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Originally Posted by flibberlips
 you could also put some plain oatmeal into a knee hi hose and hang it around the tub faucet so that when the water is turned on it goes thru the oatmeal.Or you can pay big bucks for colloidal oat treatments which are the same thing.
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Originally Posted by amydidit
~*Jaime, I have given birth to two beautiful girls, both 100% naturally, out of the hospital and both times have been around 300lbs. With DD1 I weighed 303 when I got pregnant and was treated SO horribly by dr's. I was told I could never give birth, my baby would die, I would die, I should abort, etc. I switched dr's, got the same thing. I was so depressed. I started researching options. I just KNEW there had to be a better option. I found out about midwives and natural birth. I had literally never heard of it. I started looking for a midwife. Because I was on medicaid there was only 1 birthing center near me that took that. I went there. They refused to take me because "it would be to hard to tell where your baby is because of the fat". WTF? I wouldn't give up. I found a birthing center with an AWESOME fluffy midwife 3 hours away. Funny, she never had ANY problems finding where the baby was located. I drove there every two weeks, then every week, and gave birth there at exactly 38 weeks. My pregnancy was perfect, my birth was perfect. I never had ANY health problems at all. DD1 was 5lbs 10oz. DD2 I was 247 when I got pregnant. I gained about 50lbs that pregnancy. I started off at a birth center in Phoenix and hated it. Despite my history they still treated me like I was a walking time bomb. Bull! I found a fabulous homebirth midwife. My pregnancy went by like a breeze (except when I fell and hit my stomach I was worried then... and then at 34 weeks I started having contractions because I had food poisoning, but neither had anything to do with my size), and my birth was perfect (aside from DH popping the blow up tub I wanted to labor in). DD2 was 6lbs 12 oz. Neither time did I have ANY complications due to my size. Unless you're already prone to something your size will have nothing, NOTHING, to do with your pregnancy. Yeah, it sucked to not *look* pregnant until closer to the end. I would've loved having a nice round belly. But that's not what is important. Don't let ANYONE tell you that you're automatically high risk just because of your weight. They are wrong! Oh, and I'd tell your MIL that as soon as your baby is coming out of HER vagina then, and only then, will she have ANY say in where the birth takes place. So don't give up and don't worry about your weight. If you're healthy then there is no reason to think you won't have a great pregnancy and birth. Just look around for midwives and stay far far away from hospitals. So I was semi-promoted at work. I am now officially a member of the floor support team. That's a team of reps who walk around and help the newbies to the floor. While I work in the floor support capacity I get a differential. I don't know how much. I'll only be taking calls about 4 days per month now. Yeah! I move my desk today and then start on floor support tomorrow. I'm so excited! I'm going to update my list soon... really I am. I just haven't been in a posting mood lately. (Despite the novel I just wrote up there) We're going to be late with the rent. Very late. Like 2 weeks late. We have to pay again on everything to avoid disconnections so we will be about $500 short for rent. It was due on the 1st, but our grace period ends tomorrow. I have no idea what we'll do. We're already 2 months behind on water/trash which is paid to our landlord too. Unfortunately we're in a lease until November so we can't move to somewhere cheaper. Not to mention we have no money to move anyway. No way could we afford first month, last month, and deposit on a new place. Okay, a couple thankfuls: 1. I'm so thankful for the free trial of WoW. I've been playing for hours everyday and loving it. Now I just have to figure out how to afford to keep playing after the trial is over. 2. I'm thankful my cat knawed on my hand. Because of his bite I was on strong antibiotics. Because I was on the antibiotics I didn't get whooping cough. Yay for me being tasty! 3. Vacation time. My vacation time started over again this month so I once again have time I can use to take off from work and not lose money. {{{{{hugs to everyone}}}}} |
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Originally Posted by eilonwy
So I got up and got to my WIC appointment. Before I left, I made sure that everyone else was awake; I came home, picked up BeanBean and took him to my mom's house to pick up the book I'd left there, and to finish putting some schoolwork assignments together for his teacher. All fine so far. I got home around 2:30/2:45. . . BooBah opened the door when BeanBean rang the bell. "All right, he's upstairs online." No-- mike was *asleep.* The baby was in her pajamas and the same diaper she'd been wearing when I left for the WIC appointment (did I mention that that appointment was at 8:15 in the morning?!?!?) and BooBah was, likewise, in her jammies (less of a surprise-- the greater shock was that she was wearing anything at all aside from underpants
