:::FFFC:::

jaytee16

Haven't seen this yet today and thought I'd get it going.  For the newbs, this is Flame Free Friday Confessions, although it's rarely flame free - we're tricky like that

FoxiePM

My dog had some major stomach issues yesterday to the point he licked his butt until blood was coming out -not from the inside- He has done this before so I switched his diet to boiled rice and browned turkey.

This is a 2 part FFFC.

1. I did not run him to the vet like I have in the past.

2. I may have put a baby diaper on him and duct taped the waist to make him stop licking it.

I a horrible dog mom today....

jaytee16

FoxiePM said:

My dog had some major stomach issues yesterday to the point he licked his butt until blood was coming out -not from the inside- He has done this before so I switched his diet to boiled rice and browned turkey. This is a 2 part FFFC. 1. I did not run him to the vet like I have in the past. 2. I may have put a baby diaper on him and duct taped the waist to make him stop licking it. I a horrible dog mom today....

First, the mental image of #2 made me LOL, especially the duct tape part!  

I think if you've taken him to the vet before and know what you should be doing for him and you're doing it, that's fine - unless you know he legitimately needs to see the vet.  You're not a bad dog mom!

Sarah52Beth

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Milagros315

FoxiePM said:

My dog had some major stomach issues yesterday to the point he licked his butt until blood was coming out -not from the inside- He has done this before so I switched his diet to boiled rice and browned turkey. This is a 2 part FFFC. 1. I did not run him to the vet like I have in the past. 2. I may have put a baby diaper on him and duct taped the waist to make him stop licking it. I a horrible dog mom today....

Aww poor pup. I hope he's feeling better soon! We've had to take our old dog to the vet for an irritated butt and all they did was tell us to buy him so tighty whities. I think you're fine

AlfiesMOM

My boss is out of town so I left work at two yesterday for a 'meeting off-site' and went and got a much need mani/pedi.

AlfiesMOM

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

I agree I honestly pray I never need a c-section recovery from a vaginal was a b*tch I can't even imagine after having surgery!

kramja01

FoxiePM said:

My dog had some major stomach issues yesterday to the point he licked his butt until blood was coming out -not from the inside- He has done this before so I switched his diet to boiled rice and browned turkey. This is a 2 part FFFC. 1. I did not run him to the vet like I have in the past. 2. I may have put a baby diaper on him and duct taped the waist to make him stop licking it. I a horrible dog mom today....

Poor puppy! I hope he feels better soon!

krdesi

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Giving yourself a nice big scar is vain? Lol definitely more of a UO though.

Sarah52Beth

krdesi said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Giving yourself a nice big scar is vain? Lol definitely more of a UO though.

True about the scar, but I'm more thinking of the "too posh to push" mindset, or not wanting your vaginal to be mangled, which from all reports I've heard from other women, it goes back to normal, but some think it will just be completely ruined after a vaginal delivery.

krdesi

Sarah52Beth said:

krdesi said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Giving yourself a nice big scar is vain? Lol definitely more of a UO though.

True about the scar, but I'm more thinking of the "too posh too push" mindset, or not wanting your vaginal to be mangled, which from all reports I've heard from other women, it goes back to normal, but some think it will just be completely ruined after a vaginal delivery.

Lol I must admit...I'm a little afraid for my vag too but my mom had a c-section with me and vaginal delivery with my sister and said my sister's was so much easier and so much less of a recovery.

EmeJay

My jock of a BIL said a stupid thing last week, how most of the women in bikini are flabby and ugly.

I went ahead and bought a tankini for our vacation next week and feel ashamed to be in a bathing suit in front of him.

I wish I was all "LOL DON'T CARE, choke on my cellulite dumbass", but I'm not  :-q

Pearl1982

@krdesi, love the siggy pics of your pup. I am babysitting a golden doodle this week.

melissa721

I am unashamedly over the top excited for Danity Kane reuniting. 

krdesi

Pearl1982 said:

@krdesi, love the siggy pics of your pup. I am babysitting a golden doodle this week.

