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  • tlglass91tlglass91 member
    My spam is that I'm feeling rather snarky today, perhaps because my due date is tmrw and labor is nowhere to be seen or heard haha.
    But on an unrelated pregnancy note, DH started a new blood pressure medicine last night which caused him to almost faint this morning when he stood up too soon. So I drove him to work just to be safe, now I'm stuck here all day because he doesn't like being at work without a car but doesn't have time to bring me home. Looks like I'll be bumping quite a bit today! It's only 10:30 am here and I'm already in the coffee shop charging my phone.
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  • ems0523ems0523 member
    I have a cervical check this afternoon which will determine if I need to start cervidil tomorrow evening or just pitocin tomorrow morning! Hoping to be a pitocin start, I'll be 39 weeks tomorrow and being induced for iugr. Oh and its my last day of work until May, woohoo!!!

    Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
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    @ems0523‌ best of luck to you! And yay for your last day of work! I hope it goes by quickly. My mom is coming tmrw and I haven't seen her in 3 months so I will be counting down the hours today also!
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  • tropicbreezetropicbreeze member
    @ems0523‌ good luck!

    Tired today. Just so tired. Definitely relying on my alarms to feed DS today.
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  • JessicaH1020JessicaH1020 member
    tlglass91 said:
    My spam is that I'm feeling rather snarky today, perhaps because my due date is tmrw and labor is nowhere to be seen or heard haha. But on an unrelated pregnancy note, DH started a new blood pressure medicine last night which caused him to almost faint this morning when he stood up too soon. So I drove him to work just to be safe, now I'm stuck here all day because he doesn't like being at work without a car but doesn't have time to bring me home. Looks like I'll be bumping quite a bit today! It's only 10:30 am here and I'm already in the coffee shop charging my phone.
    Ditto.  I'm tired of telling people to call their doctor.  I'm not a doctor and can't tell you if you're in labor.  You can be sure that at the first signs of labor, my butt will be on the phone with my OB/midwife to find out what they want me to do.  I pay them a lot of money (actually Tricare pays them) to do that, so there is no way I would waste my money and try to solicit free advice from internet doctors. 
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  • JessicaH1020JessicaH1020 member

    Here's my not snarky post:

    38 week appointment today, YAY!  And we finally bought my new car to replace the one I totaled so no more carpooling with the husbandman to and from work :) 

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  • mommaa1615mommaa1615 member
    I can't believe its Thursday already! I plan to get my brows waxed & pedicure today with a gift card from Christmas :)
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  • one2andnow3one2andnow3 member
    Hi all! I read everyday but rarely post because of no interest in subject topic. I'm going to an essential oils class about soothing new baby.
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  • FlowerPower16FlowerPower16 member
    I have to go to a career fair today for work. I usually look forward to them, but being on my feet and talking to people all day isn't sounding very appealing.

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  • tropicbreezetropicbreeze member
    one2andnow3 said:

    Hi all! I read everyday but rarely post because of no interest in subject topic. I'm going to an essential oils class about soothing new baby.

    I'm going to one tomorrow! I'm so excited!
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  • SquirrelsRWatchingSquirrelsRWatching member

    I'm in a snarky mood today too. My step sister messaged me on Fb last night to tell me she is coming down with her boyfriend and 6 year old daughter the same day my parents are coming into town. I live in a 2 bedroom, single floor town house. I feel claustrophobic just thinking of it. She thinks she's going to crash on the living room couch or on an air mattress. However, besides the bedrooms and bathrooms, the rest of my house is open to each other -- kitchen, dining area, living area, and computer room. DH will be in our room sleeping because he's not going to take time off work if my parents are there, so I very well can't be confined to our bedroom in my own house being awake every few hours.

    Before she messaged me last night, she had previously told me she would be coming down once LO was here and we'd pick a date. Inviting herself over to my tiny house when she already knows my parents are going to be here is not the same thing as picking a date together once LO arrives.

    Plus, if I have to be induced, it'll be on the day they all show up. I'll be glad to have my parents there if I'm being induced, but I don't need extras hanging around at my house for no reason bored out of their minds. By the time I'd be released from the hospital, it'd be time for them to all go back home anyways.

    I just can't do it. I was so worked up about it last night and this morning, I finally just sent her a message and told her no.


