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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 6:49:50 GMT -6
I’m overly excited about a *~*~MARCH~*~* thread!!!! So many birth stories and squish pictures in our near future!! ...and an actual baby if you don’t already have yours yet.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 6:58:05 GMT -6
Total random: a Facebook friend complained about moms with one kid using two seater car carts at the grocery store on a Mommy blog article and got lit up. I’m laughing bc I think she expected a lot of support - welcome to the internet, friend. Also, welcome to the real world where car cart availability is considered a FWP.
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Mar 5, 2018 7:02:07 GMT -6
I'm excited too Leaf 🌱! I slept last night. Actual, real sleep. I haven't had a good nights sleep in quite awhile. I feel so much more human. An awesome way to start the week, that's for sure. Oh and today is DH's birthday, which means cake!
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Post by pearbear on Mar 5, 2018 7:07:44 GMT -6
I can't believe it is our BMB's time already. I was constantly stalking the Jan/Feb board for stories and I am so excited we are starting to have our own here!
Though, I have a mid-April due date, so I still feel like I have an eternity to go. I am having a hard time feeling motivated at work. There is so much to do for me to prepare for my leave, but I just don't want to do any of it.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 7:16:28 GMT -6
I can't believe it is our BMB's time already. I was constantly stalking the Jan/Feb board for stories and I am so excited we are starting to have our own here! Though, I have a mid-April due date, so I still feel like I have an eternity to go. I am having a hard time feeling motivated at work. There is so much to do for me to prepare for my leave, but I just don't want to do any of it. +1 to literally all of this. Less than 6 weeks to go sounds so far and so close. I’m trying to have everything done at the end of the month and then just coast for 2 weeks... or 3 if this baby doesn’t feel like being on time. Also, I’m the only one that has the tech rights/skills to do 80% of my job so I feel like my maternity leave/coverage memo is literally just “DONT TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL I COME BACK. If there is an emergency, only this contractor may try to fix it.”
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Post by ovenrack on Mar 5, 2018 7:21:30 GMT -6
39 weeks today.
I'm having mental difficulties. M was born 6 days "late" (i know, I know, 40+6 isn't really late, it's in the realm of regular full term) and I'm trying to wrap my head around two more weeks of feeling like this. I just feel a lot more pain and discomfort than I did with either of my previous pregnancies. Being home alone with a toddler and a preschooler is manageable but... not the best all day every day.
Oh well. Just keep chugging along, right? The kids go to daycare tomorrow so I am going to try to get a pedicure (I have a gift card!) and maybe even a haircut too. Live it up!
And even though my chiro said I looked good, maybe I'll schedule to see him on Thursday. CRACK ME OPEN, CHIRO!
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Post by pearbear on Mar 5, 2018 7:26:11 GMT -6
I can't believe it is our BMB's time already. I was constantly stalking the Jan/Feb board for stories and I am so excited we are starting to have our own here! Though, I have a mid-April due date, so I still feel like I have an eternity to go. I am having a hard time feeling motivated at work. There is so much to do for me to prepare for my leave, but I just don't want to do any of it. +1 to literally all of this. Less than 6 weeks to go sounds so far and so close. I’m trying to have everything done at the end of the month and then just coast for 2 weeks... or 3 if this baby doesn’t feel like being on time. Also, I’m the only one that has the tech rights/skills to do 80% of my job so I feel like my maternity leave/coverage memo is literally just “DONT TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL I COME BACK. If there is an emergency, only this contractor may try to fix it.” Ha, yes, this is mine too! I am hoping my team can just stick to the status quo, not allow anything crazy to happen for 12 weeks, then we'll be golden. Oh, and don't bug me too much (if at all) while I'm on leave, thanks. Fingers crossed
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Post by snowmoon on Mar 5, 2018 7:31:35 GMT -6
I feel like this baby can not be born before St. Patrick's day. Like I need a week off of work to veg and we need to have a date night before I can be mentally prepared. I still keep telling myself that I'll go past my due date but part of me doesn't believe it.
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Post by calendula on Mar 5, 2018 7:52:10 GMT -6
I met with my HR department last week to go over the details of my FMLA. In the course of discussion, she realized that I have a comp time structure, which I guess she didn't know before. I'm a municipal employee and since I work a lot of evening meetings, those hours go into an informally kept log of comp time that I can use here and there as needed. Like most of my colleagues, I will never actually use it all...right now I have over 60 hours despite using it regularly for things like doc appointments, parent conferences, etc. The HR person was very firm that I needed to be better about using that time.
Which got me thinking that maybe I should think about going out on leave a week early. It wouldn't interfere with my FMLA coverage, which starts the day the baby is born, and with a little nudge from HR I feel better about taking advantage of that accrued comp time to get paid. I only have two weeks of work left anyway. I could take a week off early at 39 weeks. Seems reasonable.
I'm kind of running out of things to wear to work, lol. And I could spend the days at the pool, staying comfortable, making freezer meals, and eating as much pineapple as humanly possible.
