@LinziLoo09 now you have me craving a BLAT! I am definitely team avocado.
@JulieSmiles I deteste Oreos. I have a bad memory of eating too many warm mushy Oreos one summer as a kid. the "chocolate" part becomes even more unbearable in 30 degree weather.
1. Avocados are gross. 2. So are oreos. Boom! Mic drop.
THIS!! So this! Oreos are the grossest thing EVER! I get all excited when I see these cookie and cream shakes but they have OREOS in them. WHY!?!?!?!?!?
We announced on Tuesday on Facebook when I was 9 weeks 4 days. I can't keep secrets for the life of me and some people at DH's work found out, and we wanted to be able to announce on our time, not theirs. So my SIL took our announcement photos, edited them and we posted.
Married 4/12/13 TTC since 6/13 Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016 SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
Ugh avocados are my HUGE food aversion right now! Before pregnancy I loved them, but then had one meal of avocado toast and ended up with insane stomach cramps. Now I can't so much as look at one without gagging. Now thinking back if I ate a lot of avocados before pregnancy my stomach would be a little upset but I never really thought it could be the avocado. Maybe my body just does not like avocados. I'm team anti-avocado
I agree with everyone saying when to announce is just a personal choice. I'm hypothyroid so I knew going into this pregnancy that I had an increased risk of miscarriage so we only told friends and family who I would have told anyway even if we lost it. I like having a support system, I'm just very picky about who that support system is!
I like having a support system, I'm just very picky about who that support system is!
So much this. In my case, though, I really just wish it wasn't so taboo to announce "early". Mostly because I'm sick of hiding the bloat and people giving me the side-eye when they see me eating such out of character "bad" foods
Re: food - I love avocado but I do hate Oreo's. And Nutella. And marshmallows. And watermelon. Oh, watermelon. Even pre-pregnancy the smell alone is enough to make me want to vomit but now it's like my own personal kryptonite.
@ashleaf2018 I just read through this from yesterday, and I am not trying pick on or be little your comments. You are (were?) just wording things in the exact way that I was trying to and failing at.
Formerly known as Kate08young August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Me: 28 H: 24 Married: 7/22/14 Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017. Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
@DiFazette my sister had twins and you won't believe the crap people feel entitled to ask. She got asked "are they natural?" so many times, even after they were born.
@Amdogger82 - and WTF does that even mean? No, they're part robot. People are just idiots sometimes.
I think I'm doing this thread right? Otherwise, I might just be desperately needing to complain.
If one more nurse who knows I have hyperemesis gravidarum laughs and tells me about how I won't be able to stop myself from having more babies after this first one I might lose my cool. Actually that goes for anyone who laughs and says something along those lines, especially the people who know how sick I am AND know we have always planned on having one kid.
I also really don't need to the nurses to share how easy being pregnant was for them while I'm getting an IV.
Glad I opened this thread! First of all, I'm team avocado, team egg, and team avocados PLUS eggs, preferably in omelette form.
But on a more serious note, I'm super happy to read the discussion on announcements, because I've really been going back and forth. We told our immediate family pretty much day-of, but I knew the risk of MC was so high then that I wasn't sure whether I wanted to give the babe time to grow before announcing or be totally open with full awareness that, like @ashleaf2018 mentioned, I might have to publicly grieve the loss of the child and deal with feeling uncomfortable with sympathy. (I'm also pretty private, and pretty stoic, so I'm not sure what my grieving process actually is.)
I think what it will come down to is phases of announcements. H is deploying for the summer very soon, and I want us to be able to tell people at church together before he leaves. I also want to announce it to my grad school classmates just because I'm so freaking excited. So I'll probably tell those groups of people this weekend. As for FB/Insta, I'll put my announcement out on our anniversary, June 5, when I'll be 10+ weeks.
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
Every time I see people bickering over how early to announce and the ones who are truly smug about how it's best to wait until X time... I always wonder how they don't get that humans die every age from in utero to 100+.