    Married 1/09/10

    BFP 6/10/14
    EDD 2/17/15
    DS 2/17/15

    BFP 6/12/17
    EDD 2/18/17
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  • SquirrelsRWatchingSquirrelsRWatching member

    Oh, and I wish there was a PSA on TB somewhere that says, "Don't ask about your mucous plug." I'm afraid to click on anything with mucous plug in the title in case someone didn't get the memo that we don't need to see pictures. Why do people even ask if what they see is their mucous plug?? How would we know?? And even if you see it, it doesn't mean you are going in labor right this second or even soon for that matter. Okay, I'm done. (/end rant)

     


    Married 1/09/10

    BFP 6/10/14
    EDD 2/17/15
    DS 2/17/15

    BFP 6/12/17
    EDD 2/18/17
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  • tlglass91tlglass91 member
    SquirrelsRWatching said:

    I'm in a snarky mood today too. My step sister messaged me on Fb last night to tell me she is coming down with her boyfriend and 6 year old daughter the same day my parents are coming into town. I live in a 2 bedroom, single floor town house. I feel claustrophobic just thinking of it. She thinks she's going to crash on the living room couch or on an air mattress. However, besides the bedrooms and bathrooms, the rest of my house is open to each other -- kitchen, dining area, living area, and computer room. DH will be in our room sleeping because he's not going to take time off work if my parents are there, so I very well can't be confined to our bedroom in my own house being awake every few hours.

    Before she messaged me last night, she had previously told me she would be coming down once LO was here and we'd pick a date. Inviting herself over to my tiny house when she already knows my parents are going to be here is not the same thing as picking a date together once LO arrives.

    Plus, if I have to be induced, it'll be on the day they all show up. I'll be glad to have my parents there if I'm being induced, but I don't need extras hanging around at my house for no reason bored out of their minds. By the time I'd be released from the hospital, it'd be time for them to all go back home anyways.

    I just can't do it. I was so worked up about it last night and this morning, I finally just sent her a message and told her no.

    I'm glad you put your foot down. The whole time I was reading your post I was thinking how I was gonna say you just need to lay the law down. But I'm glad you did!!! The only person coming to stay with us is my mom for
    Two weeks, I don't think I could handle any more visitors then that. Plus we live in a different country so it's kinda a different situation. Seriously though, other than my mom I have not wanted any house guests these last few weeks.
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  • tlglass91tlglass91 member
    JessicaH1020 said:


    SquirrelsRWatching said:

    Oh, and I wish there was a PSA on TB somewhere that says, "Don't ask about your mucous plug." I'm afraid to click on anything with mucous plug in the title in case someone didn't get the memo that we don't need to see pictures. Why do people even ask if what they see is their mucous plug?? How would we know?? And even if you see it, it doesn't mean you are going in labor right this second or even soon for that matter. Okay, I'm done. (/end rant)

     


    There's a post on M15 called CALL YOUR DOCTOR...please.  I'm considering stealing it and posting it here.


    I SAW THAT! DO IT. Lol.
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  • anxiousmommy85anxiousmommy85 member
    Did anyone else find the irony in the first post after the Call Your Doctor post requiring a call your doctor response? It could just be the sleep deprivation on my side, but I'm unreasonably amused at the folly of said poster. (The second, not the Call Your Doctor post).
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  • SquirrelsRWatchingSquirrelsRWatching member

    @tlglass91: I couldn't not put my foot down with her. (sorry about the double negative) I'm normally a "push-over" but I'm a FTM. The thought alone was making me upset, and I haven't even had LO yet! I'm sure I'll want quiet time with DH. And having her boyfriend, who I don't know all that well, and her 6-year-old running around my house, I just couldn't see letting her drop in like that. I'm worn out just thinking about it!!


    Married 1/09/10

    BFP 6/10/14
    EDD 2/17/15
    DS 2/17/15

    BFP 6/12/17
    EDD 2/18/17
    Deja vu??



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  • wittyacronymwittyacronym member
    My spam is that I hate the new bump format. I have a hard time finding the birth month boards and I have tried to post my birth story twice and failed :( I don't know if it is new mommy brain or this site. I will try again in a few days. I will say that I am over the moon excited and happy to announce that Jada is here! She weighed 5#9oz and 20 inches long.
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  • AlyllyraAlyllyra member
    @wittyacronym‌ She's so adorable!
    And yes, the new Bump sucks for finding things!

    My spam is that DH is sick. He stayed home today and slept but he still has a fever. I'm torn because I want to take care of him but I do NOT want to get sick right now. I have a week left at work before maternity leave and I would like to get through it healthy. Not to mention the fact that I could go into labor anytime. Ugh, this time of year is just the worst...
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  • tlglass91tlglass91 member
    @SquirrelsRWatching‌ I was exhausted for you thinking about it. I'm a FTM too so I have no experience. But I can tell THAT would be so exhausting.
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  • Ace226Ace226 member
    Snarkiness? Me? Never.
    Well, I live in a small town where the average IQ is lower than usual. It's unfortunate. In any case, I was looking at the classified ads on Facebook and saw this gem.
    If you don't want to click to see the full thing, it's a dresser for sale... Drawer is spelled "jore". Face palm.
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  • Ace226Ace226 member
    babykoz214 said:

