Post by requiressnacks on Jun 7, 2016 15:48:33 GMT -5
Hi GKU! I'm just stopping by to say that I'm OFFICIALLY IN THE 2ND TRIMESTER. HOLY SHIT!!!
I have no cute pics or ultrasounds to share, but I am so happy that I am still pregnant. I will see the beautiful twins again on 6/20 and I'll be sure to update you.
Much love to all. Especially those who have just started crossing over into IF territory and treatment. It's hard, but it's worth it in the end. Keep your eye on the prize.
Miles will be three months old on Sunday! I can hardly believe it. He's so awesome and just a super happy, snuggly baby. It's so cool to watch him figure out how to human more and more each day, He's grabbing and pulling on things now and also likes batting at certain toys. He sleeps through the night about 90% of the time and we LOVE that. He's a fat fatty - was 90th percentile of weight (14lbs!) at his two month appointment. I'm interested to see how much weight he's gained since then!
I started back at work full time last week. It's been really great to get back to the office and be able to just be adult Pugsandwine and focus on other things for a few hours every day. I really love being a working mom. Leaving him is definitely the hardest part of every day, though, and picking him up is the absolute best. I am not loving his daycare, though... But I also am not sure if it's his particular daycare I don't love, or daycare as a whole... We have him enrolled in a private montessori school starting in August - I'm very excited to make that switch and think we will all be happier! At least I hope so!
That's all I have for now! Just trying to adjust to our new normal of me working and him being in daycare. Mr. Pugs is amazing and just loves being a daddy so much. The other day we got lunch with a friend who has kids and he started the conversation with "Dude, why didn't you ever tell me how awesome having a kid is??" I melted just a little and do every time I watch him with the baby.
Okay! BABYSPAM TIME!
Us at dinner the other night:
Love this smile so much:
And my all time favorite photo of Mr. Pugs and Miles!! THEY ARE SLEEPING IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION YOU GUYS. My heart melted:
I think the general consensus is "come play"! Just hide siggies and be respectful of our TTC journey. Ex: Don't go to a randoms thread and bitch about your newborn.
I never completely stopped posting... I just did what you said his my siggie and tried not to be an ass about stuff.
Post by housecarder on Jun 7, 2016 19:30:31 GMT -5
Hey guys! I'm sitting at 35+6 and had my LAST OB appointment today. We had a biophysical profile and Finn passed with flying colors but Evie snoozed and wouldn't move, even after they used the buzzer on her. So my OB said she was sending me over to L&D to be monitored and says "If nothing else we'll just deliver them today instead of next week." Cue H panicking. I had to talk him out of running home to get the hospital bags and car seats and to calm down. Once at L&D the girls both did perfect and we were sent home within the hour.
So we are back on our plan of delivering next Wednesday unless something happens between now and then. I can't wait to meet these little girls.
Post by packerfan4life on Jun 7, 2016 23:02:36 GMT -5
Just came here to squee at your adorable little human @led! Glad bili levels are down and LO is feeding better (hopefully she'll get over the cluster feeding soon)
Just came here to squee at your adorable little human @led ! Glad bili levels are down and LO is feeding better (hopefully she'll get over the cluster feeding soon)
I haven't been here for a while and wasn't sure how many people would still recognize me.
DD1 is doing fabulous. She's 20 months old and a super fun, spunky and opinionated toddler. She's talking all the time and starting to hold conversations which is so fun. She loves reading, bubbles, swings and slides and hates sitting still and sleep.
I'm 39+2 with one team green babe. Despite taking 3 years to get pregnant I've been super lucky and had a totally uneventful one so far. I can't wait for him/her to get here so I can make sure s/he is healthy.
Post by kellybenelly83 on Jun 8, 2016 7:13:30 GMT -5
Not trying to stir the pot here, but why hide siggys if you're a grad? I play on randoms every now and then and no I never bitch about my newborn, but I'm not hiding my siggy. We have plenty of people who are ttc a second or third and play all over the board with their details in their signature. If I were to go on the IF or TTCAL threads or boards I absolutely would hide it, but not on GKU. I was here almost my whole time ttc and never saw an issue with that.
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
Not trying to stir the pot here, but why hide siggys if you're a grad? I play on randoms every now and then and no I never bitch about my newborn, but I'm not hiding my siggy. We have plenty of people who are ttc a second or third and play all over the board with their details in their signature. If I were to go on the IF or TTCAL threads or boards I absolutely would hide it, but not on GKU. I was here almost my whole time ttc and never saw an issue with that.
does hiding siggies mean going to settings and disabling them (however you do that) or using a spoiler alert?
