Friday Randoms

angeltennis3

MrsSinner402 said:

I cannot wait for LO to drop. I'd rather have pelvic pain and pee 37 times a day than this horrible acid reflux and feeling like I ran a marathon after the simple task of walking up the stairs and leaning over to stir my cat's food. I still can barely catch my breath. WTF.

The heartburn is better but oh my gosh I feel like I am going to poop her out because she is nestled so low into my bowels. It's just a different kind of torture!

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kfitzguerra said:

Our new phones were just delivered!  Yay!

Ooo, what didja get??

pushgal84

GretchenWeiners7 said:

I need shopping help. I want to order a whiskey barrel & white whiskey to put in it on the day LO is born so that it will age until his 21st birthday (I know this may be a lofty ambition). But I can't decide what barrel to get.

Choices:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/94178325/engraved-2-liter-mini-whiskey-barrel-for?ref=related-0

https://www.etsy.com/listing/104334149/3-liter-engraved-bourbon-barrel-great?ref=related-2

(They'd both be the same size, those are just the only pics I can find)

OR I could get a totally plain one.

I'd wouldn't go with a plain one. Hopefully someday it will be a family heirloom. Can they be used to age bourbon more than once?

My dad and I built a beautiful box to put a bottle of wine (along /w love notes that the other hadn't read) in during our wedding ceremony. We're not opening it until our 10yr anniversary, then we'll put a new bottle and the notes back in for another 10 yrs. Someday we'll give the box to LO

angeltennis3

silliegirlie143 said:

@angeltennis3‌

Lost my Mom this summer and organ donation was such a huge passion of hers. Since she'd had some many illnesses she was sure they would not be able to use any of her organs

BUT we got a letter last week that they were successful in giving TWO people sight from her corneas! 

I'm a big proponent of organ donation and hearing stories like yours of your uncle getting to have more time with loved ones keep me believing that it's a great cause

Dammit... Now I'm getting all choked up over here... Stupid ugly crying

@silliegirlie143 I am so so sorry for your loss...and that I made you cry! I'm so happy that your Mom was able to participate in a cause she believed in. **Creepy internet hugs**

munchiemama104

deezidee04 said:

deezidee04 said:

Had my last ultrasound of the pregnancy yesterday! Everything looks great, baby is head down and tech estimated him to weigh just under 5 lbs (I'm 34w4d). Getting excited to finally meet him! I go back in 2 weeks for the internal exam. I'm kind of nervous... it's been like 3 years since my last pap, and I'm the biggest wuss about this stuff. Seriously, the pap is like torture to me! I even thought the early trans-vag ultrasounds were painful. What can I expect from the exam? How much is this going to hurt? :-S

I have my growth u/s today and I'm worried he's going to do a cervical check. They made me scream and cry last pregnancy so I'm terrified. That shit is painful IMO/IME.

Nooooo! ( I forgot who it was in yesterday's randoms thread (@FamousEa, maybe?), who said she could hear a woman getting her cervix checked in one of the other rooms at her OB office. I was like @-) Jeez, it's that bad?!

Stuck in the dang quote box! 

With DD I remember it wasn't so much painful but extremely uncomfortable. And I tend to laugh when I'm uncomfortable, which made it very awkward. I will have to remember to warn this dr that I do that before he does the check, cause the last dr looked at me like I was Crazy! 

MuffinMom14

Nicb13 said:

SPurp13 said:

Nicb13 said:

@SPurp13 your neighbor is a dick. Who does that?!

Well. Your question leaves me in an unfortunate position of not saying what I REALLY want to say, because I don't want things to resurface on the board. But. Apparently, people do just kill cats/kittens on their property.

I'm wondering if it's even LEGAL to "hunt" on a 1/2 acre of land in the CITY. Is it? I mean, I don't think I should or could say anything, because I'd be scared, since he's seriously deranged, and he's shown that, plus my house is the last in the city limits. His starts a new city. But. I thought about going over there and just crying and saying "please stop, and at least just tell me if a cat is here, in case it's one of mine."

