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[lilyelayne]

Feb 6, 2015 15:02:47 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Another reason to miss work... I know all the slang words from my high school students. I just learned about "on fleek."

Apparently my haircut is on fleek.

Ditto to misshart00 - what is on fleek? Or I guess I could go ask urban dictionary.

[misshart00]

Feb 6, 2015 15:16:12 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

Feb 6, 2015 15:08:07 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

That's slang? What does that even mean?

I'm a fairly young mom and I already feel out of the loop.

Lol. I can't stand that word. My little cousin loves to tell me about outfits hair etc on fleek. It means awesome, on point, looks good etc.

I am not a fan. I miss words like cool and awesome.

[mrsclark731]

Feb 6, 2015 15:02:47 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Another reason to miss work... I know all the slang words from my high school students. I just learned about "on fleek."

Apparently my haircut is on fleek.

The younger girl (she's 22 and I've known her since she was 16) that does my hair corrected me the other day when I sent her an old pic of herself and I said her eyebrows were 'on point.' She responded back 'Yaaaas girl. On FLEEK.' 

Generation gap, for sure. 

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Feb 6, 2015 14:27:58 GMT -5 ChickenOnSunday said:

Feb 6, 2015 14:26:42 GMT -5 @ellteejay said:

You guys. Yesterday I was so proud of of myself for figuring out a way to clip my toenails while I can barely reach or see them. Then, on the last nail, my left little pinkie, I clipped the toe too. Blood everywhere!

Fortunately DH was home AND I had my phone in the bathroom with me. I had to text him to come help me. I can't see and reach well enough to clean and bandage on my own.

I'm thinking about getting a pedicure tomorrow just so my toenails can get cut. I'm 40w1d so I figure I deserve some pampering.

You are smart. I thought, oh, This baby comes out next Thursday, this is the last time I'll even have this struggle, I can do it!

I also have this toenail fungus thing that is not contagious but is super ugly, makes the nails hard to cut, and always gives pause to pedicurists, so I am very self conscious to go have it done professionally.

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Feb 6, 2015 14:32:47 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Feb 6, 2015 14:27:58 GMT -5 ChickenOnSunday said:

I'm thinking about getting a pedicure tomorrow just so my toenails can get cut. I'm 40w1d so I figure I deserve some pampering.

Of all the things, I was super embarrassed of my nails at the hospital. They're acrylic and they're so grown out and disgusting. And three of them have fallen off. Every time someone checked my IV or something, I would apologize for them.

Funny the things we dwell on. With everything going on at the hospital, one's toenails? But that's part of why I wanted to get them cut!

[mrsclark731]

Speaking of generation gaps...

[misshart00]

Feb 6, 2015 15:31:59 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Speaking of generation gaps...

One of my cousins first heard a busy signal a couple years ago and had no idea what it was.

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Fleek is absolutely news to me. Never heard it. But there's no question I'm from a completely different generation, even from many moms here, so I shouldn't be surprised.

[kaydee0402]

www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/st-josephs-womens-delivers-biggest-baby-ever-141-pounds

I don't understand how you can give birth to a 14 POUND baby and not know you're pregnant. Like, I would notice a 14 pound toddler kicking me repeatedly in my ribs.

[AppropriateChocolate]

Feb 6, 2015 15:36:33 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/st-josephs-womens-delivers-biggest-baby-ever-141-pounds

I don't understand how you can give birth to a 14 POUND baby and not know you're pregnant. Like, I would notice a 14 pound toddler kicking me repeatedly in my ribs.

What in the world.

[missys]

Officially on maternity leave!! I will pat myself on the back for having everything prepared down to the day for my students and I made all of my copies for my sub for the next two weeks.

[allonsy221b]

I'm not sure if this is spam or if this is make my own thread worthy but...

Ladies that are money smart (I am not one of you haha) I have two credit cards with a similar limit that I can pay off when my tax return comes in. I really want to be debt free!

One of them is a regular credit card that I can use in emergencies if anything happens with the balance paid off, and it has cash rewards so I can use for groceries and build my score, just pay my bill every month instead of using cash for groceries/gas. This is the card I am leaning toward paying off.

The other I can only use in a certain store, so if I pay it off, the bill is gone but I have no padding in case anything happens. I am also behind on paying this one because I just don't care about it. I know it's bad, I made a payment to catch up but again it's not a card I plan on using.(jeweler)

Balances and interest rates are about the same and I can only pay off one, hence my dilemma.

What say you ladies?

[MommyOfAMiracle]

I can't stand that "on fleek" stuff. It sounds so ridiculous!

[toadandbuggie]

allonsy221b I would pay off the one that you rarely use, just so you can get it out of the way and don't have to worry about it again!

I have a judgement question: So, as I'm breastfeeding, I bear the burden of taking care of LO all night. H gets uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep every night. Two times I woke him up at - gasp - 7:30 to change LO's diaper because I just didn't want to get up again. He gave me attitude and said "I would just do it and not wake you up if the situation was reversed." I'm like, I was just up 4 times tonight!

