I was surprised with a transvaginal ultrasound today. I’m happy I didn’t know it was coming or I would have felt the need to fully groom myself and I’ve been slacking in that dept. oops
@syssa-o Yeah, I've been slacking too. The twin belly is making grooming very difficult, hence my FFFC: I haven't seen my vagina outside of in a mirror for weeks.
I'm about to sound like a huge entitled snot, but these are confessions right? I would never voice this in real life, but... I'm slightly annoyed I've heard nothing about MH's side of the family throwing me a baby shower. I've been to/helped with SO many for his female family members over the years, so why is there nothing for me? They're 8 hours away, and we aren't planning on going back this holiday season, so it's not like they're planning a surprise one or anything. Again, I realize I'm being a snot and it doesn't really matter, but it still feels a little like they're not excited about our baby.
@kalawa This is my confession! I'm highly addicted to Panda Pop, so much so that my son asks me to play so he can watch. It pulls him to sleep for his nap.
My confession.. Last Monday when I was 20 weeks, I celebrated with a glass of red wine. I sipped on it for literally 2 hours just to savor each sip. At my 18 week appt, my doc said it was ok to have 1 small glass per week. I haven't obviously, but I do plan on having another, at least at New Years, maybe even Thanksgiving and Christmas.
@amylonghorn Yes to leggings! I have been wearing those with a long shirt or jeggings pretty much everyday to work.
@syssa-o I didn't just have a surprise probe, but a surprise pap at my 12 week appt. I had just had one in May so I didn't think they'd do another one. Definitely didn't do any grooming before. Sorry little medical student that had to get all up in there.
@kalawa I’m all about Hay Day because my job is super boring.
Not a juicy confession but I have dinner plans tonight wit a friend I haven’t seen in way too long but I wouldn’t be mad if she canceled. I just want my sweatpants and bed. I hate socializing.
And random question, do scrabble boards come with extra “u”s in countries that use British spelling?
Funny that the grooming topic came up today. I hadn't even thought about it for weeks but happened to notice the situation this morning. I've got some work to do.
AFM My town is all in this serious privilege problems situation where people are freaking out because someone finally pointed out that it's not legal to have the city put up a nativity in a public park without even any procedures in place for other groups to put their own religious displays in parks. So the city wisely quit doing it while still doing a big lighted tree and plenty of Christmas-themed events available. (And it's not like we don't have churches with nativities.) I just saw a post on Nextdoor all about how some group of dingbats is putting up a nativity in the vicinity of the other one. I'm so tired of the arguing, hand-wringing, and general self-centeredness and jerkery, that my only reaction was to roll my eyes and make a crude gesture. And of course to check the fundraising site in hopes that no one had donated. It's simple. Just drive to the church that has the living nativity because that's the best one anyways dummies.
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 didn't realize until this morning that you could withdraw money from the bank in small increments. I don't carry cash but I needed $4 so I was bitching to my husband I didn't want to have to pull out $20 just so I could have $4. He's like just go to the teller and fill out a slip for $4. I was amazed you could do that. I though there was a $10 or $20 minimum to fill out the withdrawl slip. I don't know if I used to know this and forgot thanks to pregnancy brain or just didn't know since I so rarely do banking things outside an ATM. If I didn't know this before then how on earth did I survive living on my own for so many years???!!!!!
BTW you can now get ones and fives from the ATM if you bank with Chase. The teller gave me this pro tip while I was there getting my $4.
Me: 36 DH: 37 Married: 5.27.16 Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
I am only having one baby and I can only see one side of my crotch at a time hahaha, my grooming basically is down to making sure pubes aren't sticking out of my underwear. maybe TMI, but I am a light strawberry blonde down there and it is all a lot sparser after struggling with thyroid issues for the past few years, and it is so much softer once it gets past the stubble phase that I kind of like it. my husband is also old enough that super groomed was not the norm his whole adult life and he says he likes it a little fluffy and retro I also love leggings and think they are sort of pants, just pants that you have to wear a long shirt with.
My confession is that no matter the post content and how serious it is, I cannot make myself read it if it's just one long brick of text. I need paragraphs or I cannot deal.
I see people post, okay, I have this super serious dilemma and it's long, so bear with me....and then 9000 lines of uninterrupted text. I cannot motivate my brain to process that.
BTW: Mostly I'm talking about my BMB for my youngest. I can't recall that happening here. I am guessing it has but cannot think of anything. Probably because I didn't read it
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@bettyvonsomethingstein same. I’m not sure if I’m guilty of doing it, but I do find it’s so much easier for me to process information if it’s in paragraphs.
My confession: I don’t read children’s books to my daughter. She has lots of them, and she brings them to me and we will sit and go through them together, but before naps/bedtime, I can’t bring myself to read the same ten page books to her over and over. So I read things I want. We’ve been working our way through John Green’s “Turtles All The Way Down.” If we get through that and there isn’t something new out that I’m interested in, I think I’m going to read her Harry Potter.
