General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[DobbyForever]

Guineas are fun. I am apparently allergic to the hay they need or whatever I forgot already idk if I was on here when I spur of the moment got two lol

 

[claireybell]

Sorry for later reply back, our wifi/broadband was down most of yesterday & obly came back on mid morning today pfft! We’ll get a lil bit off our Bill next month but hey ho..

Omg Keeps those kitties are gaaaaaaawjus i want to steal obe hope your feeling ok & baby boy bump is doing great. Are the girls excited for their new sibling arrival?

Dobs, how did A sleep in his Helmet or that tonight hus first night??

So.. I know ya’ll itching to know lol - told SO this afternoon, i kinda just blurted it out, he was telling me about his day & I just said ‘oh i see, yeah im pg again’ lol! His face was a picture but he was great, didn’t yell or get annoyed thank god, although he did say ‘Do we really want another child?’ I just said well you cant plan these things & its happened twice in like 3 months, he did say he loves it when im pg & im sure things will work out ok’ pheeeeeeweeeeee! I did my other Frer today & the test line is so fat & darker than control line, never seen any of my frers do that.. il upload- sorry to bore with more line porn

Flueks yay for ovulation ewcm get ur groove on with hubby hehe

Gigs hope the Cat clears the Rat crap problem!! What CD you on now?? U gotta be pushing ov’ing soon??

Cant remember much else other than tid bits of Shaes post about a dog eating gerbils or hamsters??!

 

[claireybell]

Not gerbils - guinea pigs lol! I always get them both mixed up

 

[claireybell]

Big fat test line Frer

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1031269&stc=1&d=1523490730

 

[shaescott]

CB the dog ate gerbils, but guinea pigs are the ones living in my building that were running up and down the hallway, super cute.

ETA: amazing line!

 

[DobbyForever]

Lovely line! So glad telling SO went well! I think deep down he wants another but without the pressure of saying it aloud if that makes sense. Lol based on his reaction idk. But yay!

To be fair she posted about both gerbils and Guinea pigs and it was the gerbils who got eaten

A slept fine but his damn helmet won’t dry in an hour so just trying to get it dry so I can get it back on. He has a diaper rash I am unamused. He loves his new xylophone

 

[Flueky88]

CB so glad it went well telling SO. Beautiful bfp!!

Dobby glad he's doing well with the helmet. I'm sure it's awkward to sleep with one.

Gigs what CD you on now?

AFM opk soooooo close to positive but not yet. Hopefully tomorrow will be bfp. We did BD last night. Thinking I'll try to get some the next 3 days to cover O.

Was going to try to talk to VP but she was busy and then I was busy. I was training a new girl and she's quite slow. I really don't see her making it in homecare. Charting is more of my job than anything. You have to be a bit fast with it or you'll just drown in it and be overwhelmed.

Anyways, hope to talk to VP tomorrow as I think I'll take to job if they will hire me for it.

Going to try to eat supper finally.

 

[gigglebox]

I'm cd9. Fluek I thought you were a couple days behind me? Maybe I'm mixing you up with Tex... either way yay for ovulation! Hope you get some jiggy in.

Cb that is one beeeeaaauuuutiful line! Glad SO took it well. I again echo Dobs...def seemed like he was on the fence for #3 but didn't want to make the conscience decision if that makes sense?

So now looking at taking in 2 cats...I am apprehensive about more animals to take care of but we definitely need them!

 

[Flueky88]

Gigs okay. I hate this part of the cycle. I wish I could fast forward through it lol. Today is CD 15 for me. I've been Oing cd18 on average since Vs birth. I think it'd be pretty awesome to O on my birthday Friday though

Hope you are able to make a decision you feel comfortable about regarding cat(s).

Talking of pets. I'm glad I didn't get another 2 years ago. At times in neworn phase it felt rough taking care of 1 dog. Poor Mocha had a tough time dealing with not being center of attention. She loves V but definitely wants to get away from her as she doesn't know how to be gentle.

 

[DobbyForever]

Get two! I had two. They were cute. Non litter mates but roughly the same age. One was a couple weeks older but they were similar in size. They ended up bonding and needing to be rehomed together. They keep each other company and like you said double the dead rats. I second Fluek though you know what your comfort zone is

Fluek sorry the new girl can’t keep up. Having a flashback to coyote ugly and the whole new girls failing scenes lol. Hopefully she gets it together and fxed for some good news tomorrow leading to some celebratory bd and a positive opk

And with the bag she literally hid in the bag until the other one walked by and legit popped out to scare her and she jumped backwards haha so flipping cute.

 

[Jezika]

Cute cats, Dobs. Was this a long time ago? Are they still around somewhere?

CB yay on the strong line and DH being supportive. Have you thought of names for the twins yet?

Shae what ended up happening with your paper? Not gonna lie, it kind of stressed me out just hearing how late you were starting it haha

Gigs I’m with you on short lifespan pets. I intended on only fostering cats for the whole avoiding death thing. That failed and now I’m so scared of when my Siamese dies. Almost want to rehome him before that happens, with the argument that it’s in his interests to be find a home where he’s the centre of attention again rather than being stressed out by my toddler. Anyway, not sure what I’ll do if Tilly wants pets in the future. Maybe robot pets will be common by then. Like high tech Furbies? Did you guys have one of those? And Tamagotchis? They were all the rage eh.

