@KilgraveMadeMeDoItI had to google breatharians. Goodness gracious. So that's just... starving your children? I guess we found the limit to my belief in freedom of religion.
@GreenEyedUnicorn & @HeyBooHey DH is ALWAYS calling babies ugly, and I'm terrified that we're doomed to have one because of him, haha!
I am another one who is all for the pain meds during labor. One of the reasons it took me so long to decide if I wanted to have kids at all is because I'm squeamish and a wimp. Thinking about all of the things that are going to happen to me over the next 6 months, with the culmination of pushing a melon through my delicate lady parts makes me want to cry. Please don't make me feel what that feels like! I'm also determined to try breastfeeding, but I'm afraid I'll get squeamed-out and won't be able to do it. I'm hoping everything changes as soon as we meet LO.
My UO: I don't like stuff on my pizza. I like a good ol' fashioned cheese pizza over one that looks like you're just using the pizza as a plate to load a bunch of random crap onto. The most adventurous I usually get with my toppings is a margarita pizza, and even those have to be done just right for me to like it.
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Me: 35 | H: 40 Married Sept. 2013 DS1: Nov 11, 2016 MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d) CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d) BFP! 8/24/19 DS2: May 10, 2020
@KilgraveMadeMeDoItI had to google breatharians. Goodness gracious. So that's just... starving your children? I guess we found the limit to my belief in freedom of religion.
I just googled it too because I thought it HAD to be made up. Breatharian.com is an amazing collection of the ramblings of a crazy person.
@KilgraveMadeMeDoIt I have an old coworker who has a new baby that has hair just like you described. He looks like a middle aged balding man! But he is super cute! My husband has unfortunate ears and I keep praying the baby has mine.
@greeneyedunicorn & @heybooheyIt is a legitimate fear of mine that my children will not be cute. Ive had this fear for as long as I can remember and I hate myself for it! Obviously I will love them no matter what but I better not think anyone is lying to me!
My UO I prefer the oat cereal pieces of lucky charms over the marshmallow ones. I bought a box the other week and made my husband eat it because it seems to be all marshmallows now. Also, I love our board too!
My brother lives with us and my 2 boys (4 men in my home). I have 6 nephews and 1 niece. I work in a firehouse. If this one is a girl Tutus, headbands, leg warmers, excessive amounts of shoes, everything frilly I can think of. I may even buy a matching tutu and oversized headband for me.
I am LOVING the idea of you having a girl. Would she be the princess or what?
DX PCOS Jan 2012 IUI #1 Feb 2012= DS1 born 11/2012 Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle)=DS2 born 9/2014 Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle again)= EDD 11/2016
I really dislike most homeopathic medicine. My mom was a super hippy when I was little and the amount of times I was hospitalized for stupid crap is just ridiculous. Like who has to have a hospital stay for pheumonia in the 90s? Me. That's who. I had a burst ear drum that caused hear loss, I mean the list just goes on and on. You know what heals people? Modern medicine. You can take your essential oils and shove it.
Obviously there are caveats to this. Hylands teething tablets are great, peppermint essential oil can help with my nausea and lavender can make you sleepy, but this isn't healing anything.
My UO I prefer the oat cereal pieces of lucky charms over the marshmallow ones. I bought a box the other week and made my husband eat it because it seems to be all marshmallows now.
How does one LIVE without Mac n cheese!? I live off of it! Drives DH crazy.
My UO, I don't want to find out the gender. I hate the idea of gender reveal parties. DH is the opposite and wants to find out and have a gender reveal party. We're compromising and finding out the gender and telling a select few people, but I'm drawing a line at a reveal party.
Married 4/12/13 TTC since 6/13 Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016 SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
My brother lives with us and my 2 boys (4 men in my home). I have 6 nephews and 1 niece. I work in a firehouse. If this one is a girl Tutus, headbands, leg warmers, excessive amounts of shoes, everything frilly I can think of. I may even buy a matching tutu and oversized headband for me.
I am LOVING the idea of you having a girl. Would she be the princess or what?
You have no idea. I keep telling DH he is about to be a single dad if the blood test comes back with a Y chromosome next week. I can just imagine my moms face if I have to tell her it's another boy. She will then have 9 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. She doesn't even know I am pregnant and I see her almost every day.
