As much as I dislike the "I'm using the bump as my personal google"-ers I really, really hate the people who do it in real life. DH's cousin is having her 4th and all weekend she was all "can I eat lunch meat? What is Listeria? Are you having braxton-hicks yet? Is it weird that BH makes me nauseous?" OMG. Google. Call your OB. ANYTHING but texting me or asking me in person cause I'm gonna punch you in the face.
I was on the phone with my mom this morning and she can just say some really sh*tty things sometimes. Basically shifting the blame of HER choices onto me and just generally being oblivious to anyone else's feelings but her own. I got off the phone with her and, even though she called back and partially apologized, it just put me in a bad mood.
I don't understand how I can love someone so much who drives me absolutely bonkers sometimes.
I hate that my husband doesn't think I know what I can eat. Yesterday we went out for dinner and I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and half an order of BEER battered fries, a splurge from my usual eating habits. He didn't think I should be eating the fries so he asked our 16 year old server if it was OK for pregnant women to eat them. I almost ripped his head off of his body, praying mantis style. Then when I bit into my burger, it was super rare and I couldn't send it back. I had to let him eat it while I ate his stupid Philly cheese steak thing that he ordered. The fries were ridiculously good though. I'm pretty sure they're the only reason I didn't turn into a full blown pregzilla.
I am so sick of my gums bleeding. I know it's normal' I've heard it from my dentist and my doctor. I'm just tired of eating an apple and having bleeding gums or when I brush my teeth in the morning. Just needed to vent that tiny thing.
@streulim I hate the bleeding gums! I expected it when I brushed my teeth but not while snacking at my desk.
I know it's been mentioned before on here, but SERIOUSLY! It's not okay to touch me! People at work are starting to touch my bump and I'm like um who are you? I work mostly with Engineers, so it's jarring when someone from another department does it (or honestly anyone at all). I barely even know them!
Also I'm going to lose it if one more person tells me I should eat wheat because it's healthy for my baby. I'm a celiac. How does that even make sense?! Also I've gained almost 18lbs. I'm pretty sure we're both healthy but thank you for your expert nutritional opinion!
My daughter is sick and I have incredible back pain. She just wants to be carried around and it's going to be a long and painful day.
As always and as everyone else has to deal with too, the unsolicited advice and comments about my pregnancy. Weight, diet, touching my bump without even asking, how I look. Ugh.
The terrible twos are awful. My once very agreeable, sweet little girl is now prone to telling me, "No!" all the time. It's not all the time, but it's enough that it's driving me crazy. Giving her choices is helping quite a bit, but there are just some things that I can't give her a choice about (i.e. taking a bath, going to sleep). And everyone tells me that three is worse, so that's great.
Don't get me wrong, I love my child more than words. She is a great kid, she is just really testing my patience and her boundaries.
On top of the shitty week last week (fender bender in my car, H's car in the shop), the past few days have piled on even more. We have a squatter living in our apt building basement, who has gone through our things in our storage locker and stolen both of our bikes. We also found several piles of human poo down there, and a little nest we believe someone is coming home to every night. Then, my apple ID was hacked, so I woke up to 320 texts from China, and I can't get into my iMessages, which in the grand scheme of things is just an inconvenience but annoying just the same. AND while H and I were cleaning yesterday, H knocks our soap dispenser off the top shelf (where he precariously placed it while cleaning the sink) directly into the toilet, which busts the bowl out of the toilet. So we are now waiting on the landlord to call us back so we can have a functioning toilet in our home. I'm just so ready for this all to be over and taken care of.
@emy730 3 is definitely worse. My girl will be 3 end of October. I thought two was rough with the "no" phase but now we have the sass that comes along with it. There is just so much attitude I can't even handle it.
@emy730 I feel your pain!!! My DD tells me no and "leave me alone" now. She has started absolutely refusing to sleep in her room, even for naps. It's crazy. She used to put herself to bed and now this. I work nights, so nap time is essential and I can't afford to stay awake trying to outlast her so naps on the couch it is. I hate to foster bad habits but I'm crossing my fingers this phase ends as abruptly as it began. Otherwise she's a sweetie:)
@cjs260 Oh ewwwww @ at the squatter. Is your landlord doing anything about that? I hope they are able to recover your bikes! That sounds like a mess of stuff going on though
Was running late to my OB appointment this morning and then when I got there, I found out that instead of being only 10 minutes late like I thought, I was actually almost 30 minutes late because my appointment was scheduled for 9 instead of 9:15 like I thought. So embarrassing! Thankfully, while the receptionist was kind of pissy about it, the nurse and my doctor were so understanding. I'm going to make sure I'm early next time!
