Toot your horn Tuesday -5.17

slartybartfast

 big accomplishments (graduating, landing a new job)

or small (finally taking an adult sized poop this morning)

why are you awesome today?

slartybartfast

Well the poop example was from personal experience so there's that. I'm also doing a good job with a technical memo at work this week. I thought that would be impossible with this brain right now 

bakerstreetboys

I got all three kids dressed, fed, and out of the house before 7am this morning.  Shouldn't be a big deal but these days it is.  My 5 year old has decided that he doesn't like underwear, insists on wearing shorts even though there's still frost on the ground, and only like pajamas shirts.  How can a 40 pound person drive me so crazy?!

bakerstreetboys

@slartybartfast I'm jealous

Kristonita12

My kid was dressed, fed, went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth before leaving for daycare this morning. That's an accomplishment! I also made dinner before I left for work and had time to drink a leisurely cup of coffee. It's the little things, lol. 

lrones2

I got myself dressed and fed and out the door for work 10 minutes early today! I am a teacher and I am on the end of the year count down. I only have 9 days left before I am off for summer break!!

penelope4612

I cleaned my apartment this weekend (I'm pretty sure this was the first time since getting pregnant) and worked on a project I'd been procrastinating on.  Starting to feel like a real person again... Sort of.

beff12

I'm going to clean the house today (with my the help of my mom) for the first time in forever. I invited a couple of ladies over tomorrow so that I would have to clean. 

karmba

I had myself ready to go to work by 8:30 the past two mornings - which has felt like a huge accomplishment. 

Jdlc1991

I graduated with my bachelors May 5th, I have 3 months of break before I start law school in August (yay) and I managed to get out of my house in real pants today. This week seems to be going well. 

slartybartfast

Oh man. I had put on real pants for today but after a violent morning puke fest I peed them *hangs head in shame* **yea right. I don't even feel shame anymore... This is my life**

screw real pants.

LinziLoo09

I've already AW'd this, but I graduated on Friday with my PhD finally. They can't take the degree back NOW! <maniacal laughter>

I also managed to stay at work yesterday for the WHOLE DAY. I feel like the entire week before consisted of part days because MS would get so bad my boss would send me home. I feel so productive in that I can almost function like a normal person on rare occasions at least.

I cooked dinner last night for like the first time in a month. The whole time I kept thinking - I'm not going to be able to eat this - but I did. AND I remembered to pack my lunch today, which is good because I left my debit card at home and wouldn't be able to eat otherwise.

On the idiot-side of the pregnancy, though, leaving my debit card at home also means that I couldn't park in the lot closest to the hospital, and instead I had to park in my lot 1/4 mi away and walk in the rain to get to work. In an intelligent move, I decided to wear sandals today. Whomp whomp.

mysteryship

I had a flight cancelled yesterday and had to spend the day in the airport, and I didn't cry. Not even a little bit. That felt like a huge win.

jenlynne0624

I've made it to 11 weeks and haven't thrown up or passed out at work due to exhaustion yet.

Christinaruth74

I am going in to the office today to get some work done (my H and I work for a remodeling company. He is the shop manager and I do (very) part time admin work). I have makeup and deodorant on and, at some point within the next 15-ish minutes will drag myself upstairs to put on real clothes. My hair is in the same bun I went to bed with and that's just not a battle worth fighting today. Baby steps. 

dmontgo

I already mentioned my new job, but a really cool thing happened today: the CEO/owner wants to talk to me personally because she was so impressed with my resume. She knew I was pregnant before she gave the OK to hire me, and I am so grateful that my pregnancy didn't keep me from employment. I think it helps she's a lady too, and my contacts came through for me. So I'm kind of giving myself a pat on the back.

Also, I've been cleaning the house today! Vaccuuming, laundry, making the bed, picking up...hopefully will have energy to get started on clearing out the future nursery. And, I'm dressed, did my hair, and makeup. I'm super woman today.

Tomorrow, I will likely look homeless.

screamingguppy

Food actually tasted good yesterday! I think I ate the best pb&j of my life!  

phoenix870509

The new meds are working! I only threw up once this morning, but I think it was because I took them on an empty stomach. Same thing happened yesterday, so tomorrow bagel first, then meds. Oh, and I finally called and scheduled the fire inspection my landlord reminded me to do last month. And I'm being mean and making my team in India do their jobs so I can get a report done by the end of the week. They tried to pass off something and I told them, nope, doesn't work, do it this way. Yay adulting!

