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[Cilla]

I'm twenty weeks today. Never gotten this far. Found out the sex and it feels very real now. My back already hurts. How can I keep doing this for another twenty? 😂

I'm happy though! Trying to figure out everything I need for a newborn on the other hand is gross!

 

[otake]

Newborns don't need much. They need their mother, a place to sleep and diapers. Maybe some spare formula, just in case.

My son is almost 4 months old. It's gone by very quickly. He's got an interesting personality. Makes me think it's all genetic, then again, I could be projecting.

 

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[Violence Jack]

My wife just came from the doctor about the constant nausea she's been having off and on for about the last 2 weeks. Her best friend told her that the same thing happened to her just before she found out she was pregnant. Since the over the counter tests have shown negative, they did a blood test to find out for sure if she is or not before they prescribe any medication, and we won't know the results until tomorrow. I can't imagine how I'm going to react if she gets a positive result. I know I definitely won't be scared since this is what we wanted, but I'll probably drive myself crazy with us trying to plan for its arrival.

 

[Keri]

It's so exciting to see so many posters who are approaching delivery. It feels like I was just there and I can't believe I'm already on the other side. Especially happy for you Cilla! I'm rooting for you!

Newborns actually don't need that much, by the way. We got so much stuff for our little guy and ended up not using half of it. So many clothes he never wore, because he grew out of them too fast or things he just ended up not liking...every child is different though, so you never really know what will be "essential" for any given one. Just make sure you have diapers, wipes and maybe a couple swaddle blankets, our son really liked being swaddled. If you're planning to breastfeed, get some lanolin cream too. My nipples felt so sore, when I started breastfeeding. I couldn't even stand the fabric from t-shirts touching them, without cream. (But it all worked out! So don't stress about it!).

 

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[mrkgoo]

Well I'm now a mum as of last Friday. Finally at home now after a pretty traumatic labour and birth (nearly 48 hours of labour pains, no sleep, and no food, followed by an emergency c-section). I had to face two procedures I was absolutely terrified of (epidural and c-section) but after being awake that long and in pain with nothing but gas (which, by the way, we discovered wasn't working for over half the time I was huffing on it) they were fairly easy decisions to make.

So anyway despite all that I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Holding our baby boy in my arms is the best feeling in the whole damn world and I'm just glad we got through it safely. Somehow he's the spitting image of both of us at the same time, he has a lovely temperament so far, and we just love him to bits. We're struggling to name him, but think we are close; luckily the government doesn't get too upset about that here until about 2 months later.

Congrats!

Yeah they can look eerily like yourselves at birth, but they also can change a lot. My daughter looked nearly exactly like me at her birth - in fact probably more than I did at my birth. Thankfully (god forbid she continues having my ugly mug), she came into her own as she got older.

RED: good to hear! Yes sometimes as a worrying parent you just need the reassurance.

 

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[Halcyon]

Just my daughter being adorable.

 

[BriareosGAF]

Man, those chubby baby legs. So adorable.

 

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[mrkgoo]

Logan not doing good today. Fever's been hovering around 101° and he is having trouble swallowing food. Can barely keep his head up. Doctor wanted to run a blood test tomorrow at 8 but we didn't want to wait. Heading to the ER now.

Oh man, all the best. Hope it goes ok.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Logan not doing good today. Fever's been hovering around 101° and he is having trouble swallowing food. Can barely keep his head up. Doctor wanted to run a blood test tomorrow at 8 but we didn't want to wait. Heading to the ER now.

Hoping it's nothing serious and that you guys get some solid (good) news soon. Sending good thoughts.

 

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[Samara]

Did he eat something out of the ordinary? Hope everything turns out OK.

 

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Did he eat something out of the ordinary? Hope everything turns out OK.

Nothing unusual. Fever's been going on four days now. Would a reaction take this long? I don't know anything about food allergies.

 

[mrkgoo]

ER is packed. Been waiting nearly an hour. He is starting to break out with a rash.

For our son, he gets rashes with every minor virus. Kids are kinda like that. Whole body rashes that move from different areas and fevers up to 104 are very common symptoms of virus illnesses.

It's tough though, because symptoms for mild, nothing-to-worry-about illnesses can be very similar to more serious ones.

One of the bigger warning signs are more serious symptoms like loss of alertness. But yeah gotta be safer.

Some medical attention is always a good idea when it comes to kids because onset can be very rapid.

Hang in there!

