Tuesday Randoms

jgrace82

I'm always sooo nervous before a Dr. Appointment knowing they will be looking for the heartbeat. I love that sound but it's so damn nerve wracking. Off to one this afternoon!

criley232

T & P for everyone with appts and to family members who need them.

The name thing drives me bonkers sorry for everyone dealing with that. I have pushed the name thing off until we know the sex.

My random: I got an email from my insurance telling me I have a referral to see a perinatal specialist. I had no idea the referral was being put in so now I'm confused. I know I'm high risk from complications with my daughter. I had pre eclampsia but I never even saw a specialist for her so I am waitj g for them to return my call to figure out Wtf is going on since at my last appt on the 6th the Dr said all my labs came back fine.

apbogan

This might be of UO, but I don't know what I would do if we didn't have our fetal monitor. I know it's not the end all and be all but it's become routine every night to "listen to the baby" in bed before we go to sleep. I love that sound.

hismunchie

At 14 weeks pregnant my clothes fit much looser than they did prior to pregnancy. Thanks all day morning sickness :-S

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @wineandcake‌

apbogan

Sonoline B. I had problems one time @officedronette and I chalked it up to me looking too high or too low then I found him later that night. That seems to be the best time. Now I can pretty much hit him spot on, then he moves and I lose it and we laugh about it. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. 

ETA - I was a wino, so I have a belly on me pre-pg and I'm considered overweight. No issues.

ahsile10

gah! so my doctor's office has this online portal where you can go see lab results and make appointments and all that. Well I randomly logged on there and saw "new test result available."

I clicked and it said "external lab - final result - detailed information not available." I can only assume this is my Panorama. They did tell me they would have to give me the results over the phone, but I didn't know it would show a notification. 

I know they said they would call me, but I CANNOT wait. I am calling to ask about it. Of course I will have to leave a message and get a call back... I have butterflies now.

amc1087

officedronette said:

@apbogan  I am so so on the fence about one.  If I could find the hb, I'm sure it would be calming, but I think having one and not being able to find the hb would send me into a full-blown panic.  

I'm a bit chubby, and so I worry it would just be hard to find it, and I'm already so nervous that I don't want to do anything to make it worse.  

@officedronette: My doc is super duper against her patients purchasing one for this exact reason. Fetuses are super finicky and flit about quite a bit and it can be difficult for non-medical professionals to find the heartbeat. I'm sure she doesn't want to be fielding calls from patients at all hours that something is wrong because they couldn't locate the hb with a home doppler! 

Simultaneously, I want one so badly! Can't wait until I start feeling the baby move.

foreverMorgan

Happy Birthday! @wineandcake‌

I told DH that I want to go back to work after this baby and the response I get - "then why are we having this baby?!" Eww! I've been home for 7 years. In that time I worked part-time and went to grad school. I need something else in my life and there's only so much volunteering I can do. Thanks for the support, DH.

MissJennC15

So far my day has consisted of making eggs for breakfast & dropping them on the floor immediately. Dogs ate them. Then decided to make soup & started crumbling crackers into it. This ENORMOUS spider crawled out of the previously sealed box. Spat out my first spoonful & threw everything out.

I'm hungry. Ha!

ahsile10

Well that was quick. and I finally got to click on something on the announce the sex poll!

The results came back low risk!

and...

We're having another girl!

DD is going to be SO excited.

sharebear05

ahsile10 !

amc1087

officedronette said:

amc1087 said:

officedronette said:

@apbogan  I am so so on the fence about one.  If I could find the hb, I'm sure it would be calming, but I think having one and not being able to find the hb would send me into a full-blown panic.  

I'm a bit chubby, and so I worry it would just be hard to find it, and I'm already so nervous that I don't want to do anything to make it worse.  

@officedronette: My doc is super duper against her patients purchasing one for this exact reason. Fetuses are super finicky and flit about quite a bit and it can be difficult for non-medical professionals to find the heartbeat. I'm sure she doesn't want to be fielding calls from patients at all hours that something is wrong because they couldn't locate the hb with a home doppler! 

Simultaneously, I want one so badly! Can't wait until I start feeling the baby move.

@amc1087  Yes and YES.  My doctor said the same thing when I mentioned it.  She was like please please don't.  You will drive yourself nuts.  

@sassycassieb  Thanks.  I think I'm so worried about it because there was another thread awhile ago about feeling the uterus, and a bunch of the ladies were heavier than I am by a decent margin but could feel their ute, and I still for the life of me can't find where it is/begins/ends.  I don't know if I have particularly dense flub or what (and I do think I'm getting a decent amount of scar tissue in some spots on the belly thanks to my lovenox shots), but it made me concerned for the doppler implications.  

Try not to fret about the B+.  In 10 years, will you still care?  (And now pretend I didn't say that and go care about your papers.  :P)

@officedronette: I am a size 4-6 and I can't feel my uterus. If I can, I have no idea. I think it all depends on your body. I know some people carry towards the back, some people toward the front. I wouldn't sweat it, though I know it's easier said than done.

tigerlynx31413

babycarb said:

I think a lot of our parents need a friendly reminder that they already had their chance at naming a baby. This is OUR chance and they better respect it. It gets me so worked up. 

