This is my last week off before my mat leave ends. I start teaching from home on Monday. I should probably start working on getting the girls to bed before midnight every night...🤣
How do you feel about maternity leave being over? I was ready to go back last time, about 2 weeks early! Obviously everyone has different feels on it.
And I feel ya about schedules. When I worked evenings, my kid was up until 10 or 11 but then sleep in until 10 or so am! I didn’t have to set an alarm for 2 years when I was on eves. Do you do daycare or family to take care of your LOs?
@emmylou78 after my furst I was so ready to go back after a year. With this one it has been 18 months and I'd be happy just staying home with her. We're living with my parents atm while our house gets finished so my mom will take care if my 18 month old and my almost 7 year old has remote schooling all day.
@Kenneylynn3 I have all grade 12s so I'm hoping it isn't too bad. Way easier than if I was teaching littles!
@baby_yoda1986 Yep. They are both home. But my 18 month old will be downstairs with grandma and my 7 year old will be doing her own online schooling...so hopefully it won't be too bad.
@surrenderdorothy that made me laugh out loud. I had a dream the other night an old co-worker and I were competing to try and get Jackson Avery from Grey’s Anatomy to date us 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
That ex dream is hilarious. I thought I was the only one who had those dreams 10 years later
I'm ashamed to say I have pangs of jealousy when i hear about some of your maternity leaves. I got 8 weeks which each kid. And I was pretty lucky....
Anyone low carb/keto? I just started when i found out i was pregnant bc my insulin has been a tad high this year. I was low carb for at least 10 years until I got pregnant with my first and then the kids have been one right after the other and I have just been fueling mommy-hood with carbs. I have gained way too much weight in that time. I am like 10 lbs from my high pregnancy weight right now!! I am trying not to go too low in carbs but its kind of hard to find a good balance and not go too extreme....
Has anyone else taken down their Holiday decorations? I think I’m going to take our tree down tonight. I feel a bit like the Grinch, but I’m tired of the needles and boundary testing with ornaments. 🙄
@pickle-chips I want to! They make my house feel so cluttered. We have to get out bins out of storage fromt he outlaws and they are mad at me right now... maybe this weekend??
I debating taking ours down today, but I am thinking of doing it this weekend. I’ve been organizing my closet today and still putting stuff away from Christmas. Once I take down the decorations, there’s more cleaning to do after!
@pickle-chips I took down all decorations last weekend and everything was put away by Sunday. 🤷🏼♀️ It was triggering my anxiety with it all out and all the gifts. I need to still get the toys organized but I feel so much better with the Xmas stuff gone. Only downside is my DD is asking for the Valentines Day decorations to come out.
@pickle-chips i wanted to take down the decorations but MH says it's "tradition" to take it down MLK weekend (mid Jan)? That was news to me...
@Eveinshock I did intermittent fasting bc I am terrible at calculating macros and carb counting prior to last pregnancy and then everything fell apart with morning sickness. I finally got back on it few months back so hopefully this round will be a little better.
@hannelorre 🤣 our tree would be either fully brown or naked by then—I’m getting lax on the watering.
My Dad has decided to turn it into a backyard bird feeder, so it’s outta here tomorrow! If we were having our New Year’s Day open house I would have kept it up like you @doodlemom131.
@mrspants0809 we also need to get the toys organized. Mostly I just want to take some older toys out of rotation.
@grogu no chance of sneaking over when they’re not home?? 😆
@emmylou78 I’m impressed you have the energy to organize your closet!
@pickle-chips I suppose I could but with the SCH I *should* be taking it easy. MH is off tomorrow and I will probably make him go get the bins then. I started taking things down when the power went out today so I need somewhere to put it.
@hannelorre are you intermittent fasting during your pregnancy? I lost 60 pounds that way leading up to finding out I am pregnant but have stopped since finding out. I’m having a lot of anxiety about pregnancy weight gain due to eating so often, would love to hear if you’ve had success balancing the method while pregnant!
@jaxalia I was not successful with IF last pregnancy bc of nausea and needing to eat small frequent meals. My weight gain was ok until the 3rd trimester where it became a little too much. I'll see if I can do it this time... if I can't do IF, will probably have to work harder to do some form of lower carb. I'll keep you updated!
@hannelorre I see, yeah I can’t imagine not eating more often now with the nausea and honestly just being more hungry.
I’m working with a therapist on the mental side of things but I’m already up 9 pounds in the first month 😫 trying to tell myself it’s bloat and the holidays and it’ll stabilize/slow down - but it’s hard not to beat myself up about it after having success for most of the year!
