Post by Starbuck128 on Feb 10, 2015 9:34:02 GMT -5
@ajzmommy I think I'll look into a sitter. This is just ridiculous. I already can't do most things I'm interested in because DH stays late at work to avoid traffic. This is "traffic" that adds 10 minutes to his commute. He could be home by 5:30, leaving me time to fit in a class before kiddie bedtime, but he waits to leave until after 6:00.
lgsdesigner I'm not comfortable to gym childcare. I've heard bad things about the local ones.
I have an OB appointment this afternoon and I'm really looking forward to it. The doctor said that they are all ultrasounds from this point forward and I can't wait to see his sweet little face. I know it's a medical procedure and they're looking for anything abnormal but still. They're fun.
That's exciting!!! I don't even know if I'll have any more ultrasounds, doctor hasn't mentioned it.
You probably won't unless they feel like they need to monitor you and the baby a little more. It's fun to go and see what's going on inside the womb but there's that little voice in the back of my head that keeps reminding me that this is a medical procedure and the only reason I'm getting so many ultrasounds is because I'm high risk and there's a greater chance that something bad could happen. So far, everything has been normal and fine.
I am so sick and tired of my work maternity wardrobe but buying new nicer pieces when I am 88 days out seems ridiculous. Plus, this is probably the last pregnancy for me.
Girl, yes. So sick and tired indeed and am in total agreement that I don't want to buy more stuff when we're close to the end, and not seeing another pregnancy in the future. When I'm not smuggling a wiggly watermelon under my clothes, I typically enjoy picking out my clothes each morning (more or less)....but lately? Not so much.
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
WHY does my avatar always display sideways!? I go in and fix it, and it will be right side up for about 10 minutes, and then it flips itself again. I'm supposed to be studying and instead I'm letting this stupid avatar drive me crazy!
Did you delete the first picture and then add the fixed one?
Yes!!! I have also tried deleting and re-uploading a right side up version of a picture from my computer, my iPad, and my phone. No success. It always flips right back on its side. I think I just need to accept my fate as the moron with the sideways avatar at this point.
Is it possible to change my picture on mobile? Or I need to login on computer? I want to change mine from generic but have been too lazy to get on the computer to do it.
Happy birthday staccajaye ! We have a 4 day weekend this week because of Washington's Birthday. So today is like my Wednesday. I'd almost rather jump off a bridge than go to "work" today.
DH just informed me he joined his office soccer team. That means 2 games a week, and two nights a week where he basically won't come home until after I go to bed. We talked about it months ago and I asked him not to join. He already stays so late at work that I don't get to do any adult activity at night, like yoga. I really want to take up yoga again. I'm so pissed. I get out of the house once a month to hang out with adults sans kid. Wait, no. Scratch that. He said he has games on Thursdays, and my meetings are in the second Thursday of the month. Fuck this. I want to cry. I want a life outside of this house. I feel suffocated. Who does he think he is?
Edited once I realized I posted before reading your earlier responses....HE OUGHT TO COVER THE SITTER!)
Starbuck128 - This would definitely make me angry as well. You BOTH deserve to have a breather outside of the house and it sounds like you're getting the short end of that stick. If he's choosing to work later (I assume it's a choice?) in the evening, then no soccer too. If he could go in earlier or make time to come home earlier more regularly so you could get to a yoga class or whatever as well, then maybe it wouldn't be as big of a deal....yes? At the least, can he adjust his schedule to be home early on the non-game days so you can get some you time?
Last Edit: Feb 10, 2015 10:07:14 GMT -5 by saltyh2O
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
Slept like shit for the millionth night in a row. I'm really starting to think I won't get a good nights sleep for the next year or so.
On on a different note, I'm AW'ing this pic I took last night of my first baby snuggling with my belly (stretch marks and all! Lol). LO was moving all over the place and everytime she would give a good kick my dog would lift his head up, look annoyed, then lay back down and try to fall back asleep. So cute but he's gonna be in for a rude awakening when he realizes he's not going to be my priority anymore!
