@kelk5 - right there with you. The only day I took off this week was yesterday because I have no more time off to spare unless I want to sacrifice the time I have after this baby gets here. There's almost nobody here today and I'm tempted to go home and nap and then work from home but they don't love it when people work from home.
I feel like I need a nap though to be productive at all. We were at my in-law's until 11 last night and I'm normally in bed no later than 9. I didn't sleep super well between not being able to get into a comfortable position, getting super hot/sweaty, and having to get up to pee. Plus I had my first cervical check this morning and now I'm crampy and uncomfortable.
I’m on vacation this week but I’m still working from home. Ugh. So much to do because I got lazy for a bit and gotta catch up before I go on leave. I’m finally caught up but now I have to train the girl who is replacing me while out and I really hate training people.
I'm so glad we're doing this! Lol. I have a lot to vent about.
My mom is frustrating and crazy. I'm mad at her, but I'm also sad that things are the way they are.
My house needs to get done soon. We had some issues with water lines freezing over the weekend and that is just stressful.
Work. I'm 38 weeks and still working. I worked extra last week because of my replacement. I don't have an option to take vacation or PTO because my company is too small for that, I don't have short term disability so my leave is unpaid. And my bonus kinda sucked! It didn't change from last year and I did a hell of a lot more terms of responsibility.
WHY did my kid decide in the last week that she's done with her morning nap, which was just starting to be consistent?!?! I was just getting used to my one hour in the morning and another in the afternoon for free time, and now I only get an hour from like 2-3pm if I'm lucky. I was counting on naps for when DS is born and now that's gone.
@schaze Hopefully as she adjusts she'll switch to a more significant nap in the afternoon so you'll get a longer stretch of time.
As for me, I have a major TW from yesterday. We had lunch at my MIL's for Christmas and her friend was there. MIL and her friend are pretty out there (from my perspective) and are very into things like astrology. Well, the friend was asking me about the due date and pulled out her astrological calendar. She looks it over for a few minutes, laughs and says, "Wow, your daughter is going to be a sex pot!" I shot her the nastiest look I could and immediately left the room. A few minutes later, we head to the table to eat, and now that MIL is in the room she repeats what the calendar said, to which MIL replies, "She will make lots of money." The friend scoffed and said,"Yeah, probably in porn." WTF?!? Excuse me but 1). I don't believe in astrology, 2). In what world is it appropriate to say something like that about an unborn baby??? I couldn't even look at her the rest of the day. I'm still so mad.
@maueraa07 SO not okay. I am a newbie to astrology and use it as part of my spiritual practice, but I'm still totally appalled by that woman! NEVER okay.
@maueraa07 so inappropriate! I would be so pissed and wouldn't be able to stop myself from calling them out for sexualizing her already! Who the F does that!
I agree with needing the nap. I wish I could work from home but I can't access what I need. There is also almost nobody here today.
@schaze I hope she decides to take morning naps again. Maybe when the baby comes she'll want to nap when baby naps. Or would she take a nap with you?
Um WTF @maueraa07. Why would you say that about any child?
@schaze DD went to one nap a day usually right before lunch like 2 months ago. Our only saving grace is she goes to bed at 645pm. Not sure how this 2 baby thing is going to go.
Not much of bitch, the opposite in fact. We are being discharged in a few hours. DD2 passed all her tests last night. I miss DD1 so much and am so happy to go home and figure this out
@schaze DS went down to just an afternoon nap a few months ago. It was rough, but he went from sleeping just an hour or so like usual to slowly lengthening it out. We now get about 2.5-3 hour naps in the afternoon. Hopefully it evens out for you! DS turns 2 next month and I know he still needs that long nap. The transition from the 2 naps to what he does now took about a month while he worked out the kinks.
My 18mo old usually just has an afternoon nap lasting about 2 hrs. My husband works from home and misses the morning nap so much. Occasionally he’ll take a morning one but it’s been rare lately.
Ds is 2 1/2 and had been struggling with naps this week - I think he's only taken two. Most days I just leave him in his room for an hour of quiet time, and then he'll go to bed really early. But I'm still kinda freaking out about not having him nap when LO arrives.
