Less than an hour and I'm off for a week! First, daycare party which I'm getting something from the grocery store, not a pinterest mom. I'll probably not be on too much this next week. Happy Holidays!
@Dcwtada I'm sorry, but I'm glad it's not just my kids who are terrors in the mornings before daycare. SO MUCH WHINING AND CRYING. I'm also so tired of dragging their suddenly limp bodies to the bathroom to brush their teeth and comb their hair. You would think I was torturing them
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Me: 33 DH: 32 DS: March 2014 DD: May 2015 BFP: 12/24/17 CP: 1/2/18 @ 4w 3d BFP: 1/26/18 CP: 2/2/18 @ 4w 4d BFP: 5/16/18 MMC: 6/15/18 @ 7w 5d BFP: 9/25/18! EDD: 6/9/19 TEAM GREEN
@amaren-2 No suggestions on meds, but I flew with a cold in October and the pressure change hurt so much. I recommend getting some Earplanes, which are little silicon earplugs with a hole in them. I recall seeing them at the airport, and in theory they should help balance out the pressure.
@amaren-2 ooh I would also suggest having napkins JIC. We flew to Miami when I had ahead thing going on and I have never had a bloody nose in my life and I got one during take off with the pressure changes. The seat belt sign was on and I had nothing with me. It seriously looked like I had been punched in the face. My husband was horrified.
@harrierwife me too. And I've taken a bunch of Mucinex D which Google says is bad..Soo oops.. But my OB said was fine. I got regular Mucinex from Walgreens.
@Bababatty I will have to look for those. I'm so worried about my ear drum bursting.
@nmbrcrnchr1 Earwax candles just sound...horrifying. Like I know they aren't candles made out of earwax but that's the first thing I thought of and now the pizza I had for lunch is kind of doing a tango.
@amaren-2 seconding Mucinex and Flonase. My dad is an FP who has delivered TONS of kids in his time (and is the same age as my OB...they were in med school together, it turns out) so when I got a cold this week I've been texting him about every four hours with new suggestions for pregnancy-safe meds, since that goes MUCH faster than calling my OB and waiting for a call back from a nurse. Afrin isn't necessarily recommended for prolonged use anyway, but using that sparingly with Flonase or Rhinocort is a game-changer. He also said doing a nasal rinse with double-strength saline (which will hurt like a B, though) can help reduce swelling.
@ki1244 haha sorry about your lunch 😂 they are made of parrafin or beeswax. Some people don’t think they work but I’ve had great luck with them. I’m not against medicine but if I can find something non-pill to alleviate my issue(s) I prefer that. Now when I’m not pregnant, give me all the NyQuil! Lol
@amaren-2 technically Sudafed and Mucinex are both in the “meh” category for pregnancy - neither have been proven to cause harm but it can’t be ruled out. So either of those I would use sparingly. It seems like every OB has meds they are comfortable with endorsing. I definitely second a sinus rinse, nasal sprays. For the plane only a single dose of Afrin may be ok but it’s still kind of in the same category. You may want to run it by your OB. But there’s pretty good data that nasal sprays are not well absorbed into the blood stream so personally I’d feel better about it than some of the pill medications. Hopefully it’s not too bad! I’ve been having terrible ear congestion lately. So frustrating.
My heat, and thus my hot water since they're tied in this building, have been out since yesterday evening. I've done nothing but hide in my room with a tiny electric heater and wish for a hot shower. I'm going to be really unhappy if this isn't fixed early tomorrow because the property owners are orthodox Jewish and don't allow work done on the Sabbath. We have a 12 hour drive to do Saturday morning and I really don't want to do that already feeling less than clean.
@amaren-2 once I had an ear that was so clogged it was affecting my hearing. It wouldn’t clear for a month. So we did a fire cone. It’s a Mexican (could be other countries also. I just know it to be from Mexico) remedy. You roll newspaper into a cone and stick the point into your ear. Then You light the top on fire. When you hear a pop in your ear you signal to the person in charge and they extinguish it. It’s freaking terrifying but it worked!!
I feel like I have to put in a disclaimer that I am in no way endorsing you to do that if you have no experience. I had someone do it who is from Mexico and grew up using this remedy. I would never have done it if I wasn’t desperate.
