Weekly thread, Oct 18-25 - Page 8

[ivymae]

You guys have me .

My worst pee story: My inlaws were watching DD1 for me one afternoon so I could go to yoga during DD2's pregnancy, so when i showed up afterwards I was in yoga pants and a hoodie. I sneezed right before going in, and leaked pee, which was very noticeable on my light blue pants, so I spent ten minutes trying to get Ella ready to leave grandma's tugging at the end of my hoodie, hoping it covered the mess. I know MIL noticed, but FIL kept trying to get me to stay for dinner, or at least stay and help him with this thing on his computer, etc. I was mortified.

[justamama]

Originally Posted by ivymae

You guys have me .

My worst pee story: My inlaws were watching DD1 for me one afternoon so I could go to yoga during DD2's pregnancy, so when i showed up afterwards I was in yoga pants and a hoodie. I sneezed right before going in, and leaked pee, which was very noticeable on my light blue pants, so I spent ten minutes trying to get Ella ready to leave grandma's tugging at the end of my hoodie, hoping it covered the mess. I know MIL noticed, but FIL kept trying to get me to stay for dinner, or at least stay and help him with this thing on his computer, etc. I was mortified.

I think I remember you posting about that in the DEC07 ddc!

*I'm just waiting for the incredible pregnancy stink to come back...I think it's starting. NOT something I missed!*

[OneWithTwo]

can I just vent that being pregnant and being in a heated debate is not a good combo?
i.HATE. stupid ignorant people.period.CAN NOT STAND THEM.

[shantiani]

Originally Posted by sew_crafty_girl

Totally my hormonal fault and tonight he brought me home flowers and icecream!

Awww, that's so sweet!

Originally Posted by Carley

sehbub - also not above crying here. Does he play video games? That's my husband's preoccupation at night. I boob out on the tube & he rescues the world from the Russians or whatever. Sometimes I have to INSIST he come to bed, KWIM? Rawr!

Ah, if he plays online, he's probably rescuing the world with my dh.

He'll stop anything for a trip to bed though.

[OneWithTwo]

I'm the guilty one of zoning out on tv AND playing COD World at War....eek. Can't wait for 2 to come out in Nov...on my wishlist

[Riverbeauty]

Originally Posted by sehbub

Someone, who shall remain nameless but whose initials are My Husband, has not come to bed before 12am for the last month or so. Am not pleased.

2 or 3 am around here... driving me up the wall! The worst part about it is that our son also stays up with daddy... which makes it so I can't sleep until they come to bed... but nice to sleep in in the mornings...

Originally Posted by sew_crafty_girl

DH and I had a horrible, horrible fight last night where I acted like a hormonal, teenage daughter where I slammed doors and even told him I hated him! I collapsed into a sobbiing, hyperventilating mess in the bath. Totally my hormonal fault and tonight he brought me home flowers and icecream!

Oh. My. Gosh... I TOTALLY relate to this! I am SO hormonal and the zoloft isn't taking the edge off my moodiness... my husband actually asked me if I needed my meds adjusted after one particularly nasty fight last week... we both just busted up laughing...

Originally Posted by justamama

*I'm just waiting for the incredible pregnancy stink to come back...I think it's starting. NOT something I missed!*

Ugh... don't remind me!



On a personal TMI note... at the docs office the other day when they had me pee in a cup... I spilled some on my underwear talk about STINK! I couldn't stand the smell of myself! And I am not nearly as prepared with an extra set of underwear as I should be.

[Dena]

Originally Posted by sew_crafty_girl

DH and I had a horrible, horrible fight last night where I acted like a hormonal, teenage daughter where I slammed doors and even told him I hated him! I collapsed into a sobbiing, hyperventilating mess in the bath. Totally my hormonal fault and tonight he brought me home flowers and icecream!

Aw. Very sweet. Does your dh teach how to end a fight lessons?

Originally Posted by smeisnotapirate

DH and I have those fights all the time. The poor guy has Asperger's (very mild) and when I'm hormonal I just can.not.deal. this evening, I asked him to move something back where he found it, and he got snippy and then I got snippy, and it dissolved into a "you NEVER..." "oh, I never?? What about you never..." it was ridiculous. We should just not talk while I'm pregnant.

