@Annas930 Agreed. If your baby comes early, then that's what happens and sometimes it is definitely for the best, but the nurses at my prenatal class (and my human development profs in college) stressed the importance of those last few weeks. In the end, things tend to even out, but the longer baby can cook the better! Also, along those lines, I was really surprised when my OB told me yesterday that 36+6 was full term so I was only a few days away...uh, I get that you won't try to stop labor at this point, but no, I still have about 4 weeks left...
@MrsVoorhees Yes to hating the fatty bits of chicken (or beef or pork or...) DH used to be really frustrated with me when we went for ribs or chicken wings because of how much I leave behind. He has since realized, though, that it just means he gets a mini second serving, since he'll clean my bones once I'm "done"!
@MrsVoorhees I'm the same way about chicken! One bad bite and I'm done. I'm also very mental with chicken, but not really with any other food, so I don't know where it comes from. If I even start thinking about something being wrong/off with it, I can't eat another bite of anything on my plate... gag reflex turns on like wild fire. No other meat does that to me, what the heck, chicken?! I must have had a chicken trauma in my youth that I've blocked out.
Major blech to fatty or grislyness in meat. My DH HATES how I "dissect" my meat but I seriously just cannot stand it! Totally will ruin my appetite.
But I love coconut. And I love, love, LOVE sushi with cream cheese. Like, seriously, the first time I had it I swore it was the best thing ever and whiever thought up the combination was genius!
Fat on meat is gross. Shrimp that is cooked right shouldn't be chewy. I love shrimp when done right. I love putting grilled shrimp on salad. Mmm. And no thank you on coconut stuff. Blah!
@SLou24 me too!!!!! When I make chicken, about half of it gets cut off before cooking. I can't stand it. And if I start thinking about it, I'll start gagging. This made dating kind of hard...lol I would be eating, and I would get a gross bit and then I physically can't swallow. So I would have to figure out how to discreetly spit it in my napkin, and pretend to finish the rest of my food haha A lot of times, I just don't eat meat because I hate it so much. I'm about to gag now just thinking about it.
I like coconut, LOVE sushi (sashimi even more), and (my UO) will miss summer when it's gone. It's been tough being pregnant during the heat and I'm kinda bummed I didn't get to enjoy in enough. W
@Jabreen I didn't know there was another Alabama momma on the board! I'm in birmingham and praying that the "cold front" they are predicting for next week that is supposed to give us a break into the 60's comes true. I'm also praying we actually get a fall this year & it's not 80° on Christmas day again.
@VeraMali I'm in Bham, too! A break from the heat would be very welcome. Today's rain took a tree down, so I was without AC for several hours this afternoon. Even with all the shutters closed, I did not like the house warming up! Luckily, it's back now and I have a cool oasis again.
This has become UO about food, and I freaking love it. 1.) I stand by my gif, I hate the consistency of dried coconut, but I love the flavour. I love fresh coconut, which is nigh impossible to get in Canada. I almost always smell like coconut because I use the oil as a moisturizer. 2.) Sushi is my jam, if I could eat it every day I totally would. That being said, cream cheese has no place in the same realm as sushi and all sushi with cream cheese should be cast back into the firey pits of hell from whence it came. 3.) I can't eat chicken wings or drumsticks because of the tendon/grisly bits. Ick. I stick to the breasts
@MrsVoorhees 's post on Randoms brings me to my (possibly) UO, and thats that macaroni and cheese is excellent (although I still can't fathom wanting it over brinner... like come on), but it should NEVER be contaminated with either ketchup or cut up hot dogs. Just no. NO. NOOOOOOOO. Also, the white cheddar kind is far superior to the orange. Because cheese is not meant to be orange. End of story. Now excuse me while I go eat an entire pot of Annie's white cheddar shells...
