TMI Tuesdays...and everything else

[WineNChocolate]

Morning Ladies,

Its Tuesday and I have had my first territorial hormonal moment with names! lol. But first things first...

TMI: My digestive tract has decided that it would just like to stay dormant for the remainder of this pregnancy...hence my over extended belly. Collace is struggling and the next option is Doculax...someone send me prayers early. Not sure if anyone has tried doculax but I have last pregnancy and I almost died...was clear as a whistle but ugh the cramps.

Hormonal moment: Okay so I am on a FB group made up of my J15 board from the Bump.  I have get togethers at my house a lot with the members in Michigan. Anywho..I am due Dec (duh) and one of the other Michigan moms is due in Feb. So we have a Pregnancy post on our FB and everyone says how it is going..so on and so forth. One of the questions was names...and here we go. She said if they had another boy. That she loves Liam and that her husband likes William, but that she would probably get the nickname and that her husband would get what he wanted. SO William with the NN Liam. So I kind of side-eyed and was like interesting since she was just at my house and I said my lil ones name was going to be William NN Liam. BECAUSE my DH is actually William Joesph. So then I chaulked it up on hormones.

THEN...I read the comment again and see if its a girl...Ella. Did I mention that my DD is Ellie. WTH. AM I CRAZY?  I know being sensitive about names is silliness...but its just so close to home. LIKE you heard me say new ones name..and all of sudden your set.  I am going to try and just say she likes MY taste in names. I know I don't own them, it was just weird reading it.

THANKS FOR LISTENING..rant time over!

[requiressnacks]

WineNChocolate, I know they say that imitation is the highest form of flattery, but I'd be annoyed too. Luckily, there's plenty of room for a couple of Liam's in this world.

[WineNChocolate]

requiressnacks, Haha there is, I mean my gf lil boys name is Liam. I guess she could of felt the same way..LOL! Maybe I should apologize to her. But his name is really going to be William...not that makes it any different lol.

[requiressnacks]

What did you get crimpgirl? I'll be buying an SUV soon. Shit is getting real!

[WineNChocolate]

crimpgirl, yeah for new car!! I have a Ford Edge that I am trading in (ford Lease, hubs works for ford) I am getting a F-150. Crazy sounding but the space in that sucker is phenominal..and strollers and all crap will fit. We also have a flex which is really nice and does beautifully for visiting parents and two car seats!

requiressnacks, have you test drove any? Any contenders?

[requiressnacks]

Aug 9, 2016 7:42:13 GMT -5 WineNChocolate said:

crimpgirl, yeah for new car!! I have a Ford Edge that I am trading in (ford Lease, hubs works for ford) I am getting a F-150. Crazy sounding but the space in that sucker is phenominal..and strollers and all crap will fit. We also have a flex which is really nice and does beautifully for visiting parents and two car seats!

requiressnacks, have you test drove any? Any contenders?

I haven't test driven any, but I really want a Volvo XC60. I will likely be getting a 2013. I also like the Equinox and the Murano. So many choices! I promised H I'd buy a new car by Labor Day.

[lastnamewithheld]

WineNChocolate, that's crazy. I'd definitely be weirded out by that. I mean, I understand that no one particular person has the "right" to use a name, but when both names are eerily similar (or the SAME) as the names you've picked out yourself... yeah that's weird IMO.

crimpgirl, yay for a new car! Also, DS has a bright pink bumgenius (It came with the lot from ebay-- new at a great price!) It's a poop catcher. It'll be fine. PS it feels soooo weird to call him DS. AHHH I have a DS!!!

requiressnacks, Good luck to you with car shopping! Labor day isn't too far away!! (eek!)

I don't think I have much TMI happening. Just trying to focus on work. (You can see how well that's working out for me, since I'm on here. LOL)

[littlelion]

It's going to be another busy day, it's month end for us and there's a new employee shadowing me (since she has no laptop).

