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July 2020 Moms
blaf322
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COVID-19 Chatter
blaf322
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In an effort to help folks compartmentalize and keep the discussion from overrunning our randoms threads, place all your COVID thoughts, worries, info and other related randoms here.
Re: COVID-19 Chatter
*TW pregnancy related worries... .nothing has actually happened though*
I have just had this sense of impending doom with this entire pregnancy and I thought that feeling would go away after the whole vasa previa diagnosis was uncovered.... but I still feel it. I don't feel like I can get excited b/c it just feels like something is going to happen. Like, is this it? We don't know about the long term impacts for babies where mom was diagnosed at this stage of pregnancy. Or, what if I catch it and all the coughing causes those at risk blood vessels to rupture and that's it. The baby bleeds out. My rational brain is telling me everything will be fine.... but, clearly, I'm not accepting that kind of rational thought right now lol. I'm just ready to be home and know that everything ended up fine.
**TW OVER**
Oh, also, the water in the county I work in (and DD's daycare is in) tested positive for e.coli so we're not supposed to drink the water or wash our hands with it
@blaf322 seems sort of weird they're still having you travel for a HEALTHCARE convention. I'd be annoyed too. Regarding the sense of doom, I know you've gone back and forth about getting on antidepressants and when to start, but do you think they could potentially help with that? I'm clearly not a doctor, but it sounds like that could be some anxiety coming through? It sucks you have such a bad reaction with sleep on them, so I totally understand your logic in wanting to wait to start them. Super annoying about not being able to use your water too!!
My selfish covid rant is I'm not sure my mom is still going to come visit tomorrow. She's flying, over 60 (so technically "at risk"), and coming from a state where things are rapidly changing as far as closing schools, canceling events, the governor is advising no elective travel, etc. I totally understand where she's coming from, and I actually mentioned to her earlier this week that maybe it's not the best time to visit after all, but... I'm bummed. She still hasn't decided, so I guess we'll wait and see.
Re: your mom... I'm so sorry. I know how much you were looking forward to her visit
I have been slightly stocking up. Mostly because I can’t resist when Target has the “spend x amount and get y amount gift card” sales. So I frequently stock up on paper/plastic goods. I picked up extra cleaning supplies, toilet paper, diapers. I might pick up a couple more non-perishables than I usually would when grocery shopping this weekend.
1. Thinking about it in terms of my risk if getting it (or DH or other close contacts). The risk still seems low and if we got it we would probably be fine (young, otherwise healthy, etc). There are so many other health concerns (flu etc) so are we overdialing??
2. Then I think about it from the community perspective and realize it's much more about trying not to spread it to vulnerable populations and also keeping the spread low enough that our hospitals can manage their capacity to respond. That seems really important so them it's like, are we doing nearly enough?
3. Then finally as a pregnant person there's just so little info so all I can do there is be vaguely worried and settle on being "more cautious than I otherwise might be"
There's 90+ cases in MA, most near me in greater Boston. H's company mandated WFH (taking things a week at a time). Mine is still open but cancelled all travel and is cancelling/postponing events left and right, and told us to WFH if we want - and then my manager said "you're pregnant, don't risk it" (primary concern being the public transit/commute rather than the office environment). I'm with y'all sitting here wondering "should we be running to Stop & Shop over lunch today to grab some extra things...?" It just feels like it's all escalated a TON in the past 48-72 hours.
@stlbuckeye132 sorry about your mom, I know you were excited about that!
@blaf322 I think anxiety is hard for worrying in general but then you add big, vaguely threatening, out of our control concerns on top of it and it gets harder. And you have two big scary things with covid and the previa (and come on e coli who needs that right now)! Please take care of yourself ❤️
@stlbuckeye132 ugh
@kristinl492 agreed on being concerned over the repercussions. I live in Louisville and obviously the biggest source of income for the city is the Derby, but who knows what will happen there? DH is worried about our property taxes next year already haha
@kristinl492 we took DD to the aquarium for her 2nd bday last weekend, and now my husband has to report it because the aquarium is in a state that has had more cases (and the Gov has since declared a state of emergency). I honestly didn't even give it a second thought when we did it, but now I'm like what were we thinking?
For me I'm less concerned about me getting sick, I'm worried about my parents. My dad has underlying heart issues that don't cause day to day issues but I worry that he'd be in trouble if he got it. And my step mom is older than him. She's in great health, but in her upper 60's. They have been pretty unconcerned about travel (they travel a lot) but just this week cancelled a trip they had planned to go see my sister. I'm glad they did it, but it kind of made me take it more seriously myself.
