re: the royal family, is is culturally insensitive of me to assume they
have hired Mary Poppins to raise their children? Or at least Julie
Andrews? I confess I do not know a whole lot about the royal couple, but
I do think Kate has some seriously amazing hair, and those kids are
very cute.
@lovelylauren86 a picture of pie did me in yesterday, and here are two more pictures of gorgeous, delicious-looking pies. I think I see where this weekend is headed.
@AnnaS930 congrats on meeting your goals! If I had a fitbit, it would be *heartily* congratulating me as well. I also have a healthy love of Jon Stewart and often find myself getting emotional over internet videos at work. Just a little morning solidarity, over here.
I am really patting myself on the back here guys. Listen up.
A few months back I told my FitBit that my goal was to gain 30 pounds, starting from when I found out I was pregnant. Now whenever my FitBit application loads my weights from my FitBit scale I get a star for the day! And it says "WooHoo! You met your goal!" It's so proud of me for gaining those 30 pounds. bahahaha, pure genius on my part, pure pure genius Thanks FitBit, it was hard work but I somehow persevered and reached my 30 pound goal, and I did it EARLY at that! YES!!
I totally did this too! I am glad I'm not the only one. Currently it's like "___ more pounds and this goal is in the bag!" Haha! However, the scale currently thinks I'm my husband and I have to load the app and assign the weigh in to me every time. It used to let me choose on the scale but now it doesn't. Not sure why!
I know I sound like a broken record but I really feel like I just got my BFP. I never thought it would happen for me so it was the most shocking day of my life.
We are so so close to our babies!!!! Only a little more than a month left
So I dreamed that I was kidnapped for years and rescued at the OB's office by my dad, who was the chief of police. I wonder what thought process prompted that dream.
@AnnaS930 If I wasn't married and Jon Stewart wasn't married and there wasn't practically a trillion miles between us then...*casual shrug* Who knows.
....
Okay fine. I'd pounce on the man in a second. Geez. Secret's out.
I want to watch that video, I've missed him on the Late Show. Where did you watch? I canceled my Hulu account a while back so I haven't had access to anything recent and I still haven't taught myself how to use the record function on our DVR.
My Random: Does anyone else feel like time is CREEPING BY? Agh, it's so frustrating. I want to start being super excited but then I remember I'm a FTM so the likelihood that I'll be late is high, though there seem to be a number of moms whose first babies came early - so then I look at this 1 month gap and think my baby could potentially come ANYWHERE in a 4 week period! So then baby is due anywhere between 6 and 10 weeks from now which seems like forever.
I'm not wishing for my baby to come early. Stay in there as long as you need little boy! Mommy's just being an impatient brat. Please do not also have that trait.
This NYTimes post will bring you directly to his segment on The Late Show, along with the transcript, which I enjoyed reading after to reiterate some of the points that I was so into. I think the whole show is probably up on YouTube if you want to watch it full screen.
@bibliobebe Yes, time is moving so slowly! I don't know whether its because I'm off work now (work couldn't accommodate me not working with clients so I'm off until baby) but its becoming painful. My ticker change is on Tuesday, and I find Tuesday-Friday moves slowly where I can't believe I'm still however many weeks. Then the weekend goes fast and its Tuesday again and I'm like whoa! I'm ___ weeks! Then moves slow again...
My random - does the order of the bump month clubs when you go to the list bother anyone else? I wish it was in reverse order so that the newest groups were on the top. That way, when I want to creep birth announcements, I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom.
Time has flown by for me since the end of the first tri. Getting through it was a drag because I was desperate to be past 3 months. After that, it's like I blinked and here I am at 33 weeks! I'm thinking the excitement and discomfort might make it drag in the last few weeks. Hopefully not, though!
@megan324 I only look on the app at threads that have pictures because I can't handle them on the computer haha. Everyone apologized on HDBD for posting mobile and I always wonder, does anyone actually email themselves a picture and post it non-mobiley?
From last night through this morning has been a million different emotions I feel like. Thanks pregnancy hormones for making me slightly psychotic.
