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ghostof5letters · May 2014

Csltdk said:

Random thought: I'm wondering if we should take bets on how many are gonna give birth in June. June 14 board had like 25 May births
My question about this is are they regs or are a bunch of randoms posting birth stories? Is that normal for a BMB? I don't think I was on DDs then
I'm not sure I don't follow their board enough to recognize names/regulars but it seems fairly common

People crawl out of the woodwork to AW their newborns. It's like the day after they deliver they sign up for TB out of hospital boredom and post post post post post post post all about themselves.

ummmmm welcome.

ichamommy · May 2014

That's it. The BMB award has me wanting to be a gifer. Is there a thread on how?

acciovino · May 2014

Does anyone else's OB/midwife NOT do internal checks? I asked my OB last week when internal checks start and she said she doesn't do them unless I have other labor symptoms. She said it can actually push things along if she messes down there. I'm kind of happy that I don't have to get them, and at the same time I'm kind of sad that I won't know whether I'm progressing.

Either way it doesn't matter since I'm getting a RCS. I'm a special kind of snowflake.

likeanoldtimemovie · May 2014

@tundrabunny

When DH and I moved to our house, my mom gave me our old piano. DH and my brother actually moved it onto the U-haul (it rolls) and off the u-haul into our basement... but it's sat there ever since. He says there's no way in hell he's ever moving it again, so I'm looking into piano movers just to move it from the basement to the upstairs. Oy.

mrscurlygurl · May 2014

ichabody said:
That's it. The BMB award has me wanting to be a gifer. Is there a thread on how?

Are you asking how to do it from mobile or from a computer?

bullybutt · May 2014

Caitlinrj said:

Does anyone else's OB/midwife NOT do internal checks? I asked my OB last week when internal checks start and she said she doesn't do them unless I have other labor symptoms. She said it can actually push things along if she messes down there. I'm kind of happy that I don't have to get them, and at the same time I'm kind of sad that I won't know whether I'm progressing.

Either way it doesn't matter since I'm getting a RCS. I'm a special kind of snowflake.

Mine is leaving me alone as well, especially since I'm trying for a VBAC. She wants to ensure that my bag o waters stays intact for as long as possible. She wants things to progress as naturally as possible with no inductions.

jensavicci · May 2014

ichabody said:
Good morning ladies! Muahahahahaha!

Put that donut away! Unless you have enough for the whole class

In other news,

Maya Angelou died today at 86. I did not see that coming and I'm very sad to hear this news

ichamommy · May 2014

mrscurlygurl said:

ichabody said:
That's it. The BMB award has me wanting to be a gifer. Is there a thread on how?
Are you asking how to do it from mobile or from a computer?

Is it possible to do it from mobile?????? I was mostly inquiring about from a comp but both I guess.

ichamommy · May 2014

jensavicci said:

ichabody said:
Good morning ladies! Muahahahahaha!
Put that donut away! Unless you have enough for the whole class

In other news,

Maya Angelou died today at 86. I did not see that coming and I'm very sad to hear this news

Agreed... A lot of times when I get pop culture updates such as this on my phone (aka kimye married, MJ died, Anna Nicole died, etc) I'm like meh, ok big deal. But Maya Angelou? I pretty much stopped dead in my tracks (no pun intended) and was like whoa, didn't even know she had been sick.

jensavicci · May 2014

ichabody said:

jensavicci said:

ichabody said:
Good morning ladies! Muahahahahaha!
Put that donut away! Unless you have enough for the whole class

In other news,

Maya Angelou died today at 86. I did not see that coming and I'm very sad to hear this news
Agreed... A lot of times when I get pop culture updates such as this on my phone (aka kimye married, MJ died, Anna Nicole died, etc) I'm like meh, ok big deal. But Maya Angelou? I pretty much stopped dead in my tracks (no pun intended) and was like whoa, didn't even know she had been sick.

Hey! I was devastated when MJ died! But I totally get your point. I don't give a shit that Kim got married again or any other nonsense for that matter. So friggin what? But Ms. Angelou did wonderful, meaningful and legendary work in her time and is one of the reasons I appreciate literature so much. She will be missed.

jnnfrrose6 · May 2014

bullybutt said:

Caitlinrj said:

Does anyone else's OB/midwife NOT do internal checks? I asked my OB last week when internal checks start and she said she doesn't do them unless I have other labor symptoms. She said it can actually push things along if she messes down there. I'm kind of happy that I don't have to get them, and at the same time I'm kind of sad that I won't know whether I'm progressing.

Either way it doesn't matter since I'm getting a RCS. I'm a special kind of snowflake.
Mine is leaving me alone as well, especially since I'm trying for a VBAC. She wants to ensure that my bag o waters stays intact for as long as possible. She wants things to progress as naturally as possible with no inductions.

Same here as well. I do have the strep B swipe next week, but that's it.

