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schef070911

@KirstinH88 That is the worst! Hope your meds arrive soon.

@catem07 Me too... I can't help it.  So many pictures of tiny little babies!! I am still in denial that that will be us in two months give or take.

HGRich

@KirstinH88 I'm so sorry. I hope you can feel better soon. Sinus problems are just impossible to ignore. 

HGRich

Ok so last night DH told me his female coworkers cornered him to ask about a small team baby shower for him/us in March. They grilled him for fifteen minutes. What was I craving? What's my favorite kind of cake? What are the nursery colors? What's the nursery theme? Where are we registered? He told me he failed miserably. And based on his answers he really did.  He did remember our Amazon registry and that the nursery will have some purple in it. He also said I like cheesecake, which is true. So he didn't totally fail. But all I could think was, what do these women think of him and his obliviousness? Lol. The poor man. He also had to text me at work two weeks ago because a coworker had asked the due date and he didn't remember. Oh DH. I love you but are you paying any attention at all? 

mrsstuessy

@HGRich How sweet of his coworkers though. DH has asked me what my due date is like 4 times in the last 2 weeks because he keeps "getting confused" or something. haha! The last time I really got worked up and told him he better get a tattoo or something because I was not telling him again and it was important. 

shaunessa

@HGRich

Ha!  They don't really pay attention to anything...they just show up!  Hubs is in school right now and he had to write a paper about a "process". I told him to write it on pregnancy and now he thinks he's an expert.  But it makes me laugh because I've been telling him symptoms, body changes, etc and ONLY now is he like "oh yea, I know.  Your body is going to do this and this and this" 

SnarkasaurusRex

My SIL offered to throw me a baby sprinkle in a few weeks...I am usually very anti-shower for second babies but I didn't get to have my shower the first time around (got cancelled at the last minute due to a family emergency) and I'm just really excited and flattered that she offered. Plus some of my really good friends from out of town are going to come and I'm super excited to see them, too. It's dumb, but I was getting really bummed about just having hand-me-downs for this girl (we're too cheap to go out and buy new clothes just because of a different sex) and I was feeling sad that she wouldn't have very much that was just hers. IDK. It's a weird feeling I have about it.

I had thought that I'd get a small shower/sprinkle through work since that's the norm for our department, but then I realized that I'm the person who usually plans them, so I doubt that's happening, haha. 

McFarKane

@KirstinH88 I'm in the same boat. My mom and sister had to come get me and my daughter this morning because we're both sick and can barely move. I have vasovagal syncope too and whenever I get sick my blood pressure drops and I very easily pass out so when I'm pregnant and sick it's worse and I have to drink an insane amount of fluids and have a good amount of sodium to make sure it doesn't happen. I hope the medicine helps you!

HGRich

@SnarkasaurusRex oh my goodness--throw your own but have someone else be your spokesperson. Haha. So glad your SIL has offered a sprinkle! 

@shaunessa that's hilarious. And true. I think DH feels like an expert on childbirth now after one class. Right, dear. Sure. 

@mrsstuessy it is sweet of them! I think it will really help him connect his changing life to his job more fluidly. Seeing how excited they are for him. And yes, I'd say a tattoo is a good idea. 

KirstinH88

@HGRich I don't think DH knows my due date either.  I know that he knows it's in April, but I'm not sure if he knows much beyond that. I do however remind him of how many days we have left. Yesterday was 75!  Men are oblivious.

The meds have arrived and kicked in. Instead of a 10/10 on the pain scale. I'm at about a 7!!!! Yay!!! I'm so happy for some relief!

M&Max

@KirstinH88 hope those meds help! I'm about to go on my 2nd z-pack due to a sinus/ear infection that just won't go away. I feel your pain girl!

mrsstuessy

Oh no! We have a man sickness in the house. DH came home from work early because his body hurts and he is exhausted. I am such a horrible, unsympathetic wife. He gets so mad when I talk about his "man cold", "man flu", etc. but honestly, the man is ridiculous. We could have the exact same thing and he will be in bed with a droopy face wrapped up in blankets and I will get up with DD and make her lunch and clean up the house and get her to sleep and make dinner. I seriously doubt his "sore body" is as bad as how my body has felt every day for the last 3 months or more. It would be nice if I could curl up on the bed for 9 months. I am the worst wife.

