It's Friday and I'm so excited. I have an U/S today, DH is coming home early to go to the apt. with me, we move out of our apartment Monday so I'll be dog free for 2-3 weeks while they're at a pet sitters (not allowed in hotel). And we get reimbursed for food expenses while living in the hotel so I won't have to cook.
I did have wardrobe problems this morning. I went to wear maternity pants with a long t shirt. The pants I have are too tight in the thighs but big in the waist and the shirt was sticking to the butt of my pants and pulling the shirt back. I changed into a dress but had to shave my legs last minute.
@bcashaw you should agree with DH that you won't tell them baby is born until afterwards and then let them know when you're ready for visitors! 20 is way to many! Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you want dh in the room? I really needed my dh's support and t was also good for him to see how much pain I went through.
And for people talking about maternity clothes... As for maternity clothes... wear them! They are so so so comfortable!
@TeacherMama7 DH is a high stress and anxious person. Which is fine for our day to day life, but he does have the tendency to react quickly and make stressful situations worse by saying/doing the wrong thing. Plus I am so tuned into him that I can really pick up in how he's feeling and I know he's already anxious about my birth plan and I worry that having him in the room will not be calming for me (( as much as I know he would try his best to be supportive and what I needed at the time) I would be so stressed thinking that he was stressed. Not ideal for anyone.
Flat out yelled at a kindergartner today. I'm subbing for the technology class and one kid was pulling on a monitor after being told to get in line. He wouldn't listen to his class aide and almost knocked the monitor over. I put on my mean face, yelled a bit, and he got in line. After he said he loved me and wanted to marry me.
I don't understand why kindergartners need a technology class.
I mentioned our name choice to my boss today since I knew it was also her grandson's name, a coworker overheard us and said... "wow that's, umm an interesting choice"
@BayCamp sometimes I'm actually impressed with the lack of tact people have.
ITS MOVING DAY! So hated packing, so not looking forward to unpacking but excited to be in our new place. So much more room! And a nursery :heart eye emoji:
Just realized my temporary office mates are both out of the office today and I have the entire office to myself today without the constant chatter, in my face blatant facebook surfing/amazon shopping/hotel booking/anything but work nonsense. And I am all like this
Just realized the milk I bought this week that expires June 1 is bad. I got sick Thursday morning but thought it was rouge morning sickness (15 weeks and haven't had any) but I took a sip of milk with dinner, it tasted funny so I dumped it. Still threw up all over the place. Thankfully it's a one and done thing and it's much better than actual food poisoning.
@jess0211 I know! Normally I buy organic milk but since we move in a few days I didn't want a whole gallon and a quart of milk was only available in this one brand. DH was a trooper and cleaned it up for me. I was on the toilet but didn't have a bucket to puke in. Thankfully Korean bathrooms are basically a giant shower with a sink and toilet so it's fairly easy to clean haha.
eta: Also thankful that we had a quickie before my OB apt because DH definitely isn't in the mood now.
Feminist rant: To get into my work building, you pretty much have to go through airport security. I forgot my badge today and had to get a temp, but there was this man taking a very long time at the desk. Whatever company he was meeting with wasn't ready for him for another hour. The security officer (they are all legit cops) told him he needed to leave and come back later. He hardcore argued with her until a male officer stepped in and told him to leave. This is absurd to me. She is dressed just the same as her male counterpart and told you the exact same thing, and she has a GUN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO HER.
2 days in a row we've had stories in the news of people getting in accidents after hitting large gators. One flipped a car on the interstate, the other threw a rider from his motorcycle. Mating season during crazy drought conditions is getting interesting!
@bcashaw It's where you meet with a midwife and a group of women who have the same birth month as you, and everyone gets a brief personal meeting with the midwife, but the majority of the time (2 hour meeting) is spent on group education and discussion. That's my understanding anyway. My midwife offered it to me as an alternative to one on one appointents until the third tri where I would have an individual appointment every other time.
@ooodalollly One or two of my later appointments will be this way, in a group. All OB or midwife patients at my clinic do this. I haven't heard more about it yet, but it's run by the 3 'general' clinic nurses, not my OBs nurse. I like my OBs nurse so I was a little annoyed by this, but they just mentioned it at my intake when I was already overwhelmed with info. Maybe it'll be fun? I'll be optimistic.
Pregnancy brain is hitting me really hard lately!! Yesterday, I had to bring DS1 to his baseball game and I had all the others in tow. I made sure DS1 had all of his baseball gear. I made sure everyone was fed and sunblocked, had lots of water, snacks, and things to keep them busy during the game. I started the car with the AC. I got all of the bigger kids into the car and then carried the baby to the car and double checked everything I needed. I got into the car, drove halfway down the street and realized I FORGOT SHOES for me!! Not for a kid or the baby, but for me!! I had to run back to get shoes while the kids giggled. My brain really needs to be able to function!
