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Old June 5th 04, 06:00 AM
Mary S.
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The tenth month! Postpartum is definitely a part of pregnancy, so here
you go:

All our new moms, if you're still reading here and haven't migrated over
to misc.kids.breastfeeding or misc.kids yet, how are you doing? Lochia
tapering off, or telling you to take it a little easier? Are you
getting out of the house, or snuggling in with the baby? How's your
support network? Don't hesitate to talk to your OB if you're feeling
bit blue -- it's *very* common, and there's no reason for anyone to
suffer (the vast majority of antidepressants are fine to take while
breastfeeding, for example). Still getting the hang of all this newbaby
stuff? How's motherhood treating you so far? How are you feeling about
your birth experience? Write everything down, it disappears so quickly!

And not-so-new moms, whether you're a beloved member or lurking or
skimming or occasionally checking in, how is everything going with your
families? One of the most valuable part of this board, I think, is the
number of not-pregnant women who stay in the community, whether to give
advice, follow friends' progress, live vicariously, or cheer each other
on. So how are you all doing?

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Old June 5th 04, 02:19 PM
Paula Johnson
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And not-so-new moms, whether you're a beloved member or lurking or
skimming or occasionally checking in, how is everything going with your
families?


I popped over here just to check up on some familiar names. Congrats
to all the new moms and those who are expecting again! Some of you may
remember me from last year -- my twin daughters Cassie and Olivia were
born at 26 weeks in April 2003, due in July. They came home from the
hospital in July after 14 (Cassie) and 16 (Olivia) long, difficult
weeks in the NICU.

Despite her grade IV IVH, Olivia is doing wonderfully. She is having
spotty developmental delays (at 14 months/10.5 adjusted, she can pull
to stand but not sit up for very long) but she is making amazing
progress with the help of her physical, developmental, and
occupational therapists. She is a big girl (75th percentile for
height, 50th for weight for her actual age) and is very happy,
laughing and babbling all the time.

Cassie is almost walking, and we are convinced she will be a gymnast;
she loves to hang upside down, and she's very petite (10th %-tile for
height, 3rd for weight). She loves to play "tag" with her sister,
although she prefers being chased to doing the chasing. She is quite
the mama's girl, and her whole face lights up when she smiles.

We managed to get through the winter with only two minor colds each,
which was quite a relief. Despite their diagnoses of chronic lung
disease, the ped says that if we can get them to age 2 with no
hospitalizations or nebulizer treatments, we can basically consider
them normal, healthy kids. Only 10 more months to go :-)

I'm doing pretty well -- just a busy mom with twins. I finally stopped
pumping last month after 13 months -- difficult but satisfying work.
Now, I just spend my days trying to keep them from killing each other
(accidentally, of course ;-) and keeping up with all the therapy
appointments.

If you want to see pics of the girls, check out
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/cassieandolivia/. I hope everyone
is doing well!

--
Paula
Mom to Olivia and Cassie (b. 4/8/03)
^Grace^ (b. 5/16/02 d. 5/17/02) and ^Adam^ (b/d. 5/17/02)
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Old June 5th 04, 10:37 PM
Ericka Kammerer
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Mary S. wrote:

Hmmm...maybe should vary the subject lines a bit, as it seems
to confuse some news servers.

And not-so-new moms,


We're doing great, looking forward to the end of the
school year. This year has been somewhat busier than I would
have liked, so having fewer deadlines sounds good to me. On
the other hand, I may well be eating those words when the kids
are at each other's throats by the afternoon (my kids don't get
bored--they just get on each other's nerves when they're
together too much).
Genevieve is eleven months as of yesterday, and it's
too darned soon. I'm not ready to be done with babies :-(
She's so very adorable--nearly walking, nearly talking,
oodles of fun. She's very social, always looking at people
and waving to them. She's very sad when people don't wave
back at her.
Colin is a wild child at the moment, but he's doing
very well. He's having a hard time coming to terms with
the fact that the world doesn't always do things his way,
but he sure manages to have a lot of fun.
Adrian has been an absolute doll for the most part.
He's fabulous with his little sister, he's been doing *great*
at school, he's been giving 110 percent at his activities,
and he's just usually a joy to be around (except on occasion
when his temper gets the best of him). I'm so proud of him
lately; he's really matured a lot.

Best wishes,
Ericka

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Old June 6th 04, 02:25 AM
Kat
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"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message
...
Mary S. wrote:

Hmmm...maybe should vary the subject lines a bit, as it seems
to confuse some news servers.

And not-so-new moms,


We're doing great, looking forward to the end of the
school year. This year has been somewhat busier than I would
have liked, so having fewer deadlines sounds good to me. On
the other hand, I may well be eating those words when the kids
are at each other's throats by the afternoon (my kids don't get
bored--they just get on each other's nerves when they're
together too much).
Genevieve is eleven months as of yesterday, and it's
too darned soon. I'm not ready to be done with babies :-(
She's so very adorable--nearly walking, nearly talking,
oodles of fun. She's very social, always looking at people
and waving to them. She's very sad when people don't wave
back at her.
Colin is a wild child at the moment, but he's doing
very well. He's having a hard time coming to terms with
the fact that the world doesn't always do things his way,
but he sure manages to have a lot of fun.
Adrian has been an absolute doll for the most part.
He's fabulous with his little sister, he's been doing *great*
at school, he's been giving 110 percent at his activities,
and he's just usually a joy to be around (except on occasion
when his temper gets the best of him). I'm so proud of him
lately; he's really matured a lot.

Best wishes,
Ericka


It shocks the heck out of me how quickly Maggie is becoming a little girl.
Logic/reasoning is actually starting to work sometimes with her. Scary how
fast it all goes, I have found especially with having more than one kid. I
can't imagine being done with kids either, but I am going to work on Dave to
have another in a few years. We'll see how the drama unfolds:-P
Kat
mama to Maggie 11/03/01
and Will 02/10/04


 




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