I don't get the name stealing fear! I already told DH that we are naming our kids what we want to name them regardless of whether or not someone else we know has used "our" name for their child. I have two aunt Marys on the same side and my name is incredibly common, so I have tons of CLOSE friends that share my name - it's never really been confusing or anything. Chances are my kid isn't going to end up being BFF's with my bestie's kid or super close to my cousin's kid, so IDGAF if they have the same name. I'm not even sure I'd care if my sibling or DH's sibling uses the same name. Nicknames are a thing and we all have different last names now.
My work is closed today but employees that have a work laptop are required to work from home. I'm on it right now but I do not intend on actually working more than a couple hours.
I went to an award presentation at work this morning just because they gave out breakfast. I had a bowl of cheerios and a banana at home and then a muffin and tea like two hours later. I am an eating machine
Confession #2 I guess is that I was weighed at the midwife yesterday and, while I'm not 100% sure of my pre-pregnancy weight, I think I'm up about 5 lbs already. Which is actually ok because from my eating and bloating I thought I was up at least 10 AND I'm still 2 lbs less than my first weigh-in with my last pregnancy at 10 weeks so overall maybe not so bad??
I'm already loving/milking being the center of attention, if only just with DH and my fam until we let everyone know. Last night I got out of moving furniture around even though I'm sure it would be just fine, and Tuesday I got out of changing litter boxes...this will be my last, so I'm totally going to enjoy every second of being doted on, lol!
I've already made a very large registry for this baby even though it's so early and it's my 2nd...it's really just for me to keep track of what I want to get, but I got very carried away...
I think a small baby shower/sprinkle/diaper party/whatever you want to call it for each baby is completely fine. I know on TB it's frowned upon, but in my circle of close and distant relatives and friends, it's very common to celebrate each baby. Usually for subsequent babies it's a smaller celebration. This is baby #3 for me and my family has already made it clear that they'll be planning a small get together to celebrate this baby and I'm totally fine with that.
@JLmama118 - I agree. My friend circle is just starting to have kids, so I'm unsure if sprinkles will become the norm, but we also really like parties and celebrating, so I wouldn't be surprised if we have parties for 2nd and 3rd children.
@JLmama118 this is my 4th and I had a shower for the other 3 granted my oldest 16 but the other two are 26 months apart. As soon as I told my SIL I was pregnant she said "Good, now it's my turn to throw you a shower!" lol
Sprinkles are fine if it's a sprinkle. My friend is having a "sprinkle" this weekend that is held at a place and is blocked for 4 hours long. Her invite included her registry. That's not a sprinkle. That's gift grabby.
I said I was super tired and went to bed at 730 last night. I stayed up til 10 buying $200 worth of clearance clothes (BOGO!) on motherhoodmaternity.com. I cleaned houseeeeee! (Just not my own)
Speshul Snowflayke new posts really bother me. Like a lot. I'm trying, I really am, but I get bothered.
OH - and I couldn't be more excited to have a baby shower AND a sex reveal. BOOM!
AND I wish I could post on the TTGP board. Don't get me wrong, I love being on a BMB but I lurk and want to post but know it's not always smiled upon over there for vets to come back and infiltrate the space. Sigh.
Speshul Snowflayke new posts really bother me. Like a lot. I'm trying, I really am, but I get bothered.
OH - and I couldn't be more excited to have a baby shower AND a sex reveal. BOOM!
AND I wish I could post on the TTGP board. Don't get me wrong, I love being on a BMB but I lurk and want to post but know it's not always smiled upon over there for vets to come back and infiltrate the space. Sigh.
I hate being pregnant. Maybe it's the 1st trimester misery, but I pretty much hated my entire pregnancy with DD. The bloat, the nausea, the weight gain, the heartburn, the exhaustion, the general discomfort and number that it does on my body, the pain of labor, etc. I wish I could be more like the "I'm so thankful for these symptoms!" or "our bodies are so amazing and beautiful!" people, but I'm just not. I love my child, and I love motherhood, but I absolutely hate pregnancy and it's not fair that I have to go through this and DH doesn't.
There I said it.
eta: I really hope this doesn't come across as insensitive to anyone, truly. I obviously feel very thankful deep down, but I hate all of the symptoms and discomfort and pain that come with the blessing of pregnancy.
