So.. my sis calls me a couple hours ago to ask if I would be okay with our dad coming to visit the new baby and I while we're in the hospital. Nope. I haven't talked to or seen the guy in like 2 1/2 years. Has he ever heard of there's a time and a place for everything? Guess not lol Yeah dad, let's rekindle our relationship as I lay in a hospital bed immobilized hah Talk about random...
Thats really odd about your dad! My aunt and cousin that we've had a rocky relationship with the past few years came to visit DD when she was in the NICU...it wasn't as awkward as I expected but it was definitely a little strange lol.
@Xstatic3333 I wouldn't pick valentines day just so as a kid he doesn't miss out on his own special day at school. My son is only in preschool, but each kid's birthday is so cute for them to be the birthday kid.
But birthdays might be hard to predict if you do pick an induction date. My induction took about 21 hours. They told me some take 48 hours or more!
Random, but a friend recommended the free Feed Baby app to keep track of baby's feeding and diapers.
I didn't think I would need it, but it's been helpful.
I've been doing a combo of nursing, pumping & formula (excessive blood loss has delayed my milk coming in and Oscar is fighting jaundice so I have to supplement with formula).
Anyhow, the app has places to track the time breastfeeding was offered, the amount of pumped milk fed, the amount of formula fed, times when diapers had pee, poo, or both, and also a screen that gives you daily totals.
@FreshBakedBrownies I used an app like that last time and I did find it helpful! I'm not sure of the name but that may have been it.
Guys please send good vibes my H gets over his stomach bug/funk. He's been in and out of the bathroom since Sunday afternoon. He's already got stomach issues so this is putting him down for the count. I realllllly feel helpless and I know he's worried about this not clearing up by my induction. I'm also hoping by some miracle me and DS can avoid getting it....
Today was jail break day for Rosie!! So excited to have her out of NICU and for all of us to be home! It's also our second wedding anniversary and H insisted on cooking a romantic though simple dinner (steak and veggies). It's been an absolutely perfect day!
I'm here! It's tough going. You ladies still working? The after-40-weeks work appearance has been so demoralizing. I'm trying to hide in my office and minimize human interaction.
@Xstatic3333 I'm working until the baby comes... But I think I am going to ask to work from home if I go past 40 weeks. It's getting SO hard to stay motivated at work! I just want to be home with an outside baby.
@Xstatic3333 I'm working until the baby comes... But I think I am going to ask to work from home if I go past 40 weeks. It's getting SO hard to stay motivated at work! I just want to be home with an outside baby.
I've been doing a fair amount from home, but I'm trying to go in at least a few times a week just to remind them I'm still here (for leave timing purposes) and out of a hope that being up and about more might be good for baby positioning. Luckily there's a huge snowstorm coming tomorrow that'll probably excuse working from home tomorrow and Friday pretty easily.
I'm here too! Trying to look busy but just not interested in work. We had snow yesterday and are getting snow tomorrow so I can work from home, but it is SOOO much harder to do so. I need to monitors and they also keep track of you on our like IM system. So if I let it idle for 15 minutes, it shows my boss. And I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I'll be driving the 45 min+ to the office. I'm trying to keep motivated but I HATE my job so I'm not too sorry about it right now
I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to appear busy at work... Unless something pressing is happening, I tend to wander back here, or to FB, or random news sites (which is depressing to read, mostly). @jlellis603 my IM shows if I'm away for 15 min, but if I switch my status to "busy", it doesn't show me as away But then again, as long as I am getting my job done my boss doesn't really care.
Yep, just had a poonami of epic proportions! Like i binned everything she was wearing & contemplated binning the bouncer chair she was in only it was expensive! Lol
@Xstatic3333 I'm 38 weeks and still working. The plan is to work until he comes but I am considering having the day before my due date be my last date regardless. I'll wait to see how I feel when it gets here I guess. I am not motivated at work and mostly just try to look busy and not start new projects but idk what I'd do at home alone all day with no outside baby. Probably just drive myself nuts wondering if every pain/cramp is the start of labor...
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
38 weeks plus and still working as well. It's harder and harder to get up, dressed and into the office each day. And, I may be showing up a few minutes later each morning. We're expecting snow tonight and I'd be so happy to work in PJ's on my couch tomorrow.
The fact that MOTN pee's are now only spaced about an hour apart is not helping. Last night's internal dilemma was noticing moisture in my unders and thinking 1. please don't let that me AF b/c I really need a few more hours of sleep and 2. please don't let that be pee. This morning involved me accepting that I was happy it was only pee. What have I become?
