Thursday Randoms to help me stay awake

[ladytiffany24]

So. Tired.

What a game last night! I'm not sure we'll ever see a better World Series again in our lifetime. Unfortunately, my team was on the losing end. But it sure was fun to be a part of. My heart is still hurting a little but I'm too darn proud of my Cleveland Indians to hang my head!

[mikaela20]

I am so tired. Woke up starving at 3am so got up to have a small bowl of cereal. Could not get back to sleep until 30 mins before my alarm went off.

[Quinstar]

One of my dogs has started growling like there was something outside all night. DH checked and there wasn't anything at all. I'm not sure if she was growling when I woke up, or if her growling woke me up, tbh. But it started to creep me out after a while.

Once again we're up at the buttcrack of dawn. Can't wait for corn harvest to be over Friday.

[meggypoo1]

AS today!!!!!!!!! Half day at work!!!!!!!

[obi]

Ugh. Im so congested and cant stop sneezing. This came out of nowhere!
Times like this I wish I didnt live so far from family so I could drop DS off and just stay in bed.

[ladytiffany24]

., Totally agree! Not only was that an insanely entertaining game 7, but I think the whole series was a great matchup! So evenly matched and two teams that really needed that boost. I still hate that we blew a 3-1 series lead, but that just shows how evenly matched the teams were. No one team was going to run away with it that easily! Congrats to your Cubbies!

[erinshelley21]

We camped at a local state park last night and will be again tonight and tomorrow night. DS slept like shit, which mean I slept like shit and then up for the day at 5 I think it was? And we don't have a coffee maker in our camper, which is a problem that needs to be fixed soon. The good news is a McDonalds around the corner from the park and on my way to work. I can make it 2 more mornings with delayed coffee consumption.

I have my 5th shot in the ass cheek today. I'll be treating myself to Chinese for lunch afterwards.

[amandamh2]

The day is not off to a great start. DS is super grouchy and has been crying off and on for nearly an hour no matter what I try. This could be a long one...

[madameovary]

Lots of upcoming cloth diapers accessories lightning deals on amazon for any who are interested. It seems like the number of baby deals has doubled (at least) in anticipation of holiday shopping. Shop wisely, my friends.

[missi]

Morning. Up early here.. go go west coast? Woke up feeling miserable, but after applying tasty oatmeal, Tylenol, and coffee.. I'm feeling human.

Just have to chime in.. what an amazing game. I posted on Facebook that I feel old fashioned as we listened to the game as a family on an AM radio station. Honestly, it was a pretty awesome experience with the teenagers I think they took an hour or so to calm down and actually fall asleep because they were so excited ^_~

MFM appointment in an hour and a half. I can't wait to find out where my cervix is.

obi, Feel better.

amandamh2, Hope the grouchy fades.

erinshelley21, at least Chinese sounds good? Sorry about the delayed coffee.

ladytiffany24, sorry about the Indians. They definitely made it good though!

mikaela20, Hope you start to feel better. I'm having trouble with the hungry thing too.. I feel like I'm gaining soo much weight

meggypoo1, Woo!! Can't wait to hear how it goes

Quinstar, That would terrify me ><

., ~hugs~ Sorry I didn't respond yesterday.

[obi]

Good news here is that my endo wrote me a referral to my old OB. After how perfectly and professionally she handled my complicated delivery of DS, I am totally in love with her. We live about 1.5hrs away now which is why I didnt return to her.
I am so tired of my current OB and after finding out from elsewhere that I shouldn't even be delivering at my local hospital, Ive had it. She never said a word about it to me and Im pissed.
My mom lives near my old OB so i am willing to travel and will just spend the night at my moms as needed. Peace of mind is worth more than the inconvenient location.

[moutonrouge]

Morning! I'm super tired again - I'm supposed to go workout with a new co-worker tonight but I may need to bail. ILs arrive for their visit tomorrow.

My job has me really down. I realized yesterday that given how things are going here, I would probably start looking for a new job if I weren't pregnant, and that has put me in a bad mood.

[callmeKD]

mikaela20 I woke up in the MOTN too starving. I had 2 PB sandwiches and milk. and I'm still starving this morning. cannot seem to curb it.

[callmeKD]

I fell asleep watching the baseball game but woke up in time to see the end. what a crazy and amazing series.

[cosmicav]

Nov 3, 2016 8:18:46 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

I have my 5th shot in the ass cheek today. I'll be treating myself to Chinese for lunch afterwards.

