UGH! Having a crappy cranky angry weepy mad pregnant woman day. I don't want to do shit anymore today, and I have more than an hour to go before my day is over.Β
I can feel my pubic bone moving in and out of place and Iβm terrified itβll completely dislocate like it did in my last pregnancy. I was miserable and I do not want to deal with this again.Β
Rough day here too. Boys were crazy. I'm in a super shitty mood. H effed up his nose and hurt his eye. He swung a 5 gallon bucket to get Beefy to move back, Beefy threw his head back at the exact same time hitting the bucket and knocking it right into H's face. So much blood. ππ
But I did get this picture of #3 and his goose. It's been pretty dang cute watching these two grow together!
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A stray, lovey cat wandered up to the right door last week. We have fed it and watered it. Last night, DH took a carrier we had and made a little shelter to help keep it warm. (It was -15 wind chill last night.) Today, DH decided that wasn't good enough so he converted a seldom used cooler into an insulated house for the cat.Β We are now trying to come up with a name for the newest addition to our zoo family.
@bartonolivia In the same boat - last pregnancy was miserable. Have you asked for a referral to a physical therapist yet? I did that last time and it helped immensely!Β
Annoying work story: I work in public relations for a university. One of our students won this incredible award and I wrote an article about the student. The student praised one of his professors who had a big impact in his life, so I included that in the article (in about the 4th or 5th paragraph, after explaining what a huge accomplishment the award was). OK... great.
The professor emailed me a four paragraph rant about how I should have mentioned HIM (the professor) in the very first paragraph and included his full title (which is ridiculously long...Β like "The Midred James Willow Johnson & Annette Carson Hampton Endowed Distinguish Chair"). I'm in total shock that someone would be so self-centered that they could make such a demand. This story was supposed to be about the STUDENT's accomplishment.. not the professor. He should be appreciative that I mentioned him at all.
OBs really need to start emphasizing how plausible it is that you could go past your due date with your first child. I stressed so hard waiting around for weeks for labor that never came, and I see it happening to my friends over and over again. An acquaintance of mine rented this contraction tracker device, which seems to have more of an stress-inducing affect in that she sees every single BH contraction and no patterns yet at 40w. And here I am thinking.. of course not, you'll probably go to 41 or even 42, but it's the last thing a super pregnant FTM wants to hear when you both physically and emotionally wanna get that LO out into the world asap.Β
@mamanbebe I thought it was common knowledge firsts are often late? I'm a FTM and knew well before I was KU the due date is more of a ballpark, ESPECIALLY for firsts.
Maybe I picked it up from friends or DH (M.D.) and it's not as common as I thought...
strickland8052Β that's ridiculous. I wouldn't even respond to that email because i'd be fired if i were you.
One of my clients hired a new employee and i've been helping them onboard him.Β he's driving me crazy with tons of little questions/needs. They are all reasonable, but still annoys me because this is out of my normal job so I just don't want to do it. (i'm aware this is super childish and i sound super whiny)Β
I also thought it was pretty common knowledge that due dates are all over the board... You just never know. From most people I know, babies have come a little later, however, on the other hand, my first I went into labor at 36+6... sooooo it's really hard to say exactly what is going to happen!Β
@nopegoat I'm sorry to hear about your husband. That sounds awful But those pics of your son are just precious--especially that first one where he's so little and dirty with a huge smile on his face Β
@strickland8052 I work at a university too. In an academic department directly with faculty. That is how most of ours are ALL THE TIME. The world revolves around them donchya know!!Β
Anyone else find themselves preferring long hot showers to the lukewarm baths we're allowed? I know super-hot showers aren't ideal either, but it's much harder for a shower to raise our core body temp since there's no immersion. I've been tempted to take a bath the past few days, but the one I took where I kept the water ~99 degrees was just grossly underwhelming.
@greeneyedgirl12 I have no idea, there must be some continued buzz around the possibility of delivering early or maybe some providers just don't say anything about going over anymore because inductions tend to be scheduled at 41 and it's lost $$ if you wait it out?Β
Also, yes on showers. I have no desire to try to get in and out of a lightly warmed tub that will be too cold within minutes.Β
@greeneyedgirl12 I got a little floaty thermometer for my tub. (It is a purple hippo! And I couldn't find the word thermometer and originally wrote temperature thingy! Haha, thanks P-brain!) And I am letting it get to 102* and taking that. It drops quickly enough and my body temperature doesn't appear to be going up. (I temped myself the first time I did it that way.) It is only above 100 for about 10-15 minutes. So that has been working out.Β But yeah, I also took a super hot shower for like 40 minutes this morning. Oops!Β
@mamanbebe Not sure. I know someone who is due next Thursday and she's acting like that's when she's coming, so you may be right. You'd think they'd mention it before they hit 40...
@hakele Still not worth it to me. I'd rather have the shower. I may try again and let it get a little warmer, but the shower is still more soothing, and I face mostly outward so the water misses my stomach/uterus plus, again, it doesn't raise the temp like a bath.
