I used to go to Starbucks everyday but tried to avoid caffeine completely during the first trimester because I've always been very sensitive to it. I've gone in a couple of times here and there but not daily. Today I went in to order a tea that I've been craving since I saw someone with one at the fireworks this weekend and my favorite batista was there. They weren't busy so we started talking and she asked where I've been lately so I told her the good news that I'm pregnant thinking she'd be happy for me, especially since her own baby is due next month. Instead of her being excited I got a FREAKING LECTURE about how green tea blocks the absorption of folates and how she shouldn't even be making it for me because I should know better than to be drinking something that could harm my baby.
I was so mad I wanted to take my tip out of the jar, but I grabbed my drink when it was done and just left. PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND I'M NOT GOING THERE ANYMORE.
I used to go to Starbucks everyday but tried to avoid caffeine completely during the first trimester because I've always been very sensitive to it. I've gone in a couple of times here and there but not daily. Today I went in to order a tea that I've been craving since I saw someone with one at the fireworks this weekend and my favorite batista was there. They weren't busy so we started talking and she asked where I've been lately so I told her the good news that I'm pregnant thinking she'd be happy for me, especially since her own baby is due next month. Instead of her being excited I got a FREAKING LECTURE about how green tea blocks the absorption of folates and how she shouldn't even be making it for me because I should know better than to be drinking something that could harm my baby.
I was so mad I wanted to take my tip out of the jar, but I grabbed my drink when it was done and just left. PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND I'M NOT GOING THERE ANYMORE.
I want to break her face for you. Gotta love unsolicited advice from a (pretty much) stranger!
I used to go to Starbucks everyday but tried to avoid caffeine completely during the first trimester because I've always been very sensitive to it. I've gone in a couple of times here and there but not daily. Today I went in to order a tea that I've been craving since I saw someone with one at the fireworks this weekend and my favorite batista was there. They weren't busy so we started talking and she asked where I've been lately so I told her the good news that I'm pregnant thinking she'd be happy for me, especially since her own baby is due next month. Instead of her being excited I got a FREAKING LECTURE about how green tea blocks the absorption of folates and how she shouldn't even be making it for me because I should know better than to be drinking something that could harm my baby.
I was so mad I wanted to take my tip out of the jar, but I grabbed my drink when it was done and just left. PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND I'M NOT GOING THERE ANYMORE.
That sucks! It makes you feel any better, I read today in the news that Starbucks is upping their prices this week.
DH has our a/c set to be on 75 when he leaves for work and then go down to 73 about an hour before he gets home. DD's room is one of the warmest in the house, so I have to manually turn it down to 72 so that she can take her nap and it's not too hot for her. I asked him about setting the a/c to be on 72 for us during the day, and he said that I would be able to figure it out.
I tried to set it today because we've been in the upper 90s here lately. I thought I had done it, although there are no instructions for me to read first. Apparently, all I did was change the time on it when I thought I was programming it to be at 72 at 10:30 in the morning.
When DH got home, he said the time was all messed up. I told him that I thought I had programmed it and he said that I should have been able to figure it out. He kept talking about how easy it is to do, and finally I yelled at him that apparently it's not because all I did was mess it up. Then I went and locked myself in the bathroom and cried for 10 minutes.
Boy am I bitchy today. DirectTV told me that Fame was on at 9 pm. I just spent 25 damn minutes watching some movie that is NOT Fame while wondering wtf was going on for all of the sudden the tv guide to change what it said was on! I was really excited to watch it too.
@redfallon I'm sorry I totally would have yelled and him and cried to. If it's do freaking easy then why couldn't he just do it in the first place?!
Yes, thank you! Then he got mad at me because I was upset at him. After I'd calmed down, I told him that yelling at me didn't make me feel any better and that I have pregnant hormones right now. I told him that instead of getting upset at me being mad at him, he should just say Ok, I'm sorry, and that's it. He said that he can get upset, too. I told him that he's not pregnant, so it doesn't count right now.