 

[Samara]

Food allergies in kids are usually within an hour with symptoms like a rash or swelling. But it's been four days so I doubt it.

 

[mrkgoo]

Nothing unusual. Fever's been going on four days now. Would a reaction take this long? I don't know anything about food allergies.

My understanding is that allergies are typically very rapid.

One time, my daughter was sick with something and was antibiotics. Of course a very basic rash came up during her illness and moved to her face with some swelling. So for precaution, doctor took her off the antibiotics and flagged it as a possible allergen, even though she's had that kind of medicine before (just in a different suspension).

Once she was all better we were referred to an allergy specialist for a test. It just involved giving her some of that antibiotic and waiting for an hour or so for a reaction. The antibiotic was kind of too useful/common a medicine to just flag as an allergen if you didn't have to.

She was fine. So likely her rash was just another symptom of the kinds of basic sicknesses kids get.

Not trying to dismiss what you've got going on just saying kids sicknesses are the worst and can be anything on the spectrum with the same symptoms. It's tough because the kids can't let you know how they actually feel and can even fight you trying to diagnose or treat. Just keep in mind it could be something serious but it also might not be.

As mentioned, always recommend medical attention if you're uneasy. Best to err on thee safer side.

 

[Frozenprince]

For our son, he gets rashes with every minor virus. Kids are kinda like that. Whole body rashes that move from different areas and fevers up to 104 are very common symptoms of virus illnesses.

It's tough though, because symptoms for mild, nothing-to-worry-about illnesses can be very similar to more serious ones.

One of the bigger warning signs are more serious symptoms like loss of alertness. But yeah gotta be safer.

Some medical attention is always a good idea when it comes to kids because onset can be very rapid.

Hang in there!

Yeah mine gets a rash every time his temp spikes. Usually it's all over his face and neck too which just breaks my heart.

But yeah after 4 days an ER visit certainly can't hurt, never, ever can be too safe.

 

[mrkgoo]

Yeah mine gets a rash every time his temp spikes. Usually it's all over his face and neck too which just breaks my heart.

But yeah after 4 days an ER visit certainly can't hurt, never, ever can be too safe.

Yeah. On top of that every kids Is different. Our daughter gives early warnings signs of red cheeks when she's ill. Pretty useful.

 

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[Frozenprince]

"Okay, if you don't eat before hand, you're not eating when you get back, it'll be too late"

"Yeah it's okay I won't I'm not hungry"

*10PM*

"I'm hungry can I get something to eat"

 

[mrkgoo]

Just left the ER. Prescribed 10 days of Cefdinir. PA suspects strep but the test returned negative. They're running a culture overnight. He also has an ear infection—that makes number four. His throat is very red, and the rash spread from his back to his belly and his face. But the fever is down. He showed 98° just before we left, so I guess that's one small victory.

He just finished a course of Amoxicillin less than a month ago. Hate to put him through another round of antibiotics. But what can you do?

Antibiotics with our daughter was no sweat really, but our son HATES it. He gets eczema, and then itches, and then it gets infected.

Sounds like the professionals know what they're doing.

All the best.

 

[mrkgoo]

"Okay, if you don't eat before hand, you're not eating when you get back, it'll be too late"

"Yeah it's okay I won't I'm not hungry"

*10PM*

"I'm hungry can I get something to eat"

Just like the toilet.

"Better go now, because when we get there there won't be a toilet."
"I don't need to go"

On the way there "I need to go."

 

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[Cilla]

It's so exciting to see so many posters who are approaching delivery. It feels like I was just there and I can't believe I'm already on the other side. Especially happy for you Cilla! I'm rooting for you!

Newborns actually don't need that much, by the way. We got so much stuff for our little guy and ended up not using half of it. So many clothes he never wore, because he grew out of them too fast or things he just ended up not liking...every child is different though, so you never really know what will be "essential" for any given one. Just make sure you have diapers, wipes and maybe a couple swaddle blankets, our son really liked being swaddled. If you're planning to breastfeed, get some lanolin cream too. My nipples felt so sore, when I started breastfeeding. I couldn't even stand the fabric from t-shirts touching them, without cream. (But it all worked out! So don't stress about it!).

Thank you! I am starting to feel more confident now that I can feel movement. Nothing big but strange quickening and Pop feelings. Only when I am lying or sitting down though! I have really been enjoying it though! Everything has been worth it to get here!

