Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

Emily041285 · May 2014

@PoppySeedWindsor‌ was thinking about you tonight. Hope you are doing well...

sarlimes34 · May 2014

this child is trying to test every shred of patience i have left. non stop crying all night last night resulted in a 7:30am bedtime for this momma. looks like we are headed into night number 2. fine all day, cries all night

and i'm sick of hearing my neighbors bed squeak cuz they are having sex

sarlimes34 · May 2014

@Vinny424‌ - haha! i wish. it's the people upstairs. i can't get the baby to stick to the ceiling ... can i?

MadBloom · May 2014

Penny wanted me to share this with all her A14 baby friends.

Bluebird2318 · May 2014

Wanna know what's really sexy? When you have to peel your shirt from your boob because the residual milk from nursing or pumping has dried and adhered the fabric to your nipple. Nice.

sarlimes34 · May 2014

about 5-6 yrs ago i stopped taking any motrin cuz it irritated my stomach and my dr suggested i could have the beginning of an ulcer. now after my c-section they gave me motrin 800's and i took them for about 2 wks. it irritated my stomach so bad and i think it brought back that ulcer issue. been sick to my stomach quite a few times and have had a lot of pain too. i am absolutely dreading going to the dr about this but the pain in my stomach & abdomen area is so bad it wakes me out of a dead sleep. this has been going on for 6 wks now and i'm so over this

Rogue237 · May 2014

Hugs, @thomas930‌ - good luck today!

michaelad3 · May 2014

@sarlimes34‌ I hope you feel better and can get some answers. That sounds miserable!

eireyes · May 2014

I missed most of the posts yesterday, and I caught up on them last night, but I don't remember anything that I read... Hugs to all that need them!

On a positive note (finally!), Aiden has done a complete 180 from where he was this time last week - the reflux meds are helping him so much, I'm so happy for the poor kid. Puking is down to minimal levels, and no more hour long shriek-fests where we cry together

. He's back to at least four hour stretches at night (last night I got a five hour stretch) and we're back to feeding every 3ish hours during the day.

Now if he would just stop sleep grunting and waking mommy up... :P. Oh well, there's gotta be something!

Megczapla · May 2014

Irrational FTM fears...

Pumping and having DH give Cal a bottle. (Never mind letting anyone else feed him)

Leaving him when I go back to work in Aug and ruining this amazing bond we have. We're just beginning to figure out child care and I'm freaking out on the inside.

I feel like I need to get a grip. I nannied forever before becoming a teacher so I was always on the other side of both and know that it's okay, but I just can't shake it.

Anyone else??

speechie517 · May 2014

@Megczapla‌ I'm not a fan of pumping but have been easing into it so that it'll be easier when I go back to work. Baby will drink so fast when DH gives her a bottle and it scares me so much. My big fear is her getting sick for the first time.

Megczapla · May 2014

@speechie517‌
Ooh yes that one too! I was nursing him earlier hoping that all of my antibodies are enough to keep him healthy.

I was NEVER a worrier. Being a mom has changed me completely!!!

sarlimes34 · May 2014

i can't explain how much i love all you A14 mamas. you ladies are amazing and have helped me so much more than you realize!!

i would like to make a suggestion: can we make one of the HDBD "smiling baby edition" when all of our babies get older and start melting our hearts with those smiles?

Teresa1896 · May 2014

ColleenSwerb said:
If i can find the time today, I'm totally baking cookies and only writing one thank you note. Thanks guys. I was half wondering if I was just being a sleep deprived crank over what he wanted me to do.

DH's work threw him a surprise baby shower. A few people gave individual gifts, so I wrote them individual thank you notes (I've never met them!). Then I made several dozen cookies for him to take for the office. He emailed everyone saying they were in the break room for everyone as a thank you.

Chocolate/PB nobake oatmeal cookies are really quick and easy to make! I made those and some choc chip.

sking72 · May 2014

Jessieann1020 said:
My irrational FTM fear is being car jacked! I am afraid someone will sneak up on me while I am getting LO in the car. I don't think it would be so irrational if it were night, in a shady parking lot but I am talking about being creeped out in the middle of the day at places like Kroger. I'm such a dork.

