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Randoms W/O 09.27

thebirdgirl86thebirdgirl86 member
in March 2022 Moms
Time for yer randoms!

The giant pregnancy boobs are starting to pay off. I got hit on this weekend for the first time in years. Dude at Starbucks kept telling me all about his workouts...."yea I come here every day to get caffeine so I'm PUMPED for the gym. BTW I have a membership at TWO gyms, never know where you'll feel like going that day....here lemme show you some clips of the workouts I do...."

Then gave me the ol' "you're in such great shape you don't even need to work out!" Uhhhh thanks bro?
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  • faithmovesmountainsfaithmovesmountains member
    @thebirdgirl86
    lol 

    My randoms:
    I keep having super aggressive pregnancy dreams. I’m not a violent person by nature, but I keep dreaming of stabbing people that treat me badly or hurting them in some way.

    I wake up and feel guilty for those dreams and kind of creeped out tbh.
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  • night_nursenight_nurse member
    @faithmovesmountains right there with you. At this point I wish it were sex dreams and not ‘slashing people as they try to kidnap me’ every night dreams.
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  • PanaceiaPanaceia member
    @kgg2241 My new maternity leggings showed up a week or so ago and I haven't worn anything else since!
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  • thebirdgirl86thebirdgirl86 member
    @faithmovesmountains oooo I get aggressive in real life when I'm pregnant! Yelled at a guy in a store a couple weeks ago because he was treating the employee horribly for asking him to wear a mask. Can't stand when people treat workers poorly. 

    Although I feel zero guilt. After 35 years of repressing my feelings in order to be "nice", it's great to just LET IT ALL OUT.
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  • kgg2241kgg2241 member
    @thebirdgirl86 oh same here. I am much more assertive when I'm pregnant. A group of homeless men hang out by my work parking garage. Usually I just smile and nod at them when they try to talk to me. I put on a much more serious "I will fight you" glare now lol. 
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  • faithmovesmountainsfaithmovesmountains member
    Glad to know I’m not alone lol

    Also @kgg2241
    I NEED new maternity pants. I made the mistake of mostly using regular pants in a bigger size last pregnancy and already those same pants feel like they squeeze too much and I’m super uncomfortable. I’m only 17 weeks tomorrow, but I already feel so big. lol
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  • kgg2241kgg2241 member
    @faithmovesmountains get yourself a pair! You deserve it. I'm only 17 weeks but the pressure of regular pants on my bump (even though it is small) was too much. 
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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @kgg2241 i cannot wait for maternity pants. I wore maternity leggings over the weekend and it was bliss. I am holding off at work until i tell my team i'm preg...which is still 2 weeks away. I don't know if I'll make it! 
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  • priceypair15priceypair15 member
    *whispers* get the pants 😉
    tbh you can’t tell
    with some pants they’re maternity but your bump and comfort level will appreciate it
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  • PanaceiaPanaceia member
    Ok, this is a little rant moment. I've been so sick the past few months that I have barely been able to move and over eating all the crap food to compensate for all the throwing up...and because my mind decided that pregnancy is like a hangover, I decided I could eat the nausea away....NOPE!!!! I weighed myself this morning and I'm already 6lbs heavier than I was when I was full term with DD1, and only 9 lbs under where I was when I was full term with DD2 (and I was huge!). Needless to say I am not pleased and feeling even more like dirt. I have been feeling slightly less sick the past couple of days, so I've started counting calories today and I'm going to start my workout routine again and just hope I can get rid of some of this extra weight I've gained. I know that my weight and how I look physically shouldn't matter during pregnancy, but as someone with an eating disorder it sort of consumes a large portion of my life. I was doing well until a different doctor decided to weigh me on the way out of my GP appointment last Thursday and showed me the scale, and even converted it into different units in case I didn't understand the number...and then told me how much I had gained since my last appointment 2 weeks ago:/ Not helpful....especially since it was primarily a mental health visit and not a pregnancy visit. So now I'm on a mini spiral and trying to stop myself from relapsing (luckily the nausea is forcing me to eat something so at least it is helpful right now). But I'm feeling really down and very much like dirt. Ok. Rant over. 😞 
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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @Panaceia sending you lots of love. Body image is hard all the time, let alone in pregnancy. I'm sorry the provider treated you like that. If it helps for next time, i always tell whoever is weighing me "i'm not going to look and please don't tell me". I try to avoid the situation as much as possible. I don't know if you're open to the idea, but i follow a lot of HAES (health at every size) and non-diet dieticians on instagram that really help me reframe my thoughts about my body, especially in pregnancy. Anyway, I'm sorry you're feeling this way, I can't imagine the general mindf*ck that pregnancy can do to an ED. Sending hugs. 
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  • PanaceiaPanaceia member
    @morgantu Thank you ❤ I will look up the HAES recommendation!!! My normal doctor knows not to show me numbers or to bring up weight unless there is some sort of issue, and it happened right at the end of the appointment while I was leaving so it threw me for a loop (it was an intern doing her final rotation so I get it was an honest mistake) but it still affected me more than I wish it had:/
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  • JeenyusJeenyus member
    @faithmovesmountains I used to have the same when I was pregnant with my daughter! Awful horrible dreams that involved people chasing and slaughtering me. It was like being in a horror movie I couldn’t escape.

