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May 2016 Moms
Jenly17
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Ten Things Tuesday. 5/10
Jenly17
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Ten Things Tuesday. Whatcha got today?
- I’m teaching 2 hot yoga classes today and then that’s it. I’m done. I’m kicking my swollen feet up and enjoying my time with my little family.
- DD woke up an hour earlier today, so she is watching Fantasia next to me while I think of interesting things to write here.
- Re: #2, It’s getting harder as the weeks go by.
- I wonder how some of our regs are doing. @laurenmdrn16comes to mind. Hope you’re well!
- H and I decided to send DD to daycare FT at the end of June. I’ve mentioned this before, but she has Childhood Apraxia of Speech and the whole thing makes me nervous. I think I need to just let go, and allow her feel it out. Maybe the social interaction, and modeling other children will help her in her speech journey.
- Being a Mom is the hardest job ever. I feel like I’m always winging it! Complete trial and error. All. the. time.
- I’ve been creeping on the Post-Partum thread a lot and seeing a lot of the ladies fitting into their Bellefit PP binders. This is the most exciting thing for me, and it gives me lots of hope!
- We are team green and have absolutely no idea for a boy name. The middle name is picked, but the first name is not. There are about 6 choices. Hopefully if it’s a boy, we’ll just know when we see him.
- I want to make a Father’s Day craft with DD before baby comes along. I figure it will be one less thing to tackle with an infant.
- H and I just started watching Girls on HBO Go, and Ohmagad, it’s so funny! I look forward to watching it every night. If you’re looking for a new show. That’s one to cue up!
Have a great day everyone!
Re: Ten Things Tuesday. 5/10
2. This is going to sound so cheesy, but since baby boy arrived, I feel like for the first time ever nothing's missing anymore--our little family is complete.
2. The hardest part about having a newborn and a toddler, and accepting help from the Inlaws for a couple of weeks, is having to let some things slide. DD has started a new routine of watching cartoons in the morning with DH, and sometimes I come downstairs and she's watching TV and eating cereal in the living room (not the worst thing ever, but 2 things I've tried to avoid as a routine up until this point). Also, nobody but me is doing a great job or reinforcing her manners... It's frustrating, but in general having help is amazing and I have no desire to micromanage. I guess sometimes you just have to give everyone some slack, it just scares me to think of what a little toddler tyrant I'm going to have on my hands when things get back to normal.
3. I also wonder how @laurenmdrn16 is doing as well as a couple of other regs. I hope everything's ok and they're just enjoying all the family time!
4. Cluster feeding... Ouch.
5. We got to see our BFFs again this weekend.
They came up for Mother's Day. We went to play golf (well, I just rode along because moving is hard). It was so good for the soul.
6. We brought baby bluejay with us to play golf. He did so great!
7. I went to the eye doctor a couple of days ago and she said that my prescription went down! That's never happened before. Win!
8. Aside from Sunday, which was gorgeous, it has rained for like 2 weeks straight here. Not cool. I just want to go for a walk, dammit!
9. Recovery isn't easy, but it's so much better than this time than with DD so far.
10. I'm tired.
2. I'm getting very excited to meet Nora. What will she look like? Her sister looks just like her daddy.
3. I am having trouble falling asleep because I keep imagining how and when I will go into labor.
4. I would really like to lay down and just relax today instead of going in to work.
5. The super short "weird" (my adorable toddler calls them) socks keep coming off of my heel. It is going to be a long day.
6. If anyone else enjoys golden birthdays, I am happy I have made it to at least May 10th so my daughter will get to enjoy hers.
7. I have not given in to the elevator. My classroom is on the 4th floor which is technically 8 flights by the time you are done... I sound like I just finished a marathon but I do it! Haha!
8. I'm secretly hoping my water breaks spontaneously this time just to know what it is like.
9. I really enjoy sharing this experience with such a great group of people!
10. Ten things is a lot....
2. Starting to get nervous for the first time.
3. DH is working on a major project and putting in overtime (mostly from home but still). I feel guilty for being on maternity leave. I know it's not a rational thought, but I can't help it. Hopefully they will finish with the last of it tomorrow.
4. I am extremely bored. I should be taking advantage of this time because I know I'll miss it, but not being able to really go anywhere and do stuff is getting to me.
5. Thursday is my last visit at the doctor! Will be weird not seeing them regularly.
6. My sim just got promoted. (Yes I am actually that bored lol).
7. I will be starting with Stephen King's IT this afternoon. Wonder if I will finish before baby comes - it's a thick book.
8. Maybe that should be my challenge for the next 6 and a half days?
9. We are hiring another person at our company. Super exciting to be expanding. It's a relatively new company with only my sister and I - so this will be the third person.
