Today is Thursday! Or so I've been told (Randoms)

[lovealwaysalison]

catladymeow I'm so sorry about your grandma. My dad was the same way at the very end...very other looking and not like himself, it was hard to see him as him. And even though I was devastated, I was also relieved once he was finally at peace. Sending happy thoughts your way.

[ashiscute]

Mar 2, 2017 11:46:21 GMT -5 cornpop311 said:

Mar 2, 2017 11:14:07 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

I find it a little unfair that I never got to marry Ewan McGregor. Like someone made a mistake somewhere.

Edited to make sense

If I remember the Blinds from Parenting correctly, he cheats on his wife.  Like... a lot.

but +1 for loving him.  Did you ever see the documentaries of him and his friend riding their motorcycles like around the world.  So good.

If I remember correctly from blinds everyone cheats on their SO while also doing large amounts of cocaine and burying dead hookers. It's why I don't get the appeal.

But yes I did! I pink puffy heart love him.

[shawnabm1320]

Mar 2, 2017 10:21:24 GMT -5 CoachTsWife said:

How are you doing today shawnabm1320?

Timing very irregular contractions... I'm afraid to get my hopes up. Maybe it's the start of something? Maybe it isn't?

Thanks for asking

[lovealwaysalison]

I just ran out to my car to grab my phone charger and felt something move under my hand on the car door handle.

It's a black widow. Shit. Guess I don't have a car anymore.

[amch8]

Is it Friday yet? This day has been insane. I woke up to dog poop (the kind that happens when the dog is sick, not when he's not trained), which was fun to clean up. Got to work, right contact falls out. Get a call from the housekeepers who come every other week - blew a fuse, can't get the power back on the first floor. Went home over lunch and fixed the circuit breaker, took puppy on a walk, and the leash got away from me and he ran after a squirrel. He came back to me a minute or so later, thankfully. Back at work now, leaving at 2:10 to pick up JR, take her to a follow up with the dermo regarding her abscess, take her BACK to daycare, go back to work for a couple hours, then pick her up and head home for dinner. Holy crap I'm so glad I did all the housework last night because I'll be passing out early tonight. Phew.

[amch8]

RIP lovealwaysalison's car. We hardly knew ye.

[lovealwaysalison]

jnetx I have washed my hand and used hand sanitizer and I still kinda wanna light it on fire just to be sure.

A brave coworker went and smashed it for me while I stood across the parking lot. I owe him my life...or at least lunch.

[catladymeow]

OMG lovealwaysalison.

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Mar 2, 2017 10:55:37 GMT -5 @wafflesfriendswork said:

Mar 2, 2017 10:50:17 GMT -5 meggos1988 said:

I go tomorrow to have my IUD removed. I am partially petrified to start TTC but excited.
Are you ever really sure you know what you are doing?

Let me know how that goes. I'm nervous it'll hurt.

IUD removal was super easy
I took Advil an hour before the appointment

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Beach Body Bitch tricked me. She asked me to join an accountability/support group for health and wellness on Facebook. With prizes and all that. I need support but for some reason I didn't think it was a Beach Body thing.
Oh Lord. All the Shakeology and workouts and what not. No thanks. I don't want the videos of you working out. I don't want photos of your sneakers on your feet. I don't want your sweaty face photo.
I'm annoyed.

[italianmommy]

Mar 2, 2017 13:15:38 GMT -5 shawnabm1320 said:

Mar 2, 2017 10:21:24 GMT -5 CoachTsWife said:

How are you doing today shawnabm1320 ?

Timing very irregular contractions... I'm afraid to get my hopes up. Maybe it's the start of something? Maybe it isn't?

Thanks for asking

This was me with Juliette  - so I have my fingers crossed for you!! 
I never had "timeable" regular contractions until 10cm dialated. Thankfully my water broke at home because only THEN did I realize "ok! I guess it's time to go to the hospital" (but of course I had dinner first... because I'm not stupid)

[italianmommy]

amch8 I think this is what you need as soon as you get home.

[lovealwaysalison]

We are considering switching from our current family doctor to a different primary care for me and a pediatrician for Ella.

Our current doc is very old fashioned and is not "online" like many doctors now are. And the way he has handled my last visit and Ella's two rounds of MRSA have irked me. He also makes me feel very judged every time I call or go in.

Does anyone have any experience switching? I hate conflict and do not want to have to tell our current doc my issues with him but I guess I probably have to say something since I'll need our records?

I got recommendations from my OB/GYN because I really trust her and have researched who she recommended and they are taking new patients. Do I schedule a visit just to get us established or wait until something comes up?

Do I have to notify insurance? My MIL seems to think if you don't, they can flag us for doctor shopping or something?

I have no idea how this whole thing works.

TL; DR: I wanna switch from our current family doctor and I'm not sure how that works.