I feel extremely guilty about this pregnancy. I feel like I am robing my other kids of something. Not love because I know I love them all the same. But like I am robing them of experiences. They are at the ages now (5,7,16) where we can all go to places like Six Flags and ride rides together. We go camping a lot and fishing and I feel like we won't get to do that as much next summer. And with 4 kids now it is going to be extremely hard to go on vacations due to $$. I had all these awesome vacations planned in my head and feel we won't be able to do those now. I know deep down this is not true but I still can't help but have these feelings.
I'm just plain old not as excited over this pregnancy compared to last time.
You know how when you hear someone you used to know is pregnant you're like "oh really? Good for them!" And then you never think about it again? That's how I feel about me.
I think my unmitaged excitement from last time is being outweighed by how much I now know I do not care for the newborn phase.
I'm right there with you @TheTamedShrew. I'm so thankful that I have the ability to have children but I despise being pregnant. I just feel gross the whole 1st tri and then I just remember constant pain in my ribs the 3rd tri. I could barely sit down cause I was so uncomfortable.
I'm all touched out by my toddler... She's been extremely touchy and clingy and chatty the last 2 days and I'm just exhausted of it all. I even had a full on sobbing breakdown to hubby today when he got home from work and they gym!
@mom2adoodle 's hatred of special snowflake posts makes me want to make some special snowflake posts. Wasn't that your FFFC last week? You would have hated TB years ago!
**Posted with love
DD1 6.2011 DD2 4.2013 - vbac DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green Baby #4 due 9.2018
The only thing that eases nausea when I'm sick sick (or hungover ) is coke and french fries. So I tried it out, it worked so Ive been gorging on them. A lot. For 3 days. With mayonaise.
I also hate SS posts and am secretly looking forward to us getting a little more bitchy as we become more and more pregnant and start calling ppl out.
@crispy11 Last week I agreed and echoed someone's confession and this week I took ownership and made it my own. Post away but I won't click, read nor "love it" hahaha
@JennM205 Similar to a dear diary post. Posting something that could have easily gone in another established thread but starting a new discussion just for yourself that rarely asks for input from the community. For example, someone posting "omgosh waiting to ovulate is so annoying I'm on CD 20 and it's taking so long" when there is an entire thread for WTO (waiting to ovulate) and it could easily go there where people would a. read it and b. it doesn't clog up the board. To be fair I think my disdain for these posts is fueled by my appreciate of board organization and TTGP's tight ship. Those ladies really know what they're doing over there. I've been conditioned I tell you!
@AmMcc12 I could be wrong (correct me if I'm wrong, peeps) but a sprinkle is like a tamer version of a baby shower. Quite clever, shower, sprinkle, get it haha. Anyways, my friend had a sprinkle since she was having her second girl and for her the difference was less on the registry, shorter in duration, not as many games and less planning went into it haha.
@mom2adoodle Thanks for the explanation. Usually I can figure these things out but this one had me stumped. Though I did just educate myself a bit via Urban Dictionary and think I might have decided this phrase very fittingly describes a few people I know in real life. Next time I smile inwardly at one of said people for an SS comment, I'll have you to thank.
Re: FFFC (1/22)
Confession #2 I guess is that I was weighed at the midwife yesterday and, while I'm not 100% sure of my pre-pregnancy weight, I think I'm up about 5 lbs already. Which is actually ok because from my eating and bloating I thought I was up at least 10
OH - and I couldn't be more excited to have a baby shower
AND I wish I could post on the TTGP board. Don't get me wrong, I love being on a BMB but I lurk and want to post but know it's not always smiled upon over there for vets to come back and infiltrate the space. Sigh.
*edited to add more confessions. Ha.
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
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DS1 -- 9/30/2016
There I said it.
eta: I really hope this doesn't come across as insensitive to anyone, truly. I obviously feel very thankful deep down, but I hate all of the symptoms and discomfort and pain that come with the blessing of pregnancy.
You know how when you hear someone you used to know is pregnant you're like "oh really? Good for them!" And then you never think about it again? That's how I feel about me.
I think my unmitaged excitement from last time is being outweighed by how much I now know I do not care for the newborn phase.
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
**Posted with love
DD2 4.2013 - vbac
DS1 9.2016 - vbac, team green
Baby #4 due 9.2018
I also hate SS posts and am secretly looking forward to us getting a little more bitchy as we become more and more pregnant and start calling ppl out.