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November 2012 Moms
ironmom5
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FFFC!
ironmom5
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Let's hear them!
I have a few:
1. I'm developed a raw hatred for certain members of SO's family over their political FB posts. I need the election to be over, so I can stop imagining family dinner scenarios where I punch someone in the head.
2. I didn't have to drop something off with a client this morning. I'm "full term" so I'm (freaking finally) off pelvic rest. Sexfest 2012 is more important to me than being here on time. As it stands, I'm already plotting out the logistics of a nooner.
3. Sometimes, I take off my bra at work. Sometimes, I also forget where I've hidden it. I've lost more bras because someone finds them and I'm too embarrased to own up to it.
4. (This one is actually semi-flameful.) I don't give a crap about 80% of the birth announcements on this board. If you're an active participant, I get excited. If your post count is like 34, I don't remember you, and automatically label you an attention whore in my head. And if you lead with, "I don't post, but I've been lurking the WHOLE TIME!" I think you're a creeper. Mostly, though, I'm just sad for you that you missed out on the awesomesauce that is the November BMB. Sorry I'm not sorry.
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Re: FFFC!
N14 November Siggy Challenge - Celebration
I don't read birth announcements, labor announcements, or birth stories just in case it has details in it that might make me panic. I'm calm and unstressed by birth right now, why risk it by reading something that might upset the cart? I do scroll down past the text and check for pictures. The pictures are all I care about because they are reassuring that women do give birth all the time.
Sometimes I feel dumb for not congratulating people or being excited with them. But I figure they have enough excitement and other people for that.
FFFC means Flame Free Friday Confessions, or Friday Flame Free Confessions. I can never remember where the Friday falls in with all the F's.
Hey now, don't short change yourself... you have SIXTEEN posts!
FFFC = Flame-free Friday Confessions. It's one of our fun "day-of-the-week" posts that serve as kind of icebreakers/getting to know you's/something to talk about other than baby showers and poop. Posts like this are how a lot of the more active "community" posters got to know each other and got more involved. It's a lot more fun than just popping in with "I'm in labor!" or "Should I do a diaper raffle?" or (my personal favorite) "You guys hate diaper raffles so you're mean, I feel bad for your husbands, and you should die in holes because you're mean old hags!" A lot of us have become internet friends though being involved, so this board is a lot more to some of us than "weeeeee! Come look at me!!!! You don't know me, but tell me how cute my baby is!!!"
Remember, too, we all started with a post count of 1, so if you like us, stick around!
Also, I'm with you. This baby can stay in until 41 weeks if he would like. Noooooooo rush.
Yeah, but you post enough that I know who you are! My favorite, and you see this more on 3rd tri, are the people who signed up THAT day and are posting birth stories. WHY?
100% agree
1) Sometimes, I start my morning with lunch. I mean, why waste the calories on cereal or eggs when I've been craving a sandwich or mac n cheese all night? I think my co-workers judge me. Yeah, I'm munching on lime Tostitos and a sandwich right now. Both are doing some seriously x-rated things to my taste buds...
2) If you're a name-combiner, or if you refer to celeb couples or friends that way, I'm judging you. "Bennifer" "Justifer". GTFOH.
I'm having an emotional morning(happy emotional) and thought it would be a great idea to start the day off with a crap load of sugar haha. I'm on my 2nd Chocolate covered donut(with Jimmies, yuck) and I've already eaten 3 Pixie Sticks at work hehehe I'm awful today.
Friday is my 2nd favorite "F" word
I volunteered to stay late at work today (5-7) to hand out candy to the trick or treat business street. Really regretting it and hoping that I go into labor before 5.........
Probably not going to happen but I can hope...
I pulled the skirt I'm wearing out of the dirty clothes hamper, febreezed it to be on the safe side, and put it on just because it didn't need to be ironed like the laundered one I was planning on wearing today.
I feel like I can relate to all of these today...not sure what that says about me...
1. Ironmom is right. The majority of us don't care about people that pop up out of nowhere. Being a semi-newbie myself I still will take new posters under my "wing", in this case keyboard, and not be a total a$$hole. To the majority of them.
2. I, too, am wearing hamper pants today.
3. I told myself I would work up until I deliver. As I get closer I semi-regret that decision. I don't want to be at work. At all. Anymore.
4. I want LO to stay in as long as he needs to. But I want him out so I can recover and get back to dirty deeds with SO. For my own selfish reasons.
