@galentine I had to give in and order a butt pillow - too much time sitting and I can barely walk after a long stretch of conference calls! It arrived today and oh myyyyy what a good investment!
I need to be 1000x more active so I can be included when the group moves because my s14 bmb is a freaking lifesaver so many days. My 2 current best friends came from that group and idk what I would do without them.
My weekend was ok but I didn’t feel great. Thankfully DH stepped up his game and managed the kiddos so I could sit at the camper while he and my parents got the majority of the work done for our hunting land.
Today i I picked up DD1’s show rabbit because her current bunny wasn’t up to showing standards. While I know it’s going to be more work for me to get a new bunny ready I’m so excited for DD to get to experience her first year at the fair.
@galentine I had to give in and order a butt pillow - too much time sitting and I can barely walk after a long stretch of conference calls! It arrived today and oh myyyyy what a good investment!
I got mine this weekend and used it for my first long trip today! My tailbone hurt before even leaving the house, so it didn't alleviate it entirely, but i imagine it helped sooo much! It was like sitting on air 😍🤣
We have been in our brand spanking new house for just about a month now and didn't realize they hadn't set up the ac until a couple weeks in. They finally sent someone to set it up last Friday and apparently our whole unit was toast, he had to call the manufacturer about warranty parts 😭 no big deal, it's only May in W WA! Right?! Wrong... It was almost 90 degrees yesterday and we were dying 😅
Thankfully he got it in over the weekend and is here now 🙌🏼 I'm so excited to get rid of the lingering humidity in the house!!
our ac wasn’t hooked up either! It took the HVAC people 3 weeks to show up to come fix it 🙄 this was after we had them make an emergency house call right when we moved in for two vents not even being hooked up to the system 😒 luckily, the builder is on the hook for it all 🤣🤣
I made the mistake of bringing only ice water with me to a meeting today. The baby was reacting and kicking with every sip (it was very distracting and I jumped the first time).
Also, regarding the private board/FB move, I've been stalking other boards too because I'm curious about how it's done. I saw that there was much drama about it in the June BMB (I think). Hopefully ours is an easier transition.
I'm interested to see how the move goes! With my first group I was just a lurker and then moved to fb early on with about 100 ladies and never looked back. But I became really good friends with someone who stayed active in both and then she moved to fb with the main bumpers as well. I don't think they ever went private on the bump...
@nnaelilak my former BMB didn't do a PG either. We moved right to FB and man oh man it was crazy! There were soooooo many people. It's shrunk now thankfully.
When we did it with Jan’15, there was a large group formed shortly once we hit 2nd tri. Most of them moved to FB and never came back here.
Another group of us regulars that stayed here formed our own FB group when we were around the 3rd tri mark. We debated private group (they were new at that time) but ultimately went to Fb. I remember that sticking out solely from the fact we had a member on hospital bedrest for about 10 weeks and we were on FB already when she delivered. we went between the FB group and here until January rolled around. A final group was also formed of those who stayed here until that time.
I was with another group from my time at TTGP that housed both people TTC and those of us that graduated. We did the private group for a long time before migrating
@prpl11butterfly we went straight to FB at the end of third tri with two of my three bmbs and while there were a lot of people to start it got weeded down pretty fast to about 65-70 members in each that are fairly close knit now.
I need to get my butt moving on some exercise. I’m a couple of pounds over the recommended weight gain by 21 weeks (and I’m a few days shy of that). Last pregnancy I didn’t have this issue...my diet definitely has room for improvement but I need to force myself to start moving!
@nnaelilak ugh house issues stress me out, sorry you’re dealing with them.
I’m having so much trouble keeping up during the day as of recently. Here and at home. Anyone else having that overwhelming feeling looking at everything they just don’t know where to start? Ugh anxiety sux. Maybe I need to start checking in with the mental health thread. I’ve steered clear because I’ve never gotten myself diagnosed outside of the ADD.
@kindbytealikat sorry you’re feeling anxious. I’m not typically an anxious person but being extra spacey these days has made me definitely feel uneasy. I just feel like I can’t catch up. I’ve been asking for a lot of help at work and at home and thankfully have been getting it. I’ve also been telling myself that it’s okay to feel like this and it’s okay to not put the laundry away this week.
We had a jam-packed MDW. It’s our last long weekend before I open a new project this summer for work so we did our best to get it all in! Dog park, opening day at the pool, dinner with my parents and sister, the aquarium downtown, BBQ at a friend’s house and met their new baby, hung with neighborhood friends and went out to dinner for my brother’s 30th!
I’m exhausted, totally slammed at work with the extra day off and fighting a cold but it was worth it!
DD2 came home from daycare sick today and won’t be able to go tomorrow so pretty much no chance I’ll be able to get caught up. I feel like this 🤪.
