DH sleeps more soundly than I do, and he also gets up earlier than I do, so usually I hit him when the alarm goes off to wake him up.
He normally sleeps on his stomach, so I just throw my arm over (in a half-asleep state) and hit him on the back. This morning he was sleeping on his back, and I accidentally did a direct hit to the balls. I felt so bad!
I hide any and all alcohol when my mom/dad comes over. They are tee-totalers and do not approve of drinking so rather than throwing it in their face, I hide the bottles. Yes I'm 32. X_X
My friend does this too for the same reason. She is having us over for lunch this weekend for a birthday party for her 2yo DD, and I asked if I could bring sangria because we had it leftover from a neighborhood party. She said, "Oh no, please don't; my parents are coming, and we never have any alcohol when they're here because it makes them super uncomfortable."
What kind of friend never stays at a cookout that you have? Ever? Always has a reason to leave after an hour or shows up 2 hours late because she goes apple picking instead or something random (vs. a commitment).
Her: Oh, (9 year old, not baby) kiddo has had a rough couple days so we may just stop by for a bit.
Me: Do you plan to come for dinner? Trying to plan numbers. How about YH?
Her: H is a maybe. What are you having for dinner?
Me (thinking out loud to myself): WHAT? What I'm having matters??????
Ugh. I'm so irritated. And hurt right now. But not surprised so I have no reason to be hurt when I'm not surprised but I still am. It never ends with some people. I hate feeling this way. Hate it.
Almost no one knows I'm pregnant and I don't want to tell anyone else either. My kids are excited and my sister seemed happy but my parents are really not. I kind of expected their reaction since I am single (though my boyfriend and I planned this pregnancy). But I've been quite sad for the last week or so because of some of their comments. It's made me not want to tell anyone else.
When I had my first 2 kids I was married but had a difficult, unexpected divorce right after my second was born. I'm 41. I feel like it shouldn't matter this much to me but somehow it does.
I hate kids cartoons these days. they are horrible. often the kids are being horrible destroying property bullying etc whatever happened to good old cartoons! Scooby doo, flintstones ,tom and jerry, bugs bunny ......
I'm so sorry @csjsmom it stinks when people don't share your excitement and even worst when they are family and purposely make you feel bad about it. Hopefully when you do get to the point of sharing the news with others they will be excited for you too! I feel like sometimes parents are more difficult to share excitement if they are concerned but since most people shouldn't have any reason to be concerned about you they should just be excited...if that made sense!
my husband came in last night and rolled over to kind of hug/cuddle me. I really thought he was going to try to have sex and I was so not about to do that so I kinda pushed him off and rolled the other way. When I woke up this morning I remembered he had sent me a text last night while at work saying he missed me; so he probably was just trying to hug me and now I feel kinda bad...but only kind of.
For breakfast this morning I have had a blackberry mocha latte, a cinnamon roll, and my office mate just brought my a Krispy Kreme chocolate iced donut and I fully intend to eat it! There are also KK glazed donuts over in the kitchen and I'll probably have one of those too. Oink oink!
@LooneyLife You'll have to let me know how it is! I usually upgrade my phone after they've been out for a while... (Yep, I got the iPhone 5 last year right after the 5S/C came out)
I'm hooked on the every two years schedule. I could wait and get it the following year for cheaper but consumerism, blah, blah, blah.
dx: Unexplained IF TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3
TI, 2 IUI = BFN
IVF #1 (May 2013): Antagonist
Protocol: 24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2
early blasts, no frosties = BFN
IVF #2 (August 2013): Lupron Stop
Protocol: 28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1
partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d) FET #1 (April 2014): transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP C.J. born 01/09/15
My DD4 says "Awww, NUTS!" when she doesn't get her way I'm a game or the block tower she is building doesn't work out. I know it is borderline inappropriate but it is so damn cute that I never correct her.
My DD4 says "Awww, NUTS!" when she doesn't get her way I'm a game or the block tower she is building doesn't work out. I know it is borderline inappropriate but it is so damn cute that I never correct her.
You must have been a Full House kid My DD has started saying "holy cow" lately, she's 3. I think it's hilarious!
My DD4 says "Awww, NUTS!" when she doesn't get her way I'm a game or the block tower she is building doesn't work out. I know it is borderline inappropriate but it is so damn cute that I never correct her.
You must have been a Full House kid My DD has started saying "holy cow" lately, she's 3. I think it's hilarious!
Adorable! The thing is I have no idea where she got it. It's certainly not something in my normal vocabulary. Ha!
