DH is funny. Squish is attempting another escape, so I'm getting feet pushed upward into my ribs. I put DH's hand there so he can feel it. Squish doesn't disappoint and tries again. My husband's response? That's the baby!? That creepy.
Married 4/12/13 TTC since 6/13 Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016 SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
So I just posted our pups on FB saying they will be ready to go tomorrow. I sh*t you not, all 5 have 2-3 offers on them already. I have a waiting line for each one.
I knew chihuahuas were popular in my area, but dang.
Formerly known as Kate08young August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Me: 28 H: 24 Married: 7/22/14 Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017. Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Wow. @Kate08Young that is the quickest pp poop I've heard of! You never fail to impress me! Lol
No freaking kidding... 6 days in and I am so backed up. I am eating so much - my milk is in and I'm pumping quite a bit. I don't know where the food is going. I'm so uncomfortable.
Wow. @Kate08Young that is the quickest pp poop I've heard of! You never fail to impress me! Lol
No freaking kidding... 6 days in and I am so backed up. I am eating so much - my milk is in and I'm pumping quite a bit. I don't know where the food is going. I'm so uncomfortable.
My milk came in this morning. Until I remembered I can pump, I thought I was going to die.
Formerly known as Kate08young August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Me: 28 H: 24 Married: 7/22/14 Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017. Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
I'm feeling sort of shocked. I saw a dead body this morning. It was hanging from a bridge that I parallel on my walk into work. Maybe a murder because the hands were tied behind the back. The police were there and crime scene investigators but it must have just happened. Traffic wasn't even backed up. It's not a common commute route so it's not something pretty much anyone else saw so I haven't mentioned it to any coworkers. Crazy. My brain is just blank about it.
@slartybartfast That's horrible. Last year I was heading to my first day at a new job and walked into the aftermath of a very public suicide, seconds after it happened. It still haunts me a bit. I totally understand the blankness - I was in shock when I arrived at the office and met my staff for the first time. I've never told them about it. It might be hard to get the images out of your head for a while, but it will pass. Try to focus on the good stuff and hug your family tight tonight.
Oh @slartybartfast I'm sorry you had to see that. It really is so strange and can be very haunting.
Last summer at a work conference, a coworker of mine gave a presentation for 2 hours on a new engineering software. We all went out to the lobby to get some snacks. We were talking and suddenly my coworker dropped dead mid sentence. He was a shade of purple I did not know was possible for a person to look. He had a massive heart attack. It was extremely surreal for me, as I had never seen something like that...I remember thinking that movies have it all wrong...people don't clutch their chest and make a huge scene then fall down dramatically. I had nightmares for a few months but I'm okay now. It's just not something you ever forget.
Like @gowenc mentioned, hug your family a little tighter tonight...life is so fragile and we don't think about it until someone we love or know is gone.
@slartybartfast I'm sorry, I feel terrible for you, and the poor person. It's not something that is easily forgotten, but maybe something that helps us appreciate the life that we have.
Here's mine that still sticks with me... We went to visit my sister on the East coast 2 years ago, flew into Boston and were driving to Vermont. We were about 20 minutes from my sister's town in VT, but still in NH, when we saw traffic ahead of us. Unfortunately, the car in front of us didn't see the traffic or maybe her brakes went out, she swerved and went over the guardrail. DH and others ran out to help her and call 911, she was stuck in the car upside down but they were talking to her and trying to get her out. When the paramedics finally arrived and brought her up, you could see that she was already gone as they were doing CPR on her. I felt so bad, she was young, and had so much life ahead of her. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars that I am here, that I've got family and friends that I love and love me back. We have to appreciate our time here.
Yea it's weird. When I saw it I cried but then my mind went blank about it. Still is... no news stories on it which is so bizarre considering a google search quickly brought up similar things from the past.
anyways... yea I dunno. I'm not worked up about it at all which sort of confuses me too. I guess it's cos in my head, people I don't know die all the time. I guess I'm just surprised that seeing it doesn't seem to be getting to me?
