@MrsVoorhees - Indiana. We can get tornado warnings from April all the way through October. And there has even been the occasional November tornado.
The more I thought about it, I remember a pretty bad December tornado here. I'm in Oklahoma, usually if we can make it through May, we are good! But there are definitely randoms. Is it over yet?
Apparently my mom recently discovered Gatorade and thinks it's the cure-all for everything. Oh you have a headache drink some Gatorade, oh you have cramps drink some Gatorade, your arm is broken here's some Gatorade!!!
Had my first concrete baby dream last night. I was bringing LO around everywhere and trying to nurse with varying levels of success (hello, FTM anxiety creeping in). We're Team Green, but LO in the dream was a girl, and I even called her by our top name, although I kept thinking - no, this is wrong. My baby is a boy. I guess we'll see which side of my subconscious is right in a few weeks!
@marajay6 i just saw on my local news, tornadoes went through Kokomo and Indy. Yikessss i didnt know we were getting weather today...passed by us , im in southern indiana, but that stuff always freaks me out
@marajay6 Liked your last comment for support, not because you were taking shelter for almost an hour. Sorry you were stuck so long! We got home from being downtown about half an hour before one touched down there. My SIL and brother both had to take shelter at work today as well. I'm so glad I asked DH to take the day off for my birthday. I probably would have spent the afternoon alone and worrying about him (even though I know, rationally, he was safe).
Thank you all for the birthday love! It's been a really good day! We only went to the gardens part of the zoo, but it was wonderful. DD walked around with us the whole time and we were able to check out their Lego exhibit before it was gone. Then we had a really nice lunch. I haven't had my cake yet (it's in there waiting for me), but the three of us split a brownie a la mode at lunch. McKenna did not want the brownie, only the ice cream. It made me question if she is really my child.
@JennM205 - Thank you for the vote of confidence! You made me genuinely smile.
Funny thing about nitrous - When my mom had my sister in London 28 or so years ago, they just wheeled in a tank. My mom said it was amazing and totally helped! When she had my brother a year later in Ohio and asked about it, they looked at her like she was crazy and couldn't believe that they had done that. Way to go progressive London!!
@UnwritteN12 it's definitely something that is being used more in recent decades in the US. I believe it's been used in England since the 60s, maybe earlier!
Thanks for mentioning how awesome nitrous is @kosmo86 My hospital offers nitrous and I am planning to use it as I *hope* to do this labour with no epidural. I mean, it's not off the table completely but I'm not going in with the mindset of give it to me ASAP! Hope your induction speeds up for you.
@camichael84 A brownie a la mode with birthday cake still to come sounds blissful. I'm a little jealous
Went out shopping with MIL today and am so pooped now. I did get some beautiful new sheets at least! Time to catch up on here and hope my FI will figure out dinner for us tonight.
Ahhh work is too busy that I feel out of the loop since I can't bump til I'm home!
I'm going to have to go with it's a bit ridiculous to get upset over who posts a weekly thread. I typically post Tuesday Ticker Change and sometimes life happens and I don't get to it and one of the other girls does. Does that I mean I start a second post? No, I comment on the original one that was posted. Honestly, the comments about a second one being started were pretty rude. Flame away.
@jessbaldwin14, I recognize you right away, and wouldn't have considered you a rando. Try not to take it personally, I don't think anyone meant to step on your toes. I think @lovelylauren86 posted an FFFC about how she gets irrationally upset when someone else posts that thread, so it's kind of a running joke on this board.
@jessbaldwin14 I didn't post on your HDBD post because I was too lazy to take a picture today. And now I'm not wearing any pants so that ship has sailed. Sorry you felt mean girled. I think it was meant as a joke. This is a great group of ladies.
I'm just a little sad, y'all. Last Saturday I sent out a long, detailed email to my family (my dad, dad's g/f, all six siblings and their spouses, and my niece and nephew) about my c/s on Friday and baby girl's arrival. I wanted to let everyone know when I was going into surgery, and at what time I should be recovered enough for everyone to come in and see her. My SIL is the ONLY person who responded over the weekend. My dad sent a one sentence response today (5 days after I sent the email). NO ONE ELSE in my family has responded or called me to ask how I'm feeling or to say they are excited about the new baby or tell me when/if they are visiting us or to ask if we need anything. NOT ONE. My sister is excluded from this because I talk to her pretty much every other day anyway, but my other siblings and I don't talk or see each other as much, since they don't live here. My dad lives 15 minutes away.
