I have my regular appt today (first appt post hospital visit on Sunday) and I'm kind of selfishly hoping her checking me will send me into active labor. Already 80% effaced/1.5 dialated on Sunday, baby already measuring 40 weeks, and for a little TMI I've been having diarrhea the past 2 days and losing my plug... All signs that could mean labor is imminent or still days to weeks away... Ahhh!!! DH leaves tomorrow for 8 days. So I'm hoping she is either ready to come tonight, or holds out until at least next Friday ;-)
(ETA: if she comes before he leaves, he can take paternity leave and skip the trip, but otherwise he can't get out of it.)
@ichabody that dude is just into clearance shopping. :X
Side note: I should have known better watching a documentary on Netflix about the science of babies. I'm almost 37 weeks pregnant and the first scene shows a baby being born but not breathing and they are shaking him, trying to open his lungs. Holy Fuck noodles. I did not need to see that. Totally ruined my freshly applied mascara.
Baby starting breathing and screaming btw, but that was just brutal. Think I need stick to cheesy happy ending baby movies here on out. I need a hug.
Anybody ever notice that the Today show does a ton of features on pregnancy these days? They are doing some week long thing on babies from old movies and where are they now... They had "Raising Arizona" on there today and "Baby Boom" with Diane Keaton yesterday. Those could be decent flicks to watch instead of Holy Fuck Noodles from netflix. BTW, i didn't catch what the actual Today segemnt was about because I was working at the time, but that Baby Boom movie seemed entertaining at the least, in an annoying Diane Keaton freak-out way.
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a
thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the
beginning of fairies.” - J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
I have died every day waiting for you. Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years. And all along I believed I would find you, time has brought your heart to me. I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you a thousand more.
I even watched "What to expect when you are expecting" on Netflix just to get my fix. I want to see Baby Mama again with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler too.
It's like when I was planning my wedding on went on a wedding movie splurge. I think I can quote "Father of the Bride" verbatim.
OOH! PART 2 OF THAT WAS ALL ABOUT BABIES. MUST RUN TO BLOCKBUSTER.
You still have blockbusters there??? Be sure to check netflix and search cable (and amazon prime if you have it). I'm pretty sure I watched it for free on one of those recently :-)
I even watched "What to expect when you are expecting" on Netflix just to get my fix. I want to see Baby Mama again with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler too.
It's like when I was planning my wedding on went on a wedding movie splurge. I think I can quote "Father of the Bride" verbatim.
OOH! PART 2 OF THAT WAS ALL ABOUT BABIES. MUST RUN TO BLOCKBUSTER.
I have watched WTEWYE like 50 times since I got KU. Cable got shut off in Dec and I couldn't see spending all that money on cable for just one person so that movie has been my go-to.... I can't say that my ridiculously insane girlcrush on Anna Kendrick hasn't had a lot to do with that decision... I'm pretty much on a 2:1 rotation of WTE and Pitch Perfect.
I'm seriously the BH poster child. I've had them every 10 minutes all day. I'm well hydrated and switching positions. My doctor told me I was fine yesterday and it's completely normal this late in pregnancy. They're not that painful, just crampy and annoying. UGH.
i just really wanted to use this gif
today. and i had
no reason. so i will
leave it here. i am
feeling like i look
like chrisfarley more
and more everyday.
Now that I'm out of work on bedrest sitting here reading every single thread that exists, I have nothing to say. I've become a lurker because my life is so not interesting.
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a
thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the
beginning of fairies.” - J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
I have died every day waiting for you. Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years. And all along I believed I would find you, time has brought your heart to me. I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you a thousand more.
DS just escaped from the cart at Kohl's and ran out the automatic doors towards the parking lot. I about had a heart attack!! I'm sure I was quite the sight, abandoning my cart and sprinting after him in all my 35 weeks pregnant glory. I didn't know I was even capable of sprinting anymore.
Hypothetically, if let's say, one's husband was on work travel, and one's son was at one's mother's house for the night...and it was only 8pm...what would one do???
