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  • shannjohnstonshannjohnston member
    Keep away the nargles
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  • atrinh11atrinh11 member
    kellyfo14 said:
    Sitting here watching my belly dance. :) Also, having a broken car as a SAHM is like being in prison. Hope it's fixable but DH has already suggested we start looking for another van. :( As much as I am ready for something to replace the rust bucket I hate spending money. Any 3 row seat vehicle suggestions? Baby makes 5 of us in January so we will need the space.
    We bought a Buick Enclave this summer. Maybe not what you are looking for if you don't want to spend much money as they aren't cheap. I will just say this, I was in a nasty car accident while pregnant with the LO in a smaller SUV. My car did take good care of me in that accident, but it meant the #1 thing I was looking for in our next car was safety. The Buick Enclave (and Chevy Traverse, since they are the same body) have the highest safety ratings. To me, paying a little extra for the safety factor is 100% worth it.
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    littlefoote said:
    I need to vent. My parents are starting foster care, which I think is great of them, but the first kid they are taking in is a teenage boy who is not allowed to be in the same house as little kids because of his history. My mom just emailed me this morning asking, and sort of stating, that her and the family would like to come to my house for dinner next weekend to celebrate Christmas... With this kid. First off, let's just remember how pregnant I am. I already told her I didn't want to host anything because I am so busy dealing with kids, and being in a stepfamily, we've been having some extra problems and stress due to SD's BM, our house is still under construction, and frankly, I'm just not in the mood to have people come over. And my family isn't one to leave after dinner. My mom wants to bring a movie and stay late. I am usually in bed now between eight and nine (haha). But the biggest thing us, why would I let her come over when she would have to bring this kid? Maybe it sounds rude, but he is not supposed to be around little kids. I am not going to put my kids in a situation where any harm could come to them. My kids' safety is way more important to me than a family Christmas dinner! I am so irritated right now! Grrr! But, on a positive note, I slept much better last night and so far today, I've been feeling way more comfortable and been able to get things done

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    Stick to your guns. We hosting Thanksgiving, and it was fun, but exhausting. We told everyone that we are not going anywhere and not hosting anything for Christmas. It is just going to be the two of us, and I am so looking forward to it. The only reason I *might* put real clothes on is to go to a movie.
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  • peggels24peggels24 member
    ladyamanuet said:
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    ladyamanuet said:
    I want to blow off work one day next week to go shopping.  Anyone want to join me?
    Me - what day and time?

    Oh - I'm definitely going to need to eat too so can you plan the shopping around numerous breaks?  Thanks!
    I should have been clear, when I said shopping I meant snacking while window browsing then sitting down for lunch ;)
    Well then count me in!
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  • kellyfo14kellyfo14 member
    atrinh11 said:


    kellyfo14 said:

    Sitting here watching my belly dance. :) Also, having a broken car as a SAHM is like being in prison. Hope it's fixable but DH has already suggested we start looking for another van. :( As much as I am ready for something to replace the rust bucket I hate spending money. Any 3 row seat vehicle suggestions? Baby makes 5 of us in January so we will need the space.

    We bought a Buick Enclave this summer. Maybe not what you are looking for if you don't want to spend much money as they aren't cheap. I will just say this, I was in a nasty car accident while pregnant with the LO in a smaller SUV. My car did take good care of me in that accident, but it meant the #1 thing I was looking for in our next car was safety. The Buick Enclave (and Chevy Traverse, since they are the same body) have the highest safety ratings. To me, paying a little extra for the safety factor is 100% worth it.



    Thank you @atrinh11‌! We are definitely looking for used so I will add that to my list!
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  • kellimarkkellimark member
    @NatureLovers‌ I'm sorry they are being like that. In regards to the bf it can be really annoying when someone you're close assumes you are not trying hard enough.
    I had a friend suggest to feed DS through the tube bottle thing you can wear so I could " bond" with my son. Sorry not sure what it's called.
    I'm pretty sure I bonded with my son bottle feeding.
    Just ignore their comments. It sounds like they will just be this way and not change.
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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member
    ladyamanuet said:
    peggels24 said:
    ladyamanuet said:
    I want to blow off work one day next week to go shopping.  Anyone want to join me?
    Me - what day and time?

