I think I'm getting my P~E~R~I~O~D!!!!! That familiar bloatiness, the twinges of cramps, I can't believe this!:vent: I had a full 12 months off last time, but Avi's only what, 11 weeks old?

It's probably because he sleeps for 6 hour stretches at night (YAY:hbeat: ) but I don't even have any stuff! I was gonna get some custom Mama pads made, get a Mooncup. I don't have anything in the house.

Anyone (in my cohort) else have theirs yet? When did everyone else get theirs??

I'm so sorry she's back so soon. I can't believe he sleeps like that either, my 3 yr old rarely sleeps 6 hours straight. lol

nak

Mine had better not make an early appearance--26 months with DS#1 and around 18 mos. with DS#2 and DD #1.

Nothing yet. There were a number of times when I was SURE I was about to get my period with DD MONTHS before it actually returned. So, maybe you'll get lucky and it won't acutally happen???

These times can be so sparatic though... you could get one now and then not get another for a year. You know?

I got mine back with ds#1 at 4 wks... I got mine back with Cyan at 2 1/2 years... so who knows. Really. {{{hugs}}}

Val

Yeah, still no actual flow from Aunt Flo - maybe I'm ovulating? There's something going on in my uterus! It's not another pregancy (we have the letter from the urologist - dh is STERILE) so what is it?

Either way, I've done a swap of some diaper inserts for some mama pads, and I have a mooncup coming, so when/if she shows, I'll be ready!

I know - it's so weird that he sleeps that long at night - last night he went 5.5hrs, then 6hrs! So I'm pretty sure my fertility will return sooner than with my others, who were both still waking twice in the night until they were over 2! He does marathon nurse during the day to make up for it, and he's having some good amounts of wakey time too. It's just weird to have the kind of sleeping baby that other people are jealous of - I've always been the jealous one! LOL
:D

So I guess my body is making a liar out of me - still no period! Good news is (apart from the fact that there's no af) is that I have my mooncup now, and my cloth pads are here! So now I'm actually looking FORWARD to it coming so I can try out my stash!

I had a dream last night that dh brought home a pregnancy test that was positive - somehow he knew that I was pregnant before I did. I guess he smuggled my urine? Anyway, the details are fuzzy, but I guess that's what I think about as I sleep. LOL

Dd#1 was 10 weeks old, ds was 7 weeks and dd#2 was 8 weeks, The only one who slept longer than 2 hours is dd#2. Hope it takes a while for you. Tina

um yeah... i'm spotting, and nak'ing. blow.

LOL! I can't believe what a crunch you've turned into! Is this my sister?

Congrats on NOT getting your period yet. LOL. My condolences Val.

Kerri

Oh Kerri - I've got (lemme count) something like 11 cloth pads and 2 cloth liners! Plus my mooncup! I have lots of cloth/hemp breastpads too :D

See what The Nappy Network is doing for me? And I only use cloth wipes and Avram hasn't had a disposable on for 2 months, other than probably 3 because he needed diaper cream slathered on. I don't think I do anything disposable any more! Yay for me, finally a clothie! ;)

Cramping like a fiend over here too - and this is the longest mine has ever taken coming back - so we'll see if the cramps lead to AF...*UGH*

Cramps are the absolute pits. Ugh. Sorry Mamas.

So Belinda, Mark's come around to all this hippy stuff okay? LOL. He was so grossed out when I was using cloth diapers, I remember. LOL.

Kerri

Oh yeah... on the last day of a full blood period... and no I had NOTHING prepared. Ended up picking up tampons at Trader Joes while buying pasta for Don's week at the academy. lol... But I am doing ok emotionally from it. I was pissy for about two days (ie: my previous post) and then I was fine. I had no major cramps, no crying issues. I did have a teary conversation about getting on bc for the next two years and then choosing for dh to get a vas after he is done with his probationary time. That was sad. I may want another... I can't even believe I am saying this outloud... and let me tell you... if I could have a girl... like just garentee I was having a girl, I would do it in a heartbeat. And soon too... boy pregnancies are just too hard on me. But I may want to throw the dice back in there... isn't that a freaky thing? Don says probably not, but doesn't say never. And that is JUST as odd as me saying I think I would be willing to go through it again. lol! Most likely, once Logan is 2, we will get a vas and a couple puppies and a house. LOL! That way I will get my "baby" fix and not need to have a 4th one of my own.

