@sabby2 sorry you're not feeling well. Hope you recover soon!
Who watched the Golden Globes (or caught the highlights this morning? Oprah = goddess! And for all my fellow This Is Us lovers, Sterling K. Brown is amazing
After all the ramen talk this weekend I wanted to have some on Saturday night while I watched the crazy go down on here but we didn’t have any. Guess what I found while looking for craisins to put in my oatmeal...RAMEN!!! Now I have to wait until tomorrow to have it because we are headed out this morning for my grandmas services and won’t be back until tomorrow night.
*TW LC*
Me & MH: 32 DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU) TTC #2: 12/2019 Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
Iiiiiii get to have ramen on Saturday. We’re going down to dc for funzies, and my fav ramen place is the only thing on my mind. It’s the only ramen place I’ve ever found that has a vegetarian ramen that surpasses all of my expectations. I cannot wait.
Also I desperately need to unpack from ca so I can repack for dc lol.
I was booking flights to Toronto from Philadelphia last night and all of a sudden I found it $50 cheaper so I thought, great! And booked it. I was messaging my mom asking if the dates and times sounded right because something felt off. Anyways moving onto this morning, I can't sleep because of a stuffy nose so at 6:30am I'm randomly looking in my calendar and I notice that I booked the flights backwards. Like Toronto to Philadelphia first. Pregnancy brain for the win. I'm just glad I caught it before 24hrs were up or I would've been paying some stupid change fees!
Even more random... does anyone keep getting a spam pop up in TB app? Like if I linger on a post too long some stupid Amazon winner spam ad thing pops up and I can't get rid of it unless I exit the app. Annoying af.
Dropped my kitty off to get neutered this morning. We’ll be picking him up this afternoon and I’m dreading trying to keep him somewhat isolated from my DD for a few days while he heals... She just loves him so much...
I think I am addicted to Freecycle and FB marketplace. I've had some great luck finding people giving away pack and plays, activity mats, baths, high chairs, boosters. I'm picking up a nice glider for $60 today. The bargain hunter in me is having a field day!
@izza2 that sounds delicious! We went out on Saturday night for the football games and I just ordered a club soda with lime since my typical drink of choice out is that plus vodka. It tasted so good to me! I missed the bubbles. Soda is so sweet to me right now so when I was at the store this weekend, I bought some dasani pineapple hint sparkling water and limes. Mmmmm
@kfren the gifs were definitely amazing! I saw someone else comment on another month board that we should pick our battles and they were surprised we were so worked up over that thread. I was thinking whaaaa? We don't have that many battles around here to need to pick, we definitely picked that one on purpose bc we were bored on a Saturday night and it was crickets around here AND it was hardly a battle. It was too fun to call it such.
Random - sinuses being a jerk. Sinex working but not enough, and because winter I'm also getting dry blood Pregnancy and dry air don't mix well.
SOMEBODY had their legs crossed at the ultrasound this morning ..... so still no idea on gender. Two week reschedule, they couldn't get the leg measurements well either.
I've heard sugared drink before appt helps, anyone know if this is legit or just a "hey works for me"?
@Amphibious22 I have "saved searches" in FB marketplace and get notifications when anyone within 10 miles posts an item that matches. There is a Freecycle group for my county so I have notifications set on that group for when anyone posts. I am on vacation right now so the constant notifications are useful, but when I go back to work next week I will likely just keep them in app. You do have to be quick. I just missed a brand new pack and play for $15, but I'm first on the waiting list if it falls through!
We also have a great local resale shops that has tons of kid stuff and does additional discount sales. You do have to pop in and check out new stuff every so often at those types of places. Now is a great time as people spring clean! Picked up a pristine bouncer for $5, it was missing the battery cover but MH is handy and made one.
I'm also signed up on a number of kid consignment mailing lists. Every spring and fall there are huge consignment sales near me and as a FTM, some let you enter early with 1 helper to shop.
We do have to check for recalls and other issues, but so far so good!
@MissKittyDanger a friend of mine was told to drink a coke slurpie before her ultrasound by a nurse, so there must be something to that! sorry you have to wait another 2 weeks!
Also +1 on the lame sinuses. I’ve been waking up with a nose full of dried blood for about a month now. ive also apparently started to snore again because of it.
