TTT 5/24

clw617

So... anybody still pregnant and want to do a TTT? Or you've already had your LO and miraculously have time to list ten things!  



1. Being a late-month due date on a monthly birth board is rough. But it's cool, I'll wait...
2. Reading the parents/IL posts is interesting to me. It's one of those grass-is-always-greener-on-the-other-side situations, I think. I'm always jealous of people who have family nearby, but then I read some of the nightmare posts about intrusive or thoughtless in-laws and I'm like, nope.. maybe not.
3. I do wish that my ILs were more interactive with DS1 (who is 3). They visit maybe twice a year and when they do, it's like they just want to sit and watch TV. Anytime my mom visits, she's like, "Go! You and DH go out, let me stay with DS!" which is awesome, but my ILs... not so much. 
4. I'm nervous about the whole newborn dynamic once we're home from the hospital. I'll be physically limited and slow since I'm having a CS, and I worry my mom will get on DH's nerves and he'll lose patience with our 3 year old. Sigh... I don't know what to expect.
5. This baby is sooo wiggly. I've had lots of people tell me they rarely felt their LO move while they were pregnant and now they're the most laid-back kid. Welp... this one must be a wild one.
6. I am excited to retire my maternity wardrobe. I wear the same like, three shirts each week and I'm so sick of them.
7. I have varicose veins on my inner thigh.  They're all buldgey and gross, even my doctor pointed them out yesterday. Ugh.
8. I went back to the freezer meals thread and printed off a bunch of recipes. I haven't had time to make anything, but... lol hey, I tried.
9. I purchased a bottle of wine for a coming home gift to myself! Excited to crack that open.
10. Watched the new season premiere of The Bachelorette last night and the creeps were in full effect.

Pascal86

@clw617 YES to your #1. So weird to have everyone be talking about their MOTN routines and what kind of pacifiers work and I'm like, "wait... can we keep looking for our mucus plugs??"

Anyway, I made it to 6 this week:

1. I think I have the pubic symphysis disorder thing. It’s been killing me, and then Sunday I just stayed in bed/on the couch almost the entire day, and yesterday it felt SO MUCH better! Then my husband came home early while I was wrapping his birthday present so I ran to my office (about 30 feet) to hide it, and it completely destroyed it again. I’m so pissed! This is the difference of feeling perfect yesterday and feeling completely disabled again today.
2. On the plus side, it’s past 8AM on my husband’s birthday, and I haven’t started labor yet, so I feel almost positive that I’ll follow through on my “promise” not to make him share a birthday with our daughter!
3. I think having this birthday 3 days before my due date has been a big help in making me not worry about going into labor or look for signs/symptoms. That being said, I think starting tomorrow I might start going crazy with the OWT and labor-waiting anxiety.
4. After a not-great performance review a couple months ago, yesterday my bosses pulled me into their office to tell me that I’ve improved a lot and are giving me the rest of my raise!
5. I finally finished the TY cards from all of our baby showers last night. My goal was to make sure I did it before the baby came, and I finally made it happen!
6. The only TY card I didn’t write is to a great aunt I don't know, but my dad came home from a family reunion in Texas last week, and gave me this bib thing that apparently she made - not sure if for me, or if she had it just lying around (I’m suspicious of this for a lot of handmade gifts - not that it matters in the slightest) … but what the hell is it? A bib for an adult with a tiny neck? A full body bib for a baby? I will definitely be trying it on the baby to take a picture because it’s so ridiculous, but not in the mood to write a single more TY card.

clw617

@Pascal86 OMG that bib. I need it to scale, though, so you should put it on and take a pic. 

Charissadeats

1. Alex is a week old today.
2. So far he's been super chill - he is currently asleep on my chest. 
3. DH is an amazing dad! I love him more now, I swear. And I didn't think that was possible. 
4. I am healing well from my CS but have started getting random back spasms. Seeing my OB on Monday and will have to ask him about that...
5. I am going grocery shopping tomorrow (yes) whilst DH babysits. My mom is taking me. 
6. Watched Preacher last night - and it seems it's gonna be an awesome show!! 
7. Anyone seen Apocolypse? Was it worth it?
8. I am surprised how easily our boy fit into our home. We still have time to be ourselves as well as a couple. We are stronger now - and we were damn strong before. I hope it lasts. 
9. Feel for you ladies still pregnant - good luck with the wait and labour!!
10. Need to start dinner but baby is sleeping - oh well, guess I will just cuddle him some more. Happy Tuesday ladies!

