I'm just pulling up a comfortable chair with arm support to reserve my spot here for tonight. Gawd, guys, I know breastfeeding is a beautiful and magical bonding experience, but I would kill for a 2 hour stretch of sleep over here.
Oh man. I'm still pregnant and I would also kill for more than a 2 hour stretch of sleep over here, too.
I tried to convince myself that waking up to soothe a small human would at least be better than waking up for no great reason and then staying awake forever, thinking of all the things I need to do before baby arrives. The lies we tell ourselves...
My daughter woke me up by shrieking her head off. Ran to her room and yes, the dreaded vom. Now of course she's in the best spirits and super excited that she's awake at such an hour. Will I ever fall back to sleep? Find out next time.
@floatingelephy you raise a good point. My LO's sweet little nuzzles and grunts are def an upgrade from the last few months and the aching hips and constant heartburn. Low bar, really...
@poetryandoceans ha. I think I'm deluded. I have no doubt that I'll get on the other side of this and be like it was so much easier when I was just trying to soothe myself!
@homemake ack, sorry! I hope you were both able to get back to sleep.
@FreshBakedBrownies same culprit over here. Judging by your posts, sleep has been elusive... hope you do get some zzzs in soon.
I did end end up falling back to sleep for an hour. I had a dream where @imalwaysme79 brought presents of bazooka gum to everyone living in Vancouver (I used to live there, but now I'm on the opposite coast). THEN there was a Febuladies bat signal, of sorts, because a random drive by thread got a bunch of regulars banned.
So, I'm not sure bumping to cure my insomnia is the best idea?
@floatingelephy hey, sleep is sleep, man, even if you're dreaming about a drama llama thread.
i used to be a Vancouverite too! Moved away 5 years ago. I'm still on the west coast, though. I just have to give BC Ferries too much money on a regular basis to go anywhere fun...
I was only there when I was a poor graduate student, so I really want to give it another go now that I'm a poor fundraising professional. But BC Ferries breakfasts! I have family in the Southern Gulf Islands and I loved taking the ferry for the breakfasts and the views. Although, they definitely rob you blind and my uncle is never happy with the schedule for their route.
@floatingelephy even though I've been taking the ferry my whole life, Active Pass (where the big ferries between Vic and Van enter into the gulf islands ) is still one of my favourite views. I have inlaws on the mainland, so we make the trip all the time. In my opinion, best in the fall when it's misty and the sky is bluey grey with clouds...
arg, bump is being messed up on my phone. Sorry if this posts multiple times
I did end end up falling back to sleep for an hour. I had a dream where @imalwaysme79 brought presents of bazooka gum to everyone living in Vancouver (I used to live there, but now I'm on the opposite coast). THEN there was a Febuladies bat signal, of sorts, because a random drive by thread got a bunch of regulars banned.
This is pretty random lol. I am from Canada originally, so there's that.
Guys? I pumped enough for my husband to take a feed last night, and actually managed to sleep through the window where the feed should have been. I slept from 10-2. I do not remember the last time I had 4 uninterrupted hours of sleep. Week 20 maybe? Now I'm just lying here awake and fully alert at 3:45 in the morning. My body is convinced we're done sleeping. I mean it's a good problem to have, but now that I've tasted sleep I just want MOAR!!!
@Xstatic3333 SO awesome. Now if only it didn't leave me staring at the wall and researching things on the interwebs for 4 hours until I could reasonably get up... plus side, I did figure out my milk storage system, I think...
I knew I had my typical 3-4am insomnia last night, but this thread/board was pretty quiet and apparently I ventured over and bought something off etsy for the baby. Insomnia induced amnesia?
Seriously, guys, when y'all don't talk, I go buy stuff. I sure hope I like the aforementioned milk storage system I pulled the trigger on at 4 am. Why I couldn't wait until morning, I couldn't tell you...
@Xstatic3333 I feel bad for hoping awful sleeps on all of you. Really, I'm just hoping my husband can't sleep, but it gets rebounded onto EVERYONE around me. I want company, damnit...
...I didn't want to resurrect the craft thread for a silly late-night time waster, but I really liked how this picture came out. I have several friends with newborns/infants that have been posting "tree of life" breastfeeding photos. I got jealous that I can't participate yet, so did my own thing. Also it's 3am and my foot won't stop itching, so this falls under being either insomnia-fueled creativity or utter garbage. I'll decide after some morning coffee.
...Aaand now I'm feeling like an AW but oh well. This may or may not end up in the baby book. :P
It never fails, 2:30 rolls around and I'm wide awake and starving. Now I'm faced with the tough decision between brownies or a healthier alternative like fruit. Meh.
@LivingLaVidaGinger what about brownies topped with fruit? Do you have any ice cream?
I woke up to excruciating hip pain. It was so bad that dream me was going around asking people if they had any good hip flexor stretches and I was trying to relieve the pain in my dream
@floatingelephy I so wish I had thought of this earlier! That sounds delicious! I ended up eating a brownie, then some chips. Because potatoes are vegetables so it has to be good for you! I'm sorry you're having so much hip pain, getting into your best childbearing body is no joke!
