If we walk our dog in the woods we don't pick up her poop (unless she poops ON the trail). Provide all the dog pop bags and signs you want, but we're in the woods, so...
DD1 won't stop asking how the baby got in my tummy. So I told her bc mommy
and daddy love each other God put it in there. That wasn't good enough "but HOW?!"
So now it has turned into God being Santa Claus and coming in the middle
of the night and using a magic wand to open my tummy and put her in
there. Poor thing is going to be so confused in life. this is flameful bc i dont know how to mom clearly, just spin a bigger web of lies.
i cringe every time i see the phrases "i am just fertile" or "H has super sperm" and i don't give love tits. especially on a forum like this where there are a lot of women that struggled TTC it is just insensitive. but also IRL you dont know what other people are going through. just say "we were lucky enough on the first try."
disclaimer: i dont think anyone is trying to be hurtful, but something to be mindful of.
i cringe every time i see the phrases "i am just fertile" or "H has super sperm" and i don't give love tits. especially on a forum like this where there are a lot of women that struggled TTC it is just insensitive. but also IRL you dont know what other people are going through. just say "we were lucky enough on the first try."
disclaimer: i dont think anyone is trying to be hurtful, but something to be mindful of.
YES!!!!!!!! A few cringeworthy ones in the "Your Conception Story" thread. This was me.
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((Hugs)) for this @carries2018 I feel stupid for being bothered by those comments but I am, a little bit.
I'm 13 weeks today, and even though TB says I'm not in my second tri til next week, I have decided today actually starts it. It's exactly 3 months since my LMP and the second tri is much more fun than the first. Andplusalso- I ate my ENTIRE dinner two days ago and didn't feel a hint of nausea, and was HUNGRY all day yesterday, and I woke up today with ENERGY what's that???
@carries2018 Meh, she'll be fine! Chances are she'll either forget about it in 5 mins or will get you back by repeating it to someone you don't know well.
My parents totally used to spin up stuff when I was a kid. My dad used to tell me there was alligators under my bed so I wouldn't get out of my bed at night. 100% sure this wasn't what made me a weirdo.
@carries2018 My favorite nurse at my RE's clinic had her 10 year old daughter in one day when we were there, and when she was taking my blood we started chatting about it. She was like, yeah when my daughter asked me how babies are made, I said "Mommy makes them at her office."
@carries2018 this. I know the intentions aren't to harm but if I see someone say something like this I immediately judge them for being insensitive. Like great, you get pregnant by looking at your SO. Congrats that you are fertile and that some of us are incompetent. And compared to some people it didn't take that long for us to conceive so I can only imagine how it feels to hear that for someone who has tried for years and years.
@bluejeanbabi05 I don't even know when the second tri starts. I've heard/seen different opinions. Is it 12 weeks? 13? 14? Whatever you want it to be, apparently.
I loved Ed Sheeren's current song until someone told me about the YouTube video that shows it is exactly right for the Teletubbies intro. Now that's all I can think about.
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DH ate my pop tarts. I'm going to buy another box today and leave them at work so he can't eat these too. To be clear, he ate two and I ate two. But they're mine. And he's "supposed" to be on a diet. He tells me if it's in the house he can't help it. UH YES YOU CAN. So since he wants to claim that he has ZERO self-control I have to decided to eliminate the temptation all together and just leave my pop tarts at work. I am not sorry.
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@bluejeanbabi05 I always vote 13 weeks 2nd tri....the sooner the better right?
@carries2018 I had the discussion with a 2 year old last night that there isn't a baby in her or dad's tummy, but only in mommy's. She's got the confused look down pat now.
FFFC: I believe in alien life. (Not intelligent alien life, per se. I don't think they will find us or us them in our lifetimes.)
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FFFC: I believe in alien life. (Not intelligent alien life, per se. I don't think they will find us or us them in our lifetimes.)
This is a good one! I 100% believe this. I actually think it's arrogant to think we're the only living things in the universe. The amount of planets just in our galaxy is incredible, not to mention the many many other galaxies.
I also think that investing in space technologies and research is important. That may be because I'm a giant sci-fi nerd, though.
i am not inviting DD2s class to her birthday party. apparently that is the thing to do now. but i already have 20 kids and 30 adults coming. i dont even have room for those people let alone the class. and by accident told a mom about the party, so they will all know i am "that mom" that doesnt include people.
@carries2018 that reminds me. It's a thing down here now in public schools that kids can only bring in store-bought cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc. for things like birthdays, etc. Nothing made at home. Is that the same everywhere now? Definitely wasn't the case when I was growing up, and my mom teaches at a Catholic school where they dgaf about what the public schools do. But my friends with kids in public school here always complain about it.
@bluejeanbabi05 we can bring homemade but they have to be made out of cardboard. no nuts, no gluten, no dairy, no flavor, no soul. or something like that.