Hypothetically, if let's say, one's husband was on work travel, and one's son was at one's mother's house for the night...and it was only 8pm...what would one do???
Hypothetically, if let's say, one's husband was on work travel, and one's son was at one's mother's house for the night...and it was only 8pm...what would one do???
Watch some trashy TV, paint your nails, take a bath, have a small glass of wine or a treat (dessert, whatever), go to bed early and sprawl out over the entire bed.
We went out to dinner tonight. There was a lady wearing a fitted tank top with giant fake titties. The little girl at the table behind us saw her. As soon as she walked by the little girl stood up and told her parents "look! I'm getting boobies! See they're coming in!" And was lifting up her shirt. Snort snort snort. It was hilarious.
I'm totally into smells lately. Like in a creepy way. I can't even describe it, but it's literally like:
Only not food! Examples: - My dad made himself an office in my parents basement and the smell of the fresh carpet and wood was like yummm. - Then DH and I were watching Lost and they were in this cave and I'm like "uhhh I bet that smells so good. Musty." - And my mom steam cleaned the rugs in their house and I wanted to stick my nose in it and smell. - And ohh the smell of our powdered laundry detergent. EVERYTHING listed above makes me make the face in the gif. I am a freak.
I'm totally into smells lately. Like in a creepy way. I can't even describe it, but it's literally like:
Only not food! Examples: - My dad made himself an office in my parents basement and the smell of the fresh carpet and wood was like yummm. - Then DH and I were watching Lost and they were in this cave and I'm like "uhhh I bet that smells so good. Musty." - And my mom steam cleaned the rugs in their house and I wanted to stick my nose in it and smell. - And ohh the smell of our powdered laundry detergent. EVERYTHING listed above makes me make the face in the gif. I am a freak.
I just bought a 6-pack of Buster Bars from Dairy Queen. I will actually take 6 days to eat them all. I'm practicing restraint and patience for when my little girl finally makes her appearance.
My favorite job was when I worked at DQ at 19 years old. Oh god, I just ate everything in sight and my little teenage body didn't gain a pound. Now, I couldn't make 6 Buster Bars last 6 hours. Good luck and may the force be with you.
I'm sitting here in my pjs listening to a live stream of Coldplay playing a tiny gig in Sydney I'm SO bummed I'm not there I tried to get tickets, me and a million other people I'm glad it's live streaming - though sound AWESOME but I could cry - I wish I was there my baby likes their music though - moving around like crazy - I guess I listen to their new cd too much in the car
Hypothetically, if let's say, one's husband was on work travel, and one's son was at one's mother's house for the night...and it was only 8pm...what would one do???
I'm pretty sure there's a Brad Paisley country song called "ALCOHOL!"
So, two birds made a nest under the eaves of my porch roof. It took them weeks and then Vi (the mama bird) laid eggs and they hatched a few days ago. I was excited to see the 4 baby birds chirping away and Vi seemed so proud of her little babies. THEN, a few days later, Vi stopped showing up and I stopped hearing the chirps. DH went out there and looked. All the babies were dead. It's been very hot (90s-100s) and he thinks they died because of the heat. I cried on and off for about an hour after he took down the nest and buried it. I'm still so sad about it. I know, it's nature and the circle of life, but ugh! I'm in the same boat. I have a baby growing in me and I'm nesting. Is it stupid to feel empathy for little Vi bird and her babies?
@TKT17 I'm glad I'm not alone. DH was so sweet. He said something funny though. He was like "One day, I'll come home to you crying harder than DS and I'll have to calm you both down."
I'm totally into smells lately. Like in a creepy way. I can't even describe it, but it's literally like:
Only not food! Examples: - My dad made himself an office in my parents basement and the smell of the fresh carpet and wood was like yummm. - Then DH and I were watching Lost and they were in this cave and I'm like "uhhh I bet that smells so good. Musty." - And my mom steam cleaned the rugs in their house and I wanted to stick my nose in it and smell. - And ohh the smell of our powdered laundry detergent. EVERYTHING listed above makes me make the face in the gif. I am a freak.
