I hate water

[soxin2]

I hate my basement.

Sump is working fine, but apparently there's water coming from somewhere. Lovely. Just lovely.

So, maybe a foundation crack or other seepage.


My H woke me up to tell me this then all thought he was gonna leave. Dude, I'm less than 3w post partum and home with 3 kids. No, I can't just "handle that" and "keep an eye on it"

[zeewifeandmama]

Ugh I'm so sorry

[soxin2]

Oct 23, 2014 8:23:04 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Ugh, you guys are due to catch a break.

I could rant and rave and pull in a bunch of unrelated stuff. I won't (it won't help me and I'll just get mired in it)


But, yeah, a break would be lovely.

And, oh, our shop vac is broken. And H is all "$$$" (which is admittedly a problem)

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If you have seepage through a basement crack, its likely just because the water table is high. Happened at our old house. Make sure the sump keeps running and that is all you can do. Shop vac wouldn't help anyway, because if the water table is high enough, it will just replace whatever you vacuum up.

Do you have a dehumidifier? That can help accelerate drying.

The rain is supposed to stop soon! Take heart! (and remember, it could be worse...your living room ceiling could be leaking like mine was this morning!!)

[soxin2]

The shop vac could/should have removed the existing puddle so I didn't have to sacrifice towels.

Apparently it was a small enough puddle that a few hand towels did the job.

Dehumidifier was running. Then it got full. H emptied it (after some prodding).

[soxin2]

In good news: the sky appears to be lightening

[vtdiamond]

Uggh, what a pain. It stopped raining here, I'm NW of the city, so hopefully it's stopped there as well.

[soxin2]

Oct 23, 2014 10:38:17 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

Uggh, what a pain. It stopped raining here, I'm NW of the city, so hopefully it's stopped there as well.

Yup.

H got a pic of the leak. I think it's a previously repairs spot, so it *might* be covered.


I have to find the paperwork from the sale to find out.

[soxin2]

(Now I whine now the the "crisis" part is over)

I'm not even 3w post partum.... Seriously, universe? Seriously??

[jenikate]

I'm sorry about your water woes. Hopefully the worst is behind you now.

[soxin2]

vtdiamond - how's the babies? How's the mama?

[vtdiamond]

Oct 23, 2014 12:11:01 GMT -5 soxin2 said:

vtdiamond - how's the babies? How's the mama?

The babies are growing nice and big!  They are estimating baby boy is already 7lbs and baby girl is 5lbs at my u/s this week.  Both are still breech so I have my c/s scheduled for 11/3 so only a week and a half to go!

I've definitely hit the wall and am ready to have these babies.  We have everything set up and all that we need to get started.  I've been working from home 4 days a week.  I went in yesterday and was totally exhausted by the end of the day - had a bunch of braxton hicks and now just keep feeling tons of pressure.  I am so ready to be done with work and to have the babies here!

How's your new LO doing?

[soxin2]

Oct 23, 2014 12:29:36 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

Oct 23, 2014 12:11:01 GMT -5 soxin2 said:

vtdiamond - how's the babies? How's the mama?

The babies are growing nice and big!  They are estimating baby boy is already 7lbs and baby girl is 5lbs at my u/s this week.  Both are still breech so I have my c/s scheduled for 11/3 so only a week and a half to go!

I've definitely hit the wall and am ready to have these babies.  We have everything set up and all that we need to get started.  I've been working from home 4 days a week.  I went in yesterday and was totally exhausted by the end of the day - had a bunch of braxton hicks and now just keep feeling tons of pressure.  I am so ready to be done with work and to have the babies here!

How's your new LO doing?

Aww yay!

They were totally off on his growth u/s - they estimated 8lb 14oz - he was 7lb 11oz at birth.

He's doing good. Was already at 8 & 2.5 at his check last Friday. Getting some neck strength. Getting closer to finding our groove.

I didn't end up needing a C and "only" pushed for 12min. Kid came out with his fist in his face (trust me there is some tenderness involved).

I'm still exhausted and angry at family; but that is what it is and I need to find peace with it. Or therapy. Because, reality is reality.

The older two are also exhausting me. DD is loving preK and I'm tempted to put her into 5x a week. DS has added new EI services and is now getting a total of 4.5hours a week of services.

[soxin2]

Oh! And I have no idea how to PIP (I don't use photo sites and I upload to Facebook sparingly)

But I would share a pic if I knew how

[liveintheville]

Sorry about your troubles soxin2 And good luck and congrats vtdiamond!