With both DS and this pregnancy I've felt like I drop several times. Pro: breathing becomes easier. Con: peeing and walking are a bigger (literal) pain in the ass.
So I stopped by BRU today (because I have no life) and noticed DH's diaper bag was on clearance. There was only 2 left and I had $10 worth of coupons that are expiring next week, so I caved and bought it for him. @bnsmith85 I did get some "labor survival" items like snacks for the hospital, but I also got him energy drinks for after late night feedings, I got him a baby book to read to the baby, a little football outfit that says "I get my game from dad", and a father-to-be card that me and our son signed. We wanted to give it to him after the shower, but DH came home unexpectedly early and caught us being sneaky, so we gave it to him. He was SO excited to get his diaper bag. Lol
So I stopped by BRU today (because I have no life) and noticed DH's diaper bag was on clearance. There was only 2 left and I had $10 worth of coupons that are expiring next week, so I caved and bought it for him. @bnsmith85 I did get some "labor survival" items like snacks for the hospital, but I also got him energy drinks for after late night feedings, I got him a baby book to read to the baby, a little football outfit that says "I get my game from dad", and a father-to-be card that me and our son signed. We wanted to give it to him after the shower, but DH came home unexpectedly early and caught us being sneaky, so we gave it to him. He was SO excited to get his diaper bag. Lol
This is such an awesome idea! I love it. I'm like a sucker for care packages. I may copy this one @krzyriver if you don't mind! His quiksilver daddy day bag arrives tomorrow (got it on sale during the Nordstrom anniversary event for $35!)
@annabenanna I am too, I love putting stuff together for DH. It really made his day. And even tho our shower is co-ed, I know it's going to be focused on me, so I thought this was a nice way for my son and to acknowledge him and all he's been doing the past 7 months.
@SpaceBurger You should totally do it! It was so much fun to put together! Especially since it was a diaper bag, I hid everything in a different pocket. It was hilarious watching him scramble around trying to find all the pockets and all the little gifts!
@NoraAurora I'm weirded out that we STILL have people commenting on the due date thread and intro thread.
right?! I see the names pop up and think... okay, I'll see that screen name again... NEVER.
Its just so they can post birth announcements later.
Which is BIZARRE to me why a person would want to post photos of their brand new baby on a public forum in a community they never ever contributed to or were part of.
ETA: glancing at the intro thread, the most recent intro is from Knottie-string of numbers. Which again makes me curious if our knottie lurker is skulky-lurking.
What does the knottie- user name mean? Is it assigned? Why are there so many?
I admit I used to read the intro boards, because I was hoping that it would be one of those "I didn't know I was pregnant until 5,6,7 months along." Sadly, nothing is as exciting as TLC shows would suggest.
@NoraAurora I'm weirded out that we STILL have people commenting on the due date thread and intro thread.
right?! I see the names pop up and think... okay, I'll see that screen name again... NEVER.
Its just so they can post birth announcements later.
This - I don't understand why?? Why would someone want to post an announcement, or even a whole birth story on a public forum among other posters that may know each other but are TOTAL strangers to them?? I mean, why not just use Facebook - at least it's people who know you. I just don't get it.
I dont get it either but month after month "those people" are there. Posting birth annoucements and full birth stories. Maybe its just a whole 'nother level of AW
I would love to make hubby a hospital care package, but he's been creeping on everything! I think he has a worse case of the nestings than I do! He was bitching at me yesterday to get my hospital bag and the diaper bag packed and in the car, just in case! I'm waiting for my prenatal class because they give you a list of stuff to bring (because supposedly there is a bunch of stuff they don't provide anymore). If I tried to surprise him with a bag, he'd probably be all "Oh thanks babe, but ya I already made one"
I'm late to the thread - shipping stuff back to Pink Blush made me mad. 2 dresses were $13 to ship back in an envelope. I HATE paying for shipping. There's no way one of the dresses was maternity. It was super tight chiffon.
