@Gingersnap I looked a small amount to see where you posted about your NT scan. Mine is tomorrow and I am freaking the F out. I am so nervous and the fact that I'm nervous is making me MORE nervous... Ugh.
@Gingersnap I looked a small amount to see where you posted about your NT scan. Mine is tomorrow and I am freaking the F out. I am so nervous and the fact that I'm nervous is making me MORE nervous... Ugh.
Do you get your results same day?
Did you already do your blood work? Mine was done a week ago, then they were able to pull them up and give me instant answers.
@Gingersnap I looked a small amount to see where you posted about your NT scan. Mine is tomorrow and I am freaking the F out. I am so nervous and the fact that I'm nervous is making me MORE nervous... Ugh.
Do you get your results same day?
Did you already do your blood work? Mine was done a week ago, then they were able to pull them up and give me instant answers.
They took some blood but I have no idea what for! Ugh.. I am going to be sick and it has nothing to do with food for the first time in weeks..
Quick intro: AMA STM,12 weeks along, already have GD and some other complications that I'm not quite ready to talk about yet. I hope my membership in the F17 club doesn't get rescinded this week after the NT scan.
@kswiger06 have you tried cutting her off to talk about yourself?
The other thing that annoys me is when someone asks how my pregnancy is going. So I tell them the honest truth...lots of vomiting and nausea and headaches. By then they'll respond with something like "ohhh yaaa but you knew that was going to happen. It happens to everybody." Ok, well then why the hell did you ask me if you knew what my answer was going to be? What did you expect to hear? Lol my aunt does this to me all the time. But I love her so next time she says it I'm going to say something, but I'll say it nicely.
@WinchesterGirl you inspired me to start learning to knit (again). I started learning after I had my daughter and then kind of left it. I want to make something awesome!
For those with older kids, when did you switch to a toddler bed? DD is 2 and I'm thinking of using her crib for the baby and getting her a toddler bed/ room for her third birthday. When she turns three this one would be only 4 months and wouldn't need it yet so it seems like good timing.
@homemake That is awesome! I tried knitting twice... I am really not that coordinated and my hands are freakishly small and I just... I crochet instead. So I'm always envious of you knitters!
In other random news, I think I have the world's angriest neighbor. Not at us, just in general. Her porch is behind our living room window, and now that I'm home so much the last few weeks, I have realized she has daily angry loud phone conversations out there while smoking, and occasionally yells at passersby who she knows.
For those with older kids, when did you switch to a toddler bed? DD is 2 and I'm thinking of using her crib for the baby and getting her a toddler bed/ room for her third birthday. When she turns three this one would be only 4 months and wouldn't need it yet so it seems like good timing.
What's the difference? I know my mom prefers to knit and a friend of mine prefers crochet. It's the same outcome just a different tool? I have a crochet hook too but I have this learn to knit book so that seemed the obvious choice... @WinchesterGirl
@raptormomma Once she attempts climbing out you have to make the switch. Other than that I think I'm in the same boat but I am going for a twin. I think the toddler bed for me just seems like a placeholder.
I told my boss (principal) the news today. He was very supportive and kind, but one thing kind of bothers me. I teach elementary school and students start after Labor Day. He asked me if I thought about how I would tell the parents. I suggested putting the news in my welcome letter, where I usually put a "Getting to Know the Teacher" blurb. I write about having two daughters, etc. I told him that I am pretty obviously pregnant and parents will know when they see me on the first day, so I'd rather come out with it rather than blindside everyone when kids show up. Bottom line is he doesn't want to tell parents until after the first week is over because he thinks it will be too overwhelming. I get where he's coming from, but it's going to be SO awkward to try and dodge the issue. I think it's a little much to make me keep my pregnancy a secret. This also means I can't announce on FB or to many friends because it will make it's way back to parents at the school where I work. UGH!
@homemake I think it's mainly personal inclination. With crochet you only have the one hook, whereas you have two needles to knit. I found it easier to just learn a couple basic crochet stitches (foundation chain, single crochet, half double, double crochet) in under and hour from online tutorials and started making basic projects within a week. Most stitches thereafter are just combinations of those.
You get a slightly different look with the two methods also.
Whichever you decide, my best advice is to just pick one stitch and make a few basic square washcloths for practice before starting your real project. Nobody cares if their washcloth is not a perfect square.
