Stayed up late working last night (only for my long email to delete itself instead of sending) and then got up and cleaned this morning. I want my toddler’s life. She gets to nap twice today.
Having a TV afternoon because it's day 4 in a row of being over 90, and we were outside most of all of those days and this morning.
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Me: 33 DH: 32 Married 7/18/15 1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16 Team green turned BLUE! 2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18 Team green turned PINK! Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
Jumping on the tired train! Slept absolutely horribly last night.
I thought it was a slower work week but I was wrong, haha. I'm pretty busy and a lot of it is running around to various, poorly timed meetings. Whoops! Hoping some of these meetings lead to business since May was slow and we're feeling a little tight financially right now. Not the best timing since we have vacation in two weeks and all sorts of appointments in June.
Also so tired. I let the TV babysit for an hour this morning so I could nap. I'm too tired to even feel properly guilty. I set a goal that I had to mom at a minimal level until 11am and then it was tv time for however long kiddo would let me sleep. Turned out it was an hour before he climbed up on the couch to cuddle with me and woke me up. I don't like being actually asleep when I'm supposed to be watching my child, but my husband was home in his office 12 feet away and I was dying so sleep happened.
@stothi and @klj0228 I almost forgot my review of Dinnerly! So we had three meals last week: creamy gnocchi with fried shallots and spinach, sloppy joes with spiced sweet potato wedges, and ginger chicken stir fry with rice noodles and snow peas. All in all they were good! Definitely enough for 2 people, and could be stretched to a toddler except when my H has bigger than normal portions. We're getting our second delivery tomorrow!
I have a random social media rant: When people announce their pregnancy on social media super early it feels like they're pregnant FOREVER. I swear, I just saw someone post that they're planning to deliver next week (no idea if it's a planned c-section or what, I just don't care" and all I could think was "She's STILL pregnant?! I figured the kid would be 1 by now!". I think she had some type of formal announcement right at 12 weeks and then has provided very regular, very mundane, updates about the pregnancy and how awesome her life is. Ugh. I don't know why I haven't blocked her yet--she's just shy of seriously obnoxious usually!
@MandyMost omg yes. These are usually the people who post a million pics of them as a couple doing everything together all the time.. here we are cooking a fabulous brunch cause life is just so fabulously easy all the time... ugh... we don't need daily updates!
That always makes me think of this (pic) lol. I feel like people who have to flaunt how great their life is on social media are overcompensating. Granted, DH posted a picture of me eating an ice cream cone at DQ and I have no shame because at that moment, life WAS great.
Im starting to worry more and more about flying tomorrow, not bc of my crippling fear of flying (nothing I can do about that) but because I’m self conscious about how big I look. I do have a note from my doctor and I’m 26 weeks, but I know that lately you can get thrown off a plane for nothing and I’m terrified I’ll miss my brother’s wedding bc some flight attendant will think I’m like nine months pregnant.
@ashh2018 I know this is easier said than done, but I would try to find a way to stop the endless snapshots of what ifs from playing in your mind. Everything that you can control you have controlled, the rest you just need to let play out. The note from your doctor stating you are 26 weeks is sufficient. They may question (in their mind) how far along you are, but a document with a doctors signature is fine. I hope everything goes as well as planned!
@ashh2018 don’t worry about trying to hide it, but I wouldn’t over-exaggerate it either. The rules are there for a reason, and in general the rule can be summed up as they want everyone in the plane to be healthy and unlikely to experience a medical emergency! When I’ve flown I’ve tried not to ACT super pregnant...I avoided rubbing my belly, minimized the waddle, and just generally tried to act like “I’m perfectly healthy, there just happens to be a baby in there...I don’t need any special accommodations”.
@ashh2018 I flew at 31 weeks last time, I had a note just in case, and I had to pee like 5 times on the 2.5 hour flight, lol! But no one said a damn thing to me. And I was totally wearing a tight stretchy athletic top and very large.
My random thing I'm not excited about today-I'm normally a small or medium pre-pregnancy, and in the last week or two I grew out of the majority of my maternity tops and bottoms, all of which I wore up to delivery with my son. I was lucky that a friend of mine gave me a big bag of her maternity clothes. Now I have more clothes that fit, but they're generally L/XL. I weigh more than I did when my son was born, and I seriously only kept an extra 5 lbs from him.
