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  • nikki912nikki912 member
    I almost always get the spa pedicure. The massage is worth the extra bucks to me!
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  • Tferr02Tferr02 member
    Ugh LO is still just messing with me. Contractions start and then go away for awhile. Just come already! But my new annoying thing..my gums are swollen. That's totally a sign of labor right? :) My gums always swell when I'm sick and have an infection, so now I'm wondering if I'm getting sick or my body has decided LO is an infection.
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  • Stace0616Stace0616 member
    @jellysparkles - I take it you are getting the pedicure for relaxation not because you want nail polish?  If so, I'd totally splurge on the spa pedi.  They do the most work on rubbing your feet and legs, and it'll feel sooooo good.  Thanks for the reminder, btw!  I have a wedding in two weeks and want to get one done ;)
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  • snmetz7snmetz7 member
    Stace0616 said:
    So if Midol is off-limits (because, well duh) but I feel all crampy, taking a Tylenol and some coffee is worth a shot, right?  It seems like Midol is basically Advil + caffeine, so this could work.... or I could go into labor.

    Win-win?
    my dr always recs tylenol + caffeine to jump start it when the pain is too bad for tylenol alone.

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  • fourthnlastfourthnlast member
    Stace0616 said:
    @Vinny424‌ - It sounds dorky, but I actually wrote all of my thank you cards "from James". It made it a little more fun and less awkward because the gifts are FOR the baby, so why can't the card be FROM the baby? I found them easier to write being able to say things like "thank you for my awesome tractor onesie" and "I can't wait to meet you next month". I even tried to give LO a sense of humor, and even my most anti-baby friends messaged me to tell me how adorable the thank yous were when they were received :)
    I kind of love this idea. I think I may be "borrowing" it :)
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    pineconey said:

    Perogies- it's what's for snack time.

    And dinner time.



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  • pineconeypineconey member
    Text from DH (out of the blue): when did we decide to change from (original boy name) to current boy name?
    Me: um, August?

    Whaaaaat?!

    We had names picked before our loss in June, and pretty much stuck with them.

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  • Stace0616Stace0616 member
    snmetz7 said:
    Stace0616 said:
    So if Midol is off-limits (because, well duh) but I feel all crampy, taking a Tylenol and some coffee is worth a shot, right?  It seems like Midol is basically Advil + caffeine, so this could work.... or I could go into labor.

    Win-win?
    my dr always recs tylenol + caffeine to jump start it when the pain is too bad for tylenol alone.

    What you're saying is I should ALWAYS combine the two then.  Because Tylenol is the biggest joke in my medicine cabinet right now.  DH and I both got colds last week, and I was soooo mad at him for being able to dose up on Nyquil/Dayquil while I struggled through with OJ and Tylenol.  ;)
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  • Sisimama10Sisimama10 member
    Ok, teaching preschool at nine months pregnant is pretty much my own personal hell. Little guy can come any day now. Even sitting is hurting me. I need my bed.
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  • edoliesmomedoliesmom member
    Other than my reply to Katie earlier, I haven't been around too much. I'm sure not a lot of you noticed my absence, and that's okay. But I would like to explain and ask for some thoughts and prayers. Get ready to read my life story. :P

    Last weekend my mom confessed to me that she was addicted to cocaine. She's the youngest of her siblings and has 3 older sisters. About 6 weeks ago or so, some things had happened between my mom, her husband and my younger sister. My stepdad went to jail because of it, my brother went to live with one of my mom's sisters, and his twin, along with her daughter, went to live in Ohio with her boyfriend who she met online like a year ago and had met up with a few times already. My mom decided to stay with her husband and "work things out" even though he had put his hands on both my brother and sister before.

    A couple weeks ago, something happened again between my mom and her husband, and she sought out the help of her sister, the one my brother has been living with. She confessed everything to her and her other sisters, and they decided to get her help. My mom hasn't been the greatest mom... She's very selfish and makes most decisions for her children based on the convenience of herself, and she's also just made some pretty bad life choices for herself that have affected us, especially my younger brother and sister since they still had to live with her (they just turned 18 in Nov.) In the past throughout different situations, she would guilt-trip us and say things like, "I guess I'm just a terrible mother!" not really believing that she was and wanting us to disagree with her. But when she came and confessed all of this, it was like she was being honest with herself and us for the first time in years. Instead of putting a guilt spin on it, she was sincerely apologizing for not having been a good mother to us for so many years, and saying she wants to be a better granny for my sister's baby and for my baby.

    She's been in rehab for week now, and I've heard nothing but good updates about her. She says she doesn't want to go back to her husband (because he's been an active part of her addiction, and their marriage is just unhealthy in general), and she wants to start teaching EMS classes. This is my mom's fourth marriage, and the past two times when her husbands have left her, she'll have intentions of being independent and providing for herself, my brother and sister, but it's just a matter of weeks before she would start seeking out another man and relying fully on them. I'm really hoping she stays committed and clean, and that between the support of me, her sisters, her mom and few others in her life, that she can stay strong.

