Sunday randoms!

DragonflyDreaming · January 2015

The board is moving slow this weekend. I feel like I must be missing the action on pb!

DragonflyDreaming · January 2015

So, i brought DH to the baby shop yesterday and had a discussion with him about sleepsuits, and sizes. (He had no concept of the differences between anything, and we have to bring our own baby outfits to the hospital here, and the nurses said 'bring lots of them'). I realized that if I (knock on wood) happen to go into labor early, we have none of our baby stuff since the shipment still hasn't shipped (and will be held in customs).

Also, I am smuggling in vanilla extract in the baby shipment ... yes, I need it. The need is real.

graciest719 · January 2015

So jealous of everyone finishing up their nursery. Mine is on pause while Target messes with my orders and keeps sending me the wrong bookshelf. Twice the wrong one has ended up at my front door!

Nothing very random today. It's gloomy and raining and I'm really happy that I just get to stay home all day and cuddle with my dog.

cesquer · January 2015

Ok. So. I've started to panic. I am originally from Mexico and my family is throwing me a shower at 35 weeks in Tijuana, right across the border, for my aunts and cousins. It's only a 3-hour drive from LA, and I go all the time but I am nervous about going into early labor and having to deliver at a mexican hospital. Shoot me. Yes, Mexico has great docs and I am being racist against my own people... I know. And unlikely anything will happen but now I'm wondering why, oh why is this shower so late? I am grateful. But. It's making me nervous. I would strongly prefer not being that far from home considering how enormous and done I feel. That's all. Happy Sunday. 33w today!

jnowosielski · January 2015

@jennypm‌ I was looking at the same curtains but in gold! I say do it. They have a sale right now. I think the code is savemore?

We went to a wedding last night and had a lot of fun. I wasn't sure how it would be but I actually danced a little and h had a few beers (very rare). he is still sleeping, I hope he wakes up feeling ok.

mangomimosa · January 2015

Does anyone else get nervous every time there's an update in the Facebook group? After the double "my water broke, baby is coming" posts last week, I am paranoid every day that someone else is going to deliver!

mommyofkaylin · January 2015

Good morning! @jennypm‌ those curtains are really cute, but I would also feel hesitate about spending that on curtains. I bet you can find similar ones from another company? Maybe check Amazon or target?

We got a lot done yesterday and we're finishing up today. Dh will be finishing cleaning the carpets and we're going to finish putting up the polka dot decals in the nursery. We borrowed the carpet cleaner from my friend and oh my gosh I forgot how good these carpets look and feel when freshly cleaned. I need to invest in one of these cleaners so I don't have to pay someone to come out to do it.

ruemorgan · January 2015

Its a busy weekend for m15! I was mia yesterday due to work and then a company holiday party. This years party was def the best of the last three years. Of course I think the longer you work a company obviously the more comfortable you become with everyone. All of my favorite co workers won awards and I won a target gift card in the raffle so I was happy! And my DH was cheering and yelling the whole time like he knew these people but it was funny and then more people started getting really into it. Any who, im done rambling. Im going to get grt ready for my baby shower today. Ill be back sporadically

busterrose · January 2015

I am very impatient with the baby's room being finished. I asked my husband to have it done by the end of December so I would have time to decorate and wash all of the stored clothes, put crib back together, etc. I am not of any help with painting because of the fumes in the room and being on modified bed rest. So here I continue to wait. He still needs to do the doors and trim.

lisap0924 · January 2015

H started working on the nursery yesterday and is continuing today and tomorrow

We are completely gutting the room and starting from scratch.
He took down walls yestersay and took out all the old crappy insulation.
Today is he doing the electrical and new insulation.
Tomorrow will be new walls.
Next on the list is paint and then a new carpet
My parents ordered the crib yesterday.

The room may not be 100% when baby boy arrives, but he will be spending a couple months in our room anyway.

I am panicking less now that stuff is happening
My shower is on the 8th and my work shower is on the 13th.

Skrittens · January 2015

@DragonflyDreaming‌ - regarding sizes - my hospital outfits are all 0-3m, but I just bought a few NB (up to 7 Lb) on clearance just in case because I know he will be here 3-6 weeks early.

I also read that it is safer to have tighter rather than looser clothes on the baby, so I plan to put him in NB onesies and footie pajamas the first week or two unless they are just totally too small.

This, and what brand of baby oil, wash, and powder are the hardest decisions right now.