I'm so happy to have comfy fitting clothes, and tm abe growing a healthy baby, but it's not fun having grown this much more. I'm eating healthier but exercising less than last time-per pain and preemie concerns. I mentally know that I'm doing the right thing, but emotionally I'm not loving having already gotten so big. And if one more person tries to tell me it's twins (this is seriously a several time a day occurrence!) I will scream.
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Me: 33 DH: 32 Married 7/18/15 1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16 Team green turned BLUE! 2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18 Team green turned PINK! Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
Currently eating a chocolate chip and pecan cookie from Chick Fil A and Polly is jumping around like crazy. Child, stop acting like I never feed you. LOL!
@smsaulino this babe goes bananas after I eat too.. and mmmm cookies. @ashh2018 love your post about facebook.. I have a few friends like that. The ones who are super showy post all the time and omg look and me and my perfect family are often the most F*cked up in real life, its so true. I hope your flight goes well, thinking of you @pourmeamocktail You look great. We are always hard on ourselves and getting big ( because of growing a baby ) hasn't been easy for me either watching my body change. You are doing all the right things right now to ensure your lil one gets the best start and that is the most important thing. Emotionally though.. pregnancy sure does a number on your feelings doesn't it? You've come a long way, we've been pregnant for like 6 months. Hang in there and in the end it will all be worth it
Me: 34 DH:33 TTC since Oct 2016 DX: Undetermined possible PCOS+MFI July 2017-Dec 2017 Letrozole+TI Dec 2017 CP Jan 2018 BFP:EDD 9-25
@ashh2018 everything will be completely fine! I think we all feel bigger than we actually are. I don’t think they would even question it unless you seriously looked like you were about to pop. I have let them know the last few times I flew that I was pregnant so they knew I would likely be up going to the bathroom more and they made sure I had plenty of fluids. Typically, they are so excited for you and genuinely interested in your well being. I seriously doubt the note from your Dr will be necessary but be prepared to calmly give it to them if anything comes up. The absolute biggest thing to remember is try to stay calm no matter what. The bigger deal you make of it the bigger it appears to be to them.
@pourmeamocktail *hugs* That is a tough emotional struggle. I feel you on the twins comments. You're short like me, right? I vaguely remember you saying that awhile back. I feel like being short must make our bumps look massive or something. My eye doctor today took one look at me, asked when I was due, and when I answered she was like "oh you're bump is huge. You won't make it that long". Cool cool, thanks random lady. Also, were you one of the ones with pre-e last time? I recently read there are some small studies that show Coq10 during third trimester can help with this.
We definitely have the feels flowing today ladies, I hope everyone is finding ways to cope okay. I'm planning on starting a mental health check in at some point soon for those who might benefit or those who want to browse but not join, that's okay too.
My work is busy, which is good since my days are going by fast. But I kind of want time to slow down for a few days to catch up a bit. I'm managing to keep my head above water though and that's all I can ask for right now.
@SkilledSailor Yes, definitely short and short torso. And it's freaking everyone. Like, I know I'm fine, but I am way bigger than first one, and wearing clothes so much bigger is hard, but OK. No pre-e last time, just a preemie. And no GD last time either haven't tested yet this time. My husband though is a decent size dude, just...big boned and tall ish and sturdy. My son was 6 lbs 11 oz...but at 35+5, lol! Doesn't help that my husband is a twin, so no one listens to the fact that I'm tiny, he's huge, and the type of twins he is can't genetically affect my pregnancy (his mom dropped two eggs same cycle-that doesn't happen in my family!). Any daughters I have may have a higher chance of twins, but mine isn't higher than average.
No one believes I have 3 months to go, though I know that a 34-38 week baby is probably my future.
But it's still just hard to hear it! I love and trust my body, but tired of defending it many times per day!
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Me: 33 DH: 32 Married 7/18/15 1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16 Team green turned BLUE! 2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18 Team green turned PINK! Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
@ashh2018 I’m at the airport right now. Everything is going great so far! I have to say that it’s so much better traveling while obviously pregnant than when I flew a month ago and felt the need to exaggerate it. I’m traveling alone too. My TSA pat down was quick and easy. Yes, I’ve gotten many “it’s a boy and it must be your first” comments here in the airport, but everyone has been very kind. I hope you experience the same. Traveling alone this time for some reason is making me feel lonely and emotional. But, every time the baby kicks, I remember I’m not alone.
