@calimom2524 awesome!I am leaning toward the Obsidian too. I have the Metallic Bronze and I am sad to see the scuffs in it, I am fairly gentle with them, or so I thought. The scuffs aren't noticeable from afar but for that much $$$ I want to wear them for a long time! Have you ever tried Tory Burch fats - comparable in price. I have a pair of Caroline flats - they are so freaking uncomfortable! I was thinking about getting Reva's but if they are as uncomfortable, there would be no point!
@legallykate we have the Hemnes long dresser and nightstand for DS and are planning on getting the same for the new nursery. I really like the look and construction (though we are getting white this time and it comes with black drawer pulls, which I will be swapping out for something else). We have an unrelated crib.
For the changing pad, I just got one from Buy Buy Baby, and honestly it's on the ground for DS now, and for BK2 it will just rest on top of the dresser, I may put some of the nonslip grip padding underneath but it wasn't an issue with DS at all. I also got one of their felt organizer bins to keep diapers, wipes, cream etc in, with a little book light to see during nighttime diaper changes!
August '18 March Siggy Challenge - You had ONE JOB
@calimom2524 awesome!I am leaning toward the Obsidian too. I have the Metallic Bronze and I am sad to see the scuffs in it, I am fairly gentle with them, or so I thought. The scuffs aren't noticeable from afar but for that much $$$ I want to wear them for a long time! Have you ever tried Tory Burch fats - comparable in price. I have a pair of Caroline flats - they are so freaking uncomfortable! I was thinking about getting Reva's but if they are as uncomfortable, there would be no point!
Since I've found the right fit and style of Tieks for me I haven't really branched out but I do want to try the Rothy's ones. I haven't tried the Tory Burch personally but a lot of the women on the Tieks FB group say they're uncomfortable. I pretty much either live in my keen hiking boots, Tieks, or chuck t's.
I have a pair of Rothy's pointed toe ones that I wear at work. I really like them, but there's no support in them at all. Are Tieks better for that? I'm considering getting a neutral pair, but I wonder if that's dumb to get while I'm pregnant and my feet could get bigger. Thoughts?
I have a pair of Rothy's pointed toe ones that I wear at work. I really like them, but there's no support in them at all. Are Tieks better for that? I'm considering getting a neutral pair, but I wonder if that's dumb to get while I'm pregnant and my feet could get bigger. Thoughts?
There's not much support in Tieks either but I have a relatively flat foot so they work really well for me. It's never dumb to buy tieks, in my opinion lol. However, I used to be a solid 9 and now I'm a definite 10.
I wasn’t sure if it could be hiccups this early, but count me in on that one! Yesterday baby boy was kicking really rhythmically (like hiccups) near the side of my belly when I was on the phone with DH. I was able to actually see it from the outside which was crazy to me this early (18 weeks)! I got a couple of them on video after that. I love this part of pregnancy
+1 on the IKEA Hemnes long dresser. We got it for our nursery before DS and it’s been so perfect! The perfect height for a changing pad on top, diapers, socks, and small essentials in the top drawers. When he was younger, I had one drawer of the current size of clothes, one drawer with the next size up, one drawer of current pjs, and one drawer of swaddle blankets. I need to organize it again, but when we end up moving to a bigger house I’m getting another one for this baby!
All this tieks talk haha! I need to wear mine more often. I have black ones, I can’t remember if they’re matte or patent, but I only really wear them when I’m dressing up a bit. I’d like to get another pair in a fun color though!
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About me:
29 y/o Married 6.26.11 BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14 BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now! BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17 BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
This is more of a question, but I didn't think it was worth reviving the questions thread. Do you think blue cheese that's cooked on a pizza is safe to eat? I'm going out for girl's night and we always order a blue cheese and onion pizza that is to die for. Google seems to think cooked blue cheese is safe. And if it's pasteurized then you're fine anyway.
@melbel0824 I’d say you’re fine. Majority of the soft cheeses here in the US are pasteurized anyway. I think the general “don’t eat soft cheese” rule is more for other countries nowadays. But being cooked especially, I don’t see an issue.
