April 2016 Moms
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Throat punch Thursday
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I don't feel like looking for a cute picture/gif. Just post and wallow in annoyance with me.
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Just... No... I made the mistake of telling her I gained 6lbs between a Tuesday appointment one week, and a Thursday appointment two weeks later. Now she wants to buy a scale so I can properly track my weight gain as well as wanting me to use her glucose meter thing to prove to the Dr that I actually do have it. WTF mom? Stop trying to make this a thing! I stopped working and started sitting on my ass within that time. We also started eating more fast food, and carbohydrates (ok we had pizza like three times that week) which I've explained always causes a spike in weight gain for me, and 6lbs within two weeks isn't that big of a deal for the third tri. Especially when I gained less than 2lbs at this appointment.
Ugh... I don't want a scale in the house, it would depress me. Just like how much better I feel about the way I look now that I don't have a mirror that goes down below my boob line in the house. If I don't see it/have to dwell on it, I'm not focusing on it and making myself unnecessarily miserable. Also, Mother, don't get onto me about gaining weight when you've never lost ANY of the weight you gained with ANY of your six kids. You haven't been pregnant in fifteen years, and you still weight more than I do at 8 months pregnant.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
I love my mom and appreciate her help but she just needs to back off a bit with her pregnancy advice. Let me do my thang!!
Saw this in FB and thought it be a good one to save for later...
My other TP goes to our MD realtor who learned we are way under budget on our updates and repairs for our house. So she wants us to upgrade to better materials. First of all we negotiated a lot of the prices and they are good quality. Quit adding more projects to the list that have no value add to the house.
But mini golf is srs bsns
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
And another throat punch to DS's mom for being shitty and secretly dropping dental insurance on him a year ago and leaving him in this situation. That woman should have to pay for all of this because of her neglectful games instead of be planning a summer trip to NYC that DS won't even enjoy because he hates crowds, walking, and only wants to see the Statue of Liberty.
Talked to DH last night and we decided to just go ahead and cancel. I've had a bad feeling about her since the beginning and I doubt her ability to follow through on providing pictures in a timely manner if she can't even return a damn phone call on time. So I emailed her and cancelled (and also reached out to the photographer who will be doing our newborn pics to ask about her availability). Then I get to work today and see that she's left a voicemail on my work number, without even trying my cell. Oh and the voicemail cuts off halfway through a sentence, so all I got to hear was "I was surprised to get your email cancelling when all we had left to finalize was the time and place!". Um...that's not some tiny little detail. I have other shit to get done during my limited weekend time, especially when we have the kids. I expect to know more than 2 days in advance at least a ballpark time of when we're doing a photo shoot. Idk how this woman has stayed in business as long as she has if this is how she interacts with clients!
Also throat punch to the old asshole that apparently has nothing better to do than sit at home looking out the window waiting for my husband and I to walk by his house with our dogs so he can yell at us to keep them out of his yard because he doesn't want dog shit there. We always clean up our dog shit and our dogs barely even stepped a couple inches into his yard and certainly did not do anything to it. People are so unpleasant.
TP to my coworker who works with the Manager in the other department that I already dedicated a TP to. She sends over incomplete paperwork to be signed off by our division directors, but they're supposed to "remember" from last year's paperwork the reason why an employee's mileage reimbursement is over $200 to drive back and forth to a conference. Please. They barely can remember yesterday's paperwork what they signed off on much less a year ago. Just do your job and spell EVERYTHING out for audit's sake. We're not mind readers.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
No I work in the administration office of a clinic. We work interdepartmentally with many departments, including Accounting so we have a lot of internal customers.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
She then asked me "have you given a urine sample? We need to check for protein in your urine."
Yeah, ok. I knew where this was going. I had already given the sample, it turned up fine. Then she takes my blood pressure SUPER TIGHT, squeezing my arm to the point that my veins were popping out.
When I finally said "uh, ow?" She laughed and goes "sorry it's just that you look a little bit swollen to me, I need to make sure you don't have high blood pressure."
SQUEEZING THE SHIT OUT OF MY ARM WILL MAKE ME VERY ANGRY AND GIVE ME HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THANK YOU.
Then the doctor came in. We exchange pleasantries and then:
"So the nurse mentioned you look swollen. Any problems with your vision?"
She picks up my foot and starts poking it. I have size 10 feet. They're big feet, always. I told her this, but she takes my blood pressure again.
Better safe than sorry, of course, but all this because I gained some weight? Come on. They really embarrassed me! I wanted to shove the blood pressure reader thing up that nurse's ass and ask "who's swollen now?"
Hang in there! It's annoying! As long as all your other tests are normal, you are fine and it probably was a fluke this week or water retention too.
I should have known the supervisor they sent me was going to be a turd. He called the store yesterday while I was at lunch to tell them he was coming last night to tag. OH HELL NO. They have a set amount of time to have everything done from start to finish, that includes tagging. This is one of my smallest stores and he has the general number of scanners with him. There is no reason he should have an issue. So I had to call around to find who his supervisor was and tell them that was a NO GO. To which they said "we know, we aren't sure why he would think he can do that."
Jump to this morning where the GM and I are here at 5 ready to go and the guy calls to say he was here at 5 but realized he left his tags at home... -_- THEN proceeds to complain once he gets here at 540 about how someone said he couldn't come last night so they kept us from saving time. I told him that was me...that was against policy.
Thankfully the scanners have been great and had accurate counts so far. But this guy keeps trying to run me inaccurate/incomplete reports. Then he keeps giving me excuses on why it wasn't his fault that they are printed like that because "there are so many different ways to print them." Yet made a snide comment about how new I am in my company. Um, look here buckoo, literally my first 2 weeks were nothing but inventories, I have gotten great results and had great supervisors for your company. I know our policies and the way you should be handling our account. You are sourced to different companies. I am sorry if you are crossing the rules in your head, but don't act as if I am incompetent. At the end of the day YOU can't leave here if you do not give ME what I need, the way I need it.
RAWR!!
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
To be fair, as someone who had pre-e once before and is being very closely monitored for it again, 4+ lbs is a lot to gain during your 2 week appointments especially if you have not been on a rapid / higher weight gain track previously.
It could very well be due to sodium or some other non-issue reason; however, swelling is a BIG tell for pre-e. The protein in the urine isn't even as big of an indicating factor now as it used to be. High blood pressure and swelling will raise any and all red flags and that's when they start asking about the other symptoms. Also, when you are swollen, the BP cuff does squeeze more and tend to hurt, that's normal. Also, taking BP reading multiple times in a visit is normal when they are checking for signs of pre-e; they want to see if the reading comes down at all or stays consistent.
So while it was an unpleasant appointment and they may have felt a bit aggressive, trust me ... it wasn't meant to embarrass you, but to closely monitor you, and 100% worth it.
Hope you're doing well and continue pre-e-free this pregnancy!
Ha, me too (To the giant feet bolded part)
One thing that I did last time, was to take pictures of my legs/ ankles/ feet throughout the day and week to give my OB a reference point. That could be an idea for you, if they say anything again, then they have something to compare to.
Absolutely! Sounds like you are in a good spot and that you have the normal end of pregnancy swelling. Hope you continue to have great BP numbers, minimal swelling, and that pre-e does not became a concern!
I am on a higher dose of BP meds and with that, I've been able to keep my numbers around 120/70. I have had some significant on and off swelling show up, so my OB is continuing to monitor me (I have gone every 2 weeks since the beginning), but so far everything is "looking beautiful" according to my OB last week. I am just hoping for no bed rest and no induction this time!