I have been trying to push for no one to even come see us until after we have had our hour of skin to skin in the hospital but they aren't going for that either...
I hope that people will listen to your wishes and wait until you are ready for them! I decided I don't want anyone at the hospital when I'm in labor and we will invite them when I'm ready. It went over really well with my family and they are supportive. H is supposed to tell his dad, and I dont think he's going to be happy, but the moment should be about our new family of 3, not making sure FIL gets what he wants. Good luck!
The nurses at the hospital I am delivering at openly say they don't mind being the bitch, telling family no and making up some excuse for why they can't go in yet. Hospitals are used to the crazy, just tell them you don't want anyone back until you say so and they should be able to help you out.
@arteduc8 If you go to the babyli.st website, there’s a quiz
you can take and it tells you what to register for based on what your lifestyle
with baby will be like. I found it useful.
How far along are you? 22w4d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant - I have zero motivation to do anything this week for some reason. I'm still waiting to hear from my H on whether his friends accepted the invite to come over for the superbowl so I have no idea if I need to be buying extra food or getting beers for them. Rave - way more baby kicks recently. Also one week from today I've got another prenatal spa package that I got for christmas scheduled so I'm super pumped for that.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? My baby shower is in Florida two weeks from tomorrow. I'm so excited. A few of my friends from all over the country that I never get to see accepted their invites so it will be a mini reunion too! Other than that, just buying too much crap on zulily and reading through one of those "checklists before baby" books.
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? I grew up listening to country music when I was younger. Nsync and britney and stuff like that was my jam in middle school. Then just country and whatever was on the hit stations in high school.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: got contacts yesterday! ::blinks owlishly:: I'm so excited! I've only had vision issues since being pregnant the first time (lucky me, they're permanent) but I hadn't gone back to the doc in 4 years. Can't wait to workout and run and Alll The Things without my stupid glasses sliding down my nose.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Talking about boy names. H had made his one and only suggestion last week and was under the impression that was what we were decided on because I said I liked it. Um. No.
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? My bible thumper step mother restricted what I was allowed to listen to until high school. But I loved all my dad's classic rock! I love the rock transition from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
June 2016 April Siggy Challenge: Reasons my kid is crying
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rave- Y'all might remember that I'm mad at FackingH for being a douche bag before he left on a trip but I'm secretly excited that he's coming home today. Symptoms- heartburn and I can't seem to get enough to eat
What are you doing to prepare for baby? We are supposed to be going to pick out chair railing for the nursery today!
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? No Doubt, Alanis Morrissette, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band
@meganf08 my mom is a very entitled grandmother to be. She was upset that I told a close friend about my pregnancy before I told her. She peeked at the screen when the tech typed out the sex of the baby and knew before myself or H did because he couldn't be there and I wanted to find out together. She thinks she deserves to be in the room for delivery and she thinks I'm selfish for wanting to have at least an hour or two of alone time with my baby and H before we allow visitors. I am being selfish. It's my baby. And your baby is your baby, not your MIL's. You make the rules.
I've already told my mom what I want during and after delivery. I plan on asking the hospital staff to enforce that. Everyone else has that baby's whole life to hold and kiss on them. We only get one first day as that baby's parents and I don't think anyone has the right to ruin that.
@ahernandez16 I remember when you told us about your mom peeking and that she actually made it so that she knew before you did and wasn't she bragging about how she thought it was special that you wanted her to know first? I'm raging for you all over again. WTF. And @MeganF08 I would decide with my DH what was best for our new family and put my foot down. These are the rules. PERIOD.
Thanks for all the support, everyone. My coworker sent me a text this morning that she is planning on waiting until Monday to submit her letter of resignation to give herself the weekend to make sure this is what she really wants to do. I plan on talking to my boss today and asking for a raise and just being real with him -- I'm overworked, I'm stressed and quite frankly, underpaid for what I do. I've been needing to have this talk with him for well over a year but I've been putting it off because I didn't have a need to elicit a confrontation. BUT with H's income in question and a baby on the way, it's time.
@ahernandez16 I remember when you told us about your mom peeking and that she actually made it so that she knew before you did and wasn't she bragging about how she thought it was special that you wanted her to know first? I'm raging for you all over again. WTF. And @MeganF08 I would decide with my DH what was best for our new family and put my foot down. These are the rules. PERIOD.
Ha! Yes! She was telling everyone how sweet it was that I wanted her to know before I did.
Her response regarding my post delivery visitor wishes was, "Well I think it's pretty selfish because a lot of people have been waiting for him... not just you." Welp, everyone can wait 2 more hours after you know.
She's truly something else.
ETA: I just thought of this and it made me giggle all over again. At one point I was thinking about donating my eggs and she said I couldn't because those eggs were a part of her.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: A woman I work with is driving me insane acting like an entitled brat! Luckily, my boss also thinks her behavior is bonkers so that makes it a little less annoying. I'm glad I'm working from home today because after the email I got from her earlier, I think I might throttle her if I had to see her in person. But it's all good because... Rave: The results of my Verifi test came back negative! As the genetic counselor said, very low risk for Down syndrome, Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13. It looks like little girl is just going to have a button nose. Symptoms: Belly is expanding this week and uncomfortable. Plus my belly button is getting ready to pop out!
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Worked on registry this week and feel good about the progress. I think I have the basics covered. We have our crib and bassinet (not assembled yet but here). And I'm finalizing plans for the rest of the nursery so we can finish buying what we need.
Questions?
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? As a kid, I listened to mostly oldies plus pop music like Paula Abdul, NKOTB and Color Me Badd. In high school it was all about Backstreet Boys, NSync, Britney, Xtina. My first CD was a collection of The Beatles who remain one of my all time favorites!
