A day late but WTF does DH do getting out of bed in the morning to leave it looking like this?! My snoogle is even on the floor turned the other way around (it's modified to be candy cane shaped instead of a C).
Wait are we not supposed to eat mayo? I've honestly never heard of that. I mean, if I thought I would get salmonella from mayo or aioli, I wouldn't eat those things non-pregnant either. I'm honestly so confused by this. I also easy Jimmy Johns on the reg. Again, if I trusted them not to give me food poisoning 6 months ago, why wouldn't I now?
A lot of my friends were told by their doctors not to eat runny eggs while pregnant. My ob says it's ok, but DH still doesn't like it. His sister's ob had told her raw or runny eggs were off limits when she was pregnant.
In other news, our nightmare is finally over. DH found the cat hiding in our house! He spent an hour trying to chase it out. The neighbor came with nets and finally caught him. Tried to put it in the trap but it got away and ran out the front door. Good riddance!
@mj8215 someone just died from listeria in my hometown from soft cheese from Whole Foods. Last time I ate soft cheese was at Xmas in my hometown ...from Whole Foods. I know it can take a few months for symptoms to appear but I mean 3 mo would definitely be in the clear right?! I'm not freaking out but you know how the brain works sometimes!
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
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@Twinkiedoll That is a very smug looking cat, he seems quite pleased with himself. Made himself right at home too! Any idea who he belongs to? Maybe he adopted you!
@mamaspraggie *dirty lurker from August* Seriously recommend getting some counseling through Military OneSource or the Fleet & Family Support Center (or whatever the army/af version is) for those feelings of isolation. Also look into the Family Readiness Group for your husband's unit - they are there EXPLICITLY to help situations like yours. Many spouses clubs have activities that help build those local friendships, because many/most spouses don't have local support networks as they did at home. If you don't know how to get involved, the command ombudsman is a good place to start. Good luck.
@dancegurl1118 I just looked up the recall you're talking about and it was a very specific kind of cheese from raw milk - other soft cheese from Whole Foods won't get listeria just by being in the same store. Also yes, CDC website says symptoms show up within 2 months so you should be fine.
Re: aioli and mayo. I would never have thought of this. Sigh. I don't want to worry about yet another type of food...
Yeah...not giving up mayo. The aioli I get since it's made there in the kitchens, but not my mayo (which most of is made to last for a while on a shelf). Specifically, not the chipotle mayo at Zinburger.
Married: 10/13/2013
TTC #1: Mirena removed 5/26/2015; DH - normal SA, me - diagnosed with PCOS 8/4/2016 - on Metformin; BFP - 10/29/2016!!!, EDD - 7/8/2017; DD born 6/29/2017
WTF to lurkers who surface to bring up a zombie issue that already caused a lot of drama. Seriously. Lurk away, participate, etc. But don't surface just to add to drama.
WTF to this whole thread. There aren't enough therapists in the world...
@virginiaunicorn11 I thought about how the issue had died in the last page, and decided the practical advice was worth it. If she sees it, great, I hope it helps. If she's young and unfamiliar with the military, she may not know these services exist. If she doesn't see it, it's hardly anything that should revive the drama. *lurker out*
@lyse01, I'm glad you offered that advice. I was hovering around doing the same (she really sounds like the FRG or Ombudsman would be an enormous help to her right now, and without support, it's hard to find out about the TONS of programs that are offered to families to help with just such issues), so thank you for doing so.
My WTF goes out to toddlers everywhere. For the record, I googled and called poison control yesterday when this happened, so I know there's no harm in this, hence the reason it's become a WTF instead of an emergency. Yesterday afternoon, my 17 month old brought me something on his hands to show me that smelled pretty pungent and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I thought it had to be candle wax, since that's what it smelled/had the texture of, but I don't have any candles out. I looked around the house for about 20 minutes but couldn't find anything he'd gotten into and he was acting fine, so I wrote it off as nothing to worry about.
Later that evening, I went to use the downstairs bathroom and happened to glance in the bowl...to discover that the little gel stamp of toilet bowl cleaner that I put in the toilet had been scraped off (about a week old, too). I am normally not a germaphobe at all, but seriously...ew!! I called poison control and checked the website and google and everything says he'll just smell funky for a day but it won't make him sick. But seriously...very little grosses me out. THAT? That grosses me out. These are the joys of a cat who knows how to open doors and who now, apparently, can let the toddler into rooms he's not allowed into. God help me. It's probably something that I'll laugh about in ten years, but last night my only thought was "What in the name of God makes THAT look appetizing??"
