@Sbrown721 yay for mawage! (princess bride reference)
ugh, I really feel for all of you with anxiety disorders. I had pretty bad anxiety and depression in college (I seriously attribute it to birth control which is why I will never take it again) and it was awful. Anxiety still hits me on random days but those are few and far between. I read on a post one time that anxiety is like when you're gojng down the stairs and you miss a step and you feel that gut panic, but it's that feeling all the time and you don't know why. That description is so true for me!
@ahackett1990 please please start a thread, I can't wait to hear more! She sounds super crazy and I'd be curious to know if she did that so she could be on the September board too....
@OBMommy I really want to start a thread devoted to it but I had the same thought- she could be lurking on our board and it would be so obvious it's about her. My real name is in my username and my profile picture is easily identifiable. If she really is bat shit crazy I would rather have the post buried somewhere on this randoms thread lol. There's already like 2 pages of comments since my original post, phew! Haha!
I considered starting a thread for this to ask for people's opinion, but then opted not to on account of sounding too 'Dear Diary...' But I really want to know what people think is going on here:
My DH works with this chick that he had a fling with back in the day before I ever met him. We've obviously all moved on and she recently announced that she is expecting her first baby in November (Thanksgiving Day) and she's having a shotgun wedding in her backyard in 2 weeks. She's always been very dramatic about everything and I've always gotten a little bit of a sociopath vibe from her (I'm not just saying that to be catty; I genuinely think that she's a little crazy). Last week I decided I wanted to try to find her registry on TheBump. She hasn't announced her baby shower date yet but I figured it would be close to when our baby is due so I wanted to get a head start on trying to find a gift for her. So I typed her name into the search bar on TheBump and sure enough she created a registry! Ah great! Until I look at her due date...well that's strange...she lists her due date as September 15th, 2016...wait a minute. That's MY due date. She isn't due until Thanksgiving...wtf?! I told my husband and he is just as confused as I am and we can't figure out what the hell is going on. It's like some Lifetime movie. I wondered if she meant that her baby shower was Sept. 15th but it's a Thursday...that doesn't make sense.
What does it all meeeeeean?!
It could mean something or it could mean nothing. Maybe she bumped up her due date to get an early completion discount. Maybe she simply wants to get an early start on finishing her registry.
Oh wow. Came to catch up on July randoms and had to dig through 10 pages! Hopefully I can actually participate from now on, now that I'm all caught up! Phew.
A few randoms form my weekend: Went to THE fanciest wedding I've ever been to and the food was amazing. It was a freaking Italian Feast with a crazy cocktail hour spread, 4 course meal (with steak cooked to order), and the biggest dessert spread I've even seen in my life. It was my pregnant self's dream (except for the fact that i couldn't take full advantage of the incredible open bar they had...however, the mocktails they made were spot on!) I was so happy on our way home.
We closed on our house on Thursday and have already painted everything, torn up all the carpeting to expose the hardwood floor, and worked on some of the plumbing issues. I'm so excited to move in, and actually seeing the baby's room in real life and having it all painted has me itching to get everything else done in there!
@Sbrown721 Yay congrats!! And as a side note, just have to say I love the way you totally tried to slide that whole casual "yeah we got married this weekend" into your comment like no big deal. I would have been like GUYS I'M MARRIED!!! MARRIED!!! MARRIED!!!
@SLou24 HAHAH! Honestly, he and I celebrated together that night around town and had a lot of fun, but it truly feels like nothing changed...I don't know if that's a good thing to say or not. We just really felt married beforehand and this was just finalizing it, I guess! I dk if that makes sense or sounds insincere...I'm SO happy and excited to be married tho. We just knew we'd be together forever anyway...
Congrats @Sbrown721! I totally understand you on the feeling the same/already married beforehand. DH and I were that way too Am I remembering right that this also means you are going from not so great insurance, to a really good plan? If so, that part is cool too If that wasn't you, sorry about my pregnancy brain!
Had my 32w appt today. Pretty uneventful other than my OB said my cervix is currently 2cm thick, whereas "normal" is 4-5cm. Hopefully it's just thinned out b/c of previous pregnancies and nbd.
I'm exhausted from the weekend. Did parade, community fair (bouncy houses, pony rides, kiddie rides, music, face painting, fire trucks, etc.), sparklers and then the big fireworks show. Kids only napped like 30m b/c our neighbors were doing fireworks in the street. Then to bed over 3hrs late last night, so dragging them out of bed for daycare was not fun this morning.
I LOL'd that after ALL THE COOL STUFF we did yesterday, my 3yo said his favorite part of the day was eating cotton candy. Easy to impress I guess!
Took a tour of the L&D tonight during my birth class. I already knew most of it because I used to work at the hospital but I never saw it through the lense of "I'm having a baby here"
FI still thinks these classes are a bit of a waste of time but I'm enjoying them so we are going to keep going
Oh and also some random lady at the fair was like "wow, you sure have been busy making babies huh?!" I wasn't even sure how to respond to that.