For those with older kids, when did you switch to a toddler bed? DD is 2 and I'm thinking of using her crib for the baby and getting her a toddler bed/ room for her third birthday. When she turns three this one would be only 4 months and wouldn't need it yet so it seems like good timing.
We actually switched a little before 2. So I think you'd have perfect timing!
For those with older kids, when did you switch to a toddler bed? DD is 2 and I'm thinking of using her crib for the baby and getting her a toddler bed/ room for her third birthday. When she turns three this one would be only 4 months and wouldn't need it yet so it seems like good timing.
wait until she tries to escape
DD will be 3.5 when little sister comes along. She has shown no inclination to leave her crib as of now, so we'll be leaving her in it and gift her the IKEA kura as a big girl bed for Christmas. There are so many awesome pins for that bed my hands are itching.
I'm hoping that way it won't seem that the crib was taken away by the baby, but rather that DD got herself an upgrade ^_^
@raptormomma we're currently transitioning DS into a toddler bed and we've had awful nights, some good and some so-so. He tried to climb out 2 weeks back and so that was it for the crib. It's hard but I'd rather go through this now than closer to when the new baby gets here and like you, our plan was to use the crib we already had for the new one.
************* First BFP: 12/16/13 EDD: 08/23/14 Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
@PerraSucia okkkkkkk. I don't know what to say to that. Lol. I'm not going to judge her. Who knows what's going on in her life that she doesn't know these things.
@homemake I think it's mainly personal inclination. With crochet you only have the one hook, whereas you have two needles to knit. I found it easier to just learn a couple basic crochet stitches (foundation chain, single crochet, half double, double crochet) in under and hour from online tutorials and started making basic projects within a week. Most stitches thereafter are just combinations of those.
You get a slightly different look with the two methods also.
Whichever you decide, my best advice is to just pick one stitch and make a few basic square washcloths for practice before starting your real project. Nobody cares if their washcloth is not a perfect square.
SITB!!
If anyone is going to try to learn, do not get discouraged if you fail at one. I can knit like a pro, but cannot get the hang of crocheting. Mad props to anyone who can make something with one hook and a ball of yarn.
She hasn't tried to climb out yet but I have no idea how she will be closer to three. I have always said she will take her crib to college but I might just move the baby in her room if I think she is ready at that time to get a toddler bed. We just took away the paci and it was hell so I'm not ready for another adjustment for a while.
WinchesterGirl, that blanket is beautiful, I really like that. Can you please make one for my baby too?
heres a random question for anyone who wants to answer: during one of our past moves, we had been storing a freezer we used for breastmilk in the past down in my mom's basement under the impression it would be fine to keep it there without it being taken. My cousin and her H just had their first baby about a year ago and really wanted to use it so my mom told them they could take it. My mom didn't check with me first, but said afterwards she would pay us for it if it was something we had really wanted. Well, I don't want the money, I want the freezer back. I politely told my cousin we need it back and now both her and her mom (another of my overbearing aunts) are pissed off at me. I even said, "when you're done using it." They obviously didn't think this was a temporary thing. Normally I would let this go, but I didnt really want to this time and neither does my H. Was I wrong to ask for it back? I'm starting to feel like I should just let it go.
@Jab3 when your mom says she will pay you - is it enough to cover purchasing a comparable freezer? If so, I would just go that route. However if it is not enough to purchase a comparable freezer then the freezer should be returned to you.
I think my mom knew we still wanted it because she knew we really liked that thing and even if we didn't end up having the space for it at our new place we had talked about selling it to at least get our money back. I also think she did make it seem to them like yeah here ya go, if you can put it to use, might as well take it. So that's why ultimately I don't feel like I'm being fair to them in asking for it back. On the other hand, I'm thinking this is bullshit, I wouldn't just take something that wasn't clearly up for grabs (and was practically brand new) without at least checking with the actual owner of the thing first. My cousin knows me well enough to have asked me herself or at the very least to have double checked on whether it was a temporary thing or something permanent.
My mom would pay me the amount to cover the cost, but I'm not going to take the money from her. I know she didn't do this to be cruel, she just figured we weren't using it at the time and they really wanted it. She doesn't have a lot of money herself. Also, although this freezer situation happened a year ago, we're currently staying at her house rent free (as is she because my grandparents own this house and she hasn't had to pay rent for years) until we can get into another place of our own. Even though she isn't paying rent to live here anymore, it's still her place, not ours. We do pay for utilities and other bills, but she flat out refuses to accept rent from us and insists we just keep adding to our savings. What kind of a jerk would I be to say hey mom, now you can fork over the money you owe us for giving our freezer away last year? It just sucks she gave it away to them.
