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randomnames · September 2014

I'm sorry @south_myst‌, but that totally made me laugh.

kellbell1982 · September 2014

kellbell1982 said:

babys2014 said:
@kellbell1983, so happy for you! Any reason for the bleeding? Has it stopped yet? @mandjs, try to take it easy, and good luck w appt, thoughts and prayers for you and baby!
I went to my friends office yesterday for a complimentary heartbeat check because my spotting came back yesterday and she found both babies! I have an appt today so I will ask about the spotting but they generally say unless I'm filling a pad, or cramping, not to worry. Easier said than done!
No answer as to why I was bleeding but it's been six days since it happened so I'm hoping it was a fluke

I'm so glad you had good news too! I'm trying not to worry but like you said
It's easier said than done

jpavenski · September 2014

megaugust10 said:
Sorry to start cravings off so early. I saw this on people.
Mac n cheese in a bread cone.

They have these in Disney & I just went a few weeks ago & didn't get one! I'm so mad missed that & the dole whip:(

On a good note 14 weeks today & didn't wake up by puking. Almost did after emptying the vacuum but still an accomplishment lol

cinderella105 · September 2014

@south_myst‌ I second the laughter. I'm sorry that would be embarrassing and horrible, but oh man the picture of that scenario is kinda funny.

Lovebeingamomny · September 2014

Scan went great!! Got to hear the heart beat, strong and sweet at 165. I don't feel like I got to see much because she was trying to get what she needed and I felt like I better not move. By the looks of her report I'm measuring 2 days ahead at 12w 2d but we are keeping the original date. The baby jumped around and looked so adorable

here's a pic! So glad of the great updates so far! Still waiting on @MauiBliss‌ and @nomnommama‌

Lovebeingamomny · September 2014

chilibeansm0m said:
My sister flew down yesterday. My mom, her and dd have been spending every day shopping while I'm at work. :-/ I am so jealous.

I hate when that happens bc I always feel like I miss all the fun!

HallRents · September 2014

@south_myst - I'm dying. A similar experience happened to a friend of mine...on the road...This is why I am strictly off of THAT job for the foreseeable future.

@pennypretty - I hear that North Bumblefuck is lovely this time of the year. Have fun!

@MandyJS - Good luck today. I'm thinking of you, and everyone who has appointments, worries, anxieties and such today. You are all braver than you think!

@katydid2014 - Love your announcement. Can you share the secret of adding the writing to the photo? I'm a little tech-slow, but I love the way it looks!

Lovebeingamomny · September 2014

@Layfi002‌ prayers for your grandfather.

@southmyst you should get a medal for trying because whoa I haven't even considered doing that because of how nauseous. Feel better girl!

cinnamonlatte · September 2014

Just had the NT scan. Baby looks awesome. Can't wait to tell family this weekend.

Good luck to everyone with appointments today.

shlittertoots · September 2014

I hope your grandfather is ok @layfi002

GL today @mauibliss!

I'm in the second tri, y'all! And my bladder is suddenly the size of a pea. I have to pee constantly and yesterday I nearly peed my pants walking into work. I had to pee in a port-a-pottie that's set up for Saturday tailgating! My 45 minute commute is killing me since I can barely make it that long between bathroom trips. Thank god it's football/tailgating season.

PuppyLove84 · September 2014

Sorry for the delay! My phone won't let me log in to TB anymore for some reason.... grrr. So glad to see the good updates today!!! @MandJS I hope your appt shows baby is still healthy!

Anyways, NT scan went great! The baby was moving all around and totally looked like a human! (So, no unicorn for me.) It took a while for the tech to get the angles she wanted so we got to watch baby squirming around quite a bit. NT looked thin and there was a nasal bone, so that's good! It will be about a week before our bloodwork comes back, but the doctor said everything looked great.

Also, both the tech and the doctor said it looks like we're having a BOY! The tech showed us his little "boy parts," and right then the baby reached down and started playing with himself, no joke! I told DH that it is definitely his son!

We are so super relieved and excited. DH even teared up when we got the good news. Now we just wait for the blood test results and for my carrier screening results. But we are feeling pretty good about those! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off me and I just want to dance!

And, here's a pic of our little (probably) boy!

starsailorr26 · September 2014

Good luck to everyone else with their appointments and NT scans. I'm so glad to see we've had so many good appointments today.

I just want to thank whoever said that rubbing your stomach in clockwise circles will help release gas. Apparently it also helps me go when I'm constipated.

cinderella105 · September 2014

I really really hate that it took getting pregnant to see SO's true colors... The more I think about it the more devastating it is. Our conversations bring out how he really feels and the shitty way he talks to me more and more. Makes me wonder if this whole relationship has just been him being fake and what has really been real? I put my whole heart into it and had the mindset of forever with him, and now that I've been seeing how he really is I just want him gone. But now we're tied together forever.. I feel like such a fool.

kcbizme · September 2014

@chilibeansm0m I LOVE the owl prints! That's what I'm wanting to do SD's room in. I've already gotten some stuff to hang on the walls and a cute blanket for her toddler bed. Just have to get the motivation to actually put it up.

kellbell1982 · September 2014

Guise this is the first time I've ever been able to see siggys before cause I'm on my moms iPad and I love em!!!! I'm getting my laptop back today so I'll work on mine

transplantedhawkeye · September 2014

Grr. The water got shut off in the middle of my shower, naturally that is when the shampoo runs in my eyes. Yes I knew the complex was going to shut off my water for repairs but they usually aren't that prompt usually 10:30 or 11 when they say 9am, they were on the dot today. Ugh.

