I'm 99.999999% sure my ex and I will be remarried by the time 2015 rolls around.
LOL @toriisalemon I'm glad you came to that realization because it seemed prettyyyyy obvious from some of your posts.
Lol bunny, I really was just thankful for his support with this baby, it's definitely not your typical fighting exes type behavior to offer your ex wife's baby your last name, but when he came to see the boys, I walked out and saw him first before the boys did and we both just smiled at each other like 5 years since everything went rough hadn't passed. By the time he left, we had had hours of convo and here I am, 8 months pregnant with someone else's baby, and it was just still there after all that time. And all I could think was "If, after everything goes bad, the people involved realize it and work on themselves to change, and you still want them in your life, then why not?" Neither of us saw it working out this way though, until we saw each other again. It had been a year since we've seen each other, all the kid exchanges were done through family after he moved. 14 years of history, the happiest moments and the saddest all wrapped up in one person.
I took the NICU discharge class yestersay, since all that has to happen for Alexander to come home is for him to eat every feeding from a bottle. That class scared the shit out of me. We had to learn infant cpr right after I just witnessed my son choking from his last bottle feeding. Sometimes I feel like *I* won't be ready for him to come home (mentally/emotionally) when they decide to discharge him. This make me feel like a horrible mom.
Huge hugs, momma! I can't imagine the feelings you are experiencing, but you will be great. Just know you have a huge support system from all of us here!
@zarkarella, No wife, the gf he broke it off with when everything came to a head prior to him coming out to visit the boys. She was the one who hated them and made him send them home on the summer visit last year, refused to cook for them, told my oldest Santa wasn't real and so on.
Well then... I imagine your prediction is correct. Keep us updated. And good riddance to a woman who would spoil Santa.
I took the NICU discharge class yestersay, since all that has to happen for Alexander to come home is for him to eat every feeding from a bottle. That class scared the shit out of me. We had to learn infant cpr right after I just witnessed my son choking from his last bottle feeding. Sometimes I feel like *I* won't be ready for him to come home (mentally/emotionally) when they decide to discharge him. This make me feel like a horrible mom.
Oh girl, I think we all wish there was something we could do to keep our LOs safe and sound. But little Alexander is in great hands because of how much you care! And in no time, he'll be home noming away at his bottle (or your boob) and you'll both be peachy-keen. Good luck to you guys! Stay strong mama
I took the NICU discharge class yestersay, since all that has to happen for Alexander to come home is for him to eat every feeding from a bottle. That class scared the shit out of me. We had to learn infant cpr right after I just witnessed my son choking from his last bottle feeding. Sometimes I feel like *I* won't be ready for him to come home (mentally/emotionally) when they decide to discharge him. This make me feel like a horrible mom.
Girl, you are anything but a horrible mama. Everything you're feeling is totally normal. Once you get home with Alex, everything will fall into place and you'll both be just fine. Hang in there!
I'm about ready to crawl over broken glass. I am mentally not ready for baby and I definitely don't want a premie, but I am in so much pain! I'm itching like a SOB and I'm pretty sure PUPPPs is coming back and my SPD is killing me.
I'm supposed to work until 2 days before my RCS and I just don't know if I can make it. I have 4 more weeks and we can't really afford for me to take off before then, but I'm not sure I can physically do it.
I'm about ready to crawl over broken glass. I am mentally not ready for baby and I definitely don't want a premie, but I am in so much pain! I'm itching like a SOB and I'm pretty sure PUPPPs is coming back and my SPD is killing me.
I'm supposed to work until 2 days before my RCS and I just don't know if I can make it. I have 4 more weeks and we can't really afford for me to take off before then, but I'm not sure I can physically do it.
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I have never heard this expression before and thought you were about to do some weird pregnancy ritual or something.
I was never a big fan of Boy Meets World. And i totally don't get the hype about Girl Meets World.
Judging by the people around me i should be boiled in oil or something for feeling this way.
This is funny because just yesterday I was lamenting the fact that BMW isn't on Netflix and the complete series on DVD costs $60 I don't want to spend.
I don't have high hopes for Girl Meets World, though.
Mine is going to be a super lame food one, but it is National Donut Day and all I can do is dream about that...