-Totally agree that the decision to announce early or not is completely personal. Personally, we announced really early with my last pregnancy (6 weeks or so) and then when I suffered a MC before the 12 week mark it was devastating for me to go back and tell everyone about the loss. So, this time we told close family, I'll tell my BFF when I go visit her in a few weeks, but until then I'm holding off until my second trimester. But, that's just what DH and I feel comfortable doing. Everyone is different and that's fine.
-Strangely I like avocados, but I can't stand guacamole. Idk what's wrong with me though. I'm a freak.
-My UO is that I absolutely HATE HATE HATE fresh/raw tomatoes. (love salsa, ketchup, tomato products, etc though) I'm a weirdo. Tomatoes absolutely make me gag.
cjt121413 Yes! It is the unmet expectation of how people react or respond to you that is so painful and hard to deal with. It is very individual, based on how each person deals with things.
Me: 35 Husband: 40 TTC #2: Jan 2019 DS: 2.5 yo EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16 (Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board
@LCartee2016 my MIL is the same way with tomatoes...she likes salsa, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, chili etc. but she hates fresh tomatoes on like sandwiches or salads lol. I HATE the smell of orange juice. To me, it smells like vomit. Probably has something to do with that orange juice is obviously very acidic and so is vomit because of the stomach acid but Blah! Makes me sick just thinking about it.... But strangely, I don't have the same aversion to fresh oranges, go figure.
Re: UO - 5/12
@JulieSmiles I deteste Oreos. I have a bad memory of eating too many warm mushy Oreos one summer as a kid. the "chocolate" part becomes even more unbearable in 30 degree weather.
We announced on Tuesday on Facebook when I was 9 weeks 4 days. I can't keep secrets for the life of me and some people at DH's work found out, and we wanted to be able to announce on our time, not theirs. So my SIL took our announcement photos, edited them and we posted.
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
I agree with everyone saying when to announce is just a personal choice. I'm hypothyroid so I knew going into this pregnancy that I had an increased risk of miscarriage so we only told friends and family who I would have told anyway even if we lost it. I like having a support system, I'm just very picky about who that support system is!
Re: food - I love avocado but I do hate Oreo's. And Nutella. And marshmallows. And watermelon. Oh, watermelon. Even pre-pregnancy the smell alone is enough to make me want to vomit but now it's like my own personal kryptonite.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
If one more nurse who knows I have hyperemesis gravidarum laughs and tells me about how I won't be able to stop myself from having more babies after this first one I might lose my cool. Actually that goes for anyone who laughs and says something along those lines, especially the people who know how sick I am AND know we have always planned on having one kid.
I also really don't need to the nurses to share how easy being pregnant was for them while I'm getting an IV.
But on a more serious note, I'm super happy to read the discussion on announcements, because I've really been going back and forth. We told our immediate family pretty much day-of, but I knew the risk of MC was so high then that I wasn't sure whether I wanted to give the babe time to grow before announcing or be totally open with full awareness that, like @ashleaf2018 mentioned, I might have to publicly grieve the loss of the child and deal with feeling uncomfortable with sympathy. (I'm also pretty private, and pretty stoic, so I'm not sure what my grieving process actually is.)
I think what it will come down to is phases of announcements. H is deploying for the summer very soon, and I want us to be able to tell people at church together before he leaves. I also want to announce it to my grad school classmates just because I'm so freaking excited. So I'll probably tell those groups of people this weekend. As for FB/Insta, I'll put my announcement out on our anniversary, June 5, when I'll be 10+ weeks.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
-Strangely I like avocados, but I can't stand guacamole. Idk what's wrong with me though. I'm a freak.
-My UO is that I absolutely HATE HATE HATE fresh/raw tomatoes. (love salsa, ketchup, tomato products, etc though) I'm a weirdo. Tomatoes absolutely make me gag.
TTC #2: Jan 2019
DS: 2.5 yo
EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16
(Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board
I HATE the smell of orange juice. To me, it smells like vomit. Probably has something to do with that orange juice is obviously very acidic and so is vomit because of the stomach acid but Blah! Makes me sick just thinking about it.... But strangely, I don't have the same aversion to fresh oranges, go figure.