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Amelia Song posted:We have Radians, and they are great. Once the kid is over one, you can use the Diono angle adjuster to keep them rear-facing but get more room to move the front seat back. You are my new favorite person. I didn't know such a thing existed.
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I was looking at the angle adjuster and it says you can start using it when they can sit up on their own and support their head or is 1 year a hard number? He's 10 months and already walking. This seat is going to be in my husband's Jeep Patriot so its not a small car, but we have trouble with our current carseat. I can just barely fit in the front with our current britax in and we're planning to take a 8 hour each way car ride in December. My car is a Kia Rio hatchback and for some reason there's MORE legroom with it in my car than his. Not a lot, but noticeable.
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Oct 2, 2013 15:25
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On Amazon, which is where I got mine, it says over one in the description. http://www.amazon.com/Diono-60320-Radian-Angle-Adjuster/dp/B006I1QTYQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380724664&sr=8-2&keywords=diono+angle+adjuster
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Oct 2, 2013 15:38
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In their videos on their site about installing and using their seats and the angle thing it says babies that can sit up and support their own heads. 
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Oct 2, 2013 16:57
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I'm going to trust the diono website info which says complete head control. http://us.diono.com/accessories/angle-adjuster Going to order tonight!
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Oct 2, 2013 17:12
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It's a girl! I have to admit I was more disappointed than I expected, and it lasted about an hour longer than I hoped, but I'm okay now. A little girl! Oh, let the baby knitting begin... Again.
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Oct 3, 2013 03:49
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jota23 posted:It's a girl! I have to admit I was more disappointed than I expected, and it lasted about an hour longer than I hoped, but I'm okay now. A little girl! Oh, let the baby knitting begin... Again. It passes pretty quickly and by the time they are born it doesn't matter at all. I felt a wee bit like that when we found out Connor was a boy but being able to settle on a name for him and start picking out clothes - by the time he came out it really wasn't a disappointment at all. The worst thing was everyone elses reaction, we had a few 'oh neverminds' from relatives which pissed me off.
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Oct 3, 2013 09:39
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jota23 posted:It's a girl! I have to admit I was more disappointed than I expected, and it lasted about an hour longer than I hoped, but I'm okay now. A little girl! Oh, let the baby knitting begin... Again. Ahh, congratulations!  My husband's two sisters both had a girl first, then a boy, so we were hoping to break tradition, but nope! The slight disappointment faded quickly when I realized how many cute clothes there are for girls.Going in for my 39 week appointment today... holy crap, it's gone by so fast. So hoping she comes right on time; I was 2 weeks late when I was born, so we'll see.
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Oct 3, 2013 13:06
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Chicken Biscuits posted:Ahh, congratulations! 39 week visit for me today too! We're having a boy (and I wanted a boy) but now that I'm at the end of it... I wouldn't have been disappointed with a girl at all. By the time you get to the end you'll be so ready to meet your baby (and not be pregnant anymore) that she could be an octopus and you'd still love her like crazy. Plus it's true - girls get the cutest stuff!
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Oct 3, 2013 14:11
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This little one has three sisters. I have all sisters, my sister has all girls. I was really hoping to break this cycle with a boy this time. As soon as my husband posted a picture on Facebook that said "My beautiful baby daughter", I completely lost all sadness over not having a boy. We had her name picked out ages ago, and all the nursery ideas we liked were girly rooms. We should have seen this coming. Oh! I can't wait until the nursery is done so I can really get this decorating thing started! jota23 fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Oct 3, 2013 |
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Oct 3, 2013 16:18
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29 weeks down as of today! Officially getting that third trimester fatigue that I've heard so much about. I do get kind of depressed about these lovely stretch marks on my lower tummy, I keep reminding myself that lotions, etc may help and that next summer this all may look different. Kiddo keeps kicking slightly harder each week- it's hard to imagine a small cabbage in my stomach, just bouncing around.
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Oct 3, 2013 17:32
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Re: pregnant hormones My wife cried when I brought her ice cubes for her room temp water last night  it was ridiculously cute.
