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

[DobbyForever]

Oh and A qualified for 1-1 pyschotherapy so he'll have his first appoint in a couple of weeks.

 

[Jules8]

My landlords are chicken farmers and our farm is used to grow feed so there’s no animals there permanently, but we have had some come and go. Our neighbors daughter used to do rodeo so they had a few horses. Then she had a concussion and couldn’t ride so they sold their horses to a therapy farm and the barn was rented out to a few horses for a little bit. After that they brought in beef cows for a few years, but none this year. Now all we have are some stray cats that run around. We love our area and living on the farm! We are in Amish country so lots of baked goods and farm stands. There’s so much space for the kids to explore and privacy. Our biggest issue now is that our house is way too small. We only have 2 bedrooms. There is another house on the property that is huge that is rented out as well. We’ve been waiting because they said they were moving once their son graduated because they bought a house in the mountains. Their son graduated last year and there’s no sign of them moving. Sigh. We really don’t want to move, but there’s no way 6 of us can live in a 2 bedroom.

 

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Jules that spunds like an absolute dream, all the farm animals and farm life without the responsibility, lol!! We’re in the country but we do have a couple of houses/neighborhoods nearby, so not the rolling acres of farmland I’d prefer. That said we have a very large historic district down the street that preserves the land, and it’s minimally developed with old farm houses and beautiful land. It’s nice to drive through!

Good luck on your ultrasound!! I hope all goes well and you get good news

 

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dobs yay for therapy and horses! Ugh the planning sounds so messy but i hope it works out in the end and in A’s best interest.

AFM…NT scan this week eep

 

[Jules8]

They are definitely moving in on buying up farmland then turning it into big housing developments and luxury apartments around here too. It would nice if they could at least build things people could afford.

I had my scan today! Baby is measuring on point based off of when I ovulated and they measured a hb of 119. I don’t go back til November 18th. She did ask if I was having pain in my left side and I said sometimes, but figured it was things stretching. Apparently I have a large cyst so they’ll be monitoring it. The cycle before femara I had a really long cycle so I wonder if that’s when it grew. I’m hoping it resolves itself.

 

[DobbyForever]

Oh wow! That's awesome. That's too bad about the concussion. Horses are great but yeah they're huge and fast. I hope she's alright both physically and emotionally. Makes me think of that Dr. Dolittle 3, when the daughter is at a ranch camp and the owner's son isn't supposed to bull ride anymore because he took a bad fall. Ooo baked goods and land to explore! Bummer about the other tenants. Hopefully the move! Maybe they're just waiting to see if he's coming back at all before they move? Hoping it works out!

That's too bad about the housing. . We're in a suburban area, but I'm not loving how it's being developed. I know they aren't building skyscrapers, but it's getting far too urban for my liking. We just had an affordable housing prop on our ballot. Do you?

Yay! So glad the scan went well! I'm sorry about the cyst! I hope it doesn't give you too much trouble. I had a cyst with my second pregnancy, but it was quite large and problematic very early on. I remember lots of women sending positive stories of their cysts resolving or not causing any issue.

Gigs what day is the scan again? Are you going to ask for a nub shot or no because you have the bloodwork? I'd still ask just for scientific purposes hahaha. Do you feel less stressed about it since you have the results from the bloodwork?

AFM A is on the struggle bus and I almost took trunk or treat away from him. But I came up with a better plan to have him pick the consequence for his actions. So he gave up his iPad and tv today to go. We had fun. It was definitely different than last year. I don't feel like he has as many friends. He did the trunk or treat part pretty much solo. Saying hi to a bunch of kids but not actually treating with them like last year. But he did play tag with two girls after, say his friend that was over this past weekend, and one of his teachers. So he had fun.

 

[DobbyForever]

Only issue is I ordered his costume on Amazon and we didn't try it on. His mask is WAY too small. I ordered mine from Disney, and mine is also too small. We have big heads LOL. The gloves are also weirdly made so they don't fit well. And I think a friend of his walked off with one of his gloves so I'm up s* creek for Halloween. I'm also trying to find a mask for him to wear on Halloween to replace this one. He's Spiderman (classic red) and I'm Spider-Gwen