Yeah that is what I understand, but really gku is inclusive. I understand not posting on sensitive threads without a spoiler or warning or hiding, but the main board?
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
Not trying to stir the pot here, but why hide siggys if you're a grad? I play on randoms every now and then and no I never bitch about my newborn, but I'm not hiding my siggy. We have plenty of people who are ttc a second or third and play all over the board with their details in their signature. If I were to go on the IF or TTCAL threads or boards I absolutely would hide it, but not on GKU. I was here almost my whole time ttc and never saw an issue with that.
does hiding siggies mean going to settings and disabling them (however you do that) or using a spoiler alert?
When you post from a desktop there is a little box you can check underneath the dialogue box that says "disable signature" and if you check it, it disables your siggy for just that one post. So technically if you were posting multiple replies in a randoms thread you'd have to remember to do it each time.
I don't see a way to do it when posting from the mobile site (like I'm doing right now) so in that case I think people just throw a siggy warning in their post.
Chiming in to say my baby is very cute and is almost 7 months old. She's full on crawling and has 3 teeth and is cutting her 4th. Holy crap. Now to insert myself into the topic du jour.
As for the siggies - as I feel like I have said all eleventy million times this has come up (here and on TB), and will echo what W said - this is not an IF board. I get that sometimes it can be tough to see tickers and kids and etc etc etc but telling anyone to hide theirs in a general thread is ridiculous and doing the most.
If you're going to tell pregnants to hide theirs, why aren't people with living children in their signatures told to do the same? It's dumb.
If seeing X, Y, and Z in signatures is going to ruin your day, there is a way for YOU to hide all signatures.
I'm probably coming back to GKU soon - can't wait to play!
I'm of the opinion that GKU is an inclusive hub for TCF. We're pre-Parenting. Anyone is allowed to post on our board, regardless of their state of ute or even if they don't have one.
We can't claim to want to grow and get new members while also shunning the people that made GKU what it is. Grads lived here, made friends here, and I know that some of them feel hurt and awkward coming back because of this mentality that, somehow, now that they have spawn, they need to act a certain way.
I see GKU as a welcome, introductory board and we're going to get all kinds. If we can accept new members with children, we can welcome old members with children, too. I understand being lapped is harder than following someone new for the first time, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to come home.
There was a time right before I got PG that we had a ton of grads coming back and it seemed to be making some on the board uncomfortable. That's really why I asked, I wasn't sure how things were going nowadays. I was sticking with the UO and FFFC threads (where everyone played and it was never a thing) but since those are gone I haven't been sure.
I know it's not an IF/3T board but I want to be sure I'm not being insensitive. So I do appreciate the input given.
Just popping in to say I don't really care about siggies one way or another, and I like when grads post.
I do remember the wave of grads that came back then, and it really felt like piling on. I don't mind grads coming back; I welcome them! But a ton of people re-introed, then never posted again. It made me have lots of feels that I am not really sure how to explain.
FFFC and UO are going to be monthly threads. They just weren't getting any action.
There was a time right before I got PG that we had a ton of grads coming back and it seemed to be making some on the board uncomfortable. That's really why I asked, I wasn't sure how things were going nowadays. I was sticking with the UO and FFFC threads (where everyone played and it was never a thing) but since those are gone I haven't been sure.
I know it's not an IF/3T board but I want to be sure I'm not being insensitive. So I do appreciate the input given.
Just popping in to say I don't really care about siggies one way or another, and I like when grads post.
I do remember the wave of grads that came back then, and it really felt like piling on. I don't mind grads coming back; I welcome them! But a ton of people re-introed, then never posted again. It made me have lots of feels that I am not really sure how to explain.
FFFC and UO are going to be monthly threads. They just weren't getting any action.
My two cents:
Don't care about siggies, although FYI, I do prefer the tickers that compare the baby size to random things other than fruits.
For me as well it was the re-introing en masse that gave me all the "I'm going to get lapped by EVERYONE" feels, although I was also happy to see these ladies back over here (at least the ones who stuck around after re-introing).
This honestly led me to the conclusion that I'd rather just have grads never leave - if you stay and play with us outside of the grad thread when you are pregnant (just keeping in mind the general rule of "don't be an asshole"), then there won't be the need for a big "Hi, I'm back!!" announcement. Bonus, I won't have to get a bit of the sads when my favorites get pregnant and disappear (read: won't have to creepily stalk you on your BMB).
I play less around here because I'm trying to be sensitive. I try to remember to hide my siggy in TTC/IF posts or if I'm on my computer. When mobile, it's harder to hide siggies.
I play less around here because I'm trying to be sensitive. I try to remember to hide my siggy in TTC/IF posts or if I'm on my computer. When mobile, it's harder to hide siggies.
