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11-08-2007, 06:13 PM
Men don't have any of the pregnancy moments to grasp onto as reality like women do. And so it may not be until he holds the little one in his arms that he sees what an adventure is awaiting him. <3
I'm sure everything will work out though Jaz. So don't stress yourself over it. He will come around. So far every man I have met while his loved one is pregnant is an ass to her. >.> yet another syndrome of testosterone poisoning *sigh*
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11-09-2007, 10:46 PM
LOL I am going to use that now... Testosterone poisoning! I hope that he will realize soon cause it is making me NUTTY! The baby will more then likely sleep in my bed as well I am so for plopping a boob into their mouths from bed then for getting up getting the baby laying back down and getting them back in their bed when they are asleep though I am hoping that I can keep this one from getting into Mikes habit of ALWAYS sleeping with me... He never slept in his crib until AFTER his first birthday... But even then he didn't sleep in his crib all the time (heck even now he sleeps with me V.V)cause I breast fed until he was 15 months!
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11-12-2007, 03:11 PM
I breast fed Kura up to a year. But at 9 months I stopped doing the midnight/anything before 7 am feedings. I just couldn't handle it. It was too much on my body. ^^;; When I took her to her doctor appointment for 89 month he was surprised I was still breastfeeding at night XD and told me that she isn't really hungry, she just thinks she is. And that was when it stopped. After one night of screaming all night and a lot of me feeling really bad for being a mean mom and ignoring her she went down every night after that with out a fight and only woke up in the middle of the night if she was scared. no more feedings. (:
She was always really independent though, and liked sleeping in her own bed after she was about 2 months old. Before that it was with mommy or screaming until she was with mommy.
I hope this baby will be easier on you. Scott wouldn't let the twins sleep in bed with us. So I had him get up and get them, then put them back in bed after words. He got tired of it after a while and would complain but still refused to let them sleep with us XD
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11-12-2007, 06:31 PM
How funny... My boyfriend won't have a choice... I am sorry it is to much when I work and go to school and everything else!
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11-12-2007, 10:49 PM
If he was willing to get them out of bed then put them back in bed when I was done feeding them it was fine by me! I would have just kept them there. But since it was twins, it was a bit harder since sometimes I had to make him move to the other side of the bed since I didn't want to have one of the babies next to the edge and I needed to feed the other one XD
But yeah, since it is your bed etc, he should do as you want. Besides, it is nice sleeping next to babies. They generally smell really good XD and they are so soft and sweet...minus when they wake up >.<
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11-12-2007, 11:03 PM
Michael's crawled into bed with us so it isn't like he hasn't experienced it! I suppose he will have to get use to doing it every night but still... It isn't that hard... I can see how it would be hard with twins though!
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11-12-2007, 11:30 PM
After te baby is born will your boyfriend be staying with you then? that would really help out a lot specially since you will probably still need to be going to work, and having someone help take care of Michael. >.<
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11-13-2007, 01:20 AM
I am quiting my job at the end of December. And he is moving into my apartment (something I was/ still slightly am incredibly against!)until the summer or fall semester at his school... Then we will all be moving up with him I think... But I won't work until the baby is at least 3 months old... I am still having quite a few difficulties with this pregnancy so I am worried they are going to make me bed bound for my last few months! Terrified so we planned expecting that to happen! So I get a nice six or so month siesta while my Dillon works... And I will go to classes as long as I can to finish my degree (I should be done in the next two semesters) Then I may be able to transfer to a four year college in Denver where I'll be living with him! I can't quite remember where Adam State College is at but I know I can do online classes though there! I want to be an elementary teacher or a preschool teacher in the district! And eventually a middle or high school teacher... But short term wise elementary... I eventually want to open up my own in home daycare after I have had my children and they are more capable of caring for themselves!
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11-13-2007, 01:21 AM
I breast feed for a long time too. I figured why buy formula when my body produces some thing healther and free. It supposedly leads to smarter more confident children too, so far she's ok with the smarts. I m just not sure about her confidence. Sometimes she says she's ugly and she's only 7 o.o I don't remember ever saying that when I was her age. It kinda shocked me too when she said it, because she has a lot of friends at school and in the neighborhood.
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11-13-2007, 05:53 AM
That was exactly my thoughts about breast feeding! I hate when people try to justify why bottle is better... I just don't get it!
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11-14-2007, 01:07 AM
I couldent breast feed my baby boy cause he had a little nose and couldent breath. so ihad to pump out the milk Urrg i hateed that thing *twitch* ....Maybe most women like the bottle better cause then they can give the baby to the husban to feed while they rest *shrugs*
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11-14-2007, 01:38 AM
With the twins I pumped. I hated my pump too, but there was no way we had money for formula for 2 babies. So I dealt with it. Pump into bottles, then me and Scott each got a baby to feed. >.< problem solved.