10. This has been the most challenging TTT to date! Hope you all have an awesome Tuesday.
2. I started doing 8hr shifts (cut back from 12). Over the weekend and it has made a difference!
3. OB apt tomorrow. I will be 37w 5d. Debating on refusing to be checked because I ended up in tears at last weeks check.
4.My cat insisted that I not sleep in this morning and t o get up to let her out.
5. I really miss having energy to do the things I use to.
6.DH got a dishwasher and installed it while I was at work sun! Been married 5.5 yrs and this is our first!
7. It definitely snowed here on sunday and is suppose to be back up into the mid 60s the rest of the week. WTH?
8. No one at work inc myself think I will make it to my EDD and I hope they are right!
9. I still need a diaper bag I am such a procrastinator.
10.I can't wait to lay or sit in any position I want and be comfortable.
2. My two good friends who were pregnant along with me have each had their babies. I knew this would happen since their due dates were before mine, but man oh man it's hard not to get obsessive about "when will I go into labor...?" now!
3. I've been searching for post-partum-breastfeeding-and-belly-pouch friendly tops to wear. My bust went up to a 34G last time and I'm basically back there already so I'm a little scared about what will actually cover my chest! I've found a few things and am hoping it helps me feel like I can leave the house more/sooner than I did with DS...I definitely used not having clothes as an excuse to be a hermit last time!
4. I think it's time to graduate to high waisted jeans after this baby. I know chasing a toddler and caring for a newborn is going to involve a lot of bending and I want to minimize the amount of crack I flash. Any recommendations for universally flattering brand?!
5. I have to finish the nursery, I've stalled out with just a few to do's left. UGH!
6. Going to the midwife today. These days it feels like an appt. just to say "yep you're still pregnant." Grateful for prenatal care but it's a little boring!
7. Rain rain go away. But thank you because my lawn needs it.
8. Jane the Virgin - I love it, but I'm really starting to wonder if her having sex will EVER make it into the story line.
9. I'm a bore. 9 things Tuesday it is.
2. For Mother's Day, my husband brought me a single red rose and a box of some of those Ferrerro Rocher truffles. I've already eaten half of them. LO gave me heartburn and cramps. Thanks, kid!
3. I had contractions on and off all day Saturday, and then radio silence all day Sunday. Yesterday I had an appointment with the OB, who wanted to do a cervical check. No increase from where I was two weeks ago...I know these things don't mean much in the long run, but I'm somewhat disappointed that there wasn't any progress. Saturday realllllly sucked.
4. Doc also thinks LO's head might be too big to deliver. She's going to wait until I'm forty weeks, then do another ultrasound and reassess from there. She hasn't said the word (yet), but I have a feeling that she's thinking possible c-section. At least she's not going to induce me before 41.5 weeks...she's a believer in letting the baby dictate when labor happens (within reason - she won't go past 42 weeks), which I'm grateful for. She's also very much been the "wait and see" type, so if she says that she thinks I need a c-section, then it's because I really need a c-section. Either way that she's born, I don't care. As long LO comes out healthy, I'm all for being better safe than sorry.
5. DH was offered an opportunity for an extra overnight shift this Friday. It'd be an extra little bit of cash for paternity leave, but I burst into tears when he brought it up to me. At this point I've been living for the weeks that he's home Thursday-Monday. As nice as it's been to have my mom here during the weekends that he works (she definitely spoils the heck out of me), I feel a lot better when DH is home. I don't have to be "on" or anything when it's just the two of us. I think my tears freaked him out, so he didn't take the shift.
6. He accidentally found out that they are throwing him a "surprise" of some sort on the morning of the 17th at work, which he is very excited about. After the crappiness of the dad shower situation last month, I'm really hoping that I've either already had the baby before that point, or that I don't go into labor until afterward, so that he can enjoy it.
7. I was up during every single hour last night. I'd finally fall asleep for twenty minutes or so, and then I'd wake up and have to go to the bathroom again and reposition myself because my arms/legs on the previous side would be practically numb. I'm soooo out of it this morning. Tempted to make a coffee, but last time I tried one, I still had a major aversion to it. Did manage to make myself some breakfast, though!
8. I'm running out of patience with my pets and their little sad eyes. Sorry guys, but I really don't want to cuddle these days. Unless you're planning on giving me a massage, I just don't want to be touched by anyone or anything. I'll still throw a ball for them if they want though.
9. Car rides are becoming almost excruciating. I can feel every bump and dip and turn in the road and my uterus and LO move with it. I'm pretty much a hermit nowadays for this reason.
