Weekly randoms (1/3-1/10)

shellperry

hello lady’s that are still with us I figured we were over due for a weekly random. When is everyone starting maternity leave?

bellebaby221

Working up until the Friday before my scheduled c/s if little lady cooperates. So January 25 will be my last day. January 29 is her eviction date!

whattalife525415

I'll work until I go into labor. 

bhou

I have a tentative date of the 25th in my head but will try and work as long as possible!

sjnsjnsjn

I will work as long as I can. Last time, I worked until a few days before I was induced. My knees had given out and so I stopped going in when commuting became too painful. 🥺

sonicearplugs

Due date is on the 10th, and the 3rd will be my last day. I figured a week (give or take) would be nice to have to get everything settled at the house.

becks_726

January 18th! I'm counting down

corgicreator

I'm bringing up the end of the pack,  due Feb 28th and will hopefully work up until I go into labor. Jealous of all the ladies who are seeing the end of the road already. 

catwoman8731

@becks_726 I’m unofficially January 18 too! I originally told work my due date (2/5), but I have a long commute, made even longer by a recent nightmare daycare buyout for DD, and being in a seated position for more than a few minutes has gotten beyond uncomfortable to the point of low blood pressure and passing out. So I think that qualifies me to duck out early! I’m off until Monday, so 10 days of work left! Hardly seems possible!

eggsandwich2019

A perk of being an academic (perks are rare) is that I get the whole semester off, so I’m already on leave, but I’m trying to finish up a bunch of stuff for my book, plus I have a job interview like 2 weeks before my due date so things are staying interesting! 

disneybaby84

I’m just wondering when and how the FB move happened and how I didn’t hear about it

nataliezbrungart

I work from home, and I plan on working until I go into labor. EDD 2/8

shellperry

@disneybaby84 I thought u moved with them

disneybaby84

@shellperry never knew about it until yesterday 

kenishi

I’m also hopefully working til my due date! I’m due 2-15 which is a Friday so hopefully I’ll go til then. And then, 9 weeks off!! 

episcowitch

I'm working until baby shows up. The high risk docs are making noise about preterm, but the last few NST & BPPs have been excellent. Due date 2/17, but who knows when it'll happen. 

sstockfo

Jan 28 is my last day at work with a Feb 21 due date! 

bhou

@sjnsjnsjn your knees gave out!?! Oh wow, they almost need a whole book on how the hell to survive these last 4-8 weeks.

My OB has said that the last bit is always tougher on shorter bodied people - seems like my hips are going to give out first for me. Some days I walk great....other days i'd love to crawl....

Was feeling excellent yesterday so I went swimming after work....I regret this decision now! 

sonicearplugs

@disneybaby84 I missed the Facebook/PG move, too. I don't use FB so I sort of ignored the thread... Oops.

sjnsjnsjn

@bhou Yeah, a very old sports injury recurred at defcon 5, like i’d hiked the Grand Canyon for a week straight, and it was super painful to stand/walk/etc.  Subsided pretty quickly after I no longer had a giant load hanging low off the front of me, but it was not fun while it lasted.

disneybaby84

last day at work is January 25th, unless I decide to move it sooner.

riatortillaxo

I’m due 2/4 so I just decided to take the whole month of february off to keep it simple. When I go back to school after winter break, it is just a few weeks of January left! 

cali1710

Ive been off work since nov 9, doctors orders. But been on “sick leave”. Babies are coming jan 14 which my mat leave starts. 

The facebook move: not sure when it happened. I dont have so I also ignored the thread. Even the private group has fallen quiet so I assume most of them left. 

bellebaby221

I just figured out today that I am 91% done with this pregnancy. Because I'm a nerd and that kind of stuff interests me. 
Honestly I'm just trying to figure out positive things to tell myself because I'm so freaking miserable right now! I need motivation to get out of bed every day!

bww_0331

@corgicreator I’m due 2/28 as well and definitely feel the jealousy! Right now my plan is to work until labor but I might start leave the week of my due date just because. 

BourbonBiscuits

I’m hoping to work right up to when baby is born as well! We’ll see - with my first prodromal labor had me out of work for 2 weeks before he was born. Ughhh. 

So the facebook thread definitely wasn’t intentionally misleading, but I do think the conversation changed a lot. If I remember correctly the conversation started as “hey TB sucks let’s go to Facebook” but the majority of us were most comfortable going to a private group first to get to know each other better. After about a month of that we moved from the PG to Facebook. 

okayestmom12

BourbonBiscuits said:

So the facebook thread definitely wasn’t intentionally misleading, but I do think the conversation changed a lot. If I remember correctly the conversation started as “hey TB sucks let’s go to Facebook” but the majority of us were most comfortable going to a private group first to get to know each other better. After about a month of that we moved from the PG to Facebook. 

Accurate. It was a lengthy thread but our plans were always transparent and posted there. 

corgicreator

@bww_0331 right! And im afraid if I take off the week of my due date that I'll end up being 2 weeks overdue then 2-3 weeks of my 8 week leave were spent miserably pregnant instead of with my new babe. But my job is a great distraction from feeling miserable.

shellperry

My dinner to night was a larg frosty from Wendy’s heart burn is killing me

sjnsjnsjn

@shellperry My lunch Thursday was a milkshake at 4pm so I hear that. Oh the pain.

shellperry

If anyone has the chance to take a look at the J19 thread there is a  circumcision thread on there that will have you rolling

bellebaby221

@shellperry I've been keeping an eye on that thread. Thought it was great that a few F19 ladies went over and responded!

shellperry

@bellebaby221 as you being a mother of 3 boys as well I thought you’d get a laugh out of it.

bellebaby221

shellperry said:

@bellebaby221 as you being a mother of 3 boys as well I thought you’d get a laugh out of it.

Oh yeah. Thank you internet stranger for coming and telling me I'm a horrible person for circumcising my sons!! 
What I don't get is why he picked that one particular month board to post that rant.

jgrodo

Maybe it was part of his New year resolution  

nataliezbrungart

I just read the entire J19 post! Thank you for that! It’s pure gold. 

cali1710

Oo I’m going to read it now

cali1710

that was so entertaining. As if some random guy thinks he can come and tell us what to do. If I was having a boy id consult my husband and my doctor. Not an internet stranger. 

shellperry

@cali1710 it makes you wonder what kind of mantle issues one has to have come into a thread of expecting mothers and start a conversation about there child  penis. Goes to show you you never no who’s watching are threads.

cali1710

@shellperry exactly. Its a bit creepy. I mean he had to go through the trouble of making an account and everything. 

jojoChambers

I was planning on working until I went in to labor, but i found out last week I'm dilated to 1. My first came at 34 weeks 6 days and I'm 35 weeks 3 days now. Not alot I can do at my job on light duty so I think I'm done now.