September 2009 Weddings
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Re: FFC
Both of these are so sad, I'm so sorry for your friends. FF, like everyone else said, I think just being there means a lot to your friend. But in your shoes, I wouldn't really know what to do, either.
DD & Firefly: I'm so sorry your friends are living a nightmare. My heart goes out to them.
My confession:
A friend is going through the adoption process and yesterday the birth mom (BM) was to sign away her paternal rights so they can go forward w/the adoption. BM decides that the visitation agreement is not up to snuff and refused to sign over her rights. BM has given up 5 other children without issue. She has never had custody of the child and he's been in foster care all his 7 yrs of life. Child calls BM by first name. WTF! My friends are nice enough to even consider visitation even though she's an addict, but agreed b/c the other 5 have visitation. My friends now need to jump through more hoops and meet with lawyers to see what their next step is. They love this child and have started to grow a bond with him. I am so angry for them and want to dropkick this women.
Love this!
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Geneveive, Ellie's favorite song is "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem and Rhianna, or "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga. You are not alone, sister!
Jealous!
updated 10.03.12
Totally forgot about that, I love that episode!
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Sorry I was MIA after posting, baby Alex needed some attention!
I have noticed that it takes him a little longer to suck as hard as he was when I'm BF as opposed to the bottle. He still latches okay though. Our big obstacle is that I'm not making enough milk to keep him full every two hours to help him gain the weight back. Plus, when either of us give him the bottle we make sure he's turned towards us to make it as close to BF as possible this way we still have eye contact and he's in a similar position.
hahaha, sorry Ames
I'm kind of in my own world because I don't have any close friends with kids. My mom has gotten a few calls of "is this okay?!?" lol
Me neither!
LOL same here...
updated 10.03.12
Oh good!!
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This. I'm a closet control freak. If I can control it, I want to and I won't feel right unless I do. Which is why we were as prepared as we were for Alex's arrival anyways because I was running on the "possibility" that the version could cause labor, which ended up not being the case since I went into labor on my own anyways, but he was still born that day. So luckily I had made Joel put all our hospital bags and things in the car "just in case."
I was wonder about this too. Huh, yeah we don't have those around these parts either lol.
I think fasnachts are german or PA dutch donuts, and paczkis are polish. I only really know paczkis because my stepgrandfather is polish and in love with all things polish, but they do have them all over CT and MA this time of year. Paczkis are kind of heavier than a donut and are very sweet, heavily glazed and stuffed full of whatever filling. I don't know what's traditional, but I've seen lemon, blueberry, prune, custard and apple.They're not really that good, I'd rather just have a normal jelly donut
and fasnachts are the opposite. they are simple plain, unfilled donuts, sometimes with powdered sugar. although the chain stores now sell them glazed or cinnamon sugar but a genuine fasnacht is plain.
fascnachts originated because people needed to use up their supply of lard, sugar, etc prior to lent.
me too! I really want one of those that are covered in sugar...
... and filled with uber sweet creamy awesomeness. Nom...
updated 10.03.12
Haha, oh yes. I should be enjoying these quiet afternoons
And thank you for reminding me it's normal. Overall, I'm feeling pretty good. I just have had a freak out here and there mostly surrounding his eating because the doctors are making a big deal out of it. A nurse is coming by the house today to weigh him (it's a free service offered by my county where they make house visits, which is nice so I don't have to go to the hospital if I don't have to) although I'm a little annoyed because we already have an appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning to weigh him, so I think the nurse coming tonight is kind of unneccessary. She isn't affilitated with the hospital though, so I guess it's understandable. She wants measurements for her records in case I do ask her to come by agian later on, this way she has a file on Alex.
Christina, feel free to email me about BFing if you'd like. I could probably offer some suggestions or at least some words of wisdom that might make you feel better.
My confession:
I realize this could come off as insensitive or ungrateful but I assure you that is not my intention.
While I'm excited to have a baby and we're very lucky to have the opportunity in the first place, I hate pregnancy so far. HATE. I'm sick all the time, I'm exhausted, b!tchy, and weepy. I am no longer comfortable in most of my regular clothes and nothing maternity fits yet. My skin is a mess, I'm perpetually conjested and nothing helps to get rid of it. I have a migraine at least once a week. I'm even slower at running that I used to be and that is a huge selfesteem killer. I dont look pregnant yet (I just feel fluffy) and we havent heard the HB yet so this doesnt seem real just yet (even though we've seen the baby on u/s) so its hard to think of all these symptoms as something that leads to a fun baby.
I keep waiting for the week I start to feel better like everyone keeps telling me, waiting for my bump to pop and ready to know what the sex of this baby is and feel it move. Those things, I hope, will make this more real.
im sorry you feel this way...it gets better i promise. i didn't "look" preganant until like 26 weeks, and even then i could still hide it pretty well if i wanted too. as for being sick....i still have morning sickness and im a day a way for 39 weeks, however i've learned what helps. is it nausea or other things?
try getting a band (can't remember what it's called) from target, that helped me wear my pants that felt uncomfortable longer and at least through out the day. I always changed into something more confortable when i got home and wore lots of dresses.
We didn't hear the heart beat until like 12 weeks or something like that...i totally know how you feel...and im sure all the other moms and pregnant niners as well...trust me it will feel more "real" soon. the second tri is so much better than the 1st. hang in there.
Oh I've figured out what works for the nausea and vomiting, I'm just sick of it being that way. I'd love to eat a meal and keep it down. I'd love to walk through the grocery store and not gag in the meat and deli sections.
I have a Bella Band. It doesnt keep my pants up no matter how I fold it, twist it, or wear it. I've done the rubber band and bobby pin thing too and it only works for so long. I'm just in that in between phase where nothing works just yet.
I went for an appt at 12 weeks and she couldnt find the HB. We saw it on the NT scan u/s so we know everything is okay but it would be fun to hear it. I'm sure we will at the next appt.
I guess I just needed to b!tch and moan. I know how to handle the negatives of pregnancy, I just dont want to.
Thanks for the support! I think we're getting it under control. Alex was weighed today and has gained weight, his official weigh in is tomorrow morning, so we'll see what the doctor's say, but I"m very hopeful now! I'm letting him feed until he's content, then I pump and supplement with that as needed. We supplemented with a little formula to help get him the extra calories he needed to get his weight up, but now we'll be tapering that off and going back to just breast milk. It will help that my production has started increasing too so hopefully I'll be able to get ahead and have extra in the fridge to use.
I was congested the entire duration of my pregnancy. It would not go away and i refused to take anything for it so I just always had tissues with me and when there wasn't anything in there, I just drank hot drinks to help relieve it a little. I also got periodic terrible headaches which I would drink a cup of coffee to cure because I figured that was better than tylenol. That's all a matter of opinion though.
Congrats on Alex's successful weigh in Christina! I also send lots of T&P to DD and Firefly. Meaghan stay strong girl; take it one day at a time.
My FFC: After I had to stop breastfeeding my stomach actually got bigger while my boobs got smaller and lost their firmness
I'm especially upset about my stomach. The worst part is I really don't have the energy to exercise at this point. The best I can do is 45 min. stroller rides with the baby and I try to do planks. I truly thought I'd get back to my old routine postpartum but I'm too damn exhausted.
You're completely right.
But I would add something else that makes the whole thing even MORE offensive is that NOBODY talks about men that way.
Ugh, society. It sucks sometimes. :-(