@amaren-2 I was having ear issues in Portland and my doctor said Sudafed was fine. I took it just a couple of times and it cleared it up in a couple of days .
I'm sitting at my desk today wondering what last minute Christmas gifts I should get off amazon. My wallet tells me to stop but my little shopping heart just wants to buy, buy, buy. It's a problem.
@runyogamom amazon has this effect on me too. I feel like DS’s photos might as well be in front of a UPS truck because they’re the real Santa’s around here lol
I’m just sitting here in the ER feeling kind of stupid. My left calf looks a bit swollen, it kind of hurts and it feels swollen. I called my OB and she said to go to the ER to get it checked. I’m not sure if I’m just being a hypochondriac and it’s just a stupid muscle cramp or if I have a blood clot. I don’t think I’m at the highest risk for a blood clot at this point in pregnancy but I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry. Also, I’m supposed to fly so I guess I should get it sorted before I get on a plane. I’m really hoping I’m just going to feel stupid at the end of this. I really don’t want to be here and I really wish this wasn’t happening. I’m feeling so stupid right now...
@chrssyms always better safe than sorry! You aren’t stupid, you are a loving and concerned momma. Believe me we all have (or will have) stories just like yours, I have more than a few. Fingers crossed it is nothing and both you and your little one are healthy!
@chrssyms I was 17, young and in shape. I had broken my ankle and my calf started hurting. At night my mom would massage my calf saying that she was sure it was just the muscles from lack of use. Went to my college physical and my Dr was like yea, Meh, we should get that looked at some day. Got a Doppler 2 weeks later and Bam I had a whole leg full of blood clots. It's ALWAYS worth getting checked out!
@chrssyms I agree with better safe than sorry! Especially when taking care of yourself and baby. Hopefully you're right and it's nothing though.
Today is my last day of work until January 2nd. I am super thrilled for this break from work. It's much needed. I'll probably be scarce around here while I'm off. I want to spend lots of quality time with DS so I'm going to try to stay off my phone/social media for the majority of my shut down.
I'm super jealous of everyone who is done with work for the year! Hope you all get some quality time with the family and some rest and relaxation. I will only be off Tuesday and Wednesday next wrrk. Thankfully I can work remotely, so I can stay in my jammies all day
@chrssyms, echoing everyone else, better safe than sorry. Please let us know how you’re doing!
I’m starting to stress about the looming shutdown. I apologize in advance to anyone who’s political leanings are not in accordance with mine, but the posturing in Washington and using the threat of effectively withholding paychecks of people who have LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS hostage sends me into a fury like nothing else can and with Trump throwing around threats like “this is going to be a long shutdown if I don’t get my way”, I’m ready to scream. We already effectively live paycheck to paycheck. I don’t have the wiggle room for him or the rest of congress/the senate to screw with us and it’s giving me genuine, deep anxiety, dealing with this every year. I cannot possibly express how much I cannot wait until my husband is a civilian.
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
@dcwtada@dntstpbelieveing@runyogamom@kjr9519@wearyfuzzball@KissMeImScottish thanks everyone! Well luckily I just ended up feeling stupid. The ER doc said my calf did look a bit swollen but they did an US of my leg and found that everything looked just as it should. Blood flow was a bit sluggish but they said that’s because I’m pregnant. They tried to make me feel better and told me I was totally right for coming in because I am at much higher risk and I had the right symptom profile to be concerned. So everything is good and I’m all okay!
You should never feel stupid @chrssyms it's so much better to be safe than sorry, especially with a LO nestled inside of you I'm glad everything looked good!
@KissMeImScottish I can’t remember, sorry, is your husband in the military? Because the shutdown at least shouldn’t affect him being in the services. Regardless, I still very much agree with your position. I support the government and it’s hard to see these situations where you know people at a minimum are not going to get their expected paycheck even if they end up getting back pay (which usually happens). But I think this case is even more egregious of a situation because he’s almost proud about shutting down the Government. And I think others suck for basically goading him into going through with it by calling him untrue to his word if he doesn’t stick to his guns. I feel like this week has just been a historic and crazy week in American political history. Part of me can’t help but be a little excited too just to see what’s going to happen next!
@chrssyms, no, we shouldn’t be affected this time - hubby is Navy, which falls underDepartment of Defense, which is funded through September 2019.
