September Snugglers 2016

[hopie2015]

Luv- I am sooo thrilled for you!! Congrats on the perfect scan and measurements of your baby!!
I often think about what your doctor said about my baby's one kidney when you asked him and it always makes me feel better.

Hope- you look so great! Best of luck tmrw.

Xanz- sorry about the muscle pull again but great news on your blood test results. I hope some ice can help and light stretches?

Lal- sorry-- that can be tough... I hope you can get some guidance more on what to eat. Xan gave excellent advice I didn't know. My friend with gd lived on eggs- she used to make crustless quiches with veggies.. I am going to try that. Am eating way too many carbs.

Mum and Campn- thank you -- that is interesting that FTM's show later due to muscles. You guys made me feel better. I just really look bloated!
Campn you look so fabulous! I agree- we can do things now that we can't for a while right after baby gets here. I'm going to keep up with my 2 hour walks until told not to. Pregnancy sure isn't a disability but there always will be people who seem to make you feel that way.
Mari- I so hear you with your neighbor..plus this is your 4th pregnancy, I think you know what you can and can't do! And truth is thank thankfully so far without any complications, we can do most anything.
My mom told me not to carry my laptop- it's too heavy and not to do much yoga. She stopped after I asked her to please not treat me differently.. I get weird with that, so totally hear what you ladies are saying.

It's our first hot day here and I cut my walk short. It's gonna be a loooong, hot summer!!

 

[ajarvis]

That's definitely the plan campn! I walk everyday, but disney will be a full day because we only have one day there. But well worth it. The kids are so excited

 

[MummaMoo]

It's really frustrating when you get told you shouldn't be doing that - especially when so many aspects of my job is physical. What makes me laugh is when these people say "you shouldn't be lifting that bag" (a big bag of paper for recycling) but don't actually offer to help.
I've been finding work painful the last couple of days, the pulling feeling around the groin has been horrible, and even the baby moving around isn't pleasant. I've caught myself waddling too on a couple of occasions, and it might sound daft, but can definitely feel that my hips have loosened!

 

[amantila]

Mari: When people say stuff like me I just tell them that I'm fine and that I'll ask for help if I need it. And if they nag, I let them know that my doctor says that I'm healthy, my baby is healthy, and that I don't have to act like I have a disability. Plenty of mommies already have little ones that need to be picked up and carried while they are pregnant and they do just fine.

I'm dealing with that at work right now, but I don't mind because usually my students offer to help me out. We have to pack EVERYTHING in our rooms before summer because they are redoing the floors and hvac system and need everything to be cleared out. So my students have been really nice about offering to help if I need to move something big/heavy. I appreciate when they offer to help instead of just saying "you shouldn't be doing that" and judging.

I just ordered SO MUCH FOOD. I didn't mean to. Didn't know how big the servings would be. I was really craving some (cheap) Italian food so I ordered to go from Olive Garden (I'm normally too much of an Italian snob to do this but I was desperate). I got mozzarella sticks, ravioli and meatballs, salad, and cake. I'll be eating this for the next week I think haha.

 

[campn]

Mumma- That is so accurate! They give you all those snide comments but never help. I cooked a huge meal for my inlaws when I was like 36 weeks with DS and they never offered to help me. They just sat a watched.

Some days I also feel lots of pain down there. I'm not sure where it's coming from? Cervix? Birth canal? Just somewhere in that region. Especially if I'm tired then try pushing like a chair or the bin full of toys in DS's room.

Aman- I hope you develop an apetite and finish them up! I've been eating a lot lately and especially at night like before bed. Usually I snack on carrots, grapes, cucumbers so it's not always too bad!

 

[Uni tsi]

Lal sorry to hear about the GD. I've been dealing with that too. It is weird at first figuring out what causes spikes and what doesn't. As Xan said, fat does help the carbs release slower. But sometimes, I still feel like it's all backwards. They say whole grain is better, but anything whole grain spikes my sugars like crazy whereas I can eat some white bread or a potato and it barely blips my sugars up at all.

