I am just sitting here crying for the couple who had that insanely adorable pregnancy announcement video last week. This morning I saw they posted another video that they had miscarried. I don't even know them and it broke my heart so hard.
@babymazzei The return of morning sickness. Ugh. My doc suggested Prilosec before bed, because it can be caused by acid flare ups. Helped me. Might be worth a shot.
My moan is that I'm tired of drunk people. I've been working in bars and restaurants for 10 years now. And they're really getting on my nerves. My last 3 hours of work last night were spent with an arguing couple who kept asking my opinion about their fight and a group of middle aged women (and one poor husband) who kept grabbing each other's boobs while reminiscing about their 20's. And one kept farting.
No matter how much I enjoy my job, maternity leave is on the horizon and I am so ready to be home.
That is they only reason I love being in a pool. I can be on one of those half floats that you just sit in my instead "lay" on it and have you legs out floating. It's so nice to feel like I'm laying on my belly!
I will preface this with I know that I shouldn't feel this way and I'm trying to adjust my feelings but we found out that DH's cousin is pregnant with their third also. It should just be this whatever distant relative thing but I think it really bothers me because MIL treats the wife like the perfect daughter she never had and gushes over their daughters far more than she cares for her own grandchildren (my kids). I just wanted to have the cute newborn for a while and I won't have that on my side because my brother and his wife are having a baby in November. I know I need to build a bridge and get over it, but I just found out yesterday and am still a little sore about it.
I continue to have back, hip and rib pain. My knees decided to join in on the fun. I had my first NST this morning and my little guy failed. They said then, ok we need you to go to the hospital for more testing then changed their mind and I could do it in office. So I had a BPP ran, little guy is fine. I'm totally done being pregnant. I'm not sleeping well due to the pain. I've got birth class tonight and it's am internal argument to go. I like class but I'm so tired and it makes our night so rushed.
After a relatively peaceful weekend with peaceful protesting in St. Louis on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death, someone started firing at the cops last night. The cops had no choice but to fire back, he survived but is in critical condition. There will be more protesting and looting today. So sick of this. It's been a really long year for St. Louis and with the media making this out like it's the police's fault again, I have a feeling this is going to be a really long week.
Edited: I know it's my hormones but I seriously feel like crying. I have friends that are cops and I just want to move on and not have to worry all the time that they're going to be OK. Or worry if things are ever going to be fixed. People are trying to make a change for the better, but if people continue to protest violently or riot and loot the businesses in the area, nothing is going to change. Sorry I know this is downer post, it's just really getting to me.
Second moan: I want all the local pizza (no particular place in mind just something crunchy and yummy) and peanut butter cups and kit kats the world has. Right this minute. But dd is napping and plus I don't want to share when she wakes up so I have to wait till she goes to grandma and grandpa's.
Third moan: I want to nice hot bath for these sore muscles and can't have it
I joined a Facebook group for low milk supply/insufficient glandular tissue yesterday. I'm starting the consult process with an ibclc and I'm not even sure Medicaid will cover the testing. I knew I don't make enough milk but I thought the group would give me hope. Instead I was up until nearly 5 reading threads and crying and generally feeling super angry. I'm just so readyn to know what the fuck is going on but the testing seems daunting and I'm terrified of the early breastfeeding days, diaper counts, weight checks. I know if I supplement that I get to a point where my milk is enough but I fantasize about being able to just exclusively breastfeed from day one and not deal with the rest of it.
Today was day 1 of part-time SAHM-hood for me. It's only 1:30 pm and I'm wrecked. I don't know how you full-time SAHMs do it. Working outside the home feels like a piece of cake compared to this. DD was cranky most of the morning and had several tantrums - this after she had an incredible, fun-filled weekend with basically all her favorite relatives. What's the deal! Do your toddlers save their worst selves for you too??
At least she stopped crying, which I hope means that she's asleep for a long nap. I'm taking one too.
Today was day 1 of part-time SAHM-hood for me. It's only 1:30 pm and I'm wrecked. I don't know how you full-time SAHMs do it. Working outside the home feels like a piece of cake compared to this. DD was cranky most of the morning and had several tantrums - this after she had an incredible, fun-filled weekend with basically all her favorite relatives. What's the deal! Do your toddlers save their worst selves for you too??