I'm terrified one of ours will accidentally get out now. Domino occasionally slips out, but he cries and wants back in immediately. The others don't give a shit. But with a toddler someday, who's to say she won't just be like "COME ON KITTY!" Kids do that! She won't know it's dangerous for the cats out there!

I just hope he wasn't lying when he said he was moving "in the future." I just don't understand how someone who has a pool and a trampoline in their yard for their 13 grandchildren kills kittens with a bow and arrow in the backyard. Those kids are being taught that that is ok...

True, I don't know the guy, but I wouldn't worry about your child. Your cats? Yes, definitely.

He sounds like a nut job and I probably wouldn't go over there and talk to him but I'm a wuss when it comes to that.

ME TOO. I AM ALSO A WUSS. I just thought, that a crying pregnant lady begging him to please let me know if a cat is on his property instead of just killing it might tug at his heartstrings.

My husband says that guy is all talk and he SAYS he's moving anyway. Could be another 3 years but. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and we have a giant privacy fence between our yards (cats could still go under). He also says NONE of our cats have interest in going out there except Domino, and he cries immediately to come back. So I shouldn't worry.

But. I still do. Because. I'm me.

MuffinMom14

persephonerose said:

@Spurp13 I would call your local non emergency line and just ask them about the guy using a bow and arrow in his back yard.  Many places have regulations on discharging a weapon within city limits so they might be able to tell you who you can report it to if you see him or suspect he has recently.

The problem is that he's not IN city limits (we're the last street, and he is behind us), and we don't REALLY have proof...we just know that that's what he TOLD the shelter lady. I've thought about it, though. Then my husband pointed these things out to me and basically said "it's awful, I get it, but these are things we can't worry about, and he will hopefully be gone soon." So, the husband version of Calm Yer Tits.

pushgal84

On the topic of cervical checks, my OB doesn't do them until 38wks, unless there's something concerning. Would I be crazy to turn them down at my 38 and 39wk appts? Baby's going to arrive when he wants to. It's like opening the oven to check on a pie before the time is up. I'm sure at my 40 wk they'll want to start taking induction, so at that point I would like to know if my lady bits are "ripe" and ready to rock 'n roll. Anyone else refusing the checks or have strong reasons why they want them?

MuffinMom14

Nicb13 said:

kfitzguerra said:

Hugs to all the lady's today.  Honestly.  We all need them.

And non-alcoholic beer to y'all, too.

I had non-alcoholic champagne in a "mimosa" over the weekend and it was actually really good! I felt like I was drinking for real!

Is it wrong that I am so stressed out at work and about this baby coming that I want a glass of wine tonight?

I know there are different thoughts on this, but I generally think that a class is fine with dinner. I've only had TWO glasses this entire pregnancy, though, so while I THINK that, I seem to always hesitate when it comes to actually happening.

I'm just wound so tight. I'm mostly ok at work (I'm STRESSED, but I don't cry), but then I go home, and when it's not busy, busy, busy, I just want to cry. I know it's the whole fear of the unknown.

pepperpotts317

sarahmr416 said:

My grandmother passed away 3 years ago. She was closer to me than my mother. I miss her so much and even though I have a child already, I don't know how I'm going to raise these boys without her. I need her advice. I miss her stories. She always supported me 100%. Besides my husband, she was the only person I've ever been able to be completely open with, without judgement. I was hoping that this LO would be a girl so we could honor her memory by giving our daughter her name. But it's a boy and I'm not sure how to do that. She was born and raised in Germany so I'm thinking I might use a traditional German name as his middle name. Or maybe one of her brother's names. Sorry for the rambling, just something I needed to get off my chest.