Mari, that's so obnoxious that your neighbor tried to talk you out of gardening. I kind of have to wonder, how old she was? I've noticed the older generation seem more likely to tell me not to do something, whereas there's only one younger woman so far who really stood out for getting on me about doing things. And when I explained to her I was perfectly capable, she admitted that once she's pregnant she intends to let everyone wait on her and said she didn't want to lift a finger. And, she actually hissed at me "Don't blow my cover!" LOL

 

[Lallie81]

Thanks so much Xan that's great advice and yes I agree Uni, sometimes it makes no sense!

I am British Campn, I just live in Dubai!

 

[xanzaba]

Campn- It does seem like the hunger has finally settled in. Yesterday I woke up early and was trying to wait for lunch with my mom. For a "snack" I ended up eating some cheese, a bagel, and a few cookies. I think I finally have pregnancy hunger! It also helps that I'm finding where I can track down gluten free goodies that are more appealing than the chicken and rice I have been eating for 2/3 of my lunches

 

[hopie2015]

Campn- how rude your in-laws didn't at least offer to help with the meal while you were 36 wks. I just don't understand people sometimes!
You sure are eating healthy snacks.. I need to take a lesson!

Amant- how was Olive Garden? Haven't had it in ages. I am now on a Greek kick. Great place I just found and inhaled the chicken slouvaki platter-- sooo good. At least I ate something healthy and was finally starving, as last few days felt nauseous. Also have a salsa and chip craving lately! I love that a lot of my aversions are going away.

So I read that 25th wk marks the third trimester? I can't believe I am in 3rd tri already.. wow! Wondering how you moms found the third tri to be? Lots of tiredness, pains and I read moods can act up again?! But I am hoping first tri is still the worst?!

 

[campn]

Xan- Haha you should see me at night. I come out of my bedroom like a hermit and stare at the fridge and pantry for 5 minutes, then repeat and repeat. Pretty soon I'll eat the dead I think it only gets worse as the pregnancy progresses!

Lal- Yay! I guessed correct! I've never been to Dubai but I've always heard how lovely it is. Florida heat is already bad though.

Hopie- I no longer cook anything for them, not because they don't help but also they always act grossed out. I cooked this shepherds pie and before they touched it they went googling what goes into a shepherds pie so yeah no more!

I think it starts at 27 weeks? Or possibly 26 and 3 days? I'm not sure. I found the third trimester to be exceptionally bad starting 35 weeks? I think once I hit 37 weeks I literally cried every single day until my due date. My back constantly hurt, my heart burn was awful, I couldnt sleep, I was crappy and exhausted and being full term in the summer was cruel. AND YET AGAIN, I'm pregnant in the summer again, in Florida this time!

 

[Uni tsi]

Where did spring go? Isn't it still supposed to be spring? Why is it 90F degrees?

I'm so uncomfortable already and summer is just starting ....

 

[ajarvis]

I thought third tri was 27 or 28 weeks.

or halfway through 27? lol.

 

[Uni tsi]

Found this just yesterday regarding when trimesters start and thought it was pretty helpful:
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/p...gnancy-trimesters-vary-depending-country.html

However you measure it though, we're all getting close now!

 

[hopie2015]

Campn-oh my gosh, your in-laws are too much!! You have a great attitude about it though. Glad you no longer cook for them!
Wow- full term pregnancy in the summer again..in Florida! Luckily you are probably in a/c most of the time. But it makes it hard to get out to take walks. I'm shut in all day..not going back out in the 90 degree humidity-- the city is awful when it's like this.
Uni- I so hear you...bring back spring!

My book says 25 wks for third tri but others say 26/27. I also read an extra 450 calories a day the last 2 months..yippee! So the hunger gets strong in 3rd tri? Maybe the pregnancy hunger you guys are talking about finally hit me today because all I want to do is eat.

 

[MummaMoo]

Ok so i'm going backwards - my hunger has taken a serious hit - not that it will do me any harm! For lunch I had a slice of bread and a processed cheese slice.
I did make a lemon cake last night though and have had three lots of visitors so had to have a slice with each of them....

 

[amantila]

Me too, mumma! My husband was really nice and surprised me with takeout from the place that I've been asking for over the past couple of weeks. I was so happy to get it but I could hardly eat any of it :[ And I didn't really eat my lunch today. I had a cookie and some salad (no protein...just lettuce and tomato). Weird. Usually I'm voraciously hungry and then I go through phases where I'm just not interested in eating.

Hopie: Olive Garden was alright, tbh. I really enjoyed the mozzarella sticks but was pretty disappointed in the ravioli and meatballs. That's what an Italian food snob gets from ordering Olive Garden. I have a tough time with restaurant meatballs in general though. I always order them expecting them to taste like my Italian great-grandma's recipe, but they never do! It's a lot more work, but I always enjoy them a lot more when I make them at home! :]

Today was the last day of teaching classes! Tomorrow is the first day of final exams! Woot woot! Then next week I have to give exams Tuesday and Wednesday, and professional development/packing our rooms on Thursday and Friday and then I'm DONE! I can't wait. I totally snapped at the principal today. I need to be done for the year.

I went to the principal to ask if we had ordered any scantron sheets with the consumables money this year and his response to me was that he didn't believe in scantron exams and that we shouldn't use them for finals. I snapped. I have ALWAYS hand graded my final exams and included both short answers and essay questions on them. This year, I have 167 students and 7 classes which is 2 classes more than usual and about 40-50 students more than usual. I said "I understand that philosophy, but given the circumstances this year between packing, my student load of 167 students, and the expectation of a 24 hour turn-around grading period for exams, it would have been nice to not have to grade everything by hand."

Don't know where that attitude came from. I normally never speak up and HATE any type of confrontation. I blame pregnancy hormones.

 

[Uni tsi]

student load of 167 students, and the expectation of a 24 hour turn-around grading period for exams, it would have been nice to not have to grade everything by hand.

24 hour turn around? OMG that is insane! Your principal is living in fantasy land if he thinks people wouldn't use scantron under those circumstances. If he wants carefully graded qualitative analysis, then more time should be provided.

Good for you though for telling it to him like it is!

I think there's something to your pregnancy hormones theory - I've noticed I've been a little more confrontational with people as well. In a work meeting, one of my peers was giving wrong information about procedure and I attempted to interject a correction but he just kept talking over me and raised his voice. So I raised my voice right back at him and continued to repeat the correct policy information until I won the shouting match. Because I didn't want people to be misinformed.... and afterwards all I could think was "omg did I really just do that?"

 

[MummaMoo]

Momma bears rule! Got to love how the pregnancy hormones can give us unknown strength and courage. I turn into Scrappy-Doo - "lemme at 'em! Lemme at 'em!". And never, ever give me advice starting with "you want to......" that's red rag to a bull. I HATE being told what I want to do. As my FIL found out the other day. MrMoo has learnt not to have a conversation with his dad whilst on speakerphone

 

[campn]

Aman- I actually hate Olive Garden but I didn't want to say that when you had just ordered from there but I find the food to be so bland and mushy, I prefer carrabba's even though it still won't compare to your grandmas recipes. These recipes are holy!

Pregnancy has made me even more blunt than I am, like you Mumma, I'm like oh just let me at them, but I figure being sarcastic can work too cause you can say "You suck! Oh just kidding ha-ha"'

It will get even worse once we have our babies, I noticed having a child made me way more courageous in general I'm not sure why, we just get that fight or flight adrenaline rush for months.

 

[Hope16]

Ugh yesterday was a rough day hormonally for me...

I do my best to wake up, get dressed cute, do my hair and makeup because I honestly believe if you look good, it will help you feel good. And being pregnant there have been a lot of days I just don't feel well.

The second I walked into work, a lady I know calls me over and says "omg you look huge! when did this happen?" and I said, really? I guess my belly did get bigger. And she looked shocked! and repeated, "wow you really got huge."

I cried all morning. I was so hurt by it. I know my belly/thighs are growing but it's one thing to say, wow you popped! versus geez, you look huge! It's hurtful.

Anyone else experience rude comments?

(Update: I had my 24 week checkup yesterday. Baby's heart rate was 160 bpm. He was moving around like crazy! I have gained a total of 18lbs. Doc said it was perfectly fine and he wasn't concerned at all.)