At least she stopped crying, which I hope means that she's asleep for a long nap. I'm taking one too.
You find routine and that helps. And some days you want to run away from your child.
Woke up today with pain/pressure In my ribs I couldn't go back to sleep even though I wanted to so badly but my Litte one was not going to let that happen he was doing something to my ribs hahaha and I also have been swelling which is horrible.....
My friend offered to throw a baby shower months ago and was "planning" it for the 22nd. This past week I realized no one is going to get to come because she hasn't even asked for a list of people or invited anyone yet. I'm active duty military so my hours are a little all over the place so the only weekend that ended up working was the 22nd. Well come to find out she actually wasn't planning it so some other friends and my mom stepped up to plan it. Now somehow I am being dragged into a facebook post drama (I don't even have facebook) because she feels like I'm upset she dropped the ball ....
I want to scream at People im working 50 hours plus a week im 7 1/2 months pregnant and I have to execute orders 6 weeks after baby. I'm stressed enough, I don't need drama for what should be an exciting once in a lifetime thing.
I don't drink coffee but have always really enjoyed the smell. Lately though the smell of my husband's morning coffee makers me want to hurl. Today it's bad! Real bad! And he made his coffee 3 hours ago! Why does the house still smell!?
I ordered my crib on July 2nd...was told 8 weeks for delivery....called today for an update bc they said it might be done earlier....estimated date is now sept 25th!!!! A phone call would of been nice!
I'm doing a trivia night this Saturday for charity. We had two people back out two weeks ago and I'm trying to find someone to fill the slot or we're out $40. Since I fronted the money and the other two never fully confirmed and I can't ask them for the money. In the past two weeks I've asked several people. One didn't even respond, the other never got my text because my phone is having issues and is now trying to change his work schedule but it doesn't look good. We asked four other people and told them it's first come first serve. No one has gotten back to us. One of them told my DH he would see him Saturday for trivia and DH asked if that meant that they were in and he said well if his wife said yes, he didn't actually know yet. Since these are all DH's friends I'm leaving DH in charge of contacting them, but I'm thinking we're out the $40. I just wish people would get back to us so I could ask someone else before it's too late.
@KLopez33 that sucks I got that experience but from the other side of it. Several years ago, one of my cousins whom I love dearly had one of her long time best friends claim the baby shower the moment my friend announced her pregnancy. Then her sisters were also helping with the shower. I made it very clear that I would love to help and to please let me know if I could do anything. 3 months before the shower I offered to have it catered and sent the link to the place with food suggestions but no one ever got back to me. 3 days before the babyshower I get a text from one of the "planners" "are you still bringing the food?" Are you freaking kidding me!? I say, no, no one ever got back to me. "Oh, sorry about that! Can you still look into that?" Um, let's see it's 9pm on a Thursday, then it's Friday, Saturday and the shower is on Sunday. Sure, I'll call the catering right before the weekend ask for food with 48 hours notice. Why on earth would they say no? I told her that wasn't going to happen since the company had a 15 days minimum notice and she says "well whatever you can do would be great!" WTF!? So anyhoo, on Friday I start asking the other "planners" what exactly they still need for the shower and it turns out they have done NOTHING!!! They have ZERO ready for the shower! And none of them are talking to each other- at all! None of this is my problem since I wasn't hosting but since it was my favorite cousin's shower going in the toilet and none of this was her fault I kicked it into high gear and I went out and spent hundreds of dollars getting party supplies and food and everything together and I coordinated with the "planners" so they could do their parts. (Side note, I had a hook up at the caterers so that would have cost me nothing.) Then the day of the shower I showed up 2 hours early to help set up and nothing was ready! The house wasn't even clean! So the other helpers and I get everything ready, then the shower happens and everything is great! Success!!! Then come to find out later one of the hosts APOLOGIZED to my cousin because of all the horrible generic blue baby stuff I got and that she'd been planning an elaborate under the sea theme that would have been more sophisticated and to my cousins liking than the dumb horrible baby blue stuff I brought! o_0 !!!! I asked a million times if there was a theme and was told no and I'm so freaking sorry that the party I put together with a day's notice was too "generic." And then I got a thank you card from the hosts and they said something in front of friends about how my contributions really helped "round out the party" and made it "easier for them to get everything done." WHAT!? To this day my cousin doesn't know that I threw her baby shower because I don't want her to know how close she was to basically not having one. Even though I ruined her shower with my "tacky generic baby blue" choices. UGH!!! No good deed goes unpunished, huh?