@fireflygirl12 HAHAHA! I watch my nephew (11 months) and niece (2.5 yrs) one day a week. Every time I go anywhere with them I always get people looking at them, looking at my 7 month pregnant belly, and looking back at the kids then giving me this 'Are you nuts?!' face. No one's ever come out and said it, but I get the look every week.
@Megan324 So jealous of you! We don't start ours until the end of July - I can't wait for it. Cheesy or waste of time I don't care, I'm too excited for them, lol.
The classes were good for passing time, with a toddler at home the time is flying just fine this time, haha! It's my day off I have an appointment this morning (regular biweekly baby check and what they call "best start" with a nurse... it's new to me, guessing a heads up about ppd, maybe breastfeeding, etc). Guessing the 2 appointments will last an hour or so... and I'm bringing my toddler - yay?
@LakeR2014 I was trying to think of code names for the hospitals lol but where are you delivering? I'm guessing not mine because the August classes go right into our due dates
Rational Lauren knows that someone else starting the HDBD thread is nbd cranky pregnant Lauren is annoyed lol. It's the little things. On my way to my glucose test wish me luck!
@LakeR2014 I was trying to think of code names for the hospitals lol but where are you delivering? I'm guessing not mine because the August classes go right into our due dates
@Megan324 Lol my class goes pretty darn close to the due date - but I couldn't get into the July ones because of scheduling conflicts. We'll be at General Washington, lol hoping you understand. :-p You?
I had my 30 week appt and a growth u/s yesterday. Baby girl looks great, but she's measuring 2 weeks ahead and is in the 97th percentile! McKenna was always right on track, and was 7 lbs, 9 oz at birth. I'm now terrified of how big this baby is going to be. They turned on 3d, but we didn't even get a peek at her face. She's low, head down (Yay!), and facing my back. We did get to see her hair on the u/s. That was cool, and makes me wonder if she's going to have more than McKenna did.
@LakeR2014 Ah yes! I will be with his newly United sister hospital lol if you catch my drift
@Megan324 Lol, yes! We are such dorks. :-p I've heard great things about the birthing center there! I had my first US there too, they were really nice and their gift shop is adorable - I bought one of the only things I've gotten for the little one there - a Clifford the dog blanket. I saw it and couldn't pass it up.
@LakeR2014 LOL I may be giggling to myself over here. I used to work there and I just love the environment. Lots of people choose Strong because of their NICU and how big the hosptial is and stuff but my friend delivered there and it felt very ....clinical? IDK if that is the right word
Forgot to share this before, made me laugh. DH and I went to IKEA on Monday to buy stuff for the nursery, and it was 2/3 less crowded than it normally is on a weekend. We made it to the loading area at the end and DH comments "looks like all you people are here today". I was so confused, until I realized that I was surrounded by approx. 10 heavily pregnant women. And over the next 10 minutes, even more showed up. Apparently IKEA was where all the area pregnant women went on Monday!
Did our hospital tour last night. The unit is very nice and most of the policies comply with what I'm looking for. Got to see a brand new baby getting weighed in the nursery.
But, uh, it made me super nervous. Dude, I've done this before. Unnecessary anxiety!
@Megan324 I know what you mean! If anything happens to LO where they need additional care and such, then I'm all about switching to the children's hospital there, but I'd rather not start there. It's huge, there's always so many people there, and because of this things are very regimented so that everything goes smoothly and efficiently. This is great but I'd rather feel like my baby and I are human beings then just another case being treated and released.
With every passing day, I'm getting more and more irritable. DH and I met my mom halfway to pick the kids up last night. Of course we sat in traffic for 45 minutes with numerous stupid people. (One being a chick that wasn't paying attention so she would let the car in front of her get 3 car lengths away before she realized everyone was moving. Why you ask? Because the dummy was texting. Have I mentioned that Austin is, by law, hands free??) About every 10 minutes or so I'd say some form of "I hate people". DH's responses included "Did you ever stop?" "This is supposed to be news?" and "I think you've mentioned that once or twice before". Huh. Well at least I'm consistent. I'm just annoyed at everything TBH. Stupid drivers, inconsiderate neighbors, the annoying girl that works in the cafeteria that always calls me hun or sweetie and is way too chipper. I seriously need to go into hiding until these two are born.
With every passing day, I'm getting more and more irritable. DH and I met my mom halfway to pick the kids up last night. Of course we sat in traffic for 45 minutes with numerous stupid people. (One being a chick that wasn't paying attention so she would let the car in front of her get 3 car lengths away before she realized everyone was moving. Why you ask? Because the dummy was texting. Have I mentioned that Austin is, by law, hands free??) About every 10 minutes or so I'd say some form of "I hate people". DH's responses included "Did you ever stop?" "This is supposed to be news?" and "I think you've mentioned that once or twice before". Huh. Well at least I'm consistent. I'm just annoyed at everything TBH. Stupid drivers, inconsiderate neighbors, the annoying girl that works in the cafeteria that always calls me hun or sweetie and is way too chipper. I seriously need to go into hiding until these two are born.
