I'm already panicking a bit about labor and delivery, but I found an interesting article about posterior labor (as in when the baby is sunnyside up like Mina was). There were a few things that could have been done to make my last experience not so awful. I could have tried a couple of positions to shift her into a more favorable position. Now I know some things to try if that should happen again. The article also said that most people end up with c-sections in my position. No kidding! I'm glad I didn't have a c-section just because it improves my chances for not having one this time, but it sure was an awful recovery period.I've done a bunch of research for double strollers and have come to the conclusion that I may just try to do without one. Mina is very good at holding hands in parking lots and I can put her in the cart seat and Charlotte in the car seat when we go shopping. If I want to do some serious shopping in places that don't have carts, then I'll either go when I have help or use a Target cart in the mall (which I used to roll my eyes at). I'd rather spend the money on a comfy, rocking recliner for our bedroom for those nights that the bed is too uncomfortable at the end and for those nights that Charlotte will only sleep in my arms.
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I'm going to have to agree with you about the stroller. Unless you find a cheap one at a garage sale. When the baby is small, you can probably use the wrap or bjorn anyway. That's the route that we chose early on and now a coworker gave us an old one that we can use when we really need one. It's an old clunker, but works when we need it.
I would pick a sit-n-stand now.
lynelle
We have a huge double stroller from a friend that is super hard to maneuver, that we don't even use anymore because I can hardly push it with Jacqueline in it. I would love to get a sit-n-stand in the near future, but for now, we do pretty good with the holding hands thing, and Jacqueline loves to walk next to the stroller holding the cup holder. :)
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