I gif in real life, because Facebook, Apple Messanger, and gmail have figured out to make it as simple as drag and drop/copy and paste. Come on, TB. Get with the times.
Our nursery is already set up with crib, glider, rocker and dresser/changing table. I give zero fucks that people probably think I am insane.
TTC since June 2015
DH {29} Me {26}
PCOS Diagnosis | September 2015 IF Specialist | November 2015 Provera | November 2015 | 179 Days since last AF HSG | December 2015 | All Clear Provera | January 2016 | 46 Days since last AF 1st round of Femara 2.5mgs | January 2016 | No response Provera | February 2016 | 44 Days since last AF 2nd round of Femara 5mgs | March 2016 | O CD18 | AF 3/28/2016 3rd round of Femara 5mgs | March/April 2016 | No response | AF 5/6/2016 4th round of Femara 7.5mgs | May 2016 | BFP June 4, 2015 EDD: 2/15/2017 | Loss Discovered: 6/11/2016 | NMC: 6/15/2015 Gonal-F 75 IU upped to 100 IU | June 2016 | IUI June 29, 2016 | Beta: July 13, 2016 | AF 7/12/2016 Gonal-F 75 IU upped to 112.5IU | July 2016 | IUI July 27, 2016 | Beta: August 10, 2016 | + Beta 171! BFP on Digi 8/8/2016 | Beta #2: 396 = 39 hour doubling time | Beta #3: 1659 = 34 hour doubling time First ultrasound: August 17, 2016; 5 weeks; Gestational Sac and yolk Second ultrasound: August 25, 2016; 6W+1D; Heartbeat 105bpm Third ultrasound: August 31, 2016; 7 weeks; Heartbeat 136bpm Graduated from RE: August 31, 2016 EDD: April 17, 2017
@HarryPotterandCats I already have everything (big furniture) for the nursery as well!
Confession to go along with that: When we bought our house a year and a half ago, we knew we would want to expand the family, so our "spare room" is commonly referred to as "baby sister's room." And it is filled with baby stuff and clothes.
@HarryPotterandCats I would be doing the same thing if it wasn't for my DH! He is keeping me (semi) sane. I think it's awesome though. Good for you!
@leslieknope on my actual computer I just Google Image gifs and copy and paste. I don't know how to do it on the app- also who cares? It's your body and your baby. If you don't want to Breast feed then you shouldn't have to. It's sad that I'm sure people will be in your business about it. They can suck it
I'm in management for my company. This weekend we are having a big leadership retreat. I've been helping plan it and have seen my boss go crazy trying to plan every little detail. Truth, I don't want to go at all. I would rather curl up all weekend and watch movies. Instead I have to fake drink with half my company. It's funny cause my best friend in the company has been dreading it and I've had to talk it up and tell her how much fun she will have. Oops
DD just turned two and is going through a phase (hopefully) where she won't eat anything except junk food so she's pretty much had cookies for lunch the past two days
ETA: the one other thing she actually will eat without a fight is carrots/cucumber and ranch so at least there's that
@HarryPotterandCats - That is actually awesome! A little jealous because I'm already having anxiety about the whole nursery setup. Do I evict DS out of his room because it is bigger? What am I going to do with all the non-baby furniture in stuff in our nusery or toddler bedroom to be? Where will I work now (said room is also our "office") gahhh
@bwo - I totally do this too. I also hide DS' one sippy cup that he always wants but is a PIA to clean.
My confession is similar to @leslieknope 's With DS, I didn't BF at all, not even a little bit - and while I knew it was my choice and as long as he was getting fed that was all that mattered, I still felt guilty on the regular about it. He turned out a-ok though, so now I'm totally not feeling one ounce of guilt or obligation about not doing it for this LO either. I will let my FF flag fly
Im not planning to breastfeed this baby at all, beyond the initial bonding/colostrum.
Tell us more. What factors make you not want to breastfeed?
I thought I would never breastfeed after a year....now I know how toddlers end up breastfeeding past 2 years.
For me, it was a cost/benefit analysis. I didn't mind breastfeeding, but pumping was torture - it was painful and I didn't produce much (even when I was lugging the 30lb hospital grade pump up to my office). I also hated taking time out of my work day to go pump every few hours, especially for such a measly result. For me, the benefits of breast milk are not great enough to go through all of that again.
