I don't know if this was started this week yet, but I had to. My MBF is when my SO comes home, soaked in sweat, after running in +30 degree celicius weather, and sits on my clean couch. SOAKED IN SWEAT. Then leaves his soaked, sweaty, stank clothes beside the basement door, instead of throwing them down the stairs.
I posted this in the random thread too but I just had a customer talk down to me and be a complete asshole and I wanted to punch him in the face. Just because you're a lawyer doesn't mean you know more about banking than me
This fainty crap is my MBF. So. Sick of it. I had to leave DD (3) in the dentist office to quickly run to the bathroom to throw cold water in my face to cool down. Luckily I came out of it quick, but ugh.
@kalawa Yay men! @LaurenAnn0405 I'm sorry people suck!! I hope your day gets better! @HappyMonkey817 I sure hope you get some relief soon! @chasingroygbiv That sounds miserable! I hope that's not a long term symptom!
My MBF is my H and I had actually settled on a girl's name but we are having a boy and WE CANNOT AGREE ON A FIRST NAME. He hates all the names I have loved for years and he seems to hate every boy name in existence. It's a #firstworldproblem for sure. I would prefer to settle on one before I go into labor but at this rate we will never agree.
Me: 36 DH: 37 Married: 5.27.16 Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
Suffering through my 6th ocular migraine this Friday. I ended up calling in to off hours Saturday night when #4 hit. Imitrex isn't approved during pregnancy with my practice but the doctor told me to take a half if a new one started. That was this morning.
I've been diffusing peppermint and rubbing it on my temples and taking 500 mg of Tylenol every few hours. Anyone have any suggestions ?
I've been super anxiously awaiting the doctor phone call with the results from the NIPT test. I left my desk/phone for >2 minutes to explain to a coworker how to use the GD copier, and that's when I missed the call! I immediately returned message, but as my doctor is in a huge medical complex in downtown Chicago, I can only get voicemail and now am at the bottom of their list.
OF ALL THE TIMES TO EXPLAIN HOW TO USE A 17 YEAR OLD COPY MACHINE.
@HappyMonkey817 I had to do a 24 hour urine after my last kidney stone. I lived alone at the time so it was not a big deal to store my pee in the fridge but I would be a little less than thrilled having to do that now with a husband. I hope they find out what's up with you and make it all worth it!
Me: 36 DH: 37 Married: 5.27.16 Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
My second MBF is my mom just posted on Facebook announcing my pregnancy when I had something planned for our beach trip we are going on Thurs -Sun. I'm just thankful she can't tag or the cat would be out of the bag.
Me: 36 DH: 37 Married: 5.27.16 Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
@muggle621 - WHAT!!?? I had to get on my MIL about telling people at work because it was getting back to us lol. Luckily we were ready to announce it about a week later!
@kalawa I can't decide if I prefer YH's method of a pile of stinky clothes near where they go or MH's method of peel them off, throw them in the washer, and use it as a damn hamper. Then when I go to wash something, at best, I have to pull his crap out. At worst I have to pull his mildewy crap out of there. Hang your stuff to dry, dude!
@muggle621 Good luck with names. Personally, even if we were to find out the sex beforehand, I'd still want to go into it with a few options. My parents had a different girl name as their #1 for my sister and she was born and it totally didn't fit her. Same thing with my friends. I don't remember what name they had chosen for a boy and then he was born and his little face was way too serious for it. I remember looking at him when they told me their previous #1 and it was such a hard no for him.
@rsquaredr I'm really sorry that you're suffering. I only get migraines on occasion but I'm really afraid of getting one during pregnancy. Have they always been this frequent for you? I would start with logging everything you do and eat. If you work out, what you did, hours worked, etc. Look for the triggers. For example, dark chocolate can be a problem. If I have one bite of what most people consider a "good" dark chocolate, I feel like instant garbage. for now, I'd try just acetaminophen and Unisom until you can find a better solution (because you can't realistically sleep through the rest of your pregnancy).
@gh515 I'm sure it will all be good news. But I hope you hear it direct from them soon.
@HappyMonkey817 Ugh. I'm sorry. FFMC I've now officially decided that if I have to do a 24 hour urine test, I'm calling in sick that day so I'm not trying to do that at work.
@muggle621 The excitement is sweet but is it really so dang hard to just let someone else's news be their news? That's really annoying. I have a love/hate with getting the cat out of the bag. On one hand, I won't have to try to manage the news and the factions of family that don't like each other and will be pissy if they find out that the other found out even ten minutes before they did and work and, and, and. On the other, then people will want to talk about it and with my general dislike of the spotlight + PGAL I really would like to put that off.
I have so much complaining to do after the last week. 1. Some douchebag mansplaining to me how to ration giveaways at a tradeshow. I've worked here for a DECADE. I think I can handle rationing giveaways. Thanks for your input, though, douche.
