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  • Bozzy2Bozzy2 member
    SS moment - just got back from the hospital because I had a small blood clot pass as well as some light period bleeding. Said that it was a yeast infection causing this and not to worry unless it doesn't go away. Everything else looks good but I shouldn't work tonight. Did you guys know that a yeast infection could cause bleeding???
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  • kelseydiannekelseydianne member
    @hampire I'm the MOH in my friends wedding where I'll be almost 30 weeks. Are you able to pick the style dress? She let me pick any style dress in her color so that was a huge help. I ended up getting a long flowy strapless empire waist dress a few sizes up. That way I can hem the bottom to be even and take it in in the bust if I need to.

    As far as registering at that hospital, I wouldn't worry about that right now, especially since it's only two hrs away. (Granted thats almost how far I have to drive to my ob and the hospital anyways, so my opinion may not count) If you feel the need to as the date gets closer I'd go from there.
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    LizM05 said:

    So my mom talked to my brother again and it turns out they are due Oct. 25th. Better than Nov. because it's at least possible, but still freakishly early to tell everyone! But I guess I'm saying that cuz its just me to wait to announce... Do most people tell they're PG at 4weeks??

    I was the one from the previous thread who was asking about if it was even possible to know you're PG if they said the due date was Nov.

    I would say most people don't announce that early but I did tell my parents and brother a few days after I found out. I knew if something went wrong I would tell them so why wait? In terms of official announcement, I didn't say anything until I was 16 weeks.
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  • katekat8721katekat8721 member
    LizM05 said:
    So my mom talked to my brother again and it turns out they are due Oct. 25th. Better than Nov. because it's at least possible, but still freakishly early to tell everyone! But I guess I'm saying that cuz its just me to wait to announce... Do most people tell they're PG at 4weeks?? I was the one from the previous thread who was asking about if it was even possible to know you're PG if they said the due date was Nov.
    I told my family early but that was it. I've known girls (my friend included) who tell people after the pee on the stick has dried lol.

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    Bozzy2 said:
    SS moment - just got back from the hospital because I had a small blood clot pass as well as some light period bleeding. Said that it was a yeast infection causing this and not to worry unless it doesn't go away. Everything else looks good but I shouldn't work tonight. Did you guys know that a yeast infection could cause bleeding???
    I didn't know that! T&Ps to you sweets, it's always scary to see blood!

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  • jshropjshrop member
    @lizm05 I told everyone in the world the day I found out. Seriously. 1, I'm not good at secrets or surprises. 2, it was a total crazy shock. I immediately regretted not waiting a little while after I did it because I was afraid that if something bad happened I'd have to tell everyone and hear the condolences (which I'm terrible with). Anyway, I think I was 6 weeks.
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  • shakeweightsshakeweights member
    @ohyealovely - I totally agree with @ugabamafans. My friend's daughter has the middle name Harper and I think it's totally cute. But really, who cares what anyone else thinks? If you like it (and H likes it) - then I would go with it!
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  • rainbowdashhrainbowdashh member
    edited February 2014
    @ugabamafans @shakeweights- I'm definitely using it, H and I officially decided. I think I was just surprised at the reaction the name gets! I know the ladies on the name board all are very particular and it seems like they always just offer up the same names over and over when asked for ideas (most of which I don't like). Some woman even said any name ending in "son" is a male name!
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  • otter1103otter1103 member
    My youngest has high school registration tonight :-S I'm so not ready for her to be that old. I already have to shoo the boys away, now there will be a whole new pool of boys and drama to deal with. Ugh
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  • shakeweightsshakeweights member
    ohyealovely said:
    @ugabamafans @shakeweights- I'm definitely using it, H and I officially decided. I think I was just surprised at the reaction the name gets! I know the ladies on the name board all are very particular and it seems like they always just offer up the same names over and and over when asked for ideas (most of which I don't like). Some woman even said any name ending in "son"' is a male name!