At this point, we were calmed down and he was laughing about it.
I ripped my scrub pants today... I only have two pairs. I went to get my other pair and they too were coming apart at the seams so I had to hurry and sew them so I could get to work. I was late, forgot breakfast, and didn't have time to make me a lunch. So now I need new pants and they aren't very cheap. Also husband made a promise that he'd for the most part quit drinking during my pregnancy unless it was a holiday or special occasion to save money and just be more healthy. He just HAD to buy beer tonight even though he got to drink all Saturday. Alcoholism runs in his family and it worries me because I could see it happening to him and that is the only thing that I think could ever break up our marriage. I just feel so hormonal today. Ughhhhh
@BostonBaby1 Are you serious?! They're already so expensive. Husband used to get so mad that I even had a Starbucks envelope for our budget lol Guess I'll be making my own drinks at home after baby comes!
@BostonBaby1 Are you serious?! They're already so expensive. Husband used to get so mad that I even had a Starbucks envelope for our budget lol Guess I'll be making my own drinks at home after baby comes!
Hi, I'm new here and I have a Monday rant. Why is it that people I know who have kids always say to me, "are you sure you are ready for this?" It makes me want to freak out on them. What do you mean!? Am I sure!? What I want to say it this: I am a 29 year old woman who has been married for 9yrs. I just graduated with a law degree and this WAS a planned pregnancy. Yes, I am sure that this IS what I want and I am as ready as any first time mother can be. What do they expect me to say? "Yes, you are right. Let me go back out of this before its too late."
Hi, I'm new here and I have a Monday rant. Why is it that people I know who have kids always say to me, "are you sure you are ready for this?" It makes me want to freak out on them. What do you mean!? Am I sure!? What I want to say it this: I am a 29 year old woman who has been married for 9yrs. I just graduated with a law degree and this WAS a planned pregnancy. Yes, I am sure that this IS what I want and I am as ready as any first time mother can be. What do they expect me to say? "Yes, you are right. Let me go back out of this before its too late."
I'm sorry to laugh… That would be very frustrating! But it is sort of funny considering the circumstances.
Okay so when someone asks me "how have you been feeling?" (Usually a coworker) and I reply with "tired" or "my back hurts" or whatever the hell else I say, please don't say "oh just wait until..." or "this is nothing wait till the baby actually gets here" or "wait until your third trimester" I EFFING KNOW! YOU asked ME to tell you how I'm feeling. I know I am incredibly blessed. I know things will get worse. That does not make what I am feeling any better. Blahh!
Also. I work with a girl who is pregnant. I am not friends with her but I am a server/bartender at a restaurant and people talk and she also thinks we have this pregnant girl bond, I don't know, whatever. So, I KNOW for a fact she has been drinking, smoking cigarettes and pot throughout her entire pregnancy and ocassional popping pills. She is constantly telling people about her baby daddy drama and stuff. Look I know this sounds judgemental but I don't even give a crap. The thing that makes me mad is while alllllll this is going on, SHE gives ME unsolicited advice. I mean CONSTANTLY. She acts like she's mom of the friggin year. She acts like I didn't see her drinking a straw ber Rita a few weeks ago. Give me a break! I feel guilty for drinking a little caffiene, you did drugs tonight. Please leave me alone.
I also need to complain about people who eat dinner after 8 pm!!!! I eat dinner with BFs grandparents 3 to 4 nights a week (BF works nights) and dinner is almost never ready until 8 pm. Everyone else, BF, his grandpa, and myself, has commented on the time to his grandmother who refuses to let anyone else cook and said we like to eat earlier. I sometimes just end up making my own but she gets mad then! I can't win!
Edited because I got ahead of myself when typing
Oohhhh I feel ya on this one. Hubs and I love hanging out with our friends (younger than us) and they don't eat til 8-9...I just can't do that!!! We eat between 5-6...7 at the LATEST and by latest, I mean aliens came down, tried to take over the world and we just got finished fending them off I take a snack with me and eat it...when asked I answer honestly. I don't eat as late as you so I need to eat something now. Good luck!