2. Literally as a group of girls at the show on a field trip were asking me about my experiences being a female in a male-dominated field, douchebag B interrupted my conversation with them. Well girls, it's about like that. Usually not so bad but the disrespect does wear on a person.
3. One day the tradeshow was TEN frigging hours. Way too long. When I finally got done vacuuming the booth after the show and met up with the rest of the group, they had decided to go to Fogo de Chao for dinner. Which is a Brazillian steakhouse aka meatfest (and why can't there be any Brazilian steakhouses around here that are authentic and good?) which did not appeal at all. 1. I don't want to spend that kind of money (even if it's not mine) on a meatfest and have to cook the good out of everything. I'll wait to have a good steak until I can have a good steak. 2. The thought of anything involving large portions of meat makes me want to gag. 3. Part of their deal is the salad bar which is pretty much a no go for me. (For everyone who says "Oh I don't worry about X, Y, or Z" that's fine for you. I do worry.) Even not pregnant, I've seen how people act in buffets. Gross. So I tried to just get something else so I wouldn't be the party pooper nixing the dinner plan and it was a giant fiasco. If you're in a group that wants to do that, seriously, just go and get dessert and order pizza later. The best thing I had was the passion fruit sorbet.
4. The next night, by the time I got done taking the booth apart and packing it up (an 11.5-hour day), they had decided on sushi. I was hungry and tired and cranky and really just wanted a freaking beer. Instead I got dinner where I got to watch other people enjoying things I couldn't. And I love a good sushi fest. I'm pretty sure that after that meal, the coworker who was there will go back and tell people I'm pregnant. Whatever. As long as we can all still pretend that no one knows, I'm good.
5. We went to a family function on Sunday. I hadn't realized that the shirt I wore was having some static issues. We walked in and H's aunt immediately said, "I think it's obvious!!!" Really, you're still just looking at beer, food, stress, and fertility treatments there. Not baby. But now I get to start another event feeling crappy and self-conscious. Thanks! I wish life had a rewind 10 seconds button like my remote does. If that were the case, I'd have turned right around and feigned illness and skipped the whole stupid thing. Reason #349 I could gladly wait until I was giving birth to mention to anyone that I'm pregnant. I don't need everyone staring at my stomach and analyzing if I'm just chunky or showing. 'Cause it's the former.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Oh yeah, and 6. The cabbie on Friday morning going to the airport tried to rip me off. It should be a flat rate from downtown to the airport. He knew I was going to the airport but still ran the meter which ended up being $9 higher than it should have been (about 20%) when I questioned him on it, he tried to tell me I couldn't pay the flat rate with a credit card and I would have to pay cash. I didn't have that kind of cash on me. Once he realized I wasn't getting out of the car until I had it somewhat straightened out and had his cab number and contact info for the company, then he started backpedaling. He even went so far as to pretend that his printer was broken so he couldn't issue me a printed receipt and wanted to keep the one it printed. Then got all flustered when I wanted to take a picture of it because he wanted to cover up what he had done. He basically just looked at me and thought that he could screw me over and that I would be ignorant enough to fall for it or too passive to say anything. This is why people Uber/Lyft. The shenanigans are greatly reduced. If you are ever in this situation, take pictures of everything. Ask what the cab number is (it's also usually printed inside. Take a picture of it.) so they know you're not a fool and you aren't playing. (Also, FYI, Las Vegas to the Strip should run I think about $12, they will often try to take you on the longer route and score themselves an $18 fare, when you get in just casually slip in that you know how much it should cost. At least the last time I was there Vegas didn't do a flat rate airport-downtown so this is a common trick. They'll try to give you an excuse for why the long way is better. Tell them no.)
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
I left the house early this morning for school, worked all day, then headed to the HS to coach. When I turned down my street, the last thing I wanted to see was one of my IL's cars in the driveway. I walked in to find DH and FIL had taken apart our fridge and were trying to fix it. ALL THE FOOD WAS SITTING OUT AND WARM. SO much for food safety or saving money on food. I'm off to the grocery store. Is this real life? Are those two men really adults? Seriously.
so - I was up at 3am to go into work today.... not my usual schedule - it's now 7:30pm and I'm tired and cranky and just want to go to bed early BUT my neighbors decided today is the day to rebuild their back deck. Drills... hammers... saws...SHOOT ME. I can't even go over and complain because technically it is still pretty early and who am I to tell them they are being unreasonable... lol
Also - I'm so darn tired of being pregnancy already. Can we just skip ahead to say....oh I dont know .. week 30 atleast?
My BF is having to enter my students into something for the THIRD time because there are bugs in the new system and a whole day got deleted. Whyyyyyy!
