TTC and Beyond!

[wavescrash]

so i totally went to try on my jeans and only 1 pair fit. the others i can't get past my thighs lol. i've got serious hips now... more so than after my last pregnancy and i totally didn't think that was possible.

 

[jury3]

He could always go without you...Just say you had a bad headache/migraine and needed to sleep it off. DW and I are not above those types of things lol Then he can catch up with them and you get to avoid some misery...

Sarah-Hang in there, you are close! He's got to come out at some point! How far will your doc let you go? Will they not do pitocin at some point?

My mom told me that when she was pregnant with me (she was only 17) that she would sit on her bed and push down to try and make her water break or to push me out lol

 

[Cowgirl07]

That's what I told him, but he thinks it's awkward to go alone.
Julie that's funny.

 

[clynn11]

Julie- thank you! Lol I think my bump is weirdly unique too she's always sitting right underneath my belly button. And I vote leggings. I freaking loooove them!! My all time favorite lmao.

Morgan boo for not being able to grill I hope your weather gets nice soooon!!!

Bb I can't believe your coworker. You handled it well cause I would have flipped. I'm sorry you're in pain I hope it goes away.

Sarah- pineapple core is supposed to help jumps tart labor supposedly. Or spicy foods!! Lol and more sex!! I do think it's B'S your doc won't try sweeping or the other methods of induction.

Britt you look amazing! !

We've missed you Nichole! Are you planning on temping the rest of this cycle? ?

I agree Katrina don't go if you don't want to!!

 

[jury3]

Waves-We are getting ready to go through all of our clothes and get rid of a bunch of them (we have things we haven't worn in over a year at least). I am so scared of what will or won't fit after I have the babies...I'm even scared about whether or not my shoes will fit!

Those of you who have been pregnant before, did you go up a shoe size? So far I'm still in the same shoes, they just get a bit tight on the days that I have some swelling.

 

[Ingodshand]

He could always go without you...Just say you had a bad headache/migraine and needed to sleep it off. DW and I are not above those types of things lol Then he can catch up with them and you get to avoid some misery...

Sarah-Hang in there, you are close! He's got to come out at some point! How far will your doc let you go? Will they not do pitocin at some point?

My mom told me that when she was pregnant with me (she was only 17) that she would sit on her bed and push down to try and make her water break or to push me out lol

Thanks! I think I just needed a good cry! No, they will not do pitocin or any type of induction. Everything has to proceed naturally. They will let me go to 41 weeks and then I have to have a c-section. However, the success rates of a vbac go way down once you go past 40 weeks.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Thanks Cassidy, I just posted on the page before, the Doctor has given me so anti inflammatory tablets so hoping it will ease.

 

[jury3]

Sarah-I'm sorry Hopefully he will get in gear and try to get out really soon! That's annoying they won't do anything to help move it along.

 

[Ingodshand]

This just made me LOL!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/164080...erest&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share

 

[morganwhite7]

Julie- LOL my mom admitted to me yesterday that she contemplated breaking her water with a knitting needle with my sister bc she was in false labor for 2 weeks! Psycho mom! Lol

And also I just tried on a bunch of size 8 (MY SIZE!) sandals at TjMaxx and none of them fit! So I unfortunately may have to agree with that theory!! :/

Sarah- Will they not try a sweep?

 

[Cowgirl07]

Morgan that sounds awful!

 

[Ingodshand]

Morgan- Nope they won't do anything! He better get a move on it!

Julie- My feet were so swollen with Alyssa by the end. I normally wear an 8 and barely fit my feet into size 10 crocks! This time around they are swollen but I can still manage to get them into my sneakers. At least they went back to my regular size last pregnancy and hoping they will this time too!

 

[HWPG]

i LOVE my leggings. i dont wear them every day because it would be too obvious, but if i could get away with it, i would. i had to retire some jeans that i actually think are very comfortable this week because they have the low elastic waist and it's hurting me in ways i dont understand. but it hurts.
K, dont go if you dont want to. i didnt go to anything pregnancy for like 4 years.
J, you are so close! i cant believe it!

 

[Cowgirl07]

I love leggings I want more! I have jeggings I wear a lot, plus some black ones.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Thanks ladies!

BB- I can't believe your coworker! What a bitch! Like Julie said.. I've never had a MC, but I know what it's like to see that bfp and I would be devastated to have one, let alone several!! Forget her. You take all the time you need!!!

Sarah- I am so sorry you are frustrated. I'm sure being that close is HARD! I sure hope he decides to come real soon so you can hold him in your arms!!

Katrina- I personally wouldn't go. Hopefully your husband will understand! and I've never taken Femara, but I think it will work! It's worked for lots of other ladies!

Morgan- EEK! Things sound good for you! I hope you get to atleast have your baby shower tomorrow!

Sandy- Sorry you are so tired! I never had any tiredness in my 1st and 2nd tri (most of it) i'm just now getting that crazy tiredness where I could crawl on top of my desk and sleep for days.