    So you decided on Wren Harper?  Because I absolutely adore it!  
    Yep! Wren Harper it is :)
    @ohyeahlovely - LOVE IT!
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    edited February 2014

     I love Wren Harper!

    @ugabamafans Any luck car shopping this weekend too?

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    yellowbird219 said:

    My BFF gave me a little "YAY YOUR PREGNANT" gift the other day, and in it was the movie "What to Expect When You're Expecting." She had been telling me I needed to see it, and that Elizabeth Bank's character reminds her of me. I have to admit, it was a pretty good movie!!! I laughed, I cried, and did the whole OMG THAT'S ME thing. To be clear if anyone has already seen it, she meant after Elizabeth has her meltdown, not her parts of being uptight. I highly recommend it!


    *TRIGGER/SPOILER- If anyone decides to watch it, there is a plot line featuring a loss, just FYI*
    Lol @yellowbird219, I love this movie regardless of how corney it is. I'm totally Elizabeth Bank's pregnancy too-- total mess (no hot about it). I was laughing thinking about this when I read a "humble brag" post earlier and totally thought of Brooklyn Decker. Okay lady, I get you're perfect and so is your pregnancy but I can't wait to see how crazy life is when there's a kid afterwards lol! It all has to balance at the end right?
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  • katekat8721katekat8721 member
    @chickpea912 can I pick your brain on CDs? I'm trying to decide if it's worth doing disposable NB diapers and then CD when their weight increases, or just do NB CD and then one size CD after that. Do you know about how many NB CDs your LO went through, and how long they lasted before you had to size up? If it makes a difference, we're hoping the twins are about five to six lbs at birth. Any other CDers please feel free to chime in!

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  • coffee-saurcoffee-saur member
    edited February 2014
    I'd probably tell my mom and sister sooner too but still wait till like 8 weeks.  I did find it kinda surprising because we don't know her very well but, hey, I guess whatever floats her boat!  :)   

    Eta: @jshrop and anyone else who responded! 

    Also @ohyealovely  I LOVE that name!
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  • otter1103otter1103 member
    That sucks @ugabamafans! Hopefully they will come up with a decent reasonable settlement soon.
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    lizardbreath14 said:

    Because Mondays are blah, and this made me LOL... it's a list of "34 GIFs That Sum Up Your First Sexual Experience"

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/gifs-that-sum-up-your-first-sexual-experience?bffb

    Enjoy.


    I just got done looking through that! I pondered posting it as a fun thread to see what other GIFs would be used ;-)
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  • puttyeastputtyeast member
    We got tons of snow yesterday and so I'm on a snow day! We haven't had much snow in western WA this winter so it's exciting. I'm enjoying hanging out in bed and watching morning talk shows I never get to watch.
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  • wtfisupwtfisup member
    ohyealovely said:

    @ugabamafans @shakeweights- I'm definitely using it, H and I officially decided. I think I was just surprised at the reaction the name gets! I know the ladies on the name board all are very particular and it seems like they always just offer up the same names over and over when asked for ideas (most of which I don't like). Some woman even said any name ending in "son" is a male name!

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    The thing is, I've never understood the point of asking a public group for name opinions. To find a name that will have mass popularity? Guys, the general public doesn't have good taste. At all. If you depend on their feedback, you're going to wind up with a name that is the equivalent of McDonald's, the flip flops Old Navy puts on sale each year, and Saran wrap. It's fine to enjoy buying cheap, synthetic footwear in four colors each year only to discard them by September when they get imprinted with the shape of your foot dirt, but don't go to that well for your kid's lifelong moniker.

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    shakeweights said:

    AHHH! My mom just called me and told me that my sister just gave her like 5 boxes of clothing for us! All girls stuff! And even though we were planning on my mom and dad to come visit us towards the end of next month, she wants to come down this weekend instead because she's too excited :) I'm pretty sure we aren't going to need any clothing for the first 2 years - amazing!!

    AWESOME! We also got tons of hand me downs and don't have to buy much/any clothes for a long time. Pro to having kids after others!

