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J&NL · December 2013

pineconey said:

I posted awhile back about a friend of mine who had been struggling with infertility. With the help of IVF she was finally able to get pregnant- a fact that her DH decided to share with the world via FB the moment they found out. As a PgAL momma, this made me cringe, and she was pretty pissed at her DH. They have several friends who have been struggling and the way he posted it sounded very "in your face." She's got a high risk pregnancy for a number of reasons, so all I could do was hope and pray for a sticky baby! Well, about a month ago they found out that both embryos too and they would be having twins. She was around 12w at the time. And her DH again decided to post about it immediately. I cringed again, knowing it would be a miracle if both babies survived. Well, last week they found out that they lost one of the twins. I hate this, because I just want to punch her DH for pretending that nothing could go wrong. Even though they had seen us go through our loss along with several other friends, he still decided in his head that it wasn't a possibility for his family. I just feel so bad for my friend- her DH has made this all so much harder for her in so many ways. And if you remember from way back I'm September, we went on a trip with them. I was so sick (about 8w at the time) and he told his wife that she's not "allowed" to complain when she's pregnant because it's going to cost them so much money. I just... Agh.

What a fucking douche.

J&NL · December 2013

jellysparkles said:

I'm about to play the sims!!! I haven't played in months. Might as well get as much game time in as I can because lord knows once sweet pea gets here I probably won't have the time
Gaming is great for passing time while BFing

Yeah, I remember I did a lot of bumping with the help of my boppy while DD was BF! It's when they're mobile is when you don't really have time but NB age, all DD did was sleep. I hope this next baby is the same way.

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

pineconey said:

I posted awhile back about a friend of mine who had been struggling with infertility. With the help of IVF she was finally able to get pregnant- a fact that her DH decided to share with the world via FB the moment they found out. As a PgAL momma, this made me cringe, and she was pretty pissed at her DH. They have several friends who have been struggling and the way he posted it sounded very "in your face." She's got a high risk pregnancy for a number of reasons, so all I could do was hope and pray for a sticky baby! Well, about a month ago they found out that both embryos too and they would be having twins. She was around 12w at the time. And her DH again decided to post about it immediately. I cringed again, knowing it would be a miracle if both babies survived. Well, last week they found out that they lost one of the twins. I hate this, because I just want to punch her DH for pretending that nothing could go wrong. Even though they had seen us go through our loss along with several other friends, he still decided in his head that it wasn't a possibility for his family. I just feel so bad for my friend- her DH has made this all so much harder for her in so many ways. And if you remember from way back I'm September, we went on a trip with them. I was so sick (about 8w at the time) and he told his wife that she's not "allowed" to complain when she's pregnant because it's going to cost them so much money. I just... Agh.

I am so sorry for your friend's loss of one of her babies. It doesn't help at all that her husband had to make everything public knowledge so soon. He sounds clueless. I hope that baby #2 continues to grow and do well. When is she due?

snmetz7 · December 2013

Half way through my 8hr shift at Macy's. I know we need the money but I will be over the moon happy when my seasonal job is over. My feet are killing me and when I'm this active I don't feel baby and that freaks me out. All I want to do is sleep and eat cookies.

pineconey · December 2013

@LoriMC12 she's due in June. Towards the end I believe...

MissWhis · December 2013

aviola329 said:

Hey ladies! Feeling somewhat better this morning. I got to talk to my on herself last night and that set my mind at ease more than anything. Once I was able to relax I laid on my back for a little while instead of my left like I was supposed to for my feet, and felt enough movement from him to feel okay, he doesn't like it when I'm on my back I think because it always starts up the kicks. Maybe because the fat moves out of the way with gravity and he's closer to the top? I dunno lol, either way no ER trip for me last night. My feet are still pretty swollen and bugging me. I haven't made it to cvs yet, slept in a bit because I didn't get to sleep at a reasonable hour with everything going on. I'm getting ready to pack up and head out so I think I'm just gonna go home. Will probable stop at the one by my house and get the Epsom salts and hint at one of those foot spas for Xmas lol Will be having a serious conversation with my OB at my next appt about the answering service failure, my concerns about pre-e and everything else. By then I'll be 27 weeks if nothing else sends me in sooner, so I'm thinking I'm less likely to get shot down about the pre-e thing.

