I'm having (another) baby next month!
In the past two weeks my nesting has definitely kicked in (added with the fact that I think the iron supplements might be helping my energy finally & I'm not working from home right now...) I cleaned out our entire linen closet, re-organized our stockpile, made a note of what items I needed to start stocking back up on, etc... I then moved onto the laundry room and did similar work on those shelfs, as well as asked my husband to move the washing machine so I could mop & scrub the sides of the machine clean. Because, how on earth could I bring a baby home if the sides of my washing machine were not clean?!?! :)
There are many more areas on my "to tackle" list...so stay tuned :)
As for me + baby....
-Movement is slowing down and is much more purposeful (read: less kicking and more shifting from side to side...)
-Still having a lot of lower pressure and into my legs
-I move a LOT at night...can't seem to get comfortable (or warm enough?)...and when I do, I'm having to get up and go to the bathroom
-I have been craving milk like crazy. I never...ever...drink milk. But something about milk +graham crackers lately has really been hitting the spot.
I've expressed before my huge desire for wanting breastfeeding to actually work this time....or maybe I just really want to redeem the experience? I'll be honest, when it was all said and done, I did not enjoy breastfeeding Lucy at all. It was problematic, frustrating & not successful. I've been reading some breastfeeding books I found at the library as well as talking with my doctor a lot---our hope is to curb the problems we had last time early on so that nursing CAN be successful this time!
Next month! Still blows my mind :)
ReplyDeleteI usually get a little crazy with the 'nesting' too. . .though Andy just says it's an excuse to make him help me get things I already wanted done around the house- I remember with Jackson the craziest thing was cleaning out the window wells to the basement- and moving every piece of furniture to vacuum under it. . but really that needs to be done, right? :)
I'm a big milk drinker anyway but durring pregnancy it skyrockets! Something about chocolate milk is necessary most nights :) Is it milk that hinders or helps iron absorption?
I have total confidence you will make breastfeeding work this time. Sounds like you have lots of reading materials but I have quite a few breastfeeding books if you want to borrow any, just let me know. I didn't read ALL of them, but my fav was The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding- it was super helpful to refrence after Jackson was born. lol. I hope I haven't already told you that a million times :)
Can't wait to see your little guy/gal!
I wish you luck breastfeeding!! You may find that the second time around is completely different. John and I had a rough beginning, but Mark came out ready to go and we have had a wonderful nursing experience. So wonderful that we will celebrate our two year boob-iversary at the end of this month and I see no true end in sight. :)
ReplyDeleteKatherine--The Womanly Art is one of the books I checked out! Milk hurts iron absorption, BUT--I'm taking my iron pill in the morning and the craving comes at night...so I think I'm good! (I'm supposed to be taking two iron pills a day...but so far have only worked my body tolerance up to one!)
ReplyDeleteHannah--Thanks for the well wishes! I'm SO hopeful this time and my doctor and I have talked a lot about it. That's awesome that Mark has taken to nursing so well! We had SUCH a rough time with Lucy and had to supplement the entire seven months I even attempted to nurse her. This time around I know what issues we encountered (some were unavoidable like her severe jaundice)--but as for the avoidable ones, I'm trying to be more pro-active to help us get off to a less bumpy start~!