@slartybartfast It may hit you in a few days. That's what happened to me. The day it happened I went to Happy Hour with other coworkers and it was almost as if nothing had happened. It wasn't until I was driving home a couple days later that it hit me and I cried. Or, it may never hit you and that's ok too. We all process differently, and as you said people die all the time that we don't know and we don't get upset about it. Either way you are very normal and nothing to beat yourself about.
Thanks @dmontgo - honestly those words are very comforting - not gonna lie part of me is like... crap what psychiatric disorder do I have that I don't seem to be emotionally reacting to this like it seems like I should!?
@slartybartfast If they think it may be a suicide they may be keeping it out of the news purposefully (though it sounds like it may not have been). The media in my city don't report on suicides out of respect to the surviving family members...would be nice if they showed similar respect for others.
For me, I also cried when I saw it, but then had about half an hour to pull myself together and get to work at the new job. I kind of pushed it aside for a while after that and focused on work, but it definitely hit me a week or two later, once I'd had time to process it.
On a lighter note, I went and bought a bunch of snacks for us to pack for the hospital. This baby better come soon so I don't eat them all...Justin's dark chocolate peanut butter cups are my jam.
I can't even remember now who posted about a grandma shower or where it was posted, but FWIW my mom's coworkers threw her a surprise grandma shower today. It was so sweet, they just did a catered lunch at her work and she got a lot of sweet, grandma-specific things. For example she got a picture frame from someone so she can keep his picture on her work desk and she was given a lot of the "I love you, grandma" or grandparent type baby books that you read at bed time. A few people also gave her things for FI and I to use like the Pack N Play we registered for and a baby blanket. It was just super sweet and unexpected of them. We live five hours away and it was a surprise so we didn't go, but I think it's just as well that we didn't since she was the guest of honor and I think having the baby incubator there would have distracted from that.
Today is the 22nd. 22 is my FAVORITE number. DH has an interview for a big promotion at 10 today. I have a Dr appointment at 9. who wants to bet my water will break at 955 haha.
I went off my ADHD meds 4 years ago today . Why would I do such a crazy thing like that? Well, I'm 37w4d with the reason behind going off them. Worth every second.
Married 4/12/13 TTC since 6/13 Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016 SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
Today is the 22nd. 22 is my FAVORITE number. DH has an interview for a big promotion at 10 today. I have a Dr appointment at 9. who wants to bet my water will break at 955 haha.
I can hope at least.
Oh!!! Good luck!!! I like 22 also, DH and DD2 share a bday on July 22, and they're both amazing!!
As dehumanizing as so many aspects of pregnancy already are, you'd think they'd find a more dignified way of getting a urine sample than asking me to somehow catch it myself. I can't see the stream over my huge stomach and just end up peeing all over my hand. EVERY WEEK now. I give up on dignity. This is my life now. Just call me "Old Pee Hands."
@LinziLoo09 my last appt I had to try three times to actually get a sample. Getting my arms around a twin belly was nearly impossible. I was in legit T. rex mode and couldn't do it. I actually demonstrated trying to get my hands there to the nurses and they were rolling.
@LinziLoo09, I have seriously contemplated getting one of those sticks vets use to catch dog urine samples...
At our 8 week appointment, the office we were going at the time used those flimsy small clear solo cups WITH lids. Well, I guess I was nervous/excited, but my inner Hulk came out and I smashed the full cup when I was trying to put the lid on it. So I am waddling around the bathroom with my pants still down trying to get another cup from one side of the room while trying to use my hands to stop the precious pee from spilling out since I had completely emptied my bladder. It was a very messy experience, but I did clean the bathroom up with soapy paper towels and the little sanitizing towelettes because I felt bad. My DH asks every time I come back from the bathroom at our appointments if I Hulk'ed out again or not.
I'm dying with these pee cup stories as I sit in the waiting room about to do it myself. Seriously it's only getting worse!
