Congrats GotSpots! Hope you’re feeling well!
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I’d second Small Change - the Medela lanolin is amazing stuff (and you can get it on Amazon).
Our not-so-little one arrived on her due date a couple of weeks ago. She’s 98th percentile in length and weight, so we may be looking for warm bloods or draft crosses for her down the road![/QUOTE]
I always tell this story - I was born 9 lbs 10 oz, 18 inches long. I am in my adulthood 5’3 and 107lbs. that means I was basically born 10% of my total final size. I make a GREAT pony jock. 
Aghh I am 36 weeks now and so boooored of not being able to ride! Horse is on pasture rest for the last couple months so we can get fit together once little one is here. It will be riding at the crack of dawn for me, after the newborn has had his early morning feed and before my two year old wakes up!
Congratulations to those of you with your new little bundles :).
Guess I can come out of the wings and join this group now…
I am almost 17 weeks along. I haven’t ridden since I found out I was pregnant, which was the day after a horse show, and 2 days before the horse I was riding and showing pretty heavily was scheduled to ship out to a sales barn to be sold anyway. So, the timing was crazy perfect, and the Universe basically made my decision about riding while pregnant for me.
I have had the opportunity to ride since then, but nothing that’s lit a fire under me enough to get me back on, so I guess I’m ok with it!
I do miss riding, but I don’t miss the time commitment right now. My mind is definitely on other things…but I have been pony shopping:)
Anyway, glad to see some of you have more motivation than I do! Hope everyone is feeling well.
Welcome to the club and congrats pinkpony! Have fun pony shopping and hope you’re feeling well.
Checking in here too. 30 weeks. How did THAT happen? Nursery is mostly done, need to touch up the paint (we had the closet doors replaced from awful bi-folds to regular open and closers). I had it painted a lovely, neutral sage green when we moved in in November with the thought that I could go navy with a boy or pink/peach with a girl and we ended up going with navy and white and sage, it’s really lovely. No major theme but I had an artist do his name and a big canvas of under the sea stuff (the bathroom is whale themed and we’ve sort of gone with it).
AS FAR AS CRIBS: GO TO IKEA. The Ikea cribs are really inexpensive and they are safety rated higher than many of the expensive ones. We went with a simple white one ($99) that we will replace with the twin bed that matches the rest of the Ikea stuff we bought when he’s ready. My sister has a 20 month old and did all the research, she highly recommends the Ikea stuff, and then there isn’t any guilt about the $$$ spent.
I too already have too many clothes for newborn through 6 months. I am thrilled people are so generous but buy me diapers and diaper cream please!
I move my horse Tuesday to the farm where my retired horse lives, we will pull back shoes and let him have a vacation until it is worth paying full board again for me to ride regularly. I own and run a business, not horse related, and know that that plus the baby will need to be my priorities!
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My little girl is 2 and a half months now; it’s unbelievable how fast time goes! [/QUOTE]
She’s ADORABLE! Congrats!
Good to know. THANKS!
Funny, I used to use lanolin creme on my horses feet. Anyway, I ran out of the big tub I had the pharmacy compound and ran to the drug store to grab a few tubes to tide me over. I still have one tube left unopened. Guess I need to check that lanolin doesn’t go bad.
I’m signed up to take a breastfeeding class at my local hospital and I’m sure I will meet up with a consultant there. They also have a support group, which I hear is fantastic for new mothers.
I am looking into the possibility of cloth in addition to disposable. My friend just sent me a ton of information on cloth diapering that I need to weed through.
I have never heard of a birth plan that went according to plan. Not one. They do make for great stories though and my girlfriends and I laughed and laughed at their birth plans gone awry the other night at dinner. So if anyone asks me what my birth plan is… I answer, “to get him out!”
Congrats GotSpots! Hope you are feeling well.
Well, I go for a nice holiday camping weekend off the grid and come back to find that another one bites the dust. (I say that totally tongue and cheek!) Congrats, pinkpony and welcome to the club. Misery loves company ya’ know. (Again, with the sarcasm)
As as side note, back country camping with no potty is kind of tough at 7 months pregnant. Just FYI.
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As as side note, back country camping with no potty is kind of tough at 7 months pregnant. Just FYI.[/QUOTE]
We’ve been debating on going camping before she makes her grand entrance…after getting up 6 times the other night I told DH that if we go there better be a bathroom nearby! However- I have a camping hammock I have been threatening to hang in the house because it’s been the only thing I’m 100% comfy in all the time!
