I'm pregnant! (8 months along now, no longer morning sick!)

[Xtina]

Ah, this is PERFECT information. Thanks so much, this is exactly what I'm looking for. Heading over to my registry to add stuff now!

 

[Andora]

Let me know if you have any questions! I love to talk about cloth diapers, lol.

 

[Xtina]

Thanks, I sure will! My other big question is whether daycares allow cloth diapers. I've heard of some that don't.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Well, my advice would be to go to the hospital asap and get hooked up to an IV of phenergan, zopran, reglan, and about 5 other drugs pumped into you every 2 hrs....I had severe hyperemesis all 3 times I was pregnant. I almost died because I puked non stop all day and night. Busted so many blood vessesls in my esophagous and stomoch that I was bleeding internally....oh gosh, I could write a book. It was excrutiating pain all the time. I didn't eat or drink for months at a time...had to be hydrated through an IV. I lost over 25 pounds on each pregnancy instead of gaining weight.......I so wish I could have been a happy, glowing pregnant woman...I would do it all over again for my babies though.

 

[eggsrcool]

 

[Xtina]

Hi again guys!
I'm now in my eighth month of pregnancy. I can't figure out how to edit the title of this thread to say that I have not experienced morning sickness for five months now, so I'll just try to ward off any more morning sickness advice right here. I'm doing ok! I'm feeling great!

My question now has to do with sleeping arrangements. I had planned to put my baby in his crib (a beautiful, expensive one my mother in law bought us) in his room, but every mom I know is telling me that this won't work. That I'm going to want the baby in my room for the first few months since I'll be breastfeeding constantly. I'm not too keen on this idea: logistically speaking, it doesn't work the way my house and bedrooms are set up. I am not ok with the concept of co-sleeping in my bed, no matter what people say about how safe it is. And I don't really have room in my bedroom for a bassinet or cradle. Does anyone have any homemade cradle designs or suggestions? I have an old car seat that I thought I could use next to the bed, but I don't want it to be on the floor. It's cold down there and the dogs could step on the baby accidentally (they are clumsy!). So does anyone have any suggestions for how to set up a higher sleeping system for the baby? Or maybe can you just tell me that it will be perfectly fine for the baby to sleep in his crib in his room?

 

[gritsar]

I'm glad your pregnancy is going well. I breastfed both of my kids, my son for 2 years and my DD for 16 months. I had them in a cradle in my room for the first few months, but then moved them to their own room.
I would say if you don't have room for the crib, let them sleep in their own room. It'll keep bad habits from starting anyhow. IMO, they need to sleep in their own rooms once they are past the newborn stage.
It'll just be a little more work for you when you have to get up in the night. As far as I'm concerned, that's what DHs are for. I do the feeding, they do the fetching.
Good luck to you.
If you have any questions about breastfeeding, I'd be glad to help. Just PM me.

 

[Andora]

Do you have enough space for the co-sleeper beds that go against your bed?

We co-sleep and even though you said you don't want to, let me tell you...it's SO easy. I slept almost all night long (except for emergency diaper changes) while the baby nursed happily at my side. No getting out of bed or fully waking up, the baby never had to wake up and cry and then be put back to sleep. Aaah, it was so wonderful. I'm doing it again with this baby.

Definitely don't let the baby sleep in a car seat, if you google it there are articles saying how sleeping in car seats is related to SIDS.

The baby will probably be ok in his own room, but it's incredibly exhausting to get up to nurse a crying baby every few hours, then put it down and get it to stay asleep while you sneak away. Plus the anxiety of listening for the baby from your room, even with a monitor, was more than I could handle in my postpartum hormonal mess.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

I have 4 children (currently 19 weeks pregnant w/ #5) and I breastfed all of mine. ALL of my babies slept in their own rooms, in their crib, from the beginning. And all of them were sleeping through the night by 6 weeks old. I know of someone who kept babies in her room, in a bassinet, for months and she had a terrible time getting them to sleep through the night. I would go with your gut on this one. Best wishes!

 

[SurprisingWoman]

My kids never slept in my room. I breastfed both.

We didn't have baby monitors in those days either.

You will be fine.

Congrats!