I think I'm just going to let it go. I'm just being pissy about it because I really don't care for this particular cousins entitled attitude. Her H is a really nice guy. My H isn't going to be too happy though if we don't get it back. I mainly just wanted to see if you guys thought I was out of line for even asking for it back in the first place. You would have thought I was asking her to cut off one of her limbs with the way she reacted.
@Jab3 honestly, given the details you gave, I would personally take it up with the cousin. You can just be like hey, I just found out about this, and I'm sorry if my mom didn't understand the situation, but I wanted to let you know that we will need the freezer back eventually. We're happy you're able to get some use out of it while we can't, but by X date, we expect to have a need for it. If you're close enough that she ought to have asked you to borrow/take it, you're close enough that you can be like yo sorry, miscommunication, and here's the new plan.
Re: Weekly Randoms (8/15)
ME: 25, DH: 27
TTC #1 since 09/2015
Miscarriage @ 10 wks 02/28/2016
BFP 05/28/2016!
Do you get your results same day?
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
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FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
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FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
Quick intro: AMA STM,12 weeks along, already have GD and some other complications that I'm not quite ready to talk about yet. I hope my membership in the F17 club doesn't get rescinded this week after the NT scan.
The other thing that annoys me is when someone asks how my pregnancy is going. So I tell them the honest truth...lots of vomiting and nausea and headaches. By then they'll respond with something like "ohhh yaaa but you knew that was going to happen. It happens to everybody." Ok, well then why the hell did you ask me if you knew what my answer was going to be? What did you expect to hear?
Lol my aunt does this to me all the time. But I love her so next time she says it I'm going to say something, but I'll say it nicely.
In other random news, I think I have the world's angriest neighbor. Not at us, just in general. Her porch is behind our living room window, and now that I'm home so much the last few weeks, I have realized she has daily angry loud phone conversations out there while smoking, and occasionally yells at passersby who she knows.
You get a slightly different look with the two methods also.
Whichever you decide, my best advice is to just pick one stitch and make a few basic square washcloths for practice before starting your real project. Nobody cares if their washcloth is not a perfect square.
I'm hoping that way it won't seem that the crib was taken away by the baby, but rather that DD got herself an upgrade ^_^
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
Today i I went to get my legs waxed at lunch and she asked me how I could do that pregnant because my baby will end up hairy or something.
heres a random question for anyone who wants to answer: during one of our past moves, we had been storing a freezer we used for breastmilk in the past down in my mom's basement under the impression it would be fine to keep it there without it being taken. My cousin and her H just had their first baby about a year ago and really wanted to use it so my mom told them they could take it. My mom didn't check with me first, but said afterwards she would pay us for it if it was something we had really wanted. Well, I don't want the money, I want the freezer back. I politely told my cousin we need it back and now both her and her mom (another of my overbearing aunts) are pissed off at me. I even said, "when you're done using it." They obviously didn't think this was a temporary thing. Normally I would let this go, but I didnt really want to this time and neither does my H. Was I wrong to ask for it back? I'm starting to feel like I should just let it go.
I think it sounds like mom is on the hook for the freezer. But with it being family it's hard.
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
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FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
My mom would pay me the amount to cover the cost, but I'm not going to take the money from her. I know she didn't do this to be cruel, she just figured we weren't using it at the time and they really wanted it. She doesn't have a lot of money herself. Also, although this freezer situation happened a year ago, we're currently staying at her house rent free (as is she because my grandparents own this house and she hasn't had to pay rent for years) until we can get into another place of our own. Even though she isn't paying rent to live here anymore, it's still her place, not ours. We do pay for utilities and other bills, but she flat out refuses to accept rent from us and insists we just keep adding to our savings. What kind of a jerk would I be to say hey mom, now you can fork over the money you owe us for giving our freezer away last year? It just sucks she gave it away to them.
I think I'm just going to let it go. I'm just being pissy about it because I really don't care for this particular cousins entitled attitude. Her H is a really nice guy. My H isn't going to be too happy though if we don't get it back. I mainly just wanted to see if you guys thought I was out of line for even asking for it back in the first place. You would have thought I was asking her to cut off one of her limbs with the way she reacted.