@gusgus14 With you on the lacking motivation train but without good reason! I'm in academia, and the semester starts a week from today... instead of being motivated with new students coming etc., I'm really just mentally operating on a countdown sort of system. Classes end December 8th, so I am going to more or less count that as my end date (it completely is not but it's the last day I'll be dealing with the nitty gritty of students)... so I just need to make it until then lol.
Also was out Friday and had an out of the office message... did that stop ANYONE from bothering me? No. Just a reminder that I need to set up FIRM and CLEAR boundaries for my maternity leave about who can and cannot contact me and when/why etc.
@gusgus14 I'm already checked out of work too. I have a normal day today, then a half day tomorrow followed by our AS then we fly out Wednesday morning. I say, work I have to do that today?
The semester starts this week, and this semester I have one physical class I go to on Monday nights... and the first one was cancelled due to a power outage.
Which is fine. I am drained today and was dreading sitting through a three-hour class.
I'm in Reno, NV for a week for training. I live in NJ so it was a super long flight to get out here and I had a layover which always annoys me. I'm lonely. There's about 10 other people here but they're all at the bar drinking and I'm in my room watching Love It Or List It. I miss my family.
My husband is slowly getting more involved in the pregnancy, as more is happening. He wasn't uninvolved before or anything, but now he'll poke at/make noise at my belly (even though it's not really showing yet) and it's unbearably adorable. I cannot deal with how excited I am to see him with our baby -- I may actually die of love.
Here's a random one for you helpful ladies. Talk yoga pants to me. I've never really had a good pair of workout pants. Recently I started going to Zumba so I got a pair of capris off Amazon. I loved the look and fit but they were a little see through and I could totally see my underwear - NMS so I'm returning. Last night I got some at TJ Maxx. They are new balance brand and super soft and comfy but tonight at Zumba while in a good sweat they were itching and annoying! Is this just how yoga pants are? Do I need a different brand/style?
@GraceUponGrace09 I love yoga pants! I bought maternity ones too. I only wear all cotton because I have sensitive skin. I usually buy mine at Macy's (style and co), which is where I got the maternity ones too. They've never been see through either.
Has anyone been tent camping with their toddlers? DH and DD are going this weekend and it's supposed to be in the 50s overnight so I'm not sure what to pack for pjs.
@GraceUponGrace09 I second the Old Navy reference for yoga pants, also Victoria's Secret as long as they are the shiny type material from VS Sport (the Pink brand is slightly see through) as well as Fabletics!
@schaze We've been tent camping with toddlers when it gets chilly at night. I would layer them up pretty good. A onsie and socks, long sleeved, footed pjs, sweat pants on top, sweatshirt, hat, etc. It's hard bc at that age you can't swaddle them and it's nearly impossible to get them to stay under their blankets. Have fun! I love to go camping!
@GraceUponGrace09 I live in yoga pants. Highly recommend Zella (Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack), Lulu (but some of the fabrics are "eh" lately - size up so you don't see through), and Gap (regular and maternity). Athleta also has some good options but read reviews!
For anyone looking, I was also pretty happy with Gap's low rise maternity legging. I think the full panel one is fine for sleeping but probably not enough compression or thickness to wear in public.
@schaze, I've recently become experienced at this! Socks, fleece footy PJ's, and a fleece wearable blanket/sleep sack (we have the Halo one) did the trick for us! LO sleeps with a blanket at home, but rarely keeps it on, so when we went camping, I bought the "large" Halo sleep sack, which fits 12-18 months. Worked like a charm, and she stayed toasty all night!
So this is totally random, but the company I work for opened it's new building this week and I am completely infatuated with it. It is beautiful and has amazing views!! This is during the eclipse. This is the atrium that connects the new building to our 100 year old main building. Thank you for putting up with my AW indulgence.
Speaking of yoga pants... I've never done yoga, but I'm strongly considering starting some prenatal yoga. There aren't any classes around here, so I would have to just learn on my own from YouTube, etc. Do any of you have any beginners suggestions or anything?
@whitta1218 check out Yoga with Adriene on YouTube! I'm not sure how much prenatal yoga she has on there (because I got out of the habit of doing it just before our BFP but need to get back into it). She's got yoga for every ailment, something in life you might be going through, and beginners poses/shows how to do different things within those videos if you need extra help. It's so great not only physically, but mentally as well!
@leeeahyo Thanks! I'll check her out! I was just starting to do some at home workouts before my BFP, then slowly quit. Now that I can see my back starting to hurt, and already getting out of breath, I can see that I need to get back into it!
@whitta1218 I'm sooo out of breath, too, haha! I live in the middle of nowhere so I tend to stick to at home stuff (in spurts ). I initially got into doing Yoga with Adriene because of back pain and a friend recommended her channel to me, it was very helpful!
@whitta1218this is the dvd I bought with DS1 and have used for all my pregnancies; I think if you buy it on amazon it also gives you the streaming version. Anyway, it's pretty gentle and lots of lovely stretches.
DS1: Nov. 2013 DS2: Jan. 2016 DS3: Dec. 2017 Baby #4 on the way!
@whitta1218 I do prenatal yoga almost every day using youtube videos - this is the one I started out with and it's probably my all time fave, it feels so good!
