Weekly Randoms w/o 11/16

bows22

I didn’t remember that coming up with Peggy was during the same convo as the multiple pages of Oreo discussion. That was while I was lurking right before I joined! Ah, the memories. 

@fantasyflyte

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12740126/february-randoms/p9

fantasyflyte

Oh wow, that is a lot lol.

I also love the reference to the Pregananant video - my TTC bookmarks and phone apps are in folders named "Pregananant" XD

acleverusername

@bows22 thanks you for sharing "Peggy" origins story. 

The Pregananant video reminds me fo "How Is Babby Formed?" meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-is-babby-formed. We have a Slack friend group with bunch of channels. The channel for parents with kids to post about their kids is called "babby-formed."

emmylou78

Ha, I’ve definitely read Peggy and got what it meant, but interesting to see how it played out @bows22. 

emmylou78

It’s afternoon and I’ve yet to be productive. I did my nails and now watching Harry Potter and bumping. 

inthewoods23

@bows22 oh shit that was actually me that suggested the name 😆 wow have I really left my mark here

acleverusername

@emmylou78 those a legitimate activities; I think you’ve been mega productive.

@inthewoods23 you certainly have left a mark!

Specialist RE told MH and I that we both should be taking 600mg of ubiquinol so I ordered the new dose on Amazon and holy f*ck the pills are HUGE. Pictured in spoiler with a 500mg Tylenol pill for reference. 

Also, MH is weirdly para about ordering vitamins on Amazon. He’s asked me to get them at the grocery store / pharmacy instead. Does anyone else have concerns about that?

fantasyflyte

@acleverusername FWIW, I've ordered many types of vitamins on Amazon with no issues (D, B complex, my prenatals, the regular multi i used tontake, melatonion, and my husband's multi). I've also ordered regular OTC meds like allergy pills without issue. If it would help him feel more comfortable, there's a website called fakespot.com where you can see how legit a listing is - it analyzes the reviews and gives the listing a grade from A to F based on how its lwgit reviews vs fake or suspicious ones. I plop almost everything i biy off Amazon into it just to make sure I'm not buying a shady listing. 

bows22

@acleverusername I am aware that it is totally irrational but I’m with YH. 

keikilove

@acleverusername I check out the name of the company fulfilling my vitamin orders. If it’s coming from China I don’t order it. I’ve been lucky to get most of my vitamins cheaper on Amazon and being fulfilled directly from the manufacturer. 

emeraldcity1214

@acleverusername I don’t order vitamins from amazon. I also don’t order hair products from them either. I have had issues with quality and if you read the reviews most of those things are not actually the real thing. I get my vitamins from a health food store. 

acleverusername

Okay! Thanks all for the tips. @keikilove how do you know whom it's fulfilled by? I tried searching "fulfill" keyword on a particular page, and nothing came up. 

keikilove

@acleverusername It shows it in the right hand side of the order screen. It shows the price and will say “fulfilled by”. Sometimes the same item is being sold by
multiple companies, and maybe for only pennies’ difference in pricing. You can select to “see all offers” or something like that to get to that screen. That’s when I most clearly recall seeing the name of the company. 

emmylou78

@acleverusername Holy cow that’s a honking pill!! I wouldn’t have thought twice about buying vitamins off Amazon, but I guess he has a point. FX but I’ve never had an issue with Amazon fakes.