I was not joking about having a stockpile of treats for one baby comes and the GD is gone. There are two boxes of Girl Scout cookies hidden in the freezer and I have a paper bag with candy and some other goodies in it. I need to find these oreo creme filled chocolate chip cookies someone mentioned the other day. I don't want to just pile on the weight once baby comes, but man...I can't wait to eat some sweets/carbs without relatively little guilt! DH has just this week decided to start working out again, and eat a little better (he can only eat so badly with the diet I'm on anyways and I'm the one who food shops), so I'll definitely have to continue hiding my treats from him :P
I am absolutely with you. I have a mental list running (only because i don't have the space to stockpile, lol). My DH has just started this whole "i'm sick of feeling like crap, i'm going to eat/be better!" trend. Go right ahead honey, i will join after i get done spending a good month eating nothing but Ben n Jerry's and sugar cereal. I will get on board with the healthy trend at some point, but i want all the things i missed for a little bit before i commit to moderation.
I started a Pinterest board for all the food I'm going to eat!
When M&FIL come to visit, they usually stay with B&SIL, because they have a more flexible work schedule and also just have more room than we do. Our shower is next weekend, and I told my BFF that she and her husband could stay with us. Now SIL doesn't seem too keen on her parents staying with her and assumed this time they'd stay with us. If BFF&H have to get a hotel, I think I might go stay in the hotel with them :P
DH is driving me bsc. He *thinks* there is a smell underneath the bathroom sink. After days of the back and forth, he decided to remove everything from under the cabinet last night and let it sit out all night so he could smell the cabinet in the morning without any confusing scents. I keep telling him it's just the smell of a brand new cabinet, but he won't let it go.
I go home for lunch today and he's got his mom and her friend standing in our master bath sniffing the cabinetry!!! They also agree with me that it's just brand new house/cabinet smell.
Can we please put the shit back now and call this one settled? And I present photographic evidence of his midnight smellfest:
I never let anyone know except those closest to me, but in my private thoughts I am a total gift grabby entitled brat. I'm always grateful for everything I ever get, but I basically went into this pregnancy thinking I SHOULDNT have to buy anything big because people will get it for my showers. And even though DH already has a Bachelor's degree and is in college for the second time, I suggested he have ANOTHER grad party so people would give money again. You'll all be glad to know though that he is the complete opposite and puts me in my place when I suggest terrible things like that. I'm a terrible person, I know, please don't hate me....
I'm gonna get so flamed for this....
I never let anyone know except those closest to me, but in my private thoughts I am a total gift grabby entitled brat. I'm always grateful for everything I ever get, but I basically went into this pregnancy thinking I SHOULDNT have to buy anything big because people will get it for my showers. And even though DH already has a Bachelor's degree and is in college for the second time, I suggested he have ANOTHER grad party so people would give money again. You'll all be glad to know though that he is the complete opposite and puts me in my place when I suggest terrible things like that. I'm a terrible person, I know, please don't hate
me....
I never let anyone know except those closest to me, but in my private thoughts I am a total gift grabby entitled brat. I'm always grateful for everything I ever get, but I basically went into this pregnancy thinking I SHOULDNT have to buy anything big because people will get it for my showers. And even though DH already has a Bachelor's degree and is in college for the second time, I suggested he have ANOTHER grad party so people would give money again. You'll all be glad to know though that he is the complete opposite and puts me in my place when I suggest terrible things like that. I'm a terrible person, I know, please don't hate me....
One of the teachers in my birth class looks a LOT like Piper from OITNB and now that I've google-stalked her, I've found out that she's a big ol' lesbian and I'm going to have naughty dreams about her.
My FFFC is that I'm just going to bitch in this thread instead.
My bitch: If you're opening a thread that has a question it's obvious you need help. You don't have to put help in the thread title with an exclamation point... I have no idea why it makes me so stabby but it does.
But....but.....NOW!!!!!!
How can anyone explain the urgency of a thread without some of this --> !!!! & some of this --> HAAELP! ?
I just don't get why we get so crazy about breast feeding and fighting for our rights. 99% of the time no one bothers you. I say lets all go nuts when a place tries to kick us out, hell yeah. But at home/someone else's home - me saying it might be nice to toss a blanket on when visitors are around is not stripping you of your rights.
If you feel okay with it that is your business - for me? I would love to take that extra action to keep someone else from being uncomfortable. Why is it wrong to understand someone might feel uncomfortable about BF if you do not use a cover? It is not a fight people, I don't care what you do with your boobs!
I just don't get why we get so crazy about breast feeding and fighting for our rights. 99% of the time no one bothers you. I say lets all go nuts when a place tries to kick us out, hell yeah. But at home/someone else's home - me saying it might be nice to toss a blanket on when visitors are around is not stripping you of your rights.
If you feel okay with it that is your business - for me? I would love to take that extra action to keep someone else from being uncomfortable. Why is it wrong to understand someone might feel uncomfortable about BF if you do not use a cover? It is not a fight people, I don't care what you do with your boobs!