@yellowrose314 Anytime I go "home" to visit my family in Ontario I always bring home PC white cheddar mac n cheese! Also, glad to see I'm not the only Canadian who doesn't use ketchup
@Jabreen oh wow that really sucks, im glad the power came back on for you. I will say that as hot as it has been here at least does not have the humidity Mobile does. I lived there for the past 6 years and intend to move back but the humidity is the one thing I do not miss!
@Jabreen Mmm yes the PC white cheddar Mac and cheese is awesome! Haven't had it in ages! DH always wants coffee crisp bites when we go see my family. Soo yummy!
@yellowrose314 Anytime I go "home" to visit my family in Ontario I always bring home PC white cheddar mac n cheese! Also, glad to see I'm not the only Canadian who doesn't use ketchup
Ugh it's the best. And so darn cheap!! I eat ketchup on other things, like grilled cheese, scrambled eggs. Never on mac and cheese. It's sacrilegious
@AnnaS930 I feel similar except all the information we received had the weeks broken down like this:
36-37= early-term 38-40 = full-term 41-42 = late term
My clinic transfers any mothers who go into labor before 38 weeks as well as anyone that hasn't by 42, but the 38-42 range is considered healthy and the development that happens in baby from 38-40 wks can happen outside of the womb as easily as inside. (Reminder: This is what I've been told.)
But overall I agree, definitely feel weird about mamas hoping to have a pre-term baby for comfort (not medical) purposes.
@CRich15 im like 0.00000456 seconds away from subscribing to amazon subs. I have a sams club less than one mile from my work and always tell myself ill go after working, yah nope. Never happens... The thought of the people milling around, blocking all the aisles, the self check out, receipt nazis and parking all make me die inside. So amazon subscriptions are more then likely going to be happening in this house very soon!
I really thought this was referring to Amazon having sub sandwiches. And I got really excited. And then sad because it's not true.
@CRich15 and @Kimmy717, another advocate for Amazon subscribe and save here too. With coupons and the 20% off plus the already lower price, I usually pay $27 for a $50 pack of diapers! That means I get Pampers cheaper than I can get any store brand! You can't beat it. You just have to order in advance but if you ever need to skip a delivery you can do so no problem
I love fall, coconut, pumpkin and seafood! Yum! (Yes, fall is delicious also because Pumpkin Spice Lattes!)
My OU is I am really sad that tomorrow is my last day at work. Excited to have the baby and spend time with DS, but borderline terrified that I won't be going to work for 20 weeks. I feel really selfish about this because I realize most don't have the benefit of paid pre partum and post partum leave.
I once read an article about how Americans are the nation that forfeits most vacation hours a year even though we also get the least. The reason is we are scared things will fall apart without us, that our work won't get recognized, that we will have to work harder to catch up when returning and that we're scared we'll get fired. I'm thinking the first two are what's making me nervous to leave, but it's also just because I'm going to miss my colleagues and being an important part of a team (my manager has let me run the department the last few months).
@Shiva14 I am feeling similar to you about leaving work, though I do not go off on leave for a while / not off super long that I'm aware of (still waiting to find out). I'm nervous because I take a lot of pride in what I do and the quality of my work and I get worried that someone else who typically hides their errors when caught is going to be covering for me. What they do will reflect on me so I'm hoping it goes well. And I feel bad that DH is stuck there (we work together) dealing with my back up when I'm at home with our baby. I know I can't control anything when I'm not there, but it makes me nervous and I hope it all goes well. I'm hoping at a certain point I will stop worrying as I know I don't need that stress on top of everything else I'm dealing with. Or will be dealing with.
@Shiva14 and @rock1cherry , i am feeling 20% with you on the leave situation and 80% against. I work for my dad, and my SO works at our company also... and while it is awesome that my dad is allowing me to be off for 12 weeks after baby and working from home when i start back to work i am afraid that i will be bothered with work situations while im away. I have mentioned several times that as much as i am a dedicated employee and love my job that i dont want to be bothered with anything work wise for my baby's first 3 months of life. I will never be able to get these moments back and i want to spend as much time cherishing them as i can, even though they will be rough i want to give her my undivided attention until we have established a nice routine.