I ah.. I find it conflicting and almost difficult to be excited about my pregnancy, sometimes. Granted, I've always wanted to experience this, and have a child, but the conditions I became pregnant under are... Unfavorable
From what I can tell, I'm not like a lot of the lovely ladies here; I'm single, struggling to find employment, unfortunately having to live with family, and boyfriend was unable to move with me back home. Keeping baby is not exactly an option..
We actually had to cancel Thanksgiving because I didn't want to deal with 20 family members asking about names, when I'd post pictures of the little one on Facebook, fussing with belly attention/touches, and general baby question stuff
I mean, don't get me wrong, I still love little baby (even when they kick my bladder in the middle of the night ._. ), but giving it up for adoption is going to be difficult enough as it is. Doesn't it make sense to emotionally distance myself, at least a little?
I'm thrilled to be having a girl, and a seemingly healthy one at that, as I've always wanted a daughter. But I'm also happy that this baby turned out to be female because my DH's extended family went on and on all through first tri about how they always make boys in their family, and boys should be first born, and blah blah blah... HAHA biotches, it's a girl! Sounds petty, but I'm glad I "won" (yes I realize there really wasn't any type of competition going on).
My DD4 says "Awww, NUTS!" when she doesn't get her way I'm a game or the block tower she is building doesn't work out. I know it is borderline inappropriate but it is so damn cute that I never correct her.
Just a few minutes ago, we were still in bed and my little boy was climbing all over me, ready to get up and have breakfast(he also desperately needed a new diaper) But I confess, I have an addiction to The Bump and MUST.READ.ALL.THE CONFESSIONS before I can get up and care for my child.
I was also too lazy to wash a baby spoon so I feed him with a ridiculosly large spoon since it was the only clean one I could find. Bad mommy!
@LilacCourt This happened with my first pregnancy and my H. This time around it's different. Is it your current H's first 'pregnancy'? Is he more weirded out by knowing there's a child in there than not attracted to you?
I was thinking this, some guys just get super weird about pregnant bodies, unfortunately... So, if he was attracted to you before, and your sex life was at an acceptable level, and the only thing that's changed is you being pregnant, that could be it... and maybe that's why he followed up with the "I love you now more than ever" comment cuz he knew it would come off as uncaring?... *hugs*
My FFFC: I do my housework while DD naps. Yesterday I was tired and took a nap too. I woke up 30 mins before H was due to arrive home and the house was a disaster! I got super lucky that traffic was bad and H was an hour late getting home. When he was telling me about how much he hates sitting in traffic I nodded and acted sympathetic while I was cheering on the inside because I got lucky and got all my crap done before he got home.
@LilacCourt, hugs. I said to DH last night, "So...am I ever going to get sex again any time before 6 weeks PP?" He said, "Sorry, babe, you know how it is."
I think DH's thing is more that he feels weird about it since I'm pregnant. Some guys are just like that. When I was about 6 months pregnant with DS, I said during sex one time, "It feels like you're pressing against something," and he said that just terrifies him like he's going to poke the baby.
Anyway, I'm interested in what your therapist has to say about it, but my opinion with my H is that as long as he's not being an ass in other ways and still being loving, supportive, encouraging, etc., I'm not going to be too hurt about the dry spell when it comes to sex.
texasmama786 - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's ever done that before.
My confession...I hate crying. I feel like it's such a waste of an emotion, even though I realize that sometimes people just have to cry to feel better. I try to prevent my son from crying over minor issues by asking him if he's bleeding or if something's broken...and yet thanks to hormones that poor kid is getting all sorts of mixed signals from me because I tear up and cry over some random silly stuff aaaaall of the time like the cat drinking my water. Or DF shooting a Nerf dart into my coffee mug...Just call me hypocrite mommy.
I ate a Chocolate donut, filled with Chocolate Creme, and covored in copious amounts of Chocolate icing. It was one of the most amazing donuts I have ever eaten. I even sat in my car, in front of my house, and ate it because I didn't want to have to share with my DD.
DH's name rhymes with a 4-letter word. Let's just say it's "Huck." A car cut me off yesterday, and I yelled out that word, and DS just started emphatically saying, "Huck! Huck!" I was glad he heard it as that and not the real word.
@lilacCourt is he unwilling to partake in other things other than intercourse? After I reached 26 weeks last pregnancy he felt weird having sex because he was concerned about poking the baby and to be honest it started to hurt at that point so I was okay with that for the most part. But we still would do other sexual things which satisfied both of us and kept me feeling close. Maybe discuss with him (or just initiate) and see what happens? Either way I think it is pretty normal for a man to start to get freaked out as the pregnancy progresses. Hope your therapist can help you navigate your feelings though
@LilacCourt, yeah, that's pretty rough that he said he wasn't attracted to you. Honesty is good sometimes, but that's probably one he could have kept to himself. Hugs.
