Haven't been around much this. Friday I made it through 1 hour of work before I went home and crashed. I have just been SOOO tired. Today is pretty much the same. I need to figure out how to work like a normal person!
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@kosmo86 Agreed! Work has been brutal, and I feel pretty useless behind my desk lately. I can’t believe it’s only Monday- I feel no more rested and rejuvenated than Friday
@kosmo86 and @lin0442 yess work is just near impossible at this point for me too. Plus with being up late last night I'm barely making it through this AM.
So my BIL threw a little diaper party/Supberbowl party combo yesterday. So it was a lot of buzzed up dudes and I got SO MANY inappropriate questions, comments, and bump touches. I was VERY over it. But...I also didn't want to leave because I had a solid spot by snacks and with a great view of the (lame AF) game.
@MRDCle, I mean... snacks sound okay. If people kept touching my stomach, I probably would've gotten irritated and touched theirs back (bonus points if they have a beer gut). Then just stared awkwardly until they realized how inappropriate it is.
Ok so at work we have this program my team has been using and we are trying to expand it throughout the organization. I know it really well BUT my boss wants us to help us teach it to others. Her Idea is that we will each teach a lunch and learn class. Where we will have to come up with the business case to use and work though the problem in front of 10-20 people.
If I wasn't pregnant I would have a hard time doing this, one -on -ones are ok but I am not a fan of speaking in from of groups. Being pregnant (with a pretty heavy workload as it is). Honestly the idea of having to do it makes me want to quit my job and it really isn't in my job description. We are supposed to talk about it as a group (our team is 5 people tomorrow) and just the thought of talking about it is giving me anxiety. I need to find a way to tell my boss that there is NO WAY IN HELL I am going to do this and she will have to fire me first.
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@kosmo86 I don’t blame you if you don’t want to do it. But if you get stuck doing it, I can give you some tips to help make it a little easier. I used to sweat and shake through teaching. I had horrible fear of public speaking my entire life, it somehow didn’t occur to me that my occupation of choice literally involved constant public speaking. Lol. Turns out there’s a specific set of tools and skills that you can develop and make it a million times easier. Now days I handle it fine.
@MRDCle at least you got snacks and diapers out of the deal
we didn’t go to any parties, no one we know in our current town watches football. But I’m not a football fan anyway - head injuries and all that. My husband watched it. But I took a super long bath, read “Becoming” and drank tea. I liked my evening better, and I heard the game sucked anyway.
@professormama yes the snacks and diapers made it OK. I had told DH that I wanted to just relax at home during the game, but then his brother concocted this plan and was just SO eager about it that it was like...OK. We can do that. Also, I got to catch up with one of my SILs which was so nice. We were friends/coworkers before I met DH so it's so nice to get to spend time with her at family functions.
This has already been a morning from hell. First, toddler tantrums. Second, car wouldn't start. Third, left my work bag at home (30 min drive each way so I spent two hours in my car this morning). Four, got to work and found out that a staff member died over the weekend so I am helping 3 and 4 year olds process.
@mrstmoose I am so sorry! What an awful morning for you already. I hope it turns around for you.
Mine wasn't so bad, but H drove my car yesterday then I had to spend so long this morning looking for my keys because he didn't put them back where I put them. There were major accidents on all the roads getting to my work this morning and as I'm sitting there in bumper to bumper traffic with no end in sight my gas light comes on. Thanks, honey. Maybe you could have put a bit of gas in my tank after you used my car especially since today is -31 and running out of gas would have been a nightmare!!
My boss told me today that she's in contact with a head hunter every day but they're having a really hard time getting someone to apply for my 1 year mat leave contract. Like not even that they have sub-par people apply, but no people at all. I have a doctor's appointment today and am so ready to go off work. I'm due April 8 and I'm thinking I'll probably set March 11 as my last day. It's 4 weeks before my due date which I think is pretty reasonable but I'm feeling guilty that I don't feel guilty for being so ready to up and leave them hah. My hips and pelvis are so uncomfortable that by midday it hurts to walk. I sit all day and I think that's probably worse that I'm not up and moving.
