Sleep issues here as well. I tend to get really tired around 8pm and fall asleep. Then when DH wakes me to actually go to bed of course I can't go back to sleep and I just lay there for hours.
And the hip pain at night has me tossing and turning.
I think everyone had sleep issues :-( TW... My best friend just texted me that she's in the ER with spotting. She's not very far along - due in January. So happy thoughts, prayers... Whatever you do.... Would be much appreciated. :-(
Definitely struggling with sleep. I spent a lot of time in the state in between sleeping and wakefulness. Not great.
Our garage door is broken and needs to be completely replaced. We can muddle through with a broken door, but it gets really hot here in the summer and I can't imagine putting my newborn and toddler into a boiling hot car.
@wineren Prayers for your friend. Please keep us updated!
Sorry I haven't been around much! We're moving at the end of the month, and between that craziness and pregnancy fatigue I just haven't had much energy or extra time.
I'm also having lots of sleep issues. I feel like I'm half awake a lot, baby kicks have started waking me up, and getting and staying comfortable has become a chore. Weirdly enough, I feel like I sleep better when I nap, even if it's in my bed in the exact same positions I would sleep in at night. BUT I'm 26 weeks now, which is actual viability, so I feel pretty great about that!
My glucose test is tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it, even though logically I'm trying to tell myself that most women have no issues with it, or feel better as soon as they've had food afterwards, and that lots of women fail the 1 hour and pass the 3 totally fine.
Things are okay!! The HCG levels came back over 50k but the ER couldn't find a heartbeat and sent her away to follow up in the next few days feeling pretty awful. She called her OB who is luckily located on the hospital campus who told her to come in right then. They found the heartbeat immediately! Obviously there is going to be more follow up. She was already high risk for a variety of other medical reasons. But for now, little bean is there and alive! And I'm literally crying I'm so happy. She's still at the OB so hopefully she'll know more.
Our fridge is in the living room. DH is renovating the kitchen and it's been over a week. We have no water to the sink or dishwasher, and all of our food and dishes are scattered around the house in bins. There's also a film of sawdust on everything. Weeeeeeeeeee.
Cleaned out my fridge today - took out all the food, drawers, and shelves and gave it a good once-over. I love a clean fridge, I just hate doing it... Also got some apple spice oatmeal cookie dough chilling in the fridge normally a fall recipe, but they're so good I couldn't resist :P
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
I did all the dishes and the dishwasher is dirty waiting for DH'S lunch dishes before I press start. He just cooked his lunch. Let's see if all the crap gets cleaned up or if he leaves it on the counter/in sink for me.
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Today I'll be stopping by the daycare facility we've selected to drop off our application and deposit check. In order to fill out the application I wrote down the baby's name on paper for the first time. The fact that we're actually securing a daycare spot and that my child truly has a name...whoa. Shit is getting real.
I just got invited to my first ever sprinkle - for the wife of a friend of my husband. She is pregnant with their second child, a girl, and they already have a 3 year old boy. It's a small last minute thing, so it's happening on Saturday morning. The person organizing said in the email invite that they already have a lot of girl clothes. Any suggestions on what one buys for a gift for a sprinkle if they already have a lot of clothes? It seems like they'd have most of the baby essentials from their first child. The baby is due in a month, so it's possible they've already bought any girl-specific essentials that they didn't already have. I'm thinking some books because you can never have too many, and then something else but I don't know what...thank goodness for Amazon Prime.
I just got invited to my first ever sprinkle - for the wife of a friend of my husband. She is pregnant with their second child, a girl, and they already have a 3 year old boy. It's a small last minute thing, so it's happening on Saturday morning. The person organizing said in the email invite that they already have a lot of girl clothes. Any suggestions on what one buys for a gift for a sprinkle if they already have a lot of clothes? It seems like they'd have most of the baby essentials from their first child. The baby is due in a month, so it's possible they've already bought any girl-specific essentials that they didn't already have. I'm thinking some books because you can never have too many, and then something else but I don't know what...thank goodness for Amazon Prime.
Anything that will actually be useful. Diapers, wipes, swaddle blankets, etc.
@Rhubarb7216 Diapers and wipes! This is what I wish everyone would have gotten us for DS1. I'd probably go for size 1 diapers, since some babies only fit in the newborn size for maybe a week, if at all. When a close friend had her first baby last summer, we had to travel 6h to get there, so we got a couple things from the registry, and then went to WalMart and bought a monster box of diapers. A few months later, she told me it was seriously the best gift, haha.