@KLopez33 I'm pretty much in the same boat. My mom volunteered to throw my shower the day she found out I was pregnant. Fast forward to 2 weeks from now and she's never seen the venue, didn't book the venue my boyfriend's sister did, and not even so much as a cake has been ordered. Invitations went out this weekend and my shower is in 13 days. my aunts took over and my mom screamed at ME for it saying they stole her thunder. I don't even want to hear it..ugh.
My butt hurts. I got a prenatal massage and she worked some trigger points in my ass like she was tenderizing meat. (She needed to, don't get me wrong, but OWIE!)
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How was the massage? I want to get one this weekend for my bday because today is my first day working from home and I hate it. I feel lonely and miss my co-workers so I need to relax big time!!
I just got a phone call from my doctor's office informing me that I failed my one hour glucose test. UGH. I'm so upset and just finished bawling my eyes out. I know it's not the end of the world, but this just sucks. Between this, our A/C not working (it decided to break yesterday), it being 105 degrees in Austin, the A/C repair person not showing up, and morning sickness making its rounds again, I AM SO DONE WITH TODAY.
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My MM is that everything hurts! Especially my tail bone! It's unreal how uncomfortable I am constantly now and I'm so ready to meet my baby girl, but I don't want her to be her early!!! I just want time to go faster!
Also to add to the shower drama...my sister are planning my shower and it's in a month and they have yet to pick out a place, order invitations or anything. They only have the date picked. Which is causing me to have a mini melt down every time I think about it! And they complained because I had too many people on my list to invite?! Really??!!! I just threw my sister a baby shower a few months ago and she had the same number of people invited?? Did I complain?? Ahhh!!!!
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@KLopez33 that sucks I got that experience but from the other side of it. Several years ago, one of my cousins whom I love dearly had one of her long time best friends claim the baby shower the moment my friend announced her pregnancy. Then her sisters were also helping with the shower. I made it very clear that I would love to help and to please let me know if I could do anything. 3 months before the shower I offered to have it catered and sent the link to the place with food suggestions but no one ever got back to me. 3 days before the babyshower I get a text from one of the "planners" "are you still bringing the food?" Are you freaking kidding me!? I say, no, no one ever got back to me. "Oh, sorry about that! Can you still look into that?" Um, let's see it's 9pm on a Thursday, then it's Friday, Saturday and the shower is on Sunday. Sure, I'll call the catering right before the weekend ask for food with 48 hours notice. Why on earth would they say no? I told her that wasn't going to happen since the company had a 15 days minimum notice and she says "well whatever you can do would be great!" WTF!? So anyhoo, on Friday I start asking the other "planners" what exactly they still need for the shower and it turns out they have done NOTHING!!! They have ZERO ready for the shower! And none of them are talking to each other- at all! None of this is my problem since I wasn't hosting but since it was my favorite cousin's shower going in the toilet and none of this was her fault I kicked it into high gear and I went out and spent hundreds of dollars getting party supplies and food and everything together and I coordinated with the "planners" so they could do their parts. (Side note, I had a hook up at the caterers so that would have cost me nothing.) Then the day of the shower I showed up 2 hours early to help set up and nothing was ready! The house wasn't even clean! So the other helpers and I get everything ready, then the shower happens and everything is great! Success!!! Then come to find out later one of the hosts APOLOGIZED to my cousin because of all the horrible generic blue baby stuff I got and that she'd been planning an elaborate under the sea theme that would have been more sophisticated and to my cousins liking than the dumb horrible baby blue stuff I brought! o_0 !!!! I asked a million times if there was a theme and was told no and I'm so freaking sorry that the party I put together with a day's notice was too "generic." And then I got a thank you card from the hosts and they said something in front of friends about how my contributions really helped "round out the party" and made it "easier for them to get everything done." WHAT!? To this day my cousin doesn't know that I threw her baby shower because I don't want her to know how close she was to basically not having one. Even though I ruined her shower with my "tacky generic baby blue" choices. UGH!!! No good deed goes unpunished, huh?
