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June 2020 Moms
alli392
member
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17
EDD: 5/16/18
DD born 5/10/18
Postpartum Complications
BFP: 10/1/19
EDD: 6/12/20
Happy Holidays! Check-In for All June
alli392
member
Hey Everybody!
May 2020 has a whole board where people are talking about how they’re celebrating/celebrated the holidays with their friends and family. I thought that could be kind of a fun thing for us to do too! I want to hear how everything went for those of you traveling, experiencing family drama, or just having a grand ole time.
May 2020 has a whole board where people are talking about how they’re celebrating/celebrated the holidays with their friends and family. I thought that could be kind of a fun thing for us to do too! I want to hear how everything went for those of you traveling, experiencing family drama, or just having a grand ole time.
So, go ahead and tell us. How did it go? And if nothing else, did you get any gifts to be excited for?
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17
EDD: 5/16/18
DD born 5/10/18
Postpartum Complications
BFP: 10/1/19
EDD: 6/12/20
Re: Happy Holidays! Check-In for All June
I got two favorite gifts this year. A leaf blower I used within an hour to blow off our patio and front porch and was so excited about that. And I got an Ergo Embrace carrier for Junebug from my MIL to replace an old cheap carrier I used with DD. I’m so excited for one that’s going to last and, even with a baby bump, it fit really well.
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17
EDD: 5/16/18
DD born 5/10/18
Postpartum Complications
BFP: 10/1/19
EDD: 6/12/20
DH and I left on the 20th to head down to DE to visit his parents and do an early Christmas. It was enjoyable. Opened some stockings, exchanged a few small presents. MIL got me a book, "you are a f*cking awesome mom" that I am excited to read. As a FTM I have no idea what is coming my way.
We left early on the 24th and drove down to SC (we brought my BIL down with us b.c he lives in GA) and met my parents down here to celebrate a super chill Christmas (BIL joined). No presents, just hung out and played some games. DH and BIL did the grocery shopping and forgot a vegetable for dinner.
The car ride was not as bad as I was expecting. We hit no traffic and I was able to get comfortable enough. This upper 60 F weather has totally been worth it. Lots of long walks on the beach and yoga have made this vacation super relaxing.
The only minimal drama was as usual caused by my grandma who is VERY needy and has super low self esteem. But I’m used to that lol.
@rabbitmama09 so jealous of your weather and Carolina holiday! That sounds wonderful and like just the restful vacation y’all could use!
@hayhay2501 yay! Welcome back stateside! I’m so glad it’s been so good so far! Let us know how the BMB meetup goes!
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17
EDD: 5/16/18
DD born 5/10/18
Postpartum Complications
BFP: 10/1/19
EDD: 6/12/20
My household celebrates Yule, but we put up a holiday tree and stockings because my extended family celebrates Christmas and I'm cool with the non-religious aspects. There's a lot of overlap, to be honest. Our "Christmas tree" is populated with ornaments from our travels and hand made needlepoint ornaments my grandmother made for us, and a few things from my childhood. It's more of an adventure/memory tree and we take our time hanging the ornaments and talking about our trips/memories throughout December.
We did our family presents (except Santa and stockings) on the morning after the longest night. Then we spent Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the family (4 generations), Christmas morning at my dad's with whatever group of my siblings were in town this year, and then hosted Christmas dinner for my in-laws (FIL, stepMIL, BIL, SIL, niece & nephew). I'm still exhausted. We were under a lot of pressure to share our news with my dad's family, and managed to share it in small groups rather than a huge 20+ person announcement. I'm okay with how it happened, but not the pressure. DS has a second cousin who is 2.5 months older than him. Funnily, my cousin's second kid is due in April, and this LO is due in June. "We're pregnant!" they said. "Us, too!" we said.
Even with all of that on the calendar, the holidays have been overwhelmed by starting my GD protocols and fighting with my insurance company over absolute bullshit things like which brand of supplies they'll cover. (The price differential to them over 6 months isn't worth their legal fees to reject my paperwork twice.) I'm 100% compliant and since I started insulin at night all my numbers are beautiful, so FX it will continue that way at least through 2nd tri.
I got exactly one present in all of the holiday gatherings we went through: a diabetes cookbook from stepMIL. I'm not super materialistic, but I was feeling a bit blue about it ontop of the emotional/physical aspects of managing my medical stuff. DH saw me oogling a wrap on the Oscha year end sale yesterday, and decided he'd shelve his "too many wraps" complaints and we'd get it as my belated Christmas - slash - this pregnancy is hard present.
We're not Christian so we don't do anything special for Christmas in terms of getting together with family. But we love the secular aspects of the holiday and do have a tree and some decorations, and exchange silly presents. I was born in Russia and they secularized the entire thing during Soviet Union times—USSR was atheist—so I grew up doing the tree and presents and Santa for New Years.
One of hubby's presents:)
I got these super awesome socks that say "If you can read this go ask your dad" and they are my new favorites, even though DS cant read yet. I say this because he is velcroed to my hip (I joke with him that he wants to crawl back in my uterus with baby Luke) if I am home and I really need him to start relying on daddy more for things with new baby coming. My mom knows this so she got me my new favorite socks!!
@kerco925 thank you
Married 10/2016
TTC since 04/2019
BFP 10/12/2019, estimated 6 weeks
EDD 06/07/2020
This year holidays were ore pleasant and still low-key. My husband's family had a formal gathering on the 24th. We do a secular very Santa-commercial Christmas at home in pajamas with mimosas (largely virgin this year (use sprite!)) and didn't leave home. My extended family celebration we did on New Year's Day, due to stomach bug going around my Aunt and cousins the week before. Which was nice as Christmas Day was warm, but New Year's was white, and deck was cold enough for extra food storage.
My mom was in town for two weeks and my grandma one week, and so my husband and I got to go to a friends formal New Year's Eve party, which was awesome, we haven't been able to see many friends since my mom moved out of the area two years ago. Only limited drama with a few family things, but I was able to ignore and avoid. Hooray!
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