We are having a quiet day at home, I have a cold and just want to chill with DD before baby comes. The other day when my mom watched her was super productive at home and I finally feel like the house is ready and I can relax a bit.
Boo for the cold @orangcrush, but yay for a productive day and a house that feels "ready"!
After the crapshow that was dinnertime through 11pm, DS gave me a 4hr chunk of sleep, followed by another 3hrs. I feel like a completely new person and not a zombie! On another note, I am so so pleased with having my body to myself again. I can't wait to get back in shape and have a positive body image.
I might have had a mini melt down about that last night ellabee. I'm a pound over where I was with ds and it can only go up until dd arrives. Sighs. My bump is different too, probably because my muscles gave up as soon as I got pregnant again. Maternity clothes that worked last time are not nearly as flattering. Sighs. Plus between cold weather and third trimester all I want are delicious warm carbs.
@orangcrush I was looking at the Roll Call thread just now, have you made a decision about your rcs date?
Looks like next week is going to be a busy week for January babies!
I haven't decided what I'm doing yet, I've been taking it week by week to see if I'm progressing to see if a trial of labor for a vbac has a "good" chance. My next appointment is Monday with the c/s scheduled for Wed right now, but it can even be moved. I would love a vbac but am scared it won't be successful and I'll end up in an emergency c again.
I might have had a mini melt down about that last night ellabee . I'm a pound over where I was with ds and it can only go up until dd arrives. Sighs. My bump is different too, probably because my muscles gave up as soon as I got pregnant again. Maternity clothes that worked last time are not nearly as flattering. Sighs. Plus between cold weather and third trimester all I want are delicious warm carbs.
The day i passed my highest weight with DD was a bad day emotionally for me too. I feel you on the clothes. When my "go-to" outfits were no longer flattering I started feeling especially down. ((hugs))
Good morning! Not much going on here, except that this baby feels like he's trying to claw his way out of my butt. Working from home woooohoooo.
meeggaannww those are some amazing stretches! Yay for sleep!
I feel you ladies on the body image. I got so many stretch marks this time, despite gaining about 25 lb less than I did with DS, and my abdominal muscles have probably a 4"+ gap. I'm prepping myself for never looking the same again, but it is what it is. I get all of the hyperpigmentation too, so I'm super pumped to not have random dark patches of skin all over my body, even though it took forever to go away with #1.
I had my NST this morning, and everything is a go for induction on Tuesday. MIL will hopefully be here over the weekend, if not, she will be here Monday. Reflux has been kicking my ass the last few days. And as of today, I officially made it past the point where I had DS1. On my induction date, I'll be 38w+4d.
I might have had a mini melt down about that last night ellabee . I'm a pound over where I was with ds and it can only go up until dd arrives. Sighs. My bump is different too, probably because my muscles gave up as soon as I got pregnant again. Maternity clothes that worked last time are not nearly as flattering. Sighs. Plus between cold weather and third trimester all I want are delicious warm carbs.
The day i passed my highest weight with DD was a bad day emotionally for me too. I feel you on the clothes. When my "go-to" outfits were no longer flattering I started feeling especially down. ((hugs))
Add me to the list. I've gained a little more than 10lbs over what I gained with DS. I honestly don't know how it happened because I was very health conscious until this last week when I said F it and started drinking vanilla milkshakes (does wonders for heartburn). I'm so ready to feel like myself again.
The day i passed my highest weight with DD was a bad day emotionally for me too. I feel you on the clothes. When my "go-to" outfits were no longer flattering I started feeling especially down. ((hugs))
Add me to the list. I've gained a little more than 10lbs over what I gained with DS. I honestly don't know how it happened because I was very health conscious until this last week when I said F it and started drinking vanilla milkshakes (does wonders for heartburn). I'm so ready to feel like myself again.
It was easier to stay in shape when I didn't have a kid! I could go out for my walks and not have to worry about how cold it was for the toddler. The winter and holiday timing of the third trimester has not helped.
For body issues I'm actually at basically the exact same weight I was with DS. But my goal this time is to not slowly creep back up to my pre-pregnancy weight (I will lose about 18 lbs if things are the same).
