Petty Problem Saturday 12/31

penelope4612

maamawaabangi

I ran out of panty liners... and it would be convenient if this baby would come so I wouldn't have to buy more... but it's not coming. 

yellingbanana

Some good friends invited us over for the new year tonight, but with DS only 3 weeks old I don't see how I would have much fun. I'm going to be tired, feeding and changing a baby, and can't drink much. I just want to stay home and be lame. But I like our friends. Petty problem. 

karmba

My petty problem is that I want to drink almond sparkling wine from Cooper's Hawk tonight but I don't have any and the nearest place to getbit is an hour away.

sourlemon

Both kids are napping right now...prime time to get stuff done around the house. Except baby is napping on me and wakes when put down. My dirty kitchen is calling my name and I can't answer! 

maamawaabangi

I'd like to have the first baby of the new year for our town... you win a big prize/gift basket... but I doubt it will happen. 

dmontgo

I've gotta repierce my septum. Boo.

yellingbanana

I think it's time to shake some dead cats and voodoo magic for @maamawaabangi to go into labor! You can win that prize! 

princesslockness

Movie night was cancelled. Again, for like the 10th week in a row. I need to find a new Saturday night activity that I can do alone/with the kidlets. H will be asleep by 6pm until the end of March.

maamawaabangi

Yes please! I had a major break down (tearful pity party) ... my parents took
our kids for the night and we are resting... it's snowing... all is calm... baby can come 

slartybartfast

maamawaabangi said:

Yes please! I had a major break down (tearful pity party) ... my parents took
our kids for the night and we are resting... it's snowing... all is calm... baby can come 

I'm so rooting for your babe to come! I feel like you are the reigning d16 Bump queen 

maamawaabangi

I think it's down to me and @PensiveCrayon
Personally, I'd put money on pensive... I may have just resigned myself to being pregnant the rest of my life. Nothing is happening. I even called my MW and blubbered. Feeling a tad better now after a good cry. 

PensiveCrayon

@maamawaabangi Well, you've at least given birth before. I don't believe that my body will ever produce a child!  Can we just go into labor on the same day so there's no jealousy on either of our parts?

ETA: Can't remember if I posted this in December, but I had a huge sobfest yesterday after I found out that one of my friends from high school, who was due either the day before or the day after me (I can't remember) just had her baby. It really does feel nice to cry sometimes.

DiFazette

Thinking of you ladies with inside babies still! Sending good vibes for progress soon!

maamawaabangi

@PensiveCrayon that same thing happened to me... this past 3-4 days my IG feed and FB has been blown up full of aquantences who weren't due for weeks having their babies!!! It's been so frustratingly unfair! 
That said, I'll be happy for you if you go! I know it's just sooo stressful wondering what will happen!
Oddly it doesn't get much clearer (at least for me) ... I keep telling my dh "with so and so # child such and such happened..." He kindly reminded me this baby might not do exactly what the previous 4 did! Boo! I don't like that! It ought to. 

ajstevenson

@maamawaabangi and @pensivecrayon hang in there mommas! Those babes will come when they're good and ready! 

PensiveCrayon

Here's a petty problem: I've officially caught my husband's cold. Congestion during labor? Sickie newborn? Nooooooo! Going to hit the Emergen-C hard and hope this resolves quickly. I'm not sure if I'd rather have the baby or this be gone first!

tinattt23

@PensiveCrayon You poor thug! I think I'd vote to recover first, but then again I'm already forgetting how crappy that last week of being pregnant was. 

DiFazette

tinattt23 said:

@PensiveCrayon You poor thug! I think I'd vote to recover first, but then again I'm already forgetting how crappy that last week of being pregnant was. 

Autocorrect win!  I've always thought @PensiveCrayon was gangster!

slartybartfast

@PensiveCrayon the exact thing happened to me before baby came. I ended up being mostly better for her arrival and maybe she got some antibodies from me?
hugs for thugs - I hope you feel better!

PensiveCrayon

Ha! I'm glad you all think of me as a thug. Makes me feel a little better about my situation. @slartybartfast My mom confirmed the antibody thing, so that's at least a nice silver lining in this.

maamawaabangi

@PensiveCrayon
Ugh! I'm sorry! Maybe a few days delay will be a good thing???
During my labor with my 3rd my husband was having the stomach flu... so bad! Thankfully I'm basically immune since I taught kindergarten, but it's amazing what you can overcome even with birth on the horizon. 

PensiveCrayon

@maamawaabangi True story: I've actually banned my husband from getting sick or injured on my birth plan, because on the rare occasion that I'm sick or recovering from something like dental work, he always manages to eclipse my pain somehow. I'm afraid he'll lose a limb this time around!

wynterwaddell

Dh is really starting to annoy the hell out of me at night time. He goes to sleep before me and seems to sleep fine and barely wakes up but when he wakes up he sometimes has a attitude if I am holding LO trying to get him to sleep so I can sleep and he says let him cry and I'm like I can't lay ib the bed and try to sleep while my newborn is crying. It's not possible. & then he says I'm spoiling him but you can't spoil a newborn and honestly who cares if I am spoiling him because it's not like dh gets up and comforts him or changes him or anything so I'm the one that'll have to deal with it but that's starting to annoy me too because I haven't had a full night's sleep in two weeks and I am beat & then I  get mad at night about the TV in the room being loud when in trying to get the baby to sleep. I don't think dh understands how worn out I ambor how hard it is to take care of the house. the baby. the dogs and manage to spend time with him without being a bitch to him because I'm tired,I was back doing housework and taking care of everything around the house the second day I got home by myself. So I have had no break except in the hospital

Christinaruth74

@wynterwaddell ugh hugs. That's incredibly frustrating.  Have you talked to him about needing help lightening the load? I tend to want to do everything just because it's a control issue for me, and then get frustrated when I realize just how easy H has it, but it's totally a problem I've enabled. This time around he has had to do everything while I recover and I think it's really given him some perspective on just how much caring for a newborn entails. Before the baby came he was calling his time off from work "vacation". I think he's singing a different tune now... 

but seriously, maybe there's a way to force him into more responsibility... taking an afternoon to get your nails done baby free or asking for a morning to sleep in? I hope that he gets it together soon and you can have a break. No matter what, the lion's share gets placed on moms in the beginning, but having the extra support when respite is needed is the key to sanity. 

wynterwaddell

@Christinaruth74 No I haven't said anything to him about it but if I do his excuse will be he works and he can't feed him when he needs to eat because I'm breastfeeding and I don't have a pump right now because money is tight due to bills and his time off because of the holidays. Soi just don't even worry about it. I just sleep when I can and for a few hours in the morning's. & I manage. I just get cranky. & we all sleep in on Sundays even the baby. He blames the baby sleeping in the bed on me but he's the one that lets him sleep on his chest for 2/3 hours. ugh men lol. 

PensiveCrayon

Christinaruth74 said:

I tend to want to do everything just because it's a control issue for me, and then get frustrated when I realize just how easy H has it, but it's totally a problem I've enabled. 

Are we the same person? It will be interesting to see how I react to his idea of housework after the baby gets here. I'm a perfectionist, but I just need to let. go.

penelope4612

@wynterwaddell - you should check with your health insurance - my pump was free through insurance.  

I also have a manual pump that was pretty cheap.  I tried it out last night and it worked decently well.  Less convenient than the electric pump though.