I guess this is an UO....I really don't GAF what happens when I'm out on leave. I'll likely stress about it when I come back, but last time I didn't even really check in halfway through because there was a point where I felt like they seemed to forget I was on leave so then I just stopped responding to stuff. I won't even be looking this time.
@Kimmy717@diagonalley I wish it were as simple as just turning it off. My DH works with me so I'm sure I will be hearing plenty about work when he comes home. He's pretty good about shutting off but I'm sure he will need to rant or talk about his day so I will still be in the loop to an extent. The only way I want to be involved directly with anyone is to do this years performance review. Our year is October to October so I may get it done before I'm out as it needs to be submitted in September. So I may get lucky and have nothing work related to deal with when I am off. Aside from hubby's day.
I guess this is an UO....I really don't GAF what happens when I'm out on leave. I'll likely stress about it when I come back, but last time I didn't even really check in halfway through because there was a point where I felt like they seemed to forget I was on leave so then I just stopped responding to stuff. I won't even be looking this time.
Ditto! I've worked hard for my time off (hello no vacation this year) and worked my ass off to get everything together for when I leave. I'm focusing on my baby and myself. My work and co-workers will survive.
I guess this is an UO....I really don't GAF what happens when I'm out on leave. I'll likely stress about it when I come back, but last time I didn't even really check in halfway through because there was a point where I felt like they seemed to forget I was on leave so then I just stopped responding to stuff. I won't even be looking this time.
Ditto! I've worked hard for my time off (hello no vacation this year) and worked my ass off to get everything together for when I leave. I'm focusing on my baby and myself. My work and co-workers will survive.
See imo this is the way you should be feeling!!! I hope I'll be able to get to this point pretty quickly. The company I work for completely locks you out while on leave to make sure you can't work at all, which will be good for me. Part of it is also because I've worked my butt off for a promotion that I have an interview for next week and I'm worried they wont choose me because I'm on leave (they need 10 people for the position company wide so it's not like they need a particular spot filled asap).
As long as baby doesn't come before his or her due date and not a day before, I feel no guilt, or worry about not being at work for 12 weeks. We'll be entering our "slow" period, so it's not like my co-workers will be saddled with a ton of extra work. Heck, if I could, I would take off much longer. But if baby comes before his or her due date, I'll probably be panicking since I have a huge hand in the event that ends the day before my due date and I'm the only one in the office with certain skills to get some very important tasks completed!
UO to my peers in Georgia (& from the looks of this board Alabama.) I am looking forward to fall maybe like 10%. The heat has not been bothering me very much for whatever reason but all I can think about is the impending doom of winter. I. do. not. like. winter. The ice that Georgia had a few years ago has ruined me for life. I understand that it wasn't a big deal to a lot of people and southerners got SO much slack for bad driving, etc. BUT, I was stranded/ panicking for like 7 hours driving home when it usually takes me 30 minutes. I feel even so anxious that summer is ending and fall will be like 2 minutes long then scary winter will come especially because of having a new baby in the car. This of course wouldn't be near the issue to me if I never had to drive in potentially icy conditions (unexpectedly) but I will only be out of work for 6 weeks then back to my commute. I love the way snow looks and the cold can really be exhilarating when you aren't used to it after so many warm months in Georgia. But, we will see.
I do hope as some of the Alabama folks said that we have a cooler Christmas and even Thanksgiving than last year. That was just freaking weird.
Love the "idea" of Fall and cooler weather BUT HATE WINTER with its potential surprises.
Also potential UO, I don't plan to wash barely any/all of babies clothes before he gets here.
I keep measuring small at the doctor's office so I have a good deal of NB clothes. The doctor's said he is probably totally fine just petite and his size correlates to mine but with that in mind and the fact that I have a long torso and he is SO jammed up that I am holding off until I see him with my own eyes.
I haven't washed anything yet. I plan to wash his sheets and one singular pack of onesie/kimono shirts. No socks, no mittens, nada.
