I already have tickets to a consignment sale in August to keep me busy lol Two more weeks of work but i know I’ll be useless next week. Still sad about my fruit loops (geez what is this craving about?!) so i might go out this morning to exchange them and also get me some chick fil a breakfast. Yummy and H will never know! Eta, DS still has his morning cough so gonna make a doc appointment. He also has a rash that won’t go away above his penis (pelvic area) but doesn’t seem to bother or grow so hopefully the doctor will let me text her a picture for now. It just stays red no matter what i do.
So I have a rule that I've been following for the past 6 months or so. I completely "unplug" every weekend, including Facebook, Insta, Twitter, TB. It's been really great and pretty easy to do. However, I really wanted to cheat this weekend to check Birth Announcements thread. I can't believe it's almost July ladies!
Also, the whole "am I going into labor or do I need to poop?" dance is getting pretty old. 38 weeks today.....still no name but I am SO ready.
@And846 the last time DS had hives the nurse let H text a picture so I’m hoping they’ll let me. Not sure if it’s the norm. But i like them because they have late appointments on Thursdays and Saturdays half day so it’s nice to have them available and avoid the urgent care.
@foxbaby2016 seriously this poop/contraction game is frustrating! All of a sudden I’m also getting a lot of gas cramps that only the baby movements seem to help push out. Ugh
Our family practice clinic got a new online system and it includes the ability to send over pictures. So cool! If it's something related to a prescription they wrote or a follow up question from a visit, it's free. Otherwise I think they charge it to insurance as a virtual doctor's visit with a lower copay. I haven't done that yet, so I'm not sure but I accidentally clicked that button when trying to email my doc asking for a heartburn prescription and read that note.
I'm going to lunch today with one of my best friends from college who I haven't seen in person in over 4 years. I'm SO excited!!!! We don't do a great job of keeping up with each other, but it's one of those friendships where we can just pick back up where we left off without any awkwardness. They live in the DC/Baltimore area - I keep hoping they'll move back to TX!
@MichelleAG05 that sounds so fun! It's so nice to have friendships like that-- I have a couple like that too. I wish my OB would take email questions. But I could see that getting overwhelming on their end, too.
Gotta love waking up with shoulders in a knot every morning! Side sleeping is getting old. DH goes "3 more weeks honey". Yup, 3 more weeks , then I just won't sleep! Hoping the day is pretty easy.
I also need to stop with clothes. I trick myself with the returns "oh I'll just return this" - and then I end up returning and buying more.
My OB has an app and he's been messaging me test results and we've exchanged a few messages about meds when I was sick a couple of times. He responds quickly but he told me he doesn't take more than a certain amount of patients in because he still wants to have enough time for his family. So hopefully he doesn't feel too overwhelmed.
DH and I have been attending birth and babies classes for the last few weeks... I woke up to DH poking me at 5 in the morning because I was laying on my back and now he knows that pregnant women shouldn't sleep on their backs. I know he was trying to be helpful and I love him for it but also...waking a pregnant woman is some kind of cruel.
@kissableviv@lindsayleigh1989@stlmegs My H sings the "99 bottles of beer on the wall" song to baby's arrival. He's been doing since we hit 99 days. "21 days till she breaks out of here, 21 days till she's here. 21 days till Rachel gets a beer, 21 days till she's here.
TTC History:
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010. 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.
@rachelsogo lol that is pretty funny! I am super grateful to have *parts* of my body back and at least some range of movement but I don't think he knows that there won't be anymore sleep as we know it for years
My husband is doing the opposite of a countdown! Every time I'm like "we need to..." insert something important we've been putting off like BUY A CAR Seat - because we only have 4 weeks left he's like "you'll go late, we probably have 6 weeks"
Thanks dude, way to drag it out... Saying I'll go to 42 weeks doesn't guarantee us more time!
@canucklehead123 Boo to your husband waking you up. My husband does the same thing when I'm snoring and I get so annoyed. I'm like, does it look like I'm sleeping soundly? Then leave me alone and go on the couch if it bothers you, lol.
@canucklehead123 same here! And it’s usually after I’m comfortable and sleeping that i get a harsh wake up and am told to move positions. Good intentions but come on!
I'm on maternity leave but we are keeping DD in preschool because we don't want to totally disrupt her routine, lose her spot and because she has a blast there and loves going.
I took her super late today because we were playing, had breakfast together and there was just no rush. I thought it was a nice little morning but when we got there she kept asking me why we were so late and saying "you brought me to school late." Thanks kid, I thought we were having fun.
So now I finally have time to get to work on the house and baby room, currently known as the amazon box/where we dump clean laundry room. All I really want to do is go spend money at sephora and buy myself some cute post baby summer clothes though.
