My little cousin who is also 21 weeks pregnant just called me from her U/S appointment, Baby is growing right on track, nice and healthy, and it's a GIRL! I am so excited for her ♡ I know some of you swear up and down that nobody gets as excited about your baby as you do, but I'm pretty stoked about hers and if/when my twin decides to have one I'll more than likely be over the money about hers as well =D Give me all the babies!!!
@AllyTheKid , I wish I could tell you Season 5 gets not-depressing.... but Season 5 is the last season... and Nucky Thompson, Eli Thompson.... all of the mentioned gangsters, whorehouse owners, etc... you know they are bad people right? And bad people get punished, so.....
It is depressing though, but in my opinion, I think it still ends really well. I mean don't you wanna know how it ends???
My little cousin who is also 21 weeks pregnant just called me from her U/S appointment, Baby is growing right on track, nice and healthy, and it's a GIRL! I am so excited for her ♡ I know some of you swear up and down that nobody gets as excited about your baby as you do, but I'm pretty stoked about hers and if/when my twin decides to have one I'll more than likely be over the money about hers as well =D Give me all the babies!!!
I get super excited over all the babies too
Me:33 DH: 34 Married: May 2011 TTC #1: May 2015 DS: 10/20/2016 TTC #2: June 2019 #2 EDD: 2/20/2020
@annabenanna oh my gosh, now I'm even more depressed knowing it's the last season! I feel obligated to finish it though, so I will. Sigh, FI is going to be heartbroken over this too haha That was OUR show!
PS We've been watching Hung on Prime and actually really like it. Don't judge us! Lol
I know @AllyTheKid , it's such a good show!!! Do you guys watch Game of Thrones? And yes, please finish Boardwalk...you won't regret it. You know the most depressing part for me? The episode with Owen. I LOVED OWEN. Also, the episode with Eddie Kessler. I loved Eddie too! What did you think of Jimmy Darmody?
By the way @bnsmith85 , I forgot to mention Downton Abbey. Not sure if it's up your alley, but it's my go-to show when SO is not home. I literally bring out my crochet needles + yarn, make some tea, and watch Downton on Amazon Prime. Hahahahaha.
I just caught up on the Nov16 drama and all I can say is that I'm glad I'm due in October. They claim they made the group to exclude trolls and catfish... are they really that big of a deal?? I mean, I honestly don't feel like we have any on this board, but maybe I'm just naive. Even if there are trolls/catfish roaming around, I'm not sure what they would gain from any of my posts. It's not like I'm handing out my social security number!
Anyway- I think all the groups you have to join are weird and cliquey, so let's not do that with Oct16, k?
@bnsmith85 Check out Orphan Black and Mozart in the Jungle. DH and I FLEW through both of them. Orphan Black is a thriller/suspense BBC Canada series, Mozart is kind of along the lines of Slings and Arrows. It's about the mucisians and artistic board of the New York Symphony.
I just caught up on the Nov16 drama and all I can say is that I'm glad I'm due in October. They claim they made the group to exclude trolls and catfish... are they really that big of a deal?? I mean, I honestly don't feel like we have any on this board, but maybe I'm just naive. Even if there are trolls/catfish roaming around, I'm not sure what they would gain from any of my posts. It's not like I'm handing out my social security number!
Anyway- I think all the groups you have to join are weird and cliquey, so let's not do that with Oct16, k?
Love you guys!
where do I find said drama? I'm looking in Nov 16 but my drama vision is broken
@annabenanna I had an awkward love/hate relationship with Jimmy's character, hate mostly stemming from a certain creepy mother of his. You know who I loved the most? Richard Harrow! But I am a sucker for the underdog, always.
I have never even attempted GoT (I know, I know, GASP!) but am not against it. I heard good things about Orphan Black too.
OMG @AllyTheKid , I forgot all about Richard! I love him too! SO can't understand my love for Richard. I was like "i'd marry that man in a heartbeat." I wonder though about his relationship with his sister... they make it sound a bit romantic? I'll have to check out Orphan Black and you have to try to watch GOT!
@CopperBoom86 omg I totally agree with you! I went and read it earlier and couldn't believe it. I felt like I was back in middle school. SO happy I'm apart of this board with all you great moms!! You guys are the best!!
Married 11-11-11 TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year. BFP 02-15-16 with our first IT'S A BOY!!!
This is super random, but I was perusing the private groups and I ran across a name I haven't seen around here in a while. Has anyone heard from missteacherlady16 lately? Our personalities never really meshed, but I would hate to think anything negative happened to her.