My daughter would only allow a cover till she was like 6 months old then she would move it, it hooked around my neck so she couldn't pull it off but it was also July and hot. I don't have my boob hanging out I use my shirt and a nursing tank top. Honestly, I think if you're uncomfortable you should just look away chances are I don't want you looking at me either. And with the way I nurse you would have to actively be looking for nipple slippage to see something.
I'm about ready to crawl over broken glass. I am mentally not ready for baby and I definitely don't want a premie, but I am in so much pain! I'm itching like a SOB and I'm pretty sure PUPPPs is coming back and my SPD is killing me.
I'm supposed to work until 2 days before my RCS and I just don't know if I can make it. I have 4 more weeks and we can't really afford for me to take off before then, but I'm not sure I can physically do it.
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@Caitlinrj You get no flaming from me for this. My SPD is just getting worse and I come home from work in tears from the pain, especially on busy days when I don't have much time to sit down. We're in the exact same situation as you; can't afford for me to take off earlier. I honestly wonder if I will have to call off my last week of work because I can't imagine feeling like this for 4 more weeks and still working. I understand exactly where you're coming from.
I feel a lot more connected to this LO than I ever did with DS when I was pregnant with him. I don't know if it's because he didn't move nearly as much, or it was my first time and I didn't know what to expect and just kind of went with the flow of it all, or because we were dealing with my FIL being sick and then passing away during the first half of the pregnancy, or something completely unrelated.
This time around I find myself rubbing my belly more, feeling, watching, and enjoying all of the movement more, and generally thinking about this LO and what/who it will be and how excited I am to meet him/her. Maybe because this time I know what I'm in for and I can't wait for that? I don't know, but all that crap you hear about "bonding" and "feeling connected" to your LO before they are born? Never felt it with DS and I totally get it this time.
My FFFC is...I love love love watching Bridezillas on Netflix. Their ridiculous drama and antics make me happy. Last night one of the brides said she wanted pie in a very obnoxious accent. So really, she was saying "Piiiiiiie" in a backwoods whiny, nasally voice. I couldn't stop laughing because for her, this is legit real life!
P.S. She carried a pet squirrel on her dress down the aisle and he pooed all over it. Yep, you're welcome.
Re: FFFC 6/6!!!
::Puts on flame-retardant suit::
I'm about ready to crawl over broken glass. I am mentally not ready for baby and I definitely don't want a premie, but I am in so much pain! I'm itching like a SOB and I'm pretty sure PUPPPs is coming back and my SPD is killing me.
I'm supposed to work until 2 days before my RCS and I just don't know if I can make it. I have 4 more weeks and we can't really afford for me to take off before then, but I'm not sure I can physically do it.
I don't have high hopes for Girl Meets World, though.
I started a Pinterest board for all the food I'm going to eat!
I go home for lunch today and he's got his mom and her friend standing in our master bath sniffing the cabinetry!!! They also agree with me that it's just brand new house/cabinet smell.
Can we please put the shit back now and call this one settled?
And I present photographic evidence of his midnight smellfest:
I never let anyone know except those closest to me, but in my private thoughts I am a total gift grabby entitled brat. I'm always grateful for everything I ever get, but I basically went into this pregnancy thinking I SHOULDNT have to buy anything big because people will get it for my showers. And even though DH already has a Bachelor's degree and is in college for the second time, I suggested he have ANOTHER grad party so people would give money again. You'll all be glad to know though that he is the complete opposite and puts me in my place when I suggest terrible things like that. I'm a terrible person, I know, please don't hate
me....
Doggie side eye!
Doggie side eye!
Dude, side eye the shit outta me, I deserve it!
WELL missy, you are not invited to my check-in then!
@helloblueeyes
Don't worry. We'll chill out together & have WAY better snacks than the stupid check-in!
@helloblueeyes
Don't worry. We'll chill out together & have WAY better snacks than the stupid check-in!
***But....but.....NOW!!!!!!
How can anyone explain the urgency of a thread without some of this --> !!!! & some of this --> HAAELP! ?
My daughter would only allow a cover till she was like 6 months old then she would move it, it hooked around my neck so she couldn't pull it off but it was also July and hot. I don't have my boob hanging out I use my shirt and a nursing tank top. Honestly, I think if you're uncomfortable you should just look away chances are I don't want you looking at me either. And with the way I nurse you would have to actively be looking for nipple slippage to see something.
P.S. She carried a pet squirrel on her dress down the aisle and he pooed all over it. Yep, you're welcome.