I don't think that's an irrational fear. My family argued with me to put the carseat on the passenger side. I said no way because with my car (suicide doors) I can unlock only the driver side by clicking the button just once, and be blocked better by the doors so no one can grab LO from the other side while I'm getting in. Shazam.

thomas930 · May 2014

Ooopsbaby14 said:

DH and I had sex for the first time post baby last night. I was just not into it. I don't have the desire AT ALL. Hormones?

I'd say hormones ( especially if you are BF ) and lack of good sleep.

thomas930 · May 2014

@Megczapla I have the same feeding anexity and I'm a 3rd timer. I get so anxious when people give him a bottle.

My irrational fears are DH and I both dieing in our sleep andvthe kids being left alone until someone notices we aren't around. This fear is so bad at time that I can't sleep.

rockstarlaw · May 2014

I wish LO would lose his belly button stump! I so want to give him a real bath!

Megczapla · May 2014

@thomas930‌ well it's good to know I'm not alone! Sorry that you feel the same though ☺️

My peds office just gave me some round about bs unhelpful answer when I called to ask what I could take for allergies while breast feeding. The chick told me Benadryl is fine but no antihistamines. Wait, isn't Benadryl an antihistamine??? She then told me about no cold meds with the "d". Okay lady. You're on my list. I am waiting for a call back from my ob's office now...

cgoldian · May 2014

@eireyes YGPM

ETA stupid tagging isn't working

baileymama3 · May 2014

I got out of the shower, dried off and walked over to my laundry basket to find a bra... I bent over and started spraying milk all over the clean clothes. Why do I bother showering or doing laundry?!

fourthnlast · May 2014

Don't watch the Lifetime movie, Return to Zero. While it was a really good movie, I cried and cried and cried some more.

KatieGummow · May 2014

Pumping in the garage. Awkward and lonely. We are getting our old asbestos HVAC removed and a $15,000 new one installed. Finally, air conditioning!!! Annnnd we are poor.

Rogue237 · May 2014

This kid grunted in her RnP the entire night last night. I think I got an hour of sleep total. Who wants to drive to Ann Arbor and bring me Starbucks? Anyone? No?

thomas930 · May 2014

e23‌ @celticlullaby‌ I get the same type of mental images....I really hate it, but like you said, having other children keeps me distracted most of the time to get out of my own head. Goodness! I feel like a crazy person most of the time.

thomas930 · May 2014

KatieGummow said:

Pumping in the garage. Awkward and lonely. We are getting our old asbestos HVAC removed and a $15,000 new one installed. Finally, air conditioning!!! Annnnd we are poor.

YAy for AC....ouch on the cost

thomas930 · May 2014

I eat a really yummy fudge brownie last night and poor Logan is paying for it today. There is spit up everywhere and he has some reflux.....I knew chocolate was a bad idea.

snmetz7 · May 2014

fourthnlast said:
Don't watch the Lifetime movie, Return to Zero. While it was a really good movie, I cried and cried and cried some more.

I think it is about time this story was told. For me all the emotions were spot on. I hope they were able to convey the emotions well for non loss mommas.

pineconey · May 2014

Rogue237 said:
This kid grunted in her RnP the entire night last night. I think I got an hour of sleep total. Who wants to drive to Ann Arbor and bring me Starbucks? Anyone? No?

I'd love to be in A2 today...

baileymama3 · May 2014

celticlullaby said:

I get bizarre, disturbing irrational fears - that suddenly dying and worrying how fast someone would find the kids thing too, @thomas930‌, all the time. I have to leave a car door open when I return carts in a parking lot, so if I'm hit by car and killed/lose consciousness, someone will notice the kids in their car seats quickly. I'm perfectly aware that's insane with cars going 15 mph in a parking lot. I get really disturbing flashes in physical injuries that could happen to the kiddies in the most improbable or possible ways. I try to use thought stopping and push the images out of my head, so I'm not going to describe them. It was awful just after I had DS1. I had to fight myself to take him out even for walks - I wish someone had asked me about anxiety instead of depression then, in retrospect I probably could have used some help. This time around I get the images still, but so far it's not as intense and it's not like I have to fight myself to do things. I sort of think having a toddler helps pull me out of my head and stops me from dwelling on my fears.

I definitely visualize terrible things happening too. I have an irrational fear/image/visual that I will accidentally trip coming out of the nursery or my dog will knock me over and launch my baby over the railing to our second level below.