CandC13 · May 2014

Caitlinrj my midwife does not do internal checks until I am in labor and even then they will be minimal. Kinda happy about it to be honest

purpleXdandelion · May 2014

My belly hurts really bad whenever I try to move. So DS and I are having a movie afternoon. I'm sitting here snuggling with the aden+anais blanket I just bought the baby this morning. I love these blankets.

mrscurlygurl · May 2014

ichabody said:

That's it. The BMB award has me wanting to be a gifer. Is there a thread on how?
Are you asking how to do it from mobile or from a computer?
Is it possible to do it from mobile?????? I was mostly inquiring about from a comp but both I guess.

It is! I believe @jessa8907 made a post about it, so I'll look for that.

From the computer, you just right click on the gif you want and click "copy image url" and then on the post where you want to put the gif you you click on the icon in the tool bar of the reply box and paste the url code. Easy peasy.

mrscurlygurl · May 2014

Okay, maybe it wasn't @jessa8907...I just always want to credit her with all things tech-y :P

Here is a link to a post about doing it from mobile: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12180418/you-can-gif-on-mobile/p1

Let me know if you have more questions @ichabody...once you do it a few times, it's not hard.

mrscurlygurl · May 2014

un-love tit button @tundrabunny...boo to bad/slow customer service!

jensavicci · May 2014

Omg, I finally know how to mobile gif now!!!! I feel like I just washed away the last of my newbiness.

ETA: Yes, I creeped the conversation going on above me.

mrscurlygurl · May 2014

jensavicci said:
Omg, I finally know how to mobile gif now!!!! I feel like I just washed away the last of my newbiness.

ETA: Yes, I creeped the conversation going on above me.

Isn't it life-changing? Like you can conquer the world!

jensavicci · May 2014

@mrscurlygurl‌

It was cute til I played myself in the unique baby name thread. Had to change the damn link 15 times and it still doesn't work lmao oh well. I haven't quite mastered it completely.

jnnfrrose6 · May 2014

DH agreed to having a house cleaner come every other week. Today was her second time coming. Pretty sure it is some of the best money we have ever spent!

ghostof5letters · May 2014

bullybutt said:

Caitlinrj said:

Does anyone else's OB/midwife NOT do internal checks? I asked my OB last week when internal checks start and she said she doesn't do them unless I have other labor symptoms. She said it can actually push things along if she messes down there. I'm kind of happy that I don't have to get them, and at the same time I'm kind of sad that I won't know whether I'm progressing.

Either way it doesn't matter since I'm getting a RCS. I'm a special kind of snowflake.
Mine is leaving me alone as well, especially since I'm trying for a VBAC. She wants to ensure that my bag o waters stays intact for as long as possible. She wants things to progress as naturally as possible with no inductions.

Mine doesn't do them either. I got one with my last pregnancy because I asked for it and he shrugged and did it. Otherwise, we don't do internals unless we're on or past the due date or having symptoms.

jensavicci · May 2014

symphony4586 said:

jensavicci said:
@mrscurlygurl‌

It was cute til I played myself in the unique baby name thread. Had to change the damn link 15 times and it still doesn't work lmao oh well. I haven't quite mastered it completely.
@jensavicci‌ I can see it!

YES!!! I didn't play myself!

TallMomma29 · May 2014

@PregsMcSnoozalot‌ ... I may have missed this... Did you decide on a name??

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PregsMcSnoozalot · May 2014

@tallmomma29

Well....sorta. We are planning now to move Rowdy to his middle name, combined with the other middle name we had, which is an even crazier name! Let's say the other middle name is "Kick" (it's not).

We have two "normal" names picked out for the first name, one I like and one DH likes, and we are going to hold a coin flipping ceremony soon to decide which one it will be. No backsies!

The issue now is how to do the middle names. Should it be FN "Rowdy Kick" LN, FN "RowdyKick" LN, or FN "Rowdy-Kick" LN.

There's some confusion over how these various incarnations would show on his Social Security card, etc. Thoughts ladies?

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SuperTinkerham · May 2014

LiteraChick said:

P.S. anyone buy one of these? Do they actually work? Trying to get my bebegrr out of Little Dude's Carseat and crib, she is obsessed with them. Total tree dweller too so it's weird. (Can you tell she's my first cat?)

Have you tried putting sticky tape on the stuff you don't want kitteh on?

TallMomma29 · May 2014

PregsMcSnoozalot said:
@tallmomma29

Well....sorta. We are planning now to move Rowdy to his middle name, combined with the other middle name we had, which is an even crazier name! Let's say the other middle name is "Kick" (it's not).

We have two "normal" names picked out for the first name, one I like and one DH likes, and we are going to hold a coin flipping ceremony soon to decide which one it will be. No backsies!

The issue now is how to do the middle names. Should it be FN "Rowdy Kick" LN, FN "RowdyKick" LN, or FN "Rowdy-Kick" LN.

There's some confusion over how these various incarnations would show on his Social Security card, etc. Thoughts ladies?

I was really interested in two middle names, but from what I've heard from friends with 4 names, it is a major pain with all kinds of paperwork/identification. I'd go for the RowdyKick or hyphenated one!

purpleXdandelion · May 2014

Test cuz I wanna gif

EDIT: I did it! I DID want to!