So what are the chances that it is acceptable to have a small glass of red wine tonight?! My day has been ridiculous already. Lady that was fired this week decided that today was going to be her last day and my boss is on vacation...awesome. But since we are federal contractors there is so much "stuff" that needs to be completed for her out-processing and I have to brief the management team as soon as she leaves to dispel the rumor mill. Lovely! Happy Thursday!
@jaclyn0405 I know people have conflicting views on this, but I see nothing wrong with a small glass of wine every now and then. I have my doctorate and I read research and medical records for a living -- I've read the research on alcohol in pregnancy, and in my opinion, a small glass of red wine is fine. Some would even say it's healthy
@jaclyn0405 the way I look at it is that the Italians drink a glass of red wine with dinner pretty much every night. Lots of Italian people, so one glass shouldn't hurt any. Besides, we all have those days where it's just necessary for our sanity
@jaclyn0405 I'm in the U/O group that I would PERSONALLY (i.e., ME, not prescribing what you should do) pass on it. I agree that one glass shouldn't hurt, but I feel well-read on the peer-reviewed research front, and for me, I've made the choice to skip. Would NEVER judge someone who occasionally indulges because it's her own choice (although I do judge people who routinely indulge), but just sharing my point of view. I had a prof in infant neuroscience and she opened our first day of class saying, "Well, I see you are all females. I am going to start the course with a very controversial statement that may be relevant to some of you one day or not. There is no safe known amount of alcohol in pregnancy." It was really interesting to me because we got into a big discussion about how in the 80s/early 90s doctors prescribed women to drink a glass of wine each night (to decrease maternal prenatal stress). Thing is, we now know more about how prenatal stress affects development than we do about very minute amounts of alcohol. Should it cause issues? Absolutely not. Will it? We just don't know with certainty. That said, there's no reason to believe ONE GLASS would do anything, especially viewing other cultures - so "the chances" it's acceptable? Probably at least 99.999%. It's such a small amount that it would probably either not display an effect or you would absolutely not be able to isolate the effect to the wine, anyhow!
I definitely don't read medical records for a living like @missblaze, and I am not a prenatal or infant specialist. I have my doctorate in child development but not in that specific area. Just wanted to share the flip side - not to guide your behavior but because the whole discussion interests me!
That said, I also rarely stop at one glass (and I rarely see the point in one glass, which says plenty about me). Two glasses...now we're talking!
@libbberty I totally appreciate that response honestly! The whole discussion really interests me as well. And I too am from the class of "two glasses please!" Lol. So I totally see your point there!
I am so close to just starting my vacation tomorrow. If I can find the motivation to get a lot of crap done today I really might. I've already cut down to a half day tomorrow but people are really pissing me off this week to the point where even 4 hours seems like too much.
@jaclyn0405@libbberty@missblaze@cricket99 personally I see no problem with the occasional small glass of wine, I think the biggest thing is probably to drink it with food, which is typically how drinking is done in other cultures who drink while pregnant.
DS1: Nov. 2013 DS2: Jan. 2016 DS3: Dec. 2017 Baby #4 on the way!
I don't know where to put this but need to get it out. I had easily the worst day at work I've ever had yesterday. I could go on and on and on, but I'm livid and was so stressed that I slept for a total of two hours last night. I'm angry with myself but also with three other people, one of whom is my boss. To make it worse, the outcome of the situation (which is likely to be very bad for a student here), won't be known until Monday.
Having said that, the one thing that helped calm my three hour panic attack at 4 AM was thinking about some of the work stresses you ladies have shared on here. It helps because it reminds me that this happens to a lot of people, no one is perfect, and no one works with totally perfect/flawless people.
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Also was out Friday and had an out of the office message... did that stop ANYONE from bothering me? No. Just a reminder that I need to set up FIRM and CLEAR boundaries for my maternity leave about who can and cannot contact me and when/why etc.
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
Which is fine. I am drained today and was dreading sitting through a three-hour class.
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
On a side note, I've been playing "Living on a Prayer" a lot because "wooooahhhhh we're halfway theeerrr!!!" (20 weeks lol)
@schaze We've been tent camping with toddlers when it gets chilly at night. I would layer them up pretty good. A onsie and socks, long sleeved, footed pjs, sweat pants on top, sweatshirt, hat, etc. It's hard bc at that age you can't swaddle them and it's nearly impossible to get them to stay under their blankets.
Have fun! I love to go camping!
For anyone looking, I was also pretty happy with Gap's low rise maternity legging. I think the full panel one is fine for sleeping but probably not enough compression or thickness to wear in public.
This is the atrium that connects the new building to our 100 year old main building.
Thank you for putting up with my AW indulgence.
ETA:. Picture of the outside!!
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
I use Hypnobabies! http://www.hypnobabies-store.com/link.cgi?affiliateID=472
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies!
EDD: 1/6/2018
Eva Jane: 7/23/2014
I definitely don't read medical records for a living like @missblaze, and I am not a prenatal or infant specialist. I have my doctorate in child development but not in that specific area. Just wanted to share the flip side - not to guide your behavior but because the whole discussion interests me!
That said, I also rarely stop at one glass (and I rarely see the point in one glass, which says plenty about me). Two glasses...now we're talking!
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
Having said that, the one thing that helped calm my three hour panic attack at 4 AM was thinking about some of the work stresses you ladies have shared on here. It helps because it reminds me that this happens to a lot of people, no one is perfect, and no one works with totally perfect/flawless people.
But UGHHHHHH. Weekends aren't long enough.
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020