TMI: On Sunday I went to grab a t-shirt for DS from his dresser and the dresser is right in front of the doorway. So, when I walked in I just leaned over it and opened a couple drawers looking for the t-shirt. These are self closing drawers. I kind of closed the top one in order to open the second one, and the top of course continued to close on it's own. Right on my nipple. I was already in my night gown and my boob was hanging in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Guys, I screamed. My nips are so sensitive these days I won't let DH near them.  I went over to DH and had a good cry on his shoulder...as he rubbed my boob.  And DS followed suite making his owie face.  Many yrs from now the story may be funny but even telling it now I get tears in my eyes remembering it hurt so much. 

[fikafairy67]

requiressnacks, I have an Equinox and LOVE it. My BIL traded his camaro in for an Equinox too after driving my car once - however we are totally Chevy people, so it wasn't much of a contest.

I did look at GMC Acadias, and personally did not like the way the interior was laid out.

AFM, for TMI Tuesday I'm still choking on mucus half the time with this cold. Thankfully it hasn't progressed any further to a sinus infection, which happens to me quite easily.

Update from yesterday: the phone interview for DH didn't wind up happening, there was a miscommunication from the recruiter in scheduling the phone interview with the company. Hopefully it happens today.

The scan yesterday went well! Without going into crazy detail, the MFM scans for blood flow each week and calculates a number. If the number is above 1.3, it can indicate possible mild anemia, and if above 1.5, it means severe anemia and baby needs a blood transfusion.

My highest number this past Friday was 1.32, and since I have a potentially aggressive antibody, MFM brought me in yesterday for a re-scan. Highest number yesterday was 1.18!!! I also won (although not how I wanted to win) getting weekly monitoring - research says weekly, hospital protocol says every two weeks. I wasn't interested in gambling with the protocols, and have been fairly nice about pushing weekly so far. At least now I don't have to push it anymore.

She's also moving quite a bit more today, which tells me she may have shifted position. Little stinker was breech yesterday with her back sticking out, which means she's either punching her own placenta or kicking my bladder. I have only really felt the movements around the bladder, and that explains why!!

[littlelion]

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

[requiressnacks]

littlelion, that made me LOL!!!

[lastnamewithheld]

ugh littlelion, I'm making an owie face for you too! GAH!
I'm so glad your scan went well, fikafairy67! and hooray for movement!

[legalbeagle]

Omg laughing so hard over everyone's TMIs!

crimpgirl, did you think about the RAV4 hybrid? We live in the city, but I would like to get a car maybe next year so we get out of the city more often and wanted to look into the hybrid version. Not sure how much better it makes the mileage/makes me feel less guilty. But if you are going to use it for driving to the mountains then that is what an SUV is for!

fikafairy67, so glad the scan went well and you're going to get the weekly monitoring you want. That would make me feel much better.

[Deleted]

I tell myself every year I'm going to gradually get myself to get up earlier as the school year gets close and every year I don't. Man, 6am got here fast. Even my dog was like, "yeah, no I'm gonna stay in bed."

Tmi: I'd like my digestive to pick a side. Either let me be constipated so I can deal with that or have diarrhea so I can deal with that. The flip flopping sucks.

[Winnifred]

WineNChocolate, that would totally piss me off and PS you're pretty brave for putting that rant on here! LOL. It's really weird that she didn't say anything when you were talking about the name right in front of her. Is this someone you think will be around a lot? If so, that would be even more annoying to have the same name.

crimpgirl, I kind of want to try cloth diapering, especially every now and then when I see them super discounted or second hand. Do you think it's something you have to do 100% of the time or is there room to try a few and see how it goes?

littlelion, that sounds like a total nightmare!! DH slid his hand across mine the other night and I screamed out in pain. I think he thought I was totally overreacting but it seriously felt like a knife running across my nip.


I'm just in a terrible funk today and I don't know why, blame it on the hormones I guess. And today we had to take pictures for our website and marketing materials and my face is on fire for some reason. The photographer kept telling me not to be nervous, it's just that I don't feel like myself and clearly that was obvious to everyone

Complain complain complain. I AM excited that our crib should be here today, but I'd really just rather be at home and not at work when I feel like this...

[legalbeagle]

This is my serious question for the day: how many newborn/0-3 month outfits (including sleepers) do I need? DS is almost four so I really do not remember any of this stuff -- except that it was a shock to move from needing to change clothes every three months to now every year or more. Not really asking about cute dress-up outfits, but more just like how many changes of clothes for a newborn bebe who will be hanging out at home with momma and probably poopsplosioning a lot?

