My neighbor is doing machine work. It's 9:30 at night and it's woke up my son at least twice. He gets another half hour and I'll go ask him to stop. This is basically a nightly occurance. He almost always stops by 10, but I'm going nuts today. I'm actually moving next month and as much as I hate packing, I'm very much looking forward to it. I think I've been more annoyed about everything since the decision was made.
Aside from that grumpiness, this LO has been super active today which has made me very happy. I am looking forward to a lazy Sunday tomorrow (although I should try to do some work, or maybe start packing, it probably won't happen) and then getting scheduled with the high risk doctor on Monday.
Not doing well with sleeping on my side need to figure something out. The Snuggle and the likes don't work for me. I just wake up often because I'm paranoid about being on my back.
Baby has been super active these days! She's 💯 more active than my son. It's cool, it's such a new experience.
I don't want to start a debate necessarily but I just want to share that I am feeling so many feelings about what is happening in our country these days. This year cannot catch a freaking break. My heart is seriously bleeding and I wish I had all the answers. All I know is that I want to do better. I have to be better. Our kiddos deserve to live in a different world than what we are currently living in:(
@aefsparrow I'm sure it's *not* on purpose, but I swear people get louder as soon as you find out you're pregnant. It happened with my son too (although it was college students then who moved out a couple months later).
@morethanamama I feel you so much on this. I live in a very sheltered area really. We have only had a handful of Covid cases in my county, our state and local government was very proactive, and my state/town as a whole is pretty rural and not very diverse. We have had protests the past couple of days, but nothing like the riots throughout the country. This entire year has broken my heart and I just feel so torn between extremes of wanting to stay home forever, safe with my babies, and feeling like I need to do something, advocate for something... anything. I don't have the answers either. It's been a rough year.
@morethanamama social media is driving me insane, because I am VERY tired of white people whitesplaining how the current situation is all black people's fault. And with the orange twatwaffle inciting violence and making the situation worse.
Current pregnancy - First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
@morethanamama I feel you. It's all breaking my heart. I'm in an a city that has been hit pretty hard by COVID, has had riots the last few nights, racial tensions that make me want us all to do better... And this is totally me being selfish on top of it all, but I go back to work in person tomorrow, and I am anxious. I'm ready to get back in a routine, but nothing is, will be, or should be "normal" right now.
@kboydbowman all of what you said...so much rage, I try hard not to read comments to news articles.
Thanks mamas. Of course all the feelings are there including fearing for people's safety (even though my area is super sheltered and away from it all) and the fact there is still a pandemic going on. I read articles and comments from out of the country and it's crazy to see how everyone is wondering what the heck is happening with America and basically saying nothing has changed, just silently gotten worse
@kboydbowman I struggle with social media so much right now. On one hand, I feel responsible to call out racism when I see it. On another, I know that’s exactly what they want... a platform and attention to spout their hate. I’ve made a loooot of donations to the NAACP on behalf of racists I don’t know how else to deal with this week. 🤷♀️
I have taken a break from social media for the last few years. I started with just Facebook, and still went on Instagram because it was not everyone sharing their opinion articles. And even though I agreed with most of the articles posted I realized it left me in a bad mood.
I then noticed I posted on Instagram just for the likes. Right after my Instagram hiatus started we went on vacation. I took photos and I had a visceral reaction from the thought of what am I supposed to do with these now? It made me sad to think that this was what my photos and experiences had become, a way to brag to others about what I was doing.
For some reason since the quarantine I have lessened up on my boycott, but I still haven’t posted anything. I think because it has helped me feel connected in this crazy time. But I am ready to rid myself of it again.
My struggle is deciding if I make my pregnancy social media official. I actually kind of like not having the whole world know, but I’m afraid someone will spill the beans.
@animalandplantrescuer I haven't made any announcements on Facebook, it's the only social media platform I use. So far I don't regret my decision and my boyfriend hasn't made any announcements on his Facebook either. We have told friends when we have met them in person during the last month and I've told other people who I don't talk to so often but we text from time to time. I'm sure that some of my old friends know from word of mouth but I am not proactively spreading the news.
I'll surprise some people when I show up with a baby but I really don't feel like having people texting me constantly asking questions specially if it's people that I see once every couple of years.
@coldbrew it can make so much of a difference, a birth group I'm on has so many posts from women who don't know they have options or don't know how to find a new OB or sometimes their insurance won't cover anything else, it makes me so sad because I've definitely had my fair share of crummy providers both my pregnancies, the new one I'm in the process of transferring to (which fingers crossed it goes as planned) has already provided me with so much emotional support and I'm not even paying them yet, so much different than my current place.
