Weekly Chat, July 4th-10th - Page 2

[PicnicBear]

willemmama: I went through a really low period of total exhaustion that lasted several weeks but did go away once I gave into it and really rested. Hopefully you can get enough of a break to get the rest you need.

I have a cure for "unsolicated advice" (at least in the work place): Go into the physical sciences like me -- where I work there are no other women (besides the secretary, who is great) and therefore they don't want to talk about the pregnancy at all. I get to tell them what I want and they always just agreee or say "oh".

We had a fun but busy weekend in Madison, WI and are looking for a rental house now. We want to move from our apartment so we can get more light and more air, and more space. I think we have found something . . .

[PicnicBear]

Intersting -- I came to post to test my new sig. now that I have removed the increasingly annoying dancing banana and it appears to have changed the sig. on things I have already posted.

I am so bad at usernames and clever sigs, etc. I started using plagio somewhat randomly for ebay, and it works great as a user name everywhere since no one else ever has it. Now you all know me so too late to change. It's OK, but not very clever (well sort of clever if you are a geologist).

[DreamsInDigital]

I'm so nervous/excited for my appointment tomorrow. Please send me girl vibes! My ultrasound is at 10:30am Pacific time. Eek!!!

[meagen]

Hi everyone

Not much new here, I've had a good week, except now the in-laws are here. So, I'm hiding upstairs, pretending to be asleep. : They are quite intense, and by Monday when they leave, I'll be a wreck. But, for now, I'm the quiet, passive, offer-no-opinions wife that fil wants me to be... it doesn't last very long :LOL

Anyway, the thing that's been on the forefront of my mind is... anyone else feeling the time crunch? I have this need to: Finish Molly's baby book (it's only taken me 3 years), get dentist appts made, get her ready for preschool, pictures taken, and buy and wrap all Christmas presents (which is a ton) before Liam arrives. Then, I get so overwhelmed with what I need to do, I don't do any of it. I know it will all get done when it needs to, but I'm just wondering if anyone else is feeling like it needs to happen NOW!

Take care everyone, and have a good weekend. Stay cool (it's 100 here) if you can!

[BensMom]

Originally Posted by meagen

anyone else feeling the time crunch? I have this need to: Finish Molly's baby book (it's only taken me 3 years), get dentist appts made, get her ready for preschool, pictures taken, and buy and wrap all Christmas presents (which is a ton) before Liam arrives. Then, I get so overwhelmed with what I need to do, I don't do any of it. I know it will all get done when it needs to, but I'm just wondering if anyone else is feeling like it needs to happen NOW!

Oh I hear ya sister! Our nursery is DS's overflow play area. Every time I think I want to go in there and start cleaning out the boxes in the closet and go through everything, I have to clean the piles of toys in there first. And that's all I have the energy for! I cleaned the toys up last weekend, and somehow he has destroyed it again this week. Hopefully when I am home with him FT, he and I can have a couple of fun days going thorugh his baby clothes and toys. But as it is now, I just have such limited time and he un-does everything I do between weekends!

Here's an annoying DH story. I have been planning on getting an Amby Bed sicne I learned about it. WE had horrible sleep issues with DS and he also had reflux, so I am really hoping this bed works! Plus it looks like it takes up less space and is more portable than a swing, crib, pack N play, etc. But it costs like $250 with shipping. I found one for sale for $180, with no shipping needed. I was pretty excited. What a bargain shopper I am! DH is completely nonplussed. What a grinch! All he cares about is that its money we are spending. :

Hopefully it works out and I can get it for a good price and then I can brag here. Maybe you guys will appreciate a good deal!

Other than that, I am glad its Friday. I am going to dinner with my girlfriends tonight. Three of them are close friends from college and its always so hard fo us to get together. We used to do weekly playgroups, but with peoples work schedules and such, we have really only gotten together for each others Bdays. And this is a special time cause its no ones bday! An extra bonding night. I have since found a group of like minded parenting mamas, so these are my original, more mainstream friends, so as I get more pregnant and we talk about my HB, I am sure the discussions will get more interesting.

Nothing much planned for this weekend. Mostly I am hanging around close to home, waiting for my doula clients to go into labor. I wonder what all those labor hormones will do to me? I have heard of doulas unexpectantly starting their periods off schedule while attending a birth, because of all the hormones "in the air". Hopefully it will be positive birthing energy!

Anyone else have fun plans for the weekend?

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by plagio

I have a cure for "unsolicated advice" (at least in the work place): Go into the physical sciences like me -- where I work there are no other women (besides the secretary, who is great) and therefore they don't want to talk about the pregnancy at all. I get to tell them what I want and they always just agreee or say "oh".
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LOL, that must be my problem! I work in the female-dominated health care business, so that's why it's such a girls club with lots of birth horror stories and the like. The few men that we do have there, have been really nice, and basically have just said 'congratulations' or 'how's it going the second time around' or some haven't said a thing!

Plagio, I am so hopeless at figuring out usernames, too! I am so uncreative- every one I try is taken. I originally had a more descriptive one on MDC, but then didn't like how personal it was, so I changed it. I wondered if it had changed all my previous posts where I had posted with my old name- cool to know that it does!

