I asked DH if he'd consider taking a week off work when we have baby and he said "we'll see if we can afford it" ....OKAY SIR I CAN'T MENTALLY AFFORD BEING HOME ALONE FOR THE FIRST WEEK.
I got sucked into one of those book exchange schemes and so I did my part and posted on FB about getting six volunteers to keep it going. I'm now dealing with people telling me it's "an illegal scam" (scam, yes, illegal? please explain), and others telling me how I can buy books cheap. I'm not dumb, I'm capable of getting books for my children, I'm just trying not to screw over the person who invited me to this f#@$ing book exchange.
Sh*t, if you don't want to participate then screw off - no need to get all condescending!
Lazy coworkers. I'm not getting paid to do my job and yours. The fact that I can accomplish a million times more than you while on bedrest (still working from laptop ...in bed).... It's just pathetic.
My mother-in-law got pissed at my husband when he brought up that we may want up to 2 hours to ourselves with our new baby after he's born. Apparently because she can't come straight into the room after he's born, we don't 'value family' like she thought we did. Heaven forbid we want time to be a new family and get our bearings before the parade of people comes barging in
My mother-in-law got pissed at my husband when he brought up that we may want up to 2 hours to ourselves with our new baby after he's born. Apparently because she can't come straight into the room after he's born, we don't 'value family' like she thought we did. Heaven forbid we want time to be a new family and get our bearings before the parade of people comes barging in
My mother-in-law got pissed at my husband when he brought up that we may want up to 2 hours to ourselves with our new baby after he's born. Apparently because she can't come straight into the room after he's born, we don't 'value family' like she thought we did. Heaven forbid we want time to be a new family and get our bearings before the parade of people comes barging in
I am SO afraid of having this conversation :-/
Me too... not with my MIL, but my own mother. I don't want to have the talk with her because she gets very sensitive so I've been dropping hints that she'll be in the waiting area for a while, but she's still not getting it...
I don't want to get out of bed today. It's Monday, and raining.
I'm tired of sweating, last night I slept blanket less and pant less.... I still was sweaty.....
I haven't spoken to my best friend since September... In fact I've only talked to her maybe 3x since may.... Great...
-----about the after birth wanting time alone: the hospital I'm delivering at has a manditory one-hour alone time with baby after they are delivered... My mom knows this, she's not happy but there is nothing she can do about it, it's hospital rules. After the one hour is up, she will be the first one in the room to meet her grandchild... My SO and I will have one un-disturbed hour with our son, then visitors are allowed into the room... I'm thankful for that, otherwise id have to fight people to hold my own child right after he's born and I am not about that life-----
The hospital moved my preemie baby boy from the ISN back to the NICU because of space issues. They didn't tell us so when I called this morning for an update I just about had a heart attack when the receptionist told me he was moved back to NICU. I hate it here, it's so stressful being back in NICU so I hope he gets moved back soon. On top of this, the hospital AC is out so I was only able to hold him for 30 minutes before we had to put him back because he was getting too hot.
This is my DHs first day back to work since he was born and my first day doing everything on my own.. it has sucked royally and I have been in tears about 5 times already today.
My head hurts. Boss just informed me that I will have to get something in writing from OB before she can approve my maternity leave (which I'm not getting a dime for because I've only been with the company 6 months.) I really don't want to go to the dentist tomorrow just for them to tell me my gums and still swollen and I need to floss more. And at least all of you have family that will be with you at the hospital. My DH and I live 9 1/2 hours away from everyone. My mother said to call when I go into labour and she and my father are supposed to drop whatever they are doing and drive out to be here when the baby comes. I am so greatful for that. But no one else will be able to come to the hospital. My MIL says she can't afford to come see us, which really means she willl be spending all her time with my SIL who is due 2 weeks before me. I feel like we are out of sight, out of mind to all of our family.
I am so damn tired of people telling me, "oh you just wait" because my 7 yr old daughter is over the moon excited about having a baby brother! Like seriously right now? ! Since when do you know me let alone my child?! I have 3 siblings and we are all spaced out. I was 11 when my sister was born and begged my mom to share a room with her. To this day she is "baby" sis to me! Lol My daughter is very mother hen already and has been very involved with everything so far. It's just like why are you asking if she is excited then saying oh you just wait or she is for now. ..keep your negative bs to yourself please! Ok I'm done complaining now! Haha
My mother-in-law got pissed at my husband when he brought up that we may want up to 2 hours to ourselves with our new baby after he's born. Apparently because she can't come straight into the room after he's born, we don't 'value family' like she thought we did. Heaven forbid we want time to be a new family and get our bearings before the parade of people comes barging in
I am SO afraid of having this conversation :-/
Me too... not with my MIL, but my own mother. I don't want to have the talk with her because she gets very sensitive so I've been dropping hints that she'll be in the waiting area for a while, but she's still not getting it...
