2 weekends until Christmas

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Oh man, 29℉ tonight. That's cold for all the Alabamians.

[obi]

Dec 10, 2016 20:17:05 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Dec 10, 2016 20:04:09 GMT -5 obi said:

Not rude, no worries. And yes thats why.
Last time I was 39w3d so it may be similar this time. My OB is pretty comfortable with going with what my body is ready for and my diabetes is under excellent control so not many additional worries. Some OBs prefer to induce at 38w though.
The scheduling really came down to making sure I delievered on a day when my OB was on rotation at the hospital. They also make sure it is when other various specialists are guaranteed to be on duty.

Oh OK. I'm interested in all this stuff, I was an anatomy and physiology major in college, so I know basic stuff but I love getting the little details.

I can relate! I was in Kinesiology but didnt finish so I have similar curiosities.
Im always happy to answer diabetes questions so dont hesitate to ask!
The way I see it is that knowledge is power. One of the most annoying things I face is the amount of misinformation or general ignorance about type 1. Only way to fix that is to drop some knowledge

[glb30]

. oh my! That is a long day. We aren't going until February...I feel like my brain can't retain knowledge for long right now.

[cosmicav]

Okay so I am looking for advice in a major first world problem...

Would you put a reference to your currently gestating baby on your holiday card? I am putting together our Christmas card and even though the picture is recent and I am close to 29 weeks and my belly is very round, I feel like I just look big and not pregnant. Would it be too much to be like "here is an ultrasound profile picture too!" or something like that? Or should I just embrace that this baby has redistributed my layers in an unflattering way. Maybe I am being too sensitive. It would be nice too, to include the gestating baby but I don't know if that is a weird thing to do? I guess only like 10 people are actually getting a card but still. I don't want to be tacky or over the top. I am not well versed at etiquette.

[britab]

Dec 10, 2016 20:55:41 GMT -5 cosmicav said:

Okay so I am looking for advice in a major first world problem...

Would you put a reference to your currently gestating baby on your holiday card? I am putting together our Christmas card and even though the picture is recent and I am close to 29 weeks and my belly is very round, I feel like I just look big and not pregnant. Would it be too much to be like "here is an ultrasound profile picture too!" or something like that? Or should I just embrace that this baby has redistributed my layers in an unflattering way. Maybe I am being too sensitive. It would be nice too, to include the gestating baby but I don't know if that is a weird thing to do? I guess only like 10 people are actually getting a card but still. I don't want to be tacky or over the top. I am not well versed at etiquette.

We'll just write Merry Christmas from DH, me, DD and Baby Girl #2. With DD we did put a ultrasound pic. It's hard getting bigger. I feel pretty "fluffy" everywhere but my belly!

[callmeKD]

cosmicav - we listed out babies. We used a maternity pic and then all of our names plus "smith babies" (due Feb 2017). But we are also the people who put our dogs photos and names on Christmas cards.

[glb30]

@cosmiccav I wouldn't include a picture, but I think adding the baby at the end like "and baby smith #2" is totally normal. I've gotten a lot of cards like that.

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Dec 10, 2016 20:32:24 GMT -5 obi said:

Dec 10, 2016 20:17:05 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Oh OK. I'm interested in all this stuff, I was an anatomy and physiology major in college, so I know basic stuff but I love getting the little details.

I can relate! I was in Kinesiology but didnt finish so I have similar curiosities.
Im always happy to answer diabetes questions so dont hesitate to ask!
The way I see it is that knowledge is power. One of the most annoying things I face is the amount of misinformation or general ignorance about type 1. Only way to fix that is to drop some knowledge

True! I only know one person IRL with type 1, but he's a man and they don't have all our medical needs.

[glb30]

I'm up early, and all sorts of stressed. I have depositions 2 hours away tomorrow. It's supposed to snow a lot, and they start at 8 am, so I'm going to have to get up super early. I also haven't prepared for them and we have a house full of people. I have a baby shower at 11, followed by finishing our registry, following by a Christmas light thing. I probably won't be home til 7 pm.

Our friends daughter also puked all over the nursery to be. We cleaned it but it still smells a little....I'm not sure why it's stressing me out so much, but in my head, I want them all out so we can deep clean- lol!

[meggypoo1]

Dec 10, 2016 20:55:41 GMT -5 cosmicav said:

Okay so I am looking for advice in a major first world problem...

Would you put a reference to your currently gestating baby on your holiday card? I am putting together our Christmas card and even though the picture is recent and I am close to 29 weeks and my belly is very round, I feel like I just look big and not pregnant. Would it be too much to be like "here is an ultrasound profile picture too!" or something like that? Or should I just embrace that this baby has redistributed my layers in an unflattering way. Maybe I am being too sensitive. It would be nice too, to include the gestating baby but I don't know if that is a weird thing to do? I guess only like 10 people are actually getting a card but still. I don't want to be tacky or over the top. I am not well versed at etiquette.

I put Clara's Santa picture on it and T's ultrasound picture on it. No on cares about MH and me (IMO) and signed it all our names. This is actually how I announced the name to family!

