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July 2018 Moms
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Weekday Randoms 4/16
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Re: Weekday Randoms 4/16
Also, is anyone else a registry stalker? We just did ours Saturday and I’m already stalking it to see what we’ve gotten. lol My husband is against me doing that so I just tell him I’m “managing” the registry
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
We have only shared the registry with two people (my sister and a coworker who asked). I’m not having a shower and it would be weird to just pass it around so i just wait for interested people to ask. We’ve bought most big stuff and at this point it’s a list of things that I’ll need to replace (nosefreda filters, diaper genie filter, etc). I’ll look at it but just makes me sad sometimes since something similar happened with DS without a shower and we bought most things.
DS turns two on Wednesday and I’m so glad we asked for the day off!!
@WorkinWeezel congrats on a niece!!
@wildtot I didn’t even think of reporting it! I need to do that. You mean to tell me you’re not one of those people to link their registries in Facebook
@carsonraynee same here! Invites haven’t gone out yet and we just did it Saturday! I looked yesterday and things had been purchased. I’m assuming MIL although I hope I’m wrong bc she already bought us the crib and mattress and shouldn’t be spending any more! Still makes me excited though. Daily checks seem perfectly acceptable to me
I was surprised at how much we actually needed to buy once I started thinking about it though. We bought most of the big things already...a second crib (actually got for free from Facebook), mattress for second crib, other furniture needed for a second nursery, double stroller, video monitor with 2nd camera...but then once I really thought about it, I kept coming up with more things we need. Some new clothes because the seasons don't quite match (all our newborn outfits are fleecy or long sleeved), new pumping/nursing/feeding supplies that need to be replaced, second diaper pail and other odds and ends needed for a second nursery. Now I am nervous to look at the other baby gear in the basement and see if anything needs to be replaced. Like, should we be replacing the rock and play in case it's moldy inside from being in the basement and we wouldn't really be able to tell? Same question with the swing? And of course I have no idea what we did with the newborn inserts for the infant car seat.
My invites have not gone out yet so no one purchased anything but we know my mom will buy the stroller and my aunt will buy the crib. If in laws buy the car seat, then we are pretty set with the big stuff!
For our wedding, people didn't buy things until literally two weeks before and until day of, so I'm not particularly holding my breath lol. BTW Amazon notifies you when something has been bought!
We officially got out VW! Gave a deposit as we had to order it. Will be here in June. A little bummed as I really wanted it sooner but we will be fine in case they are late as we tested the car seat in the Acura and it fits fine. So excited to check that off the list! Never had a car built from the factory so I'm pretty excited. In other news, I don't want to work or adult today! :P
Nesting is in full force in our house. Yesterday I spent the whole day cleaning and organizing. I haven't attacked the guest room that will become the nursery yet, but I got several other things done that have been on my list for a while this weekend. Reorganized our whole pantry/kitchen, got rid of all of our baby boy clothes, and cleaned out DS' room to get rid of/organize some toys. I feel so much better about my life lol. And I finally feel ready to start getting the nursery ready. My husband worked on putting her dresser together yesterday, so I can start organizing some of her clothes at least. They are currently stacked in the closet and driving me bonkers.
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
@kissableviv congrats on the car!
@lindsayleigh1989 glad things are under control now, missed seeing you around here recently.
My Monday is shitty and I want to cry for no reason at all. I try not to whine and feel sorry for myself because I know that in the big picture I have nothing to complain about. But....... I'm just stresses and sad today. I'm at work after getting less than 6 hours of sleep, I have that disgusting burning feeling in my throat, I look like shit and I feel like a fat puffy sausage, my boss quit last week and I don't know how this will shape my department, I have HVAC people coming tomorrow morning to start our central heating/ac install and I think I have to move stuff to make room and make sure nothing gets messy but I have no idea, I parked in the $40 lot at work today, I turn 30-f-ing-5 this month and I could just use a 10 hour nap right now. So I'm all dramatic like:
@runsomewhere you're allowed to feel sorry for yourself once in a while!!! Hang in there, lady!
@stlmegs I NEED to get this stuff done, but just do not have the time to do it! 77 days until due date and the nursery and my daughter's room have not even been started. It'll get done eventually, I suppose!
