Wtf Wednesday

gamommyx3 · March 2016

Since It's 10 minutes to Wednesday, I'll start. WTF to me. Tonight I went home & my dogs had gotten sick all over their crate. So I pick up their blankets, CAREFULLY start down the basement stairs while walking slowly & holding the railing...and fall anyway. Now I'm in the hospital hooked up to monitoring & having contractions. Thankfully baby looks amazing, his heart is strong, & all the blood work looks good. I have 2 more hours until I can get off the monitor. This was not how I saw my night going.

Charissadeats · March 2016

That is not cool!!! Seriously. Glad baby is doing well. Please keep us updated!

doozer1345 · March 2016

Whoa. That definitely escalated quickly! Glad you're ok!

valerie4786 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 Yikes! Glad baby is doing well and hope you are too!

arj14 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 that is so scary! I'm glad baby is doing well, please keep us updated as to how the two of you are!

gamommyx3 · March 2016

We're still here...been on the monitor about 6 hours &still having contractions. Just had an FFN test. I'm cranky.

kbrands7 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 FX for you!

Bluejay3030 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I'm so sorry! Fx for you and baby.

yogahh · March 2016

Hope everything is ok!

LemmyRN · March 2016

@Aquinna82 That sounds so stressful. Hopefully you'll be cleared to go home soon. Good luck.

LadySamLady · March 2016

@Aquinna82 that sounds scary! I hope everything is ok this morning, keep us posted!!

businessmama · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I hope you are home now and that you hand over any basement related responsibilities to the hubby!

TinaTho · March 2016

@Aquinna82 hope all is okay with baby and you and that you have been released, that sounds like a scary ordeal.

Spylon · March 2016

@Aquinna82 Eeep, sounds scary! Hope you've been released now and you and baby are doing alright

TXmamatobe · March 2016

Hope everything is ok!!!

AdorkablePixie · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I am glad you're okay and I hope baby is still doing well. Any updates??

Dantzscher32 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I'm glad you and baby are okay, but I hope they can stop the contractions soon for you. Keep us updated, Momma.

mello13 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 FX you and baby are ok and you are able to go home soon.

rlworzalla · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I hope you are home and baby is safe and sound!

JessicaB0627 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 I hope you and baby are doing well this morning!

mrstmoose · March 2016

@Aquinna82 Yikes! I hope everything is ok and that you were able to go home and get some rest!

durbie92 · March 2016

T&P hope everything is okay!

laurenmdrn16 · March 2016

Thinking of you @Aquinna82 and sending good vibes for a quick return home and no more contractions!