Pascal86

@clw617 Couldn't bring myself to try it on, but it does look really good on Teddy:

BabyL52716

1. End of the month Due date sucks.

2. I am tired of wearing clothes. Everything cuts into my waist. 

3. Currently sitting on my couch in a tshirt and underwear.

4. I want to decorate the nursery walls but I don't know what with.

5. I think my fur baby might be constipated.

6. My LO is moving all around and loves stabbing her foot into my side just below my ribs. I find it kinda cute♡♥

7. I'm worried that I feel to good and that labour is nowhere in site.

8. I want to buy and eat all things sweet. <---This isn't all that new haha only I find I have less self control.

9. Mon and tue of this week were my last work days and I was down staffed both days!! I guess that means I am on maternity leave now. I guess that means things are getting serious!

10. I think there is somethibg dead in my living room because it smells like something is rotting.  And I can't get down on the floor to look behind the couches ><
                   

swflJD

1. Today is my last full day before being induced tomorrow night.  
2. I'm still holding out hope that I might go into labor on my own today or early tomorrow.
3. I'm working from home today, but since I haven't been getting any new assignments for about 2 weeks now, it really just consists of answering a couple of emails (mostly from co-workers asking if the baby is here yet).
4. I'm about to take my dog to the groomer.  I usually have them do a cute cut around his face, but today I'm having him trimmed really short all over (not quite shaved) so he will shed less. 
5. DH bought this stupid fooseball table years ago, and it has been collecting dust on our lanai.  I put it on Craigslist for free this morning, and now I have about a dozen people wanting to come pick it up this afternoon, which is great - except I don't want to deal with people today.  I may tell them to come this evening after DH is home so he can deal with it.
6. I still have so much to do to get ready for this baby (especially now that I have a set end date)!
7. My SIL has called twice already today, and I've let it go to voicemail both times.  I know she's just calling for an update and there is none, so I don't want to talk to her.
8. I'm pretty much not taking any calls or responding to any texts at this point.  I'm just so tired of the same stupid questions!  How do I feel?  Umm...sore, miserable, overdue, uncomfortable, irritable, annoyed!  Just leave me alone already, people!

That's all I have!

LadyStardust179

1. DS1 is adjusting really well to having a baby brother at home. He says adorable things like "The baby is my friend" and gives him kisses on the head.
2. DS2 hasn't slept for more than an hour at a time since yesterday evening. He just keeps eating and eating. I'm exhausted!
3. I really want some brownies.
4. I've been watching The Americans since I've been on maternity leave. It's quite good! You don't see a lot of period shows or movies set in the 80s. Being a KGB spy is hard work!
5. My dogs are driving me nuts. One dog barks at EVERYTHING, which causes the other dog to bark too. It's already pretty annoying when I'm home sometimes, but now that I've been at home for two weeks it is really getting on my nerves.
6. On the other hand, the dogs can be really sweet too. They both get up with me at night every time I feed the baby. 
7. I think I've eaten my weight in lunchmeat since having the baby.

js8812

1. 5 days overdue today.  One of my coworkers is telling me how I need to fight my doctor and tell her not to induce me tomorrow.  Obviously I would rather go into labor on my own and am really hoping I do.  The funniest part of it all is that she had both her kids at 37.5 weeks.  I said, you have no opinion because I've been pregnant nearly a month longer than you did with your kids.

2.  I'm wearing 3" heels today.  Yeah, mama!!!!

3.  I was so worried about my MIL being overbearing because of her comments, but I think that's just how she expresses her excitement.  We email back and forth a few times a week and I told her she is more than welcome to stay at our house when we are at the hospital for the induction, but that our plan is to have a few hours as a family of three before visitors.  She said that we definitely need our alone time and that she respects that.  She even joked, "I bet you thought I was moving in the way I was talking, but I'm just excited for baby to be here."  WHEW!!!!

4.   I can't wait to wear normal clothes again!

5.  I generally watch the bachelor/ette a day late.  I'll either watch tonight or save it for the hospital.

6.  Date night tonight with my H.  Going out for dinner!

7.  My induction is scheduled for midnight Thursday morning.  I can't believe it's almost here!  I'm so excited with a dash of nervousness.

8.  So many good things have been happening at work lately.  I will love my time off, but I hope these projects are here when I get back.  I'm a Wealth Management advisor and in the past three days I've had three $5 million+ projects come in.  I love working through those planning details, so I'm hoping they can hold off until I come back part time in 6ish weeks.

9. I hope and pray my dog adores baby.  She is my princess and I love her to pieces.  I hope she makes it easy on us.

10.  I read the newborn threads and hope I'll retain some of the information.  I feel so dang behind!

ashleyla526

1. 40+2 today, and ready for this baby to get moving!

