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megstervt · November 2015

Not always flame free...bring it on ladies!

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

Is it necessary for folks to start new threads about every topic that enters their brain? Sometimes, I step away from the board because I feel like I'm just too rage-y right now to deal.

Taymiller · November 2015

ButterMyBiscuit said:
Is it necessary for folks to start new threads about every topic that enters their brain? Sometimes, I step away from the board because I feel like I'm just too rage-y right now to deal.

We need a weekly Randoms thread that way that random stuff can go there!

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

@Taymiller I think that's a great idea. Also, we have a DAILY symptoms thread and I feel like if you need to rant or ask questions, that's a perfect place for that. The board gets clogged up with "such and such happened, did it happen to you, too?!" A simple search could answer those questions. Le sigh.

I think all members should go through a boot camp with the TTGP ladies. Problem solved.

chanfa · November 2015

@buttermybiscuit - ya know, when I was in TTGP I only started one thread because I was afraid to get flamed for it. That one thread was my intro haha!! All my other posts went into the daily TWW or WTO threads

dinodna3 · November 2015

Their questions are special though and deserve extra attention.

It never stops throughout pregnancy. My favorite was around NT scan time and total randos are constantly posting their ultrasound pics asking for guesses on sex. "The tech told us it was so early to tell but what do you guys see?????"

matryoshkadoll · November 2015

I told my bible study leader that I'm pregnant, and we won't tell our families for another few months. Our relatives are just too negative but I needed some support. Last pregnancy I didn't tell anyone until 20wks because I had this thing about telling people in some kind of order of importance. Nope, whatever order I feel like.

Taymiller · November 2015

This is what my last bmb had and it was great for organization. Daily symptoms that was just symptoms not the whole gtky, a daily bitch thread (Monday bitch fest, twatwaffle Tuesday, wtf Wednesday, throat punch Thursday), a daily ticker change (that included a getting to know you), and the all important weekly Randoms!

chanfa · November 2015

@taymiller what is the daily ticker change one for?

Seriously, I like starting new threads for the daily symptoms but I got lazy today because I didn't know what GTKY question to post lol... I just went back to sleep

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

dinodna3 said:

Their questions are special though and deserve extra attention. It never stops throughout pregnancy. My favorite was around NT scan time and total randos are constantly posting their ultrasound pics asking for guesses on sex. "The tech told us it was so early to tell but what do you guys see?????"

dinodna3 · November 2015

Taymiller said:
This is what my last bmb had and it was great for organization. Daily symptoms that was just symptoms not the whole gtky, a daily bitch thread (Monday bitch fest, twatwaffle Tuesday, wtf Wednesday, throat punch Thursday), a daily ticker change (that included a getting to know you), and the all important weekly Randoms!

I agree. We need to start up ticket changes and take the gtky out of symptoms. My old bmd did tacos and twatwaffles Tuesdays. Tacos for good waffles for bad.

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

dinodna3 said:

This is what my last bmb had and it was great for organization. Daily symptoms that was just symptoms not the whole gtky, a daily bitch thread (Monday bitch fest, twatwaffle Tuesday, wtf Wednesday, throat punch Thursday), a daily ticker change (that included a getting to know you), and the all important weekly Randoms!
I agree. We need to start up ticket changes and take the gtky out of symptoms. My old bmd did tacos and twatwaffles Tuesdays. Tacos for good waffles for bad.

Mmmmm, tacos.

Puddles03 · November 2015

I totally judge those without a stable relationship who are pregnant, you do realize how this whole baby thing happened right? Also many stable relationship will be rocked or worse broken by adding a baby in the mix... Good for you if you plan to do it alone but don't bitch to me about how your sperm donor won't participate, get a lawyer if you want payments but they can't make him help out!

Flame away!!!

Taymiller · November 2015

chanfa said:
@taymiller what is the daily ticker change one for?

Seriously, I like starting new threads for the daily symptoms but I got lazy today because I didn't know what GTKY question to post lol... I just went back to sleep

It is when your pregnant week starts over like I am 7 weeks on Wednesday, my ticker change day is Wednesday. So we always did

How far along:
Rants/raves:
Upcoming appts:
gtky:

chanfa · November 2015

ooh okay got it @taymiller I was always wondering what it was for. Saw it on the other BMBs but didn't know what the difference was between that and daily symptoms. Now I know

dinodna3 · November 2015

Taymiller · November 2015

I think the daily symptoms needs to be just symptoms. That way the posts of "back cramps" can go there instead of starting a new thread.

chanfa · November 2015

I can start tomorrow with a new style for the daily symptoms thread. I am down with not having to think of GTKY questions lmao

Taymiller · November 2015

I think the daily symptoms needs to be just symptoms. That way the posts of "back cramps" can go there instead of starting a new thread.

