FFFC

MRoxy0628

redneckmomma25 said:

thechimichanga said:

DD is a 5.5 with chubby feet...she is on the taller side too. I think she's 32 inches. Lois you are vertically challenged. You wear a kids 3...I am not surprised your kids have small feet! I however am just shy of 5'10 and wear a 7/7.5 so yeah.

Same height...but I wear a 10 to 10.5....how did you get away with small feet??

Me too @redneckmomma25!

MRoxy0628

hmp1 said:

I get so excited when I see a notification pop up that I was tagged and run over to read it. Then I get so let down when I see someone just quoted someone that previously tagged me and are not even talking about the same subject.

Looking at you Roxy

I'm sorry @hmp1!  I'll try to remember to edit the quotes from now on!

thebanich

If I have another kid I will probably BF on maternity leave but then I'm out. I can't take another 4-6 months of trying to find time to pump. No. No. No.


The very idea of BFing right now is enough to keep my legs crossed.

tinyhumantoe

If you put your shoe size in this thread, you have to accompany it with a red hot FFFC or a TMI comment. 

5'4", shoe size 9, 10 while pregnant\

I like to check the status of my cervical mucus even when we're not tttc.  It's cool how it stretches, kind of like that glue you get with a new credit card, the stuff that sticks it to the paper.  You know, the booger glue.  That stuff is fun.

hmp1

I was excited to try BFing again. I had the same results as the first but it didn't bother me at all the second time when it didn't work out.

PenelopePond

I'm 5'2". My foot measures an 8.5 but there's no way I can wear that. Size 11 for me.

redneckmomma25

I have frozen cookie dough and it is calling me.  I blame all the pregnant ladies who keep talking about food!

BeebopandBuddy

LoisLayn23 said:

My 3.5 year old is in 7's.

My S12 baby and my almost-3 year old both wear 6's.

KellersPrag

SharkFarts said:

cherrycrepe said:

I want to scream at myself "Impatience isn't a medical diagnosis!" a la TTGP/people who push for/seek out IF testing after like 3 months of unsuccessfull TTCing. So, why should I get an expensive test for no real reason other than wanting to find out the sex?

Eh, I'm doing the NT scan, but my OB did suggest it so we can get an initial look at the placenta (I am at a higher risk for them this time because of my retained placenta last time). So it's not only because I just want to see my babyfetus.

I was planning on doing the MaterniT21 or whatever test this time around. I'm only 29, so there's not a "real" medical reason to do it, but when DD2 was a day old the pedi came in my hospital room and told us that they thought she had Down's Syndrome because she had a simian crease in one hand and also some of her "facial features". We checked her DNA and she doesn't have it, but it cause a lot of unnecessary stress the first week of her life. I told my OBGYN that because of that I want to have the next baby tested early.

I guess the flameful part is that the real reason I want to do the test is still just so I can find out the sex early.

I may continue to have testing done in future pregnancies because C came back with a very high risk of chromosomal defects, and I was only 23. I still will always be team green though!

melody921

redneckmomma25 said:

I have zero desire to even try and breastfeed the next kid. I have no reason not to. I just don't want to.

Then there's no reason you have to. I'm all for breastfeeding but I say there's a reason we're given free choice.

melody921

cherrycrepe said:

I confess that I really want my OB to order the blood test that will tell you the sex of the fetus, even though there are no medical reasons for me to need it.

I'm impatient.

I think it's so much fun to find out at the A/S though! Although, I guess this is the same reasoning used by Team Greeners, that it's so much fun to find out at the birth, so, never mind.

melody921

origamipoppy said:

I've been really good about eating the last few weeks but AF is here and I want a cheeseburger for lunch. And the place I want to go has truffle fries so I probably have to get those too. 

And it's pizza night for dinner.

OMG, truffle anything is the best. I also want a burger and ice cream

melody921

1fish2fish said:

Pokedot said:

redneckmomma25 said:

I have zero desire to even try and breastfeed the next kid. I have no reason not to. I just don't want to.

I feel the opposite. I didn't feel very supported in general about BFing and when I didn't get milk instantly I gave up on myself. I just wasn't into trying. Now that I know it's not all rainbows and puppies I think I'm more apt to put forth some effort. Plus formula is expensive yo.