Im not planning to breastfeed this baby at all, beyond the initial bonding/colostrum.
Tell us more. What factors make you not want to breastfeed?
I thought I would never breastfeed after a year....now I know how toddlers end up breastfeeding past 2 years.
For me, it was a cost/benefit analysis. I didn't mind breastfeeding, but pumping was torture - it was painful and I didn't produce much (even when I was lugging the 30lb hospital grade pump up to my office). I also hated taking time out of my work day to go pump every few hours, especially for such a measly result. For me, the benefits of breast milk are not great enough to go through all of that again.
I absolutely hated pumping too! It was so painful for me and I also never got much from pumping. Kudos to those who exclusively pump or pump at work. I could never do it!
I don't have anything really good. Here are some small ones...
I am also jealous of those who have nurseries. We have no idea where we will be living in April so we can't really plan or buy anything. oh well, we have all of DD's stuff so we don't need to do much anyway.
The buying thread reminded me of this. We used our baby monitor for about 2 months. SIL gave us a super old, but still very workable one from the 90s (hand me down). DD was in our room for the first few weeks and then we moved her into her room in her crib. We used the monitor until she was about 2.5 months and then it was annoying me to much so we turned it off. We could hear her if she really needed us. But, hearing her move around drove me crazy. I would wake up at the slightest sound and I hated it. It will probably be the same with this new baby as well. Our apartment was big (1,600+ square feet), but it was all one level so that is why a monitor was never necessary. Still, I feel like I will fall under the "bad mom" category if I tell people we didn't use a monitor to listen to her breath.
Me: 28 year old SAHM/Birth Doula DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
Married: October 8, 2011
DD1: September 24, 2013 BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016 DD2: April 16, 2017 BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
Same boat with the monitor. We got new ones, but they were relatively cheap. I could hear everything, and i hated it, so we turned it off and never looked back. Her room was directly across from ours and we slept with the doors open.
Now that she's a toddler, I kind of wish I had the video monitor, just because she actually does stuff in her room and I think it'd be funny to watch. So maybe this baby will be a good excuse to get one, since they'll be sharing a room.
@leslieknope Yeah, I would much rather watch than listen. I suppose if you can turn off the sound a video monitor would be fun. Maybe someone will want to get us one, so I'm not a bad mom this time around.
Me: 28 year old SAHM/Birth Doula DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
Married: October 8, 2011
DD1: September 24, 2013 BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016 DD2: April 16, 2017 BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
My FFFC - my cross-trainees are returning to the main office next week, so they brought in their unfinished grocery items (cereals, bagels, etc). I put everything away to make things "neater", but I actually put the stuff away in unusual cabinets so that I could hog it all.
I don't have anything really good. Here are some small ones...
I am also jealous of those who have nurseries. We have no idea where we will be living in April so we can't really plan or buy anything. oh well, we have all of DD's stuff so we don't need to do much anyway.
The buying thread reminded me of this. We used our baby monitor for about 2 months. SIL gave us a super old, but still very workable one from the 90s (hand me down). DD was in our room for the first few weeks and then we moved her into her room in her crib. We used the monitor until she was about 2.5 months and then it was annoying me to much so we turned it off. We could hear her if she really needed us. But, hearing her move around drove me crazy. I would wake up at the slightest sound and I hated it. It will probably be the same with this new baby as well. Our apartment was big (1,600+ square feet), but it was all one level so that is why a monitor was never necessary. Still, I feel like I will fall under the "bad mom" category if I tell people we didn't use a monitor to listen to her breath.
We have a beautiful nursery that my son has never slept in. We never planned on cosleeping but it happened naturally. One of these days maybe he will sleep in his own room ::sigh::
My FFFC - my cross-trainees are returning to the main office next week, so they brought in their unfinished grocery items (cereals, bagels, etc). I put everything away to make things "neater", but I actually put the stuff away in unusual cabinets so that I could hog it all.
@blackasnight And I was planning on having DD at least in our room for the first 6 months. After the first few weeks we were so miserable. She was a light sleeper and I was a light sleeper and we were just waking each other up all night. I got to the point that I would just resent her when I saw her in her beautiful little cradle next to my bed. So, we knew it was time to put her in her own room. She had been waking up every hour in our room. She instantly went to sleep 4 hours at a time and we were all happier. haha! I love how parents make all these plans or say "I will never." You just wait until there is another little person in charge of your life and then we will see.