@LilacCourt - what a painful way he chose to tell you that! While a change in sex life is completely normal, his words were definitely hurtful even though he clearly didn't want them to be (by telling you he loves you more than ever). I hope that he just means the idea of sex right now doesn't turn him on because he feels more protective and affectionate towards you at the moment.
DH has had similar issues that we've talked through - he's preoccupied during sex because it's always in the back of his mind that his baby is inside me. He worries about different positions and how they may be affecting me or baby. As much as I do think my DH loves my pregnant body, I don't think that he thinks of it as a sexual body, if that makes any sense. I do think it's also weird for him when I'm naked because I'm cute and pregnant while clothed, but the bump is contrasting against the body that is typically mine that he knows so well, so it's unusual for him. Perhaps it's similar with your DH?
Your comments about what you could do differently hurt me for you. You don't have to look a certain way or stay in shape or have a hairless body to deserve to be seen as attractive by your partner. You are beautiful the way you are, and if he doesn't appreciate it, that's on him and not on you. Though I can't imagine how painful it is to hear it that way from him!
As for my FFFC, I really freaking want a diaper cake. I want someone to want to spend the time and effort to do something like that for me. They aren't cheap to make, either. I have seen them at other showers I have attended, and I really want someone to bring one to my shower! They just seem like an incredibly thoughtful and time consuming gift. Clearly I'm in the minority of people here who like them, though, based on the recent whining posts about them.
@LilacCourt I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm going through something somewhat similar. My H and I were married for 1.5 years until I left him. I thought he would change(he lives in MI I lived in NY so we weren't seeing each other often) and he told me he can't change overnight and blah blah blah. Well overnight isn't 2 years later but in my mind I was like ok, maybe he can't do it in 2 years. I visited him in April and got pregnant. I had to come back to him as raising the baby single was not an option for me due to my culture. He was NEVER into sex with me even before I got pregnant and it's the same now. I have to literally force him to touch me. I've been back with him since July and I've only kissed his lips once. We don't even kiss during sex because he just doesn't brush his teeth daily (yes I understand that's completely gross! Hence why I can't even kiss him) he just doesn't touch me and it really hurts. It really sucks. I wouldn't cheat on him but it's like, now, I can see why some wives stray. It's not even the sex, I just want him to be next to me. I don't know, it just sucks. I hope things get better with you two!
Wow, I'm really sorry. What do you mean, you can't raise a child single in your culture? You seem to live in the US, so you'd have the legal right at least to make whatever choice you wanted, even if it strayed from a traditional culture.
I'm sorry you feel like you're stuck in that position. I really hope you're able to find a way to be happy, though the only solution I can think of is to leave him for real.
@southernyankeegirl my aunt surprised me with a diaper cake for ds... It was awesome! It had 152 diapers, 4 blankets, stuffed animals and baby spoons! I never had to buy nb or size 1 diapers bc she stocked it up so well! I think diaper cakes are awesome if done right
BFP 1: 9/19/11 , DS born 5/28/12 @ 41 weeks
BFP 2: 11/8/13, NMC 11/27/13 @ 8w4d, we love you sweet baby!
I hide any and all alcohol when my mom/dad comes over. They are tee-totalers and do not approve of drinking so rather than throwing it in their face, I hide the bottles. Yes I'm 32. X_X
Dude. Your new year's resolution has gotta be to stop this shit!!!! Srsly
Re: FFFC
DH sleeps more soundly than I do, and he also gets up earlier than I do, so usually I hit him when the alarm goes off to wake him up.
He normally sleeps on his stomach, so I just throw my arm over (in a half-asleep state) and hit him on the back. This morning he was sleeping on his back, and I accidentally did a direct hit to the balls. I felt so bad!
What kind of friend never stays at a cookout that you have? Ever? Always has a reason to leave after an hour or shows up 2 hours late because she goes apple picking instead or something random (vs. a commitment).
Her: Oh, (9 year old, not baby) kiddo has had a rough couple days so we may just stop by for a bit.
Me: Do you plan to come for dinner? Trying to plan numbers. How about YH?
Her: H is a maybe. What are you having for dinner?
Me (thinking out loud to myself): WHAT? What I'm having matters??????
Ugh. I'm so irritated. And hurt right now. But not surprised so I have no reason to be hurt when I'm not surprised but I still am. It never ends with some people. I hate feeling this way. Hate it.