We have no detergent allergies ourselves although the baby surely could - But I always wear clothes from the store without washing them. I think I enjoy the "new" aspect. I also like the naive assumption that no one has been nastily handling/wearing them.
My DH thinks I'm crazy and that this is so gross even though everything is brand new. Que argument city.
Also potential UO, I don't plan to wash barely any/all of babies clothes before he gets here.
I keep measuring small at the doctor's office so I have a good deal of NB clothes. The doctor's said he is probably totally fine just petite and his size correlates to mine but with that in mind and the fact that I have a long torso and he is SO jammed up that I am holding off until I see him with my own eyes.
I haven't washed anything yet. I plan to wash his sheets and one singular pack of onesie/kimono shirts. No socks, no mittens, nada.
We have no detergent allergies ourselves although the baby surely could - But I always wear clothes from the store without washing them. I think I enjoy the "new" aspect. I also like the naive assumption that no one has been nastily handling/wearing them.
My DH thinks I'm crazy and that this is so gross even though everything is brand new. Que argument city.
I always prefer to wash things before wearing, but occasionally if it's something I really want to wear & haven't washed yet, I'll go ahead and wear it.
As far as baby stuff goes, this is one area where I'm being a total anal FTM. EVERYTHING gets washed, and anyone who handles stuff in the babe's room has to wash their hands first. I even washed the fabric bins before storing her clean clothes in them, because this is apparently who I am now.
Weirdly, I'm pretty chill about other baby-related things. For example, I'm cool with our dog (a SUPER hairy husky Shepherd mix) romping around in the babe's room. But the laundry...so weird about it.
I do love autumn, but I'm not in a hurry for it to get here. Autumn means winter is just around the corner, which means me stuck inside trying to entertain an infant and 3 year old all day for 3-4 months. I'll take the heat over winter any day, because at least we can put on minimal layers and go swimming.
@ElcaB Haha we are one of the same. I give 0 f*cks about my pup being around Fin but I was so anal (and still am) about having everything clean that's on or around him. Oh, and I was totally someone who washed all the newborn stuff only to find out he needed preemie size! Ha! I laugh about it since everyone around me would claim I didn't need newborn diapers, didn't need newborn clothes, just go out and buy stuff. Jokes on them.
@mom2adoodle - when my sister had her twins, Harper was just over 4 lbs, and dipped under in the first couple of days. My mom and I went to walmart (the only store in my sister's area) and bought basically every premie outfit they had. Easton was closer to 6lbs and did fine in the newborn stuff. It's amazing to see her premie clothes now as she is a, still somewhat petite, but fierce little 4 year old.
@ansley0319 OH EM GEE. No WAY. If i buy any clothing for anyone in my family I MUST wash it before anyone is wearing it. I worked in retail at three different stores and seen so many nasty things that i just cant even.
@kimmy717 thats precisely what my DH said, like verbatim. Maybe I will change my mind or maybe he will just wash them all since he cares so much. Hahaha.
@kimmy717 This will probably gross you out about as much as it grossed H out. We were at a second hand store and I bought a maternity shirt. I was so incredibly uncomfortable in the shirt I was wearing, so I changed into the new shirt in the car. I'm pretty sure this store doesn't wash the donated clothes before selling them...
I only washed clothes that had been used already. Anything that is new from the store I just cut the tags and put away. Maybe it's because I'm lazy, maybe it's because we have to pay for laundry and it seems a bit ridiculous to me to spend extra money
I also never wash clothes before I wear them and neither does my husband. I do wash panties tho, because they don't come in a package when I buy them. And I did wash all the baby clothes, but not the blankets... I guess I should wash the blankets too XD
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Re: UO Thursday
@MrsVoorhees Yes to hating the fatty bits of chicken (or beef or pork or...) DH used to be really frustrated with me when we went for ribs or chicken wings because of how much I leave behind. He has since realized, though, that it just means he gets a mini second serving, since he'll clean my bones once I'm "done"!