I love all the announcements too, and it's so hard not to comment on them! Congrats @burnsmommy27 - glad you are all well! (This feels like a weird thread to post that in, haha)
Me-37, DH-38
Married in 2006, TTC #1 since Jan 2012
Baby Boy born June 1, 2015
He settles her in her home as a happy mother of children, praise the Lord! (Psalms 113:9)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understand, will guard your heart and mind in Jesus Christ (Philippians 4:7)
This baby is not coming out anytime soon. 39 week appt today and no change. My cervix is stubborn as hell. OB wants to do an NST at my next appt, possibly an ultrasound to check amniotic fluid. Will also schedule induction for 41 weeks. Need some good vibes over here! I was so disappointed/depressed when I left. I’m off all this week and hate the idea of going back to work for another week before this scheduled induction. Gut feeling I’ll have to be induced again.
Yikes, @maueraa07! I probably wouldn’t have handled that as well as you. WTF to this cold!?! I haven’t been sick once my entire pregnancy, and now I get a horrible cold the week of my due date? Between the not being able to breathe, and the constant coughing, I feel like I'm dying. Plus, I think DD might be coming down with it too. Nooooooooo!!!! I just need us all to be healthy for LO’s arrival!
I was sick on Thanksgiving and right on schedule got another nasty head cold on Christmas Eve. I’m beyond tired, miserable and just done. I was excited for my Dr appt today bc I lost my mucus plug last wk plus was having a ton of cramps and BH since so I thought for sure I was making some serious progress- but NOPE still stuck at a 1. The baby did drop so silver lining I guess. At this point I want to feel better before going into labor so he can stay put for now. Still have 12 days before my due date.
DD1: 2/28/12 DD2: 9/12/13 Baby #3: Due January 2018
I've had severe cramping all day long but inconsistent contractions... at this point, I'm starting to think I'm just having false labor. sadly i have to work all week too... But if this amount of discomfort continues I have no idea how I'm going to work or even drive.
@maueraa07 I think I would have flipped. That is insane.
@kelk5 I here you on the not having time. My office closed the 21-Jan 3 but I also don’t get paid for any of that time. I have to use pretty much all of my PTO and there is a 2 week wait before my short term disability kicks in. Cue the freak out!
My TW/WTF is long: DH will be leaving Jan. 8 for 2 weeks for military stuff. Our nursery was a disaster from baby gifts that were never sorted, Christmas stuff being piled in there, and transitioning it from a guest room. Today, I put away all of our Christmas stuff (including carrying our live tree outside) except our outside lights, organized the nursery so it’s ready for babe, did laundry, and put away all of Christmas gifts. Nothing was taken to the attic and half the stuff I asked him to do last week was not so it made everything a million times harder and THEN when she calls from the potty for help, I said I’ll let you go. Do you know what this man said, Of course you will.
I could have screamed. I was organizing and cleaning from 740 this morning until 430 this evening!!! I took the early morning with DD too.
This baby is not coming out anytime soon. 39 week appt today and no change. My cervix is stubborn as hell. OB wants to do an NST at my next appt, possibly an ultrasound to check amniotic fluid. Will also schedule induction for 41 weeks. Need some good vibes over here! I was so disappointed/depressed when I left. I’m off all this week and hate the idea of going back to work for another week before this scheduled induction. Gut feeling I’ll have to be induced again.
Since you still have a couple weeks, Can you try acupuncture, pumping or some of the other natural options?
Me-37, DH-38
Married in 2006, TTC #1 since Jan 2012
Baby Boy born June 1, 2015
He settles her in her home as a happy mother of children, praise the Lord! (Psalms 113:9)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understand, will guard your heart and mind in Jesus Christ (Philippians 4:7)
@Dani0329 2 weeks?!?! DH has a 4 day (possibly more depending on what breaks) military related trip from the 5th-9th and I’m freaking the f out. I would be a mess if he wasn’t pulling his weight. I’m totally going into labor when he’s gone. It’s the old: you can be there for the conception or the birth, not both, situation.
@jakobaby I'm with you. Had my 39 wk + 1 day appointment today and I've stalled again from last week. Still at a 3.5 cm and 70%. I was so bummed. She is also planning a NST and ultrasound for next week at 40+2. We talked about induction, she doesn't want me to go past 41 weeks so we will likely do induction after that appointment if she hasn't come. But we also discussed doing an induction this Friday.
@Cricket99 Yup, I found out about it last month. He said well you went overdue with DD, so we should be okay. This a different ball game though!
I will say as long as labor isn’t super quick, he said he should be able to make it back before the event, but still leaves me super pregnant and solo with a sassy 3 year old!
I feel like a butthead because after I posted he ran a lavender infused epsom salt bath for me, but I would have liked the help more.
My TW is my doctors office this week for starters. I dont have an appointment for this week because... well, I don't really know. I had one for tomorrow, asked if rescheduling was an option because it's super inconvenient for me in the middle of the day when I still work - and the lady cancelled the appointment adult offering me "the next available is Jan 8". They now squeezed me in next week, so it'll only be two weeks between appointments instead is 3, but it's dumb because the appointments are supposed to be weekly.
