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with jess alba and tori spelling having babies this week i am doing pretty good!

love the pics! looks so beautiful!!!

christine-ugh! everyday i get home from work and log in hoping to see a CHRISTINE IS IN LABOR post but that pretty little girl is trying to hang in there until fathers day, huh! i bet you are so anxious- i know i was just ready to get avery here and see her little face and kiss it!

i flew to texas (a 3 hr flight) when avery was 9 weeks and it all went really smoothly. i fed her on take off and landing and she slept the entire flight both ways. i really think it was harder on me to have to be stuck in a teeny tiny spot with an infant who at any moment may wake up and start howling. i was seriously petrified that i would have "that baby" that cries the entire flight- luckily she didnt. also i had to bring a TON of stuff because my mom had nothing- so the carseat AND base, stroller, wipes, daipers, etc- i mean it seriously was a ton of crap. i really didnt enjoy the whole traveling with a baby experience but like tammy said i am sure it was easiest at this age when they will sleep and you can hold them the whole time compared to when they are moving around more. and i just sort of felt bad for avery because the entire process of flying takes like 5-6 hours for a 3 hour flight and it just seems like a long time for a baby. bottom line: if you go make sure you sit somewhere with a little more space, bring lots of bottles or breastfeed, bring toys, and last case scenario you can give them a small amount of tylenol to make them a little sleepier ( i didnt have to do it but was prepared in case i had to) also think about once you arrive- will being there with a young baby be fun for you? how much help will you have? think about the climate- how hot will it be? will you have to be sitting inside with the baby while everyone is out site-seeing? i know personally my trip to texas was exhausting. i was staying at my moms so she helped alot but matt wasnt there to help. so it was a little rough because when everyone was outside we would be inside (babies younger than 6 months arent supposed to be outside for very long) and then i had to feed her every 3 hours and hold her and put her to sleep and bathe her- and she was totally overstimulated and out of her normal routine i was exhausted by the time we got home. but she was much younger than your child would be- ask tammy how jack did in mexico since he will be closer to the age of your kid

I think i am going to start this. i have to go buy a scale tomorrow and load up on healthy stuff. I have about 8-10 lbs from having my daughter plus another 10 lbs that i needed to lose anyways. so wish me luck girls--- i really hope this works!

thanks! i love getting free stuff!

i have the cannon powershot sd1000 with 7.1 megapixels and i LOVE it! we got it this x-mas to have once avery got here and it has been perfect. i am in no way a professional photog but it does everything i could possible want and it was pretty cheap- i think like $150 or something

i am totally sucking- 10th place, ugh

just checked on amazon ad this sucker is sold out!

i hope some of these preggo girls pop soon because for some reason i got all the preggies......jess alba. jamie lynn spears, tori spelling.......weird

awww i am so sorry to hear that ann- but it is totally normal and i am sure she is just fine- alot of times babies will just have a day or two where they look like they are taking a step backwards but are fine again in a few days

we had the front loader and i loved it BUT it broke all the time and after th 4th time it broke the maintenance guy said we should just buy a regular one- he said that they break a lot less.........not sure why but that is what he said so we bought a normal one and had the fron tloader hauled away to washing machine heaven...... sorry if that isnt what you want to hear.

awww dont worry alyssa- i am sure you have more done than you think. if you are like me everytime i got closer to the wedding i just got more anxious about remembering ervything i had to do---------hang in there and please let me know if i can help with anything - i mean it!

yay! you are home! so glad that it went well- congrats MRS!!

i remember having that i have to pee feeling all the time......good luck at your appt

got it....i am SO doing my draft order right now- i think i might already be addicted!

someone pm me the passcode- i am ready to start

i want to do it!!!!! i LOVE celeb gossip

loved it! perfect

so cute! love the pink guitar outfit and you know we could never get tired of the pics and videos!!!

ann sh ei s so beautiful and it sounds like she is really doing good- i am so happy for you guys and hope that you get to go home very soon

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine I think that someone said it well (possibly Sarah) it doesn't matter how the baby comes out, only that is comes out healthy and happy, because in the end we all get the same trophy-a beautiful baby! yes- that is exactly what i was trying to say!

this is a really touchy subject but i thought i would throw in my two cents for what its worth....... i had a c-section and loved it. my daughter was breech and because of numerous reasons they were not able to try and turn while in utero so i was left with no other alternative. but i couldnt be happier. i loved the entire process and the recovery was not bad at all. and i DO NOT feel like less of a woman or mother because i didnt go through the pains of birth which is sort of what i feel like you are trying to say here- like those who elect for a csx are less of a woman because they arent doing what is the "more natural" route. it is the womans right to choose and if they choose elective c-sx then i think that is fine- it is your labor experience and you should be able to make it however you want it- but i think we are forgetting the big picture here and that is that is shouldnt matter how you choose to have your child- what is important is the parent that you are. and i could probably post all sorts of statistics that support the effectiveness for c-sx because there is SO much information out there and people and websites can manipulate info so it suits them....... just my side of the story- although i respect the alternative and as it has been said- we will just agree to to disagree on this one!

one trick to help is to get a frozen can of juice (orange juice, limade, whatever) and roll your foot over is for 10 min 3x/day. also rolling your foot over a tennis ball helps too.

ann- she is so beautiful and iam so happy to hear that things are going well. your labor experience sounds very hectic but you sound so calm--very very strong lady! please keep us posted about miss gwendolyn! XOXO