But I love coconut. And I love, love, LOVE sushi with cream cheese. Like, seriously, the first time I had it I swore it was the best thing ever and whiever thought up the combination was genius!
gag now just thinking about it.
1.) I stand by my gif, I hate the consistency of dried coconut, but I love the flavour. I love fresh coconut, which is nigh impossible to get in Canada. I almost always smell like coconut because I use the oil as a moisturizer.
2.) Sushi is my jam, if I could eat it every day I totally would. That being said, cream cheese has no place in the same realm as sushi and all sushi with cream cheese should be cast back into the firey pits of hell from whence it came.
3.) I can't eat chicken wings or drumsticks because of the tendon/grisly bits. Ick. I stick to the breasts
@MrsVoorhees 's post on Randoms brings me to my (possibly) UO, and thats that macaroni and cheese is excellent (although I still can't fathom wanting it over brinner... like come on), but it should NEVER be contaminated with either ketchup or cut up hot dogs. Just no. NO. NOOOOOOOO. Also, the white cheddar kind is far superior to the orange. Because cheese is not meant to be orange. End of story. Now excuse me while I go eat an entire pot of Annie's white cheddar shells...
36-37= early-term
38-40 = full-term
41-42 = late term
My clinic transfers any mothers who go into labor before 38 weeks as well as anyone that hasn't by 42, but the 38-42 range is considered healthy and the development that happens in baby from 38-40 wks can happen outside of the womb as easily as inside. (Reminder: This is what I've been told.)
But overall I agree, definitely feel weird about mamas hoping to have a pre-term baby for comfort (not medical) purposes.
Anti seafood. It's all gross.
@AnnaS930 I very much agree with you about the early term/full term stuff. Like 1000%.
I really thought this was referring to Amazon having sub sandwiches. And I got really excited. And then sad because it's not true.
I love fall, coconut, pumpkin and seafood! Yum! (Yes, fall is delicious also because Pumpkin Spice Lattes!)
My OU is I am really sad that tomorrow is my last day at work. Excited to have the baby and spend time with DS, but borderline terrified that I won't be going to work for 20 weeks. I feel really selfish about this because I realize most don't have the benefit of paid pre partum and post partum leave.
I once read an article about how Americans are the nation that forfeits most vacation hours a year even though we also get the least. The reason is we are scared things will fall apart without us, that our work won't get recognized, that we will have to work harder to catch up when returning and that we're scared we'll get fired. I'm thinking the first two are what's making me nervous to leave, but it's also just because I'm going to miss my colleagues and being an important part of a team (my manager has let me run the department the last few months).
I do hope as some of the Alabama folks said that we have a cooler Christmas and even Thanksgiving than last year. That was just freaking weird.
Love the "idea" of Fall and cooler weather BUT HATE WINTER with its potential surprises.
I keep measuring small at the doctor's office so I have a good deal of NB clothes. The doctor's said he is probably totally fine just petite and his size correlates to mine but with that in mind and the fact that I have a long torso and he is SO jammed up that I am holding off until I see him with my own eyes.
I haven't washed anything yet. I plan to wash his sheets and one singular pack of onesie/kimono shirts. No socks, no mittens, nada.
We have no detergent allergies ourselves although the baby surely could - But I always wear clothes from the store without washing them. I think I enjoy the "new" aspect. I also like the naive assumption that no one has been nastily handling/wearing them.
My DH thinks I'm crazy and that this is so gross even though everything is brand new. Que argument city.
As far as baby stuff goes, this is one area where I'm being a total anal FTM. EVERYTHING gets washed, and anyone who handles stuff in the babe's room has to wash their hands first. I even washed the fabric bins before storing her clean clothes in them, because this is apparently who I am now.
Weirdly, I'm pretty chill about other baby-related things. For example, I'm cool with our dog (a SUPER hairy husky Shepherd mix) romping around in the babe's room. But the laundry...so weird about it.
PCOS, Hypothyroidism.
Miscarriage at 8 weeks
First saw
It's a boy!