Baby Advice Given to Nancy

* Things you wish someone had told you about pregnancy.

• That you get major leg cramps in the middle of the night. I think it has something to do with the extra blood flow in your body. Getting up and walking was the only thing which seems to help me!
  
  
• That your boobs may start to leak colostrum before you give birth...around the 7th month.
  
  
• That you will have a million and one vials of blood drawn from you. They test you for everything, but when it all comes back good, you feel like the healthiest woman in the world!
  
  
• That your skin does really weird things!
  
  
• Because of the extra blood, your gums become really sensitive and puffy sometimes.
  
  
• That you become very absent-minded...certain everyday words won't even come to your brain when you try to speak. And I once spent an hour looking for my purse and I had it on my shoulder the whole time!!!! And it has happened again and again. Anybody seen my purse today?
  
  
• That you need major kleenex anytime you hear a song about children.
  
  
• That low-rise pants will actually fit you a long time throughout pregnancy...you don't have to immediately rush out and get maternity pants if you have low-rise ones. Drawstring sweat pants with no elastic are heaven-sent!
  
  
• That very shortly into your pregnancy, you will need a new bra the next size up and you will realize you don't need that boob job you have often thought about after all!
  
  
• Listen to your body-you will know when you are in labor. Jen
  
  
• You have crazy sex dreams! I had porn star dreams with both kids! Stacy
  
  
• Having sex can make you go into labor. It’s something in men’s sperm, honestly. Oh, and you get more hair on your belly!  Julie

* Things you wish someone had told you about labor and delivery.

• You think your butt is falling off during pushing!! And you have REVERSE contractions when uterus shrinks back. Courtney
  
  
• Take drugs!  Heather
  
  
• You can’t move for a week after a c-section. Dee Dee
  
  
• Bring tucks to the hospital and pads… you can’t use tampons.  Michele
  
  
• Recovery from a c-section is really tough. The nurses came to my house for weeks because my incision didn’t heal. Also, pushing so hard in labor can make you poop on the table! Stephanie
  
  
• Get drugs. Deb
  
  
• Bring your own pillow and pillow case. Bring Music. Stacy
  
  
• Get a doula. She helps during birth… for me, better than the doctor. Also, walk during heavy labor. Lisa
  
  
• Take the epidural!! Don’t wait too long… make sure your doc knows. Julie

* Things you wish someone had told you about the first year with baby.

• Congratulations! Take many pics, times go very fast. My little one just turned 19 months and I keep looking at her baby pics and Can't beleive times go too fast! Enjoy Wendy
  
  
• I don't have any advice for Nancy. I just wish her, Keith, Tyler and Carson all the best with little Ashby Grace. She is one blessed little girl. Audrey
  
  
• Turning on something like a vaccum or blow drier will help the baby to go to sleep because it reminds them of when they were in their womb. Asmaa
  
  
• Cherrish every moment with your beautiful baby girl. They grow so fast! Nap with her as much as you can. Soon she is gonna sleep trhu the nigh... Love!!! All the best and congrats for You and your husband! Magdalena
  
  
• Congratulations on the birth of Ashby! She is adorable. I know you'll give her lots of hugs and kisses when she has a "boo-boo" one day. However, here's a great piece of advice I valued when my son was born. Carry a red washcloth in your diaper bag and keep red washcloths handy at home. When Ashby (or one of her friends) takes a tumble and she worries about any "red" she may see, you can wash it off with a red washcloth and she won'tbe upset by the "red" on the washcloth. It (the blood) will disappear! Carol
  
  
• My advice is to get an exercise ball. When the baby is fussing and is upset just get on the ball and bounce. The motion calms the baby. Someone introduced this to me for my 2nd baby and I wish I had it with my first. Good luck! Shannon
  
  
• THEY SAY YOU LOOSE THE THE WONDERFUL FEELING OF PREGNANCY AFTER THRE BABY COMES BUT YOU DONT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAt wonderful little person you created to look at every day, so best of luck and always put your love for familym first..my best for you and your family. Diana
  
  
• First: Never own anything that requires dry clean only. Its going away when the spit up arrives. (don't worry its not that bad)
  Second: Baby whipes are a god send and they work almost on all problems adult and child like.
  Third: When the terrible twos arrive, send her to your sister Robert
  
  
• Try to write something daily about your day with Ashby even if it's one line. It seems you're always so busy and there's never enough time to slow down with a new baby. I wish I had--my only daughter just graduated high school and the older that both of you get it's harder to remember the baby days! Most of all, savor every precious minute you can because it's the best experience of your life but it does go by fast. Congratulations, Nancy and to your family on bringing Ashby into the world--she must be one pretty little girl. GOD BLESS ALL! Tammy
  