January Bride · May 2014

TallMomma29 said:

@tallmomma29

Well....sorta. We are planning now to move Rowdy to his middle name, combined with the other middle name we had, which is an even crazier name! Let's say the other middle name is "Kick" (it's not).

We have two "normal" names picked out for the first name, one I like and one DH likes, and we are going to hold a coin flipping ceremony soon to decide which one it will be. No backsies!

The issue now is how to do the middle names. Should it be FN "Rowdy Kick" LN, FN "RowdyKick" LN, or FN "Rowdy-Kick" LN.

There's some confusion over how these various incarnations would show on his Social Security card, etc. Thoughts ladies?

I was really interested in two middle names, but from what I've heard from friends with 4 names, it is a major pain with all kinds of paperwork/identification. I'd go for the RowdyKick or hyphenated one!

Hmm, this is good to know! We are giving our baby 2 middle names, but we figured she wouldn't really use them in day to day life (her first name will be Claire, which is simple and easy). I kind of just naively assumed that she'd have to write them on a form a few times a month and that would be the extent of her frustrations with the name.

What's the big pain, if you don't mind me asking?

I know that DH's last name is two words (Van Lastname), so he's always had a problem with people thinking that Van is his middle name and thinking the second word is his actual last name. It screws things up a lot with hotel and airline reservations, but we didn't think that a middle name would cause her any problems. This poor kid will have enough problems with Van Lastname!

BoraBoraBaby · May 2014

Who has two thumbs, is still 1cm dilated, but now 50% effaced and might be induced on June 21st? *points to self* THIS girl.

O--M--G. I was already spazzing about being due in 5 weeks, but now it might be 3w3d til I get to meet this little wiggler. Totally conflicted but so very excited to see this baby and smooch her up!!

TallMomma29 · May 2014

January Bride said:
Hmm, this is good to know! We are giving our baby 2 middle names, but we figured she wouldn't really use them in day to day life (her first name will be Claire, which is simple and easy). I kind of just naively assumed that she'd have to write them on a form a few times a month and that would be the extent of her frustrations with the name.

What's the big pain, if you don't mind me asking?

I know that DH's last name is two words (Van Lastname), so he's always had a problem with people thinking that Van is his middle name and thinking the second word is his actual last name. It screws things up a lot with hotel and airline reservations, but we didn't think that a middle name would cause her any problems. This poor kid will have enough problems with Van Lastname!

I don't really know! Whenever I brought it up, people with four names would say it was such a hassle.. but it doesn't really seem like that big of a deal to me either! (Although I only have 3 names so I have no personal experience). I didn't really have my heart set on two middle names, and DH didn't want two middle names, so with so many people telling me it was a pain I just decided to give up on the idea.

I don't think it's that you have to fill out paperwork all the time so much as that when you do fill out paperwork for various forms, the forms tend to be very inconsistent, which results in your name ending up inconsistent across various things.

tourqeyes · May 2014

jensavicci said:

Omg, I finally know how to mobile gif now!!!! I feel like I just washed away the last of my newbiness. ETA: Yes, I creeped the conversation going on above me.

This is the exact gif I used when I learned to do the same.

cuntasaurusrex · May 2014

LiteraChick said:

P.S. anyone buy one of these? Do they actually work? Trying to get my bebegrr out of Little Dude's Carseat and crib, she is obsessed with them. Total tree dweller too so it's weird. (Can you tell she's my first cat?)

@literachick is that held on by suction cups? I wouldn't trust that with my chunkers, but I did have a window seat that screwed into the frame that they loved. Had to take it down though because it was in what's now the nursery.

jensavicci · May 2014

tourqeyes said:

jensavicci said:

Omg, I finally know how to mobile gif now!!!! I feel like I just washed away the last of my newbiness.

ETA: Yes, I creeped the conversation going on above me.

This is the exact gif I used when I learned to do the same.
-------------------------------------

Obviously you have great taste in Gifs

marsalisails · May 2014

https://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrnchk3WR01qbvp03.gif

Did it work?!

ETA: doh!

BoraBoraBaby · May 2014

Matthew930 said:
https://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrnchk3WR01qbvp03.gif

Did it work?!

ETA: doh!

I don't know what the F I'm doing either.

TallMomma29 · May 2014

jessa8907 said:

Who has two thumbs, is still 1cm dilated, but now 50% effaced and might be induced on June 21st? *points to self* THIS girl. O--M--G. I was already spazzing about being due in 5 weeks, but now it might be 3w3d til I get to meet this little wiggler. Totally conflicted but so very excited to see this baby and smooch her up!!
Staaaahhhp! I'm still trying to convince myself I have all the time in the world to get shit done before this kid gets here. I can't believe some of you ladies are so close to your due/induction dates!!

I hear ya! Today I had a dentist appointment and had to make a follow-up appt in 6 weeks, and I nearly had a panic attack in the dentist's office when I realized that the next time I come in I will have an outside baby. You mean I actually have to give birth soon and then take care of a tiny human on the outside?! :-o

jensavicci · May 2014

Matthew930 said:
https://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrnchk3WR01qbvp03.gif

Did it work?!

ETA: doh!

It has to look like this

jensavicci · May 2014

This

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