10. DH's clothes are the only things that fit me anymore. That and like two maternity tops and my maxi skirts. And I'm starting to outgrow those, too. :P
2. I have a c-section follow up with my OB appointment and I am really dreading it because I'll have to leave my LO for a few hours. I'm not ready!
3. LO is a champion BFer but a terrible burper. We are having a really hard time getting her to burp, advice/suggestions welcome!
4. I watched Fuller House on Netflix and it was awesomely bad.
5. I'm surprised by how boring this stage is, I don't know what I expected but it's mostly just sitting around and nursing while I recover. Booooring.
6. I can't believe how much I love my daughter. It is the most amazing feeling.
7. Watching my H as a father is such a joy and I'm so
proud of him.
8. I wish I had clothes to wear that aren't yoga pants and nursing tanks.
9. My dogs are doing really well with the transition and I'm so proud of them too. They're very tentative and gentle with the baby, if not a little scared. Every day they get closer and closer to her. It's sweet.
10. The baby blues are real. I've been up and down the past couple days.
2. #1 is related to the fact that I'm bored but I'm also big and sore so there's not much for me to do. The swelling in my hands and feet make even small tasks uncomfortable.
3. The good part is I've been able to do a ton of reading. I've finished 3 books since Thursday. I haven't had the time to read for pleasure like this since summer breaks in college.
4. My right boob started leaking yesterday. I'm determined to BF so that excited me.
5. Rain, rain, go away. I thought it was "April showers bring May flowers." I miss the sunshine.
6. OMG I'm only halfway done?
7. We didn't schedule my appointment this week until Thursday thinking surely I won't make it until then. Yeah.... I wish I'd scheduled it earlier so she could do a membrane sweep.
8. Last night I had some mild contractions for about 30 minutes which kept me on the toilet. I have to pee after every contraction. I'm surprised there's that much liquid in my body.
9. There's nothing I can do about it but I feel bad because others around me are waiting for baby. Like my DH and his job. He's always anxiously trying to prepare a few days ahead just in case. Same with my mom and ILs. My DHs grandmother is visiting from 2 hours away. Our hope was she'd be here to meet her first great grand but she has to get home soon.
10. Sleep? What's that? I don't know why but I only sleep 3 hours/ night. I'm not seriously uncomfortable or anything just restless and wide awake.
DD: 05/14/16
1. I am SO SICK of this shitty weather, it is really bringing me down.
2. We are going on week three of rainy and/or cloudy. It was nice on Sunday, but right back to cloudy and rainy yesterday and it supposed to remain that way until after my due date which is the 23! (According to the weather channel app on my phone.)
3. I really thought labor was coming, or getting close to coming, yesterday because I was having horrible pains/cramps and bad diarrhea. Now I am wondering if I didn't just have an upset stomach from something I ate on Sunday. It was terrible. I was getting crazy cramps from 8:30am-1:00pm.
4. Due to number 3, I finally got my hospital bag mostly packed.
5. I am participating in some online game today for work to help us learn and I so don't want to.. I am only doing it because I have hardly any other work to do.
6. I told my mom about yesterday because she lives over an hour away so I wanted her to know to keep her phone on her. She text me when she got off work and because I didn't answer I got out of the shower and had 6 texts from her. OMG give it a rest. If I were in the hospital you'd know.
7. She asked me if I knew how dilated I was and I told her I have declined being checked. Why is that any of your business? I regretted even texting her.
8. I bought a new dresser from Target the other day, DH put it together and yesterday I combined two dressers worth of clothes into one and threw some clothes away. Yay!
9. Now we can put the dresser for the guest room in the guest room, where it belongs.
10. We are slowly but surely getting all the house stuff in order... after living here since March.
Sorry I am so boring, ladies!
I'm also wondering about @laurenmdrn16 and the others.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!2. @Bluejay3030 YAYAYAYAYAYAY so exciting!!!!!! Congrats!!!! :-) I am such a micromanager too. I regularly find myself about to boss around my husband (which is normal but I've been so bossy lately) and I have to take a breath and remind myself ... "It's fine, don't say anything" LOL I will have to do the same thing when my mother and then when my MIL are here!
3. @VS2016 I have been the same way! I can't fall asleep because my mind won't stop running... when will I go into labor? Where will I be? What will it feel like? Will it be slow or fast? Who/What/Where/When/Why!? LOL! I have been hoping lately that the first sign of labor is my water breaking, that way I will actually know I'm in labor and don't have to wonder if these pains are labor or just normal pregnancy pains!
4. @lionstigersbears Take the boring prenatal care and run!! LOL I have been sent to the hospital SIX times in the last three weeks! :-( I miss the days when I would walk in and walk out - but at the time I felt exactly like you do!
