Thursday...Thumbs up or Thumbs down

[WineNChocolate]

Okay ladies..your probably thinking man this girl is totally negative...every Thursday a bad one. WELL..No...but yes its a running theme for me.

DD decided 1:30am was time to wake up and after me and DH getting up 4 times taking turns she had water, she had Tylenol, changed diaper, turned on fan, turned off fan, sang to her, I even laid in her toddler bed in her room while she laid in the crib and tried to sleep but my hips were killing me. Not to mention she was just singing and talking...so yeah I went back to my bed. DH was the last one up and she FINALLY fell asleep at like 4:45am.  OMG this is not her norm and her paci strap was drenched... I am calling teething.

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE: _{I think...}I have my Glucose test today at 2. My OB just said to eat normally try and not have morning filled with carbs. You know I thought not a big deal until I realized I always have a giant bowl of cereal and today is bagel day at work!!!!?? DID you know Raisin Bran crunch has 47g of CARBS.. what the hell. SO I had half a bowl of Cheerios at 22g. I have a bag full of fruit and yogurt. I guess I will pick up a salad for lunch. I am happy to get this part over with. And kind of excited that at 28 weeks (2 more weeks) I will see my Dr every other week. WHICH means things are getting real.

Yeah ladies almost the weekend!! How is your day/morning going?

[mrsp121308]

I'm super tired today even though I went to bed at 8:45 last night. I think I hit 3rd tri exhaustion this week because I just cannot find any energy right now.

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If I can just make it through our drill today I will be happy. Tomorrow is the first day in a while my student teacher won't be here. I really like her and she's doing a great job, but I feel like I have to be extra on my game when she's here which is tiring. It's almost Friday though and only 70 degrees today which is so nice.

[lola]

WineNChocolate Ouch, sorry for such a rough night. And yes, things are getting VERY real.

mrsp121308 Same here. Cannot get out of bed.

@cahistoryteacher So jealous of your cooler temps.

Today will be a good day because:

A. First day of fall.
B. Third trimester!!! What!?
C. They were playing ABBA in Starbucks this morning.

Also, look at this little Snoogle thief!

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lola, omg your dog is so friggin' cute! She looks like she can be a bad influence, like my dog. "But mamma, look at how comfy I am, just join me for a little bit."

[Winnifred]

Ha ha WineNChocolate , I had a bowl of raisin bran before my glucose test, that's probably why I scored a 130! My dr was fine with the result, thank goodness. Didn't even think about carbs, he just told me it was fine to eat whatever... GL on your test!

lola , is that a goldendoodle!? I'm a goldendoodle mommy, too!

This week has gone by fast. Baby has been partying since yesterday morning, following a long couple of days that she was quiet. So weird.

Guys I think my coworkers are throwing me a shower, I'm like 99% positive, but it must be a secret since I haven't heard a word... I'm ready to just buy everything I need from my registry and not worry about keeping it up to date, but with this potentially secret shower in mind - I feel like I still need to cool it and make sure my registries look ok. I only received 5 gifts off the registry from my family shower, so my current feeling is more like F the registry... First world problems for sure over here.

P.S. Those who decided to make this shower a secret obviously don't know me very well! I need to have a plan at all times, I do not want to sit and wait around, while I feel like I could be spreading the baby prep costs over a few months and not all at once... 

[kaydee0402]

YAAAAY for third trimester! And fall.

It's day four of rain here. Most of our schools are closed but I'm still at work. Whomp whomp! I left early yesterday to pick DS up from daycare. Today I have a training at 6, so no leaving early. My sister is babysitting DS so I need to type out a list of bedtime instructions.

I ordered a heating pad and it arrived yesterday. I slept with it on my back last night and today is my first pain free day in weeks. I'm feeling pretty good today

[lola]

@cahistoryteacher, Totally a bad influence. And every morning I feel like she's rubbing it in that she gets to stay home and nap all day long!

Winnifred, Yes! As you can see in my avatar, she used to be a lot more golden, but she went mostly white. We just cut her hair, so she's looking very sleek and skinny. Aren't doodles the best!? Also, am in the same boat with a work shower. When I first announced, everyone was excited about a shower, and now, total crickets. I assume they're trying to surprise me, but it's honestly making me feel like maybe they just don't want to mess with a shower? I'm sure I'm overthinking it. But I'm in the same boat about buying vs. waiting. We also have a family shower in two weeks, and I have a feeling they're ALL going off registry, which is fine I guess, but we really need things like nursing and bottle supplies over cute outfits. My husband told his mom to get his aunts in line, so we'll see.

[lola]

Also, in general, am not a fan of surprises. Is that an UO?