LesliW · January 2015

Baby's room is pretty much done, save curtains and wall hangings up.
Today is shower day, then I need to start planning my daughter's baby shower. Our babies will be 11 weeks apart.
I'm not on the FB page (am I too late??) so I' check here often for updates!
Happy Sunday all you lovely M15 ladies!

LesliW · January 2015

Baby's room is pretty much done, save curtains and wall hangings up.
Today is shower day, then I need to start planning my daughter's baby shower. Our babies will be 11 weeks apart.
I'm not on the FB page (am I too late??) so I' check here often for updates!
Happy Sunday all you lovely M15 ladies!

LesliW · January 2015

Sorry for the double post...don't know why that happened.

CoozieInMyPurse · January 2015

Still hanging out in bed with DH and the cats. LO is moving like crazy in there. I was up early Saturday to spectate a 5k and up late at a bachelorette party in New Orleans. I have to say, pregnancy as a no questions asked excuse to get out of things I would not really want to do anyway (karoke) is pretty much the best thing about pregnancy.

DH is lying next to me researching external mikes for our DSLR (it shoots video too) and last night he was up googling steady cam rigs. I'm not exactly sure what kind of filming of the baby he thinks we will be doing.

ETA a sentence changing negative.

mamajack86 · January 2015

Today was my day to get up with DS. On the weekend H & I alternate days to allow one of us to "sleep in". Though I think it's not fair since I'm up with DS every day of the week and up at night if he wakes up, but whatever. So now that breakfast is done it's Octonauts and train playing time.

Since we moved last weekend, this week has been organizing and settling in. Today is the final part of settling in and I'm probably going to be bugging H all day to hang up pictures.

Happy Sunday ladies.

rm2013 · January 2015

@jennypm I also would not spend that much money on curtains. I got DDs blackout curtains on Amazon for $35 for a set of two and they make the room dark at high noon.

If you're semi crafty maybe you could get a cheap pair of blackouts in navy and then either hot glue or sew white fabric panels across it to get the same look for 1/4 the price.

The only splurge I'm planning on is a double Baby Jogger City Select since I don't want to waste $150-200 on a crappy double.

jack12trip · January 2015

@DragonflyDreaming‌ and @FLFishOutOfWater‌ Same about the FB group! It's so quiet here now.

FLFish, I also have the same worry about it being a boy and not a girl, especially after all these pink onesies everyone has been sending us. No reason to think that....just paranoia.

My only randoms today are that my groin isn't as sore. Yes!

Also I'm eating breakfast in a t-shirt from my pre-pregnant days that says "Adios pantalones". And it's way funnier stretched out across a bump.

Lovebeingamomny · January 2015

@CoozieInMyPurse‌ how cute of your DH!

sunset30 · January 2015

My back is bugging me so much. I can't find a comfortable position anywhere, sitting, reclining, lying down, standing. They all hurt

Glad its a calm weekend though. Our baby stuff is starting to arrive and I'm getting worried where we'll put it all!

lawsonellis · January 2015

It sounds like it's been busy for M15! It definitely has been for me.

Yesterday we cleaned all the things, did our hospital tour, and then sisters came over and helped decorate for my baby shower today!

Today, I've gone to the office to print stuff, got a kolache, finished cleaning more things, and am about to get in the shower and begin the long and arduous process of trying to look human.

I'm excited for my shower and excited to see all of my friends, not as excited to have H's mom and my family in the same room. I feel that there will be tension because they're on opposite sides of racist conservative crap (his is incredibly wealthy plantation owner type racist, and mine is fearing all things not Christian- especially Muslim racist). None of my friends, nor us condone or even acknowledge their beliefs as anything worth listening to but it tends to make its way out during their lively conversations. If I didn't think they'd both burn me at the stake, I'd totally be sipping on some red just to deal. (That turned in to more of a rant than I wanted, sorry)

But looking forward to friends and celebration!!

cesquer · January 2015

@jennypm those curtains are adorable. I say buy them if they will make you happy. Save on something else? Curtains make a big difference in a room! I splurged on mine from PBK, too. And I've bargain shopped for most other things. No regrets.

scrappypom · January 2015

I'm glad you found a better deal on blackout curtains, @jennypm‌ . I haven't even considered blackout curtains....

I'm with @busterrose‌ on the nursery. DH insisted we go with the crib & dresser his boss wanted to give us, both needed painting. So we have been painting with the $60/ gallon baby safe paint, which takes 30 days to cure. It's going top be so cute, but he promised me out would be done by the end of December and both still need a coat. I'm hoping to push him to finish both today!!

I have received plenty of newborn onesies a gifts, so I will have more than enough clothing to fit her those first few days.