And now for my super whiney rant of a WTF Wednesday. Tough morning with the toddler meant I didn't get him to school until 7:45am and I didn't roll into work until 8:05am. I slipped in to the Kindergarten Center office since the secretary there is super nice and never rats me out when I am late. I settled in to get some paperwork done when I got an email that a 2nd grader forgot his morning meds so I needed to run up the hill and get him all set. A little more huffing and puffing, but whatever. I got him taken care of and then got a call that a kindergarten student was having ear pain and had a note from mom to check her ears this morning. So I ran back down the hill, getting stopped because a 1st grade student told her teacher that she "took mommy's medicine" this morning and the teacher was freaking out. I made a mental note to call home (it was her mom's gummy vitamins) when I got back up to my 1-3 office. I got to the kindergarten office and checked out the little girl with ear pain and all looked fine. Temp was perfect and no swelling/redness in ear or signs of fluid. I called mom and left a message that she looked great and it could just be allergies or nasal congestion causing that pain or pressure. Ran back up to the 1-3 office because two kids needed inhalers before gym class. Then, one of my "specials" came in because he reported to his teacher that his mom hit him this morning and I needed to do a full head-to-toe. Everyone wanted to file a 51A right away, but I found no physical injury and no report of abuse was given to me directly by the student. I communicated my findings and then got a call back from the parent of the little girl with the ear ache. She reported that she had just picked up her daughter because the teacher called and said she was going to throw up. Mom was confused (as was I!) since I had just assessed the student less than an hour earlier. Mom reported that the student was feeling fine and asking to go back to school. I had three kids in my 1-3 office so I couldn't just run back down the hill, so I called the kindergarten secretary and asked what was going on. She said that there were two kids holding buckets, but no one had thrown up and the girls were giggling with each other. Mind you, my nurse leader shares my kindergarten office so she was there the whole time. Whatever. Anyways, I said to send them back to class if they are not showing signs of distress. I asked why the other girl was dismissed and the secretary said the teacher was on the phone with mom right then. Another parent came into my office about her 3rd grade boy status post-concussion and she was pissed that his teacher apparently wasn't following protocol. I calmed her down and reassured her that I will follow up with the teacher. Then I got the call back from the kindergarten teacher saying it was her bad and she was going to have the mom bring the girl back to school since she didn't need to be dismissed. I did my snack check in with one of my diabetic students and saw a few post-gym injuries. The psychologist reported that a 2nd grade boy was smelly and could I just chat with him about hygiene? Thanks! Then I got an emergency call on the walkie to go down to kindergarten playground. I grabbed my go-bag and ran, nearly smashing into the fire marshall who was there for an inspection, which I totally forgot about and I was supposed to be showing the AEDs and acting as hostess, because that is my job (not!). I quickly explained I was running to a situation and would be back. I got to the K playground and the student was sitting there, perfectly fine. I brought him into my office and asked what happened and he said he fell off the swing trying to get off but nothing hurt. A quick once over and there was not a scratch on him. I booked it out of there in time to see the fire marshall checking the AED which I forgot to re-alarm when I was inspecting the pads last week. Of course he was concerned that I hadn't reactivated the alarm and so I just had to swallow it and admit that yes, I forgot to reset the alarm. At the same time, the janitor was asking me if there is really head lice in room whatever and if he needs to go vacuum the rugs. What?! No one said anything about lice to me all morning! I finished up with the fire inspection and then checked with the teacher of the suspected lice infested classroom who said "Oh, yeah, I got an email from a parent about lice or something. I can forward it to you if you want." Yes please, I want! And my supplies order still hasn't come in so I have had to McGuyver some pretty janky looking ice packs (basically wet paper towels in plastic baggies in the freezer). Is it time to go home yet? WAH! End of pathetic bratty rant.

gamommyx3 · March 2016

Thanks guys!!! We got to come home around 5am after the FFN was negative. I have to go back if I have more than 6 contractions per hour. The great news is that baby looks super happy & healthy...he kept kicking his way off the monitor. They said at 34 weeks they wouldn't try to stop labor if it started actively but obviously ideally he will stay in there longer. And yes my husband says I am off laundry duty completely until after baby arrives. I kind of feel like a jackass...I have no idea what made me fall. Wtf me. But thank you all for your messages!!

dsmith211 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 Glad to hear everything is ok! And definitely hold your DH to the no laundry duty...

wamam027 · March 2016

@Aquinna82 glad to hear everything is ok! Yay for no laundry duty!

wamam027 · March 2016

Wtf to me and my sudden obsession with beans in all forms. I've always liked beans, green beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, every kind of bean, but I've never been legitimately obsessed with them. The past few days ALL I've eaten is baked beans and refried beans with cheese and salsa. I've thrown in an apple and some carrots here and there, and it's not the worst thing I could be addicted to by any means, but seriously? Then my mom tells me when she was pregnant with me she'd go to her favorite Mexican restaurant once a week and get a gigantic container of their beans and salsa and eat that with tortillas all day every day. Wtf, thanks mom!

krisspy22 · March 2016

WTF to the FMLA policy. I had always thought that FMLA was unpaid and that you could take qualifying leave when you requested it. I was planning on 4 weeks of company maternity leave, 2 weeks paid vacation time, and then 4 weeks of unpaid FMLA. I just found out that FMLA runs concurrently with any paid leave and my company policy is to use all available paid time off before resorting to any unpaid time off.

