The olympics, when they talk about how hard the athletes have worked to get to the games, and especially when they mention the parents of young people and how much they sacrificed for them to be great at their sport.
In a huge blow to women everywhere....I cried in front of my boss yesterday. I decided it was finally time to tell him I’m pregnant - we have a small team and work closely all day long, I think he was worried about me bc I kept having doctors appointments. He’s very nice and loves babies, and was so happy for me, but I was incredibly nervous to tell him. He said “Why are you crying? This is good news!” Lol. Ugh. Sorry for setting us back a hundred years
I cried last night because I'm just feeling like a failure. I can either cook dinner or eat dinner. I can't do both. I am just feeling bad that I just can't do something simply like cooking dinner. So DH has been coming home and having to cook. Which he hasn't complained about, I just feel like a useless lump
This past week has been horrible on me.. I'm not one to get sick and try to prevent it at all costs. I had yet to have actual morning sickness until I left for vacation last weekend. Started while we were on the flight and it was so bad. The whole weekend vacation sucked. This week was even worse. Trying to do college work while being dehydrated. Just crying because I don't feel well. I'm happy that I finally got some sickness, kind of lets me know that there's an actual baby inside of me growing.. but it doesn't make being a basketcase of hormones any better..
I cried last night because I'm just feeling like a failure. I can either cook dinner or eat dinner. I can't do both. I am just feeling bad that I just can't do something simply like cooking dinner. So DH has been coming home and having to cook. Which he hasn't complained about, I just feel like a useless lump
That was me last pregnancy. So far I can hack it about 60-70% of the time this pregnancy. I'm trying so hard not to rely on take out but about once a week I cave and just order something. We have a lot of scrambled eggs and toast for dinner cause my "morning" sickness is the worst at night and it's all I can be bothered to cook. Cereal is also a legit dinner option around here. Cause holy freaking fatigue Batman.
I’ve been watching Project Runway and Tim Gunn is so sweet I cry at least once an episode thanks to him. Also whenever a designer talks about their life struggles or how bad they want to win.
Also visited my friend’s grave and ugly cried and was unable to say anything but “sorry...” for crying so much
Because Pinterest is playing a cruel joke on me...it is filled with all this yummy looking sushi on my homepage next to baby and pregnancy stuff I actually need. Thank you Pinterest for noticing I’m pregnant, but I have never pinned sushi before so not sure why you are showing it to me now when I am not allowed to eat it!! I want sushi so bad...
Because I am working a million hours and barely see my kid... and right now she is such a daddy’s girl so I get to see her in the morning and evenings briefly and she just keeps saying “dada”. I remember when she just wanted mommy all the time.
I cried listening to the Beatles. I've always loved them but last night I thought knowing i will have my own child will be more beautiful than one of their songs. More perfect. I never imagined that. I discovered them in college (like most people) exactly 10 years ago. I never would have thought I'd be here now.
Watching the Italian pairs skate tonight. Her reaction to their score was so raw and genuine. I was happy for them and started crying. I couldn’t care less about figure skating normally, but it got me tonight.
Just cause I'm so tired. There's no reasonably near end in sight and I'm so stupidly sick- again- and it's just too much. I want to quit. But that's not possible. There is no quit option. It literally doesn't exist. It's just a little overwhelming at the moment. But I keep on, keeping on, cause really what else can you do? Cry, drink a glass of water, then get back to it.
I’ve been crying because I’ve been reading books to help prepare for this pregnancy and birth . Every time I get to the c-section topic I start tearing up and become anxious. I know having a c-section isn’t a bad thing or the end of the world but it scares me, and it bothers me I won’t have as much control over the idea as I did with my last pregnancy.
Me (29) + DH (30) | Dating 2003 | Married 2008 DS - 02/21/2016
@knitknitread I'm sure they'd all have me ruduced to a puddle, I was accidentally in the same room as curling earlier. I'm avoiding the games because we are still keeping my being KU secret.
“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances”
@stothi Same here. This fatigue is unreal. Last pregnancy I was very sleepy first trimester and took lots of naps. This time I am winded from barely moving. I'm just stuck to the damn couch. I feel so guilty because my house is a wreck, and I feel so bad asking DH to do everything when I start home all day. And my SAHM game is such a fail lately. I just snooze on the couch while my baby plays nearby and it's all I can do to get up and get her a snack or change her diaper every couple hours. I've been crying all day about it. I need this to get better soon because it's really depressing just being a slug watching my to do list grow and waiting for another day to end every day.
