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kwh33ls

Actually lost my sh*t on a David's Bridal customer service person. 6 months pregnant, was guaranteed a refund on a bridesmaid dress for a wedding I can't even attend (let alone wear the damn dress for) 5 months ago, and they still call once a month to see when I'll pick up my dress. 

TugboatSheila

kwh33ls said:

Actually lost my sh*t on a David's Bridal customer service person. 6 months pregnant, was guaranteed a refund on a bridesmaid dress for a wedding I can't even attend (let alone wear the damn dress for) 5 months ago, and they still call once a month to see when I'll pick up my dress. 

David's Bridal is, without a doubt, the most Draconian of businesses. I was head over heels in love with my dress but everything about their customer service makes me want to stick things into my eye just to have something to swirl around in my brain.

likeanoldtimemovie

I watched The Blind Side for the first time the other week and nearly cried myself into a vomiting, puffy-eyed mess. That scene where he's picking up discarded bags of popcorn from the bleachers so he can eat? And when he says he's never had a bed before?

Oh, heartbreaking. Being pregnant makes this a million times sadder. He's someone's baby. I find myself getting even sadder about homeless people or those struggling to live. We are all someone's baby... ugh. I have to stop before I get all sobby again.

rattlecanqueen

We painted Cillian's bedroom today! I can't wait to move the crib in. I am going to start making the dino silhouettes soon and his dino quilt. It's all starting to come together, and hitting home that there's going to be another tiny human here very soon!

Ylvelill

Got moved into an antepartum room today, so excited to have a fridge!

Ah the small joys when you are stuck on bed rest

beff12

jessa8907 said:

I just clipped my dog's toenails and got one of her back ones too short. I have only clipped too short one other time and this time it bled a lot worse. I got the bleeding stopped but I am still worried about her and feel sick that I hurt her.

I know you posted this several hours ago, but I wanted to let you know for future reference anyways! This happened with my childhood dog and the vet said to pack the end of the bleeding toenail with cornstarch. We had to do it a couple of times and it worked like a charm to stop the bleeding!

mrscurlygurl

I'm loving not having an anterior placenta this time around. The movements are so much more defined, for lack of a better term. I could feel DS last time, but it's just so much "more" now. I think she's currently having a little dance party in there

helloblueeyes

My parents took me out to dinner tonight, which was super sweet. We ended up at T.G.I.Fridays, and I had a bomb sirloin.

My mom proceeded to order a brownie obsession, which is so damn good. And while I can handle her eating it in front of me when I can't have any, it killed me that she didn't even finish it. Dammit woman you are wasting perfectly good dessert!!

abchittam

alwaysnc4me said:

Mobile bumping and not sure if this will link properly but saw this while lurking on Aug board: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/7560789/preparing-for-child-birth/p1

Eek! Old thread from 2011 but fisting to prep for labor? I'm equal parts horrified and entertained!

How in the world did you find this??? This is crazy! And the poor OP is so clueless!

chrinikki1

Just finished two days at the Lucas Oil Off-road Races in Lake Elsinore. Can I just say that I LOVE that sport and I cannot wait to take this little guy with us! CANNOT WAIT!

Ylvelill

@alwaysnc4me‌
Not uncommon practice in natural birth prep for people who want to minimize the risk of tearing.

ghostof5letters

abchittam said:

alwaysnc4me said:

Mobile bumping and not sure if this will link properly but saw this while lurking on Aug board: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/7560789/preparing-for-child-birth/p1

Eek! Old thread from 2011 but fisting to prep for labor? I'm equal parts horrified and entertained!

How in the world did you find this??? This is crazy! And the poor OP is so clueless!

We laugh about this thread in my previous BMB all the time. It's a classic

tourqeyes

jessa8907 said:

I just clipped my dog's toenails and got one of her back ones too short. I have only clipped too short one other time and this time it bled a lot worse. I got the bleeding stopped but I am still worried about her and feel sick that I hurt her.

I bring him in to get them clipped for this very reason. He's already extremely skiddish

ichamommy

Goddammit.

I don't miss him, I really don't. I just still don't understand why. Why she was a better SO than me. Why he gave up on us. Why he cheated so much in the first place.

My dreams are my worst nightmare; a place for me to write stories of why... And they aren't pleasant.

BoraBoraBaby

@literachick How does one mess up the pronunciation of Brom?! Sorry love. She sounds like a treat.
I'm such a bitch. I'm having a hard time warming up to DH's friend's new gf because her dog's name is Maddie. My DAUGHTER is Madeleine and her DOG is Madison, but still both are Maddie. And I would give zero shits except she talks about her dog all the damn time. I get that her Maddie is her baby, but Christ Almighty it's irritating.

mrscurlygurl

ichabody said:

Goddammit. I don't miss him, I really don't. I just still don't understand why. Why she was a better SO than me. Why he gave up on us. Why he cheated so much in the first place. My dreams are my worst nightmare; a place for me to write stories of why... And they aren't pleasant.

Oh sweetie...she is not better in any way. HE is not worthy of you. 

kwh33ls

tourqeyes said:

jessa8907 said:

I just clipped my dog's toenails and got one of her back ones too short. I have only clipped too short one other time and this time it bled a lot worse. I got the bleeding stopped but I am still worried about her and feel sick that I hurt her.