Hope everyone has good appointments today!

MrsLaurenandDan · September 2014

Yay for all the good appointments! Good luck @MandJS‌ I hope everything is ok!

Not sure how much I'll be on today. I'm watching my friend's little guy this afternoon while she has her FET. Hopefully Owen and her son will play well and not give me a hard time. Thy are BFFs, but they can egg each other on. But she knows that if my HG is really bad, the boys may get a Curious George marathon, so at least that's an option.

cinderella105 · September 2014

Thank you @Giblins‌. That means a lot. I just know I've been through more bullshit in relationships than I should've because I would settle and ignore the bad signs, and I would end up being miserable and it would end badly anyway. I feel I'm avoiding more heartache biting the bullet now and when it all comes down to it, it really does feel like the right decision to not be with him. I just wish this could've been clear before getting pregnant. I know this sounds silly, but with how much I've been betrayed or abused in past relationships I've really lost hope in the idea of being with anyone in the future. I either always have a problem with the guy, I have stronger feelings and respect for them than they do for me, or I'm tricked into thinking they're this "Prince Charming" and then their true colors come out once I've invested too much into the relationship. I'm just done. The idea of staying single and not even trying anymore sounds really appealing right now..

cafecreme · September 2014

Ladies, I just got done talking to my babysitter, and surprised me by saying she's pregnant!! Due June 4th. June...seriously? Already? It's crazy how time flies! I was like "What? June already?!?"

In other news, I got my hair chopped off. 4.5 inches. It's above my shoulders now. I couldn't stand my rats nest!!

kellbell1982 · September 2014

totesmcgotes said:

We bought a house today!
That's so exciting! The day H and I settles on our house was such a great day

kecoff01 · September 2014

I know I've missed so much. I have been feeling terrible this past week. My MS has decided to really hit me hard and then I had a terrible migraine for three days. Thankfully the migraine is gone, but the MS has stuck around.

Good luck to all the ladies with appointments!! And congrats to all the ladies who had awesome appointments!!

bwftw · September 2014

I have wanted to start looking into my birth plan options, does anyone have any suggestions on where I should look?

janda426 · September 2014

Soooo we just had an early elective ultrasound (I know, I know it's early) but we saw what is 98% a penis!!! (She saw the cord separately kinda floating above his belly) We are team BLUE!!! We'll confirm later obviously but we are so excited !!

kecoff01 · September 2014

@janda426 that is so AWESOME!

kellbell1982 · September 2014

@janda426‌: do you have a pic? I'm having an elective us on the 16th during my 16th week to find out the sex and just cause I never had a 3/d us with DD so I think it'd be exciting. I had a dream last night that they told me I was having a boy so I guess I am cause dreams come true lol

janda426 · September 2014

I'm 14w1d so I know it's early. The woman said she's done a lot of ultrasounds and this was the "most obvious 14-weeker she's seen in a while." She also said if she wasn't confident she would've just given us a guess and not said for sure and I know a lot of people who have gone there. If it ends up being different, we'll be ok haha

@kellbell1982‌ the pics kinda suck on paper and I don't know how well it'd show up on mobile

kcbizme · September 2014

So apparently the cat is out of the bag in my office.. I have already told most of the staff, but some people put it together on their own and then asked OTHER people if it was true. I'm glad they didn't ask me because that's rood, but I'm still kinda like why do they have to go around asking people? That's how rumors get started, A) and

it's none of their business until I choose to tell them! I hate gossip.

pmv81 · September 2014

Guise....I just had the most delicious Publix deli sandwich. I'm so content right now, I've been craving them forever...first one in I have no idea how long.

Also, went to Michaels earlier and got all my supplies to make a pretty fall wreath this weekend. TGIF!

PuppyLove84 · September 2014

@EmpireRecords24 That sickens me. I know so many amazing couples, including some of my good friends, who have been trying to adopt for years and would give ANYTHING to have a little boy, even with some issues, in their life. To think his supposed "parents" could just send him back to an orphanage.... ugh. We criticize people who adopt dogs and then send them back after little to no effort to help them adjust. A child? That is sickening and sad. It would eat at me too.

pmv81 · September 2014

EmpireRecords24 said:

So, three months in, they found out that they are miraculously pregnant and now think the baby is "too messed up" and they're going to return him to the orphanage in the Phillipines before "their" baby is born. I can't stop crying over this.
I want to BEG them to at least wait until his citizenship is finalized so that he can stay here in the US. There are families out there that would LOVE to adopt a two-year old and can help overcome some of his attachment issues, but they aren't hearing it. They just want to be done with him.

