So there's this chick in my pregnancy group that's driving me up the damn wall. First of all, she was on bedrest forever because of preterm labor - now she's being induced before her due date. I don't get that. Why go to so much trouble keeping him in, then kick him out at the end? There's no real reason for the induction, she's just uncomfortable. Give me a fucking break. We're all uncomfortable.

I started a thread a while ago for people that were planning natural births. She comes in and says that she's had the epidural twice but it didn't take either time. She wants one this time and thinks it'll be 'fun' to have a labor where the epidural actually works. Again, give me a fucking break. And stay out of my natural birth thread!

Now she's posting a couple of random breastfeeding things that are pissing me off. First, another girl in our group had her baby earlier this week, and he's jaundiced. Her ped told her to supplement with formula - surprise, surprise. *rolleyes* She posted a thread asking for advice on what to do about engorgement - she "can't" feed him all the time because she's supposed to alternate feedings. However, yesterday he had 4 poopy diapers and 4 wet diapers, so it sounds like he's getting plenty from the breast alone. I told her to tell her doctor to shove it, that formula doesn't have any magic ingredients that make bilirubin go away any faster. But this other chick is spouting off crap about supplementing. Just fucking shut up already!

Then she posts in the breastfeeding support thread, saying that she had an easy time of nursing her first two kids, but she liked giving the bottle better with her second so this time she just wants to go straight to the bottle, but wants to give as much breastmilk as possible, but doesn't know how to best go about this. Fine, whatever. At least she's not going straight to formula. But it's annoying the crap out of me that someone that had an easy time of nursing just doesn't want to. That on top of everything else that annoys me about her, and I just want to reach through the internet and smack her around a bit.

To top it off, she's naming her kid Wesley. I fucking HATE the name Wesley. As someone on another board said, it's the name of a sniveling little brat. Who names their kid Wesley in this day and age? Ick.

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My pregnancy group has been talking a lot about inductions and c-sections lately, and it's driving me up the wall. At least one of the inductions is purely for convenience, and while I understand that it's nice to have childcare lined up for older kids, it still bugs me.

And I saw a post in another group tonight that's driving me up the fucking wall. Someone was induced at 38 weeks (no apparent medical reason, just because baby was big) and her baby was 9 lbs. 15 oz. And of course, along with that announcement came the "Good thing her doctor didn't let her go to her due date!" Because heaven knows, once a baby gets to 10 lbs. there's just no way they can be born vaginally. *cough*bullshit*cough*

For crying out loud. I'm sure if his lungs hadn't been fully developed and he was in the NICU, there would be no "Good thing her doctor induced early!" Actually, though, I'm sure there would have been some spin about how thank goodness they got him out when they did or he might have DIED. Hooray for doctors that stick their noses in where they don't belong!

You know what? I kind of hope our munchkin weighs 11 lbs. Because I want to push him out and tell everyone to kiss my ass. Then breastfeed him exclusively, and again tell everyone to kiss my ass. Because I would just be a goddamn medical miracle on BOLU!

Then again, I have some cute newborn-size stuff that an 11 lb. baby won't fit into, so 8 lbs. is fine, too. LOL

Pregnant Lady Ranting

I'm a very strong advocate of natural birth. Inductions/c-sections out of convenience piss me off more than just about anything.

So it's really bugging the shit out of me that I'm in a pregnancy group with an assload of people who are talking about scheduling their inductions, and if their doctor won't go for that, scheduling a c-section. A couple of them came into my natural birthing thread to post about how they want an induction, or how they walk in the door and ask for an epidural. STAY OUT OF MY THREAD, FUCKERS! UGH! I don't want to hear about it! You don't see me going into the c-section support thread and talking about how I want to go natural (meaning sans drugs), do you? No! Because I DON'T BELONG THERE.

Rant over...for now. I'm very rant-y lately.

Reviving this

Giving this blog a little kick in the pants - partially by request, partially because I want to bitch about things that I can't bitch about on my board-based journals.

First of all, I'm 18 weeks pregnant today, yay! My ultrasound is in 2 days, and I can't wait to find out who is in my belly! Things have been going quite well lately - still the odd bout of nausea, a few aches and pains, but nothing too horrible. I had to take the 3 hour GTT yesterday, so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't have gestational diabetes.

Ethan is awesome - learning new stuff all the time and cracking me up on a regular basis. We taught him how to play hide and seek the other day - he doesn't really get it, but he likes covering his eyes and counting to 10, then saying Here I Come! He's getting his last 2 molars in, so he's been chewing on his clothes like mad. I've been giving him Hyland's teething tablets, and he chows down on them like there's no tomorrow.

I've been in a total funk lately - one of the message boards I run has been depressing me. I feel so disconnected from it - there's a big inside joke that I'm not a part of, which sucks. I guess karma is biting me in the ass on this one. Can't say I don't deserve it, but it sucks anyway. I'm starting to doubt who my true friends are, which is an awful, awful feeling to have. I need to distance myself from it, but I'm at a loss for how - I'm slightly addicted. I've contemplated banning myself. We'll see how this week goes.

He's *finally* here!

Announcing the arrival of...

Bryce Anthony!
August 4, 2007
1:22pm
7 lbs. 1 oz.
18.5 inches

Bryce Anthony made his appearance at 1:22pm this afternoon! Mandy said that it was a long, hard labor and her epidural wore off, but I'll let her share the details. LOL She'll be home from the hospital on Monday. Welcome to the world, Bryce! Congratulations Mandy, Tommy, and Lauryn!!

Recipe blog

I started a recipe blog because I'm sick of storing my recipes on message boards and then having to login and read new posts, etc... just to look up a recipe. Feel free to visit. http://laciesrecipebox.blogspot.com/