Post by onesweetworld on Jan 31, 2017 7:38:39 GMT -5
One more month down....how many more to go?
Good Morning Ladies!!!! Pregsomnia hit me like a freight train last night and I feel like absolute garbage today. I don't think I fell asleep until roughly 4am.
Post by mustloveerica on Jan 31, 2017 7:45:17 GMT -5
Good morning. I've had the pregsomnia for a few weeks now. I can fall asleep but not stay asleep so I end up wide awake at 3am.
I'm not feeling work anymore these days. It's more comfortable to stand then sit so I end up just wandering around the office all day. Then Thursday rolls around and I'm like "oh shit I didn't do any of my work this week!" And then I scramble to get everything done.
Morning ladies. No pregsomnia here but I'm just sleeping like crap. Even with my body pillow I can't seem to get comfortable anymore.
This is me. I think last night my excitement for the last day of the month was kicking in. But I cannot find comfort anywhere and my dog insists on sleeping on me or the pillow.
Post by mustloveerica on Jan 31, 2017 8:40:33 GMT -5
I'm cranky. DHs coworker has twins and he's giving him like kind of extreme parenting advice (babies shouldn't ever sleep in our room, let them cry it out from day 1, don't ever use formula, pampers are the only brand of diapers that will work, etc). And DH is taking it as gospel and saying we absolutely have to do this and never do that. Like he literally says "we have to take all of the non pampers diapers back". And I'm like...hello, we have to figure this out ourselves. Maybe that worked for their family but it might not work for us. So he's arguing with me because coworker with twins must be right because he raised twins. DH is very literal so I hate when he gets parenting advice from other people. He immediately assumes that that's the way things MUST be done. Ugh.
I almost wish I knew when she was coming so I could have a real countdown. This she could come in x weeks up to 13 just sucks.
I look at it this way "I will only be pregnant for X more days/weeks" where X is the last day they will let you go to..
Then again, I hate being pregnant and it's a means to an end for me so it helps me not hate it as much.
I have made it clear I want to be induced as close to my EDD as possible and will not go past 41 weeks
I'm allergic to some medicines so they don't know how they will induce me yet if they have to. I'm hoping we don't get there but I have asked to let me go to 42 weeks
Pampers didn't work for us.. and hell to the no on CIO as a newborn. 6 months? Sure, to each their own. Newborn? they can fuck off with that nonsense
And formula isn't the devil..
Right! To each their own. DH originally wanted babies in our room for a year because that's the new recommendation and we must follow the expert recommendation. I said we'd start them in our room and move them out when we feel comfortable with it. That might be two weeks, or it might be 10 months...who knows! But now he's all "Jeff says they should be in their own room from day one or we'll never get any sleep". And I said "well then I still won't get any sleep because I'll be up every 5 minutes to check on them". Like, can't we just figure this out as we go? There's no need to make concrete sleeping arrangement or diaper brand plans today.
Post by BabyStandish on Jan 31, 2017 8:49:49 GMT -5
I hurt my back yesterday It wasn't even when I was doing anything strenuous. I was putting on socks standing up and somehow tweaked something. Ugh so lame. I was still able to run last night with no pain since it's just forward motion. It's mostly when I bend down or get up so I'm picking up everything doing squats and becoming best friends with my heating pad.
I'm super grumpy today. There is so much crazy shit happening all the time, it's really frightening and disheartening. Then I came into work and my boss is being super annoying. And I have to work late today. I just want to kick and scream.
Post by BabyStandish on Jan 31, 2017 8:54:05 GMT -5
mustloveerica People are idiots. As soon as you become pregnant you get all kinds of unwanted advice. I'd say maybe 85% of advice that I get is nonsense or not applicable to everyone. I used to think that people would stop after the baby is born, but nope. People just like to hear themselves talk and think their way is the best and only way. I just smile and nod most the time.
On a semi-related note MIL told DH that he shouldn't tell DS "I'm sorry" because it shows weakness. WTF?!!
My BIL is the WORST with dumb advice. I am so not looking forward to getting parenting advice from him. He has already been giving me pregnancy advice, that no man has any business giving.
PirateCat - I was in the same place yesterday and therefore did not feel like coming in today. The world is insane, then my project manager was being a peach and annoying the heck out of me. I'm sure she'll be just as much of a pain today.
All these people with their advice can just chill. I have some friends who are smart and caveat with "this worked for us" or "you can try" because they realize all babies and families are different.
Good morning!! I haven't been able to sleep for the last couple nights. Usually I sleep like a champion. I have some sniffles, too, ugh...dnw to get sick! I usually get up at 5, but I finally fell asleep around 4, so let myself sleep until 8, so I can at least get through the day.
My friend gave me the best parenting advice...don't listen to anyone's parenting advice, ha! She pointed out that with her three kids each of them needed totally different things, no one size fits all solution to raising a kid!
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I'm cranky. DHs coworker has twins and he's giving him like kind of extreme parenting advice (babies shouldn't ever sleep in our room, let them cry it out from day 1, don't ever use formula, pampers are the only brand of diapers that will work, etc). And DH is taking it as gospel and saying we absolutely have to do this and never do that. Like he literally says "we have to take all of the non pampers diapers back". And I'm like...hello, we have to figure this out ourselves. Maybe that worked for their family but it might not work for us. So he's arguing with me because coworker with twins must be right because he raised twins. DH is very literal so I hate when he gets parenting advice from other people. He immediately assumes that that's the way things MUST be done. Ugh.
This would drive me insane, I hope you get through to him. I get a stomachache at the thought of CIO from day one (assuming he means something more than "finish going to the bathroom/taking a shower if they start to cry, they'll live").
This is why I loved my OB with DS1. He only proposed an induction and would have let me go longer. He did a membrane strip in hopes that it'll get me to go into labor naturally. While he wasn't by my side the whole time, my nurse was except for bathroom/snack breaks. It was one nurse per laboring patient while others rotated the floor. I had her all three days I was there.
This time, I'll have a MW who stays with me
Edit: and the only reason my water was manually broken was because it was stopping DS1 from descending and I was already at 8 cm
Post by ThankfulSnail on Jan 31, 2017 12:48:51 GMT -5
I am nowhere near in countdown mode yet, despite only having 11 weeks until my due date. I have way too much to get done before this baby arrives, time needs to slow down!
Post by easilyunamused on Jan 31, 2017 12:48:53 GMT -5
Wow, a lot of awful advice being thrown around. I think that's why there are so many people struggling with parenting. I'm a firm believer that you have to figure out what works with you child's personality. No one parenting style works for all kids.
The only time you should give advice, is of the other person asks for it.
Post by ThankfulSnail on Jan 31, 2017 12:56:52 GMT -5
My BFF just had her first baby a month ago. I give advice when asked and almost always prefaced with, "what worked well with DD was X, but every baby is different." I can't understand giving across the board advice to someone about what they HAVE to do with their baby, especially if it's against pediatric or safety recommendations!
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