2.  We had an unplanned trial run to the hospital last night after I got extremely sick to my stomach yesterday around noon.  I couldn't keep anything at all, even a sip of water.  I called the on-call doc around 8pm and they recommended we come on in to get me hydrated.  After getting the fluids and nausea meds, then a few hours of good sleep I was a whole new person.  Feeling much better today and hoping that was my body getting ready for labor soon!! 

3.  They had me on the monitors the whole time at the hospital so it was great getting to hear baby's heartbeat for so long and confirm everything looked great!

4.  Everyone is checking in doubly today.  I am really not too annoyed with the texts and calls because I'm just chillin at home and taking it pretty easy.

5.  When they checked last night, I was 1-2 cm dilated and over 50% effaced.  Innocent dh thought this was relevant information to include in the massive group text that went to our entire family... Grr!  

6. I can't wait to see DH as a daddy and my mom as an awesome granny!  And happy she will be here Saturday (if not sooner!).

7.  I'm not super into astrology stuff, but I guess this LO will be a Gemini like my MIL and my grandma.  I love their personalities and temperaments, so that's good.  Now I'm just curious to see if it will be a May or June baby! 

8.  I am not nearly as productive as I should be during the days.. Lots of couch time and random tv!

9.  I think DH and I will try and get in another date night tonight!  Our anniversary is Thursday so this may be an early celebration in case we are in the hospital on the 26th.

10.  I guess I will go do a little light dusting so I can feel somewhat productive.  

JoMunson

1. Poor Ezra has a tiny rash in the crease of his thigh. It doesn't bother him but it really bothers me!
2. I've decided to move him to cloth diapers 100% of the time. The disposables make it too easy to not notice he needs a change. The last two disposable changes his diaper was heavy with pee. That can't be good.
3. We've had an on/off mouse issue since the winter. We think we finally caught our last one this morning! 
4. I feel like I do laundry every day. Sometimes it's my clothes, sometimes it's Ezra's, sometimes it's cloth diapers. Today it's sheets.
5. I wish I was better at hand expressing so I could get some breast milk on Ezra's rash.
6. DH wants to try an overnight camping trip before he goes back to work at the beginning of June. I'm only worried about storing the cloth diapers and keeping Ezra warm at night.
7. Hoping to get the yard started this week. It's still kinda chilly here in Oregon (it doesn't usually warm up until mid-late June) but I want Ezra to have some more outside time than just a quick walk outside. 

littlebb22

@Pascal86So weird to have everyone be talking about their MOTN routines and what kind of pacifiers work and I'm like, "wait... can we keep looking for our mucus plugs??"

^^Exactly!!!!

thismakes4

1. I started pitocin today and after 7 hours of being on it with zero change the dr. decided to call it a night so I (most likely him) can rest. We will start again tomorrow morning at 5 am. I'm guess I'm okay with that.

2. I was hoping to only spend 1 night at the hospital... now it will be at least 2. I miss my other babies. I wish they could be here to just cuddle and watch a movie with me before bed. At least they are super excited for another little brother. 

3. Apparently my body has developed an antibody against baby and is trying to reject him?? Dr. said normally that would have resulted in a miscarriage early on but I made it to 40 weeks. Also, it usually happens when the mom is a negative blood type (I am positive) so they are telling me it's rare that I have it. He doesn't seem too concerned about it but they have to have my blood type on hand in case I need a transfusion. Anyone have any experience with this?? It's probably nothing but it freaks me out.

4. Anyways, I sent DH home to be with our other kids and get some sleep. I'm sure he'll be back before baby arrives.

5. Hopefully little guy is here tomorrow.

Kurrant

1. Lucine is 1 month tomorrow and not getting any better with the crying. I might go insane. I find that getting 6 hours of sleep over a 24 hour period ( even when its broken into 1 hour bits through the day ) helps keep me feeling less down.  Still not 100% or even 50% to be honest.
2. Do you count 1 month as in 4 full weeks or the date of her birth the following month? Does that make sense? I always found that confusing!
   