My random today is that DS had his 18m appt (a month late, because I forgot to schedule it ages ago. Why do the offices only schedule in three month blocks??). And he lost his mind, probably bc he's decided that is his new nap time (but it wasn't when I scheduled the appt, of course). He screamed at the nurse, the weight scale, the exam table, having his clothes removed, his stuffed penguin, me, and extra most especially, the doctor. What a hot mess he was. Thank goodness he didn't get any shots today, or else he might have had a complete meltdown. :sarcasm:
@ColoradoHiker I'm sorry your DS was a hot mess. Hopefully you guys can have a calm afternoon!
My random today is that my nipples have suddenly, seemingly overnight, become a force that cannot be contained. I'm wearing my thickest sports bra, and I stuck some nursing pads in there, and they are still at female super-hero in an 80's era comic book levels of velocity. I'm working out of a coworking space today, and this kid a few desks down can't stop staring, and I almost can't even be mad at him, because they're impressive right now. (But I'm mad at him anyway, because he just irks me in general and I'm always mad at him.)
I just got invited to my first ever sprinkle - for the wife of a friend of my husband. She is pregnant with their second child, a girl, and they already have a 3 year old boy. It's a small last minute thing, so it's happening on Saturday morning. The person organizing said in the email invite that they already have a lot of girl clothes. Any suggestions on what one buys for a gift for a sprinkle if they already have a lot of clothes? It seems like they'd have most of the baby essentials from their first child. The baby is due in a month, so it's possible they've already bought any girl-specific essentials that they didn't already have. I'm thinking some books because you can never have too many, and then something else but I don't know what...thank goodness for Amazon Prime.
I agree w/ diapers and wipes. My co-worker just had a second child, a daughter. She didn't have a shower or a sprinkle, but I bought her a card and a gift certificate to Target. Gift certificates can be a tad impersonal, but at least she can spend it on something practical for baby. As far as books, I'm planning on purchasing this book for my daughter: https://www.amazon.com/B-Sarah-Kay/dp/0316386626/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496857306&sr=8-1&keywords=If+I+should+have+a+daughter+sarah+kay Sarah Kay is a spoken word artist, and this is one of my favorite poems that she has written. For father's day I'm getting my husband Ladybug Girl and her Papa. Our family loves the Ladybug girl series.
@Rhubarb7216 Diapers are always useful, but they might have a registry set up through Bye Bye Baby or Babies R Us for nursery or other items. I would try searching to see if they had a registry. I'm pregnant with my 2nd boy, and I set up a registry, but mostly just so I could keep things straight with what I needed to buy. Even with my 2nd boy though, it's still a lot of stuff I have to get, because DS is still using his nursery, so I have to buy all new bedding and decorations for it. So there might be some useful stuff they registered for if you don't want to do diapers.
@mrs_tacos same. Mine have been like this since I was nursing though so it's not terribly new, but DH always looks at me and raises his eyebrows and says, "Cold in here?" also my left side has started leaking already. Not a lot, just enough to where if I'm not wearing a bra it wets the inside of my shirt just enough so I notice and it's super annoying.
Also, my colostrum has turned back to completely clear now. With the tiniest hint of yellow sometimes but mostly clear. Which is weird because it was still like regular milk and white/yellow a few weeks ago.
So I had my maternity leave meeting yesterday with HR, and I walked away finding out I'm going to be making far less with STD than I thought I was. I have almost no sick leave built up due to 2 miscarriages last year and fertility testing appointments. We're barely going to scrape by with paying our bills. I have a fairly large family, and at Christmas each year, there's typically about 23 people all together that I have to buy presents for when I combine my family and DH's. Is it rude to basically say ahead of time that this year we're only going to buy presents for the 4 children, our nieces and nephews, and we're not going to buy anything for the adults, and to please not buy anything for DH and I? We just seriously can't afford it with me going on maternity leave, and not making my regular paycheck for October and November. I'm not sure how to tactfully inform my family of these plans, but I don't know of anything else we can do to make it through and just be able to afford our bills.
@heatherlynn321 I'm so sorry for the financial trouble leave will cause you. Will you accrue enough to do something with by September? I think you are perfectly in your right to only request giving gifts to the children and not adults! My side of the family does not give gifts to adults - my in laws though would kick and scream if we did not get them gifts. They only have one child though and no other family to receive gifts from. Your family is large enough that the event itself is a gift having everyone together and watching the joy of the children! I hope you can become more confident of your finances during this hard time!