But then dad takes the time to write out my nephew (who's 28) a happy birthday email yesterday, to which EVERYONE in the family promptly responded.
Last night I finally cried about it, and it's still bumming me out. Luckily DH's family has been so present and supportive or I don't know what I would do. This isn't normal or expected behavior from my family. We all stay in touch and get together when we can, and I love them all dearly. This is just so bizarre, I don't know why nobody seems to care about this huge family/life event that's happening in TWO DAYS. It's bad enough that my mom isn't here to see this child being born (she was my labor coach/support with DD1), but right now I feel like I have no family.
Aw, @thetamedshrew I'm sorry that you are feeling neglected by your family! That's a terrible feeling and I'm sure not intentional as you say that your family is generally quite close. No words of wisdom (sorry) just wanted to say that sucks and I hope that they are there for you once the baby comes! All the best for your c-section on Friday
@TheTamedShrew I'm so sorry your family is making you feel so crappy! I have no good advice at all, and I'm hoping that they show you just how excited they are once your little one has arrived! Don't feel bad for crying about it though, it's upsetting and I'd be crying too. Try to focus on you and your babe and hopefully it was just an unfortunate delay in communication on their part. Hang in there!
@thetamedshrew I'm glad someone else remembers her FFFC about that! I thought more people would remember and know it was kind of a running joke on this board. Meant to be a joke y'all. Internet is hard.
ETA: also sorry your family isn't showing excitement for you I hope they realize in the next few days how exciting this is!
@TheTamedShrew - I'm really sorry to hear that. I don't blame you for being upset but, as pps have said, hopefully once LO is here, they'll show you (and LO) all the love. Hang in there. Friday is right around the corner and nothing cheers a person up like baby snuggles!
@RG1 it's like when you quote a line from a movie thinking you're being so witty, and then everyone goes quiet and you realize no one around you has seen that movie. Awkward.
Also, I'm hardly ever in HDBD anyway, so this week is no different for me!
@slou24 That movie quote situation is like the story of my life. Crickets...
My random: I text my 11 week FTM pregnant friend the exciting news I shared in the appointments thread that I wouldn't be allowed to go past my due date. Let me also say I don't complain to her much but a few days ago just let loose on all pains a 37 week pregnant lady feels cause I was miserable. Her response to my exciting news was "Imagine if you were one of those women that needed the baby to stay in full term.. You'd die". I'll just wait until she's 37 weeks and can't walk or breathe or eat or sleep, and I'm sure she'd also be excited to know there's an end in sight. Also due date is full term soooo a bit confused on that. Her response made me ragey as hell, cause, pregnant.
@MrsVoorhees - my first thought was "aren't you in Oklahoma? Aren't tornados a year-round and totally normal thing there?"
Shows how much I know about geography and weather patterns I don't know why, but I always imagined Oklahoma to have a lot of tornados.
We do have a ton of tornadoes, and ours tend to be really bad. May is the main time we have them. It's weird living here because we cconsider May as tornado season, but we do get them year round. The ones throughout the year don't phase us though because the May tornadoes are the ones that are F4, F5. Random, I got hkme and there was a tornado warning in the state, but nowhere close to us haha!
I know we talked about liking awful movies like Bio Dome one time...so if any of you mamas that are going med free but thinking about doing the nitrous, please put on the mask and then say, "I feel like a duck-billed platypus! Quaaaaaack!!" Please.
I know we talked about liking awful movies like Bio Dome one time...so if any of you mamas that are going med free but thinking about doing the nitrous, please put on the mask and then say, "I feel like a duck-billed platypus! Quaaaaaack!!" Please.
LOVE that movie. And I'll do it for you, and film it. Promise.
@TheTamedShrew I'm sorry your family does not seem to care much about baby coming soon. I am sure once he is here tho that they will come around and visit, ask for news. Maybe the reason they did not reply is because they did not feel there was a need to? Even tho some congrats would of been nice for sure.
