December Randoms

hedgepig

How is it December already?

ceclarlinetlo

Wild that it’s December! Not too long from now we are going to see ultra-pasturized milk that expires after our due dates lol. 

I just got a kindle for my birthday - anyone got any good book suggestions? I figured it would be good to have a list of books for all the nighttime feedings. 

This is truly random - today the Facebook main feed algorithm showed me a page for people who own chickens (not sure why really? I don’t own any?) but the person posted a picture of something that legitimately looked like a potato on the outside and an onion on the inside and said she found it in her nesting box. Turns out it’s something called a lash egg. Learn something new everyday I guess lol. 

hedgepig

We've been soooo busy getting ready for our local holiday craft fair (MH and I make candles and I sew kids clothes). It's tomorrow and I'm excited, but also super tired 😴

hedgepig

@ceclarlinetlo I saw that egg thing on FB too!

ceclarlinetlo

@hedgepig I hope your craft fair goes well! I really enjoy crafting too (sewing, knitting and crochet) but I don’t have it in me to make any money from it. 

Have you made anything for yours? I recently finished a crochet blanket. I had made an outfit for my second kid who was due in October but we had a freak heatwave so it was too hot to use it then (99 degrees when we left the hospital!) so I’ll let this baby use it since February should be pretty safe lol. 

The lighting was bad so the colors are a little off. The blanket yarns are earthy tones but not quite as dark as they seem. The outfit is also more blue than purple. 

cioccolata16

Has anyone experienced muscle weakness while doing physical activity? Just in the last couple of days I’ve started getting very breathless and lose all strength in my legs while cycling. This is a new development from my heart palpitations, so I might call my doctor, even though I have an appointment in a week. 

ceclarlinetlo

How long does the feeling of losing your strength last? Do you mean you just feel fatigued and have to stop sooner than usually or do your muscles feel like they aren’t working properly? 

farm_mama

@cioccolata16 what @ceclarlinetlo said. I've had some serious muscle fatigue in this pregnancy when doing mostly normal things, but its been post covid and seems to be improving. It feels like pure exhaustion, not so much a loss in function.

farm_mama

I sat behind a teeny tiny baby at DD2s ballet recital today and it really hit me how soon I am going to have one of those!

cioccolata16

I would say pure exhaustion, but it seems to come in waves (I can rest for a couple of minutes and then start up again, but even the tiniest hill sends me back).  I have low iron, and thinking that perhaps this is the lag before the supplements start to have measurable impacts.  Hopefully that’s all it is!

hedgepig

@ceclarlinetlo I love that blanket and outfit! Sooo cute 😍 I'm no good at yarn-arts, so I'm way jealous of your skills! Yes, I started by making my kids clothes, but then expanded into selling so I could earn money to buy more fabric 😅 I will post some pics when the internet is cooperating more 😊

pocketrose

Morning all!

It's been a chaotic lead into to December. DS broke his tibia in November and got the cast off a week ago. He's still limping around quite a bit which the doctor said could last 2+ weeks and in the meantime my husband's back has gone out so guess who's been hauling him at 24 weeks pregnant...

Also - still undecided on a sprinkle (mom offered to do one) that would include a registry but leaning towards doing it with a small group, brunch at my mom's, and maybe the decorating of something that would include sprinkles for a group of like 10 or less.

dinomeetsjedi

Part of my job is needing to know 90 days in advance of certain dates. 90 days from today, 12/5 will be March 4, 2024. So some of you March moms may have your babies in 90 days! Even less for the February moms!

ceclarlinetlo

What’s everyone making of the random people who are either not pregnant yet or are currently 1st trimester posting in our BMB? Language seems to be too sensical to be a bot posting. 

cioccolata16

Confused? But also, can't bots be quite sensical?

alexxajams

I think she means the random posts that are appearing with the knottie names still 

cioccolata16

yeah, but not all of them are knotties either. Like the one that posted in five things

dinomeetsjedi

I think looked at some of their post history and I'm thinking they are just new and not understanding how TB works and they are just posting in whatever suggested threads show up on the main page not realizing they are part of other groups. But it has been weird with the drive by posts.

hedgepig

Ugh, sickness 😷 

The high school I work at is having a big covid outbreak with at least 1/3 (maybe closer to half?) of students and staff out. And then MH got food poisoning (I think maybe salmonella?) and I am so desperate not to get it, or for the kids to get it. He's been sooooo miserable.