[kaydee0402]

lola, also not a fan of surprises.

[kaydee0402]

I'm suffering from the worst case of IDGAF at work this pregnancy. Mostly because I know I'm not returning after the baby is born. I need to get my head together because I have 2-3 months left!

[Winnifred]

lola, Are we the same person?! Because, seriously, I even love the GIF in your signature... and so obviously we're the exact same

I love doodles! She looks totally different in your profile pic! It is weird when you first get them shaved, I'm sure she'll be back to looking like your normal doodle in a short time! Our's 1.5 years and still very baby-like, I'm hoping she calms down a bit more over the next year. And I'm a little nervous about making sure she gets exercise when the baby is small, since it will be snowy and gross. We can play with her inside enough to tire her out, but she barks when she's excited so it's just barking nonstop when you play with her...

Totally same situation at work, lots of mentions of a shower at first and then nothing since. One of my coworkers said that my department bought up everything that was left on her registry when she had her baby a few years ago... So either they're doing it totally secretly or it's just going in a different direction, we'll see! Hoping you get the essentials you need, those are all still on my list to purchase!

[fikafairy67]

Thumbs down again for me today - getting prepped for transfusion #2 tomorrow morning.

And apparently we are a sort-of mystery. Turns out baby girl does NOT have the blood antigen that would explain the anemia. I have both kell antibodies and now kidd (jka) antibodies. Kell level is 1:256 and jka is 1:2.

Baby girl is kell- and jka+. We wouldn't have even been monitored this way with a jka level that low, much less needing transfusions.

So our blood is going to a more sophisticated lab to try and figure out exactly what my antibodies are doing, and by the end we may be the first person in medical documentation to have such a severely affected baby with such a low level.

Never a dull moment... But so far she's still tolerating it well. She's still moving around and doesn't have any sign of hydrops despite being anemic again.

I'm still exhausted.

[fikafairy67]

Bonus - another pic today!

[hmr11913]

OMG she is adorable!!!! fikafairy67 --- I hope the extra testing goes well and you can get everything sorted out.

My boss is especially irritating today..... i brought in fruit with some fruit dip, and I've been eating it with a fork bc otherwise my fingers get all sticky since they're already cut strawberries.... so she walks by and was like ARE YOU EATING FRUIT DIP WITH A FORK?!?!?!? What is it to you even if I was? Man, people are annoying today.

[requiressnacks]

WineNChocolate, sounds like a rough night!

fikafairy67, love it!

[requiressnacks]

Hi - I will have 2 babies in less than 9 weeks. OMGGGGGGGGGGGG

[requiressnacks]

I've been working like crazy lately (boo), so my boss bought us all Panera today (yay). Then I realized it was a trap because we all were stuck working through our lunch. (boo)

[Lucy]

I scheduled my RCS this morning! If all goes according to plan, baby girl will be here the morning of December 9th! My OB called anesthesiology to find out what I could do to hopefully help bring my blood sugar up before the surgery so the baby won't be born with super low blood sugar. My blood sugar is always super low (40's) in the morning because I've gone so long without eating. Since I won't be able to eat the night before, I was kind of concerned since her blood sugar is whatever mine is. I'd rather it be normalish at birth, so we don't have to supplement a ton and have her poked a bunch of times while they get it into the normal range. So, I'll be drinking apple juice on the way to the hospital that morning, then if necessary, I'll get glucose through the IV before they start.

Now we just have to piece together child care for that morning.

[WineNChocolate]

I am sitting here with glucose in my system...just waiting



requiressnacks hahahahaha it was a trap. Come hither pregger lady and eat your fill...now work. Holy crap only 9 weeks...shut up. That means I have 13 bah.

fikafairy67 I am glad she is powering through all this and its kind of cool in its own way to be a new documentation of something.

Winnifred I could understand how it would be annoying to not know and then getting double. But you could always return or exchange right?

kaydee0402 I go through this every other week. Now if I was never coming back..I would totally be not a F was given.

hmr11913 lol hormones...its totally okay to eat with a fork. I would try and filter. Lol I know it's hard..like snapping at or rolling your eyes at your boss probably not a great thing. Haha.

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Oh my gosh you guys! So my poor kids had to do their barricade twice! Apparently the drill was supposed to be district-wide at 10. Well, 10 is passing period for my school so we did it early at 9:30 so the kids could practice in a class. Well, we practiced and did great the first time. Then as the kids are packed up and about to leave class this super creepy sound comes over the PA system saying the drill is happening. My kids were great and did the whole thing all over again and just as they were settled into being silent our vice principal came over the PA system to say to ignore that warning and release the kids. Seriously, not ok. Some of the kids were legit freaking out, and apparently in some of the 6th grade classes some kids were crying.Also, my pregnant self did not appreciate the stress of it all. We better get a big 'ole apology from the vice principal in charge of the drill, I really feel like this was something she should have known about.