Should I just be 'dealing with the situation' like he said and not waking him up, or am I right here? He thinks that whoever has the baby at the time is responsible for diaper changing - even though I am with the baby 90% more than he is.

[kricha2010]

toadandbuggie i would deal with the situation before you start to resent him and things get worse. I'm guessing you are breast feeding so if it's just a diaper change maybe he should be doing that. when we had our first DH would get up with me every time at least that first week. Then we did some swapping. Just make sure you talk and are open with each other.

[allonsy221b]

Feb 6, 2015 17:49:37 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

allonsy221b I would pay off the one that you rarely use, just so you can get it out of the way and don't have to worry about it again!

I have a judgement question: So, as I'm breastfeeding, I bear the burden of taking care of LO all night. H gets uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep every night. Two times I woke him up at - gasp - 7:30 to change LO's diaper because I just didn't want to get up again. He gave me attitude and said "I would just do it and not wake you up if the situation was reversed." I'm like, I was just up 4 times tonight!

Should I just be 'dealing with the situation' like he said and not waking him up, or am I right here? He thinks that whoever has the baby at the time is responsible for diaper changing - even though I am with the baby 90% more than he is.

I don't use either, the bank one is almost maxed, the jeweler one has $5000 available.

For DH and I, I would BF and he was in charge of baths and diaper changes (while he was home). I would get a schedule together with him and do it soon because I know I would have been super pissed if I was the one doing everything on top of no sleep while he was snoring away getting all the rest he needed.

[toadandbuggie]

kricha2010 Yes it's just a diaper change. It's more annoying because it's not like I'm asking him at 3am to get up and change the diaper. We've talked and he just doesn't understand why I don't just "do it myself" because he would "never wake me up to ask me to do something." I guess I could, but since he's still home from work, I want to savor some moments of *not* having to do it all.

[toadandbuggie]

Feb 6, 2015 18:10:10 GMT -5 allonsy221b said:

Feb 6, 2015 17:49:37 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

allonsy221b I would pay off the one that you rarely use, just so you can get it out of the way and don't have to worry about it again!

I have a judgement question: So, as I'm breastfeeding, I bear the burden of taking care of LO all night. H gets uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep every night. Two times I woke him up at - gasp - 7:30 to change LO's diaper because I just didn't want to get up again. He gave me attitude and said "I would just do it and not wake you up if the situation was reversed." I'm like, I was just up 4 times tonight!

Should I just be 'dealing with the situation' like he said and not waking him up, or am I right here? He thinks that whoever has the baby at the time is responsible for diaper changing - even though I am with the baby 90% more than he is.

I don't use either, the bank one is almost maxed, the jeweler one has $5000 available.

For DH and I, I would BF and he was in charge of baths and diaper changes (while he was home). I would get a schedule together with him and do it soon because I know I would have been super pissed if I was the one doing everything on top of no sleep while he was snoring away getting all the rest he needed.

**

Hmm. Then I would pay off the bank one. I had a similar situation - I wanted to pay off the last of my student loans but also wanted to pay off my discover card. I ended up paying off neither lol and just keeping the extra money in my bank account for any kind of emergency.

It's hard to set up a schedule yet since he's still not back at work. He generally gets up around 4am to leave for work and doesn't get home till 5 or later so I know it's going to mainly be up to me. He's not against doing anything - changing diapers, bottle feeding - and claims he 'understands how hard it is to be up all night,' BUT just doesn't get why I would ask him when I'm up and have the baby. To which I feel like he should want to relieve me of some kind of duty while he is home from work.

Ugh, it's such a stupid thing to argue over!

[allonsy221b]

Feb 6, 2015 18:16:35 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

Feb 6, 2015 18:10:10 GMT -5 allonsy221b said:

I don't use either, the bank one is almost maxed, the jeweler one has $5000 available.

For DH and I, I would BF and he was in charge of baths and diaper changes (while he was home). I would get a schedule together with him and do it soon because I know I would have been super pissed if I was the one doing everything on top of no sleep while he was snoring away getting all the rest he needed.

**

Hmm. Then I would pay off the bank one. I had a similar situation - I wanted to pay off the last of my student loans but also wanted to pay off my discover card. I ended up paying off neither lol and just keeping the extra money in my bank account for any kind of emergency.

It's hard to set up a schedule yet since he's still not back at work. He generally gets up around 4am to leave for work and doesn't get home till 5 or later so I know it's going to mainly be up to me. He's not against doing anything - changing diapers, bottle feeding - and claims he 'understands how hard it is to be up all night,' BUT just doesn't get why I would ask him when I'm up and have the baby. To which I feel like he should want to relieve me of some kind of duty while he is home from work.

Ugh, it's such a stupid thing to argue over!

Ugh it is! It's so hard to find that balance when you first get home, I'm worried about how we're going to do it with 2.  Maybe tell him that he'll be doing all diaper changes while he's home and the early morning ones? BF'ing is hard work, it doesn't look like it to them but it is, and it takes a lot of time, maybe keep track of what time you wake and get back to sleep so he can see how much time you are putting in and asking him for 2 minutes to change a diaper won't kill him.