@emy730@KAShock It seems like my 22 month old's favorite word right now is "No". "No brush teeth", "No cut nail", "No diaper". Basically anything that we have to do for basic hygiene. Plus, she like to tell us to "Go away" when she's not happy with what we're attempting to require her to do. It's driving me up a wall some days.
@emy730 f the terrible twos which came early to my 22 month old. Help me. It's freaking terrible. The only times she is quiet/not destroying everything is if she is 1.asleep. 2. Watching tv 3. Pooping in her diaper.
@colleenkevin YES to all the hygiene "Nos!" What is up with that? I think she's just trying to assert her independence but daaaaaaaaaang! Brush your teeth sisterfriend your breath is rank!
ETA: she just hugged me and said "I happy, mommy." All is forgiven.
@colleenkevin YES to all the hygiene "Nos!" What is up with that? I think she's just trying to assert her independence but daaaaaaaaaang! Brush your teeth sisterfriend your breath is rank!
ETA: she just hugged me and said "I happy, mommy." All is forgiven.
Mine is the opposite. She wants to brush her teeth and/or bathe 100x a day. Equally as frustrating because she flips out when you say no.
@emy730 I feel your pain!!! My DD tells me no and "leave me alone" now. She has started absolutely refusing to sleep in her room, even for naps. It's crazy. She used to put herself to bed and now this. I work nights, so nap time is essential and I can't afford to stay awake trying to outlast her so naps on the couch it is. I hate to foster bad habits but I'm crossing my fingers this phase ends as abruptly as it began. Otherwise she's a sweetie:)
Oh the two year sleep regression, how I loathe thee. I actually think it's the worst regression.
I'm jumping on the terrible 2/3 train! DD will be 3 at the end of October (holla @mudderbear!) and I can already tell that 3 will be worse than 2. The no's are one thing but the lying and conniving are what is killing me now. Like,
My OB's nurse suuuuucks. In the past 2 weeks, I've had to call OB's office twice with questions. The nurse is never actually there when I call so I have to leave a freaking voicemail and then there's like a 24 hour turnaround in calling me back. I have no idea what's actually going on but I'm on day 3 of "lightning titty" hell. As I get further along, this makes me increasingly nervous about the possibility of something more serious coming up and not being able to reach them. And my OB is fine. It's just her NP that I hate.
@emy730 I feel your pain!!! My DD tells me no and "leave me alone" now. She has started absolutely refusing to sleep in her room, even for naps. It's crazy. She used to put herself to bed and now this. I work nights, so nap time is essential and I can't afford to stay awake trying to outlast her so naps on the couch it is. I hate to foster bad habits but I'm crossing my fingers this phase ends as abruptly as it began. Otherwise she's a sweetie:)
Oh the two year sleep regression, how I loathe thee. I actually think it's the worst regression.
We are going through this here too. My sweet boy used to sleep so great and now he is waking up every night and getting up early every morning too.
@canavara, I feel you with not getting through to the nurse. Way back at the beginning, I was getting super dizzy, nauseous, could barely stand some days. I called the nurse trying to see if they could advise me and never got a call back. It got so bad, DH just took me in to see the doc. I switched. Lots of other issues, but no response from the nurse was the last straw.
Here's mine: I saw that, according to the geeky baby size tracker, baby is the size of Thor's hammer. Being the huge Marvel geek that I am, I sent it to a group message with some of my close friends. One then replies, "No wonder DH can't pick you up any more." Not cool. I have had a history with body image issues for almost 10 years stemming back to an abusive relationship and, for the most part, I've been able to overcome it, but all the changes with being pregnant have brought some of the issues back. I can logically talk myself through them, but having someone make such a snide comment, even in jest, is not cool.
Me: 33 DH: 38 Married: 1/10/15
1st Pregnancy EDD: 1/1/17 Born 1/10/17 Team Green turned Blue!
2nd Pregnancy EDD: 11/6/18 Born 11/09/18 Baby Boy!