YES!! I guess this could be another FFFC, I've been wearing the same jeans for 3 days, washing them and then wearing them again for the passed two weeks so I've become a fan of febreezing! Nothing else fits right and I refuse to buy any more maternity wear!
N14 November Siggy Challenge - Celebration
I feel the EXACT SAME WAY!!!!!! I'm due 11/28 and am, not so secretly, hoping for a December baby. Mostly because I will have a good reason not to go to DH's extended families Christmas function. I'm a terrible daughter in law. The worst ever. My MIL already reminds me of this. Regularly.
My FFFC (probably more like an UO, but I missed yesterday): I get actually angry when I see the "Am I in Labor?" posts. I realize I've BTDT and a FTM is probably anxious and excited, but it drives me crazy. First, diarrhea does not mean you are in labor. It CAN be a sign of pre-labor, but it's also a sign of 100+ different ailments. I've had diarrhea on and off for the past month. At no time was I concerned I was in labor. Second, cramping does not mean you are in labor. Again, it can be a sign of pre-labor, but it's not labor. It is probably just what normally happens at this stage in pregnancy. Third, if you have to ask internet strangers if your water broke, you just peed on yourself. It's quite common. I, sadly, do this daily. Finally, this is important so pay attention, when you are in labor, you will know it and won't need to ask anyone. The crazy contraction pain (not cramping) will be a good indication that this is the "real deal" and you will not be at all tempted to ask the internet. Good luck ladies and I will try to refrain from commenting/reading these posts in the future, because I can not guarantee my comments will be sunshine and roses.
This is me. Everyone I know also feels the need to reach out to me that their sister / mother / best friend's daughter has given birth at 37w and when the heck am I going to go into labor. Sigh.
I feel the exact same way. Love your analogy, btw. I feel like I'm sitting around waiting for my water to break or my mucus plug to fall out!
I'm on fall break right now (I work at a 'year round' school) and REEEEEEALLLY don't want to go back on Nov 5th....but I'm not due 'til the 18th. I just want her to get here so I don't have to go back!!
I honestly thought for all the complications I had this pregnancy, I would end up going early too. Eh, not so much. We have babies due the same day btw! I think the luckiest I am going to get is the full moon (I have been calling this since 4 months ago when a few people at work decided to take a poll)!
I feel like this everyday. I hurt your feels? Sorry, I'm not sorry. I shouldn't have eaten that giant ho-ho and caffeine-filled coffee? Sorry, I'm not sorry. I waddled a little faster and beat you to the checkout line, but I have 50 items to your 3? Sorry, I'm not sorry.
I feel as if this could be my life motto.
As I am not wearing hamper pants today, I did wear them yesterday, and I think on Monday as well. Also, I too am working up to the big day, and I am also SO DONE. And I am due the 30th. I still technically have a month to go and I just lost all motivation. My FFFC, one of the reasons I can't wait to go to birthing class tonight is to show off my new coach bag I got at my shower. The most expensive accessory I have ever owned is my wedding and engagement ring, so when I received the coach bag I was SO EXCITED! I'M A COOL KID NOW!!!!!!
My old roommate is the queen of this. She'll roll in from whatever sketchy place she's been the whole night, change her panties, spritz herself with Febreeze, and roll out for the day.
I think you all are crazy! DS was born at 37 weeks, so I am already feeling ready to go this time around. I shudder to think about actually going to 40 or worse- 41 weeks(!!?!) with this one.
I did not join a birth board/June Mom's board (on another website) with my son until after he was born (he is adopted) and I ended up making some great friends there that I still keep in touch with, even though I rarely visit that board now.
Not everyone feels the same sort of exclusivity about this board as the few posters who've expressed that opinion and plenty of others will be happy to welcome you, your comments, and your questions anytime. Some people will be joining "late" for various reasons and it does not make their need for a community of people going through the same stuff as them any less than someone who joined the day they peed on a stick.
Just because you are new or don't post often and you want to share one of the most important experiences that has ever happened to you EVER, does not by any stretch of the imagination make you an attention whore. Now, if you only get 3 views and 1 reply to your post and you start whining about why does nobody respond/care/blah blah blah, that is attention seeking/crazy hormones and you should back away from the internet, go find some chocolate, and call a friend or something instead.
Agreed! I am against inducing before the edd for anything other than a medical reason, but I have to keep reminding myself of that this pregnancy. I am 100% completly miserable. I am already over contractions that have been happening for weeks and I HURT so bad. I feel like my entire pelvis is going to break in half. As much as I want her to be healthy and stay as long as she needs, I do not wish to be 41 weeks or beyond.