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
@chiquita928, yup. That pretty much sums up my reaction. Things I have learned as a mom: we hear a lot about baby proofing (and my house is), but there's a big difference between baby proofing and toddler proofing. The latter is a constantly evolving process that never ends. Sigh.
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
@ktewart Fact...and it won't stop once toddlerhood is over. "Proofing" just turns into a constant game of, "Why would you even THINK that this would be a good idea?!" And lots of conversations about good choices and poor choices. Then they become teenagers, and I just don't know how that's gonna go lol.
@ktewart@chiquita928 Earlier in my career I was a 5th grade science teacher. First lesson was on scientific method - I gave each group a microwaved bar of soap (google it, looks really weird) and they were to generate a hypothesis, methods, test it, and come up with results as to what it was. Only rule: don't taste or eat it. Within 5 minutes, one kid took a chunk, pulled out his lower eyelid, and PUT IT IN HIS EYE. Cue hysterics and visit to the nurse with streaming red eye. What possesses kids to do these things?? I don't think the world can be kid proofed!!
Wait are we not supposed to eat mayo? I've honestly never heard of that. I mean, if I thought I would get salmonella from mayo or aioli, I wouldn't eat those things non-pregnant either. I'm honestly so confused by this. I also easy Jimmy Johns on the reg. Again, if I trusted them not to give me food poisoning 6 months ago, why wouldn't I now?
I get irrationally stab by when I see people freak out and go to the hospital for things like that. I get being nervous and even calling the nurses line for your OB, but to go to the hospital when you aren't showing any symptoms of anything? You are wasting your time and money not to mention the resources of the hospital when there are other women that actually need to be there and seen by medical professionals. And to throw a massive fit at a restaurant over a sandwich spread...
@a_wee_bit_terrified DH and I did feel kind of guilty afterwards. The cat was kind of cute and was clearly very hungry. It hissed at DH when it was cornered, but did not try to bite or scratch him when DH tried to grab it.
If left to my own devices, I probably would have adopted it. Haha.
@mamaspraggie I'm very late to the party but so sorry that you are dealing with that! Pregnancy didn't go the way she wanted but she certainly got all the attention back on her with her baby daddy drama. She's still young. Here's hoping that as she gets older she realizes she needs a reliable man in her life and to hell with him! But you ... that seriously sucks. Pregnancy is such a joyous time (for most) and it's being ruined and overshadowed. I know you mean well and you don't want the attention 24/7 like she does, but it's nice to be able to be excited and have everyone be excited for you. My parents always ask how I am any time we talk or when they see me. I really don't have much sympathy for your SIL at all so @BusyZee (holla! lol) is a way better person than me :P
I don't notice the competition though. I have 1 friend a month ahead of me and 1 a month behind. I felt a twinge of jealously with the one ahead, very briefly, when she told me she was pregnant only because that cycle she didn't try too hard and still got pregnant haha! But she had been at it longer than me. It was honestly just momentary. We share our ideas and talk about our pregnancies all the time. Now my MIL likes to compare me to her knocked-up 18 year old grand-niece (I would call her DH's niece but we hate his brother and have zero association with them while his Mom does. They are half-siblings from his Dad who passed when DH was a baby. MIL was never married to him or anything. He was an accidental 19 year old pregnancy haha!) which drives me up the wall! I'm almost 30 and this baby was very much planned. This was no mistake. Please don't compare me to someone like her.
Since the thread has been resurrected anyway WTF to the panics about food. I get that pregnancy causes a normally rational person to freak about small things but honestly unless you are going to restrict yourself to 5 ingredient homemade bread pretty much everything you eat will come with some kind of risk. For example during my 2 pregnancies I have seen multiple food recalls for salmonella and listeria. The offending foods you ask? Not anything to do with eggs or sandwich meat. Shredded Cheese, spinach, hummus, frozen vegetables and Twinkies.
I agree, but also have some sympathy for the worried women. My first pregnancy, I was a stickler for the dietary rules. I thought it was about safety, but in hindsight it was one of the only things I could control amid all these big, scary changes and unknowns.