3rd Pregnancy EDD: 12/?/21
Children are like casseroles; it takes a lot to mess them up.
If you schedule a meeting with me and then are 20 minutes late to said meeting, aren't prepared, and don't have an agenda, WHY DID YOU SCHEDULE THE F**** MEETING!! Ah! That is so frustrating! I've had to waste so much of my time waiting for people to join their own call or being unprepared for their call.
Obvi, I'm at work right now and just had said experience happen. Grr.... Monday's are fun.
Edit* I think *rustrating is a word
Pumpkin Spice Gone to Far| Jan '17 September Siggy Challenge
Totally on board with the crazy 2 year olds. DS has been such a turd lately. Love him to death but come on kid, cut me some slack! Loves to tell us NO! Refuses to be potty trained but hates diapers, those are some fun wrestling matches. Time outs are pretty much a joke, he runs to the spot on the stairs, will apologize give hugs and be super sweet and within 5 minutes is back to pressing the ice button on the refrigerator or unlocking the front door! The kid is Houdini, I don't think any of the child proofing we've done has stopped him in the least.
The sleep regression sucks! He wakes up at least once, usually twice in the middle of the night now and asks to go potty, but won't actually use it. Asks for water, the blankie that's already in his crib, all just to be up for the day between 5:30 and 6. Poor DH has been great about dealing with his night wakings because he knows in just a few months I'll have a newborn attached to my boob all night and day, but I still wake up most times he does.
@canavara Yeah, he says he is, but I don't look for there to be quick action on it. My bike is very distinctive with several custom additions to it, so if it pops up around town or on craigslist, I should be able to find it. I'm sorry about your nurse's line. Maybe you should say something to your OB about it at the next visit.
Also, all this terrible 2/3s are making me *really* look forward to 2019 lol!
Well apparently my MBF just became invalidated. It turns out the NP was out sick and someone just forgot to forward calls to another NP in the office. Got it sorted out with lots of hounding nurse managers and front office people.
I've spent a total of 7 hours on the phone with Sprint, Samsung, and the insurance carrier about my phone. it is a MECHANICAL issue, not something I did and no one wants to take claim for it! I was on the phone for 4 hours friday and they ended up hanging up when they were going to finally fix it (or so i thought) I will admit I cried when I got disconnected... damn hormones!!!
@KAShock I have an appointment in the morning to find out more, but they said it was likely just glands/ducts producing colostrum very rapidly and causing a lot of pain. Hopefully my appointment yields a similar assessment and it's nothing serious
I'm on board with the difficult 2/3s. DS (27 months) goes from sweet and loving one minute to driving me out of my mind the next minute. He currently doesn't even want to try to use the potty but wants to wear his big boy underwear or just be "nakie boy". He NEEDS to help me with everything, even when there is nothing to help with, and will then have a melt down if he can't or I don't let him help in the right way. @nolemomma14 we have the same problem with timeouts. I'm at a loss of what to do because he has a big listening problem right now.
I'm at work and just discovered the tums container is missing from my purse. DS was playing in my purse last night so I know exactly who took them out. Ugh, my heartburn is killing me right now.
At 7pm last night (On a Sunday) I got an automated call from my OB, my appointment, which was at 8:30 am the next morning, was canceled. I don't know the reasoning, but it made me a little upset. The subsequent auto text and email said that someone would call me to reschedule. At 10am, I called to reschedule because I had not heard from them yet. It really isn't a big deal, I got scheduled for tomorrow, but it is just a tad bit annoying to me. They ask for a 24hrs notice for appointment cancellation from me, WhyTF can't they have the same rule.
@canavara I'm glad you got through to the office! Hopefully you'll be joining the leaky boob club soon enough!
@cjs260 I definitely understand know why you said you had a crying fit on the other board! Hopefully the rest of the week only gets better for you!
I'm at the doctor's office and three people came in after me. They've all been brought back already. My appointment was for 15 minutes ago. So glad I left work early to be here.
I had my 1 hour glucose today and just fml. The drink tasted so bad and I got dizzy within 10 minutes. During the actual draw I was all hyped up and talking the phlebotomist's ear off. Now I feel like I'm recovering from the flu while experiencing the worst hangover. I just want to sleep, but I think baby girl is still experiencing the sugar high. Her kicks and punches are all in fast forward.