Let's start with the fact that I totally thought that DH and I were going to get to have sexy time last night (which hasn't happened in at least a couple of months). Part way into it, my tooth starts throbbing. Lovely. Way to kill the mood. And, after that, I couldn't even get back into it. I realized that I just couldn't feel good or sexy about the way my body is right now and so I was just done. Bubble busted. Oh, and poor DH too.
Fast forward to this morning. I neglected to set alarms last night so I didn't wake up until 8:00. But I felt semi-rested so it was fine. It is officially my last day in the office (I'll be working from home until the babies make their grand entrance) so I opted for something a bit nicer than my normal leggings and maternity shirt so I'm feeling pretty good. Never mind the fact that, all of a sudden, my wedding ring doesn't fit. (I'm not happy.) I go downstairs and sit down facing our entertainment center. The entertainment center has glass doors on either side of it with lights that you can turn on if you want. I never turn them on unless I have company coming over and want to showcase whatever is in there and it's kind of hard to see what's in there otherwise. I'm talking to DH and I realize something is there that shouldn't be. We have a beautiful Italian Nativity scene that we put up every Christmas. However, it comes down and gets put away after Christmas with all the other stuff. Apparently not this year.
Me: Is that our Nativity scene? DH: *looks* Yeeeahhh.... Me: Why is the Nativity scene still there, 7 1/2 months later?? DH: I thought it was supposed to be. I mean, you took the snow globes out when we were packing everything up and put your bears back. So I figured you left it there for a reason. Me: Noooo.....Why would I do that??? I can't believe it's been there for 7 1/2 months and I'm JUST NOW noticing it!! I don't know if I'm going to cry or laugh at this point!! DH: Please laugh, please laugh. Don't cry, just please laugh!! Robert: It's ok mommy. Don't cry. It's alright.
This may end up being a long day of crazy pregnant woman weirdness.....
I can only assume that those of you who say time is creeping are FTMs. I felt the same way last time. This time it's going so fast and I have no clue how I'm supposed to get everything together. I mean, I have most of what I need, and know realistically that it will be fine, but I'm starting to feel like a FTM in that I all of a sudden need to have allthethings in order to feel prepared. Or maybe I just need a nursery with walls. That would probably help too.
@UnwritteN12 hormones suck! But yay for sleeping in. Your LO asking you not to cry reminded me of a lady at my OB's waiting room a few weeks ago. She didn't have a bump and it sounded like she was there for her dating scan but was having issues with either punctuality or insurance. After the receptionist solved her issue and told her everything was ok, she started bawling and her husband held her. All her little girl said (must have been 6 or 7) was "whoops, mom's crying AGAIN!" with way too much sass and turned around to play.
I have some awesome support staff in my office. I sent out an email asking if there was anything I could use for a foot rest besides a cardboard box at my desk (OB was pretty concerned about the swelling in my left ankle yesterday and said that if it doesn't improve I might need an ultrasound?) Anyway, shortly after I sent my email a coworker came up with this!!! Adjustable height and padded!!
@AlwaysAuntNeverMom - Poor lady! Her little girl is in for some surprises during her moms pregnancy, I'm sure! I'm seriously surprised my kids haven't gotten there yet with the sass due to my hormones. I mean, who could really blame them? Instead though they've been unbelievably understanding and sweet.
GUYS!!! I just finally heard back from The Bump, and it turns out my banning was some sort of "mistake". So, as much as I love CindyLou, I'm happy to be back to my original name!!
Sorry if this is getting confusing, I swear I'm not some sort of crazy with multiple personalities up in here. Just trying to stay in touch with my ladies! Although maybe I should remove this siggy..
Anyway, this is the explanation they gave me: "Thanks for your patience while our team looked into your account. It looks like you were accidentally caught in an IP ban. (These are put in place when a troll uses multiple email addresses from a central IP location to harass and invade the Community forums.)"
mystery solved. Bam!
So, SLou is officially back. If I get banned again, at least you know where to find me
@UnwritteN12 - I really love that the nativity scene has still been out... and that it took you getting a little extra sleep to notice it! Also, some commiseration - I initiated some sexy time one night this past week, but then there was dawdling, not knowing what position would work, certain ones I didn't feel like trying etc, and totally lost the mood multiple times. Finally we pushed through and got the job done because I feared that I'd be really turned off from trying again if it ended without ever happening.. still not sure it inspired much future happenings though.