I know exactly how you feel. My Grandma passed away three years ago on September 17th. We were extremely close. My son was just under five weeks old and I am so glad I used her last name as his middle name. I think picking a name to honor her heritage is a wonderful idea. I'll be sending you healing prayers and lots of positive thoughts. 

SusieBW

pushgal84 said:

On the topic of cervical checks, my OB doesn't do them until 38wks, unless there's something concerning. Would I be crazy to turn them down at my 38 and 39wk appts? Baby's going to arrive when he wants to. It's like opening the oven to check on a pie before the time is up. I'm sure at my 40 wk they'll want to start taking induction, so at that point I would like to know if my lady bits are "ripe" and ready to rock 'n roll. Anyone else refusing the checks or have strong reasons why they want them?

My OB doesn't start them until 38w either, so this past appointment was the first one.  I wanted it this time, because given my history with a prior c-sec, I was anxious to know if anything was happenning, and if not, what to do in terms of considering a RCS.  Now that I have a RCS scheduled, I think I'm going to skip the check at my 39w appointment because it just doesn't matter at this point.

trisharenee0316

theresat858 said:

Our 10am-noon meeting this morning got cancelled 20 minutes ago bc of the teleconferencing stuff not cooperating.
This means I can bump for the next hour without remorse, right?

I thought being pregnant provided enough of an excuse for that.

pushgal84

SusieBW said:

pushgal84 said:

On the topic of cervical checks, my OB doesn't do them until 38wks, unless there's something concerning. Would I be crazy to turn them down at my 38 and 39wk appts? Baby's going to arrive when he wants to. It's like opening the oven to check on a pie before the time is up. I'm sure at my 40 wk they'll want to start taking induction, so at that point I would like to know if my lady bits are "ripe" and ready to rock 'n roll. Anyone else refusing the checks or have strong reasons why they want them?

My OB doesn't start them until 38w either, so this past appointment was the first one.  I wanted it this time, because given my history with a prior c-sec, I was anxious to know if anything was happenning, and if not, what to do in terms of considering a RCS.  Now that I have a RCS scheduled, I think I'm going to skip the check at my 39w appointment because it just doesn't matter at this point.


Maybe just for funsies?

AmandaJean12

pushgal84 said:

On the topic of cervical checks, my OB doesn't do them until 38wks, unless there's something concerning. Would I be crazy to turn them down at my 38 and 39wk appts? Baby's going to arrive when he wants to. It's like opening the oven to check on a pie before the time is up. I'm sure at my 40 wk they'll want to start taking induction, so at that point I would like to know if my lady bits are "ripe" and ready to rock 'n roll. Anyone else refusing the checks or have strong reasons why they want them?

I asked before she did mine this week and my OB said it's mainly to set a baseline, so they have a more accurate picture of how things are changing during active labor. I don't know if thay would be enough of a reason for you, but I went with it.

pushgal84

I don't want to take a shower. More accurately, I don't want to do my hair, get dressed, and put on make-up after I'm done showering. However, it's the only thing standing between my mouth and cheesecake factory.

MissMandyD

Yesterday was my last day at work and it was 13 hours long and the day before was 12 hours. Today I am glued to the couch watching movie after movie with huge swollen feet and a really sore back. I now understand completely why my doctor told me not to work my gala. 

I feel like I can finally breath a sign of relief. 

Happy to be moving on to the next chapter in my life. Yeah! 

AmandaJean12

DH is an only child of a single mom who was recent diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia. But we had never seen the dementia the nurses talk about, until today. He's there to see her and she won't talk to him because she thinks people are listening. :-S This was going to be hard whenever it happened, but he is texting me and just wants her to hold on a few weeks to meet the baby... So now I'm bawling. I feel so helpless.

MuffinMom14

I don't know if I should have put this in the FFFC thread or what, but I was feeling it yesterday, and now that today, there is judgement thrown around in the FFFC, I am starting to feel like I don't want to be as open with my posting as I was (I've been pretty fucking open), because having someone here who is only here to judge and start shit, while reading some pretty deep thoughts is disturbing to me.