Re: private group talk. I don’t know where I fall in the regular/active categories. I never posted in the ultrasound or sex reveal threads because they felt less intimate and like a bunch of randoms were posting. I tried to jump into the regular threads instead but I can’t really post while at work so it usually comes all at once at the beginning or end of the day and sometimes I miss the day to day conversation. It makes me feel a little behind but it’s life.
@kindbytealikat I feel you 100%. My mom came to babysit DS on Saturday while we went out and thankfully she’s did some cleaning while she was here. For me I do pretty well at maintaining but when things get out of hand I get so overwhelmed and it really affects my mood. I did go see the therapist I had been seeing last year and she told me to ask for help, which I’m bad at, and feel okay asking others to make me a priority, which I’m also bad at
I’m so appreciative of everyone’s input on the spotlights. We registered this weekend and I pulled up all of them (except the swing, waiting on that one until we know if baby likes the vibrating seat I got from my cousin). Because of this we spent an excessive amount of time in the store. My husband was a good sport!
Along the same lines I am thankful for the birth stories. Although slightly terrified by some, it’s good to know different scenarios.
@melanier26 I can completely relate on the need to exercise more and weight gain at 21 weeks. I try to take the stairs a lot and walk more but it’s not enough. I’ve been too afraid to step on the scale for the last two or three weeks now 😬
@kindbytealikat I am sorry you are feeling anxious these days. I find I get easily I overwhelmed at times and feel like doing nothing when I can’t figure out where to begin. It’s such a vicious cycle!!
My H and DS have both been under the weather lately and with my never ending exhaustion, I feel like I could sleep for a week!! I’ve started a semi plan for beginning to purge/organize for our upcoming move and am so worried about how I’m going to manage moving at 31/32 weeks and all the subsequent unpacking and set up.
@kindbytealikat sorry you’re feeling anxious. I’m not typically an anxious person but being extra spacey these days has made me definitely feel uneasy. I just feel like I can’t catch up. I’ve been asking for a lot of help at work and at home and thankfully have been getting it. I’ve also been telling myself that it’s okay to feel like this and it’s okay to not put the laundry away this week.
@kindbytealikat, @emily1052, and others, I saw this not even half an hour ago and I needed to read this. It's worth a gander for anyone who struggles with motivation or paralysis from being overwhelmed. You're not alone. 💛
Just about 2.5 years ago my son had surgery for craniosynostosis (his skull fused too early) and since his diagnosis I have become involved in an online FB community. Cranio surgery, while scary, generally has very good outcomes and even the bad ones are rarely life threatening. However, last week a little boy named Brody had surgery and his heart failed. He's been in critical condition ever since and tonight his mama made the decision to pull the plug 💔 I just can't stop tearing up and thinking about all the what ifs for my sweet boy and how lucky we were... I'm just so sad for Brody's family and our community...
@nnaelilak I am so sorry for yours and your community's loss.
@meagan-t this was perfect thank you! I can relate to the fuzziness, to the Spacey feeling and being behind, even the anxiety. I've been not myself a lot too. This pregnancy has been not rough on it's own but chasing my monsters and working 3 12s on my feet has me so exhausted
@melanier26 and @geminigirl16 Same here with the exercise! I've been forcing myself to park in the back lot and walk around the floor a lot more. I hate looking at the scale. I've been focusing more on my meals and trying hard to keep the carbs down. Though the cake calls me.....
@nnaelilak I am so sorry. I can't imagine what your friend is going through.
@meagan-t THIS. I had a full blown panic attack last year (went to the ER because I thought I was dying) and am a self-proclaimed "perfectionist". Recently, I listened to a podcast from a life-coach about doing B Minus work. The whole episode was basically what you posted. Just show up and do something, even if it isn't you at one hundred percent. It really helped me to take the first step and get started.
So, for MDW I ate an entire Reese's hot fudge sundae and paid for it by having special bathroom times throughout the following day. The next time I want to cheat, I will remember my trauma and choose broccoli.
TTC History
Me: 38 DH: 52
Started trying June 2018
BFP Jan 2019 DD born October 2019
TTC July 2021 BFP, ended in MMC August 2021
TTC October 2021
BFP January 2022
MMC March 2022
Beginning May 2022 under the supervision of an RE - Benched while undergoing testing
@nnaelilak I can't imagine the pain that mom is going through, but it's good that she has a support community around her. I'll be thinking about her today and praying she finds some semblance of comfort in the coming chapters of her life.
@Cass005 Yes! I’ve been craving cake like crazy! I made a raspberry buttermilk cake last week, bought a lemon tart on the weekend and baked banana streusel muffins last night. Last pregnancy I craved carrot cake with cream cheese icing constantly!!
