DH is feeling frisky...last night and this morning it was a struggle to get him to leave me alone. I am using every pregnancy-related excuse I can think of. I really don't want him anywhere near my downstairs region.
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
@star_beagle dyyyying.that's so funny. @AdaByron I heard a lot on those instant pots but could never see myself using one. I think it's the fact that u tried, it's ok that it's still in the box lol
My fffc is that I'm super over being pregnant. This has probably come up before but I was really thinking this would be a magical time - baaaahahahahha who was a kidding?
Unsolved mysteries is on amazon prime and I binge watched it all day yesterday. It spooked me so badly (despite the dated cheesiness) I couldn't sleep last night, I had to leave the light on all night.
There have been a couple times at work when I've had bad stomach cramps that I know are just me needing to poop. But people assume I'm uncomfortable because of contractions or baby related reasons, and I never correct them. It'd be super awkward to say that I need to poop, plus people tend to leave me alone or get me water this way. No shame in my game.
My FFFC is that this pregnancy has been awful, between day/night morning sickness from 5 weeks to 22 weeks, from migraines nonstop the entire pregnancy, to now carpal tunnel.....but it's dawning on me this is my last pregnancy AND I'm so sad now?!?!?! I'm so emotional over it!!!! I wish this pregnancy would have been kinder to me, but I'm really trying to enjoy the last 8 weeks. I need some pretty pictures of me taken, and some with my son and husband.
2nd FFFC: DS is 20 months old and we still don't have a family picture(other than shitty ones people have randomly taken of us opening gifts a xmas for example)!!!!!! It's killing me!!! We need a pic of the 3 of us! Ugh. Why is time flying so fast.
FFFC: I found out I was anemic yesterday and I may have used it (read: milked it) when my mom was asking me when we would be going over to see them again (they live an hour away). Told her I was tired all the time and just don't have to energy to go anywhere because of it. And although I do feel tired I don't know that the anemia is actually to blame and I could muster the energy to go if I really wanted to. My family stressed me out the last time I was there and that's the real reason I don't want to go back. Plus I've been going to my in-laws most days...sorry mom.
BFP May 2013 - MMC at 8 weeks BFP September 2013 - MMC at 12 weeks BFP February 2014 - early loss/CP at 4.5 weeks BFP May 2014 - MMC/ complete molar pregnancy at 11 weeks BFP December 2015 - DD born 8/18/2015 BFP November 2016 - pending...
Yes to over being pregnant. I'm stick of the belly and miss my old clothes. I'm done with non-alcoholic wine. So done. I'm questioning if I'll make it another nine weeks. I hate the saying, "It's only nine months." It's a lot easier to say that when you're not living it.
My FFFC is that I can't seem to put together the Rock and Play. Why is this so hard??????
@LoveLee85 I think I may have agreed with you before on the same issues with this being my last pregnancy too. I feel the exact same way. I guess we were too naive going into this pregnancy. I pictured myself basking in all my pregnancy glow, working out and eating healthy. Being super happy because we really wanted this last pregnancy to be awesome and to complete our family. Ugh... 8 more weeks here too. One day at a time.
Why couldn't I have my rainbows and unicorn dream pregnancy! Le sigh....
My FFFC is that I plan on doing as little work as possible today because I'm tired and just in a foul mood for some reason.
ETA: Rainbow and unicorn dream pregnancy over here! Flame away ladies! (There is no way in hell I'm expecting my next one to be anything like this. I will be bracing for the complete opposite haha!)
@star_beagle I'm the frisky one this pregnancy...like 24/7. But I'm also nauseous (nauseated..?) 24/7-so it keeps things interesting.
FFFC I'm that mom that never brings anything with her. Took DS to the trampoline park with 5 other moms and babies and they all have these massive diaper bags filled with god knows what.. DS jumps for 2 hours and is begging for water. All the other moms run to their diaper bags to get their kids water while I'm holding mine up to the water fountain next to the bathroom. Then the other moms pulls snacks out and he looks like a begger asking for their food. Whatever, he has a water bottle, actually several, and snacks in my car just not inside with us..
1. I can't ride a bike unless my feet touch the ground.. I just can't. I'm scared of using brakes only. 2. I love being pregnant, I'm kind of sad that it's ending soon.. 3. In my first trimester I skipped out on going to meet MIL twice said I wasn't feeling too well although I felt totally fine...
