Randoms - 3/27

[theloveparade]

The only problem with champagne in the hospital bag is the lack of means to chill it. Last time we had friends come visit with chilled champagne (and flutes!) but I'm thinking there must be a way to do this ourselves. Well, we still have a bit of time to figure it out. Is it bad to show up to labor with a cooler?

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Mar 29, 2017 13:32:33 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

The only problem with champagne in the hospital bag is the lack of means to chill it. Last time we had friends come visit with chilled champagne (and flutes!) but I'm thinking there must be a way to do this ourselves. Well, we still have a bit of time to figure it out. Is it bad to show up to labor with a cooler?

Bedpan and a bag of ice

[pootsen]

I love all of those dresses @thatgolfbitch and laurensc927

MH is a best man in a very swanky wedding in June. I have no idea what to wear and I'm afraid I'm going to be at that "Is she just really fat or pregnant?" Stage. I may have to check out RTR.

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Mar 29, 2017 11:22:16 GMT -5 laurensc927 said:

bostonbaker that was my thinking with B. Maybe I'll call them and talk to a stylist, see if they can help guide me lol.

If you go the Spanx route, I recommend regular spanx if you are trying to conceal bloat. Pregnancy spanx suck you in everywhere else but the "bump" area.

[laurensc927]

Mar 29, 2017 12:12:07 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

Is anyone else listening to S-Town, the new podcast from the serial and this American life people? I just started it on my commute this am and so far I'm mildly intrigued.

I haven't started it yet but I loved serial.

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Mar 29, 2017 11:00:31 GMT -5 laurensc927 said:

Ok I need advice, H and I are attending an anniversary party in April at an expensive country club. I've rented dress A but am worried about bloat, I'll be 9 ish weeks. When you rent a size they will send a back up so I ordered my size and the next one up just in case. But now I'm worried that maybe I should have picked a more forgiving style like dress B. What does everyone think, A, B, Neither?

Dress A

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Dress B

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Edited to add spoilers b/c pics are huge.

I like B more overall. It's gorgeous!

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Mar 29, 2017 11:56:29 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

laurensc927 I think I prefer A but they are both great.

@thatgolfbitch I like your dress a lot too!

Why don't I have any upcoming fancy events to get a dress for? 😞

I had my once a year fancy event the week before I tested. My goal will be to make it back into that dress this time next year.

[bostonbaker]

Mar 29, 2017 13:32:33 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

The only problem with champagne in the hospital bag is the lack of means to chill it. Last time we had friends come visit with chilled champagne (and flutes!) but I'm thinking there must be a way to do this ourselves. Well, we still have a bit of time to figure it out. Is it bad to show up to labor with a cooler?

My H brought a cooler full of food for himself since he was on a diet at the time and figured he'd bring his own healthy snacks and lunch meat instead of eating what the hospital had.  Then I was in labor for 36 hours and he blew through it all before our son was born, lol.  But anyway, not bad.  And they have ice machines on the postpartum floor, or at least they did on ours.  Actually, we had a fridge in our postpartum room, too.

tl;dr  you should be able to make it work

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@thatgolfbitch, you're going to look so fly!

[theloveparade]

bostonbaker your postpartum recovery room sounds way nicer than the one I had! I don't recall any ice machines and we definitely didn't have a fridge! Guess I'm leaning towards @bazi45 's bed pan suggestion. 😉

[twotxmommies]

Mar 29, 2017 14:42:13 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

bostonbaker your postpartum recovery room sounds way nicer than the one I had! I don't recall any ice machines and we definitely didn't have a fridge! Guess I'm leaning towards @bazi45 's bed pan suggestion. 😉

my posrpartum room was nicer then most hotels I have stayed at. it had a front room with couches, a tv and little kitchen area with fridge. My room could be shut off from that room for privacy from visitors. This is one of the main reasons I agreed to have another baby... 

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Mar 29, 2017 15:11:22 GMT -5 @thatgolfbitch said:

If ordering a turkey Reuben (a Rachel) and adding pickles doesn't just scream pregnant AF, I don't know what does.