@RG1 After all it took to get and stay pregnant I would look at women who would complain at the end and think (not say, I would never say) "but just shut up you're getting a baby" and now here I am 39 weeks and it is SO hard, I understand the complaining perfectly now. I'm sure your friend will understand too when she gets there, I don't understand the full term comment tho... maybe she meant if you had to go over your due date?
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@alyeena Yes that's the part I don't get either! I used to always think those comments were ridiculous too because we tried for many months and I was always so jealous of pregnant people. But now the struggle is real hahah
Re: August Randoms!!!
Happy Birthday!!!!!! @camichael84
I I had to think entirely too long to remember what month it is.
Shows how much I know about geography and weather patterns
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Funny thing about nitrous - When my mom had my sister in London 28 or so years ago, they just wheeled in a tank. My mom said it was amazing and totally helped! When she had my brother a year later in Ohio and asked about it, they looked at her like she was crazy and couldn't believe that they had done that. Way to go progressive London!!
ETA: for childbirth
@camichael84 A brownie a la mode with birthday cake still to come sounds blissful. I'm a little jealous
Went out shopping with MIL today and am so pooped now. I did get some beautiful new sheets at least! Time to catch up on here and hope my FI will figure out dinner for us tonight.
edit: autocorrect.
I'm going to have to go with it's a bit ridiculous to get upset over who posts a weekly thread. I typically post Tuesday Ticker Change and sometimes life happens and I don't get to it and one of the other girls does. Does that I mean I start a second post? No, I comment on the original one that was posted. Honestly, the comments about a second one being started were pretty rude. Flame away.
I'm just a little sad, y'all. Last Saturday I sent out a long, detailed email to my family (my dad, dad's g/f, all six siblings and their spouses, and my niece and nephew) about my c/s on Friday and baby girl's arrival. I wanted to let everyone know when I was going into surgery, and at what time I should be recovered enough for everyone to come in and see her. My SIL is the ONLY person who responded over the weekend. My dad sent a one sentence response today (5 days after I sent the email). NO ONE ELSE in my family has responded or called me to ask how I'm feeling or to say they are excited about the new baby or tell me when/if they are visiting us or to ask if we need anything. NOT ONE. My sister is excluded from this because I talk to her pretty much every other day anyway, but my other siblings and I don't talk or see each other as much, since they don't live here. My dad lives 15 minutes away.
But then dad takes the time to write out my nephew (who's 28) a happy birthday email yesterday, to which EVERYONE in the family promptly responded.
Last night I finally cried about it, and it's still bumming me out. Luckily DH's family has been so present and supportive or I don't know what I would do. This isn't normal or expected behavior from my family. We all stay in touch and get together when we can, and I love them all dearly. This is just so bizarre, I don't know why nobody seems to care about this huge family/life event that's happening in TWO DAYS. It's bad enough that my mom isn't here to see this child being born (she was my labor coach/support with DD1), but right now I feel like I have no family.
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.
ETA: also sorry your family isn't showing excitement for you
Also, I'm hardly ever in HDBD anyway, so this week is no different for me!
My random: I text my 11 week FTM pregnant friend the exciting news I shared in the appointments thread that I wouldn't be allowed to go past my due date. Let me also say I don't complain to her much but a few days ago just let loose on all pains a 37 week pregnant lady feels cause I was miserable. Her response to my exciting news was "Imagine if you were one of those women that needed the baby to stay in full term.. You'd die". I'll just wait until she's 37 weeks and can't walk or breathe or eat or sleep, and I'm sure she'd also be excited to know there's an end in sight. Also due date is full term soooo a bit confused on that. Her response made me ragey as hell, cause, pregnant.
get them year round. The ones throughout the year don't phase us though because the May tornadoes are the ones that are F4, F5. Random, I got hkme and there was a tornado warning in the state, but nowhere close to us haha!
Maybe the reason they did not reply is because they did not feel there was a need to? Even tho some congrats would of been nice for sure.
@RG1 After all it took to get and stay pregnant I would look at women who would complain at the end and think (not say, I would never say) "but just shut up you're getting a baby" and now here I am 39 weeks and it is SO hard, I understand the complaining perfectly now. I'm sure your friend will understand too when she gets there, I don't understand the full term comment tho... maybe she meant if you had to go over your due date?
PCOS, Hypothyroidism.
Miscarriage at 8 weeks
First saw
It's a boy!