December 2018 Moms

UOs - 5.10

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Re: UOs - 5.10

  • Oh, this might be one - I HATE online shopping. I like to see things in person, try clothes on in person, etc. Like, I love ModCloth clothes but have never ordered any because they do not have a physical store and I can't try things on! I do not understand how anyone enjoys ordering stuff online unless it's like, electronics or something basic.
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  • @clbness @kelseyyh this is probably an fffc but i've never been to ikea! I think i would probably get overwhelmed. 
  • @coco2787 I am all for natural medicines but I feel like there’s a line. I am not going to keep going with an all natural remedy if my child is not getting better. 
    @hkom yes! And a true vaccine injury is rare! 
    I thank my lucky stars that none of my family is anti-vaccine because I’m not sure I could handle that. 
  • Yes @Jens_Hoes, I mentioned on another thread that I don’t take issue with people trying natural remedies, but if there’s a serious health concern you need to take your kid to a real doctor.  
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  • clbnessclbness member
    @kelseyyh Good call on going straight to the warehouse!  I don't think I could get MH to go there anyways...there would *definitely* be bickering.

    @morgantu It definitely can be overwhelming, but I'm a get in and get out kind of shopper, so there's that!
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  • @maureenmce I online shop all of the time! I typically only buy from stores that I know and can return to like Target. I do order a lot from Amazon because it's free returns and the reviews help me  alot. I live 50 miles from the nearest shopping anything (Walmart, Target, a mall), so for me I hate traveling 2 hours round trip just for clothes. Lazy for the win!
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  • gorgeousarielgorgeousariel member
    edited May 2018
    My GP told me a story about a family to used to treat. There was a son who was 1yo and another son who was 3m- so basically Irish twins. The 1yo received the chicken pox vaccine at his appt. The virus transferred to the younger brother and the brother developed shingles at 6mo. I'm all for vaccines but man what a horrible incident to happen. The younger brother will live with shingles his whole life. 

    Also, I love my breast milk ring. It's a sentimental piece from this short lived time in my life. It looks like a pearl so I wore it everyday until I lost it. 
  • hkomhkom member
    edited May 2018
    My GP told me a story about a family to used to treat. There was a son who was 1yo and another son who was 3m- so basically Irish twins. The 1yo received the chicken pox vaccine at his appt. The virus transferred to the younger brother and the brother developed shingles at 6mo. I'm all for vaccines but man what a horrible incident to happen. The younger brother will live with shingles his whole life. 
    An unvaccinated person catching the virus from vaccine shedding is very very very rare.  Like, double digits in tens of millions rare.  Also this may get me strung up for parent shaming, but it would seem like common sense to isolate the two children from one another until the vaccine-strain virus has died out. 





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  • hkomhkom member
    coco2787 said:
    I call BS on your GP @gorgeousariel.  That story doesn’t make sense.  This is from the CDC website “You can’t catch shingles from another person. However, a person who has never had chickenpox (or chickenpox vaccine) could get chickenpox from someone with shingles.”  
    Yeah that doesn't add up.  She either misheard or the story is an urban legend. The first outbreak is chickenpox. Subsequent outbreaks are shingles.  





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  • kelseyyhkelseyyh member
    edited May 2018
    I don't know if I can pose a question for UO or if it'd be better under a questions thread (just let me know and I'll move it) but I was wondering opinions on circumcision?

    I guess I figure it might fit here as I've had friends get pretty heated about this topic before. I'm a FTM / team green so I've never had to decide to / not to and I don't know if I will need to. Anyway, I'm just interested in what people think. 

    Edit: grammar was weird. 
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    Son: December 2018
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  • @kelseyyh We chose not to circumcise my son just because it’s becoming a majority thing in then US and we didn’t want him to stand out from his peers. MIL said she didn’t care what we did and then proceeded to lecture me about how it was going to get infected and how her dad had to be circumcised as an adult to join the Navy...blah blah blah. 
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  • @PensiveCrayon Thanks for your thoughts! I believe it's probably similar in Canada but I don't actually know. I love that MIL comment. I adore my in laws but FIL will always make comments about how the hubby and I shouldn't listen to other people and that he doesn't want to give his opinion... then proceeds to give his really strong opinion about the topic. :wink: Will be interesting to see what comes up when the pregnancy reveal happens! 
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  • kadeephdkadeephd member
    edited May 2018
    AGK2015 said:
    Vaccines: one of the only mommy wars worth fighting. Almost everything else (shy of actual child abuse) is pretty much you do you, different strokes for different folks, I may choose differently but I support your choice. That one gets to me, though.
    Me too.

    @kelseyyh We will not circumcise if we have a boy and I feel pretty strongly about this.  I dated someone for a few years who was circumcised and was convinced it had messed up his ability to feel properly.  They can also take off too much skin accidentally, which makes erections painful.  I think circumcision is unnecessary and can potentially be harmful.

    Edited to add: I realize there are some potential medical benefits, like a decrease in UTIs, but the benefits seem very small.  I think for me I just recoil at the idea of slicing skin off your newborn.  Your son can always get circumcised later in life if that is his preference.