@SLou24 - glad to have you back.. again. hahahaha. I think I had a weight loss goal in my fitbit, because it was that Thanksgiving/Christmas period where I struggle to gain less than 10 pounds on amazing food and lazy feelings. So when I started gaining with pregnancy and was further and further from my goal I was like.. F that! I'm aiming to GAIN! I'm glad it doesn't tell me how far past my goal I've gone, since I'll probably overshoot by 10 pounds.
That is so still so weird @SLou24 but "welcome" back! During my insomnia last night I was lurking November '16 and apparently some of them got randomly banned a while back and their board decided to do a private group instead, hence their actual BMB is sparse. Maybe they too were wrongfully banned?
@mamadomino - You make an excellent point about getting a break!
@AnnaS930 - Totally fair why you pushed through! DH has been so patient with me (concerning everything throughout this pregnancy!) but that poor man really got his hopes up last night. Ugh. Also, your FitBit is amazing, btw!!
@Bibliobebe - I flip back and forth between "Ugh, 8 more weeks. This is just dragging... Hurry up and bake baby!" to "OMG! 8 MORE WEEKS! WHERE IS THE TIME?! SO MUCH TO DO! MUCH PANIC!" My mood switches multiple times per day, too.
Also, side note, I had to give a urine sample at the doc's yesterday and I had the HARDEST time peeing in the cup with my giant bump in the way. Seriously! I felt so bad for the lab tech who had to handle that peed on cup after I was done with it, it was just that gross.
I got a bug bite and I was trying to show my mom and I go "mom look at my arm" She grabs my arm and goes oh yeah what's going on here (no where near my bite) you're all spoltchy and red ...that's just my skin ma
@UnwritteN12 - I really love that the nativity scene has still been out... and that it took you getting a little extra sleep to notice it! Also, some commiseration - I initiated some sexy time one night this past week, but then there was dawdling, not knowing what position would work, certain ones I didn't feel like trying etc, and totally lost the mood multiple times. Finally we pushed through and got the job done because I feared that I'd be really turned off from trying again if it ended without ever happening.. still not sure it inspired much future happenings though.
I'll add to the commiseration for both of you... the last three sexy time attempts, I totally want it before we start then I just can't get into it. One time we ended up not having sex at all, and the other two we powered through it. Then positioning has gotten unbelievable hard, and my hips and pelvis kills the whole next day. It ended up being satisfying, but was it worth a days worth of pain? We had sex up until McKenna was born. I can't stand the thought of not doing it for 12+ weeks (with recovery time thrown in), but I'm also not feeling positive about our remaining pregnant encounters.
ETA: The nativity scene thing made me laugh, and I hope it ultimately did you, too, @UnwritteN12 .
@camichael84 - we basically had zero sexy time all of last pregnancy until my due date came and went, then we went for it every night. It was a fun final hurrah before the recovery time, but it also felt like trying to conceive in that it was a bit forced on both of our parts. We'll see how things go this time around, we've only had sex a handful of times this whole pregnancy, hoping to get in a few more over the next few weeks and who knows when baby will come/if we'll be indulging in trying to assist his arrival.
@AnnaS930 I know it got harder and I was less into it by the end of my pregnancy with McKenna, but it wasn't this bad even at 39 weeks. I'll admit our later sexy times were with the hope it'd stimulate natural labor before my induction. Will probably go for it for that reason this time as well.
ETA: I feel bad for my husband for all of this because he tries so hard to get/keep me in the mood. I'm worried he takes it personally that I'm not as into it as usual, but it's not him at all.
I feel so bad for DH. He works for a power company (sort of) and there have been a lot of storms in his work territory this past week, which means he's had to work late yesterday, and then cancel his planned day off to go into the office today, and will likely have to work tomorrow and possibly Sunday, too. This weekend is a huge family camp out that DH freaking LOVES and is actually "hosting" this year. He's been looking forward to this event for an entire year and it's basically getting crushed on because of his job . We've also had some unfortunate events happen at home (leaky garage roof, my car AC broke, etc) and he's been handling it all like a champ so I don't have to, and I just wish I could somehow make it all better and easier for him!
