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Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 05:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing!

I'll just quietly slip back into denial now...thanks....

Theowl

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congradulations, Danzdol!! Great pictures!!

Enbwife

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 06:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations Danzdol!!! I’m so glad to hear baby Dylan has arrived and is healthy. He is so cute and you look so happy and great too!!! I love your nursery... We had a lot of fun doing ours. Your delivery sounds very scarey but I’m happy you’re feeling good now. Too bad about the nurses you had. Enjoy every moment and share all your stories here with us. The countdown is on for me… 8 weeks to go…

Micknrc

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 07:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WAY TO GO, DANZDOL and DYLAN!


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And both of those nurseries are adorable! Great work all around (paging Frank B.!).

Danzdol

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 08:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Counting down to the rest of the deliveries...............tvch babies.....

Theowl

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 08:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ummmm, how do I do that???

Webkitty

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 10:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congratulations DAnzdol! You and baby Dylan are both precious! Thanks for sharing with us, take care

Danzdol

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch -it was at Memorial West in Pembroke Pines

Grooch

Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops! I didn't mean to start any rumors about myself. I just like to avoid places with ignorant nurses and lousy anesthisiologists at all costs.

Thanks, Danz.

Jewels

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 01:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry I am late to the party, I was out of town for a while... Congratulations Danzdol! What a beautiful little boy you have! I'm glad to hear that everything went relatively smoothly, I was thinking about you. Thanks for sharing the pictures. How is everything going now that you are home, is Dylan settling in a little bit? Are you getting any sleep?

Both the baby rooms look great! I painted my sons before he was born, but did most of the decorating after he had a little bit of a personality. It is now done in trucks/cars and sports stuff. So fun to do though.

Enbwife

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 01:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I’m waiting for my best friend to go into labour any day now. Her first son was 10 1bs and a very difficult delivery, and this one is a boy and is already 9 1bs. They’re going to do an internal exam this week to get things going. She’s 38 weeks and totally ready to go. We’re on standby to go to their place and look after son # 1 while they’re at the hospital… It makes my own baby feel more real now that the other pregnancies around me are coming to an end soon!

I’m experiencing a lot of pressure really low these days. It almost hurts to walk sometimes. I fear the baby is running out of room and I’m really short of breathe a lot of the time… I don’t know if I’m going to last another 7 weeks!!!

Danzdol

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You will certainly last ENB! It's so exciting!

Jewels-I must say that the sleepless night feedings are the real killers. No matter how positive I try to be it's very hard to be giddy at 3am after I fed him and he wants to stay up!

I keep focusing on the fact that this is harder in the beginning until he starts sleeping nights.

However, even with all the chaos, I would not trade it for anything. The thought of having someone else take care of him (unless it's my mom or hubby) seems awful to me so I am grateful that I am lucky to be able to take care of him.

ENB it is definetaly a life changing experience!

Julieboo

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 02:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Honestly, I find that now my son is harder (at age 3) than when he was a newborn. At least you can watch a show of your choice on TV and a newborn sleeps (total hours per day) more than a toddler.
My point is, don't wish these days away while you wait for them to sleep thru the night. I think it gets harder as they grow. Well worth it though, and you get "rewards" as you go along, more interaction, smiles, walking, talking, etc. But the challenges increase as well.

Danz--any more pictures for us?

Danzdol

Thursday, June 20, 2002 - 10:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sure Julie soon......I got some cutey new ones!

I can understand what you mean.I saw the best comic strip about that. I will try to scan and post it later. It's a boy on a session at the psychologist and he is telling the doctor " First it's, say momma, walk! then it's -sit down, shut up!"

I can see how that is so true. Dylan doesn't walk so when I watch tv I am nursing or he is sleeping.

Enbwife

Monday, June 24, 2002 - 10:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My best friend had her baby on Thursday, June 20th. He weighed 9 1bs 3 oz and is really cute. She had him in 1.5 hours!!! Barely made it to the hospital. He’s her second so it was really fast this time. I’ve been over there twice and it makes it feel more real now, that I’ll have one of those soon!!! My last day of work is Friday, then I’m off until the baby comes (6 more weeks to go). It’ll be so nice to have that time for me. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Thursday so I’m hoping to get a best guess on how big the baby is now… I have a feeling he/she is larger than average for where I’m at. Our last pre-natal class is tonight too! So much fun… Danz, I’m glad you and Dylan are doing well. How are you finding being a mom? Are you really tired?

Misslibra

Monday, June 24, 2002 - 10:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats Danzdol!! He is sooooo cute! :)

Enbwife he was a biggie, 9lbs but he came pretty fast , I know she was ever so happy he did come fast. Have Neil took any pictures of your belly to memorialize this moment? If he has we want to see. I bet you look cute pregnant. :)

Those pre-natal classes are a lot of fun, and the breathing portion of them do come in handy when your in labor.

