Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

eireyes

I'm exhausted, and no amount of sleep seems to help.  I think I'll go to bed at 9 tonight and see what happens...

Megczapla

Sisimama10 said:

Mamamonzo said:

Any of you ladies get this big snow? It was all over the news last night. I don't think we got a single flake. /:)

We got about 8-9 inches total in the last 48 hours.

Over the last 15 hrs or so we got dumped on with close to 8 inches. SE CT. DH just cleared us out and headed to work. Boooo! I wanted a snow day together. Guess I'll just do some nesting instead

Stace0616

I'm getting really tired of all this mucus! Yet another morning of gagging on it while driving and praying that I didn't puke before making it to the gas station for water. These last minute trips on the way to work are killing my punctuality record.

On the bright side? I am now enjoying Pop Tarts as my "glad you didn't get sick" reward to myself

Sisimama10

J&NL said:

katieharpiceland said:

Lindsay808 said:

pineconey said:

There are very few things I really "miss" right now while on vacation at my mom's house. One is the toilet at my apt - it's taller and has a porcelain seat whereas my mom's is squishy. The other is the ability to walk around completely naked in the house. I think DH misses that too.

What?! Squishy toilet seats are the best!

Squishy toilet seats kinda creep me out.

Me too. I feel like they are extra germy.

I looove how they feel under your buns, but they def creep me out. I think of germs too!!

Sisimama10

Ugh I have this obnoxious coworker that I just want to punch in the face every time I see her. I can't stand when she speaks to me or is even in the same room at this point. :-(

pineconey

Stace0616 said:

I'm getting really tired of all this mucus! Yet another morning of gagging on it while driving and praying that I didn't puke before making it to the gas station for water. These last minute trips on the way to work are killing my punctuality record.

On the bright side? I am now enjoying Pop Tarts as my "glad you didn't get sick" reward to myself

That has been me since August...

pineconey

Sisimama10 said:

Ugh I have this obnoxious coworker that I just want to punch in the face every time I see her. I can't stand when she speaks to me or is even in the same room at this point. :-(

I have THREE of those!

Stace0616

@pineconey: and people think it's "cute" that I had to switch to nighttime showers. Now THAT is the closest I came to getting sick in the mornings!!

Sisimama10

This.

snmetz7

rockstarlaw

Squishy toilet seats are totally extra germy. Plus, when the squishy material gets a crack in it, they pinch your ass. Hate them!

Lindsay808

rockstarlaw said:

Squishy toilet seats are totally extra germy. Plus, when the squishy material gets a crack in it, they pinch your ass. Hate them!

What! I have never experienced this. My grandma had one so I just associate them with pleasant grandma house visits.

katieharpiceland

I am ready to go home now. But also not. I'd love to be on my own couch, watching tv, eating my own kind of food, snuggling with my kitty and DH. Just going home means work starts again and the first week back we have an asshat conductor coming. Plus, its a Viennese Waltz concert. Waltzes and Marches piss me off.

Stace0616

Ugh! That sucks I've only thrown up a couple of times from it, but now, it's like any time I clear my throat the gag reflex kicks in.

The drinking and eating helps me a bit, but it's probably because I used to get post-nasal drip a lot as a kid. For once, all those sinus infections come in handy! I literally have to sit myself down with ice cold water, breathe slowly and mentally calm myself down so I don't lose it.

Is it April yet???

natpirt

So I just got the call from the OB, I failed the 1 hr glucose test. Go back on Wednesday for the 3 hr.... so much fun to be had come Wednesday! ONLY SLIGHTLY worried now, I am measuring 2 weeks ahead, plus I gained 8 lbs in 2 weeks.  :-S

mrscrcalli

ColleenSwerb said:

I puke every morning because of the damn mucus. There's no escaping it. Eating and drinking don't clear it out. It's fucking miserable.

Can't breathe!!! The mornings are the worst!

deidremaria

So here's my current situation; I'm lying across my bed staring at today's chore list knowing that the sooner I get up and tackle it the sooner I can take a shower and hop back into bed. I've already made breakfast and I know I can get this knocked out in an hour. I need some encouragement.

TallaB

WHEN did it become a Starbucks policy to heat all the baked goods before they give them to you! STOP HEATING MY MUFFINS/BREADS/TARTS/WHATEVER ELSE I BUY! If I want it heated, I'll ask (but I never remember to say don't heat it ). Is it because when they changed their products to all the smaller more expensive ones, they use them longer so they heat them so you can't tell they are stale?  Thats my guess...Now I need to go to Starbucks.

snmetz7

ok ladies don't hate me.