Aww thanks! You will have so much fun! They're the best!

Sarah52Beth

melissa721 said:

I am unashamedly over the top excited for Danity Kane reuniting. 

I did not know this!!!! Awesome.

douglamj

EmeJay said:

My jock of a BIL said a stupid thing last week, how most of the women in bikini are flabby and ugly.

I went ahead and bought a tankini for our vacation next week and feel ashamed to be in a bathing suit in front of him.

I wish I was all "LOL DON'T CARE, choke on my cellulite dumbass", but I'm not  :-q

Bastard...I don't think men realize how the small things they say about a women's appearance effect us.  But, I really do wish you would tell him to choke on your cellulite, that's hilarious!

MissHSoonToBeMrsS

H has been out of town since Sunday, and our house is a disaster! I do this to myself every time he leaves and up running around like a chicken with my head cut off to get my house looking good.

Pearl1982

krdesi said:

@krdesi, love the siggy pics of your pup. I am babysitting a golden doodle this week.

Aww thanks! You will have so much fun! They're the best!

Yeah, I love him. He's really, really dumb, but as sweet as can be, and that's all that matters to me.

EmilyA724

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Interesting fact: In Russia a C-Section is the preferred method of birth because doctors rush through vaginal delivery and often use forceps to pry the baby out before it is ready causing a lot of injuries. 

ETA: I'm not advocating for either way (I agree about it being unnecessary to have an elective one in the US) 

TeeJ526

Sarah52Beth said:

I am unashamedly over the top excited for Danity Kane reuniting. 

I did not know this!!!! Awesome.

They are? Very cool! Even DH likes them a little.

BethKate

My H and I currently use our two spare bedrooms as "catch-alls." Those rooms don't get used for anything, so when we are cleaning the rest of the house, we tend to toss things in there and just shut the doors. We're in the process of refinancing and are expecting a call from an appraiser any day now to schedule a time to come and appraise the house. Because of that, we've kicked our asses into high gear with cleaning those rooms and our basement (another disaster). Today is garbage day and we put out 4 big bags of garbage (with two kitchen bags in each) and 3 bins of recycling. The worst part is that the basement is still a mess, so we'll probably have just as much to put out next week. I feel like a hoarder.

jjgrl55

krdesi said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Giving yourself a nice big scar is vain? Lol definitely more of a UO though.

True about the scar, but I'm more thinking of the "too posh too push" mindset, or not wanting your vaginal to be mangled, which from all reports I've heard from other women, it goes back to normal, but some think it will just be completely ruined after a vaginal delivery.

Lol I must admit...I'm a little afraid for my vag too but my mom had a c-section with me and vaginal delivery with my sister and said my sister's was so much easier and so much less of a recovery.

I had major abdominal surgery when I was 14 and the incredibly long, painful recovery makes me so scared of having a c-section. I have no idea how women take care of newborns while in that pain. 

Also, I totally thought most hospitals had gotten over the elective c-section fad when basically EVERY study showed it was basically the worst idea ever. I had no idea you could still get one.

vsani

Hate it when ppl bitch about their morning sickness X_X

Spookster

AlfiesMOM said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

I agree I honestly pray I never need a c-section recovery from a vaginal was a b*tch I can't even imagine after having surgery!

I was up walking around the same day I had my Csec. I stopped taking my pain meds a day after I got home and recovered fairly quickly and have minimal scarring, I has a good experience. I however had planned a medfree natural delivery. I would not have just opted to have major surgery for the hell of it that's for sure. For #2 I would try a VBAC but I am not a candidate for it, because the way my ute was cut during my Csec, I had 2 incisions, which I guess puts me at higher risk for ute rupture. At least that's what I was told.

Sarah52Beth

thekikimonster said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Not all elective c-sections are done because a mom doesn't feel like giving birth vaginally. Do you have a back bad? Have you had back surgery? Do you have any idea the kind of stress birth puts on a woman's spine?


There are always special cases. That's why I said "most", and I said it is different when it comes to the safety and health of the mother or baby.

