anything is like awwwwww and I get this instant mothering nature kick about it and it's just strange.

Pretty much, right? @[email protected]

And yeah, that therapist's comment was way out in left field. x_X

Oh! With the SIDS thing, I read a cultural difference thing during one of my classes that interested me. In cultures where it's common for many to sleep in the same room or for babies to be constantly at the mother's side (and incidentally nursing briefly every 15 minutes or so), SIDS is RARE.

One theory of it is that the baby needs to be snuggled and have enough tactile contact for him or her to regulate their own heartbeat. So, the more the baby is held or snuggled skin-to-skin, supposedly the healthier they regulate.

Dunno if it holds merit or not. But the percentages were true at least. (Me being me, I wonder about any other factors that might weigh into it..)

But don't they try to discourage that in western cultures due to the (probably rare) but horrible chance of rolling over on it and suffocating? I'm sure my mom said the hospital got really antsy when she wanted the baby left in her bed with her as they were afraid she'd topple me. :o

I think it's just the cultural differences. I'm sure many Westerners would look at Easterners and be all "WTF ARE YOU DOING?!" and vice-versa.

Some Westerners are high advocates of attachment parenting. I don't think I could do it. I'd worry too much about screwing her up in the long run. You know, the whole too much dependence versus not enough independence thing.

The way I see it, every parent screws up in some form or another. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't in a lot of situations. :(

Not to mention I could just see how happy Aaron would be at the idea of having to share a bed with the baby. That would kill any sort of intimacy between us I would think. Not like just having the baby in the house does wonders. :P

Pretty much. :XD I told Cole I don't even really want to have a bassinet in the bedroom for the first week or two. I don't want the baby to think that's where she sleeps, nor do I want to potentially get attached to the idea of having her at arm's length.

As it is, her room is (seriously) about four steps from our bedroom. I think that's close enough, especially with baby monitors. X_x

You know Chi I think there must be a balance struck. My mom was very much a very hands off mom...especially the older we got. I wish sometimes she would of put more effort into trying to share more time with us and get to bond. I think she bonded a lot better with my brother, as they seem to have a much better relationship than I do with me and my mother.

My aunt said to me over the phone awhile ago that she always felt bad about me as my brother was always the golden child in her eyes and could do no wrong. I know he got spoiled and could get away with murder, but I never really thought about me not being loved as much. I thought maybe it was the role of the first born to have to go through all the crap of 'first times' with the parents...and I was the one who had to be independent and mentally strong kinda stuff.

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With her being that close, I'm sure you'll hear her baby monitor or not.

You know I read something else in I think it was my psych book that mothers can distinguish their baby's cry from other babies. You know it didn't really occur to me as I thought most babies sounded fairly much the same.

There does have to be a balance. Too much is too much and too little is too little. I'll be a very tactile and open mother, just (hopefully) not to the point of smothering the poor girl. :XD

My nephew had a distinct cry comparable to a lawn mower. Not joking. x_X

I'm so excited to see pictures!

Did you guys decide on a name yet?

I'm still going for Aeris for my hypothetical girl btw. :XP

I think we're going with "Terra Nicole". If after she comes out she doesn't look like a Terra, then I guess we'll think up names until something fits. xD

I love the name Terra. :D I hope she 'looks' like a Terra.

Me too, then all is well! D:

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Where'd you go? T_T

Sorry I'm here. Was having a little bit more of dinner and talking to Aaron about Ebay. Someone is selling a set of used Legend of zelda action figures and if it goes for cheap enough I'm going to try and win it for Tristan for a Xmas present this year. He would absolutely shit himself. (He LOVES zelda, and there's a gannondorf figure - his ultimate favorite villain. :P)

Haha, awesome. xD

I'm getting sleepy and still need a shower. I also need to eat some salad (for the veggies) and take my vitamins, so I'll chat long enough to do that before wandering off for the night. <3

OK sounds cool. I'm just kinda out of interesting stuff to say I guess. Things have been fairly quiet since school left out. The kids don't finish school until Mid June, and then right afterward Pam has her school trip.

Where is she going for her trip?

I don't start class 'till the 14th, but I know some of that time will be spent at work. If I'm going to get any break-break from school and work combined, I believe this week coming will be it. :3

She's going out of state. Something about a MLB baseball game and doing some site seeing in the Ohio area if I remember right. She's all excited about it. I think they come back on the 21st and we will get them for the summer from then on...well and then technically the ex is suppose to have them every other weekend.

I'm looking forward to the summer, but I'm also hoping it isn't too stressful for me with school. I'm also hoping that the whole transition for Pam works out alright and goes smoothly...

Just be as honest as possible with her, and you'll both have done the best you can do. I think it'll work out just fine. <3

It's completely okay to tell them you need some quiet chill time while you study, too. You yourself need to gear into a mode of "they aren't here for only a weekend; it's okay to not be around them 24/7" thinking, too. Otherwise you'll burn out.

I'm sure the kids will want space like that, too. :3

Yah I was just thinking about that today. If the weather is nice I'm kicking them outside to play. Either that or if it's just one friend and they can play quietly in their room then that's fine. Their friends seem to ALWAYS want to hang out over here, and while I'm cool with that I find that one of the kids can get really annoying really fast. Not to mention the more kids in a group, the rowdier things become kinda mentality. I don't mind being around it but at the same time when it's ALL day until they go to bed (which usually happens) you tend to tire of it and want some "you" time. Seriously the last weekend all their friends weren't out of our house until 9pm at night. We had Tristan's friend over from 3pm for the BBQ and he stayed till 9 which is OK as their mom had told us they were going out of town and he is no bother whatsoever to watch. What got me though is Aaron's bitchiness about it and the fact when the other rowdy kid came over I felt bad and like I couldn't tell him to go away as it wouldn't really be fair on him since that's like one of his only playmates in the neighborhood. He's Pam's age but even Pam doesn't want to hang out with him...