Me: 27 years old DH: 27 years old Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
Married in July 2014
TTC #1 since late Feb 2016
BFP #1 3/29/16 MMC: 5/5/16 BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16 BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17 My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast: Juicebox Podcast Episode 118 A1Cs: 1/12/16 6.7% 5/25/16 6.0% 11/2/16 6.1% 3/22/16 5.8% 4/27/17 5.4% 6/13/17 5.3% "Sugar Fancy Tutu"
@heatherlynn321 I agree with @Sugargirl1019 and think it's a completely reasonable request, especially since you're already thinking about it. That's an easy way to cut a big cost without an impact. I too am worried about the lack of pay during my maternity leave, since I make more than DH.
Okay, so it doesn't seem rude or tacky? That was my main concern. I'll probably still get the parents and in-laws a small framed picture of the baby, but that's it. Any suggestions on tactfully sharing this plan?
Just drank the glucose drink! Luckily, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I feel okay for now, but baby is going wild in there!
I did mine Tuesday morning. I have not gotten the results and it's making me cranky!
I didn't start to feel yucky until around the blood draw time. My doctor was 45 minutes late for my appointment, so I didn't get to eat right after. I was SUPER hangry by the time I got to brunch.
@heatherlynn321 I broached this subject with my brother when my nephew was born. It was basically just a way to save money all around. I didn't have any kids yet, but made it clear that once I did, I only wanted gifts for my kids anyway. Plus, if I was expected to get gifts for him and his wife too, I would have less money to spend on great gifts for my nephew. My mom had a similar arrangement with her sisters, so it was an easy conversation.
With DH's family, the adults decided to do Secret Santa with a $20 price cap. That way, everyone gets a gift, but it doesn't break the bank. We all still bought for my nephew and I assume they will all buy for baby as well.
^^^ A few years ago I pushed for this with DH's family. It's him, his two sisters, and they have two cousins - and they all have spouses. And it spawned a similar thing with his parents and their siblings/spouses, so we do generational secret santa, then everybody buys for our niece/nephew.
I set it up through Elfster. Which I freaking love, because it's free, and as the "host" I can input "NOs" into everyone's random pick-list. So spouses don't get each other, and I never have to buy for either BIL (they are both super picky) :P We set a $50 price cap. Then everyone gets something nice, instead of us scrambling to get something nice for eight people without breaking the bank.
@heatherlynn321 my extended family started doing "kid only" gifts when it felt like things were getting out of control and we were losing sight of the more important things of Christmas. I don't think it's THAT uncommon, but I might be ignorant. DHs family often does a yankee swap or secret santa or just pulls names so the adults have one thing to open and each person buys one gift. This only works though if no one cares about things being "equal". But I thought I'd throw it out there if you're concerned about buying for EVERYONE but you also don't want to go down all the way to no gifts or think they wouldn't respect your position enough to go down to no gifts.
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
Today is my anniversary! I left work 30 minutes early so I could stop and grab a card and a couple scratch tickets( I despise buying them but he loves them) then met hubby at home for some Mommy Daddy time then picked the kids up and went out to eat. I am exhausted and ready for bed that's for sure! Lol
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Re: Weekly Randoms 6/5
I really need a shower. It's so humid and muggy here and I'm constantly greasy
Also, this troll who thinks she can play August and us is super exciting.. but she won't come back to actually play with us.
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
And the hip pain at night has me tossing and turning.
TW...
My best friend just texted me that she's in the ER with spotting. She's not very far along - due in January. So happy thoughts, prayers... Whatever you do.... Would be much appreciated. :-(
Definitely struggling with sleep. I spent a lot of time in the state in between sleeping and wakefulness. Not great.
Our garage door is broken and needs to be completely replaced. We can muddle through with a broken door, but it gets really hot here in the summer and I can't imagine putting my newborn and toddler into a boiling hot car.
Eta: this should probably be my mbf post
Sorry I haven't been around much! We're moving at the end of the month, and between that craziness and pregnancy fatigue I just haven't had much energy or extra time.