I bring him in to get them clipped for this very reason. He's already extremely skiddish

Our dog has very long quicks, so clipping almost always results in bleeding. We got a cheapie Dremel tool from Sears and grind his nails down. He still doesn't love it, but it's way less traumatic this way.

kwh33ls

@ichabody‌ I am so sorry you're going through this. My XH was a chronic cheater, but I never knew till the end. There is NO reason why he did it...she isn't better, faster, stronger, or anything. It's just opportunity, and he's a scum bag.

lizzybeth13

@ichabody - you can never understand because you aren't a cheating asshole. ((Hugs))

likeanoldtimemovie

@ichabody

I've dealt with infidelity before... the dreams at night are excruciating.

She is not better than you. You are better than both of them.

knitsandgiggles

@ichabody - hugs to you.

cuntasaurusrex

Big hugs for @ichabody‌

@knittylady whatcha got in your sig pic, there?

zellatrix

So sorry @ichabody‌. Big big hugs!

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*hugs* @ichabody. 

Can anyone tell me what the etiquette is for thank you gifts after you purchase a home? I'm planning on at least sending thank you cards to our realtor, attorney, etc, because they really did a lot to help us but should I send a gift to the realtor as well? I dunno what the typical protocol is.

knitsandgiggles

@aliletz - those are some hexipuffs (double sided hexagons) I knit over the past few weeks.  The pattern is called the beekeeper's quilt.  I can't really handle a much bigger project than that.  They are eventually supposed to be joined into a blanket.  I got to 25 and was quite proud of myself, haha.  Here is a pic of what it could look like one day:

beff12

I went to a baby shower today for a lady at church. I was at another one a few weeks ago for another lady at church. They make me super excited for our own shower, but then I get overwhelmed looking at how much stuff we'll have to organize! 

cuntasaurusrex

knittylady said:

@aliletz - those are some hexipuffs (double sided hexagons) I knit over the past few weeks.  The pattern is called the beekeeper's quilt.  I can't really handle a much bigger project than that.  They are eventually supposed to be joined into a blanket.  I got to 25 and was quite proud of myself, haha.  Here is a pic of what it could look like one day:

@knittylady That's awesome!! How long have you been working on it?

MonkeyJD

We've decided on the style of letters for our alphabet wall :-) Now I'm really excited to go buy them! Decorating & hanging them over the crib is my next project. I'm saving my cross stitch pieces for last. I figure that will be a good thing for me to do in June when I'm big & can't lean over a table comfortably.

knitsandgiggles

@aliletz - I only have been working on my current one for about 3 weeks so only have 25 finished. The one from the original pattern in the pictures I posted has close to 400 puffs in it. I just love the look of it!

lizzybeth13

I am so tired of shopping for clothes that don't fit. Plus size maternity is bullshit.

dobbyisfree

My BIL asked his 7 year old what she thought of him marrying his live in GF of 2 years. The 7 year old said 'Well... you should probably just stay friends.'

TricksyPixie

This is pretty much me right now.

beff12

@TricksyPixie‌ I hope you're okay! Your pic is one if my favorite parts of Anchorman..."The mean man...he punted Baxter!"

jnnfrrose6

2ag said:

I'm watching My Five Wives and I've been wondering how ttc works when you only get every 5 nights. Seems like they have a lot of kids in that family considering.

I think this was discussed before somewhere else and basically when one of the wives is TTC, they swap out nights to give her more time with him, if I remember correctly.  I don't watch the show, but that's what I remember from the thread about it.  Whether they temp or not to know when the fertile window is a whole other question, though.

TugboatSheila

symphony4586 said:

So on the *one* day last week it got up into the 70's I went through all the hassle to bend over the bump enough to shave my legs so I could wear shorts... It's been in the 50's ever since.

Seriously, does Mother Nature not appreciate how much effort that shit took?

Amen. They need to make a 3 foot long razer for pregnant women so they can shave. It should come with an attachable mirror so you can see what you're doing.

jnnfrrose6

We changed the theme for the nursery...again.  I think this one is going to stick.  Children's literature.  I found a really cute blanket on Etsy that uses a "Little Golden Books" fabric and I just sent a message to the woman who makes it to find out if she could do a coordinating quilt and crib sheet (we were able to do a similar thing for DS's nursery that was a travel theme).  Now to keep my fingers crossed that she is able and willing to do this for us!  And because I'm feeling especially AW/SS, here's a picture of what was made for DS.

jnnfrrose6

MSUDucks said:

I'm 90% certain we are having a boy. Until I see this quilt my MIL's sister made for the baby. It's purple and floral. Anytime I see it, something in me twinges, and I'm positive we are having a girl.

I was positive with DS that he was a boy, and now I'm feeling positive about a girl. I'm going to feel a little foolish if baby comes out and is a boy since I've sort of bought girl clothes and am making the gender neutral room lean a little more feminine....

I'm really not trying to feel one way or the other about it, but I do keep having these thoughts that this LO is a girl and I keep trying to push them back.  I show things that I think are gender neutral to DH for the nursery and he keeps pointing out all the floral stuff in it, so I guess it's in my subconscious at this point (not that a little boy can't have floral things in his room, but DH doesn't like floral stuff generally).

cuntasaurusrex

Last night I had a dream that babe came early and that we had nothing prepared, nothing was ready, I couldn't find wipes, and we had a spectacularly shitty diaper to deal with and were frozen in panic.  Oh, and he was smoking.  Menthols.  I shared a cigarette with my baby.

kwh33ls

https://www.zulily.com/e/glow-getters-maternity-apparel-69907.html?email=kwh33ls@gmail.com&deliverable=89ec97c8dfb162826b35d5ba3444c69d_20140428&ns=ns_500447141|1398691502903

Take a gander at the bumps on the women when you hit the jeans/capris on this page. I seriously LOL'd.

purpleXdandelion

I usually think pregnancy shirts with sayings on them are stupid, but for some reason I really want this.