Enbwife

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I really enjoyed the classes and learnt a lot. I think it was something well worth us doing together to get prepared, mentally as well.

We have belly pics but I’m in my underwear… I’ll get some “clean” ones and we’ll post them. I guess I’m kind of cute but I feel really huge. I’ve gained weight everywhere… legs, arms, face… everywhere! I don’t know how some people only get a belly and nothing else. I guess I’m not made that way. I’m retaining water too so at night my feet look like boxes and you can’t even see my ankles!!! It’s kind of alarming. All this to say, the payoff will be way worth it, and I’m sure the weight will come off, especially since I’ll be breastfeeding and out for walks a lot along the canal next to my house. I’ll post after my Dr. appt. tomorrow.

Bananaclip

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 01:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't feel bad Enb, you aren't the only one who gained weight in the face. Everyone seems to love to comment on how big my nose has gotten, as if I don't see it everyday. I bite my tongue a lot! My feet also get swollen at night. Other than that I've done pretty well.

Enbwife

Friday, June 28, 2002 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Your nose Banana? Hmmm – I’ll have to take a closer look. The worst part is when people ask if you’re having twins!!! How rude is that??? That’s the biggest pet peeve of mine in this whole journey.

So I had my ultrasound yesterday and baby is in position now. Head down, placenta high. He/she weighs over 5 1bs now and was extremely active, bouncing all over the place during the procedure. The heartrate went from 170 to 190 to 150… Funny. Everything looks really good and we got a really cute face profile of him/her. I’m now at work, packing up my desk. I have mixed emotions about leaving. Of course I’m excited to be done and that much closer to meeting baby; but I have some really good friends here who I will miss chatting with daily. My co-workers have been so supportive during my pregnancy and have made the whole environment so much more fun. I know they’re sad too that I’m going… what will they talk about now? :) My sister is happy I’ll be off work so we can hang out and I have so much stuff planned to do in July. My Dr. said it will be a while yet before baby makes an appearance… 6 weeks and counting!!!

Bob2112

Friday, June 28, 2002 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa! Banana Nose! HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!
That's too funny. :)

Bananaclip

Friday, June 28, 2002 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Haha Bob! It spread horizontally, not vertically thank goodness. That will go away though. My cheeks also got a little fatter. But hey, I'm still cute. At least that's what I tell myself :)

Enb, have you had your Group B Strep culture done yet? That was a surprise for me! Since they didn't warn me ahead of time I had no idea I had to strip down this visit. I was feeling lazy that morning and didn't even shave my legs among other things! So there's the nurse and doctor staring at all my goods while that swab goes places I wasn't prepared for!

Sorry for the details but I thought it was funny afterwards.

Bob2112

Friday, June 28, 2002 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
eeek

Enbwife

Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No Banana, I haven't but thanks for the warning. I hate not knowing what to expect. How far are you and when did they do the test? I'm 34 weeks now and go back in 2 weeks at 36 weeks, then every week till D day.

We're buying a digital camera soon, so I'll be able to post pics a lot more easily in the future. Banana, you should post some pics too! Do you know what you're having? We're going to be surprised but I have this really strong feeling it's a boy... :)

Wargod

Sunday, June 30, 2002 - 01:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had the group b strep culture between 36-38 weeks, though don't remember exactly what week. I think that's one of the most important test you can take during pregnancy! I tested positive for it with my daughter. As soon as I went into labor, I was given I.V. antibiotics and when my daughter was born she was thoroughly tested (we spent an extra day in the hospital to be sure she was ok.) I didn't realize at the time how dangerous it could be for my baby (which was probably a good thing as I would have been freaking out!)

The good news is that if it is caught and treated, there will be no effects on the baby from it!

Are you guys getting impatient about now waiting for your babies to come? The last 5 or 6 weeks with mine were a time for me to be very antsy, with lots of nervous energy....just because it was so close to the end for me. It was like after going 34 weeks, I WANT my baby now! lol.

Danzdol

Friday, July 05, 2002 - 06:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hi everyone!

You must all be so excited.

Dylan is doing great. I am still adjusting. It is a lot of work but it is so worth it when you look into his eyes or hold him.He was 1 month on the 3rd!I will post some pics below.

Yes the weight coming off with breastfeeding is true at least for me. It works like a charm. I started working out a little bit this week too.

My Group B strep was at my 36 weeks I think. But they gave me a kit that looked like a long cotton swab and I had to insert it myself and close it with a lid that had a jelly like substance. I was also surprised I had no idea it was coming.

Hang in there girls because the end is nervewracking like Wargod said I was getting sooooo anxious thinking that he would stay inside forever! :)