I always treat myself after butt shots. Those motherfuckers hurt!!

[ladytiffany24]

Nov 3, 2016 10:01:09 GMT -5 moutonrouge said:

Morning! I'm super tired again - I'm supposed to go workout with a new co-worker tonight but I may need to bail. ILs arrive for their visit tomorrow.

My job has me really down. I realized yesterday that given how things are going here, I would probably start looking for a new job if I weren't pregnant, and that has put me in a bad mood.

I have so many similar feels. I got really honest with my husband the other day and told him that if I wasn't pregnant, I'd be looking outside of my current company for a job. It's hard right now because the area of the business I work in for my company is undergoing a "reinvention" and they keep talking about all these "new opportunities" and "room for growth." But here I sit, over a year later, in the same job that I hate.

I've already decided that if nothing has changed by the time I return from maternity leave, I'll likely be looking elsewhere. I can't keep doing a job that I'm not enjoying or getting any sort of fulfillment out of. Not to mention the stress.

[Quinstar]

Nov 3, 2016 9:46:54 GMT -5 obi said:

Good news here is that my endo wrote me a referral to my old OB. After how perfectly and professionally she handled my complicated delivery of DS, I am totally in love with her. We live about 1.5hrs away now which is why I didnt return to her.
I am so tired of my current OB and after finding out from elsewhere that I shouldn't even be delivering at my local hospital, Ive had it. She never said a word about it to me and Im pissed.
My mom lives near my old OB so i am willing to travel and will just spend the night at my moms as needed. Peace of mind is worth more than the inconvenient location.

We are traveling 2 hours to our OB. There is a hospital nearby but it's really, really poor quality. My mom lives really close to our OB, and we're planning on staying with her when it's delivery time, and we've been going to her house the night before our appointments and it hasn't been so bad. 

Go where it's most comfortable! +1 to your situation

[erinshelley21]

The Chinese place I wanted had a closed sign on the door but I got Chinese from the place in my town.

The nurse that I'm friends with thinks that she can come to my house and do my shots. Woo hoo!!

[obi]

Nov 3, 2016 11:26:50 GMT -5 Quinstar said:

Nov 3, 2016 9:46:54 GMT -5 obi said:

Good news here is that my endo wrote me a referral to my old OB. After how perfectly and professionally she handled my complicated delivery of DS, I am totally in love with her. We live about 1.5hrs away now which is why I didnt return to her.
I am so tired of my current OB and after finding out from elsewhere that I shouldn't even be delivering at my local hospital, Ive had it. She never said a word about it to me and Im pissed.
My mom lives near my old OB so i am willing to travel and will just spend the night at my moms as needed. Peace of mind is worth more than the inconvenient location.

We are traveling 2 hours to our OB. There is a hospital nearby but it's really, really poor quality. My mom lives really close to our OB, and we're planning on staying with her when it's delivery time, and we've been going to her house the night before our appointments and it hasn't been so bad. 

Go where it's most comfortable! +1 to your situation

This is so similar to me. Its good to hear you've had a positive experience with it so far!
I commute to my endo already and he is just down the road from my old OB. Originally we felt adding the OB would be too much but really, it is only for a short amount of time so we will deal. As long as I can still do all of my ultrasounds and NST at my local hospital then it is do-able.
To top it off, my H works basically in between our home and my mom's, so if we had to spend the night it wouldnt really change his commute, aside from driving on a major highway rather than a more rural route.
I kind of rambled off a stream of consciousness there lol, sorry. I am clearly still sorting out the logistics in my head/in this thread.

[Quinstar]

obi , I tried to quote but got some weird setup. Anyways.

We've been able to schedule most our appointments with the specialist office on the same days as our OB since they know we come from so far away. We do all the ultrasounds at that office too. I'm glad it works out pretty well for your DH if you ended up staying the night, I know sometimes taking the whole day for an appointment tires us out and facing a long drive home sucks. But our OB is in the city, so we do dozens of errands too, since we don't even have a walmart.

What will you do when it's laborish time? We're thinking about going to my moms a few weeks in advance since March is our blizzard month and the interstate gets shut down frequently during storms. But I have no idea how it's going to actually play out.

[moutonrouge]

Nov 3, 2016 11:18:00 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

Nov 3, 2016 10:01:09 GMT -5 moutonrouge said:

Morning! I'm super tired again - I'm supposed to go workout with a new co-worker tonight but I may need to bail. ILs arrive for their visit tomorrow.

