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LollipopsAndCrisps
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TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
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UO Thursday?
LollipopsAndCrisps
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Anyone?
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
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Re: UO Thursday?
Post your UO and I will. And it'd better be juicy so I can argue with you.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
My vote is for creepy floating Prince.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
I just lost my train of thought. I am speechless.
Ohh...yes. What was the girl in your other siggy named, Lolli? I remember seeing her on Toddlers and Tiara's and lol'ed every time I saw your old siggy.
I like puking baby, but your other one was my fave.
My UO is that I kind of like Selfie...and that I shamelessly follow her blog.
No food UOs. Try again.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
1. Laney
2. This one is up for a limited time only to satisfy my beyotch KiKi.
3. I lurk from time to time, but I liked her better during her early pregnancy when she was BSC and didn't just hawk expensive baby sh*t all day.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
Adele.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
... is awesome? Because that is correct.
Laney! Yessss. I understand the need to satisfy kiki.
I liked her more during her 1st tri, too. She was a fluckin nut job who needed her own personal bubble. I feel like now she's trying to redeem herself. But yes, she needs to stop posting about expensive crap. I just went over to her blog and now she's asking for votes for top mommy blog.
I don't know if I like her because she's crazy, or if I'm just infatuated with her naivety.
I think it is actually a pretty popular opinion around these parts. But I'll go ahead and play along with what may be an UO:
I do not care if someone throws their own baby shower or their mom does it for them (both huge no-no's on most boards). I don't care if it's their 12th kid and they've had a shower for every single one. If they're on their 12th baby and are rolling in cash, then I'll just knit a blanket and use that as my shower present to them.
The only thing that would bother me is if they were to get really tacky and put something in the invites like, "Please do not attend if you cannot give a cash gift of at least $50. We need it for the nursery." But then I would just roll my eyes and not go. I don't see what there is to get worked up about.
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
Hold up, have you really gotten an invite that gave a suggested gift amount?
There is no way this exists in real life.
TTC since June 2010.
DX hypothyroidism, pituitary hyperfunction, and PCOS.
On med/treatment break indefinitely. Not currently trying.
Lots of love to all of my Golden Girls!
The Vagtastic Voyage
No, I have never received an invite like that, and I sincerely hope no one does it. My point was that it would take quite a bit to get me offended by someone's baby shower, no matter who's throwing it or for what child.
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
I think I have done too many u/o's. I cannot come up with one today.
Wow. I haven't seen that, but I've heard of other people receiving those same type of invites.
I also get irritated with people who expect showers to be thrown for them. It's a gift that takes a lot of time, money, and planning. Not everyone can do that in this economy. To expect one is very selfish IMHO.
CJ 05/29/2013
The pictures were taken as part of a breastfeeding awareness campaign by a breastfeeding support group. I don't think there is anything AWish about that at all, but maybe that's my UO.
Agreed.
My issue is that they're in uniform. You're not supposed to use your uniform for any sort of personal agenda or to promote your beliefs. Same reason we can't protest in uniform, we are representing out branch of service, by ourselves. Furthermore, those airmen are Air National Guard and have no reason to be in uniform unless it's a drill weekend or they are on orders and reporting for duty. That is what makes it AW-y
CJ 05/29/2013
Early confession - I used to write them down.
I think the only people that think this would be an UO are the a$$hats themselves that throw (or expect others to) their own shower.
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
I had a "friend" on FB who recently had a baby and they were asking people to send them meals. They even had their own website set up to help people schedule people with sending meals over each day and then posted it up with "reminders" several times. The fact that they were doing that for themselves was the most tacky, trashy thing I've ever seen. I almost wanted to message her and tell them how inappropriate it looked and that it seemed like begging, but I didn't.
I guess I don't get why it needs awareness in the first place? If you want to nurse, nurse...if you don't, then don't. I personally would not feel comfortable nursing in public one day, so I would either try to plan outings around LO's feeding or bring a bottle of pumped milk if I cannot find a discreet place to nurse. I also wouldn't feel comfortable if I was around a stranger nursing in public if she isn't being discreet (ie no need to actually cover with a blanket if it doesn't work for you, but you also don't need to have your boob totally exposed with the kid hanging from it).
However, I feel like people arguing over it is the bigger problem than the actual nursing in public is. Maybe it depends on where you live, but I can count one time in my entire life that I've seen a stranger nursing in public. It's not like I have to sift through crowds of nursing mothers everytime I go to Target.
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
I basically threw my own baby shower because that's what I was most comfortable doing. I had just moved 1800 miles away from my family and friends, to my boyfriend's (now husband) hometown. My husband's family and mother all offered to throw me a shower but I didn't feel comfortable putting them out that much time and money, especially since we weren't married and we didn't know each other well. After much insisting from his family, I finally said I would have a little get together (shower, if you will), with my husband's family only, if we were allowed to host and pay for it. If that makes me an "a$$hat," so be it.
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I'd say that is an exception to the rule. You threw it specifically because you didn't want to put other people out. I think of the a$$hats as people that throw it to be AW and get gifts, or demand that others throw it for them.
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
Why is that a bad thing though? We're all ignorant to things before we learn about them. I was very ignorant to TTC before we started, do we need TTC awareness?
I think of awareness as in something we need to learn about so we can do something about it (like cancer). But what do we need to know about nursing unless we ourselves are going to nurse soon, and then you learn on your own. The fact that I've only seen one stranger nursing in public doesn't mean I've never been in the presence of someone nursing, just that I probably didn't notice if they were being rather discreet. But "raising awareness" IMO only calls more attention to it. I agree with BP, no one needs to be ashamed of nursing, but why does it need to be a public awareness issue?
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!