Ugh! I just checked my lab results online from blood work I had done yesterday and my platelets are at 109 (down from 186 at the beginning of pregnancy). If they fall below 100 then I can't get an epidural and have an increased chance of hemoraging.
So, it's looking like some more testing and steroids are in my future for the third time. Blah!
Looks like AJ and I are going over FIL and SMILs for a cookout on Sunday, since SMIL is having "surgery"* on Monday. Blerg. J will be at work so he gets to miss it, that lucky dog.
*surgery=what sounds like a fairly minor procedure that she is acting like constitutes major, invasive surgery.
My OB said my bleeding is going to get heavier when we get home and I'll probably get a mini period in two weeks. Did this happen to anyone else? My bleeding with Ben was heavier on days I walked around a bunch but it sounds like things are gonna get heavier now either way. Are there special things I should buy to ease things down there?
Did your OB give a reason for that? Is it because of the tear? I had a bad 4th degree tear (as opposed to a good 4th degree tear? IDK. the OB and nurses said many times that it was really bad) with DS, and my bleeding increased for a couple of days when I got home and then actually started tapering off much faster than with DD. I did take it REALLY easy this time, though. My OB said nothing more than light walking for 4 weeks and to still minimize things after that until my follow-up, and I took that very seriously because my OB's list of things that could go wrong if I did too much too soon was really scary.
Uh never, sorry. He always tried one thing for 30 seconds, got frustrated when the crying didn't stop and gave up. The good news is he is much better at toddler playing than I am?
After 30 seconds it's always, "here, I think she's hungry" and hands her to me as he runs away. I will hold out hope that he will be like your H and good with toddlers. Maybe that will keep me from daydreaming of punching him this morning.
My DH does the exact same thing. It did get better after I started leaving him alone with the baby more, because he had to start figuring it out better.
Unfortunately, what helped the most was DD1 getting older and better able to self-soothe, and weaning so that it was something either parent could handle. I cannot wait until DD2 gets there.
We're heading down to the obx tomorrow. Unfortunately there have been 7 shark attacks in shallow water off the coast of NC recently. I think the odds of one of us being bitten are slim to none but it's still kind of freaky. Wwyd about this? Avoid the water? Go in anyway? Just go in knee deep? Go in with the idea that you'll get the hell out if you see dolphin fins? Lol
We are going in August and I am not going in the water. I never really swim in the ocean anyway, but one of the articles I read said the guy was swimming in knee deep water so that's freaking me out.
I just read about the poor guy who was attacked off Okracoke. So sad
I just finished the last episode of FNL. I'm originally from a tiny town where football is everything, and watching it both made me homesick and glad that I got out.
Bas is having a mini word explosion - yay! The biggest thing is that for basically the first time in months, he is copying sounds we make. He said shirt this morning! And noodle, lol. And he got a car for his birthday that he calls New Car.
It's probably because we have an appointment booked with a speech therapist. He started making two-word phrases right before we met with an slp back in March. Stinker.
Haha, it probably is. Just like what happened to us. I got the girls all set up with EI (they start with the slp next week) and then last week they started talking and went from 1 word to about 15 now. Oh well. It will still be good for them to keep working on it.
We're heading down to the obx tomorrow. Unfortunately there have been 7 shark attacks in shallow water off the coast of NC recently. I think the odds of one of us being bitten are slim to none but it's still kind of freaky. Wwyd about this? Avoid the water? Go in anyway? Just go in knee deep? Go in with the idea that you'll get the hell out if you see dolphin fins? Lol
Proboards ate my first response.
We're still going to the beach, but E wasn't a fan of the waves/surf so we didn't really go in the ocean. I've asked DH not to go out too far. Normally I'm all "it's the ocean" but this year there have been a lot more attacks than normal.
Afternoons will be at the pool since E is still napping.
Just got back from Vegas for work yesterday. Now that I'm visibly pregnant, everyone gave me a poor you look. Which, tbh, it wasn't tgat bad unless I was outside. Outside was miserable. (PSA @starry stay inside!) Check out this forecast:
My OB said my bleeding is going to get heavier when we get home and I'll probably get a mini period in two weeks. Did this happen to anyone else? My bleeding with Ben was heavier on days I walked around a bunch but it sounds like things are gonna get heavier now either way. Are there special things I should buy to ease things down there?
My bleeding was definitely the heaviest the first two days PP. It decreased each week for the next four weeks, and pretty much stopped at about a month PP. No "mini period".
Did anybody get horrible symptoms during the 2WW? I am not pregnant but looking to see if I want to move up possible TTC. I just don't want to deal with morning sickness while on vacation.
I did not; I only felt slightly queasy and more bloated than with usual PMS. Definitely not something that would ruin a vacation. In fact, I don't think I felt bad enough the entire pregnancy to refuse a vacation!
I am so flipping tired. DD woke up at 2 screaming that she needed to poop but of course didn't. She was been getting up and yelling to use the potty as a way to get out of bed, and it's a 50/50 shot if she will use the potty. We put her back in her room and she screamed some more so I brought her to our bed where she woke up at 5:50. I gave her the iPad and sent her back to her room.
Thank goodness she has school today because she is driving me crazy. SO MUCH WHINING. My goodness. Whyyyyyyyy is there so much whining??
It's only been a week that our house has been on the market and i'm already so tired of leaving it "show ready" every morning.
I have to travel for work next week - it's a long one, sun thru sat - and my travel people are fighting me on what flights i'm allowed to take. i've never had them push back so much. it's the freakin weekend, don't make me miss the whole day with my family!
Dd and I are having SO MUCH DUN with my parents at the lake. She jumped into the lake holding my hand yesterday. She's a fish. My mom found a play floatie thou I bought for her 2 years ago and she's obsessed with it. She likes to "go ducking," lol!
That said, single parenting in this setting is HARD. My parents tend to tune her out so my mom will ask me a detailed question while DD is demanding juice or something. She also didn't go to sleep until 9;45pm last night, despite being very overtired.
I have the day off today while H is working. It has been three weeks since I have had the baby for a full day by myself because I have been back at work or we have been out of town. I have sort of forgotten what to do with him!
I think we're heading to Target and the library and the mall. I now remember how I overdrew my account on maternity leave.
I had plans of going to the mall today to look for shorts at the Loft and ON. I also need to replace my Sanuk flip flops that I bought when my feet were swollen and now they are way too big. My "problem" is that the mall that has all of the stores I need is the super high-end fancy mall and I am a frumpy post-partum fatty. Ha, I don't really care, but I also feel a bit lame wandering the mall in my Target clothes while everyone else is in Gucci carrying their LV bags. I'll be over here with my Skip Hop diaper bag lol.
This is kind of weird. It just occurred to me that if my ex-H and I had stayed married, today would be our 10 year anniversary. Weird! We are both remarried with kids now, and I can only speak for myself, but MUCH happier. I am thankful I had the courage to decide to separate - it was very scary at the time, but was absolutely the right decision.