Got Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I was reading a few things and did see that you need to start taking Folic Acid at least 3 months before or something like that., I already take a multivitamin but then David pointed out those Materna (?) from Centrum i think they are. I will have to check that site out too, it sounds good.

I just got a prescription for prenatal vitamins so I can get them free from Meijer. I think I remember that you live in Illinois. They have Meijer over there don't they? Although you can get prenatal vitamins without a prescription (I think), the vitamins are free through the Meijer store pharmacy with a doctor's prescription.

I joined mothering.com a few days ago to get in on some forums for women trying to conceive (TTC) There is a forum thread just for women in their 30's (and ones in their 40's and 20's too). I liked visajourney's forums so much and I have been missing them lately since my husband's AOS. Came back today to deal with tax stuff and wanted to see how the ladies with babies were doing. My husband has almost finished his 3 month probationary time at a company (first job let him go after a month but he wasn't liking the job much, this new one is a better fit). I am a little scared about TTC because I will be 35 in June. No time like the present!

[Colleens 40]

I just got a prescription for prenatal vitamins so I can get them free from Meijer. I think I remember that you live in Illinois. They have Meijer over there don't they? Although you can get prenatal vitamins without a prescription (I think), the vitamins are free through the Meijer store pharmacy with a doctor's prescription.

I joined mothering.com a few days ago to get in on some forums for women trying to conceive (TTC) There is a forum thread just for women in their 30's (and ones in their 40's and 20's too). I liked visajourney's forums so much and I have been missing them lately since my husband's AOS. Came back today to deal with tax stuff and wanted to see how the ladies with babies were doing. My husband has almost finished his 3 month probationary time at a company (first job let him go after a month but he wasn't liking the job much, this new one is a better fit). I am a little scared about TTC because I will be 35 in June. No time like the present!

Don't stress yourself out about TTC that is one of the worst things you can do. We just had that attitude if it happened, it happened, and we were not really trying (I wasn't even sure about when my cycle started/ended since I never really paid any attention.....lol) and it happened within 4 months.

Good Luck...I hope you get that BFP (big fat positive)soon!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Don't stress yourself out about TTC that is one of the worst things you can do. We just had that attitude if it happened, it happened, and we were not really trying (I wasn't even sure about when my cycle started/ended since I never really paid any attention.....lol) and it happened within 4 months.

Good Luck...I hope you get that BFP (big fat positive)soon!

Not stressing about it yet. My sister who is younger than me has been TTC for over 2 years and no success. I think her husband really doesn't want kids and that is affecting their ability to conceive, but just my 2 cents. I am just going to take each day as it comes and have fun along the way.

[Ontarkie 14,304]

Well here I am 30w 4days and I feel so bloated, and yes its bloating not just cause baby is getting bigger. I have food allergies but I can't avoid them during pregnancy since what I have to eat left is just not good for us. So I'm eating tums like crazy and taking Milk of Magnesium almost daily just to get some relief. Ok enough complaining.

Anyways, I had a very productive day, I found our pediatrician, called the Church to have our daughter baptised although I am still waiting for the priest to call me back, and last but not least I called the health Unit for my younger two kids to get a couple shots they need. My son needs his meningitis vaccine, and my daughter is due for her tdap. We are a tad late since our family Doc didn't have the meningitis vaccine and we have to get it at the health unit instead we decided to get them both at the same time. Pretty good for someone who can't remember anything from one minute to the next

[Canadiandggal 49]

Well here I am 30w 4days and I feel so bloated, and yes its bloating not just cause baby is getting bigger. I have food allergies but I can't avoid them during pregnancy since what I have to eat left is just not good for us. So I'm eating tums like crazy and taking Milk of Magnesium almost daily just to get some relief. Ok enough complaining.

