Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

MadBloom · April 2014

Lol. Was having some major cramping so I told DH. He got really excited and then paused and asked, "are you sure it's not fart pains?"
I was like, "I don't know, could be." Then I stood up and let out a huge fart.
Poor DH laughs and leaves the room saying, "I can't even look at you right now!!"
Bahaha oh pregnancy.

JessieAlbin · April 2014

Been feeling off and contracting irregularly all day, now I'm laying in bed feeling crampy and tired. Just told DH we might as well get some sleep, either these contractions will stall out, in which case I will be pissed if I stay up stressing trying to time nothing, or they will get real serious and we will know it's go time, in which case I will need the little bit of rest while I'm still able to get it. So used to being faked out by this little guy at this point that I am not even anxious.. Just annoyed that DH is already freaking sleeping and I'm not.

knotty-girl · April 2014

KendraColeslaw said:

knotty-girl said:

JessieAlbin said:

KendraColeslaw said:
Hell yes, time for Kitchen Nightmares: Amy's Baking Company Part II !!
The submission video was the best part!
Wait what? A part 2? Tonight? What channel?
It was on at 7 pm on Fox - honestly, you didn't miss much. Ramsay didn't go back to visit them/help them. It was just a recap and then a camera crew caught up with them and interviewed them. Amy complained about all the bad publicity and that was about it...

I just watched it. They did a really good job convincing everyone they're not crazy.

Emily041285 · April 2014

Hi RTT! Skipping a bunch of posts. DD had to be admitted to the nicu for an infection. It's been a whirlwind since. She's going to be fine, it's just stressful because I'm still trying to breastfeed. So I'm not bumping as much.

I hope everyone is doing well! I miss you ladies! :x

knotty-girl · April 2014

KendraColeslaw said:
@knotty-girl‌ they were also on Dr. Phil the other day and it was a good look into their side of the story. They weren't yelling for once. I actually have sympathy for them because of the unfair crap they've dealt with. The full episode is on YouTube if you're interested lol

I find the story intreging, however I was being sarcastic.

That woman has an acute persecution complex. I wonder what happened to her to make her like that.

I have a hard time finding her like able knowing that she was prosecuted for identity theft in 2008, I find that so dispicable. I had an identity theft nightmare (the real/worst kind because it involved my ss#). Ironically it was my ex-roommate from college who also was a crazy chick from Scottsdale. Go figure.

But knowing she did that (ID theft) I have only one thing to say about this debacle: karma.

deidremaria · April 2014

These cramps are annoying.

avidkeo · April 2014

Maybe this is a FTM thing, and maybe also because I haven't had to deal with endless contractions/cramping... and is probably a very big UO, but I'm sure I can share it here.

I really eye roll when people say they were in labor for 56 or what ever hours. thats over 2 days!

Yes I have not been through it but being in a medical field real labor is the part when you can't walk/talk through it, when you dilate from about 6-10cm. Most peoples labor is only for around 6-8 hrs before they start to push. The beginning bit sux but its contractions - not labor!!!

Ok, I know karma will bite my ass! Watch this space in a few days when I've been in labor for 28 hrs.

Emily041285 · April 2014

Thanks @KendraColeslaw‌ she is! Her numbers are going down and we hope to be released Wednesday. I'm just failing miserably at pumping/feeding so I'm just a little stressed. She has to get formula because I don't make enough and I'm struggling to keep my supply going.

My milk finally came in today so a lc is coming to our feeds to help me figure it out. Our goal is to eliminate the formula by Wednesday and just use my milk so we'll see how it goes!

Twirple · April 2014

avidkeo said:

Maybe this is a FTM thing, and maybe also because I haven't had to deal with endless contractions/cramping... and is probably a very big UO, but I'm sure I can share it here.

I really eye roll when people say they were in labor for 56 or what ever hours. thats over 2 days!

Yes I have not been through it but being in a medical field real labor is the part when you can't walk/talk through it, when you dilate from about 6-10cm. Most peoples labor is only for around 6-8 hrs before they start to push. The beginning bit sux but its contractions - not labor!!!

Ok, I know karma will bite my ass! Watch this space in a few days when I've been in labor for 28 hrs.

I agree with what you are saying about not being able to walk/talk through contractions during labor, not necessarily with it only being labor as you're dilating from 6-10 cm. Of course I am coming from a non-medical perspective, but when I was in labor with DS, I was having contractions 2-3 minutes apart and at least 40 seconds long from the time they woke me up at 2:30 in the morning, until he was born at 5:44 PM. When I got to the hospital at 4:00 a.m. I was only dilate to 3 cm. I couldn't walk or talk through any of my contractions, and when they hooked me up to the monitors, they said it was active labor.