5. We have officially decided not to go past 40 weeks due to gestational hypertension... so at the most I've got 12 days left!
6. Membranes being swept on Friday! So maybe only three days left !?!?!?!?!?!
7. I'm trying to convince DH that Thursday should be my last day at work since we know I won't go past 40 weeks... Fingers crossed he takes pity on me and agrees because so far he's been very adamant that I work until it's GO TIME!
8. It's Taco Tuesday! I think I might have some spicy tacos for lunch and see if I can convince this kid to get going!!
9. I love TB. I don't know how I would have made it through this pregnancy without it!!
10. My dad and stepmom are hilarious. After my doc appt yesterday, I prefaced that this was probably TMI and then shared about the membrane sweep on Friday, and this was where the conversation went... I just died. My dad is hilarious. (FYI - they are adorable and have different "levels" of words to define when my young siblings are being inappropriate... "Stupid" is a level 2 word HAHA)
2. My H comes home from work tomorrow, so now baby has the go ahead to come whenever he's ready!
3. I hardly bought any NB clothes... like two pants and 4 side snap tops because I was convinced we would have a bigger baby (I'm 5'10" and my H is 6'... we were both over 8.5lbs when we were born). Well, I had an U/S last week and they estimated baby at 6lb3oz at 38 weeks. He might need some more NB clothes.
4. Speaking of #3... my H was so worried about his size. He is 30th percentile, so I told him there is no reason to worry.
5. I got an exercise ball yesterday. Let the bouncing begin!
6. Next Monday, I'm starting daily (weekdays anyway) acupuncture to attempt to get things going.
7. Anyone still eating dates or date smoothies?
8. Car seat is installed as of last night and we're getting it checked tomorrow. I can't believe how easy it was.
9. I am on a Library Foundation board and at our meeting last week our board members gave us a big basket of children's books. It was the best gift ever!
10. I will be induced if I go a week late. Hopefully it doesn't come to that...
Happy Tuesday..
2. I know I'm not due until Friday but c'mon baby girl, Mommy and Daddy are both very much ready.
3. However, I know that by this time next week I should be holding baby girl because if she doesn't come on her own I'm being induced on the 16th.
4. She's wiggly, and there are honestly times that I don't know if I'm having a contraction (BH or otherwise) or if she's just moving funny.
5. Everyone keeps telling me "Oh you'll know when you are in labor" but they don't know my family and their crazy easy pregnancies and labors. Both my brother and I came fast and furiously- which in turn is freaking out the hubby.
6. Every time I woke up last night the hubby woke up asking if it was go time. I felt bad every time because it was no- I was having a random contraction,had to pee or just couldn't roll over without waking up.
7. I'm going a little sewing crazy but I'm almost done with the last of the projects I had prepared. I'm now trying to decide if I'm going to start the next round or call it good until after she comes. I'll probably go ahead and start the next round because it helps distract me from being uncomfortable.
8. My last day of work is Thursday- but every night when I get home I tell baby girl that "tonight would be a great night"
9. I'm getting tired of people telling me they are SURE she's going to come early. She's due Friday- if she's gonna come early she's running out of time. And yes, I'm huge, thank you.
10. For the first time in pretty much forever I feel like my boobs are small (they aren't- measuring at 38DD) because they are so eclipsed by my belly. It's odd. It's also odd to be the size (almost) I was before I had my chest reduction 11 years ago (I was a 36DD) and not feel as huge as I did then. Weird.
11. Because I thought of one more- I find it hilarious that people aren't asking me about breastfeeding or dilation or anything-- but they are asking my husband who then feels really awkward. Poor guy.
2. I'm working from home and making lists of to-dos I wouldn't mind accomplishing before he baby comes
3. Besides sterilizing the bottles, breast pump parts, charging my breast pump, washing 6 month clothes (because I've already washed everything else), what else could I be doing?
4. I ran into my OB-GYN on the street on Saturday, so weird to see her outside of the doctor's office! She saw me first and goes, "still pregnant I see!"
5. I debating whether to keep my acupuncture appointment tomorrow. Kind of bitter the last two didn't send me into labor and it's another $65 I don't need to spend (insurance doesn't cover it)
6. I wrote this in the overdue thread, but this morning as I heaved my huge self out of bed my husband goes, "wow your belly keeps getting bigger!" Yeah no shit, he's not getting SMALLER in there
7. I got seven separate inquiries about "where's the baby?" on my due date yesterday
8. Each one made me progressively more ragey
9. I walked about 8 miles last weekend, no dice
10. May succumb to ODing on pineapple today. So desperate!
2. DS1 is having his 3rd birthday party this weekend at a bouncy house. I'm keeping everything super simple -- cake from the bakery, no food (the place won't allow it), no organized games... just bouncing 3 year olds which is all they'll need. However, it's a space theme and we're making all the kids jetpacks made from 2-liter bottles and they're so cute! I am not one of those Pinterest party moms, but I just couldn't resist those. If they turn out not a horrible fail, I'll post a pic.
