@lappymom2019 yeah, it's obviously not harmful, and I feel like we could be way off. It could've just been a typo. I am starting to feel guilty for jumping to catfish, but you never know on these things. Definitely something to keep an eye on, but not really something to get to worked up about unless something crazy happens.
We had a catfish my last pregnancy go into labor at 25 weeks, labor for one hour and then start posting pictures of a full term baby lol. So, yeah.. If something like that happens, we'll be on full alert.
Did she ever mention getting married? In her intro she mentioned her fiance and now she says DH. (Could also be coincidental or just easier to type DH instead of fiance).
So, she's real. Friend did some sleuthing and found her on Facebook. Pregnant, talks about existing kid. Was probably just a typo. Though, doesn't answer the fiance/ husband thing, but people can be real while exaggerating details.
@eatinwatermelonseeds whoa. I won't post any pictures here but I will if/when we eventually move to FB since it's not open to the entire internet. I have some people from my old BMB who can vouch for my non-catfish status though
My first BMB had... not exactly a catfish, but a board regular who had a secret alter-ego that she used to stir shit and cause drama... I became very guarded after that because she was a legit member of our board with a baby and everything but then also a little bit scary because of how easily she flipped personality for her AE.
Anyway, it kept me from joining the FB group for my last board, which apparently turned out great, so I'll probably try to brave it with you guys 😬
@brie_and_almonds I get it. We had some weirdos. We had one girl who would come up with these elaborate stories. I don't know how we came to the conclusion they weren't real, but one of them she like... Fell in a grocery store parking lot and was just laying there for 3 hours and no one helped her.... OH. She said she had cancer. We had a girl actually fighting cancer and then this girl says she has cancer and they're treating her with baby aspirin 😒 we took it super seriously because of our girl with breast cancer, we just weren't having it.
We had a lot of real shit happen, too. I mean, it's been 6 years... We have had several deaths (just one of our girls, but several family members), all were legit and all were devastating to the group. So, I take catfish, especially of that nature, very seriously. But this one was relatively harmless if she had been. No crazy stories like that.
Husband pissed me off while we were on the phone, so I hung up on him. Little while later I called him back and he was like "did you hang up on me?" "No, my phone died" "it died?" "Well, not died... It cut out or something" "is that because you pushed the 'end call' button?" 😂😂 Perhaps...
DH and I started a baby registry at BuyBuyBaby on Friday, ekkk shit is getting real 😁. I might start one on amazon as well for the stuff (like some cloth diapering accessories) that BBB does not carry. I'm not sure if I will actually have a baby shower though but at least we will be able to get discounts when we buy stuff off of the registry.
We had a catfish on my first BMB. I don’t know all the particulars because it finally all came out after the switch to FB and I wasn’t a part of it. Before the move to FB, when we were all in the 2nd trimester, she posted her water broke and was in the hospital. We all changed our signatures to a pic of one of her ultrasound photos and it said something like Pray for so and so. Then she posted she went into labor and they couldn’t stop it and baby was born at like 24/25 weeks. There were constant posts about baby in the hospital. She stole someone else’s bump and ultrasound photos. None of it was real and someone’s theory was she had a miscarriage early on or was never pregnant at all but wanted to be. One day in the FB I guess she posted about her husband cheating on her and her story was a little out there so people went investigating and found out none of her story was real. It was messed up.
Ivy: July 2010 | Stella: Dec 2012 | BFP#3: MMC at 11Wk's, July 2017 | Wyatt: April 2019 | BFP#5: Twin Girls due Sept 2020
@MelissaMay82 it is getting real over here, too. It's crazy.
@mrskoz428 got me motivated to at least pick a nursery theme, so I think we're going with dinosaurs. Also got excited about redoing DS's room in a Pokemon theme, so that's happening. That will probably happen first because he's here and will actually care about my efforts 😂
@eatinwatermelonseeds Yayy for themes! We did our gender reveal party for all our family today and it was perfect! My mom was bawling before the confetti was even popped and she just SCREAMED! I am even more excited to welcome this baby girl into the world! 💗
@mrskoz428 glad you had such a wonderful gender reveal party, especially after all the ordeal about your mom’s house and yours.
we are flying back home in the red eye tonight ugh! Not looking forward to 7 hrs of flying + 3 hrs of layover, but excited to get back home and start planning the nursery and friday’s anatomy scan.
I finally ordered under belly maternity underwear and, omg, how did I make it through two previous pregnancies without them?? I'll tell you how, VS hadn't discontinued the Lacie boy short during them and I've yet to find anything remotely comparable. Anyway, these things were cheap (4/$13.99), cotton, comfy, and lay nicely without funky lines under leggings. I need 500 more pairs.
Hello all! I have been very MIA, but hopefully I will make some attempt at catching up on all of you this evening. I've been attempting to spend less time on my phone and computer and more time catching up on things like reading and some painting (ok, really, mostly only reading), and I've been off work with the kids lately so there just hasn't been the same opportunity to pop on.
I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas!
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe DD2: October 2016 DC3: coming May 2019
@dfirstimer agreed! She was so much better but Saturday. It was tight with everyone at my place but it really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Most people left by 2:30, it started at 1:00, and we had hardly anything left over, which is nice! Short, sweet and perfect! 🥰
@knarlytaurus and @kaitcrystalline after following in @eatinwatermelonseeds footsteps, I'm 99% sure she only has one daughter and that it must have been a typo, or a freudian slip, or autocorrect, because she seems legit.