I don't get flowers and ice cream, though. Off to start an argument about that.

I could have written this. We don't know if my dh has very mild Asperger's or very severe ADD, and its all on the same spectrum and the treatment is the same anyway, so he has never pursued a diagnosis. But I can totally relate to your post. It has taken a loooong time (we have been married 16 years now) for me to deal - most days. Hormonal days, no way. When my PTSD is being triggered it is even worse. And his coping skills when he is tired (like from picking up the slack because I am pg and need more down time) are, well, bad. So, yeah, we have had a couple of stupid fights lately.

But hey, I don't get flowers and ice cream either. Though he did pick up milk for me on the way home.

Originally Posted by MaterPrimaePuellae

I found out today that the birth center I was *hoping* to be able to use so that I could move up to the state where my husband is and have the baby there... still has me at NUMBER 8 on their waiting list, where I have been for 2 months. So I'm not really counting that as a possibility anymore. My DD is really starting to show the strain of being away from her father, and I miss him awfully.
Furthermore, he thinks he is coming down with the flu (everyone at work has had it, so...). I guess I am thankful he is sick in a different state, and that I'm not visiting him this week (as we initially planned), but I feel so sad that he is dealing with sickness in a hotel room by himself. Thankfully he's at the very beginning and felt well enough today to go buy some elderberry syrup and oscillicoccinum. I sure hope they work well for him.

I don't know how you are doing it. I hate it when dh is not home for dinner lately - I just miss him sooo much. And being a single parent. Ugh. I hope your birth works itself out and you can move to be with him soon.

Originally Posted by Carley

But wait - some of you actually stopped leaking pee at some point?

I still have to cross my legs when I cough. Or laugh. Or sneeze.

AFM, got a LOT of work done today. Still behind. How exactly does that work? Ugh. I have a plan to be caught up by the end of the week though. It is a variation on my plan to be caught up by the end of last week.

And then there is the house. We just won't mention the house.

And dd2 has a fever. Poor kid. She just came up to me tonight and laid her little head down in my lap. So sad. I did give her a little baby tylenol, and it brought the fever right down and she perked up, so I'm not worried, just sad for her. And hoping dd1 doesn't get whatever it is. The last time there was flu in the house, all FOUR of us got sick at the same time. And the kids got better first. That sucked.

[GreenTeaGinger61]

Well peeing happens after three kids pregnant or not. So yeah it's worst. I told my dh that I was going to have buy six more packs of underwear as I'm not doing laundry everyday!

Hormonal? Ha. Seriously I am such a something....begins with B, that I can barely stand myself. Makes me a scary prof though and I'm not getting as much crap from my students as I was earlier. Dh and I fight over the stupidest things...and he always says "What's WRONG with you?" Umm...you knocked me up again!!!! But the best was when I was pregnant with my last one. Dh and I got into a huge fight. I can't even remember what it was about but it ended up with me in our room, sobbing with the door locked. I threw our bedside lamp at the door when dh kept coming and trying to continue to the discussion. At that point, my son who was four sat outside the door, saying "mama it's okay I love you." I felt awful. Of course I felt even worst when his preschool teacher gave the story he wrote for the day. Luckily he got confused but it said "Last night a lamp broke and mama cried." Ai! This time around when I feel extra hormonal I go hide away. Everyone is learning to leave me a lone.

[Peace+Hope]

Tmi....tmi....tmi....

ack! pregnancy stink?! that sounds bad, please elaborate if you don't mind.

totally peed when i was gagging up something kelly green and foamy last night.... stomach acid? definitely a first...

you guys are so cute the way you hang out at night! unfortunately, my hang out at the computer time comes at 6am...

rhiorion, i hope your realtor can grease the skids for you!

MW APPT. TODAY

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by rolenta

B'guh? Why the heck not?!

He says he just can't sleep. He's developed pregnancy insomnia.

Originally Posted by smeisnotapirate

Oh, and sehbub? Totally unacceptable. I'd march my preggo butt up to him and lay out some terms.