With kura, I would sleep while she ate. XD and there should have been different positions to try so that you baby could still breathe titane. >.< I had to do a few different ones with the twins before I realized that it just wasn't going to work no matter how much I tried to make it. But at least you were still breastfeeding. The milk is better then the formula. Regardless of how it gets to the baby it is the contents that counts. Not only that mothers milk has immune system stuff (I forget what they are called* that help your baby fight off disease...and tastes better than formula. omg that stuff is so gross D:
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11-14-2007, 02:59 AM
oh i had a nurse trying to help my son latch on but everyway she tried it resulted in my son pulling away cause he just couldent breath my boob would always be on his face even when holding it ...my poor baby ^^;; but now he's 6 and i sware he steals energy from everyone cause he just dosent stop. i'll have to wresle him to bed and cover him up till he's all toasty warm then he falls asleep...then he wakes up in about 4-6 hours and goes full blast till bedtime again ^^
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11-14-2007, 04:38 AM
I pumped too... I go/ went to school full time so I was gone quite a bit... I hated pumping it took sooo long... I had to do it everywhere I spent more then an hour at... this included school... I needed to make 5, 8 ounce bottles a day... and then nurse on top of that... My son had lots of problems latching because I have and inverted nipple... But I eventually got him to do it... I have actually tasted formula and it is disgusting... I can't believe anyone would recommend it... YUCK...
When I was saying bottle before I was referring to formula feeding not breast milk in a bottle... I have heard a lot of very bad excuses as to why a mother can't/ won't breast feed and I think most of them are asinine. The it hurts one gets me the most cause if i were a couple centuries back their babies would have died... No offense to those who actually have a REAL reason to stop breastfeeding. It is just kind of touchy for me and everyone say I am just on my high horse... But I really think about it that way, that a few centuries ago these mothers would either grit their teeth and bear it or watch their child die... I mean we go through labor and lets face it even with drugs that is NO WALK IN THE PARK.... And it isn't like breast feeding always hurts I did it for 15 months and it only hurt the first few days then I got super nipples LOL... Sorry I am getting carried away and I really don't mean to offend anyone...
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11-14-2007, 01:30 PM
actually I agree with you Jaz, the main reason I would hear from people was that you get saggy boobs after the milk goes, uh yeah you get them anyway. Gravity will take effect. It is a law in the universe. >.< It only hurt the first couple of weeks for me. Then once Kura and I were more used to each other it went much more smoothly. When I was going to school I would pump before going then have whoever was watching her bring her during breaks, feed her then run back in for the rest of class >.< it was highly stressful and I could only do it for a semester. *sigh*
But the best thing about breast feeding was it gets your uterus back to normal size faster (granted that does hurt) and after a while I was losing weight from breast feeding. It would take off my fat reserves XD two weeks after Kura was born I was back into my normal clothes, a month after that I was down a size so all my clothes were too big, another month and another size XD then it kinda leveled off as I started feeding her normal foods along with breast milk. (: Good for the body, good for the baby. <3 (it went the same way with the twins too. breastfeeding is awesome. XD )
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11-14-2007, 02:50 PM
Hmmmm, maybe I need to get pregnant then Mel so I can lose this weight....lol.
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11-14-2007, 02:58 PM
XD it could help. Most everyone I know that breastfed lost the weight they gained while pregnant and then some.
Also while breastfeeding you are generally eating more healthy so that your baby gets more nutrients and everything so that helps too XD
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11-14-2007, 03:56 PM
I haven't posted in here forever, but I've read the posts I missed.
Welcome newcomers. ^^ Hope you post again.
Jaz, I'll be thinking of you still (I actually read through everything to check on you and see if the pregnancy was on track/your health was okay), and I hope the move with your boyfriend goes smoothly. I can see why you're against it if he's yet to have his "OMG I'M A DAD, YAY!!" switch turned on, but knowing that there's a good chance you'll be bedridden the last months of your pregnancy, unless you go home with your mother you've really no choice. And from what I've understood, that's one of those situations you'd only do if you absolutely had to.
I'll be thinking of you.
I also share your views on breastfeeding, Mel and Jaz. I've always thought most excuses were cop-outs. I can understand not being able to get a position to work no matter WHAT you do, but one can still pump. It may be a pain in the butt, but it's better for the baby.