@aishmc Ugh - that sounds like no fun! My test isn't for a couple more weeks. Does this mean it's a bad idea for me to consider going to work (driving myself) right after the test?
My MBF: WHYYYY is my face still one big constant break out?!?!!? I've never had bad complexion like this before and it's driving me crazy. Trying to cover it with makeup only makes it worse. So over it.
@kelseyh62 if you go straight to work you'll make it, but you'll probably crash once you're there. The drink has 50 grams of sugar. I don't drink soda, juices, gatorade, etc. so that was way more sugar than I'm used to, especially in 5 minutes! My stomach is also still sensitive.
@kelseyh62 in my experience the crash wasn't as bad if I got some protein in my system as soon as I could following the test. I crashed hard after my 1 hour and was glad I had my husband there to drive me home but I didn't eat anything afterwards because I felt so yuck. I stopped after my 3 hour for food and didn't feel a crash at all.
Can I bitch about the fact that I have a cold and it's completely draining me of all energy and patience. My poor toddler just wants to do things all day and I'm over here on the couch curled up with tissues up my nose and snot rags all around me. Ughhhhhh
Editing to to add that I am currently on my 3rd pair of undies because of all the sneeze-peeing/cough-peeing. Considering buying depends cuz regular ol panty liners do not do a thing ffs
Ugh... I know it's not Monday, but ugh! My SIL, her boyfriend and baby have been staying with us due to their house having issues and their landlord being difficult. That's fine. I don't mind helping out. But could they at least turn off lights when they leave the room, stop running the water as though it's running out, stop leaving our front and back doors unlocked at night (I mean, gate wide open and front door totally unlocked, and stop leaving their baby in the room while they walk out without telling me?! I know that the baby is only a month old and stays put, but I do have a two year old who loves his cousin and cannot be trusted because he's well, 2! They just up and leave the room, leaving the baby behind in the bouncer or Boppy without saying a word. Once I was cooking and while I was semi paying attention to where my 2 year old was, I would have been way more vigilant if I know known her boyfriend had walked out! Luckily, my son was super excited about his Mickey pancakes and stayed right around me, but I didn't know the bf had walked away! And when I said something (like, hey let me know when you are walking out of the room so I can actually pay full attention to both kids), he stared at me as though I was nuts. And then did the exact same thing five minutes later! Ahhh!!!! They also left the house this morning, not taking keys, not locking up, or anything. Luckily my husband works from home so he saw it (thank God we have the Ring doorbell/motion thing) and was able to go and lock the door. I don't care what you do at your house, but lock my f-ing doors! I can't say too much though. She's my husband's sister and he's trying to be a good brother. But I'm about to lose my mind. I knows it's worse because I'm pregnant, but ugh!!!
Ugh... I know it's not Monday, but ugh! My SIL, her boyfriend and baby have been staying with us due to their house having issues and their landlord being difficult. That's fine. I don't mind helping out. But could they at least turn off lights when they leave the room, stop running the water as though it's running out, stop leaving our front and back doors unlocked at night (I mean, gate wide open and front door totally unlocked, and stop leaving their baby in the room while they walk out without telling me?! I know that the baby is only a month old and stays put, but I do have a two year old who loves his cousin and cannot be trusted because he's well, 2! They just up and leave the room, leaving the baby behind in the bouncer or Boppy without saying a word. Once I was cooking and while I was semi paying attention to where my 2 year old was, I would have been way more vigilant if I know known her boyfriend had walked out! Luckily, my son was super excited about his Mickey pancakes and stayed right around me, but I didn't know the bf had walked away! And when I said something (like, hey let me know when you are walking out of the room so I can actually pay full attention to both kids), he stared at me as though I was nuts. And then did the exact same thing five minutes later! Ahhh!!!! They also left the house this morning, not taking keys, not locking up, or anything. Luckily my husband works from home so he saw it (thank God we have the Ring doorbell/motion thing) and was able to go and lock the door. I don't care what you do at your house, but lock my f-ing doors! I can't say too much though. She's my husband's sister and he's trying to be a good brother. But I'm about to lose my mind. I knows it's worse because I'm pregnant, but ugh!!!