When I had my first 2 kids I was married but had a difficult, unexpected divorce right after my second was born. I'm 41. I feel like it shouldn't matter this much to me but somehow it does.
dx: Unexplained IF
TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3 TI, 2 IUI = BFN
IVF #1 (May 2013): Antagonist Protocol:
24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2 early blasts, no frosties = BFN
IVF #2 (August 2013): Lupron Stop Protocol:
28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1 partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP
EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d)
FET #1 (April 2014): transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP
C.J. born 01/09/15
A blackberry mocha latte sounds delicious! ~O)
So do your other goodies.....I'm a bit jealous!
dx: Unexplained IF
TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3 TI, 2 IUI = BFN
IVF #1 (May 2013): Antagonist Protocol:
24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2 early blasts, no frosties = BFN
IVF #2 (August 2013): Lupron Stop Protocol:
28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1 partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP
EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d)
FET #1 (April 2014): transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP
C.J. born 01/09/15
From what I can tell, I'm not like a lot of the lovely ladies here; I'm single, struggling to find employment, unfortunately having to live with family, and boyfriend was unable to move with me back home. Keeping baby is not exactly an option..
We actually had to cancel Thanksgiving because I didn't want to deal with 20 family members asking about names, when I'd post pictures of the little one on Facebook, fussing with belly attention/touches, and general baby question stuff
I mean, don't get me wrong, I still love little baby (even when they kick my bladder in the middle of the night ._. ), but giving it up for adoption is going to be difficult enough as it is. Doesn't it make sense to emotionally distance myself, at least a little?
There are WAY worse things she could be saying
CONFESSIONS before I can get up and care for my child.
I was also too lazy to wash a baby spoon so I feed him with a ridiculosly large spoon since it was the only clean one I could find. Bad mommy!
Edit:double typed a word
My FFFC: I do my housework while DD naps. Yesterday I was tired and took a nap too. I woke up 30 mins before H was due to arrive home and the house was a disaster! I got super lucky that traffic was bad and H was an hour late getting home. When he was telling me about how much he hates sitting in traffic I nodded and acted sympathetic while I was cheering on the inside because I got lucky and got all my crap done before he got home.
I think DH's thing is more that he feels weird about it since I'm pregnant. Some guys are just like that. When I was about 6 months pregnant with DS, I said during sex one time, "It feels like you're pressing against something," and he said that just terrifies him like he's going to poke the baby.
Anyway, I'm interested in what your therapist has to say about it, but my opinion with my H is that as long as he's not being an ass in other ways and still being loving, supportive, encouraging, etc., I'm not going to be too hurt about the dry spell when it comes to sex.
texasmama786 - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's ever done that before.
My confession...I hate crying. I feel like it's such a waste of an emotion, even though I realize that sometimes people just have to cry to feel better. I try to prevent my son from crying over minor issues by asking him if he's bleeding or if something's broken...and yet thanks to hormones that poor kid is getting all sorts of mixed signals from me because I tear up and cry over some random silly stuff aaaaall of the time like the cat drinking my water. Or DF shooting a Nerf dart into my coffee mug...Just call me hypocrite mommy.
mm 2/17/11 * dd born 4/20/12 * bo 1/3/14 * edd 1/21/ 1/15
DH has had similar issues that we've talked through - he's preoccupied during sex because it's always in the back of his mind that his baby is inside me. He worries about different positions and how they may be affecting me or baby. As much as I do think my DH loves my pregnant body, I don't think that he thinks of it as a sexual body, if that makes any sense. I do think it's also weird for him when I'm naked because I'm cute and pregnant while clothed, but the bump is contrasting against the body that is typically mine that he knows so well, so it's unusual for him. Perhaps it's similar with your DH?
Your comments about what you could do differently hurt me for you. You don't have to look a certain way or stay in shape or have a hairless body to deserve to be seen as attractive by your partner. You are beautiful the way you are, and if he doesn't appreciate it, that's on him and not on you. Though I can't imagine how painful it is to hear it that way from him!
As for my FFFC, I really freaking want a diaper cake. I want someone to want to spend the time and effort to do something like that for me. They aren't cheap to make, either. I have seen them at other showers I have attended, and I really want someone to bring one to my shower! They just seem like an incredibly thoughtful and time consuming gift. Clearly I'm in the minority of people here who like them, though, based on the recent whining posts about them.
Edited because spelling is hard apparently.
Off birth control March 2012 - Actively trying Sept 2012-April 2014
BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
I'm sorry you feel like you're stuck in that position. I really hope you're able to find a way to be happy, though the only solution I can think of is to leave him for real.
Off birth control March 2012 - Actively trying Sept 2012-April 2014
BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
BFP 1: 9/19/11 , DS born 5/28/12 @ 41 weeks