@UnwritteN12 The above is me 90% of the time and I know it can be annoying so on behalf of us, I'm sorry! Along the lines of your next sentence though, as I get closer to D-Day I definitely feel myself faking the 90% about 40% of the time and wishing people would just stop doing stupid things (that would normally not bug me, but right now bug the ever-loving sh*t out of me)!
Did our hospital tour last night. The unit is very nice and most of the policies comply with what I'm looking for. Got to see a brand new baby getting weighed in the nursery.
But, uh, it made me super nervous. Dude, I've done this before. Unnecessary anxiety!
I'm having BTDT anxiety too! I suddenly feel like I don't remember how to do anything. What's swaddling? How often do they eat/sleep again? Do I have everything I need? Holy crap, how am I going to do this with a 3 year old??
I tried talking about my feelings with DH right after we crawled into bed last night. I realized halfway through spilling my guts that he was asleep...
That's why I'm so thankful I have the ladies on this board to commiserate with because I have no one else to talk to.
@LakeR2014 - You hit the nail on the head. While things like stupid drivers always bother me, so much of the other stuff probably normally wouldn't bother me, including the girl in the cafeteria. Lately though....oy! While I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling irritated, I'm sorry that you're dealing with it too!
Re: July Randoms Thread
ugh, I really feel for all of you with anxiety disorders. I had pretty bad anxiety and depression in college (I seriously attribute it to birth control which is why I will never take it again) and it was awful. Anxiety still hits me on random days but those are few and far between. I read on a post one time that anxiety is like when you're gojng down the stairs and you miss a step and you feel that gut panic, but it's that feeling all the time and you don't know why. That description is so true for me!
BFP: 12/29/15 EDD: 9/15/16!! Please be our miracle baby!
DD 10/4/02
DS due 9/28/16
A few randoms form my weekend: Went to THE fanciest wedding I've ever been to and the food was amazing. It was a freaking Italian Feast with a crazy cocktail hour spread, 4 course meal (with steak cooked to order), and the biggest dessert spread I've even seen in my life. It was my pregnant self's dream (except for the fact that i couldn't take full advantage of the incredible open bar they had...however, the mocktails they made were spot on!) I was so happy on our way home.
We closed on our house on Thursday and have already painted everything, torn up all the carpeting to expose the hardwood floor, and worked on some of the plumbing issues. I'm so excited to move in, and actually seeing the baby's room in real life and having it all painted has me itching to get everything else done in there!
DS1 -- 9/30/2016
Am I remembering right that this also means you are going from not so great insurance, to a really good plan? If so, that part is cool too
July: Patriotic Fails
Had my 32w appt today. Pretty uneventful other than my OB said my cervix is currently 2cm thick, whereas "normal" is 4-5cm. Hopefully it's just thinned out b/c of previous pregnancies and nbd.
I'm exhausted from the weekend. Did parade, community fair (bouncy houses, pony rides, kiddie rides, music, face painting, fire trucks, etc.), sparklers and then the big fireworks show. Kids only napped like 30m b/c our neighbors were doing fireworks in the street. Then to bed over 3hrs late last night, so dragging them out of bed for daycare was not fun this morning.
I LOL'd that after ALL THE COOL STUFF we did yesterday, my 3yo said his favorite part of the day was eating cotton candy. Easy to impress I guess!
@KristinUM12 Congrats on your move too! And that wedding sounds amazing....I am daydreaming about all of the food you got to feast on!
First time mom to a human but have been a puppy mamma for over 12 years
FI still thinks these classes are a bit of a waste of time but I'm enjoying them so we are going to keep going
@MrsVoorhees THE PRINCESS BRIDE! Your reference makes you an epically awesome person.
BFP: 12/29/15 EDD: 9/15/16!! Please be our miracle baby!
@fireflygirl12 HAHAHA! I watch my nephew (11 months) and niece (2.5 yrs) one day a week. Every time I go anywhere with them I always get people looking at them, looking at my 7 month pregnant belly, and looking back at the kids then giving me this 'Are you nuts?!' face. No one's ever come out and said it, but I get the look every week.
lol if you catch my drift
I used to work there and I just love the environment.
Lots of people choose Strong because of their NICU and how big the hosptial is and stuff but my friend delivered there and it felt very ....clinical? IDK if that is the right word
July: Patriotic Fails
Did our hospital tour last night. The unit is very nice and most of the policies comply with what I'm looking for. Got to see a brand new baby getting weighed in the nursery.
But, uh, it made me super nervous. Dude, I've done this before. Unnecessary anxiety!
I tried talking about my feelings with DH right after we crawled into bed last night. I realized halfway through spilling my guts that he was asleep...
That's why I'm so thankful I have the ladies on this board to commiserate with because I have no one else to talk to.