Me: 31 H: 36 L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
@mrstmoose oof. Fingers crossed for a better afternoon and week, and my sympathies on the loss of a coworker.
@kosmo86 my hands down favorite public speaking trick is to take off my glasses so I can’t get distracted by the expressions of the audience. Works only because of my particular vision (sharp up close, blurry enough beyond 15’ that I won’t notice nose twitches but clear enough that I can still identify everyone for questions) and my habit of wearing my glasses on top of my head most of the time anyway.
We didn’t do any super bowl parties either - though I briefly considered making wings for DH - but did watch it. Then fell asleep for the touchdown. Then woke up for the last five minutes. I didn’t find it boring though...just much more defensive than usual. The halftime show though - that was boring, and sometimes a little out of tune, and with a strange SpongeBob reference, and why did Adam Levine feel the need to gradually strip?
@mrstmoose I’m sorry you had such a crap morning! Hopefully it picks up for you.
I had my 30 week growth scan today and LO is still measuring ahead of schedule. Their estimate is he’s currently 4lbs, 5 oz. Other than my MFM being concerned about his size, he looks perfectly healthy, just chubby. My MFM is also concerned that I may be slightly insulin resistant and wants me to decrease carbs and sweets for the remainder of pregnancy to see if that helps slow his weight gain. She said it’s likely genetic, but we want to make sure that nothing is further contributing to his size (for reference, I was 8lbs, 11 oz and my dad was 9lbs, 5 oz - big babies are very common in my family). She’s also concerned because I’m pretty petite (5’3) and is worried about how much harder birth will be if he’s 9+lbs.
And today was the first scan that DH missed so I got overwhelmed when the tech was making comments about LO’s size and burst into tears as soon as she walked out of the room. I have a follow up scan in 6 weeks to determine if we’ve been successful in slowing his weight gain a little and discuss next steps. I’m hoping DH can go to that one because it’s easier for me to not get overwhelmed if he’s there to listen too.
Hey everyone, I've been MIA over the weekend. I flew to Ohio for my baby shower. I agree, the football game sucked. I watched it on my 3 1/2 flight home last night
@kangstadt I'm hyperventilating. I have 51 days until my c-section. I'm pretty much trying to check off something on my to do list every day to prep for this little guy to come. And trying to control my anxiety.
eta: reading stories of people who gave birth at 36 weeks has helped. Reading about placenta previa has not. Nor has realizing that there are only 51 days left.
I just preordered Panera for lunch. I got both soup and mac and cheese. And a cookie. I'm gonna miss these guilt free lunches in a couple months.
For those of you keeping score - this was a mistake. I now feel very nauseous lol.
@kangstadt and @mrstmoose I alternate between freaking out and being at peace with it all. Whatever happens happens and I can't change it at this point!
I think I'm freaking out more about what needs to get done versus the actual birth itself. Because of house projects, our home is a mess and I'd feel better if it...wasn't.
I am so beyond done being pregnant. Like unbelievably so. But I am also nowhere near ready. Like I have exactly eleventy billion things to do before she comes and no time/energy to do them.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014 BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@thatbaintforbetty I feel you on not being close to ready yet! DH has been stalled out at like..98% done on a nursery floor project and doesn’t want me setting stuff up in there until he’s done. I just want him to finish the dang thing so I can start doing what I need to while I’m still mobile. He seems to feel no urgency.
I am no where near ready yet either! I finally got the nursery furniture ordered but we don't want to put it together until the carpets get cleaned. Earliest they could get us in is Feb 28th. That is so late!
Focusing on getting ready next week. We started scrubbing walls this weekend so we can get the painting done. We decided a wall a week will take us up until baby is here (6 walls and scrubbing wallpaper glue took 2 of us 2.5 hours for one wall). It's a lot. Baby stuff will be washed and put away next week and I will feel 10x more ready.