    Oh - I'm definitely going to need to eat too so can you plan the shopping around numerous breaks?  Thanks!
    I should have been clear, when I said shopping I meant snacking while window browsing then sitting down for lunch ;)
    I am so in!
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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member
    peggels24 said:
    Wow this day just got much better:

    My partner is bring me Taco Bell for lunch :)

    Motherhood Maternity is going to replace two packages of the underwear that I bought because I complained about how they were made
    @peggels24 Are they falling apart at the seam on the waist band? That's what is happening to mine, and they aren't tight or small on me at all.
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  • NatureLoversNatureLovers member
    kellimark said:

    @NatureLovers‌ I'm sorry they are being like that. In regards to the bf it can be really annoying when someone you're close assumes you are not trying hard enough.
    I had a friend suggest to feed DS through the tube bottle thing you can wear so I could " bond" with my son. Sorry not sure what it's called.
    I'm pretty sure I bonded with my son bottle feeding.
    Just ignore their comments. It sounds like they will just be this way and not change.

    Yeah, that whole bonding thing offends me too. I'm pretty sure I'm tightly bonded to my daughter despite not BF'ing.
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  • peggels24peggels24 member
    LadyXaverian said:
    peggels24 said:
    Wow this day just got much better:

    My partner is bring me Taco Bell for lunch :)

    Motherhood Maternity is going to replace two packages of the underwear that I bought because I complained about how they were made
    @peggels24 Are they falling apart at the seam on the waist band? That's what is happening to mine, and they aren't tight or small on me at all.
    That is exactly what is happening!  I bought 12 pairs and this happened to at least 5 of them.  
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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member
    peggels24 said:
    LadyXaverian said:
    peggels24 said:
    Wow this day just got much better:

    My partner is bring me Taco Bell for lunch :)

    Motherhood Maternity is going to replace two packages of the underwear that I bought because I complained about how they were made
    @peggels24 Are they falling apart at the seam on the waist band? That's what is happening to mine, and they aren't tight or small on me at all.
    That is exactly what is happening!  I bought 12 pairs and this happened to at least 5 of them.  
    So did you have to send them any proof, or did you just call and complain about it? If so, I might make a call myself... though I'm not sure if it's worth it for just 5-6 more weeks of pregnancy.
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  • peggels24peggels24 member
    LadyXaverian said:
    peggels24 said:
    LadyXaverian said:
    peggels24 said:
    Wow this day just got much better:

    My partner is bring me Taco Bell for lunch :)

    Motherhood Maternity is going to replace two packages of the underwear that I bought because I complained about how they were made
    @peggels24 Are they falling apart at the seam on the waist band? That's what is happening to mine, and they aren't tight or small on me at all.
    That is exactly what is happening!  I bought 12 pairs and this happened to at least 5 of them.  
    So did you have to send them any proof, or did you just call and complain about it? If so, I might make a call myself... though I'm not sure if it's worth it for just 5-6 more weeks of pregnancy.
    I emailed them through their website - all I had to provide was my order number - but it took a few days to process the whole thing and then get the email.  I now need to call to get them replaced.

    I was hesitant because of the same reason but I decided that I would at least email them to put them on notice that they need to fix the issue - they are not cheap and it really sucks.
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  • MaebbMaebb member
    soon2bejp said:

    1. I have chode hands
    2. Hopefully today will be the last day I have to take a trucker/ cold shower.
    3. My work schedule today and tomorrow sucks. Just have to make it through the next two days...

    Thanks for letting me bitch.

    Chode hands? Please elaborate.
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  • Mrs_BennettMrs_Bennett member
    kellyfo14 said:

    Sitting here watching my belly dance. :) Also, having a broken car as a SAHM is like being in prison. Hope it's fixable but DH has already suggested we start looking for another van. :( As much as I am ready for something to replace the rust bucket I hate spending money. Any 3 row seat vehicle suggestions? Baby makes 5 of us in January so we will need the space.

    Honda Odyssey! You will LOOOOVE it! :)
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  • kellyfo14kellyfo14 member
    edited December 2014
    bkmama said:

    @saiven @grumpycat88 @luckylady18 Thanks guys. I just finished up. It was very informal, basically the guy just showed me what specific things the person would do in the role, and asked me if I had any questions. 


    I am SURE I can do the job, and even have experience doing lots of aspects of it, but I got a little flustered toward the end when I talked about why I wanted the job. I sort of undercut myself a little by saying "I'm not sure what my chances are, but I do have A and B experience, so even though I am only in X position right now, I don't think it would be completely out of the realm of possibility..." :( :< sighhhh NOT very swaggery. 

    He kind of cracked a smile, but idk if it was because I made him feel awkward. Probably it was. I felt like he was losing respect for me. Fudge.

    He says he hasn't started looking at resumes yet, but will see how my background matches up with everyone else, and go from there (for actual interviews). 

    No farts, though. So there's that.
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    Why is it that we always seem to do that to ourselves?!?! I am the same way in an interview. When they ask for my weaknesses I always stumble and give them one when I should actually say I am organized to a fault or some bull like that.