[yl]

OMG the dry wind here today is KILLING my allergies. I take a Claritin every morning, but it is no match for this wind. I can't stop sneezing long enough to talk to my classes. My next 2 periods are taking a test, so that's ok, but my last class is supposed to be me lecturing and...yeah, that's not going to happen. 

It's also 30 min to my break and about an hour and a half since my last bathroom trip, so I'm peeing a little bit with every sneeze. Which is about every 15 sec. 

I don't even want to know what my makeup looks like. i'm sure my liner is all over my face at this point. 

[italianmommy]

lovealwaysalison if you switch and need records, you may not even need to speak to someone (especially not the doctors). You'd likely just speak to someone in administration or one of the nurses. You'll probably have to fax them a release form allowing them to send your records to the new place.

If you have HMO I think you'll have to do something to make sure your new doctor is in your approved network. But if it's PPO you should just be able to make a new appointment at the new place and it won't be a big deal.

[mnj05]

Got a call this morning that DS2 vomited after lunch. Took him to the pedi because of the half of his class that has had a stomach bug, he's the only to run fever. Strep and flu are both negative so we just wait it out. Fun times. My mom is coming this afternoon because I have my formal observation in the morning and do not want to reschedule.

[mnj05]

And now DS1 is throwing up too. Seriously.

[lonegalathome]

lovealwaysalison your new doc should also be able to request records with your signature on a form for hippa so you don't have to contact at all.

Just be sure to check your insurance list that you are going to a network or approved provider but you don't need to tell them anything either.

Also- it happens all the time so if you do have to call the front desk shouldn't be too weird about it- and if you are worried- send your dh to pick them up!

[lonegalathome]

I got nothing that I wanted to accomplished this afternoon but just woke up from a 3 hour nap.

No regrets

[kristhegirl]

mnj05 oh my gosh, you just cannot get a break this week!

[lovealwaysalison]

Thanks guys. Hopefully the new office can request them with my signature.

It's a small practice in a small town...so I know if I requested records from his admin, they would tell the doctor and he would likely call personally to find out why we are leaving. Awkward.

He has been my friends doctor since she was born, and when I switched insurance a few years ago and needed a new primary care asap for something, they recommended him. I've never really felt fully comfortable with him but didn't want to rock the boat...recently it's been worse. So it's definitely time to switch.

Being a grown up sucks sometimes.

[kasiaskis]

So last night I was trying to install a doorknob in our downstairs bathroom and managed to lock myself in the bathroom. I was on the verge of having a full on panic attack when I realized I couldn't open it because MH is gone and my phone was upstairs and any useful tools were on the other side of the door. I was deliberating whether I could smash the door down but managed to bend the latching mechanism enough to get it out.

New life lesson learned - be very careful when installing doorknobs.

[shawnabm1320]

Not caught up. As I'm sitting at home waiting for my contractions to be bad enough to go to the hospital, my in-laws show up. H tells them we're probably going to be calling them later since I'm in labor. They come in. They sit down. They ask me how I'm doing. What. The. Heck.

I'm currently hiding in the bathroom. H won't ask them to leave because they're distracting Forrest so he can cook dinner. Which is what I was doing before they came. In other words. We don't need them! Who wants to be in labor in front of their in-laws. OMG!

[kristhegirl]

@shawabm1320 I would definitely be annoyed in your shoes; but since I'm not in them, I'm just excited that you're having a baby soon!!!

[kristhegirl]

Mar 2, 2017 18:22:01 GMT -5 forevermorgan said:

DS just opened his cello case to put his cello away and my 4 yo old was hiding in there. Naked. Scared the jeepers out of all of us.

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shawnabm1320 Yay for labor! And yeah, I could totally see my ILs doing the same thing. I'm sorry...how annoying.

[360blessings]

forevermorgan - hahaha, that's hilarious! Boys!!!

Yay shawnabm1320!!!! Sorry about your IL but yay for new squishes!!!! Keep us posted!!! It's like the J15 baby boom going on around here.

[kasiaskis]

forevermorgan LOL!

shawnabm1320 yay for labour!

[nutmeg8484]

Woo hoo shawnabm1320!

[ncjulia12]

Yay, shawnabm1320! Tell those in-laws to get out of the way; baby is coming!!

A story you may relate to if you need a distraction:

When I was in the last rough hour of labor/delivery with DS and my parents were driving across the state to come meet the baby, I started losing track of time and didn't know when they were arriving.

The nurse came in and said, "Your mom is out in the hall. Do you want her to come in?" And I exclaimed, "She's here?!? My mom?!? Bring her in! I need her!!"

But the nurse said, "No, I was talking to your husband. It's your MIL."

And I screamed, "Tell her to just GO AWAY!!!!!!"

I still feel a little guilty wondering if my MIL heard this exchange through the door because she is actually a wonderful person and a big part of my life, but I DNW her to see me in labor. She would have driven me crazy.