AFM *TW* dreamt that I was bleeding last night. Woke up in tears. *TW* but then I felt baby girl having a little MOTN dance party in there, which was the best thing ever to wake up to apparently my PGAL brain likes to work the night shift.
Also, still haven’t been called to schedule my A/S. I’ll be 20 weeks on Friday.
@bkrahn I mean, it makes sense. I had juice on the weekend and felt the most movement since those first flutters 2.5 weeks ago! Idk why I just opted for water this morning lmao! I wasn't big on snoring before, but I may have to ask just in case lol! I may pick up hydra sense to clear out some of the blood ... it makes my nose irritated
@MissKittyDanger yes, there’s something to it. I had to be monitored by labor and delivery a few times toward the end and one time DS wasn’t moving enough. They brought me a coke and made me drink it to get him going. My OB told me to do it at home too if I was ever worried about movement not being enough.
Y'all, Aug '18 has already had their first catfish! The how to handle visitors and unsolicited advice thread is where it went down. Quick QFP skills over there!
We definitely had a catfish on my old bmb. She was blocked on one up address, made another account, and came back at her work IP address. People started noticing weird similarities in situations and posts and called her out. She got blocked again but somehow managed to follow everyone to the other forum after TB imploded, made it into the FB group, eventually got kicked out of there and then a bunch of old posters came back to the forum and called her out there. After that those of us remaining on the board created a private password protected board.
@ramblebee wow that's a lot of commitment! I want to be that good at it, but maybe I'll just start with notifications on fb market place.
@bkrahn I have dreams like that a lot. In fact, DH gets so pissed now when I question if everything is okay because I do it like everyday. It doesn't help that I still haven't felt a single flutter or kick in there. Hopefully soon.
Me 30 Him 30 Married August 2015 DS born 5/23/2018 TTC #2 July 2020
@bkrahn I missed the part about your dream. I dream pretty strong, but I swear the dreams AND NIGHTMARES have been extra vivid. Like I swear I could feel if something hit me and I spend a lot of time going "this didn't happen .... but did it? No no .... what if it did?" So I completely get the concern
Ugh that anti-vaxxer thread... I can't stand when people say "I've done my own research" because they really haven't, they have done an internet search. They are not research or medical professionals, they aren't conducting clinical trials, or looking at peer reviewed studies published in top journals... they are googling sh*t on the internet and have no information literacy to know what they are looking at. Sorry /rant
@bkrahn I had such a vivid dream like that early on and its so disconcerting waking up before you realize what's going on. So glad baby girl made her presence known right after!
@icecubeinthedesert@ramblebee@sabby2 the ONLY valid argument I'll accept against vaccines for the population as a whole is that our planet is too over-populated and more people should get sick and die to combat it. I'll think you're a sociopath if that's your argument, but I'll accept it as valid.
Ugh. So I called the cruise line and they said I wouldn't be able to do the cruise bc I can't be 24 weeks at any time on the cruise (and a recent doctor's note explaining all this is required). I wanted to do the one a couple weeks earlier (the 3rd) to begin with but he doesn't because he says he doesn't know what he's going to do for Mardi Gras (the 13th). Those events are 10 days apart I don't understand how one effects the other. Plus this cruise was suppose to replace the anniversary cruise we didn't take because he got a giant order 2 days before we were suppose to leave. So again, I sacrifice my vacation for his work. Then when I told him what the cruise line said and his only response is "Welp." Like wow I've given up 4 consecutive birthdays (my birthday is usually during Mardi Gras week) and our first anniversary trip. I may just start making plans alone at this point. This is soooooo unfair. And before we cancelled our anniversary trip my anniversary gift to him was $1300 to pay for his frat reunion trip in the Dominican Republic in April 2018. I can't believe I give and give and this is no big deal to him.
@marcus7676 just back to our old neighborhood since that's where our friends all still live. Gallery Place/Metro Center ish. The ramen place I love is Daikaya. I'm soooo excited. The wait is so long but so worth it.
@ffw0617 I'm so sorry you're feeling that way. I don't blame you and would be feeling so let down too. What is the deal that Mardi Gras can never be missed? I hope he realizes all the sacrifice and comes around.
