MMM Monday randoms?

[HoneySpider]

Whenever anyone posts a pee stick, I can pretty much never see the line. Then I feel dumb when, every time, everyone else says "I see it!"

[Brie]

H and I were sitting around with our pets last night talking about how we can't imagine loving anything more than we love them. We both assume something will click when the baby's born, but...yeah. Parents of the year, right here.

[catbus]

Aug 13, 2012 16:01:25 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

Whenever anyone posts a pee stick, I can pretty much never see the line. Then I feel dumb when, every time, everyone else says "I see it!"

Ditto. This is why I just bought the digital ones when I was going to test. I knew otherwise I'd still have no clue after taking the test...
Lucky for me, I got a positive the first month I actually tested, so the investment was minimal. I suppose if we were trying for a long time, I'd have learned to read those crappy pink lines.

Mine, also pee-related: There are three stalls in the restroom in my office. I do not understand the people who choose the middle one all the time. I tend to judge them as socially unaware. It's even worse if there's already someone in one end stall and another person comes in and chooses the middle stall.

[sewpinkgal]

I never skipped a meal when J was really tiny, but over the past couple of weeks, my meals are really erratic. I usually try to eat during his naps, although it's becoming more and more obvious that I need to sit down and eat my food while he has his meal. For some reason, I'm finding this a tougher transition than I thought it would be.

J is still in the infant carseat and I know I'm going to be so sad when he finally grows out of it. While he is generally a good sleeper, there have been several times this month where I've carried the seat in from the car and he has taken the rest of his nap in his nice air-conditioned room while I relax. If he was already in a convertible seat, I would have to wake him up and hope he could get back to sleep in his crib as it's too dang hot to just hang out in the car while he sleeps. I'm going to be so bummed when this option is no longer on the table.

[oregonpachey]

Ha! I just did a randoms post on my blog. I am too lazy to retype so here is a C&P of one of the entries:

Cal is teething. I think I have whined about that several times the last few weeks. He is miserable. Most days he is fine, but other days, like yesterday, he just fusses all day. No amount of teething tablets, pacifiers, ice cubes, cold teethers, frozen washcloths, Ibuprofen or rubbing his gums is helpful. He just stays miserable

[raylongivens]

I'm 8 wks pregnant and have been feeling like crap. I was really looking forward to a homemade sirloin burger for dinner last night, and I ruined it while cooking. So I grilled my very favorite black bean burger. Turns out that I now hate black bean burgers. I literally gagged when I bit into it.

I'm so bummed. I used to eat black bean burgers like twice a week. Low cal and full of protein. Wonder what my new go-to easy meal will be...

[Deleted]

My best friend is 3 weeks ahead of me with her first.

I am SOOO excited that we're going to have kids so close together. Poor DS is all by himself and now he'll get to boss two babies around!

[pugz]

I am really enjoying the SAHM thing right now. Going for walks every morning, napping, getting things done around the house because I'm not too tired after work to do anything, getting back in the kitchen and cooking and baking (used to love but stopped 3 yrs ago). I am going to my first mom's group this Friday too which hopefully will be good.

G is an easy baby at the moment though so I think it would be different if she were fussy. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop...

I do miss my co-workers but do not miss the stress. I do miss the money though

[vegas]

Aug 13, 2012 16:18:08 GMT -5 Brie said:

H and I were sitting around with our pets last night talking about how we can't imagine loving anything more than we love them. We both assume something will click when the baby's born, but...yeah. Parents of the year, right here.

This was so DH and me before we had our son. I swear my dog was like my child. We still love the dog to death, but our son is definitely the focus of more attention. Now I feel this same way about kid #2--how can #2 be loved as much as #1?

My MMM random is that my doctor stripped my membranes this morning and I'm in so much pain I can't function. What sucks is that she didn't tell me she was doing it so I called the doctor to see if it's normal to have bleeding and pain like this after a cervical exam and she told me at that point that my membranes were stripped. I was wondering what she was doing in there!

I did get news that she's going to induce by the end of the week if baby isn't here. I had a myomectomy (like a c-section) before baby #1 and had a bad tear with baby #1, so she wants to induce before letting the baby get too big and complicating things. I had a great induction with my first so I'm hoping for the same this time. I will say I'm glad to have a final date in mind but at the same time I'm super nervous!

[fortmyersbride]

I'm off work this week and thus home with the kids. DD slept in till noon! DS never slept past 6:30am until he was at least 18 mos. DD on the other hand sleeps in till 9 or 10 most days. I feel bad for her that DS goes back to school next week and I'll have to wake her to take him to school.

[pugz]

so the first day we had G home dh called her "squirmy worm" while she was on the changing table. Well I picked that up and call her squirm worm, squirmy, squirmy wormy, etc. Have little songs I work it into and everything.

he wants me to drop the "worm" as it's not "girly. the fuck man, the fuck. it's a nickname for an infant, i don't plan to call her that when she's 20!

[Brie]

Oooh and I preregistered at the hospital today. I'd never actually been to the birthing center before, but it's super nice! Very spa-like and peaceful. I'm impressed.

The baby is chilling on my right side and my belly is really awkwardly lopsided right now.

[cjeanette]

Aug 13, 2012 17:53:09 GMT -5 pugz said:

so the first day we had G home dh called her "squirmy worm" while she was on the changing table. Well I picked that up and call her squirm worm, squirmy, squirmy wormy, etc. Have little songs I work it into and everything.

he wants me to drop the "worm" as it's not "girly. the fuck man, the fuck. it's a nickname for an infant, i don't plan to call her that when she's 20!