ETA: Please don't tag her unless you know for a fact that she's okay.
I lost track on Boardwalk Empire too, I think I'll finish up the series... LOVED Richard Harrow! Currently I'm currently catching up on are Call the Midwife and Outlander. My mom keeps telling me I need to watch Upstairs Downstairs... never heard of it, but I'll check it out.
@LMNOBaby I struggled with this A LOT last pregnancy. I'm one of only 2 of my friends who is having babies and felt so isolated. Not only that, but I felt like I was losing my identity. I just kept telling myself that being a mother is only one part of my life and there is much more to me. You're not alone!
As someone that owns two waxing shops that specialize in Brazilians, it's totally fine to be waxed and nothing to be terrified about I recommend choosing a place that specializes in Brazilians and if you can find a place that uses hard wax I would choose that. You are more sensitive but I have clients that come up to the week before their due date. I'm not sure what numbing products are ok while pregnant but I have had clients use Dermoplast. Use reviews & ask friends, don't just pick a place without hearing about their waxing skills first and never nail salon wax because that's how every bad waxing story starts.
@annabenanna - I LOVE Downton and also really liked how the ended the series... there were a lot of loose ends I wasn't sure they were going to be able to tie up. We decided to start your first suggestion, Transparent last night. Watched a couple of episodes so we'll see And your crochet comment makes me want to start a blanket STAT
@CopperBoom86 - I've shot over a quick private message to check on another O16 mom before because she was posting a lot and then stopped suddenly... just to make sure everything was okay and see if she needed support. You could always do that. I think she's also an admin on the LFAF board.
Thanks @Julia70286! It helps to know I'm not alone in my feelings. I feel like it's not really going to go away, just kind of lingers in the background, but I'm focusing more on all the good stuff that's to come. After all, as much as I sometimes wish I could see the future I cannot - so I guess I just have to wait and see how it goes! I just always find something to worry about!
I don't really see an issue with the Nov 16 private group. I was stalking their board a couple of weeks ago when they had a serious troll who blocked everyone and kept posting thread after thread basically being an AW and bringing up topics that were widely discussed already but which she couldn't see because she blocked everyone. She made sure to report everyone who disagreed with her before blocking them so really great contributers were getting banned over nothing and people started to not want to contribute anymore. It doesn't seem like they're being mean girls, they're just not approving people if they don't recognize their names because they don't want a repeat of the drama. It sucks that it's happening and that people are upset about it. I'm glad we got lucky and got a really great group of ladies. I love OCT 16!
Me: 32 & DH: 37
Married: November 2014
TTC #1 Since: October 2015
BFP #1: 11/18/15 - CP BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16 IT'S A BOY!!!! DS Born 10/16/16
We had a big conference at work last week that I was basically second-in-command of. I have a planned few days off Thursday-Tuesday. My boss came in today and said he was tired from last week and just didn't want to do anything and didn't want to come in either. So he said since I'm already taking off Thursday and Friday this week, I can just take off tomorrow too! Wootwoot! I love my boss, because he's only the boss over me, but he's not the head boss in the building, so he can let me take days off under the table without anyone knowing. So I basically get a free off day tomorrow to sleep in, shop, and pack for my trip. I am soooooo super excited about this. But mostly about the sleeping-in part.
@sjo&thetwins - Did you make it to the "beating a dead horse" and "fail horse" gifs toward the end? Made me lol
Yes. Hahahah I lol'd too. I wish I was a part of that excitement sometimes. My home life can be pretty boring now that my "friends" are less friends since I've become KU. Now I need creepy internet drama to fuel me.
@MRSCORKER - I can see both sides. I guess I haven't been around long enough to deal with any real trolls. But I will say, whether it was their intention or not, it seems like an exclusive "cool kids only" clique. It makes me feel all panic-y to think about Oct16 doing something like that because I'm not sure I'm cool enough to make the cut!
I think I may be extra sensitive to it because I was on TTGP for 4 months, but I never fit in enough to be deemed a regular. I posted regularly, but I don't think I was snarky/clever enough to hang with them. I feel like maybe some of those girls probably feel about Nov16 the way I did about TTGP. They want to play, but now they literally can't because they're not allowed in the "clubhouse." Makes me sad
I think I may be extra sensitive to it because I was on TTGP for 4 months, but I never fit in enough to be deemed a regular. I posted regularly, but I don't think I was snarky/clever enough to hang with them. I feel like maybe some of those girls probably feel about Nov16 the way I did about TTGP. They want to play, but now they literally can't because they're not allowed in the "clubhouse." Makes me sad
This is totally how I feel! Sometimes I feel like I am just not snarky enough to hang, but then I think, "Meh, I'm just gonna be me, their loss if they don't like me" lol at least that's what my dad always told me... as a super nerdy pre teen.
