September 2018 Moms

Weekly Randoms 3/12

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Re: Weekly Randoms 3/12

  • We told family when we went in to the hospital but they all waited at home until we let them know dd was here. Except my sisinlaw who brought dh food cause he was starving. 

    Inlaws and dh’s siblings visited that night (3 hrs after she was born.,,what was i thinking?!) it worked out because it was late and so they didn’t stay long. My parents, an aunt and my grandmother came the next day as they had a ways to travel. Everyone pretty much left us alone once we got home, Especially once we got the cf diagnoses at 5 days old, no one knew how to handle it. FIL stayed away for months because he thought he wasnt allowed to visit since he refused to get a flu shot... total misunderstanding, I had strongly encouraged flu shots to anyone who planned to be around a lot. We weren’t kicking anyone out who was just visiting.

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    bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"

    bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis

    bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"

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  • starla said:
    Can we start a separate thread for STM questions? I feel like there's a lot of toddler talk on here that I don't find relevant right now (I'm sure I will in the future!). UO? :)
    It's definitely an UO for me since this is a randoms thread not a FTM thread. There's lots of things being talked about in this thread and others that I don't personally find relevant either. I'm fine with starting a new thread for toddler sleep training or whatever if people want to get really in depth about a specific issue but I think it sucks to be told that in a round about way my comments about my life with my toddler aren't relevant and to take that shit elsewhere. 
  • Agreed @stothi. It’s not even a bulk of the comments, either. ::shrugs::
  • stothi said:
    starla said:
    Can we start a separate thread for STM questions? I feel like there's a lot of toddler talk on here that I don't find relevant right now (I'm sure I will in the future!). UO? :)
    It's definitely an UO for me since this is a randoms thread not a FTM thread. There's lots of things being talked about in this thread and others that I don't personally find relevant either. I'm fine with starting a new thread for toddler sleep training or whatever if people want to get really in depth about a specific issue but I think it sucks to be told that in a round about way my comments about my life with my toddler aren't relevant and to take that shit elsewhere. 
    IMO the whole purpose of randoms is to talk about whatever you feel like talking about. Like just because there's a symptoms thread, doesn't mean someone can't complain about their symptoms in randoms too!!
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________
    MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
    DS born 9/13/16
    BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
  • @SkilledSailor our entire families both live 3000 miles away. I had honestly considered not even announcing my pregnancy until after the baby was born. Did anyone see the movie Four Christmases?
  • @ashh2018 Hahaha I love that last scene. I think I like the distance of my family for newborn visiting reasons. They won't be able to bombard us at the birthing center or even within 24 hours since they have work and what not. I mean, my mom will come ASAP but siblings and grandparents? Naw, they'll wait till it's convenient for them. Probably the following weekend.
  • starlastarla member
    edited March 2018
    I prefer to keep the STM and toddler talk separate. It's fine to mention your kid once in a while on the ransoms thread, but recently it's become a banter back and forth between only several S+TMs. I'm here to talk about pregnancy, not your kids. 

    Edit it to add: I agree that randoms can be non-pregnancy related, but I feel like it's being skewed a lot toward toddler talk.
    Me: 34 | DH: 33
    Married Aug. 2013
    TTC #1 Sep. 2016
    ***TW***
    BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d
    BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
    BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
    All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
    BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
    My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d


  • klj0228 said:
    For me personally, I love tor rad what your toddlers are up to. I am not just here to learn about pregnancy I like getting to know everyone and their families. Plus, your stories are entertaining and change it from being all about pregnancy. I can’t contribute much when you talk about your other children, but I still enjoy reading about them. Keep on with the stories! 
    My first time around I always enjoyed it too. I may not have been able to relate immediately but I learned things from STM+ that I definitely looked back on as DS got older.
    _______________________________________________________________________________________________
    MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
    DS born 9/13/16
    BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
  • @adirat I think one of the downsides of having a thread like randoms or wtf or even just questions is that its really easy for new topics to get lost or missed in a popular thread. I’ve had it happen too and it can be frustrating. The first time was in a thread where the hot topic was boob size (which unfortunately does not apply to me at all) so it’s not just toddlers that cause the issue.  
    It’s one of the reasons I don’t really mind the random one off threads (as long as they’re posted by active members and not a newbie that’s never posted anything before and never comes back to update). 
  • @stothi First, I think you're overreacting and reading way too much into what I said. What I was saying is that I don't want the conversation dominated by toddler talk, which it seems to be heading toward right now, not just in the randoms thread. I didn't say "don't ever talk about your kid on here." If there's specific conversations about potty training, sleeping, etc., we can move those to a STM or whatever thread, like someone did. I'm perfectly happy with that! Cool?