Still working too! I plan to work until the end as well. Motivation is hard to find. My phone dies before lunch everyday because that's all I do since my "actual" job assignments are stop and go. The walk to the bathroom is the worst and my desk chair is so uncomfortable.
Still working here as well - just shy of 39 weeks. Friday is last day in office and then I'll be working from home until baby arrives. I second @madamerwin 's suggestion to change your IM status to busy so as not to look idle
@Janefelicity oooooh damn, we haven't got to "tossing the furniture" level. I feel like that's no longer a poonami, that's getting into the realm of poopocalypse.
Add me to the still working club. I underwrite municipality/government loans for a bank, so from start to finish they take a few weeks to complete. So, I've been taken off new deals as of this week and am just updating my existing stuff when needed. So, totally slow and attempting to look busy is starting to get hard. I kind of would like something to keep me busy!
I just wrote my thank you notes for my work surprise shower. And took a two hour lunch. Productive in a way?
So I'm pretty excited, DH mentioned wanting to work from home tomorrow since we're getting a huge snowstorm but my weekly appointment was scheduled for tomorrow and my doctor is about 5 minutes from our office and an hour from home so there'd be no point in going all the way there then working from home. Well I called my doctor and they had a Friday appointment available! So now DH is working from home tomorrow and I'm just gonna take the day off to catch up on sleep, laundry, dishes, cooking, maybe finish packing my hospital bag... This has been a rough week so far so my own little snow day couldn't have come at a better time!
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Damn all of y'all still working get major kudos from me. Today is my "maternity leave" start date, but I mean I work from home so it pretty much means "I won't be responding to emails and won't be taking photo sessions for at least a month". Even though I'll be returning emails weekly if needed, but hopefully my clients understand what maternity leave means lol.
I'm 40+3 and am still working. I only did a half day, but it's only since my sister is in town. I'm gonna work tomorrow and then Friday I'm gonna have a membrane sweep. Again.
I'm jealous of those of you that have working from home as an option! My job is very dependent on discussions and meetings with other team members so I will be dragging myself in to work until LO pops out
I'm a little nervous @floatingelephy but honestly, I'd still take it. We're pretty close to our hospital. We could make it. It would be tough dealing with the dog but I'm sure our next door neighbors would at least feed him and let him out. I really need this baby out. I'm downward spiraling.
@Xstatic3333 I'm sorry, lady. But maybe the weather and astronomical events will get things going (I know I'm grasping at straws, but after week 40 I think it gets a pass?). Being close to the hospital definitely makes a difference, especially if everyone else is hunkered down at home. I really hope Baby Xstatic makes an appearance soon.
Thanks @floatingelephy. Yeah 40+3 today. I know it's not really a big deal but I'm not handling pregnancy gracefully at this point. I admit it. Hopefully soon! Or if nothing else hoping I progress past the 1 cm where I have been chilling so that induction, if needed, goes smoothly.
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@Colebug89, happy birthday!
So.. my sis calls me a couple hours ago to ask if I would be okay with our dad coming to visit the new baby and I while we're in the hospital. Nope. I haven't talked to or seen the guy in like 2 1/2 years. Has he ever heard of there's a time and a place for everything? Guess not lol Yeah dad, let's rekindle our relationship as I lay in a hospital bed immobilized hah Talk about random...
Thats really odd about your dad! My aunt and cousin that we've had a rocky relationship with the past few years came to visit DD when she was in the NICU...it wasn't as awkward as I expected but it was definitely a little strange lol.
But birthdays might be hard to predict if you do pick an induction date. My induction took about 21 hours. They told me some take 48 hours or more!
Guys please send good vibes my H gets over his stomach bug/funk. He's been in and out of the bathroom since Sunday afternoon. He's already got stomach issues so this is putting him down for the count. I realllllly feel helpless and I know he's worried about this not clearing up by my induction.
@kirstynikole hoping your husband is back to full strength soon! Xxx
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
The fact that MOTN pee's are now only spaced about an hour apart is not helping. Last night's internal dilemma was noticing moisture in my unders and thinking 1. please don't let that me AF b/c I really need a few more hours of sleep and 2. please don't let that be pee. This morning involved me accepting that I was happy it was only pee. What have I become?
I just wrote my thank you notes for my work surprise shower. And took a two hour lunch. Productive in a way?
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
A kid in my last period asked if pregnant women can go swimming - worried the baby could drown. Uh, women don't fill up with water in the pool...
Mind blown
Also, tomorrow night there is going to be a lunar eclipse, a full moon, and a comet...