My brother just told me he is going to propose to his girlfriend on Friday!!!! I am sooooo excited! We all love her I will finally get to have a sister!
Me: 32 DH: 32 BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012 BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
Hopping on the tired train. So thankful things have slowed down at work, I can't handle anymore overtime right now. I had to work yesterday from home so I could nap after tons of travel last week, a poor sleep scheduled and too much fun this weekend. If this keeps up it's going to make for one very, very long summer
Continuing my Facebook rant about the woman who announced so early and often I feel like she’s been pregnant for an eternity: it’s somehow way worse that she’s been referring to the upcoming child by the name they chose all along the way. Like, “in 3 more months Joe will be here!”. “Joe is getting so big!”, “I think Joe had a good time with the family at the parade today!”. Ugh.
@mandymost I don't mind most of those things except when people post photos of them and their bumps saying the in utero child enjoyed such and such. I jokingly do that with H, saying LO enjoyed the ice cream or something but wouldn't post that to social media.
Y'all, possibly for the first time ever, both mover interviewees showed up! I now have a well-rounded moving team and can stop helping with that part of the job. Also, one of them is a photographer! I'm excited about this because long term I want my business to be a kind of one stop shop for listing homes. Having an in house real estate photographer would be a great step towards that goal!
@nlc8424 Hugs friend. All my support for a mental health thread
@southernlady07 That's wonderful! So exciting to have a great in law join the family!
I recently found out that I have to use my sick days before short term disability kicks in for maternity leave, so I think I might take a few random days off this summer including our anniversary. Now I just need to hope I will be up for going out that day!
@adirat Even if you're not up for going out, it's sometimes nice to just have a day at home with lots of rest time. No matter what, a paid day out of the office is a win!
@ashh2018 I just got through TSA screening/patdown without any trouble. Nobody asked questions and the patdown lady was super nice and respectful. I told DH it’s the most action I’ll see all day! I’m traveling without a doctors note even, because I live on the edge.
@magnolia209 Sorry you have to travel alone but glad to hear you had no troubles either.
I’m over here laughing at the plane conversation bc I’m flying solo with my 2.5 yr old next week. I fully plan on going through the assistance line at tsa so I can leave him in the stroller and not have to fold it up and mess with our tablets, shoes, etc. If I wasn’t also pregnant or was a little more mobile earlier in the pregnancy, I would go through the normal process. I feel like it is justified at this point bc he is fast and there is so much going on and I’m not as fast and agile as I’d normally be.
So today I posted on our fb a pic of dd dressed up as elsa w an anna dress in the background and added text saying “Because every Elsa needs an Anna, due sept”
...my mom asks “did you decide on the name anna?” ... really?! No, not in the least. Dd is not named Elsa either...
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"
DH and I added another name to our list. We’re not deciding until he’s born, and we’re up to 4 names at the moment. How many is too many to decide between when we see what he looks like? (DD’s name was decided before we had even said I love you to each other so we haven’t had to go through this before)
I had a GD meltdown at Target when I went to pick up a grill. It wouldn't fit in the car and the old guy "helping" me was being very unhelpful. I ended up taking all of the parts out of the box and then getting a cheeseburger. I need a nap.
@yosemite2018 DH and I had roughly four or five contenders we tried on for size at the hospital for DS, some of which were spur-of-the-moment (including the name we ultimately chose). I don’t think it’s too many at all! It’s a decent number to give you options, IMO.
Re: Weekly Randoms 5/29
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
I thought it was a slower work week but I was wrong, haha. I'm pretty busy and a lot of it is running around to various, poorly timed meetings. Whoops! Hoping some of these meetings lead to business since May was slow and we're feeling a little tight financially right now. Not the best timing since we have vacation in two weeks and all sorts of appointments in June.