[hmr11913]

requiressnacks, that is CRAZY. At this point in my pregnancy with G, she would be born in less than 6 weeks!

WineNChocolate, Good luck! What flavor did you get?

[kaydee0402]

fikafairy67, she is adorable!

requiressnacks, AHHHHHHHH! Are you freaking out yet?

[Winnifred]

WineNChocolate, I'm sure we could return things, but that just feels messy when we're buying a bunch of stuff. And then I have to keep everything in it's package until a certain date... And for online purchases, it's just a headache. BUT I think we'll try to be prepared by hanging on to everything, so we'll see. I just have this huge need to set everything up, not just purchase!

[requiressnacks]

Sept 22, 2016 13:44:53 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

fikafairy67 , she is adorable!

requiressnacks , AHHHHHHHH! Are you freaking out yet?

Yeah, kinda! I have so much shit to do! OMG!

[requiressnacks]

Sept 22, 2016 12:37:11 GMT -5 @cahistoryteacher said:

Oh my gosh you guys! So my poor kids had to do their barricade twice! Apparently the drill was supposed to be district-wide at 10. Well, 10 is passing period for my school so we did it early at 9:30 so the kids could practice in a class. Well, we practiced and did great the first time. Then as the kids are packed up and about to leave class this super creepy sound comes over the PA system saying the drill is happening. My kids were great and did the whole thing all over again and just as they were settled into being silent our vice principal came over the PA system to say to ignore that warning and release the kids. Seriously, not ok. Some of the kids were legit freaking out, and apparently in some of the 6th grade classes some kids were crying.Also, my pregnant self did not appreciate the stress of it all. We better get a big 'ole apology from the vice principal in charge of the drill, I really feel like this was something she should have known about.

Ill be honest, I kind of missed why kids are building a barricade, but I'm glad they were good sports about doing it twice. My pregnant ass would have been annoyed too.

[requiressnacks]

Sept 22, 2016 10:19:58 GMT -5 lola said:

@cahistoryteacher , Totally a bad influence. And every morning I feel like she's rubbing it in that she gets to stay home and nap all day long!

Winnifred , Yes! As you can see in my avatar, she used to be a lot more golden, but she went mostly white. We just cut her hair, so she's looking very sleek and skinny. Aren't doodles the best!? Also, am in the same boat with a work shower. When I first announced, everyone was excited about a shower, and now, total crickets. I assume they're trying to surprise me, but it's honestly making me feel like maybe they just don't want to mess with a shower? I'm sure I'm overthinking it. But I'm in the same boat about buying vs. waiting. We also have a family shower in two weeks, and I have a feeling they're ALL going off registry, which is fine I guess, but we really need things like nursing and bottle supplies over cute outfits. My husband told his mom to get his aunts in line, so we'll see.

I've come to realize that no one wants to buy bottles. I registered for all the Kiinde stuff and a ton of other bottles (cuz who knows how these babies will be getting fed!) and I did not get any of it. The good thing is that I got 3 swings. Goodbye 2 swings - hello Kiinde!

[kaydee0402]

I just walked my pregnant butt to Dunkin Donuts and got a chocolate frosted doughnut. I justified it by the fact that I walked over there (it's only a block away but nearly all of my coworkers drive) and I got a black tea with no sugar or anything instead of an incredibly sugary drink. It was good. I regret nothing!

[lola]

Winnifred, Total twins! Lucille Bluth is my spirit animal. I will say that ours stayed a puppy for longer than other dogs I know, but she calmed down pretty significantly, to the point where I asked my husband if she was okay, and he was like, "She's just finally not a puppy anymore!" Yeah, we're working on the barking too. And she's really well trained, except for jumping on people. She won't jump on me, but she tries to jump on visitors. Work showers are so awkward, because it's not like you're going to ask someone about it! You just have to wait and see.

fikafairy67, Sorry for another bad day, but man is that a beautiful baby! Look at that little nose.

requiressnacks, Ugh, I hate that. No such thing as a free lunch.

Lucy, OMG, a date! How exciting!

@cahistoryteacher, Ug, that sounds super stressful on several levels.

On the registry front, I'm just reminding myself that we don't NEED everything on the list. So worst case scenario, we buy what we need before the baby comes and worry about things like a high chair later on. The timing of big purchases with the holidays is not ideal.

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requiressnacks, It was a run,hide, defend drill. Practicing for an active shooter situation.