[erinshelley21]

glb30 can you drive there tonight and stay at a hotel?

Christmas party was a success. I ate way too much during and felt so sick this morning. I seriously felt hungover like I usually do. Ds is home now and I'm hoping I can get by with not doing much today. My whole body hurts in addition to feeling sick.

[erinshelley21]

It is TBD whether or not this is pregnancy nausea/throwing up or a stomach bug. Stomach bug seems to be going around and my back has that pain that I get when I have a fever going on.

Forcing myself to drink water but the only food I've had since midnight was a roll 3 hours ago and eating sounds like torture.

[mosdub]

erinshelley21 I hope this passes quickly Keep drinking that water when you can! Could someone run and get you some chicken broth or gatorade too?

[mosdub]

Worked all day yesterday at a second job and was BEAT when I got home. Now I'm going to get to work on my last paper for this grad class I took this fall. I ended up reading 6 articles in preparation (prof only required 3 articles).

[erinshelley21]

Dec 11, 2016 12:15:03 GMT -5 mosdub said:

erinshelley21 I hope this passes quickly Keep drinking that water when you can! Could someone run and get you some chicken broth or gatorade too?

Dh picked up some powerade for me while he and DS went to grab lunch.

[amandamh2]

cosmicav, we wrote our Christmas cards from A,A, T and Minion, which is our baby nickname. We did the same when pregnant with DS.

I'm with you on the pregnancy vs. stomach bug erinshelley21. Also debating whether it could be something I ate last night. We had an awesome time at the party but I woke up needing to throw up last night and it's continued throughout the day. I haven't had any morning sickness at all in two months and I got a flu shot so I'm leaning toward food as the issue.

[erinshelley21]

@amandah2 I got a flu shot too and my nausea has been back for a few weeks so I'm guessing it's just that I ate too much.

[obi]

Dec 10, 2016 20:55:41 GMT -5 cosmicav said:

Okay so I am looking for advice in a major first world problem...

Would you put a reference to your currently gestating baby on your holiday card? I am putting together our Christmas card and even though the picture is recent and I am close to 29 weeks and my belly is very round, I feel like I just look big and not pregnant. Would it be too much to be like "here is an ultrasound profile picture too!" or something like that? Or should I just embrace that this baby has redistributed my layers in an unflattering way. Maybe I am being too sensitive. It would be nice too, to include the gestating baby but I don't know if that is a weird thing to do? I guess only like 10 people are actually getting a card but still. I don't want to be tacky or over the top. I am not well versed at etiquette.

If it makes you feel better, go for it!
I would sign for them something along the lines of "and baby lastname on-the-way".

[bookish]

cosmicav We used a pic of DS because I couldn't deal with how I looked in any of our family pics. I just wrote in & Baby Boy #2 with our names in the signature line

[mosdub]

Aaaand I fried my computer somehow. Thankfully I have a backup laptop so I can finish this damn paper. We don't know if my power supply fried or if the motherboard fried.

[obi]

Making the most out of our grocery run today and stopping at Tim Hortons for a hot drink of some kind.
I cant decide between a french vanilla or a tea.

Ohhhh man and maybe a muffin.

#goodlifechoices

[cosmicav]

I think I am going to have our family picture and picture of my toddler, and then sign it as me, H, LO, and baby #2. Thank you guys for the validation that this won't be a totally weird thing to do

[amandamh2]

Thanks @amc25. I'm just glad DH is home today and can do most of the parenting, I can barely lift DS right now. Really hoping I'll be better tomorrow or it could be a very challenging day.

[obi]

My H is soooo pleased with himself -_-

PDQ

*poof*

[erinshelley21]

Thanks @amc25. So far I've been able to eat an apple and a bag since 12. My stomach is not loving the bagel.

[obi]

I just cleaned out my fridge and found a bbq sauce that expired earlier this year, and a big unopened squeeze bag of yogurt that expired Nov 21.
I used to clean it out once a week. I really need to get back into that habit.
I unbag all my groceries onto the counter, take out any old foods from the fridge, wipe the whole thing down and then put the new groceries in. SIMPLE. GET IT TOGETHER OBI.

[Deleted]

Just got back from the Christmas party at the restaurant it was pretty good. The only issue was all the people saying shit about my size. 50% you're to small to be 28 weeks and 50% you're big already.

LOL OK.

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@obi I love it. He looks so pleased with himself.

[obi]

Dec 11, 2016 16:53:48 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Just got back from the Christmas party at the restaurant it was pretty good. The only issue was all the people saying shit about my size. 50% you're to small to be 28 weeks and 50% you're big already.

LOL OK.

I wish people would just say "you look so healthy!" and STFU.
Sorry lady.

[erinshelley21]

Dec 11, 2016 16:53:48 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Just got back from the Christmas party at the restaurant it was pretty good. The only issue was all the people saying shit about my size. 50% you're to small to be 28 weeks and 50% you're big already.

LOL OK.

This was my experience yesterday. My dads aunt that I saw kept making comments about how I look bigger than someone due in March but then at our party I had like 4 people tell me I looked great. 2 being guys.