How many weeks are you? Fruit or size of baby? 20 weeks today!!! Baby is the size of a paper airplane!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves? Raving!!! I am so happy to hit the 1/2 way point and that we had a perfect A/S today! I'm "aw-ING" and attaching a picture of my perfect peanut! We are team green and baby stayed true to that & wouldn't cooperate with the dr to show what it is!! I was happy bc I was afraid they'd slip & tell us
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Registry & Now that we passed the halfway point I am starting to stress about nursery decor! I have to pick out what I want for a girl and a boy probably buy both bedding sets and plan a nursery that matches both from there!
Questions? None
Gtky: I'm having a mental block... I can't really recall? I know in high school I loved DMB, 311, third eye blind... I can't recall childhood favorites other than Paula Abdul as I made up dances to every song on her cd!
Re: Friday Check-In
How far along are you? 22w4d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant - I have zero motivation to do anything this week for some reason. I'm still waiting to hear from my H on whether his friends accepted the invite to come over for the superbowl so I have no idea if I need to be buying extra food or getting beers for them. Rave - way more baby kicks recently. Also one week from today I've got another prenatal spa package that I got for christmas scheduled so I'm super pumped for that.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? My baby shower is in Florida two weeks from tomorrow. I'm so excited. A few of my friends from all over the country that I never get to see accepted their invites so it will be a mini reunion too! Other than that, just buying too much crap on zulily and reading through one of those "checklists before baby" books.
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? I grew up listening to country music when I was younger. Nsync and britney and stuff like that was my jam in middle school. Then just country and whatever was on the hit stations in high school.
How far along are you? 20w6d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: got contacts yesterday! ::blinks owlishly:: I'm so excited! I've only had vision issues since being pregnant the first time (lucky me, they're permanent) but I hadn't gone back to the doc in 4 years. Can't wait to workout and run and Alll The Things without my stupid glasses sliding down my nose.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Talking about boy names. H had made his one and only suggestion last week and was under the impression that was what we were decided on because I said I liked it. Um. No.
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? My bible thumper step mother restricted what I was allowed to listen to until high school. But I loved all my dad's classic rock! I love the rock transition from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
@tjenkins528 The worst part is she has coffee and keeps slurping it....and yawning lol
@mkemommy I like the idea of us both making a list then comparing!
@catherinekate I hope your day gets better!
@MeganF08 That is seriously the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! I will most definitely be the first one to hold our LO!!
@Sgoldberg247 congratulations on a little girl!!!!!!
How far along are you? 22+2
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rave- Y'all might remember that I'm mad at FackingH for being a douche bag before he left on a trip but I'm secretly excited that he's coming home today. Symptoms- heartburn and I can't seem to get enough to eat
What are you doing to prepare for baby? We are supposed to be going to pick out chair railing for the nursery today!
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? No Doubt, Alanis Morrissette, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band
I've already told my mom what I want during and after delivery. I plan on asking the hospital staff to enforce that. Everyone else has that baby's whole life to hold and kiss on them. We only get one first day as that baby's parents and I don't think anyone has the right to ruin that.
Thanks for all the support, everyone. My coworker sent me a text this morning that she is planning on waiting until Monday to submit her letter of resignation to give herself the weekend to make sure this is what she really wants to do. I plan on talking to my boss today and asking for a raise and just being real with him -- I'm overworked, I'm stressed and quite frankly, underpaid for what I do. I've been needing to have this talk with him for well over a year but I've been putting it off because I didn't have a need to elicit a confrontation. BUT with H's income in question and a baby on the way, it's time.
Hopefully all goes well.
Ha! Yes! She was telling everyone how sweet it was that I wanted her to know before I did.
Her response regarding my post delivery visitor wishes was, "Well I think it's pretty selfish because a lot of people have been waiting for him... not just you." Welp, everyone can wait 2 more hours after you know.
She's truly something else.
ETA: I just thought of this and it made me giggle all over again. At one point I was thinking about donating my eggs and she said I couldn't because those eggs were a part of her.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: A woman I work with is driving me insane acting like an entitled brat! Luckily, my boss also thinks her behavior is bonkers so that makes it a little less annoying. I'm glad I'm working from home today because after the email I got from her earlier, I think I might throttle her if I had to see her in person. But it's all good because... Rave: The results of my Verifi test came back negative! As the genetic counselor said, very low risk for Down syndrome, Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13. It looks like little girl is just going to have a button nose.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Worked on registry this week and feel good about the progress. I think I have the basics covered. We have our crib and bassinet (not assembled yet but here). And I'm finalizing plans for the rest of the nursery so we can finish buying what we need.
Questions?
GTKY: Who or what was your favorite singer or band as a kid? As a kid, I listened to mostly oldies plus pop music like Paula Abdul, NKOTB and Color Me Badd. In high school it was all about Backstreet Boys, NSync, Britney, Xtina. My first CD was a collection of The Beatles who remain one of my all time favorites!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves? Raving!!! I am so happy to hit the 1/2 way point and that we had a perfect A/S today! I'm "aw-ING" and attaching a picture of my perfect peanut! We are team green and baby stayed true to that & wouldn't cooperate with the dr to show what it is!! I was happy bc I was afraid they'd slip & tell us
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Registry & Now that we passed the halfway point I am starting to stress about nursery decor! I have to pick out what I want for a girl and a boy probably buy both bedding sets and plan a nursery that matches both from there!
Questions? None
Gtky: I'm having a mental block... I can't really recall? I know in high school I loved DMB, 311, third eye blind... I can't recall childhood favorites other than Paula Abdul as I made up dances to every song on her cd!
Triplets due 6/29/16 also from an IUI!