Or cry.

I'm not above crying to get what I want.

Oh I've cried. Trust me, I've cried. He is so worried about keeping me awake that he doesn't want to come to bed and toss and turn.

Originally Posted by Carley

sehbub - also not above crying here. Does he play video games? That's my husband's preoccupation at night. I boob out on the tube & he rescues the world from the Russians or whatever. Sometimes I have to INSIST he come to bed, KWIM? Rawr!

No, he's not really a stay up for video games kind of guy. Most of the time he ends up doing extra work for the next day.

Originally Posted by erickalynne

can I just vent that being pregnant and being in a heated debate is not a good combo?
i.HATE. stupid ignorant people.period.CAN NOT STAND THEM.

No, it's not good. I'm so not as good verbally as I am in text when I have time to prepare my thoughts, and that's all the time, not just when I'm pregnant.

Originally Posted by Riverbeauty

2 or 3 am around here... driving me up the wall! The worst part about it is that our son also stays up with daddy... which makes it so I can't sleep until they come to bed... but nice to sleep in in the mornings...

DH has been staying up 'til 2:30 some nights, then getting up at 5 or so to drive in to the office (hour and a half one way commute). I worry about him.



Of course last night, while I was typing that, he came up, said goodnight and went right to sleep. When we woke up this morning I gave him sh!t about it and he said, "well, I really really really want to, but my throat hurts and I don't want to get you sick." Then don't kiss me! Geez. How hard is that?! Apparently, very difficult. I'd be really pissed if he wasn't so sweet about it.

In his defense for the last 12 weeks, hearing me get sick 14 times a day isn't very sexy. But still, I've been on these meds for almost 2 weeks now, and nothin doin. Oh well. We'll figure it out. We went through this to a lesser extent last pregnancy. Pregnancy just freaks him out. Since I've had a preemie, he's extra cautious, I think.

[rhiOrion]

My DH is definitely up later than me, and he IS playing video games. I don't know if it's russians he's fighting, but it's some game where all these people run around big rooms and shoot at each other. I just hate it when he gets really angry at the game and slams his hand down on his desk... he's pretty good at not doing that after I'm in bed, but on the occasion that he has he jerks me awake big time.

[OneWithTwo]

I slept like total crap up and down and tossing and turning.
BAH.
I have to work today, tomorrow, and Friday...normally I have a day off somewhere inbetween to get some good rest. Next week I work all 5 days too...I don't know if I can do it? I need the money.
and it's raining....
bah humbug.


I love video games. Always have. Call me the geekiest girl ever, but I have a Wii, xbox360, xbox, ps2, gamecube, dreamcast, and a n64...throw in some gameboy advance too. geek.
Like I said I am counting down until Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 comes out Nov. 10...it's going to be bad because it's a weekday and how am I going to try my new game out?
i however do not play computer games.

[MaterPrimaePuellae]

Originally Posted by Peace+Hope

1 ack! pregnancy stink?! that sounds bad, please elaborate if you don't mind.

totally peed when i was gagging up something kelly green and foamy last night.... stomach acid? definitely a first...

2 you guys are so cute the way you hang out at night! unfortunately, my hang out at the computer time comes at 6am...

rhiorion, i hope your realtor can grease the skids for you!

MW APPT. TODAY

1. Well, I hope I'm not leaping out to confess even more nastiness about myself when this not what is being discussed..... but personally, my "vaginal flora" changes dramatically during pregnancy, and it *does not* smell pleasant. Really it's just a lot more concentrated/abundant, but IMO it is gross. One of the best things about being past the 1st tri smell sensitivity is that I am no longer quite as sensitive to it. It's a pretty depressing thing to be totally disgusted by the smell of your own body. Ick. It seemed, in fact, that every bodily odor was worse, but that might have been more a nose issue than a body issue.

2. I know! I am on the east coast, so I don't know if that has to do with it or if you guys are all just night owls, but I was *trying* to pull myself to bed at 11:30 and there were all these new posts! I am trying to protect my immune system and rest for the baby! I do not need these temptations!