How does one LIVE without Mac n cheese!? I live off of it! Drives DH crazy.
My UO, I don't want to find out the gender. I hate the idea of gender reveal parties. DH is the opposite and wants to find out and have a gender reveal party. We're compromising and finding out the gender and telling a select few people, but I'm drawing a line at a reveal party.
I was not on board with a sex reveal (u/o: I hate "gender reveal" - gender is a social construct, sex is the biological difference). But since the joy of telling our parents we are pregnant (and that its twins) was kind of taken from us, I decided to do one for our families once we find out at the anatomy scan.
I totally agree. Anthropology was one of my majors in college. I'm big on the no gender roles and I want everything to be gender neutral. I don't want people getting me all pink if we have a girl. Girls can wear blues and greens and browns.
Married 4/12/13 TTC since 6/13 Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016 SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
Wow, I'm so late to the party today. So many "UOs" I agree with today! Especially the fear of having an ugly baby. I say very not nice things about ugly babies behind closed doors to DH or my mom... I feel like karma is coming for me.
So, my UO today is that I hate hate hate it when people say "well women have been having babies for thousands of years without X, so why do you/I need it?" Um, helloooooo a huge percentage of women used to die in childbirth, their babies died, they didn't live past 35, etc. Why do people think we celebrate birthdays? Because babies died, and it was a "miracle" when they made it to each birthday. Modern medicine and other conveniences exist to keep us all alive. USE THEM. My mom tried to use that line on me the other day (can't remember what it was about), but I just lost it on her...
When DD was born my mom said she was soooo cute and my response was "but she doesn't have a chin." MOTY. So yes, I totally agree that there are ugly babies. And I'm pretty sure a guy I went to High School with literally has the ugliest baby in the world and 6 months later he is still the ugliest baby ever.
My UO is I throw everything away even a lot of stuff that could be donated or recycled. I do donate clothes, but other than that I just don't. I don't even have a good reason to not do it. As far as storing things I only store baby stuff (which I will eventually get rid of without just throwing away) and season decorations. I'm the polar opposite of a hoarder.
Wow, I'm so late to the party today. So many "UOs" I agree with today! Especially the fear of having an ugly baby. I say very not nice things about ugly babies behind closed doors to DH or my mom... I feel like karma is coming for me.
So, my UO today is that I hate hate hate it when people say "well women have been having babies for thousands of years without X, so why do you/I need it?" Um, helloooooo a huge percentage of women used to die in childbirth, their babies died, they didn't live past 35, etc. Why do people think we celebrate birthdays? Because babies died, and it was a "miracle" when they made it to each birthday. Modern medicine and other conveniences exist to keep us all alive. USE THEM. My mom tried to use that line on me the other day (can't remember what it was about), but I just lost it on her...
Yes, my SIL asked if I was planning on drugs (she fully supports drugs as she had them too) and I told her "I don't care if women have been having babies for millienia without drugs, they wouldn't have if they had a choice! I guarantee you Mary, Mother of Jesus, would have had an epidural if it had been an option!"
On the topic of med free labor, I'm the kind of person that will bear thru a headache because I don't want to take Tylenol. I don't like the way I feel when medicated so I will tolerate what I can before I resort to medications. I don't want a med free birth because of some righteous mindset that women are built to be able to withstand it or that I have to prove something to anyone. I only will get to do this once. I don't want that once to be a foggy, medicated blur. I don't care what other people do with their bodies because it ultimately doesn't impact me but my body is mine so I will bear what I can do that I can feel like me.
To the bows and headbands topic... Do you get a say if you WERE a bald baby girl? Cause I had no hair till I was like 3 years old. Lol! My mom would have me and my sister dressed up in ruffles and ribbons, bows in what little hair we had and people would still tell her she had such cute little boys.
I may have just eaten an entire box of (gluten free) Mac and cheese by myself. I don't feel guilty about it at all.
My UO - I can't stand gummy bears (or anything gummy) they taste fine but I hate the feel of them in my mouth. I'm actually gagging just thinking about it.