I'm with Pokedot.  I'm MORE motivated to master BF'ing the next time around.  I met my goal of 6 months with Max, but I'm striving for a year next time.  Also?  I won't worry/stress as much if I need to supplement.  I did a lot of blaming myself and I think that's part of why I just wanted to wean him so I didn't have to deal with the ambiguity of knowing whether or not I was doing a good job.

I was more committed the second time, but also easier on myself. I think not being as stressed and knowing some tricks is what made it go better,

BeebopandBuddy

I'm 5'7" and have 7/7.5 feet.

FFFC: I haven't been able to stop craving McDonalds since the UO yesterday, since we are on a road trip, I requested to stop there for lunch. I am full of fries.

thebanich

I keep nodding off at my desk. I haven't done shit today.

<---- replaceable.

KellersPrag

FFFC: I sometimes 'love' THT's post half way through reading, because tl;dr.

Luckily, I haven't seemed to love something I didn't agree with yet.

Holly_1007

Team green is so fun

tinyhumantoe

thechimichanga said:

I hate engagement parties and think they are gift grabby asshole functions.

O God.  Me too.  Mostly because in the next 12 months, there's going to be 1 or 2 showers and a fucking wedding.  You don't need 30 parties!

he first time I was engaged, my parents threw one and it was all of their friends.  So fucking weird.  I think - let's celebrate at the bars - is about as far as I would go now.  DH and I didn't do that.  We're old, the engagement was NBD.

miss50

Since I am not married "yet" do I still get away with buying a Baby Daddy card? 

thebanich

I wear a size 7-7.5.

My feet smell so bad its actually making me feel ill.  :-&

Holly_1007

Oh man, good luck @sharkfarts! Hopefully he finds something soon! That is my biggest nightmare, I don't think I could ever live with my parents now that I have kids.

Holly_1007

I think weddings and all the showers etc are gift grabby. Jack and Jill parties, bridal showers, engagement parties, AND a wedding? Cripes.

MarisaKathleen

FFFC: A friend of mine from childhood is getting married in Chicago on 9/13.  I'm really hoping I have this baby as close to my due date as possible so I can go to it.  It's my first gay wedding and it looks like it's going to be totally obscene.  Michigan Avenue hotel venue, really cool band, open bar, etc.  

Then I think about going to a wedding 2 or 3 weeks pp and I'm like eh....that sounds like a really crappy time.

thebanich

I'm very supportive of multi-generational households. If I could live in a giant house and have my entire family live there I would be perfectly happy.

miss50

@bunkinmama, his birthday is Valentine's Day, so I'm hoping he completely forgets about both those holidays and makes it about it.  OH, that looks like a FFFC to me.

Another FFFC:  I've been looking forward to the Cupid Shuffle for way too long.  I'm hoping not to get someone that went "away" and I am even more hoping that one of them didn't get me. 

MarisaKathleen

Banich4eva said:

I'm very supportive of multi-generational households. If I could live in a giant house and have my entire family live there I would be perfectly happy.

Certain people I think I could live with.  DH and I could live with my Mom if necessary.  1 of my sisters (the not slobby one...) and 1 set of aunt/uncle.  I honestly think that's it though.  Not that I don't love my family...I do.  I couldn't ask for better people to be related to.  But man, my family is fucking loud.  And gregarious.  

My loser cousin called today sort of hinting around that she needs somewhere to live for the next 6 months while she "saves money" and I didn't even bat an eye.  You're 30 dude.  Figure it out.  You're a nurse.  It's no one else's fault you're married to a complete and total loser "professional golfer."

MarisaKathleen

LoisLayn23 said:

I missed cupid sign up. am I too late?

 

@julianne2004 is putting it together...I think the deadline is today?  There was a thread about it yesterday later afternoon.

BeebopandBuddy

I hope my brother never gets married. He's such a mess and that would just multiply his problems exponentially. I am sad that I may never get to be an aunt on my side of the family though.

thebanich

MarisaKathleen said:

Banich4eva said:

I'm very supportive of multi-generational households. If I could live in a giant house and have my entire family live there I would be perfectly happy.

Certain people I think I could live with.  DH and I could live with my Mom if necessary.  1 of my sisters (the not slobby one...) and 1 set of aunt/uncle.  I honestly think that's it though.  Not that I don't love my family...I do.  I couldn't ask for better people to be related to.  But man, my family is fucking loud.  And gregarious.  

