March 2014 Moms

The Randomest Thread

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  • My mom is calling every other day to ask if I'm dilating. She wants to commit to a plane ticket. I don't know what to tell her (I haven't been checked, not do I plan on being checked), but it's making me grouchy.
    Remind her that it doesn't matter... You could be a 3 or a week or more. There is nothing you can do about it. My mom keeps asking me and getting all mad because she thinks that I wasn't checked, but I was I just didn't tell her because it doesn't matter! I'm a 1 and it's been 1 for over 2 weeks..
    ha! my mom did the exact same thing! When I was about 38 weeks she was like, "your dad and I want to go on a ski trip this weekend... how dilated are you?" And I'm like "it doesnt matter and I'm not going to be checked at my next appointment." Then she badgered me about why I should get checked...
    Hey, mom, I still haven't had that baby yet (and I was/am relatively dilated...)
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  • I feel like I rode a horse all last week. sore vag? wtf.
  • Took my baby outside because it's actually a beautiful day! He would lay out there all day if he could. I like spring and fall best because in the summer he bakes in the sun with all that hair!!! He would go out in negative temps if I let him!!!

    The other two cats hate going outside but they always watch him like a hawk out all the windows when we go out!

    I don't have a human squishy so I can awe my fluffy baby!


    That cat is awesome! B-)
  • I wish I had time to read the FFFC/UO thread.


    My belly has been rock hard all morning.  And between that and the stabby vag I can barely walk.  I'm supposed to conduct a concert later. In heels.  So help me g-d...
    Good luck :)
  • I am lazy. Who wants to link to the parenting UO/FFFC for me?

    @farmboyswife, yeah, sounds like ot might have gone beyond the power of diplomacy to repair at this point.....um, GL??
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  • Kacie said:

    I feel like I rode a horse all last week. sore vag? wtf.

    I was/am having some of that too! This is one benefit that I will definitely ascribe to EPO: made me less sore. But I think any oil would prob do that......
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  • Woooot.. My brother just got home from work and things are super uber awkward.

    Ugh, I'm ready for bedtime.

    =[ i'm sorry! Did yall already have the talk? If i missed that post sorry!

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  • @tallash just tell her 0 cm regardless of what the truth really is ;)
  • On another note... I am breaking in my new glider. Life is good :)
  • Bike week is this coming week I am usually very excited to see all of the motorcycles but this year I could care less!
  • @fbw good luck with all of that tonight. Kind of like a bandaid better to get it over with real quick so it's over.

    Also I would totes tell brother not to buy that book!!!
  • @fbw I'm so sorry you're going through that! Family can be the worst :( allow yourself time to cry and feel however you want about the situation. Sending positive vibes your way!
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  • I switched from the hospital grade pump I rented to the pump my insurance provided. It's SO LOUD! Other than that in fine with it.
  • I've found my source of entertainment for when I'm sitting at the hospital with contractions. Perhaps I will just laugh so hard I don't feel the contractions! Damnyouautocorrect's app has seriously had me giggling for at least an hour now. XD
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  • My 23yo brother asked my mom yesterday to help him find another live-in rehab center. This will be his fourth long term one in five years. She had to kick him out of her house in September because he got violent with one of my sisters while he was abusing drugs. He's been bouncing around from grandparent to girlfriend to random strangers couch ever since.

    He told her yesterday that he's going hungry most of the time and might have to go to a homeless shelter if he doesn't get into another rehab program. He's perfectly capable of getting a job, but just keeps floundering around. I feel like he's trying to manipulate her into letting him move home, but at least he's asking for help to get into a program... He was my best friend growing up, and in some ways still is. He doesn't talk to me when he's living this way. Makes me so sad.

    Sorry for the dear diary post. I just had dreams about him all night because I'm worried and hope that this time things are different.

    Hugs for you!!!
  • @disneyaddict1 contact the bride ;)

    This. I do not expect any guy ever, when asked about dress code, to say something like, "daytime formal, please."

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  • OK, I have been stuck in my house for 3 days now with my kids because school has been out due to ice on the roads. I must say lots of stuff because you are adults and it's the closest I have to conversation with adults (other than my husband, who I am also kind of tired of right now since we both work from home and see/talk to each other all the time). 

    1. I feel for those of you dealing with addiction in family members. I've also dealt with it my whole entire life with my parents. Strange as it seems to say this, I think those of you dealing with addicted siblings have it worse than me. There is something so much more tragic about seeing a sibling self-destruct, especially one that starts as a teen and never moves on from that teenage mindset. It's like their life never even gets off the ground, and that is truly tragic. My sister is also an addict, but she didn't go down that road until she was in her 40s so I don't feel the same sympathy for her. I just cut her off and moved on. 

    2. Did I mention that I am 39 weeks pregnant and my kids have been home from school all week? I want to hide and be a hermit when I am pregnant and I want to just crawl out of my skin when everyone is around sometimes. Makes me feel bad for my kids. :( 

    Thanks for listening, internet people. 
    Mom to 5 wonderful kids: 18ds, 15ds, 13ds, 11dd and baby boy! Why get old when you can get pregnant?



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  • It's snowing like crazy and I actually can't wait for it to stop so I can go shovel!!! 5 days till my edd...

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    Shoveling is a lie!!!
    So is sex! I think it was a horny man who decided to say it works!!!
    I can't speak for shoveling because I have loved getting out of doing it this year. In my house I'm the least likely to die of a heart attack shoveling our awful, 45* driveway so I usually just do it. But this year I've had excuses!

