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July 2017 Moms
stokesm21
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Monday Bitchfest 2/20
stokesm21
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Me: 29 ~ DH: 31 ~ SS: 12
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
Re: Monday Bitchfest 2/20
Last week, SMIL asked when I'd due. I tell her July 5th and she goes, "For sure?" My head almost spun. For someone who keeps chucking pregnancy and parenting literature at me you don't know that most babies never come on time? So I tell her no but that so far, everything is measuring right. She tells me they are trying to plan their vacation. And?! I tell her to just do what she has to do because the baby could come late, early, on time ... who knows. You simply can't plan these things. She jokingly tells me to tell her to come by the 7th (they want to leave on the 10th) I told her they only let you go 10 days past your due date so that she'll be here by the 14th regardless. (Granted everything goes okay until then) I guess my bitch is that it kind of irked me like, I'm sorry that the birth of your first grandchild is putting a damper on your second vacation to Spain! She said once they get back they're heading back up North for her to start another contract. I was kind of thinking sooo you're really not interested in spending any time with us/her? Ugh. I hope she's not stupid enough to ask me to watch their dog while they're gone. I know my baby doesn't need to be the highlight of everyone's life so I'm trying to let this go but clearly I can't haha!
She has also created unnecessary drama with MIL by saying that because MIL is "territorial" (she's not, they just think she is) that she's just going to "step back" at first and let MIL have her glory. Um, okay. MIL has said nothing about you guys this entire time. She's excited about the baby, not concerned about you 2. Ever since then I've been feeling like she's not really interested in being around which kind of upsets me. Or maybe I'm just being stupid and hormonal and looking too far into all this. I always thought everyone else would be the bigger help when baby comes but it's really looking like MIL is going to be my saving grace which is surprising. And that's my bitch for today. Thanks for letting me get it out haha!
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
Big props to your MIL for stepping in. I don't have the strained family dynamic (Step parents, etc) but its nice to know that you'll have someone there to help and be supportive those first few days/weeks after baby comes.
Married: 6/2016
TTC:6/2016
BFP: 11/22/2016 | EDD: 7/29/2017
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
My bitchfest was kind of covered in another thread (what not to say to a pregnant woman) but omg this twin pregnancy comment is making me angry at this point. And today it is especially getting to me bc we recently announced on FB so I guess I opened this can of worms myself. If I hear one more time "Do twins run in your family" I may lose it. I feel like people ask bc they want to know if we've had fertility treatments. And the answer is YES. YES we have. do you WANT to know my whole freaking history? I am pretty open about what we went through but when it is random people asking me or old acquaintances, I just say "yes they run in the family." which isn't entirely untrue but it has no bearing on my pregnancy. I just find it a strange question and once or twice would have been fine but I have been asked over 10 times now.
People are jerks. Like why does it matter HOW the babies got in there? People just don't use their brains before they open their mouths! I'm sorry the you've come across so many of them. People get weird with pregnancy. Or even when you get married it all of a sudden becomes everyone's business to know what's going on inside your uterus. Mad props to you though. My Manager is going through IVF and I have some serious respect for all that she has to go through. Getting pregnant was easy for me and she has a day-in, day-out struggle that I could never imagine going through.
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
And thanks for the props. We were faced w the option of IVF to test the embryos genetically or to try another IUI and take our chances (TW: I have a history of recurrent early m/c) and we went for the IUI. Some days it still seems unreal to me to be this far along in pregnancy but it is so so amazing to be here! I have friends going through the same thing as well and I just work on being as supportive as possible bc I know how taxing and frustrating it is. Anyway...you weren't really asking for my story but that's it in a nutshell.
My BF is can everyone in my family please stop commenting on my bump. It's there, it's pretty big, yes I am only 17 weeks and no its non of your business how much weight I have gained. Also yes I am aware this is my first all girl pregnancy, saying things like there is no boy in there to level my hormones out is not cute, funny or helpful. How bout you watch my 3 kids so I can get a break and then tell me I look great and am doing an awesome job growing a human while chasing 3 toddlers around and then maybe we can be friends. My mother really needs to realize that she is not funny but rude and coming to my house and sitting on my couch or hovering over me is not helping with the kids!!! Thank God for DH and his family who actually help me and keep me sain.
Ugh the bump comments are so annoying too! Since you haven't heard it .... You are doing an awesome job growing a human! And while you have three kids. Really impressive. YOU ARE DOING GREAT.
Me (K)-27 DH (T)-30
2 Rainbow DDs L-10/26/10 and A-03/27/14
2 Angels- 10/26/09 and 02/03/15
Surprise BFP on 10/25/16!!! Baby Firecracker is due on 07/02/17!
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
Married: 6/2016
TTC:6/2016
BFP: 11/22/2016 | EDD: 7/29/2017
Second Old Navy. They have a thing on their website that will show you which stores carry maternity so you don't waste time driving out if they don't.
Iv never come across a Closer, beautiful, and entertaining batch as them. There's this saying in Urdu that translates to "so what will you achieve having both genders? Nothing". I love that saying because it's true. We need variety in life not everyone can have the exact same ratios that would be awfully boring.