I'm also having lots of sleep issues. I feel like I'm half awake a lot, baby kicks have started waking me up, and getting and staying comfortable has become a chore. Weirdly enough, I feel like I sleep better when I nap, even if it's in my bed in the exact same positions I would sleep in at night. BUT I'm 26 weeks now, which is actual viability, so I feel pretty great about that!
+1 on the crappy sleep train.
My glucose test is tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it, even though logically I'm trying to tell myself that most women have no issues with it, or feel better as soon as they've had food afterwards, and that lots of women fail the 1 hour and pass the 3 totally fine.
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
@Sugargirl1019 are you going to start the after dark take two thread?
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
Thank you all so much!!
Things are okay!! The HCG levels came back over 50k but the ER couldn't find a heartbeat and sent her away to follow up in the next few days feeling pretty awful.
She called her OB who is luckily located on the hospital campus who told her to come in right then. They found the heartbeat immediately! Obviously there is going to be more follow up. She was already high risk for a variety of other medical reasons. But for now, little bean is there and alive! And I'm literally crying I'm so happy. She's still at the OB so hopefully she'll know more.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
My kid is so goofy to me. I set down his plate for dinner with a tamale, spanish beans and boiled lima beans. What does he gobble up? Lima beans.
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
My random today is that DS had his 18m appt (a month late, because I forgot to schedule it ages ago. Why do the offices only schedule in three month blocks??). And he lost his mind, probably bc he's decided that is his new nap time (but it wasn't when I scheduled the appt, of course). He screamed at the nurse, the weight scale, the exam table, having his clothes removed, his stuffed penguin, me, and extra most especially, the doctor. What a hot mess he was. Thank goodness he didn't get any shots today, or else he might have had a complete meltdown. :sarcasm:
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
My random today is that my nipples have suddenly, seemingly overnight, become a force that cannot be contained. I'm wearing my thickest sports bra, and I stuck some nursing pads in there, and they are still at female super-hero in an 80's era comic book levels of velocity. I'm working out of a coworking space today, and this kid a few desks down can't stop staring, and I almost can't even be mad at him, because they're impressive right now. (But I'm mad at him anyway, because he just irks me in general and I'm always mad at him.)
As far as books, I'm planning on purchasing this book for my daughter: https://www.amazon.com/B-Sarah-Kay/dp/0316386626/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496857306&sr=8-1&keywords=If+I+should+have+a+daughter+sarah+kay
Sarah Kay is a spoken word artist, and this is one of my favorite poems that she has written. For father's day I'm getting my husband Ladybug Girl and her Papa. Our family loves the Ladybug girl series.
Also, my colostrum has turned back to completely clear now. With the tiniest hint of yellow sometimes but mostly clear. Which is weird because it was still like regular milk and white/yellow a few weeks ago.
I think you are perfectly in your right to only request giving gifts to the children and not adults!
My side of the family does not give gifts to adults - my in laws though would kick and scream if we did not get them gifts. They only have one child though and no other family to receive gifts from.
Your family is large enough that the event itself is a gift having everyone together and watching the joy of the children! I hope you can become more confident of your finances during this hard time!
Type 1 Diabetes since 2001, MTHFR hetero A1298T
Dogs: Raider 4 yrs, Dex 4 yrs
BFP #2 7/6/16 SCH, D&C 8/4/16
BFP #3 12/26/16 EDD: 9/6/17
My Chart / My Diabetes/Pregnancy Blog
My Type 1/TTC/Pregnancy Podcast:
Juicebox Podcast Episode 118
A1Cs:
1/12/16 6.7%
5/25/16 6.0%
11/2/16 6.1%
3/22/16 5.8%
4/27/17 5.4%
6/13/17 5.3%
"Sugar Fancy Tutu"
I too am worried about the lack of pay during my maternity leave, since I make more than DH.
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
I didn't start to feel yucky until around the blood draw time. My doctor was 45 minutes late for my appointment, so I didn't get to eat right after. I was SUPER hangry by the time I got to brunch.
With DH's family, the adults decided to do Secret Santa with a $20 price cap. That way, everyone gets a gift, but it doesn't break the bank. We all still bought for my nephew and I assume they will all buy for baby as well.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
I set it up through Elfster. Which I freaking love, because it's free, and as the "host" I can input "NOs" into everyone's random pick-list. So spouses don't get each other, and I never have to buy for either BIL (they are both super picky) :P We set a $50 price cap. Then everyone gets something nice, instead of us scrambling to get something nice for eight people without breaking the bank.
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019