Maybe it's time to stop pumping??

I see your above post mentioning the twins now that I look! If I may
ask, how did they not know that you were carrying twins sooner? Again,
Wow! Congratulations!

I have this premonition about twins if I go for #3. It makes me
nervous, but I figure that if that is what I get, it will be a blessing.

Annie


Sorry to hijack this thread, but I just noticed your change in
signature, Nikki. I knew you were pregnant, but did you just find out
that it's twins? Wow! Congratulations!

Annie

Spanannie wrote:
I see your above post mentioning the twins now that I look! If I may
ask, how did they not know that you were carrying twins sooner? Again,
Wow! Congratulations!

Thanks :-D. I've been super busy at work so haven't been able to construct
a decent post, lol. We found out at the 20wk ultrasound. It sure was a
shocker!! That was my first scan and I wasn't noticable that big or
anything but I'm quite tall and that helps hide the size ;-) I had no
spotting, unusual cramping, new my dates, skipped the triple screen, and
there was just no reason for an earlier scan.

I've come around to thinking of it as a 'scary' blessing. This is an
upgrade from shock and panic, lol.
--
Nikki
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06

I can imagine your shock and panic, especially this far along. I'm sure
that you never thought of it being twins. That's how it used to be,
though; my Grandmother found out she was having twins just before giving
birth...can you imagine?!

Do you know the genders? Girls would sure balance things nicely for you!

Congratulations on your blessings :-)

Annie


Spanannie wrote:

I see your above post mentioning the twins now that I look! If I may
ask, how did they not know that you were carrying twins sooner? Again,
Wow! Congratulations!


Thanks :-D. I've been super busy at work so haven't been able to construct
a decent post, lol. We found out at the 20wk ultrasound. It sure was a
shocker!! That was my first scan and I wasn't noticable that big or
anything but I'm quite tall and that helps hide the size ;-) I had no
spotting, unusual cramping, new my dates, skipped the triple screen, and
there was just no reason for an earlier scan.

I've come around to thinking of it as a 'scary' blessing. This is an
upgrade from shock and panic, lol.

Spanannie wrote:

Do you know the genders? Girls would sure balance things nicely for
you!

It sure would but they will be two boys :-) I'm getting lots of ribbing
about trying to get my own basketball team going, lol. Boys are fun, I know
how to do boys. I may need a bit of valium or something because boys are
*busy* IME but maybe I'll be to tired to care ;-)

I joke that what I need mostly with all boys is a tiled bathroom with a
urinal and garden hose ;-).

--
Nikki
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06

Nikki writes:

: I joke that what I need mostly with all boys is a tiled bathroom with a
: urinal and garden hose ;-).

You could teach them to sit to pee, but you have to start early!

Larry

wrote:
Nikki writes:

I joke that what I need mostly with all boys is a tiled bathroom
with a urinal and garden hose ;-).

You could teach them to sit to pee, but you have to start early!

They both started that way but once they see dad, it is all over!

--
Nikki
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06

Nikki writes:
: wrote:
: Nikki writes:
:
: I joke that what I need mostly with all boys is a tiled bathroom
: with a urinal and garden hose ;-).
:
: You could teach them to sit to pee, but you have to start early!

: They both started that way but once they see dad, it is all over!

That's your problem!

Larry

This doesn't come through very well. The empahsis is on the *that's*
NOT on the *your* as in:

*THAT'S* you problem!

Sorry,
Larry

writes:
: Nikki writes:
: : wrote:
: : Nikki writes:
: :
: : I joke that what I need mostly with all boys is a tiled bathroom
: : with a urinal and garden hose ;-).
: :
: : You could teach them to sit to pee, but you have to start early!

: : They both started that way but once they see dad, it is all over!

: That's your problem!

: Larry

wrote:
This doesn't come through very well. The empahsis is on the *that's*
NOT on the *your* as in:

*THAT'S* you problem!

LOL - I knew what you meant :-)
--
Nikki
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Thing One and Thing Two :-) EDD 4/06

Donna,

What have you decided? Did you get the message from so many supportive
women (and men) on this group that you have done an awesome job? They're
really *not* just saying it! :-)

Hugs,
-Patty, mom of 1+2

"Donna Metler" wrote:
I really had planned to keep going past the first birthday since things had
been going so well, but Alli is making it next to impossible for me to
pump
unless she's completely asleep. She now goes into a tantrum if I try to
pump
when she's awake, when previously she'd let me do it as long as she was
right there or as long as she had someone else to play with. Now, if she
hears the pump at all, it's scream city. And I don't know about you, but I
have a hard time getting a good letdown with a 1 yr old in tantrum mode,
even when I know daddy is there to deal with it. I've tried getting up to
pump before she does, but I think she hears the pump even in her sleep,
even
in another room. Same with napping. She's gotten so hard to deal with in
the
last few weeks. It's almost like a switch was flipped on her first
birthday
from giggle to whine, with a special random tantrum generator. And she's
perfectly healthy and perfectly normal, according to her pediatrician.

Pumping for her has generally been something I've felt good about-maybe I
couldn't nurse her, but at least I'm doing the right thing, even if it's
not
easy, but it's just causing so much stress right now. I ended up bursting
into tears when her bag for MDO spilled and a bottle leaked earlier
today-because it's taking so much to get that breast milk to her. Add that
to the usual Christmas stress and end of the semester stress (college
students all save their observation hours until the last minute-at which
time I often don't have children for them to observe because the preschool
programs are doing their special activities), it's just too much!

Am I a bad person if I wean my 1 yr old off pumped milk? I know all the
benefits of extended nursing at least until age 2, and I'd like to do it,
but I don't think I can. I honestly haven't felt this overwhelmed since
she
was a little teeny tiny preemie.


--
Donna DeVore Metler
Orff Music Specialist/Kindermusik
Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP
And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor)