FFFC 06-16

anewadventure · June 2017

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i mean, not every day can be as interesting as yesterday, but one can hope...

as always, not guaranteed to be flame-free.

GraysonsMama · June 2017

Ok something a little less contentious today

I can't stand the Bachelor\Bachelorette or any of the Real Housewives shows. I do love me some Teen Mom, MasterChef, and Big Brother though.

Kirss · June 2017

I really could go for a drink after the crap week I had. I found this snippet and I really want to test the theory, just for this week.
"A British study claims that drinking up to seven glasses of wine a week whilepregnant won't cause harm. Pregnant women can drink up to one glass of wine a day without harming their child's neurodevelopment, a new British study claims."

ameliabedelia-2 · June 2017

I shat myself in the car yesterday. I had terrible stomach issues with DD and they are ten times worse with this one. It doesn't help I am on Fioricet that has caffeine in it. I was in bumper bumper traffic and literally lost control of my bowels. I had to pull into a parking lot and strip down and use baby wipes to try and clean up. I drove home with only a shirt on. I was weeping and completely mortified, just praying that no cops or nosy passerbys came to see what I was doing. I can truly say with no hesitation, I hate being pregnant. Happy Friday guys, have a good laugh at my expense!!!!

peachy13 · June 2017

I kind of got into a fight with an old lady today. I was crossing the street and had the right of way (light had just switched from walk walking guy to orange flashing hand), and in my peripheral, to my 8 o'clock, I see a sedan trying to take a sharp and fast right turn over the crosswalk. The car came to a sudden stop since I was walking and laid on the horn. I turned around mamabearmode with evil in my eyes and before registering the driver, I pointed at the blinking hand signal and yelled "do you see that?!!!!" And then I realized it was a tiny old lady driving, head barely over the steering wheel, with a handicap pass dangling from her rear view. OMG. I would have felt bad but then she start wagging her finger at me like I was wrong, and like I'm an idiot just crossing the street as I please. Now thinking back, she may have thought it was a do not walk signal and possibly couldn't see the blinking-ness of the blinking hand. I don't want to be a total jerk and confess that I don't trust old people drivers, but I mean, some of them just really shouldn't be out there.

Kirss · June 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 I'm so sorry that happened to you!! I'm not laughing, that really sucks. That almost happened to me when I wasn't pregnant, horrible traffic, and I took a sip of old coffee in the car. I had to pull off in a seedy gas station.

MJDsquared · June 2017

This is super boring, but... I pretty much never take public transportation, but I kind of want to when I'm showing just so people have to move for me. Lol. (Or so if they don't move for me I can just bitch about it, I guess.)

speach13 · June 2017

@Kirss I have witnessed what alcohol consumption during pregnancy can do to a developing fetus. Not to mention the effects that last wel into adulthood. I don't care if the AAP came out with a million dollar study deeming alcohol safe, I still wouldn't take that risk. Sorry you had a crap week and I hope it gets better for you.

I second that I can't stand the bachelor/bachelorette/any spin off. I have never watched an episode.

My FFFC: I love the drama that has taken over the board this week. I die at all the hilarious gifs, clap backs, and well worded replies some of you
ladies make. I was a dirty lurker and felt I had nothing to contribute that hadn't already been said.

MJDsquared · June 2017

@GraysonsMama I don't really watch reality TV (except some Food Network shows with standalone episodes like Chopped, which are fine but I don't love), but at one point I loved Real Housewives of the OC (years ago) and when I watched Teen Mom I liked it. I just don't want to add anymore shows to my list of things to watch, so I avoid them.
@kirss In Expecting Better I know the author makes a case for some drinking being fine while pregnant. I haven't read it yet, but it was all controversial when it came out.
@ameliabedelia-2 Oh no! That would be a horrible experience.
@peachy13 I still would've been really mad, even at a little old lady. The honking and finger wagging? Umm, no ma'am. Also I totally agree, I think there's a large number of elderly drivers that should not be on the road.

peachy13 · June 2017

@MJDsquared haha I take public trans Mon-Fri and it's kind of nice just sitting down and not feeling bad when the trains get really crowded -- obviously if a very pregnant woman or person with a cane or something came along, I'd give them my seat but now when it's busy and I have a seat, I'm like: it's okay. You can sit here. You should sit here. Be brave. There was a time earlier this week I didn't have a seat and there was someone staring at my stomach trying to decide if I was pregnant or not. So awkward.

anewadventure · June 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 oh man. i'm sorry. not even tempted to laugh one bit. i kept reading your post as I SHOT MYSELF and i was like, what is happening???

@MJDsquared except...i couldn't even get people to let me sit down without shaming them directly last time around. like, do i really have to waddle on and then stare and people and say loudly "WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SIT DOWN?" i get it. everyone wants a seat. but get real.