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So my wife is pregnant and we're deciding on choosing a hospital. It's our first child and we're not quite sure what to look for. There's a small local hospital that provides just a midwife who will stay with you through the entire process but they don't have the equipment to handle complications or even the option for an epidural. On the other hand it's our first time and while most of my friends who have given birth had complications or needed a caesarean, going to a big crowded hospital and getting shuffled around by different doctors and nurses doesn't seem very appealing. Australian questions! Is it worth choosing a private hospital over a public one? I have no objection to throwing money but I can't see the difference between the two given that we've been told things like it's better to stay in the room and just go straight home after the pregnancy. Also how much leave should we both be taking? Is there a standard number of months? All this baby stuff is incredibly confusing and scary.
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Kegslayer posted:So my wife is pregnant and we're deciding on choosing a hospital. It's our first child and we're not quite sure what to look for. If there were complications, how long would it take to get to the hospital that could actually help you? That would be the deciding factor for me.
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Kegslayer posted:
Hey there!  Personally, I'm going public, because I am yet to hear from anyone who used private and thought it was a vast improvement over the care they got in the public system. Additionally, if there is some kind of complication that needs specialist care you are likely to end up getting transferred into a public hospital anyway. A friend of mine opted for a private hospital, then when she went into labour and turned up at the hospital the staff told her that she was too calm to be in labour and to just go have a sleep for a while in one of the rooms. So she went into the room and not long after tried to get out of bed to go to the toilet, ended up on the floor and couldn't get back up again. She called out for help, but couldn't get anyone, so she rang her husband (on his way to the hospital) on her mobile, and he then called the hospital and yelled at them to go to the ward and help her. The staff went in to check her and discovered she was 10cm, and she had the baby a few minutes later. However, the baby wasn't breathing properly so she was then transferred to the nearby public hospital's NICU. The baby and my friend are all ok, but that experience cost her about $6000 out of pocket and she ended up in the public hospital anyway. I'm sure there are lots of people out there who use private and don't have awful experiences like these, so I guess it depends on how badly you want to have a private room after the baby is born. Maybe go and have a look at your local public hospital's birthing facilities, and the private hospital's rooms and see whether that helps you make a decision?
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Aussie here too, I went public for the whole thing and found it fantastic. Granted you don't get your own room but really, it's not that bad. I was in a ward with 3 other people, but it wasn't as loud or annoying as what I thought it would be. They were all lovely girls. The midwives that did all the checkups were wonderful too. The hospital I was at was one that is one certified as pro-breastfeeding so all the midwives had training as lactation consultants to give you a hand with those first awkward feeding moments/days. You also have a few options within the public system too, once you're about 20 or so weeks you have the option (at least in my area) of having shared care with your GP (where you have a majority of your appointments with the GP then a few at the hospital), shared care with a midwife clinic or have all your appointments at the hospital. I went for the GP option because I love my doctor. You may not see the same OB each time you visit the hospital, but in a normal pregnancy you really only see them like 3 times or something during the last trimester anyhow.
