I don't like having Facebook messenger app on my phone (limits my storage space) so I get annoyed when people message me. Stop it. If I'm not by my laptop, that red "1" notification will not go away every time I check my FB on my phone. Stop messaging me on FB. I miss the days when you could directly access messages on your FB app. Why create two separate apps when messenger is on FB? Help me, logic gods because I am lost.
I log into fb on my phone through safari to check messages.
My push present is a milkshake from the ice cream place down the street from the hospital. So I do not agree with your UO
What is a push present? A present you get for pushing the baby out? If so, I'm making DH get me the largest deli sandwich he can find as soon as I give birth and I'm eating the whole thing. For some stupid reason I've been following the rule and not eating deli meat when it appears the current listeria threat is in frozen vegetables and snack foods.
I don't like having Facebook messenger app on my phone (limits my storage space) so I get annoyed when people message me. Stop it. If I'm not by my laptop, that red "1" notification will not go away every time I check my FB on my phone. Stop messaging me on FB. I miss the days when you could directly access messages on your FB app. Why create two separate apps when messenger is on FB? Help me, logic gods because I am lost.
I log into fb on my phone through safari to check messages.
My push present is a milkshake from the ice cream place down the street from the hospital. So I do not agree with your UO
What is a push present? A present you get for pushing the baby out? If so, I'm making DH get me the largest deli sandwich he can find as soon as I give birth and I'm eating the whole thing. For some stupid reason I've been following the rule and not eating deli meat when it appears the current listeria threat is in frozen vegetables and snack foods.
I follow the deli meat rule but I have not been able to stay away from hotdogs this pregnancy, specifically Costco hotdogs. I want them all the time. I'm am also dreaming of a big 'ol deli sub post-delivery!
@JournoGrl23 it was on my "do not eat" list. My OB is pretty strict about that kind of stuff and, for the most part, I don't mind skipping it for nearly 10 mo but hotdogs are delicious. I think it's mostly about the nitrates. You can find low-nitrate/nitrate free options but I'm pretty sure that's not a Costco dog. lol
I am pro-Oxford comma and also hate the idea of a push present.
My UO is I hate when grandmas, aunts, friends, whoever post baby birth announcements (or labor updates) on Facebook before the mom to be. I realize some moms to be ask someone else to post for them - that's fine. But when someone has specifically requested others NOT post and they do anyway drives me nuts.
I I had to actually explain to my mom and mother in law why I didn't want them posting on FB. A simple "please don't" did not suffice.
@justaudrey My doctor never gave me a do not eat list and never told me anything I shouldn't eat. I found a list of what not to eat on the internet. I thought that was odd! Avoiding nitrates makes sense. I think I'm going to add eating a hotdog to my list shortly after I eat the sub sandwich!
My UO: I want a push present - a piece of expensive jewelry preferably hee hee
Lol! I kinda agree, I wouldn't mind a nice august birthstone necklace as a push present.
Poor DH, I can't wait to tell him I bought a hospital gown and would like a push present now.
Although after my day today, I especially feel like I deserve it.
*TW Spoiler*
DD: Aug '16
10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks. 10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery 11/2/17 Twin A & B born 11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU Benched 6 months BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18 BO BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18
I am all about the push present! It doesn't have to be something big/ expensive, but I think it's a nice gesture. Thankfully I didn't have to talk to DH about it last time -- a God-sent female coworker suggested he get me something, and he surprised me with a beautiful sapphire (her birthstone) pendant necklace... no complaints here!
@Jcr727 Agreed. Part of my job is editing press releases for my company and I cringe whenever it isn't used. It drives me crazy!
I'm also pro push present. Last time DH went all out and got me an extra band for my wedding set, so I can order them wedding band closest to my heart, DD next to my band, then engagement ring. It is so very special to me and gets more and more special as the years go on. This go round, I don't want anything nearly as extravagant but would love something that symbolizes DS that I can wear daily.
I was pretty ambivalent towards the idea of a push present -- mostly because DH is anti-gifts in general so I'm not expecting anything -- but @JournoGrl23 has me rethinking this. I'm pretty sure I could get him on board with a cheeseburger and fries as a push present.
Since I found out I have GD, I've been been joking that no one gets to see the baby unless they bring me carbs. You want to visit the baby? Bring a Coke. You want to actually hold the baby? You'd better come bearing pizza!
@Mfuller76 that's a good idea! Carbs aren't really my problem, it's sweets and I have the biggest sweet tooth ever. I know I won't be pushing so I won't get a push present but maybe I'll make DH get me a "surgery present". I'm going to send him to Krispy Kreme and get a dozen doughnuts.
I am admitting that I had to google what an Oxford comma is lol. I use it and agree that sentences mean something totally different if it is not used. The example that was given in the article I just read was: I love my parents, Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty. Without the comma this means that your parents are Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty lol.
@Mfuller76 also, when I asked at my appointment with the diabetes center they told me that the hospital would check my sugar and that I would be put on the "diabetes diet" after baby is born. I was super sad about that because I'm gonna be there at least 2 full days after baby.
@lynnlove28 Oh no, really? Even if your blood sugar is good? I'm sorry! Mine said that as soon as the placenta is out of my body, I'd be fine and that was my chance to go crazy. Of course, she doesn't work for the hospital and they may have a different policy...
@jamiesc58 I agree with its use when it can change the meaning of a sentence. But in a list like "red, white and blue".., no. Just no.