My state got our first confirmed case yesterday, with 3 more getting confirmed this morning. And then my boss comes in and says a coworker who works in an office in our hallway (and I was in her office and she was in mine yesterday) is home sick today with a cough and chest pressure. That alone wouldn't freak me out but she has had to do a lot of airplane travel over the past few weeks due to a death in her family. But there's nothing I can do about it now, right? Ugh...
@kristinl492 happy birthday to your son!! I hope y’all have a wonderful time today. I think your plan sounds perfect.
@blaf322 Someone on my other BMB must live near you because she posted about the e-coli too. That is so crazy.
We just had our third faculty meeting of the week at school. School is closed for students tomorrow and we are to work from home. We have spring break next week, but I am assuming they will probably extend that, so they are giving us time to come up with assignments for them to complete during any extension. I can at least get my thoughts together. I teach an AP class and I am worried all this will totally mess us up. Hopefully we won't be out too long. Life is crazy ya'll.
@nursejenn5 thank you for sharing that information! I was curious as to how or if it would affect (effect? idk) the baby.
My work just announced that they're coming up with a plan for WFH, and testing out VPN capacity today. Then it sounds like there will be a 2-week rotation for everyone... I'm not sure how that will all pan out but as a pregnant woman, I would much rather just stay at home until this mulls over if at all possible.
I just did a Target run today in hopes they might have restocked a few things, but I should have known - no TP, no sanitizing wipes, nothing. Luckily we still have a decent supply of those things and hope they last.
@stlbuckeye132 I'm so sorry to hear about your mom potentially not being able to visit. As someone who's mom lives about a 4-hour plane flight away from me I would be devastated too. My grandma, who is actually caring for my mother after her surgery, flies home tomorrow and I'm a little nervous for her to be flying... but ultimately I just want her to get home safe and stay there.
My work is going almost completely WFH for the foreseeable future which panics the extrovert in me. Also, H and I have a trip to LA to visit fam April 7-12 and I'm suuuuper hoping things have calmed down by then, I'd really hate for this to get cancelled. Fingers crossed
@pocketrose my friend from my other BMB works for ESPN corporate in CT (so sister company to Disney) and they’re talking about closing the Corp office to all non-essential staff bc of the closures with the parks and cancellation of games and such. I wonder if they’re doing that for your bro’s office too?
This definitely has me petrified: A friend here shared this with me. Interesting even if you can't read it all. First paragraphs say a lot!
Also a bit later it says "if precautions are taken now, life might return to normal by June or July" 😳
Separately, the Catholic diocese in my hometown was the first schools to cancel which is interesting..no others have followed except the small university. No confirmed cases in the city at all.
My city has not shutdown schools except 40,000 student university. 1 hour from me school district is shutdown as well as some others
I tried to buy baby wipes at Costco that I use to clean my CPAP daily and they are all gone. Ended up getting a more expensive option at the grocery store. The run on our stores is getting nuts. I almost could not get my stomach medicine b/c people are stockpiling. Lactaid milk was hard to get.
I'm still not excessively anxious struggling more with not being able to take all my normal asthma medicine and spring allergy season having kicked off. This is going to be quite a ride I anticipate.
Thought this was an interesting article if anyone's interested in it.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/12/814522489/singapore-wins-praise-for-its-covid-19-strategy-the-u-s-does-not
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Trying to find the balance between not panicking and being prepared, so I'm going to try and stock up on a few frozen grocery items after work, mostly stuff we would be buying anyway.
I'm in CA, and just in the last day or two things seem to be locking down. I just got an email from my daughter's principal that they're sending home workbooks in case they decide to keep the school closed after next week's spring break. The state has recommended that any gatherings of over 50 people be canceled, so that's sweeping across everything bit by bit - city activities and classes, our church, the nearby higher ed schools, etc.
Luckily I already WFH part of the time, and my parents (aka childcare) are out of town so I wasn't planning to go in much this week or next, but I might dial up the "from home" portion even afterwards. Speaking of which, my parents are in Hawaii and just told me they decided to come back earlier than planned. They're worried that flights are going to be canceled or something.
We always buy a lot from Costco, and luckily I bought a pack of TP a few weeks ago because I thought we were almost out (we weren't). I feel like I should stock up on more frozen and non-perishable stuff in case we get quarantined or something.
Expecting again -- EDD 7/27/20