Thanks everyone for the well wishes
Married: 6/27/2008
DS: 3/14/2010 Planned, PG first try
M/C 6/2012
DD: 4/22/2013 Planned, UnDx Infertility, PG on our own
BFP: 10/28/2016 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE!
M/C 12/12/2016
BFP: 10/27/2017 Unplanned, HUGE SURPRISE
EDD: 7/2/2018
@runsomewhere, I would be feeling sad, too. How can any of us not with all these pregnancy hormones raging?
I keep falling in and out of love with my pregnancy pillow (a u-shaped one). First couple of months I loved it, then when I developed restless leg syndrome, I hated it. Still have restless legs, but the pregnancy pillow is allowing me to sleep a little better.
Just hit the third tri yesterday, and right on cue, I'm having to get up twice in the night to pee rather than just once. Ugghhhh....
In other words, really looking forward to being off work from July 1-October 1st!
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
@runsomewhere emotions are running high, don't feel bad. My DH literally laughed the other day and said "it's fun watching you going through so many moods". He is very leveled while I'm normally very impulsive and moody even when not pregnant.
4 days ago I was bitching about the car and having to do a longer payment term and pretty much resigning to the idea of maybe getting a cheaper vehicle while yesterday I was all happy we ordered what we wanted, lol. I felt like a brat complaining about all that but again with these hormones you can't control your feelings sometimes!
Can I take 10 seconds to brag about my credit? They ran it yesterday and it was at the top. Worked my ass off these past 12 months so it's nice to rip up some benefits especially after the $$$ tax bill.
@flockofmoosen3 I hope he feels better! those sleepy needy days are sometimes wonderful though
Boo to this horrible weather - woke up to white all over the lawn from ice, drove to the OB in monsoon rain, and now the house is shaking from thunder
BUT! We picked out all the materials and ordered the kitchen cabinets and counters on Saturday and I talked the dr into letting me go to FL for the wedding with DH and DD. She wasn't thrilled, but honestly my pain is way down since DD started daycare full time, I know to avoid hard chairs (promised I'd buy a donut), and my mental stress will be MUCH lower if I'm with DH instead of separated. Plus this way I get to see my grandmother and have a nice visit before she deteriorates more.
@ashbub714 totally stalking my own registry. Like twice a day at least. Can't help it! Our invites went out 2 weeks ago (shower is in 3 weeks) Not a lot of things have been bought yet...but then I know I usually wait until the last week to buy anything for someone else so it's not just hanging around my house for weeks.
@runsomewhere I had my first 'breakdown' yesterday. The last sooo many weekends have been so busy with working on the nursery, running around to so many stores, shopping, building things, mixed in with working full time, getting to the gym every day, never getting to take a nap (I think my last nap was after our gender reveal at 20 weeks! that was 8 weeks ago). DH and I were out and about yesterday running errands and my feet hurt, I was tired and feeling out of it..and I made some offhand comment which made me laugh really hard at first and then I just lost it and starting bawling. I couldn't stop switching between laughing and crying for a solid 10 minutes. DH picked us up lunch, we went home, ate, and I took a 3 hour nap. Felt a little normal after that. I think we forget that we do need to take it easy every once in a while. Second Trimester has us feeling like superwoman trying to get everything done and ready for baby, but we also need to remember to take a break mentally and physically. If you need to cry, then cry! It really does help to let it all out.
@sm05-2 I just hit 3rd tri today, and got up twice last night to pee for the first time
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
My belly is not too big yet but yesterday I was definitely feeling bigger. I am trying to slow down as well although there's still lots to do. 10 days til babymoon!
Officially hit third trimester today! Passed my GD test and immediately wanted a donut. I had paleo muffins instead...good but not the same
@ashbub714 My invites haven't even been sent out yet and I have been stalking my registry, too! Somehow the families found our BRU registry and went wild. My MIL was planning to buy us the crib and someone had already bought it for us...looks like baby's godmommy found it first. Luckily, my MIL is very go-with-the-flow and wasn't upset. But it is so exciting checking it out.
