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

[claireybell]

Ooh thanks Wook im gonna Google in a minute

Haha thanks Gigs. I have a real british Hampshire combine harvester country twang Lol - if you know what any of thst means ha ha

 

[claireybell]

Just wondere does MrsG & J still come onto chat here & there.

 

[Jezika]

CB - I totally hear this British in your posts too and it makes me miss Hampshire. Can’t remember where exactly you’re from, though. We don’t quite have combine harvester accents in basingstoke haha.

Oh and yes Mrs G does pop in from time to time but we haven’t seen J in a while :/

Gigs - congrats on the regular gig! I wish you could post a pic of your new studio too. I can’t remember but I feel like you posted a link a while back.

Bright - defo positive, congrats!

Wooks - happy three months to baby C and I’m glad she’s adjusting to daycare well. I can only imagine how hard the transition is for you.

Shae - enjoy your space while you can!

Flueks - it’s sounds like hubby is game for anyrhing! Now is the time to drop the hint on birthday/Valentine’s Day/anniversary/Christmas presents

Dobs - I’m glad A is better and Rhys exciting about your trip. I’d be nervous about the flight back too but hopefully it’s a short one and people will be willing to help you out.

Can’t rmemeber anything else, sorry...

AFM Tilly is definitely walking now but still crawling half the time... I’m going to miss her gorgeous little wiggly bum shuffling around :’( She’s growing up too fast, and this for the woman who couldn’t wait for her to get out of the infant stage. Oh she also seems to have possibly an ingrown fingernail from where a bit of nail that I cut split off to the side. It’s red and has a little pus bubble and I’m paranoid it’s gling to get awful and cause sepsis or something but I’m reluctant to take her to a flu-filled waiting room if I’m just overreacting.

 

[Flueky88]

Gigs haha yeah I haven't shot since before pregnancy. I was going to join him but I just wanted to take a quick nap. Oh no, maybe Des can help him burn some energy. I'm so happy you are getting your old gig back

CB love it, I remember being hungry all the time some days. Oh and yes it's cute reading your accent. I'd really have to type funny to have mine come out. I think y'all is my main slang. Ditto what He's said about greenie and J.

Wookie oh that's awesome. I'm going to Google that and save it in my favorites in case I ever need it.

Jez, you know I'm honestly not real big on gifts lol. He often tells me things I'd like to put on my Christmas list for him and his mom. I told him last night I was shocked he decided we could stop preventing and he was like, "I can hardly say no to you".

As far as Tilly maybe try to do epsom salt soak. Draw with permanent marker a line around the redness to make sure it isn't spreading. Monitor for fever too. You know her best but that's my advice. Not that you asked for it.

 

[gigglebox]

Jez the studio isn't finished but i'llbe sure to post pics when it is. Sounds like an ingrown nail. I am nit a doctor but if it were me and thr bubble was big enough i'd drain it...but I can't leave stuff alone. Fluek's advice sound more sound!

Cb no I don't know what any of that means lol. I understand there's a "snobbier" accent? But i'm not sure I'd be able to pick it out if i heard it!

Fluek I say "y'all" too but I don't really have an accent. I get a little hint of southern twang if i hang around people with a southern accent for extended periods of time, but otherwise...not really. Although according to our extremely northerner cousins (you bet cha!) we sound like complete redneck so who knows.

Y'ALL!!! Rumor is my SIL might be pregnant again! If she is it'll be Irish twins, yikes! Bil told my hubby who told me very casually. I don't know the story but i want to!

 

[Jezika]

Whoa Irish twins would be exciting. An old work friend of mine had Irish twins. She actually had her second less than a year after her first. I can’t imagjne anything more terrifying, personally, other than maybe giving birth to a tarantula. But I am thrilled when it happens to other people coz babies are always exciting.

Oh it’s funny how lots of people people feel they don’t have an accent. Everyone has an accent! It’s all relative, haha

I ended up putting some warm compresses on her finger, soaking it in breastmilk (all while she was napping), then giving her a warm bath at night and then popping the pus bubble thing (I hear you on not being able to leave anything alone, Gigs). I then put some infant polysporin on it just before she fell asleep for the night. She cried a tiny bit when I popped the thing but was fine as soon as I stopped. Poor thing. Hope it gets better ASAP.

 

[shaescott]

Accents are fun. I only say y’all while typing, irl I say “you guys”. I imagine the “you betcha” people are from Michigan or something? In New England we don’t have that accent. Honestly most people here sound like what people sound like in movies these days. Maybe slightly different but not significantly. It’s only in the city that you find interesting accents, like a Boston accent. When I drove down to New Orleans I was shocked at how strong the southern accents were as we made our way down the country. I never thought they could be that intense. I imagine everywhere we stopped, people knew we weren’t from around there.

Irish twins. Sounds terrifying. Adorable, but terrifying.

 

[gigglebox]

OMG
I am so distraught right now, my sister-in-law messaged me and told me that my pump is terrible at pulling out milk. I am so disheartened at the idea that my failure to have a good supply may have been all due to the pump and not me at all.

 

[claireybell]

Ah bless Tillys lil finger.. im sure it be ok Jez, Nualas had similar thing without the pus bubble on it & after 2/3 days its loads better, redness gone etc.. and because of me & nibbling her lil nails whilst shes asleep, i always debate the Drs with things like that. Ahh she will still get the butt shuffle as she walks with her nappy on hehe very cute

Gigs, dont beat yourself up hun, you weren’t to know the pump is probably faulty.. how would you..