3. #1 and 2 are too long! So I'll try to keep it short.
4. People tell me I should read the Outlander series -- anyone into that?
5. This baby is going to come out green. Every single morning, I make a smoothie with banana, avocado, pineapple and spinach. My son always wants a sip before I leave for work because I told him it'll turn him into a T-Rex. Gotta get some nutrients somehow.
6. I want one more pregnancy massage before I have this baby.
7. My pedicure place told me to come back just before I'm set to have the baby and "ask for the deluxe" and they'd hook me up with a serious foot massage. Yessssss I want it now.
8. It kind of baffles me that Liam Hemsworth is back with Miley Cyrus. How'd she swing that? That kid is fine.
9. I live in North Carolina and the nonsense happening in our government right now is absurd.
10. Reluctantly going to get some work done now.
2. Yesterday at work, I went to the bathroom, peed, wiped, stood up.. and then a huge gush of pee ran out all over my underwear and legs. Body, why do you hate me?!
3. Our anniversary is May 26th. We loosely try to stick to the traditional or contemporary gift guidelines each year. The ones for a fourth anniversary are flowers/fruit or appliances. I'm at a loss on this one.
4. DH really wants the baby to be born on the 26th so that he can skip out on an event he has to attend for work. I selfishly do not want to share my anniversary with LOs birthday.
5. My company's annual party is this Saturday. I'm dragging my 37 week pregnant self to it, mostly for the company gift. Last year, everyone that attended got a GoPro camera.
6. I'll be working from home on Fridays after my maternity leave. Last week, I got my laptop all set up for this. I'm really hoping I look miserable enough around 39 weeks that my boss says I can work from home until LO is born.
7. I somehow managed to get our cable/internet bill $20 lower each month after i noticed that is was $25 higher this month.
8. I really, really want to go on vacation to the beach somewhere.
9. I have a niece that's 5 years younger than me, and she graduated college this past weekend. I can't believe it. Not that it's likely to happen anytime soon, but she's under strict instructions from me to not get pregnant for at least 3 years because I refuse to become a great aunt before I'm 30.
10. Baby cuddles. I'm so ready for them.
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
8. I just got pulled over with a client in the car for going 66 in a 55...whoops. I was let off with a warning since I was honest with the State Trooper about how fast I was going and used it as a lesson in honesty for my client. Ha.
9. I apologize for my negativity. The interaction with the State Trooper surprisingly put me in a better mood, bit I'm still over being pregnant, wearing pants, working, and my mother/MIL.
10. I'm ready to hold my baby whenever she's ready to come out and meet us.
@valeria4786 Same for me with the contractions. I chose not to be checked though. I'm having nothing today. I think I had a couple BH earlier, but didn't feel a thing, just say that my stomach had hardened.
I'm with you on the MIL thing. She has been texting me EVERY DAY asking how I feel and telling me that the 'baby can come today if he wants to.' I'm not really READY for him to come yet.
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!2. My parents in law arrive tomorrow to watch our boys while we are in the hospital
3. I had one...ONE... actual contraction this week. A measly one, haha.
4. DS2 celebrated his 2nd birthday on Sunday! So glad I made it past his birthday before baby girl arrived.
5. Got the dog groomed yesterday and am so thankful she's not so smelly now.
6. Speaking of dog, I'm dreading not being able to help around the house for a few weeks bc I vacuum every day (she's a golden retriever) and the dog hair is going to drive me nuts!
7. I get to have my baby in 2 days!!!
8. I have maybe 3 shirts that the bottom of my belly doesn't hang out with.
9. I finished up my violin studio lessons last week and it felt so weird to not have to teach any lessons last night...definitely felt like a slow evening, but I think DH liked it better haha
10. I cannot wait to see if she has blue eyes like DS2 or brown like DS1.
2. @swflJD I've been getting random linked in requests too - the random recruiters and hiring managers I'm used to but I got one guy that literally had 1 connection. I rejected.
3. @Charissadeats YES I LOVE THE SIMS. My desktop is waiting for me to finish installing the new motherboard and chipset so I can start playing again.
4. Been going for walks with the man and the dog since it's been so beautiful out - def helping to keep her engaged and applying pressure but then I waddle around all night and feel like someone's cracking me like a lobster. Worth it if it kicks things into gear.
