Weekly Randoms 4/9

tessiesmom26 · April 2018

@mockingjay1 That's amazing! Happy for them!

lurvleybunchococonuts · April 2018

Ugh... I'm getting a cold now because my coworkers don't know how to keep germs to themselves

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

The magical random switch has flipped and I've started to have blood sugar drops. It happened with my first pregnancy, too. I had a bagel for breakfast (super carbs) and then an hour later I started feeling shaky and weak. Checked my sugar and it was 63! Luckily I have some left over Easter chocolate that I've been keeping in my purse just for that reason.

troystory17 · April 2018

@mockingjay1 thats amazing!

@middleschoolmommy ugh low blood sugar is the worst feeling in the world! I always over do it trying to get it to rise asap then end up with the opposite problem

prairiemomma82 · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy I’m there too. First trimester I always have to lower my insulin pump basal rates and raise my carb to insulin ratio. I’ve been going low about three times a day and it’s driving me crazy. (I’m almost at 9 weeks) Fortunately I haven’t had the nighttime lows yet, those are the worst.

I remind myself to enjoy a bit of using less insulin, as I have to take 3x my normal amount by the end! With my second pregnancy, I could never catch up with where my rates should be and I ended up with a 9.5 lb “premmie” (at 35 weeks) it’s a wild ride...

@troystory17 yup... then over-treat the high, and the roller coaster continues.

pink_polkadots · April 2018

@bqtmom25 you have to type out the whole thing with the colon on each side. If you type a colon and then a letter, a list should pop up on mobile to show you options. So you’d type :cookie*: But take the * out of that.

mockingjay1 · April 2018

pink_polkadots said:

@bqtmom25 you have to type out the whole thing with the colon on each side. If you type a colon and then a letter, a list should pop up on mobile to show you options. So you’d type :cookie*: But take the * out of that.

FYI this also shows more faces on the web version too if you hit the colon and then type something.

(just a few I didn't know we could do) I'm probably more entertained by this than I should be

pelorunningmama · April 2018

@mockingjay1 how incredible!!! Love this!

lurvleybunchococonuts · April 2018

Production is down at work so... TB's "secret" emoji's in spoiler. I *think* this is all of them

: astonished :

: angry :

:anguished :

: blush :

: bawling :

: confounded :

: cookie :

: cry :

: confused :

: cold_sweat :

: dizzy :

: disappointed :

: error :

: expressionless :

: frowning :

: fearful :

: flushed :

: grin :

: grey_question :

: grimace :

: hushed :

: heartbreak :

: heart :

: innocent :

: joy :

: kissing : or : kiss :

: kissing_heart :

: kissing_smiling_eyes :

: kissing_closed_eyes :

: lol :

: love :

: mrgreen :

: mask :

: naughty :

: neutral :

: no_mouth :

: open_mouth :

: pensive :

: persevere :

: relieved :

: relaxed :

: rage :

: sleepy :

: sleeping :

: sweat :

: sweat_smile :

: smile :

: sunglasses :

: smiley :

: smirk :

: star :

: tired_face :

: trollface :

: triumph :

: tongue :

: unamused :

: wink :

: worried :

: weary :

: warning :

: yum :

phoenix870509 · April 2018

Ugh, DH heated up fried chicken downstairs. I've had an aversion to it since my pregnancy with DS. Now my kitchen smells like fried chicken and it's making me gag.

vrj0522 · April 2018

@mockingjay1 - how exciting for them!

@phoenix870509 - yuck

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

@prairiemomma82 I also hate the middle of the night drops. I'm terrified of NOT waking up in time to get some sugar in me. I've been keeping one of DS's apple juice boxes on my night stand.

I remember having to really ramp up my insulin dosage at the beginning of 3rd trimester. DS decided to come early at 29 weeks. He was 3lbs 2oz, which was the 96th percentile for his gestational age. I'm praying for a full term pregnancy this time, but also terrified of a huge baby.

troystory17 · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy are you on alot of insulin? last pregnancy all along they told me I'd have a csection at 39 weeks so she didn't get too big and then they almost took her at 38 for being too small she was in the 3rd percentile. Diabetes drives me insane.

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

@troystory17 Currently I'm on 20 units of a once daily and then 15-20 units of Novalog with meals. My OB said my cut-off will be 38 weeks, but she didn't say if it would be c-section or if they would try to induce labor. I'm hoping to make it that far this time!
With my DS, I was only given the meal time insulin and I was up to 75 units with each meal by 28 weeks. =\ really hoping to avoid using that much this time.

troystory17 · April 2018

yeah I'm trying to stay as low as possible I was up to 30 units 5 times a day with DS and I gained so much weight

I had gastric bypass in between my DS & DD that's the only reason I was able to stay so low with her. Fingers crossed we both can stay relatively low only 30ish more weeks!