I am continuing to loose weight. I lost like 11 pounds during first tri and was able to gain about 8 back during 2nd tri and I stayed there for a solid month and a half with no change. Then I got on the scale today and I had lost ANOTHER 3 pounds putting me at -6 lbs from pre pregnancy. No matter what I do I can't gain weight and I''m starting to worry. I have switched from 2% to whole milk and eat three full meals a day and snack on nuts and cheese and peanut butter all day long eating lots of protein and whatever else I want. I am not a small girl (18/20 pre pregnancy) and the one time in my life I don't want to shed pounds they are coming off. I will be asking my drs what they think next time I go in but thats still about 3 weeks away. ok I'm done talking about my weight.

Miss504NOLA

snmetz7 said:

ok ladies don't hate me.

I am continuing to loose weight. I lost like 11 pounds during first tri and was able to gain about 8 back during 2nd tri and I stayed there for a solid month and a half with no change. Then I got on the scale today and I had lost ANOTHER 3 pounds putting me at -6 lbs from pre pregnancy. No matter what I do I can't gain weight and I''m starting to worry. I have switched from 2% to whole milk and eat three full meals a day and snack on nuts and cheese and peanut butter all day long eating lots of protein and whatever else I want. I am not a small girl (18/20 pre pregnancy) and the one time in my life I don't want to shed pounds they are coming off. I will be asking my drs what they think next time I go in but thats still about 3 weeks away. ok I'm done talking about my weight.

Definitely talk to your doctor. You're doing the usual weight gain ideas, so I don't understand why it's not working. Do you eat a lot of pasta? It's supposed to help as well.

Tferr02

@snmetz7 unless your doctor is worried about it, don't stress! I was a size 14 when I got pregnant with my son, lost like 20 pounds the first half. I delivered my son at the exact same weight I was at my first appt. My son was completely healthy at 7 lbs 5.6 oz at 37 and half weeks. The baby will get what they need. Pregnancy just resulted in 30 pound weight loss for me after 6 weeks pp, and I kept it off. So unless the dr is worried, it's ok!

fourthnlast

Whoever recommended The Cloth Diaper Compendium on Facebook - I love you.

JessieAlbin

snmetz7 said:

ok ladies don't hate me.

I am continuing to loose weight. I lost like 11 pounds during first tri and was able to gain about 8 back during 2nd tri and I stayed there for a solid month and a half with no change. Then I got on the scale today and I had lost ANOTHER 3 pounds putting me at -6 lbs from pre pregnancy. No matter what I do I can't gain weight and I''m starting to worry. I have switched from 2% to whole milk and eat three full meals a day and snack on nuts and cheese and peanut butter all day long eating lots of protein and whatever else I want. I am not a small girl (18/20 pre pregnancy) and the one time in my life I don't want to shed pounds they are coming off. I will be asking my drs what they think next time I go in but thats still about 3 weeks away. ok I'm done talking about my weight.

I have a cousin who lost weight during her pregnancy, ended up weighing less than she did pre-preg, just because she was trying to make healthy choices for the baby, etc. She was in better health than she started out, and her munchkin is healthy for days. I think as long as your doc isn't worried, you're eating when you're hungry, and you're making healthy choices, then you definitely shouldn't beat yourself up.

pineconey

ColleenSwerb said:

I puke every morning because of the damn mucus. There's no escaping it. Eating and drinking don't clear it out. It's fucking miserable.

Papaya enzyme the second I wake up is helping me. It helps "digest" the mucus since you can't do it on your own.

Sarahjess06

Woke up with not one but two cold sores this morning. It's been almost a year since having one, so really this is amazing for me..... But now I have to remind myself not to kiss DS (which I'm always loving on him) an to wash my hands constantly just incase.

snmetz7

Thanks ladies, @colleenswerb the only time they ever mentioned my weight was before I got pregnant and said it might help to get pregnant to loose 20-30 lbs but then I got pregnant that week. I asked them a few months ago about it when I wasn't gaining and at that point they said not to worry about it that what used to be thought to be healthy weigh gain (30ish lbs) isn't really true anymore and that you could have a healthy baby with gaining ~10 lbs. I haven't asked them since because I was maintaining and figured I still had time to gain if I needed to . The additional loss of weight this morning, however, freaked me out. you're right I should just call them now and talk to them, but I just hate the nurse lady I call into. I'll try to see if they will give me to someone else.

I'm glad to hear your stories @jessiealbin and @tferr02 about weight loss and healthy babies that puts me a little more at ease.

