We met up with H's family and told them we were pregnant. They were all pretty excited. Except my MIL made a comment that is still bugging me. Last pregnancy it was a girl and this time it's a boy. She made a comment a little bit after we made the announcement like "still going to try for a little girl next time?". I'm sorry my daughter dying and now having a boy isn't what you wanted. Fuck right off with that shit. I know she wasn't trying to be malicious but come the fuck on, have some tact.
mrsgoontz, that shit is unfuckingbelievable. It's akin to saying to me "at least you'll still get to have a little girl" when we found out A's sex (disclaimer: no one actually said this to me). WTF? Nobody has ever tried to have a replacement baby after losing a child. I mean, at best she was trying to acknowledge that having a boy now is going to bring up all sorts of different feelings about it, but her statement was... not well thought out.
mrsgoontz, yeah no. I hope she doesn't say anything along those lines again, even without the malicious intent.
So....felt pretty awesome this morning- got up at 7, was able to hop in shower before baby needed to be fed again. Felt nice and clean......And then came downstairs- the dog ate my pumping bra. I'm livid, that bra wasn't even a week old. And the dog is 4, and knows better than to eat clothes. And I know it was him, because right before I came downstairs, he got my underwear out of the bathroom while I changed her diaper (thought I could change her then pick up bathroom after the shower since you know, the dogs haven't eaten any clothing or chewed on anything in over a year).
Had my anatomy scan and everything looked good. He is in the 50th percentile for head, waist, and limbs and weighs 12 oz. I'm measuring 4 days ahead. They couldn't see heart or spine well so I'm going for a fetal ecocardiohram in 2 weeks nd a second anatomy scan in 4 weeks. But I'm feeling pretty good about everything. The baby had both hands on error his face almost the whole time so it many good photos I'm surprised I haven't had any calls to see about gender yet! I'm sure mom and dad will be calling soon.
mrsgoontz, that is so frustrating; I am sorry. I would be PISSED, grover.
Nothing much to report on here. 24 weeks, officially 6 months. Feels SO weird to be here; it seems like we still have so far to go. G got to feel baby move last night for the first time! It was the best
Tomorrow is 30 weeks for EM. Haven't heard from her since our visit, which has me stressed out, but the agency assures me that it's normal and she's not said anything that suggests she's unhappy with how things are proceeding. I'm just going to lay off and not text her for a bit, let her reach out to me. We'll see.
The weekend was ok. I wasn't feeling well on Saturday (likely just exhaustion from work and everything), then on Sunday we ripped out the carpet in our downstairs bedroom in preparation for replacement carpeting coming soon. Yeah, underneath the carpet was BRAND NEW EFFING TILE! Which, that's great, except we can't cancel the carpet because it's already been cut! MOTHER EFF!!!
I'm sorry mrsgoontz, that was so callous. King26, I can't believe you're halfway already! Glad to hear you had a good scan! shauni27, congrats on viability oneslybookworm, I hope these next 10-ish weeks fly by for you. I know it must be nerve racking.
AFM, I'm 37+3 today. Getting so close! I have another OB appt/monitoring this afternoon. Is this when they start doing checks? Would they even do checks at all with a scheduled C? I'm in this territory now of hoping a little every day that I might go into labor early. Partly since I didn't actually go into labor on my own last time, I'd really like to know what it is like. But more I think I'm just eager. But maybe not til after Thursday. Have you all heard of Signing Time? It's a show for babies/young kids that teaches sign language. My son LOVES it. We bought a bunch for Christmas and watch it all the time. Anyway, the host (and maybe the kids?) from the show is coming to his daycare on Thursday and I really want to be there. It's like a celebrity visit! I know he is going to love it so much.
I'm sorry EM has been MIA recently, oneslybookworm. I hope the next 10 weeks fly by.
You're SO close, mpc!! My OB didn't start checks until 38 weeks, but I have no idea how that works with a scheduled C-section.
Seeing the baby move is such a trip, isn't it shauni27?! Some nights DH and I would just lay on the couch and watch DS dance around in my stomach
I'm doing well. We had a really fun weekend with DS. He's just such a happy little guy 90% of the time! I spent a good hour rolling around my bed with him yesterday just playing, making him laugh, and smooching his little face over and over. I just love being his mama so much. Now only if the kid would learn to sleep a bit, my life would be perfect!
mpc, you are so so close!!!!!!!! EKKKKKKK!!!! oneslybookworm, I am sorry she has been MIA, that truly sucks. mrsgoontz, WTF I would have lost it! shauni27, 6 months! Watching your belly dance is so fun! I miss being PG (WHO thought I would ever say that lol)
S has begun sleeping better lately, so I appreciate that. She is still doing well at daycare but does NOT take a bottle well from my DH at home (so weird since she takes bottles fine at daycare). We are just trying to plan our upcoming vacations....trying to decide which cruise to do!
shauni27, I had a dream baby was kicking like crazy. Not a dream, lol. Thanks for waking me up, kid.
mrsgoontz, my mom did something similar. We found out the sex at maybe 10 or 11 weeks, so I was still (am still, lol) really nervous about something going wrong. My mom immediately launched into how the next one HAS to be a girl, even knowing our loss and IF history. I basically told her to fuck right off if a grandson wasn't good enough for her. She's never mentioned it again. Don't try me, bitches, lol!
AFM, my H is having minor surgery tomorrow, so we're just trying to get prepared for that.
P was quiet most of the morning. He's been going crazy for the last half hour or so. Someone needs to tell him he can't bust out of that prison through the front.