That makes me feel better. We've been struggling for money at the moment. Had a lot of bills and it's Christmas time but by April we should be ohkay. I just want to make sure the baby doesn't go without!

 

[mrkgoo]

Hey Red, just wondering how things are working out for you and the little one?

 

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[Cerato]

Yeah, I was thinking roseola. Sounds like a monster case, though.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Thank you! I am starting to feel more confident now that I can feel movement. Nothing big but strange quickening and Pop feelings. Only when I am lying or sitting down though! I have really been enjoying it though! Everything has been worth it to get here!

That makes me feel better. We've been struggling for money at the moment. Had a lot of bills and it's Christmas time but by April we should be ohkay. I just want to make sure the baby doesn't go without!

Congrats, and I hope it continues to go well!

But yeah, newborns really don't need as much as you would think (and buy). We ended up buying lots of things that we thought could possibly be useful, and then they weren't.

After a few hours of thinking, I didn't feel comfortable about filling his prescription. I thought the PA's judgment was premature, and I wanted to wait until the strep culture came back. I expected it to be negative. It was. Meanwhile Logan develops a productive cough. We set up an appointment at a childrens' clinic and I explained what was going on, about why I was uncomfortable filling his script. I told the doc I suspected whatever he had was viral. His rash had gotten worse by this time, but the fever had subsided.



I speculated he might have roseola. The doc agreed. She said it didn't present as classic roseola but it met other symptoms, such as a high fever leading into a rash. She said it was probably a combination of a respiratory infection caused by a virus and whatever else was causing the rash. She said not to fill the antibiotic. We'd have to wait it out. We went through a couple nights of coughing fits but he's doing much better now.

Is there a reason you don't want to give antibiotics? I was just listening to the latest Freakonomics Radio the other day, and they specifically brought up that the old doctors' adage of holding off on antibiotics for viral infections was shown to be less effective than prescribing antibiotics. It was about measles, though, but here's an excerpt:

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/bad-medicine-part-1-story-98-6/

CHALMERS: I had been taught at medical school never to give antibiotics to a child with a viral infection, which measles is, because you might induce resistance, antibiotic resistance. But these children died really quite fast after getting pneumonia from bacterial infection, which comes on top of the viral infection of the measles. And what was most frustrating was that it wasn’t until some years later that I found that there had been six controlled trials comparing antibiotic prophylaxis given preventatively with nothing done by the time I arrived in Gaza.

 

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[Skellig Gra]

After a few hours of thinking, I didn't feel comfortable about filling his prescription. I thought the PA's judgment was premature, and I wanted to wait until the strep culture came back. I expected it to be negative. It was. Meanwhile Logan develops a productive cough. We set up an appointment at a childrens' clinic and I explained what was going on, about why I was uncomfortable filling his script. I told the doc I suspected whatever he had was viral. His rash had gotten worse by this time, but the fever had subsided.



I speculated he might have roseola. The doc agreed. She said it didn't present as classic roseola but it met other symptoms, such as a high fever leading into a rash. She said it was probably a combination of a respiratory infection caused by a virus and whatever else was causing the rash. She said not to fill the antibiotic. We'd have to wait it out. We went through a couple nights of coughing fits but he's doing much better now.

Glad he seems to be getting better

 

[Septimus Prime]

The CDC page doesn't seem to be loading, but fair enough. I don't know; I think I'd personally prefer to risk colitis than pneumonia, but allergies definitely are a major concern.

 

[mrkgoo]

After a few hours of thinking, I didn't feel comfortable about filling his prescription. I thought the PA's judgment was premature, and I wanted to wait until the strep culture came back. I expected it to be negative. It was. Meanwhile Logan develops a productive cough. We set up an appointment at a childrens' clinic and I explained what was going on, about why I was uncomfortable filling his script. I told the doc I suspected whatever he had was viral. His rash had gotten worse by this time, but the fever had subsided.



I speculated he might have roseola. The doc agreed. She said it didn't present as classic roseola but it met other symptoms, such as a high fever leading into a rash. She said it was probably a combination of a respiratory infection caused by a virus and whatever else was causing the rash. She said not to fill the antibiotic. We'd have to wait it out. We went through a couple nights of coughing fits but he's doing much better now.

Cool that he's doing much better.

Reminds me of our bouts with roseola as well. Our time with that was probably less a big deal compared to tower illnesses. It's kind fbhard to tell everything apart, as the symptoms can all be very similar.