@amys614 MH is a screen printer. He makes the vast majority of his money making a selling collegiate apparel during college football season. In the off season he vendors at various events. Mardi Gras is one of those events.
@ffw0617 ahhh gotcha. I hope he is able to see things from your perspective and you guys can come up with something that works for you both. Especially being that this is very important to you.
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It's like happiness in my mouth.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
Who watched the Golden Globes (or caught the highlights this morning? Oprah = goddess! And for all my fellow This Is Us lovers, Sterling K. Brown is amazing
DS: 6/1/18 (Pre-E; IUGR; seizures; NICU)
TTC #2: 12/2019
Sept 2020: HSG possible blocked right tube
Nov 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFN
Dec 2020: Letrozole + TI - BFP!!! EDD 9/18
Also I desperately need to unpack from ca so I can repack for dc lol.
Even more random... does anyone keep getting a spam pop up in TB app? Like if I linger on a post too long some stupid Amazon winner spam ad thing pops up and I can't get rid of it unless I exit the app. Annoying af.
Edit - this is the screen I get and there is no exiting out, just gotta shut the whole thing down.
Married August 2015
DS born 5/23/2018
TTC #2 July 2020
@kfren the gifs were definitely amazing! I saw someone else comment on another month board that we should pick our battles and they were surprised we were so worked up over that thread. I was thinking whaaaa? We don't have that many battles around here to need to pick, we definitely picked that one on purpose bc we were bored on a Saturday night and it was crickets around here AND it was hardly a battle. It was too fun to call it such.
@sabby2 feel better!
@katelynrae86 +1 on Oprah=queeeeen. Gosh her speeches are always so damn good.
@becca_123 those ads make me say some very not nice words after like 3 times in a row of shutting down the app.
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
SOMEBODY had their legs crossed at the ultrasound this morning ..... so still no idea on gender. Two week reschedule, they couldn't get the leg measurements well either.
I've heard sugared drink before appt helps, anyone know if this is legit or just a "hey works for me"?
Me: 30 | DH: 31
Met: August 2006
Married: July 2012
TTC #1 since June 2016
***TW***
BFP: 7/12/16 | MC: 9/12/16
BFP: 1/18/17 | MMC: 2/13/17
BFP: 10/7/17 | EDD: 6/21/17
MTHFR: homozygous A1298C
We also have a great local resale shops that has tons of kid stuff and does additional discount sales. You do have to pop in and check out new stuff every so often at those types of places. Now is a great time as people spring clean! Picked up a pristine bouncer for $5, it was missing the battery cover but MH is handy and made one.
I'm also signed up on a number of kid consignment mailing lists. Every spring and fall there are huge consignment sales near me and as a FTM, some let you enter early with 1 helper to shop.
We do have to check for recalls and other issues, but so far so good!
Edit: spelling
Also +1 on the lame sinuses. I’ve been waking up with a nose full of dried blood for about a month now. ive also apparently started to snore again because of it.
AFM *TW*
dreamt that I was bleeding last night. Woke up in tears. *TW* but then I felt baby girl having a little MOTN dance party in there, which was the best thing ever to wake up to
Also, still haven’t been called to schedule my A/S. I’ll be 20 weeks on Friday.
I wasn't big on snoring before, but I may have to ask just in case lol! I may pick up hydra sense to clear out some of the blood ... it makes my nose irritated
Y'all, Aug '18 has already had their first catfish!
The how to handle visitors and unsolicited advice thread is where it went down.
Quick QFP skills over there!
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
@MissKittyDanger I ate cookies before my last one and he/she was a bouncing machine! Definitely a correlation.
@bkrahn Hugs
@sabby2 Feel better!
Married March 2016
DD: born 7.22.16
DS EDD: 6.23.18
edit: nvm figured it out
@bkrahn I have dreams like that a lot. In fact, DH gets so pissed now when I question if everything is okay because I do it like everyday. It doesn't help that I still haven't felt a single flutter or kick in there. Hopefully soon.
Married August 2015
DS born 5/23/2018
TTC #2 July 2020
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM
@doxiemoxie212 where are you going in DC? I desparately want to go visit again soon.
TTC: 08/2017 EDD: 6/11/2018 FTM