My dream would be to be pregnant but not gain weight and still drink a lot of wine. A girl can dream, right?
I have managed to eat healthy and workout daily, but it's a struggle. One I'm seriously loosing patience with. I'm also worried about how high my anxiety levels have been as I know my stress can affect the baby.
So, I've been having inconsistent contractions all week. Last night they were timetable (7 minutes apart, for over an hour - NBD to me) - I also lost a good sized chunk of my MP (NO photos - ew). Well, that freaked DH out (past 2 pregnancies when I've lost my MP labor started within a few weeks - RCS isn't until 6/27... so a bit early).
DH called MIL to see if she could watch our kiddos while he went to work. She can, so cool. She got the kids at 11 this morning. It's now noon and I'm sipping on my Starbucks enjoying my pedicure. Plan on getting lunch to go from somewhere and taking a nap.
@Poppyseed72017 yes...so naïve! Thinking I would have two great back to back pregnancies?! Not in the cards for me. Lol. My sons wasn't perfect by any means....but I was able to workout and enjoy it 90% of the time.
@stokesm21 enjoy it...I wasn't so lucky the second time around the pregnancy train! Lol No flames.
FFFC: Today I told DH to put a reminder in his calendar about Mother's Day for next year. And I gave him some pretty clear instructions, too.
Mother's Day is not as big a holiday in his home country as it is here, so I know he wouldn't think about it or know what to do if I didn't provide some... guidance. I'm just telling myself it's good that I know myself well enough to know I would be super disappointed if he didn't do anything for it, so it's in everyone's best interest if I go ahead and tell him what to do, right?!
...And I just realized this means I have to think of something for Father's Day.
DH is obsessed with getting the perfect green lawn and we have quite a few dead spots. It's still early and I'm sure it will green up but he won't stop obsessing and thinks we need to put down new seed in those spots or dig them up and put new sod. He made me take a pic last week so he could compare and see if it is getting better or not. Since a green lawn is number 73636383 on my priority list at the moment I photoshopped the picture to add more brown so it looks like there has been a big improvement and he will shut the hell up about it.
So we are at the beach this week, and driving back to the hotel last night I got a huge craving for fudge. I haven't really had any real cravings, but ever since we got back to the hotel it was all I could think about, but it was raining and DH promptly fell asleep. Around 845, I woke him up tell him we are going out to find fudge... Walked 6 blocks of boardwalk and everything was closed. So I said lets get in the car! Drove 50 blocks and finally found an open Candy Kitchen on the main drag. I bought 3 lb of fudge, obv, since it was buy 2 get 1 free. On the way back to the hotel, I insisted on stopping for ice cream, too.
Guess what, never touched the fudge!
Highly monitored internet and no cell service in the office, so I'm postin' and ghostin' while I'm workin'
I keep my period tracker alerts on so I can have a mini celebration every time I hit ignore when one of those "your period is due in 1 day" notifications pops up. 198 days late and loving it.
I have never enjoyed being pregnant. The only thing I find enjoyable about it is the fact that DH looks at me like I'm a f---ing walking miracle. I'm going to miss that. But everything else sucks.
The only thing I use my InstantPot for is to make hard boiled eggs because they come out perfect every time with very little effort.
I had the day off today, and I binge watched an entire season of Ru Paul's Drag Race. No regrets.
Also, I confess to being a unicorn. Almost zero MS, very few symptoms, kind of boring so far. I give you permission to hate me. And I am sure my next pregnancy will more than make up for this one.
@lanie1000 not getting my period is one of my favorite parts of being pregnant! I'll pay for it later with postpartum bleeding, I'm sure, but I'm enjoying it now!
TTC history in spoiler
Me: 31 Him: 37 Married: Oct 2015 Baby G born June 2017 TTC#2: July 2018 BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19 BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
@Twinkiedoll I'm sure you already have a rice cooker so it doesn't matter but! I never did (as an adult on my own). I've only ever cooked rice on the stove top - but then I got an instant pot and figured out how to make rice and now I get rice cooker rice in about 20 min flat - love it! But beyond that, it's pretty much just hard boiled eggs for me too.