I feel like Christmas in June. We are receiving some late registry gifts and I love them! Someone got us the Hatch night light which I really wanted. So nice to have the sweetest friends! Also got some AWESOME nursing tanks, if you ladies are still looking I will link them in the Deals and Steals thread.
@runsomewhere enjoy your leave and good luck organizing! I am not on leave but my boss has considerably reduce my load as I am focusing on training the new person so I am hoping the next couple of weeks will be easy.
Can't believe I'm two weeks away from my c-section! (And hopefully I'll make it till then, though I haven't been having any contractions or anything, so I should be okay for now, I suppose.)
After my prenatal massage this upcoming Saturday, I may try to convince DH to check out the consignment sale of newborn/0-3 months clothes at one of our local libraries. Baby clothes are something like $1 or $2, so even if baby will outgrow them quickly, why not?....
@kissableviv that's fun! I just looked at what the Hatch night light was, neat! I swear baby gear got even cooler since I had DD 2.5+ years ago. I'm thrilled to be on leave and I really need this time. Since hubby and I both work the weekends and evenings are family time not getting baby stuff ready time so I am behind! I do however feel a bit guilty having all this free time.
I'm glad your boss is being realistic and allowing you time to train the new person
@wildtot I had chik-fil-a for the first time this pregnancy this weekend and yum!!! I’ve also been really craving Panda Express but haven’t found a good enough reason to drive 40 minutes to the closest one. I hope your DS gets better soon!
@foxbaby2016 I’m 38 weeks today too! The BH contractions vs poop feeling is very real. And we only just barely decided on a boy name, while we’ve had a girl name picked out since the beginning. I love both names though, so I’m excited to meet LO and find out who he/she will be. Is it just me or are boy names so much harder to decide on?
@emsnedds For me, boy names are SO much easier. I am having a girl and it has been SO difficult to settle on something. I am praying that once we see her, we will be able to make a decision.
@foxbaby2016 Do you have a couple favorites? If so, then maybe you’ll be able to say “she looks like a this” and hopefully it will make name choosing easier (:
@emsnedds - I definitely think boy names are harder.
In our birth class they told us to all pretend like we were going the "max" 42 weeks. With my doc, she won't go past 41 so DH spends each pregnancy basically telling me to ignore my due date and plan for the full term. Which is what happened with DD and what I'm starting to think may happen with this little dude too! So, I guess that means I should start thinking about having 4 weeks left instead of 3.
All of you talking about 2 or 3 weeks to go and I’m envious! I have 6 full weeks to go until our 7/27 due date. How am i going to make it when I’m now entering the uncomfortable and over it phase?
@lindsayleigh1989 you are scheduled for a c-section next week right?!
I also say that I have maximum one week longer than my due date remaining. Not hoping to go that long but u never know! So...I have maximum 5 weeks left now!
@MichelleAG05 and @emsnedds +1 for boy names being harder - we're finally down to 12 - we always plan to go in with 2-3 top names and hold baby before we pick name. SIL, DH, and I all went into the hospital being named something totally different than what is written on our birth certificates!
@And846 right there with you! My EDD is 7/31 but just got scheduled for CS on 7/24 so still so many weeks to go...this kid is being so much more trouble than DD was!
AFM - GC called this morning and all the tile came in early so we could start the kitchen a week early - happy birthday to me - except DH hasn't been able to assemble a single cabinet due to hospital stay I put the call out to all our local family/friends to see who can come over to help him.
Boy names ARE hard! We finally decided but it was a struggle.
I don't know if I mentioned but my OB said he would suggest induction at 41 or 41+2. Since my baby is small he is willing to wait past 40. So now we know this baby will be here on the 14th or 15th at the latest. I keep telling him his due date is cool (7/7) and convenient (Saturday) so he should just come then. Like that's how it works, right??
If you had to pick, would you get your carpets washed or house cleaned by someone? We wanted to do both, but to cut down on expenses we are trying to decide what would be best. H said we can do the cleaning but I won't be able to get down a scrub for much longer.
@foxbaby2016 I so agree about the poop game, honestly I didn’t even know labor felt like that and my DH keeps bringing that up. My suspicion is he must have read 1 of the million books I bought for him about pregnancy lol
I can't even try to think about going 1 week past my due date...I know it's a possibility, but I've been counting down these months, weeks, days from the beginning...you can't pay me to add another week again! At one of my earlier ultrasounds I measured like a day behind and I got so mad at the thought of that...lol I will plan to think about the extra week when I get there if it happens.
@wildtot oooo that's a tough questions. I'd say carpets washed since that's something best left to the professionals? House cleaning would be nice, but it is something you can do yourselves (especially nice if your H helps)
TTC History:
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010. 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.
I would start with a deep cleaning for the house. Although usually carpet cleaning requires moving furniture around so you may wanna do that now. How many rooms in your house have carpet? Only the bedrooms upstairs have carpet here.