5. Starting to see why a lot of women decline internal checks - really frustrating to hear "no change" from week to week (although since it was a different person's hands up there how do we REALLY know no change??).
6. I have no patience at work...bossman is encouraging me to work from home which is keeping me from strangling people but I just want to shake some of my employees and say "If you can't handle this when I'm only a phone call or instant message away wtf are you going to do when I'm gone for two months!?"
7. I'm trying to muster patience with family crap. DH's family is close and large and in eachother's business and my family is tiny (i.e. parents, me, 2 uncles, 1 aunt, 1 grandparent, no cousins) and very reserved. After 8 years I've gotten better with it all but hormones aren't helping. I've been very worried about MIL - but surprisingly it was FIL and an "aunt" who were making me a little twitchy on Sunday. At mother's day brunch they kept going on and on about taking our kid(s) on weekends and all these outings and things they plan to do. We both work, maybe we would like to see our own kids and do those things with our children ourselves, or maybe our kids want to do sports. I get they are excited but stop pushing to take the kid all the time - literally bring it up every conversation that they want to babysit and come over and do all this stuff with the baby as much as possible. She's not even born yet, calm down, your offer to babysit is noted and we'll let you know. When I calmly tried to deflect saying thanks we'll take you up on that but won't be for a while due to EBF - "well can't you pump?". I am not a brood mare only here to provide you with a baby to play with whenever you want.
8. Having serious temptation issues - I have a gluten sensitivity but no celiac gene - pregnancy put my food sensitivities at bay for my first 2 trimesters but seems to be coming back as we near the end - so hard going back to crappy pasta and skipping bread - but already uncomfortable enough and going to the bathroom 100x a day, don't need to add inflamed intestines to the abdominal distress
9. I'm jealous of the ladies whose pets still love them. My 5 lb shih tzu yorkie has wanted nothing to do with me since the second trimester. I keep trying to get puppy cuddles and he looks at DH like i'm torturing him.
10. Putting your phone in rice for 2 days really does help offset a watery grave. My intuition that my water was going to break during Captain America Civil War was correct - except it was my water BOTTLE, in my PURSE which held the water like a pool instead of leaking.
@adorkablepixie I think I'm still having some super mild contractions today, but nothing that I think will progress and definitely without the crampiness like I experienced yesterday (so far). Now I'm all obsessed and convinced I'll go early, and after yesterday I feel like I'm ready and mentally done with pregnancy...but I'm sure now I'll end up being late because my body hates me & plays tricks on me.
2. A friend of mine is due today. On Saturday, she told me that her cervix was above the baby's head, which was delaying the process. I'm glad she texted back with the term "posterior cervix" for me to Google, because I was seriously picturing the baby's head coming out of the cervix and into the vaginal canal. I'm an idiot...
3. This is my first TTT....and last weeks was the first one I ever read. I wish I would have found the May BMB sooner. You girls all seem to have a nice relationship formed and I feel a little like a noob! I've always been a little behind the times.
4. A couple months ago, my fingernails went from healthy and long to weak and brittle. And now, I cannot stop biting them...anxiety be gone!
5. Corey Hart's "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night" is playing in our front office right now and it's taking all I have to not bust out in song and dance.
6. While I'm super glad to be rid of the constipation that plagued me through most of my pregnancy, I'm scared knowing that diarrhea is a sign of early labor. I have this fear of giving the nurses and doctor a shit shower during delivery.
7. DH has plans to build a fire pit in our backyard and get us some nice new patio furniture. We can't wait til LO is big enough to use her fun camping chair so we can spend our summer evenings and weekends outside grilling and enjoying the awesome Colorado weather!
8. It warms my heart when I hear DH open the nursery door, pause to look around and then say hello to the empty nursery. He's so excited to be a Dad and I just know he's going to be the best.
9. DH came home to me last night watching Dancing With the Stars and making freezer meals. I said in a defensive voice, "I hope you know, just because Von (I'm a HUGE Broncos fan) got voted off last week doesn't mean I'm going to stop watching this!!" He ALWAYS has control over the remote, so it's been nice to be able to watch my guilty pleasure. I was on the dance team in high school and college and have always wanted to learn ballroom, so DWTS is a fave.
10. We have a pot going with my Mom and my IL's on LO's birthdate (all of the money went into LO's piggy banks, so the prize is just bragging rights). My SIL guessed today, my DH tomorrow and me on Thursday. I hope everyone that guessed this week is wrong...I'm just not ready! I'd be OK with my Mom's guess of Sunday...that's just one week before my EDD and my childhood hero's birthday. C'mon, Sunday!