Taymiller · November 2015

Don't know why that posted twice

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

Taymiller said:

Don't know why that posted twice

Just turn one into a taco gif.

megstervt · November 2015

Totes agree about the symptoms thread and the TTGP bootcamp!

My confession: I yelled at my dog this morning because he's itchy and giving himself hot spots. I'm a terrible pet parent

noelietrex · November 2015

Confession/ humble brag/ nobody tell my DH: I accidentally PR'd today and cleaned and push pressed #85 to failure. Got 2 reps then failed the third and hit myself in the shin with the bar, tore a callus and scraped the shit out of my shin all the way down... Trying to come up with a story to tell DH about how I got hurt because I don't want him to freak out. I need to feel like a person still though! Before all this I was just starting out and rapidly improving with my lifts. It's still okay to PR until second tri right? $:\$

jlgriff11 · November 2015

Its not that big of a deal. Its a few extra threads to wade through and it doesn't make that much extra work. People are excited and I'm sure when all of us new users get used to the board it'll annoy some of you less. Give it some time. I'd hate to make anyone feel uncomfortable for posting. I get that sometimes they don't search but I just don't find it all that annoying.

Taymiller · November 2015

jlgriff11 said:
Its not that big of a deal. Its a few extra threads to wade through and it doesn't make that much extra work. People are excited and I'm sure when all of us new users get used to the board it'll annoy some of you less. Give it some time. I'd hate to make anyone feel uncomfortable for posting. I get that sometimes they don't search but I just don't find it all that annoying.

I get that but if we had a place for posts like that it might not even be an issue.

mckcak23 · November 2015

@noelietrex my confession is that I read your post 3 times and still have no clue what it says. ;-) though I'm getting the feeling that you hurt yourself and I'm sorry to hear that. If you are anywhere near as clumsy as I am I just tell DH that I fell and he normally doesn't ask any more questions. Or if all else fails I blame one of the dogs...

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

jlgriff11 said:

Its not that big of a deal. Its a few extra threads to wade through and it doesn't make that much extra work. People are excited and I'm sure when all of us new users get used to the board it'll annoy some of you less. Give it some time. I'd hate to make anyone feel uncomfortable for posting. I get that sometimes they don't search but I just don't find it all that annoying.

YET.

Taymiller · November 2015

mckcak23 said:
@noelietrex my confession is that I read your post 3 times and still have no clue what it says. ;-) though I'm getting the feeling that you hurt yourself and I'm sorry to hear that. If you are anywhere near as clumsy as I am I just tell DH that I fell and he normally doesn't ask any more questions. Or if all else fails I blame one of the dogs...

It is crossfit stuff. I thought crossfit was a no no when you are pregnant

jlgriff11 · November 2015

Lol maybe. The only thing I find annoying is the excessive gifs. But I suspect it'll just make people use them more.

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

jlgriff11 said:

Lol maybe. The only thing I find annoying is the excessive gifs. But I suspect it'll just make people use them more.

Say whaaaat? Excessive gifs! Oh dear.

chanfa · November 2015

Backstory before I get killed or someone calls animal control: I have a 7.5lb little toy poodle mix that is 9yrs old. In the one year I adopted her from the shelter, she has always been a picky eater. She also has never lost weight nor gained weight, she manages it by not eating every single meal. Don't worry the vet said its normal for this breed of dog to skip a few meals as long as there isn't a drastic weight loss or loss of energy. She is still as spunky as when we first picked her up.

Last night I tried to feed this little picky eater and recently she has been super attached to my DH. (It's like he is the one pregnant here) She kept looking at him, me, and then the bowl. I knew she wanted me to get my DH to feed her but I didn't want to give in because we need to break the habit of her only eating when DH feeds her. My MIL that I live with, she always gives in and makes my DH feed the dog. I think it's just promoting bad behavior so I didn't feed the dog yesterday because she wouldn't listen to me.

FYI, she ate this morning when I fed her..... after 20mins of trying. EVEN THEN, she only ate 3/4 of her food! She is toying with my temper

Taymiller · November 2015

@chanfa - that sounds like the eating habits of my toddler and it tests my temper too!

chanfa · November 2015

sorry @taymiller at least its somewhat acceptable not to feed a dog =(

When my DH was a toddler, his parents drove him around looking for construction sites because he liked the trucks. Only then would he eat, I really don't want to do that.

noelietrex · November 2015

Taymiller said:

@noelietrex my confession is that I read your post 3 times and still have no clue what it says. ;-) though I'm getting the feeling that you hurt yourself and I'm sorry to hear that. If you are anywhere near as clumsy as I am I just tell DH that I fell and he normally doesn't ask any more questions. Or if all else fails I blame one of the dogs...
It is crossfit stuff. I thought crossfit was a no no when you are pregnant

LOL it is crossfit stuff. PR means personal record. It means I lifted more today than I did before I was pregnant which is totally a no no. My midwife said crossfit is fine while pregnant since my body is already conditioned for it. It's controversial, but very popular and supported in the crossfit community to keep working out while pregnant. I guess the real confession is that I'm being selfish and don't want to let go of certain parts of my life or my identity for this baby.