KatieJ6

I managed to get up on time today, get both boys and myself off and ready for the day and was early for work! 

mimi603107

I'm not tooting my own horn here but my son's. He had such a wonderful IEP (Individualized Education Program) meeting at school! I'm so proud of him  He's been diagnosed with Autism, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD and a speech delay and is in a public school with a specialized classroom that has less transitions, individual help and a quiet room.  His teacher and therapists (speech, occupational, and social) all had wonderful things to say about him...that he is a joy to have in the classroom, he's funny, is very intelligent and has a wonderful imagination! (I seriously feeling like crying for joy while I type this ) He's at grade level or above in all his subjects and has met all his goals for the year, yay! I'm one proud momma and am feeling soooo blessed over here! 

Lisa3379

I didn't completely freak out while getting my blood taken this morning! I'm super afraid of/skeeved out by needles. This was a big moment for me, haha. 

cgss11

It's after lunch, and my pants are still buttoned. Last week with the same pair, I had them unbuttoned all day. The on again off again bloat struggles.

KatBH

cgss11 said:

It's after lunch, and my pants are still buttoned. Last week with the same pair, I had them unbuttoned all day. The on again off again bloat struggles.

You should get a Bellaband!  The bloat I'm having is no joke, so it's been a lifesaver. 

DiFazette

I'm happy that my blood work, urine cultures and pap all came back perfect today!  We had done a pre-eclamptic panel to see if there was lasting damage from DS or a start of any issues this PG.  Always relieved to get back a healthy pap since I only get them every 3 years now.  Yay for good health!!

1MommyRunner

I made it through the day alive. I'm calling it a win!

lilbug88

I just did a load of dishes after fighting my toddler to go to bed for the past 2 hours. I'm done for the night!

Sharkey

I graduated college! Hooray! I should have graduated years ago but moving, transferring, having a baby, yadayada delayed it a bit. 

zubenescamali

 It's Wednesday but I am so excited to be drinking a cup of coffee without hurling that I just have to post about it. Holla! 

temmetime

I have pooped everyday since finding out we're pregnant. I don't want to jinx it by talking about it.. but from a typically irregular struggling gal, this feels amazing! Small life victories Edit: Note that we found out 6 weeks ago. Six weeks of pooping regularly for the first time in my life, yay baby!

dmontgo

Checked my blood pressure today---way lower than it was at the doctor's last week! I think doctors just give me the heebie jeebies. Feeling a lot calmer about it now. Hopefully it stays this way!

DiFazette

dmontgo said:

Checked my blood pressure today---way lower than it was at the doctor's last week! I think doctors just give me the heebie jeebies. Feeling a lot calmer about it now. Hopefully it stays this way!

@dmontgo - not sure if I mentioned this in my PM but your BP rises throughout the day.  A late afternoon doc appt will always have a higher reading than an early AM one.  Keep that in mind as your taking your own BP.  You want to take different times of day since your body has a natural rhythm of rise and fall. 

dmontgo

@DiFazette Right you are! DH is a trained medic and he's been really helpful in taking my BP...manually, just like you suggested. Overall the trends are looking good, and we haven't had a repeat of 134 or 155/109! *whew* 

slartybartfast

@dmontgo my bp is also all over the place. When in pain or discomfort it can spike HIGH. It defaults to quite low. Last time in labor it was crazy high but I explained to the midwife that it does that when I'm in pain (though I'll admit it had never been that high... I can't remember the numbers but it was like beyond hyper tension into "you're gonna have a heart attack" range. Anyway we just kept an eye on it and there were no issues but it was good to know my body just fluctuates bp way more than "normal"

dmontgo

@slartybartfast I have the same thing. When I was suffering from my spinal injury, my BP was quite high because I was in crippling pain. Or when i get anxious it will go up. Otherwise, it is low to normal. Since I've had my back addressed, that has really normalized my BP. 

DiFazette

All bodies spike BP in pain, it's part of our sympathetic nervous system response.  Acute BP rises can result in stroke. Heart attacks are the result of prolonged evlevated BP when scarring occurs in the arteries causing plaque build up over time.  

I'm not trying to be bitchy, high blood pressure in PG nearly killed me and DS, I just don't want anyone to read the above comment and think that high blood pressure in PG is 'okay'.  It's very dangerous.  

goldensnitch731

I haven't thrown up since Monday which was while I was driving and I stayed in my lane and didn't hit anyone.  Also, this morning my daughter was in a horrible mood but I still got up and got her to preschool and got myself to work early. Yay for productivity.