 ). mike is entirely unresponsive, so I start feeding him and trying to get him to talk. No, he doesn't speak until he's further along than that, says he's not feeling well and goes back to sleep. A few hours later (5:45) he gets up, says, "I only went to sleep because I had a migraine" and proceeds to spend 20 minutes puking.I'd have a lot more sympathy for him if i didn't know for a fact that the reason he has a migraine has everythign to do with the fact that he chose to go to bed after three despite the fact that I told him his ass was getting up at 7:30. He did *nothing* today-- no laundry, no calling Home Depot, no putting dinner into the crock pot (i took everything out!!!), he didn't even change the baby. So I flipped and he said, "Next time you have a migraine because you stayed up too late, do I get to give you s***?" I said, "Guess what? The last time it happened you didn't get to give me s*** because I STILL TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS!" It's called being a freaking grownup-- you make poor decisions, and you live with the freaking consequences. BeanBean can tell you all about it-- choosing to leave his jacket in the van is choosing to be cold when he gets out of the van. Why the heck can't mike figure this out? OOOOOh i want to strangle him.  :Here's what really gets me: He's gonna get up around ten or eleven and want to get online. I'm gonna laugh in his face. He can do whatever the heck he wants, but if he thinks he's sleeping all day tomorrow, he's got another thing coming.  So Bella's in a diaper and snappi, so her buns can get the fresh air they've needed for a while now and hopefully she doesn't get too rashy (but her skin is so bloody sensitive that I'm not holding my breath). I have no idea what to feed the kids for dinner, I was planning on the crock pot stuff and there wasn't nearly enough time for it to cook when I got home. They need to eat now. I'm not at all hungry. I'm too angry to be hungry. I know that if I was to tie one or more of the kids in the basement, I'd be arrested, but does that really apply to husbands who are twice your size? |
* and her Dad actually called up Mom and said "Honey, Nanette popped. Can you come back home and change her?" I wont repeat what Mom's reply was 
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Originally Posted by vannienicole
Ever been so cold that your organs are shivering? If my thyroid is messed up I am like that in 30 degree weather. Ick! I love the snow, and being on the mountain, so I guess it is a motivator to keep it in check
 . I took the first dose of my new dosage (weird wording I know) this morning, so we shall see if it gets any better. I should have been on this dose a long while ago. I normally feel ... something ... different during the day of my first dose, but I felt nothing different today. Maybe that is a good sign .Sweet: School is starting soon and that means...disbursment time is here! I pick up my check Monday.  Sour: DH's surgery is on Wed. Keep him in your thoughts please. Psst...who else is stalking justmama's posts?  |
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Originally Posted by Nature
Your shelter sounds lovely! And by the way you talk I can tell you really care about the families that stay there.
 ediesmom stopped by earlier today and brought me two air mattresses! I just got done laying down with the girls to put them to sleep and let me tell you.... it is WAY more comfy than sleeping on the floor! We have all been without beds for close to a year and 1/2 now, and I'm so thankful to have these to sleep on. I nearly fell asleep just laying down with them at 8pm. They are that comfy! And no allergy issues from your doggies either! Thank you! To ediesmom and her daughter. I also loved having someone to chat with too. I only wish I had coffee to offer while you were here! She also brought me a really cute blanket for this new babe too! My thankfuls today are simple.. I am thankful for this thread and the people here. I am thankful for the kindness of others. Good thoughts still going out to thismama. I haven't heard any updates yet, and I hope things are okay with her and the babe. |
And I made her promise to visit once a month, at least. This is also the baby my DH fell in love with, which started his baby fevor It is so awesome that ediesmom came by to bring you beds!! I am so jealous of you all who live closer! Is anyone in WV? I doubt it, but I can dream
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for justmama and her little
: Of course, she's never changed a diaper, even pee. I don't see how I'll ever get grandchildren out of that one!
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