DobbysSock · November 2015

noelietrex said:

Confession/ humble brag/ nobody tell my DH: I accidentally PR'd today and cleaned and push pressed #85 to failure. Got 2 reps then failed the third and hit myself in the shin with the bar, tore a callus and scraped the shit out of my shin all the way down... Trying to come up with a story to tell DH about how I got hurt because I don't want him to freak out. I need to feel like a person still though! Before all this I was just starting out and rapidly improving with my lifts. It's still okay to PR until second tri right? $:\$

@noelietrex I don't really understand what any of this means but I'm assuming it's cross fit related? I fully admit I don't know much about cross fit so take this with a grain of salt.

I had a coworker who continued on with her crossfit throughout her pregnancy, just adjusting it as needed and as her body told her to. She felt like she had to defend her choices but also felt confident that she knew what was right for her body. I have no idea what her doctor's opinion on the matter was, but I think it's worth a discussion with yours. Personal preference, but I personally wouldn't continue with workouts at that level of intensity, although I didn't judge her for her choices and she did have a healthy pregnancy.

My understanding about exercise during pregnancy is that it's safe to continue with your current level of activity, or work towards one step higher, but not to push yourself harder than that. For example if you're already running 10K's, it's safe to continue with that or push yourself to be faster, but don't try to go from barely running or running 5K's to running marathons.

thebigoaktree · November 2015

I can't stand the people that I know that have kids or are currently pregnant that have this habit of telling me every horrible thing they went through for their pregnancy, I'm 8 weeks in, I don't want the bad stuff, if I want the bad stuff I can use Google and make my self depressed all by myself. If I'm upset I can come here and look around, I'd rather have physical people tell me about positive things so I can make it through this trimester not freaking out every time I have a matching symptom with their horror stories. I have started to get a little snippy when they go on an on about their morning sickness and how bad it was, I do add some snoot and tell them I have yet to have any of it. I like the sass on these boards, I don't want to have to have it outside of here. I don't like feeling like that.

Side question, was my post about first trimester screenings ok? I figured since it wasn't a symptom and many people have gone through them or might go through it, it was ok?

ButterMyBiscuit · November 2015

@thebigoaktree You're fine! The random symptom people are really the threads that annoy. Or people who think their rant is something speshul.

KASG · November 2015

I guess I have 2: @Puddles03 I, too, am judgey. I am so proud of myself...one post made me want to reply "Why are you trying and he hasn't even asked you to marry him?! Yall haven't even talked about it yet!!" But I just kept scrolling.

Also, I think I made a student cry today. And I don't feel bad about it.

calico34 · November 2015

FWIW I like the idea of the daily symptom thread and the ticker change GTKY thread.

I'm meeting up with my friend for lunch, and I took the day off. So she offered a sit down restaurant, but I told her Chipotle cause I didn't want her to question why I'm not drinking. #sorrynotsorry

And if Giffing is wrong, I don't want to be right...

no how i met your mother neil patrick harris upset thumbs down

MamaBish · November 2015

Fffc: I am hardcore judging/worrying about the people who post things about not wanting to change their lives because they are pg. (there are a few) I get wanting a sense of normalcy but if it puts baby at risk, it's just not a smart decision.

** TW past loss mentioned**

Knowing what it's like to have lost a baby, I would do NOTHING that would purposefully put that baby at risk if I can help it. the guilt of thinking that there is maybe something you could have done differently is a terrible thing.

fantasticmrsfox · November 2015

MamaBish said:
Fffc: I am hardcore judging/worrying about the people who post things about not wanting to change their lives because they are pg. (there are a few) I get wanting a sense of normalcy but if it puts baby at risk, it's just not a smart decision.

** TW past loss mentioned**

Knowing what it's like to have lost a baby, I would do NOTHING that would purposefully put that baby at risk if I can help it. the guilt of thinking that there is maybe something you could have done differently is a terrible thing.

All of this. Giving up something (not even giving up, but slightly altering) for 9 months for your child is not that hard. Especially if it keeps them safe. it's like saying you won't give up smoking/drinking.

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