    Around all of the same time this started happening with my mom, my sister living with her boyfriend finally came to a head. It hadn't been good for a while, but now it was obvious that she desperately needed to come home, especially for the sake of my baby niece. The reason no one had taken my sister in like they did my brother is because she just brings trouble with her wherever she goes. She thrives on drama, and she's 50x worse than my mom when it comes to decision-making. She has terrible judgment when it comes to making friends and trusting people, and.. her life is mostly just a self-inflicted mess. Needless to say, her boyfriend wasn't as great of a person as he tricked us into thinking he was. He had no way to provide for them, and he ended up stringing them along from house to house, taking advantage of whoever they were living with, stealing from them for personal gain or for weed.

    Anyway, my sister's flight got in the night before my mom was supposed to leave for rehab. My mom, though in pain and starting to go through withdrawals, was firm in her decision to go to better life for herself and the people she loved. It wasn't until my sister had gotten there, started causing drama, cussing everyone out, that my mom wavered and begged her sister not to take her because she was the only one who could help my sister. My sister and her baby have been staying with her baby's dad, and so far that seems to have been going okay. But for whatever reason, my sister has been taking her daughter to see my mom's husband on a daily basis. And her boyfriend somehow managed to find a way to fly down here to be with them, and he's probably just going to try to mooch off of my niece's dad, even though his only intentions were to provide for my niece. And who knows how my sister allowing her daughter to see my mom's husband is going to affect my mom once she gets out.

    So that has been my life for the past couple of weeks, on top of some drama with my IL's, but I won't go into that. Thank you for reading to the end if you did, and thanks in advance for the thoughts and prayers. And any advice on what to do about my sister would be appreciated too, because we're all at a loss as to what to do... We're all thinking it will be just a matter of time before she gets her daughter taken away from her, but who knows...
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  • katieharpicelandkatieharpiceland member
    danamarie421 said:
    I need to ask for some T&P's... I just found out that a former co-worker passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. He was only in his early 30's and his fiancé, who I also worked with, just gave birth to their first child 2 weeks ago. I just can't imagine....
    Incredibly sad!! Sending warm thoughts over there. 
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  • hlm184hlm184 member
    Doctor was feeling my stomach up for baby placement today... owwww!  I still hurt, even now that I'm home!  But she also told me that I have a beautiful belly and need to take pictures of it.  Thanks, I think?

    @SLSchuerg Sorry you're dealing with so much drama!  Family drama is the worst.
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    @SLSchuerg‌ I am thinking about you and your family, and sending prayers your way. I am so thankful you have a great head on your shoulders and have given yourself such a wonderful life. I am glad you will be so head and heart strong for your little girl!
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    @SLSchuerg I have no advice, I'm sorry! But I just want to send you a massive hug!!
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    Serenla said:

    @SLSchuerg ((hugs)).

    Sooooooo my department just hired someone, he goes by T.G. but my paperwork says his birth name is Thankgod.
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    ... Why?

    Poor him for having been saddled with that name (unless he changed his given name to that), but at least he has the sense to go by T.G. In a work environment. We have a woman here who is named Princess. She's a middle-aged professional. Like, don't you have a middle name you could go by?
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  • AshleypixieAshleypixie member
    @SLSchuerg‌ that is a lot for one person to deal with, I'm so sorry you are going through that. I have no advice, but I think that it's really great that you seem to have your boundaries and don't get sucked up into the drama. Don't get down on yourself for not being able to do more, you're not responsible for them. You have to be supportive in a way that still takes care of you first. I'm sure that's not easy when so many people are involved. I really hope things get better for all of you soon.
     






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    SLSchuerg said:
    Serenla said:
    @SLSchuerg ((hugs)). Sooooooo my department just hired someone, he goes by T.G. but my paperwork says his birth name is Thankgod. ... ... ... Why?
    I just watched an episode of Say Yes to the Dress, and one of the bride's names was Queen Precious-Jewel Earth [lastname]. /:)
    I had a friend once who changed his name years before I met him to Obi Wan Kanobi. Funny thing it actually suited him! He would never admit what his birth name was.
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  • avidkeoavidkeo member
    I woke up this morning at 4am - bathroom stop. Laid in bed for an hr dozing then finally fell asleep again for an hr. 

    I now feel nauseated, have a back ache, and felt a little crampy when I got up in my lower abdomen.

    So I am in labor right?? :P Oh wait, poops are still solid, damn it!

    God I wish I could sleep at night! Only 4 days of work left - and my locum is starting on Thursday so I can hand over to her. I figure once she starts I wont be doing anything but relaxing with my feet up! I only have one patient booked in, so I am thinking if that's all I get today I am so using some sick leave and finishing at lunch time - I have 17 days!!!


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  • Emily041285Emily041285 member
    This reflux is getting ridiculous. I have never had it this bad. Nothing helps, it's just a constant burning in my throat. Not cool.
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