But the operative words in this are “this time”. Which I know you know. My vent is more a general vent at the state of things. It terrifies me, to see the chatter on my Chief Spouses’ page that has become almost apathetic to this whole thing because it happens EVERY. YEAR. And like you said, this time seems worse than usual because our Goddamn president is literally using it as a bargaining chip, and people are rising to the bait and playing chicken with him. I’m just so, so tired of it. It’s exhausting. And I’ll be honest, there’s a general sense of unease with Mattis stepping down because he effectively couldn’t do his job (I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist I got from his letter). I’m just...tired. And drained. And angry.
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
@KissMeImScottish yeah I totally understand. I’m sorry it is so stressful. I’ve probably become like the others who just plan that it will happen. Because it’s just become predictable now. It still makes me angry in principle, but I’m just not as shocked by it anymore.
Apparently I’m obviously pregnant now. I just got asked by the grocery store clerk when I was due 😳
ETA: no I am not even wearing a tight shirt or a maternity shirt. I’m wearing a loose T-shirt that flares out....
Hubby and Me Friends since 2008 Started dating: July 1st, 2013 Engaged: July 1st, 2014 Married: July 1st, 2016 R born: July 8th, 2017 N born: June 30th, 2019 Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022 (maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
@KissMeImScottish I really feel for you. I’m so sorry you’re stressed over all this. I agree with you that putting innocent people in the middle of this fight isn’t fair.
@KissMeImScottish I stay out of politics as much as possible. But shut down suck. There was a shut down under Obama when DH was out on deployment. Well, to save money they decided to not bring the carrier strike group any relief, I remember the words "indefinitely" being in the Navy press release. So while another carrier was supposed to be gearing up to relieve them, they had a 9 months deployment turn into over 12 months.
I will be a lurky Turkey the next few days because of the holiday craze and my like it button hasn’t worked in 3 days so I just wanted to wish you all a happy holiday!! May unwanted opinions be limited and your bellies bring joy.
@amaren-2, oh, I distinctly remember the 2013 shutdown. MH and I were in the process of driving across the country so that he could attend a school he needed to rotate from Los Angeles class subs to Virginia class subs and (as I’m sure you’re well aware) we are supposed to receive travel expenses like the cost of hotel/gas/food allowance. We lived in a hotel for a month, and then the money magically wasn’t there to cover it. We were just married (maybe 6 months), he had just put on first but wasn’t being paid for it yet, and we had NO money. I had no idea how we were possibly going to absorb what amounted to a multi-thousand dollar expense. Thank God for Navy Fed floating paychecks so we had that at least, but there wasn’t any extra to speak of. We had to take a personal loan from them that we couldn’t really afford unless the money eventually came through and it took them well over a month to fix the back pay situation. I was still so young, I was trying to learn how everything worked and I remember just being absolutely panicked.
I don’t envy your position at all during that - going through all that uncertainty with the combination of being separated, and the use of the word “indefinitely” in combination with a deployment...not cool. We’ve dealt with extensions (just this last deployment, in fact) and they are NEVER welcome or easy. And Murphy always seems to strike hardest during that last, unexpected month of separation, too.
I think to some extent the 2013 shutdown colored a lot of my bias about these in general. I’m always afraid it’s going to be like that again, and the fact that there had only been 8 before 2013 and now it happens literally every year (sometimes multiple times, when the government really can’t get their shit together) just makes my hackles rise. I’m delighted we, personally, don’t have to “worry” until Sept. 2019 THIS time, but we have plenty of friends who are (brother in law is coast guard, for example, and homeland security is one of the seven departments that’s unfunded - which is a bit ironic).
Please don’t think I’m ranting at you - I’m venting more at the world and I know you’re right there with me. I appreciate the commiseration more than you know. It’s just so, so frustrating that we’re in this cycle at all. I don’t like to talk politics generally, this just makes me so, so mad.
Married 25 May, 2013 William Alexander born 18 September, 2015 Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017 Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017 Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
Re: Weekly Randoms - 12/17
DS: March 2014
DD: May 2015
BFP: 12/24/17 CP: 1/2/18 @ 4w 3d
BFP: 1/26/18 CP: 2/2/18 @ 4w 4d
BFP: 5/16/18 MMC: 6/15/18 @ 7w 5d
BFP: 9/25/18! EDD: 6/9/19 TEAM GREEN
@harrierwife me too. And I've taken a bunch of Mucinex D which Google says is bad..Soo oops.. But my OB said was fine. I got regular Mucinex from Walgreens.
