Now that I'm all caught up on this thread, I wanted to wish everyone a very safe few weeks left! I know I'm getting anxious and it's getting very hard to breathe when I lay down, so I'm hoping someone can relate? MH and I are moving into our new home and I haven't gotten the nursery ready yet so I'm starting to worry. The 3rd trimester tiredness is a killer though so I will see how much I get done. I certainly don't know when to stop even though I know I'm tired.
I'm in your boat. DH and I move into our new home this weekend (hopefully, it's already been delayed once) so we haven't started on our baby's room yet either!
Glad I am not alone @AdorkablePixie!! We just got some of our boxes moved over but there's still lots left to pack! I hope to get that done this week so we can officially be out of here and into our own space. The nursery will come along thereafter. Are you stressing out about it?
I actually don't care about my belly being touched. My patients tend to do it without asking. Mostly people ask...and I tell them to go ahead, it doesn't bother me...I do love how happy it makes them when they're allowed to. I think partly the reason I don't mind is that I loooove pregnant bellies and it used to make me happy getting to feel others' when they've been pregnant. I certainly wouldn't ask just anyone if I could touch. Only close friends and family!
Going off of the "pregnancy is for consumption" I wonder if this is people inherently seeking out tribe. Waaaaay back before we became isolated from each other, a pregnant woman in a village was cared for by all the other women in her village, the village worked together to give the child a name that would tell everyone who they were and what the village expected of them. The women in your village would have all been there to help you through pregnancy, birth, and your first days as a mom. I wonder if we still crave that connection even though that isn't a value we hold anymore.
I don't understand people's need to know the name. My DH was adamant on not telling anyone and I thank him for having that insight. I did mention it to my best friend who lives across the country and her first response was, "Oh, how about this? Or this name?" Now I regret saying anything. It's a very personal decision between you and your significant other and that should be the end of it. Not sure why anyone else should be involved, especially random co-workers or acquaintances.
@jomunson I was thinking the same thing. It seems to be this inherent urge to be very involved and find a way to take ownership. That may be why people feel so compelled to give advice and critique parenting styles. It may be a primal desire to see the species continue in the most productive way possible so protecting pregnant women and being involved in parenting decisions and how the child are raised is just ingrained in us as a species. However, nowadays, there is this push-pull between wanting to be a community and "every man for himself" so it comes out in really bizarre ways!
Talking to a client and all of a sudden my boob bounces about two inches thanks to LO's kicking. It was a male client, and all he did was stare at me and turn super red in the face! Funny but extremely awkward
I ate baby shower cake for lunch instead of real food and I don't care who knows it.
First- I was trying to hit love it but my I looked down and it looked like I accidentally hit report. If so, @bumpadmin that was a complete accident.
Second- it makes me laugh when I see food posts that say "I ate this instead of this" because mine are ALWAYS "I ate this IN ADDITION to this"-- kudos, healthy lady!
sunshinebins!! Thinking of you and wishing you a successful induction!! You're 34+weeks, right?! Did you do steroids for lung maturity? Here's a pic of one of my twins holding their new baby dolls. She's demonstrating the vertex-vertex twin presentation that we wish for you! haha (more like our new LO can't be left alone for a second!)
Oh so much. And I feel guilty because I should be happy my baby is still cooking, but I just want her out. I want to see her, of course, but really I am just over being huge and sore and tired. It was fun for like the first bit of the 3rd tri to be all "popped" and get all the attention, but now that is wearing off and it seems like everyone else is just as anxious as I am for her to come out. Someone came to church with her new 2 wk old infant and my first thought was "You lucky duck! Your husband gets to carry her around too now. Ugh" and then I was resentful toward MH the rest of the day and the poor guy had no idea why.
Now that I'm all caught up on this thread, I wanted to wish everyone a very safe few weeks left! I know I'm getting anxious and it's getting very hard to breathe when I lay down, so I'm hoping someone can relate? MH and I are moving into our new home and I haven't gotten the nursery ready yet so I'm starting to worry. The 3rd trimester tiredness is a killer though so I will see how much I get done. I certainly don't know when to stop even though I know I'm tired.
I'm in your boat. DH and I move into our new home this weekend (hopefully, it's already been delayed once) so we haven't started on our baby's room yet either!
Glad I am not alone @AdorkablePixie!! We just got some of our boxes moved over but there's still lots left to pack! I hope to get that done this week so we can officially be out of here and into our own space. The nursery will come along thereafter. Are you stressing out about it?
Oh yes, I am stressing. DH keeps telling me not to, but it's a little hard. How about you? How's everything going. I have the unrealistic expectation that we will both get everything moved to our house this weekend AND get it all unpacked and set up (aside from the baby's room).
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
I actually don't care about my belly being touched. My patients tend to do it without asking. Mostly people ask...and I tell them to go ahead, it doesn't bother me...I do love how happy it makes them when they're allowed to. I think partly the reason I don't mind is that I loooove pregnant bellies and it used to make me happy getting to feel others' when they've been pregnant. I certainly wouldn't ask just anyone if I could touch. Only close friends and family!
I don't mind so much as long as people ASK first, it's the people that don't ask that bother me. I'd like to know it's coming. lol
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Even when not pregnant, women need more sleep. I don't know about you girls, but I always get less than DH. Seems like it's time for me to negotiate a weekend sleep-in day until I'm bf again.
Re: **The Everything Random Thread for May 2016**
@Sunshinebins Good luck!!
BFP #1: 9/12/2015
DD: 6/1/2016
BFP #2: 1/16/2018 MC 2/2/2018
BFP 1: 9/15/2013 | DD 5/23/2014
BFP 2: 9/15/2015 | EDD 5/26/2016
Second- it makes me laugh when I see food posts that say "I ate this instead of this" because mine are ALWAYS "I ate this IN ADDITION to this"-- kudos, healthy lady!
Did you do steroids for lung maturity?
Here's a pic of one of my twins holding their new baby dolls. She's demonstrating the vertex-vertex twin presentation that we wish for you! haha (more like our new LO can't be left alone for a second!)
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Oh yes, I am stressing. DH keeps telling me not to, but it's a little hard. How about you? How's everything going. I have the unrealistic expectation that we will both get everything moved to our house this weekend AND get it all unpacked and set up (aside from the baby's room).
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!I don't mind so much as long as people ASK first, it's the people that don't ask that bother me. I'd like to know it's coming. lol
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!So, just as DH is texting me this morning about how tired he is, I came across this article:https://www.fatherly.com/science-says-women-need-20-more-minutes-of-sleep-than-men-1661762916.html?utm_source=Keywee&utm_medium=social&utm_term=none&utm_device=all&utm_campaign=paid&kwp_0=119017&kwp_4=556879&kwp_1=294252
Even when not pregnant, women need more sleep. I don't know about you girls, but I always get less than DH. Seems like it's time for me to negotiate a weekend sleep-in day until I'm bf again.