@imrachellea I went shopping for a black dress for a funeral at, like, 30ish weeks with DD2. The sales lady at Thyme Maternity convinced me to also get some of their under belly maternity underwear. HEAVEN! I only had them for the end of my pregnancy last time but I switched to them over a month ago this time around
Not gonna lie, I've always thought maternity underwear was a scam, but that might just be because my underwear worked fine before and is continuing to work fine now. C-section underwear though - that is something I will be investing in should I have a RCS for sure.
@DuchessOfCambridge my regular underwear worked just fine through my previous pregnancies too, but once I tried the good maternity ones there was no turning back. It was a new level of comfort I didn’t realize I was missing out on.
@DuchessOfCambridge I just went up a couple of sizes. I may cave and get maternity ones soon just because she’s sitting so low that it’s getting tight even after sizing up!
I only bought maternity ones because my dog keeps eating my underwear, the ones I bought to replace them were 2 sizes too big and looked like diapers. They're super comfy and I'll be buying a couple more packs so I have some when the dog eats these. 😒
My regular underwear fit fine last time but when I needed some new pairs when I happened to be super pregnant I got maternity underwear. It was amazing! Not sure if this was just me but I totally was able to still wear them postpartum, like, even after I was back at my pre-pregnancy weight. The ones I bought happened to be cheaper than the underwear I typically buy.
I've never tried maternity underwear. I just wore low cut my last pregnancy and so far for this one but I'm finding my bump is different this time around and I'm wondering if investing in some maternity underwear might be a good idea.
Also I've been soon MIA the past while! Just busy but I'm hoping to have some more time now that the holidays are basically done 😁
I bought under belly underwear as my regular underwear kept giving me a wedgy....they are so comfy I am buying a few more. Just got them through Amazon.
@ibanezstarburst I got mine at Thyme. They had a deal on when I was there last week and I’d bet something similar is still going with Boxing Day sales still on. They are da bomb! The sales lady (during my last pregnancy) swore that women often continued to buy them, sometimes 1 size smaller, not pregnant because they loved them so much with or without the bump. I could see it. I was able to wear mine not pregnant too but to feel really good in them I probably would have sized down 1 and then they’d just be nice regular underwear
I got these maternity underwear. I definitely would have thought it was silly, except my mom bought me a couple of pairs with my last pregnancy, and they were my preferred pairs. They still fit postpartum too.
ARRRRRGh. I like to keep things off Facebook except in my private mom group, but my MIL just tagged and posted me in a photo announcing my pregnancy. I haven't even posted anything yet!
All this talk about comfy underwear is making me want to go get some
So the biggest reason the under belly underwear are so much better is because the band isn't a tight elastic band on the top, its wide stretchy soft cotton. I haven't found a regular underwear that doesn't have a band they I feel gives me a slight muffin top, even if it really didn't, so the belly made it that much worse. The ones I got cover literally only what needs to be covered in front, nothing more, but full coverage behind complete with cute lace. I can definitely wear them post partum too.
Re: Weekend Randoms 12/29
We had a catfish my last pregnancy go into labor at 25 weeks, labor for one hour and then start posting pictures of a full term baby lol. So, yeah.. If something like that happens, we'll be on full alert.
Also, be careful what you're putting on the internet, because shit I found a lot lol. 😬
My first BMB had... not exactly a catfish, but a board regular who had a secret alter-ego that she used to stir shit and cause drama... I became very guarded after that because she was a legit member of our board with a baby and everything but then also a little bit scary because of how easily she flipped personality for her AE.
Anyway, it kept me from joining the FB group for my last board, which apparently turned out great, so I'll probably try to brave it with you guys 😬
We had a lot of real shit happen, too. I mean, it's been 6 years... We have had several deaths (just one of our girls, but several family members), all were legit and all were devastating to the group. So, I take catfish, especially of that nature, very seriously. But this one was relatively harmless if she had been. No crazy stories like that.
Married: 8/10/13
BFP- 12/18/15, D&E- 4/8/16 @ 21w5d- confirmed Thanatophoric Dysplasia
BFP- 11/7/17, M/C- 11/18/17 @ 4w6d
BFP- 8/25/18 ~ EDD- 5/9/19 ~ DD born 5/2/20 *Lillian Hazel*
BFP- 10/9/20 ~ EDD- 6/21/21
@mrskoz428 got me motivated to at least pick a nursery theme, so I think we're going with dinosaurs. Also got excited about redoing DS's room in a Pokemon theme, so that's happening. That will probably happen first because he's here and will actually care about my efforts 😂
@lappymom2019 @robyn2201 sounds like a very, very lonely individual.
The holidays days were NUTS, I’m trying to catch up with everyone here! I’ll be lurking tonight while eating my poke bowl.
we are flying back home in the red eye tonight ugh! Not looking forward to 7 hrs of flying + 3 hrs of layover, but excited to get back home and start planning the nursery and friday’s anatomy scan.
I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas!
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
I also noticed the two names and thought it odd - then I thought maybe twins?
Also side note and totally random I have been binge eating Cheerios and strawberries today
And glad to see that the chick isn’t a catfish. Stuff like that makes me super nervous.
DD: 8/20/14; DS: 11/13/16; DD: 5/3/19; DD: 8/31/21; Baby #5 (team green) due 3/24/24
Also I've been soon MIA the past while! Just busy but I'm hoping to have some more time now that the holidays are basically done 😁
https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Portal-Maternity-Pregnancy-Underwear/dp/B01LWKDR5X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1546277992&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=maternity+underwear&dpPl=1&dpID=514qskCZ4jL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1
All this talk about comfy underwear is making me want to go get some