HGRich

@mrsstuessy haha! Nah. I made fun of DH a couple months ago for staying home because he "felt dizzy" one morning. But only because I hadn't, and still haven't, taken a sick day even though feeling nauseated and dizzy was my daily reality in the first trimester. Maybe that is mean. But I couldn't help it. 

LaceyRae25

@mrsstuessy The 'man cold' is something I joke about everytime Dh gets sick with him. He's such a big baby when it comes to not feeling well, I swear he acts more helpless than our 1.5 yr old. So your not alone or the worst!

visualcircus

At 29 weeks and starting to pack my go bag. Any others else this much of a planner? I want to buy a bunch of diapers but with Amazon prime that's a bit unnecessary for us too. I'm just so antsy but can't set up the nursery/guest room until all family leaves in June and move DS up to a bed when he turns 2, freeing up the crib... Urgent need to nest!

mylittleirvz

Haha I was just making fun of DH the other day that if he were the pregnant one he'd be in bed expecting to be waited on hand and foot the WHOLE 9 months.

rachelgreene-2

@visualcircus I wish I have th urge to nest. We are in the process of moving and I am so close to asking my husband if we can hire movers because I'm just that lazy. Also, best part, we are only moving 8 blocks from our current place. 

I don't even have to do the heavy lifting, I just have to pack. 

McFarKane

Not sure if this has already been talked about or if this is the appropriate place to post about it... during my first pregnancy someone suggested drinking 8-12oz of pineapple juice a day while nursing because it has an enzyme in it that can help prevent infections. I packed it in my hospital bag and started drinking it the day she was born and once a day for the next year. I went a whole year without infections. Not sure if that actually did the trick or if I just got really lucky but I figured it would be worth sharing in case it does actually make a difference. 

chelle087

@RachelGreene we are also dealing with moving. Our house sold more quickly than we thought it would and we are building, so we had to put our stuff in storage and move in with my parents until our house is ready. I think I over did it when we were moving...I was sore for about a week and I didn't even do much of the lifting.

I am nervous about our move to the new house when it's ready because I will likely be about 38-39 weeks pregnant or have a new baby if the construction takes a little longer than expected. I am sure that if the baby isn't already here the move will be enough to kick start my labor!

mrsstuessy

@McFarKane That's interesting. I hadn't heard of that. I have heard of it kickstarting labor because an enzyme in it softens the cervix, but only if you eat the core. I didn't eat pineapple and also never got an infection, for the 20 months that I nursed DD. So, it could just be luck. I definitely want to look it up though to learn more. 

@chelle087 and @RachelGreene We will probably be moving into an apartment on April 1st, so when I am 38 weeks. But, it is either that or we are homeless and I live with my parents. Honestly, I can't even think about all of it. 

chelle087

@mrsstuessy good luck!  I hope that you are able to get into the apartment.  

I am not looking forward to potentially having to bring a newborn back to my parents house.  Things are a little hectic now with myself, DH, and DS...I really can't imagine having to bring this baby there too.  

I just keep telling myself that there are worse things and one day we will look back on all of this and say that it wasn't so bad.

SnarkasaurusRex

I teach in a school with a very, very large immigrant population and I severely underestimated how many of them would participate in the Day Without Immigrants protest...I literally have had half of my students in all of my classes so far today. Sooo...movie day it is! (But not for AP...they never get anything nice, haha.)

schef070911

chelle087 said:

@mrsstuessy good luck!  I hope that you are able to get into the apartment.  

I am not looking forward to potentially having to bring a newborn back to my parents house.  Things are a little hectic now with myself, DH, and DS...I really can't imagine having to bring this baby there too.  

I just keep telling myself that there are worse things and one day we will look back on all of this and say that it wasn't so bad.

