Tuesday Spamfest

[anchovies]

Good morning to you all! Let's hear the spam!

[anchovies]

Today is my last day of maternity leave and I'm pretty sure it's a cold and not allergies me and my DS have. Poor guy slept most of the day yesterday and was in bed by 8.

DH has to work at 2pm and does a turnaround into dayshift tomorrow, which means I will have no help prepping for daycare/doggy daycare and toting everyone in the morning. Better get used to it, right?

[anchovies]

Also, I found out things are drastically changing in terms of staffing at my job. Ugh! I'm so sad my 2 favorite coworkers will no longer be working with me. One is transferring to another hospital and the other got a promotion. I'm so happy for them both but bummed bc I will miss them.

[WittyLittle]

Hellu My head hurts after yesterday. 2 small beers and 2 glasses of wine. I think I overdid the 'yayyyy not breastfeeding anymore!' celebratory drinks.
I thought DS would be sleepy after his shots today but he's currently laughing his diaper off at a hippo toy. He's seriously losing it, it's hilarious I was going to use this down time to paint the stairs, whoops!

[aggiebug]

Morning. It was an extra wake up night plus a vomiting dog so I am a bit sleepy this morning.

That sounds like a rough shift for your H and a tough way to start back after maternity leave. anchovies

[izzy0927]

anchovies, I hope you feel better so you can enjoy today and really soak it up. I know, I know.

I'm at work and super caffeinated already. Yesterday was my first day back, and honestly, it wasn't that bad. What I said yesterday (that the worst part of the day was having to wear real pants) still stands. Baby boy did great at daycare, pick up and drop off went smoothly, and we had a great evening to play together. Although now that I get up at 5 and leave at 5:40 to work 7-3:30, I didn't totally love that he decided to wake up at 4:45 today just to play. I guess I appreciated some morning snuggles though- silver lining. He's so sweet in the morning, and I'm pretty jealous my husband gets that time with him.

[lotsofdotts]

anchovies Enjoy the day! Hopefully tomorrow morning will go smoothly.

I have an IUD check this morning. I guess I need to shave properly before going in. I have a busy day today and tomorrow before we leave for our mini vacation to the beach on Thursday. I'm not looking forward to packing all the baby stuff, but it will be worth it. I need to get out of town before I go back to work.

[WittyLittle]

izzy0927, I'm glad your first day back was ok and that you got to enjoy the evening together! That gives me hope. It's my first day back at work tomorrow and I'm quite nervous about what it will be like. I'm really jealous that DH gets the morning cuddles, too

[jensoprano82]

Good luck ladies returning to work this week!

Not much spam this morning. We're taking our lil guy to his first baseball game tonight. Go Angels!

[dacora]

TMI WARNING

I'm waiting for my doctor's office to open so I can call them. I woke up at 4am this morning and went to the bathroom and I had bled through my ultra-sized tampon. After I removed it I passed three large blood clots. This morning I'm bleeding through a tampon in less than an hour and passed the largest blood clot so far, probably the size of a golf ball. I had my IUD put in a month ago.

[izzy0927]

May 12, 2015 7:20:31 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

izzy0927, I'm glad your first day back was ok and that you got to enjoy the evening together! That gives me hope. It's my first day back at work tomorrow and I'm quite nervous about what it will be like. I'm really jealous that DH gets the morning cuddles, too

You're going to be great. It was kind of difficult to turn that part of my brain back on though! I was having a surprisingly hard time finding the words I needed to talk about my work!

[lilyelayne]

anchovies sorry you're sick. I hope you and your LO still get to enjoy your last day of leave
aggiebug hope you get a nap if you want one
izzy0927 hope day 2 goes as well as day 1!
lotsofdotts we're not going to the beach until the end of the month but I feel like I should start my packing list now. Thankfully the condo has a pack n play, crib, and high chair already!

Spam: the blinds in DS's room are crappy. We keep saying we'll go get some blackout blinds then move him to his room instead of ours, but we never go buy the blinds. Well I had to get up at 11 and reswaddle and rock DS to sleep because we woke him up DTD. I'm headed to Lowe's today for sure.

[aggiebug]

lilyelayne I have a list going for our Memorial day trip and another for my week long trip to my sister's in June. I am a planner like that.

Oh and so far the light in her room doesn't affect her sleep and we get it really early right now. I am making some black out curtains, they were supposed to be done before she came but stinker came early.

[flyster]

dacora, oh, i hope things are ok!! Good luck.

I've had a fun 12 hours of baby fluid fest. All of the fluids. So baby had a surprise bath this morning and now is sleeping again in his swing. I've cleaned parts of the house and when he wakes up I'm going to vaccume. I'm trying to designate this one room as baby safe playroom and keep DH's stuff out of it...not easy when 2 of our rooms are just filled with tools. He's started clearing one of the rooms, so hopefully we can put computers in there. My computer is in the baby safe room right now. Little squirt has been pushing himself off his playmay, so I want to keep the floor in there cleaner too...gone is the cat box!