Been having mildly uncomfortable contractions for over an hour now occurring about every 6-8 minutes. Everyone is asleep and I'm hoping this isn't it as I still have to finish packing my son's bag. Plus I'm feeling lazy as eff and just want to go to sleep my darned self. I'm hoping things will pick up in the morning. I'll be ready then. Haha.
Ugh. this baby is so so low. And my cervix is killing. I can't tell if she is just putting tons of pressure on my cervix or if the EPO is just really working...
Apparently I'm a pretty decent baker at 3-4am. Made a homemade white cake with homemade buttercream frosting, topped off with shredded coconut. Don't even really remember making the decision to bake a cake, I was initially just cleaning the kitchen. So now I'm sitting in the dark listening to H snore, but I've got cake so I'm less jealous of him than usual.
Over my recent attempts at the 24 hour urine catch, I have developed a new theory on why turning over and getting up to pee in the MOTN is so painful: my bladder is twice as full as normal. Like, the amount of pee that comes out at night time is crazy... No wonder I can barely move. Not that this is scientific or useful in any way; but at 3 a.m., these are the things that I ponder.
Also, my poor dog was up every two hours last night wanting to go out because he seems stopped up... He keeps dragging his butt in the snow, which seems super unpleasant. Not sure what to do for him.
@MLRocha if your dog is scooting his butt a lot, it's more likely an anal gland problem than constipation. Anal glands produce a super stinky material if you haven't had the pleasure of smelling before. Sometimes they just need expressed, but sometimes they get infected! I'd call your vet & get him checked before baby decides it's time to arrive!
I'll give the canned pumpkin a try - He keeps trying to poop and then drags his butt. So, I'm not sure what the issue is yet but I'll definitely be keeping an eye on him. I'll feel better if I see him have a good poop (practice for being a mom?).
@MLRocha is he licking back there too? My one dog has issues with her glands and the vet needs to express them. Apparently you could do it, but I don't think you could pay me to do it! It takes like 5 minutes and they charge me like nothing. On her, she does the scooting and also licks. You can sort of tell bc her butthole seems a little puffy. Lovely conversation here
@leslie1331 - No licking or other symptoms; he's not even dragging his butt inside the house. It's only after he squats to poop outside, which is what making me thinking it's related to constipation issues. Usually the dogs get a Kong filled with some banana, peanut butter and Greek yogurt each day. With our schedule being thrown off with my two L&D admittances this week, they haven't gotten anything more than peanut butter. I'm wondering if the normal recipe was helping their systems stay regular and will be going back to that tomorrow.
+1 to the canned pumpkin! I also lay off the bananas for my dog if she's backed up. I don't know if they work the same in dogs as people but figured it can't hurt. Also carrots are great because they scrape the junk out of their digestive track and they don't add weight, so dogs on diets can have as many as they want haha. We also do a boiled chicken and rice diet for a couple days of her poos aren't awesome. Works like a charm
To add to add to this lovely dog butt convo, it could be a hair or something itching him back there that he can't seem to get out. As for the gland problem, my dog had that last year and she was always rubbing her butt (above the tail) against things because it was so itchy. DH and I were real pioneers and took her outside and expressed them ourselves with gloves, of course, because she smelled so bad I couldn't stand to wait on the groomer who couldn't see me for another week. Fun stuff.
Re: Febuladies Who Go Bump in the Night, January
I tried to convince myself that waking up to soothe a small human would at least be better than waking up for no great reason and then staying awake forever, thinking of all the things I need to do before baby arrives. The lies we tell ourselves...
I can't sleep but same old, same old (woke up to BH, had to pee, needed a drink, trying to fall asleep to repeat the process).
@homemake ack, sorry! I hope you were both able to get back to sleep.
@FreshBakedBrownies same culprit over here. Judging by your posts, sleep has been elusive... hope you do get some zzzs in soon.
I did end end up falling back to sleep for an hour. I had a dream where @imalwaysme79 brought presents of bazooka gum to everyone living in Vancouver (I used to live there, but now I'm on the opposite coast). THEN there was a Febuladies bat signal, of sorts, because a random drive by thread got a bunch of regulars banned.
So, I'm not sure bumping to cure my insomnia is the best idea?
i used to be a Vancouverite too! Moved away 5 years ago. I'm still on the west coast, though. I just have to give BC Ferries too much money on a regular basis to go anywhere fun...
I was only there when I was a poor graduate student, so I really want to give it another go now that I'm a poor fundraising professional. But BC Ferries breakfasts! I have family in the Southern Gulf Islands and I loved taking the ferry for the breakfasts and the views. Although, they definitely rob you blind and my uncle is never happy with the schedule for their route.
arg, bump is being messed up on my phone. Sorry if this posts multiple times
Me: 37 - H: 39
TTC#1: 01/2016
BFP: 06/18/2016 - EDD: 02/20/2017 - Born: 01/27/2017
...Aaand now I'm feeling like an AW but oh well. This may or may not end up in the baby book. :P
I woke up to excruciating hip pain. It was so bad that dream me was going around asking people if they had any good hip flexor stretches and I was trying to relieve the pain in my dream
I'm sorry you're having so much hip pain, getting into your best childbearing body is no joke!
Also, my poor dog was up every two hours last night wanting to go out because he seems stopped up... He keeps dragging his butt in the snow, which seems super unpleasant. Not sure what to do for him.