@tigerfish227 1) I'm all for doing what you wanna do so please don't take this a an attack... but 2) do you seriously feel weird and out of it with a tylenol? Ibuprofen? Or asprin? I mean I wish I didn't have to take medicine but sweet baby Jesus the relief from an excedrin when I have a migranes or the break from crippling menstrual cramps is get from motrin is amazing.
TinyAlligator born @ 36w, 3lb2oz, IUGR BabyFlamingo due 11/30/16
I really dislike most homeopathic medicine. My mom was a super hippy when I was little and the amount of times I was hospitalized for stupid crap is just ridiculous. Like who has to have a hospital stay for pheumonia in the 90s? Me. That's who. I had a burst ear drum that caused hear loss, I mean the list just goes on and on. You know what heals people? Modern medicine. You can take your essential oils and shove it.
Obviously there are caveats to this. Hylands teething tablets are great, peppermint essential oil can help with my nausea and lavender can make you sleepy, but this isn't healing anything.
"Homeopathic" actually has a very specific meaning, and it isn't what you think. You're thinking of herbal, folk, 'traditional' or so-called 'natural' remedies.
Homeopathic actually means that that they take something (might be a plant, mineral, bit of an animal, or something ridiculous like moonlight) and dilute it 1:100 and shake the resulting solution.
Then they take that dilution and dilute it again, 1:100 and shake.
They keep doing this over and over because homeopathy is based on the idea that water magically remembers things it touched ages ago and that diluting it over and over makes the resulting solution more powerful.
Homeopathic remedies have nothing in them except the solvent (may be sugar solution, alcohol, or water.) The original ingredients are diluted to the point they are completely gone. As in, a 'standard' 30C preparation is less concentrated than a single molecule of the original compound in all the water on Earth combined. That popular osillicococcinum (supposedly made with fermented duck liver and heart) is less concentrated than a single molecule in the entire known universe.
There is literally nothing in homeopathic preparations except the solvent or sugar pill.
Herbal preparations or extracts and whatnot actually have some possibility of effect (though they aren't purified or dose standardized and there is a LOT of adulteration, mis-labelling and downright lying on the subject of herbal preparations because there's pretty much no regulatory oversight) because there actually are compounds in them that can have a biological effect. But homeopathy doesn't comply with known laws of physics, chemistry, or biology. It's magical thinking and a complete waste of money.
K.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
I seem to be in the minority (I am with my friends, too!) but I LOVED my med-free labor and birth! However, that being said, I am totally down if you want an epidural! Go for it girl! For me, I wanted to try "natural", and it just so happens that my baby and body were primed and ready and it was the hardest, most satisfying 12 hours of my life! I can't say that I'm super proud of a lot of physical accomplishments in my life, but I very happily rode my post-partum high and felt like the most bad ass woman on the planet!
That is simply my opinion and experience though, I think if a woman is heard and supported in bringing her baby into the world in the safest manner possible for both of them, that is the best choice for her!
How does one LIVE without Mac n cheese!? I live off of it! Drives DH crazy.
My UO, I don't want to find out the gender. I hate the idea of gender reveal parties. DH is the opposite and wants to find out and have a gender reveal party. We're compromising and finding out the gender and telling a select few people, but I'm drawing a line at a reveal party.
I was not on board with a sex reveal (u/o: I hate "gender reveal" - gender is a social construct, sex is the biological difference). But since the joy of telling our parents we are pregnant (and that its twins) was kind of taken from us, I decided to do one for our families once we find out at the anatomy scan.
I used to get preachy about the difference between sex and gender and now I just let it slide (mostly). While I do appreciate proper usage of the terms, there's something about a "sex reveal" that is comically off-putting.
Evite title: "You are invited to the Johnson's Sex Reveal!"
Not sure my grandparents would open that invite...
DX PCOS Jan 2012 IUI #1 Feb 2012= DS1 born 11/2012 Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle)=DS2 born 9/2014 Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle again)= EDD 11/2016
My UO is that I have babies stupid fast. First contraction to baby in my arms was 3 hours. No drugs for me. I was however the lucky recipient of a third degree tear.
Edit to say I wasn't able to have anything because I progressed to quick. I would have been all about those pain killers.
