Shit just got real when my short term disability expects me to return to work on 3/18. My babies will be 8 days old corrected. Oh America the beautiful.... maternity leave county
Shit just got real when my short term disability expects me to return to work on 3/18. My babies will be 8 days old corrected. Oh America the beautiful.... maternity leave county
Yeah short term disability is a joke. Its crazy how many moms have to take a crap ton of unpaid time......and those are the lucky ones. I hope your employer is letting you take the full fmla and even a longer leave of absence!
Shit just got real when my short term disability expects me to return to work on 3/18. My babies will be 8 days old corrected. Oh America the beautiful.... maternity leave county
Yeah short term disability is a joke. Its crazy how many moms have to take a crap ton of unpaid time......and those are the lucky ones. I hope your employer is letting you take the full fmla and even a longer leave of absence!
Actually my fmla is already used up bc I've been on bed rest. So technically unpaid or no job after. But babies come first! This was expected. It's just.... coming up fast and ridiculous
Jealous of all you ladies... my due date is march 30th so I have the whole month of march to go! i want baby to be fully done baking when he comes out, but maybe he can be done and ready to go a week early?
Jealous of all you ladies... my due date is march 30th so I have the whole month of march to go! i want baby to be fully done baking when he comes out, but maybe he can be done and ready to go a week early?
March 27th here but everyone swears up and down in going in 4 weeks. I prefer for them all to be wrong. I need more time. Although I did just leave target with almost $200 worth of stuff I needed for baby. So at least I can pack my bag now. Lol
I love this page so much! So many happy thoughts. I have all my NB, 3 month, changing pad, crib sheet, mamaroo cover washed. Need to wipe down some of the toys and actually finish packing my hospital bag!! Ahhh I can't believe how fast this month has gone by but I also feel like I've been pregnant forever at the same time.
married 10.10.14 @ Turks & Caicos yorkie mama to Oscar FTM EDD 3.12.17
Dr said I'm dilated to a 1. Which is more than I've been dilated at this same point with my first two. So yeah, it just got real! Time to maybe do some of my to-dos for baby prep! Yikes!
Everything lol - in order: - bringing the bassinet into the bedroom - sorting through the first box of recycled baby clothes - the 3D view of his little face - trying to put the registry together (the horror) - the baby shower - arranging his space - feeling him tumble morning noon and night!
I can't believe time has flown so fast. We are 36 weeks today and I still remember that first set of double pink lines last summer.
Ugh. Guys. I'm still not realizing that I'm having this baby soon. No clue what it's gonna take. 38 weeks on Sunday. My data chart from spacefem.com says I have a 10% chance of going into labor by Monday... why won't sh*t get real so I can 1: mentally process this. And 2: get up and get needed crap accomplished!!
I guess I'm just such a March mom that I've convinced myself this is a March baby?? ((Which it could be)) but I think I need to get my act together in case she has other plans
@kjd291 you're so close! i have no idea how to make it real for you though haha... go sit in the lobby at your birth center and watch mamas in labor!? #creeper
@kjd291 you're so close! i have no idea how to make it real for you though haha... go sit in the lobby at your birth center and watch mamas in labor!? #creeper
Whelp. Shiz got pretty real last night while I was sitting in L&D, hooked up to monitors, listening to newborn babies crying in the hallways and being talked to about wanting to start sweeping my membranes at my appointments this week. **crosses legs** not yet!! I'm not ready yet!!
@longliveregina yeah, basically! I'm like: which is it lady!? Am I fine? Or are you concerned? Cuz saying you're not worried about me at all and then telling me a bunch of things to do to coax baby out in the same breath are!kinda sending me mixed signals.
@longliveregina yeah, basically! I'm like: which is it lady!? Am I fine? Or are you concerned? Cuz saying you're not worried about me at all and then telling me a bunch of things to do to coax baby out in the same breath are!kinda sending me mixed signals.
Well, maybe it's just that you are 38 weeks and obs get nervous as you approach 40 weeks.
@longliveregina yeah, basically! I'm like: which is it lady!? Am I fine? Or are you concerned? Cuz saying you're not worried about me at all and then telling me a bunch of things to do to coax baby out in the same breath are!kinda sending me mixed signals.
Well, maybe it's just that you are 38 weeks and obs get nervous as you approach 40 weeks.
I think it was her just trying to assure me that she wants to work with me to do everything possible to avoid induction-since I've told her that's my biggest concern. Hopefully baby comes sooner than later I guess!
@kjd291 i guess i'm glad you finally got your "it's real" feeling? sucks that it came hooked up to monitors in a hospital but i'm glad that they are not concerned and everything looks good. you're full term in one week! ah!
Had my hospital tour tonight with our class and also heard a baby cry right after clearly being delivered. Cue insta-pregnancy tears. Guys... we're so close!!
@kjd291 i guess i'm glad you finally got your "it's real" feeling? sucks that it came hooked up to monitors in a hospital but i'm glad that they are not concerned and everything looks good. you're full term in one week! ah!
Yes!! Bad local, but glad it got my butt in gear. Have a few more freezer meals prepped and all of baby stuff unpacked and spread around the house where it needs to be, so it's feelinf lots more real as I look around !
Just set up the bassinet so it can just be out of the box for a few weeks before baby comes, should he come early. The little mattress in there was folded so it needed to flatten out. Put it next to the bed to see how things would fit and realized our dog will now have no room to have her bed right near our bed like she has been for the past 7 years. Something about that just made this all very real.... And blurry, because I started crying about it of course!
I told my DH to set up the second car seat (or just the base), but he is in no hurry and figures he can just put it in while we are at the hospital. I want to make sure the configuration works in my car, so I want to get the base in there! I might nag him about it again this weekend.
I have gone from "sh!t just got real" back to denial phase. I can not actually fathom having a newborn again.
The moment hit me this morning when I thought about how much my life is about to change. I haven't had a baby in 9 years, my daughter is pretty much very chill and self sufficient, that whole dynamic is going to change with a little baby adding to our family. I have a NST this morning and my CS scheduled in a little less than 2 wks so I guess it just hit me
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SaveSaveSamantha - 4/5/2017
yorkie mama to Oscar
FTM EDD 3.12.17
- bringing the bassinet into the bedroom
- sorting through the first box of recycled baby clothes
- the 3D view of his little face
- trying to put the registry together (the horror)
- the baby shower
- arranging his space
- feeling him tumble morning noon and night!
I can't believe time has flown so fast. We are 36 weeks today and I still remember that first set of double pink lines last summer.
I guess I'm just such a March mom that I've convinced myself this is a March baby?? ((Which it could be)) but I think I need to get my act together in case she has other plans
I'm like: which is it lady!? Am I fine? Or are you concerned? Cuz saying you're not worried about me at all and then telling me a bunch of things to do to coax baby out in the same breath are!kinda sending me mixed signals.
Me: 26 Hubs: 28
Married: 6/6/15
Baby Girl: 3/22/2017
I have gone from "sh!t just got real" back to denial phase. I can not actually fathom having a newborn again.