    Good Afternoon, Ya'll


    My spam for today is that I am tired of everyone feeling the need to like get together with me now. I am 9 days out from my due date, it's uncomfortable when I walk, and I don't feel like getting dressed and ready for all these flipping outings. What I want is to lay on my couch in my pajamas all day long and binge eat and watch TV and not be bothered. What I don't want is for this brother to take me out to lunch, and then this girlfriend to dinner, and then this cousin to stop by and visit during the afternoon, and then my mom to want pedicures. Like No! It's sweet, I get it. And I admit I am guilty of it myself when friends were having babies that I thought I should like step up in those end days and make myself available.. but really I am just all "peopled" out. On second thought, I am excited about the pedicure.. maybe it will kick start things.  

    @Squirrelsrwatching I am so glad you put your foot down. 
    I can already feel myself getting like angry and frustrated at the thought of my mother and my in-laws making themselves comfortable in our home once baby comes. They're local too so it wouldn't even be like they are spending the nights. But when I am an unshowered mess, my house is a mess, I am sleep deprived, trying to breastfeed, and an emotional wreck I am NOT playing host to my husbands parents. My mom is one thing, she's my mom.. and she cleans and she helps. Yea, she's annoying and in your face but she will also pick up the broom and scrub my toilet without being solicited to do so. My in-laws on the other hand, they try to be helpful.. Sure, they'll show up with food or something. But when push comes to shove I still feel like I am hosting guests in my house when they are here. And I really don't need the added aggravation of feeling like I need to tidy up the house and put a pot of coffee on for people every day. Is that bad? I'm too much of a pushover to say anything, and I don't want my husband to get all bent out of shape. Hopefully, they'll just respect our space and give us like a couple of days before the invasion begins and it won't be an issue. 
    I'm sorry this post is super whiny and bitchy. 
    Totally get it. My parents are the same way, they're not expecting to be treated like guests. Luckily MIL is staying with other family in town. I've never been so thankful to not have a guest room. FIL and his wife aren't coming until summer which is a-ok with me!! We don't have the best relationship so I'm prepared to kick them (well, her) out at the first sign of trouble and blame it on postpartum hormones... Even if it's months out.
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  • babykoz214babykoz214 member
    I just have such an awkward relationship with my MIL. It's not strained, or like we butt heads. Nothing ever happened. It's just that we aren't close. She is very stand-offish and hard to warm up to. It is just not an easy-going mother-daughter type relationship. Like it's hard to even make conversation with her while sitting in a room together. And it's sad because it's so different between my SIL and my own mom and I wish we had that. But, anyway, not even getting in to that whole thing right now. 
    I just don't see my MIL and FIL being very helpful if they were to come over and spend several hours here in the immediate days post-baby because they wouldn't be helpful they would just be in the way. They're just not the type of like outgoing comfort zone type people that would be helpful in the situation but rather it would just be like uncomfortable and unpleasant. 
    Who knows, I think my husband has an inkling how I feel so hopefully he'll keep it under control and I'm getting worked up over nothing. 
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  • Grapes13Grapes13 member
    amack22 said:

    I can't believe its Thursday already! I plan to get my brows waxed & pedicure today with a gift card from Christmas :)

    I'm on board with you. Getting a pedicure today. Christmas gift cards are amazing! 40+1 today... It's like the clock has started moving backwards. I also have to call my insurance company since I hit a deer last night and jacked up my bumper on my brand new car. :( The Pedi is definitely needed!!!
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    babykoz214 said:

    I just have such an awkward relationship with my MIL. It's not strained, or like we butt heads. Nothing ever happened. It's just that we aren't close. She is very stand-offish and hard to warm up to. It is just not an easy-going mother-daughter type relationship. Like it's hard to even make conversation with her while sitting in a room together. And it's sad because it's so different between my SIL and my own mom and I wish we had that. But, anyway, not even getting in to that whole thing right now. 