In the meantime I am doing my 1 hour glucose screen and really hoping it goes well. With both of my other kids I failed the 1 hour and passed the 3 hour, but I haaattteee the 3 hour, so 🤞 today goes OK. But I know the risk of GD is way up with twins, so I'm nervous....

kmw611

@hedgepig keeping my fingers crossed you and your kiddos don’t catch whatever your husband has or Covid from school! And I hope your glucose test goes well🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

halfanewt

@hedgepig 🤞 you stay healthy and pass the one hour! One of my classes had 1/3 of the kids out the week after Thanksgiving. The sickness level is wild this year! 

hedgepig

Well, I failed my 1 hr pretty bad - glucose of 180😭 Anyone else get a high reading on the 1 hr and still pass thr 3 hr?

kmw611

@hedgepig I failed the 1 hour with both my boys but passed the 3 hour no problem. I hope the 3 hour goes better for you! 

m2b2024

@hedgepig I failed my one hour pretty hard- 185, going back on Wed for the second test. Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us! 

night_nurse

@hedgepig stay well friend!! Sooo much illness here in the ER lately. Lots of Flu and RSV in my area

ceclarlinetlo

Hoping for a good 3 hour @hedgepig and @m2b2024

kmw611

@m2b2024 I hope the 3 hours goes well for you! 

m2b2024

@ceclarlinetlo @kmw611 I am halfway through, in the waiting room, although mine is a 2 hour test. I should know how it went by this afternoon! 🤞🏻

halfanewt

Did I miss something? Is it now normal to have your email signature include your home address? I’ve seen it twice in the last week now. 

ceclarlinetlo

@halfanewt that’s really bizarre to me - I’ve seen business addresses but never home address. 

edit - tagged wrong person 

SpartanCat

@halfanewt that is weird. Like personal email?

farm_mama

halfanewt said:

Did I miss something? Is it now normal to have your email signature include your home address? I’ve seen it twice in the last week now. 

I don't think so! Sometimes a cell phone if that is a preferred contact, but not an address.

halfanewt

yep, on personal emails! So weird! 

SpartanCat

Omg baby is having the most active day he's had yet. Is it bad that it's making me nervous that he's *too* active? Glad I have my 32 week appointment today

ceclarlinetlo

@spartancat dude my little guy is straight up throwing a party in there! They must be in cahoots. 

halfanewt

@spartancat @ceclarlinetlo mine’s joint the dance party, too. Excited for Friday, maybe? 

cioccolata16

@SpartanCat I’ve also noticed activity pick up this week (32). Maybe it’s just space becoming limited and therefore feeling every movement a bit more. I’ve looked for studies on overactivity, but there doesn’t seem to be much, if any, solid evidence that it’s a sign of anything 

SpartanCat

@ceclarlinetlo @halfanewt Total cahoots!

I think he had the hiccups at one point which was really funny.

@cioccolata16 I'm afraid to Google it so I'm glad you already did haha. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is feeling more movement but it's just so abruptly more than made me nervous

cmill828

Came here to say my little guy has been hella active today too! They all synced their calendars lol

SpartanCat

It's anyone thinking about getting a tubal with their C-section? I'm like 95% sold on it. It'll be nice not to have to worry about birth control anymore

hedgepig

@SpartanCat I am considering it if I ha e to get a c-section, but if I don't then DH is getting a vasectomy.

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