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June 30, 2003
6-30-03
I will be 26 weeks tomorrow.
I think I am officially in my 3rd trimester. I have to say I am not as obsessed this time with knowing everything about this baby as I was with G. A part of me says "Eh, been there done that." And yet I can't remember certain things like "How big should he be at this point? How big should I be at this point? Can he hear me yet?" etc. I am really big at this point and I have 3 more months to go. With G I took pictures every week and I looked up some of those pictures and I am the same size as I was with him. So, why do I feel so miserable. Was I this miserable this early with him? I am one of those women who do not like being pregnant. I am thankfully, healthy, but I just don't like it. The baby kicks so much, I wonder if G kicked as much. He especially likes to kick right as I lay down for bed. He loves that time of night. Ugh!
To VBAC or not? Well, at my hospital, my doctors have told me that they don't do VBACs anymore. I have another appt in a week and a half and I plan to talk to the doc again. I want to find out what my options are...Can I go to another hospital/doctor if I want to try VBAC? Although, I talked with my old doctor and she told me that she doesn't do VBACs and recommended I get another c-section. But, I think she's biased against them. I didn't have a c-section the first time due to the fact that I couldn't have pushed G out or so she told me then and now. But, "the risks are so high." Why does everyone tell me that? How come the statistics they give me are different than the statistics I find on the internet? I believe the doctors are lazy and because they have to be 'on the premises' during my entire labor, it's just not worth their time. Oh come on, isn't there always a doctor-on-call at the hospital at all times? The only thing right now, pushing me towards the c-section is that my sister (the OB ) even suggested that if the baby is going to be 9 1/2 lbs or bigger, then I SHOULD have a c-section. Well, G was 8 lbs 15 ounces and they do say they get bigger with each one. I had an ultrasound 2 weeks ago and the baby was a little bigger than what I read it should be. Maybe I'm mulling over this too much. Maybe I should just accept the c-section and pick a date.
That's a whole 'nother issue -the date...OK, I have a number's fetish or something like that. Surprisingly, I never really told anyone until I was about to have G and my sister says "you have to have him on an even day." My thoughts exactly. I have a degree in architecture and I was really good in math. I hate odd numbers, and prime one even more. So, the due date is 10/07/03. 7 is a prime number and if they do a c-section they pick a week or so earlier, right so, I'm safe there, unless it's the 31st of September or the 1st or 3rd of October. OK, so if I pick the 2nd (which is a prime number but it's OK) the date will be 10/2/03. That's not a date, who's going to remember that? So, I'm thinking the best day is 10/03/03. I know, a prime number, but it is a nice date and it's easy to remember, right? Decisions, decisions....why couldn't there be a really neat holiday at that time? If I was Jewish, it would be great, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana would be options, I suppose.
New baby stuff. This may be old news for some of you but I have a Britax Infant seat. When I met my husband 5 years ago and when we met 4 years ago (we had our 4th anniversary last week) he had this Mercedes convertible, 2-seater car. And so I had to purchase a mercedes car seat that turned off the airbag. They made these special for Mercedes owners. They are made my Britax. When the lease ran out on that, we got rid of the car seat too and bought another britax infant seat. I love Britax seats. We now have a Roundabout and Isofix also. But, the bummer of it all is that Britax USA doesn't make a stroller or chassis that fits the car seat. So, with G I was always taking him out and transferring him to a stroller. I thought - OK, I get a chassis from Britax UK. Well, no one in the UK would sell me one because shipping for the chassis was over 100 pounds (the rate of 1.55 dollars to 1 pound) means $150, jsut to ship the item that was less than that. I debated on this issue a lot and searched ebay fervently with no luck. Then one day, after searching the UK websites and drooling over these carseats/stroller units etc. it dawned on me...there is a guy down the hall from UK. So, thinking maybe he even had a chassis or a friend who might have one I went down there. I explained the story and he says "I'm going to England on Thursday, why don't I pick one up for you?" I was amazed at his kindness. He did manage to drag this thing back for me for $136. But, it was worth it. I was so excited. I got it home, and it doesn't fit! OMG!!! The USA infant seats don't fit the UK chassis. I just spent $136 on something I'll never use. I didn't know what to do, do I try to get a carseat from UK or do I try to get rid of the chassis. Well, I tried to sell the chassis on ebay. NO LUCK! Then I tried to buy some carseats on ebay from UK. The shipping rates are less but I just havne't been lucky. Then, there are the issues of safety standards. Are UK carseat standards acceptable? Well, I don't know, but I assume that Britax, who has won awards all over the world wouldn't make substandard carseats no matter where they are made. So, at the moment, I am back to square one..1 American made britax carseat, 1 British made chassis. And I'm too embarassed to tell the british guy. He was so kind to have done this for me, I'm ashamed I didn't do more research. It just never dawned on me that they wouldn't work together. I walked half way down to his office today, then turned around. Ugh!
On to another topic. When G was born, he was born within 10 months of 4 1st cousins. It's really neat to have so many family members the same age as G. My SIL and I have gotten very close. Her daughter was born 10 weeks after G. Well, she and are are 4 weeks apart now with our second child. We were both very excited for each other when we announced our pregnancies to each other. I know they will be so close. The first two already are. Well, about a week ago, my nephew of 21 announced he and his GF were due two weeks after me!!! Well, everyone in the family was shocked. We all wondered which of my mother's grandkids would be the first to marry and have kids. Well, none of them are married but one is having a kid. But, on the other hand, most of us guess it would be him first. So, although shocked, it has been accepted quite well and everyone is happy for them. They were engaged, that should say something. So, to make a long story short, This baby will have another cousin his age.
This baby, Baby X, what do we call him. Dh and I thought Simon was our pick but always left our options open for new names. We both have othe names we like but we can't decide on one together. But, the top choice of the week is "Cav" or "Cavan." It's short for Cavanaugh. That was my grandmother's maiden name. But, I really wish I could call this baby something. I hate that he doesn't have a name yet.
G is doing wonderful. He is testing me more and more but I'm sure that's just natural. I still think he's more than I ever imagined and hope the new baby is half as good as he is. I took him on a cave tour 2 weeks ago and he know refers to it as the "bat cave." I had purchased a dvd from the cheap $5.99 pile at Wal-mart of Batman, the 1960s version of the movie that was based on the series. He loves it!!! We are now in the process of painting his new room and I found some batman border on ebay for his room. He has a queen size bed but I can't find any queen size bedding that is batman. SO, I'm keeping my eyes open for batman fabric. Maybe I could make him a quilt. I may jsut get a black bedspread and but the bat signal on it for him. Nothing else new, no potty training news or anything else like that.
Anne
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