Ever since I've had my daughter, I've become paranoid about people breaking into our home and hurting us. It was a symptom of my postpartum anxiety and while it's nowhere near as intense as it used to be, it hasn't completely gone away and knowing that my doors are locked is hugely helpful to easing my mind. If we had family members staying with us and they weren't being respectful of that, it would be a deal breaker for me and I'd have a conversation with them about it at the very least. So sorry you're going through this! I hope their situation changes and they'll be out of your hair soon.
Re: Monday Bitch Fest 9/19
DS1 - 03/31/2006
DS2 - 12/31/2008
DS3 - 06/26/2012
DS4 - 08/07/2014
I don't understand how I can love someone so much who drives me absolutely bonkers sometimes.
Also, I can't type today.
I know it's been mentioned before on here, but SERIOUSLY! It's not okay to touch me! People at work are starting to touch my bump and I'm like um who are you? I work mostly with Engineers, so it's jarring when someone from another department does it (or honestly anyone at all). I barely even know them!
Also I'm going to lose it if one more person tells me I should eat wheat because it's healthy for my baby. I'm a celiac. How does that even make sense?! Also I've gained almost 18lbs. I'm pretty sure we're both healthy but thank you for your expert nutritional opinion!
As always and as everyone else has to deal with too, the unsolicited advice and comments about my pregnancy. Weight, diet, touching my bump without even asking, how I look. Ugh.
Don't get me wrong, I love my child more than words. She is a great kid, she is just really testing my patience and her boundaries.
ETA: she just hugged me and said "I happy, mommy." All is forgiven.
Me: Did you clean up your toys like I asked?
DD: Yes!
Me: Nope, no ya didn't
and
DD: Can I have a snack? (right before dinner)
Me: no, sweetie
DD: (runs off to DH) Can I have a snack?
DH: What did mommy say?
DD: Mommy said yes!
Oy.
BFP#5 5/22/17 EDD:1/27/17 It's a GIRL!!!!
@canavara, I feel you with not getting through to the nurse. Way back at the beginning, I was getting super dizzy, nauseous, could barely stand some days. I called the nurse trying to see if they could advise me and never got a call back. It got so bad, DH just took me in to see the doc. I switched. Lots of other issues, but no response from the nurse was the last straw.
Here's mine: I saw that, according to the geeky baby size tracker, baby is the size of Thor's hammer. Being the huge Marvel geek that I am, I sent it to a group message with some of my close friends. One then replies, "No wonder DH can't pick you up any more." Not cool. I have had a history with body image issues for almost 10 years stemming back to an abusive relationship and, for the most part, I've been able to overcome it, but all the changes with being pregnant have brought some of the issues back. I can logically talk myself through them, but having someone make such a snide comment, even in jest, is not cool.
Me: 33 DH: 38 Married: 1/10/15
1st Pregnancy EDD: 1/1/17 Born 1/10/17 Team Green turned Blue!
2nd Pregnancy EDD: 11/6/18 Born 11/09/18 Baby Boy!
3rd Pregnancy EDD: 12/?/21
Children are like casseroles; it takes a lot to mess them up.
Obvi, I'm at work right now and just had said experience happen. Grr.... Monday's are fun.
Edit* I think *rustrating is a word
Pumpkin Spice Gone to Far| Jan '17 September Siggy Challenge
The sleep regression sucks! He wakes up at least once, usually twice in the middle of the night now and asks to go potty, but won't actually use it. Asks for water, the blankie that's already in his crib, all just to be up for the day between 5:30 and 6. Poor DH has been great about dealing with his night wakings because he knows in just a few months I'll have a newborn attached to my boob all night and day, but I still wake up most times he does.
Also, all this terrible 2/3s are making me *really* look forward to 2019 lol!
I'm at work and just discovered the tums container is missing from my purse. DS was playing in my purse last night so I know exactly who took them out. Ugh, my heartburn is killing me right now.
@cjs260 I definitely understand know why you said you had a crying fit on the other board! Hopefully the rest of the week only gets better for you!
I'm at the doctor's office and three people came in after me. They've all been brought back already. My appointment was for 15 minutes ago. So glad I left work early to be here.
In short, that test is barbaric.
My MBF:
WHYYYY is my face still one big constant break out?!?!!? I've never had bad complexion like this before and it's driving me crazy. Trying to cover it with makeup only makes it worse. So over it.
Editing to to add that I am currently on my 3rd pair of undies because of all the sneeze-peeing/cough-peeing. Considering buying depends cuz regular ol panty liners do not do a thing ffs