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: Sep 2012
TTC #1: Jan 2015 Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Surprise but very welcome + on 5/16/2019, EDD 1/25/2020
@Julia70286, I found one (or three) on Asos too! I ordered 3 on Asos and 1 from a pea in the pod.... all of them are black. Haha. I saw pics of myself in a black dress over the weekend, and it really is flattering, so since my baby shower is kind of a cocktail-y sunset party, I'll just wear black. I HOPE AND PRAY one of them fits well.
Someone confessed they scoped out the other pee samples at the doc to see who was most hydrated... I just did the same thing and I won! Lol. It's the little things.
Me: 32 & DH: 37
Married: November 2014
TTC #1 Since: October 2015
BFP #1: 11/18/15 - CP BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16 IT'S A BOY!!!! DS Born 10/16/16
@MRSCORKER - one time DH was at an appointment with me and some girl dropped off her pee sample while we were waiting and he turned and whispered "I'm so glad your pee isn't gross like hers." It was hilarious. Hers was super dark.
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: Sep 2012
TTC #1: Jan 2015 Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Surprise but very welcome + on 5/16/2019, EDD 1/25/2020
I just stalked my registry..... I'm actually kind of impressed! The RNP has been bought, a high chair too....and a few other smaller items like the swaddlesacks, books, etc. Now I just really want someone to buy the baby tub and the car seat! lol.
We also registered for "babysitting coupons" and three people have registered/volunteered for it already! I'm really happy about that. DH is all like "well it depends who volunteered..." haha.
guys I found out there is a pizza DELIVERY place in town and they were doing a buy one get one half off special today. So i ordered two pizzas (pizza here is one size and its prob similar to a small) and they got here in 30 min and were hot! IT'S A MIRACLE. And since its my day off tomorrow I can eat the leftovers!
I finally talked myself into leaving the office to get a milkshake. Chick fil a stopped doing their peach shakes. So instead, I thought the frozen strawberry lemonade would be good...thinking it'd be like a typical slushy frozen lemonade. Wrong. It's lemonade blended with ice cream. Plus strawberries. It was gross. Sorry if you like them, I couldn't get past the weird sour milkshake thing. Now I'm really disappointed.
Me: 31
DH: 32
Married: Sep 2012
TTC #1: Jan 2015 Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Surprise but very welcome + on 5/16/2019, EDD 1/25/2020
I want alllllllll the sweets today. And, of course my 3-hour glucose test is tomorrow morning. I'm sure what I do and don't eat won't affect it, but just in case...
I want alllllllll the sweets today. And, of course my 3-hour glucose test is tomorrow morning. I'm sure what I do and don't eat won't affect it, but just in case...
OH man, now I want pizza and a cookie. I left my lunch at home. but I'm also too lazy (and tired) to go walk outside and get lunch.
Inspired by @krzyriver's gift set to her DH, DH and I are making "Big Sis Survival Kits". We are gonna get them involved/excited about reading to their baby brother and helping give baths. Something like this:
I'm super excited to put it together and give it to them at the baby shower!
@CopperBoom86 You must be like the best employee ever.
I am stressed out between baby stuff getting done on time and our new employee who doesn't seem to be getting ANYTHING. So instead of wine, I'm having all the chocolate.
Me:33 DH: 34 Married: May 2011 TTC #1: May 2015 DS: 10/20/2016 TTC #2: June 2019 #2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Aside from two weeks in first trimester, I have been eating like normal this whole pregnancy. All of a sudden yesterday I could not. get. full. I was hungry all day. Alllllll day. I felt like I ate so much at work, but by the time I left work I was so hungry I was lightheaded and had to immediately have a snack when I got home before I made dinner.
Today I get to work and have two pieces of cinnamon toast (my favorite) and then literally maybe 20 minutes after I eat them my stomach is grumbling as if I hadn't eaten anything. So I eat two more slices. I've been hungry all day, y'all! Ugh!