I'm going to need you to stop speaking so sexily to me.

That sounds amazing.

[beefinch]

Speaking of weddings, when pregnant with DS my best friend got engaged to my DH's cousin (we both have the same surname now lol) and they planned their wedding 7 weeks after I was due to give birth. I was MOH. I was like is this a cruel joke how the F am I meant to fit into a formal dress.

After telling her off/moaning at her, she chose a very flowy dress so I didn't mind as it wasn't at all clingy to my still there baby bump. It was hard work having to do my MOH duties and nursing a cluster feeding 7 week old. He was eating every 2 hours, and for a good 3 hours just wanted to just feed every 2 minutes it seemed like. I was sat down for most of the day after the wedding, but my BFF understood, as I did warn her that my priority will be C. DH was best man also, he helped as best as he could but he didn't have any boobs lol

[theloveparade]

Mar 29, 2017 15:36:38 GMT -5 beefinch said:

Speaking of weddings, when pregnant with DS my best friend got engaged to my DH's cousin (we both have the same surname now lol) and they planned their wedding 7 weeks after I was due to give birth. I was MOH. I was like is this a cruel joke how the F am I meant to fit into a formal dress.

After telling her off/moaning at her, she chose a very flowy dress so I didn't mind as it wasn't at all clingy to my still there baby bump. It was hard work having to do my MOH duties and nursing a cluster feeding 7 week old. He was eating every 2 hours, and for a good 3 hours just wanted to just feed every 2 minutes it seemed like. I was sat down for most of the day after the wedding, but my BFF understood, as I did warn her that my priority will be C. DH was best man also, he helped as best as he could but he didn't have any boobs lol

You should get a medal for that! I hope your BFF appreciated your efforts! I was a bridesmaid for a friend when DS was about 10 weeks and that is no joke. I left him with my parents but pumping throughout a daylong wedding with no official pumping room anywhere is not the most dignified thing, let me tell you!

[theloveparade]

Mar 29, 2017 14:19:47 GMT -5 laurensc927 said:

Mar 29, 2017 12:12:07 GMT -5 theloveparade said:

Is anyone else listening to S-Town, the new podcast from the serial and this American life people? I just started it on my commute this am and so far I'm mildly intrigued.

I haven't started it yet but I loved serial.

It's different from serial but I'm already getting sucked in.

[beefinch]

theloveparade it was hard work lol. I felt like I couldn't enjoy their day at all.

I had countless people coming up to me while the meal was going on (his 3 hour cluster feed) saying "are you STILL feeding him?!" ... none of them had breast fed or don't have kids. I had a crappy milk supply so the cluster feedings were very important for my supply.

And it was not fun being pretty much the only sober one in the evening, I had to drag DH home about 10pm as I was completely done and I just didn't feel comfortable carrying around my 7 week old around avoiding drunken people.

I would of had my mum come and grab him but either way I wanted to go home as I couldn't drink even if he wasn't there!

[grumpycat88]

It finally happened. DS said shit and bitch at school today. Do I put this in his baby book?

[beefinch]

Well that was a terrifying evening. I was upstairs trying to poop... my normal now. Heard a loud bang, and then DH go "oh no" and then a scream from DS. I quickly wipe and run downstairs trying to pull up my pants and jogging bottoms, DS had tripped over a toy and smacked his forehead on the glass TV cabinet. It was a proper pain cry, and as he was hugging DH I couldn't see any mark on his head. Then within a second a massive bump came up, with purple bruising and a tiny line where he had hit the cabinet.

Panic as I hate head injuries, the brain is obviously so important.

Call my Mum within a second as luckily, she's a neruo nurse, and heads/spines are her thing.

She's literally around with 1 minute (they only live down the road)

She does her nursey thing on him and says he's ok, just going to have a nasty bruise. He was fine in himself by the time my mum got there, walking around and meowing at the cats. This happened literally 5 minutes before bed time, so we kept him up for another 45 minutes, had a nice shower as he loves showers and then put him down. Went down as normal and I've been checking on him every hour. He hasn't been sick which is an obvious sign of anything wrong, and is breathing normally, slightly snoring even.