@mamanbebe my first actually ended up coming a week early! I assumed that heβd come late since everyone kept telling me the first child is late. I was definitely in the hospital finishing up work emails.Β
Second time around, I stopped working a week early assuming my second son would come even earlier. He decided to come 2 days LATE. So yeah completely unpredictable.
Random but the 5 other friends of mine who had their 1st within 6 months of me, ALL came early. So Β ya never know!
I went in for my 20 week anatomy scan yesterday. I didnβt expect any surprises because we had a blood test and knew we were expecting a girl. Well, plot twist, we are expecting two girls. Iβm having all the emotions right now.
OBs need to prep FTM for all scenarios. Being late or early, pregnancy is not a one size fits all thing. I had doctors and a birth class that stressed going to term (or longer), extremely long labors and that your water only breaks out of nowhere in movies.
Well with my first my water broke At 38w 4d and by the time I got to the hospital I was in full blown labor because everything happened so quickly after my water broke. Β My daughter was born within 3 hours of getting there. I had no pain before my water breaking and just assumed the contractions I was having on and off were braxton hicks. They were irregular and not painful. My second was born at 38w 1d and was also short.
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My first was born at 38.5wks. I went into PTL with him at 31wks. Hospital for a week, went home at 3cm dilated and meds for PTL until 35wks. I'm sure he waited to come for another 3wks just because everyone expected him to come as soon as I was off bedrest and meds lol. This is why Turd has always been such an appropriate nickname for my babies. ππ
#2 and 3 were also born at 38.5wks.
#4 was my latest at 39wk1d.
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So, this morning the pair of jogging pants I put on had a pair of underwear stuck inside. I was like 20 minutes out and wondered why in the world the fabric was so bunchy and weird behind my knee. SUrprise: underwear ball!
Mini-rant, sorry y'all: On my side, nausea and puking and normal symptoms aside, my pregnancy has been pretty smooth (although I could've done w/o the daily puking for six weeks). Also, I LOVE my OB herself.
All that said, people at my OB's office need to get their s*** together. My NIPT took like six weeks because the lab had it under my maiden name (married 5 years in July) somehow and didn't bother to call my OB's office for this test result they were just sitting on, nor did anyone at my OB's office call over.
I had an appt. last week I was under the impression was a prelim AS, to be followed by the one at MFM, and/or they were on top of scheduling the one at MFM which is why it had been brought up the appointment prior. Nope. Normal appointment, just doppler, and they needed to call over to MFM to get me scheduled. Appt. was Wednesday, they said call back Friday if I didn't hear from MFM or them, but they're only open half a day on Friday and since I was out of town, it slipped my mind until it was too late.
Monday's a holiday, so I call yesterday and leave a message for my OB's MA, and she calls me back saying she called MFM, but they're really backed up, and even though she told them I'm overdue, they were going to "try to schedule me in," and if I didn't hear from them by end of business yesterday to call her back. No word from MFM, another message into my OB('s MA).Β
I know a lot of it has to do with ancillary people also not doing their jobs (the lab, MFM, etc.) but the MFM and my OB work together literally all the time and I'm somehow the one whose appointments get messed up.
If it had just been the NIPT OR the MFM AS (also of course, the pregnancy hormones), I don't think I'd be this upset, but I'm about to flip a s*** on some people.
May have overstated the "mini" part. Sorry all.
ETA: AS will be at 23 weeks because it's the first one they could get me in for where DH could make it (it would've still been at 23 weeks for the actual first available they had, DH's schedule just means it's 3 days later. Worth it to have him there, between the emotional support and fact he's an MD).
@nopegoat my husband did this with our vacuum once and didnβt tell me. Next time I tried to vacuum IT SMELLED SO BAD!!! We had to throw it out. I just about killed him. π
I had one really quick scan done by my midwife at 10 weeks just because they couldnβt find the heartbeat with the Doppler. I thought I saw 2 then but she said no. This was my first scan with an ultrasound tech. She waved the wand over me twice and then stopped and asked βhey who did your first ultrasoundβ and I was like βwhy, you see two babies donβt you?!β Itβs so much to process especially knowing they probably wonβt go to 40 weeks so we are more than halfway there.Β
@nopegoat I think you can salvage the vacuum. Baking soada, apple cider vinegar, and clean the tank out well.
@NicholeL16 I can't even begin to imagine all the mixed emotions right now. Huge hugs girl! β€οΈ
And I'm hoping that works! Ugh.
My littlest has a runny nose and slight cough and I guess when I was in the back or whatever had a coughing fit and coughed up his entire breakfast under the table?? Never said anything to me about it. Doing my normal vacuuming I though it was paper and pencil shavings from big brothers project and didn't realize it was puke until I nearly got halfway done vaccuming it up. ππ
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Update: My AS is now Friday, because my OB called MFM and said 3/14 was unacceptable, but now my husband can't come. I'm still equally upset. I know him missing isn't the hugest deal, but he's an M.D., in addition to my mental and emotional support, and I really really wanted him there. If anything's abnormal, I don't even know what I'll do.