Half an hour left on this glucose test. Good thing is that I got fruit punch. Not bad at all.
Last time I got the lemon lime for my 1hr and it was not bad either. Had to do the Orange for my 3hr and that was horrible. Got stuck with orange again this time (I don't do orange anything very well) and *TMI* puked in my mouth a few times. Fruit Punch sounds good.
Friday's sh*tshow aside, are any of the rest of you feeling like our board is moving at a snail's pace lately? I'm not sure if it's being consumed by the random threads or what, but there just isn't much out there to comment on that hasn't already been dealt with already and the 6+page long threads don't seem to have much real discussion to them really. Perhaps this is just the stage we're in right now as I'm sure it will pick up in the next month when we get closer to go-time.
I realize I'm posting this IN a randoms thread, and that I can help the problem by posting discussions as well (I'm trying) but it just seems S-L-O-W to me in the last couple of days....anyone else?
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
Friday's sh*tshow aside, are any of the rest of you feeling like our board is moving at a snail's pace lately? I'm not sure if it's being consumed by the random threads or what, but there just isn't much out there to comment on that hasn't already been dealt with already and the 6+page long threads don't seem to have much real discussion to them really. Perhaps this is just the stage we're in right now as I'm sure it will pick up in the next month when we get closer to go-time.
I realize I'm posting this IN a randoms thread, and that I can help the problem by posting discussions as well (I'm trying) but it just seems S-L-O-W to me in the last couple of days....anyone else?
I'm bored friends.
I don't know. I was busy at work yesterday and then gone for a few hours in the evening and it took me forever to catch up!
Friday's sh*tshow aside, are any of the rest of you feeling like our board is moving at a snail's pace lately? I'm not sure if it's being consumed by the random threads or what, but there just isn't much out there to comment on that hasn't already been dealt with already and the 6+page long threads don't seem to have much real discussion to them really. Perhaps this is just the stage we're in right now as I'm sure it will pick up in the next month when we get closer to go-time.
I realize I'm posting this IN a randoms thread, and that I can help the problem by posting discussions as well (I'm trying) but it just seems S-L-O-W to me in the last couple of days....anyone else?
staccajaye That looks amazing. I'm drooling here! What kind of cake is it?
A choc layered turtle cake is what they called it. It has brownies on top with caramel and just naughtiness. It's very rich, so today I'm picking up vanilla Icecream because it would go perfectly. (And I'm a piggy)
I'm not really sure t1green since I didn't really jump in to the whole thing with DS...maybe other STMs can confirm or deny?
I don't have as much to contribute to the shower and nursery threads since this is a ST operation for us, but I could make more of an effort to comment I guess...and I have enjoyed looking at all of your nursery pics as well.
Bleh..I'm no help either I suppose @jerica14. Not saying I miss things being over-run with drama and what not, but I do miss the "healthier" discussions that we all seemed to have earlier in the life of the board.
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
That's what a certain someone who doesn't like the clique aspect of our BMB said. @hilarityensued "bmbs eventually die out" right?
To that point, and from my seriously limited experience, the J12 BMB is still going strong and took on a whole new life once birth stories and the throes of those first few weeks came to be....there is PLENTY to comment on and seek advice for in those early days, and besides, we'll be up at all hours of the night too, so bring on the distractions!
That board is also experiencing the transition of mamas who are back to trying for their 2nd or 3rd child (or more), so there are good and tough situations to support one another on as that progresses too...
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
I had a dream last night that they found another baby at my next ultrasound...that can't happen right?
Also, has anybody else had issues with people kissing their bellies? I swear it happened like 10 times this past weekend and it's happened several times before. Before it was really good friends of mine, but this weekend it was complete strangers in Mexico. It happened so fast I couldn't react and I was in shock that it was actually happening...I'm def more comfortable with the belly touches though now.
