Me: 33 DH: 32 Married 7/18/15 1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16 Team green turned BLUE! 2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18 Team green turned PINK! Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
Oh and I bought my end of 3rd trimester usuals today. Liners because I’m going through about 6-8 a day and depends for if my water breaks. So glamorous.
@jlyn821 is it weird that every time I see he commercial for those depends I think, well those are kind of cute...wonder how they would work for postpartum?!!
@klj0228 I have friends who swear by Depends for PP! I haven't gotten to try it personally but they say they are great for especially those first few days.
@klj0228 I have friends who used them PP and thought they were great. I stuck with using the big pads, but am willing to try using them PP this go around.
Depends for PP bleeding were awesome! So much better than trying to shove enough pads in your panties that you're not leaking every direction every 20min.
Random: does anyone know if babylist has addresses for the folks who send you gifts? Some people send me gifts from my babylist registry and I want to send thank you cards but I don't have their address.
Also...I was upset on Saturday bc I had a lot to do and my hands hurt so much I couldn't make a shopping or to-do list. DH offered to do it for me on his phone, so I told him what I had to do and he texted it to me. I remember when I said "I need to buy post-partum supplies, like pads and tucks pads and stuff" and he said "I don't like the word post-partum". So I'm just now looking at the list he wrote and sent me, and he wrote "after baby hooha care" LOL
Last night I had a welcome to the practice meeting at my chiropractor that H and DS came to. H watched as I got adjusted (which was good), and DS had a great time playing. H actually decided to start going too! Which makes me slightly nervous medical bill wise, but happy for him because he's had chronic back issues that he neglects. My IT band pain isn't totally gone, but it is better, and the chiro was able to crack/adjust some things that haven't been touched in a long time, so I'm feeling a bit more limber in general. He's recommended I go once a week until I deliver, and then afterward if I'm having any neck/back pain (which I likely will from nursing) until I'm more comfortable. He seems really reasonable which I like. The only thing I don't like is that he's anti-vax which I found out on his bio on his website, and he had a brochure about "What's really in the flu shot?". So as long as he doesn't push that on me, we'll be all good.
I'm visiting my parents but they're back living in the old house.... And suprise! They're cannibals! My dad keeps talking to me about how he's going to cook me and my mom is trying to fatten up my husband who's outside by the pool totally oblivious. I end up going out to him and trying to warn him but he won't listen. My mom hears this and tells me not to worry about it with an eerie smile... Then I woke up.
What is going on with my dreams?! This one makes no sense to me! I've had really really weird dreams since the second trimester and they just get more bizarre. I had one about flying horse with my sister... Another about a pet gorilla that my parents got.... Early on I had one that my husband tied me down to shave my forehead and kept getting my eyebrows... Really really bizarre.
@fftm9318 I've been having some really strange dreams recently too. Last night it was that I was searching for a certain size of socks that apparently didn't exist and I was really upset about it.
@fftm9318@nlc8424 yeah I keep having super weird dreams too since pregnancy started, whereas I never really had any before. I remember in the first trimester before the first echo, I kept dreaming I was going to have triplets and that the hubby left when he found out because he couldn't handle 3 at a time heh. I think that was more of a subconscious fear, it only got weirder after that!
We have a fluffy cat and decided to shave her yesterday because she had too many knots and despite having bought a good brush there was nothing I could do to undo them. Poor, poor little soul, she looks like a little rat with a skirt now. She was so traumatized we stopped halfway (we will finish today) so she's still fluffy under.... she looks so silly I don't even have the heart to take a picture of her!
Sorry I haven't kept up with randoms lately and am just stopping in with a question, but I have (another) insurance related vent/question.
My daughter's pediatrician called this morning to tell me they want to cancel her appointment next month because it's 3 days before her birthday, and they don't want to see her until she's already turned 4. Which, first of all, is ridiculously bureaucratic and stupid. She isn't going to physically change so much in 3 days that she'll need to be seen or treated any differently. But the bigger issue is that this is so close to the beginning of the school year so they have super limited appointment availability. She goes back to preschool, and I need her immunization records, the week after her birthday so I have a 2-day window to get her in if the make us wait. And our schedule when she's back in school, plus their appointment availability, plus the fact that I'll be 38 weeks pregnant and would like to get her in before I go into labor makes it tough. I guess I can get the records without taking her in, just like I'd have to if her birthday was in November or something. But I don't want to push her appointment way back - and then have them tell me next year that it has to be 365 days after the previous appointment or something - and just be done with it before the baby arrives.
The pregnancy hormones are not being friendly to me right now and everything makes me teary. I held it together for a while on the phone but I was losing it towards the end. The woman who called is going to double-check with someone else in the office and call me back later. She was very polite about everything, but it's just such a stupid situation to deal with.
Is this typical (the after-birthday requirement, not the hormones!)? We've never had any issues or questions about when we scheduled her yearly well-child visit before, and I was under the assumption that it was just once a year but the exact timing wasn't a big deal. We haven't been on this particular insurance plan before, though. I actually had a different appointment scheduled for her the day before this one, but that got canceled a couple weeks ago because the doctor wasn't actually going to be in the office - with absolutely no mention of the timing being before her birthday.