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    wtfisup said:
    @ugabamafans @shakeweights- I'm definitely using it, H and I officially decided. I think I was just surprised at the reaction the name gets! I know the ladies on the name board all are very particular and it seems like they always just offer up the same names over and over when asked for ideas (most of which I don't like). Some woman even said any name ending in "son" is a male name!
    --- The thing is, I've never understood the point of asking a public group for name opinions. To find a name that will have mass popularity? Guys, the general public doesn't have good taste. At all. If you depend on their feedback, you're going to wind up with a name that is the equivalent of McDonald's, the flip flops Old Navy puts on sale each year, and Saran wrap. It's fine to enjoy buying cheap, synthetic footwear in four colors each year only to discard them by September when they get imprinted with the shape of your foot dirt, but don't go to that well for your kid's lifelong moniker.

    I've definitely posted a few ideas on the baby name board.... but to your point, the minute I started asking anyone what I thought of a name was the minute I knew I didn't love it.  If I had to ask my mother/sister/coworker/internet friends, than I wasn't sold.

    I guess that's annoying to the people I asked, I'm clearly wasting their time.

    But that's just me.  Other people might like some feedback or want reassurance, nbd.

     

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  • rainbowdashhrainbowdashh member
    edited February 2014
    wtfisup said:

    ohyealovely said:

    @ugabamafans @shakeweights- I'm definitely using it, H and I officially decided. I think I was just surprised at the reaction the name gets! I know the ladies on the name board all are very particular and it seems like they always just offer up the same names over and over when asked for ideas (most of which I don't like). Some woman even said any name ending in "son" is a male name!

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    The thing is, I've never understood the point of asking a public group for name opinions. To find a name that will have mass popularity? Guys, the general public doesn't have good taste. At all. If you depend on their feedback, you're going to wind up with a name that is the equivalent of McDonald's, the flip flops Old Navy puts on sale each year, and Saran wrap. It's fine to enjoy buying cheap, synthetic footwear in four colors each year only to discard them by September when they get imprinted with the shape of your foot dirt, but don't go to that well for your kid's lifelong moniker.

    I really only asked because I was genuinely surprised by the dislike of the name. I love it and an Internet group of strangers wouldn't stop me from naming my child what I want.

    ETA: and by strangers I mean the baby name board.
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  • chickpea912chickpea912 member
    katekat8721 said: @chickpea912 can I pick your brain on CDs? I'm trying to decide if it's worth doing disposable NB diapers and then CD when their weight increases, or just do NB CD and then one size CD after that. Do you know about how many NB CDs your LO went through, and how long they lasted before you had to size up? If it makes a difference, we're hoping the twins are about five to six lbs at birth. Any other CDers please feel free to chime in! @katekat8721 I didn't look to see if anyone else responded, so if they did, forgive the redundancy.

    It all depends.  We used the few diapers we took home from the hospital, and then switched, so we never bought nb paper diapers.  I actually sold all of my nb cloth diapers     at a profit, so I made money using cloth.  Part of that was just the deals I got and how much I was able to resale them for, but that's definitely a big part of it.

    I am planning on using primarily prefolds and fitteds (Kissaluv size 0) with covers for the nb period, with a handful of all-in-one diapers (BUmgenius and Blueberry) thrown in for good measure.  I'm aiming for 24-30 nb diapers for LO.  

    Prefolds are by far the most cost effective, although they can be hard to resale and would be better used as rags or spit-up cloths afterwards.  Or you can actually use them to stuff other one-size diapers later on.
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  • wtfisupwtfisup member
    @kaceymarie, my office said to eat something small with protein. So add some chicken. Protein is what naturally balances the effects of sugar. They want to see your body handling it normally, not set up for a crazy response.

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  • otter1103otter1103 member
    ugabamafans said:

    No dice.  They would not adjust their valuation (the basis of the total) but they did adjust the amount that they would pay out by $1000.  So at least there's that.  Picking up the check and going car shopping later this afternoon.