CanadianGamerMom · April 2018

Ive been trying to be involved with this board as often as possible. Im always anxious that no matter how much I post, no one will recognize me. I felt the same way on the J14 board. I know it's dumb but cant help thinking that way

booksandcoffee · April 2018

I’m getting a cold

I’m all achy and my head and throat hurt. I didn’t get sick all flu season when I wasn’t pregnant and now that I am pregnant, I get cold after cold. Wtf body.

linz36 · April 2018

@CanadianGamerMom I understand how you feel!

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

@CanadianGamerMom That's how I felt on my old bmb also. The "popular" one ended up being the catfish though.. so... ha.

linz36 · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy that’s probably because the catfish had all of the spare time to be super active on the board...hopefully no catfish in this group but only time will tell

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

@linz36 I sure hope it doesn't happen this time around. That revelation killed the board!

*edit for clarity*

EM0704 · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy I always have low blood sugar issues too. It’s hard to watch my weight when I have to eat a huge breakfast to start each morning or I’m done for the rest of the day!

bqtmom25 · April 2018

Waaahhh I still can' figure it out. My app quit working so I'm mobile web.

pink_polkadots · April 2018

bqtmom25 said:

:mrgreen Waaahhh I still can' figure it out. My app quit working so I'm mobile web.

you almost got it! You need one more colon at the end!

CanadianGamerMom · April 2018

@linz36 @middleschoolmommy I don't like that you guys feel/felt the same, but I'm glad I'm not alone! I'm part of the bigger J14 fb group and we haven't had any catfish issues so all things crossed we don't have that here

bqtmom25 · April 2018

@pink_polkadots thank you! I guess I just thought that was part of the * to get it to not turn in the example. I feel like 100 years old and like I have no idea what I'm doing on the compyter/phone right now.

You may have helped me tag people too. Fx that works. Now I just have to figure out my profile picture.

herewegoagain3rd · April 2018

@CanadianGamerMom I definitely feel the same way too! There has been a few things I posted on threads that got no response at all and it kind of makes you feel invisible

Especially yesterday when I was having a very hard day. It is one reason I love/hate the ways the boards are set up. It definitely keeps the boards clearer and eliminates drive-bys but sometimes people's post don't get seen when they really need support.

lurvleybunchococonuts · April 2018

@bfpafter4years @CanadianGamerMom @linz36 I'm sorry to hear you and others are feeling invisible at times here. Honestly, I find the best thing to do is if you're having a particularly rough day, say it or something along the lines of "OMG guys I could use some reassurance right now". Sometimes things will get commented on/spark a conversation, sometimes they won't. You need to not take it personally or feel like you're being intentionally ignored. And as amazing as TB is for a support system, IMHO it can't be your main source. I'm sorry you tried to reach out and felt ignored though. I'm sure that wasn't anyone's intentions.

offtoneverland · April 2018

I'll admit as well that I haven't been very good about giving support as much as it's needed. All this exhaustion makes it so hard for me to bump at night after work (and I'm not allowed to bump at work). And I'm sure I'm not the only one since we're all so tired right now. It's not really a good excuse, but it does make it hard. I'm even having trouble responding to texts from my family because I just want to sleep all night!
Know that you're all seen and heard though, even if you don't get responses all the time. I hope that it will be easier to keep up with the board when the first tri exhaustion is over with.
ETA: Maybe this should be my UO or FFFC but it drives me crazy that no one really talks to each other in the ticker change threads. I thought that was the whole point of those threads, to get to know people. Perhaps it's another symptom of everyone being tired and not easily able to keep up with all the chatter, but I hope that it will improve over time so people can talk *to* each other and not just at a wall.

runningyogimama · April 2018

@offtoneverland Agree about the Ticker Change threads! And only 1 or maybe 2 people are participating in the Thursday ones, which makes me sad.

