Best Christmas news/gift!!
Today I received the best news as a Christmas gift. First, a bit of back story... Someone very near to me had been trying for 10 years to have a baby. After 3 in vitros, she got pregnant and had a beautiful baby boy this past June. He is adorable!! She has said she would like another one, but she's a little older and was thinking if it didn't happen in the next two years then she would stop trying. She was going to start actively trying this summer. Today at Christmas she revealed to us all that she is expecting again!! She's only 6 weeks so not many people know, but we do!!! (I'm not allowed to share news on Facebook or anything yet, but I hoped SC would be anonymous enough... Hopefully no one here knows who it is. And you do... Shhh!!!! i know at least one SCer who knows this person, so pls don't say anything. I think you're the only "common friend" who might see this, so it's pretty safe. ;) ) It was the best news anyone could share!! She's a wonderful mom (the dad is awesome too!) and they've wanted this for so long. I'm so happy for them! Super exciting!!!
The couponing side of this - her doctor recommended that she stop breastfeeding this baby (something about how breastfeeding increases uterine contractions and there is a small chance that that could make miscarriage more likely. It's definitely a hot topic and many people think that it's not true .... But given her history, she's not going to do anything that may make a miscarriage more likely... So she stopped breastfeeding this baby). For that reason... She now has not only the expense of diapers and all of that for another baby, but now formula costs too for this baby (she'd like to breastfeeding the new baby til 1yr if possible, so hopefully no formula needed there.) Her baby is 6 months old so she will need another 6 months worth. She said she uses Similac Advance with something added... Not sure the exact name. If anyone has any suggestions of a good place to look for Similac coupons, please direct me!! I do think I signed up for every "new mom" promo I could find for her first baby... But I haven't seen a lot of Similac... Most likely cuz she was breastfeeding and I pretty much ignored formula coupons or promos.
Anyway... Any tips/places to look are appreciated! Just wanted to share his wonderful brag with you all!!! Merry Christmas!!!!!