    This pregnancy I keep dreaming about missing appointments lol! I keep checking my agenda in the morning to make sure I have nothing scheduled.



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  • JeenyusJeenyus member
    @Panaceia It’s awful that you are still feeling like crap.  It’s so difficult when you’ve struggled with disordered thoughts around food and body image.  Sounds like the last doctor was super insensitive - hopefully your regular one can help to find some solutions at your next appointment.

    Hoping you start to feel better soon - even if you can find a few things you can handle to eat.  Maybe the exercise will help you feel better - I find even walking on the treadmill brings on nausea for me right now! 



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  • gembudgembud member
    @Panaceia I hate that that happened to you, so
    messed up. Can they add it to your file not to show weight so that doesn’t happen again? And just saying I think you’re gorgeous ❤️
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  • PanaceiaPanaceia member
    @Jeenyus Just getting up off the couch makes me throw up...but I'm going to try to at least get something in every day. I finally found a brand of water that seems to stay down so hoping that will help with everything too!

    @gembud It is already in my file, but because it wasn't technically a maternity appointment and the intern was just *helping out* I don't think she read it:/ And thanks lady 😘 ❤
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  • faithmovesmountainsfaithmovesmountains member
    @Panaceia
    Aww, I’m sorry!
     I totally get the weight thing. Had a nurse triple check my weight one appointment not long ago because she didn’t believe I weighed that much. Also cried when I discovered I officially count as obese right now by official BMI charts. I’ve never been obese in my life and only counted as overweight into my second pregnancy. Tried to burn the weight, but it wouldn’t budge while nursing DS.
     I have nothing against people who are in those categories, but it wrecked my self image. 

    Feel better! Just remember you are growing a human and that takes a lot!
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  • michelle_birdmichelle_bird member
    Okay, I desperately want some under the belly or roll down maternity leggings WITH pockets! If anyone finds them for less than $40 a pair, please share the link. My leggings were all control top and I can't wear them anymore - maternity pants all the way.

    I also busted out the maternity pillow. 
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  • night_nursenight_nurse member
    @michelle_bird I have a pair of roll down black joggers from H&M that have pockets. I live in them. I don’t have a link though- i bought them second hand off Mercari.
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  • jessier19jessier19 member
    @Panaceia I am so sorry you went through that. I know the doctor was only an intern, but I think you should consider reporting this to the office. You could be nice and tell them that you think it was an honest mistake, but since it said in your chart not to do that, that intern really had no business doing it. I think you should let them know, so that hopefully s/he doesn't do it again to someone else.

    I also have a history of disordered eating, and it haunts me especially during pregnancy. It's just so hard for me to see my body changing and watch the pounds pile on and not be able to do anything about it. Are you seeing any counselor or dietician or anything? Someone who might be able to help you handle this without spiraling into a really bad place?
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  • PanaceiaPanaceia member
    @jessier19 The irony is that that was part of what the appointment was for!!! My GP is like my counselor during pregnancy so we can deal with everything at once (since it's all connected and she knows my history). I'll definitely bring it up to her at my appointment next week. But you're right, I should say something.
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