First.. I want to mention that while I do not post often, I have been on the board from the beginning. Unfortunately, due to how busy I've been at work this summer I haven't been able to post much but now that the project I've been working on is done and I'm getting ready to go out on maternity I am here more often. I'm also a STM so this time around I don't have as many questions, I try to give input where I have knowledge but that's not always the case. So I apologize ahead of time if I don't have enough posts to be considered welcome.
That said, my FFFC is that I really wish I could spend the weekend alone. I would love it if DH and DS1 magically had somewhere to go this weekend, leaving me home by myself to do whatever I wanted whether that be sleep, watch tv or clean. Instead, we have friends and their kids coming for dinner tonight (no clue why I agreed to this!) and I have a 2 1/2 yo that is going to wake me up at approximately 6am both Sat & Sun ready to go! I just want some me time, is that too much to ask? Oh, and I really hope that I go into labor sometime between now and 4:30 so I can leave work and avoid the dinner with friends thing!
Hoooooookay, not sure where I ever insuniated anyone wasn't welcome, I just said if I don't know you, I won't care when you go into labor and I think it's silly to post it. That's all.
Besides, I have totally bump crushes on some of the newbies, despite their shamefully low post counts. Pretty sure if babycakes and I met IRL, I'd totally use my baby to try and become besties (which is my new favorite way to friend date), and she's been here like 10 minutes.
Yesterday I came home from work and my house was empty. It was magical. My heart dropped a little when SO came home with my nephew even though I love both of them dearly.
I am so with you. I got a whole 45 min to myself after work last night. It was lovely, but not nearly enough. Instead we are going out of town to visit friends. Then Sunday I am sure DH will want to work on multiple projects, which will be the ones he thinks are important and not the ones I want to do. And he'll want me to occupy our 2yr old on my own, while staying out of his way and helping him at the same time. I feel grumpy about it already
Prexactly. No one is going to freak out and say GO AWAY NO ONE KNOWS YOU!!! But don't expect a parade when a lot of us have been here for months, know about each other's ups and downs, fights with SOs and SILs, complications, favorite Sonic drinks, etc. Makes the posts from those people mean a little bit more to the average bear. It's the exact same thing we went through with all the sex reveal posts 20 weeks ago.
FWIW, I didn't take it that way at all. I sort of equate it to the TTGP board when women who have not participated at all or very little come in and announce a BFP. You just don't care if you have nothing invested in them.
Y'all totes cray cray and I dig it
It's been a fun 10 minutes, BTW. I'm going to post anniversary pics at the 20 min. mark and you better care!!!!
BFP #1- 11/7/10 ~EDD 7/20/11 ~M/C (bo) 12/6/10 @ 8wks ~Missing my Little Firework
BFP #2- 9/11/11 ~EDD 5/25/12 ~M/C (mmc10w)11/4/11 @ 11wks ~Missing my May Flower
BFP #3- 02/21/12 ~EDD 11/1/12 Audrey Lee Born 11/4/2012
BFP #4 ~EDD 6/20/14 stick baby stick!
I am having a boy, which makes my husband and I really happy, even though I thought it would be cool to have another girl so close in age to DD. At the anatomy scan, we were first told it was another girl.....and then it changed to a boy at last minute....but they were having a hard time figuring out if what they were seeing was a penis or an umbilical cord. Baby had his legs closed for the most part. Ended with telling us it's a boy.
There's a part of me that is still suspicious that this baby is actually a girl, and my confession is.....that idea excites me a bit, for some reason!
I haven't played this game in a while, so I'll throw down...
I'm wearing hamper pants too, but they're yoga pants. Not convinced that's ok, but don't care at all.
DH invited a friend over tonight. He never leaves and I totally don't feel like dealing with it. But when he asked me if I minded, I said no, because usually he's in a good mood after, and I was hoping I'd get lucky. That man has no sexual interest at all recently. If I don't get laid tonight I'm gonna be pissed.
I'm torn between wanting an outside baby and not wanting him to come early. I get jealous when people go into labor, then smack myself for it. Then I see how close their due date is to mine and panic.
I can't see my own vagina to tend to it, and I am afraid to trim it up blind because what if I miss and cut myself?
your LO can have some of my LO's weight! after my u/s today, i swear, i couldn't help but think how i could possibly put her on a diet! gaaaah! 9lbs at 37weeks?? i can only hope she doesn't rip me open /:
FFFC: a gats none. i'll think of one later.