2/13 Blighted ovum, D&C -- 6/13 MC -- 8/14 DD born -- 3/17 MC -- 9/18 DD2 born Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
@treeofcheem That seems silly to me. Hopefully, they will let you keep the appointment you already have! If not, they may be able to fax you her immunization record - I had my DD's ped do this as we needed it for Kindergarten enrollment and didn't have any upcoming appointments scheduled. At least that would save you one trip!
Me: 32 DH: 32 BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012 BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
@treeofcheem We had that with DD's 12 month shots. We tried to go in 2 days before her birthday and we had to come back to get shots after she was 1 since it would be forever messed up in their system and not show right if we administered them that day. It's super frustrating, but I'd rather deal with the frustration now than foooorever.
@treeofcheem This won't answer your question perfectly, but is it your insurance requiring 365 days plus 1 day? I think it might be an insurance requirement unfortunately. When I schedule a physical for myself, they always comment, it has to be 365 days plus 1 day for us to schedule you one.
@treeofcheem it is possible that insurance does not cover it until her exact birthday or after based on age recommended vaccines. It is definitely a little frustrating, and even more so since you are pregnant and have those extra hormones.
@lisac113 I couldn’t get a straight answer about why and if it was an insurance rule or not. We were on a different plan with a different insurance company last year, though, so this is our first appointment on record with them.
2/13 Blighted ovum, D&C -- 6/13 MC -- 8/14 DD born -- 3/17 MC -- 9/18 DD2 born Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
@treeofcheem I used to work at a peds office before becoming a SAHM. It's an insurance thing, all if them as far as I know. They won't pay for the well child checks if the child isn't technically the specific age. Whoever scheduled your appointment should have caught that. You should be able to get the immunization record without an appointment though.
@fftm9318@nlc8424@tpeci I had a dream that I was in school to be an FBI agent but then after graduation I walked on a school bus & started to drive away from a giant dinosaur that was chasing me!
Update: The ped's office called back and said they would see her at the scheduled time with no issue. So yay for that but boo for the unnecessary stress.
2/13 Blighted ovum, D&C -- 6/13 MC -- 8/14 DD born -- 3/17 MC -- 9/18 DD2 born Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
@treeofcheem, I'm glad it worked out. That is a really common problem though and the schedulers have to be careful. We've had to turn patients away who showed up for their appointments because it hadn't been a year since their last well visit and, worse, we've had to give an additional set of vaccines because the first set was 2 days early. It's annoying.
PS - since there are typically immunizations at 4, make sure it's okay if she gets them a few days early. Sometimes school districts can be crazy. It would probably be safer to go back for a nurse only visit for the shots after her 4th birthday.
DD1 6.2011 DD2 4.2013 - vbac DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green Baby #4 due 9.2018
Silly vent: I'm so disappointed the BOB duallie wasn't on sale for amazon prime day. With baby #4 and my second September boy in 2 years, I don't need anything except I would really love to have the double BOB with the infant seat adapter. This baby will be on the road often going to his sisters's soccer and field hockey games (in addition to various other activities - ugh, I have over scheduled children). I'd love to be able to keep him in the car seat and just click him into the stroller since a nap schedule will be nonexistent. Darn $700 stroller ruining my dreams! They are so so hard to get on yard sale sites around here.
List of reasons I want said fancy stroller before everyone says "oh you can baby wear and push a single" or "get this cheaper double" because I know I can do that but I want better, ha: The games involve crossing many fields to the back corner of big fields so I'd love a jogging stroller. DS1 will likely graduate from PT soon but he's not the world's most athletic toddler by any stretch and will definitely need to be strolling. My H will be working weekends so I'll be doing the whole 4 kids with 3 sports and various dance and gymnastics classes alone. Hence I want the convince of my big fancy BOB! Oh well. I'll hope for better yard sale site luck in the next 2 months!
DD1 6.2011 DD2 4.2013 - vbac DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green Baby #4 due 9.2018
No judgments here @crispy11! I have the single Bob running stroller and love it so much I've been price watching the double since December!! To me, if $600-$700 is going to make your life with 4 kids easier and there isn't an over saturated used market, spend the money! You'll be able to easily sell it when you can drop to the single stroller again. Those Bob strollers will still look practically brand new even after a few years of heavy heavy use!
Yea...my double stroller is going to cost me a grand. No judgment on wanting a BOB @crispy11! I'm not too surprised they didn't go on sale - the one I want didn't either. It seems like most brands that are generally excluded from coupons don't really show up at Prime Day either.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks DS born 9/13/16 BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
crispy11 No judgment here. I looked at all the "cheaper" double strollers and I just wanted a better one. I went with the City Select and I love it. I found it used, but it was still $500.
@crispy11 I got my double BOB last year for black friday for around $400 on Zulily. If you can wait for the fall when they’re transitioning to next year’s inventory you should be able to find a deals Also, Amazon likes to put one color on sale at a time, so if you’re not picky, you can score one for cheaper if you keep an eye on it (how I got my single BOB for $100/off).
