*Baby Corner*

[Nessa 23]

happy birthday!!!

[Chrissy25 0]

happy birthday to Adam!!! Dylan turns 2 on the 16th...we are looking at getting him a big boy bed, i decided to try him in training pants (pull ups) sooo cute!

[Eveline 9]

I was wondering...how are training pants different than regular diapers? Adam can't pull diapers or pants up and down yet so I was wondering what makes the difference there?

[KJandSH 0]

I was wondering...how are training pants different than regular diapers? Adam can't pull diapers or pants up and down yet so I was wondering what makes the difference there?

That's why I decided to not do pull-ups. We started with Gerber training underwear, but then I moved to just naked bottoms because the girls can't pull their undies up consistently and I couldn't always get up to help them when I am nursing their brother. They have done great with that method, but I also now know that they have enough control to wait a little bit for me to help them pull down their undies before they sit on the potty, so probably next week I will go back to training underwear. We still use diapers for naps and bedtime, but I've decided not to do pull-ups at all.

Good to know that your son adjusted well to a 'big boy' bed. I think my girls will be really excited about them once they are set up. I just worry that they will be bed-hopping into each other's beds, but even if they do I'm guessing they will get over it pretty quickly because they are a bit territorial about their own cribs even though they share the same room.

Happy Birthday to your son!

Edited March 2, 2009 by KJandSH

[Autumnchik 6]

KJandSH - Congrats! He is beautiful

Eveline - Happy happy birthday to Adam!

Well, I am Day 2 into Declan and hubby being gone. Dropped them at the airport yesterday afternoon. Went out with friends for drinks last night which helped. I am missing Declan a lot today. It is helping that my husband calls me a lot and I get to "talk" to Declan on the phone.

[Staashi 371]

KJ - what a beautiful baby!

Chrissy - those BH Contractions kick my bootie everytime. I feel like I have to do lamaze-style breathing with them when they hit me.

Autumn - I know you'll miss Declan, but take this time for what it really is - a great big gift!

Caro - Que panzita linda!!!

Eveline - Happy Birthday, Adam!!!

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Girls!!

We went to visit the hospital today, it was so cool . It's located just 15 minutes from my house and Sil knows 3 different routes to get there so that's fine. The maternity area was very nice, they showed us all the rooms, even the suites, and every area there, the staff was very nice too. We asked how many people can be in the delivery room with me if I have a natural delivery and they said 2 !!! so my mom and my hubby can be there with me.

This week we have to call the Insurance company to check how much a natural delivery and how much a C-section would cost, any ideas???. I have Empire- Blue Cross -Blue Shield.

Today we changed the baby shower date, is going to be on March 21st here at my home I promise plenty of pictures.

It's snowing right now, I hope that they cancel my work tomorrow, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Have a good night girls!

Vi

[sara535 15]

KJ that little boy is GORGEOUS - congratulations to all of you on the new addition

Nessa - that cramp you are talking about, could it be a braxton hick? When I was late in pregnancy and still working that would happen to me everytime I stood after sitting for a long time, I couldnt stand up straight for a minute or so but if I put my hand on my belly I could feel it really tight.

Happy Birthday to Adam!!

Edited March 2, 2009 by sara535

[Vi Mazzella 4]

I'm at home with hubby... they canceled my work... thank you snow storm hahaha and before I forget Happy Birthday Adam!!!

[Chrissy25 0]

well with the pull ups we thought we would try them and see as hes giving little signs of ready to train....anyways we were premature with that masterplan lol, so back in diapers this morning! put the pull ups away till hes closer to the time to be ready

[Nessa 23]

@sara, i don't know anything about BH. the feeling was just in my legs and also my pelvic bone, like my legs were too weak and they hurt when i stood up

[Eveline 9]

@sara, i don't know anything about BH. the feeling was just in my legs and also my pelvic bone, like my legs were too weak and they hurt when i stood up

@Nessa: Baby might be putting pressure on a nerve or something. I don't think it's BH since those hurt kinda on top of your belly. My BH would start out from my ribcage down to my belly button (while 'real' labor - at least to me - was all over the place, pulling from my back to my lower belly). Maybe it's round ligament pain, that the ligaments in your belly strech. I'm sure everything is fine, it's just your body getting adjusted to what's ahead.

@Chrissy: Sorry to hear your masterplan failed . I always have Adam run around bottomless (NOT A GOOD IDEA IN A HOUSE WITH 99% CARPET) or in training pants (cloth) with his Elmo Underwear. The other day he was naked and apparently peed but I didn't see where. Then - like a week later argh - I smelled a stinge and didn't know where it was coming from. I followed the smell (bad bad bad...sorry for the TMI) and saw that he had peed under the table. It's a coffee table that has another board toward the bottom of the table and he had peed on there...argh. It was bad. I scrubbed it with Clorox and the stinge is gone but you can still smell it a little bit when you are really close to the table. Gross.

[Anna C. 4]

@ Evi: Happy Birthday Adam! How did it go? Did he enjoy his cake? Yikes for peeing under the table, it's gross, but it made me laugh somehow. My sister apparently did the same thing when she was like 18 months. My parents always told it somehow funny, I guess those are the stories you keep telling your kid later on

@ Vi: Well a natural birth will be way cheaper than a c-section (way more stuff involved - drugs, anesthesiologist, OR, all the stuff). Ask your health plan how much they cover, there's usually an estimate they can give you. We had a natural birth, but after birth they hooked me on Mg-Sulfate for 24 hours for an alleged 5% chance of stroke. That was my only intervention. I arrived on a Monday night and was released on Friday (they wanted to monitor me for my hhhuuugeee stroke risk and the copious blood loss I had). The bill was $25,000. Our health insurance paid every penny, but the insurance pays a way lower price - it's negotiated for them. I think they paid like 1/5 of what I would have had to pay without insurance.

[Nessa 23]

@vi: i believe insurances are supposed to cover both c-section and natural birth the same, unless the c-section is elective, then you pay from your pocket. I'm sure you wouldn't want an elective c-section, right?

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Anna@ I called the insurance company ths morning and the CSR was lost, I asked how much does the Insurance company covers and he kept saying that I have to pay the $200 admission payment, he cannot give any other amount, not until I leave the hospital, what about an aprox????? no info from him, I might have to call later, hopefully I'll get somebody with more info.

Nessa@ Definitely natural, but Ifthe doctor says that I NEED C-section...