 

[shaescott]

Dobs those cats are so cute! My cats are cute, but I miss their kitten charm. I have one that looks kinda like a Russian blue and when he was a kitten he had these beautiful blue eyes. They changed to yellow as he grew. I was quite sad about that.
All pics in this collage are him more recently except the blue eyed one:

He doesn’t cuddle with humans much, but he cuddles plenty with the other cats:

His sister, on the other hand, enjoys cuddling with both people (below) and other cats (above) as long as they’re male, cuz the other girls are mean to her:

 

[shaescott]

Jez- wellll I got the introduction and part of the first body paragraph done but this professor has things passed in on paper, not online, so I figured I could get away with emailing out of class with a “stomach bug” so I have until Monday to do it now. I was feeling crappy but from lack of sleep so I missed both classes today actually, opting to sleep instead. Gotta go to all my classes tomorrow though, especially anatomy and lab. I got a 78 on my last exam so I gotta step it up. Although that was because I had two exams back to back and the first one was my sociology one and it got all my attention, I got a 93 on it, then I was fried for the second one, the anatomy exam. I also studied more for sociology cuz I studied it first then started studying anatomy and began having borderline auditory hallucinations from sleep deprivation as I had 2 hours of sleep the night before and was up atl 5 am right then. So I cut that studying short and went to bed because I was like “wtffff”.

 

[shaescott]

Jez- totally missed to robot pet comment first run around. I remember having a furby as a little kid, but I thought it was super creepy. If I were to have a robot pet... I want a pet I can cuddle with, so it would have to be soft. And it would be nice if it would detect when I’m sad/upset and need cuddles. My cat Lady (have had her since I was in elementary school) and my dog come over to me when I’m upset. It scares me when I realize how old Lady is getting. She’s like 14 now. We had the health scare with her thyroid when she was 12, but she had the surgery and bounced back. She was never one to run around and be crazy, but she still chases after the poor female kitten (okay she’s not a kitten anymore but she’s the youngest) and goes crazy when she attacks her with her non-existent front claws (she was declawed before we got her). So I think she’s still in decent shape. She still jumps up and down on things just fine, walks normally, no issue with stairs. She’s a healthy old lady (hehe, Lady). Is 14 considered 98 in cat years? Is it 14x7?

 

[claireybell]

Haha names for the Twins lol Jez nooooooooo

I need to call Drs at somepoint to do my booking in & then the midwife will contact me around 8/9wks eeeep! They dont book In usually before 6 wks though so il have to wait

Yay 2 cats & not much diff to having 1 cat

 

[DobbyForever]

Jez I had them about 3 years ago before I bought my condo. That’s why they had to be rehomed . I had too many pets. I had them for about 11 months. Lol at robot pets I am very sci fi so I have no trust of robot pets. Furbies scared me because they react to nothing at night creepy af. Loved my tamagotchi and similar products. But those things are ARTIFACTS at the computer history MUSUEM r_r nothing makes you feel old like a seven year old asking studying your toys as antiquated objects lol

Shae lol i’m With jez it stresses me out except I skipped. I know you’ll pull through though

Cb cannot wait! You have a rough idea of o, right? Do you know your EDD based on that?

I was watching teen mom og and Ryan’s wife had an appointment at 6w and I immediately got nervous because that’s not standard practice so I hope her pregnancy is going smoothly

 

[bdb84]

Cb, that line is amazing! It makes me want to go out and splurge on more FRER tests. I haven't used one of those since before I even missed my period.

Dobby- I had a 6wk scan with my last pregnancy, but that's because I had a m/c beforehand and my OB knew I was so anxiety-ridden over it. Did you notice that Mackenzie's OB gave her the scan? In all my years of having babies, I don't think my OB has ever been the one to perform my ultrasound. It's always been a sonographer. I figured that was routine everywhere else (unless there are complications?) but I very well could be wrong.

AFM- still no symptoms and truthfully, I'm a mess over it. I just want to FEEL pregnant. I'm so terrified of going to my scan in two weeks and not finding anything. Or worse. My boobs are a little sore when I squeeze them, and I am a lot more tired than normal, but I feel like I can explain away all of those symptoms. I took a Dollar Tree cheapie on Monday and the test line was darker than the control line.. but I'm just a worrier. I will be until I see that little heart beat.

I'm babysitting my best friend's 3 year old today. It's so. loud. in. here. But he's a sweet little kid and she really needed my help today.

 

[TexasRider]

Gigs- yes I am a few days behind you. I’m on cd 7.

I read everything else but super busy and haven’t replied so now conversations have moved on lol

 

[claireybell]

Just at work atm but my due date i think was Dec 12/13th deoending on some ask for cycle length etc but it’ll be the first wk of Dec as il be having a planned csection

I really hope theres just 1 in there

 

[claireybell]

Bdb my symptoms never kick in until literally days before im 7 wks, at this point the hcg hormone is at its peak! I had nothing with Riley, sore boobs around 3/4 months other thsn peeing lots in the beggining! No doubt your all sticky bean in there hun