October 2016 Moms

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  • Okay this one is embarrassing and slightly gross, but I love having baths, but since pregnancy, I get an urgency to pee.  So just before I get out...I pee, then get out and drain the tub. It's not a lot, just a tinkle - but still gross nonetheless.
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  • LauraPCOS said:
    Okay this one is embarrassing and slightly gross, but I love having baths, but since pregnancy, I get an urgency to pee.  So just before I get out...I pee, then get out and drain the tub. It's not a lot, just a tinkle - but still gross nonetheless.

    Good news - article posted today "Why you should pee in the shower, according to mathematics" 
    You were just one step ahead of society ;)

    https://www.iflscience.com/environment/why-you-should-pee-as-you-shower-according-to-mathematics/
    DS#1 born 05 October 2016
    DS#2  due 25 April 2019
  • I love pee'ing in the bath/or shower. It's so relieving. 

    I do not pee in baths that I am using to get clean, even though pee is sterile. 
  • YAY I'm not alone!! Ya I don't usually cleanse in a bath (I just feel grimy afterwards, like I didn't get all the soap off) but I like baths to warm up or to relax.
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  • I confess I'm being pouty today because I had the most mediocre Anniversary ever. We are on a tight budget so no gifts or anything like that are really possible, and I'm fine with that, but I went out of my way to visit him at work twice yesterday, prepare his favorite meal, get his favorite dessert, and be as celebratory as I could with empty pockets. I got nothing ;( other than the thank-yous, which I do appreciate don't get me wrong, but I mean not even a hand written note or anything? I am acting like a spoiled, disappointed child.
  • @allythekid Yes, you do sound like a brat.  You did things that you think made him feel special. Doesn't mean it has to be equal salami in return.  I understand you didn't get a card or anything, but having been the working person in the family, I can understand that he has a completely different group of stressors and demands on him.  He may have had good intentions, but just didn't have the time nor energy to follow through.  If you want something to make yourself feel special, do it yourself.  Some guys are super sweet, thoughtful, and actually follow through on all the romance and fluff.  Maybe take the time to reflect on how he values and appreciates you on all days.  If you're still disappointed, talk to him directly about it.  I get the whole tight budget issue, and yes, it certainly puts a damper on things.  You will have far less spectacular anniversaries than you had yesterday.. and you will hopefully have some terrific ones in the future.. It's just a part of being married. Not every day (and holiday/anniversary) is a hallmark day.
  • I ate 2 bagels with cream cheese this morning... and I don't feel one ounce of guilt. 
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  • @Piperella I am fully aware that I sound like a brat. Which is why I pointed it out myself. I am more than aware of the ways he values and appreciates me on a daily basis, that is why I am reserving my petty complaint for the internet as opposed to actually bringing it up and making it a completely unnecessary issue. I believe I'll survive! He is a busy man and a very stressed man, and I can relate because there was a time when I worked and he didn't and I was the one who either forgot or just didn't feel like pulling out all the bells and whistles. A minor disappointment, and a silly one I know. Thanks for your insight though.
  • @AllyTheKid I totally get your disappointment - I blame Hollywood and romance novels though.  Some people are very fluffy and romantic with notes on lunch bags, random gestures of love and appreciation and whatever else gets labeled as "romantic" but I think Hollywood puts these ideas of what romance is in our heads.  I know I've caught myself in a pity party when hubby or ex's don't do something that would be a perfect romantic moment, but then in my enlightened moments, I realize that I got that idea from The Notebook or PS I Love You or some other sappy story.  My hubby doesn't read/watch those books so he doesn't have that disillusion of "romance".  He finds flowers a waste of money cause they die, and he can't write more than "ok" on a text so he's not writing me a letter, and please don't let him cook!! so I find I need to change my ideas of romance in order to match what he does (ie picks a movie he thinks I'll like so we can watch it in bed while he plays with my back).

    But ya I totally get being disappointed (but koodos on recognizing it as petty and not making it a big deal) - we can do romantic stuff for each other :smiley:
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  • CopperBoom86CopperBoom86 member
    edited June 2016
    @LauraPCOS & @sjo_thetwins - Y'all nasty. Just sayin! :D

    @AllyTheKid - I don't blame you at all for being disappointed. Let's be honest. When you bend over backwards to do something special for someone, it's only human to expect something in return. I've been in your shoes a few times over the past 11 years and it sucks. It never made me love DH less, but I was definitely disappointed for a couple days and there's NOTHING wrong with that.