As far as the current events topic, it's really amazing to read all your ladies peaceful and level headed thoughts. The whole situation makes my heart heavy and seeing the out of control reactions from people who aren't educated on the situation makes it even worse. I restrict a lot of my media consumption to keep myself in a better mental place, but it's hard, especially with all the rioting so close to us, businesses are already struggling so much, everyone is at their breaking point I know, but taking out a whole spring's worth of anger and frustration on the local economy won't solve any injustice. It just breaks my heart, Denver really isn't catching a break this year
2020 Is seriously unreal guys. I just hope I have a happy ending to all of this BS to tell my girl when she grows up - after all it's about the year she will be born.
I love being connected with my family abroad via social media as well as other means. I use IG mostly to follow a few people for design inspiration and cute babies 😂. I find myself getting so mad at some FB trolls - someone tonight was particularly entertaining on a friend's wall with some deep, deep, deep, deep, conspiracy theory stuff. Like, so bizarre it was scary. So I might take a little break this week and see how I do. I still think it's important to speak up and share about what's happening. I just don't have the mental energy for it when everything seriously seems to be falling apart
@morethanamama I hate that conspiracy theorist content all over Facebook, I wish I could censor all of that nonsense off social media so I never have to see it again!
@coldbrew that's what I'm trying to avoid. I mean so much crap happened in Europe in 1983 but no one ever says that to me when they ask when I was born. It makes me too sad to think it's a stigma and it's seriously a goal of mine to turn it around.
I won't get too political obviously BUT if a certain individual is not re-elected in November, then 2020 all of a sudden will become THE year to be born 😂😂😂
Current pregnancy - First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
Re: May Randoms
I'm actually moving next month and as much as I hate packing, I'm very much looking forward to it. I think I've been more annoyed about everything since the decision was made.
Aside from that grumpiness, this LO has been super active today which has made me very happy. I am looking forward to a lazy Sunday tomorrow (although I should try to do some work, or maybe start packing, it probably won't happen) and then getting scheduled with the high risk doctor on Monday.
Baby has been super active these days! She's 💯 more active than my son. It's cool, it's such a new experience.
I don't want to start a debate necessarily but I just want to share that I am feeling so many feelings about what is happening in our country these days. This year cannot catch a freaking break. My heart is seriously bleeding and I wish I had all the answers. All I know is that I want to do better. I have to be better. Our kiddos deserve to live in a different world than what we are currently living in:(
@morethanamama I feel you so much on this. I live in a very sheltered area really. We have only had a handful of Covid cases in my county, our state and local government was very proactive, and my state/town as a whole is pretty rural and not very diverse. We have had protests the past couple of days, but nothing like the riots throughout the country. This entire year has broken my heart and I just feel so torn between extremes of wanting to stay home forever, safe with my babies, and feeling like I need to do something, advocate for something... anything. I don't have the answers either. It's been a rough year.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Thanks mamas. Of course all the feelings are there including fearing for people's safety (even though my area is super sheltered and away from it all) and the fact there is still a pandemic going on. I read articles and comments from out of the country and it's crazy to see how everyone is wondering what the heck is happening with America and basically saying nothing has changed, just silently gotten worse
I'll surprise some people when I show up with a baby but I really don't feel like having people texting me constantly asking questions specially if it's people that I see once every couple of years.
As far as the current events topic, it's really amazing to read all your ladies peaceful and level headed thoughts. The whole situation makes my heart heavy and seeing the out of control reactions from people who aren't educated on the situation makes it even worse. I restrict a lot of my media consumption to keep myself in a better mental place, but it's hard, especially with all the rioting so close to us, businesses are already struggling so much, everyone is at their breaking point I know, but taking out a whole spring's worth of anger and frustration on the local economy won't solve any injustice. It just breaks my heart, Denver really isn't catching a break this year
I love being connected with my family abroad via social media as well as other means. I use IG mostly to follow a few people for design inspiration and cute babies 😂. I find myself getting so mad at some FB trolls - someone tonight was particularly entertaining on a friend's wall with some deep, deep, deep, deep, conspiracy theory stuff. Like, so bizarre it was scary. So I might take a little break this week and see how I do. I still think it's important to speak up and share about what's happening. I just don't have the mental energy for it when everything seriously seems to be falling apart
Anyone else having major issues with the app the last few days. It wouldn't let me log in such a frustrating app
I won't get too political obviously BUT if a certain individual is not re-elected in November, then 2020 all of a sudden will become THE year to be born 😂😂😂
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.