The crazy thing, is that my mom is completely fine with it..and this is her first grandchild! My MIL has one other grandchild, so I would almost expect her to be more laid-back about it. Luckily, my husband will be dealing with his family about this, and I'm handling mine. I'm just glad my family is isn't overbearing!
The hospital moved my preemie baby boy from the ISN back to the NICU because of space issues. They didn't tell us so when I called this morning for an update I just about had a heart attack when the receptionist told me he was moved back to NICU. I hate it here, it's so stressful being back in NICU so I hope he gets moved back soon. On top of this, the hospital AC is out so I was only able to hold him for 30 minutes before we had to put him back because he was getting too hot.
This is my DHs first day back to work since he was born and my first day doing everything on my own.. it has sucked royally and I have been in tears about 5 times already today.
Ended up in L&D twice this weekend with contractions and elevated BP. Yesterday it was 170/100. It came down with rest but now I'm stuck on "light duty" (which has almost no meaning in my job) and doing a 24 hour urine (which is just so gross, lugging my "pee bucket" to the bathroom every hour).
Can I just laugh about the irony of a medical condition occurring in pregnant woman which necessitates collecting 24 hours of urine when I can no longer see my hoo-ha let alone have the aim to pee into a bucket in my toilet? Can't wait for this to be over.
Me: 35, Hubbie: 33 Married DH: 2013 DD: Dec 2015 BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
My mother-in-law got pissed at my husband when he brought up that we may want up to 2 hours to ourselves with our new baby after he's born. Apparently because she can't come straight into the room after he's born, we don't 'value family' like she thought we did. Heaven forbid we want time to be a new family and get our bearings before the parade of people comes barging in
We had to have a tough conversation with my mother about how she is not invited into the labor/delivery area. I told her she is welcome after, but that I just want my husband. (Which is a big fat lie--my sister will be there.) It always has to be about her, and if there's ever a time to be selfish, I think that would be the time for me to take a stand. She did this whole martyr thing, but I'm glad I stood my ground.
Ended up in L&D twice this weekend with contractions and elevated BP. Yesterday it was 170/100. It came down with rest but now I'm stuck on "light duty" (which has almost no meaning in my job) and doing a 24 hour urine (which is just so gross, lugging my "pee bucket" to the bathroom every hour).
Can I just laugh about the irony of a medical condition occurring in pregnant woman which necessitates collecting 24 hours of urine when I can no longer see my hoo-ha let alone have the aim to pee into a bucket in my toilet? Can't wait for this to be over.
They didn't give you the "pee hat" thing to put in the toilet? I had to do 24hr collection early on for baseline. It's gross, but that collection hat made it easier even though it hurt to sit on.
I have bronchitis and I'm asthmatic, was out of work all last week (with no sick time), I have no inhaler, none of my doctors will treat me due to the pregnancy... so now, I'm at work, coughing a lung out, feeling like crap and all my coworkers insist on informing me that they thought I had the baby since I "look like I could drop any day." When I tell them that I was just sick, they then inform me of how much bigger I've gotten in a week... gee, thanks.
Everybody in my husband's family keeps referring to the baby as "the princess" (and even send mail to the baby that way) and it's making me want to punch each and every one of them in the face.
I am from Kansas City and I whole heartedly disagree with the fact that schools are being cancelled all over for the simple fact that the world series parade is tomorrow!! Yes Royals won. Yes it's amazing! Yes it's history being made. No life shouldn't stop or responsibilities disappear! Kids should be at school. Parents should go to work. End of rant.
@Theliops just FYI that book thing is a chain letter and it is illegal to participate. Though probably the worst thing that could happen is a cease and desist letter from the postal service
I have a sinus infection that has turned into a sinus infection with bronchitis. I just want to sleep my days away with the cat, but that won't pay the bills. SO and I joined phone plans together yesterday. We travel for work. His new phone still doesn't have service because where he is switching his phone number from tends to cause problems anyways or so the phone guys told us. So he is all wanting his phone working now...blah! Men!
I quit my job the last week of October and the person I was working for had the nerve to say she was mad at me because I decided to take care of myself and my (unborn) baby. Never said thank you to me for doing a good job!!! She would also call me FAT every time I saw her! Glad I won't be seeing her anytime soon!