My job has me really down. I realized yesterday that given how things are going here, I would probably start looking for a new job if I weren't pregnant, and that has put me in a bad mood.

I have so many similar feels. I got really honest with my husband the other day and told him that if I wasn't pregnant, I'd be looking outside of my current company for a job. It's hard right now because the area of the business I work in for my company is undergoing a "reinvention" and they keep talking about all these "new opportunities" and "room for growth." But here I sit, over a year later, in the same job that I hate.

I've already decided that if nothing has changed by the time I return from maternity leave, I'll likely be looking elsewhere. I can't keep doing a job that I'm not enjoying or getting any sort of fulfillment out of. Not to mention the stress.

I'm sorry you're feeling stuck with the unfulfilled promise of growth. That's tough to deal with by itself, let alone with feelings that you would leave but think you can't. The stress plus lack of enjoyment you described is exactly where I'm at - I don't feel engaged by most of what I'm asked to do, and I find the people I interact with on my main project incredibly stressful. 

My concern is that I will not want to come back after my leave ends, and I'll decide to stay at home because I don't want to come back to this job and not because I truly want to stay at home. 

[missi]

MFM appointment went well. My DH gave her till next week to give the trip to Las Vegas for Christmas a yes or a no. (He has to know by mid-November or his department gets charged even if he doesn't go.)

I had to tell my mom about the vasa previa this morning. She handled it well. It is pretty likely she is going to toss me into the hospital during the first week of January, so we'll need her out here to stay with the kids while I'm sitting around trying to keep from dieing of boredom in a hospital room.

This is all getting REALLY real. With the current plan of action, in just 8 weeks, I'll be sitting in a hospital bed hoping to be bored for seven weeks.. so, you guys realize that in just 15 weeks, I'll have a little boy in my arms! AHHHHHHH!!! What do you do with boys? I know girls!

Edited to add.. my cervix is holding steady at 3.2!  ~happy dance~

[elsmom]

Sitting in the waiting room for my A/S. Left my new insurance card at home so DH had to run back to grab it. Feeling a little anxious and hoping he gets back here quickly to distract me!

[erinshelley21]

Literally just felt the baby kicking my bladder. I felt a sudden urge to pee, then the urge lessened, got stronger again and lessened again. I don't remember her brother doing this which worries me since we are hoping he's the hard one.

[obi]

Nov 3, 2016 12:48:44 GMT -5 Quinstar said:

obi , I tried to quote but got some weird setup. Anyways.

We've been able to schedule most our appointments with the specialist office on the same days as our OB since they know we come from so far away. We do all the ultrasounds at that office too. I'm glad it works out pretty well for your DH if you ended up staying the night, I know sometimes taking the whole day for an appointment tires us out and facing a long drive home sucks. But our OB is in the city, so we do dozens of errands too, since we don't even have a walmart.

What will you do when it's laborish time? We're thinking about going to my moms a few weeks in advance since March is our blizzard month and the interstate gets shut down frequently during storms. But I have no idea how it's going to actually play out.

Similar again in that we don't have a WalMart either.  I live in a small town that basically has a couple pizza places, a drug store and a grocery store.  Oh, and Tim Hortons of course.  We do have a larger city about 30mins from here, but they are pretty limited as well so I do the same and try to run errands while I am out of town.

I will probably do the same and stay at my moms for the week before delivery.  I will either be scheduled for induction or a c-section so at least I have some level of planning I can do.  However, things change quickly with babies since they are in charge here haha.  I was scheduled for induction with DS at 8:00am, and I went into labour at 1:00am naturally.  He just had to be in control, I guess.  I also worry about the weather because I live in the snow belt here, so depending on forecasts we may head to my mom's sooner just to be safe.

[amandamh2]

missi, little boys are awesome! I might be biased but I think nobody loves their mama quite like little boys. Mine gives me the best hugs and kisses.

We have semi-isolated posting screenings coming up for the next two weeks. We have to meet with a doctor and social worker to make sure the whole family will be good to go physically and mentally. It makes me laugh because we'll be closer to a major city than the small town I grew up in was- driving 2+ hours for basic things like giving birth, let alone specialist appointments (at least 5+ hours away), was just normal. The part I'm glad about right now is it sounds like there's a good chance we won't have to move until next spring/summer now which is a huge relief because I was terrified of having to move at 8 months pregnant.