Jenn- fun fun fun! Can't wait to hear how your doula'ing goes!

OH, and DID- hope your appointment went well!! I had mine today and it was pretty routine- not much to say/do. The heartbeat is there, I gained 3#, see you in 4 weeks!

[MelW]

I'm starting to feel the time crunch, too. Less than four months to my "due date"!!! I haven't bought any baby stuff yet- partly out of superstition and desire to wait and partly because this is the first grandchild/first baby in a looong time in both of our families, so we're expecting to be inundated with baby stuff... I don't want to start buying too much now that we'll never use, but really should start getting prepared : When I get home from vacation my mission for the next few weeks is to get organised and clear out some of my old junk to make way for baby.

Itsybitsy- I also work with women in health care, plus have sixteen pregnant co-workers right now (out of a staff of 150). Tons of advice, plus lots of really personal questions...one pregnant co-worker asked me if I was constipated?! I'm keeping our homebirth plans top secret at work to avoid even more advice/horror stories, but I think a lot of people suspect it anyways. And the gossip...! Luckily I also have lots of wonderful supportive co-workers, too, and they're always really understanding about workload for pregnant colleagues, etc.

[Belleweather]

Yikes, all this four months stuff is really freaking me out! I feel so unprepared emotionally to actually BE a mom, never mind that all the stuff is there. I've been just so blissed out with the summer, and great weather and the garden and my fabulous job that I don't want to think about winter coming... probably more because I dread school starting again, even though I'm excited about the baby coming in November.

Plus, I STILL have no belly, so I think I'm in a strange sort of 'oh, I'll ust be pregnant forever!' denial.

[gonnabeamom]

OMG, Bellweather, I'm the size of the house! No worries plenty of tiny women in my yoga classes who are the same length along and barely look pregnant, but I look huge, it's hard to imagine not having a belly.

I'm in the with the frenetic people in worrying about how much there is to get done, and this is my first. Mostly there is a ton of stuff that needs doing to the house that we've never got around to, and I really want to do before the baby gets here. Replacement windows, replacing leaky faucets, new light fixtures, finishing the redo of the backyard. I'm really wishy-washy about this stuff and terrible at hiring people 'cause I'n demanding and afraid of making a mistake.

I'm also feeling tired suddenly. I had some body work done last week and I'm more comfortable but yoga class was really hard. I noticed at a picnic yesterday that I've started waddling. We went for a lovely hike afterward, and it just felt like I'd gone three times as far as I had.

The exciting news is that as I was going to bed last night I got some seriously strong kicks, and was able to get DH's hand in the right place quickly enough for him to feel a whole bunch of them. It was the first time he's gotten to feel the baby move, and it just felt like this perfect little fairly tale moment.

[zjande]

Originally Posted by Belleweather

Plus, I STILL have no belly, so I think I'm in a strange sort of 'oh, I'll ust be pregnant forever!' denial.

You know what belleweather? WIth my 1st baby I didn't show at all until I finally suddenly popped out at 26 weeks. I kept a detailed pg journal & it's so fun to read. I didn't have any morning sickness, barely any other pg symptoms, no stretch marks, nothing!! And here the poeple around me kept saying "Are you SURE you're pregnant?!?" And I hated it! :LOL I sooOOoo wanted to feel all those pregnancy symptoms too! I even got SO excited when I got my 1st stretch mark! Haha. I barely felt really pregnant until my 3rd trimester.

Now, with the 3rd bun in the oven, I am also as big as a house, started showing obviously by 6 weeks, felt insane nausea, and DREAD a single new stretch mark! :LOL Funny how things change.

[flapjack]

Same here. I travelled to my first wedding in a pair of non-maternity size 10 jeans (that's a size 6 to you, I think.) The next day, 22 weeks and 5 days, there was a gap of 4 inches across the waistband, and I had to go shopping for maternity clothes on honeymoon.
Actually, thinking about it, that's 7 years ago today since my waistline went for good. Maybe I should have a party or something??

[Belleweather]

Originally Posted by flapjack

Same here. I travelled to my first wedding in a pair of non-maternity size 10 jeans (that's a size 6 to you, I think.) The next day, 22 weeks and 5 days, there was a gap of 4 inches across the waistband, and I had to go shopping for maternity clothes on honeymoon.

Oh my goodness! Perhaps I'll start carrying a pair of maternity jeans in my trunk in case the popping out happens at a really absurd time. With my luck, it will be right before we go to my first trial or something and just be a complete disaster -- I can just see showing up to court in PJ's or a mumu because that was all that fit.

I think part of the reason that I'm freaking out is that we've really got MOST of the stuff for the baby under control. The nursery lacks paint, which we haven't decided on yet, and a bookcase, but is otherwise done. The closet is full of miscelleneous baby gear from well-meaning friends. The Cosleeper is purchased, breastpump is coming from MA after I deliver, I sewed the sling this afternoon, and the baby has more clothes than a top model. We're ready. So now all I can do is chew on my fingernails and freak out. Perhaps I should investigate a hobby...