I need to eat enough to keep breastfeeding but aside from treating myself the first week to everything I've been missing, I can't just go nuts like I did last time. The insulin has been a big wake-up call about my risk of type 2 diabetes. I need to get a significant amount of weight off and get more active.
Post by silvermelody on Jan 13, 2017 11:19:23 GMT -5
My last NST is today. At the equivalent one with DS he threw a decel and they decided to keep us and induce. So I'm having some anxiety and some feels about today. If they send me home I'm going to be anxious all weekend. But I don't really want to have surgery today!
My last NST is today. At the equivalent one with DS he threw a decel and they decided to keep us and induce. So I'm having some anxiety and some feels about today. If they send me home I'm going to be anxious all weekend. But I don't really want to have surgery today!
silvermelody, I hope everything goes smoothly this time around and that your worries are unnecessary.
I've been crazy sleepy today. I fed W at around 10-10:30pm last night and he didn't wake up until 1:40am! I was stoked. Feed him again and expected to need to stay up for awhile to get him to sleep but nope, he fell asleep and stayed asleep and didn't wake up until 5am. I have no clue where this good night cane from but it was great and I never had to wake H up at all for it. And now I feel like I could sleep all day. It's almost 10 and I still haven't gotten out of bed except to pee and grab W to nurse. What the hell.
And I have struggled with the body images this time around worse than the first. When I past my highest weight with DS1, I cried. I'm thankful to not have surpassed my set "don't get bigger than this" limit, but I came pretty damn close to it. I'm thankful that because I got all the stretchmarks last time, the ones this time are fairly small and only showed up at the top of my old ones and were only about an inch. I gained half the weight I did with DS1 and have felt more miserable about it because I didn't try harder to get rid of it last time and if I had, I wouldn't have seen the numbers get to where they passed my final with DS1. Thankfully, H has been having serious talks with himself about weight loss so this time around, I won't be doing it on my own (this was not an issue he was having after DS1) and that'll motivate me more.
Somebody come take my H before I kill him pls.... He's nesting. I got out of the shower and wasn't even dressed yet and he wanted me to move the bassinet into the bedroom. Except that required moving the bed because our current layout wouldn't work, so then I had to sweep and dust under the bed (hello socks), he mopped and then tried moving the furniture on top of the wet wood. Then he drug the night stands across the floor leaving deep scratches. Our floors aren't brand new and they're worn, but COME ON MAN! Then I'm trying to finish cleaning, and he says "can you make me a sandwich?"
heybulldog56, I put none of the attention to detail into his sandwich that I usually do. Did not spread mustard, did not cut in half, barely any lunch meat. Slapped in on a plate, left it on the counter and sat down. He's not going to notice but I know that I didn't GAF about his damn sandwich.
Post by thelittleredm on Jan 13, 2017 14:13:26 GMT -5
My boob is aching. I really need to hand express it to make it hurt less but I also don't want to get off the couch. DS1 and I are watching Finding Dory while W sleeps in the mamaroo and this is the most one on one time we've had since bringing W home.
heybulldog56, I put none of the attention to detail into his sandwich that I usually do. Did not spread mustard, did not cut in half, barely any lunch meat. Slapped in on a plate, left it on the counter and sat down. He's not going to notice but I know that I didn't GAF about his damn sandwich.
Totally lol'd at this. This sounds so like me and my DH. He wouldn't even notice.
I forgot how adorable newborn grunts are. DS makes the cutest sounds.
I got my leave/std/fmla claim approved today (yay). Hopefully I got all the tax withholding right for the "sick pay". I'm clueless when it comes to the tax stuff...but I do know we usually end up owing every year because of our rental properties and Hs variable real estate income. I don't want next year to be extra burdensome because I messed up my paperwork during leave. 🤔
I forgot how adorable newborn grunts are. DS makes the cutest sounds.
I got my leave/std/fmla claim approved today (yay). Hopefully I got all the tax withholding right for the "sick pay". I'm clueless when it comes to the tax stuff...but I do know we usually end up owing every year because of our rental properties and Hs variable real estate income. I don't want next year to be extra burdensome because I messed up my paperwork during leave. 🤔
If you end up owing every year, just have them over withhold. Instead of claiming any dependants claim 0 and check Married but withhold at Single rate if you can
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