@ooodalollly that sounds really cool. We do one on ones and it's nice because it kind of feels like a very short therapy session. You sit on a couch a they ask you how you're feeling emotionally and physically and I feel like they really listen. But I'd like the group setting as well.
Hiring movers was the best thing ever. I can't even with how amazing they are. Took one look at our mess of stuff and just nodded and got started. Incredible.
So I got a fetal heart rate sound thing (called a wusic: womb music) from my MIL and it freaks my DH out. I keep playing with it and he tells me it's not ok to listen in because what if there's no heartbeat suddenly and it would bother him.
Sometimes my stomach is rock hard and other times it's all giggly (still some left over chub from DD2 ). I don't like it. Stay hard. I'm pregnant, not fat.
I think I'm going to give centering a shot. They said I could switch back to one-on-ones if I didn't like it, but most women love it. I just struggle with some social anxiety so I'm nervous! I'm sure it will end up being really fun though.
@ooodalollly do it! My sister did it in Minneapolis and had an amazing experience. You get to learn because they have monthly topics that they teach, in addition to hearing answers to the questions other women asked. She absolutely loved it! I wish we had it here!
@DuchessOfCambridge my husbands company paid for movers and packers for our last move and it was aaaaaaaamazing! So nice!
@bcashaw have you guys been through labor before? I ask, because my dH is the same. He frequently overreacts and gets stressed out in tense situations. Once he accidentally dropped a table leaf on my finger and hurt me, and he started freaking out over it, "how could I have done that? Oh my gosh, I think it's broken, you are going to lose your nail!" He made that situation way worse based on his reaction. However, in labor he was way different because he had a job to do. He would get me what I needed, pass information along to my parents and sister and his mom, and held my leg and coached me with pushing. I was so happy with how it all worked out.
I bought too much milk and I don't know what to do with it. Ds does drink a lot of milk but i accidentally got an extra gallon and forgot we had a gallon at home plus a half gallon. And my aunt and uncle are coming to visit, so I got milk for them. I guessed they'd like skim, but they like 2 percent and lactose free. So now I will have three half gallons and two full gallons of milk, on our refrigerator.
@TeacherMama7 If they're in plastic bottles I've known people that have frozen milk before. I'd google it first because I think you need to remove some for the water content to expand. Also not sure if it works with cartons of milk.
@TeacherMama7 you can definitely freeze milk the texture changes a little so we only use frozen milk for cooking.
This may be TMI but apparently DH has been holding back on the loving, even though he knows the doctor said it's totally ok, he is paranoid about hurting me! LOL! Apparently the womanliness (is that a word? I'm gonna use it) of being pregnant is a huge turn on for him, he thought I might find that weird hahaha.
A family I know just adopted their second baby girl and I'm so excited for them! I used to have their 1st in my daycare class and occasionally babysat her on the weekends. It was exactly a week from the time they found out a mom chose them until the day they brought baby home from the hospital! Apparently the lady didn't know she was pregnant... The last time they adopted it took years and 2 failed adoptions so this was so wonderful for them! I'm considering nannying her kids after I have the baby instead of going back to the post office.
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I did have wardrobe problems this morning. I went to wear maternity pants with a long t shirt. The pants I have are too tight in the thighs but big in the waist and the shirt was sticking to the butt of my pants and pulling the shirt back. I changed into a dress but had to shave my legs last minute.
TTC since August 2018
And for people talking about maternity clothes...
As for maternity clothes... wear them! They are so so so comfortable!
I would be so stressed thinking that he was stressed.
Not ideal for anyone.
I don't understand why kindergartners need a technology class.
TTC since August 2018
ITS MOVING DAY! So hated packing, so not looking forward to unpacking but excited to be in our new place. So much more room! And a nursery :heart eye emoji:
TTC since August 2018
eta: Also thankful that we had a quickie before my OB apt because DH definitely isn't in the mood now.
TTC since August 2018
Married: 11/2013
"Q" DS1: 3/2011
"T" DS2: 10/2012
"A" DD: 1/2014
EDD #4: 11/26/2017
ETA: Is there a better board for this question that I'm not thinking of?
@DuchessOfCambridge my husbands company paid for movers and packers for our last move and it was aaaaaaaamazing! So nice!
@bcashaw have you guys been through labor before? I ask, because my dH is the same. He frequently overreacts and gets stressed out in tense situations. Once he accidentally dropped a table leaf on my finger and hurt me, and he started freaking out over it, "how could I have done that? Oh my gosh, I think it's broken, you are going to lose your nail!" He made that situation way worse based on his reaction. However, in labor he was way different because he had a job to do. He would get me what I needed, pass information along to my parents and sister and his mom, and held my leg and coached me with pushing. I was so happy with how it all worked out.
TTC since August 2018
This may be TMI but apparently DH has been holding back on the loving, even though he knows the doctor said it's totally ok, he is paranoid about hurting me! LOL! Apparently the womanliness (is that a word? I'm gonna use it) of being pregnant is a huge turn on for him, he thought I might find that weird hahaha.