What the actual heck??? These people sound awful, and you're a saint for coming through for your cousin like that.
MM1: The app blows. Like, for real. Every time I start to post something, I get the "You don't have permission to do that!" Don't play with a pregnant woman's emotions!
MM2: We (finally) started working in the nursery after spending wayyyy too much time getting DS1 moved into his new room. What do I find around the window? Drywall separating! So, now we are at minimum two more days delayed in getting the nursery finished, and that's **IF** there's not some structural issue on the outside of the home that's causing water intrusion, pest intrusion, etc that needs to be sealed before we can move forward. I sat in the middle of the room and pouted, because I was so angry that I couldn't even cry.
My butt hurts. I got a prenatal massage and she worked some trigger points in my ass like she was tenderizing meat. (She needed to, don't get me wrong, but OWIE!)
Edit: too, to, two... Words are hard
How was the massage? I want to get one this weekend for my bday because today is my first day working from home and I hate it. I feel lonely and miss my co-workers so I need to relax big time!!
It was good. Just be open communicating if you need more pillows or what pressure you need. Normally I like an insanely hard deep massage but with the edema in my legs she could barely touch my calfs without me crying. But it wasn't a big deal, I just told her as she was massaging "lighter please, deeper please" and she adjusted and it was good I did struggle a bit with needing a different arrangement of pillows but again, just let the therapist know if something is uncomfortable.
Ugh, @margies2010 I feel your pain - we are dealing with water getting into our basement because of cracks in the foundation.
Here's my gripe: I had to leave work early on Friday. I came in this morning to find that no one had bothered to empty the trash, wash coffee cups, or do any of the cleaning that I do every Friday afternoon. No one else lifts a finger around here because 1. It's a small office with only 2 of us not being related to the owner and 2. Since I am the one with a vagina, it must be MY responsibility to do anything that resembles housework. At 31 weeks pregnant I am still carrying the vacuum cleaner up & down the stairs to make sure the lobby is clean every week. No one offers to help me, or ever asks me how I'm feeling, or anything whatsoever about my pregnancy/baby. Add in their generous 2 week unpaid maternity leave policy, and guess who won't be coming back after?
Whew. Sorry about that, but it feels good to scream silently here at my desk!
My butt hurts. I got a prenatal massage and she worked some trigger points in my ass like she was tenderizing meat. (She needed to, don't get me wrong, but OWIE!)
Edit: too, to, two... Words are hard
How was the massage? I want to get one this weekend for my bday because today is my first day working from home and I hate it. I feel lonely and miss my co-workers so I need to relax big time!!
It was good. Just be open communicating if you need more pillows or what pressure you need. Normally I like an insanely hard deep massage but with the edema in my legs she could barely touch my calfs without me crying. But it wasn't a big deal, I just told her as she was massaging "lighter please, deeper please" and she adjusted and it was good I did struggle a bit with needing a different arrangement of pillows but again, just let the therapist know if something is uncomfortable.
Do it! I got one last week and if I could go every week until this baby comes I would! My therapist did great things to my hips/butt area. Even though my hips are still pretty painful when I get up in the morning (or middle of the night) I found that I'm not in so much pain at the end of the day as I was before. I'm definitely getting at least one more massage before this baby comes!
I have another one. Why does everyone's picture including my own show up as a bouquet of flowers suddenly? On the app its fine and I even tried to re-add my photo but on the computer I'm showing up as flowers. This is making me realize that I need to start learning people's usernames over their photos because now I don't recognize anyone.
Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary. We "celebrated" on Saturday by doing dinner and a movie. After an afternoon full of errands, meal prep, and cleaning the house while my wife worked from home, we were both too exhausted to have sex. I didn't even want to have sex because I feel HUGE, have heartburn, and feel like I haven't slept in a week. Still, I cried myself to sleep because we didn't have sex and what does that say about our marriage if we couldn't even muster up a little bit of energy on our first anniversary?!?!