@jaxalia I do IF but had to stop due to pregnancy nausea. I normally have no issues skipping meals but that is not the case anymore. I’m also up 6lbs already but chalking it up to bloat and hormones. I’m basically eating anything that sounds remotely appetizing right now because the periods are vomiting (where I can’t eat anything) are killing me.
All of this to say, dont beat yourself up about it; early pregnancy is basically survival mode when it comes to eating. I’m sure your weight will level out once your hormones and eating patterns stabilize.
It's a moot point now, but I am a little sad. I just found out my state is moving educators up to priority 1 phase for vaccines. I likely could get it mid January.
But now that I am pregnant, I can't. I know timing will never be perfect, but damn, I am sad I missed the window. 😭
@bmo88 why can't you get the vaccine? ACOG and SMFM have all come out with statements that these vaccines should not be withheld from pregnant or lactating women. I actually got mine like a 2 days before I tested positive. Of course I understand if you just don't feel comfortable but I do encourage you to talk to your doc before ruling it out.
@surrenderdorothy thank you, that’s so helpful to hear! I plan to go back to it after the baby is born, but channeling all of the grace for the work my body is doing right now.
Sending you all the love that the vomiting gets better soon!
@Eveinshock I did intermittent fasting bc I am terrible at calculating macros and carb counting prior to last pregnancy and then everything fell apart with morning sickness.
Interesting. I wanted to try IF, it didn’t occur to me to try while pregnant. I might have to give it a shot. I’m just starving all the time I feel like!!
@hannelorre our area isn't currently allowing pregnant women to get it.
I would get it if allowed. Its currently an exclusion question on the survey. I know a few pregnant women who were turned down. If it changes, I will get it.
@bmo88 oh that's interesting that your area won't allow it. I was planning to talk to my doctor about it because if it's allowed and he thinks it's best for me, I had every intention of getting the vaccine asap. Educators are slotted to get vaccinated in phase 2 in my area.
@bmo88 ugh that sucks. I'm sorry that they're not allowing pregnant women. I hope they change that since it doesn't align with medical recommendations.
@bmo88 that’s so frustrating! Fingers crossed your area changes the exclusion and you are able to get it.
Is anyone else’s Bump app super glitchy today? I’ve logged out and logged back in a zillion times, closed the app completely and it still sucks more than usual.
Re: Randoms—week of 12.28
@emmylou78 my phone always changes it to ransoms 😂
@Panaceia teaching from home should be interesting. Hopefully all the kinks have been figured out.
@Panaceia will your littles be home with you? I'm struggling with my 4 y/0 being home while I work. Good luck!
@Kenneylynn3 I have all grade 12s so I'm hoping it isn't too bad. Way easier than if I was teaching littles!
@baby_yoda1986 Yep. They are both home. But my 18 month old will be downstairs with grandma and my 7 year old will be doing her own online schooling...so hopefully it won't be too bad.
@emily1052 I feel like there should be a law against that ... It's my goto anxiety show. Not sure what I'll do without it.
I'm ashamed to say I have pangs of jealousy when i hear about some of your maternity leaves. I got 8 weeks which each kid. And I was pretty lucky....
Anyone low carb/keto? I just started when i found out i was pregnant bc my insulin has been a tad high this year. I was low carb for at least 10 years until I got pregnant with my first and then the kids have been one right after the other and I have just been fueling mommy-hood with carbs. I have gained way too much weight in that time. I am like 10 lbs from my high pregnancy weight right now!!
-baby_yoda1986
@Eveinshock I did intermittent fasting bc I am terrible at calculating macros and carb counting prior to last pregnancy and then everything fell apart with morning sickness. I finally got back on it few months back so hopefully this round will be a little better.
My Dad has decided to turn it into a backyard bird feeder, so it’s outta here tomorrow! If we were having our New Year’s Day open house I would have kept it up like you @doodlemom131.
@mrspants0809 we also need to get the toys organized. Mostly I just want to take some older toys out of rotation.
@grogu no chance of sneaking over when they’re not home?? 😆
@emmylou78 I’m impressed you have the energy to organize your closet!
I’m working with a therapist on the mental side of things but I’m already up 9 pounds in the first month 😫 trying to tell myself it’s bloat and the holidays and it’ll stabilize/slow down - but it’s hard not to beat myself up about it after having success for most of the year!
But now that I am pregnant, I can't. I know timing will never be perfect, but damn, I am sad I missed the window. 😭
I would get it if allowed. Its currently an exclusion question on the survey. I know a few pregnant women who were turned down.
If it changes, I will get it.
@gingermama29 hope you can get the vaccine!
Is anyone else’s Bump app super glitchy today? I’ve logged out and logged back in a zillion times, closed the app completely and it still sucks more than usual.