Monday Rants/Raves/Whatever

[sully326]

Let it all out, ladies. The good, the bad & the ugly!...

[sully326]

So, a friend of mine came over Friday night with her 3-year-old daughter. Within 10 minutes of them being there I noticed her daughters nose was pouring snot. I said, "Dude, her nose is running down her face right now..." My friend said they had just come from her grandma's house & it was probably her allergies acting up from being around the long haired dog over there....

Well, yesterday, my sons nose starts pouring down his face & he's coughing like crazy. He really does have allergies & I tried to play it off as such but we never even left the house & I'm not stupid. Last night he was up every 2 hours crying because he couldn't breathe & was coughing his brains out. I gave him his allergy meds & nose spray & it would ease it some but it wasn't doing much.

::QUE FREAKOUT!!!:: DUDE, WTF?! The way it looks, it's not allergies, he's freakin' sick & caught it from my friends kid which means he's probably contagious! I called his Dr to make an appt because something has to be done & they told me there seems to be a sinus infection going around. Just grrrrrreat! I'M HAVING A BABY IN 4 DAYS!!! He can't be sick. I can't catch this. DH can't catch this. THE BABY can't catch this!! I was stressed before but now I'm really trippin'! Normal "sickness" doesn't bother me. It is,what it is. If I get sick, oh well. But not when I'm supposed to have a baby soon!!!

[beersandweirs]

Ugh, I was really hoping to have the baby this weekend, I don't want to go to work...

[beersandweirs]

Jun 8, 2015 8:39:02 GMT -5 sully326 said:

So, a friend of mine came over Friday night with her 3-year-old daughter. Within 10 minutes of them being there I noticed her daughters nose was pouring snot. I said, "Dude, her nose is running down her face right now..." My friend said they had just come from her grandma's house & it was probably her allergies acting up from being around the long haired dog over there....

Well, yesterday, my sons nose starts pouring down his face & he's coughing like crazy. He really does have allergies & I tried to play it off as such but we never even left the house & I'm not stupid. Last night he was up every 2 hours crying because he couldn't breathe & was coughing his brains out. I gave him his allergy meds & nose spray & it would ease it some but it wasn't doing much.

::QUE FREAKOUT!!!:: DUDE, WTF?! The way it looks, it's not allergies, he's freakin' sick & caught it from my friends kid which means he's probably contagious! I called his Dr to make an appt because something has to be done & they told me there seems to be a sinus infection going around. Just grrrrrreat! I'M HAVING A BABY IN 4 DAYS!!! He can't be sick. I can't catch this. DH can't catch this. THE BABY can't catch this!! I was stressed before but now I'm really trippin'! Normal "sickness" doesn't bother me. It is,what it is. If I get sick, oh well. But not when I'm supposed to have a baby soon!!!

I'm sorry, that really sucks. Hopefully it goes away quickly for your son, and you can manage to not catch it!

[sugarkissed]

Oh no sully326, hope he feels better soon and that you stay healthy!!

[Widget123]

1. The last couple of days I have been really nauseous. The heartburn is suddenly raging now too. But I can't complain, because these symptoms waited 37 weeks+ to show up.

2. DD's clinginess continues to skyrocket. DH is getting really desperate with DD's nightmares and sleep regression of sorts (mentioned previously). DD was screaming for over an hour in the MOTN about how she didn't want to sleep in her bed and DH was there to try to calm her down the entire time for a change.

3. Over the weekend SIL agreed to watch DD while we are in the hospital which is a relief. MIL acts like she would be available to help, but with work, her packed social calendar, aggressive dogs in her house, and her overall lack of ability to take care of a toddler, her watching DD is extremely impractical.

4. Got a few more things done that weren't completely necessary but will make life easier when baby arrives, mostly related to cleaning and putting away large unnecessary objects in the house like DD's high chair, DD's play tent, etc.

[alayne926]

Ugh sully326, DS is also fighting some sort of sinus/cold/allergy concoction.

[sugarkissed]

I'm grumpy because I woke up today and I'm still pregnant. Come on body, do something.

[mrsmonogrammed]

So tired of these fake out contractions...just do something already!!

And there's nothing like waiting until the last minute to call pediatricians and see if they accept your insurance so that you can have someone there to check on baby after she's born....10 days and counting until she's here!!

[mnp48]

sully326, Ugh. That's not good! I hope your son feels better! We have quite a few pregnant ladies (5 of us!) in our group. Fortunately, the other non-preggers are considerate enough to not to come out to outings with their sick children.