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    So bored at work today... anyone have any time-sucks they can recommend? Just need to kill another 60-90 minutes. So... Close...
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  • katekat8721katekat8721 member
    @chickpea912 & @wareagle1220 thank you ladies!! I'm going to check out the cost of prefolds/covers vs sposies. I'm guessing with twins we may get a bit more life out of them maybe... and then I am registering for pockets so hopefully I can use some prefolds there for stuffing!

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  • chickpea912chickpea912 member
    wareagle1220 said:

    @katekat8721, we're doing disposables for the newborn stage and OS as soon as baby can fit in them.

    From what I've read, newborns go through 8-12 diapers in a 24 day period so depending on when you want to wash, assuming every other day, you'd need 24 per baby, so 48 total to get every other day washing.  Like chickpea said, you could do prefolds or flats and covers and you'd just need to have a lot of the prefolds and not so many covers. 

    We've just opted to do disposable at the beginning for ease honestly.  I'm afraid I'd be overwhelmed being a FTM with cloth diapers on a newborn.  Maybe for our next kid though!  Also, I have a friend who many be giving us some nb bummis to borrow.  If that happens, I'll likely try them.  But from a financial standpoint, I don't know if I want to invest in newborn diapers knowing that they only last a few months.  Of course, I guess I should compare the cost of cloth vs disposable for those first couple of months and see how it pans out. 

    Don't forget resale value - even if you don't have another child, it is almost definitely going to be way cheaper to use cloth in the beginning.  Like I said, I got a great deal on my cloth nb diapers and ended up making money when I sold them.  Of course I'm kicking myself for having sold them, but whatever - I'm going to buy more now, knowing that if I spend $150 (probably won't spend this much, but just throwing out a random number), I'll likely get at least $100 back.  Or whatever the math ends up being - I know my outlay will only be temporary.
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  • wtfisupwtfisup member
    lest12 said:

    I know so, so little about babies. Tonight I looked in the mirror and saw my huge bump and realized, there an actual baby in there. I do not know what to do with an actual baby. I'm a little scared.

    Read!! I've read several books and it really helps me feel more prepared.

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    wtfisup said:
    I know so, so little about babies. Tonight I looked in the mirror and saw my huge bump and realized, there an actual baby in there. I do not know what to do with an actual baby. I'm a little scared.
    Read!! I've read several books and it really helps me feel more prepared.

    @wtfisup - You're right! Any recommendations? I keep thinking about getting What to expect... The first year, but if there was anything you found particularly helpful, I'd appreciate it!

     

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    I would skip those. What To Expect especially. It's got some really outdated stuff. Let me get some titles in a bit.

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    wtfisup said:
    I would skip those. What To Expect especially. It's got some really outdated stuff. Let me get some titles in a bit.

    Thanks! I kind of had a feeling. I have the pregnancy one but the other books I had were a million times more helpful.

     

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    Does anyone know how I can stop getting notifications for my own thread? Since I do this thread I have like 200+ notifications that just build up like crazy.

    Talkative salty hoes :)

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  • lest12lest12 member
    wtfisup said:
    SS: Some of you may remember a month ago when we thought that my husband's grandmother in Honduras wouldn't live much longer. She has stabilized and we got this photo today. Her husband pictured here is 90. I can't even describe how much it means to me that they might meet this baby some day. It was in the middle of my anatomy scan 5 weeks ago that we got a phone call that she might be fading. And now, not so much.

    That's great news! She looks like a fighter. I hope she continues to improve.

     

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    BrightEyes112 said:
    I know so, so little about babies. Tonight I looked in the mirror and saw my huge bump and realized, there an actual baby in there. I do not know what to do with an actual baby. I'm a little scared.
    I know what you mean. No one in my life has babies so I have very little experience. I never get to spend any time with them. I did have to take care of one at an old job and it seemed to come fairly natural to me, but I was still quite awkward due to lack of practice. I am hoping it'll all come naturally.
    Right? My friend (who lives to far away for me to practice anything with her 6mo) told me it will all just come to me... I hope she's right! Thanks @joules235 I will check it out!

     

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