Me: 28 year old SAHM/Birth Doula DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
Married: October 8, 2011
DD1: September 24, 2013 BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016 DD2: April 16, 2017 BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
My UO is that I kind of judge moms who are so dead set on BFing. I breastfed my DD for as long as I could and it was great. She was a good eater so I had no issues. But as soon as I went back to work and I wasn't with her all the time my supply simply plummeted and I was completely dry within 2 months.
My former coworker and still a friend still struggles to BF her now 6 month old baby who has been underweight since she was born because the breastfeeding simply isn't going well. But she is so dead set on not just breast milk but actual breast feeding that she'll rather go through hell and keep her baby under weight than buy some damn formula!
My DD got my milk for as long as it was possibly (about 6.5 months) after that she was on formula. She is healthy as a horse! Formula is just fine, too!!! Otherwise half of our population would be in trouble.
@mrstuessy I can definitely relate to the sleeping situation. DS was in our bedroom (because we didn't have the space for a nursery) and DH snores. Let's just say, I didn't get a good nights sleep for OVER a year. When DS was 14 months old, I switched him to a regular toddler bed and had him share a room with his older brothers. He slept through the night on night 1 and never turned back. I am dead set against having this one in our room with us, except for maybe the first month.
My FFFC is that we're planning to tell the moms this Sunday, just due to the fact that we won't get to see them both in person together for another month and I don't want to have to try to hide it from my parents while we're traveling for my brother's wedding in September. And I'm not excited at all, I'm slightly dreading it in a chore-like way. *TW-Losses mentioned* This is my fourth pregnancy in the past year, and our parents knew about two of them, and basically I feel like I should have to qualify this with "but we saw a heartbeat this time! It's "real"!" when to me the others were real too. Plus I am understandably still a little nervous about this one. *TW done* I'm going to try to slip it into conversation very casually and move on as quickly as I can.
For totally selfish reasons, I hope this baby is a girl. I'll be completely thrilled with a boy (beyond a couple little disappointments that are why I have a slight "preference", for lack of a better word), but if I could choose what it is, I'd choose a girl.
@housewifehobbyist I almost feel the same way about this one. I don't even want to tell people because of my previous loss. I'm excited about being pregnant and having another baby, and I want other people to view it the same way. Not with the attitude or mindset of "we will see..."
I'm really hoping DD will wean herself at some point during this pregnancy. I'm too lazy to put the effort in myself to get her to wean, and I don't want to deal with the fight I'm sure it would be!
*TW loss mentioned* @housewifehobbyist I'm so sorry for your losses. I understand a little. I had a loss and D&C in very late May and we'd just told our families and everyone was so excited. There are a lot of complicated feelings around sharing again. I will be thinking of you! *End TW*
Mine is so boring, but DH is traveling for work next week and I am pretty excited to watch all the crap tv (probably the Hills on Hulu).
My FFFC - my cross-trainees are returning to the main office next week, so they brought in their unfinished grocery items (cereals, bagels, etc). I put everything away to make things "neater", but I actually put the stuff away in unusual cabinets so that I could hog it all.
So, appetite is coming back?
I can at least tolerate carbs, so I will gladly down mildly stale Applejacks if they're free.
So I might have started a baby registry 3 months ago when we first started talking about having another baby. Its more of a shopping list of things we'll need for two, but we hadn't even started trying yet. I did make it private so people don't think I'm completely crazy.
@punnybunny I'm also hoping for a girl. I refuse to accept the possibility that it could be a boy. If it is a boy he will have a very pretty nursery and lots of sparkly dresses...
I'm eating whatever the f*ck I want right now. I am constantly sick to my stomach and throw up frequently (had HG last pregnancy, not quite to that point yet) and I am not at all attempting to be healthy. If a food item doesn't sound like a torture device, I eat it. The baby is getting all the good nutrients, it's me who I am screwing over
Good news, fruit hasn't been terrible. So, not all unhealthy.
@allybadry and @punnybunny Haha I'm the complete opposite. I would love to be a mom to all boys - girls terrify me. I'll be thrilled if it's a girl but completely overwhelmed at the same time. I've never really been much of a girly girl so I'm convinced I just wouldn't know how to deal. Plus my mom has always said I will for sure have the girliest of girls since I never was. Side note - I've totally been thinking this one is a girl. DH thinks it's hilarious and he's super excited if it turns out to be true.