Dealing with the IRS! SUPER FUN. So, my husband and I always do our taxes ourselves and never have had any kind of problem, but I worked in two different states last year for a travel show I was on, so it was going to be slightly more complicated/expensive to file via Turbo Tax so we decided to splurge and get an accountant. Of course, the accountant we hired accidentally messed up and put that we didn't have health insurance. Even though we did. So we were penalized nearly $1000.
The accountant never told us that was why we owed so much, we just assumed it was because we made more money last year. Anyway, we eventually figured out the mistake when looking over our copy of our tax return and asked the accountant to file an amended return, which he (allegedly) did. After endless phone conversations the IRS finally agreed that they owed us the extra almost $1000 we paid. But for whatever reason, when they mailed the check they only sent us $250 and we are still out the remaining $750. And it has been like pulling teeth to get it back!
My husband called to check on our status today and they had no record of the amended return our accountant filed, so now he has to take our physical copy of it into a local IRS office. If we get it before the baby is born I will be thrilled. Hell, at this point, if we EVER get it I will be thrilled! SIGH. Never letting someone else do our taxes again!
DH is being a drama queen. He just blew a gasket because I didn't notice that he was wearing his skinny pants. :-?? Really? I just walked in the door, after running errands all over town, with nothing to eat but a granola bar - I was not in the mood. He "apologized" and blamed it on stress which I understand I'm there too BUT I don't get to pitch a fit because I choose to keep it together in front of our dd. Ugh!
My MIL. Ugh. She keeps complaining to us that she doesn't know what to get us for the baby shower. LOOK LADY, we spent 4 hours making a registry. Check it out. I'm not going to tell you specifically what to buy us, that's weird!! Today, we went to lunch with her, and she started complaining that she won't know anybody at the shower (which is a lie). So my fiancé tells her "oh, you can ride with us!" And then proceeds with "we can even pick you up!" She lives wayyy out of our way. So now, we've just added an extra hour or so onto our drive time. It's my shower! I want to take my time in the morning for as long as I want getting ready. And now I'll be stuck in the car all morning. Normally I'm so easy going and things like this would never bother me, but hormones...need I say more?
Today my mom essentially made me feel embarrassed by wanting to breastfeed. She actually said that she guesses I'm going to have to milk myself like a cow. I started crying. She doesn't understand why I am going to do it after I go back to work. I'd like to try. But now I feel embarrassed by it.
I'm sick. Been sick since Thursday. Every day it's a new symptom. Thursday my throat was scratchy. Friday I had chest congestion, plus scratchy throat. Saturday it was chest congestion, scratchy AND sore throat, yesterday it was all of the above plus sore lymph nodes and a stuffy nose, and today you can add constant sneezing to the list. Wtf. I think I felt the worst yesterday, and today is about the same, so I hope it just gets better from here on out. I freaking hate being sick.
I am so damn tired of people telling me, "oh you just wait" because my 7 yr old daughter is over the moon excited about having a baby brother! Like seriously right now? ! Since when do you know me let alone my child?! I have 3 siblings and we are all spaced out. I was 11 when my sister was born and begged my mom to share a room with her. To this day she is "baby" sis to me! Lol My daughter is very mother hen already and has been very involved with everything so far. It's just like why are you asking if she is excited then saying oh you just wait or she is for now. ..keep your negative bs to yourself please! Ok I'm done complaining now! Haha
I am having that same issue. My daughter is also 7 and she has wanted a baby sister/sibling for years. She is like a little mother hen also but all I hear is just you wait...
I quit my job the last week of October and the person I was working for had the nerve to say she was mad at me because I decided to take care of myself and my (unborn) baby. Never said thank you to me for doing a good job!!! She would also call me FAT every time I saw her! Glad I won't be seeing her anytime soon!
Today my mom essentially made me feel embarrassed by wanting to breastfeed. She actually said that she guesses I'm going to have to milk myself like a cow. I started crying. She doesn't understand why I am going to do it after I go back to work. I'd like to try. But now I feel embarrassed by it.
That's too bad. I hope she doesn't influence what you feel is best for you and your baby.
Today my mom essentially made me feel embarrassed by wanting to breastfeed. She actually said that she guesses I'm going to have to milk myself like a cow. I started crying. She doesn't understand why I am going to do it after I go back to work. I'd like to try. But now I feel embarrassed by it.
That's too bad. I hope she doesn't influence what you feel is best for you and your baby.