April Siggy Challenge: April Showers
About me:
29 y/o Married 6.26.11 BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14 BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now! BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17 BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
@melbel0824 I'm not an expert or anything, but I would think if you're going to a restaurant, they're going to use pasteurized products. Unless you're at like an ethnic place that might be using some imported stuff...?
@melbel0824 - ditto the other ladies, I'd say you're fine. Especially if this is a place you go to frequently and haven't had issues with the food. It's actually hard to find non-pasteurized cheese in the US, the only place I had an issue was when we ate at a legit farm-to-table type restaurant and I asked about the cheese. Even they pasteurized and they were this little family owned operation. Enjoy!
I've mentioned that girl I went to HS with who posts ridiculous things on Facebook (like how she got her engagement ring engraved for free because her and her husband were the cutest couple ever). Well for International Women's Day, she decided to post like fifteen glamor shots of her and her bridal party from her wedding. Not just coincidentally and today happens to be IWD. Specifically in honor of it.
She loves to one up me, so I wonder what she's going to do when we announce next week- she loves posting drunk pictures, so does she give up alcohol to get pregnant or continue posting pictures of her "just soooooo drunk"? We'll see!
Me: 28 DH: 29 Married: 6/2016 TTC #1: 12/2016 Benched due to deployment- Off the bench 8/8/17!
I was at the gym earlier and started to feel bad. I've had this bad feeling before, pregnant and not: light-headedness, dizzy, feeling "fuzzy" in extremities, shaky, almost like I am going to pass out. I stopped what I was doing, found a chair and propped my feet up. I thought it might be low blood pressure because my BP at my appointment yesterday was almost considered "low." After I started to feel a little better I went to CVS and used their blood pressure cuff. My readings were 144/80 and almost immediately after that 125/68. A few minutes later it was 120/67. I am not sure if the 144/80 was an incorrect reading because I am not sure my arm was in the cuff right. Anyway, I called my doctor's nurse line and she said it sounded like high BP, even though, from what I understand, you don't usually have "symptoms" of high BP. If anything, I thought it was low BP or a drop in blood sugar. I feel better now, but not 100%. Got some Pedialyte in case my "whatever" was off (so scientific) and ate some almonds. Didn't skip a meal, have been drinking PLENTY of water and even pooped today.
Something similar happened in my son's pregnancy when I was just sitting at my desk and I had someone drive me to the fire department for a vital check, where all was normal.
@Firemanswife11 So scary! Glad you're ok! Did it happen while working out before or after a workout? I'm a marathon (or I should say "was" and hope to be again) runner and I have a similar issue when my blood sugar and electrolytes drop. Water doesn't replace them so I would drink pedialyte before big races. But I would get freezing cold and be covered in goosebumps. Like during a race in the hot sun I would be freezing. Any of that sound similar?
@Firemanswife11 - that sounds exactly like what happens when my blood sugar crashes. I get shaky, sweaty, clammy, and feel dizzy and just 'off'
Have you had issues with blood sugar before? Gatorade or chocolate milk is a really good solution for bringing it back up pretty quickly. I really hope it doesn't happen again!
Your symptoms sound like how I feel when I get an "adrenaline crash". After a really stressful event where I get the adrenaline rush then immediate crash I get cold, clammy, shaky, fuzzy feeling, sweaty, feel like I'm going to pass out, blurry vision, and then I have to pee A LOT. The peeing is how I know it was the adrenaline and not something else.
And that stressful event could be literally anything, like someone narrowly missing me while driving, having a really good fight in a computer game, or even my anxiety kicks in over something it perceived as something to freak out about, like gas induced heart palpitations.
My high blood pressure symptoms were headaches in the back of my head and being able to "hear" my pulse in my neck/ears, other than that, no symptoms like that.
Most folks I know who have experienced low blood pressure symptoms just reported feeling lethargic, dizzy, and out of it in general.
I had similar symptoms with numb extremities, shaky, sweaty, tunnel vision, heart palpitations, and blacked out twice with DD. I'd usually have an emotional breakdown/adrenaline dump afterward because it was effing scary, especially in public. My OB ordered a holter monitor study during the worst of it but a cause was never found. Might be something to ask about though?