"Technology enhances education. Technology enhances education. Technology..." is the modern teacher's "I think I can. I think I can..." when things like this go awry! I hope they fix the bugs now!! What a pain. It really should be better!
My MBF is my new cell phone hasn't come in yet, and my old one decided to absolutely freak out on me today and I had to wipe it and restore from a backup...that was from March. Somehow I hadn't backed anything up since then??? I really doubt it but I just wanted my phone to work again so I did it. Stupid Verizon guy printing incorrect labels and stupid me for not listening to my gut and backing up my phone over the weekend. Thank god for Google Photos!!
@muggle621 I totally feel you on the parents spilling the beans!! My stepmom posted something a few days before we were going to announce that wasn't specific but people figured it out. Thankfully she can't tag either so only her friends saw it & most of them knew already. Parents and technology don't mix!
@justkeeptrying I usually google "how long is (product X) REALLY good for after the expiration date?"... but thirteen years really beyond even my thrifty limits. You have my empathy!!
My MBF is for while I was at my first prenatal appointment and ultrasound, I had customer's constantly calling for parts. It's a good thing, we need the business, but I placed an order and screwed it up. Now I have to pay for return shipping for the wrong item and overnight shipping for the right one... And there was an extra $25 dollar fee from the supplier that I'll have to cover because I didn't know about it until today... So much for working on a cell phone, I needed my computer! But I couldn't really balance the laptop on my belly while they're trying to do an ultrasound. I was so happy yesterday with all the good news and getting to see my baby, But today's been hell to pay for the mistake I made on Monday.
I just need to rant a second even though it's Thursday. I wanted to punch my OB today. She is very smug about things and knows I tried to switch drs in the practice and they wouldn't let me. She asked how I was doing and I told her I was a bit nauseous at night- she told me at 16 weeks I shouldn't have nausea anymore. I have seen a np the last couple times and they said my numbers with my GD were good and averaged out ok. She went along and circled the high numbers and said they weren't bad enough to put me on medication but I needed to work on them.(duh) Also every time she makes it a point to tell me this isn't GD I am just diabetic(although this is my third pregnancy and the third time I have had this and have been checked in between and told I wasn't. They checked my A1C and it was normal at my first appointment) I was checked last year and told I was within normal limits and fine. The way she says stuff is really irritating to me and I would like to smack that look off her face.
@megpeg I'm not sure where you're located but can you just flat change practices completely? Surely there's another option where you are. It's not like "That doctor shouldn't have a license. It would be worth driving four hours every appointment to see someone else!" bad but if you feel like everything is kind of on that contentious shady snarky nasty level, I wouldn't feel like I could fully trust her with anything from just a question about something that is worrying you (is it really not a concern or is she brushing you off?) to her opinion on if it's time for a C-section. There are doctors who absolutely do things that are technically not malpractice or wrong but are definitely choices made to punish a patient for irritating them. You need someone that you feel is going to be on your team and that you feel like you can trust 100% that when she says it's time for a C-section (or whatever) it's because it's medically necessary, not because she's got a happy hour date to get to.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@kiki75 thanks. There is another practice near me and I have thought about switching. I am hoping that they will let me switch to the midwife like I did last time. But I am not sure because she is acting like I am much more high risk this time even though I had all the same issues except I am 34 instead of 29. I really needed to just let that out and will look into the other practice if her behavior continues at my next appointment.
Re: MBF
I posted this in the random thread too but I just had a customer talk down to me and be a complete asshole and I wanted to punch him in the face. Just because you're a lawyer doesn't mean you know more about banking than me
Edited for angry smiley fail
@LaurenAnn0405 I'm sorry people suck!! I hope your day gets better!
@HappyMonkey817 I sure hope you get some relief soon!
@chasingroygbiv That sounds miserable! I hope that's not a long term symptom!
My MBF is my H and I had actually settled on a girl's name but we are having a boy and WE CANNOT AGREE ON A FIRST NAME. He hates all the names I have loved for years and he seems to hate every boy name in existence. It's a #firstworldproblem for sure. I would prefer to settle on one before I go into labor but at this rate we will never agree.
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
I've been diffusing peppermint and rubbing it on my temples and taking 500 mg of Tylenol every few hours. Anyone have any suggestions ?
OF ALL THE TIMES TO EXPLAIN HOW TO USE A 17 YEAR OLD COPY MACHINE.
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
@muggle621 Good luck with names. Personally, even if we were to find out the sex beforehand, I'd still want to go into it with a few options. My parents had a different girl name as their #1 for my sister and she was born and it totally didn't fit her. Same thing with my friends. I don't remember what name they had chosen for a boy and then he was born and his little face was way too serious for it. I remember looking at him when they told me their previous #1 and it was such a hard no for him.