MadBloom · April 2014

Just made strawberry cupcakes!! Waiting for them to cool so I can ice the crap out of them!!

Twirple · April 2014

dani+california said:

So I never Bump from my computer, but it's 1:30 in the morning here and I can't sleep so here I am. I got bored and decided to read The Bump's article on 'Hidden Dangers' in your house...and it's no bloody wonder so many women these days are paranoid.

Dangers for your baby:
-The paint on your walls (not 'if you are GOING to paint, use XYZ. Literally the paint that currently sits on your walls could be toxic.)
-Fragrance in skin care products/cosmetics. Some nail polish contains formaldehyde, and has been linked with fetal development issues! (What are you, EATING IT?)
-The air quality. Groom your pets often, clean your carpets often and clean your drapes often. (I'm all for cleanliness but unless you live in a Shanghai subway I highly doubt not doing these things regularly puts your child in 'danger'.)
-Your carpet: if possible, spring for hardwood flooring. (A little excessive, non?)
-Your fridge...quote "... pesticides found in food can cause long-term health problems (like birth defects and even cancer), which can be worse for your tot than for you, since baby's internal organs are still developing."

Congratulations to The Bump for this incredibly alarmist information. I'm going to go repaint all my walls in the house, tear out all the carpets, shave my pets, wash and bleach all the drapes, stop wearing makeup and using lotion and switch all my food to locally grown organic products. Thank God someone warned me before I birthed my child into this cancer-breeding death trap of a house.

8-|

I think I'll just move into a tent and survive on berries and air.

Oh wait, that'll only work if baby doesn't have allergies...

Bluebird2318 · April 2014

dani+california said:

So I never Bump from my computer, but it's 1:30 in the morning here and I can't sleep so here I am. I got bored and decided to read The Bump's article on 'Hidden Dangers' in your house...and it's no bloody wonder so many women these days are paranoid.

Dangers for your baby:
-The paint on your walls (not 'if you are GOING to paint, use XYZ. Literally the paint that currently sits on your walls could be toxic.)
-Fragrance in skin care products/cosmetics. Some nail polish contains formaldehyde, and has been linked with fetal development issues! (What are you, EATING IT?)
-The air quality. Groom your pets often, clean your carpets often and clean your drapes often. (I'm all for cleanliness but unless you live in a Shanghai subway I highly doubt not doing these things regularly puts your child in 'danger'.)
-Your carpet: if possible, spring for hardwood flooring. (A little excessive, non?)
-Your fridge...quote "... pesticides found in food can cause long-term health problems (like birth defects and even cancer), which can be worse for your tot than for you, since baby's internal organs are still developing."

Congratulations to The Bump for this incredibly alarmist information. I'm going to go repaint all my walls in the house, tear out all the carpets, shave my pets, wash and bleach all the drapes, stop wearing makeup and using lotion and switch all my food to locally grown organic products. Thank God someone warned me before I birthed my child into this cancer-breeding death trap of a house.

8-|

I thought there was some study out there that suggested a correlation between pets and healthier immune systems in babies (something about pets carrying in microbes from outside and exposing the babies to them little by little which strengthens their immune systems). I was also under the impression that over-sanitizing was a bad thing because it kills off the germs/bacteria that could otherwise serve to strengthen our immune systems. Oh Bump, do you even science?

mrscrcalli · April 2014

dani+california said:

So I never Bump from my computer, but it's 1:30 in the morning here and I can't sleep so here I am. I got bored and decided to read The Bump's article on 'Hidden Dangers' in your house...and it's no bloody wonder so many women these days are paranoid.

Dangers for your baby:
-The paint on your walls (not 'if you are GOING to paint, use XYZ. Literally the paint that currently sits on your walls could be toxic.)
-Fragrance in skin care products/cosmetics. Some nail polish contains formaldehyde, and has been linked with fetal development issues! (What are you, EATING IT?)
-The air quality. Groom your pets often, clean your carpets often and clean your drapes often. (I'm all for cleanliness but unless you live in a Shanghai subway I highly doubt not doing these things regularly puts your child in 'danger'.)
-Your carpet: if possible, spring for hardwood flooring. (A little excessive, non?)
-Your fridge...quote "... pesticides found in food can cause long-term health problems (like birth defects and even cancer), which can be worse for your tot than for you, since baby's internal organs are still developing."

Congratulations to The Bump for this incredibly alarmist information. I'm going to go repaint all my walls in the house, tear out all the carpets, shave my pets, wash and bleach all the drapes, stop wearing makeup and using lotion and switch all my food to locally grown organic products. Thank God someone warned me before I birthed my child into this cancer-breeding death trap of a house.