Ballroom is so much fun! You should try it out sometime. It was an interesting experience going from something that was mostly solo (I did Jazz in middle/high school) to a partner dance, especially during improv when I have to let someone else lead, but it's pretty awesome and I think I like it this way better. I'm planning on taking a swing class once a week when I'm postpartum and cleared for exercise, to help me get back in shape. It's probably the only form of cardio I've ever actually stuck with.
2. I always said I'd have a baby before I was 35. I'm 35 today. Baby will be a month old this coming Sunday.
3. I'm spending my birthday snuggled up with my baby and watching cartoons on TV.
4. I had pie and brownies for lunch. And Mountain Dew
5. She makes some sweet baby sounds in her sleep.
6. I could snuggle her all day.
7. Can't wait until she is more interactive.
8. She rolled over when she was 2weeks and 3days old at the doc office. We were all shocked. She hasn't done it again although yesterday she halfway did it. Found her asleep on her side.
9. Love her so much.
10. I don't have 10
First Pregnancy
Second Pregnancy
- BFP: 09/11/2015
- EDD: 05/25/2016
Baby Born04/15/2016
PGAL
1. we need to stock up on paper plates! I'm thinking paper bowls too
2. wait this isn't a place for my shopping list?
3. my bump has felt weird all day... extra strong wiggles and lots of tightness
4. DH and I are going to see Civil War tonight... maybe it will send me into labor
5. I leave my desk at the end of every day like I'm going on ML... at least it's clean when I get in the next morning
6. I made DH help me with my sewing project. We got so much done!!!!!
7. It has been raining all day but I still want to take a walk before the movie... it might be a raincoat walk, DH will not be pleased
8. I told my coworker I would review his permit if I'm still here tomorrow. I could probably get it done today but I feel like gambling
9. I think DH and I are going to start a baby bet but we can't decide what the winner will get. Winner of the most categories wins (day, time, weight, length, boy/girl)
10. I might be the most pregnant lady ever at prenatal yoga tomorrow (39+6) but I guess it's something distracting to do
@nerdymama15 Happy birthday! For some reason I can't tag you.
eta: oh I did tag you!! Lol.
2. Breastfeeding is hard! That's another thing the natural/hippy/crunchy mama community says is easy and fine. I've given up a little on my inverted nipple since it was just so painful, and daytime feedings are usually fine, but he's so fussy at night hell nurse for hours and just chomp away at my nipple. Not very fun!
3. I have bipolar disorder, which was initially treated with medication but I was later able to treat it with lifestyle changes and therapy. I've been on the lookout for post partum symptoms since what I know about my bipolar is changes to my equilibrium (sleep, eating, stress) can send me into a tailspin. I've cried every day but always for a reason, which is good. Usually it's just that I've become a little overwhelmed, especially in the evening when my son becomes a little fussier, I wanna clean but I can't, DH is taking his video game break, and the dog needs something. That said...
4. My DH today said he is expecting me to get post partum depression and he's really on the look out for it. It's almost harder to feel like you're under a microscope, with every unsure feeling being scrutinized. I know he's doing it for good reasons though, when I wasn't medicated and not diagnosed it was really hard.
5. I think part of me expected my baby to either sleep all day or start out a roaming little baby. I've never really spent time with brand new babies and I'm trying to figure him out. When do we start a schedule? I don't wanna end up like my SIL who put off a schedule and now has a three year old who has no bed time unless he's screaming he's so tired.
When do I get to take him fun places?
6. Since this is the fourth trimester, it's time for my fourth trimester great business idea (first- no work for 12 weeks, second- pregnancy only food delivery service, third- free mani pedis for women 36 weeks or over). This trimester, I think you should be able to call a beautician to your house to wash and style your hair for you. That way you could stay at home, feed your baby, and also feel good about yourself.
7. There was poo on my phone for a good three hours today. Could not have cared less.
8. My midwife told me not to do keigels when pregnant because the relaxin makes them not very effective, but to start them post partum. After waiting a little too long to pee and having a preschool style accident on my way to the toilet, I've started doing a few every time my baby nurses. I feel like they're helping, I had practically no muscle control down there for a little while.
9.visitors and food chain people from church was nice at first, now I wish everyone would go away so I could sit in my milk and spit up nightgown in peace.
10. I'm so happy my dog and my son love each other! The second we showed the dog (an 18 month old border collie mix) he licked his head. Sometimes he nudges him with his nose to try and get the baby to play, but most of the time he just looks at the baby and smells him and licks him. Such a relief!
2) I have my 38 week appointment in an hour.. Curious to see if anything has progressed in the past two weeks, though I am pretty sure it hasn't.