@rsquaredr I'm really sorry that you're suffering. I only get migraines on occasion but I'm really afraid of getting one during pregnancy. Have they always been this frequent for you? I would start with logging everything you do and eat. If you work out, what you did, hours worked, etc. Look for the triggers. For example, dark chocolate can be a problem. If I have one bite of what most people consider a "good" dark chocolate, I feel like instant garbage. for now, I'd try just acetaminophen and Unisom until you can find a better solution (because you can't realistically sleep through the rest of your pregnancy).
@gh515 I'm sure it will all be good news. But I hope you hear it direct from them soon.
@HappyMonkey817 Ugh. I'm sorry. FFMC I've now officially decided that if I have to do a 24 hour urine test, I'm calling in sick that day so I'm not trying to do that at work.
@muggle621 The excitement is sweet but is it really so dang hard to just let someone else's news be their news? That's really annoying. I have a love/hate with getting the cat out of the bag. On one hand, I won't have to try to manage the news and the factions of family that don't like each other and will be pissy if they find out that the other found out even ten minutes before they did and work and, and, and. On the other, then people will want to talk about it and with my general dislike of the spotlight + PGAL I really would like to put that off.
I have so much complaining to do after the last week.
1. Some douchebag mansplaining to me how to ration giveaways at a tradeshow. I've worked here for a DECADE. I think I can handle rationing giveaways. Thanks for your input, though, douche.
2. Literally as a group of girls at the show on a field trip were asking me about my experiences being a female in a male-dominated field, douchebag B interrupted my conversation with them. Well girls, it's about like that. Usually not so bad but the disrespect does wear on a person.
3. One day the tradeshow was TEN frigging hours. Way too long. When I finally got done vacuuming the booth after the show and met up with the rest of the group, they had decided to go to Fogo de Chao for dinner. Which is a Brazillian steakhouse aka meatfest (and why can't there be any Brazilian steakhouses around here that are authentic and good?) which did not appeal at all. 1. I don't want to spend that kind of money (even if it's not mine) on a meatfest and have to cook the good out of everything. I'll wait to have a good steak until I can have a good steak. 2. The thought of anything involving large portions of meat makes me want to gag. 3. Part of their deal is the salad bar which is pretty much a no go for me. (For everyone who says "Oh I don't worry about X, Y, or Z" that's fine for you. I do worry.) Even not pregnant, I've seen how people act in buffets. Gross. So I tried to just get something else so I wouldn't be the party pooper nixing the dinner plan and it was a giant fiasco. If you're in a group that wants to do that, seriously, just go and get dessert and order pizza later. The best thing I had was the passion fruit sorbet.
4. The next night, by the time I got done taking the booth apart and packing it up (an 11.5-hour day), they had decided on sushi.
5. We went to a family function on Sunday. I hadn't realized that the shirt I wore was having some static issues. We walked in and H's aunt immediately said, "I think it's obvious!!!" Really, you're still just looking at beer, food, stress, and fertility treatments there. Not baby. But now I get to start another event feeling crappy and self-conscious. Thanks! I wish life had a rewind 10 seconds button like my remote does. If that were the case, I'd have turned right around and feigned illness and skipped the whole stupid thing. Reason #349 I could gladly wait until I was giving birth to mention to anyone that I'm pregnant. I don't need everyone staring at my stomach and analyzing if I'm just chunky or showing. 'Cause it's the former.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Also - I'm so darn tired of being pregnancy already. Can we just skip ahead to say....oh I dont know
.. week 30 atleast?
Dx: PCOS
Married: June 2013
TTC#1: January 2015
BFP #1 8/24/15 | MC 9/3/15 at 6w2d
BFP #2: 12/12/15 | DD born 8/29/16
TTC#2: June 2017
BFP #3: 7/15/17 | DS born 3/20/18
@muggle621 I totally feel you on the parents spilling the beans!! My stepmom posted something a few days before we were going to announce that wasn't specific but people figured it out. Thankfully she can't tag either so only her friends saw it & most of them knew already. Parents and technology don't mix!
She asked how I was doing and I told her I was a bit nauseous at night- she told me at 16 weeks I shouldn't have nausea anymore.
I have seen a np the last couple times and they said my numbers with my GD were good and averaged out ok. She went along and circled the high numbers and said they weren't bad enough to put me on medication but I needed to work on them.(duh)
Also every time she makes it a point to tell me this isn't GD I am just diabetic(although this is my third pregnancy and the third time I have had this and have been checked in between and told I wasn't. They checked my A1C and it was normal at my first appointment) I was checked last year and told I was within normal limits and fine. The way she says stuff is really irritating to me and I would like to smack that look off her face.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
I really needed to just let that out and will look into the other practice if her behavior continues at my next appointment.