@ShawnnaO Luckily my Dad will read the same book over and over to them. I can't do it. We've been reading Edgar Allen Poe and Harry Potter books. I did like "Everybody Poops" until I caught my 3-year-old using it like a Bob Villa, how-to, book. He had it opened to the page where everyone is pooping. He took a dump on the only carpet we have in the entire downstairs.
@Mass-girl-at-heart great questions regarding the U's..i just checked my scrabble board and we are given four U's. that's not a big number so I'm going to say no
My first FFFC is going to make me sound really petty and spoiled but I just want to vent. Last pregnancy at my office there was a guy who's wife was due 2 months before me and a girl who was due 4 months after me so while it was pretty cool that there were so many babies coming I was just one of the pack. This time I am the only one pregnant so I felt kinda special. This morning a male co-worker announced that his wife is pregnant and due in June. While I'm really happy for them I kinda liked being the only person pregnant. Like I said I sound totally spoiled.
My second FFFC is that yesterday while the speech therapist was at our house to work with our youngest we had my IL's come over to watch the kids and DH and I went out to dinner leaving the speech therapist there with my IL's. They didn't have to do anything but I normally like to sit in on the sessions but I really wanted to go out to dinner with just DH and I so we left and had a bit of kid-free time and it was FABULOUS.
My confession is I’ve gotten a wax every 4 weeks (since forever) and I’ve continued that this pregnancy. I just feel cleaner, and overall better about myself when I’m ‘groomed’.
@heatherdubrow I’m so jealous that you have the confidence to do that! I do all of my own grooming, but it would be nice to just get waxed regularly. I know it’s their job and they’re super used to it, but I would feel so awkward the whole time.
@ShawnnaO I look at it the same way I looked at things when I was a nurse. I saw people in pretty embarrassing/vulnerable positions and it didn’t even faze me. I assume it’s the same way for waxers. So much easier than doing it myself!
@heatherdubrow I do the same! I usually try to push it out to 5-6 weeks if possible. My earlier post about my ungroomed-ness for my pap was at the end of those weeks and was completely unprepared!
I've been judging the heck out of a Facebook "friend" since she posted about diabetes awareness outlining all of the symptoms her baby was having before getting diagnosed. Hindsight is 20/20 but some of the things she mentions... I swear if that were my kid, I would be in the doctor's office insisting on testing. Part of that is because I've been aware of some of the symptoms of the onset of Type 1 for years but just because things she listed were alarming and distinctly not normal. Instead they dilly-dallied around until she was in ketoacidosis and went into a coma and was lifeflighted to two different hospitals.
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
FFFC = I pulled the PG card so I don't have to go to this Thanksgiving luncheon today for DH job. I. Just. Can't. He barely likes these folks. I don't know how to be fake so it takes alot of energy to spend longer than 5 minutes with them.
@cford08 aren’t you a nurse too? @heatherdubrow I’m seeing a trend here in not really caring about people seeing our business. We’ve seen enough that we know it’s not a big deal haha
If I wasn't sensitive to the wax they use, I'd be alllllll over that. I groom it all every second day, and that's just for my personal preference. I'm not a nurse, but have never actually cared if someone has to look at my vagina in any way. I don't think they are sitting there judging it. I hope... Edited to take out the plural in vagina
I have another... I stayed home sick from work today and I watched 9 episodes of Real Housewives of Dallas, OC, and New Jersey. I'm not proud, but I'm all caught up now! It was sort of wonderful to be able to watch my trash tv without MH's commentary.
@ShawnnaO I have a few legit kids books that I plan to pepper in and will probably get more, but I put aside a bunch of real adult books that I think are kid appropriate months ago and they're already in the nursery. I didn't even realize that was confession-worthy and just kinda figured the reading is the important part and that if you're bored stiff with the books the kids probably pick up on it being a chore for you, which can't be great.
@cford08 aren’t you a nurse too? @heatherdubrow I’m seeing a trend here in not really caring about people seeing our business. We’ve seen enough that we know it’s not a big deal haha
I don’t graduate until February, but I’ve been a tech for years. I swear I could be flashed on the street by one of those creeps in a trench coat and it wouldn’t phase me a bit. I’d imagine the people who do waxes feel the same. It’s just a vag, just shower before you go and you’re golden lol
@chasingroygbiv AAAH! I'm so glad to hear this. I have been feeling so guilty over this!!
Also, this doesn't help much now, but ladies...consider laser hair removal! I had it done in 2007. The only ONLY hair I deal with is my head and legs. Everywhere else is just one long continuation of smooth skin.
I did touch ups after having my son but that's about it.
I did laser hair removal on my underarms about six years ago. I definitely still have to shave. I couldn't even tell you if it's at least not as thick. Maybe I'll try again some day.