  
• Try not to get too stressed when breastfeeding baby, it takes a little while for her (and you) to adapt and may affect your milk flow. Enjoy that time together! Patricia
  
  
• If you are nursing, it takes the baby about three months to fall into kind of a schedule, and it takes some babies that long for them (and you) to really get the hang of it. The more you hold them for those first few months and feed them whenever they want, the happier you will all be. I know, I've had five and breastfed them all at least for six to ten months. Amy
  
  
• If you are planning on breastfeeding know that initially it can be a bit of a challenge for both you and your baby. It doesn't always come "naturally" to either of you. Don't give up because it is worth every minute of frustration you may experience. Once the two of you figure out you will be able to do it in your sleep. No heating bottles, no buying formula, it's all pre-mixed and pre-measured for you and already the perfect temperature. A great book that I read on nursing is called The Nursing Mothers Companion, a must read for nursing moms. Dawn
  
  
• The constant crying is what surprised me the most. No one prepared me for how hard it would be. If she's coliky, Colic Calm helps or probiotics and remember EVERYTHING you eat affects the baby so becareful of what you consume. Onions, dairy, it can all irritate your baby's tummy. Lastly, it goes by so fast so just enjoy it. Every moment... Sarah
  
  
• If your daughter provides you with just half the happiness my daughter has, you will be truly blessed! Now 17, she took me out for Mother's Day and I had to thank her for making being a mom so amazing! That's my wish for you! The only advice I have for this baby stage - and take this SERIOUSLY because I didn't being the perfect mommy/wife/housekeeper I tried to be - is sleep when the baby is sleeping! You cannot believe how important sleep is until your REM sleep is constantly interrupted! Many blessings & much love! Susanna
  
  
• ENJOY EVERY SINGLE SECOND!! I became a mother at 35 and cherish every singel moment with my little girl Jacie (sounds like JC). I know this would be my one and only chance of having a baby and the whole pregnancy I cherished. I was lucky to have an easy pregnancy and birth and now have a WONDERFUL, happy, funny, loving little girl. I write in a journal every night to her, and I looked back at an entry when she was 7 weeks old, after having to go back to work and be up with her and remember being so tired, but I never once complained, in my entry I wrote " I cherish the sleepless nights cause I know one day, you will no longer live with me and have your own life" If her child/children bring her even half the enjoyment, happiness, that she has brought me, she will be the second luckiest girl in the world, i am the first luckiest, cause I have my wonderful Jacie!!!! Goodluck and best wishes with your little girl, and ENJOY EVERY SINGLE SECOND!! Patricia
  
  
• At 12 weeks let your baby cry through the night. It was really, really difficult but after 2 nights our little one was sleeping straight through the night. We got this advice from a friend and we are so happy we did this. Cindy
  
  
• Congratulations for your baby, an idea for you to remember your pregnancy is to create a sculpture of your belly. Jorge
  
  
• Just remember to enjoy her. It really goes by too quickly. When you are havig a rough day, just remember, it's only a stage and won't last forever. Amy
  
  
• Your nipples get blistered during nursing. Courtney
  
  
• At first, you so NOT want to have sex...you beg your husband not to ask for it.  Stacy
  
  
• When you put your baby on the changing table and it cries hysterically, you cry hysterically... every mom feels the same way (1st day)  Stacy
  
  
• Trust your instincts… don’t stress out with books. Jen
  
  
• You will never have style for the next 15 years of your life and you’re lucky if you are showered and dressed by noon. Your breasts head south and never go north for the summer. Dee Dee
  
  
• Get a journal and when something funny happens, write it down because you won’t remember all those beautiful things many years down the road!  Sherry
  
  
• You will think you can’t possibly love something this much and that you can love the second as much as the first, but you will. You can’t believe that your heart is capable of that much love...the most rewarding thing ever! Meryl
  
  
• If you breastfeed, don’t eat broccoli or chocolate… they give the baby gas and the baby gets a terrible stomach ache. Make sure you have the right car seat for when you come home. Michelle
  
  
• You will breastfeed every three hours, so you get no sleep and you will break down in tears for no reason…you never get five hours of sleep a night for months. Nurses and doctors can make you feel horrible…you’re gonna cry and cry and cry!  Stephanie
  
  
• You are so hyped that you never rest and you need to take advantage of everyone who comes to help because soon enough everyone leaves you and you have no help and you’re exhausted.  Deb
  
  
• Get the lightest possible stroller and the one which is easiest to fold. Stacy
  
  
• Get a baby nurse ASAP for the first two weeks around the clock and at night for another six weeks… it will be the BEST MONEY EVER SPENT! Lisa
  
  
• Baby poops black for a couple of weeks. Julie

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