I just starting spotting this morning. The nurse is not concerned at all. Apparently, you're suppose to bleed like you're on a period before you can actually freak out. *shrugs* Uhh, ok? I guess, it's just wait and see...

[erbear]

I hope he feels better, sully326!

First day of summer vacation over here and other than my OB and chiro appointments, I have nothing planned. I might go to the library today. Exciting!

[islandgirl14]

I want to rant about everything... was in l&d in the middle of the night Saturday, as I had timeable contractions, only to be sent home with nothing. Had contractions all last night too, but here I am still. My skin started getting super itchy yesterday and was so bad last night it kept me up, so I put a call into my OB this morning... naturally, the SS in me is convinced I have cholestasis. I'm on literally like 5 hours of sleep for the whole weekend, and today my maternity leave help starts and I have to train them, and I have zero energy to do so. Grumble grumble. Get this baby out!!!

[alayne926]

I complained about this in the MOTN thread, but I need to add more....

So, DH turned me down again for sexy time lastnight. This used to be a big issue when it was me turning him down and would turn into blow up arguments. We even have a "deal" where if I don't feel like it, if I give him a BJ, he'll give me a back rub. However, there's no deal the other way around, and he never offers.

After lastnight, I was feeling pretty bad about myself....I mean, come on man...I'm 8+ months pregnant, feeling huge and ugly, just wanting some sort of human connection....can't you just suck it up? It took me a long time to fall asleep and when I did, I had an awful dream about walking in on him cheating on me.

This morning when he asks me what my dream was about, he just sighed at me and was like, "Come on, Angie..." I just left for work.

[lalamomma]

Basically ditto anyone who said "is it time yet?"- "Get this baby out" or any variation of those things lol.
Between hemmroids, contractions, and those 2 lovely hospital trips I'm just over it.
Ironically Saturday is the best I've felt in weeks and I was able to do some solo shopping and stuff. I really enjoyed it. I really need to wait another day to go into labor though. Ugh

[ladymouse]

sully326 I'd want to throat punch that friend. Seriously, you couldn't give me a heads-up that your kid is sick and let ME decide whether or not to take the risk? (This is one reason why I'm not going to visit family when the baby is under 6 months. My SIL regularly insists that her younger son just has "allergies", then everyone they visit gets sick. Oh, get some empathy and keep your kid home for a few days.)
islandgirl14 - prodromal labor sucks.

[billyhorrible]

Jun 8, 2015 8:39:50 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

Ugh, I was really hoping to have the baby this weekend, I don't want to go to work...

x2.......for the second weekend in a row!


mnp48, I was spotting last week and my doctor said it's a good thing at this stage - sign of impending labor, meaning you're dilating enough for some of the inside stuff to come out.  Hopefully soon that inside stuff will be a baby!

[turtletyme]

ughhh case of the Mondays over here! I really wanted to have a baby this past weekend!

Someone just sent me a weekly meeting invite at which I am "required" through October. LOL. A week from today is my last day of work, assuming I don't pop this baby out before them. I ignore your invitation, kthxbye.

Once DH and I got to BBB yesterday to buy the halo bassinest, he decided it was stupid and too much $ and that a PNP would do the same thing and more for half the price. What do I care, I just didn't want to be trying to reach in the crib after a c/s. I guess he was right, and it was totally HOT watching him set that thing up. But now he's got it set up in our room and I had to maneuver my giant self around it all night. Going to have to find a new spot for that bugger before I trip, fall and die.

[lalamomma]

One of my close friends and I were born a few hours apart... And she just had her baby. Of course I can't help but think how awesome it would be if I had my baby today too. I'm totally jealous! Lol

[holliberry28]

Jun 8, 2015 8:52:56 GMT -5 mnp48 said:

sully326, Ugh. That's not good! I hope your son feels better! We have quite a few pregnant ladies (5 of us!) in our group. Fortunately, the other non-preggers are considerate enough to not to come out to outings with their sick children.

I just starting spotting this morning. The nurse is not concerned at all. Apparently, you're suppose to bleed like you're on a period before you can actually freak out. *shrugs* Uhh, ok? I guess, it's just wait and see...

This is me since last night.  It's not as much as period, but it's much more than spotting.  Waiting for my OB to call back.  It just doesn't look like mucus.  Bright red watery discharge and a very small amount of what looks like dark red clots or mucus? when I pee. 

[ladymouse]

Last night was my last D&D night until the baby is no longer EBF. Two of the couples offered to babysit any time, especially if I go into labor before my mom gets here. Awwwwwww... I had to fight hard not to start crying. (Of course, I'd also been having 90 second contractions every 8-10 minutes, at the highest intensity they reached with DS, so the back pain was contributing.)