Aww, you guys are making me feel better about oversharing. Thank you! I sincerely hope that my experience with the attack pump and flanges prevents even one of you from going through the same.
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We’ve been debating on going camping before she makes her grand entrance…after getting up 6 times the other night I told DH that if we go there better be a bathroom nearby! However- I have a camping hammock I have been threatening to hang in the house because it’s been the only thing I’m 100% comfy in all the time![/QUOTE]
I set up my Eno hammock in the sun while DH was out on the mountain bike. And yep, it was the only place I could get comfortable. We took the offroad camper (small pop up with high ground clearance because I refused to sleep on our pads on the ground) so at least I had a mattress. Still… getting up to squat in the chilly dark moose/bear country every couple of hours was rough.
We took one unfamiliar road out of the woods and it all but put me into labor. I almost had DH pull over so I could get out and walk. It was unpleasant to say the least.
We have one more trip planned the last week of July. I’ll be 8 months prego. At this point, I’m still going but DH knows that could change. It might just be him and his brother. If I go, I think we’ll choose to camp at a NF campground with at least a pit toilet option. I’m usually a pretty tough chick, but lately I feel like such a wuss.
You all are better women than I. Camping? Not an EFFING chance. I did however go on a baby moon all inclusive to a luxe resort. Living the hard life, I assure you.
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You all are better women than I. Camping? Not an EFFING chance. I did however go on a baby moon all inclusive to a luxe resort. Living the hard life, I assure you.[/QUOTE]
So let me ask this question then, since you mentioned babymoon and oversharing is what pregnancy is all about. And since you are due exactly when I am, I know we both had a really fun New Years Eve. :lol:
How exactly does one get in the mood to um… go canoeing… when one is getting kicked feverishly from the inside? Kind of takes one’s mind off the paddling, so to speak. I’ve taken a couple canoe trips for the team, but I got nothing out of it so I’d really rather stay off the river. And I feel a bit bad for my husband but then I remind myself that I’m the pregnant one and if he needs adventure then he can go kayaking.
On “canoeing”…I just haven’t. And even with our babymoon last week (hotels and the big city but lovely just the same) I didn’t worry about it or apologize. This was HIS idea, he can suffer the consequences…
Although I do not camp, I have not lost any desire to canoe. I’m with H though, if I didn’t want to, I just wouldn’t.
My little one is not a NYE baby, and he was created by an artificial canoe, so I know exactly when. But obviously not that long after NYE.
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You all are better women than I. Camping? Not an EFFING chance. I did however go on a baby moon all inclusive to a luxe resort. Living the hard life, I assure you.[/QUOTE]
I’m with you there! Just returned Saturday from a snazzy Caribbean beach babymoon. It was lovely. I don’t even camp when not pregnant, but having to crawl out of a tent to pee five times a night sounds like my own personal hell.
I’m now 21 weeks and sadly not riding. I’m mostly a weekend warrior these days anyway, and with tons of rain here and various work trips, it just wasn’t happening. Now I’m bigger and even less coordinated than before, and the idea of me riding at this point gives DH too much anxiety, so I reluctantly agreed to be done for now. However, we are negotiating a saddle upgrade for after the baby comes since one of his friends told him he’s supposed to get me a “push present.” I’ll take that deal!
Although I do not camp, I have not lost any desire to canoe. I’m with H though, if I didn’t want to, I just wouldn’t.
My little one is not a NYE baby, and he was created by an artificial canoe, so I know exactly when. But obviously not that long after NYE.
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My little one is not a NYE baby, and he was created by an artificial canoe, so I know exactly when. But obviously not that long after NYE. :)[/QUOTE]
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An artificial canoe 
Best word choice ever!
Since baby R started kicking about to where DH could feel it too (seriously, if this baby was a horse for sale, she’d be advertised as “athletic”!) neither of us has been in the mood to canoe, he’s weirded out by the baby being in there while we paddle (cause she wasn’t before that…?) and yeah, it’s hard to feel up for canoeing while your baby preforms jumping jacks inside you. But my desire has changed daily since we had our fun Christmas/New Years night, so who knows what I’ll feel like tomorrow!
Hi everyone! I am 13 weeks pregnant, due Jan. 12th. I am finding out the gender this week. That last sonogram was an eye-opener! There is actually a fully-formed baby in there, just needs to grow more. Surreal.
Ah yes, the artificial canoe was used here too(Clomid). I was a hormonal psycho for a month and cried at least once a day.