JessieAlbin

deidremaria said:

So here's my current situation; I'm lying across my bed staring at today's chore list knowing that the sooner I get up and tackle it the sooner I can take a shower and hop back into bed. I've already made breakfast and I know I can get this knocked out in an hour. I need some encouragement.

Put on some good tunes and get moving, lady! You're gonna feel so good knowing you have all that stuff done. Start with the one you wanna do the least so you can feel extra accomplished right off the bat!

Stace0616

@snmetz7 I have lost almost 40lbs since my BFP. I think a lot of it has to do with the food aversions on top of the nausea/body changes. I can barely eat meat/fish/eggs more than once or twice a week and my pre-preg sugar cravings have calmed down (I couldn't stand sugar 1st tri).

I recently gained like 8lbs back in the past three weeks plus some new bright red stretch marks, so I think as long as you are feeling ok, just keep checking in with your doctor. Easier said than done though--I've gone from freaking out over losing to freaking out over these 8lbs today.

olenkapdx

Sisimama10 said:

Ugh I have this obnoxious coworker that I just want to punch in the face every time I see her. I can't stand when she speaks to me or is even in the same room at this point. :-(

I have two of those, sitting on either side of me.  Ugh!!!!  One is a noisy food eater and drink slurper (and he eats/drinks ALL DAY), the other farts all day.  Maternity leave cannot come fast enough!!  Thank goodness for headphones in the meantime.

fireflygirl12

It's been rough working from home the past few days. I've been so tired that I just want to crawl back in bed. At least my day is pretty full of meetings/deadlines so I have to be productive and not just Bump all day.

katieharpiceland

Been bumping ALL day. Sick in bed sucks. DH went out for awhile. People are coming over for dinner though (SIL and fam and uncle.) I'm sooooooo bored. And stuffed up.

snmetz7

ImnAtari said:

ladies you need to get out of my head... here I am sitting at my desk doing work on quality indicator reports in our EMR... and Im reading (skimming) a document and see "pneumonia organism grouper" and totally see "orgasm group"... no more sex polls on weekdays, k?!

I feel the same way! I'm so tempted to click on the threads but I'm at work and its not worth getting fired over haha

fireflygirl12

ImnAtari said:

ladies you need to get out of my head... here I am sitting at my desk doing work on quality indicator reports in our EMR... and Im reading (skimming) a document and see "pneumonia organism grouper" and totally see "orgasm group"... no more sex polls on weekdays, k?!

No promises

J&NL

I'm really disappointed. I called both of the hospitals that I have available to me in the area and neither do water births. There is a birth center in Nashville, however that would be about a 40 minute drive and I'm not sure Tricare will cover it. 

thomas930

TallaB said:

WHEN did it become a Starbucks policy to heat all the baked goods before they give them to you! STOP HEATING MY MUFFINS/BREADS/TARTS/WHATEVER ELSE I BUY! If I want it heated, I'll ask (but I never remember to say don't heat it ). Is it because when they changed their products to all the smaller more expensive ones, they use them longer so they heat them so you can't tell they are stale?  Thats my guess...Now I need to go to Starbucks.

Weird, they don't do this at the Starbucks around here.

Stace0616

J&NL: I can understand the disappointment. I did all of my research, found a hospital that does water births only to find out my weight disqualifies me (by quite a bit). Could you call your insurance to see if they'd cover the birth center? It doesn't seem tooooo far to drive for the birth experience you want.

Again: is it April yet?? Because after I pop this kid out, there are going to be a lot of life changes happening before my next pregnancy!

thomas930

J&NL said:

I'm really disappointed. I called both of the hospitals that I have available to me in the area and neither do water births. There is a birth center in Nashville, however that would be about a 40 minute drive and I'm not sure Tricare will cover it. 

I would at least look into it. I'm driving 60 minutes to my hospital so I wouldn't think anything of a 40 minute drive.

pannk

Took a break from the internet for the holidays. I'm back!! Missed you ladies! Hope I didn't miss out on too much! Anything super important I need to know?

TallaB

thomas930 said:

TallaB said:

WHEN did it become a Starbucks policy to heat all the baked goods before they give them to you! STOP HEATING MY MUFFINS/BREADS/TARTS/WHATEVER ELSE I BUY! If I want it heated, I'll ask (but I never remember to say don't heat it ). Is it because when they changed their products to all the smaller more expensive ones, they use them longer so they heat them so you can't tell they are stale?  Thats my guess...Now I need to go to Starbucks.

Weird, they don't do this at the Starbucks around here.

It seems to be a recent development...but has happened at 3 of the last starbucks i've been to! I guess I just need to remember to ask not to heat it.

pineconey

Be jealous- there's about to be a bump meet up!!! Woot!