But fuck that was terrifying. DH now wants to get rid of the cabinet lol. But DS can't help tripping over his toy (well he can but you know) and that could have happened anywhere.

His first ever bump 😭
I think we've done well getting to 23 months with no bump to the head anyways lol. His only ever booboo has been when he was at my parents house and managed to catch his toe nail in a hoover when he was 18 months old, didn't really hurt him as he didn't cry but the nail fell off and has now fully grown back.

Sorry for the rant but head trauma is scary

[bethkate]

My hematologist told me today to, "keep that baby." Um...I'm trying?

[grumpycat88]

beefinch my kid falls all the time but head trauma is the only thing that actually freaks me out, so I totally understand your panic!

bethkate um, that's ridiculously rude and insensitive. I would say something to their supervisor. That's really inappropriate.

[fknhostile]

buttercup I can't even begin to imagine what you're going through right now. Please keep us updated and vent here all you'd like. You and you're son are in my thoughts.

[fknhostile]

Mar 29, 2017 17:44:01 GMT -5 bethkate said:

My hematologist told me today to, "keep that baby." Um...I'm trying?

well fuck you hematologist.

[fknhostile]

beefinch head injuries are terrifying. My boys constantly had bumps and bruises you'd think I'd be used to it by now. But my toddler fell and hit his head today (small bump on his forward, he barely cried) and I was scared.

[bethkate]

Mar 29, 2017 17:58:20 GMT -5 fknhostile said:

Mar 29, 2017 17:44:01 GMT -5 bethkate said:

My hematologist told me today to, "keep that baby." Um...I'm trying?

well fuck you hematologist.

Right?

I honestly don't think he meant anything by it. I think he's a man who has no idea what to say to a pregnant woman who's had multiple losses. English is also his second language, so I feel like that was kind of part of it too. Like, he meant "Good luck" and that's how it came out. lol

I walked out thinking "WTF?" but I wasn't necessarily angry. It was just a really weird thing for him to say.

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Mar 29, 2017 17:44:01 GMT -5 bethkate said:

My hematologist told me today to, "keep that baby." Um...I'm trying?

oh, ew. I'm so sorry.

[strangedesign]

Ugh beefinch my daughter had the same thing happen to her a few months ago, she was 20 months and just fell forward first into the corner of the coffee table, I have never seen such a big bump in my life. It was like she sprouted a horn. She hated icing it so much she still talks about it. But she was totally fine. It's very reassuring to have an expert so close!

[strangedesign]

Mar 29, 2017 17:44:01 GMT -5 bethkate said:

My hematologist told me today to, "keep that baby." Um...I'm trying?

Gross. Sometimes it's better to say nothing at all, sir.

[fknhostile]

Mar 29, 2017 18:10:47 GMT -5 bethkate said:

Mar 29, 2017 17:58:20 GMT -5 fknhostile said:

well fuck you hematologist.

Right?

I honestly don't think he meant anything by it. I think he's a man who has no idea what to say to a pregnant woman who's had multiple losses. English is also his second language, so I feel like that was kind of part of it too. Like, he meant "Good luck" and that's how it came out. lol

I walked out thinking "WTF?" but I wasn't necessarily angry. It was just a really weird thing for him to say.

Yeah I think sometimes people don't know what to say so they mumble some random shit thinking they're being helpful when it'd be better if they just kept their mouth shut. Sorry that happened though.

[cnf2013]

beefinch, glad he's okay! Head bumps and trauma are so terrifying.

[cnf2013]

I just do not feel pregnant, you guys. It is driving me insane. I keep getting small waves of symptoms then they vanish. They were so strong a week ago. With DD I had crazy symptoms all day every day. I don't like this.

I wish it was the weekend. Time is moving so slow. Between waiting for my appointment and impending spring break, I'm just ravenous for time to move along.