I'm so far not dilated either, by at least it's softened, so we'll see. With DS biting happened until I was in actual labor, so I'm still relaxed...
As for work, that would be the other TW as I'm being forced to take maternity leave, with no pay, when we need the income, and it's the tune when I could make good money, so I'm annoyed... We have everything figured ou when it comes to taking care of baby, so that would not be an issue.
@jakobaby 39+4 here and also still sitting with a closed cervix. I feel your frustration. I wanted to go into labor this week but it sounds like we will start discussing induction next week instead.
The amount of people that wanted to/or just did touch my belly over the holidays was ridiculous! and then they got mad that she wasn't kicking or whatever...um I'd prefer she didn't since I have to pee every 5 min anyway... So I just ended up pointing out body parts like her feet and her butt so that they felt like they got something out of it. Over it... Oh also my kid isn't really a kicker she just pushes up against my belly randomly ( so I can't really give you a good time to put your hand on my belly to feel it...) or she just shimmies which is super awkward to feel and has zero timing (again I can't tell you when it'll happen) Thankfully everyone has headed back to their own houses so I don't have to deal with that anymore.
@conineml DH hasn’t really felt the baby move much. He always puts his hand on my tummy for like a second and gets irritated because she’s not moving. She’s not a circus act. I can’t make her move. But the other night in bed he put his arm over my stomach and at one point she made my entire body move and he was like “what the hell was that?” Ummm your child. Being an effing maniac.
@supercoolstephy Yes! This totally happened to us the other night too! It's like the girl did a somersault and landed face first in my belly and DH was like WTF just happened?? Normally he gets a lot of nothing though lol
@conineml man cold hit us hard over the weekend. Meanwhile, I've been sick for 2 weeks and I'm 9 months pregnant, so I told him if he gets too over-the-top, I will junk punch him.
@conineml - yeah mine usually just pushes her butt or her feet out so if somebody wants to feel her they're usually just rubbing on her butt. Thankfully nobody has touched on their own because I don't think I would react well!
@gusgus14 yeah it's awkward and I'm assuming they feel my awkwardness because it never lasts long lol But honestly you should totally ask...but then it's also awkward and I can't really say no either! I'm terrible but yes they got lots of feets and butt touches lol close enough.
@mindaa I could try pumping! Currently, just trying to keep moving, drinking the RRLT/eating dates (not like these actually induce labor. I definitely am not willing to try castor oil yet especially because I don't feel like my body is favorable for that. I've never done acupuncture or acupressure before. Have you?
@TInman87 so frustrating right? I thought I'd be having a baby this week so took the week off and if I didn't I thought for sure I'd be busy. Nope-because I already did everything and now I'm bored. I think I need some retail therapy today. Had a weird episode last night after putting DS to bed where I got all hot and the chills. Puked once, had some diarrhea and was fine. No one else is sick so not sure if something didn't sit right but secretly hoping this was a pre-labor cleanout. The irrational thoughts that go through my head are ridiculous.
@coniemi the man flu comment had me LOL. So funny and so relatable.
@schaze booooo I'm hoping I do not get this whatever it is! He's been fine aka he's been asleep in the bed for 24 hrs...whatever he's not complaining and being needy it's just annoying because I would love to be asleep for hours....
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I feel like I need a nap though to be productive at all. We were at my in-law's until 11 last night and I'm normally in bed no later than 9. I didn't sleep super well between not being able to get into a comfortable position, getting super hot/sweaty, and having to get up to pee. Plus I had my first cervical check this morning and now I'm crampy and uncomfortable.
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
My mom is frustrating and crazy. I'm mad at her, but I'm also sad that things are the way they are.
My house needs to get done soon. We had some issues with water lines freezing over the weekend and that is just stressful.
Work. I'm 38 weeks and still working. I worked extra last week because of my replacement. I don't have an option to take vacation or PTO because my company is too small for that, I don't have short term disability so my leave is unpaid. And my bonus kinda sucked! It didn't change from last year and I did a hell of a lot more terms of responsibility.
So TW and WTF to all of it.
I love reading all the new birth announcements!!