Sorry Jez - giving birth to a Tarantula cracked me up! Hahaa

 

[Cppeace]

My accent is dependent upon who I am around and my mood. I can slip into Cajun Drawl without trying when I read a letter or something I know is in my relatives twang. I also have an easy Spanish/Mexican accent as I was raised in West Texas from 6 months to 9 years old and had a 1st generation Mexican baby sitter from 6 months to almost 6 years old. Olga and Juan were practically my 2nd set of parents and it broke Olga's heart enough when she stopped being my baby sitter that she refused to go through it again with my baby sis.
I grew up from 10 on in Northern Louisiana and near an airforce base so the muddle of accents there is pretty neat. I worked closely with 3 ladies from the Philippians for over 7 years and when I worked with them too long I started getting hints of their accent.
So, truly my accent is quite muddled and at the same time most of the time not much of any at all.
I think most accents are nice There's very few I don't much like. The traditional "Kennedy" accent though does tend to grate my ears lol.

 

[gigglebox]

What an interesting background cpp! My brothers harassed me relentlessly because i would pick up a northern accent just on short visits with my Minnesotan family, don't cha know.

And when I say "no accent", I guess I equate that with the typical "accent" the US celebs have (which, to me, is none).

 

[Flueky88]

Gigs, mine accent is so so. I have what I think is a mild drawl. One of my worst is not accentuating pen vs pin. Pen sounds like pin when I say it lol. When is visit my dad and bro in WI my accent would change.

I'm sorry about the pump being faulty. Sometimes I think I should have paid to rent the hospital grade pump but I knew times would be tough financially so I busted used PISA.

Oh wow, Irish twins would be a handful but it would be interesting to see how close they might bond.

Jez I hope Tully's finger gets better soon and no infection.


Cppeace agree with gigs you have an interesting background.


Not much here, I'm thinking I'm not going to O early for me like last month. It was Cd19 or 20. I normally O Cd21 or 22. Today is CD16.

Oh V is rolling then turning around and rolling some more to get around. It's pretty cute.

 

[DobbyForever]

On my phone and with fever

I’m 2% Irish which is fun until you stop and think about how that 2% got in there.... #awk lol but yeah cb I “heard” your accent in the last post I read from you because there were expressions I didn’t recognize hehe

Re pumps so true pumps are ridiculous I am so glad I have the symphony. I tried the free amenda one and omg I hated the noise! I may get to be a tester for a new ultra quiet high efficiency pump that is in prototype testing since my friend is friends with the person who created it but idk yet in the meantime my pedi is happy to keep renewing my symphony for me

But DO NOT beat yourself up over it you did what you did and it was not s failure hugs

Fun about her being pg! I miss being pregnant with A. We have a great bond now but something about him specifically growing in my belly is love

Jez i’m Pro not draining things myself lol and pro seeking medical advice cuz I know nothing so hopefully by now all is well with her finger!

Flueks aww!!! Love the rolling

Afm i’m sick so there’s that and having a half glass of Chardonnay cuz Super Bowl leftovers woot

 

[DobbyForever]

Oh and I need surgery on my armpit lol but the surgery is to remove scar tissue from keloiding but then has a High risk of more keloids so i’m Like wtf not helpful

 

[Cppeace]

Yeah if I go down south to visit my mother's family (Southern Louisiana, I lived there about 9 or 10 months total, not counting the first 6 months of life) I come back sounding just like them.
"ah now Cha, dontcha worry 'bout dat none. You jus' take your tee manoo outsiide and stop boodaying (Spelled it how it sounds lol not how the cajuns spell it lol oh and a tee manoo means small cat lol and boodaying is pouting or whining)

 

[claireybell]

Cpeace i just tried saying all that out loud & i coudnt make sense of it hahaaa love it!

Sorry you still feeling rubbish Dobs.. on plus side enjoy your wine mmm i miss wine

 

[Cppeace]

Hope you feel better soon, Dobs.
Yeah CB, You go deep enough in the swamp even I can't understand them.
Cajun French is a very muddled language- a combo of French German and some African influence. I would say about 70% French, 20% German and 10% African(not sure which country or language) from my ear, but I'm not an expert, just have it in my blood lol.

 

[wookie130]

Dobs...would that pump be an Arabella or an Annabella or whatever? It pumps like a baby's mouth and tongue? Inquiring minds want to know!

I have a Spectra S2, and that extracts milk so much better from me than the Medela Symphony. I could barely get anything from that. I need to order some new valves, flanges, and membranes right now. I need a 19mm flange, and I'm using a 24 right now. That can greatly effect output too.

I have an Iowan accent. In other words, I don't have an accent. Lol

 

[Flueky88]

Dobby sorry about needing surgery. Oh nd that sucks about being sick. Feel better soon. Oh and I know what you mean, there is something so special when you are pregnant. It's not that you love them less one they are born but it's a different when they are in your belly.

Cppeace I understood except for your slang. I had no ideal

Wookie I may try a different pump next time. I'll keep the spectra2 in mind.

 

[gigglebox]

Omg dobs, if you are able to connect me with that person i'd send you my info right now! I would love to see if i could pull my supply back from almost nothing.

LADIES. Ffs this kid has been sleeping like crap (I am running off less than 3 hours of sleep, collectively). Thank god for hubby who spent an hour in his room last night. He was like "i think he's sick or teething or something." I kind of blew it off but SURE AS SHIT, the kid is cutting two new teeth!!! That's now the two centered on the bottom, two in moddle on the top, and now the two on either side of the top teeth. Poor little chomper!