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June 2016 Moms
Goocran17
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Unpopular Opinion Thursday 4/28/16
Goocran17
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Re: Unpopular Opinion Thursday 4/28/16
Also! If the majority of us had time to read the Randoms thread, clearly it's not as impossible as its being made out to be.
My UO is that I love Dance Moms. It's so trashy and ridiculously staged but I can't help it!! I'm so sad three of the original people are leaving after next weeks show though
As far as the "several heads up" I guess I missed the threads outside of the randoms one, and that's on me. I'm a bit cautious on social media, and was still warming up to people, but was interested in joining a FB group down the line. But b/t working full time and a toddler at home, I don't have time to keep up with the randoms thread, and the "221 pages" is way too daunting to even open.
Actually, compared to some BMBs, we still have pretty good participation here from the regulars and plenty of tots to go around post-FB group. I have no idea how active the FB group is, since I didn't join, so that could be like 20x the activity, but the best way to up activity here is to start threads and respond. So it's up to us to keep it up.
BFP #1 June 2011 m/c@6wks
BFP #2 December 2011, EDD 8/21/12, born 7/21/12 at 35w4d
BFP #3 October 6, 2015. WHAT???
I haven't watched/listened to Lemonade.
And I don't give a damn who Becky with the good hair is. There, I said it.
They haven't been winning much in their last few episodes so maybe it will!
I gues another UO is that I didn't even know there was a Facebook page being created, that I probably wouldn't have joined it had I known (don't use Facebook that much except to keep in touch with old friends/family), and I've never really understood the desire to move from a BMB to a locked Facebook group. It stinks that some people will probably not participate here as much, but that's their choice. Doesn't really affect my life enough to be upset.
@Sgoldberg247 they're not nearly as good without Maddie, but the problem is, as amazing as she is, she's not this prodigy dancer they think she is. That would be Sophia Lucia, who, and I'm totes bragging, is from right here in San Diego lolz.
As far as the Randoms thread goes, just because it's 250+ pages doesn't mean you have to read the whole thing lol. I'll go a few days without reading and just jump in with a "hey! Pickle chips are awesome!" Or something stupid like that. We all are busy with stuff. Some of y'all have other kids, some work stupid hours and some of us like me are just lazy and REALLY fucking lucky that we don't have to work right now and have the option to Bump all day. A lot of the OG's are still participating here. It may not seem as frequent, but we are here!! And, while some people aren't due until the end of June, a lot of us are due earlier on and are kind of preoccupied with weekly Drs appointments and tests and trying not to stress out too much because of the little feet in the ribs....
A big reason I don't participate in some of the other threads is I just don't know who half the people are anymore. It's like, we left and all
of a sudden there's tons of ladies who LITERALLY have never posted in here and they expect to be added to the fb group? Yeah, ok.
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https://nypost.com/2016/04/28/i-want-all-the-perks-of-maternity-leave-without-having-any-kids/
Mrs. H
Crohn's Dx: August 2008
Endometriosis Dx: May 2010
Married: 05/19/2012
TTC #1: June 2013
BFP: December 2013
DS: Born 08/29/2014
TTC #2: July 2015
BFP #2: September 25, 2015
My UO is that I think planning to take leave from work early is crazy if you are having a healthy pregnancy. I just can't imagine not saving every minute I can to be at home with my baby. I guess circumstances can be different for everyone, I just couldn't care less if my water breaks in my office or at home.
So I have a bunch of saved sick days for baby and figured I might as well stop working at 38 weeks to have time to prepare for baby since I can't use the days after baby.
Also I can imagine that I'll be awfully slow in an emergency at 38+ weeks!
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
It isn't the workers with kids that put the pressure on kidless employees to stay late and pull extra weight, it's management. Regardless though, it still happens.
DD born June 2016
Second due August 2020 (team green!)
I don't plan on taking it to QUITE the extreme that one of my advisors did but I plan to work until I either can't work anymore for physical reasons or I go into labor.
My advisor, in case anyone is interested to hear a crazy story about dedication to your job, was finishing up her last day before leaving for good when she went into labor at 10 am. She worked the whole day, took the 15 min walk to the train station, the 45 min train ride home and then drove home to make sure the final episode of seinfeld was taping before telling her husband she had been in labor all day and they should probably get to the hospital. I believe she was there for maybe an hour before delivering her baby. I don't plan on taking it quite that far but working until I hit labor, I'm all for them.
My UO is that I honestly had no desire to interview a pediatrician. Everyone kept telling me to look around, ask them questions, get to know a few and choose one. I don't have energy or patience for that. I saw one today for a meet and great, only because it's required before she'll take us on as patients. Otherwise, I was good with choosing one based on my location and my OB's recommendation
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
ETA: "new" for those who are clueless nuggets.
I'm taking the time between going off work to when the baby is born as unpaid, & will officially begin my maternity leave when he's here. As unpopular as it may be, I'm really looking forward to a bit of time between work ends & baby arrives to just enjoy being accountable to me, without the added responsibility of a child to care for.
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Also, I can't imagine interviewing a pedi either. I feel like I would ask family/friends/Drs and take their word for it before trying to schedule interviews. However, this board has taught me that it can apparently be really hard to find a pediatrician at all, never mind a good one.
I really think smash cakes and having a second cake prepared so your one year old can smash it and get frosting everywhere is ridiculous! Why go through the expense of having a separate one made with crazy multicolored frosting that will probably stain anything within then vicinity of your child while smashing the cake? My SIL loves doing this and picks terrible frosting colors like black and deep purple for her kids to dig into and I think it just looks plain dumb. What happened to the good old days where the birthday boy/girl gets the first piece out of the cake everyone else eats?!
There I know I'm an FTM so maybe I don't get it quite yet but I can assure you this is not something I want my kid to do.
I have a desk job, and I telework. So, I have no reason to stop working early unless something changes medically, especially since I would burn my paid time off. I will say I wouldn't mind a few days to finish up baby prep before LO shows up, but likely won't take any since I'd have to burn time as I said.