    I just don't see my MIL and FIL being very helpful if they were to come over and spend several hours here in the immediate days post-baby because they wouldn't be helpful they would just be in the way. They're just not the type of like outgoing comfort zone type people that would be helpful in the situation but rather it would just be like uncomfortable and unpleasant. 
    Who knows, I think my husband has an inkling how I feel so hopefully he'll keep it under control and I'm getting worked up over nothing. 
    I also totally get this. My relationship with the MIL has not been good until halfway through my pregnancy. She was against our marriage and made my life hell for a year. Now she's cozying up... And that's fine, I prefer to forgive and move on, but I hate to pretend everything is peachy. She won't stop inviting me over, reminding me she can help, offering to be in the delivery room (noooo thank you), checking in twice a day, blah blah. All I want is to be left alone these next few weeks. And when baby gets here the last thing I want is a visit from her. Which sounds awful I know. But when I'm up to it, I'll visit her. So I can call the shots and leave when I want and I don't have to play the host.
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  • babykoz214babykoz214 member
    @Grapes13 Oh man I can't even imagine having my MIL in the delivery room. Nobody is welcome in there expect for DH!! That sounds pretty frustrating too.. it's no better when it is forced and doesn't come naturally. Thanks for commiserating with me :)
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  • mommaa1615mommaa1615 member
    Grapes13 said:
    I can't believe its Thursday already! I plan to get my brows waxed & pedicure today with a gift card from Christmas :)
    I'm on board with you. Getting a pedicure today. Christmas gift cards are amazing! 40+1 today... It's like the clock has started moving backwards. I also have to call my insurance company since I hit a deer last night and jacked up my bumper on my brand new car. :( The Pedi is definitely needed!!!


    -Ooh no that sucks about your car. You def need a pedi. It was AMAZING!!!! I was the only one in the place and they were so so nice to me. Extra massage and before I left she told me to sit down and gave me a back massage. I didn't want to leave. Then I went to Dunkin Donuts and got a brownie batter donut-AHHHHHHHH great day ha

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  • babykoz214babykoz214 member
    @amack22‌ Brownie Batter donuts are sheer bliss. I looked forward to it coming out all year. No joke, when I found out I was due on valentines day one of the first things I thought of was how happy I was that brownie batter donuts would be around for the last leg of my pregnancy.
    The day they came out around here, my husband actually called Dunkin Donuts ahead to make sure they had them and they said yes! And then when we got there they had sold out and so did the next Dunkin up the highway bc of course we went to another one in search of it. I was so sad :(
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  • JessicaH1020JessicaH1020 member

    Having my MIL in the delivery room would my worst nightmare come to fruition.  I actually had a nightmare the other night that she showed up at the hospital while I was in labor. 

    And then within the same dream, I got ticked off with my husbandman for getting drunk with Draco Malfoy.  Even though that would be awesome. 

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  • sarabethmacksarabethmack member
    Having my own mother in the delivery room would set me over the edge! She's the sweetest thing ever but she's unknowingly very self-centered. She will be staying with us for two weeks (arriving from 3,000 miles away the day of my induction if baby doesn't come naturally) and everything has been about when she'll be able to go golfing and how she got her hair done/went clothes shopping for other visitors. On my wedding day I sat alone in a laundry room trying to calm myself down while she was surrounded by my entire bridal party hysterically crying - it's always THAT kind of scene.

    Furthermore, I like to do everything myself and it's more stressful for me to receive help, so having family drill me for several months about things like what I want to eat on Valentine's Day and what the official plan for taking baby on walks has really worn me thin. I HATE receiving advice and like to figure everything out on my own (I admittedly get really defensive when people try to teach me things), so I'm really hoping that LO arrives sooner than later - not only for the natural birth aspect but also the I-want-to-come-home-to-an-empty-house-and-not-be-bothered aspect...

    Shouldn't be too much to ask!
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    Also, did anyone else notice that one of this week's leaders is banned? No spam or abuse points either.
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  • stefanie_cbcstefanie_cbc member
    I had a pretty quick day at the office thanks to a meeting that lasted all morning on the other side of town. Thankfully it was two blocks from my chiropractor so I was able to stop in for an adjustment. It felt great! Now the hubs is ordering pizza so I'm gonna just chill in the new lazy boy rocker and chow down. :)
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  • SquirrelsRWatchingSquirrelsRWatching member
    Xoxolicia said:
    I got another f-ing warning. Looks like I'll be banned soon.
    For WHAT?!?!?!?!

    Married 1/09/10

    BFP 6/10/14
    EDD 2/17/15
    DS 2/17/15

    BFP 6/12/17
    EDD 2/18/17
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  • one2andnow3one2andnow3 member
    @Knottie52468216 you are going to love the essential oils class. I learned more than I could have ever expected. I thought it was going to be mainly about baby, but I found oils to help with labor and postpartum. A few key oils that I got were lavender, wild orange, ylang ylang and lemon. I am going to read and review more of the info tonight, because it was a lot to learn in a little time.
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  • anxiousmommy85anxiousmommy85 member
    Lavender is a save all in my house. Everyone but the hubs uses it. I wish there were an essential oils class in my area.
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  • katiebranzkatiebranz member
    Tomorrow is my last day of work, and it's so weird to leave my kiddos in the hands of a sub. She seems wonderfful but it is very hard to walk out of my room and not know what will happen.

    I know it doesn't mean much, but i had an appt. today and have dilated 2cm. Im just nervous/excited/relieved, that things are moving in the right direction.

    (Please excuse terrible typing, bumping on ipad for the first time)
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