@Bababatty I will have to look for those. I'm so worried about my ear drum bursting.
@amaren-2 seconding Mucinex and Flonase. My dad is an FP who has delivered TONS of kids in his time (and is the same age as my OB...they were in med school together, it turns out) so when I got a cold this week I've been texting him about every four hours with new suggestions for pregnancy-safe meds, since that goes MUCH faster than calling my OB and waiting for a call back from a nurse. Afrin isn't necessarily recommended for prolonged use anyway, but using that sparingly with Flonase or Rhinocort is a game-changer. He also said doing a nasal rinse with double-strength saline (which will hurt like a B, though) can help reduce swelling.
I feel like I have to put in a disclaimer that I am in no way endorsing you to do that if you have no experience. I had someone do it who is from Mexico and grew up using this remedy. I would never have done it if I wasn’t desperate.
Today is my last day of work until January 2nd. I am super thrilled for this break from work. It's much needed.
I'll probably be scarce around here while I'm off. I want to spend lots of quality time with DS so I'm going to try to stay off my phone/social media for the majority of my shut down.
I'm super jealous of everyone who is done with work for the year! Hope you all get some quality time with the family and some rest and relaxation. I will only be off Tuesday and Wednesday next wrrk. Thankfully I can work remotely, so I can stay in my jammies all day
I’m starting to stress about the looming shutdown. I apologize in advance to anyone who’s political leanings are not in accordance with mine, but the posturing in Washington and using the threat of effectively withholding paychecks of people who have LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS hostage sends me into a fury like nothing else can and with Trump throwing around threats like “this is going to be a long shutdown if I don’t get my way”, I’m ready to scream. We already effectively live paycheck to paycheck. I don’t have the wiggle room for him or the rest of congress/the senate to screw with us and it’s giving me genuine, deep anxiety, dealing with this every year. I cannot possibly express how much I cannot wait until my husband is a civilian.
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
But the operative words in this are “this time”. Which I know you know. My vent is more a general vent at the state of things. It terrifies me, to see the chatter on my Chief Spouses’ page that has become almost apathetic to this whole thing because it happens EVERY. YEAR. And like you said, this time seems worse than usual because our Goddamn president is literally using it as a bargaining chip, and people are rising to the bait and playing chicken with him. I’m just so, so tired of it. It’s exhausting. And I’ll be honest, there’s a general sense of unease with Mattis stepping down because he effectively couldn’t do his job (I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist I got from his letter). I’m just...tired. And drained. And angry.
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019
ETA: no I am not even wearing a tight shirt or a maternity shirt. I’m wearing a loose T-shirt that flares out....
Friends since 2008
Started dating: July 1st, 2013
Engaged: July 1st, 2014
Married: July 1st, 2016
R born: July 8th, 2017
N born: June 30th, 2019
Baby #3 Due: July 7th, 2022
(maybe I only ovulate in October XD)
Gov shutdowns have always been pretty shitty.
I don’t envy your position at all during that - going through all that uncertainty with the combination of being separated, and the use of the word “indefinitely” in combination with a deployment...not cool. We’ve dealt with extensions (just this last deployment, in fact) and they are NEVER welcome or easy. And Murphy always seems to strike hardest during that last, unexpected month of separation, too.
I think to some extent the 2013 shutdown colored a lot of my bias about these in general. I’m always afraid it’s going to be like that again, and the fact that there had only been 8 before 2013 and now it happens literally every year (sometimes multiple times, when the government really can’t get their shit together) just makes my hackles rise. I’m delighted we, personally, don’t have to “worry” until Sept. 2019 THIS time, but we have plenty of friends who are (brother in law is coast guard, for example, and homeland security is one of the seven departments that’s unfunded - which is a bit ironic).
Please don’t think I’m ranting at you - I’m venting more at the world and I know you’re right there with me. I appreciate the commiseration more than you know. It’s just so, so frustrating that we’re in this cycle at all. I don’t like to talk politics generally, this just makes me so, so mad.
William Alexander born 18 September, 2015
Harper Grace born 9 June, 2017
Colton Miles born 9 June, 2017
Bowen James due 19 June, 2019