14 inches of snow yesterday, power went out at 2pm yesterday afternoon. Currently have a blown tranformer in my backyard, and down live wires. Generator is up and running, but I miss the comforts of electricity, especially since we don't have a wood burning fire place. If we did, I would be much happier!
Guise. There's a much longer story than this but I'm leaving out details on purpose.
I think my dad is having a relatively small but at least existent change of heart and he even hugged me this morning and told me he loves me. We don't hug. We genuinely don't really even discuss feelings. This was monumental and quite frankly I feel like MAYBE we've turned a corner. It's still going to be a long road but I am feeling so much better today than I have in a while.
@calimom2524 that makes me so happy to hear! Call it pregnancy emotions or whatever you want but this actually made me tear up. Hang in there! It sounds like you guys really do love each other and will get through this.
@mrsbubbles-2 thank you! We are hoping by Saturday we have power. Unfortunately all of my family that lives close by, are in the same situation as we are. Unfortunately most of the hotels in the area are full, but if it gets too cold, I'm dragging dh whether he likes it or not.
@brzvice - I forget, were you team green for your last pregnancy? I understand your resolve wavering, I don't think I could have stuck to team green even though I originally wanted to. Good luck holding out!
@nll0803 - omg you poor things! Saturday?!? I mean, I get it, after a storm like this it takes a while to get things up and running but geez. Good plan to head to a hotel if it gets too cold! Update us when you can!
@brzvice I'm right there with you! I feel like everyone but me wants to know, and the urge to know for myself is getting bigger with each passing week. I'm trying to remain steadfast and I think I'll manage. So I'm going to tell the ultrasound tech to get a squirt bottle and squirt my husband if he peeks when she tells us to not look. :P
@hardlyhannah my whole family including H want to know. Also all the shopping talk lately with second hand sales coming up have me itching. I need back up!
I saw that too but I'm kinda over it. She's lame and I don't think even deserves the back and forth anymore. It's all just weird and I don't understand why people catfish. They must have very boring lives.
@brzvice stay strong! I'm team green too. Everyone keeps asking me "but how are you going to buy clothes" or "but how are you going to decorate the nursery?" Im like how is knowing how my kid is going to pee necessary for any of that?! Lol sure, some specific clothes will come later, but I'm loving not knowing!
@mrsbubbles-2 nope, team pink last time. This is my first attempt at being team green.
However, this sounds macabre but if it is a boy, he will be named after his paternal great grandfather who is 91 and recently was hospitalized with chest pain. I love this man so much and nobody but God knows when their time is up but if it IS a boy hopefully Grandpa would be able to meet his namesake but if not, he at least knew another Frederick was joining the family before he left this Earth.
@brzvice Same! I don't want to know, but I don't like being out of the loop. My doctor already knows from my NIPT, and it bugs me a little. I generally hate surprises.
Me:32 DH:45 DSD: 20 DSS: 18 Team green baby due: Aug 6th, 2018
@livinthesunnylife - every time Bread posts I'm starting to think more and more it's not a regular on our board, just someone trying to stir things up. Because why admit it? And on a Monday after all our fun with FFFC had subsided... idk, just doesn't seem legit to me. I
@brzvice - that is really beautiful. Could you tell your grandfather that if the baby is a boy, he will share the name? That way he knows you want to honor him. I'm so sorry he is in the hospital, I hope he makes a speedy recovery and gets to meet precious Frederick or your sweet baby girl
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awesome!I am leaning toward the Obsidian too. I have the Metallic Bronze and I am sad to see the scuffs in it, I am fairly gentle with them, or so I thought. The scuffs aren't noticeable from afar but for that much $$$ I want to wear them for a long time! Have you ever tried Tory Burch fats - comparable in price. I have a pair of Caroline flats - they are so freaking uncomfortable! I was thinking about getting Reva's but if they are as uncomfortable, there would be no point!
For the changing pad, I just got one from Buy Buy Baby, and honestly it's on the ground for DS now, and for BK2 it will just rest on top of the dresser, I may put some of the nonslip grip padding underneath but it wasn't an issue with DS at all. I also got one of their felt organizer bins to keep diapers, wipes, cream etc in, with a little book light to see during nighttime diaper changes!