@Car0liiine my toddler wouldn't let me change his diaper after his nap and I was too tired to fight him. I figured I'd give it an hour and then change it. Nope. Forgot. Didn't change it till I got him ready for bed. He was just wet and not rashy or anything but holy moly the mom guilt was so real! He's started asking to watching his TV shows while "mama sleep on a couch." Damn. I keep it together ok in the mornings but in the late afternoon/evening the tv is straight up babysitting my child cause I just can't do the things. I wish my husband were home cause I would feel zero guilt checking out at 6:30pm and letting him parent the rest of the night. I figure if I keep his toddler alive during the workday and grow his unborn child 24/7, that hubby can damn sure handle the last 2 hours of the parenting day all on his own. Once the toddler goes to bed he doesn't have to use his body to sustain life for another human, so really, he's got it easy. Unfortunately hubby is away for work so it's all me (and the tv.) Parenting while pregnant is freaking hard.
Eta: I feel you about a lot of the guilt, but I really think you shouldn't beat yourself up for asking your husband to help out more. You are very busy round the clock creating a new human being from scratch and it's really hard work. And this is temporary. It's not like you are asking him to do everything for all the rest of time. He can't help you be pregnant, but he can help with household stuff and taking care of your other child. It really is ok if you can't do all the things right now that you normally can.
@Car0liiine and @stothi yup, husband's can pick up the slack for sure during this temporary time. @stothi you know I feel the same way with my H taking over at night, he's home this week (yay!), but he's sick from working so much of course and is convinced he's super contagious and shouldn't touch or do anything. So I'm a little ragey about that. Oh, and don't forget to he very explicit in what it is you need help with since men don't always pick up on the obvious...
My crying has been over tv shows (Heartland on Netflix, This Is Us), and also because I can't sleep through the night for one reason or another. It's insanely frustrating when my kid sleeps through the night, but DH comes to bed and is searching around the room looking for his ear buds, or the dog starts coughing and needs to go out. I'm so over it. I take unisom before I go to bed, so the frequent wake ups are making me feel extra crappy when I do wake up in the morning.
@stothi Thank you. It's nice to hear I'm not the only one. There are so many super moms out there keeping everything going under crazy difficult circumstances, it's hard not to feel like i don't measure up. But I'm feeling a little better today so I'm not so overwhelmed. I'm right there with you letting Elmo and Wallykazam babysit because "Mama sleepy." And I don't want to give the wrong impression, DH does a lot. I'm really rather spoiled by him. It's just that on the bad days I can't do an-y-thing. But yesterday he saw that I really truly couldn't and he made me go lie down and said knowing that I really need him motivated him.
I feel guilty that I’ve been so lazy. DH is amazing and I’m just a lump. Currently crying because I really want a blizzard from DQ (pretty random since I haven’t had DQ in like ten years). There’s one about .2 miles from my apartment and DH offered to go but I feel guilty. Plus I know I’ll just feel sick once I eat it. So crying is clearly the solution.
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Today I’m crying because I feel so crummy. I’m definitely nearing the end of being able to tolerate this level of nausea.
Also, yes to This Is Us. I always cry during that show but Subday’s Episode had me hyperventilating, haha.
MMC 01/26/12
MC 12/25/12, D&C 01/05/13
BFP 03/05/13, EDD 11/12/13. HB 175 @ 9w2d. Its a Girl!
DX with EA/TEF Type C & Tracheomalaysia
MC @ 13wks 01/15/15
BFP 1/11/18, EDD 9/21/18
Also visited my friend’s grave and ugly cried and was unable to say anything but “sorry...” for crying so much
BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012
BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
DS - 02/21/2016
BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012
BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
DS - 02/21/2016
Eta: I feel you about a lot of the guilt, but I really think you shouldn't beat yourself up for asking your husband to help out more. You are very busy round the clock creating a new human being from scratch and it's really hard work. And this is temporary. It's not like you are asking him to do everything for all the rest of time. He can't help you be pregnant, but he can help with household stuff and taking care of your other child. It really is ok if you can't do all the things right now that you normally can.
My crying has been over tv shows (Heartland on Netflix, This Is Us), and also because I can't sleep through the night for one reason or another. It's insanely frustrating when my kid sleeps through the night, but DH comes to bed and is searching around the room looking for his ear buds, or the dog starts coughing and needs to go out. I'm so over it. I take unisom before I go to bed, so the frequent wake ups are making me feel extra crappy when I do wake up in the morning.
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And I don't want to give the wrong impression, DH does a lot. I'm really rather spoiled by him. It's just that on the bad days I can't do an-y-thing. But yesterday he saw that I really truly couldn't and he made me go lie down and said knowing that I really need him motivated him.