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  • hkomhkom member
    edited May 2018
    @kelseyyh We will also not be circumcising if we have a boy.  My husband is not circumcised and I really don't see the point living in a country with top-tier healthcare (save the insurance debacle, but that's for another day).  If I remember correctly, a lot of the studies on the complications of not cicumcising are performed in less developed countries (places in Africa mostly, I think) with low quality healthcare and... different... sexual hygiene practices.  Most of the "benefits" of circumcision (less UTIs, STIs and other infections) can also be addressed simply by teaching your son how to properly wash his penis, wear a condom, and getting him the HPV vaccine (YAY VACCINES!) 

    *Edit*  ALSO, teach your girls that there is nothing wrong with an uncircumcised penis.  I think it may be a generational thing since circumcision was soooo prevalent in ours, but I have grown-ass thirty-year-old friends who still squeal at, like, just a photo of an intact penis.  That is unbelievably immature and can be very hurtful.





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  • @kelseyhh I think it's a personal preference, but we chose not to circumcise my son.  There aren't any real health benefits and the thought of putting my sweet perfect baby through that was too much for me.  My H isn't circumcised and it doesn't seem to have affected his life in any negative way.  
    Me: 35  H: 35
    Married: 4/5/13

    "You know that place between sleep and awake, 
    that place where you can still remember dreaming?
    That's where I will always love you.  
    That's where I'll be waiting."
    ~Peter Pan 

    *TW*
    BFP #1: 11/12/12  EDD 7/25/13 Baby boy: 7/27/13
    BFP #2: 10/29/17   MMC dx @ 9 weeks
    BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18
    BFP #4: 3/2/18  MC 3/9/18
    RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal
    BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl  :'(
    Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28
    BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19  <3  Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19 
    BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022 
  • This is so interesting! I feel like my son is the only uncircumcised one among my first group of mom friends. Maybe the tide is changing really fast, or maybe we’re the only ones speaking up ;)
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  • We are choosing to circumcise if we have a boy. The CDC is split on the risks and benefits to both sides and doesn’t actually have a recommendation. Which is why we are satisfied with our choice. 
  • I'm late to the party buttttt... I hate thongs. I haven't worn one in YEARS. Bikini or boyshort for me, please. I just don't care enough about underwear lines.

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  • I’m going to let DH decide. He’s circumsized, and hasn’t voiced an opinion yet. I’m 50/50. I think it’s physically unneeded, but I understand if LO would prefer looking like DH. *shrugs shoulders* Maybe the CDC will clearly vote yea or nay before December!
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  • @Jens_Hoes Definitely agree about vaccines. I do not agree about breastmilk jewelry. I think it's awesome that they can do that. It's a great keepsake for those who breastfed and want to have a memory of it.

    @morgantu I'm not a fan of Starbucks coffee either, it's WAY too strong. I don't like to put much milk or sugar in my coffee when I drink it and I feel like their coffee needs way too muck milk and sugar to make it taste good. I do like their mocha lattes though and their fraps!

    @hkom *gasp* I eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches 2-3 times a week for lunch! lol

    @penny624 Oh my gosh, I love peanut butter and chocolate together!

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
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  • We got our so circumcised and if we have another boy, he will be too.

    I agree that vaccines are amazing and I'm so glad they exist. I have someone on my facebook who is against them and doesn't vaccine her kids because her son got autism from one of them. I know it IS possible, but it's very unlikely that that's the case. How does she know he wasn't born that way, most people don't have a diagnosis until after they've had the shots anyway. You know?

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
    Heartbeat 10/2/2015: 118bpm
    DS: 5/27/2016

    TTC# 2: 12/2017
    BFP: 4/20/2018
    EDD: 12/29/2018
  • @runrinserepeat I just started buying some LLR on ThredUp! I’m super anti-MLMs so I’ve refused the invites for years. The only MLM I will buy is LipSense because the product is amazeballs. 
    NTNP since Dec 2012 | TTC since Jan 2016
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  • @echo-charlietango I’m the same way with my LLR purchases — I got most of them on eBay because I don’t love supporting MLMs.
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  • @runrinserepeat Amen! I can't stand LLR. I've never found a non-hideous piece & the price is outrageous. I'm also super anti-MLM @echo-charlietango
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  • @temmetime I really scoured the internet to find my non-hideous LLR dresses :lol: The majority of their fabric patterns are truly awful. I just don't get it.
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    Together since 2003 | Married 2010
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    BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
    Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017

    TTC#2 March 2018
    BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
  • I’m late, but I have one. Looking at pictures of the Met Gala and I think it is just a little ridiculous and an embarrassing display of wealth. 
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  • My husband isn't circumcised so that might be why it's easy for us to decide not to do it.  Lots of people still do it, though it is becoming less popular to do it.  While I don't see the appeal it's one of the "you do you" things for me (unlike vaccines).

    I think most LLR is way too loud and I do not like their business model.  I buy almost exclusively on eBay and try to get used so I'm (hopefully) not taking advantage of someone's desperation.  There are some cute dresses in non-crazy patterns though, and they are very comfortable.  I think most of the ones below are pretty cute.



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