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Yeah, I'll echo was most have said, nothing wrong with going public here in Oz, and you'll get sent there anyway if you have complications. You can do what we did, go public as a private patient (if you're already paying for private cover with maternity). When we did that, we got thing like private room, free tv/phone vouchers, free daily meal for the me (husband), and some vouchers for the cafe inside the hospital. Private at public could mean you get to stick with the same OB throughout the pregnancy as well, though I don't know how hard and fast that rule is at most public hospitals. Public hospitals here will usually have you go home sooner than a private, but if you have no complications there's really no reason to stick around for many days anyway. For a first pregnancy they'll have you stay at least a day, it's only subsequent pregnancies where you're given the option of going home sooner, assuming you're low risk. JBark fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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So, I had a baby! She was born on September 28 at 1:18 am, 4 days before her due date - 6'15", 20 inches long. Things went quicker than I imagined for a first baby! I labored at home until about 9 pm (the last 4 hours of that being active labor) until we went to the hospital, which was 45 minutes away. At triage I was 4cm (extremely disheartening since I was about that at my prenatal appointment earlier that week), so we walked the halls for ~15 minutes and a half hour later I was at 6cm and checked into my room. At this point contractions were really intense and close together for about 2 hours until I felt like I needed to push, so they checked and I was just about ready. I waited for the doctor to finish up delivering another baby (waiting for her to come and "let" me push was one of the hardest things I've ever done!) and when she arrived, I had three pushing contractions (less than half an hour of pushing) and the baby was born. I have to say, that even though I gave birth in a state-run teaching hospital, I was extremely pleased with how accommodating they were to my wishes to have an unmedicated labor and birth, as well as all of the crunchy "natural" things I wanted to do. Luckily, I was low risk so I had many discussions with my doctor during my pregnancy about my wishes and she was very accommodating. I was allowed to eat/drink as I wanted during labor, which was huge to me (although funnily enough I didn't want anything other than ice chips after checking into the hospital). We asked for a L&D nurse who was supportive of natural birth and she was amazing, never once offering me pain meds and doing everything she could to be as supportive yet unobtrusive at the same time. It was kind of funny though, I had a lot of plans/hopes for how I hoped it would go (using the shower, birth ball, squatting bars, etc) but we got to the hospital at such a point in the process that it was really too late for me to want to take advantage of them due to how quickly everything was moving. After she was born they put her right on my chest, my husband did delayed cord clamping and we just basked in the high for over an hour while the doctor/nurses just kind of left us alone for the most part. The baby nursed during that time and everything about getting to hold and cuddle her for so long was awesome. I remember asking after what seemed like a long while what the baby's stats were and the nurse said "Well you've been holding her this whole time, we'll wait to weigh her when you're done!" My husband and I took Bradley method classes in the hopes of having an unmedicated labor and delivery and I highly recommend them to anyone hoping to go that route. My husband was a rockstar throughout labor and I couldn't have done it without him! It's been such a crazy few days adjusting to our new routine but every time we think back to how the birth went we are so pleased with how it went. Sorry this was a long post but I just wanted to share! Now, for pictures:  
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New Weave Wendy posted:Adorable baby. Congrats! It sounds like you had the ideal labor AND you got a super cute kid.
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Thanks for all the private v public hospital advice. Looks like public is definitely the way to go. We've got a couple of visits lined up so I guess it's just an issue of finding the right one.
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My itty bitty baby is getting her vaccines tomorrow and I'm a big wuss who'll probably cry more than her.
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Sockmuppet posted:My itty bitty baby is getting her vaccines tomorrow and I'm a big wuss who'll probably cry more than her. I was so afraid of my babies first vaccines too..I teared up a little before them, but they weren't actually too bad, and he was fine as soon as my husband started to pass him to me for nursing. I actually cried a bit more/was more worked up at his 4 month shots. I think because during his first ones he had gone through a horrible heel blood draw a few weeks prior, so they were nothing compared to that. Just remember, it is good for her and she won't remember it e; oh and if you haven't it is a good time to buy some baby tylenol, she probably won't get too much of a fever from her first vaccines, but her legs might be sore and that can make them really upset, my guy was really hurting a few hours after his. The tylenol was a lifesaver
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I drive a Honda Fit and we have the Chicco Nextfit convertible, it still leaves plenty of room up front for the passenger side.
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The vaccines went much better than expected, she cried a little then cheered right up when she got a bit of boob and forgot the whole thing. I now have six kilos of government-approved baby, and as this was her three month check-up, we're officially graduating this thread. Please enjoy this picture of baby and babys new best friend, the orange fish.  Yes, she's mimicking the fish. She's my favourite little derp
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So I went in for evaluation with gastroenteritis, and came home with a baby! Or will come home with a baby - we're still at the hospital. I started feeling crappy (literally, oh boy) around 6 Monday evening, then by 2:30 the following morning I was cramping enough that I thought I should be checked out - so we came in, my cervix hadn't changed at all, they told me to keep hydrated, pick up some Tylenol and Imodium and get some rest. So we did! Took Tylenol around four, by 5:30 I was getting worse so I took a couple Imodium (why did I think that could help?), by 6:30 I was MUCH worse, so we came back around 8. 4cm when we got here, and 7 cm something like an hour later. Six hours later, a baby!  Leon David, born at 2:09pm, 7lb 7oz (lucky!), 19 and 3/4 inches long. He spent most of yesterday and last night completely dead to the world - champion sleeper! I can't wait to get him home.