I know it's the internet, and it's a public forum, but lurkers are one thing. People who are openly hostile are something else.

MuffinMom14

Nicb13 said:

So that ARNP from last week freaked me out for nothing. Baby is measuring perfectly, my fluid levels are good and so is my BP. I actually get to go into labor on my own and not be induced!

He did say that most likely this baby would be big like DS and during the u/s he even said "whoa....her head is um...BIG!". Great.

All good news for me today!

aminalex

AmandaJean12 said:

DH is an only child of a single mom who was recent diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia. But we had never seen the dementia the nurses talk about, until today. He's there to see her and she won't talk to him because she thinks people are listening. :-S This was going to be hard whenever it happened, but he is texting me and just wants her to hold on a few weeks to meet the baby... So now I'm bawling. I feel so helpless.

I'm sorry to hear this. Having a loved one go through this is very very hard (both my grandmothers had dementia). I just wanted to let you know that (and I don't know your specific situation), but there are good days too. One of my grandmothers went to my cousin's wedding while diagnosed with dementia. I remember her dancing and saying "I don't know who you are but you're so nice!" It was an oddly sweet moment. She lived for years and years after that.

trisharenee0316

AmandaJean12 said:

DH is an only child of a single mom who was recent diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia. But we had never seen the dementia the nurses talk about, until today. He's there to see her and she won't talk to him because she thinks people are listening. :-S This was going to be hard whenever it happened, but he is texting me and just wants her to hold on a few weeks to meet the baby... So now I'm bawling. I feel so helpless.

I was trying to ignore this, not because it's bad but because my pregmotions can't handle this.  I'm so sorry for your H that he has to go through this and I can totally understand how you're feeling.  I do hope for all of your sakes that his mom is able to hang on and get a chance to meet her grandbaby.  And take lots of pictures so your LO will always be able to see and grow up with the image of her grandma.

angeltennis3

I'm starting to get ragey about people who can't see a person beyond my pregnant belly. The one that is annoying me the most is my mother. Last weekend, I was doing laundry at home. My & DH's clothes. She got all misty eyed and called it "nesting". WTF. I have 2 pair of maternity dress pants. I literally HAVE to do laundry every weekend.

Then today, we had a dead tree in our yard (see previous post) that is finally getting cut down. We started this process months ago, and today was just the day they happened to be able to schedule it. I texted my mom...and she goes "I think you are officially nesting!". Um...no. I sat on my ass on the couch on TB while they cut down the tree. I haven't showered today and the only productive thing I have done is take some empty boxes out to the trash can.

Literally every stranger I run into lately has asked me all about the baby. I know they are just being polite and friendly, and something about a huge pregnant woman makes people feel warm and fuzzy, so I try to let it role off my shoulders, but on top of all the people I talk to regularly only wanting to talk about my upcoming event of pushing a child out of my vagina, it's all starting to annoy me.

End rant.

Jennifer18131

mrscjmb9410 said:

So, back story... In the small ass farm town that I live in, there used to be a big factory and at 7 am, noon, 1, and 3 they would turn on the siren to start and end the shifts. The factory has been closed for a long time but the town still does it for tradition. They have been doing repairs on that siren so they haven't been doing it for a month or so. But today they are fixed... I was driving through the square and there was a guy wearing a football shirt for the local college, the noon siren went off and he hit the ground, covered his head, and started screaming. There were two car accidents because everyone was laughing at him. It was so funny!

Omg. I feel so bad for that guy. I read this and immediately thought PTSD. But most of my family is/was military.

That's exactly what I thought, too. 

aander6

MRSclarke08 said:

scottysgirl77 said:

So, back story... In the small ass farm town that I live in, there used to be a big factory and at 7 am, noon, 1, and 3 they would turn on the siren to start and end the shifts. The factory has been closed for a long time but the town still does it for tradition. They have been doing repairs on that siren so they haven't been doing it for a month or so. But today they are fixed... I was driving through the square and there was a guy wearing a football shirt for the local college, the noon siren went off and he hit the ground, covered his head, and started screaming. There were two car accidents because everyone was laughing at him. It was so funny!