After husband and I spent the whole day being lazy yesterday, im going to try to get stuff done today, just normal laundry for the week grocery shopping kind of stuff.

I'm starting to feel really overwhelmed by how big I am. I have gained a totally acceptable amount of weight, and started off at a healthy weight, but I just feel big! I feel like I'll never be small again, and I know it's petty and silly, but I really miss my body. I'm not letting it get to me too much, it's just there.

JeepersWife · January 2015

@lawsonellis‌ happy shower day!

I am in bed today...not sure if I have caught a stomach bug or ms has reared it's ugly head again but I feel like total crap. Super nauseous and my head hurts. I am so over feeling like shit!

I wanted to get my bag packed today- have my 32 week apts tomorrow and it was at this very apt with DS that I was sent to L&D and didn't leave...

Lovebeingamomny · January 2015

Since we are talking curtains, this may be really dumb but do you use a valance and a curtain? We got the valance to go with our bedding but I think I want a curtain too. Right? And now I'm totally thinking black out curtains courtesy of @jennypm‌!! The valance has a pattern but I was thinking of getting a plain pink set of curtains to match.

AshleyS512 · January 2015

This morning I finally put up the wall decals that match the PBK bedding set we bought. Everything is starting to really come together which makes me so excited! We don't have black out curtains but now I'm thinking we might need something more than the sheer white ones we have. Can't believe only 6 more weeks until our due date, time is flying.

Random: I told DH when I woke up that cinnamon rolls sounded so yummy and he brought some home from the grocery store along with a whole tub of Blue Bell "Moolenium Crunch" ice cream!!!! Score

genmccarley · January 2015

I'm thinking of switching doctors. I know it's super late in the game but I feel like mine doesn't give a single shit and the end of my first pregnancy wasn't as uncomplicated as the beginning was. Not to mention that the nurses can't take an accurate blood pressure or pulse even... I wish the doctor I had with DS was still in town :-<

@jennypm‌ glad you find cheaper curtains that you like as much! I love the stripes!

@FLFishOutOfWater‌ I heard an old wives tale that you dream of the opposite sex of what you're having. Fwiw the only person I know that was told the wrong sex at her ultrasound was told it was a girl and he was actually a boy, so I feel like boys are harder to mistake. I could be wrong though, who knows.

sdion27 · January 2015

I'm bumming today. DH just left early this am for work until Saturday! Yes, 8 days alone with a 2 1/2yo. I hate being alone to begin with but being super prego and having a toddler at home makes it so much worse. I'm hoping I'll snap outta it and the days will fly by but right now sucks! Rant over.

stepherly · January 2015

Hope you ladies are enjoying the weekend. It's miserable & rainy here so I'm trying to work on the nursery.

I finished drawing the mural for LO's wall last night. I started painting this morning. Hopefully between the rest of today and next weekend the wall will be finished.

@jennypm‌ Glad you found a good deal on similar curtains. Love the stripes!

@happymamax2‌ hope you feel better. Also my OB gave the the TDap shot around my 28w appointment.

Lovebeingamomny · January 2015

@happymamax2‌ I hope you feel better. My office offered tdap at 28 weeks, so the baby can get some protection from it.

mangomimosa · January 2015

babys2014 said:
@jennypm‌, those curtains are very nice, but I would have a hard time spending the money too..

@mangomimosa, I'm not on the fb group yet, so you guys have to keep us posted on if/when any other M15ers deliver!! It's made me a little anxious too, but I take comfort knowing that if the boys were born today, they'd have an excellent chance!!

I get nervous about sharing what's posted on FB without their consent though! I felt like nannabee had to give permission before anyone shared on TB ... I mean, that's what I'd want.

graciest719 · January 2015

Shit. I just got a FB message from my husbands aunt. She seems to think she is throwing a shower for me. Now, we talked about a shower back in October, but I wasn't sure I even wanted a shower and did not commit in any way. But she seems to think this is a done deal and she wants to do it Jan. 31! That's a pretty tight timeline, not to mention my girlfriends are having a shower for me that day.

In the meantime, I have already committed to a shower being hosted by another aunt of my husband. So now I need to call aunt #1 and tell her thanks but no thanks. I feel incredibly guilty because I know we talked about a shower, but I dont feel I firmly committed and we have not talked about it since October. Ugh. Lemme put my big girl panties on and do this.

Sorry about the vent/rant.

graciest719 · January 2015

happymamax2 said:
Thank you ladies! I´m hoping it subsides soon because it really feels like hell and feels like I am never going to get better.
Have any of you who have gotten the TDaP had any crazy reactions to it_ I´ve been hesitant to get it also because of my history with the flu shot. I know they are not the same but I´m scared of getting any crazy reactions while pregnant.