Overall though, I love oct 16 and I'm glad we pretty much all get along and respect each other's opinions!
We had a big conference at work last week that I was basically second-in-command of. I have a planned few days off Thursday-Tuesday. My boss came in today and said he was tired from last week and just didn't want to do anything and didn't want to come in either. So he said since I'm already taking off Thursday and Friday this week, I can just take off tomorrow too! Wootwoot! I love my boss, because he's only the boss over me, but he's not the head boss in the building, so he can let me take days off under the table without anyone knowing. So I basically get a free off day tomorrow to sleep in, shop, and pack for my trip. I am soooooo super excited about this. But mostly about the sleeping-in part.
I'm jealous! I want a free day off too. Lol. We had new neighbors move in downstairs in our duplex and their kitchen is right below our bedroom.... They are avid juicers because the husband has cancer... So they juice at 5am and it wakes me up! I can't bitch about it, because that would be so insensitive considering he has cancer... so I've basically kissed sleeping in goodbye.
Enjoy your day off @bamacoop! I love days off where there's nothing planned!
We have an upstairs neighbor who has decided over the past few weeks to blast her awful music super loudly when she gets ready in the mornings.... like, I'm in my bathroom putting on makeup and I can sing along to every one of her songs, it's so loud. If they didn't cause a bazillion other problems, I'd say something, but I know it won't help because they are trashy people who just don't.care.about.anything. Ugh.
I can't wait until we get a house and don't have to worry about having walls attached to other people.
@Julia70286 The Bachelorette and The Bachelor are my most favorite guilty pleasure. And I'm proud of it.
Yep, me too I'm liking Jordan so far. I lol'ed at the comment, though, where someone said, "I don't mind not getting the first impression rose, because the last person who got it got left alone on a deserted island."
And @CopperBoom86, I agree- I don't think I'm cool enough either, but I like hanging out here with you all!
@bamacoop ... oh no! That's the worst! We had that happen once before we bought our house. I pranced my ass up to their appt door and let them know the music was SO loud we could hear everything. Our neighbor was actually really great about it and the issue stopped.... but I feel your pain!
Ugh, I hate noisy neighbors! Ours aren't noisy... they just like to juice at 5AM, and on weekends, sing Bruno Mars karaoke (over and over and over again), if it's not Bruno Mars it's Maroon 5. Gonna shoot myself.
Ladies, do you think i'm CRAZY to plan a camping trip at 29 weeks pregnant? SO has been wanting to go... I found like those cabins in a campground that's super sparse...and I think it would be a good compromise, except the only 3 available are like right next to the showers and bathrooms... I think that woudl suck..
So i'm thinking of just doing the tent sites. Am I crazy?
Pro tip those of you looking for the N16 drama: look for the threads that either say "closed" beneath the title or whose last post was made by BumpAdmin.
@CopperBoom86 - you're right in that generally speaking, trolls and catfishes are harmless BUT (and it's a big but) here on TB there have been cases in which they've gone through a regular's old posts and pieced together stuff like where a person lives and works, found them on FB, and legit threatened them with the info. On D14 there was a catfish group threatening regs with 4chan hackers. It caused a lot of regs to jump ship, delete their profiles & create new.
So it's usually NBD. Until it's not.
TLDR: don't post your personal sh*t on public forums y'all
So, I've been struggling with some weird feelings/emotions that I couldn't quite place... I'm thrilled and excited and nervous and feeling all things good about our little one's arrival. I've wanted to be a mother for as long as I can remember! But, for awhile I've had this sort of sadness at the same time, kind of lingering in the background, like that feeling that something is over and I can't get it back. I stumbled across this article today and thought I'd share because it sort of pinpoints what I'm feeling.
Still trying to balance all my feels, but for some reason this made my spirits lift a bit - not sure if it's because someone else is relating or because it finally made me realize just what I'm sort of bummed about - and made me start thinking of ways to still make myself a priority in addition to that of being a mother, and not letting that become my whole identity...