2 false labor starts now, along with sporadic contractions going on 4 days now. I just hope I don't start labor as exhausted as I was last night.

[sully326]

Thanks, ladies. DS has a Dr. Appt today so hopefully they can give him something.

[bendherova]

I just ugly cried while driving when "Til I See You Again" came on then radio. Stupid hormones.

[bendherova]

Jun 8, 2015 10:17:57 GMT -5 sully326 said:

Thanks, ladies. DS has a Dr. Appt today so hopefully they can give him something.

I'd be so pissed at your friend!! not cool.

[bendherova]

Also, apparently Medela doesn't sell replacement tubing anymore? I've checked Amazon, Target and BRU, and the only way to grt it is by buying a $55 replacement parts kit??

I don't need all of the parts in that kit, just tubing and membranes. Nuts.

[mrsmonogrammed]

I'm with @kej0004 -everyone at work sucks. If one more freaking person asks me "are you excited?!" or "are you freaking out about labor yet?!" I'm going to scream. I think I'm going to start telling them I'm actually not excited at all, and that labor/delivery med-free is going to be my favorite part or pregnancy!

Gahhhhhhhhhhhh-__-

[Widget123]

Jun 8, 2015 10:25:24 GMT -5 bendherova said:

Also, apparently Medela doesn't sell replacement tubing anymore? I've checked Amazon, Target and BRU, and the only way to grt it is by buying a $55 replacement parts kit??

I don't need all of the parts in that kit, just tubing and membranes. Nuts.

For which specific model?  I had no problem finding replacement tubing, and they still sell generic brands of tubing that are also compatible for it on Amazon.  I would be shocked if Medela still sold it for my pump but not yours.

[bendherova]

Jun 8, 2015 10:38:19 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Jun 8, 2015 10:25:24 GMT -5 bendherova said:

Also, apparently Medela doesn't sell replacement tubing anymore? I've checked Amazon, Target and BRU, and the only way to grt it is by buying a $55 replacement parts kit??

I don't need all of the parts in that kit, just tubing and membranes. Nuts.

I think you can buy just tubing directly from the Medela website.

And I only know that because I was looking up the specs on the tubing because it's expensive and there's nothing special about it... so you could actually probably just get tubing at like Lowe's and it would be the same. Probably voids your warranty or something though.

Thanks, I'll check their site! My second option is to check to see if insurance will just provide
me with the kit since I'm not getting a new pump.


I seem to remember the tubing being under $20 when I replaced it in 11-12 with DS. My warranty is likely long over anyway, since the pump is 4 years old.

[bendherova]

Jun 8, 2015 10:46:54 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Jun 8, 2015 10:25:24 GMT -5 bendherova said:

Also, apparently Medela doesn't sell replacement tubing anymore? I've checked Amazon, Target and BRU, and the only way to grt it is by buying a $55 replacement parts kit??

I don't need all of the parts in that kit, just tubing and membranes. Nuts.

For which specific model?  I had no problem finding replacement tubing, and they still sell generic brands of tubing that are also compatible for it on Amazon.  I would be shocked if Medela still sold it for my pump but not yours.

It's the Pump In Style advanced. I've seen the generic tubing through Amazon, but not anything Medela other than in this kit.

[Widget123]

Jun 8, 2015 10:32:25 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

I don't know if I'm being hormonal but I'm just not impressed with the pediatric practice I have chosen. They've been good about setting LO up with her bililight and lab draws. However I feel like they aren't personable. Dr today didn't even introduce herself and I don't think they are good at acknowledging my anxiety over the whole thing on top of being a FTM with a newborn. I'm new to all of this and I feel like LO and I are just another patient they have to see as opposed to actually caring. Am I being crazy?

This is a practice with multiple peds in it?  How many of them have you seen so far?  It might take a few more trips   there until you find "the one".  I think the one I take DD to see regularly was maybe the 4th ped in the practice I met?

[bendherova]

Jun 8, 2015 10:47:01 GMT -5 bendherova said:

Jun 8, 2015 10:38:19 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

I think you can buy just tubing directly from the Medela website.

And I only know that because I was looking up the specs on the tubing because it's expensive and there's nothing special about it... so you could actually probably just get tubing at like Lowe's and it would be the same. Probably voids your warranty or something though.

Thanks, I'll check their site! My second option is to check to see if insurance will just provide
me with the kit since I'm not getting a new pump.


I seem to remember the tubing being under $20 when I replaced it in 11-12 with DS. My warranty is likely long over anyway, since the pump is 4 years old.

Medela's website has just the tubing for sale. Awesome!