First off, @BostonBaby1 's depo-provera comment just won the internet. Now that I'm going thru this process, I'm shocked by how often this same thought crosses my mind about irresponsible moms.
My bitch isn't really one, because I'm on a perma-high these days so nothing is getting to me (thx hormones!)
But here's a kind suggestion that anyone starting new threads not name it things like: "am I the only one?" Or "anyone else?" Or "is it just me?"
I completely get it, but try to include a subject word in your title from now on so dummies like me can keep up with you girls
I forgot my hubby's dinner on the counter instead of putting it in the fridge like I always do. Needless to say he wasn't to happy when he got home. (I made chicken so it gets bad after a certain amount of time) He was super cranky after that but it's fine I'm just carrying your child around with me everywhere I go and God forbid I forget something. Which is a common occurrence. I really do feel awful and started crying over it. I'm pregnant give me a break!! Please
First off, @BostonBaby1 's depo-provera comment just won the internet. Now that I'm going thru this process, I'm shocked by how often this same thought crosses my mind about irresponsible moms.
My bitch isn't really one, because I'm on a perma-high these days so nothing is getting to me (thx hormones!)
But here's a kind suggestion that anyone starting new threads not name it things like: "am I the only one?" Or "anyone else?" Or "is it just me?"
I completely get it, but try to include a subject word in your title from now on so dummies like me can keep up with you girls
Okay so when someone asks me "how have you been feeling?" (Usually a coworker) and I reply with "tired" or "my back hurts" or whatever the hell else I say, please don't say "oh just wait until..." or "this is nothing wait till the baby actually gets here" or "wait until your third trimester" I EFFING KNOW! YOU asked ME to tell you how I'm feeling. I know I am incredibly blessed. I know things will get worse. That does not make what I am feeling any better. Blahh!
Honestly, I'm just sick of that being the first (and sometimes only) question people ask me. How am I feeling? Well I'm currently upright, so it's a good day!
When people harp on about how excited i must be for my 20 weeks scan to finally find out if im having a boy or girl..... um no im actually pretty nervous and anxious! the scan is pretty in depth, and could possible point out any serious problems with my baby! Sorry to be a downer but i cant say it to them so i will have to rant here i literally do think people think you go in just for the reason to find out what sex baby is.
@holly1811 I feel the exact same way. I'm sure all is well with our LO's but it's still nerve wrecking to the extreme! We haven't announced publicly yet because I'm a worry wart. Only close family/ friends know.
On another note, I wish I could sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night because I'm STARVING and then it takes forever to get back to sleep. And it's hot. And I could very easily eat pizza for every meal but I was like that before I got knocked up. I also have a toddler to feed and baby in my belly so alas, I'll eat something with substance.
Edited to add that I'm also hanging out of all of my bras. Like when you bend over & have to adjust yourself because your jugs are huge and the bra cannot contain them anymore. And I'm not buying new ones until my milk comes in because I feel like it's a waste of money. So I guess I'll be in sports bras at home!
When people harp on about how excited i must be for my 20 weeks scan to finally find out if im having a boy or girl..... um no im actually pretty nervous and anxious! the scan is pretty in depth, and could possible point out any serious problems with my baby! Sorry to be a downer but i cant say it to them so i will have to rant here i literally do think people think you go in just for the reason to find out what sex baby is.
Exact same boat here. I'm getting my scan done at the high risk clinic at the children's hospital nearby, which is pretty high tech. There's a risk of finding the beginning of cleft lip/palate in my 20 week scan, so I'm nervous about that because I personally have no experience around a child with it or the related issues. When people ask, I just usually say "I'm excited to find out they're growing and healthy. The sex is just the cherry on top."