3. My nipple are so sore. She has been getting a sloppy / lazy latch at the end of her feeds. She starts to take just the end of the nipple and refuses to open her mouth wide but then cries when I don't give her the boob back. Very frustrating.  
4. I think going out for walks would help my mood a bit but its been pouring here and its really cold.  Not exactly walking weather.  If by some chance I decide to go with the initial baby #2 plan I hope it is born at the start of summer instead of winter.  This really stinks.
5. Lucine is smiling purposefully lately. Its quite nice to see that sweet smile between all of the bad bits.  Sometimes it's the only thing that gets me through the day.
6. Im starting to get my appetite back which is good but I find myself not having enough time to prepare anything for breakfast or lunch.  I think I need to get a good house carrier to make things easier.  
7. I am feeling so envious of ladies who can do things with their LOs. Lucy screams so much that I can't imagine taking her anywhere besides a walk and thats not happening.

I guess all I can muster up is 7.  Now to nap before the evening feeding frenzy begins...

AdorkablePixie

I know it's not Tuesday but I am doing this anyway!

1. I was 40 weeks on Monday.

2. I went to see my midwife and she said if I am still pregnant at my appointment Tuesday (because they're closed Monday) we will do a sonogram to check my fluid and an NST to make sure baby is good. She said they would try to schedule an induction for Wednesday or Thursday. I feel like that's too far from two weeks over, so I am going to suggest Friday or Saturday. Maybe cervadil Friday night and start Pitocin Saturday.

3. I really want my best friend to be there for my labor. She can always make me laugh and I feel like she would be a good person to have around.

4. I think baby will come before induction, at least that is what I am hoping!!

5. I think I might have lost some of my MP yesterday, but I'm not positive. I text my best friend (eww, I know right? lol) and she said it sounds like I did.

6. I have to drive over an hour away from home today for traffic court for a stupid ticket I got a couple months back. I REALLY hope labor doesn't start while I'm gone.

7. I wish people would stop texting me and asking how I'm feeling or commenting about how the baby needs to come. It's annoying. Don't rush him!!

8. I am still comfortable for the most part. I have some pelvic pain/pressure, but that's it.

9. I don't understand what makes people think it's okay to ask about dilation. The secretary at my chiropractor asked me last week and I was like WTF?!

10. I can't wait to have a Beach Club from Jimmy John's after giving birth.

lionstigersbears

1. I was too tired for this yesterday.
2. Due date is Friday!
3. I'm 1cm and 50+% effaced, which tells me nothing except I'm still pregnant. 
4. I think this baby will come over the holiday weekend, and everyone working at the hospital will be oh so pleased to be there...
5. I'm scheduled for two appointments next week, Tuesday and Friday, both with a NST. Really hoping I don't have to go to both of them, or either!!
6. I've been watching water birth videos. I'm open to a water birth if it's helping me cope and all that. I'm a little worried I'll panic when her head is out but underwater while I push her body out! I know she won't breathe until we pull her up but still...
7. I'm working 3 hours today and tomorrow and really wish I wasn't. It's practically nothing but oh well. After my burst of energy over the weekend to do yard work and clean (is labor imminent?!) I'm now too exhausted daily to do much of anything productive (could labor be around the corner?!)...yeah, my pelvis is done being pregnant. 
8. As eager as I am to meet her, I'm actually less obsessive about going into labor than last time. I think the lack of prodromal labor helps since I'm not left wondering if contractions are real or not, those mind games were awful!
9. Massage and chiropractic adjustment today, woo!
10. I made it to ten, but only because I'm avoiding cleaning my bathroom. 

swflJD

AdorkablePixie said:

9. I don't understand what makes people think it's okay to ask about dilation. The secretary at my chiropractor asked me last week and I was like WTF?!

I know, right!?  What is wrong with people!?  The cashier at the grocery store asked me that the other day.  I very quickly told her, "I don't know you, and even if I did I'm not going to discuss my vagina with you!"  She looked mortified and started stammering, so hopefully she'll think twice about asking anyone else something so personal.  But WTF did she think she was asking about!?  It makes me ragey when even family members start asking for such personal information. 

AdorkablePixie

swflJD said:

AdorkablePixie said:

9. I don't understand what makes people think it's okay to ask about dilation. The secretary at my chiropractor asked me last week and I was like WTF?!

I know, right!?  What is wrong with people!?  The cashier at the grocery store asked me that the other day.  I very quickly told her, "I don't know you, and even if I did I'm not going to discuss my vagina with you!"  She looked mortified and started stammering, so hopefully she'll think twice about asking anyone else something so personal.  But WTF did she think she was asking about!?  It makes me ragey when even family members start asking for such personal information. 

I love your response. I really wish I would have said something like that to the secretary. I knew I'd be seeing her again though, so I didn't. Last night my mother in law asked and it made me so mad. It is NO ONES BUSINESS BY MY OWN! I haven't even been getting checked, I don't want to. If I knew and wanted people to know, I'd tell them. Geeze.