I'm rambling.
Joy summed up my thoughts, pretty much. I don't want to make anyone's day worse, and I'm way too lazy to remember to click the "hide siggy" checkbox every time. The last I heard, it was OK to come back once in a while, but siggies had to be disabled. If folks are fine with more grads being around and it's not a big deal if I forget to hide my ticker, then cool.
I play less around here because I'm trying to be sensitive. I try to remember to hide my siggy in TTC/IF posts or if I'm on my computer. When mobile, it's harder to hide siggies.
I'm rambling.
Joy summed up my thoughts, pretty much. I don't want to make anyone's day worse, and I'm way too lazy to remember to click the "hide siggy" checkbox every time. The last I heard, it was OK to come back once in a while, but siggies had to be disabled. If folks are fine with more grads being around and it's not a big deal if I forget to hide my ticker, then cool.
I see your ticker is comparing the baby to a bag of popcorn and not fruit, ergo your siggy is fine. /gavel
I'm 34 weeks today! My ultrasound this past Monday showed baby is looking good, he's head down & all organs & bones are as they should be! They're estimating him to be just under 5lbs so far, but I'll take that with a grain of salt considering they told me DD was 7+ lbs and she came out under 6lbs. Guess we'll find out soon enough, but my lady cavern is praying for him to be on the smaller end of the scale. My doctor mentioned my amniotic fluid is on the higher side, but still within normal limits so he's not overly concerned. He wants to do another ultrasound next month to double check it, and I refuse to Google "too much amniotic fluid." In the meantime, I go back in 2 weeks then weekly appointments from there! I'm starting to have a gut feeling I won't go to my due date, which means I'll probably wind up going to 42 weeks.
In other exciting news, my big kid graduated from 1st grade today and I sobbed like a baby during her awards breakfast at school this morning.
Here's my bump, large & in charge as per usual. This t-shirt had quite a bit of room in it when I got it at the 5k in January..these days not so much. Love you all, thinking of you always!! xoxo
Number One: Born 06.16.2009 BFP: 01.17.2014 / MC 02.05.2014 BFP: 03.08.2014 / MMC: 05.07.2014 Dx: Partial Molar/GTD. Benched until 01.2015 Number Two: Born 07.22.2016
Joy summed up my thoughts, pretty much. I don't want to make anyone's day worse, and I'm way too lazy to remember to click the "hide siggy" checkbox every time. The last I heard, it was OK to come back once in a while, but siggies had to be disabled. If folks are fine with more grads being around and it's not a big deal if I forget to hide my ticker, then cool.
I see your ticker is comparing the baby to a bag of popcorn and not fruit, ergo your siggy is fine. /gavel
All the fruit ones are too cutesy for me. The downside of these types of tickers is that they put ideas in my head for unhealthy things to eat.
Joy summed up my thoughts, pretty much. I don't want to make anyone's day worse, and I'm way too lazy to remember to click the "hide siggy" checkbox every time. The last I heard, it was OK to come back once in a while, but siggies had to be disabled. If folks are fine with more grads being around and it's not a big deal if I forget to hide my ticker, then cool.
I see your ticker is comparing the baby to a bag of popcorn and not fruit, ergo your siggy is fine. /gavel
Wait, we hate fruit tickers?
Haters gonna hate. ::hair flip::
I don't want to update myself this week. I have too many feelz. My siggy hints that I may need an early, C-section delivery, though. Instead, here's a 29 week bump photo:
Post by thelittleredm on Jun 8, 2016 12:31:38 GMT -5
How are you already getting ready to see your babies, housecarder???!!!
Let's see.
Had my first appointment Monday. My midwife said everything felt like it was measuring correctly in regards to how far along I should be. She also mentioned that my cervix tilts back more than normal making my ute stand much more upright. Nothing to worry about, but she said women with those things tend to have very short labors and that she would guess this gummy bear would probably arrive 4-6hr from the start of labor so to be attentive as that time nears. We'll see.
Had a dating u/s yesterday but baby just looks like a gummy bear so I have nothing to post picture-wise.
Post by housecarder on Jun 8, 2016 12:37:28 GMT -5
thelittleredm I don't know! It seems like only yesterday we were doing all the IVF stuff and at the same time I feel like I've been pregnant and uncomfortable forever!
I play less around here because I'm trying to be sensitive. I try to remember to hide my siggy in TTC/IF posts or if I'm on my computer. When mobile, it's harder to hide siggies.
I'm rambling.
Same. I pretty much stopped posting here all together aside from grad thread, trying to be sensitive. I'm perma-mobile so I can't hide my siggy.
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