Wow!  That's quite the reaction!  Makes me wonder what has happened in his life to make him respond like that! 


This was my thought maybe it wasn't funny because he was a vet with PTSD.

DreadGamerWife

OB's office just called.  Blood test results are normal so as long as the BP doesn't rise too much over the weekend, Schroeder gets to keep cooking for at least few more days!  Next pre-e check will be on Tuesday.

pushgal84

theresat858 said:

FamousEa said:

pushgal84 said:

I don't want to take a shower. More accurately, I don't want to do my hair, get dressed, and put on make-up after I'm done showering. However, it's the only thing standing between my mouth and cheesecake factory.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???? Get your behind in that shower!!!

Or go to cheesecake factory without showering. That's what I would do.


My cervix might not be ripe, but the rest of me is! Between skipping showering yesterday, the heat, night sweats, and all the chores I've been doing, I'll do the public a favor and hose myself down.

aminalex

i haven't done any work in 3 hours. now i'm on the phone with a colleague and she's talking to me about her computer problems (i'm in IT) and all i want to do is take this pen and jam it through my temples.

but if i did that i couldn't eat chocolate covered pretzels...

what to do? what to do?

golfingdarwinfish

Jennifer18131 said:

mrscjmb9410 said:

scottysgirl77 said:

So, back story... In the small ass farm town that I live in, there used to be a big factory and at 7 am, noon, 1, and 3 they would turn on the siren to start and end the shifts. The factory has been closed for a long time but the town still does it for tradition. They have been doing repairs on that siren so they haven't been doing it for a month or so. But today they are fixed... I was driving through the square and there was a guy wearing a football shirt for the local college, the noon siren went off and he hit the ground, covered his head, and started screaming. There were two car accidents because everyone was laughing at him. It was so funny!

Omg. I feel so bad for that guy. I read this and immediately thought PTSD. But most of my family is/was military.

That's exactly what I thought, too. 

Same here. I feel bad for the guy, not for the people laughing.....

pushgal84

FamousEa said:

Maybe I'm just a debbie downer, bitter betty, fun suck whatever you want to call it but I don't find those remakes of popular songs funny. Like the "I'm so fancy song "but instead I'm so pregnant. Or the most awful one of that LMFAO song "I'm sexy and I know
It"... The newest one is of that "all about that bass" song. I can do without thankyouverymuch.

I'm with ya 100%. I actually mentioned the same thing in UO yesterday. The lyrics aren't even clever and just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean it's funny. Leave the parodies up to Weird Al....

SusieBW

Nicb13 said:

mrscjmb9410 said:

So, back story... In the small ass farm town that I live in, there used to be a big factory and at 7 am, noon, 1, and 3 they would turn on the siren to start and end the shifts. The factory has been closed for a long time but the town still does it for tradition. They have been doing repairs on that siren so they haven't been doing it for a month or so. But today they are fixed... I was driving through the square and there was a guy wearing a football shirt for the local college, the noon siren went off and he hit the ground, covered his head, and started screaming. There were two car accidents because everyone was laughing at him. It was so funny!

Omg. I feel so bad for that guy. I read this and immediately thought PTSD. But most of my family is/was military.

Dude, how is this funny?! It's sad.

Agreed, I don't see that as funny at all.  The dude being a vet is the first thing I thought of, too.  It's scary.

golfingdarwinfish

AmandaJean12 said:

DH is an only child of a single mom who was recent diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia. But we had never seen the dementia the nurses talk about, until today. He's there to see her and she won't talk to him because she thinks people are listening. :-S This was going to be hard whenever it happened, but he is texting me and just wants her to hold on a few weeks to meet the baby... So now I'm bawling. I feel so helpless.