I don't know why anyone would shoot you down about pre-e at this point in your pregancy -- my friend delivered her daughter at 24 weeks just before Thanksgiving due to "super fucked up preeclampsia" (direct doctor quote). Baby is doing fairly well, considering she was 1 lb 2 oz at birth, but it's still a pretty horrible and scary situation.

I'm glad you are advocating for your health! If you feel like they aren't taking your concerns seriously maybe consider finding a new provider. Take care of yourself, lady -- and good luck with the feet! That sounds uncomfortable and frustrating.

mrscrcalli · December 2013

Subway footlong :x

That is all..

sweetmelissa0707 · December 2013

Just got misty eyed watching a a Google commercial. Ahh hormones.

MegJ17 · December 2013

We are dog sitting for Christmas. Guess I'll have fun with it.

NYJodway · December 2013

MissWhis said:

my friend delivered her daughter at 24 weeks just before Thanksgiving due to "super fucked up preeclampsia" (direct doctor quote). Baby is doing fairly well, considering she was 1 lb 2 oz at birth, but it's still a pretty horrible and scary situation.

Same thing happened with my cousin. She delivered her daughter at 24 weeks, 1lb 1oz at birth, and it was a terrifying ordeal.

Kiddo is doing great now. A couple of long-term medical issues, but she is thriving.

J&NL · December 2013

Just sent DH to get taco bell and cinnabon bites. Yummmmm. :x

Stace0616 · December 2013

Ok, can I confess something? I have zero reason for thinking this, but the amount of presents we've been getting for the baby for Christmas makes me nervous. I know the odds of something bad happening to baby are really low right now, but the lack of movement and the needing a second ultrasound is freaking me out badly right now. I am seriously hoping it's just because I'm bigger and that he is facing toward my spine that I'm not feeling a ton of kicks.

My mother in law got us a Peter Rabbit musical snowglobe for Christmas and it is absolutely perfect. I nearly started crying because I've been trying to be so cool and nonchalant about this reclassifying me as high risk and not even getting an appt with the perinatal specialists until Jan 9th, but it all hit me at once this afternoon. They all thought I was crying because I was so touched, but in my mind I just kept thinking "I wish there was someone to tell me everything is ok and baby is doing awesome in there".

J&NL · December 2013

Stace0616 said:

Ok, can I confess something? I have zero reason for thinking this, but the amount of presents we've been getting for the baby for Christmas makes me nervous. I know the odds of something bad happening to baby are really low right now, but the lack of movement and the needing a second ultrasound is freaking me out badly right now. I am seriously hoping it's just because I'm bigger and that he is facing toward my spine that I'm not feeling a ton of kicks. My mother in law got us a Peter Rabbit musical snowglobe for Christmas and it is absolutely perfect. I nearly started crying because I've been trying to be so cool and nonchalant about this reclassifying me as high risk and not even getting an appt with the perinatal specialists until Jan 9th, but it all hit me at once this afternoon. They all thought I was crying because I was so touched, but in my mind I just kept thinking "I wish there was someone to tell me everything is ok and baby is doing awesome in there".

((hugs))

TallaB · December 2013

I am batting zero with CHristmas baking today! I burnt the pecan bars and the short bread is so crumbly it won't roll! The peanut butter bars came out OK...but kinda soft. I might just go buy a tin this year

pineconey · December 2013

Who the fuck thinks it's a great idea to have an upstairs apartment when you own 3 huge dogs?!? Seriously. It's a constant rumble/slamming/pounding/screamfest up there.
I HATE apartments.

TallaB · December 2013

@aviola329 ((((HUG))))

pineconey · December 2013

jellysparkles said:

pineconey said:
Who the fuck thinks it's a great idea to have an upstairs apartment when you own 3 huge dogs?!? Seriously. It's a constant rumble/slamming/pounding/screamfest up there.
I HATE apartments.
I think the people who lived above us before the house were on so many drugs that thought they were cats. Several times in the middle of the night they'd randomly thud in one corner and race to the other.