I understand the reason for how the board are set up now, to prevent a million one off posts and repeats, but it was MUCH easier to stay caught up “back in the day” when people did make a new thread for everything...sometimes when I see a post has 35 new replies or is 2 pages of responses long before I’ve looked at it, I know I don’t have the time/energy to read it all so it prevents me from reading it at all. It’s also hard to have a conversation when the thought I want to reply to was like 6 topics of conversation ago, so I feel like it’s over (even if that’s maybe not the case?). Probably a UO.

tessiesmom26 · April 2018

@runningyogimama I feel the same about the topic changing. I bump at work because it's the only time I can really get on here, so I am mainly on during the weekday. I feel like more people come on at night and the weekends, so I miss a ton of stuff. I try to lurk from my phone and add when I can, but the mobile app can be a PITA so it's not always easy to do that. By the time I am back at the computer and able to comment, the topic has gone by.

middleschoolmommy · April 2018

I'm also surprised by the low number of participants in the ticker changes. I hope we get more soon. I understand some women hold off until they feel more secure about their pregnancy. I understand the feeling invisible thing, but also remember that we are still early on and we have several months still to get to know each other! What I remember making me feel the worst on my old bmb was the hdbd. Being one of the only plus-sized mamas, I felt kind of ignored/isolated.

My unrelated comment/rant is that today is the kind of day that makes me "hate" my job. I was up on and off all night with cold and stomach symptoms. I laid in bed crying (after throwing up and giving myself a killer sinus headache from the pressure) and DH was telling me to just call in. I can't "just call in". It's the end of the school year and there are never any subs and I can't put any extra work, or kids, on my coworkers. I've already decided that I'm going to try to find a sub for tomorrow so I can just take a long weekend to hopefully get better. Also, I hate that I have to use a day of my sick time, when I need all I can get for when the baby is born -_-

hollyeva · April 2018

@CanadianGamerMom your name is unforgettable

What games do you guys play? Are you more of a boardgamer, video gamer, rpger?

tessiesmom26 · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy I have wanted to bang out sick this week but have to keep telling myself the same thing, that I need all the sick time I can get for when baby comes! I hope you are able to get a long weekend to relax.

CandyM305 · April 2018

I’m new to the board and I’m just kind of observing at this point and trying to familiarize myself with everything. I hope it’s not a problem if I don’t post or comment too much. I’m just trying to be apart of a group with people going through the same experiences as myself but I feel a little intimidated and worried about “rules”. I guess I just want reassurance that whatever my level of participation, or how simple that I’ll still be able to remain in the BMB. Not trying to be needy lol, just want to make sure I’m in the right place.

lurvleybunchococonuts · April 2018

@middleschoolmommy Ugh I'm sorry you're not feeling well today. Sounds like a lot of us are in the MS + cold boat and it SUCKS! *hugs* I HATE when mh says "just call in" I completely understand not being able to just not go to work for the day. I hope you'll be able to set up a sub so you can work on feeling better soon!

@CandyM305 it's not like there's a BMB police that's gonna kick you out for not participating

you can join in when/where you feel comfortable. It takes a little getting used to the format, but it's really not that intimidating. To everyone worried about the "rules", seriously, just read the sticked posts and try to follow along. If you make a mistake and someone calls you out on it, just apologize and learn from it. It's not like people are out to torment you for doing something wrong. It's when people get defensive about it and try to justify themselves that causes the drama and then the snark comes out. Just laugh and move on.

pink_polkadots · April 2018

@offtoneverland I’ll tell you what, you hit the nail on the head, at least for me, with the ticker changes and even some of the other check ins. I’m so tired and feel like poo all day. The thought of having to copy and paste and answer all these questions just seems exhausting. On last weeks ticker change for me, I even said, “I go here, but I’m too tired to even think to answer all these questions. No motivation. Whatsoever.

@middleschoolmommy ugh I’m sorry you don’t feel well! I’m in that boat too. I’ve had a nasty head cold/cough since Monday. And now DD has it. And we were just sick like a month ago. I need some nice weather so we can get some fresh air up in this house!

CandyM305 · April 2018

Thanks! Makes me feel better lol

MojieJo · April 2018

I'm going crazy over here. I've got a tiny, painful cyst in my elbow and I'm guessing it's pressing on a nerve because half my hand (pinky and ring finger and that half of the palm) keeps going numb.

I know I need to see my doctor and that she's probably going to send me to an orthopedist, but I'm afraid it's going to require surgery to fix, which is the last thing I want while I'm pregnant.

lifesabeach85 · April 2018

@runningyogimama I agree that the one-off posts can be easier to get into and foster a good discussion. Personally I don’t really mind them as long as it’s from a genuine member of the group, isn’t something that clearly should be asked of a doctor and not the internet (Am I in labor? Is this my mucus plug?) or something that has been asked a dozen times in another board (anyone have bh contractions? Look at my 3D US) IMO (maybe an UO) things like “what should I bring in my hospital bag” “where are you going on babymoon” and “what do you wish you had put in your birth plan” would be fine for one-offs

I use late pregnancy examples so as not to call anyone out

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