Me too! The rally is being held a couple blocks from my house and traffic sucked tonight. Dreading tomorrow. However, if someone cancelled work tomorrow I wouldn't complain
@Theliops just FYI that book thing is a chain letter and it is illegal to participate. Though probably the worst thing that could happen is a cease and desist letter from the postal service
@babybluu hope you feel better soon. I had something similar and I'm on week 3 and slowly starting to feel better. Rest, liquids, humidifier, nose strip, saline spray and Neti pot
My SO gets mad at me when I hog the tv... I gave him the tv remote at 9pm... Guess whose snoring already (for about 10 mins) Why be a butt-head if you are going to fall asleep anyway?
You have every right as the one who went through hours of labor not to mention the one who carried for 9 months to have your time alone with your husband and baby as long as you need.
My 1hr glucose test was today. I'll fail it like I do every time, so not worried about that, but I'm annoyed with the person who drew my blood. I told her at the beginning that I'm a hard stick and that there is only one place in my right arm that works out. And only if the tourniquet is super tight. I've been a hard stick for 10+ years, so I've learned what works for me.
First, she ties the thing so loose, I could have fit another finger or two under it. I couldn't even feel it. Then she decides to try my hands first. SIX pokes later she goes to get someone else, who listens to my instructions and gets blood on the first try. The first lady looks at me and says, "well, if you had told me this to begin with I wouldn't have had to poke you so many times!" ::cue blinding rage::
Re: Monday Bitchfest
Sh*t, if you don't want to participate then screw off - no need to get all condescending!
The fact that I can accomplish a million times more than you while on bedrest (still working from laptop ...in bed).... It's just pathetic.
Two years, two losses and three IUIs...
We are having TRIPLETS!
EDD 1/26/16
GGB born November 2015!
Me too... not with my MIL, but my own mother.
It's Monday, and raining.
I'm tired of sweating, last night I slept blanket less and pant less.... I still was sweaty.....
I haven't spoken to my best friend since September... In fact I've only talked to her maybe 3x since may.... Great...
-----about the after birth wanting time alone: the hospital I'm delivering at has a manditory one-hour alone time with baby after they are delivered... My mom knows this, she's not happy but there is nothing she can do about it, it's hospital rules. After the one hour is up, she will be the first one in the room to meet her grandchild... My SO and I will have one un-disturbed hour with our son, then visitors are allowed into the room... I'm thankful for that, otherwise id have to fight people to hold my own child right after he's born and I am not about that life-----
I hate it here, it's so stressful being back in NICU so I hope he gets moved back soon.
On top of this, the hospital AC is out so I was only able to hold him for 30 minutes before we had to put him back because he was getting too hot.
This is my DHs first day back to work since he was born and my first day doing everything on my own.. it has sucked royally and I have been in tears about 5 times already today.
Boss just informed me that I will have to get something in writing from OB before she can approve my maternity leave (which I'm not getting a dime for because I've only been with the company 6 months.)
I really don't want to go to the dentist tomorrow just for them to tell me my gums and still swollen and I need to floss more.
And at least all of you have family that will be with you at the hospital. My DH and I live 9 1/2 hours away from everyone. My mother said to call when I go into labour and she and my father are supposed to drop whatever they are doing and drive out to be here when the baby comes. I am so greatful for that. But no one else will be able to come to the hospital. My MIL says she can't afford to come see us, which really means she willl be spending all her time with my SIL who is due 2 weeks before me. I feel like we are out of sight, out of mind to all of our family.
Married DH: 2013
DD: Dec 2015
BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-05-31/news/9505310302_1_chain-letter-chain-letter-scheme-letter-recipients
Here's an article that explains it if you really want to know.
I gave him the tv remote at 9pm... Guess whose snoring already (for about 10 mins)
Why be a butt-head if you are going to fall asleep anyway?
My 1hr glucose test was today. I'll fail it like I do every time, so not worried about that, but I'm annoyed with the person who drew my blood. I told her at the beginning that I'm a hard stick and that there is only one place in my right arm that works out. And only if the tourniquet is super tight. I've been a hard stick for 10+ years, so I've learned what works for me.
First, she ties the thing so loose, I could have fit another finger or two under it. I couldn't even feel it. Then she decides to try my hands first. SIX pokes later she goes to get someone else, who listens to my instructions and gets blood on the first try. The first lady looks at me and says, "well, if you had told me this to begin with I wouldn't have had to poke you so many times!" ::cue blinding rage::
DS1 01/08/03 DD1 08/11/04 DD2 10/06/08 DS2 09/30/14
SURPRISE! Hannah May born 01/22/16