This is awful & now I'm crying with you. It makes me so sad & angry that they are considering "returning" this child, as if he's a material object. Any 2 yr old is bound to be a handful, let alone one who has been through what he has. I sincerely hope they knock off that nonsense, step up, and do the right thing for this baby boy.

What are they going to do when their biological child goes through tough patches?!

PuppyLove84 · September 2014

Congrats @janda426! We are tentatively team blue also!

(I don't trust it quite yet, because I'm only 12w3d which seems really early, but first the u/s tech said boy, and then when the perinatologist examined me she said "definitely a boy!" I'm going to schedule an elective u/s at 16 weeks to confirm! But, yay!)

kcbizme · September 2014

@EmpireRecords24 This is so saddening and disheartening. I don't understand what kind of people would do that! Awful! I'm so sorry you're having to deal with that. I would personally have nothing to do with them or their baby from this point on. I really hope they are told that the adoption is final and they can't send him back because they signed the papers. But that's just me.

Also, SO surprised me and took me out for lunch. It was nice to see him during the day when I'm normally at work!

lewispm · September 2014

EmpireRecords24 said:

I am internally combusting over an issue a co-worker is having. This is a very long, detailed story, but the short version (which is still long): The co-worker and husband are adopting a baby from the Phillipines. Because international adoption is difficult, they had their Aunt, who lives in the Phillipines, adopt the baby first, then they are adopting the baby from her (adoption from family is an easier option.) The baby is now 2 years old and because of this "work-around" process, the adoption has taken nearly two years. The baby has lived in the Phillipines with the Aunt since he was 6 months old. He's had a full time nanny, the Aunt is too old to be a caregiver. He was extremely neglected the first six months of his life. The couple is in their early 40s (point being, mature, responsible adults).
As an adopted kid myself, I was happy when they first told us (over a year ago) and was eager to talk transition tips, etc. (As a little background, my parents were also foster parents of the most wonderful variety. They took in children with extreme emotional issues and worked like crazy to help them overcome. Every kid that came into their home was successfully placed into a permanent home. So I have an understanding of how much love and effort goes into helping foster placements and adoption placements be successful.) They weren't into it, didn't think they needed to worry too much about that because he was still a baby, and just generally laughed off any talk about preparing for baby. Not my place to tell someone how to prepare for a child, especially as I was a brand new mom myself and hardly an expert. So baby arrives a few months ago. Understandably, transition is difficult, baby has some attachement issues, etc. All things that, had you put ANY EFFORT into researching and doing your homework, you would have known to expect and had a plan to treat.
So, three months in, they found out that they are miraculously pregnant and now think the baby is "too messed up" and they're going to return him to the orphanage in the Phillipines before "their" baby is born. I can't stop crying over this.
I want to BEG them to at least wait until his citizenship is finalized so that he can stay here in the US. There are families out there that would LOVE to adopt a two-year old and can help overcome some of his attachment issues, but they aren't hearing it. They just want to be done with him.
I used to like them, as people, and now I find them despicable. I know I shouldn't judge. I'm not in there and don't know what it's like in their home and how this is impacting their marriage, but in person, he's a delightful little boy. He giggles and smiles and hugs... more than many kids with attachment issues. I just can't get over how irresponsible they were in their complete lack of preparation and how naive they are in all of this, and just how horrible that little boys life will be back in that orphanage. It IS difficult, I know, but most parents adopting are so happy to have a little one in their life that they're willing to put in work and overcome the difficulties.
Sigh.

Downer of a random, but had to get it out of me. It's eating me.

This is just terrible. I too, am crying over these complete strangers now and their lack of human decency. Absolutely despicable.

MrsLaurenandDan · September 2014

@EmpireRecords24‌ OMG. I can not believe that. That is so horrible. Seriously, how could they????

transplantedhawkeye · September 2014

EmpireRecords24

No words. My jaw is just flopping up and down like a fish out of water. Eeep.

starsailorr26 · September 2014

@EmpireRecords24 I don't blame you. They sound awful and I'm tearing up just thinking about it.

janda426 · September 2014

@EmpireRecords24‌ wow. Fuck them.

PuppyLove84 · September 2014

I have to share this.

I am working from home the rest of today, and on a whim decided to call a local church daycare to see their rates and availability. ($1400/mo, 6-9 mo waitlist, eek!)

DH took the afternoon off and has been up in the attic trying to install an antenna for us because we're going to cancel cable. He is having a hard time.

So I was on the phone with the nice daycare man, asking about opening times etc., when DH comes storming down the stairs yelling, "Dammit, I have to go to fucking Walmart. I am going to fucking murder someone!" I tried to wave him off but he comes up saying he has to go buy "another goddamn fucking cable" etc. I hoped the daycare guy couldn't hear but then he asked, "Is everything ok?" I was laughing so hard that I could barely talk. I apologized over and over and then thanked him and hung up. DH felt sooo bad but, seriously, it was hilarious.

Pretty sure we can never show our faces in that daycare!

kellbell1982 · September 2014

@empirerecords: that Is sickening!! like pp said, what if they have problems with their biological child? h

kellbell1982 · September 2014

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