@dumbledoredies Who killed JFK? Was the moon landing real? Is Elvis really alive? Area 51? I'm not really sure what I believe? Some things I think are silly but some have merit. Like area 51, I really believe something happened and the government has it covered to protect the world from mass hysteria. JFK, I'm not sure on, It all seemed suspicious and the theories seem valid.
i enjoy conspiracy theories, and i have a few i believe in...or at least part of it. but there is a point when it clearly becomes fiction. Elvis is dead people.
@bluejeanbabi05 Do you think the WKs have disappeared or just finally figured it out?
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@jessafishy I think there are a few who really really want to WK but their leader did a quiet GBCB after the circumcision debacle. (Or is that just me hoping?)
oh she will be back, she has more lessons to teach us on how to be the perfect parent. i need to learn about how vaxing my kids will surely make them grow a second head.
Speaking of WKs, GBCBs and such, is anyone a member of The Bat Signal and can accept people to the group? I used to have access with old SN and want to relive some of the stories.
I guess that means my FFFC is that I may have been one of the obnoxious ones in the conception story. Oops. I mentioned that it took 3 weeks after my Mirena was removed. BUT, I really only mentioned it because we were pleasantly surprised it took such little time. DD's conception story is much longer and was much harder. I definitely wouldn't post about it not taking long this time to brag or make people feel bad, because I know how tough negative tests month after month after month can be. I was FULLY prepared for a year or more of trying. Soooo....
On a less serious note. My FFFC is that I plan on doing nothing around the house today. We are going to pick up lunch (probably some unhealthy fast food), then go to a friend's house for some adult conversation/play time for our kids, for the majority of the afternoon. I am making Fajitas and homemade guacamole for dinner though! Because...
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I guess that means my FFFC is that I may have been one of the obnoxious ones in the conception story. Oops. I mentioned that it took 3 weeks after my Mirena was removed. BUT, I really only mentioned it because we were pleasantly surprised it took such little time. DD's conception story is much longer and was much harder. I definitely wouldn't post about it not taking long this time to brag or make people feel bad, because I know how tough negative tests month after month after month can be. I was FULLY prepared for a year or more of trying. Soooo....
On a less serious note. My FFFC is that I plan on doing nothing around the house today. We are going to pick up lunch (probably some unhealthy fast food), then go to a friend's house for some adult conversation/play time for our kids, for the majority of the afternoon. I am making Fajitas and homemade guacamole for dinner though! Because...
Ive just edited mine because i didnt mean for it to sound as if i do not care for others people's struggle. You're not alone.
(i went through that struggle with 1st husband so i should ve thought about it, my apologies to people i irritated)
Speaking of WKs, GBCBs and such, is anyone a member of The Bat Signal and can accept people to the group? I used to have access with old SN and want to relive some of the stories.
I'm a member of Drama llama, but it was a miracle they accepted me and I have nothing resembling pull there.
Maybe one day in the future we can form an oct shit talk group
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Fun Fact: DH contacted me after I gave him my number via a text that said "Hey, saw this number on a bathroom stall. It said call for a good time."
He's such a charmer.
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Re: FFFC (4/7)
Baby Boy due October 2017
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disclaimer: i dont think anyone is trying to be hurtful, but something to be mindful of.
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
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I'm 13 weeks today, and even though TB says I'm not in my second tri til next week, I have decided today actually starts it. It's exactly 3 months since my LMP and the second tri is much more fun than the first. Andplusalso- I ate my ENTIRE dinner two days ago and didn't feel a hint of nausea, and was HUNGRY all day yesterday, and I woke up today with ENERGY what's that???
My parents totally used to spin up stuff when I was a kid. My dad used to tell me there was alligators under my bed so I wouldn't get out of my bed at night. 100% sure this wasn't what made me a weirdo.
BOOM.
@bluejeanbabi05 I don't even know when the second tri starts. I've heard/seen different opinions. Is it 12 weeks? 13? 14? Whatever you want it to be, apparently.
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BFP: 2/6/2017
Due Date: 10/13/17
@bluejeanbabi05 I always vote 13 weeks 2nd tri....the sooner the better right?
@carries2018 I had the discussion with a 2 year old last night that there isn't a baby in her or dad's tummy, but only in mommy's. She's got the confused look down pat now.
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I also think that investing in space technologies and research is important. That may be because I'm a giant sci-fi nerd, though.
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@dumbledoredies Who killed JFK? Was the moon landing real? Is Elvis really alive? Area 51? I'm not really sure what I believe? Some things I think are silly but some have merit. Like area 51, I really believe something happened and the government has it covered to protect the world from mass hysteria. JFK, I'm not sure on, It all seemed suspicious and the theories seem valid.
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Soooo....
On a less serious note. My FFFC is that I plan on doing nothing around the house today. We are going to pick up lunch (probably some unhealthy fast food), then go to a friend's house for some adult conversation/play time for our kids, for the majority of the afternoon. I am making Fajitas and homemade guacamole for dinner though! Because...
Also- what is a WK?
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(i went through that struggle with 1st husband so i should ve thought about it, my apologies to people i irritated)
Maybe one day in the future we can form an oct shit talk group
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He's such a charmer.
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