8-|

This is why I mobile bump and unsubscribe to the emails
#:-S

kseccomb17 · April 2014

Sending all of those who are ready for delivery good labor vibes!

pineconey · April 2014

Bluebird2318 said:

dani+california said:

I thought there was some study out there that suggested a correlation between pets and healthier immune systems in babies (something about pets carrying in microbes from outside and exposing the babies to them little by little which strengthens their immune systems). I was also under the impression that over-sanitizing was a bad thing because it kills off the germs/bacteria that could otherwise serve to strengthen our immune systems. Oh Bump, do you even science?

I think that's usually the case, but a friend of mine has a 10 month old who has had horrible skin rashes since birth. She breast feeds and tried every kind of food elimination possible. Then, they were finally able to get him in to a specialist and found out he was allergic to dogs and cats. They had one of each. so sad to see them get rid of their pets, but their little guy is looking better these past 6 weeks!

avidkeo · April 2014

Twirple said:

avidkeo said:

Maybe this is a FTM thing, and maybe also because I haven't had to deal with endless contractions/cramping... and is probably a very big UO, but I'm sure I can share it here.

I really eye roll when people say they were in labor for 56 or what ever hours. thats over 2 days!

Yes I have not been through it but being in a medical field real labor is the part when you can't walk/talk through it, when you dilate from about 6-10cm. Most peoples labor is only for around 6-8 hrs before they start to push. The beginning bit sux but its contractions - not labor!!!

Ok, I know karma will bite my ass! Watch this space in a few days when I've been in labor for 28 hrs.

I agree with what you are saying about not being able to walk/talk through contractions during labor, not necessarily with it only being labor as you're dilating from 6-10 cm. Of course I am coming from a non-medical perspective, but when I was in labor with DS, I was having contractions 2-3 minutes apart and at least 40 seconds long from the time they woke me up at 2:30 in the morning, until he was born at 5:44 PM. When I got to the hospital at 4:00 a.m. I was only dilate to 3 cm. I couldn't walk or talk through any of my contractions, and when they hooked me up to the monitors, they said it was active labor.
Yeah as I said, coming from not yet having been through it! And as I also said, I fully expect karma to bite me now!

pineconey · April 2014

Poor guy- DH is super sleepy and was trying to get ready for bed when he knocked something into the candle in the bathroom and it shattered. He cut his hand cleaning it up too.

I'm not even mad about the candle- I just feel so bad for the guy!!
I do appreciate observing my reaction to things like that though- in my family, the reaction was always yelling/belittling the person who made the mistake. I STILL get teased about things I did as a child. Therapy helped some, but I've always been afraid that I would end up just like that as a parent. The way I respond to DH is hopefully a foreshadow- ex: tonight when I heard the crash my first response was, "are you ok?!" rather than "what did you break?"
Being married (1 1/2 years) has already been a huge comfort to me that just because my parents (divorced with rocky remarriages) had their troubles (and still do) does not mean that I have to repeat the same mistakes. I had always been so scared to get married because I was sure I would fail. I still struggle with the fear of what I would do if I ever lost DH for any reason, but that's just something I need to learn to find peace with because it's beyond my control.

That's a whole lot of thoughts from broken glass this evening.

MadBloom · April 2014

This is dumb but I seriously cringe when I see the word Labour without the "u". I know that the -our ending to words was dropped for the more popular -or in the US like a hundred years ago but we use the -our ending in Canada and it kills me to see certain words over and over when I perceive them as being spelt wrong! (This is just the crazy English teacher coming out in me.)

Please ignore and continue

Bluebird2318 · April 2014

@mrscrcalli‌ I am currently tub Bumping! I hope I make you proud.

BiggerinRealLife · April 2014

Bluebird2318 said:
@mrscrcalli‌ I am currently tub Bumping! I hope I make you proud.

Jealous. That is gonna be me in five days. I will pull a @mrscrcalli‌ and post bubble pics.

BiggerinRealLife · April 2014

Baby girl JoLexa has taken to using her teeny butt to make room for herself in my tummy. She plants her feet somewhere uncomfortable and pushes her round tush as far as it will go straight out. My kid isn't even here yet, and she's already mooning me.

BiggerinRealLife · April 2014

(FTR I'm not naming my kid JoLexa. That's my celebrity baby name for her because I was calling her Alexa or Josie and I didn't want to get too attached to one of them. Please don't throw tomatoes for a bad made up name.)

avidkeo · April 2014

BiggerinRealLife said:
Baby girl JoLexa has taken to using her teeny butt to make room for herself in my tummy. She plants her feet somewhere uncomfortable and pushes her round tush as far as it will go straight out. My kid isn't even here yet, and she's already mooning me.