Is anyone actually counting kicks? My doc had said not to do that until 28 weeks and it's been causing me a bit of anxiety. Sometimes, he twitches like 3 times in a second, but is that only one movement or three? I feel like I will become a stress ball if I really have to count 10 movements in an hour every day! I'll probably ask about it at my glucose test app. on Wednesday, but I still feel like a crazy patient every time I ask questions.
@julybabybear Kick counts are so stressful imo. I just make sure there is a bit of consecutive movement there a couple times a a day. Sometimes it will be a few twitches or quick moves in a few seconds then nothing for like an hour, it is confusing and it stresses me out.
I struggled with this a lot when I was pregnant with DD and ended up in L&D a couple times because I called saying I couldn't feel movement. It was so stressful and confusing. Each time DD was totally fine and all they'd say is she's fine but to keep calling if I feel decreased movements. I have no idea why but in late pregnancy with DD sometimes I'd have days where you could see clear movements across the room and sometimes nothing.
It took me 2 hours to get home from work on Friday, on a beautiful 80 degree sunny day. This morning, drove to work in a monsoon and it took me 2.5 hours to get in. Realizing it's not the weather, just this time of year when traffic is always like this (well the monsoon probably didn't help). I am so sick of my commute, I can't even stand it. I get in the car in the morning/afternoon and literally just want to cry. I know I can't change anything right now, I am not leaving my job 3 months before the baby comes, but I am seriously so unhappy here. I have all these hearings being scheduled on top of each other, one of them is for 6/18 when I'll be 36 weeks, and I seriously can't imagine pulling the 12 hour days needed to prepare for all these hearings, let alone going to an all day 6 hour hearing 2+ hours from home in an un-air conditioned hot building at 36 weeks pregnant.
It doesn't help that my coworker, who I consider a friend and generally like, is being super negative. He constantly complains that it isn't fair that he has to do this consult, or that assignment, and that it should be assigned to me or the other associate instead of him. I don't even know how to respond to that, I even asked if he wants me to volunteer to handle whatever assignment he's complaining about, and he says no. Then earlier he was complaining about how only bad things happen in his cases, and I made some comment about how we tend to notice/dwell on the negative more but I'm sure good things happen in his cases too, and he sarcastically/nastily said "maybe for you, but unlike you, I don't have all of my cases settle". I literally said "okay." and walked away. I guess he's angry at me that my cases settle more than his? For background, we work in school years, and for the 16-17 school year, 100% of my cases settled. That doesn't mean I didn't spend days preparing several of them for hearing, but it's the luck of the draw, and they all ended up going into settlement, some at the last second. He had to take maybe 3 of his to hearing....and had plenty of help on them. I don't control these things and I don't understand why he would throw that in my face like that.
I'm sure I am being overly sensitive, but it sucks when I feel like I'm being attacked by the one person at work who I truly consider a friend.
@zande2016 I wonder if you live near me, I'm in CT. This weather has been insane! It is currently down pouring and freezing, but Saturday was sunny and I didn't even wear a coat. So sorry about your friend at work. I'm sure he's trying to vent to you because you're friends, but not realizing he's being a Negative Nancy. I feel like there is always that one person at work or in a friend group who thinks they've got the short end of the stick every time and it's like UGHHH other people have things going on too! I can't even imagine the long hours of your job and the prep that goes into it, especially being pregnant. Hopefully, your friend gets a little more sympathetic and your 6\18 court date is a very cloudy, cool summer day!
Eta, wth there are ads at the bottom of the thread??? They can do that but not fix the back button or the little link to the BMB??
If you look above the first post of each thread you’ll see a small link to the board. Works better than back arrow at least.
Unrelated but we finally got our box spring mattress today because mattress practically on the floor and 3rd tri do not mix haha I feel like a beached whale anytime I have to get out of bed!
The wind storm that we had last night (central ny) was insane! My central air unit cover is MIA and the drive-thru of a local donut place had the siding ripped off! But sweet wonderful DH took the outdoor pillows off the patio furniture and put them in the garage without me having to ask! (I actually woke up around 2 am to the sound of my window screens rattling and panicked about the pillows and woke him up lol)
@carsonraynee That's what I was wondering too. When he's really moving, I see and feel him pop out like 10 times within a few, but when the twitches are so fast...I'm like is that really one movement or does it really count? I'm going to ask the OB about that at my next appointment.