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Congratulations  Hopefully you're able to get home together soon.
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Ahh, you beat me! Congratulations! Today is my due date and no sign of this little girl. Got a good massage yesterday to see if it'd speed things up, but looks like not. Maybe I'll find a place to walk around for a couple hours today.
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Chicken Biscuits posted:Ahh, you beat me! Eat some poorly washed lettuce, that did it for me! Not actually recommended at all, haha.
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The shits is actually a pre labor sign in some women.
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Tourette Meltdown posted:He spent most of yesterday and last night completely dead to the world - champion sleeper! I can't wait to get him home. Mine did this too. I think they are in such a fog/recovering from birth those first couple days they all sleep. Things got real the night we went home. I think that's why the hospital kicks you out at two days... :-)
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Tourette Meltdown posted:
Aww, he's adorable! Congratulations!
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Alterian posted:The shits is actually a pre labor sign in some women. I thought I had food poisoning when I got the shits, no one told me it was a sign of labor. I was waiting for contractions or my water breaking or something. Started to head to the hospital when I couldn't stop pooping and felt like crap, started feeling contractions on the ride over and was 6 cm dilated when I got there. At least since I got all the poop out of me I didn't do during delivery! (I just peed on a nurse while I was pushing instead)
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tse1618 posted:I thought I had food poisoning when I got the shits, no one told me it was a sign of labor. I was waiting for contractions or my water breaking or something. Started to head to the hospital when I couldn't stop pooping and felt like crap, started feeling contractions on the ride over and was 6 cm dilated when I got there. At least since I got all the poop out of me I didn't do during delivery! (I just peed on a nurse while I was pushing instead) This is basically exactly my story, except the first time I came to the hospital, I hadn't dilated at all. I kept thinking "good thing I got all that poop out!"
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quote:Diarrhea. Frequent loose stools may mean labor is imminent. http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/normal-labor-and-delivery-process It's a known feature/bug depending on how you look at it.
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Maybe this is why Braxton hicks contractions clear me out. Dear lord, there won't be anything left in me when kiddo shows up. 10 weeks to go tomorrow! Oh god we don't even have the room cleaned out yet- my coworkers are threatening to do it.
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Anya posted:Maybe this is why Braxton hicks contractions clear me out. Dear lord, there won't be anything left in me when kiddo shows up. My baby is almost 19 weeks and we still don't have his room set up. There is a crib, and a dresser we store some clothing in. That's it. Haven't even used the crib yet. 
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My kid has just turned 1 and I still haven't stuck the decals on the wall which match his quilt and things, which I bought when he was still a bump. I painted his room when I was 34 weeks, put his furniture together at 37. I was (am?) a queen of procrastination.
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Oct 10, 2013 04:28
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We didn't even have a room for the baby until we moved when she was 2 weeks old. And she only started sleeping in the room at 4.5 months. Nothing in said room matches anything else. I'm pretty sure she doesn't mind.
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Good My coworkers are obsessed with this whole being ready thing but I'm obviously not. There's a dresser in there that needs cleaned out, at some point my dad will finish refurbishing my old cradle, and I have some clothes and a car seat and a stroller (still in the box). I've got three free weekends until he's due- I just want to enjoy life before it becomes hectic and sleep deprived for the next 18 years or so.
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I went crazy painting and furnishing a nursery in the last couple months and Chris didn't end up sleeping in it until he was 9 months old, partially because he preferred sleeping in bed with me (and we couldn't get the room warm enough anyways). We dragged the changing table/dresser in our room and that's all we needed. So don't feel bad.
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