It's too hot. (I realize how very luck I am that that's all I have to moan about). BUT IT'S TOO HOT. Why, oh why, did we move to Texas from the temperate SF Bay Area at the exact time I got pregnant? Why is it 100 degrees out with high humidity????
Why don't I have access to an amazing indoor pool?
MM- where did this mustard on ham sandwich craving come from?? I only eat regular mustard on hot dogs and burgers but for the last three days I have to have a ham and mustard sandwich, and not just a touch of mustard. It has to be lots of mustard. It's so weird but so delicious!!
And another one is wtf did this humidity come from?? I'm glad I don't have to be outside or I'd be the most miserable person ever!
I've been told 4 times today that I'm selfish for not doing maternity pictures. Wtf?? Uh no...I think $300 for a session with a photographer could be better spent...or not spent at all in and my son's savings account. I hardly think not wanting to do a photo shoot like "look at me I'm pregnant!" Is selfish. And I catch crap for not posting bump pics on instagram. I very rarely post a selfie...why would I suddenly start sharing pictures of my body just because I'm pregnant? If you haven't seen it in person you have no need to see it on instagram and aren't likely to see my son either. I wish everyone would just shut the hell up and get off my case. :-w
This morning, I discovered that there is a family of mice living in one of my walls. I managed to catch one and set it free, but I know there are at least two more. I can't stand traps because I don't want the poor things to suffer, but if I plug up the space in the molding they get in and out through, they will just die in there.
My cat doesn't have any kind of killer instinct, my dog is too big and uncoordinated to catch anything, and my husband is out of town. Waiting for my landlord to send someone over to look into the situation. Meanwhile, it is boiling hot and the whole apartment has to be cleaned because my parents are coming to visit tomorrow. Even before I discovered the mice, the cleaning was really difficult; I just can't get down and scrub like I used to be able to.
I wish the stupid things could understand that I want them to live (just not with me) and come to me willingly so I could take them outside.
Thanks, @MamaOwl15. Unfortunately, I don't live anywhere near a Target, but I will try my local hardware store. I haven't had luck with those traps in the past, but I'm willing to try again.
@babealertz I feel you about not being able to get down and scrub to clean. The shower needed to be cleaned this week and last time I did it, it was hard so I asked DH to do it. I came home from work and saw it, and was like, are you sure you cleaned it? Even after I gave him step by step instructions on where stuff builds up and needs a little extra scrubbing. Oh well, I'm not doing it until after this baby comes out. At least he tried.
@aprosch Same story over here. DH seems to have forgotten how to clean a bathroom in the 5 years we have lived together. I am almost to the point where I am going to threaten to call him mom over to do it if he can't clean below waist level. He says he doesn;t see the dirt.... But you need to SCRUB the tub and wipe the bottom part of the toilet!! Arrrrrgh...
Mama to a wonderful DD - Sep 2015, Wife to my DH since 2011, 2 dogs, a cat, and hoping to add No. 2 in May/June 2018. Canadian. 5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD. 3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
MM: the nurse called and cancelled my next doctor's appointment (early August) because the doctor has something else scheduled that day. I don't mind moving it but I was told she is now booked until early Septemeber and was asked what other doctor I'd like to see. This really bothers me! I have GD and will be starting my third trimester so I'd like to stay with her at this point in my pregnancy. Last appointment she mentioned that I'll be monitored more closely in the third trimester so the thought of being pawned off to another doctor makes me nervous. I know that doctors are all very different in their views and how they practice and I just don't want to have to explain my entire history to a new doctor that I've never met. I'm probably just being sensitive about the whole thing but as a FTM it's also a matter of comfort and trust for me.
My MM: I am congested with a sore throat, a headache on one side of my head, and I've felt like I needed to sneeze for 3 days. Add to that the heat advisory, humidity, and my swollen ankles and you've got one miserable momma! Thankfully, DH took this week off so we can have some much needed QT.
My Weekend was great! We tool a great of teens to cedar point (not that I could do much but I did get to hang out with DH and DD in the pool there for 4 hours! )
My MM I got all bit up while camping on Friday night and just can't stop wanting to itchy!