To be fair, I feel like I have a pretty great marriage. She is my best friend and I was happy just to have the whole weekend with her (which never happens with her work schedule). I'm OVER these emotions.
@jennylynn103 in their defense, they were all really busy, plans got changed last minute, they had time constraints blah blah blah... They are all normally good people but just something went horribly wrong with their communication and I don't know what else. The whole thing just fell apart and got away from them. I do think it was really shitty of the one gal to throw me under the bus for the whole too much blue thing though. On the one hand I totally get she had a vision and what I did was NOT it, but on the other hand beggars can't be choosers and she never told me what her vision was so how could I have possibly accommodated it? I wouldn't call any of them "awful" honestly, at least not as people in general but I wouldn't trust any of them to plan anything again either and they really did hurt my feelings, a lot, and I sure was really really upset at the time!!! So maybe I would have called them awful back when it happened.... These days I usually don't think about it much. Water under the bridge and all that
I have another one. Why does everyone's picture including my own show up as a bouquet of flowers suddenly? On the app its fine and I even tried to re-add my photo but on the computer I'm showing up as flowers. This is making me realize that I need to start learning people's usernames over their photos because now I don't recognize anyone.
Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary. We "celebrated" on Saturday by doing dinner and a movie. After an afternoon full of errands, meal prep, and cleaning the house while my wife worked from home, we were both too exhausted to have sex. I didn't even want to have sex because I feel HUGE, have heartburn, and feel like I haven't slept in a week. Still, I cried myself to sleep because we didn't have sex and what does that say about our marriage if we couldn't even muster up a little bit of energy on our first anniversary?!?!
To be fair, I feel like I have a pretty great marriage. She is my best friend and I was happy just to have the whole weekend with her (which never happens with her work schedule). I'm OVER these emotions.
I think not having sex on your anniversary says you have a marriage based on more than just sex And that's a good thing Don't stress about it. You'll get jiggy with it again someday! My hubby and I didn't have any first anniversary sex either on account of epic morning sickness. It's all good though. I love him, he loves me and we plan to be married for the rest of our lives while I'll only be pregnant for another 10 weeks or so. Well just have to have double the sex on our second anniversary to make up for it. Hang in there mama!!!
Thank you. I knew I was being completely irrational at the time, but couldn't help it. She said she was going to wait at home naked for me today lol, but we'll see lol. I'll just make sure year 2 we make up for it
Locked myself out of the house today with the two kids. I had to break into the garage to get into the house. Then I found my keys in the door knob of the interior door.
Second moan: I'm at the doctors and my appointment was suppose to be 15 minutes ago. They told me they were running behind and yet like 2 people have gone in and come out since they have told me that. JUST TAKE ME IN ALREADY. X(
Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary. We "celebrated" on Saturday by doing dinner and a movie. After an afternoon full of errands, meal prep, and cleaning the house while my wife worked from home, we were both too exhausted to have sex. I didn't even want to have sex because I feel HUGE, have heartburn, and feel like I haven't slept in a week. Still, I cried myself to sleep because we didn't have sex and what does that say about our marriage if we couldn't even muster up a little bit of energy on our first anniversary?!?!
To be fair, I feel like I have a pretty great marriage. She is my best friend and I was happy just to have the whole weekend with her (which never happens with her work schedule). I'm OVER these emotions.
I think not having sex on your anniversary says you have a marriage based on more than just sex And that's a good thing Don't stress about it. You'll get jiggy with it again someday! My hubby and I didn't have any first anniversary sex either on account of epic morning sickness. It's all good though. I love him, he loves me and we plan to be married for the rest of our lives while I'll only be pregnant for another 10 weeks or so. Well just have to have double the sex on our second anniversary to make up for it. Hang in there mama!!!
My husband and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary back in February, and he was sick with a stomach virus the entire time, and we didn't get to go out. I can't remember if we actually had sex or not, but if we did it was the lamest sex ever. We'll make up for it next year ;-). My husband was all depressed that we didn't really get to celebrate but I was like, "babe we've got some 60 plus years to make up for this one." Yeah anniversaries should be special, but it's not like you only get one.
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I am just sitting here crying for the couple who had that insanely adorable pregnancy announcement video last week. This morning I saw they posted another video that they had miscarried. I don't even know them and it broke my heart so hard.