@LMNOBabyThank you so much for sharing this! I've been on that same boat with you....just have had an underlying sadness that I can't seem to shake or really put my finger on, and I think this explains it perfectly. I LOVE being pregnant & get overjoyed when I realize that oh.my.goodness I'm actually going to be a mom! (Something I've dreamed about my whole life). But I have hints of sadness creep up when I think about my current life now, and what all will change. We struggled TTGP and I had just come to accept that if it never happened, it was okay. I loved our life then & I was happy. We love to travel & go on adventures & be spontaneous. I know we can still do those things sometimes, but they will be different. I'm also scared our relationship is going to change or suffer and that terrifies me. I don't know how to explain all of this to DH though, I'm not quite sure if he would understand? I'm afraid of sounding selfish or whiny. Yes, this is what I wanted, but I am still going to miss and maybe mourn my former, carefree self for a bit. I just need to know it's okay to feel like this I guess? Helps to know there are others with similar feelings!
Re: Weekly Randoms (May 23)
I am so excited for her ♡ I know some of you swear up and down that nobody gets as excited about your baby as you do, but I'm pretty stoked about hers and if/when my twin decides to have one I'll more than likely be over the money about hers as well =D Give me all the babies!!!
It is depressing though, but in my opinion, I think it still ends really well. I mean don't you wanna know how it ends???
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
PS
We've been watching Hung on Prime and actually really like it. Don't judge us! Lol
By the way @bnsmith85 , I forgot to mention Downton Abbey. Not sure if it's up your alley, but it's my go-to show when SO is not home.
Anyway- I think all the groups you have to join are weird and cliquey, so let's not do that with Oct16, k?
Love you guys!
I have never even attempted GoT (I know, I know, GASP!) but am not against it. I heard good things about Orphan Black too.
TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year.
BFP 02-15-16 with our first
IT'S A BOY!!!
ETA: Please don't tag her unless you know for a fact that she's okay.
@LMNOBaby I struggled with this A LOT last pregnancy. I'm one of only 2 of my friends who is having babies and felt so isolated. Not only that, but I felt like I was losing my identity. I just kept telling myself that being a mother is only one part of my life and there is much more to me. You're not alone!
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
I recommend choosing a place that specializes in Brazilians and if you can find a place that uses hard wax I would choose that. You are more sensitive but I have clients that come up to the week before their due date. I'm not sure what numbing products are ok while pregnant but I have had clients use Dermoplast.
Use reviews & ask friends, don't just pick a place without hearing about their waxing skills first and never nail salon wax because that's how every bad waxing story starts.
@annabenanna - I LOVE Downton and also really liked how the ended the series... there were a lot of loose ends I wasn't sure they were going to be able to tie up. We decided to start your first suggestion, Transparent last night. Watched a couple of episodes so we'll see
*TW* Also, if she has (God forbid) suffered a loss, I wouldn't want her to have to rehash that through a PM.
I know she was a regular poster on TTGP and many know her from there, so I was hoping someone would be able to give an update on her.
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
I think I may be extra sensitive to it because I was on TTGP for 4 months, but I never fit in enough to be deemed a regular. I posted regularly, but I don't think I was snarky/clever enough to hang with them. I feel like maybe some of those girls probably feel about Nov16 the way I did about TTGP. They want to play, but now they literally can't because they're not allowed in the "clubhouse." Makes me sad
Overall though, I love oct 16 and I'm glad we pretty much all get along and respect each other's opinions!
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
Enjoy your day off @bamacoop! I love days off where there's nothing planned!
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
@annabenanna Thanks!!
We have an upstairs neighbor who has decided over the past few weeks to blast her awful music super loudly when she gets ready in the mornings.... like, I'm in my bathroom putting on makeup and I can sing along to every one of her songs, it's so loud. If they didn't cause a bazillion other problems, I'd say something, but I know it won't help because they are trashy people who just don't.care.about.anything. Ugh.
I can't wait until we get a house and don't have to worry about having walls attached to other people.
And @CopperBoom86, I agree- I don't think I'm cool enough either, but I like hanging out here with you all!
Ladies, do you think i'm CRAZY to plan a camping trip at 29 weeks pregnant? SO has been wanting to go... I found like those cabins in a campground that's super sparse...and I think it would be a good compromise, except the only 3 available are like right next to the showers and bathrooms... I think that woudl suck..
So i'm thinking of just doing the tent sites. Am I crazy?
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
@CopperBoom86 - you're right in that generally speaking, trolls and catfishes are harmless BUT (and it's a big but) here on TB there have been cases in which they've gone through a regular's old posts and pieced together stuff like where a person lives and works, found them on FB, and legit threatened them with the info. On D14 there was a catfish group threatening regs with 4chan hackers. It caused a lot of regs to jump ship, delete their profiles & create new.
So it's usually NBD. Until it's not.
TLDR: don't post your personal sh*t on public forums y'all