I had my baby shower this weekend and it was amazing!!!! So much fun and so many people came to support us. My best friend who was also the main host didn't show due to health issues and we had a fight because she was being an ahole because she wasn't getting a play by play....the only thing she really did was buy the cake which didn't show up until 7 when the shower started at 4:30 ...but anywho it was fun! My other friends stepped in to help and it was perfect.
My Monday moan is that now I have to put a room full of stuff away and he got stuff in the mail today so I guess it's a moan but a blessing lol
I found my first stretch mark today. I'm seven months into my 2nd pregnancy and I should feel lucky to have avoided them this far. That would be the adult, mature thing to do.
Instead, once I realized it is for sure a stretch mark, I cried like a baby and refused to allow my husband near me to see it. It's jagged and vertical and goes right across my belly button. Not subtle.
I guess my stomach is my hot button issue. I've been self concious about it since DD1 (no stretch marks, but my belly button stayed slightly deeper and hooded after that pregnancy). I have some self work to do, obviously, because it's only going to get worse from here, and I'm going to have to learn to own it. But right now I'm feeling pretty bummed (
@CaitLewis15 it's okay to be bummed out over your stretch mark! I've had stretch marks since I hit puberty (stomach, hips, breasts, arms), and I was okay with it. Just a part of my body. Several weeks ago, I found some more on my "under-bump" and I cried. A lot. More than someone who has had stretch marks for such a large portion of her life should. Getting into the shower tonight, I noticed new deep, pink stretch marks on the sides of my bump. I'm sad over it. But it's okay. Just wanted to let you know you're not alone in it!
One word ...... HEARTBURN!!! Miserable tonight from it and had my ob apt this past Friday and totally forgot to ask for a rx cause OTC tums and milk are NOT touching it. I've done said this baby girl better have a head full of hair or im gonna be pissed..... LOL
@CaitLewis15 i have a stretch mark that grows with each pregnancy and it makes me so sad. Unfortunately it's right where this baby does all his big moves so I'm braced for even more. My 4yo things a band aid will helpand i so wish she were right!
@gograce and @komorebi, thank you for the validation. I feel like my reaction was such a fail. I'll take 'sad over it' over hiccup sobs. I'm supposed to have confidence down so that I can model strong femininity for the DD's...and I will...but tonight I'm going to wallow for a bit before I pull it together and start reading articles about "tiger stripes," etc.
I've been pretty lucky with pregnancy symptoms until mmmm three days ago! My feet swell and I officially need compression socks when I work. I had my first whole leg Charlie horse this morning. And I successfully sneezed, farted, and peed myself all while my hubby was rubbing my sausage toes! And I also broke down crying twice today. Sobbing, ugly, cry face. Once because I discovered my husband had bought a can of dip (he has quit unsuccessfully three times now) and the other because he wasn't home before I went in to work. I hate to even say this but hormones have finally kicked my ass in a swift three day sweep.
Lol @CaitLewis15 when I found the stretch marks under my bump, I hid under the covers in hysterics and kept pushing DH away when he tried to comfort me. I think at one point I told him one of us had to sleep on the couch because "I'm so disgusting." Being sad over my new ones is a huuuuge step up.
Okay, I usually try not to complain on this board, but this week has just been too much. All the doctor's visits are throwing my health anxiety into overdrive. I am getting additional testing for GD (failed the 1-hour) and preeclampsia (having vision disturbances/weight gain, though nothing else so far). I suspected I would have GD, as my mom did, but I really don't want preeclampsia, because (1) it's preeclampsia and (2) it involves a waiting game, which is my anxiety's worst nemesis. . I trust my doctor, and I know that at 28 weeks my daughter has a good chance, but still! I can barely sleep or focus on anything and I cry an absurd amount. I haven't seen my counselor in a while and I'm going back tomorrow, but is just can't wait for this all to be over. I just want to know that my little girl and I will be okay!
@gograce and @komorebi, thank you for the validation. I feel like my reaction was such a fail. I'll take 'sad over it' over hiccup sobs. I'm supposed to have confidence down so that I can model strong femininity for the DD's...and I will...but tonight I'm going to wallow for a bit before I pull it together and start reading articles about "tiger stripes," etc.