I gave up on my belly band awhile back, and I've been in 100% maternity pants or flowy dresses/skirts at work for awhile. But I have been really wanting to wear my favorite pair of spring pants: a pair of ankle length white denim pants that look adorable with wedge heels. I decided to try them today with a belly band to keep the button closed. They would barely come up over my hips, and seemed pretty tight.... but I went for it anyway. Standing in them is okay-ish, but as soon as I sat down in my desk chair at work, and I felt them biting into my hips, butt, and belly, I realized the full weight of my mistake.
Re: Weekly Randoms 5/28
My weekend was ok but I didn’t feel great. Thankfully DH stepped up his game and managed the kiddos so I could sit at the camper while he and my parents got the majority of the work done for our hunting land.
Today i I picked up DD1’s show rabbit because her current bunny wasn’t up to showing standards. While I know it’s going to be more work for me to get a new bunny ready I’m so excited for DD to get to experience her first year at the fair.
Thankfully he got it in over the weekend and is here now 🙌🏼 I'm so excited to get rid of the lingering humidity in the house!!
come with a warranty?
our ac wasn’t hooked up either! It took the HVAC people 3 weeks to show up to come fix it 🙄 this was after we had them make an emergency house call right when we moved in for two vents not even being hooked up to the system 😒 luckily, the builder is on the hook for it all 🤣🤣
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
Also, regarding the private board/FB move, I've been stalking other boards too because I'm curious about how it's done. I saw that there was much drama about it in the June BMB (I think). Hopefully ours is an easier transition.
moved to FB and never came back here.
Another group of us regulars that stayed here formed our own FB group when we were around the 3rd tri mark. We debated private group (they were new at that time) but ultimately went to Fb. I remember that sticking out solely from the fact we had a member on hospital bedrest for about 10 weeks and we were on FB already when she delivered. we went between the FB group and here until January rolled around. A final group was also formed of those who stayed here until that time.
I was with another group from my time at TTGP that housed both people TTC and those of us that graduated. We did the private group for a long time before migrating
all that to say, I’ve seen it go many ways.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
I’m having so much trouble keeping up during the day as of recently. Here and at home. Anyone else having that overwhelming feeling looking at everything they just don’t know where to start? Ugh anxiety sux. Maybe I need to start checking in with the mental health thread. I’ve steered clear because I’ve never gotten myself diagnosed outside of the ADD.
HX
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
Tickers
I’m exhausted, totally slammed at work with the extra day off and fighting a cold but it was worth it!
DD2 came home from daycare sick today and won’t be able to go tomorrow so pretty much no chance I’ll be able to get caught up. I feel like this 🤪.
Re: private group talk. I don’t know where I fall in the regular/active categories. I never posted in the ultrasound or sex reveal threads because they felt less intimate and like a bunch of randoms were posting. I tried to jump into the regular threads instead but I can’t really post while at work so it usually comes all at once at the beginning or end of the day and sometimes I miss the day to day conversation. It makes me feel a little behind but it’s life.
@PenelopeSnuz77 I am by no means a judge, but you seem like a regular poster to me
HX
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
Tickers
Along the same lines I am thankful for the birth stories. Although slightly terrified by some, it’s good to know different scenarios.
@kindbytealikat I am sorry you are feeling anxious these days. I find I get easily I overwhelmed at times and feel like doing nothing when I can’t figure out where to begin. It’s such a vicious cycle!!
My H and DS have both been under the weather lately and with my never ending exhaustion, I feel like I could sleep for a week!! I’ve started a semi plan for beginning to purge/organize for our upcoming move and am so worried about how I’m going to manage moving at 31/32 weeks and all the subsequent unpacking and set up.
Clean laundry has been sitting in my dryer for 3 days now and each evening I look at it and decide it can wait another day!
*TW* infant death
Just about 2.5 years ago my son had surgery for craniosynostosis (his skull fused too early) and since his diagnosis I have become involved in an online FB community. Cranio surgery, while scary, generally has very good outcomes and even the bad ones are rarely life threatening. However, last week a little boy named Brody had surgery and his heart failed. He's been in critical condition ever since and tonight his mama made the decision to pull the plug 💔 I just can't stop tearing up and thinking about all the what ifs for my sweet boy and how lucky we were... I'm just so sad for Brody's family and our community...
Me 39 - DH 41
Married 8/26/07
TTGP #1 Jan '15 -
BFP 9/11/15 - DS born 5/31/16
TTGP #2 July '17 -
CP July '17
Blighted Ovum MC Dec '17
CP June '18
BFP 1/30/19 - EDD 10/13/19
@meagan-t I love that!
HX
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
Tickers
@meagan-t this was perfect thank you! I can relate to the fuzziness, to the Spacey feeling and being behind, even the anxiety. I've been not myself a lot too. This pregnancy has been not rough on it's own but chasing my monsters and working 3 12s on my feet has me so exhausted
Trying to offset with lots of fruits and veggies.