My new name for your baby is now Butch.

[rootbeerfloat]

When DD was infant, H called her Little Bacon. I made him cut that out pretty quickly.

[Deleted]

I am slightly annoyed at dh right now. I had a mini breakdown on him last night because I still have 13 lbs to lose to get down to pre pregnancy weight & 20 lbs to lose to get to a happy weight. DS is 9 months old & the scale is moving very slowly. Dh says he will be supportive of whatever I need to try to lose the weight, and yet I am sitting at home watching ds sleep on the monitor while he is out for a run. Ps he just decider to start running again today. Grrr

[Deleted]

Brie- it is so sad, but I remember mourning the loss of the relationship I had with my dog. As soon as I brought ds home I knew that we would never have the same bond. I still love her, but it's not that all encompassing love it once was.

[pugz]

dh knows I am a nickname person

I call Toby: Chubbs, Chubby Bunny, Bunny Chubb, ChuBu, Poogface, Baby Pug

I call Betty: Boop, Boopers, Boopity Dee, Sausage, Saucy Sue, Susie, Fatty Foo, Pretty Pretty, Boppers, Bop Bop, Boop Boop

I call my husband Snuggles

so he had to know I would find a nickname for her, probably many many nicknames. I am trying to call her by her name around him though, but bets are off when he's not around!

[Willis Jackson]

I want to hold a newborn for like 2 hours and then give it back.

[Willis Jackson]

Aug 13, 2012 18:47:48 GMT -5 pugz said:

I call Betty: Boop, Boopers, Boopity Dee, Sausage, Saucy Sue, Susie, Fatty Foo, Pretty Pretty, Boppers, Bop Bop, Boop Boop

I had no idea her real name was Betty!

I call DS Gooseberry or Goosey. DD is Mooshy or Scooter.

[pugz]

yeah since she was a rescue that was the name she came with: Betty Boop (I never call her that).

[pierogigirl]

DS1 peed on the potty twice today!

[Deleted]

Yeah I call ds choo choo , chop chop, pork chops,el choo choo cabra, chooch, scootchie, scootchie butt & pork chop bear. His name is Charlie lol.

[zeewifeandmama]

Yesterday DS peed on DD....and I laughed hysterically

[jr009j]

Aug 13, 2012 18:16:41 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

I am finally starting to get psyched for the baby! It is nice to start thinking of how having her could not be all bad. I was talking to a friend at work today who had a 3 year old and she asked why I mentioned being nervous. And I said "well, maybe I'll have PPD, or troubles breastfeeding, or DH won't pull his weight, or the baby will be a horrible sleeper, or a million other things." She said "I never worried about any of that - you'll be just fine." And while I am so grateful these boards have taught me so much I definitely feel like its fed my anxieties. So I am resolving to try harder to enjoy these last few weeks!

I find myself advising my pregnant friends not to freak out about all those things because a lot of people don't deal with any of those things. People are more likely to talk about bad experiences. Especially since saying breastfeeding was easy or my baby slept through the night at 8 weeks sounds like bragging.

[jinnifah]

My husband (and baby) let me sleep in until 1PM today. 1PM!!! It was AWESOME!

[Deleted]

Aug 13, 2012 17:02:25 GMT -5 vegas said:

My MMM random is that my doctor stripped my membranes this morning and I'm in so much pain I can't function. What sucks is that she didn't tell me she was doing it so I called the doctor to see if it's normal to have bleeding and pain like this after a cervical exam and she told me at that point that my membranes were stripped. I was wondering what she was doing in there!

I'd quit my doctor over that.

For serious. I'd be finding a new one, 38 weeks pregnant.

[vegas]

Aug 13, 2012 20:40:58 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Aug 13, 2012 17:02:25 GMT -5 vegas said:

My MMM random is that my doctor stripped my membranes this morning and I'm in so much pain I can't function. What sucks is that she didn't tell me she was doing it so I called the doctor to see if it's normal to have bleeding and pain like this after a cervical exam and she told me at that point that my membranes were stripped. I was wondering what she was doing in there!

I'd quit my doctor over that.

For serious. I'd be finding a new one, 38 weeks pregnant.

Quit my doctor because she didn't tell me she stripped my membranes? I don't think it's a big deal, guess she figured I'd know what was going on since I've been there, done that. I just don't remember it from last time. and while it's annoying that I wasn't sure what caused the pain, I'm kinda glad she didn't tell me she was going to do it. The anticipation probably would have been worse than the actual stripping.

Or are you saying she shouldn't have stripped them so soon? She stripped because she'd rather me go naturally than have an induction and I can't go full term because of my abdominal surgical history. It's either c-section at 38 weeks or induction, I opted for the induction.

[Deleted]

I'm just not cool with having procedures (and I consider stripping membranes a procedure) done without my knowledge or consent. That's a big deal to me. I probably would have done it in your case, but I want to know what's going on with my body.

[vegas]

Aug 13, 2012 22:10:47 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

I'm just not cool with having procedures (and I consider stripping membranes a procedure) done without my knowledge or consent. That's a big deal to me. I probably would have done it in your case, but I want to know what's going on with my body.

I can see that. She was already doing the cervical check (done weekly) so I guess she just did it while she was in there. The process didn't take any longer than my standard cervical exam which is why I didn't notice the difference. But I do see what you are saying.

[jinnifah]

I have to agree with token, I'd be pissed. I see why she did it, but you should gave been informed it was happening