I have a friend on Facebook who narrates her child's days including 'today my mom thought I was smiling but it was just gas. Got her'. When I see her posts I want to smack her. Also I had a customer actually scream 'tell me why this has happened NOW!!!' and my answer was 'bad things happen to good people everyday. Take a breath' We aren't allowed to talk to customers like that because its apparently condescending. Blah blah blah.
I really dislike most homeopathic medicine. My mom was a super hippy when I was little and the amount of times I was hospitalized for stupid crap is just ridiculous. Like who has to have a hospital stay for pheumonia in the 90s? Me. That's who. I had a burst ear drum that caused hear loss, I mean the list just goes on and on. You know what heals people? Modern medicine. You can take your essential oils and shove it.
Obviously there are caveats to this. Hylands teething tablets are great, peppermint essential oil can help with my nausea and lavender can make you sleepy, but this isn't healing anything.
"Homeopathic" actually has a very specific meaning, and it isn't what you think. You're thinking of herbal, folk, 'traditional' or so-called 'natural' remedies.
Homeopathic actually means that that they take something (might be a plant, mineral, bit of an animal, or something ridiculous like moonlight) and dilute it 1:100 and shake the resulting solution.
Then they take that dilution and dilute it again, 1:100 and shake.
They keep doing this over and over because homeopathy is based on the idea that water magically remembers things it touched ages ago and that diluting it over and over makes the resulting solution more powerful.
Homeopathic remedies have nothing in them except the solvent (may be sugar solution, alcohol, or water.) The original ingredients are diluted to the point they are completely gone. As in, a 'standard' 30C preparation is less concentrated than a single molecule of the original compound in all the water on Earth combined. That popular osillicococcinum (supposedly made with fermented duck liver and heart) is less concentrated than a single molecule in the entire known universe.
There is literally nothing in homeopathic preparations except the solvent or sugar pill.
Herbal preparations or extracts and whatnot actually have some possibility of effect (though they aren't purified or dose standardized and there is a LOT of adulteration, mis-labelling and downright lying on the subject of herbal preparations because there's pretty much no regulatory oversight) because there actually are compounds in them that can have a biological effect. But homeopathy doesn't comply with known laws of physics, chemistry, or biology. It's magical thinking and a complete waste of money.
Man I love having you around here! You know all the things!
I literally like everything else with cheese but mac n cheese...it's just missing something! That's otay. You can has all the Mac n cheese you want. I'm still a fun dinner date. Promise.
So, I'm a day late, but just thought of another UO that I had to share. I can't stand Jack and Jill showers! Showers aren't fun for anyone except for the person getting a crap ton of gifts. Unless you get off on seeing pots & pans or tiny human sized objects (which, I know some people do), it's just not fun to sit there for 2 hours and watch someone open a zillion gifts, no matter how many cutesy games you think of for people to play. I understand it's part of modern culture, and I make sure to attend these events for close friends and family because I care about them, but I have been to very few bridal or baby showers that made me think "That was a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!" I still had one for my wedding, and will have one for the baby because I've done my time, damn it... but to make it a Jack and Jill shower and make the men suffer through it too? That's just cruel. Unless you're feeding them and then letting them go play horseshoes and drink beer while the gifts get opened, there's no reason to make them attend. On second thought... maybe you should invite them to drink beer and play horseshoes, and I'll just go hang out with them instead.
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Me: 35 | H: 40 Married Sept. 2013 DS1: Nov 11, 2016 MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d) CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d) BFP! 8/24/19 DS2: May 10, 2020
@shamrocandroll I think that its funny that "Jack and Jill" Showers have just been becoming popular in the US in the past several years. I'm Puerto Rican and our showers have always been co-ed but then again our showers are more like parties. We don't really play games and we usually have lots of food and drinks for all to partake in. It's also not uncommon for there to be a family DJ there...people eat, drink and dance and those that want to watch you open gifts do and anyone who doesn't want to watch goes and does their own thing...no offense taken.