    However, DH and I had sex the night before my water broke. I was actually crampy and had back pain all night, so I probably should've known to expect something. Also, Big Mac for dinner that night. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
  • Begin confusing vent...

    So..... apparently this entire time I have been under the wrong impression for my due date.... ?!  I'm not sure if I should be pissed or if it doesn't matter...

    My OB office just called to reschedule my next appointment because of a random conflict and she kept saying I needed a new "week 38 appointment" for sometime between March 10 and March 14.  I kept reiterating... "you mean a week 39 appointment?" .. because as of March 9th I'll be starting my 39th week. 

    I kept getting confused because she kept referring to some weird way they schedule so I just plain out ask... "wait... perhaps I don't understand how you do your scheduling... but let me just double check... what do you have as my due date??"

    March 22. 

    If you can see my ticker... I have March 16th.  I explain that this whole entire time I have been under the impression I was due on the 16th.  I then grab my ultrasound pictures and compare them to my calendar and lo and behold they also suggest I'm due March 16th.  They say a MW will call me back. 

    So she calls me back and says that based on my LMP I am due March 22.  They don't know why my ultrasound pictures and why my ultrasound files list my due date as March 16th... but she then reiterates that it's not a big deal because it's only a difference of 6 days.  (They wouldn't have changed my due date regardless because that only happens when ultrasounds suggest a difference of 7 days... )

    This all makes a lot of sense because every time I went in for certain appointments I was under the impression they would do this or do that... and usually they'd say, "nope, that's next week!"

    BUT now I'm wondering...

    I remember specifically having 2 ultrasounds (1 very early (8 weeks-ish) because of spotting and a history of miscarriage and then the NT scan).  Both aligned to a March 16th due date.  I know as things continue the dates can get weird but that early on it was quite consistent.  SO!  Should I be concerned??  Hypothetically when March 22 arrives (if I still have an inside baby) then, according to the ultrasound department I will be 6 days late.  This would lead me to believe we'd be having some serious conversations about induction.  BUT my midwife wouldn't really consider me late...... so confusing. 

    Don't ask me how it got to be this late before this mess was revealed.  My midwife is not concerned tho... maybe I shouldn't be. 

    1) I'm not changing my ticker... I like the due date of 3/16 and I like my "ticker change" bump group haha
    2) I feel like I was just robbed of 6 days!  yikes...
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  • 36 weeks, and the nesting has begun. I've already moved my roommate's stuff out of one room and into another, reassembled DH's and my bed, lugged a ton of LO's stuff into the house from my car, and scrubbed the bathroom floor to within an inch of it's life. And I'm still not happy. My back will not thank me later, but momma hormones are in full gear, and I'm a cleaning monster today.

    ...as soon as my roommate gets off the phone, because I need to vacuum, and that would be rude to do while she's trying to have a conversation.

    The pic is the bed that took me two days to assemble by myself.
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  • I shaved my legs for the first time since my 34 week appointment. (I gave birth during week 35 and LO is a month old)

    Random question. Do I still get to say I "gave birth" since I had a c section??
  • I'm already back to work this week. Two week maternity leave can kiss my ass. I'm thankful that I don't have to leave my LO, but dang it, this sucks. All the infant I watch has done this week is scream. All. Day. Long. I haven't even heard my own baby cry since the moment she was born, she's such a content little thing, but there's no peace and quiet in this house. :( Also? I told SIL I'd decorate a cake and 4 dozen cookies for her work shower and now I regret it a zillion times over. I haven't accomplished squat because my daycare kids all seem to have forgotten every single one of my rules in the two weeks they didn't come here. It's like I got all new kids who have never set foot in my house and it's not freaking cool.

    I'm so exhausted and over sensed that I just want to crawl in bed and cry.
    Bubba, born Jan. 2007 * Sissy, born Apr. 2009 * Baby Sister, born Feb. 2014
  • TallAsh said:

    I'm already back to work this week. Two week maternity leave can kiss my ass. I'm thankful that I don't have to leave my LO, but dang it, this sucks. All the infant I watch has done this week is scream. All. Day. Long. I haven't even heard my own baby cry since the moment she was born, she's such a content little thing, but there's no peace and quiet in this house. :( Also? I told SIL I'd decorate a cake and 4 dozen cookies for her work shower and now I regret it a zillion times over. I haven't accomplished squat because my daycare kids all seem to have forgotten every single one of my rules in the two weeks they didn't come here. It's like I got all new kids who have never set foot in my house and it's not freaking cool.

    I'm so exhausted and over sensed that I just want to crawl in bed and cry.

    My god, how many kids are you watching?!

    I would not be ready for that after two short weeks.
    Three - 5 months, 14 months & 3.5 years. Plus my kids, of course. I have the infant 3 days a week and the other two 4 days. Fridays off. I could handle it if not for the incessant screaming. Even the two weeks was more than I could afford to take, seeing how DH doesn't have a job and all. :(

    (But his interview went really well today, so fingers crossed he gets an offer!)
    Bubba, born Jan. 2007 * Sissy, born Apr. 2009 * Baby Sister, born Feb. 2014
  • I feel like a bad bumpie lately.
    I think LO is getting thrush, or is white tiny spots here and there normal for BF babies?
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