Ashlee- I worry so much about stretch marks too. I think it's normal and it somewhat annoys me what people are like "well! you will have a baby!" I will love my daughter with all of my heart (already do) but that doesn't mean i'm going to love my stomach covered in stretch marks!! I use Palmer's every day but I half expect them to start popping up in the next few weeks as I really start to expand.


Mirolee- Those cookes sound AWESOME!!!!

Robert - Haven't heard much today! Hope you are doing okay!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hey ladies!

Hi Nichole!!

Sorry your coworker was a troll bb.

Happy birthday Amanda! (Right??)

Waves - yeah I only fit into 2 pairs of pre pregnancy jeans

shoes still fit though. I have 10 pounds to lose - I weigh 114, I was 104 pre pregnancy. I'm sure once I can start running again it will come off. Some is prob in my boobs.

Ellie had a weight check today - only up to 6 pounds. I thought she would weigh more but they aren't concerned. He said that if next Friday she is still around 6 pounds then we have to go up on the formula. My friend posted a super cute video of Ellie hiccuping on FB. So adorable. I'll try to post some pics later if I get on my computer.

 

[Cowgirl07]

I saw it she is so cute Rachel. So tiny, but she's growing.

 

[wavescrash]

I don't recall have any issues with my shoe size during pregnancy but then again, my last two pregnancies were through the winter so I literally only wore my fake Uggs lol.

Unrelated but I'm so angry over this... I had to vent somewhere.

There's a girl in my due date club whose baby is like 2-3 weeks old now. Her husband took some form of paternity leave and is still off work. Anyway, I'm just going to copy/paste some of the things she's shared in our FB group.

"he refuses to change diapers so unless I want her staying in her own waste all night it won't happen...he will feed her but not change her and yes he will let her sit in her own waste...he had to watch her for three hours when I did an observation for grad school and she was poopy and soaked when I got home... Oh btw my husband is napping right now after playing Zelda all day... He claims he didn't know she had pooped and peed and would have changed her but I don't buy it at all. When he's holding her and she throws up or when she poops he freaks out and gives her to me I was on an important call today and she spit up the tiniest bit and he was freaking out and I had to hang up and take her. Idk maybe he has some psychological issue with bodily functions or something that I never knew about until now.... Believe me I was upset about it but I really don't think he will change diapers. I seriously think he'd refuse. I don't mind doing it if I am here but if not then he does need to do it. My husband had to fax her birth certificate to his work for his leave today and I said it's good his vacation is secured and he said it is "bonding with child time" and then he even said he hasn't done any so??? Maybe I just need to start giving her to him for like an hour a day and work up from there. Last night she was really screaming before I could feed her and he had the audacity to cover his head with a pillow do he wouldn't have to listen to her. I am fed up but too tired to get into an argument because my focus is on her...and finishing grad school so I can get a better career...I know you ladies are right...I'm partly responsible for not putting my foot down... Yesterday he didn't even hold her once. It makes me question if he actually loves her which is extremely depressing. He's going on vacation next week and I am actually excited that he will be out of the house so we can do our own routine without him pouting and being obnoxious."

Yesterday she shared this, "Feeling really resentful towards my husband and I wish he never took off for six weeks it's clear to me now he thought FMLA means vacation and not helping around the house or with the baby at all. Right now he's at a bar and later he's going to a concert. He goes out all the time. He's going on an actual vacation next week to Vermont. When he's home he doesn't help at all. Last night I was putting together our new swing for the baby and she was crying so I had to multi-task and take care or her while assembling the swing while my husband sat around on his laptop and then had the nerve to ask me to get him a glass of water??!! He even complains I don't stay up late and watch TV with him well when I'm getting up all night I can't be staying up till 1am nightly and hanging out. I could tell him to just take her but he would pout about it once I was showering and she started crying and I came out and he was on his laptop and said she wouldn't calm down for him. Yes he will help if I ask but he pouts and acts miserable so I almost prefer not asking cuz it is so annoying. He's lazy and doesn't want his "vacation" interrupted."

Sorry there was so much to read there but I'm just totally baffled that a grown man planned for this baby, went through fertility treatments for this baby and now doesn't want anything to do with said baby? And she just lets him get away with it. Everyone in our group has tried to be supportive and let her know he shouldn't get away with it and that they deserve better. And I know it's not my place because it's not my family/child/whatever but I just can't wrap my mind around a "father" acting that way and someone allowing/excusing the behavior like that.

 

[Cowgirl07]

That is sad, I feel sorry for her.

 

[wavescrash]

Waves- I have on a plain gray cotton maxi dress today and haven't shaved my legs in over a month! Not to mention I can't find the time/energy to bend over and lotionize them in the mornings after spending so much time on my stupid hair and belly butter!! Lol

Lol I know what you mean. I only have 1 maxi skirt and 1 maxi dress but I just sit around the house all day, every day anyway so I guess it doesn't matter lol. I build up my wardrobe and shoe collection just to admire in the closet basically.