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August 2015 Moms
LEGALLYblonde86
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What is DH thinking?! Funny
LEGALLYblonde86
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My husband, while a wonderful father to 6 year old DD, is not her biological father, so this is his first go at L&D. He has been a part of our lives since just after DD's 1st birthday and bio dad is no longer a part of her life (his decision). So I try to keep in mind that DH may not know what he is really getting in to when the time comes.
Today while my Mom and her friend were visiting, we were discussing who will be there when I go in to be induced. Mom has to be at work before DD gets on the bus, moms friend is a teacher at DD school and said she could pick DD up from my mom and she could just hang out in her classroom until school starts. Out of nowhere, DH says "Wait, your sending her to school that day?" I asked him where else she would go? He says "why wouldnt she go with us?". I explained that she didnt need to see all that, and that I was in labor with DD for 21 hours. He says "But they are inducing you, it should be real quick that way right?"
I dont think Ive laughed so hard in a long time. Bless his little heart
Today while my Mom and her friend were visiting, we were discussing who will be there when I go in to be induced. Mom has to be at work before DD gets on the bus, moms friend is a teacher at DD school and said she could pick DD up from my mom and she could just hang out in her classroom until school starts. Out of nowhere, DH says "Wait, your sending her to school that day?" I asked him where else she would go? He says "why wouldnt she go with us?". I explained that she didnt need to see all that, and that I was in labor with DD for 21 hours. He says "But they are inducing you, it should be real quick that way right?"
I dont think Ive laughed so hard in a long time. Bless his little heart
Baby #2 is due
August 26, 2015
Re: What is DH thinking?! Funny
Wow. Just wow. LOL
Baby #2 is due
August 26, 2015
My mom is going to be picking DD up from daycare the day we have our LO. I said something to her about bringing her to the hospital that evening and she was surprised. She said, "are you sure you want me to bring her up there? You are going to be really sore and might not feel like holding her." Um, I have never spent more than a work day away from DD. I've been crying for weeks thinking about how she is going to be spending a few nights away from us when LO comes. Why the heck would you think I wouldn't want to see her??? I don't want her up there all day or anything, and we are scheduled for the cesarean first thing in the morning. I think by that evening, I should be feeling better (not great, or anything, but functional). I was when I had her, anyway. I will go in next Wednesday, and she will spend the night Wednesday night at my mom's. Thursday night she will spend at MIL's, which is an hour away (and MIL is a crazy psychopath, so that isn't helping). After Wednesday evening, it will most likely be Friday before I see her again.
I may be crazy. I know there are a ton of moms who welcome the break, but it's not me. I work a full time job. I see her for maybe 30 minutes in the morning (which I don't even really count because she's still half asleep and cranky), then for maybe 3 hours in the evenings until bedtime. And she still takes naps some evenings, for maybe 45 minutes to an hour. A couple of days a week my mom will pick her up from daycare, and on those nights, she basically will come home and go to bed. I don't get that much time with her, except on weekends. Even DH thinks I'm a little crazy right now for all of the anxiety I'm having over not seeing her for a few days. My biggest worry is that she will wake up during the night and I won't be there and she's not going to understand why. Maybe I'm just overbearing, and I'm sure the raging hormones aren't helping.
Also, everytime someone on here asks how to kick start labor at home I just want to scream "so doctors use hard core pharmaceutical drugs to start labor (that doesn't always work) when they could just have us eat a pineapple???" Logic people... Come on
I had no idea how clueless my DH was until I was in labor with my DS who is now 4. We were at the hospital and as I'm moaning in bed from the pain of contractions I overhear him on the phone updating family. He told his mom that I wasn't in labor yet so we weren't expecting baby to come anytime soon. I just looked at him and said "Not in labor, what the hell do you think this is?" He thought that labor only referred to the actual pushing part. I'm hoping this time around he will have a better understanding lol.