Daycare is the worst for illnesses though. Like constant getting sick every couple of weeks. Tough on our second child who gets all of it without even going to daycare.

 

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[Media]

I got rosela when I was pregnant the first time, and that fucking sucked. Poor little duder. Hope he feels better soon!

 

[mrkgoo]

If the decision was between a slight risk of c diff or a 1/20 chance of pneumonia I would agree... but what Logan has is probably some kind of mild herpes virus. If he had a weakened immune system an antibiotic might be useful. But weighing the risk vs benefits for his situation doesn't make the antibiotic a pressing concern. Antibiotics are eminently useful and I don't have anything against their use, but I don't want to contribute to their overuse. If he were to get worse I would consider getting the prescription filled—maybe after a blood test to find out what exactly is going on.

There's also the risk of a false positive with antibiotics during infant viral infection. Say you started the antibiotics a bit earlier this time and then the rash came up. Doctors would then flag the antibiotic as possible allergen, which is what happened with our daughter and we had to do some tests later while avoiding that particular antibiotic in the mean time. Turned out to be nothing.

 

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[Frostburn]

Had my 35 week checkup today, because I'm still measuring weeks ahead they did another ultrasound. They ended up finding a cyst right above his left kidney. The doctor told me that everything was fine and that once he's born they'll do an ultrasound and more than likely just another checkup at three months. Kind of freaked me out though and wish my husband had been able to be there.
Apart from that everything is fine, my blood pressure was higher than normal but that was understandable. He's measuring almost exactly two weeks ahead still, though his head is measuring at 39 weeks :-/ lol I went from hoping for a Jan due date to hoping that he decides to come at Christmas when my family is visiting and can help with our daughter.

Sometimes the dates can be off even with all the data they have. After our son was just born our Dr told us next time we have a child she'd probably want to take them a week or two early on purpose based on our first child's size. Also those cysts can and usually do go away so try not to stress at all about them showing up on the ultrasounds, they are fairly common in certain areas of the body and most disappear before they're born.

 

[Icefire1424]

Had my 35 week checkup today, because I'm still measuring weeks ahead they did another ultrasound. They ended up finding a cyst right above his left kidney. The doctor told me that everything was fine and that once he's born they'll do an ultrasound and more than likely just another checkup at three months. Kind of freaked me out though and wish my husband had been able to be there.

Just wanted to chime in that both my wife and daughter had several cysts discovered during the pregnancy as well, and all of them were gone after kiddo got here. Our doc said the same thing, that they're pretty common, and typically not a concern.

Just wanted to mention that

 

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[Soulfire]

Good luck with everything, Soulfire.

Thanks Red

 

[BriareosGAF]

I don't have a natal or pediatric cyst story to share, but I did have a cyst in my chest when I was in my late 20s. Had a cancer screening including a mammogram. I don't think the techs see many gentlemen in there, there was a lot of chatter among the staff ("oh look how nicely he folded his shirt!"). As a fairly lean person at the time (~6ft, ~165lbs) I can understand the pain of ladies with modest chests when it comes to mammograms. In the end it went away after a few months, no surgical intervention.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Sorry can't offer much comments on any medical issues other than I certainly hope everythingthing works out.

But on an unrelated note, are Christmas presents expected for preschool teachers? If so I'm thinking gift cards for Target, what's a good amount to give?

 

[Soulfire]

Sorry can't offer much comments on any medical issues other than I certainly hope everythingthing works out.

But on an unrelated note, are Christmas presents expected for preschool teachers? If so I'm thinking gift cards for Target, what's a good amount to give?

Thanks everyone.

On teacher appreciation day I gave a $5 giftcard to Starbucks to each of my daughters three teachers and they seemed to really like that. For Christmas I'm just doing some little bags of homemade candy.

 

[phisheep]

But on an unrelated note, are Christmas presents expected for preschool teachers? If so I'm thinking gift cards for Target, what's a good amount to give?

Mrs phisheep used to be a teacher of 3-5 year-olds, and what really made a difference to her was, in order of importance:

1) Anything the kids had made themselves
2) The parents just coming along and saying thank you and happy Christmas
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infinity+1) cash value stuff/gift cards just because the parents thought they ought to (*including Starbucks/Target vouchers)

 

[H.Protagonist]

I murdered another batch of granola. That's the 5th time in two months that I've turned those poor oats into charcoal. My crimes against breakfast foods are adding up. When will the tyranny of mom brain end? It does end...right?