I know to many this may seem insane but I think that for us it's more about the celebration of life...1st baby showers are always a really big deal for "us"
So, I'm a day late, but just thought of another UO that I had to share. I can't stand Jack and Jill showers! Showers aren't fun for anyone except for the person getting a crap ton of gifts. Unless you get off on seeing pots & pans or tiny human sized objects (which, I know some people do), it's just not fun to sit there for 2 hours and watch someone open a zillion gifts, no matter how many cutesy games you think of for people to play. I understand it's part of modern culture, and I make sure to attend these events for close friends and family because I care about them, but I have been to very few bridal or baby showers that made me think "That was a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!" I still had one for my wedding, and will have one for the baby because I've done my time, damn it... but to make it a Jack and Jill shower and make the men suffer through it too? That's just cruel. Unless you're feeding them and then letting them go play horseshoes and drink beer while the gifts get opened, there's no reason to make them attend. On second thought... maybe you should invite them to drink beer and play horseshoes, and I'll just go hang out with them instead.
Yes! I hate getting invited to bridal showers. I just got invited to a bridal shower that a girl is throwing for herself and she spelled both my first and last name on the invitation. It's a friend's cousin who I met twice. Listen, lady, if you can't spell my name right...you probably don't know me well enough to be attending your shower.
@TrulyBlessed22 That sounds much more fun, and like something I would enjoy much more.
@FallenLeaves1990 I recently got invited to a shower for my brother-in-law's best friend's fiance. I've only met him on a couple of occasions (he did come to our wedding since he, BIL, and DH grew up together), and I've never even met her! Yeah, I totally want to drive 3 hours to go to a shower where I know literally NO ONE (eye roll). Major gift-whoring there! I respectfully declined.
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Me: 35 | H: 40 Married Sept. 2013 DS1: Nov 11, 2016 MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d) CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d) BFP! 8/24/19 DS2: May 10, 2020
@shamrocandroll They really are fun. I had a few of my friends attend that have only ever gone to traditional showers and they loved it. Not the fake kind of "oh thank you or inviting us we had a nice time" comment but genuinely had a good time.
@TinyAlligator not so much with Tylenol (or similar stuff) unless I'm having to take it repeatedly over a couple days but like cough syrup makes me feel weird even after one dose. I would just as soon tough it out if I can and usually unless I can't function I can get thru it.
Re: UO Thursday, 4.14
I am another one who is all for the pain meds during labor. One of the reasons it took me so long to decide if I wanted to have kids at all is because I'm squeamish and a wimp. Thinking about all of the things that are going to happen to me over the next 6 months, with the culmination of pushing a melon through my delicate lady parts makes me want to cry. Please don't make me feel what that feels like! I'm also determined to try breastfeeding, but I'm afraid I'll get squeamed-out and won't be able to do it. I'm hoping everything changes as soon as we meet LO.
My UO: I don't like stuff on my pizza. I like a good ol' fashioned cheese pizza over one that looks like you're just using the pizza as a plate to load a bunch of random crap onto. The most adventurous I usually get with my toppings is a margarita pizza, and even those have to be done just right for me to like it.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
My husband has unfortunate ears and I keep praying the baby has mine.
@greeneyedunicorn & @heybooheyIt is a legitimate fear of mine that my children will not be cute. Ive had this fear for as long as I can remember and I hate myself for it! Obviously I will love them no matter what but I better not think anyone is lying to me!
@kilgravemademedoit You might be my favorite! Preach it!
My UO I prefer the oat cereal pieces of lucky charms over the marshmallow ones. I bought a box the other week and made my husband eat it because it seems to be all marshmallows now. Also, I love our board too!
IUI #1 Feb 2012= DS1 born 11/2012
Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle)=DS2 born 9/2014
Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle again)= EDD 11/2016
Obviously there are caveats to this. Hylands teething tablets are great, peppermint essential oil can help with my nausea and lavender can make you sleepy, but this isn't healing anything.
Also, now I'm craving Lucky Charms.
My UO, I don't want to find out the gender. I hate the idea of gender reveal parties. DH is the opposite and wants to find out and have a gender reveal party. We're compromising and finding out the gender and telling a select few people, but I'm drawing a line at a reveal party.
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
So, my UO today is that I hate hate hate it when people say "well women have been having babies for thousands of years without X, so why do you/I need it?" Um, helloooooo a huge percentage of women used to die in childbirth, their babies died, they didn't live past 35, etc. Why do people think we celebrate birthdays? Because babies died, and it was a "miracle" when they made it to each birthday. Modern medicine and other conveniences exist to keep us all alive. USE THEM. My mom tried to use that line on me the other day (can't remember what it was about), but I just lost it on her...