Mines been doing this today! And doing massive stretches! Most uncomfortable!! And love the name thing! DH has started calling LO Jessica but I can't bring myself to just on case we change our mind! And as desperate as I am for her to arrive, I'm gonna miss our sesame! Does that make sense?

cgoldian · April 2014

I thought pregnancy cankles were bad but they were nothing compared to the post-op water retention. I can barely flex my feet! Ouch!

pineconey · April 2014

Heartburn. You suck.

BiggerinRealLife · April 2014

KendraColeslaw said:
Hell yes, time for Kitchen Nightmares: Amy's Baking Company Part II !!

Holy crap @KendraColeslaw‌. Amy's Baking Company - those were the people that had that massive online melt down last year that was covered by buzzfeed and stuff. They got into an all-out war with online helpers and bloggers about their food. I think it's what led to them asking to be on kitchen nightmares. I don't remember the exact article but I found a few. It was insane.

https://www.zdnet.com/10-social-media-lessons-from-amys-baking-company-facebook-meltdown-7000016482/

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3274345/

https://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/05/16/amys-baking-company-vs-the-entire-internet/?tid=pm_pop

ricekez · April 2014

It's 4am, I can't sleep, and DH keeps grinding his teeth and rolling into me. Why can't he give a pregnant lady some space? Anyway, the grocery store doesn't open until 7. . . So I can't get my early morning shopping done yet.

And I am sooooo hungry!!

Lindsay808 · April 2014

deidremaria said:
These cramps are annoying.

Right? Either do something useful or gtfo.

Mamamonzo · April 2014

Of course Lucas would pull a 5 hour stretch when DH is home and I have extra help!

Let's do this shit during the week child!!

tamaraaaa · April 2014

mamrotu73 said:

BiggerinRealLife said:
(FTR I'm not naming my kid JoLexa. That's my celebrity baby name for her because I was calling her Alexa or Josie and I didn't want to get too attached to one of them. Please don't throw tomatoes for a bad made up name.)
Meh, ours is worse : Bosephus. Even before we knew the gender.

Ours is BaKenzela.

In other news, the hormones are real ya'll. I watched the Masters today and thought "awe, we need a son for DH to play golf with and awe siblings..." WHUT. Who am I?

JessieAlbin · April 2014

DH: "Let's go get breakfast tacos and watch the movie and scare the baby out."

I'm in.

thomas930 · April 2014

Sending some morning love to all you ladies!

We had a pretty good first night home. Logan is very sleepy so if I'm not careful he will sleep through feedings which isn't good since we are trying to control his bili levels. He is really hard to wake to eat right now.

Hope everyone is well. ((hugs)) and hope to see some more babies making their apperance soon!!

deidremaria · April 2014

Vinny424 said:
My furniture is all delivered and I get to finally fold and organize tiny clothes!

Folding the tiny clothes made me freak out a bit. I started crying and was all "someone this tiny is gonna live here all the time! What if I scare him because I'm bigger than him"

deidremaria · April 2014

God damn it!!! I wake up this morning and my belly looks smaller again! My mom says it's because he's getting ready to come but I have given up on waiting for him so idk what to think.

mrscrcalli · April 2014

Thanks for all the love in the Calli thread! MF is such a great LB!
guyssss
Labor is harrrddddd
The worst contractions I can describe for the last 11 hours. 24 hours no sleep and since they are coming every 3-4mim I can't sleep!

Nurse just checked me again.. Still only 4cm.

I'm exausted

mrscrcalli · April 2014

ColleenSwerb said:
::hugs:: @mrscrcalli‌ !!!!

Is LO engaged? If they are still floating all the contractions in the world won't help because they aren't putting pressure on the cervix to open more. Something to ask/think about!!
DS was stuck so I never made it past 3cm.

Ugh these semantics are breaking my spirits!
-1 is what she said.

deidremaria · April 2014

I'm sorry Calli!

thomas930 · April 2014

Hang in there @mrscrcalli‌ . You Got this!

Ashleypixie · April 2014

celticlullaby said:

My belly has been constantly rock hard since yesterday. It's so freaking annoying, and it doesn't seem like contractions of anything. Just a whole new level of discomfort. Grrr... Hoping it's somehow doing something useful to my insides and not just feeling like I'm being punched in the gut when try to roll in my sleep for funsies.

Ugh dude, same thing here. Ma belly has gotten really low and hard as a rock and I'm soooo crampy!! It's a lot worse after being on my feet but I have been walking a lot in hopes that the pressure will move things along. But I never got this with my other pregnancies so chances are we're both just constipated or something.

deidremaria · April 2014

These cramps are the boy who cried wolf. I'm sure when they actually do mean something I won't believe it and I'll probably end up having my baby in the tub

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