@thatbaintforbetty okay yeah, I do feel like there’s a lot left to do. But my husband loves lists, so I’ve just been writing things down for him and he’s been knocking things out. Plus since this is our second, there’s a little less (I feel like). There are a lot of things I want to do too, but I’ve been pretty tired as well. I’ve been laughing as an old church phase kept popping into my head all weekend: the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak! I’ve got the motivation but not the energy.
@professormama I realistically know that we don't have tons to do to be okay. But certain things (like packing, moving etc) I imagine will be harder with a newborn then pregnant and I’d rather have them done sooner then later.
I also am on on the fence about pulling out all the baby stuff I have packed away since we are hoping to move before she gets here. Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s guess. It’s all going to come down to the wire and I’m stressing about it constantly. And of course DH is all worrying doesn’t help matters. Which I know that, but can’t seem to stop.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014 BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@thatbaintforbetty can you compromise and pull out newborn clothes and make sure you know where a few other necessities are? The newborn clothes could be washed, then thrown in a duffle bag for easy accessibility as well as movability. And same with a crib sheet and changing pad cover. It made me feel way more prepared to know where my co-sleeper is, and it’s easy to get to, but not set up. Same with the changing pad and covers. Plus I washed and organized all the baby clothes. Now I feel like it’ll be quick and easy to pull everything out when actually needed.
I'm feeling somewhat ready for this baby. My DH painted the nursery while I was out of town this weekend (he surprised me) and that makes me pretty excited. Now I feel like I can get sheets and clothes washed and put away in the nursery, not just piled up in the room next door.
I’m anxious about birth(because of my traumatic birth last time) but I’m also so ready to be done. This is the last week of swimming so my plan is to set up the nursery and organize the clothes starting next week. @professormama my DH works well with lists too. He has actually been super helpful the past few weeks, as long as he gets one morning to go ice fishing lol. Also making lists eases my anxiety too, like I made a hospital bag list last night to help me relax to fall asleep
Super Bowl: We just watched it at home with my parents. Mom made some great food/snacks. Definitely a lame game so I went to bed after halftime.
Good news: I PASSED my 3 hour glucose....whoohoo!
Bad News: Apprently I pulled the muscles in my lower back Saturday night. I was walking to the trash can and slipped, but caught myself, on the ice. It didn’t hurt when I did it (since I didn’t fall) but has been killing me since yesterday. Went to the Chiro this morning and he’s like this is definitely pulled. Im like great my hips and pubic bone already kill now I can’t even sit without pain.
@professormama I don’t have easy access to a washer and dryer right now. It’s one of the things that will be fixed when we move though which is why I’ve been stalling on pulling out stuff. And why I want that to happen first. We are going to buy a new bassinet since ours was destroyed and I’ve actually got most of the receiving blankets handy since DD likes to use them for her animals. It’s not so bad but just not where I want us to be preparation wise.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014 BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
I actually kind of feel ready for this LO. Nursery is about 85% done and I have a VERY complete list on amazon that I am buying things off of week by week but I know i could just add it all to the cart and get it in 2 days. I bought new nipples for all the bottles I had just need to wash, organize and sanitize those and we will be in business. My new breast pump came last week too so I am pretty ok with things.
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #2 since January 2018
Baby #1 DD Born 8/25/2016 BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@thatbaintforbetty blah, I can see how that's frustrating and stressful. I guess if I were you then I'd just be making lists like crazy. Like my husband, I'm a huge list-maker. I find that at least having everything written down, instead of in my head, allows me to stop dwelling and freaking out about things or worrying that I'll forget them.