@stokesm21 you should take her with a grain of salt, sounds slightly mid life crisis-ish. Let her enjoy her holiday you enjoy your baby!
@SquirttheTurtle I know what you mean, I'm tired of returning online purchases. ASOS delivers really quick and has prettttty gorgeous maternity clothes BuT they takes aaages to give the money back which to me, really effects my budget. I have 200 waiting in returns.
@LuLiLaEv i hate the chip. Like why?! Why do they keep changing things.
Old Navy and I don't get along when it comes to pants. I went to Old Navy Saturday and tried on a dozen or so pairs of pants, jeans and dress, and none of them worked.
Married: 6/2016
TTC:6/2016
BFP: 11/22/2016 | EDD: 7/29/2017
My MBF: Unfortunately, my SMIL is at it again. I swear, I just endlessly bitch about her or my own parents. If I could just not with all of them I would probably be a happier person, but..... anyways. I sent out a mass email with dates for everyone getting together through June. JUNE. And she responds that "she will let me know what they can make depending on their travel plans and vacations"..... Originally I just responded last night saying "ok just let me know." I was exhausted and didn't feel good. But now I'm thinking about it, and I realized that if she had already planned travel/vacation she could tell me what isn't going to work, and if she hasn't she can work around this stuff. WTF. I'm re-emailing her, basically being like, hey, if you know these dates now you can plan around it, and if you already have plans tell me so we can make other plans. They live about a two hour, toll road drive from us, and by June at the latest, but really going into May, I am not taking trips down there just to see them. Plus his dad makes somewhere around 150,000 a year. We most certainly do not, so if anyone should be traveling, it's them. But we do go down there a fair amount too. For Mother's Day and Father's Day (and really every other holiday for that matter) it is 100 times easier for everyone to come to us than for us to try to split the day 3-5 ways, and she really needs to get over herself already.
My mother is also at it again, annoying the ever living hell out of me. She just won't stop with "but you can't move" and "you can live here for the next 20 years" and just completely being all about her and constantly shoving in my face that we didn't get to move this Spring because of the baby. Thanks mom. Don't even consider how I might feel about it, or how much of a difference it could make in our life for hubs and I to move. Just constantly berate me about leaving you, since it's all about you. I know if I said something, she would be all, "of course I support whatever makes you happy" but the comments. never. stop.
On a much lighter note, I have a new cell phone (not happy about it but it was free) and the auto correct is completely c*cked and I cannot figure out how to shut it off.
Friends since 2008
Started dating: July 1st, 2013
Engaged: July 1st, 2014
Married: July 1st, 2016
R born: July 8th, 2017
N born: June 30th, 2019
Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022
(maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
Can't you wear the dresses with the leggings? (Granted I am no fashionista but that's what I do all the time...)
Highly monitored internet and no cell service in the office, so I'm postin' and ghostin' while I'm workin'
@kerils One Target I was at a few weeks ago must have been turning over stock because they had diddly. Macy's had some but, they weren't on sale and the maternity clothes are not covered under coupons or save % if you open a Macy's charge. I did find a consignment shop that we're going to check out next weekend.
ETA:
@GlitterFish I work in a very professional office and while leggings are 'acceptable' they prefer that we dress business professional. I can usually get away with wearing leggings on Friday's only. We don't have 'casual' days...ever!
Married: 6/2016
TTC:6/2016
BFP: 11/22/2016 | EDD: 7/29/2017
I went to Rue 21 and loaded up on maxi dresses, they were on sale too.
I am so mad at my mother. She has smoked a pack and a half a day for the past 55 years of her life, and now is suffering dementia symptoms. I've been taking her to doctor appointment after doctor appointment, and we discovered she has so many issues going on, a brain tumor (non-cancerous) with swelling on the brain, and a stroke, and we just discovered that her carotid artery is 70-99% blocked and she's a stroke waiting to happen any minute. Guess what caused the carotid artery issue and the stroke? Smoking. And here she is, still smoking a pack a day and yelling at me when I tell her she needs to stop. She dismisses all doctors and believes she somehow has some pact with God that she will be perfectly fine to keep smoking. I am finding it so difficult to have sympathy for her situation because of the smoking. I can even look past the 55 years of smoking, but omg, you are a stroke waiting to happen and were told to immediately stop smoking because you may have a stroke any minute, and you still smoke! UGH. I feel helpless and angry and guilty for being angry at a sick elderly woman with dementia.
My second, less depressing bitch, is about underwear. All underwear is so uncomfortable now. They all either sit right at my c-section scar which hurts, or they roll down right to the c-section scar and hurt. I call them "front wedgie" issues, lol. I'm about ready to torch all my underwear in a fit of wedgie rage. I even bought specific maternity underwear from Amazon, and they turned out to be the worst offender because they sat directly on my scar. I need to either buy full panel underwear or wear none at all. Lol and I crack up so much thinking of full panel underwear, but seriously, I need them not to roll down!
re: underwear - I just went and bought some comfy ones from target last night because all of mine were getting uncomfortable.
These came in last night and are super comfy, they fit under the bump.
they have a thong version aswell but I wanted something more covered so I don't wobble as much!