No reactions, just my arm hurt the next day. My doctor recommended me getting it before birth so I could pass passive immunization (or something like that) to LO.

starsailorr26 · January 2015

@happymamax2‌ I'm sorry you got the flu and I hope you all feel better soon. For the Tdap, I would get it while pregnant. OB recommends it this way to pass some of the immunity to baby.

We've been running errands all morning and on our way to the last of the day. I'm so tired and the lower pelvic pressure is so bad. Going to celebrate SIL's birthday later but that will be low key and there'll be yummy food and cake.

mangomimosa · January 2015

@happymamax2 I would wait until you recover from the flu, then get Tdap. You want a robust immune response to the vaccine for it to do its work, and you're not going to have that while your body is busy fighting the flu. (Of course if your OB says otherwise, go for it - this is just my understanding.)

That said, I'm getting it Tues @ 32 weeks. I've given probably 100+ Tdaps & haven't ever seen a reaction - except for one lot we had that seemed to cause a small handful of people to get a firm goose-egg like swelling at the site of the shot. But that was literally one lot of vaccines, and it didn't cause any major problems for anyone (like - not extremely painful or itchy or anything, just weird).

Whitfry · January 2015

We traded in DH's truck for a nice family-friendly car yesterday. Which is a big relief, but it was such a pain in the ass process. I hate car shopping and dealing with salesmen. I got really snippy with the lady at one dealership because she was trying to play all these stupid mind-games (retail psych 101) and doing it really badly and I just have no patience for that shit. But we did end up with a car (from a different dealer) and now I wont have to deal with any of that nonsense again for a long, long time.

DH is currently finishing up the trim in the nursery, and then I will finish painting, and then we will build the furniture! Yaaay! I have tomorrow off work, and I'm hoping that if the furniture is all built and put in I can wash all the baby clothes and blankets and things and then start putting them away. This is all getting so real, it's crazy.

Now I just have to get these new meds to do their job and stop making me sick and things should be back on track for me. FX.

genmccarley · January 2015

Speaking of the flu, my local hospitals just implemented their flu precautions so no one under 14 is allowed in the hospital buildings unless for their appt or to go to er, only dad/ labor coach and grandparents can visit on the family birthing unit and only parents can visit in NICU. I'm pretty bummed that these will most likely be in place til April and DS won't be able to visit.

CoozieInMyPurse · January 2015

Oh man, we found out at lunch that MIL is going to have to stay away from LO for 30 days each time he has a live virus vaccine. We originally thought she just wouldn't be able to change diapers. This is a whole new ballgame. I have no idea how long the restriction will last. Cancer sucks, y'all. LO will still get his vaccines on time, but it breaks my heart that we will have to keep them apart.

genmccarley · January 2015

CoozieInMyPurse said:
Oh man, we found out at lunch that MIL is going to have to stay away from LO for 30 days each time he has a live virus vaccine. We originally thought she just wouldn't be able to change diapers. This is a whole new ballgame. I have no idea how long the restriction will last. Cancer sucks, y'all. LO will still get his vaccines on time, but it breaks my heart that we will have to keep them apart.

I think there's only a couple live virus vaccines- one being rotavirus at 2 months and the other being MMR and chicken pox at 12 months. I could be wrong but hopefully you only have to worry about keeping them apart a couple times!

AshleyS512 · January 2015

Already posted today but I just remembered that last night DH and I went to meet another couple at a local pizza place for dinner. It's one of those places that gets packed and you have to kind of stand and scope out seats at long picnic tables. Well we saw a group getting up and stood nearby to snag their spots. It was obvious we were waiting and some guy comes up and tries to swoop in and take it! He was so rude and tried to tell me we couldn't take the seats because we didn't have our food yet (umm what?).

I got a huge adrenaline rush, looked him in the eyes and said, well I'm 8+ months pregnant and I'm sitting. I sat down and he goes, "oh, umm, I didn't know that" and awkwardly walked away. What a jerk. I think DH was a little shocked but I was not about to stand to eat my pizza, especially when we were clearly there first.

Skrittens · January 2015

@AshleyS512‌ - now I need some pizza.

@CoozieInMyPurse‌ - so sorry. cancer sucks big time.

My H finished painting the nursery today!!! I have already ordered the bedding and carpet - now for the crib and changing table. We can't agree on the dresser yet - but maybe our nursery might be done before the little man gets here!!

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