    Is there any chance he has something planned for this weekend?? 
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  • @CopperBoom86 said what I was going to say, @AllyTheKid . I know when I tell my husband no gifts or only a card or whatever, he takes that at face value and forgets that there are other ways to make the day special. I tend to get disappointed too, but I try to remember all the special things he does through the year, and that lessens the sting a little bit. 
  • In my office we rotate bringing breakfast in for everyone on Fridays.  It works out so that everyone brings in breakfast 3-4 times a year.  The quality of what is brought in varys widely -- some people will bring in delicious home baked goods and/or pastries and breads from nice bakeries, while others will drop off two boxes of Dunkin' Donuts and call it a day.  Usually people make SOME sort of effort though -- but there is one woman who completely fails at the task.  She'll literally bring in half-eaten loaves of breads that look like they've been sitting in her fridge for a week, muffins that have been squashed flat, gross-looking pastries of questionable origin .  .  . and what she brings in could maybe feed a half a dozen people, when she knows every week there are 12-15 of us.  (I know, I know, it's a Yogi Berra joke .  .  . "terrible food, and so little of it!")

    My FFFC is that it was her day to bring in breakfast today, and I am irrationally upset about it.  Like, pissed.  I was looking forward to yummy pastry this morning and instead I just sat there because everything looked disgusting.  WTF?????????  It's not fair that she comes in and eats the breakfasts everybody else pays for and/or makes the rest of the year but then when it's her turn to pony up she apparently looks at it as an opportunity to clean out her fridge.
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  • Yikes, @Piperella

    @AllyTheKid, I definitely get it. "No gifts" doesn't mean "no acknowledgement." You are right that a small card, an extra "I love you" or even a simple back rub makes all the difference in how you feel. I'm sorry your anniversary wasn't so great. 

    My turn: my in-laws just arrived from Florida for the summer. I'm not happy about it as my MIL drives me INSANE. Yesterday she tried to convince me I need to take all 6 months (unpaid) that my employer offers for maternity leave. I nearly choked her because she knows how I feel about being a stay at home mom. It is horrible for my well-being. We went through this conversation a million times when DS was born; I am not now, nor will I ever be, stay at home mom material. I hate staying home and feeling isolated from the world. Also, she promised DS she would come visit him EVERY DAY all summer long without so much as asking me if it is ok to promise something like that to a 5 year old! It's been 3 days and I am drowning in her intrusiveness already. Hellllppp!!!
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  • @LauraPCOS Are you flirting with me? That last sentence is a dead give away that you're totally flirting with me...  ;) But seriously, I really did not have any visions of grandiose for the evening, and I am SOOO not the romantic type, he is way more than I am truth be told. He does sweet things out of nowhere on quite often just because, so I really have no room to complain. Yes, he does flowers, and yes I'm a sucker for them! I guess that is what took me off guard so much? He wouldn't typically be so uninvolved. But, as I mentioned above, he's busy, he's stressed, and I am sure I will somehow manage to carry on haha

    @ignoscemihi @CopperBoom86 I wouldn't put it past him to already have some secret plan for the weekend, but I'm not going to expect it or get worked up if he doesn't. I am not upset with him by any means, just a wee bit disappointed so really no need to bring it up and potentially create something out of nothing. I'm grateful for what he does do, and he's pretty super so I'll let it roll off my shoulder. THIS TIME ;)

    Thank you ladies ♡
  • @AllyTheKid I totally get it. I don't expect a huge spectacle from my husband these days cause he works SO much, but I was really disappointed on my birthday. He never lets anything pass without at least a card and flowers and I didn't even get that. He didn't wish me a happy birthday in the morning before work. And he picked up extra work for the evening and didn't get home until 9. I'm 28, birthdays are no big deal, but I was hurt that it didn't seem important enough to him to stop for even a second and make me feel special. 