Totally in babble mode... sorry. Yep. Af was here, and she is thankfully taking her leave, but the stay wasn't too terrible. (no wonder I don't have ppd issues. Talk about a quick recovery... My hormones are ready to get pg again. lol! 8 wks... 4 wks with the first, 6 with the second (then stopped by bc for 3 years) and 8 with my third. Perhaps I will get 6 months when I have my 8 kid huh?)

Val

Cramps are the absolute pits. Ugh. Sorry Mamas.

So Belinda, Mark's come around to all this hippy stuff okay? LOL. He was so grossed out when I was using cloth diapers, I remember. LOL.

Kerri

He's funny - I just say "Look, I'm doing all the work - back off!" and then a week later he's a huge convert. He's like that with everything!:lol:

Val, you are a riot! It's true that once those babes are in arms, the suffering to get them here isn't important anymore. I've read so many of your posts over the last year and you were ADAMANT this was your last baby. I think you are making the right decision whatever you do, but it's miraculous to me what love can do to change our hearts, you know?

Kerri

I KNOW! Isn't that amazing? The thing is, with my dd, my pregnancy wasn't that bad. Really it wasn't. I did my token throwing up, but with my boys I had Hypermesis, body aches, every terrible symptom known to man, including my head hurting, eye problems, and weird things like crazy hand swelling and motion sickness from sewing and reading.... ie: I was MISERABLE. That is the reason for the statement if I could have another girl I would do it in a heartbeat. My body is SO effected by hormones. But with my girl, I gained more weight (probably becuase I could EAT) but I never had those issues. The progesterone is also the hormone that was in that IUD that made me completely LOOPY for a year before I got it removed.

I adore children. I really do, and not just birth and babies... actual children. 5 is my favorite age and I used to teach kindergarten and preschool. My dh says that I can get back into that again when Logan starts school then we don't have to have more of our own..... and that is true..... I will have to do something. Becuase I will basically just keep wanting babies until I find another way to curb that feeling of wanting to be around tons of children.

IKWYM - part of me is mourning that I'll never have a baby again. Even though I have one right now! Stupid, but I know how quickly they grow, and I look at him all the time and think, "One day these same eyes will be 17 and angry at me" - and I'm sad because I feel like I have to Enjoy Every Second, but that's impossible.

So when I think about it, it's not that I want more babies, it's that I don't want this one to grow up!!! :( :( :(

Argh, now I'm babbling. And he's awake ...

I posted a while back to the market board..."Do you know when you're done?" That ol' baby lust feeling is already back...even with a baby in my arms. I am starting to wonder if it ever goes away. DH is done. I am sure of it. I am afraid if I feel this way when my baby is 3 mos. (not quite!), I am in trouble when she is 3.

I would like it to fade...to at least become managable, YK? I don't like the feeling that I may be counting my kids heads and feeling like someone is missing the rest of my life.

My MIL insists that when you are done, you know it. She had 8 babies and 12 pregnancies. She actually felt done before her last pregnancy, which ended in miscarriage. Interesting, eh?

Baby calling...

I know now that we're done, but only now. The whole time as Noah was a baby, I was sad that he might be my last and wanted to have one more. Now suddenly he seems like a little boy and I'm kind of ready for things to move ahead. So it does happen, and I was sure that aching feeling wouldn't ever go away and I'd be having 8 kids so the youngest was never our last. LOL.

Kerri

Kerri, I have done that with all my kids. They get big (around 4 yrs) and I am conntent to just have them. I only wanted more children because I didn't feel our family was complete. This is something new and different for me. A baby lust I never felt before... and at the same time I feel so... full... you know? Anyway... Just trying to think about what I want out of life. I don't want what is called Irish twins. I know that... so not now. ;) Alex and Cyan got me for 5 years each all to themselves. They had good long babyhoods where they didn't have to share me with another needy person. I know it can work out, but I have always felt that I gave each of them a gift of attention. Logan should have that too... but then I have seen some beautiful friendships (including between me and my brother) that were born because we were close in age... so hell if I know. lol... I just really honestly don't know, and I feel that life will give me whatever is in store.

We have decided that I am getting a copper iud in a month or so, and then next year we will talk about another babe, or a vas. I know Don will be done, but I also know he adores his children. And is becoming more of a family man every day... so who knows if he will be done enough to oppose this desire. ;)

Val