I know I'll do everything I can to breastfeed. Unless my breast explodes or spontaneously falls off, I'll make it work. :b
My sister said no to breastfeeding and didn't even offer up a reason. My guess would be she didn't want saggy breasts. :roll: She's a bit vain at times. It was sad, too, seeing as my nephew was allergic to regular formula. He had to go on the soy stuff, and let me tell you.. it's been six years and I can STILL smell that stuff. It's no wonder he demanded cereal at two weeks and solid food at three months. He ate eggs the second his two bottom teeth came in, I swear. You just couldn't give him enough baby food or formula. He didn't want it.
As for me, Mel, I'm not worried about fertility problems yet. I have full confidence I'll be pregnant. It's just a question of when. I know it takes a lot of couples upwards to a year to conceive, and we've only had three legitimate tries thus far. After six or so I'll become paranoid. XD
But like you said, there are tons of other options.
The clock is still ticking though. I'm fine so long as there isn't a baby around. >>
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11-14-2007, 05:37 PM
*hides the babies from chi* It's still good XD
Oh that was one thing I hated about breastfeeding...When you hear a baby cry your breasts burn and start secreting milk no matter where you are XD It was one of the worst things ever. Had to start getting those little bra pad things XD haha I felt like I was stuffing my bra everytime I put them in even though I had absolutly no reason to. Full of milk my poor boobs bonked from a b to a d cup. D: I have stretch marks there too D: [/mommy badges of courage!] XD But yeah. That was the only down side for me. Other then that it was all a bunch of pluses. I could feed them when I was out and on the go. I didn't have to stop, find water, find the formula, shake up a bottle all I had to do was grab the baby and latch XD easy. <3
And while breastfeeding more often then not my boobs we're too perky. it hurt. XD so the saggy thing will happen no matter if you breastfeed or not. Moms that use that excuse bother me. -_- though, i was friends with a mom who smoked through her entire pregnancy and said that her daughter being 2 months early and weighing only 3 pounds had nothing to do with it and the effects of smoking on fetus' is a bunch of bull :/ So I guess there are worse things moms can do to their kids then not breastfeed them. Though she didn't do that either. Because he doctor told her not to or the baby would be getting more of the nicotine. there was a reason her baby would cry all the time, she was having withdrawls from hte lack of nicotine. smoking is bad. O<
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11-14-2007, 06:45 PM
GRAAAAAAGH.
I HATE when women get pregnant and make excuses like that. There's a reason advisories are out there in regards to what products you consume.
A B to a D cup, eh? I've hope for temporary boobies yet! Yay!
Though my friend said she kept an extra cup size. Is this true? I was always told after you breastfed you went back to your original cup size, only this time with uber sag. xD
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11-14-2007, 08:19 PM
When I was done breastfeeding after kura I stayed a d. >.< Then when I was done after te twins I went down to a c. I think I overworked the poor girls XD </3 they hated me. But yeah, I still kept a cupsize each time pretty much.
and I still don't sag :lol: They aren't as perky as they used to be, but there is still no sag.
So there is hope for boobs yet XD <3
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11-14-2007, 09:34 PM
Yay! XD
I've got some extra baggage (*pets belly*), but for some reason, none of it went to my boobies. I'm between B and C cups. My husband's last girlfriend had a FFF cup or something insane like that, and he's a "boob man". At least he's here for love? >.>;
I've hope yet, then. xD I'd be happy with a full C. I imagine I'd be a high D when breastfeeding, but who knows.
The wonders of the human body.
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11-15-2007, 01:23 PM
I love my boobs at a c cup XD D was just too big. FFF D: sounds..painful. I had a friend who was a DDD I think and she was having back pains and kept asking her mom to let her get a reduction, but her mom wont let her. She is only 16 too D: I told her I would take some of her boobs for her that way she is only a DD XD
Scott likes legs. He may just be here because of them XD they are after all too long for me most of the time.
*pets her own belly* I have some extra baggage too. >.> It uh keeps me warm in the winter? XD
update! Kura went all day yesterday with out having an accident! So she got her Cinderella doll and was playing with it all night. I think she even tucked it in next to her in bed XD <3 I'm so proud of her right now. I think I may have a potty trained child. All yesterday she did it on her own when she had to go. I would ask once in a while but more often then not she would say no. But she would stop playing to go and sit on the potty, and stop watching her movie to go so I know she gets it. I am soooooo happy!
And Melody is starting to walk more. I think she has finally realized that it is faster than crawling. Which means she can get to her sippy cups in half the time. lol.
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11-15-2007, 02:11 PM
That is such great news Mel. I'm so happy for you!!!
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11-15-2007, 02:34 PM
I know! I called my mom and I was practically in tears cuz I was so happy. Scott thought I was crazy. But he isn't the one changing her disgusting diapers all the time! So yay! <3 One day down. Which means she gets it. Which means... I am sooooo happy!!! AAAAHHHHH!!! <3 haha. Who would have thought that one would celebrate a child going on the potty so much >.<
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