One of my friends therapists told her that having these fears and images shows you are actually "sane" because if you weren't you would either be acting on them or not realizing they were disturbing. So there's that. Doesn't make them any less upsetting to me.

Rogue237 · May 2014

pineconey said:

This kid grunted in her RnP the entire night last night. I think I got an hour of sleep total. Who wants to drive to Ann Arbor and bring me Starbucks? Anyone? No?
I'd love to be in A2 today...

Next time you are - play date!

pineconey · May 2014

Rough night last night. DS has not been wanting to settle down in the last 24 hours. Yesterday he wouldn't sleep more than 20 min at a time. He's still being a weirdo so far today.

We had DH shower with him yesterday to calm him down. He loved it, but getting him dressed after got him all worked up again!

All in all a restful weekend- hope you ladies are starting the week refreshed too!

Emily041285 · May 2014

Our builder stopped by today to take a look at some things on the house. He mentioned that his wife is pregnant again. This will be 3u3 for them. She's Breastfeeding their 6 month old as their form of bc. Clearly that worked well.

I'm taking that as a sign from god that I need to make sure to figure out bc with my dr this week. And but condoms....

Rogue237 · May 2014

dani+california said:

This kid grunted in her RnP the entire night last night. I think I got an hour of sleep total. Who wants to drive to Ann Arbor and bring me Starbucks? Anyone? No?
Less than 5 hours from me, see you tonight!

https://youtu.be/r-GLliVyzAg

Sisimama10 · May 2014

celticlullaby said:
I get bizarre, disturbing irrational fears - that suddenly dying and worrying how fast someone would find the kids thing too, @thomas930‌, all the time. I have to leave a car door open when I return carts in a parking lot, so if I'm hit by car and killed/lose consciousness, someone will notice the kids in their car seats quickly. I'm perfectly aware that's insane with cars going 15 mph in a parking lot.

I get really disturbing flashes in physical injuries that could happen to the kiddies in the most improbable or possible ways. I try to use thought stopping and push the images out of my head, so I'm not going to describe them. It was awful just after I had DS1. I had to fight myself to take him out even for walks - I wish someone had asked me about anxiety instead of depression then, in retrospect I probably could have used some help. This time around I get the images still, but so far it's not as intense and it's not like I have to fight myself to do things. I sort of think having a toddler helps pull me out of my head and stops me from dwelling on my fears.

That is me exactly! I'm not happy you experience this too, but I'm SO glad to hear someone else is like this. After DD was born I couldn't answer the front door without thinking someone was going to shoot a gun through the door killing us both. I also frequently picture dropping my babies etc. It's a horrible feeling. And then I feel guilty and like a horrible person for imagining that stuff which just gives me more anxiety.

MadBloom · May 2014

Vinny424 said:
@celticlullaby‌ I have this fear about having a blood clot or something while baby is on the changing table just because its not a safe place to leave a baby like a crib or swing

I've had my changing pad on the floor since day 1 for similar fears.... Also, then I can walk away to grab something without worrying about her falling off a table.

snmetz7 · May 2014

ColleenSwerb said:

DH is SO grabby lately. I know he's just happy that I'm not QUITE as miserable as I was being huge and pregnant and he can touch me again, but at the same time I don't need you grabbing my ass every time I friggen bend over. It's so annoying, but I'm trying to curb it because I do really appreciate how much he loves me and loves seeing me as a mom and all that. It's a tricky balance.

ugh so much of this. It is like he is a horny teenager and I just want to do the dishes!

thomas930 · May 2014

My DH has been handsy for the past 3 weeks...he also has been counting down until this Wednesday since it's my 6 week appointment. I can't blame him...this pregnancy was rough in the sex department. I'm actually looking forward to getting back to our sex life. I really missed that connection with him

snmetz7 · May 2014

@thomas930 I miss the connection, but I don't want it all day every day. I'd like to believe there is more to me then a wet hole. Lately it fees like that is all he wants from me.

mamahann · May 2014

I might be the only one but I wish my DH was grabby! I'm 7 weeks PP, cleared for sex and so ready. He's been distant the past week and I'm hoping things are ok. DH is bipolar and it's been a long time since he had an episode and I'm worried he has a little post partum depression which I just learned men can have. I'm being supportive and letting him have his space but mama wants some love!

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