I...... Just... I have no words. Is this real life? I feel like it can't be.
My moan is that I'm tired of drunk people. I've been working in bars and restaurants for 10 years now. And they're really getting on my nerves. My last 3 hours of work last night were spent with an arguing couple who kept asking my opinion about their fight and a group of middle aged women (and one poor husband) who kept grabbing each other's boobs while reminiscing about their 20's. And one kept farting.
No matter how much I enjoy my job, maternity leave is on the horizon and I am so ready to be home.
I had to reread that a few times and I still don't know what her question is.
I just wanted to have the cute newborn for a while and I won't have that on my side because my brother and his wife are having a baby in November. I know I need to build a bridge and get over it, but I just found out yesterday and am still a little sore about it.
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Katherine is 18 months
Third moan: I want to nice hot bath for these sore muscles and can't have it
I joined a Facebook group for low milk supply/insufficient glandular tissue yesterday. I'm starting the consult process with an ibclc and I'm not even sure Medicaid will cover the testing. I knew I don't make enough milk but I thought the group would give me hope. Instead I was up until nearly 5 reading threads and crying and generally feeling super angry. I'm just so readyn to know what the fuck is going on but the testing seems daunting and I'm terrified of the early breastfeeding days, diaper counts, weight checks. I know if I supplement that I get to a point where my milk is enough but I fantasize about being able to just exclusively breastfeed from day one and not deal with the rest of it.
I want to scream at People im working 50 hours plus a week im 7 1/2 months pregnant and I have to execute orders 6 weeks after baby. I'm stressed enough, I don't need drama for what should be an exciting once in a lifetime thing.
It was good. Just be open communicating if you need more pillows or what pressure you need. Normally I like an insanely hard deep massage but with the edema in my legs she could barely touch my calfs without me crying. But it wasn't a big deal, I just told her as she was massaging "lighter please, deeper please" and she adjusted and it was good
Here's my gripe: I had to leave work early on Friday. I came in this morning to find that no one had bothered to empty the trash, wash coffee cups, or do any of the cleaning that I do every Friday afternoon. No one else lifts a finger around here because 1. It's a small office with only 2 of us not being related to the owner and 2. Since I am the one with a vagina, it must be MY responsibility to do anything that resembles housework. At 31 weeks pregnant I am still carrying the vacuum cleaner up & down the stairs to make sure the lobby is clean every week. No one offers to help me, or ever asks me how I'm feeling, or anything whatsoever about my pregnancy/baby. Add in their generous 2 week unpaid maternity leave policy, and guess who won't be coming back after?
Whew. Sorry about that, but it feels good to scream silently here at my desk!
Yesterday was my one year wedding anniversary. We "celebrated" on Saturday by doing dinner and a movie. After an afternoon full of errands, meal prep, and cleaning the house while my wife worked from home, we were both too exhausted to have sex. I didn't even want to have sex because I feel HUGE, have heartburn, and feel like I haven't slept in a week. Still, I cried myself to sleep because we didn't have sex and what does that say about our marriage if we couldn't even muster up a little bit of energy on our first anniversary?!?!
To be fair, I feel like I have a pretty great marriage. She is my best friend and I was happy just to have the whole weekend with her (which never happens with her work schedule). I'm OVER these emotions.
I wouldn't call any of them "awful" honestly, at least not as people in general but I wouldn't trust any of them to plan anything again either and they really did hurt my feelings, a lot, and I sure was really really upset at the time!!! So maybe I would have called them awful back when it happened.... These days I usually don't think about it much. Water under the bridge and all that
Thank you. I knew I was being completely irrational at the time, but couldn't help it. She said she was going to wait at home naked for me today lol, but we'll see lol. I'll just make sure year 2 we make up for it
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That was pretty much me on Thursday. Except instead of our A/C My husband and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary back in February, and he was sick with a stomach virus the entire time, and we didn't get to go out. I can't remember if we actually had sex or not, but if we did it was the lamest sex ever. We'll make up for it next year ;-). My husband was all depressed that we didn't really get to celebrate but I was like, "babe we've got some 60 plus years to make up for this one." Yeah anniversaries should be special, but it's not like you only get one.