Pearl1982

I overslept today and didn't have any clean, work appropriate clothing, so my entire outfit was pulled out of the dirty laundry pile. I feel skeevy. At least my undies are clean.

EmeJay

vsani said:

Hate it when ppl bitch about their morning sickness X_X

Some people really have it bad. Even though she was on medication for it, my BFF had it really bad. Once, she puked on herself while she was peeing. Totally autorized to bitch about it.

Sarah52Beth

MeatandBandP said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons.

Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself.

ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

I think its hard to make a blanket statement like that. Unless you know someones reason for choosing one its really not fair to make a judgment. There may be underlying issues that you are not aware of. 

I would never choose to have a c-section, unless I had to for the safety of myself and the baby. 

Absolutely agree with you and I feel I left wiggle room in my statement.

tealowl

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

vsani

MeatandBandP said:

vsani said:

Hate it when ppl bitch about their morning sickness X_X

I sometimes think this too, since I would give anything to be pregnant.

But, I have never been pregnant and don't know how morning sickness feels. I am sure it is a very uncomfortable thing. So I try not to judge. 

Gotcha, but I think of it as a labor of love....I've been there..MC...would give anything to go through it again

AlfiesMOM

 

 vsani said:

Hate it when ppl bitch about their morning sickness X_X

Why? Having really bad morning sickness sucks.

Sarah52Beth

teal owl said:

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

Very brave for you to admit and seek help. This internet stranger is proud of you!!

jaytee16

teal owl said:

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

Good for you!  It takes a lot to admit you have an issue and to seek help.  Wishing you all the best.

Regufsevolem

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

I totally agree with you.  Before I got pregnant with #1 I wanted to do an elective C-section and then found out that the US is the only country who does more than like 10%.  Other countries have more balls and aren't just in it for the money. ( in my own words reference The Business of Being Born)

tealowl

Sarah52Beth said:

teal owl said:

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

Very brave for you to admit and seek help. This internet stranger is proud of you!!

I've already gone 5 days so far! And I'm keeping myself busy this weekend with DD's slumber party at a hotel. And I start a Shakeology cleanse this weekend too. I'm going to try and go 30 days with no alcohol.

Regufsevolem

krdesi said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Giving yourself a nice big scar is vain? Lol definitely more of a UO though.

Actually the scars are quite small now.  I still wouldn't want one, but just saying.

Valie18

Whenever people ask me what I'm thinking to do when I'm done school I tell them I want to be a prof or go into R&D. Sometimes what I really want is to be a SAHM but I'll never admit it.

Regufsevolem

thekikimonster said:

Sarah52Beth said:

I think elective c-sections are ridiculous. I think it is a selfish decision and see no point in having one unless it is deemed medically necessary for the safety of the mom and baby. It is major surgery. Most of the time, I feel it is done for vain reasons. Recently had a friend on FB posting about doing one. I kept my opinion to myself. ETA: After reading this again it might be more of a UO. Oh well

Not all elective c-sections are done because a mom doesn't feel like giving birth vaginally. Do you have a back bad? Have you had back surgery? Do you have any idea the kind of stress birth puts on a woman's spine?

Pretty sure she is talking about the non-medical kind. I think she means by choice just to pick the day.

Valie18

teal owl said:

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

Very brave for you to admit and seek help. This internet stranger is proud of you!!

I've already gone 5 days so far! And I'm keeping myself busy this weekend with DD's slumber party at a hotel. And I start a Shakeology cleanse this weekend too. I'm going to try and go 30 days with no alcohol.

Congratulations on 5 days! I'm proud of you too.

Sarah52Beth

teal owl said:

Sarah52Beth said:

teal owl said:

FFFC - I finally admitted to myself that my binge drinking is out of control. So I start counseling next week.

Very brave for you to admit and seek help. This internet stranger is proud of you!!

I've already gone 5 days so far! And I'm keeping myself busy this weekend with DD's slumber party at a hotel. And I start a Shakeology cleanse this weekend too. I'm going to try and go 30 days with no alcohol.

5 days is awesome!!! You can do it!