[smeisnotapirate]

My pg smell is the BO. I'm applying deodorant 3-4 times a day, starting in the 2nd tri. So annoying.

[Amandamanda]

i think its funny how riled up everyone gets with their dh staying up late. my dh doesnt come to bed till midnight at LEAST- yes most likely because of video games and it doesnt bother me in the least. i'd rather him take care of all his responsibilities/spend time with the kids when he gets home, then spend time with me before i go to bed (usually around 10:30 or so). if he wants to spend time playing video games/watching tv while everyone is asleep that is his business. as long as he is still getting up in time for work/getting the oldest ready for school in the morning and able to function and get all he needs to done, i really couldnt complain about how long he stays up at all.

[rhiOrion]

Originally Posted by Amandamanda

i think its funny how riled up everyone gets with their dh staying up late. my dh doesnt come to bed till midnight at LEAST- yes most likely because of video games and it doesnt bother me in the least. i'd rather him take care of all his responsibilities/spend time with the kids when he gets home, then spend time with me before i go to bed (usually around 10:30 or so). if he wants to spend time playing video games/watching tv while everyone is asleep that is his business. as long as he is still getting up in time for work/getting the oldest ready for school in the morning and able to function and get all he needs to done, i really couldnt complain about how long he stays up at all.

I don't really mind if my DH stays up playing video games, as long as he does it quietly. Though I do wish he'd occasionally come to bed and cuddle!

On another topic- I just got my H1N1 vaccine. So far so good, my arm is a little sore and weak feeling, but hopefully that's the worst of it.

[Peace+Hope]

Originally Posted by MaterPrimaePuellae

1. Well, I hope I'm not leaping out to confess even more nastiness about myself when this not what is being discussed..... but personally, my "vaginal flora" changes dramatically during pregnancy, and it *does not* smell pleasant. Really it's just a lot more concentrated/abundant, but IMO it is gross. One of the best things about being past the 1st tri smell sensitivity is that I am no longer quite as sensitive to it. It's a pretty depressing thing to be totally disgusted by the smell of your own body. Ick. It seemed, in fact, that every bodily odor was worse, but that might have been more a nose issue than a body issue.

wow, thanks for putting it out there, MPP, or is it ok if i keep calling you mater? anyway, i appreciate the honesty. i guess i haven't noticed a difference in smell, though i am much wetter -- no lace panties, that's for sure!

my midwives just called me. they were up ALL night at a birth, and just asked if we could move our appointment til next week! i was like, sure . then i very calmly (riiight) explained that i had worked myself up to hear the heartbeat TODAY! is it possible we could do that the next couple of days???? heh, one of them will stop by friday morning for a quick dopler. disaster averted! it's totally cool anyway, b/c i'm about a week early on appointments right now - first one was 11 weeks, this one would have been 15. so now it will be 16, then 20 (fetoscope!).

[CherryBomb]

I'm a video game geek, too, though I just don't have the time anymore for a lot of it! I'm thinking of reactivating our WoW accounts though, since the weather is getting cold and we won't be able to go outside. I really want a Xbox 360, too, hoping we'll have some left over money from our tax return next year to get one. Mostly I'm playing Sims 3 and of course, Age of Empires III is my standby.

And yeah, I leak urine when I sneeze, too Thankfully it's not much, but it's frustrating and embarassing.

[sew_crafty_girl]

I'm totally there with the vagina stank too. I can't stand the smell of myself. Cottonelle moist wipes are my friend.

[OneWithTwo]

rough rough rough morning at work. My boss left and all the littles FELL apart SCREAMING and screamed for an HOUR until I put them all in bed.
Then the oldest started throwing up......
omg I need a job where I am not so stressed. I find myself losing more and more patience. The twins are about to turn 1 and OMG the tantrums.
is it bad that I want to search for a new job? I have been with them just short of a year and I know this is a secure and stable job...I just feel really stressed and I am starting to dread coming to work, which I do not like. I used to love coming. But I am cooped up here(my vehicle isn't big enough for 4 carseats)...with nothing but the tv...just one small box of toys...not much else to do.