I've had really terrible heartburn the last 3 days in the morning. Make sit tough to eat my breakfast, but my blood sugar numbers have been really good this week. I need to keep on my schedule. I was off a little yesterday and I had the most painful indigestion pain this morning. It's not very fun. Luckily, it went away around noon, but it wasn't a fun morning.
Saw my OB yesterday, she said I'm doing great. But apparently she's going on vacation this friday, for the next week, so she was like, you'd better tell that baby to stay in until after I get back. I guess that messes up my "plan" of trying to convince this baby to come out on friday. whoops. It's not a huge deal to be delivered by whoever is on call at the hospital, but at that point it would be a 50% chance I'd get the doctor who delivered my son who I specifically left her practice because I was unhappy with her. Ironic.
starryfish, are you going to take S on your cruise? If you go out of the port near me you'll have to let me know! hope the surgery is easy today cherryvalance.
starryfish , are you going to take S on your cruise? If you go out of the port near me you'll have to let me know! hope the surgery is easy today cherryvalance .
YESSSSSSS.....Zika is getting in my way as we would LOVE to leave from galveston which is only 20 mins from us. Looking at Bermuda right now (leaving from NY) or maybe Bahamas (they only had a couple Zika cases and haven't had any new cases in months). Debating between Carnival and RC. We always do Carnival but Royal has a nursery on some of their boats. Decisions decisions!
starryfish , are you going to take S on your cruise? If you go out of the port near me you'll have to let me know! hope the surgery is easy today cherryvalance .
YESSSSSSS.....Zika is getting in my way as we would LOVE to leave from galveston which is only 20 mins from us. Looking at Bermuda right now (leaving from NY) or maybe Bahamas (they only had a couple Zika cases and haven't had any new cases in months). Debating between Carnival and RC. We always do Carnival but Royal has a nursery on some of their boats. Decisions decisions!
When is your c section date?
april 19, 2 weeks from tomorrow!
most of the cruises I've done have been RC. I hear you on wanting to go out of the local port. I've even been able to go to work on the day the boat gets back. I haven't looked into Zika lately, I guess that will be something to keep in mind when we do plan another vacation. Right now all I have planned is a trip in August to see the solar eclipse - I think we will drive up to the north georgia mountains.
oneslybookworm, I am glad you got in to see her today. I think she is right. Distraction will never fully make this easier, but it can certainly help. Hugs, girl.
I'm sorry your MIL made that comment mrsgoontz. That sucks grover! I know you are loving on your dog but maybe he's still adjusting to the change of having the little one around. Glad you had a good A/S King26. oneslybookworm I hope these next 10 weeks fly by for you. I'm glad that you feel a little better after your therapy session. I hope your H's surgery went well cherryvalance.
It's a great day.....I can get on GBCN at work! And it's slow for me even though we are sold out due to event that is the mecca for golf fans across the world. We had some nasty storms roll through yesterday afternoon that closed the course and we are expecting another line of horrible storms tomorrow afternoon as well.
Last night I gave C a pouch after dinner and when he finished it he had a complete meltdown. He has quickly come to love those pouches. We are going to have to be careful when we give those to him because if we do it in public and he reacts the same way when it's done people are going to think we are torturing him. And he's already starting to throw little tantrums when he doesn't get his way. DD had her tantrums but she was a pretty easy going kid and it didn't start this early with her. I don't think I'm going to get as lucky this time around.
Post by cherryvalance on Apr 4, 2017 14:45:29 GMT -5
Thanks, guys! We just got home now--longest day ever. At least it went well and he's feeling okay. Hopefully the next time we're in a hospital it's baby time.
lms, how did you get him to feed himself the pouches? A feeds herself finger foods, but she's never shown any interest in eating from the pouch directly. She also won't drink from a sippy cup or hold her own bottle. Maybe this is my fault, though, because I have a lot of anxiety around how much she eats/drinks, so have always done stuff for her when perhaps I shouldn't have...
lms, how did you get him to feed himself the pouches? A feeds herself finger foods, but she's never shown any interest in eating from the pouch directly. She also won't drink from a sippy cup or hold her own bottle. Maybe this is my fault, though, because I have a lot of anxiety around how much she eats/drinks, so have always done stuff for her when perhaps I shouldn't have...
He doesn't feed himself much in the way of finger foods but that's because he just prefers to smash it so we don't give him much opportunity. I know we should give him more chances but neither H nor I want to deal with the mess. He does hold his own bottle but sippy cups are hit or miss. Regarding the pouches: I started by putting them in his mouth and squeezing it. One day he grabbed it because he didn't want me pulling it out of his mouth. Now he just sucks them now.
lms , how did you get him to feed himself the pouches? A feeds herself finger foods, but she's never shown any interest in eating from the pouch directly. She also won't drink from a sippy cup or hold her own bottle. Maybe this is my fault, though, because I have a lot of anxiety around how much she eats/drinks, so have always done stuff for her when perhaps I shouldn't have...
He doesn't feed himself much in the way of finger foods but that's because he just prefers to smash it so we don't give him much opportunity. I know we should give him more chances but neither H nor I want to deal with the mess. He does hold his own bottle but sippy cups are hit or miss. Regarding the pouches: I started by putting them in his mouth and squeezing it. One day he grabbed it because he didn't want me pulling it out of his mouth. Now he just sucks them now.
Lol, this was me, too. Until A turned a year old and started getting more willful and smacking the spoon, and finally showed some interest in putting stuff in her mouth. Even now, I'd rather feed her food that doesn't make such a mess (yes to random bits of things, no to shepherd's pie). She doesn't really need the pouches anymore, but we're going back to Canada in a couple of weeks, and it would be SO useful for her to eat straight from a pouch on our 4 hour flight that coincides with lunch time.