[WineNChocolate]

littlelion, I Can't even...omg I do not mean to laugh at you...but that is pretty damn hilarious...epic really!

[mrsp121308]

Winnifred, I think you can totally cloth diaper part time until you decide if you like it or not. Like only use them at home, but use disposables at daycare or when you're out. It's a big commitment that I wasn't brave enough to take on with DD1, but started when DD2 was 4months. This time, we're using disposables until the meconium poop is done and then switch to cloth.

[mrsp121308]

Aug 9, 2016 9:27:38 GMT -5 legalbeagle said:

This is my serious question for the day: how many newborn/0-3 month outfits (including sleepers) do I need? DS is almost four so I really do not remember any of this stuff -- except that it was a shock to move from needing to change clothes every three months to now every year or more. Not really asking about cute dress-up outfits, but more just like how many changes of clothes for a newborn bebe who will be hanging out at home with momma and probably poopsplosioning a lot?

It probably depends on how often you want to do laundry. I'd figure 4 sleeper type outfits per day, in case of poopsplosions. But then again, it's been 5 years since I had a newborn so I could be way off.

[sheepish]

So I ended up spending the night in L&D last night - my abdominal pain got worse as the day went on, and when I called the on-call on-gyn after dinner they said I needed to come in so they could rule out gallstones or appendicitis. So far, they have ruled those out and are thinking most likely kidney stone(s)? Still having some pain today but not nearly as bad as yesterday. Yesterday when I came in they were also seeing some small contractions (though my cervix is still high and hard and closed), so they've been monitoring that as well (and I think it is significantly better today than yesterday as well). Hopefully it will all resolve and I can go home later today!

[lastnamewithheld]

Winnifred, I've never done this before, but I'm planning on using cloth diapers as soon as he fits the one-size diapers I have. I'm using disposable newborn diapers for maybe the first month or so and then he will be in disposables at daycare (they provide them!) So, that's my game plan anyway. I can't speak to how well it will work since this is all new to me, but I'm hopeful!

[lastnamewithheld]

sheepish, OMG how scary! I hope you feel better and get to go home soon!

[legalbeagle]

sheepish, hope they figure it out soon and all gets resolved. Rest up!

[Winnifred]

mrsp121308, thanks for the tip! H is not on board so we'll see if I can get him to at least consider it. I read somewhere online that the cloth diapers can help baby want to potty train earlier, since the disposables are meant to keep them dry so there's less of a reason for them to want to move forward. IDK.

lastnamewithheld, sounds like a good plan! I hope things work out, I hate the idea of all of those disposable diapers in landfills and I really don't want to contribute to that any more than I have to...

sheepish, I'm sorry you're going through that! I hope you can go home soon and that everything quiets down.

[legalbeagle]

@kc295905, mrsp121308, thanks! I have been buying some newborn/0-3 stuff and then wondering if I am going overboard. I should probably wait until I see what SIL sends back to me -- I sent her DS's old stuff and she's kept that plus some stuff she had from her daughter and son -- before buying any more. Good to know you guys remember frequent outfit changes too!

I held a six week old this weekend -- after fifteen mins I was like "Well, that was nice but my arm is tired now."

[lastnamewithheld]

Aug 9, 2016 10:20:56 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

IM SO HUNGRY.

Same. Always. UGH.

[littlelion]

Aug 9, 2016 10:20:56 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

IM SO HUNGRY.

Me too. I usually eat at 11 but instead here I am in a conf room waiting to start a mtg. Me thinks I got stood up. :mad:

[littlelion]

sheepish, hope you feel better soon and it's nothing at all...

[sdgal]

sheepish, Hope you feel better soon!

[Lucy]

I met with the nutritionist this morning, and she's completely perplexed by my blood sugar issues. She said she's never seen anything like it. The only advice she could give was to eat something in the middle of the night, and she said that went against everything she was supposed to say, so I shouldn't eat in the middle of the night unless the endocrinologist (who I got in with tomorrow, thanks to a cancellation) tells me otherwise.

On the bright side, since the low blood sugar isn't affecting me when it drops, then she's positive it's absolutely fine for the baby.