When people announce their pregnancy on social media super early it feels like they're pregnant FOREVER. I swear, I just saw someone post that they're planning to deliver next week (no idea if it's a planned c-section or what, I just don't care" and all I could think was "She's STILL pregnant?! I figured the kid would be 1 by now!". I think she had some type of formal announcement right at 12 weeks and then has provided very regular, very mundane, updates about the pregnancy and how awesome her life is. Ugh. I don't know why I haven't blocked her yet--she's just shy of seriously obnoxious usually!
That always makes me think of this (pic) lol. I feel like people who have to flaunt how great their life is on social media are overcompensating. Granted, DH posted a picture of me eating an ice cream cone at DQ and I have no shame because at that moment, life WAS great.
Im starting to worry more and more about flying tomorrow, not bc of my crippling fear of flying (nothing I can do about that) but because I’m self conscious about how big I look. I do have a note from my doctor and I’m 26 weeks, but I know that lately you can get thrown off a plane for nothing and I’m terrified I’ll miss my brother’s wedding bc some flight attendant will think I’m like nine months pregnant.
My random thing I'm not excited about today-I'm normally a small or medium pre-pregnancy, and in the last week or two I grew out of the majority of my maternity tops and bottoms, all of which I wore up to delivery with my son. I was lucky that a friend of mine gave me a big bag of her maternity clothes. Now I have more clothes that fit, but they're generally L/XL. I weigh more than I did when my son was born, and I seriously only kept an extra 5 lbs from him.
I'm so happy to have comfy fitting clothes, and tm abe growing a healthy baby, but it's not fun having grown this much more. I'm eating healthier but exercising less than last time-per pain and preemie concerns. I mentally know that I'm doing the right thing, but emotionally I'm not loving having already gotten so big. And if one more person tries to tell me it's twins (this is seriously a several time a day occurrence!) I will scream.
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
@ashh2018 love your post about facebook.. I have a few friends like that. The ones who are super showy post all the time and omg look and me and my perfect family are often the most F*cked up in real life, its so true. I hope your flight goes well, thinking of you
@pourmeamocktail You look great. We are always hard on ourselves and getting big ( because of growing a baby ) hasn't been easy for me either watching my body change. You are doing all the right things right now to ensure your lil one gets the best start and that is the most important thing. Emotionally though.. pregnancy sure does a number on your feelings doesn't it? You've come a long way, we've been pregnant for like 6 months. Hang in there and in the end it will all be worth it
TTC since Oct 2016
DX: Undetermined possible PCOS+MFI
July 2017-Dec 2017 Letrozole+TI
Dec 2017 CP
Jan 2018 BFP:EDD 9-25
My work is busy, which is good since my days are going by fast. But I kind of want time to slow down for a few days to catch up a bit. I'm managing to keep my head above water though and that's all I can ask for right now.
No one believes I have 3 months to go, though I know that a 34-38 week baby is probably my future.
But it's still just hard to hear it! I love and trust my body, but tired of defending it many times per day!
DH: 32
Married 7/18/15
1st born at 35+4 on 6/6/16
Team green turned BLUE!
2nd born at 38+6 on 8/30/18
Team green turned PINK!
Due with #3 on 6/6/20 Team Green
BFP #1: 1/23/2012 DD: Born 9/20/2012
BFP #2: 12/30/2017 DS: Due 9/10/2018
And the hormones, good lord.
Y'all, possibly for the first time ever, both mover interviewees showed up! I now have a well-rounded moving team and can stop helping with that part of the job. Also, one of them is a photographer! I'm excited about this because long term I want my business to be a kind of one stop shop for listing homes. Having an in house real estate photographer would be a great step towards that goal!
@southernlady07 That's wonderful! So exciting to have a great in law join the family!
I recently found out that I have to use my sick days before short term disability kicks in for maternity leave, so I think I might take a few random days off this summer including our anniversary. Now I just need to hope I will be up for going out that day!
@magnolia209 Sorry you have to travel alone but glad to hear you had no troubles either.
...my mom asks “did you decide on the name anna?” ... really?! No, not in the least. Dd is not named Elsa either...
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"
**Psalm 139:16**
TTC since Oct 2016
DX: Undetermined possible PCOS+MFI
July 2017-Dec 2017 Letrozole+TI
Dec 2017 CP
Jan 2018 BFP:EDD 9-25