I know it's Tuesday but my bitch is that one of my husband's good friends wife felt the need to tell people that I've been drinking while pregnant. Um no. I had ONE SIP of my husband's craft beer on the Fourth of July. One mouthful! I just wanted to taste it and I'm fully confident that it did no harm as it couldn't have possibly raised my blood alcohol level in the slightest but now I'm so embarrassed that she would think that and spread it around to my husband's parents! I've been extremely paranoid this pregnancy after my last loss and would never do anything that I believed could harm my baby! Makes me so upset that someone could think I would do otherwise.
I know it's Tuesday but my bitch is that one of my husband's good friends wife felt the need to tell people that I've been drinking while pregnant. Um no. I had ONE SIP of my husband's craft beer on the Fourth of July. One mouthful! I just wanted to taste it and I'm fully confident that it did no harm as it couldn't have possibly raised my blood alcohol level in the slightest but now I'm so embarrassed that she would think that and spread it around to my husband's parents! I've been extremely paranoid this pregnancy after my last loss and would never do anything that I believed could harm my baby! Makes me so upset that someone could think I would do otherwise.
I know it's not Monday... But I need somewhere to rant!.... I was supposed to have a doctor appointment Thursday to Meet my obgyn for the FIRST time because my last appointment he couldn't make so I had to see a nurse practitioner instead... Fine and dandy... But now they called today and said "hi we are just calling to confirm your appointment for Wednesday at noon" .... Um... WHAT?! So I politely explained that I thought it was Thursday at 9... She says hold on and talks to any other woman then comes back on the phone and says that they rescheduled my appointment... my doctor can only make it tomorrow at noon... WHY AM I LEARNING THIS THE DAY BEFORE !!! Okay not like I had to take time off of work or anything... Not like I'm halfway through my pregnancy and haven't met the doctor that's going to deliver my baby... I'm freaking out that he won't be able to make it when I'm in labor!!! Ugh...
Update on Magic Mike with the mother: Halfway through, told me she was bored. I also had to explain some of the jokes to her. After the movie, she complained there wasn't enough dialog or acting. I asked what she thought when it was a stripper movie! Apparently, Good Morning America lied to her and she wasn't happy about it. She expected more storyline and love interactions. Haha. I explained they wouldn't show the stripper parts on a morning talk show. She was also upset that Michael Strahan wasn't in it more, meaning Kelly & Michael lied to her. "Too much dancing, not enough clothes, and not enough of a love story. I just didn't like it." So to me, after the movie was better than the movie itself.
This isn't a bitchfest so much as a "dude, what the flip?"
Baby has been kicking up a storm the past ten minutes and striking ONE spot at the front of my uterus. Like, SO could feel it with his hand on that spot. It hurts like a mofo. ...damn soccer player genes.
@BostonBaby1, I called my brother this evening and we just died laughing about it again. Honestly, I don't know what she expected! When we sat down, I asked if she saw the first one, when she said no I said "Eh, no biggie. There won't be much plot to be lost on." She didn't get the hint.
When people harp on about how excited i must be for my 20 weeks scan to finally find out if im having a boy or girl..... um no im actually pretty nervous and anxious! the scan is pretty in depth, and could possible point out any serious problems with my baby! Sorry to be a downer but i cant say it to them so i will have to rant here i literally do think people think you go in just for the reason to find out what sex baby is.
Exact same boat here. I'm getting my scan done at the high risk clinic at the children's hospital nearby, which is pretty high tech. There's a risk of finding the beginning of cleft lip/palate in my 20 week scan, so I'm nervous about that because I personally have no experience around a child with it or the related issues. When people ask, I just usually say "I'm excited to find out they're growing and healthy. The sex is just the cherry on top."
Ladies, I totally understand. I had to have mine today and I'm only 16 weeks and 5 days or 17 weeks and 4 days ( yeah you can already see how fun this became for us) and the whole time the tech was doing the scan I just like couldn't breathe. The doctor had called this morning saying that there may have been spine issues ( why would you tell me that over the phone?!) and that I may need an amnio (which to me means the scary giant needle in my belly, but I'd do it for baby). Thankfully, baby looks great. But we had to have the early scan because with the confusion over my due date, the blood test that went with my initial NT Scan may have given a false positive on my little guy's spine. I wish you both great scans with healthy little people, but I had to share because I totally get where you are coming from.