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Post by yianna on Mar 5, 2018 7:56:10 GMT -6
39 weeks today. I'm having mental difficulties. M was born 6 days "late" (i know, I know, 40+6 isn't really late, it's in the realm of regular full term) and I'm trying to wrap my head around two more weeks of feeling like this. I just feel a lot more pain and discomfort than I did with either of my previous pregnancies. Being home alone with a toddler and a preschooler is manageable but... not the best all day every day. Oh well. Just keep chugging along, right? The kids go to daycare tomorrow so I am going to try to get a pedicure (I have a gift card!) and maybe even a haircut too. Live it up! And even though my chiro said I looked good, maybe I'll schedule to see him on Thursday. CRACK ME OPEN, CHIRO! Nah girl — in my life anything past 40w is overdue. Don’t beat yourself up too much! You’re a saint bc I beg for induction.
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Post by yianna on Mar 5, 2018 7:56:38 GMT -6
6w from today is our set eviction date at 39w.
Is it mean to pray I don’t go that long?!
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Post by calendula on Mar 5, 2018 8:00:01 GMT -6
6w from today is our set eviction date at 39w. Is it mean to pray I don’t go that long?! Not at all. The last days are excruciating. Are you having a section? I'm jealous of scheduled eviction dates. Mine won't let me go past 41 weeks, which is better than last time (I was 41w5d I think?) but I kind of wish my OB was a little more assertive about setting a date somewhere close to 40w. I know empirically she has no reason to but I can't help myself!
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Post by alwayscheese on Mar 5, 2018 8:34:17 GMT -6
I feel like this baby can not be born before St. Patrick's day. Like I need a week off of work to veg and we need to have a date night before I can be mentally prepared. I still keep telling myself that I'll go past my due date but part of me doesn't believe it. Ya I'm on this bench with you. I tell everybody "I doubt he'll be here before St Patrick's Day." I wish I could count on it.
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Post by cornpop on Mar 5, 2018 8:34:27 GMT -6
ovenrack, 40+6 is for sure late. 40 days and 1 minute is late to me.
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Post by auri on Mar 5, 2018 8:35:25 GMT -6
I'm so excited for more MA18 babies! I hope everything is going smoothly for polson and woodenshoes. We went to lunch and the zoo with some friends yesterday. DD is so cute with our friends little boy. She asked him if he was her best friend and told him she loved him.
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Post by woodenshoes on Mar 5, 2018 8:44:08 GMT -6
Things are going slowly so far. I was only at 2 cm about an hour ago. We started pitocin around 7:00 am. They broke my water a little bit ago. I am having contractions but nothing unbearable yet.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 8:45:08 GMT -6
calendula do t so i can live vicariously through you. Post lots of pictures of pineapple spears next to the pool.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 8:47:15 GMT -6
ovenrack, 40+6 is for sure late. 40 days and 1 minute is late to me. DD was born on her EDD so I’m sure I’m setting my expectations WAY too high. FFMC I’ve already warned DH that we’ll be DTD everyday starting at 39 weeks and I will only be eating pineapple and eggplant Park. I cannot handle being overdue. They’d probably have to induce me bc the anxiety would cause my BP to skyrocket.
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Post by snowmoon on Mar 5, 2018 8:47:53 GMT -6
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Post by calendula on Mar 5, 2018 9:19:45 GMT -6
Pineapple, eggplant parm, walking, sex, raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose, castor oil (no), spicy food. What am I missing?
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Mar 5, 2018 9:38:37 GMT -6
Pineapple, eggplant parm, walking, sex, raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose, castor oil (no), spicy food. What am I missing? Nipple stimulation. The fun way or a breast pump.
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Post by polson on Mar 5, 2018 9:55:43 GMT -6
woodenshoes 2 isn’t so bad! hopefully things move quickly once once they break your water and crank the pitocin...i hope everything goes well for you!
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Post by calendula on Mar 5, 2018 10:04:27 GMT -6
polson, what's up with you? Any news?
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Post by polson on Mar 5, 2018 10:04:47 GMT -6
quick update will probably add more to announcement or something later...but violet catherine was born last night at 11:47 after about 10 minutes of pushing...sorry it’s taken so long for me to hop on things are just a little crazy running back and for between rooms and now what you’re really here for
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Post by sweetc129 on Mar 5, 2018 10:07:13 GMT -6
polson, She is adorable!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the name too!! Congratulations!
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Post by snowmoon on Mar 5, 2018 10:10:37 GMT -6
She's beautiful polson! Congratulations!
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Post by alwayscheese on Mar 5, 2018 10:11:54 GMT -6
AHHH CONGRATS polson so cute 😍
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Post by yianna on Mar 5, 2018 10:12:59 GMT -6
6w from today is our set eviction date at 39w. Is it mean to pray I don’t go that long?! Not at all. The last days are excruciating. Are you having a section? I'm jealous of scheduled eviction dates. Mine won't let me go past 41 weeks, which is better than last time (I was 41w5d I think?) but I kind of wish my OB was a little more assertive about setting a date somewhere close to 40w. I know empirically she has no reason to but I can't help myself! Nope. Since I have a history of rapid labor PLUS AMA, they are more than willing to let me evict!
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Post by alwayscheese on Mar 5, 2018 10:13:21 GMT -6
Pineapple, eggplant parm, walking, sex, raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose, castor oil (no), spicy food. What am I missing? Nipple stimulation. The fun way or a breast pump. Lol I was gonna put this in the sex thread, but I made DH promise not to touch my nipples last time we DTD. I am not ready!
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Post by yianna on Mar 5, 2018 10:14:26 GMT -6
Yay!! polson - she’s gorgeous!!!
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