And a lady I work with passed me in the hall and said I looked "down." I said I was just tired- and I am- but then we got talking about me being tired and weirdly hungry all of a sudden. Which was fine; she's a nice a lady and I like talking to her. But I don't like walking around thinking everyone is looking at me like I look "down" or sad or tired or annoyed or whatever. I'm tired, but I'm not unhappy! I guess my tired face makes me look grumpy?
Also, I told this same lady that I was slightly annoyed because I can tell me face is getting fatter; so with the combination of puffy face from pregnancy plus puffy eyes from being tired, I feel like I look bloated and horrible. And she just goes "Yeah, I noticed yesterday that your face is bigger, but I didn't want to say anything!"
None of this is a big deal, I just feel super whiney about it today. I've felt fine all pregnancy, but over the past week I've started getting self-conscious about getting bigger. I don't mind having a big belly, but why the face, Baby?! Why?!
I finally talked myself into leaving the office to get a milkshake. Chick fil a stopped doing their peach shakes. So instead, I thought the frozen strawberry lemonade would be good...thinking it'd be like a typical slushy frozen lemonade. Wrong. It's lemonade blended with ice cream. Plus strawberries. It was gross. Sorry if you like them, I couldn't get past the weird sour milkshake thing. Now I'm really disappointed.
Yes! I was SO disappointed!! ALLLLL I want lately are slushies and icees and sno-cones and when I ordered the frozen lemonade the other day and took a huge excited sip it was NOT what I was expecting. Creamy lemon shake stuff? NOOOOOO. Just not right.
@bamacoop I can't ever get full! And I will just never understand comments like that from people. My coworker told me I looked tired the other day. Now this is the same one I'm super frustrated with right now but hello, I AM tired! But I have serious RBF most of the time so just tell your coworker that pregnancy has made you develop RBF and to back off.
Me:33 DH: 34 Married: May 2011 TTC #1: May 2015 DS: 10/20/2016 TTC #2: June 2019 #2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Yeah, she also did the "you're tired now? Just wait!" thing that I hate. I told her "I know I'm going to be tired later, which is why I'm annoyed with being tired now and being denied naps on the weekend by my husband! I wanna take naps while I can still enjoy them!"
But really...what does "Just wait!" really help anyone?
I'm tired. - Just wait!
I'm stressed. - Just wait!
I'm overwhelmed. -Just wait!
What? So... my tired, stressed, overwhelmed self in the future negates my tired, stressed, overwhelmed self now? Um. No. I can currently be all of those things while knowing I could also be all of those things in the future. It's not like I'm in a contest with myself to see which version of me is more frazzled!
@bamacoop - yeah....people like to feel like they're the wise BTDT sage when it comes to parenting for some reason. It's the same general urge that causes certain people to listen to some story you tell them about this awful or crazy thing that happened to you, and immediately feel the need to one-up your story with a crazier, more awful version of their own. Maybe @books&icecream will know the name for this disorder
@bamacoop I hate the, "just wait" comments. Rest assured, my first tri exhaustion with DS was just as annoying as my overwhelming tiredness when he was a newborn. Being tired just sucks, no matter the cause!
Unrelated: Just how many cups of tea am I going to brew, then forget about this pregnancy? #pregnancybrain
My H's coworker's GF will be 40 weeks tomorrow and apparently has a c-section scheduled for tomorrow. Because this is their situation, H keeps thinking of our EDD as the absolute latest we'll have to wait. No matter how many times I've told him we won't be scheduling an induction or C-section unless medically necessary. He keeps saying "it'll be our turn on 10/20!" Like it's written in stone. It's driving me crazy. He also doesn't know the whole story. He's claiming they scheduled a c-section just because they don't want to wait any longer so he's suggested that to me as well, like, if I'm done being pregnant at 37 weeks, we can just roll up to the hospital and request to deliver. Why is this so hard to get?!