@professormama Lists sometimes help me but not always. I have some (freezer meals, things we need to buy, etc) but could probably use more. It’s sucks being in limbo, especially since we had a plan with things laid out nicely when I got pregnant. But you know that old saying life is what happens when your busy making plans? Yea...definitely true right now.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014 BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@professormama that's exactly how I feel. I go to bed like okay im going to get this and this accomplished tomorrow and then the next morning I habe no energy amd end up napping. I have like 65ish days left. I am physically so ready to not be pregnant I can't wait but thinking about the labor part makes me glad I have so much time left. I have a lot to do but the baby shower isnt until March 10th so I'm waiting for that which is killing me. I went to a Superbowl party I didnt actually watch the games me and my boyfriend hid out and played games and ate the food. There were 2 other pregnant ladies there and I was the furthest along. Idk why that made me happy but it did. @blueberrymomma ooh that sounds so painful! Any idea how long that'll take to heal?
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BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
So my BIL threw a little diaper party/Supberbowl party combo yesterday. So it was a lot of buzzed up dudes and I got SO MANY inappropriate questions, comments, and bump touches. I was VERY over it. But...I also didn't want to leave because I had a solid spot by snacks and with a great view of the (lame AF) game.
Except for seeing that Toy Story 4 is coming out this summer and DD and I can both say we grew up watching Toy Story movies. 🤠
If I wasn't pregnant I would have a hard time doing this, one -on -ones are ok but I am not a fan of speaking in from of groups. Being pregnant (with a pretty heavy workload as it is). Honestly the idea of having to do it makes me want to quit my job and it really isn't in my job description. We are supposed to talk about it as a group (our team is 5 people tomorrow) and just the thought of talking about it is giving me anxiety. I need to find a way to tell my boss that there is NO WAY IN HELL I am going to do this and she will have to fire me first.
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
@MRDCle at least you got snacks and diapers out of the deal
we didn’t go to any parties, no one we know in our current town watches football. But I’m not a football fan anyway - head injuries and all that. My husband watched it. But I took a super long bath, read “Becoming” and drank tea. I liked my evening better, and I heard the game sucked anyway.
This has already been a morning from hell. First, toddler tantrums. Second, car wouldn't start. Third, left my work bag at home (30 min drive each way so I spent two hours in my car this morning). Four, got to work and found out that a staff member died over the weekend so I am helping 3 and 4 year olds process.
Good day.
Mine wasn't so bad, but H drove my car yesterday then I had to spend so long this morning looking for my keys because he didn't put them back where I put them. There were major accidents on all the roads getting to my work this morning and as I'm sitting there in bumper to bumper traffic with no end in sight my gas light comes on. Thanks, honey. Maybe you could have put a bit of gas in my tank after you used my car especially since today is -31 and running out of gas would have been a nightmare!!
My boss told me today that she's in contact with a head hunter every day but they're having a really hard time getting someone to apply for my 1 year mat leave contract. Like not even that they have sub-par people apply, but no people at all. I have a doctor's appointment today and am so ready to go off work. I'm due April 8 and I'm thinking I'll probably set March 11 as my last day. It's 4 weeks before my due date which I think is pretty reasonable but I'm feeling guilty that I don't feel guilty for being so ready to up and leave them hah. My hips and pelvis are so uncomfortable that by midday it hurts to walk. I sit all day and I think that's probably worse that I'm not up and moving.
H: 36
L & N twin girls: 3yo. Born at 30 weeks. 2 month NICU stay
BFP Aug 2018: EDD April 2019
@kosmo86 my hands down favorite public speaking trick is to take off my glasses so I can’t get distracted by the expressions of the audience. Works only because of my particular vision (sharp up close, blurry enough beyond 15’ that I won’t notice nose twitches but clear enough that I can still identify everyone for questions) and my habit of wearing my glasses on top of my head most of the time anyway.
We didn’t do any super bowl parties either - though I briefly considered making wings for DH - but did watch it. Then fell asleep for the touchdown. Then woke up for the last five minutes. I didn’t find it boring though...just much more defensive than usual. The halftime show though - that was boring, and sometimes a little out of tune, and with a strange SpongeBob reference, and why did Adam Levine feel the need to gradually strip?