My UO is I throw everything away even a lot of stuff that could be donated or recycled. I do donate clothes, but other than that I just don't. I don't even have a good reason to not do it. As far as storing things I only store baby stuff (which I will eventually get rid of without just throwing away) and season decorations. I'm the polar opposite of a hoarder.
Maybe we should rename this the popular unpopular opinion thread.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
DS Born 12/20/13
#2 EDD 11/20/2016
To the bows and headbands topic... Do you get a say if you WERE a bald baby girl? Cause I had no hair till I was like 3 years old. Lol! My mom would have me and my sister dressed up in ruffles and ribbons, bows in what little hair we had and people would still tell her she had such cute little boys.
I may have just eaten an entire box of (gluten free) Mac and cheese by myself. I don't feel guilty about it at all.
My UO - I can't stand gummy bears (or anything gummy) they taste fine but I hate the feel of them in my mouth. I'm actually gagging just thinking about it.
Homeopathic actually means that that they take something (might be a plant, mineral, bit of an animal, or something ridiculous like moonlight) and dilute it 1:100 and shake the resulting solution.
Then they take that dilution and dilute it again, 1:100 and shake.
They keep doing this over and over because homeopathy is based on the idea that water magically remembers things it touched ages ago and that diluting it over and over makes the resulting solution more powerful.
Homeopathic remedies have nothing in them except the solvent (may be sugar solution, alcohol, or water.) The original ingredients are diluted to the point they are completely gone. As in, a 'standard' 30C preparation is less concentrated than a single molecule of the original compound in all the water on Earth combined. That popular osillicococcinum (supposedly made with fermented duck liver and heart) is less concentrated than a single molecule in the entire known universe.
There is literally nothing in homeopathic preparations except the solvent or sugar pill.
Herbal preparations or extracts and whatnot actually have some possibility of effect (though they aren't purified or dose standardized and there is a LOT of adulteration, mis-labelling and downright lying on the subject of herbal preparations because there's pretty much no regulatory oversight) because there actually are compounds in them that can have a biological effect. But homeopathy doesn't comply with known laws of physics, chemistry, or biology. It's magical thinking and a complete waste of money.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
That is simply my opinion and experience though, I think if a woman is heard and supported in bringing her baby into the world in the safest manner possible for both of them, that is the best choice for her!
Evite title: "You are invited to the Johnson's Sex Reveal!"
Not sure my grandparents would open that invite...
IUI #1 Feb 2012= DS1 born 11/2012
Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle)=DS2 born 9/2014
Unmedicated BFP (first post-weaning cycle again)= EDD 11/2016
Edit to say I wasn't able to have anything because I progressed to quick. I would have been all about those pain killers.
When I see her posts I want to smack her.
Also I had a customer actually scream 'tell me why this has happened NOW!!!'
and my answer was 'bad things happen to good people everyday. Take a breath'
We aren't allowed to talk to customers like that because its apparently condescending.
Blah blah blah.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020
@shamrocandroll I think that its funny that "Jack and Jill" Showers have just been becoming popular in the US in the past several years. I'm Puerto Rican and our showers have always been co-ed but then again our showers are more like parties. We don't really play games and we usually have lots of food and drinks for all to partake in. It's also not uncommon for there to be a family DJ there...people eat, drink and dance and those that want to watch you open gifts do and anyone who doesn't want to watch goes and does their own thing...no offense taken.
I know to many this may seem insane but I think that for us it's more about the celebration of life...1st baby showers are always a really big deal for "us"
@FallenLeaves1990 I recently got invited to a shower for my brother-in-law's best friend's fiance. I've only met him on a couple of occasions (he did come to our wedding since he, BIL, and DH grew up together), and I've never even met her! Yeah, I totally want to drive 3 hours to go to a shower where I know literally NO ONE (eye roll). Major gift-whoring there! I respectfully declined.
Married Sept. 2013
DS1: Nov 11, 2016
MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
BFP! 8/24/19
DS2: May 10, 2020