@CaitLewis15 I'm so far from loving mine but when my girls talk about them i always spin it into stories about my pregnancies with them and how they moved,what foods i couldn't live without. Just thinking about being a strong model of femininity is a step above the message or culture sends, so cry all you want. It's still your body!
Okay, I usually try not to complain on this board, but this week has just been too much. All the doctor's visits are throwing my health anxiety into overdrive. I am getting additional testing for GD (failed the 1-hour) and preeclampsia (having vision disturbances/weight gain, though nothing else so far). I suspected I would have GD, as my mom did, but I really don't want preeclampsia, because (1) it's preeclampsia and (2) it involves a waiting game, which is my anxiety's worst nemesis. . I trust my doctor, and I know that at 28 weeks my daughter has a good chance, but still! I can barely sleep or focus on anything and I cry an absurd amount. I haven't seen my counselor in a while and I'm going back tomorrow, but is just can't wait for this all to be over. I just want to know that my little girl and I will be okay!
I'm sending you a huge hug! I'm high risk for preenclampsia due to my mom having had it and my having some health risks. I've got anxiety, so I know how you feel. Every time I feel off I worry. I hope that your tests all come back normal.
Ok so it's no longer Monday but I have a moan. I'm really starting to feel the affects of these heat and it's not fun! I don't know what's happened to me but the last few weeks I've been a walking furnace. I'm hot and sweaty all the time, freezing my family out at home because I need the AC on full blast even at night. I wake up feeling sticky and the bottoms of my feet have been sore every morning recently (probably not related). Not to mention my electric bill is going to put me in an early grave.
Re: Monday Moans
And another one is wtf did this humidity come from?? I'm glad I don't have to be outside or I'd be the most miserable person ever!
My cat doesn't have any kind of killer instinct, my dog is too big and uncoordinated to catch anything, and my husband is out of town. Waiting for my landlord to send someone over to look into the situation. Meanwhile, it is boiling hot and the whole apartment has to be cleaned because my parents are coming to visit tomorrow. Even before I discovered the mice, the cleaning was really difficult; I just can't get down and scrub like I used to be able to.
I wish the stupid things could understand that I want them to live (just not with me) and come to me willingly so I could take them outside.
My Monday moan: I pulled my vagina. Ok, not really my vagina but damn it feels like it. I'm now waddling like a duck.
@aprosch Same story over here. DH seems to have forgotten how to clean a bathroom in the 5 years we have lived together. I am almost to the point where I am going to threaten to call him mom over to do it if he can't clean below waist level. He says he doesn;t see the dirt.... But you need to SCRUB the tub and wipe the bottom part of the toilet!! Arrrrrgh...
5 - IUIs, 3 - IVF retrievals, 2- failed transfers (fresh, and frozen), PGS on second IVF resulted in 1 perfect emby, and DD.
3rd IVF w PGS resulted in 3! perfect embys. 1st transfer - Sep 2017 2 more on ice.
My MM I got all bit up while camping on Friday night and just can't stop wanting to itchy!
My Monday moan is that now I have to put a room full of stuff away and he got stuff in the mail today so I guess it's a moan but a blessing lol
Miranda Lambert (my idol) and Blake Shelton got divorced. Flabbergasting.
Instead, once I realized it is for sure a stretch mark, I cried like a baby and refused to allow my husband near me to see it. It's jagged and vertical and goes right across my belly button. Not subtle.
I guess my stomach is my hot button issue. I've been self concious about it since DD1 (no stretch marks, but my belly button stayed slightly deeper and hooded after that pregnancy). I have some self work to do, obviously, because it's only going to get worse from here, and I'm going to have to learn to own it. But right now I'm feeling pretty bummed
I've had stretch marks since I hit puberty (stomach, hips, breasts, arms), and I was okay with it. Just a part of my body.
Several weeks ago, I found some more on my "under-bump" and I cried. A lot. More than someone who has had stretch marks for such a large portion of her life should. Getting into the shower tonight, I noticed new deep, pink stretch marks on the sides of my bump.
I'm sad over it. But it's okay.
Just wanted to let you know you're not alone in it!
Being sad over my new ones is a huuuuge step up.