Sorry for the shit morning @mrstmoose. I'm hoping your week is uphill from here.
Also, +1 to Adam Levine needing to keep his shirt on. Please. Those tats are terrible.
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
I had my 30 week growth scan today and LO is still measuring ahead of schedule. Their estimate is he’s currently 4lbs, 5 oz. Other than my MFM being concerned about his size, he looks perfectly healthy, just chubby. My MFM is also concerned that I may be slightly insulin resistant and wants me to decrease carbs and sweets for the remainder of pregnancy to see if that helps slow his weight gain. She said it’s likely genetic, but we want to make sure that nothing is further contributing to his size (for reference, I was 8lbs, 11 oz and my dad was 9lbs, 5 oz - big babies are very common in my family). She’s also concerned because I’m pretty petite (5’3) and is worried about how much harder birth will be if he’s 9+lbs.
And today was the first scan that DH missed so I got overwhelmed when the tech was making comments about LO’s size and burst into tears as soon as she walked out of the room. I have a follow up scan in 6 weeks to determine if we’ve been successful in slowing his weight gain a little and discuss next steps. I’m hoping DH can go to that one because it’s easier for me to not get overwhelmed if he’s there to listen too.
Anyone else hyperventilating or is it just me over here?
eta: reading stories of people who gave birth at 36 weeks has helped. Reading about placenta previa has not. Nor has realizing that there are only 51 days left.
@kangstadt and @mrstmoose I alternate between freaking out and being at peace with it all. Whatever happens happens and I can't change it at this point!
I am so beyond done being pregnant. Like unbelievably so. But I am also nowhere near ready. Like I have exactly eleventy billion things to do before she comes and no time/energy to do them.
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BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
I also am on on the fence about pulling out all the baby stuff I have packed away since we are hoping to move before she gets here. Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s guess. It’s all going to come down to the wire and I’m stressing about it constantly. And of course DH is all worrying doesn’t help matters. Which I know that, but can’t seem to stop.
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BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
It made me feel way more prepared to know where my co-sleeper is, and it’s easy to get to, but not set up. Same with the changing pad and covers. Plus I washed and organized all the baby clothes. Now I feel like it’ll be quick and easy to pull everything out when actually needed.
@professormama my DH works well with lists too. He has actually been super helpful the past few weeks, as long as he gets one morning to go ice fishing lol. Also making lists eases my anxiety too, like I made a hospital bag list last night to help me relax to fall asleep
Super Bowl:
We just watched it at home with my parents. Mom made some great food/snacks. Definitely a lame game so I went to bed after halftime.
Good news:
I PASSED my 3 hour glucose....whoohoo!
Bad News:
Apprently I pulled the muscles in my lower back Saturday night. I was walking to the trash can and slipped, but caught myself, on the ice. It didn’t hurt when I did it (since I didn’t fall) but has been killing me since yesterday. Went to the Chiro this morning and he’s like this is definitely pulled. Im
like great my hips and pubic bone already kill now I can’t even sit without pain.
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Me:32 DH:33 Married:04/2012 DD:07/2014
BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
@professormama my DH also loves lists, which is probably the only reason we're going to be even remotely ready for this child lol.
@rennie1108 that's great that he was able to surprise you!
BFP: 8/11/18 Due: 4/26/18
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BFP 8/14/2018 #2 due 4/18/2019
I have like 65ish days left. I am physically so ready to not be pregnant I can't wait but thinking about the labor part makes me glad I have so much time left.
I have a lot to do but the baby shower isnt until March 10th so I'm waiting for that which is killing me.
I went to a Superbowl party I didnt actually watch the games me and my boyfriend hid out and played games and ate the food. There were 2 other pregnant ladies there and I was the furthest along. Idk why that made me happy but it did.
@blueberrymomma ooh that sounds so painful! Any idea how long that'll take to heal?