Now I will have 0 time off accrued for the rest of the year and no FMLA. Besides the obvious, what if something happens in the fall and I'm completely out of all available tome off, I needed my last 2 weeks of vacation time to cover the lapse in daycare between when our start date is and when my husband's school year starts up again.

Anyone else having these same problems?

dsmith211 · March 2016

KDennis202 said:

WTF to the FMLA policy. I had always thought that FMLA was unpaid and that you could take qualifying leave when you requested it. I was planning on 4 weeks of company maternity leave, 2 weeks paid vacation time, and then 4 weeks of unpaid FMLA. I just found out that FMLA runs concurrently with any paid leave and my company policy is to use all available paid time off before resorting to any unpaid time off.

Now I will have 0 time off accrued for the rest of the year and no FMLA. Besides the obvious, what if something happens in the fall and I'm completely out of all available tome off, I needed my last 2 weeks of vacation time to cover the lapse in daycare between when our start date is and when my husband's school year starts up again.

Anyone else having these same problems?

This is how my companies policy is too. When I get back I won't have any PTO left. It's used concurrently with the FMLA. Only difference is I get paid during that time. The rest is unpaid.

It sucks bc if anything happens when I get back then I'll have to take unpaid days, flex my time, or DH will have to take time off. Not to mention it will take me a good year and a half to get my vacation bank back to where it is now...

vinerie · March 2016

dsmith211 said:

KDennis202 said:

WTF to the FMLA policy. I had always thought that FMLA was unpaid and that you could take qualifying leave when you requested it. I was planning on 4 weeks of company maternity leave, 2 weeks paid vacation time, and then 4 weeks of unpaid FMLA. I just found out that FMLA runs concurrently with any paid leave and my company policy is to use all available paid time off before resorting to any unpaid time off.

Now I will have 0 time off accrued for the rest of the year and no FMLA. Besides the obvious, what if something happens in the fall and I'm completely out of all available tome off, I needed my last 2 weeks of vacation time to cover the lapse in daycare between when our start date is and when my husband's school year starts up again.

Anyone else having these same problems?

This is how my companies policy is too. When I get back I won't have any PTO left. It's used concurrently with the FMLA. Only difference is I get paid during that time. The rest is unpaid.

It sucks bc if anything happens when I get back then I'll have to take unpaid days, flex my time, or DH will have to take time off. Not to mention it will take me a good year and a half to get my vacation bank back to where it is now...

That's terrible. There should be laws that protect women and babies better after childbirth. I'm sorry

kbrands7 · March 2016

KDennis202 said:

WTF to the FMLA policy. I had always thought that FMLA was unpaid and that you could take qualifying leave when you requested it. I was planning on 4 weeks of company maternity leave, 2 weeks paid vacation time, and then 4 weeks of unpaid FMLA. I just found out that FMLA runs concurrently with any paid leave and my company policy is to use all available paid time off before resorting to any unpaid time off.

Now I will have 0 time off accrued for the rest of the year and no FMLA. Besides the obvious, what if something happens in the fall and I'm completely out of all available tome off, I needed my last 2 weeks of vacation time to cover the lapse in daycare between when our start date is and when my husband's school year starts up again.

Anyone else having these same problems?

Yep. I have some sick days saved up that get wiped first, then the rest of my leave is unpaid and I'll pay my benefits out of pocket to the school district. This time, I'm extending my unpaid leave to have more time with LO and DS (and am thankful that my position will be held). Last pregnancy, it was no fun to return to work with 0 sick days for the first half of the school year.

valerie4786 · March 2016

Wtf to 3rd trimester middle of the night charley horses. They just started last week and this morning I got one in each calf within minutes of eachother. So when I finally got out of bed I could hardly walk.

