Daisy...

[Sassy69]

Wow, we may need to create a mommy board or perhaps a Jr. Elite Training board.

 

[Cutiebaby]

well daisy and daisy girl, very very good luck now that it is down to the wire...........

 

[gymmum]

Wow, we may need to create a mommy board or perhaps a Jr. Elite Training board.

I think a Jr elite board sounds good. We should post pics of there first years growth......lol

 

[Sassy69]

I think a Jr elite board sounds good. We should post pics of there first years growth......lol

LOL "Progress log" --

Before hard food: *pic*
After hard food: *pic*

Stats: 34", 10 lb 7 oz, 14% bf

Goals: Drop bodyfat, gain muscle, grow some teeth, hand-eye coordination.

Note: Will hold back on cardio until about 5 months, then will incorporate lots of crawl sprints.

 

[Daisy_]

LOL "Progress log" --

Before hard food: *pic*
After hard food: *pic*

Stats: 34", 10 lb 7 oz, 14% bf

Goals: Drop bodyfat, gain muscle, grow some teeth, hand-eye coordination.

Note: Will hold back on cardio until about 5 months, then will incorporate lots of crawl sprints.

That is too cute..

 

[gymmum]

LOL "Progress log" --

Before hard food: *pic*
After hard food: *pic*

Stats: 34", 10 lb 7 oz, 14% bf

Goals: Drop bodyfat, gain muscle, grow some teeth, hand-eye coordination.

Note: Will hold back on cardio until about 5 months, then will incorporate lots of crawl sprints.

Now that's a go...lol
We'll have to work on that one

 

[musclemom]

No - she HAS to stay put for 3 more weeks.

Had childbirth class today (and again next Sat) ... it was interesting (to say the least). They had a doll that was the average size/weight of a newborn... no fricken way is that head coming out of me, lol. I changed my mind, no baby for me.

It only further solidified my desire for drugs.

Daisy, don't let it scare you!!! IMO, Delivery was the EASIEST part (in the general scheme of things). Really, I wouldn't lie to you. Start practicing Kegels, if you haven't been. Took me 20 minutes total to deliver my son, and he was just shy of 9 lbs -- I did it totally natural, no drugs, no shots. You forget, their little heads ... well, squish. The bones of the skull overlap in the birth canal.

The labor, that blew. But I had a long, slow back labor.

What's neat about going drug free is you're bursting with energy afterwards, very up, happy, bouncing off the walls. The baby was sleeping his first in the open air and I was bored and wandering around the hospital trying to find somebody to talk with

 

[Daisy_Girl]

All of it scares me. I think the lack of control is my issue. I pretty much can't control much of it, which is troublesome.

I had another OB appt today. Things are looking good. I had an ultrasound, and she is measuring about 6lbs14oz (almost 7bs) and there are still 2 more weeks! I think we are going to have an 8 pounder.

Good news .... I lost a pound ... which means my total weight gain is 27lbs now. And with HER gaining weight, it is likely that *I* am not gaining anything right now.
*whew* Although getting "back to normal" is STILL going to be hard, I am sure. But it will help that I have not gained a ton of weight.

 

[musclemom]

All of it scares me. I think the lack of control is my issue. I pretty much can't control much of it, which is troublesome.

I had another OB appt today. Things are looking good. I had an ultrasound, and she is measuring about 6lbs14oz (almost 7bs) and there are still 2 more weeks! I think we are going to have an 8 pounder.

Good news .... I lost a pound ... which means my total weight gain is 27lbs now. And with HER gaining weight, it is likely that *I* am not gaining anything right now.
*whew* Although getting "back to normal" is STILL going to be hard, I am sure. But it will help that I have not gained a ton of weight.

The fear makes things MUCH worse. Hey, you got a lot of moms on this board who've been down the road before you, ask questions!!! God knows I have a big mouth and absolutely NO sense of shame about expressing my point of view on anything IMO, the more informed you are the less likely you will be taken by surprise or scared. I'll NEVER forget when I went into labor (which for the first 4 or so hours were like menstrual cramps and I kind of ignored). Then things started getting more intense ... me, I'm looking them up in my copy of "what to expect when you're expecting." The line in the book read, "discomfort." Discomfort, it read DISCOMFORT. This was NOT discomfort. I know discomfort. This fell into the full blown category of OH SH*T ... well, of course, now I'm psychologically sh*tting myself because nobody ever said it HURT, they used euphamisms like uncomfortable or discomfort so of course I'm afraid something is really wrong. Long story short, my labor, all 17 hours of it, 5 of which were in transition, hurt and part of the hurt came from the fact that nobody told me it could potentially hurt, if that makes sense. The rest of the worst of the pain was because my back is terribly messed up, and I doubt if you have the back problems I do. My back was killing me. The stuff going on in my uterus was not pleasant, but it definitely played second fiddle to my back pain (funny how one pain can place a different perspective on another).

BEAR IN MIND, everyone's level of pain is different and we all have different pain tolerance thresholds. Case in point, within a year of my having MY son a very dear friend of mine had HERs. FOUR HOURS, start to finish (versus my 17), and it was her first baby, too. FOUR FREAKING HOURS! When we were comparing notes she was one of those "it didn't really hurt all that bad," schools. I instantly hated her

Put it this way, despite KNOWING what it's like and having been through it, if circumstances in my life were different I STILL wish I could go do it again with my current husband, and I'd STILL do it without an epidural knowing what I do, so it ain't all that bad!!! Heck, if it was, nobody would have more than one kid.

I'll tell you what, Daisy, let me tell you EXACTLY what my mother told me when I expressed my fears about the pain of childbirth to her, wondering how a baby would ever fit through ummm, there . She looked me dead straight in the eye, patted me on the hand and said:

"Don't worry about it, kid, it'll stretch a mile before it tears an inch."

I miss my mom, she was a pip.

And with only 27 or so pounds gained, you'll be back into fighting trim in no time at all, I gained a LOT more than that, took me a full year.

 

[gymmum]

Daisy, don't let it scare you!!! IMO, Delivery was the EASIEST part (in the general scheme of things). Really, I wouldn't lie to you. Start practicing Kegels, if you haven't been. Took me 20 minutes total to deliver my son, and he was just shy of 9 lbs -- I did it totally natural, no drugs, no shots. You forget, their little heads ... well, squish. The bones of the skull overlap in the birth canal.

The labor, that blew. But I had a long, slow back labor.

What's neat about going drug free is you're bursting with energy afterwards, very up, happy, bouncing off the walls. The baby was sleeping his first in the open air and I was bored and wandering around the hospital trying to find somebody to talk with

I agree my second was totally natural, no drugs or gas. The labour was 8hrs and that was the hardest part, but the actual delivery was something you can't describe only to say that it the most incredible experience. Yes I also was on such an adreniline high for about 5 hrs after delivery and you feel on top of the world. Unfortunately I didn't experience that with my first or my third as my first was a 72hrs labour and I had pethadine, gas, and an epidural and didn't get the chance to feel the baby enter the world. My third was a cesarian so again I missed out, and I cried my eyes out.
This time I'm on track for a natural again and I am totally for no drugs or gas.
Don't worry Daisy it will all come to you as the process goes along. Try to hold out as long as you can before you go for the drugs.