@camichael84 - same goes for my husband. He was really trying the other night, but seemed like everything he did was wrong. I kept feeling tickled which just made me laugh and squirm and completely removed me from the sexy-mindset and he was super understanding and assured me that it was not a big deal if it didn't work out and we could just snuggle but I'm happy we pushed through. He never complains during pregnancies (or even non-pregnancies) if we go a while without sex... I feel guilty about it in my brain, but I'm not great at faking it until I make it.
@PoodleDoodleOoo That stinks for your husband. It's never fun when life throws curveballs that get in the way of something you're really looking forward to! Will you still get to go on the trip? Or will you be staying home, too, out of solidarity?
@JennM205 DH is still going - the camp out is (luckily) about 30 minutes from his office this year so he'll go after he wraps up for the day, but he'll be missing most of the fun planned activities. I'll be joining him tomorrow, though to be honest, the camp out is not my favorite thing - I actually kind of hate it - but I go because he loves it and I love him.
Advice needed - My cousin is getting married tomorrow. The entire event is outdoors / in a barn that's not temperature controlled. It's supposed to be 93 degrees, not including humidity or heat index and there are heat advisories in effect. I was originally told that the bridesmaids' dressing rooms would be air conditioned if I needed a break but just found out that is not the case - the only air conditioning will be in the bathroom trailer. (Not sure what that consists of, exactly.)
DH thinks we shouldn't go. But he never wants to go to anything so it's hard to gauge whether or not he's being wise or just lazy, haha. Others (not my family) have mentioned the same...they're shocked when we say we're going to an outdoor wedding tomorrow. My family, on the other hand, is like, "No big deal!!"
What would you do? I can't decide if I should go, dress as lightly as possible, drink a TON of water, sit in the bathroom when needed and probably leave early... Or if it's just too risky and I should stay home. (In case it matters, this wedding is about 2 hours from home so not somewhere I can make an appearance and then just go back home.)
Re: July Randoms Thread
@lovelylauren86 a picture of pie did me in yesterday, and here are two more pictures of gorgeous, delicious-looking pies. I think I see where this weekend is headed.
@AnnaS930 congrats on meeting your goals! If I had a fitbit, it would be *heartily* congratulating me as well. I also have a healthy love of Jon Stewart and often find myself getting emotional over internet videos at work. Just a little morning solidarity, over here.
I never thought it would happen for me so it was the most shocking day of my life.
We are so so close to our babies!!!! Only a little more than a month left
....
Okay fine. I'd pounce on the man in a second. Geez. Secret's out.
I want to watch that video, I've missed him on the Late Show. Where did you watch? I canceled my Hulu account a while back so I haven't had access to anything recent and I still haven't taught myself how to use the record function on our DVR.
My Random: Does anyone else feel like time is CREEPING BY? Agh, it's so frustrating. I want to start being super excited but then I remember I'm a FTM so the likelihood that I'll be late is high, though there seem to be a number of moms whose first babies came early - so then I look at this 1 month gap and think my baby could potentially come ANYWHERE in a 4 week period! So then baby is due anywhere between 6 and 10 weeks from now which seems like forever.
I'm not wishing for my baby to come early. Stay in there as long as you need little boy! Mommy's just being an impatient brat. Please do not also have that trait.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/arts/television/jon-stewart-late-show-colbert-trump-sean-hannity.html
My random - does the order of the bump month clubs when you go to the list bother anyone else? I wish it was in reverse order so that the newest groups were on the top. That way, when I want to creep birth announcements, I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom.
Oh and HDBD is much easier on the app
Need to go check out the Aug babies. Gosh... August babies!!!!
Let's start with the fact that I totally thought that DH and I were going to get to have sexy time last night (which hasn't happened in at least a couple of months). Part way into it, my tooth starts throbbing. Lovely. Way to kill the mood. And, after that, I couldn't even get back into it. I realized that I just couldn't feel good or sexy about the way my body is right now and so I was just done. Bubble busted.
