Has anyone noticed a friend change from pre-kid to post- kid? A friend of mine told me he didn't want my baby to come to his bday party- watching the Olympics at somebody's house. It really hurt my feelings. But also, it is really easy to be like ok, you don't want to hang out with my kid but I do, like all the time so f u, I'll watch the olympics at home with my baby. Really what would my one month old do to ruin his time? Probably sleep.... Whatever....
@austinjl yep, one of my supposedly best friends still hasn't come to meet baby and see me, and he's a month old! She lives in the same city and will text me telling me how much she misses me but then that's it pretty much. And it's not like she's crazy busy, I see her on snapchat going shopping, day drinking, doing other stuff.. Disappointing.
@austinjl definitely, I noticed it when I was pregnant and now even more so since he was born. My brother even lives in my guest house and has seen my son three times. And he's almost 4 weeks old. He said the other day he was "giving us space" even though I kept saying I was pretty lonely being home by myself all the time. Very few of my friends have expressed any interest outside of liking pictures on Facebook and the obligatory congratulations comment.
Oh well, I like my son a lot more than I like these fools so...fuck em.
@abpl2014 Yay! I'm so happy Henry finally gets to go home! What a great day for you guys!
Me: 31 DH:35 Started TTC in June 2014 Started seeing RE in June 2015 HSG in July 2015 = normal, started Clomid/Ovidrel/IUI cycle in August 2015 Cycle #3 in October afforded 1st month of mature follicles - underwent IUI BFP on 10/27/15 - EDD 7/8/16 DD#1 born on 7/1/16
TTC #2 in September 2018 BFP on 12/2/18 - EDD 8/16/19
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I'm so frustrated. On Sunday we went to a friends house and apparently he wasn't feeling well but I didn't know until the next day when he got a fever. I was hoping we were safe, but nope. I just woke up with a sore throat and my LO has a stuffy nose. I'm really unhappy. I have to throw a baby shower by myself this weekend. I barely have the energy to do that normally being sleep deprived.
So my mom came into town to "help" me...and while I'm grateful that she came down here to begin with, she's just kind of inept. Has no idea how to deal with a newborn whatsoever. Was sitting there yesterday cluster feeding Charles for hours on end yesterday; never once did she offer to refill my water bottle or grab a snack for me. In fact, never asked if I needed anything at all. Instead she decided to reorganize my kitchen, which I do not need. Finally I asked if she could do some of the dishes for me because I was exhausted. When I came out she had cleaned the dishes but instead of putting them away she just stacked them up on my counter and went on to do something else! It sounds petty but I thought she would actually help me! Now I can't wait until she goes home.
Congrats @HoneyBear40 fellow Monday ticker changer/ due date sharer! Also, in regards to tearing, last time I struggled immensely pushing out my 8lb 1 oz son and had to have a full on episiotomy. This time I had a small first degree tear with a 9lb 12 oz baby that I pushed right out. You just never know.
I had a sweep done today, to those who have had it done before.. did it work for you? I'm having some bleeding now and some bad cramps, so I'm hoping it's going to have some sort of effect. If not, I'm going to be induced next Wednesday which also happens to be BF's driving test, which we've been waiting 7 months for! Typical.
@LF93 i had one done yesterday and now I'm having pretty regular contraction the next day. I did have some cramping when I left the office plus some bleeding which went away within 4 hours. And sometime in the middlemof the night these contractions started. Hoping they turn into something for you!
Im hoping theyll do a sweep for me tomorrow. How far dilated were you to have yours done if you dont mind me asking... i wasnt sure if you had to be dilated or at a certain point to have one. They didnt offer up at my 39 week apt but I wasnt dilated yet just soft or whatever.. @stellaluna14@LF93
@john5111 I was 3 cm dilated and 80% effaced. After the sweep I was 4 cm. Apparently, I found out after my baby was born, my midwife has a 90% success rate of babies being born within 24 hours of a sweep. It was INTENSE, she was not messing around.
I have a feeling I'm going to be joining the overdue club.... which is really depressing as I'm still holding out hope for my VBAC. I guess we'll know more after my appointment this afternoon.
I'm in the middle of my induction. Got my water broken at 10:30a, started pitocin at 2pm, got epidural around 4:15pm - I'm at 5cm praying that this baby comes quick! I'm starving! This is my 3rd baby, but first time with Pit...that causes intense contractions!!! Wow.
Good luck @carolynpetite! I had heard before my induction that pitocin causes insane contractions, but holy shit I was not ready for how crazy they were. Hopefully you get to eat something soon!
I'm smuggling Ada away from visiting family members at the moment because after I nursed her last night and made sure she was in a good sleep so her younger cousins could hold her, she was bumped, jostled, bounced, purposely woken up, etc. Spit up after eating after they left and didn't settle down until 230 am. She's been sleeping hard all day in between feedings and I'd like it to stay that way. She obviously needs it or her body wouldn't be doing it.
I think I am crazy. DH and I are thinking of selling our nice home that we've spent 7 years fixing up and buying a total gut job fixer up home. I have a 2 1/2 and 4 week old. I might regret this? However, I am also very excited about it
As a FTM, I'm nervous about not knowing when it's a good time to go to the hospital. I'm GBS positive so I want to make sure I get there with adequate time. When I had my NST I was contracting every 5 to 6 minutes but very briefly. Now they're more intense and a lot longer at 15 to 30 seconds. I lost my mucus plug yesterday and had bloody shown since.
I confess I'm petrified of being a mom and knowing what to do. Like, this tiny human is dependent on me. My brain is all over the place with anxiety.
I feel you @DachshundMomma I'm afraid of getting there too early/for nothing and being sent home. Or so late that there's barely any time for whatever I might need.
@KASG I'm glad it's not just me! The hospital is only 5 minutes from me so it isn't hard to get there but I don't want to be premature. I'm overdue as it is so I feel like maybe I'm just wanting it over and hoping this is labor.
Cue the new mommy tears. DH said he'd try to get LO asleep so I could get some rest before I need to feed her again. I can hear him singing to her in her room... I am a complete mess.
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@austinjl definitely, I noticed it when I was pregnant and now even more so since he was born. My brother even lives in my guest house and has seen my son three times. And he's almost 4 weeks old. He said the other day he was "giving us space" even though I kept saying I was pretty lonely being home by myself all the time. Very few of my friends have expressed any interest outside of liking pictures on Facebook and the obligatory congratulations comment.
Oh well, I like my son a lot more than I like these fools so...fuck em.
@abpl2014 Yay! I'm so happy Henry finally gets to go home! What a great day for you guys!
Started TTC in June 2014
Started seeing RE in June 2015
HSG in July 2015 = normal, started Clomid/Ovidrel/IUI cycle in August 2015
Cycle #3 in October afforded 1st month of mature follicles - underwent IUI
BFP on 10/27/15 - EDD 7/8/16
DD#1 born on 7/1/16
TTC #2 in September 2018
BFP on 12/2/18 - EDD 8/16/19
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@TiffRox81 highly recommend her! She's a mom that does this out of her home and the blanket is so lovely and soft!
I confess I'm petrified of being a mom and knowing what to do. Like, this tiny human is dependent on me. My brain is all over the place with anxiety.