@allybadry and @punnybunny Haha I'm the complete opposite. I would love to be a mom to all boys - girls terrify me. I'll be thrilled if it's a girl but completely overwhelmed at the same time. I've never really been much of a girly girl so I'm convinced I just wouldn't know how to deal. Plus my mom has always said I will for sure have the girliest of girls since I never was. Side note - I've totally been thinking this one is a girl. DH thinks it's hilarious and he's super excited if it turns out to be true.
When I was pregnant with DD we just "knew" it was going to be a boy. because you know, My H is a big brother to a sister and I am a little sister to a big brother. So of course we were going to do the same lol. I too was totally scared and said I wouldn't know what to do with a girl because I was a tomboy. Well we have a girl and it's awesome! She is a tomboy princess LOL Trust me, you'D do just fine. not only fine, you'd love it! But I'm now "nervous" that this will be a boy because now I feel like I wouldn't know what to do LOL
I think the main difference is that boys will beat you up physically more, whereas the girls will try to destroy you mentally LOL
@MrsBakes Ok so I bit more relieved reading you felt the same and it's turned out great. I would be all for a sweet, quiet little girl. We nicknamed our DS the tornado because he just loves to build things for the sole purposes of knocking them down. Only a handful of weeks until we can find out what this LO is
Re: FFFC
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
if I could gif, you'd be getting a "Nailed It" right about now.
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Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
Im not planning to breastfeed this baby at all, beyond the initial bonding/colostrum.
IF Specialist | November 2015
Provera | November 2015 | 179 Days since last AF
HSG | December 2015 | All Clear
Provera | January 2016 | 46 Days since last AF
1st round of Femara 2.5mgs | January 2016 | No response
Provera | February 2016 | 44 Days since last AF
2nd round of Femara 5mgs | March 2016 | O CD18 | AF 3/28/2016
3rd round of Femara 5mgs | March/April 2016 | No response | AF 5/6/2016
4th round of Femara 7.5mgs | May 2016 | BFP June 4, 2015
EDD: 2/15/2017 | Loss Discovered: 6/11/2016 | NMC: 6/15/2015
Gonal-F 75 IU upped to 100 IU | June 2016 | IUI June 29, 2016 | Beta: July 13, 2016 | AF 7/12/2016
Gonal-F 75 IU upped to 112.5IU | July 2016 | IUI July 27, 2016 | Beta: August 10, 2016 | + Beta 171!
BFP on Digi 8/8/2016 | Beta #2: 396 = 39 hour doubling time | Beta #3: 1659 = 34 hour doubling time
First ultrasound: August 17, 2016; 5 weeks; Gestational Sac and yolk
Second ultrasound: August 25, 2016; 6W+1D; Heartbeat 105bpm
Third ultrasound: August 31, 2016; 7 weeks; Heartbeat 136bpm
Graduated from RE: August 31, 2016
EDD: April 17, 2017
Confession to go along with that: When we bought our house a year and a half ago, we knew we would want to expand the family, so our "spare room" is commonly referred to as "baby sister's room." And it is filled with baby stuff and clothes.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@leslieknope on my actual computer I just Google Image gifs and copy and paste. I don't know how to do it on the app- also who cares? It's your body and your baby. If you don't want to Breast feed then you shouldn't have to. It's sad that I'm sure people will be in your business about it. They can suck it
I'm in management for my company. This weekend we are having a big leadership retreat. I've been helping plan it and have seen my boss go crazy trying to plan every little detail. Truth, I don't want to go at all. I would rather curl up all weekend and watch movies. Instead I have to fake drink with half my company. It's funny cause my best friend in the company has been dreading it and I've had to talk it up and tell her how much fun she will have. Oops
Edited to add
DS: 10-9-14
MC: 9-4-16
ETA: the one other thing she actually will eat without a fight is carrots/cucumber and ranch so at least there's that
Yay - thanks @SDSwenson!
I thought I would never breastfeed after a year....now I know how toddlers end up breastfeeding past 2 years.