Post by lgsdesigner on Feb 10, 2015 10:31:15 GMT -5
So my husband is Algerian/French, and most of his extended family speak mainly only French. It is always very interesting on Facebook when they talk to us, and we have no idea what they are saying. Thank God for the translation option, on there!
Friday's sh*tshow aside, are any of the rest of you feeling like our board is moving at a snail's pace lately? I'm not sure if it's being consumed by the random threads or what, but there just isn't much out there to comment on that hasn't already been dealt with already and the 6+page long threads don't seem to have much real discussion to them really. Perhaps this is just the stage we're in right now as I'm sure it will pick up in the next month when we get closer to go-time.
I realize I'm posting this IN a randoms thread, and that I can help the problem by posting discussions as well (I'm trying) but it just seems S-L-O-W to me in the last couple of days....anyone else?
I'm bored friends.
Yes. We've heard this multiple times. Yet the people who complain still don't post their own threads to try to liven things up.
I've posted a few things here and there in the last week, but none have taken off so much really, which is fine. Like I said, I'm just curious if others feel similarly or if it's just something only a few of us are feeling. I do think the randoms threads suck the life out of everything else, but there doesn't seem to be much consensus to change that in any way that I've noticed either.
I think @hilarityensued is likely right in that there is a cyclical nature to how these things shift and that's just that.
BFP #1 7/07/11 ~ Due Date 3/18/12 ~ MMC Dx 8/17/12 (at 9wks) BFP #2 10/30/11 ~ Due Date 7/9/12 ~ DS born 7/10/12 BFP #3 1/07/14 ~ Due Date 9/19/14 ~ MMC Dx 2/14/14 (at 8wks) BFP #4 8/25/14 ~ Due Date 5/2/15 ~ DD born 5/7/15
Friday's sh*tshow aside, are any of the rest of you feeling like our board is moving at a snail's pace lately? I'm not sure if it's being consumed by the random threads or what, but there just isn't much out there to comment on that hasn't already been dealt with already and the 6+page long threads don't seem to have much real discussion to them really. Perhaps this is just the stage we're in right now as I'm sure it will pick up in the next month when we get closer to go-time.
I realize I'm posting this IN a randoms thread, and that I can help the problem by posting discussions as well (I'm trying) but it just seems S-L-O-W to me in the last couple of days....anyone else?
I'm bored friends.
I agree with you. Is this the way most BMBs go?
Yep...what happened Friday? I didn't bother going back through the weekend to look at stuff because I assumed it was all the same.
I'm not really sure t1green since I didn't really jump in to the whole thing with DS...maybe other STMs can confirm or deny?
I don't have as much to contribute to the shower and nursery threads since this is a ST operation for us, but I could make more of an effort to comment I guess...and I have enjoyed looking at all of your nursery pics as well.
Bleh..I'm no help either I suppose @jerica14. Not saying I miss things being over-run with drama and what not, but I do miss the "healthier" discussions that we all seemed to have earlier in the life of the board.
I am with you, saltyh2O, I never joined in with DD. To be honest, didn't even know this sort of thing existed. I am curious to see what others experience has been who did join in previously. I think some BMB's stay together because other ladies have commented on things going on in their earlier BMB's.
For what it's worth, I just think this is the "waiting" part for most of us. I think it will become more lively as we approach our actual due dates.
I think I'll look into a sitter. This is just ridiculous. I already can't do most things I'm interested in because DH stays late at work to avoid traffic. This is "traffic" that adds 10 minutes to his commute. He could be home by 5:30, leaving me time to fit in a class before kiddie bedtime, but he waits to leave until after 6:00.
Honestly, I would not look into getting a sitter. Your H can miss 1 out of 8 games per month so that you can have your time and even that wouldn't be enough for me. I would want some other compromise like him coming home at a decent hour the other 3 work days. I hope you guys work something out but I don't think it's up to you to find a solution, I think that's on him.
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