I'm not WK'ing. Like I said, I roll my own eyes. It's taken too far. But I understand the underlying sentiment.
I normally would roll my eyes too...I just thought WTF are the odds that someone dies from listeria from the soft cheese at the exact store where I last ate my soft cheese? Please excuse my momentary worry (just kidding it's a sorry not sorry). Clearly I don't worry enough on a daily basis to restrict any sort of food but I don't plan on that either
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
You guys are right. Now that I think about it my WTF is less about the people freaking out and more about the fact that these dumb restrictions even exist.
Something that I always think is that many of these dietary restrictions are new. People have been having babies for a lot longer than the restrictions have been in place. People also have babies in much of worse condition than we do. I eat fairly healthy and don't take many risks, but im the kind of person who can really get caught up in this stuff, and I already have enough stress in my life without worrying over cheese. Plus, whoever thought a pregnant women's cheese should be restricted is crazy!
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
Re: WTF Wednesday 3/8
In other news, our nightmare is finally over. DH found the cat hiding in our house! He spent an hour trying to chase it out. The neighbor came with nets and finally caught him. Tried to put it in the trap but it got away and ran out the front door. Good riddance!
That is a very smug looking cat, he seems quite pleased with himself. Made himself right at home too! Any idea who he belongs to? Maybe he adopted you!
Re: aioli and mayo. I would never have thought of this. Sigh. I don't want to worry about yet another type of food...
WTF to this whole thread. There aren't enough therapists in the world...
@lyse01
My WTF goes out to toddlers everywhere. For the record, I googled and called poison control yesterday when this happened, so I know there's no harm in this, hence the reason it's become a WTF instead of an emergency. Yesterday afternoon, my 17 month old brought me something on his hands to show me that smelled pretty pungent and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I thought it had to be candle wax, since that's what it smelled/had the texture of, but I don't have any candles out. I looked around the house for about 20 minutes but couldn't find anything he'd gotten into and he was acting fine, so I wrote it off as nothing to worry about.
Later that evening, I went to use the downstairs bathroom and happened to glance in the bowl...to discover that the little gel stamp of toilet bowl cleaner that I put in the toilet had been scraped off (about a week old, too). I am normally not a germaphobe at all, but seriously...ew!! I called poison control and checked the website and google and everything says he'll just smell funky for a day but it won't make him sick. But seriously...very little grosses me out. THAT? That grosses me out. These are the joys of a cat who knows how to open doors and who now, apparently, can let the toddler into rooms he's not allowed into. God help me. It's probably something that I'll laugh about in ten years, but last night my only thought was "What in the name of God makes THAT look appetizing??"
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN16G2TT
That is really scary. But incubation period is *typically* 1-10 days but can *rarely* be up to a month. So you're definitely fine!!!!
This is me exactly.
I'm sorry but that's overreaction at its finest.
I guess call this my UO for the week.
Emily Oster's take on Salmonella - icky for everyone but nothing to freak out about just because you're pregnant.
If left to my own devices, I probably would have adopted it. Haha.
I don't notice the competition though. I have 1 friend a month ahead of me and 1 a month behind. I felt a twinge of jealously with the one ahead, very briefly, when she told me she was pregnant only because that cycle she didn't try too hard and still got pregnant haha! But she had been at it longer than me. It was honestly just momentary. We share our ideas and talk about our pregnancies all the time. Now my MIL likes to compare me to her knocked-up 18 year old grand-niece (I would call her DH's niece but we hate his brother and have zero association with them while his Mom does. They are half-siblings from his Dad who passed when DH was a baby. MIL was never married to him or anything. He was an accidental 19 year old pregnancy haha!) which drives me up the wall! I'm almost 30 and this baby was very much planned. This was no mistake. Please don't compare me to someone like her.
Met: 08/2001 ~ Dating: 07/2004 ~ Engaged: 11/2009 ~ Married: 06/2011
TTC: Since 09/16 ~ BFP 10/28/16 ~ EDD 7/5/17
Team Pink * Canadian Bumpie
ETA twinkles are not a food but twinkies are.
I'm not WK'ing. Like I said, I roll my own eyes. It's taken too far. But I understand the underlying sentiment.
the kind of person who can really get caught up in this stuff, and I already have enough stress in my life without worrying over cheese. Plus, whoever thought a pregnant women's cheese should be restricted is crazy!
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019