All I know is that if it doesn't CTFD before April, I will make my frustrations known. At any hour of the day or night I choose.

cgoldian · December 2013

@TallaB you should add a couple drops of water to your shortbread dough and knead with wet hands. That should fix it!

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

Oh my, someone thinks she heard her baby moan from the inside. What the...

MegJ17 · December 2013

LoriMc12 said:
Oh my, someone thinks she heard her baby moan from the inside. What the...

This doesn't happen?
:-?
Where are these people coming from?

mrscrcalli · December 2013

About to paint some stripes!!

Lindsay808 · December 2013

When I was only a few months pregnant, I nagged DH about letting go of his man cave/music room aka the extra bedroom to turn into the nursery. He seemed pretty bummed about it and didn't like talking about it.

Well, tonight when I got home from work, he took down all his man stuff and moved his instruments to make room for the crib. He told me how he wants to paint the room for her (which we had never discussed) I started to tear up.

Now that I'm bigger, we had our anatomy scan, we know the gender, we picked out a name, and he has felt her move, everything is more real. I don't think he really grasped how real it all was when I was only a few months in. I had dealt with miscarriage in the past so I think this one really took awhile to sink in for him and now he's kicking into daddy mode.

Couldn't be happier with my little family

:x

katieharpiceland · December 2013

Concerts are over for this year!!! OH MY GOSH I MADE IT!

J&NL · December 2013

How in the eff do people not know the difference in sale and sell?!? I see it on the yard sale Fb pages all the time and it makes me want to gouge my eyes out!! ~X( Eta: angry typo

pineconey · December 2013

J&NL said:
How in the eff do people not know the difference in sale and sell?!? I see it on the yard sale Fb pages all the time and it makes me want to gauge my eyes out!! ~X(

.... Ironic.

J&NL · December 2013

How in the eff do people not know the difference in sale and sell?!? I see it on the yard sale Fb pages all the time and it makes me want to gauge my eyes out!! ~X(
.... Ironic.

Lol my angry typing got the best of me. I swear I meant gouge.

)

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

mrscrcalli said:

About to paint some stripes!!

It's going to look so great!

Krispix78 · December 2013

pineconey said:
Who the fuck thinks it's a great idea to have an upstairs apartment when you own 3 huge dogs?!? Seriously. It's a constant rumble/slamming/pounding/screamfest up there.
I HATE apartments.

Omg. The apt we were living in before we bought our house....same situation! So annoying! And they were night owls so they'd do their laundry at midnight and have squeeky toy races for the dogs at the same time. Drove me and DH nuts! Mind you, I wake up for work at 3am! Everytime we'd see them walking down the stairs we'd just glare at them in hatred, lol. I'm retrospect, I wish I'd have said something because we didn't deserve all those sleepless nights. Definitely put them in place before April. ..waking up the baby is a whole new ball game.

katieharpiceland · December 2013

Also, just saying before bed, I do not have a sore throat (that I actually kind of have.)

Krispix78 · December 2013

katieharpiceland said:
Also, just saying before bed, I do not have a sore throat (that I actually kind of have.)

Repeat after me. ..I do NOT have a sore throat. I do NOT have a sore throat. I do NOT have a sore throat. 3 times while clicking your heels. Scientifically proven to ward off evil.

J&NL · December 2013

Conception from anal? Did I miss something??

J&NL · December 2013

aviola329 said:

J&NL said:

Conception from anal? Did I miss something??

My thoughts exactly... I don't remember seeing this one....

Ah! I found it. One of the last comments on the WTF thread.