Update to the update (sorry all): DH got work coverage. No small thing on three days' notice... Thank goodness. Much calmer now.
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But I did get this picture of #3 and his goose. It's been pretty dang cute watching these two grow together!
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The professor emailed me a four paragraph rant about how I should have mentioned HIM (the professor) in the very first paragraph and included his full title (which is ridiculously long...Β like "The Midred James Willow Johnson & Annette Carson Hampton Endowed Distinguish Chair"). I'm in total shock that someone would be so self-centered that they could make such a demand. This story was supposed to be about the STUDENT's accomplishment.. not the professor. He should be appreciative that I mentioned him at all.
Maybe I picked it up from friends or DH (M.D.) and it's not as common as I thought...
One of my clients hired a new employee and i've been helping them onboard him.Β he's driving me crazy with tons of little questions/needs. They are all reasonable, but still annoys me because this is out of my normal job so I just don't want to do it. (i'm aware this is super childish and i sound super whiny)Β
I know super-hot showers aren't ideal either, but it's much harder for a shower to raise our core body temp since there's no immersion. I've been tempted to take a bath the past few days, but the one I took where I kept the water ~99 degrees was just grossly underwhelming.
Also, yes on showers. I have no desire to try to get in and out of a lightly warmed tub that will be too cold within minutes.Β
But yeah, I also took a super hot shower for like 40 minutes this morning. Oops!Β
@hakele Still not worth it to me. I'd rather have the shower. I may try again and let it get a little warmer, but the shower is still more soothing, and I face mostly outward so the water misses my stomach/uterus plus, again, it doesn't raise the temp like a bath.
Now ive gotta ask around!Β
Second time around, I stopped working a week early assuming my second son would come even earlier. He decided to come 2 days LATE. So yeah completely unpredictable.
Random but the 5 other friends of mine who had their 1st within 6 months of me, ALL came early. So Β ya never know!
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Well with my first my water broke At 38w 4d and by the time I got to the hospital I was in full blown labor because everything happened so quickly after my water broke. Β My daughter was born within 3 hours of getting there. I had no pain before my water breaking and just assumed the contractions I was having on and off were braxton hicks. They were irregular and not painful. My second was born at 38w 1d and was also short.
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I found out this year myΒ daughters recital will be when I am 38w 1d. I'm hoping I make it and dont go into labor during the recital if I do.Β
#2 and 3 were also born at 38.5wks.
#4 was my latest at 39wk1d.
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On my side, nausea and puking and normal symptoms aside, my pregnancy has been pretty smooth (although I could've done w/o the daily puking for six weeks).
Also, I LOVE my OB herself.
All that said, people at my OB's office need to get their s*** together. My NIPT took like six weeks because the lab had it under my maiden name (married 5 years in July) somehow and didn't bother to call my OB's office for this test result they were just sitting on, nor did anyone at my OB's office call over.
I had an appt. last week I was under the impression was a prelim AS, to be followed by the one at MFM, and/or they were on top of scheduling the one at MFM which is why it had been brought up the appointment prior. Nope. Normal appointment, just doppler, and they needed to call over to MFM to get me scheduled. Appt. was Wednesday, they said call back Friday if I didn't hear from MFM or them, but they're only open half a day on Friday and since I was out of town, it slipped my mind until it was too late.
Monday's a holiday, so I call yesterday and leave a message for my OB's MA, and she calls me back saying she called MFM, but they're really backed up, and even though she told them I'm overdue, they were going to "try to schedule me in," and if I didn't hear from them by end of business yesterday to call her back.
No word from MFM, another message into my OB('s MA).Β
I know a lot of it has to do with ancillary people also not doing their jobs (the lab, MFM, etc.) but the MFM and my OB work together literally all the time and I'm somehow the one whose appointments get messed up.
If it had just been the NIPT OR the MFM AS (also of course, the pregnancy hormones), I don't think I'd be this upset, but I'm about to flip a s*** on some people.
May have overstated the "mini" part. Sorry all.
ETA: AS will be at 23 weeks because it's the first one they could get me in for where DH could make it (it would've still been at 23 weeks for the actual first available they had, DH's schedule just means it's 3 days later. Worth it to have him there, between the emotional support and fact he's an MD).
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I just accidentally vacuumed up wet puke with our basically new vacuum. Now I'm totally considering just throwing it away.
I don't even know where to begin to clean it. Maybe vaccum up a bunch of baking soda and just pray for the best????!Β
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@nopegoat I think you can salvage the vacuum. Baking soada, apple cider vinegar, and clean the tank out well.
And I'm hoping that works! Ugh.
My littlest has a runny nose and slight cough and I guess when I was in the back or whatever had a coughing fit and coughed up his entire breakfast under the table?? Never said anything to me about it. Doing my normal vacuuming I though it was paper and pencil shavings from big brothers project and didn't realize it was puke until I nearly got halfway done vaccuming it up. ππ
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Update to the update (sorry all): DH got work coverage. No small thing on three days' notice... Thank goodness. Much calmer now.