Anyone else getting them? I thought it was lack of potassium so I started eating more bananas, but here we are again..

Pascal86 · March 2016

WTF to waking up in the middle of the night with a terrible sore throat... about two days after I recovered from one of the worst colds ever. Was fine with getting sick once, feel like it should happen every once in a while to keep my immune system on track, but didn't need to get sick another time! Headed to the doctor later today, hoping they can find a magical cure for me.

wsgjmw1 · March 2016

valerie4786 said:

Wtf to 3rd trimester middle of the night charley horses. They just started last week and this morning I got one in each calf within minutes of eachother. So when I finally got out of bed I could hardly walk.

Anyone else getting them? I thought it was lack of potassium so I started eating more bananas, but here we are again..

OMG i had TWO in a row in the same leg last night. My calf is killing me today. Charley Horses are seriously a killer...as if I needed another reason to be woken up in the middle of the night! UGH!

AdorkablePixie · March 2016

valerie4786 said:

Wtf to 3rd trimester middle of the night charley horses. They just started last week and this morning I got one in each calf within minutes of eachother. So when I finally got out of bed I could hardly walk.

Anyone else getting them? I thought it was lack of potassium so I started eating more bananas, but here we are again..

I really feel like the potassium doesn't help. I eat a banana a day, sometimes two just because I like bananas and I still get Charlie horses and cramps. I am also really well hydrated, I usually drink over 8 cups of water a day, so it's not from that either!

gorgeousariel · March 2016

@valerie4786 YES! I had the worst Charley Horse of my life last night. I had the thought "this is what labor must be like. Super intense pain that I cannot control".

jumpy57 · March 2016

AdorkablePixie said:

valerie4786 said:

Wtf to 3rd trimester middle of the night charley horses. They just started last week and this morning I got one in each calf within minutes of eachother. So when I finally got out of bed I could hardly walk.

Anyone else getting them? I thought it was lack of potassium so I started eating more bananas, but here we are again..

I really feel like the potassium doesn't help. I eat a banana a day, sometimes two just because I like bananas and I still get Charlie horses and cramps. I am also really well hydrated, I usually drink over 8 cups of water a day, so it's not from that either!

Mine stay away if I drink a Powerade

AdorkablePixie · March 2016

@Eerin86 I am going to have to try that. I do work out a lot, so maybe I need me electrolytes and that'll help!

TheThornBird · March 2016

valerie4786 said:

Wtf to 3rd trimester middle of the night charley horses. They just started last week and this morning I got one in each calf within minutes of eachother. So when I finally got out of bed I could hardly walk.

Anyone else getting them? I thought it was lack of potassium so I started eating more bananas, but here we are again..

Stretch the crap out of your calf muscles. That's the only thing that's kept mine away; I'll even get them while awake if I haven't stretched in a couple days. The best stretch I've found is to put the front of your foot on top of a rolled up yoga mat or towel, then step forward with the opposite foot (if that makes sense, I can find a picture if needed). I try to do it minimum of three times a day, with one set right before bed, but do it more often if I can. As you get more flexible, put your foot up on something higher (yoga block, stacked books, etc).

The key is to do it way, way more than you think you need to.

JessicaB0627 · March 2016

WTF to my body temperature lately. I've been pretty comfortable most of this pregnancy, but the last week or so I am constantly drenched in sweat. At night and all day long I just continuously sweat. The only time I get relief is in my car when I turn the AC on full blast or roll all of my windows down.

valerie4786 · March 2016

pooputtette said:

@valerie4786 YES! I had the worst Charley Horse of my life last night. I had the thought "this is what labor must be like. Super intense pain that I cannot control".

Yes. I have a similar thought pretty often! Which kinda scares me because if a sharp RLP hurts me and that's fairly brief, or sometimes a poop is painful....how am I going to survive labor!? Pretty sure I'll be getting the epidural if these random pains can take my breath out of me and I have no control over them.

@TheThornBird Thanks! I will have to try that stretch!

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