So back to the vag swab/butt swab conversation that happened here. Today my midwife told me I have the test at my next appointment (in 2 weeks) but she gives you the long q-tip thing and lets you do the swabbing yourself.
Ummm.. I totally get some people appreciate that on a personal space level, but right now I have to do all sorts of crazy yoga-like moves just to wipe my own ass, I have no clue how this is going to work. Your hands are going to be all up in my vag delivering my baby in a few weeks, I really wouldn't have a problem with you doing a quick swab test.
My MW has you do it yourself too. If I recall correctly it's a long handled swab, which makes the reach a bit easier!
Fuck there are a lot of diapers on the market! How in the hell am I supposed to know what he needs and how many... It's going to take me 45 min alone in the isle to read all the choices and what sizes/price per unit! And why do they have to have catchy names (little movers, swaddlers, sensitive snugglers, etc) to add to the size numbers?!
Sure I get the average 10-15 diapers a day, but how fast is this little guy going to be in NB verses moving up to size 1? Then 2? And can I exchange them if they're unopened and I buy too many of a smaller size?? Obviously these are things you can buy ahead of time or those crazy couponers would be SOL. So my choices are to buy at full price as needed or to make an uneducated FTM guess. Awesomeness.
Rant over. I'll be in the diaper isle if anyone needs me.
I'm still pretty bitter that my insurance won't cover a breast pump unless baby is in the NICU. Otherwise it's great insurance, so I shouldn't complain, but seriously?
Re: Random thread- for all things random.
LOVE! ❤️
I have my regular appt today (first appt post hospital visit on Sunday) and I'm kind of selfishly hoping her checking me will send me into active labor. Already 80% effaced/1.5 dialated on Sunday, baby already measuring 40 weeks, and for a little TMI I've been having diarrhea the past 2 days and losing my plug... All signs that could mean labor is imminent or still days to weeks away... Ahhh!!! DH leaves tomorrow for 8 days. So I'm hoping she is either ready to come tonight, or holds out until at least next Friday ;-)
(ETA: if she comes before he leaves, he can take paternity leave and skip the trip, but otherwise he can't get out of it.)
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”
- J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
married on the sweetest day 10.20.12
Chicken - 07.08.06 | Bubsy - 02.24.09 | Sunshine - 07.16.14
i just really wanted to use this gif today. and i had no reason. so i will leave it here. i am feeling like i look like chris farley more and more everyday.
https://longrunblog.com/2014/06/06/when-did-we-start-hating-big-families/
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”
- J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
married on the sweetest day 10.20.12
Chicken - 07.08.06 | Bubsy - 02.24.09 | Sunshine - 07.16.14
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
Also @ichabody yaassss obsessed with Anna Kendrick and those two movies.
Only not food! Examples:
- My dad made himself an office in my parents basement and the smell of the fresh carpet and wood was like yummm.
- Then DH and I were watching Lost and they were in this cave and I'm like "uhhh I bet that smells so good. Musty."
- And my mom steam cleaned the rugs in their house and I wanted to stick my nose in it and smell.
- And ohh the smell of our powdered laundry detergent.
EVERYTHING listed above makes me make the face in the gif. I am a freak.
I'm SO bummed I'm not there
I'm glad it's live streaming - though sound AWESOME
but I could cry - I wish I was there
my baby likes their music though - moving around like crazy - I guess I listen to their new cd too much in the car
True. I just want to SMELL ALL THE THINGSSS
Sure I get the average 10-15 diapers a day, but how fast is this little guy going to be in NB verses moving up to size 1? Then 2? And can I exchange them if they're unopened and I buy too many of a smaller size?? Obviously these are things you can buy ahead of time or those crazy couponers would be SOL. So my choices are to buy at full price as needed or to make an uneducated FTM guess. Awesomeness.
Rant over. I'll be in the diaper isle if anyone needs me.