3) I started my leave this week and have been pretty productive the past couple of days. Definitely not tackling my entire to-do list, but knocking off a few things! I've also finally been able to catch up on several TB threads.
4) I hope to finish packing the hospital bag and organizing our filing cabinet tonight.
5) Thanks to the person who posted about the free shutterfly prints, I plan to take advantage of that this week.
6) I can't wait to meet my baby; I love this little person so much already!
7) At the same time, I'm not too terribly uncomfortable (yet) so a couple more weeks to tackle a few things I have put off for months (years??) is nice, too!
8) I think DH is even more anxious than I am. He's constantly asking if I'm feeling anything or if I think baby will come soon, and he dreams about the kiddo almost nightly. I can't wait to see him as a dad!
9) I love seeing all the sweet babies on the announcement thread!
10) I better go get ready for my appointment.
1. There is a 3-4week period at work where the comments are annoying and intrusive. I am past that period. People look at me with awe and respect, and tell me how good I am doing. I think its the only thing moving me forward at this point. If I look too deep into it, I realize it is because this baby is clearly never coming.
2. Strawberries are my main passion in life, I wish they had the pineapple gift.
3. I feel some body issues coming on, trying to keep them at bay, but I am a large individual right now.
4. I worry my body doesn't allow for babies to engage naturally. If I had a ml of Pitocin for every person who told me how high I am carrying, this baby would be slip and sliding out of me.
5. My induction date is 10 days away. I am really going to need to lean on a higher power to get through this.
6. My baby moves so much still - it makes me irrationally worry that the baby is 2-3 lbs and in the wrong position. See #4 and also note irrational.
7. I am a bundle of emotions, but feel pretty zen at the same time. Totally contradictory.
8. I am totally on board with the exercise ball, I don't have one, but wish I would have been using one.
9. I am on the fence about sharing a baby pic once she is here. I haven't shared my face yet, I guess I can add paranoia to my list.
10. I didn't think I would get here today, my husband went and pulled down some more things from the attic such as the bumbo seat and the boppy pillow and covers. What is the positive spin on PTSD? Nostalgia? Either way, it is happening.
My DH isn't into dance at all either; he very gamely gave it a try back when we were engaged and I insisted that we learn how to dance, but it just wasn't his thing. If you do decide to try ballroom out, I'd recommend a group class - they make everyone line up and rotate partners, so you don't have to worry if you don't have someone to bring. Plus it helps to learn how everyone has different lead/follow styles, even in the beginning.
2 step! That's the one thing I can't do very well. I keep mixing my steps up. Failed Texan here. I also suck at salsa. Gah.
I'm going to have to look into those CIZE videos - having something to start with at home before I'm ready to attend a class again would probably be a good idea..
2. Just so thankful for number 1. It really was an incredible experience. Another little boy was being adopted by another family - he had been with them for 608 days and he was crying because he got to adopt a bear from the Court and he said, "today I got a family and a bear!" He was probably four or so. Cue more crying.
3. A family from my hometown had their daughter go missing for four days last week and she was found and brought home on Mother's Day. She was a victim of attempted child sex trafficking. It caused me to do some research on the topic and I had NO idea how prevalent it is in the US. I encourage everyone to read up on it and educate themselves on the signs of trafficking and the tactics of these horrible people. It is happening more than we know!
4. All of these things have put my lame pregnancy problems in major perspective for me. I'm pregnant. I'm healthy. The baby is healthy. Who am I to complain?
5. Anyway. I'm addicted to fruit snacks lately. We bought these organic, all natural gummy things for DD and I've eaten the whole box. She doesn't like them.
6. DH and I are almost caught up on the Walking Dead. I just can't imagine what will happen next season.
7. We are having Cajun shrimp grill packs for dinner. I can't wait.
8. It's 97 in my city today. Thinking about jumping in the pool.
9. I feel like our toilet paper consumption will go waaaay down after I have the baby. I'm constantly peeing.
10. Just happy about today.
2. DH is in grad school for pharmacy and has his last final Friday. As soon as he found out about the induction he emailed the professor asking to take it early and hasn't heard anything back, so probably won't be able to. He'll only be gone the first two hours but he's really upset about it
3. I've been making freezer meals like crazy the past few days, my freezer is Pinterest worthy at this point
4. My sister brought the three month old over that she nanny's for and it made my heart melt seeing DH holding him and realizing he'll be such a great dad
5. It's finally starting to feel like spring here and it was so nice to get outside today after like a week of rain
6. Went grocery shopping today and my cart consisted of fruit, chocolate and cake. All I wanted was fruit and sweets and I don't even care
7. Can only think of 6 this week!