I'm with you mama. I've been feeling very anxious the last few days about what things will look like for us in a few short months with DH graduating and getting a new job, us (hopefully) moving closer to family but not sure where yet, knowing I want to go back to work but not knowing what that will look like or where LO will go to daycare because we don't know where we're going.  Hugs to everyone going through this, seems like there are a lot of us .

 

catem07

We're also planning on moving this summer. Lots of transitions happening around the April BMB...

McFarKane

We're also moving asap. The second we have enough for a down payment we're out. As stressful as I know it's going to be, I can't wait to get out of the crappy situation we're in now. 

Blueberry85

The first part of our big move (GA to ME) is THIS WEEKEND!!! We'll move again within Maine in the spring once we find a house to buy. Packing suuuuuuuucks.

HGRich

Gracious. I knew several of you were moving but I couldn't remember how many. I admire your fortitude, all of you. Thinking of you all. 

SnarkasaurusRex

Y'all; I'm freaking out about moving in a year or so when this bean is 1 and DS is 3...I don't know how you guys are managing moving in the late stages of pregnancy/with a newborn. #badassmommas

Dannylion24

Gracious is right @HgRich ... I thought we were a little crazy to move at Christmas while pregnant and with the kids, but I see A17 is full of much tougher ladies! But I guess you do what you have to do. Good luck! 

cafedisco

SnarkasaurusRex said:

I teach in a school with a very, very large immigrant population and I severely underestimated how many of them would participate in the Day Without Immigrants protest...I literally have had half of my students in all of my classes so far today. Sooo...movie day it is! (But not for AP...they never get anything nice, haha.)

Same here!  I'm all about it as a protest but I don't know that I fully agree with pulling kids out of elementary school.  I'm not sure what that proves or demonstrates. Maybe with older kids I could see if they were given a choice and fully understood what it was about....I had about a third of mine out. 

SnarkasaurusRex

@cafedisco They told us today that we had over 700 kids out yesterday...that's almost a third of our enrollment! Now, I'm sure half of them were just teenagers itching for a day off for any reason, but still.

ETA that most of my classes were about half full, but I teach all seniors and juniors that have more access to transportation so I had more out than most.

mrsstuessy

Good to know I am not alone with the moving stuff. Obviously not my first choice. I thought we would be in an apartment months ago. It makes me feel better that so many of you are doing the same sort of thing. We got this ladies!

HGRich

Was awoken this morning by DH coshing me on the head with his elbow. Felt like my skull cracked. Ow. I still have a headache from it. In his defense, I apparently had rolled into a ball on his side of the bed.  He did nothing at the time but later when he woke up he seemed to remember it and leaned over and kissed me on the head. Hahaha. I decided not to guilt him about it. 

mrsstuessy

I am so annoyed with DH. I am lying on the couch waiting for my benadryl to kick in so I can fall asleep. Late night fights are just bad for me right now because I have a hard enough time falling asleep with all the depression/anxiety/physical discomfort. And when he is being an asshole I literally have to drug myself (with allergy meds) to have any chance at falling asleep. He is mad because I won't do the sound booth at church with him. We were supposed to learn how months ago and since it is super chaotic we never really did. And now I am 32 weeks pregnant and I really have enough on my plate without having to learn how to work the computers/equipment in the sound booth. At this point we won't be doing anything alone back there until after the baby anyway. So, it will be months. And my brain doesn't work well enough to learn much anyway. And it is so bloody hot in there and uncomfortable. And I am just so pissed off because basically he accused me of using my pregnancy to get out of doing stuff. Like, apparently I am just making all this shit up because I am lazy.  I had to go cry by myself because I am so hurt. I feel like his whole family treats me that way. They just ask favor after favor of me and then when I have to occasionally say no they act like I am just such a lazy piece of crap. But at least he is always on my side. But, now it seems he is not on my side. And no one believes me. And I am just so sick of being pregnant and feeling like crap every day. I literally feel so bad every day. He gets sick and comes home early from work and lay in bed and I make him food, etc, etc. I have felt sick in some shape or form for months and when I complain I get accused of lying. Seriously, make your own damn babies then next time. I hate everyone and I want to just lay in bed for the next 8 weeks until this baby comes out. Screw this!