+1 on the hating pregnancy part although so far I'm doing way better this time around - I'm being way more proactive about symptoms because I kind of know what to expect/look out for I think.
Also, I confess to being a unicorn. Almost zero MS, very few symptoms, kind of boring so far. I give you permission to hate me. And I am sure my next pregnancy will more than make up for this one.
Oh I hope your next one is the same as this one! This is how my first pregnancy was. I felt and looked amazing all the time, no symptoms, slept like a baby every night. This time, complete opposite!! All day nausea since day 1, now 30weeks.
Re: FFFC May 12
@AdaByron I heard a lot on those instant pots but could never see myself using one. I think it's the fact that u tried, it's ok that it's still in the box lol
My fffc is that I'm super over being pregnant. This has probably come up before but I was really thinking this would be a magical time - baaaahahahahha who was a kidding?
Highly monitored internet and no cell service in the office, so I'm postin' and ghostin' while I'm workin'
ETA our instapot is still in box too @AdaByron
2nd FFFC: DS is 20 months old and we still don't have a family picture(other than shitty ones people have randomly taken of us opening gifts a xmas for example)!!!!!! It's killing me!!! We need a pic of the 3 of us! Ugh. Why is time flying so fast.
BFP September 2013 - MMC at 12 weeks
BFP February 2014 - early loss/CP at 4.5 weeks
BFP May 2014 - MMC/ complete molar pregnancy at 11 weeks
BFP December 2015 - DD born 8/18/2015
BFP November 2016 - pending...
My FFFC is that I can't seem to put together the Rock and Play. Why is this so hard??????
Married 8 years - Aug 23/08
DD - 6 years old, March 17/11
#2 due July 19th! (It's a boy!)
Why couldn't I have my rainbows and unicorn dream pregnancy! Le sigh....
ETA: Rainbow and unicorn dream pregnancy over here! Flame away ladies!
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
FFFC I'm that mom that never brings anything with her. Took DS to the trampoline park with 5 other moms and babies and they all have these massive diaper bags filled with god knows what.. DS jumps for 2 hours and is begging for water. All the other moms run to their diaper bags to get their kids water while I'm holding mine up to the water fountain next to the bathroom. Then the other moms pulls snacks out and he looks like a begger asking for their food. Whatever, he has a water bottle, actually several, and snacks in my car just not inside with us..
1. I can't ride a bike unless my feet touch the ground.. I just can't. I'm scared of using brakes only.
2. I love being pregnant, I'm kind of sad that it's ending soon..
3. In my first trimester I skipped out on going to meet MIL twice said I wasn't feeling too well although I felt totally fine...
I have managed to eat healthy and workout daily, but it's a struggle. One I'm seriously loosing patience with. I'm also worried about how high my anxiety levels have been as I know my stress can affect the baby.
DH called MIL to see if she could watch our kiddos while he went to work. She can, so cool. She got the kids at 11 this morning. It's now noon and I'm sipping on my Starbucks enjoying my pedicure. Plan on getting lunch to go from somewhere and taking a nap.
Oh, and those contractions? Gone.
my happy boy
@stokesm21 enjoy it...I wasn't so lucky the second time around the pregnancy train! Lol No flames.
Mother's Day is not as big a holiday in his home country as it is here, so I know he wouldn't think about it or know what to do if I didn't provide some... guidance. I'm just telling myself it's good that I know myself well enough to know I would be super disappointed if he didn't do anything for it, so it's in everyone's best interest if I go ahead and tell him what to do, right?!
...And I just realized this means I have to think of something for Father's Day.
On the way back to the hotel, I insisted on stopping for ice cream, too.
Guess what, never touched the fudge!
Highly monitored internet and no cell service in the office, so I'm postin' and ghostin' while I'm workin'
The only thing I use my InstantPot for is to make hard boiled eggs because they come out perfect every time with very little effort.
Also, I confess to being a unicorn. Almost zero MS, very few symptoms, kind of boring so far. I give you permission to hate me. And I am sure my next pregnancy will more than make up for this one.
Married: Oct 2015
Baby G born June 2017
TTC#2: July 2018
BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19
BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
But beyond that, it's pretty much just hard boiled eggs for me too.
+1 on the hating pregnancy part although so far I'm doing way better this time around - I'm being way more proactive about symptoms because I kind of know what to expect/look out for I think.