Leaning towards the carpet cleaning after our potty training attempt lol @kissableviv yes most of our house is carpet, we are planning on doing wood flooring later but didn't feel like adding it to our mortgage since it was more expensive as a new build. Also with my mom being here I am sure she'll be scrubbing down the areas we miss lol. We would potentially only do the hallways and the living room areas. The bedrooms don't get too much traffic and we are usually not wearing shoes. On a side note, I just landed a glider for $35 bucks! Glad I waited on this purchase. I am slightly addicted to buying stuff off my community FB group lol
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Two more weeks of work but i know I’ll be useless next week. Still sad about my fruit loops (geez what is this craving about?!) so i might go out this morning to exchange them and also get me some chick fil a breakfast. Yummy and H will never know!
Eta, DS still has his morning cough so gonna make a doc appointment. He also has a rash that won’t go away above his penis (pelvic area) but doesn’t seem to bother or grow so hopefully the doctor will let me text her a picture for now. It just stays red no matter what i do.
@wildtot hopefully your DS’s rash is nothing!
@wildtot is that normal to be able to just send in pics to dr? If so, how convenient!
Also, the whole "am I going into labor or do I need to poop?" dance is getting pretty old. 38 weeks today.....still no name but I am SO ready.
@foxbaby2016 seriously this poop/contraction game is frustrating! All of a sudden I’m also getting a lot of gas cramps that only the baby movements seem to help push out. Ugh
I'm going to lunch today with one of my best friends from college who I haven't seen in person in over 4 years. I'm SO excited!!!! We don't do a great job of keeping up with each other, but it's one of those friendships where we can just pick back up where we left off without any awkwardness. They live in the DC/Baltimore area - I keep hoping they'll move back to TX!
I wish my OB would take email questions. But I could see that getting overwhelming on their end, too.
I also need to stop with clothes. I trick myself with the returns "oh I'll just return this" - and then I end up returning and buying more.
My OB has an app and he's been messaging me test results and we've exchanged a few messages about meds when I was sick a couple of times. He responds quickly but he told me he doesn't take more than a certain amount of patients in because he still wants to have enough time for his family. So hopefully he doesn't feel too overwhelmed.
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
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.
Thanks dude, way to drag it out... Saying I'll go to 42 weeks doesn't guarantee us more time!
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
@runsomewhere enjoy your leave and good luck organizing! I am not on leave but my boss has considerably reduce my load as I am focusing on training the new person so I am hoping the next couple of weeks will be easy.
On a related (and annoying note)... the wait list is full for the day care that I want LO to go to (in 20 months from now...lol)...Grr!!!!
After my prenatal massage this upcoming Saturday, I may try to convince DH to check out the consignment sale of newborn/0-3 months clothes at one of our local libraries. Baby clothes are something like $1 or $2, so even if baby will outgrow them quickly, why not?....
@sm05-2 I'm also exactly two weeks away from my scheduled induction (if she doesn't come before) So exciting!!!
@foxbaby2016 I’m 38 weeks today too! The BH contractions vs poop feeling is very real. And we only just barely decided on a boy name, while we’ve had a girl name picked out since the beginning. I love both names though, so I’m excited to meet LO and find out who he/she will be. Is it just me or are boy names so much harder to decide on?
In our birth class they told us to all pretend like we were going the "max" 42 weeks. With my doc, she won't go past 41 so DH spends each pregnancy basically telling me to ignore my due date and plan for the full term. Which is what happened with DD and what I'm starting to think may happen with this little dude too! So, I guess that means I should start thinking about having 4 weeks left instead of 3.
I also say that I have maximum one week longer than my due date remaining. Not hoping to go that long but u never know! So...I have maximum 5 weeks left now!
@And846 right there with you! My EDD is 7/31 but just got scheduled for CS on 7/24 so still so many weeks to go...this kid is being so much more trouble than DD was!
AFM - GC called this morning and all the tile came in early so we could start the kitchen a week early - happy birthday to me - except DH hasn't been able to assemble a single cabinet due to hospital stay
I don't know if I mentioned but my OB said he would suggest induction at 41 or 41+2. Since my baby is small he is willing to wait past 40. So now we know this baby will be here on the 14th or 15th at the latest. I keep telling him his due date is cool (7/7) and convenient (Saturday) so he should just come then. Like that's how it works, right??
@rachelsogo that funny and annoying as heck!!
@wildtot oooo that's a tough questions. I'd say carpets washed since that's something best left to the professionals? House cleaning would be nice, but it is something you can do yourselves (especially nice if your H helps)
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.
On a side note, I just landed a glider for $35 bucks! Glad I waited on this purchase. I am slightly addicted to buying stuff off my community FB group lol