My mom got her "friendly" reminder when we announced our girls name would be Lillian Sue. She asked where her Rebecca Victoria was (she was going to name me either of those, but my dad got to pick my name since she picked my brother's). I told her it's not on the list anymore. Our last name has 10 letters. I would feel awful doing that to a child.

lovealwaysalison

I really don't want to be at work today. I got sucked into a new book last night (Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Taryn Fisher) and all I want to do is curl up with my kindle and cuddle my dog. I feel like I've lost all motivation to be at work for the past two weeks. I hope I snap out of it soon or this is going to be a long, miserable wait for my maternity leave.

On a more positive note, happy birthday @wineandcake!! 

CoachTsWife

NT scan went great! 1.8 was the measurement of the fluid behind the neck, heart rate was 158. I cannot express how relieved we were to catch a glimpse! Afterwards, we just stood in the lobby admiring the photos in awe, it's such an amazing experience. Now to wait two weeks for the rest of the results....

SlurpeeLove

I'm having baby shower drama and I need advice.

My MIL called over the weekend and wants to throw us a baby shower.  I thought this would be a great idea.  She's generally not involved in our lives and I could tell that my DH was really excited by the prospect of it.  It would be extended family, most of whom I have never met, but being as this is our first, I thought we could really use as much as possible for the baby (greedy, I know).

I mentioned the baby shower to my sister in passing and she got upset because she was going to throw us a baby shower.  She's really upset because my MIL is never involved in any family stuff and every time she's been invited to meet with my family, she blows it off at the last second.  She did this for our engagement party and Thanksgiving this year.  My sister is also upset because that baby shower would be held in Michigan and my whole family lives in Florida.  We live in Illinois, so any baby shower by our families would require traveling of some sort.

I can tell my sister is really upset but I just don't understand why we can't have two baby showers.  I think it has more to do with the fact that my MIL wouldn't invite my family and my sister would invite my DH's family.  I just don't get it.  Any advice? 

ifwisheswerefishes

Happy birthday, @wineandcake! Hope your DH gets his butt in gear and makes your day amazing!

We are expecting BIG name push-back from the ILs too, mostly because only our girl name is a name from DH's family, and MIL is a major twat who thinks that all names should be from their family's side and nothing else ever. 

Girl: Scarlet Clara (after DH's great-grandmother) 

Boy: Declan William 

RWPhoenix

I swear I just felt the baby move. I'm sitting here, watching mindless TV, sipping a smoothie, and I feel this swirling feeling in my ute region. Hi lil Drax (our nickname for the baby).

ahsile10

tla0623 said:

Rant.  I bought cupcakes to announce to my office today and they looked so good (oreo) and the stupid icing in that fluffy crap.  I like the buttercream icing that leaves a coating of grease on the roof of your mouth and these were not them. It's a hard knock life.

@tla0623

Thanks!! I'm so excited about shopping now! Though I have been saying I would be happy to have another girl because I can reuse all the clothes we have and save $$$. Hmm... Probably should have kept my mouth shut.

So... I have to ask, what did you do to go along with the cupcakes to announce?

I was just searching for creative ways to "annouce" at work. There are basically about 5 of us in here on the regular, and the only other woman actually IN the office here already knows. Her daughter is due 5 days before me so we've been sharing stories. So basically, I'm trying to come up with a way to tell my boss and another manager and a few others, mostly random sales reps, who are in and out of the office without just saying "oh hey, by the way..."

apbogan

SlurpeeLove said:

I'm having baby shower drama and I need advice.

My MIL called over the weekend and wants to throw us a baby shower.  I thought this would be a great idea.  She's generally not involved in our lives and I could tell that my DH was really excited by the prospect of it.  It would be extended family, most of whom I have never met, but being as this is our first, I thought we could really use as much as possible for the baby (greedy, I know).

I mentioned the baby shower to my sister in passing and she got upset because she was going to throw us a baby shower.  She's really upset because my MIL is never involved in any family stuff and every time she's been invited to meet with my family, she blows it off at the last second.  She did this for our engagement party and Thanksgiving this year.  My sister is also upset because that baby shower would be held in Michigan and my whole family lives in Florida.  We live in Illinois, so any baby shower by our families would require traveling of some sort.

I can tell my sister is really upset but I just don't understand why we can't have two baby showers.  I think it has more to do with the fact that my MIL wouldn't invite my family and my sister would invite my DH's family.  I just don't get it.  Any advice? 

Um, absolutely have two showers. My sister did this to me for the wedding. My IL's suggested throwing one first and she got all pissy. Who said I can't have two showers? Just make sure the lists don't cross. Doesn't sound like MIL will invite your side of the family anyway... 

c-elizabethf

I was bored and decided to read this GBCB on may 15 

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12519666/leaving#latest

The stupid new rules will make it hard to deal with these kind of things.

SlurpeeLove

LMAO.  Well now I was talking to my sister and she's changed her mind.  She said not to say anything to MIL because she probably wouldn't come to the baby shower in Florida anyways and to just have two.  I just have to tell her the date so they don't end up on the same weekend.  I don't know what just happened, but okay...