JessieAlbin · December 2013

pineconey said:
I posted awhile back about a friend of mine who had been struggling with infertility. With the help of IVF she was finally able to get pregnant- a fact that her DH decided to share with the world via FB the moment they found out. As a PgAL momma, this made me cringe, and she was pretty pissed at her DH. They have several friends who have been struggling and the way he posted it sounded very "in your face."
She's got a high risk pregnancy for a number of reasons, so all I could do was hope and pray for a sticky baby! Well, about a month ago they found out that both embryos too and they would be having twins. She was around 12w at the time. And her DH again decided to post about it immediately. I cringed again, knowing it would be a miracle if both babies survived.
Well, last week they found out that they lost one of the twins. I hate this, because I just want to punch her DH for pretending that nothing could go wrong. Even though they had seen us go through our loss along with several other friends, he still decided in his head that it wasn't a possibility for his family.
I just feel so bad for my friend- her DH has made this all so much harder for her in so many ways. And if you remember from way back I'm September, we went on a trip with them. I was so sick (about 8w at the time) and he told his wife that she's not "allowed" to complain when she's pregnant because it's going to cost them so much money.
I just... Agh.

Agh, I do remember you posting about this guy a while back! How frustrating, I can't imagine it is any kind of easy for your friend to deal with that. But how lovely that she has a friend in you that totally gets it, even if her hubby is totally asinine. T&p for her healthy sticky baby, and that her hubs won't make losing the twin harder than it already is.

JessieAlbin · December 2013

Stace0616 said:
Ok, can I confess something? I have zero reason for thinking this, but the amount of presents we've been getting for the baby for Christmas makes me nervous. I know the odds of something bad happening to baby are really low right now, but the lack of movement and the needing a second ultrasound is freaking me out badly right now. I am seriously hoping it's just because I'm bigger and that he is facing toward my spine that I'm not feeling a ton of kicks.

My mother in law got us a Peter Rabbit musical snowglobe for Christmas and it is absolutely perfect. I nearly started crying because I've been trying to be so cool and nonchalant about this reclassifying me as high risk and not even getting an appt with the perinatal specialists until Jan 9th, but it all hit me at once this afternoon. They all thought I was crying because I was so touched, but in my mind I just kept thinking "I wish there was someone to tell me everything is ok and baby is doing awesome in there".

Aw, Stace honey!! Your munchkin is gonna be great. I think we all have a hard time not worrying about the what ifs, high risk or no high risk. There's that nagging little thought in the back of your head because we all know that things sometimes happen.. But very often, they don't, and I am so confident that you are gonna have the sweetest, snuggliest, perfect baby. Deep breaths, mama, it is gonna be ok.

RocksInTheWater · December 2013

I've been cruising the baby names board and just don't understand all of the crushing on the name Daphne. Yuck, I do not like that name.

Lindsay808 · December 2013

All day I was tired and couldn't wait to go to sleep tonight. Now it's almost midnight and I'm @-)

Lindsay808 · December 2013

Also we're having a mini heat wave over here in DC. It got up into the 70s today. Windows are open and I'm still hot as balls. So so grateful we're pregnant during the winter months.

pineconey · December 2013

We went to a Christmas shindig at our friends' coffee shop tonight. We had on our ugly sweaters and DH wore a Santa hat (that I've owned for 20 years...) and I wore an elf hat (I hand made it 3 years ago). We kept joking about how awkward it was that Santa knocked up an elf.
We only stayed an hour so I felt bad, but there were a bunch of asshole high schooler/early 20s there who felt the need to "save" seats for their friends who were allegedly coming. So I stared at the empty seats longingly while my back ached. Thanks twerps. It was also SUPER hot in there, really crowded too. I love live music, but I hate being crowded in.
I'm definitely not as young as I used to be.
Also weird- I saw this woman across the room that looked SO familiar. I didn't want to stare, but I had to wrack my brain for 10 minutes until I finally figured out where I knew her from. I was in a bad place about 2 years ago, and ended up going to therapy. She was my therapist! I didn't say anything to her cuz 1) weird and 2) there was no way through that mob of people.
Anyway. I'm ready for bed!!

pineconey · December 2013

LuckySquare said:
I'm getting an elliptical (used) for Christmas and am sooooooo excited!

Yay! I always imagined that having gym equipment in my house would encourage a workout routine. Hope it works well for you!

kseccomb17 · December 2013

I Wish I was as motivated. I have an exercise bike I'm front of my bed that I want to use but then I get on it, it's like death.

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