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  • bkmamabkmama member
    edited December 2014
    @luckylady18 I'll think about it. My company is sort of weird and very informal, so I'm not sure if that would come across the wrong way, like begging for the job, or something. He did say I could email him with any questions I might have. Maybe I'll think up something to email about? I don't want to make it any worse, though! 

    @kellyfo14 Ugh, I know. I should have seen those questions coming and prepped a smooth reply beforehand. I hate being so easily thrown off! I feel like some days, I'm  on top of it, and other days - like today - I just can't pull it together. :(
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    soon2bejp said:
    1. I have chode hands 2. Hopefully today will be the last day I have to take a trucker/ cold shower. 3. My work schedule today and tomorrow sucks. Just have to make it through the next two days... Thanks for letting me bitch.
    Chode hands? Please elaborate.
    So swollen the last few days (BP is good though). They remind me of a penis that is shorter than it is wide...
    Wonderful, now I can't get the image of penis fingers out of my head.

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  • britb618britb618 member
    wow I am seriously proud of myself for getting to this page, I have been reading all morning in between being interrupted by a pesky thing called work. So of course I want to respond to a bunch of you but I can't remember everything I wanted to say. 
    @naturelovers, that sucks, people have no idea the guilt that a mom feels over everything in the first few weeks and we certainly don't need SIL's or MIL's to make it worst by adding to it. Shame on them they have both been new moms before and SHOULD know better. 

    @littlefoot, (I think you were the one who was talking about moms foster kid, if not, disregard the page :) ) I would stick to your guns about not doing anything and just hang with your dh and kids. Bringing a child into a home who isn't supposed to be around kids doesn't sound like the smartest  idea in general but to add that to you being super pregnant and needing to veg I don't think you should even need to get into why you won't be doing christmas, just use pregnancy as the "excuse" even though in reality obviously that is one of the big reasons. :) 

    I went to pick up my daughter yesterday and my MIL is holding her nose with a tissue, asked if she had a bloody nose and she starts talking and sounds like DEATH, no i'm just sick she says. Then why in the actual F are you hanging with my 17 month old??? I swear, this is  the reason that I don't want anyone coming to hospital, because you would think common sense would say if your sick stay away from little kids and pregnant people....but sometimes people are just missing common sense. Its not like she actually watches my daughter, my husbands uncle does, she just goes over there after work to hang out with them. But if your sick, couldn't you skip that?? i swear if mackenzie or I get sick I am going to be so sad :( 

    @yamrwhite, I saw chipotle yesterday about two seconds after pulling out of wendys for lunch...I thought of you and I was so sad I missed out on it but was sooo stuffed from wendys I couldn't justify a second lunch lol! 
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  • readyforround2readyforround2 member
    Stayed inside for lunch to try and calm down. I'm 1 more complaint about midterms from blowing up on these kids! I busted my ass for them to have their reviews two weeks early! I sent out 4 (yes 4!!) reminders home, not to mention EXAM WEEK is typed in big f*cking red letters on all their desk calendars!!!! and yet I'm still getting "what? Exams are next week! Omg!" X(

    I'm too tired and way too cranky to fake being nice! One of my kids even argued with the other teacher and I about starting his exams tomorrow because he's going out of town next Friday (on an evening flight) but needs to be out Thursday too so he can pack......He will only be gone for 3 days but needs an entire day to pack... :-/

    A margarita would be glorious right now!
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  • mowl2014mowl2014 member
    Rant: So in crappy news, I live about 40 minutes away from where I work and had an appointment at 1pm today to meet with someone.  Unfortunately I didn't get the email that this meeting was cancelled or had to be rescheduled until 12:40p (obviously already on the road and not checking my email at this point and time).  To top it off today I am also scheduled to work 2:30p-11:30p which I'm just SUPER cranky about.  I really hate these random shifts because they are not consistent and throw off my entire sleep schedule, plus I just really am over working at this time. The rest of the week I work 830a-530p and with the commute it just doesn't do well for me and baby. Plus, I'm SO incredibly paranoid about hitting a deer at 1130p at night or getting in an accident. I might make my husband talk to me over the phone on my way home to make me feel better (my phone is through my speakers so it's hands free)  Fortunately I have today's crappy shift and next Thursday a 1p-10p shift and then I'm DONE with random evening shifts.

    Rave: Thanks to some great ladies on the bump I've finally figured out how to do the ticker thing - I think my issue was I wasn't seeing the whole quoted text and somehow was missing the last line so it wasn't working.
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  • mowl2014mowl2014 member
    kellyfo14 said:
    @saiven @grumpycat88 @luckylady18 Thanks guys. I just finished up. It was very informal, basically the guy just showed me what specific things the person would do in the role, and asked me if I had any questions. 