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DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
I've been up since 3 am because of a vicious cycle of urgently needing to pee and being super thirsty.
My high school bestie and get family stayed with us this weekend and our daughters played super well together!!!
Also...I was upset on Saturday bc I had a lot to do and my hands hurt so much I couldn't make a shopping or to-do list. DH offered to do it for me on his phone, so I told him what I had to do and he texted it to me. I remember when I said "I need to buy post-partum supplies, like pads and tucks pads and stuff" and he said "I don't like the word post-partum". So I'm just now looking at the list he wrote and sent me, and he wrote "after baby hooha care" LOL
Last night I had a welcome to the practice meeting at my chiropractor that H and DS came to. H watched as I got adjusted (which was good), and DS had a great time playing. H actually decided to start going too! Which makes me slightly nervous medical bill wise, but happy for him because he's had chronic back issues that he neglects. My IT band pain isn't totally gone, but it is better, and the chiro was able to crack/adjust some things that haven't been touched in a long time, so I'm feeling a bit more limber in general. He's recommended I go once a week until I deliver, and then afterward if I'm having any neck/back pain (which I likely will from nursing) until I'm more comfortable. He seems really reasonable which I like. The only thing I don't like is that he's anti-vax which I found out on his bio on his website, and he had a brochure about "What's really in the flu shot?". So as long as he doesn't push that on me, we'll be all good.
We have a fluffy cat and decided to shave her yesterday because she had too many knots and despite having bought a good brush there was nothing I could do to undo them. Poor, poor little soul, she looks like a little rat with a skirt now. She was so traumatized we stopped halfway (we will finish today) so she's still fluffy under.... she looks so silly I don't even have the heart to take a picture of her!
My daughter's pediatrician called this morning to tell me they want to cancel her appointment next month because it's 3 days before her birthday, and they don't want to see her until she's already turned 4. Which, first of all, is ridiculously bureaucratic and stupid. She isn't going to physically change so much in 3 days that she'll need to be seen or treated any differently. But the bigger issue is that this is so close to the beginning of the school year so they have super limited appointment availability. She goes back to preschool, and I need her immunization records, the week after her birthday so I have a 2-day window to get her in if the make us wait. And our schedule when she's back in school, plus their appointment availability, plus the fact that I'll be 38 weeks pregnant and would like to get her in before I go into labor makes it tough. I guess I can get the records without taking her in, just like I'd have to if her birthday was in November or something. But I don't want to push her appointment way back - and then have them tell me next year that it has to be 365 days after the previous appointment or something - and just be done with it before the baby arrives.
The pregnancy hormones are not being friendly to me right now and everything makes me teary. I held it together for a while on the phone but I was losing it towards the end. The woman who called is going to double-check with someone else in the office and call me back later. She was very polite about everything, but it's just such a stupid situation to deal with.
Is this typical (the after-birthday requirement, not the hormones!)? We've never had any issues or questions about when we scheduled her yearly well-child visit before, and I was under the assumption that it was just once a year but the exact timing wasn't a big deal. We haven't been on this particular insurance plan before, though. I actually had a different appointment scheduled for her the day before this one, but that got canceled a couple weeks ago because the doctor wasn't actually going to be in the office - with absolutely no mention of the timing being before her birthday.
Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012
BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
This won't answer your question perfectly, but is it your insurance requiring 365 days plus 1 day? I think it might be an insurance requirement unfortunately. When I schedule a physical for myself, they always comment, it has to be 365 days plus 1 day for us to schedule you one.
Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
You should be able to get the immunization record without an appointment though.
I had a dream that I was in school to be an FBI agent but then after graduation I walked on a school bus & started to drive away from a giant dinosaur that was chasing me!
Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20
Oh, and honey- lavender lattes are freaking delicious.
@treeofcheem, I'm glad it worked out. That is a really common problem though and the schedulers have to be careful. We've had to turn patients away who showed up for their appointments because it hadn't been a year since their last well visit and, worse, we've had to give an additional set of vaccines because the first set was 2 days early. It's annoying.
PS - since there are typically immunizations at 4, make sure it's okay if she gets them a few days early. Sometimes school districts can be crazy. It would probably be safer to go back for a nurse only visit for the shots after her 4th birthday.
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
List of reasons I want said fancy stroller before everyone says "oh you can baby wear and push a single" or "get this cheaper double" because I know I can do that but I want better, ha: The games involve crossing many fields to the back corner of big fields so I'd love a jogging stroller. DS1 will likely graduate from PT soon but he's not the world's most athletic toddler by any stretch and will definitely need to be strolling. My H will be working weekends so I'll be doing the whole 4 kids with 3 sports and various dance and gymnastics classes alone. Hence I want the convince of my big fancy BOB! Oh well. I'll hope for better yard sale site luck in the next 2 months!
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
DS born 9/13/16
BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
No judgment here. I looked at all the "cheaper" double strollers and I just wanted a better one. I went with the City Select and I love it. I found it used, but it was still $500.