    However, in general, I think that people should have balanced lives and talk about variety of subjects. So, yes, if I had a friend that all he/she talked about was one topic (sports, pizza, whatever), I would get tired of that, too. Don't lie, so would you, if you didn't care about that topic. It's not a personal attack on you or your child. If that's all someone chooses to talk about (again, not attacking you personally), then being ostracized by their friends is a risk they take. That's why people find friends with similar interests so they can talk about *insert random topic here* all day! And, no, I don't talk about my job 24/7. Only when someone asks how it's going.

    The only reason I mentioned it was because I know others may not be participating as much because of all the toddler talk, like @adirat said. It's not just the randoms thread, but other threads as well. It's hard to jump into the middle of a conversation and change the topic, so I've just been skipping over posts about toddlers because I can't contribute, giving some love tits, and not posting anything. I'm not going to be all "HEY! I know you're all talking about your kids, but look at ME!"

    I think we can come to a compromise here without feeling personally offended.
    Me: 34 | DH: 33
    Married Aug. 2013
    TTC #1 Sep. 2016
    ***TW***
    BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d
    BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
    BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
    All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
    BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
    My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d


  • starlastarla member
    edited March 2018
    @stothi That's a great suggestion as long as people don't start tons of one off AW threads. And above I said: " I didn't say "don't ever talk about your kid on here." If there's specific conversations about potty training, sleeping, etc., we can move those to a STM or whatever thread, like someone did. I'm perfectly happy with that! Cool?"

    So Yeah if your WTF Wednesday post is about your child then I'm totally cool with that. I'm only suggesting that if the conversation then steers toward that specific topic (e.g. Potty training) then maybe move it elsewhere. 

    And I only used the phrase "toddler talk" because it's short and I'm on mobile and lazy. :)

    Edit: typo
    Me: 34 | DH: 33
    Married Aug. 2013
    TTC #1 Sep. 2016
    ***TW***
    BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d
    BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
    BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
    All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
    BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
    My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d


  • Lol I was going to come and comment about why I haven't been active this week, but after catching up, I guess all I can kind of say (maybe this is acceptable?) is that a member of my family who dictates my every single day is going to have her second surgery in a month after what is being called "a failed ear tube." We've been miserable AF, I'm tired AF, and all I hoped is that we wouldn't be at the doctor this week. We were, and now we're having surgery. 
  • @Patience7150 I’m sorry that you have to go through another surgery with her. I hope all goes well!
  • @Patience7150 I was wondering where you were. I'm real slow, like real,real slow, so it took me til like this afternoon to notice, but I did notice. 
    I'm sorry you guys have to go through another surgery :'( 
  • I've been staying up late due to March Madness.. to only wind up getting like 3 hours of sleep lately. Does anyone else really get into college basketball? 
    Me: 33 DH: 31 Baby: 9/2/2018 BabyFruit Ticker


  • @Patience7150 I'm so sorry to hear you're in for a second surgery, I hope this will be the real fix! Fingers crossed!

    @smsaulino I can get into March Madness, but haven't watched a ton of college basketball this year. Funny enough, this is like the only sport I actually care about. Did you make a bracket?

    @yogapants247 cold and flu season needs to go away now! Hope you and your little get better soon!
  • @smsaulino I don’t watch it and know nothing about it, but somehow I’m in first place in my office pool. I can’t imagine that’s going to last much longer, but I’m enjoying it for now.  

    @Patience7150 I’m so sorry you guys need another surgery. Hopefully this one is more successful!
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