Anyways, I had a very productive day, I found our pediatrician, called the Church to have our daughter baptised although I am still waiting for the priest to call me back, and last but not least I called the health Unit for my younger two kids to get a couple shots they need. My son needs his meningitis vaccine, and my daughter is due for her tdap. We are a tad late since our family Doc didn't have the meningitis vaccine and we have to get it at the health unit instead we decided to get them both at the same time. Pretty good for someone who can't remember anything from one minute to the next

You already found her a pediatrician and shes not even here yet? thought we would have to wait till she/he arrives.. Lol of course i wont call for another 15 weeks

[Colleens 40]

You already found her a pediatrician and shes not even here yet? thought we would have to wait till she/he arrives.. Lol of course i wont call for another 15 weeks

Yes, you need to find a pedi before you deliver. It is helpful to find one that does rounds at the hospital you will deliver in or else the pedi on call with examine the baby at the hopital. Your pedi will want to see your LO within 48hrs of being release from the hospital then. I had to do it that way, and it kind of sucked having to pack LO up and take her out at 2 days old to the dr's office.

It is good to start looking now as well...if you go onto the boards on the bump there are local boards for most area's that you can ask for recommendations for pedi's. I had a hard time finding one that accepted our insuance AND was accepting new patients.

[Ontarkie 14,304]

My husbands work is throwing us a baby shower today, I think they are so sweet to think of us, I really didn't think we would see a shower since this is baby #5 for me but they celebrate all babies at his work its so cool. Its been awhile since I've had to look up baby stuff and their is so much out there now I wont buy most of it some of it seems to be a waste.

I'm starting to feel very much pregnant on some days( not sure if I mentioned this before). Can't believe I have about 7 weeks left to go till my due date. I am really hoping she come on her due date since it is fathers day it would be so cool. But babies have their own schedule.

[Colleens 40]

My husbands work is throwing us a baby shower today, I think they are so sweet to think of us, I really didn't think we would see a shower since this is baby #5 for me but they celebrate all babies at his work its so cool. Its been awhile since I've had to look up baby stuff and their is so much out there now I wont buy most of it some of it seems to be a waste.

I'm starting to feel very much pregnant on some days( not sure if I mentioned this before). Can't believe I have about 7 weeks left to go till my due date. I am really hoping she come on her due date since it is fathers day it would be so cool. But babies have their own schedule.

There are a few things that I can suggest that we really loved. We had one of the Summer Infant Swaddleme blankets and it was really good until about 3 months. It is so easy to wrap them in it and they can't break the swaddle. I think that is part of the reason Emma has slept so well. When we had to move up to the bigger size it didn't work so well. She was able to get her hands out between the flaps and work them up to her mouth...and that meant all the fabric bunching aroung her neck and face, so we obviously stopped using it. We bought one of the Baby Merlin Magic Sleep Suit (they are a bit pricey) and it has worked awesome for us. I think you can only order it on-line from their website though.

We got Sophie the Giraffe for a present, and E loves her. She is expensive (~ $22 at BRU) so I don't think I would have invested in it myself, but I can tell that it is going to be a go-to come teething time.

I am not sure if you plan on breastfeeding or bottle feeding or a combo, but if you do a combo feed (I mostly breastfeed, but I have to suppliment a bit and Si likes to give E a bottle of pumped milk too) and early on the breastflow bottles were really good. I think that they are the closest to the breast, and have a really slow flow. We use the Tommee Tippee ones now, but early on I found the flow a bit fast for E (eventhough they were newborn size).

If you will be looking for a pump at all, I invested in a Hygeia Enjoye pump a few months ago, and really like it. It is a fair bit cheaper than the medela ones and it is also a closed system, so you could sell it (or pass it on) afterwards. The medela's are open system so there is a chance that milk can get into the motor. I do have the medela manual pump as well and do use that on occasion (when I want to be quiet as the electric one is a bit noisey)

I like the Avent pacifiers...they come with little plastic covers so if you keep an extra in the diaper bad or on the night stand, they don't get all dirty.

I have read that a lot of people like the fischer price seahorse for bed time.