I know it's Tuesday but my bitch is that one of my husband's good friends wife felt the need to tell people that I've been drinking while pregnant. Um no. I had ONE SIP of my husband's craft beer on the Fourth of July. One mouthful! I just wanted to taste it and I'm fully confident that it did no harm as it couldn't have possibly raised my blood alcohol level in the slightest but now I'm so embarrassed that she would think that and spread it around to my husband's parents! I've been extremely paranoid this pregnancy after my last loss and would never do anything that I believed could harm my baby! Makes me so upset that someone could think I would do otherwise.
Bless your heart for being so sweet and venting about it on the bump and not using your raised hormone levels as an excuse to severely hurt her. No seriously, I think I would have flipped my ish. Have you spoken to her? Or have you spoken to DH to speak to his bestie to check his wife. Like I get that she was "concerned" (allegedly), but she should have spoken to your DH, if anything. She really ran and told your mommy? I hope you "lose" her baby shower invite in the mail... okay maybe I'm being dramatic, but dude, she was totally out of line and I am really sorry you had to deal with that, especially during such a happy delicate time in your life. I'm sure you will give birth to happy and healthy little one. Please give her no more of your time and energy. Focus on food and naps, and all the other prego perks. Hope this at least made you giggle
@Chelsea575 Whoa, I'm sorry that is happening to you. If you can, 86 him and get a new doc. That is totally unprofessional and rude. Unless he was in labor every time he missed an appointment or had like another emergency of some sort, just canceling and rescheduling appointments without notice is not okay. Do what works for you though. I hope this situation works out for you or you find a better and more attentive doc.
@chelsea575 the rescheduling and not telling you is just ridiculous. Sorry for that. But, doctors don't really do anything at the birth if it's vaginal. They catch, check the baby, and hand it to a nurse you could prob give birth on your own without anyone's help! No worries.
So I was going with my mom and cousin to meet up with my sister to pick out shoes for them for my wedding. We took the train, and I was surprised by how rude some people were. Like usually it isn't a shocker or anything, but this woman sat and literally STARED at my bump like $-) $-) $-) $-) and then proceeds to cough all in my personal space. Like bro.... just NO. I couldn't ever let another woman that was pregnant not have my seat, unless I was like injured or something. It just bothered me that she was like staring and never thought to offer me a seat and neither did any of the men.... People are weird...There are also stickers on the train that say give up seats to pregnant women, elderly and people with disabilities. My mom laughed at my facial expressions as I watched this idiot stare at me and then cough up a lung.
The funniest part is that I'm not even upset. I'm just annoyed and my hormones left me inspired to want to kick this woman. Okay I am done now. Thanks ladies
I have two and am so happy someone started this today!
1. I'm upset/jealous. My doctor doesn't like doing too many ultrasounds and I understand why (we still don't know how safe they are and blah blah blah). Well now I hate that I found out so early because I only have 8 & 9 week ultrasounds. They don't even look like a baby is in there. Just a white blob. I go for the anatomy scan in two weeks, so he doesn't want to do any in the meantime. Whatever. I'm just jealous of those of you with full on baby photos and not alien blobs.
2. My sister in law (whom I don't always see eye-to-eye with but overall I do like) just emailed my mother in law and me because she bought tickets to a game in January as Christmas presents for my husband and their dad (she's also going). Ok, no problem. But instead of "hey, about to buy these tickets...is this date a problem for anyone?" She just bought them and then informed us ONLY so we keep the date open. I was actually hoping we had something already planned so she'd learn how marriages and communication work, but it's open. Whatever. Also would've liked at least the courtesy of an invite, but ya know...