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • @AllyTheKid... I think how you're feeling today is totally valid and I've been there. It's human nature to set expectations for a situation and feel a little disappointed if those expectations aren't even close to met. I think @sjo_thetwins really said it best re: love languages... and I'm sorry today's rough. It'll get better :)
  • krzyriver said:
    I have two today. The first one is silly: when I order a decaf iced coffee from the Tim Hortons drive thru, I spend the whole time panicking that it's not really decaf and usually end up throwing most of it away. 

    *TW*
    My second I feel guilty about, but can't help it. I get really annoyed when women who I know for a fact had zero trouble trying to conceive post things like "So happy we can FINALLY announce that we are expecting!" Finally? In all caps? Really?

    I personally had 3 losses over the course of 4 years. I know someone who's been TTGP for seven years and has never once gotten a BFP. You may have been dreaming about this for a long time, 12 weeks may have been torture to keep quiet, but you got married a year ago and you tried for like 6 months. That's normal. Get off my FB.

    I think I'm mostly irritated because the person who did it is an IVF baby, so you would think she'd be more sensitive to it. But I guess not.
    This is me :#. Not that I've ever made those "finally" thoughts known to anyone, but I have definitely thought them. DH and I got our BFP after only 4 cycles, but it did feel like forever. I think a large part of that is the way my parents raised me. I was told over and over again that if you have unprotected sex, you will get pregnant. Plain and simple. When we started to actually try to conceive, even though my brain knew it wouldn't likely happen on the first try, some part of me was super hopeful (and almost sure in a weird way) that it would. When it didn't, I FREAKED out. I jumped to the absolute worst conclusions- what if I'm infertile? what if DH is sterile? if we don't have a baby, I'll NEVER get to know a blood relative (I'm adopted). All of that was utterly ridiculous after just one cycle of TTC. But I am thankful for those ridiculous thoughts because they led me here- a place that made me realize just how normal I was. I have the utmost respect for people who have had actual struggles TTC and I'm thankful for this community for making me aware of those true struggles. It's made me a better, more grateful, and more understanding person. :)
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    I have not stopped eating since I got up. MUST EAT ALL THE THINGS!!!!  But I did throw some strawberries in there so at least it's partly healthy right?
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  • Agreed with @CopperBoom86 on the TTC thing. We got KU on our 4th IUI. When paying for the procedure, donor sperm, meds, ultrasounds and consultations, it starts to get a little expensive when you have to repeat it. While we didn't try for years with no success like some people that we know, those 4 cycles of TTC felt like an eternity because of how physically, emotionally, and somewhat financially taxing it was. ESP not being able to have your "normal" feeling self around to mentally get through it, due to the drugs. :/
  • My botox has worn off and I'm dying.
  • mothernorthmothernorth member
    edited June 2016
    @sjo_thetwins That seems to be our miscommunication error in general really! I try to remember we are just different, and usually do but then sometimes I just throw myself a little pity party instead. Plus my lack of wanting to adult and my feely feels are making me more sensitive to things I'd usually brush off  :D

    @bnsmith85 Thank you :) It's already better, he called from his break earlier and seemed to be in such a pleasant mood, it puts me in a good mood just when he sounds happy. There is no sense in not enjoying today as a new day just because yesterday wasn't perfect. Funny, that's something I have to tell him fairly often, looks like I need to practice what I preach ;)

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  • krzyriver said:
    Thinking that way seems to be pretty normal. TTC is super stressful and seems to take forever.

    I think it got under my skin because 1) Like I said, this girl was an IVF baby. Her mom suffered A LOT of losses and was convinced she'd never have kids before she finally had her. I think it's insensitive to her mom to act that way.

    And 2) This girl tends to be the type who wants everything NOW. She's 25, married a year ago, and is mad they can't afford a house yet. She likes to go out to fancy places and then is mad that she doesn't have money for bills. When her mom tries to tell her that she's not at that place in her life yet that she can afford to do those kinds of things, she just gets mad and compares herself to older or more successful people. Nothing is every good enough because she always wants to be 10 steps ahead of where she is. 

    I made it sound like I hate it when everyone does it, but I don't know if it would have irritated me had it been someone else. But it's all I've thought of since she posted it so I guess I just went on a rant.