So I guess disregard my last post?  Maybe she was just shocked?  I know I was. LOL

ahsile10

@tla0623 I LOVE it! 

That will go perfectly with some doughnuts!

RWPhoenix

@SlurpeeLove I had two showers for both my wedding and DD. One was local and one was in PA where my extended family live. There is nothing wrong with two showers!

Mackalack

I'm sitting here almost in tears looking back to photos of 3 years ago.  3 years ago today, I was admitted into the hospital to have DD due to my pre-e.  I cannot believe how quickly these 3 years have gone.  Tomorrow, I have a full on pre-schooler... no more toddler.  My sweet baby girl.  

SlurpeeLove

LadyAnnibal said:

14 weeks guys! I made it to second tri!!!

How did telling your mom go?  I hope it went better than you thought.

ahsile10

Wow. This just happened this morning. What is wrong with people?

https://www.wave3.com/story/27838626/parent-confronted-by-gunman-outside-prospect-daycare-police-searching-for-suspect

catahoulatte

@MissJennC15 OMFG. Burn down the house.

EmMilAlly

Last night I dreamt that I bought face wash at the store and when I got home it had turned into a can of frosting with some bundles of green onions rubber banded to it. So strange, but now I want a can of either funfetti or cream cheese frosting!

Hbd @wineandcake‌ !

@amc1087‌ and @officedronette‌ - I can't feel my uterus either and I'm smallish without a lot of tone to my stomach. If there was something hard in there, I would think it would be easy to feel by now! Glad I'm not the only one...

usermovedon

I'm going to rant, I'm sorry.

We still don't have heat. We managed to sleep warm last night but the house is slowly getting colder and now I'm legit worried about a pipe breaking. We had everything dripping but now the water is off while DH searches around town for a part. It's 18 degrees and maybe going to be negative tonight. I'm doing my best to not be pissed at DH for fucking with the boiler in the first place. And then he brought home lunch after his last part run and he FORGOT THE RANCH. Criminal, right?

Ugh. Ok. Done. I feel better.

ahsile10

sorry @mtsue

Hope you get it fixed! I would probably kick DH out if I asked for ranch and he forgot it.

usermovedon

ahsile10 said:

sorry @mtsue

Hope you get it fixed! I would probably kick DH out if I asked for ranch and he forgot it.

We just made up over the phone and he's like, lesson learned, don't come between a pregnant woman and her ranch dressing.

Yup.

dreinhardt

I spoke with my boss about potential work schedules after I come back from maternity leave. Our first option would be to work from home half the week and still get full pay. Second would be half-time/part-time. I'm secretly hoping they say no to work at home. It's hard because my husband wants me to work full-time and I don't want to. But he is able to compromise and is open to me working part-time. I just love that man!!! Can't wait to see what my work is open to. Hopefully they don't come back saying no on everything.

usermovedon

babymamabeth said:

happiest of birthdays, @wineandcake!!!

we've taken to telling people our kid will either be named Xena Princess Warrior Lastname, or Spartacus Lombardi Lastname. it makes people giggle and the conversation moves on easily enough.

we started after christmas, when we announced to our inlaws and my FIL threw a drunken fit about our boy name. we've chosen William (nn Will) Hunter (my dad and DH's grandfather are both William, and Hunter is DH's name/a family name passed down through 4 generations). we were both really hurt when FIL blew up about it, because obviously the name is really meaningful for both of us. so Spartacus and Xena it is, for now!

This is awesome (not that your FIL was a jerk), but Spartacus or Xena. You've inspired me. From now on it's Walker for a girl and Texas Ranger if it's a boy.

SamiReeves

I'm a size 3 and 15+2 and can't feel my uterus. I thought I felt the baby for a millisecond yesterday but I don't know. This is my first pregnancy and don't know anything. Lol

SamiReeves

happy birthday @wineandcake‌ ! <:-P

SAHMommie

MegJay1115 said:

I am 14 weeks and 4 days and have had appointments every 3 weeks since I was 5-6. You need to speak up @SAHmommy‌ !

Oh I have. I told the this was absolutely ridiculous but I'm really not sure what else I can do besides calling everyday to see if there's a cancelation I could take.

oneblessedmess

I have been craving tart-flavored fro yo like nobody's business, but the nearest fro yo place (Red Mango) isn't close enough to justify me driving there all the time. I finally found a store bought fro yo that is tart and tangy the way I like it, not sweet like ice cream! Happy dance!!

ChristyM87

kristhegirl said:

@SamiReeves I'm not telling you how to live your life, but your uterus gets hard when you orgasm and would be easier to feel at that point.

Hmmm I think I can feel mine but not 100% sure. Now you give me ideas

Laurie12820

This is not directed toward anyone specific, this is in general.  It annoys me when people call the stomach bug/norovirus the "flu".  No, the flu is influenza which has nothing to do with your GI distress.  I don't know why it bothers me that much, but, it does.  Dumb pregnancy hormones, lol.