August '18 March Siggy Challenge - You had ONE JOB
August 18 Siggy Challenge: April Showers
Rothy's are gorgeous! I love the pointed ones but idk if I could pull them off!
August 18 Siggy Challenge: April Showers
+1 on the IKEA Hemnes long dresser. We got it for our nursery before DS and it’s been so perfect! The perfect height for a changing pad on top, diapers, socks, and small essentials in the top drawers. When he was younger, I had one drawer of the current size of clothes, one drawer with the next size up, one drawer of current pjs, and one drawer of swaddle blankets. I need to organize it again, but when we end up moving to a bigger house I’m getting another one for this baby!
All this tieks talk haha! I need to wear mine more often. I have black ones, I can’t remember if they’re matte or patent, but I only really wear them when I’m dressing up a bit. I’d like to get another pair in a fun color though!
About me:
Married 6.26.11
BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14
BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now!
BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17
BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
About me:
Married 6.26.11
BFP 12.23.13, EDD 9.2.14 - baby girl, born too soon at 22w6d due to a placental abruption on 5.5.14
BFP 8.4.14, EDD 4.15.15 - rainbow son, born at 30w4d due to a placental abruption on 2.8.15, healthy 3 y/o now!
BFP 2.28.17, EDD 11.8.17 - baby girl, miscarried at 11 weeks on 4.21.17
BFP 11.28.17, EDD 8.8.18, delivering in July - another rainbow baby boy!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
She loves to one up me, so I wonder what she's going to do when we announce next week- she loves posting drunk pictures, so does she give up alcohol to get pregnant or continue posting pictures of her "just soooooo drunk"? We'll see!
Married: 6/2016
TTC #1: 12/2016
Benched due to deployment- Off the bench 8/8/17!
Something similar happened in my son's pregnancy when I was just sitting at my desk and I had someone drive me to the fire department for a vital check, where all was normal.
WTF BODY.
Have you had issues with blood sugar before? Gatorade or chocolate milk is a really good solution for bringing it back up pretty quickly. I really hope it doesn't happen again!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
And that stressful event could be literally anything, like someone narrowly missing me while driving, having a really good fight in a computer game, or even my anxiety kicks in over something it perceived as something to freak out about, like gas induced heart palpitations.
My high blood pressure symptoms were headaches in the back of my head and being able to "hear" my pulse in my neck/ears, other than that, no symptoms like that.
Most folks I know who have experienced low blood pressure symptoms just reported feeling lethargic, dizzy, and out of it in general.
Bodies are weird. Hopefully you feel better soon!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
I think my dad is having a relatively small but at least existent change of heart and he even hugged me this morning and told me he loves me. We don't hug. We genuinely don't really even discuss feelings. This was monumental and quite frankly I feel like MAYBE we've turned a corner. It's still going to be a long road but I am feeling so much better today than I have in a while.
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I truly hope things keep going in a positive direction for you both!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
August '18 March Siggy Challenge - You had ONE JOB
@nll0803 - omg you poor things! Saturday?!? I mean, I get it, after a storm like this it takes a while to get things up and running but geez. Good plan to head to a hotel if it gets too cold! Update us when you can!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
August 18 Siggy Challenge: April Showers
I need back up!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
August 18 Siggy Challenge: April Showers
However, this sounds macabre but if it is a boy, he will be named after his paternal great grandfather who is 91 and recently was hospitalized with chest pain. I love this man so much and nobody but God knows when their time is up but if it IS a boy hopefully Grandpa would be able to meet his namesake but if not, he at least knew another Frederick was joining the family before he left this Earth.
Same! I don't want to know, but I don't like being out of the loop. My doctor already knows from my NIPT, and it bugs me a little. I generally hate surprises.
DH:45
DSD: 20
DSS: 18
Team green baby due: Aug 6th, 2018
@brzvice - that is really beautiful. Could you tell your grandfather that if the baby is a boy, he will share the name? That way he knows you want to honor him. I'm so sorry he is in the hospital, I hope he makes a speedy recovery and gets to meet precious Frederick or your sweet baby girl
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015