Me: 32 & DH: 37
Married: November 2014
TTC #1 Since: October 2015
BFP #1: 11/18/15 - CP BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16 IT'S A BOY!!!! DS Born 10/16/16
Re: Weekly Randoms 08.15.2016
Also, I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS.
@SpaceBurger You should totally do it! It was so much fun to put together! Especially since it was a diaper bag, I hid everything in a different pocket. It was hilarious watching him scramble around trying to find all the pockets and all the little gifts!
I admit I used to read the intro boards, because I was hoping that it would be one of those "I didn't know I was pregnant until 5,6,7 months along." Sadly, nothing is as exciting as TLC shows would suggest.
BFP: 8/20/2018 - EDD 5/4/2019
BFP #1: 7/15/15, SB: 11/14/15
Rainbow baby DS born 9/29/16!!
BFP #3 3/26/18 | Due 12/3/18
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
PCOS baby due October 09, 2016
Beta #1: 22.5
Beta #2: 74
Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
We also registered for "babysitting coupons" and three people have registered/volunteered for it already!
Baby A (via IUI due to MFI): Sep 2016 born at 35+6
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
Inspired by @krzyriver's gift set to her DH, DH and I are making "Big Sis Survival Kits". We are gonna get them involved/excited about reading to their baby brother and helping give baths. Something like this:
I'm super excited to put it together and give it to them at the baby shower!
I'm never one to leave the office on a sweet run, but today might just be the day.
I am stressed out between baby stuff getting done on time and our new employee who doesn't seem to be getting ANYTHING. So instead of wine, I'm having all the chocolate.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Aside from two weeks in first trimester, I have been eating like normal this whole pregnancy. All of a sudden yesterday I could not. get. full. I was hungry all day. Alllllll day. I felt like I ate so much at work, but by the time I left work I was so hungry I was lightheaded and had to immediately have a snack when I got home before I made dinner.
Today I get to work and have two pieces of cinnamon toast (my favorite) and then literally maybe 20 minutes after I eat them my stomach is grumbling as if I hadn't eaten anything. So I eat two more slices. I've been hungry all day, y'all! Ugh!
And a lady I work with passed me in the hall and said I looked "down." I said I was just tired- and I am- but then we got talking about me being tired and weirdly hungry all of a sudden. Which was fine; she's a nice a lady and I like talking to her. But I don't like walking around thinking everyone is looking at me like I look "down" or sad or tired or annoyed or whatever. I'm tired, but I'm not unhappy! I guess my tired face makes me look grumpy?
Also, I told this same lady that I was slightly annoyed because I can tell me face is getting fatter; so with the combination of puffy face from pregnancy plus puffy eyes from being tired, I feel like I look bloated and horrible. And she just goes "Yeah, I noticed yesterday that your face is bigger, but I didn't want to say anything!"
None of this is a big deal, I just feel super whiney about it today. I've felt fine all pregnancy, but over the past week I've started getting self-conscious about getting bigger. I don't mind having a big belly, but why the face, Baby?! Why?!
Okay. End whine fest.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
@ibabyloveb87
Yeah, she also did the "you're tired now? Just wait!" thing that I hate. I told her "I know I'm going to be tired later, which is why I'm annoyed with being tired now and being denied naps on the weekend by my husband! I wanna take naps while I can still enjoy them!"
But really...what does "Just wait!" really help anyone?
I'm tired. - Just wait!
I'm stressed. - Just wait!
I'm overwhelmed. -Just wait!
What? So... my tired, stressed, overwhelmed self in the future negates my tired, stressed, overwhelmed self now? Um. No. I can currently be all of those things while knowing I could also be all of those things in the future. It's not like I'm in a contest with myself to see which version of me is more frazzled!
Unrelated: Just how many cups of tea am I going to brew, then forget about this pregnancy? #pregnancybrain
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16