When I was at home my mom and borrowed a play mat for E and she LOVED it. It had a flashing blinking light on the top part that she would just stare at forever!! It was the fischer Price Oceans wonder we bought a cheaper one from walmart and she doesn't like it as much, but I am not going to go out and buy another one...especially since she will soon be onto bigger and better things!

I wished that I had done a little more looking at infant car seats when I picked one out. I researched the safest ones and got one of those, but the one thing that it does not have and I REALLY wished it did, is the strap that comes out between the legs that is used to adjust the shoulder straps. Mine just has individual adjustors at the back of the seat, so it is either a pain in the butt to adjust them all the time, or it is difficult to get her in or out if I don't loosen them (it is not so bad now that she is a little older, but as a newborn and a bit more "floppy" it was a bit harder).

That is all I can think of for now.....HTH If you have any questions about some of the new items let me know....I don't have them all, but have done a fair bit of research on a lot of them!!

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Yes, you need to find a pedi before you deliver. It is helpful to find one that does rounds at the hospital you will deliver in or else the pedi on call with examine the baby at the hopital. Your pedi will want to see your LO within 48hrs of being release from the hospital then. I had to do it that way, and it kind of sucked having to pack LO up and take her out at 2 days old to the dr's office.

It is good to start looking now as well...if you go onto the boards on the bump there are local boards for most area's that you can ask for recommendations for pedi's. I had a hard time finding one that accepted our insuance AND was accepting new patients.

Is this a new trend to have a pediatrician aside from your regular GP? I don't hink it's a bad idea or anything, my daughter never really had much fo anything when she was little . Mind you we lived in Canada and who really had a pedi, you know?

[Colleens 40]

Is this a new trend to have a pediatrician aside from your regular GP? I don't hink it's a bad idea or anything, my daughter never really had much fo anything when she was little . Mind you we lived in Canada and who really had a pedi, you know?

I thought it was odd to have an OB and a pedi.....I would have used my GP for both of those in Canada!!

[Canadiandggal 49]

My son who is 4 almost five , has only ever had a GP but I guess this one will have a pedi. of course I have to find one lol.

Today was the first time I got to hear my babys heartbeat, I recorded it

[Marilyn. 340]

it seems like here in the US they have a separate doctor for everything.. like you all have mentioned in Canada you just went to one doctor for everything..

[OBX 51]

I always had a paediatrician for my boys and we're going back over twenty years. I had my GP for regular stuff, an obstetrician when I was pregnant and a gynaecologist for when I wasn't. I figure that if you have access to a specialist in any particular field go for it. Not to mention I wouldn't have been comfortable with my GP dealing with those issues.

[Ontarkie 14,304]

My son who is 4 almost five , has only ever had a GP but I guess this one will have a pedi. of course I have to find one lol.

Today was the first time I got to hear my babys heartbeat, I recorded it

That is the most amazing sound ever, every little bit of stress goes away when I hear her heart beat.

My older kids used to see a ped back in Canada, only cause it was my ex who wanted the kids to see the same ped he saw as a child. I never saw a ped growing up that I remember. As for this little one she will be getting a ped too, only cause our GP doesn't have all the vac's for them and such. If we need to take her to the doctors and can't get into the ped we can take her to our GP as his office is like a walk in clinic you never need appointments.

Edit to add: I cannot believe how awesome my husbands coworkers are, they had put alot of effort into our shower. We are just swimming in baby things atm I need to figure out where to put it all.

Edited April 28, 2011 by Ontarkie

[Colleens 40]

That is the most amazing sound ever, every little bit of stress goes away when I hear her heart beat.

My older kids used to see a ped back in Canada, only cause it was my ex who wanted the kids to see the same ped he saw as a child. I never saw a ped growing up that I remember. As for this little one she will be getting a ped too, only cause our GP doesn't have all the vac's for them and such. If we need to take her to the doctors and can't get into the ped we can take her to our GP as his office is like a walk in clinic you never need appointments.

Edit to add: I cannot believe how awesome my husbands coworkers are, they had put alot of effort into our shower. We are just swimming in baby things atm I need to figure out where to put it all.

That is awesome!!