[erinshelley21]

Nov 3, 2016 15:18:13 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

Why must my kids eat food every evening. I do not want to cook dinner. I just want to graze and eat crap.

Having the same thoughts right now even though Dh will be the one actually cooking. I just have to come up with the meal.

[Quinstar]

Nov 3, 2016 15:14:51 GMT -5 obi said:

Nov 3, 2016 12:48:44 GMT -5 Quinstar said:

obi , I tried to quote but got some weird setup. Anyways.

We've been able to schedule most our appointments with the specialist office on the same days as our OB since they know we come from so far away. We do all the ultrasounds at that office too. I'm glad it works out pretty well for your DH if you ended up staying the night, I know sometimes taking the whole day for an appointment tires us out and facing a long drive home sucks. But our OB is in the city, so we do dozens of errands too, since we don't even have a walmart.

What will you do when it's laborish time? We're thinking about going to my moms a few weeks in advance since March is our blizzard month and the interstate gets shut down frequently during storms. But I have no idea how it's going to actually play out.

Similar again in that we don't have a WalMart either.  I live in a small town that basically has a couple pizza places, a drug store and a grocery store.  Oh, and Tim Hortons of course.  We do have a larger city about 30mins from here, but they are pretty limited as well so I do the same and try to run errands while I am out of town.

I will probably do the same and stay at my moms for the week before delivery.  I will either be scheduled for induction or a c-section so at least I have some level of planning I can do.  However, things change quickly with babies since they are in charge here haha.  I was scheduled for induction with DS at 8:00am, and I went into labour at 1:00am naturally.  He just had to be in control, I guess.  I also worry about the weather because I live in the snow belt here, so depending on forecasts we may head to my mom's sooner just to be safe.

We live in the same place! Except we just have a couple of burger joints. But we too have a larger city 30 minutes away, with limited stuff. Funny.

We're pretty much the same deal. It really does depend on the weather, and we'll possibly have an induction date. We were thinking going about two weeks early. We may even just go to my mom's if a storm is on the forecast as well, just to be safe. Best laid plans, right? I just want to try and avoid the 2 hour drive on an icy road in a blizzard while in labor. Or worse, start that way and have the road closed down and get pulled off the interstate in the middle of nowhere. 

I'm getting a kick out of how similar our situations are though, lol. 

[missi]

Nov 3, 2016 15:40:09 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

Nov 3, 2016 15:18:13 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

Why must my kids eat food every evening. I do not want to cook dinner. I just want to graze and eat crap.

Having the same thoughts right now even though Dh will be the one actually cooking. I just have to come up with the meal.

About 1-1/2 years ago we started using a web-based meal planning program to plan our meals (mainly dinner).  I'll be honest, it makes my evenings MUCH nicer because I don't have to think about what to make.. I just look it up and make it.  It's also pretty awesome with the shopping list

[obi]

Nov 3, 2016 15:45:22 GMT -5 Quinstar said:

Nov 3, 2016 15:14:51 GMT -5 obi said:

Similar again in that we don't have a WalMart either.  I live in a small town that basically has a couple pizza places, a drug store and a grocery store.  Oh, and Tim Hortons of course.  We do have a larger city about 30mins from here, but they are pretty limited as well so I do the same and try to run errands while I am out of town.

I will probably do the same and stay at my moms for the week before delivery.  I will either be scheduled for induction or a c-section so at least I have some level of planning I can do.  However, things change quickly with babies since they are in charge here haha.  I was scheduled for induction with DS at 8:00am, and I went into labour at 1:00am naturally.  He just had to be in control, I guess.  I also worry about the weather because I live in the snow belt here, so depending on forecasts we may head to my mom's sooner just to be safe.

We live in the same place! Except we just have a couple of burger joints. But we too have a larger city 30 minutes away, with limited stuff. Funny.

We're pretty much the same deal. It really does depend on the weather, and we'll possibly have an induction date. We were thinking going about two weeks early. We may even just go to my mom's if a storm is on the forecast as well, just to be safe. Best laid plans, right? I just want to try and avoid the 2 hour drive on an icy road in a blizzard while in labor. Or worse, start that way and have the road closed down and get pulled off the interstate in the middle of nowhere. 

I'm getting a kick out of how similar our situations are though, lol. 

Lol, its very strange how similar they are!
100% agreed with best laid plans. Im hoping we only need to go days before, but yeah the weather forecast will be in charge of that for sure.
We always seem to get a random warm spell in March so I am hoping this baby's arrival lines up with that.