Randoms 7/19

sammierose464

Some of the TDAP antibodies will pass through breast milk, just not as much as in utero.

jomama1618

Apparently we didn't have a WTF Wednesday posted yesterday (that I could find?). We are such a call bunch of pregnant women. Lol. 
But today is definitely my WTF. So WTF to my husband. Look, I understand you are just learning how to grocery shop, let alone grocery shop for a family, but WTAF dude?! (No you didn't read that wrong, my mid 30s aged husband was never taught to or learned to, or had to grocery shop before now! When he admitted that about 2 or so weeks ago I was astounded. Then it made a lot more sense. I know that probably seems hard to believe. But we have been living together since I was 18/19, so I always grocery shopped. Before that he was active duty military, on an active base. He didn't have to grocery shop. Meals were provided or restaurants. Before that he lived with his dad. His dad was a "lazy cook" and would just stock up on large amounts of quick/easy foods. Ramen, spaghetti, frozen meals etc or they had take out... He's really never had to grocery shop for food (other than oh I want a bag of ______ and grabbing it). It's so crazy!) He works 3rds so I asked him to grab some things from the store (usually my list is pretty specific the handful of times I ask this, because he isn't used to knowing what kinds/brands we buy. Not a big deal.) But you would think after ALL these years together, you would at least remember my likes and dislikes. I wasn't specific, and just said chips. Now I didn't think this would be a huge issue. I'm not super picky, I could literally count on probably 1 hand the chips I WON'T eat. So what's he do? Brings home 3 bags of chips all in different variations of the 1 flavor I dislike the most! Like seriously dude? More than a decade I have literally NEVER eaten or purchased BBQ chips, in any variation. And that literally the only kind you buy??? Who TF does that?! Also who buys 3 bags of variations of the same flavor?! 
Ugh don't mess with a pregnant woman and food! I'm just now starting to really get even a little hungry and eating/having cravings (HG is STILL kicking my ass. It actually seemed to get worse the last 2 weeks again. Still no weight gain ). I'm so ragey right now, and he is unaware because he's sleeping before work *sigh*

Sorry for the rant!

mytrueloves

I had someone say today that I don't look pregnant at all when she found out my due date. It made me sad because I'm proud of my bump.

Also, I never get the flu shot but I'm getting it before baby is due this year in the hopes it'll pass some immunity to her. I'm super paranoid after the number of kids got sick during last years flu season. And my state isn't the best with vac rates.

chyvie

@jomama1618 I feel your pain. My DH never grocery shops or cooks either! We started doing chefs plate to give me a break from 11 years of soly doing it. I love it! He also has been learning to cook with the receips (mostly because he had to when I had my first surgery and was in a sling for 9 weeks.,)

HoosOnFirst

sammierose464 said:

Some of the TDAP antibodies will pass through breast milk, just not as much as in utero.

Thanks for adding this fact! Very cool!

sammierose464

I looked it up after someone on FB had said they didn't want the shot while pregnant.

rabtaido1214

I just want to be clear I didn’t mean to discourage anyone from getting the vaccine by complaining about the discomfort! The injection itself was no worse than any other vaccine. My upper arm just felt bruised to the touch or when I tightened the muscle starting about 12 hours later and lasting about a day and a half after. I got it Tuesday morning and no more discomfort now. No other side effects at all.

chopchop25

To add, I had my tdap again last Nov for traveling and had absolutely zero side effects, pain, or symptoms. And my body is usually pretty sensitive to stuff.

KFrob

Maybe I'm strange, but I don't have trouble with the peeing in the cup.  TMI?  I just kinda hover over the toilet and hold the cup right up against myself, fill it a bit, stop the stream and then do the rest normal style.  

sammierose464

@kfrob I do the same. I just hold it up against myself, although it still sometimes misses.

DunkinDecaf

Thinking I probably eat wayyy too much sugar based on the response my body just had to the glucose drink thing. I feel all happy and energetic, Isaac is flipping out, and I’m fantasizing about getting donuts on the way home. Might need to cut back on the sugar a bit.

KFrob

@sammierose464 There's always that chance that the stream goes awry for no reason

sammierose464

Yesterday I got a surprise package from Chewy. They sent me a custom portrait of Loki (my puppers). I believe just because I posted a picture of him enjoying his new toy on their FB page! A comparison photo in the spoiler to show how great ao job they did.

pumpkinpancake

@DunkinDecaf haha same here.  After drinking it, I literally didn’t feel any bad effects from the sugar high, so I guess my body is too used to it?  At least I passed, so I guess my body is equally good at processing it afterwards? 

SweetSweetTooth

@sammierose464 that is SO cool! Little creepy but still mostly cool! They are a big company but they do a pretty good job of taking care of everyone without feeling big! 

krzyriver

Its officially official. I will be job hunting on maternity leave. My goal is to never go back to my company. Anyone know someone who’s hiring? 

purplegoldfish2

rabtaido1214 said:

I just want to be clear I didn’t mean to discourage anyone from getting the vaccine by complaining about the discomfort! The injection itself was no worse than any other vaccine. My upper arm just felt bruised to the touch or when I tightened the muscle starting about 12 hours later and lasting about a day and a half after. I got it Tuesday morning and no more discomfort now. No other side effects at all.

