Comments on: Cost To Have A Baby: We Broke The $10,000.00 Mark. Plus, Is Pregnant Jane In Labor?

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:31:41 +0000

I can’t imagine paying that much to have a baby! What a stress! I live in Canada, and everything is paid for thank God!

What do you do if you can’t afford it??!!

By: T.L. Snider

T.L. Snider — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:02:24 +0000

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS?!?

This blows my mind, really. I had never really thought about it, being from Canada where health care is included in the price of admission.

But I’m so glad you two are making it work. By the way, this is a LOVELY blog. Thanks for sharing with us all.

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:44:27 +0000

I truly feel for you guys. My goodness, $10,000? I’ve got a semi-private doctor, which is affordable what with Canadian health care and our company insurance for the extras. I wish you lots of luck–like for the lottery. At least baby will be very well worth it!

I get leg cramps every second night or so, and I’m only at week 25. They surprise me every time!

By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:02 +0000

I’ve done that to my husband a couple times now too. It’s not intentional, honestly, but sometimes the pains and twinges of pregnancy shock the stuffing out of you!

Fingers crossed that Jane doesn’t have another charlie horse anytime soon!

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:00:58 +0000

Hmmm… Projectile poop with the potential of squirting 7+ feet is possible!? We have white carpet in baby Tarzan Junior’s room! Oh boy.

Lately Pregnant Jane has been buying cherries. She’s never bought cherries before. I didn’t think anything of it because she always come home from grocery shopping with all sorts of new things. But maybe they looked good to her because her body needed them. We’ll make sure she eats a handful every single day so we can avoid the screaming at 3 AM!

By: Shawna

Shawna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:46:15 +0000

I got leg cramps so bad when I was pregnant that I actually got huge bruises from them! Jane, eat bananas and yogurt, that should help. If it doesn’t, the minute you feel one starting, jump out of bed and start walking. That is the fasted way to get them to go away.

Good luck!

By: TechyDad

TechyDad — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:58:04 +0000

Yeah, baby poop only really begins to stink when food is introduced. Especially meat. But breastfed babies can have “projectile poop.” JSL, thankfully, never seemed to have this, but NHL did. I still remember the phone call from my wife, as I was driving home so we could go look at a house: “Get home now.” “I’m on my way.” “Get home *NOW!*” I walked in and saw the changing table, a 7 foot span of clean carpet, and then a 4 foot line of poop.

I got quite adept at jumping out of the way of those poop projectiles. Can’t say the same for TheAngelForever. More than once, I leapt out of the way and she got hit. I’m all for chivalry and all, but when poop comes at you you just react! Don’t worry, though. She gets her revenge every time one of our kids pukes and I react my trying to catch it to minimize the mess. (Don’t ask why I keep doing it. It’s a reflex.)

As for the cramps, dried apricots helped keep my wife cramp-free. She ate a few of those a day and the cramps went away. Something about the potassium in them prevents cramps from happening. (Cherries have nice amounts of potassium too.)

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:13:48 +0000

Hmm, I wouldn’t say “odorless” for the breastmilk poop, there’s a strong sort of sweet (but not in a good way) smell, but it is definitely better than what you’ll eventually encounter. I saw in an earlier post by Jane that you learned Harvey Karp’s 5 S’s in your baby class-they were invaluable to us in those first days and weeks. My husband became a master “shusher” and it really helped to calm down our son.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:42:21 +0000

My first and only (thus far in my life) Charlie horse came at about 4:30am when I was 7 months pregnant. I thought I was dying. My husband thought I was in labor. I couldn’t get the words out to tell him other than “Leg! Leg!” And he just kept saying, “It’s running down your leg?!” Funny now, not funny at the time.

My daughter loved to be swaddled, but some babies really hate it, so maybe you won’t have to worry about the swaddling at all.

By: Tatiana @ averygoodyear.net

Tatiana @ averygoodyear.net — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:21:24 +0000

Oh man, I had SO MANY charlie horses, and yes, many of them woke me up in the middle of the night in agony… which made me wake up my husband to massage them.

The good news is that labour pain makes your hormones start to go and your adrenaline race, so while they hurt, your body and mind try to help you through them.

Also, I must say, my husband is squeamish about body fluids too, but he watched me give birth here in our living room, he helped clean up the dirtied sheets, and he even held our baby with birth juices all over her… and he loved all three things Now when he is changing our little girl, he’s laughing and talking to her as he cleans up all the poo. Sure, sometimes it’s disgusting, but it’s your baby, and you’ll be excited that he’s pooping (because if he’s not, something could be wrong!)