@HarryPotterandCats - That is actually awesome! A little jealous because I'm already having anxiety about the whole nursery setup. Do I evict DS out of his room because it is bigger? What am I going to do with all the non-baby furniture in stuff in our nusery or toddler bedroom to be? Where will I work now (said room is also our "office") gahhh
@bwo - I totally do this too. I also hide DS' one sippy cup that he always wants but is a PIA to clean.
My confession is similar to @leslieknope 's With DS, I didn't BF at all, not even a little bit - and while I knew it was my choice and as long as he was getting fed that was all that mattered, I still felt guilty on the regular about it. He turned out a-ok though, so now I'm totally not feeling one ounce of guilt or obligation about not doing it for this LO either. I will let my FF flag fly
I am also jealous of those who have nurseries. We have no idea where we will be living in April so we can't really plan or buy anything. oh well, we have all of DD's stuff so we don't need to do much anyway.
The buying thread reminded me of this. We used our baby monitor for about 2 months. SIL gave us a super old, but still very workable one from the 90s (hand me down). DD was in our room for the first few weeks and then we moved her into her room in her crib. We used the monitor until she was about 2.5 months and then it was annoying me to much so we turned it off. We could hear her if she really needed us. But, hearing her move around drove me crazy. I would wake up at the slightest sound and I hated it. It will probably be the same with this new baby as well. Our apartment was big (1,600+ square feet), but it was all one level so that is why a monitor was never necessary. Still, I feel like I will fall under the "bad mom" category if I tell people we didn't use a monitor to listen to her breath.
DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016
DD2: April 16, 2017
BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
Same boat with the monitor. We got new ones, but they were relatively cheap. I could hear everything, and i hated it, so we turned it off and never looked back. Her room was directly across from ours and we slept with the doors open.
Now that she's a toddler, I kind of wish I had the video monitor, just because she actually does stuff in her room and I think it'd be funny to watch. So maybe this baby will be a good excuse to get one, since they'll be sharing a room.
DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016
DD2: April 16, 2017
BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
Me: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11
DH: 30 year old pneumatic electrical engineer
BFP: June 25, 2016 and MC: July 3, 2016
DD2: April 16, 2017
BFP: November 30, 2018 EDD: August 14, 2019
My UO is that I kind of judge moms who are so dead set on BFing. I breastfed my DD for as long as I could and it was great. She was a good eater so I had no issues. But as soon as I went back to work and I wasn't with her all the time my supply simply plummeted and I was completely dry within 2 months.
My former coworker and still a friend still struggles to BF her now 6 month old baby who has been underweight since she was born because the breastfeeding simply isn't going well. But she is so dead set on not just breast milk but actual breast feeding that she'll rather go through hell and keep her baby under weight than buy some damn formula!
My DD got my milk for as long as it was possibly (about 6.5 months) after that she was on formula. She is healthy as a horse! Formula is just fine, too!!! Otherwise half of our population would be in trouble.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
*TW-Losses mentioned* This is my fourth pregnancy in the past year, and our parents knew about two of them, and basically I feel like I should have to qualify this with "but we saw a heartbeat this time! It's "real"!" when to me the others were real too. Plus I am understandably still a little nervous about this one. *TW done*
I'm going to try to slip it into conversation very casually and move on as quickly as I can.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
DD1 born 3.2014
DD2 born 4.2017
@housewifehobbyist I'm so sorry for your losses. I understand a little. I had a loss and D&C in very late May and we'd just told our families and everyone was so excited. There are a lot of complicated feelings around sharing again. I will be thinking of you!
*End TW*
Mine is so boring, but DH is traveling for work next week and I am pretty excited to watch all the crap tv (probably the Hills on Hulu).
Me: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11
@punnybunny I'm also hoping for a girl. I refuse to accept the possibility that it could be a boy. If it is a boy he will have a very pretty nursery and lots of sparkly dresses...
Good news, fruit hasn't been terrible. So, not all unhealthy.
When I was pregnant with DD we just "knew" it was going to be a boy. because you know, My H is a big brother to a sister and I am a little sister to a big brother. So of course we were going to do the same lol. I too was totally scared and said I wouldn't know what to do with a girl because I was a tomboy. Well we have a girl and it's awesome! She is a tomboy princess LOL Trust me, you'D do just fine. not only fine, you'd love it! But I'm now "nervous" that this will be a boy because now I feel like I wouldn't know what to do LOL
I think the main difference is that boys will beat you up physically more, whereas the girls will try to destroy you mentally LOL