Edit: frigging Autocorrect
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 wish I could get waxed. I bruise very very easily and my vagina ends up black and blue. I also imagine most (medical) professionals don’t care about the appearance of vaginas but I care and am usually so scheduled with maintenance so it felt like a sneak attack hahaha
My FFFC, on a saturday lol: I can't remember the last time my 1yo had a legitimate math
Also, I have not been pressed to read to or play music for this baby like I did with my first. I feel bad about that. I'll start this week...on Monday... lol
Re: FFFC*
ASM, I am addicted to these cheesy tablet games. Like "Diner Dash", and "Cooking Fever". Anyone got any good ones? Haha
That feels wrong...
@amylonghorn Yes to leggings! I have been wearing those with a long shirt or jeggings pretty much everyday to work.
@syssa-o I didn't just have a surprise probe, but a surprise pap at my 12 week appt. I had just had one in May so I didn't think they'd do another one. Definitely didn't do any grooming before. Sorry little medical student that had to get all up in there.
Not a juicy confession but I have dinner plans tonight wit a friend I haven’t seen in way too long but I wouldn’t be mad if she canceled. I just want my sweatpants and bed. I hate socializing.
And random question, do scrabble boards come with extra “u”s in countries that use British spelling?
AFM My town is all in this serious privilege problems situation where people are freaking out because someone finally pointed out that it's not legal to have the city put up a nativity in a public park without even any procedures in place for other groups to put their own religious displays in parks. So the city wisely quit doing it while still doing a big lighted tree and plenty of Christmas-themed events available. (And it's not like we don't have churches with nativities.) I just saw a post on Nextdoor all about how some group of dingbats is putting up a nativity in the vicinity of the other one. I'm so tired of the arguing, hand-wringing, and general self-centeredness and jerkery, that my only reaction was to roll my eyes and make a crude gesture. And of course to check the fundraising site in hopes that no one had donated. It's simple. Just drive to the church that has the living nativity because that's the best one anyways dummies.
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 don't know if I used to know this and forgot thanks to pregnancy brain or just didn't know since I so rarely do banking things outside an ATM.
If I didn't know this before then how on earth did I survive living on my own for so many years???!!!!!
BTW you can now get ones and fives from the ATM if you bank with Chase. The teller gave me this pro tip while I was there getting my $4.
Married: 5.27.16
Baby Boy Due: 3.18.18
I also love leggings and think they are sort of pants, just pants that you have to wear a long shirt with.
I see people post, okay, I have this super serious dilemma and it's long, so bear with me....and then 9000 lines of uninterrupted text. I cannot motivate my brain to process that.
BTW: Mostly I'm talking about my BMB for my youngest. I can't recall that happening here. I am guessing it has but cannot think of anything. Probably because I didn't read it
My confession: I don’t read children’s books to my daughter. She has lots of them, and she brings them to me and we will sit and go through them together, but before naps/bedtime, I can’t bring myself to read the same ten page books to her over and over. So I read things I want. We’ve been working our way through John Green’s “Turtles All The Way Down.” If we get through that and there isn’t something new out that I’m interested in, I think I’m going to read her Harry Potter.
@bettyvonsomethingstein @shawnnaO I'm definitely guilty of long uninterrupted lines of text with no space between them sorry!
My first FFFC is going to make me sound really petty and spoiled but I just want to vent. Last pregnancy at my office there was a guy who's wife was due 2 months before me and a girl who was due 4 months after me so while it was pretty cool that there were so many babies coming I was just one of the pack. This time I am the only one pregnant so I felt kinda special. This morning a male co-worker announced that his wife is pregnant and due in June. While I'm really happy for them I kinda liked being the only person pregnant. Like I said I sound totally spoiled.
My second FFFC is that yesterday while the speech therapist was at our house to work with our youngest we had my IL's come over to watch the kids and DH and I went out to dinner leaving the speech therapist there with my IL's. They didn't have to do anything but I normally like to sit in on the sessions but I really wanted to go out to dinner with just DH and I so we left and had a bit of kid-free time and it was FABULOUS.
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
FFFC = I pulled the PG card so I don't have to go to this Thanksgiving luncheon today for DH job. I. Just. Can't. He barely likes these folks. I don't know how to be fake so it takes alot of energy to spend longer than 5 minutes with them.
Edited to take out the plural in vagina
I’d imagine the people who do waxes feel the same. It’s just a vag, just shower before you go and you’re golden lol
Also, this doesn't help much now, but ladies...consider laser hair removal! I had it done in 2007. The only ONLY hair I deal with is my head and legs. Everywhere else is just one long continuation of smooth skin.
I did touch ups after having my son but that's about it.
Edit: frigging Autocorrect
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 can't remember the last time my 1yo had a legitimate math
Also, I have not been pressed to read to or play music for this baby like I did with my first. I feel bad about that. I'll start this week...on Monday... lol