Fast forward to this morning. I neglected to set alarms last night so I didn't wake up until 8:00. But I felt semi-rested so it was fine. It is officially my last day in the office (I'll be working from home until the babies make their grand entrance) so I opted for something a bit nicer than my normal leggings and maternity shirt so I'm feeling pretty good. Never mind the fact that, all of a sudden, my wedding ring doesn't fit. (I'm not happy.) I go downstairs and sit down facing our entertainment center. The entertainment center has glass doors on either side of it with lights that you can turn on if you want. I never turn them on unless I have company coming over and want to showcase whatever is in there and it's kind of hard to see what's in there otherwise. I'm talking to DH and I realize something is there that shouldn't be. We have a beautiful Italian Nativity scene that we put up every Christmas. However, it comes down and gets put away after Christmas with all the other stuff. Apparently not this year.
Me: Is that our Nativity scene?
DH: *looks* Yeeeahhh....
Me: Why is the Nativity scene still there, 7 1/2 months later??
DH: I thought it was supposed to be. I mean, you took the snow globes out when we were packing everything up and put your bears back. So I figured you left it there for a reason.
Me: Noooo.....Why would I do that??? I can't believe it's been there for 7 1/2 months and I'm JUST NOW noticing it!! I don't know if I'm going to cry or laugh at this point!!
DH: Please laugh, please laugh. Don't cry, just please laugh!!
Robert: It's ok mommy. Don't cry. It's alright.
This may end up being a long day of crazy pregnant woman weirdness.....
Or maybe I just need a nursery with walls. That would probably help too.
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
Sorry if this is getting confusing, I swear I'm not some sort of crazy with multiple personalities up in here. Just trying to stay in touch with my ladies! Although maybe I should remove this siggy..
Anyway, this is the explanation they gave me:
"Thanks for your patience while our team looked into your account. It looks like you were accidentally caught in an IP ban. (These are put in place when a troll uses multiple email addresses from a central IP location to harass and invade the Community forums.)"
mystery solved. Bam!
So, SLou is officially back. If I get banned again, at least you know where to find me
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
Also, some commiseration - I initiated some sexy time one night this past week, but then there was dawdling, not knowing what position would work, certain ones I didn't feel like trying etc, and totally lost the mood multiple times. Finally we pushed through and got the job done because I feared that I'd be really turned off from trying again if it ended without ever happening.. still not sure it inspired much future happenings though.
@AnnaS930 - Totally fair why you pushed through! DH has been so patient with me (concerning everything throughout this pregnancy!) but that poor man really got his hopes up last night. Ugh.
Also, your FitBit is amazing, btw!!
Also, side note, I had to give a urine sample at the doc's yesterday and I had the HARDEST time peeing in the cup with my giant bump in the way. Seriously! I felt so bad for the lab tech who had to handle that peed on cup after I was done with it, it was just that gross.
She grabs my arm and goes oh yeah what's going on here (no where near my bite) you're all spoltchy and red
...that's just my skin ma
ETA: The nativity scene thing made me laugh, and I hope it ultimately did you, too, @UnwritteN12 .
We'll see how things go this time around, we've only had sex a handful of times this whole pregnancy, hoping to get in a few more over the next few weeks and who knows when baby will come/if we'll be indulging in trying to assist his arrival.
ETA: I feel bad for my husband for all of this because he tries so hard to get/keep me in the mood. I'm worried he takes it personally that I'm not as into it as usual, but it's not him at all.
DH thinks we shouldn't go. But he never wants to go to anything so it's hard to gauge whether or not he's being wise or just lazy, haha. Others (not my family) have mentioned the same...they're shocked when we say we're going to an outdoor wedding tomorrow. My family, on the other hand, is like, "No big deal!!"
What would you do? I can't decide if I should go, dress as lightly as possible, drink a TON of water, sit in the bathroom when needed and probably leave early... Or if it's just too risky and I should stay home. (In case it matters, this wedding is about 2 hours from home so not somewhere I can make an appearance and then just go back home.)