Amber_Waves · June 2017

ameliabedelia-2 I shat myself walking the dog when I was barely pregnant. Like, I didn't even know yet. Just walking along the road and my stomach suddenly felt VERY BAD, so I was like, "hey dog, we're turning around now." At least I made it to my driveway before unholy hell filled my pants. I think of it as my "implantation shitting." Thankfully, there has been no repeat performance.

MJDsquared · June 2017

@anewadventure Lol, that's why I said or bitch about people not moving.

ETA @Amber_Waves Holy hell "implantation shitting" made my day.

breezybee · June 2017

Haha @ameliabedelia-2 I'm sooooo sorry that happened! Oh god, I would have been so traumatized. But it can happen to any of us. Oh my god.
Old people drivers make me so mad. They shouldn't be on the road! Just last year in my city, an old lady drove the wrong way down a one way street going waaaay over the speed limit and hit a family driving their kids to school. It killed 2 of the kids. There should be a requirement to have to redo the drivers test every 6 months after the age of 70. Maybe that's my FFFC. I'm totally ageist about drivers.
And don't feel bad - I yell at everyone: young, old, man, woman, if they're doing something dangerous while driving. I'm famous for the exaggerated finger wag. I'm so mean lol. IDGAF!

peachy13 · June 2017

@breezybee omg that is awful!! I FULLY support your license renewal idea.

speach13 · June 2017

@breezybee I agree! My dad was killed when I was young by an older driver speeding through a construction zone he was working in. I like your suggestion of driving tests every 6 months after 70.

I get so angry when I see people texting and driving or flying through construction and pedestrian walk zones. This topic hits so close to home and I just want to scream at the idiots I see!

Jellybelly119 · June 2017

My house is getting deep cleaned today. I always feel awkward being home, but it's gross out so we have nowhere to go. They're working downstairs now, and DS is taking a nap so I played on my phone and napped instead of doing a single productive thing. I'm being a total bum while 2 people bust their ass cleaning my house and I'm not even sorry.

Marley629 · June 2017

@GraysonsMama I'm a huge Big Brother fan! Maybe we can do a Big Brother thread if there's enough interest!

GraysonsMama · June 2017

@Marley629 Totally!

ameliabedelia-2 · June 2017

@Amber_Waves, I am dying....implantation shitting. Dude...it was unreal. I was like, this cannot seriously be happening. I attempted to grab a diaper as a last ditch effort, but between driving and how quickly it happened, I failed. Worst.day.ever.

shellac835 · June 2017

@kirss I've needed a drink this week too! Tri 1 wasn't so bad since i didn't feel great anyway, but it's been so much harder lately! Last night I was reading if it's ok to drink an O'douls or non-alcoholic wine when pregnant...maybe it would help satisfy the taste even if it isn't quite as relaxing as real alcohol?

Cheers!

leighalou91 · June 2017

@ameliabedelia-2
Girl! This could totally have been me this past week. Pregnancy really messes with my bowels. I almost shit myself in the car the other day with my parents driving. My dad had to pull over off the freeway for me and found a McDonalds restroom for me to use. I barely made it

my FFFC: I was driving around town recently when I feel my almost two year old GRAB MY HAIR. I glanced back at her and she was standing up in her car seat!!! Guys, I swerved off the road into a parking lot so quickly. It almost gave me a heart attack.
What had happened: I had just finished up at the post office and I had been sitting in the backseat with her cleaning up the car floorboard while she was playing in the back seat. She had sat down in her seat and started eating a snack. When it came time to go I had forgotten to buckle her (she'd been sitting there so long which only ever happens when she is buckled in). Worst mom of the year award over here!

failuretofly · June 2017

Late to the party again over here, but
I fell asleep on the couch yesterday while I was alone with DS. He was awake and had free reign of the house... luckily nothing happened but it could have been BAD!

splsmama2016 · June 2017

My FFSC (because I missed yesterday....) I don't see the benefits in buying/consuming ONLY organic foods. I've worked in kitchens for nearly 10 years and it literally pained me to throw away produce that had gone bad within days of it arriving to us. And it was always the organic stuff! I know pesticides and chemicals are highly frowned upon, but I'd rather take the extra 5 minutes to thoroughly wash my food than throw it away in a couple days.
Since there's no hard regulations as to what can be labeled as 'organic' you very well could be getting regular product. My family tries to make as much from scratch as we can to limit preservatives, additives and chemicals, and we also buy locally sourced meats and eggs (the plus side to living around numerous farms!!). Milk is the only thing we splurge on as far as organic goes.

ngarciabyu · June 2017

@sdLindenberg im the exact opposite lol. I will buy store brand milk, but the dirty dozen of produce I like to buy organic. Even store brand milk no longer is allowed to have milk from cows exposed to growth hormones or antibiotics. Nutritionally the store brand milk is the same as organic. I come from a family of dairy farmers and the regulations have become stricter for every farmer that wants to sell milk.