As for me, I have a major TW from yesterday. We had lunch at my MIL's for Christmas and her friend was there. MIL and her friend are pretty out there (from my perspective) and are very into things like astrology. Well, the friend was asking me about the due date and pulled out her astrological calendar. She looks it over for a few minutes, laughs and says, "Wow, your daughter is going to be a sex pot!" I shot her the nastiest look I could and immediately left the room. A few minutes later, we head to the table to eat, and now that MIL is in the room she repeats what the calendar said, to which MIL replies, "She will make lots of money." The friend scoffed and said,"Yeah, probably in porn." WTF?!? Excuse me but 1). I don't believe in astrology, 2). In what world is it appropriate to say something like that about an unborn baby??? I couldn't even look at her the rest of the day. I'm still so mad.
I agree with needing the nap. I wish I could work from home but I can't access what I need. There is also almost nobody here today.
@schaze I hope she decides to take morning naps again. Maybe when the baby comes she'll want to nap when baby naps. Or would she take a nap with you?
@schaze DD went to one nap a day usually right before lunch like 2 months ago. Our only saving grace is she goes to bed at 645pm. Not sure how this 2 baby thing is going to go.
Not much of bitch, the opposite in fact. We are being discharged in a few hours. DD2 passed all her tests last night. I miss DD1 so much and am so happy to go home and figure this out
@burnsmommy27 so glad you get to go home today! Best of luck!
I love all the announcements too, and it's so hard not to comment on them! Congrats @burnsmommy27 - glad you are all well! (This feels like a weird thread to post that in, haha)
WTF to this cold!?! I haven’t been sick once my entire pregnancy, and now I get a horrible cold the week of my due date? Between the not being able to breathe, and the constant coughing, I feel like
I'm dying. Plus, I think DD might be coming down with it too. Nooooooooo!!!! I just need us all to be healthy for LO’s arrival!
DD2: 9/12/13
Baby #3: Due January 2018
@kelk5 I here you on the not having time. My office closed the 21-Jan 3 but I also don’t get paid for any of that time. I have to use pretty much all of my PTO and there is a 2 week wait before my short term disability kicks in. Cue the freak out!
My TW/WTF is long: DH will be leaving Jan. 8 for 2 weeks for military stuff. Our nursery was a disaster from baby gifts that were never sorted, Christmas stuff being piled in there, and transitioning it from a guest room. Today, I put away all of our Christmas stuff (including carrying our live tree outside) except our outside lights, organized the nursery so it’s ready for babe, did laundry, and put away all of Christmas gifts. Nothing was taken to the attic and half the stuff I asked him to do last week was not so it made everything a million times harder and THEN when she calls from the potty for help, I said I’ll let you go. Do you know what this man said, Of course you will.
I could have screamed. I was organizing and cleaning from 740 this morning until 430 this evening!!! I took the early morning with DD too.
Sorry y’all I’m salty.
Yup, I found out about it last month. He said well you went overdue with DD, so we should be okay. This a different ball game though!
I will say as long as labor isn’t super quick, he said he should be able to make it back before the event, but still leaves me super pregnant and solo with a sassy 3 year old!
I feel like a butthead because after I posted he ran a lavender infused epsom salt bath for me, but I would have liked the help more.
I'm so far not dilated either, by at least it's softened, so we'll see. With DS biting happened until I was in actual labor, so I'm still relaxed...
As for work, that would be the other TW as I'm being forced to take maternity leave, with no pay, when we need the income, and it's the tune when I could make good money, so I'm annoyed... We have everything figured ou when it comes to taking care of baby, so that would not be an issue.
MC 2/17
So I just ended up pointing out body parts like her feet and her butt so that they felt like they got something out of it. Over it...
Oh also my kid isn't really a kicker she just pushes up against my belly randomly ( so I can't really give you a good time to put your hand on my belly to feel it...) or she just shimmies which is super awkward to feel and has zero timing (again I can't tell you when it'll happen) Thankfully everyone has headed back to their own houses so I don't have to deal with that anymore.
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J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
@mindaa I could try pumping! Currently, just trying to keep moving, drinking the RRLT/eating dates (not like these actually induce labor. I definitely am not willing to try castor oil yet especially because I don't feel like my body is favorable for that. I've never done acupuncture or acupressure before. Have you?
@TInman87 so frustrating right? I thought I'd be having a baby this week so took the week off and if I didn't I thought for sure I'd be busy. Nope-because I already did everything and now I'm bored. I think I need some retail therapy today. Had a weird episode last night after putting DS to bed where I got all hot and the chills. Puked once, had some diarrhea and was fine. No one else is sick so not sure if something didn't sit right but secretly hoping this was a pre-labor cleanout. The irrational thoughts that go through my head are ridiculous.
@coniemi the man flu comment had me LOL. So funny and so relatable.