May 2014 Moms
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I'm a bitch.
LunaBug924
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My MIL texted me early this morning and all it said was "6 months today!" Took me a second to realize what she was getting at, but then I figured it out. I'm due May 3rd, today is February 3rd, so yeah, I guess you'd call that 6 months. She's super excited (first grandchild) and she is very sweet to think of me. I could have just said something like "Oh Emm Geee, I'm totes excited" and left it at that, but that's not how I'm feeling today. I felt the need to knock her down a peg. So I went with this instead:
"Actually pregnancy months go by 4 week increments instead of calendar months. So technically 40 weeks of pregnancy = 10 months. That's what I go by. So really I'm 6.75 months as of this past Saturday. "
Yea, I'm a total bitch. I did follow up with "either way I'm officially in my 3rd trimester and getting really excited!" Trying to cover my tracks. And for the record, if anyone else asks how far along I am, I would probably say 6 months.
Anyone else want to share a bitchy moment?
"Actually pregnancy months go by 4 week increments instead of calendar months. So technically 40 weeks of pregnancy = 10 months. That's what I go by. So really I'm 6.75 months as of this past Saturday. "
Yea, I'm a total bitch. I did follow up with "either way I'm officially in my 3rd trimester and getting really excited!" Trying to cover my tracks. And for the record, if anyone else asks how far along I am, I would probably say 6 months.
Anyone else want to share a bitchy moment?
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Re: I'm a bitch.
I doubt mine does either.
Mine only does because it's the same day as her wedding anniversary.
Seriously, I am so grateful that she wants to be involved and is so excited. But there's a balance that is sorely lacking. This is the same woman who went out and bought over 100 outfits (not kidding) of boys and girls stuff, all different sizes and seasons, before we even knew what we were having. And she calls her "our baby".
I guess the grass is always greener, right?
Throughout history people have been pregnant for nine months which is about right from the day of conception to the due date. Saying it in weeks makes it so confusing because when you turn it into simple math...you would be pregnant for 10 months forgetting that some months have close to 5 weeks and the first two weeks your not actually pregnant. Before I was ever pregnant, I thought people talking in weeks did make it confusing because the normal person thinks in terms of 9 months and doesn't realize your including the two weeks you weren't even pregnant. Not everyone's life revolves around pregnancy trackers.
I hate being asked how far along I am because I never know what to say. I usually just say I am due at the end of may and let them calculate however they want.
Oh I have had plenty of similarly bitchy moments! Last night a friend with a baby was saying how much she missed being pregnant, how it was the most amazing, fabulous, wonderful nine months of her life. So I told her she could carry my baby the rest of the way then because I think being pregnant sucks, what with the constant agonizing pain, the feeling that every bone in my back, hips and pelvis is shattering with each step I take, constant comments about how huge I am, and the violent vomiting when I try to eat something healthy.
I really am grateful to be having this experience but hearing about other women's flawless pregnancies makes me a little stabby when I'm in so much pain.
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10/23/13 - 12wks 3d - Perfect NT scan! HB 167 & baby wriggling, waving & yawning!
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Whew, rant over. I feel better.
As for weeks or months...I understand how people are better able to make sense of months...but I honestly have no idea how many months pregnant I am ever. I like the idea of just giving people the due date and letting them run with it.
mins away from SIL too - 2 birds 1 stone) and when we visit them, she couldn't be less interested.
"I'm here if you need anything" means squat if you're retired and don't even come over to say hi when your husband is over this way at least once a week.
09/23/11 - Married DH
04/01/13 - BFP at 4wks
05/30/13 - MMC - BO @ 12wks 5d
08/29/13 - BFP @ 4wks 4d
09/17/13 - 7wks 2d - Normal HB Detected! Baby measuring perfect for dates and positioning!
10/23/13 - 12wks 3d - Perfect NT scan! HB 167 & baby wriggling, waving & yawning!
12/17/13 - 20wks 2 d - We're having a beautiful baby girl! Go Team Pink!
05/03/14 - Bobbie Gloria was born at 39+6 weighing 6lb 14oz!
She keeps pushing us to look for baby furniture at a thrift store. No problem with thrift store shopping, but she just doesn't find it acceptable to buy new.We can definitely afford it. She then felt bad for my husband spending so much money so she offered to pay for the babies furniture. I told my DH to politely say no thanks! She only wants to talk about the baby/pregnancy if she has something negative to say.