@Mfuller76 someone in my informational class said that they had it with their last baby and once the baby was born they told her she could eat whatever. She said she had a burger, fries, and a milkshake and she checked her sugar and it was over 400 so they made her eat the diet after that.
While I don't want my sugar to shoot up to over 400, I hope they tell me it doesn't matter once LO is born.
A more truly UO... I'm hoping the hospital we're delivering at has a nursery where I can send baby at night and have him brought to me to be fed. I love my baby, but can it be 2 decades ago where the night-nursery was the norm??
When we had DD the nurses were awesome. We kept her with us most of the time, but they told us "you won't get a break when you go home, so use the nursery as much as you need to now to rest up". We used the nursery the first night and most of the last night, and it was nice to get that time to "catch up" on sleep after labor and get a quick break before real life kicked in. I will feel no shame in using the nursery again this time!
I'm totally pro push present (or in my case, sliced open and sewn back together present). I'm getting an addition to my necklace that I currently wear with DD's initial and her birth stone.
I'm also pro eating whatever the heck you want while pregnant. I don't drink or eat raw meat (I will have a medium rare steak, tho), but those are the only things I restrict. Our parents smoked and drank and we're all fine! I just had a turkey sub the other day, and omg it was amazingly satisfying after a long day at the zoo for DD's bday! I'm also getting a cold cut platter with the fixings for DD's bday party/father's day this weekend, and I fully intend on eating a sandwich.
1. Oxford comma all the way! 2. Push presents aren't my thing, but I only think they're dumb when moms demand something extravagant or oddly specific. 3. So far, I've had 2 very easy pregnancies with very little symptoms and I still hate being pregnant. This is my last baby and I'm thrilled that I won't be pregnant again. 4. I think the cheerio thing is funny. Newborns are pretty boring,
@AliKay20 I actually find that pretty hysterical. The amount of time spent with a newborn sleeping on your lap is insane, and can be incredibly boring. I remember being stuck on the couch with my phone on a table I couldn't reach for close to 2 hours. If I had had Cheerios, I probably would have done something similar, just to pass the time
I'm pro push present. I mean, I'm pro - any excuse to get a present, but with everything we go through during pregnancy and labor, I definitely feel deserving of a little something special. I feel so blessed that I get to carry and grow my children, but it also is a lot of pain and sacrifice, so if my husband wants to buy me something nice to show his appreciation, bring it on.
@Bookhousegirl I remember how much we would sit with DD sleeping on us and then I start to feel bad for this baby because he just won't have that luxury lol. He will have to do a lot of swing/RnP sleeping, there's no way I could take care of DD and let him sleep on my lap all day.
Re: UO 6.16.16
Baby #2: Emmeline Grey - August 2016
Baby #3: BFP 9/7/18 | EDD 05/24/19
Baby #2: Emmeline Grey - August 2016
Baby #3: BFP 9/7/18 | EDD 05/24/19
My UO is I hate when grandmas, aunts, friends, whoever post baby birth announcements (or labor updates) on Facebook before the mom to be. I realize some moms to be ask someone else to post for them - that's fine. But when someone has specifically requested others NOT post and they do anyway drives me nuts.
I I had to actually explain to my mom and mother in law why I didn't want them posting on FB. A simple "please don't" did not suffice.
Poor DH, I can't wait to tell him I bought a hospital gown and would like a push present now.
Although after my day today, I especially feel like I deserve it.
DD: Aug '16
10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks.
10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
11/2/17 Twin A & B born
11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
Benched 6 months
BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18 BO
BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18
I'm also pro push present. Last time DH went all out and got me an extra band for my wedding set, so I can order them wedding band closest to my heart, DD next to my band, then engagement ring. It is so very special to me and gets more and more special as the years go on. This go round, I don't want anything nearly as extravagant but would love something that symbolizes DS that I can wear daily.
Since I found out I have GD, I've been been joking that no one gets to see the baby unless they bring me carbs. You want to visit the baby? Bring a Coke. You want to actually hold the baby? You'd better come bearing pizza!
I love my parents, Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.
Without the comma this means that your parents are Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty lol.
@jamiesc58 I agree with its use when it can change the meaning of a sentence. But in a list like "red, white and blue".., no. Just no.
While I don't want my sugar to shoot up to over 400, I hope they tell me it doesn't matter once LO is born.
I'm also pro eating whatever the heck you want while pregnant. I don't drink or eat raw meat (I will have a medium rare steak, tho), but those are the only things I restrict. Our parents smoked and drank and we're all fine! I just had a turkey sub the other day, and omg it was amazingly satisfying after a long day at the zoo for DD's bday! I'm also getting a cold cut platter with the fixings for DD's bday party/father's day this weekend, and I fully intend on eating a sandwich.
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
2. Push presents aren't my thing, but I only think they're dumb when moms demand something extravagant or oddly specific.
3. So far, I've had 2 very easy pregnancies with very little symptoms and I still hate being pregnant. This is my last baby and I'm thrilled that I won't be pregnant again.
4. I think the cheerio thing is funny. Newborns are pretty boring,
I'm pro push present. I mean, I'm pro - any excuse to get a present, but with everything we go through during pregnancy and labor, I definitely feel deserving of a little something special. I feel so blessed that I get to carry and grow my children, but it also is a lot of pain and sacrifice, so if my husband wants to buy me something nice to show his appreciation, bring it on.
@cm716 LOVE IT!!!
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
I know the concept is the same as a Moby wrap or ring sling, but this one looks easier to use.
https://www.nestingdays.com/pages/moms-love-it
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016