I think a friend is coming over later with her baby and we will take the kiddos to a museum. Hers is almost 2 years old. I decided I'm not really going to try ad work from home today. I usually get a good 2 hours in from 7 to 9 when LO likes playing by himself, but the bathtime squelched that.

[wimcgrath]

dacora I hope you're able to get into your doc ASAP. Keep us posted on how you're doing!

[flyster]

aggiebug, did I tell you I got that freezer book you recommended? I've looked through it a bit, and going to take it on our trip this weekend for car reading to start picking things out. I don't like eating chilli in the summer(my main freezer option right now) because it makes me sweat more DH likes it really spicy.

[wimcgrath]

My spam: DH and I had planned to tour the day care center at his work that DD will be starting in the fall. Well, DH gets an email from work that basically trumps everything so his team is scrambling today and having internal meetings all day, meaning we need to reschedule.
That was the only real thing on my agenda today and now I'm bummed. I guess I'm getting attached to whatever "plans" I have for each day... Makes me feel kind of pathetic!

[mommadozer]

May 12, 2015 7:30:39 GMT -5 dacora said:

TMI WARNING

I'm waiting for my doctor's office to open so I can call them. I woke up at 4am this morning and went to the bathroom and I had bled through my ultra-sized tampon. After I removed it I passed three large blood clots. This morning I'm bleeding through a tampon in less than an hour and passed the largest blood clot so far, probably the size of a golf ball. I had my IUD put in a month ago.

Yikes!!! Hope you are okay. Keep us posted.

[dacora]

Had to leave a message on the nurse's line, waiting for them to call me back...

[anchovies]

dacora hope everything is ok!

izzy0927 I hope I can turn that part of my brain back on tomorrow. That's awesome your first day went really well!

WittyLittle good luck going back to work tomorrow!

lotsofdotts packing blows. Yay for a fun little getaway before you're back to the grind

[lotsofdotts]

dacora Please keep us updated! I hope everything is okay. Sending prayers!

[lilyelayne]

dacora hope doc's office calls you back soon! T&Ps!

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dacora, if it helps ease your mind, my first period after I got my first IUD was like that for a day. I was on vacation in Amsterdam and I clearly remember removing my tampon in the hotel bathroom and huge blood clots gushing out. I also had really horrible cramps that kept me in bed for a day.

I was probably stupid not to seek out a doctor to be sure nothing bad was happening, but I was fine.

I hope it's the same for you. (But with some doctor expertise added in!)

[dacora]

@ellteejay Yeah, I'm hoping it's just a one-time thing because of the IUD. I had a sort of 'mini period' right after I got it inserted for a few days, but this is my first 'real period'. It's just sort of scary because I didn't even have blood clots this bad after having DD (granted it was a c-section, which I'm sure lessened the intensity of the postpartum bleeding).

Glad to hear your situation resolved itself, I hope my issue turns out the same!

[dacora]

Just heard from the nurse, she said that there's a possibility that they may have me go to the ER. She's going to be sending an urgent message to the doctor and call me back with a final verdict. She also said that if it gets worse before I hear back that I should go ahead and go to the hospital.

[PikoPiko]

It's been so long since the last time I saw a doctor for non pregnancy or baby related issues. Going to get my hands checked out, I'm almost certain I have carpal tunnel syndrome. Everyday I wake up with my left arm and hand all numb and 3 fingers would feel tingly throughout the day. In have no grip strength either, makes holding LO so difficult. Wish me luck.

[aggiebug]

flyster yay! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. I will post through it and try to tell you which ones I have tried and liked.

I know we do the beef stroganoff, pot pie and the meatloaf frequently.

For the meatloaf I use ground beef, turkey and a roll of breakfast sausage. It's so good.

Also there is a few non freezer recipes in there I like too.

[WittyLittle]

dacora, keep us posted and take care! I hope it stops soon and they get to the bottom of it. Are you also dizzy or anything? Feel better soon!

[WittyLittle]

Does anyone have any good sites with baby food ideas? I know it's still at least a month away but I'm clueless
(ETA: pedi recommended that we start a bit earlier with a few spoons to hopefully ease LOs reflux a bit)

[dacora]

Okay. Heard back from the nurse. They're calling in a prescription to help lessen the bleeding. I'm not currently feeling dizzy or lightheaded, but they said if I do that I need to go to the hospital. If it gets worse, go to the hospital. But for now the verdict is rest, drink water, and stay off my feet for extended periods of time.

So they aren't super concerned, but I need to keep a close eye on it and take my drugs. They said that the ParaGuard is known to cause heavier periods, but they're concerned about the amount of bleeding and the clots. So hopefully the drugs help, they also wrote it for six refills if I need it for subsequent periods.