[toadandbuggie]

Feb 6, 2015 18:20:21 GMT -5 allonsy221b said:

Feb 6, 2015 18:16:35 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

Ugh it is! It's so hard to find that balance when you first get home, I'm worried about how we're going to do it with 2.  Maybe tell him that he'll be doing all diaper changes while he's home and the early morning ones? BF'ing is hard work, it doesn't look like it to them but it is, and it takes a lot of time, maybe keep track of what time you wake and get back to sleep so he can see how much time you are putting in and asking him for 2 minutes to change a diaper won't kill him.

Breastfeeding IS a ton of work. In addition to that, pumping too. I don't see how anybody can claim they understand sleep deprivation to this caliber when they have never experienced it. H tried to say 'I was up all night with him when you were in the hospital!' and I was like, seriously...that was *one* night. LO is 16 days old. Try 16 days of those same nights!

[ChickenOnSunday]

Feb 6, 2015 20:13:42 GMT -5 @nolagal said:

ChickenOnSunday are you still hoping for a VBAC? If so, how long past your due date will they let you go? Will they still let you try if they have to induce?

I am still going for a VBAC. My OB's said there will be a very delicate balance of how long they will let me go before trying to induce and how long they will let me labor before doing a RCS. My heart condition adds another wrinkle for the doctors. I do have a final eviction date of 2/12. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday and I'm hoping another membrane sweep will do the trick. 

[lilyelayne]

LO has mostly been moving down toward my pelvis, but for some reason today he's moved way up toward my ribs and is doing everything he can to push out that way, which is causing major BH. I'm currently switching between sitting on an exercise ball and leaning over it. Please please move down, kiddo, I thought we were done with this rib business, and I'm a little worried you're trying to get out of your head down position.

[dramacat]

I've developed some major shin splints in the past 2 days. Today they were so bad when I got home I could barely walk and had to use the heating pad on my legs. The crazy thing is I have a desk job and spent most of my day sitting.

[mishka29]

Feb 6, 2015 17:49:37 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

allonsy221b I would pay off the one that you rarely use, just so you can get it out of the way and don't have to worry about it again!

I have a judgement question: So, as I'm breastfeeding, I bear the burden of taking care of LO all night. H gets uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep every night. Two times I woke him up at - gasp - 7:30 to change LO's diaper because I just didn't want to get up again. He gave me attitude and said "I would just do it and not wake you up if the situation was reversed." I'm like, I was just up 4 times tonight!

Should I just be 'dealing with the situation' like he said and not waking him up, or am I right here? He thinks that whoever has the baby at the time is responsible for diaper changing - even though I am with the baby 90% more than he is.

I can understand the thought of not waking DH if I'm already up and he needs to go to work. But right now he's home to take care of baby and that means giving you a hand with something as easy as a diaper change. He'll be up a few mins and then go right back.

DH would do the diaper changes for me in the night even when he went back to work. I felt like a bit of an ass for waking him but there were a lot of feeds and I was exhausted plus he kept saying just wake me up. This time around I haven't bothered as much bc I figure what's the point! I have to call him on his cell since he's on the couch, usually there are two wake ups and pregsomnia has some benefits. In the mornings he says why didn't you call me. Lol.

[babycfeb2015]

Feb 6, 2015 22:41:20 GMT -5 dramacat said:

I've developed some major shin splints in the past 2 days. Today they were so bad when I got home I could barely walk and had to use the heating pad on my legs. The crazy thing is I have a desk job and spent most of my day sitting.

I would recommend ice over heat for shin splints. Heat will make them worse

[krispy83]

Feb 6, 2015 23:57:30 GMT -5 babycfeb2015 said:

Feb 6, 2015 22:41:20 GMT -5 dramacat said:

I've developed some major shin splints in the past 2 days. Today they were so bad when I got home I could barely walk and had to use the heating pad on my legs. The crazy thing is I have a desk job and spent most of my day sitting.

I would recommend ice over heat for shin splints. Heat will make them worse

Another vote for ice. Also if you have ace bandages, wrap your legs with them. I got shin splints pretty frequently in my teens and early twenties and those two things always helped.

[mylazypony]

Either I just peed myself or my water just broke. I'm laying here, with a pad on trying to figure out what's what. Eek

[kcrosem]

Feb 7, 2015 0:21:55 GMT -5 mylazypony said:

Either I just peed myself or my water just broke. I'm laying here, with a pad on trying to figure out what's what. Eek

Good luck if it's labor!!

[jensoprano82]

mylazypony - that's exactly what happened to me and it was my water breaking. If you get more and more leakage by moving around, laughing, sneezing, head to L&d to get checked. Good luck!!!!

[dramacat]

Feb 6, 2015 23:57:30 GMT -5 babycfeb2015 said:

Feb 6, 2015 22:41:20 GMT -5 dramacat said:

I've developed some major shin splints in the past 2 days. Today they were so bad when I got home I could barely walk and had to use the heating pad on my legs. The crazy thing is I have a desk job and spent most of my day sitting.

I would recommend ice over heat for shin splints. Heat will make them worse

Thanks for the heads up! I always feel comforted by heat, so it was my instinct to go for the heating pad. I'll definitely switch to an ice pack.