    I am SURE I can do the job, and even have experience doing lots of aspects of it, but I got a little flustered toward the end when I talked about why I wanted the job. I sort of undercut myself a little by saying "I'm not sure what my chances are, but I do have A and B experience, so even though I am only in X position right now, I don't think it would be completely out of the realm of possibility..." :( :< sighhhh NOT very swaggery. 

    He kind of cracked a smile, but idk if it was because I made him feel awkward. Probably it was. I felt like he was losing respect for me. Fudge.

    He says he hasn't started looking at resumes yet, but will see how my background matches up with everyone else, and go from there (for actual interviews). 

    No farts, though. So there's that.
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    Why is it that we always seem to do that to ourselves?!?! I am the same way in an interview. When they ask for my weaknesses I always stumble and give them one when I should actually say I am organized to a fault or some bull like that. Edit: grammar?

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    When answering questions about weaknesses I have always told students and to be totally honest but whatever weakness you present talk about what you are doing to fix it currently and what changes you've seen.  I try to have something prepared. I actually have to teach a lesson on interviewing and resumes for career services for my job and I find that it's super helpful and you can always have something prepped. I think they call it the CAR method (context, action taken, results from action). Hard to do on the spot but it's helped me in some interviews in the past.
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  • luckylady18luckylady18 member
    So my mom is going to be watching Lucky (furbaby) for us when I go into labor. I emailed her this morning to confirm that. She had said she'd take him at any time we feel that he's too much....so it's kind of left open as to when she's going to take him. Anyway, in my email, I phrased it really weird today and told her "I just want to confirm you're still ok with taking him when we need you to. I'm not ready to give him up yet, but I just wanted to double check you're still fine with the arrangement."  
    Then she wrote back and said "whenever you want to give him up is fine"
    And then it started to sound really sad to me and I almost started crying. WTF is wrong with me. She's just dog sitting. Jeez. 

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    I just ate an embarrassingly large amount of nachos and cheese. I hope DH doesn't go looking for them later tonight.....
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    Mrs_Bennett said:
    I just ate an embarrassingly large amount of nachos and cheese. I hope DH doesn't go looking for them later tonight.....
    That sounds soo good.
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  • mowl2014mowl2014 member
    luckylady18 said:
    So my mom is going to be watching Lucky (furbaby) for us when I go into labor. I emailed her this morning to confirm that. She had said she'd take him at any time we feel that he's too much....so it's kind of left open as to when she's going to take him. Anyway, in my email, I phrased it really weird today and told her "I just want to confirm you're still ok with taking him when we need you to. I'm not ready to give him up yet, but I just wanted to double check you're still fine with the arrangement."  
    Then she wrote back and said "whenever you want to give him up is fine"
    And then it started to sound really sad to me and I almost started crying. WTF is wrong with me. She's just dog sitting. Jeez. 

    @luckylady18

    I totally understand. We have 2 dogs and 2 cats and anytime we're away from them I get very sad and concerned for their well-being.  I'm super attached - to me there's nothing wrong with you :) But it IS great that your mom is willing to watch Lucky whenever you need her to. That's such a relief I'm sure.  My brother lives 2 hours away and my mom lives 5 hours away. My MIL and FIL live 8 hours away, so we are kind of hoping that my brother and his family might be able to stop by to let dogs out or check on them when we head to the hospital prior to my mom making it in town depending on timing,weather,etc. We have some friends we can call upon as backup.
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  • luckylady18luckylady18 member
    Yeah - my mom is an hour away but that's close enough. I'm also giving a key to a neighbor in case of an emergency (I ended up in L&D one night and poor Lucky didn't get walked or fed for too long)...so now my friend will be on call if that ever happens again. He can't dogsit though, becuase his dog would eat Lucky as a snack, but he can definitely stop in and feed and walk the pup :)

    I feel more calm now that all my dog watching needs are taken care of.
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    saiven said:

    Peeing is so unsatifying.

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    I get to where I'm feeling like my bladder is going to explode and go to the bathroom thinking I'm going to pee a gallon and it's seriously just a little tinkle. So annoying. This girl needs to get off my bladder.
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  • AlfiesMOMAlfiesMOM member
    I just had a first... peeing like being punched in the vag. Not very pleaseant! 
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    Here's my sick day selfie!

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  • bkmamabkmama member
    Got the PJs that I ordered especially for post-partum at the hospital. They are so cozy and great!
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  • bkmamabkmama member
    @Josie400  I'm a FTM and have a weird suspicion I'll wind up going late, like by a week at least. I haven't had very many BH contractions or pains or anything. But now @Maebb has me hoping I'll go early! I guess we just wait & see... so annoying ;)
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