I was standing at the check in desk wondering why I can't just have a big bowl to pee in. They're the ones that want my urine, why am I having to work this hard?!
Argh, I feel like I have no time to bump here lately. With DH still unemployed and at home, he has found so many projects for us to do. I miss all the ladies here. I check in nightly, but don't always have the time to respond.
After weeks of enjoying feeling the baby move, I dreamt last night that it scratched a hole through my stomach and came out. Now every time I feel movement, I have an involuntary negative reaction.
I don't mean to sound braggy but I am actually pretty amazing at peeing in the cup. My arms are disproportionately long which helps... but yea. If it were a contest I'd definitely have a decent shot.
I feel like TB has been having issues...like, didn't yesterday it only showed Nov. 22 threads and all the updates were things I had already read. And didn't @ashleaf2018 post a labor thread? Or did I hallucinate that? Is anyone else having this issue?
@SmashJam@Fauxpa@ea301 there was a period of time that I couldn't access the board yesterday (I was lying in L&D looking for entertainment) and when it came up it was as you said, threads were missing and I had notifications for things I'd already read. Sounds like you're right @ea301 they had to do a backup and some things weren't saved, which is a bummer.
Re: Randoms 10/25
I am celebrating, just had my first PP poop. AND I found out its not hemorrhoids that is killing me, just my stitches.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
I knew chihuahuas were popular in my area, but dang.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Last summer at a work conference, a coworker of mine gave a presentation for 2 hours on a new engineering software. We all went out to the lobby to get some snacks. We were talking and suddenly my coworker dropped dead mid sentence. He was a shade of purple I did not know was possible for a person to look. He had a massive heart attack. It was extremely surreal for me, as I had never seen something like that...I remember thinking that movies have it all wrong...people don't clutch their chest and make a huge scene then fall down dramatically. I had nightmares for a few months but I'm okay now. It's just not something you ever forget.
Like @gowenc mentioned, hug your family a little tighter tonight...life is so fragile and we don't think about it until someone we love or know is gone.
Here's mine that still sticks with me...
We went to visit my sister on the East coast 2 years ago, flew into Boston and were driving to Vermont. We were about 20 minutes from my sister's town in VT, but still in NH, when we saw traffic ahead of us. Unfortunately, the car in front of us didn't see the traffic or maybe her brakes went out, she swerved and went over the guardrail. DH and others ran out to help her and call 911, she was stuck in the car upside down but they were talking to her and trying to get her out. When the paramedics finally arrived and brought her up, you could see that she was already gone as they were doing CPR on her. I felt so bad, she was young, and had so much life ahead of her.
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars that I am here, that I've got family and friends that I love and love me back. We have to appreciate our time here.
no news stories on it which is so bizarre considering a google search quickly brought up similar things from the past.
anyways... yea I dunno. I'm not worked up about it at all which sort of confuses me too. I guess it's cos in my head, people I don't know die all the time. I guess I'm just surprised that seeing it doesn't seem to be getting to me?
For me, I also cried when I saw it, but then had about half an hour to pull myself together and get to work at the new job. I kind of pushed it aside for a while after that and focused on work, but it definitely hit me a week or two later, once I'd had time to process it.
I can hope at least.
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
Needless to say, I am not quite ready for this child to come yet.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
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At our 8 week appointment, the office we were going at the time used those flimsy small clear solo cups WITH lids. Well, I guess I was nervous/excited, but my inner Hulk came out and I smashed the full cup when I was trying to put the lid on it. So I am waddling around the bathroom with my pants still down trying to get another cup from one side of the room while trying to use my hands to stop the precious pee from spilling out since I had completely emptied my bladder. It was a very messy experience, but I did clean the bathroom up with soapy paper towels and the little sanitizing towelettes because I felt bad. My DH asks every time I come back from the bathroom at our appointments if I Hulk'ed out again or not.
I was standing at the check in desk wondering why I can't just have a big bowl to pee in. They're the ones that want my urine, why am I having to work this hard?!