I will admit I'm not very educated on all things organic, except milk because well, I was raised with cows lol. But everything else I have no clue and I'm still trying to figure it all out.

splsmama2016 · June 2017

@ngarciabyu thats cool that you grew up around them

I know that most dairy these days no longer has rBST/antibiotics/etc, but we buy organic because it makes DH feel better lol. As far as produce goes, we just cannot justify it. Living in SoCal, we have pretty much endless access to organic, locally farmed produce, that you'd think it would be stupid to not buy organic. But its not worth having to toss it in a couple days. We use Young Livings Thieves fruit and veggie spray/soak with our produce, and it not only cleans it, but it also helps it last a few more days. I feel weird saying I don't do organic, but I use EO's haha!

mdcd44127 · June 2017

@splsmama2016 Preach, girl! Organic does not equal "better".

ngarciabyu · June 2017

@splsmama2016 haha fair enough. I'm in SoCal as well so I hear you on the produce! And I want to check out EO's.

splsmama2016 · June 2017

@ngarciabyu I'm going to PM you lol.

Amber_Waves · June 2017

splsmama2016 said:
Since there's no hard regulations as to what can be labeled as 'organic' you very well could be getting regular product. ... I know pesticides and chemicals are highly frowned upon, but I'd rather take the extra 5 minutes to thoroughly wash my food than throw it away in a couple days.

Does the "U" in your UO stand for uninformed?
You can have your own opinion, but please don't make up your own facts!

(1) In the US, organic has a strict definition.

"Since 2002, all organic food products sold in the US are required to meet strict Federal standards managed by the USDA. These products are grown in environmentally friendly ways, without toxic or persistent agricultural chemicals. For example:

Soil and plants cannot be treated with toxic chemicals or persistent pesticides
No synthetic fertilizers or sewage sludge can be used to promote growth
GMOs are not allowed
Animals are fed organic feeds and have access to the outdoors
Synthetic growth hormones and antibiotics are forbidden in animal production

Notably, the EU and Canada have similar, equivalent definitions of organic." source

(2) Pesticides and fertilizers that are carcinogenic (amongst other things) are used throughout the growth of conventional crops and cannot simply be washed off of the food. They are in the food. Yes, it is better to wash than to not wash, but a rinse or EO bath will not rid your food of pesticides.

YodaIsGreen · June 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 Sorry you had to go through that!

jlemons-2 · June 2017

@Amber_Waves thanks for that. It's what I would want to share if I wasn't so damn lazy.

breezybee · June 2017

Lol same @jlemons-2
Thanks for covering that for us @Amber_Waves

splsmama2016 · June 2017

Unless it's labeled "USDA Organic", you cannot guarantee that it is indeed 100% organic. There's a big difference between being true organic, organically grown, pesticide free, fed an organic diet (which still doesn't mean that it is in fact organic). I see your point @Amber_Waves, but I was not making up my own facts. I've had the privilege of visiting both an organic farm and a regular farm. The organic farm was not only following USDA regulations to be qualified as organic, but they were making sure that their customers knew that they were the ONLY certified organic farm in the area. The farm only a few miles away claimed to be organic, but admitted to using pesticides on their crop they grew to feed their cows/chickens. But told us not to worry because the product was processed organic.

Im not trying to spread false information, just attempting to make it known that just because it's labeled as organic doesn't mean is it 100%. Same thing goes for all-natural products.

And eczema lotions!! There's an ingredient in many creams/lotions that actually stop eczema flair ups from healing. Sorry, tangent.

blueskies17 · June 2017

@splsmama2016 The wording of your original statement was very broad, and made it sound like there are no hard regulations around organic produce purchased anywhere. When I buy produce at Whole Foods or any supermarket and it's labeled organic, there is very little chance that it is not certified by the USDA. If I buy something at the farmers market and the farmer tells me that they use organic methods, I'm accepting the chance that it would not meet USDA regulations.

splsmama2016 · June 2017

blueskies17 said:

@splsmama2016 The wording of your original statement was very broad, and made it sound like there are no hard regulations around organic produce purchased anywhere. When I buy produce at Whole Foods or any supermarket and it's labeled organic, there is very little chance that it is not certified by the USDA. If I buy something at the farmers market and the farmer tells me that they use organic methods, I'm accepting the chance that it would not meet USDA regulations.

You are correct, I should have worded my post better. My apologies.

jackiesmom324 · June 2017

Thanks for the nice and respectful disagreement. I respect you @splsmama2016 for the clarification. I often type things and realize later that what I meant to say came out different from what I actually said. Anyway good on you for that

splsmama2016 · June 2017

Mom and pregnancy brain have me on overdrive these days. Even when attempting to hold a coversation with DH is difficult

anewadventure · June 2017

@ngarciabyu since you grew up on a dairy farm, i'm curious - do you have many allergies? so many studies these days like to imply that growing up around farm animals and dust is supposedly helpful to avoid the development of allergies but i always feel like they're grasping at straws. i realize an n of 1 is anecdotal but still

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