I'm so sorry you and DH are going through this. I've worked on a few drugs being developed for AD, and it was the most difficult programs I've worked on emotionally, partly because of the pain and suffering of the caregivers and family. I've seen patients live months and years with the diagnosis, and hopefully his mom will be one of those, and you will be able to fill her room with pictures of her grandchild.

Saragoeswest

I just watched the Kardashians episode in which Kim and Kourtney trick the family into eating placenta. Their faces! Dying.

trisharenee0316

Saragoeswest said:

I just watched the Kardashians episode in which Kim and Kourtney trick the family into eating placenta. Their faces! Dying.

I would have been so upset if I was one of those family members.  I mean, I guess in the abstract it's funny and I pretty much hate that whole family so if they freaked out, I'd be amused.  But that reminds me of those situations where some food service worker will jizz into someone's food and how horrifying that is.  It seems icky to have someone unknowingly eat anything, much less biological product.

hgielrebmik

I just realized I forgot to ask about my group B results at my appt today. Totally slipped my mind and dr didn't mention it. The test was last Friday, they should have results by now, right?

ETA: I called and its Negative! Happy dance bc I had it with DD and DS! \:D/

Saragoeswest

trisharenee0316 said:

Saragoeswest said:

I just watched the Kardashians episode in which Kim and Kourtney trick the family into eating placenta. Their faces! Dying.

I would have been so upset if I was one of those family members.  I mean, I guess in the abstract it's funny and I pretty much hate that whole family so if they freaked out, I'd be amused.  But that reminds me of those situations where some food service worker will jizz into someone's food and how horrifying that is.  It seems icky to have someone unknowingly eat anything, much less biological product.

-

I feel ya, boo. If my sister did that to me I would be livid.

angeltennis3

SusieBW said:

Nicb13 said:

mrscjmb9410 said:

So, back story... In the small ass farm town that I live in, there used to be a big factory and at 7 am, noon, 1, and 3 they would turn on the siren to start and end the shifts. The factory has been closed for a long time but the town still does it for tradition. They have been doing repairs on that siren so they haven't been doing it for a month or so. But today they are fixed... I was driving through the square and there was a guy wearing a football shirt for the local college, the noon siren went off and he hit the ground, covered his head, and started screaming. There were two car accidents because everyone was laughing at him. It was so funny!

Omg. I feel so bad for that guy. I read this and immediately thought PTSD. But most of my family is/was military.

Dude, how is this funny?! It's sad.

Agreed, I don't see that as funny at all.  The dude being a vet is the first thing I thought of, too.  It's scary.

Yeah...I feel really bad for that guy. That is a pretty extreme reaction that wouldn't be just because he got startled. There is clearly a reason for that type of reaction.

golfingdarwinfish

I'm waiting for BPP and NST, and there's a couple in the waiting room acting like they're about to have sex. WTF?!? This is a place of learned doctors (movie quote) and patients that don't want to see you getting it on in a waiting room. Distract yourselves with the iMacs that are here for your amusement. This is not the place for your sexy party.

trisharenee0316

golfingdarwinfish said:

I'm waiting for BPP and NST, and there's a couple in the waiting room acting like they're about to have sex. WTF?!? This is a place of learned doctors (movie quote) and patients that don't want to see you getting it on in a waiting room. Distract yourselves with the iMacs that are here for your amusement. This is not the place for your sexy party.

trisharenee0316

Also FFFC related to that pic: I saw your original post in the FFFC thread and was waiting for you to repost here so I could toss that pic up.

Saragoeswest

@golfingdarwinfish‌ there are iMacs? Where do you go-- the Buckingham palace of OB offices?! My OB's office has effing Christmas lights hanging up! Inside! And they've been there my whole pregnancy! There was a gun magazine in the changing room for my reading pleasure! Gah. I have got to get out of this town.