I feel ya!! I had some bleeding at 5 weeks and had a scan (nothing but gestational sac at that point) and a scan at 7 weeks (looks like a nerd-like the candy). We won't have another US until MID AUGUST at 20 weeks!!!
Also, it's 3:40am and I am attempting to sleep on the couch because DH is snoring so loud, but I can hear him ALL THE WAY IN THE LIVING ROOM! :-L
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I was so mad I wanted to take my tip out of the jar, but I grabbed my drink when it was done and just left. PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND I'M NOT GOING THERE ANYMORE.
Gotta love unsolicited advice from a (pretty much) stranger!
I tried to set it today because we've been in the upper 90s here lately. I thought I had done it, although there are no instructions for me to read first. Apparently, all I did was change the time on it when I thought I was programming it to be at 72 at 10:30 in the morning.
When DH got home, he said the time was all messed up. I told him that I thought I had programmed it and he said that I should have been able to figure it out. He kept talking about how easy it is to do, and finally I yelled at him that apparently it's not because all I did was mess it up. Then I went and locked myself in the bathroom and cried for 10 minutes.
Jamie
I was really excited to watch it too.
At this point, we were calmed down and he was laughing about it.
Jamie
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-raises-prices-despite-declining-coffee-costs-1436205612
https://www.cnbc.com/id/102806654
I'm new here and I have a Monday rant. Why is it that people I know who have kids always say to me, "are you sure you are ready for this?" It makes me want to freak out on them. What do you mean!? Am I sure!? What I want to say it this: I am a 29 year old woman who has been married for 9yrs. I just graduated with a law degree and this WAS a planned pregnancy. Yes, I am sure that this IS what I want and I am as ready as any first time mother can be. What do they expect me to say? "Yes, you are right. Let me go back out of this before its too late."
straw ber Rita a few weeks ago. Give me a break! I feel guilty for drinking a little caffiene, you did drugs tonight. Please leave me alone.
Good luck!
My bitch isn't really one, because I'm on a perma-high these days so nothing is getting to me (thx hormones!)
But here's a kind suggestion that anyone starting new threads not name it things like: "am I the only one?" Or "anyone else?" Or "is it just me?"
I completely get it, but try to include a subject word in your title from now on so dummies like me can keep up with you girls
I CANT SLEEP
That is all
On another note, I wish I could sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night because I'm STARVING and then it takes forever to get back to sleep. And it's hot. And I could very easily eat pizza for every meal but I was like that before I got knocked up. I also have a toddler to feed and baby in my belly so alas, I'll eat something with substance.
Edited to add that I'm also hanging out of all of my bras. Like when you bend over & have to adjust yourself because your jugs are huge and the bra cannot contain them anymore. And I'm not buying new ones until my milk comes in because I feel like it's a waste of money. So I guess I'll be in sports bras at home!
Jamie
Halfway through, told me she was bored. I also had to explain some of the jokes to her.
After the movie, she complained there wasn't enough dialog or acting. I asked what she thought when it was a stripper movie! Apparently, Good Morning America lied to her and she wasn't happy about it. She expected more storyline and love interactions. Haha. I explained they wouldn't show the stripper parts on a morning talk show.
She was also upset that Michael Strahan wasn't in it more, meaning Kelly & Michael lied to her.
"Too much dancing, not enough clothes, and not enough of a love story. I just didn't like it."
So to me, after the movie was better than the movie itself.
Baby has been kicking up a storm the past ten minutes and striking ONE spot at the front of my uterus. Like, SO could feel it with his hand on that spot. It hurts like a mofo.
...damn soccer player genes.
Honestly, I don't know what she expected! When we sat down, I asked if she saw the first one, when she said no I said "Eh, no biggie. There won't be much plot to be lost on." She didn't get the hint.
Also, it's 3:40am and I am attempting to sleep on the couch because DH is snoring so loud, but I can hear him ALL THE WAY IN THE LIVING ROOM! :-L