The discussion actually made me open to getting it, so thank you! My original plan was to wait until I delivered and deal with the side effects then because the drs made it seem like my side effects weren’t normal and I’d be in the hospital if anything went wrong, but apparently a few of you have had similar reactions to it, so clearly it is the range of normal. 

sliztee

To add to the TDaP discussion: 

My nurse was like "your arm might be sore for a couple of days, especially if you're sleeping on your left side". Nope! Just fine. No side effects whatsoever. Please dose up, ladies!

chyvie

@sammierose464 That is so cute! What a nice marketing gesture. 

nikimelon

@krzyriver What happened? Just made the decision you don't want to go back?

sammierose464

SweetSweetTooth said:

@sammierose464 that is SO cool! Little creepy but still mostly cool! They are a big company but they do a pretty good job of taking care of everyone without feeling big! 

Their customer service is phenomenal. I get Christmas cards from them. I've heard stories of people calling to return a product because their pet died. They were told to donate the food to a shelter and they would refund. 

@krzyriver just in dental? I'll keep my eyes open for you.

jwebbbber45678

That story about the husband who can't grocery shop reminded of the other day when I was in the grocery store. A man in his 30s who must have also been shopping for the first time ever had to keep asking random people to help him find the vegetables on his grocery list because he didn't even know what they looked like. This included Brussels sprouts and zucchini. I thought it was both hilarious and sad. 

DunkinDecaf

Yup, I hate the way the tdap makes me feel. But I love the idea of my baby not getting pertussis, so...

SawyerRichardson

@jweber4747 This would 100% be my H if I ever sent him out for veggies. Poor man wouldn’t know a brussel sprout if it bit him.

sammierose464

That would be my husband doing laundry...I don't think he's ever done it himself (I know his ex-wife did it, and his mom when he lived with her). Granted, i don't really trust him to do the laundry now.

mytrueloves

We took ODD to the park the other day and while we were there, found a mama cat and her 2 babies who had been dumped in the heat. Unfortunately, other people scared the mama off into the woods and we were unable to lure her out. We called animal control when we left in hopes they'd have better luck finding her but we've also gone back a few times to look for her. We think she's long gone, though. 
On the bright side, the kittens are doing well. They were well taken care of before being dumped and could eat both wet and dry food and use the litter box. We took them to the vet as soon as we picked them up and got them started on their vaccines. Now they're making a really cute addition to our home. Meet Rosie and Oliver!

sammierose464

awww they are precious.

nugget2ehf

@mytrueloves So cute!!

chyvie

@sammierose464 DH might not cook or grocery shop but I draw the line at doing his stinky laundry! LOL He does his and I do mine and it works out perfectly. Granted its because I don't trust him doing mine

pumpkinpancake

Ugh I just got an email this morning about a great sounding position that opened up in another dept at my company, which as I told DH, if I weren’t 7 months pregnant, I would apply for in a second. I wish the timing were better so I could apply

@mytrueloves aww such cute kittens!!!!

rc-cola

@mytrueloves awww what sweetie pies. Are you keeping them or fostering? Great names too.

sammierose464

@pumpkinpancake apply anyway!! You being pregnant (technically) shouldn't have an effect on the job. If they truly want you, they'll wait.

mytrueloves

@rc-cola Keeping them! DF made it clear we were the second he saw them lol If we'd been able to catch the mama, we were planning on taking her home with us, getting her nursed up, and finding her a home.

jomama1618

@jweber4747 That would be my husband that has never had to grocery shop. I think the funnier part of that may be, DH would be able to find basically any veggie or fruit (despite obscurity) that I asked him to pick up. But he couldn't figure out where jelly would be (and didn't want to walk every aisle after work) so just grabbed one from the organic section, because he knew he seen some jelly in that section when he passed it (the organic section is right next to the produce that's why he know where it is. He is also a pretty great cook (which I know makes little sense lol) but he isn't allowed to touch the laundry.  Im way to particular about that. But being a SAHM, it's all kind of my domain, and I like it that way.

cjx95

@mytrueloves those kittens are adorable!!! The closest thing we get is a few neighbor cats come to hangout with our cats.. 

krzyriver

@nikimelon I’ve spent months weeding through chaos and knocking issues out of the park. Now the new dentist is here and frustrated (understandably) so my boss pinned it all on me and lectured me about not taking initiative or following through on anything. I’ve had 101 problems on my to do list that I’ve fixed but you hear about the last five and assume I’m not doing my job? I was already beat down from the chaos, I could’ve really used some acknowledgement. But I’m never working hard enough for her. I should add that this convo happened at the end of a week where I came in early every day, worked through lunch every day, and stayed late every day. In 3.5 days, I clocked 45 hours. That got long, sorry for the rant!

@sammierose464 I love dental, but I’m open to admin opportunities in other areas of health care. I went to school for medical insurance and ended up in dental on accident. Lol

sammierose464

That sounds miserable @krzyriver, I don't blame you at all. 

KFrob

So my health insurance provider, that also employees me, sent me a link to the website I need to order my breast pump, except my work computer won't let me attached the pdf of the prescription for the pump and blocks the web page..... good going guys.  I guess I'll be calling.

HoosOnFirst

pumpkinpancake said:

Ugh I just got an email this morning about a great sounding position that opened up in another dept at my company, which as I told DH, if I weren’t 7 months pregnant, I would apply for in a second. I wish the timing were better so I could apply

@mytrueloves aww such cute kittens!!!!

Apply! If you are the right fit they will wait until after your leave. 

HoosOnFirst

krzyriver said:

Its officially official. I will be job hunting on maternity leave. My goal is to never go back to my company. Anyone know someone who’s hiring? 

This is me too. I was trying to leave this year and am sticking it out, but I’m SO DONE.