    It's also been a rough week, that doesn't help. Lol
    No! You didn't come off that way. I wasn't trying to challenge you, I was agreeing with you and confessing my own ridiculousness, haha. I know people like that girl you mentioned and I'm ashamed to say I might've been one if not for TB.
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  • krzyriver said:
    Thinking that way seems to be pretty normal. TTC is super stressful and seems to take forever.

    I think it got under my skin because 1) Like I said, this girl was an IVF baby. Her mom suffered A LOT of losses and was convinced she'd never have kids before she finally had her. I think it's insensitive to her mom to act that way.

    And 2) This girl tends to be the type who wants everything NOW. She's 25, married a year ago, and is mad they can't afford a house yet. She likes to go out to fancy places and then is mad that she doesn't have money for bills. When her mom tries to tell her that she's not at that place in her life yet that she can afford to do those kinds of things, she just gets mad and compares herself to older or more successful people. Nothing is every good enough because she always wants to be 10 steps ahead of where she is. 

    I made it sound like I hate it when everyone does it, but I don't know if it would have irritated me had it been someone else. But it's all I've thought of since she posted it so I guess I just went on a rant.

    It's also been a rough week, that doesn't help. Lol
    No! You didn't come off that way. I wasn't trying to challenge you, I was agreeing with you and confessing my own ridiculousness, haha. I know people like that girl you mentioned and I'm ashamed to say I might've been one if not for TB.
    I know, but I did feel bad after because your feelings of TTC were completely valid too. I get mad when people don't stop and think about someone's else's perspective before they say something. But it goes both ways. There are A LOT of people who have an easy time having kids so of course they don't think the way I do. It wouldn't occur to them that "FINALLY" is potentially insensitive to their friends on their social media accounts. 

    I just get ragey when someone who knows better is too wrapped up in their own life to stop and think about the people around them. 

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • @Schell2013 I only take baths to relax so I take a quick shower before I take a bath.  :D

    E will be 18 on July 24th
    Z was born October 16, 2016
    #3 Due October 9, 2018

    MC - November 29, 2012
    CP - November 15, 2014
    D&C for MMC - October 13, 2015




  • @krzyriver that's my friend who's due right around my time too...but she's having issues w her amniotic  fluid and her cervix and my fffc is that while
    i feel really bad part of me is sort of happy she sees its not always a perfect
    pregnancy. 
  • @AllyTheKid, I think you handled it right, then.  Vent here so you don't unnecessarily start something with your husband but you still get to feel a little better getting it off your chest.  I'm glad you're feeling better!
  • @LizaKate1213 Your MIL sounds like my bio-mom =/ I would set some boundaries, or in your case maybe have DH set some. I can only imagine how stabby I would get if I were exposed to my mother more than twice in a row. Best wishes to you in getting that handled!
  • blaf322blaf322 member
    edited June 2016
    whaaat?! Something may be wrong with your husband @scostel2  ;) I'd be excited about that too. We just re-watched last season in preparation for this season. AHHH I can't wait :)


    ETA: Wentworth is also amazing. If you haven't watched it, you should. Another ladies prison show. We love it.
  • @bnsmith85 totally agree! I couldn't believe he didn't like it. All the guys he works with watch it too, he just couldn't get into it. His loss! I still rewatch the chicken episode from season 1 periodically when I have a bad day and need a laugh.
  • @scostel2 ... I think my new favorite epi is the last epi of last season. It just ends on such a freakin happy note. The chicken epi is a close second though, for sure :)
  • I kept trying to think of some things to confess for today, and couldn't think of anything.

    But right before lunch I went across the street to church and went to big 'C' Confession...so I guess I did have some things I could confess. ;)


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  • Okay I'm officially a d-bag! I ate a cupcake at work that was meant for a friend's kid, and because I ate 1, and there was only 2 left, and she has 2 kids, she couldn't bring the cupcake home so I took the other one as well.  BUT before the flaming starts, let me just say I was in the bathroom when she claimed ownership of the 2 remaining birthday cupcakes (student's birthday) and I didn't know.  When I came back the cupcakes were in the middle of the table, and no one said anything while I was struggling with the package.  It was only after the cupcake was eaten that my friend said someone needs to take the cupcake home and another friend said she thought the first friend was, but then the friend said she can't just bring one home to her kids and that's when I realized I just stole a kid's cupcake! Yup dbag right here!!
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