My loser cousin called today sort of hinting around that she needs somewhere to live for the next 6 months while she "saves money" and I didn't even bat an eye.  You're 30 dude.  Figure it out.  You're a nurse.  It's no one else's fault you're married to a complete and total loser "professional golfer."

I should clarify - my side of the family is welcome and some select members of DHs family. Some of them are definitely not invited. Yikes.

Again - this would need to be a very, very large house.

juliane2004

MarisaKathleen said:

LoisLayn23 said:

I missed cupid sign up. am I too late?

 

@julianne2004 is putting it together...I think the deadline is today?  There was a thread about it yesterday later afternoon.

Not too late @LoisLayn23 - PM me your email address and accept the Elfster as soon as I send you a reply. The deadline is 11:59 pm tonight.

MarisaKathleen

SharkFarts said:

@Miss50  I'm sending Mr. 50 a psychic message to make that happen!

Like this

I have such a huge crush on James Roday and Dule Hill. LOVE THEM. When is Psych coming back?!

2 weeks ago! :-(  I have the first 2 DVR'd.

BPer

The first time I've ever worn maternity pants was last week.  I can't see myself ever wanting to wear anything else, ever again.

thebanich

We lived with my parents when DD was born. I was fine. DH was not but I wouldn't want to live with his mother either.

BPer

We're listing our house in May, and plan to live out at the lake all summer.

They shut the water off at the lake at the end of September.

If our house isn't done by the end of September (it probably won't be), we may have to live with my ILs for a month or two.  That should get interesting.

pharmer78

So this is a weird FFFC, but I often wonder where all of our asian s12 moms and babies are.  I think that's one of the biggest differences between my group of IRL friends and my bump friends.

  Edit- maybe this is a FFFCuriosity?

KellersPrag

LoisLayn23 said:

I missed cupid sign up. am I too late?

 

I think @juliane2004 can add you until today.

Pokedot

tinyhumantoe said:

oooo I have one.  I'll just try to keep one-upping myself here:

I am eating a kid cuisine tv dinner.
I sometimes feed my kid these things.
One time one of them came with pop rocks
I split the tiny thing of pop rocks with her, and she thought it was fucking.hilarious.  So did I.
I highly recommend you give your toddlers pop rocks.  So worth it.
I spent 5 minutes with my head in the freezer at Kroger last night looking for the pop rocks meal.
My nipples were showing through my sports bra and t-shirt and I didn't realize it until I went to pay.

My mom just HAD to get DS pop rocks for his birthday. Grape flavor. Apparently I had the funniest look on my face when I was his age that she just had to try it out on him. He looked at her like "what the fuck did you just feed my lady?" It wasn't quite as funny as my facial expression or so I've been told. I'm sure more pop rocks are in his future.

Btw, I'm not sure if they still make them but they had the best brownies with kid cuisine meals.

melody921

BPer said:

The first time I've ever worn maternity pants was last week.  I can't see myself ever wanting to wear anything else, ever again.

Wait, how is this possible? What did you wear last pregnancy?

melody921

BobKat22 said:

Speaking of being replaceable...

Last week my co-worker applied and accepted a job in another department within our hospital. I immediately was offered her position. Since then, I was resigned from my other jobs since I would no longer have the availability they needed from me. Two nights ago my co-worker called me to tell me that her offer was rescinded due to her background check. She thought she would just stay put where she was. That would leave me completely screwed since I already quit my other jobs. My boss went by the book and HR ruled that the job was mine. Now my co-worker is the one who is jobless. I feel awful for her. I feel guilty, but in the end I had to fight for my job or my family would be the one suffering.

To sum it up, my FFFC, I feel like I made someone jobless. 

Well, what was in her background check that left her jobless? Sounds like that's what's to blame, not you.

BPer

SharkFarts said:

BPer said:

The first time I've ever worn maternity pants was last week.  I can't see myself ever wanting to wear anything else, ever again.

Like the first time, first time or just first time this pregnancy? 'Cause if you've never tried them before now...

Literally, first time ever.  With my last pregnancy, I wasn't showing until May/June so it was warm enough to just wear dresses.  When I did have to wear pants, I just wore a belly band.  Maternity pants are glorious.