Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

[fieryred33143]

Date: 3/1/2010 4:24:42 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk


I''ve heard this too. I''m sorry, but I don''t bite my own nails, why would I bite my child''s?

LOL

Lots of people do this, you''d be surprised. It reduces the risk of cutting their skin especially since they do not stay still.

I am blessed with a child that for some reason has a switch in her that turns on when she sees the nail clippers. She literally goes from moving around to completely still until I''m done. I didn''t cut her nails the first time though because I was way too scared. I had my mom do it. Then one day she moved her hand quickly while I was nursing and scratched me pretty badly (those nails are soooo sharp) so I got over the fear.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 3/1/2010 4:42:15 PM
Author: meresal
MP- I can''t wait to see your pics!!

For those of you ladies that are further along, have you noticed sore/tender spots on your belly. I have one, if you look down at your belly, it is locaetd about an inch to the left of my belly button. It gets really tender as the day goes on, but if I press on it at any time during the day, it hurts.

Any ideas? I tried google and can''t come up with anything?

Yeah, I had that - it was an elbow. Lol seriously, he stayed in the same spot for months with his elbow jutting out and that part of my belly ALWAYS hurt. The only reason I knew it was an elbow was the US, though I think it was his bony little butt at first. Once he moved to a new spot the pain went away - I once made him move by putting an ice cube on it, because he was hurting me really bad. A few weeks later he rolled over and it was gone.

 

[meresal]

Date: 3/1/2010 5:05:11 PM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 3/1/2010 4:42:15 PM
Author: meresal
MP- I can''t wait to see your pics!!

For those of you ladies that are further along, have you noticed sore/tender spots on your belly. I have one, if you look down at your belly, it is locaetd about an inch to the left of my belly button. It gets really tender as the day goes on, but if I press on it at any time during the day, it hurts.

Any ideas? I tried google and can''t come up with anything?

Yeah, I had that - it was an elbow. Lol seriously, he stayed in the same spot for months with his elbow jutting out and that part of my belly ALWAYS hurt. The only reason I knew it was an elbow was the US, though I think it was his bony little butt at first. Once he moved to a new spot the pain went away - I once made him move by putting an ice cube on it, because he was hurting me really bad. A few weeks later he rolled over and it was gone.

Fabulous! I will make him move

... I was worried it had something to do with my placenta or uterus.

 

[somethingshiny]

Congratulations, Kimi! I LOVE the name Jane!! It''s classic and beautiful. Adorable pic, too. Can''t wait to see more! Hope your move is going smoothly!!

Re: biting babies nails. I''ve heard this a lot and I''ve seen it first hand. Personally, I''m not into it. I understand that some moms are nervous about trimming the nails, but it''s worth the effort to learn to do it the right way considering you''ll be doing it for YEARS!! (and you really won''t want that hand in your mouth VERY SOON!) You are MUCH bigger than baby and can easily hold a little hand still. When JT was a newborn, I cut his nails while he slept. I passed on that tidbit to my sis and bro with their LOs and they''ve never had a problem. Also, I''ve found that since JT learned to keep still while trimming the nails, he had an easier time of keeping still for hair cuts and dr''s exams.

 

[Kaleigh]

How about using a soft nail file for the baby''s nails?? That''s what I did way back when...

Just a thought.

 

[canuk-gal]

Date: 3/1/2010 11:57:20 AM
Author: Dee*Jay
De-lurking at ***KIMI''S*** request to let everyone know that she and J have a healthy and beautiful baby GRIL!!! 5 lbs, 8 oz, 18.3 inches.

She is moving tomorrow and has no internet but I''m sure will be back with pictures of the little princess soon!

CONGRATS KIMI!!!

HI:

Wonderful news!!!! Congrats!!!!

cheers--Sharon

 

[lover in athens]

CONGRATS KIM!! what a beautiful baby girl! good luck on the move!

to everyone else. life over here has been super-crazy (when isn''t it, really??), so my PS time seems to be very short...
things are going well though. 14 weeks already; the time is FLYING by! we will get to find out the gender in 2 weeks!! i can''t wait. we won''t schedule our anatomy scan until probably closer to 20 weeks, but they will do the baseline cervical measurement at 16, and hopefully we''ll get a sneak peek! dh won''t be able to come with me, so i think we''ll have the tech write it down and seal it and we''ll open it over lunchtime.

re: mitted sleepers and the such, we NEVER put coby in them. he had a few minor scratches, but nothing too bad. if he was sleeping, he was swaddled though, and that definitely helped... i think it just depends on the kid!

here is my attempt to catch up a little bit... sorry if i miss anyone! i''m hoping to have more internet time over the next few weeks!!!



GOOD LUCK to DRK! hope everything goes well and can''t wait to meet your little one! congrats on making it to full term!!

CARA: hope you start feeling better soon...1st trimester just SUCKS. i finally started seeing the light a couple weeks ago, but i''ve been feeling slightly nauseated the past couple days again. hopefully it''s nothing...

MERESAL: you''re getting CLOSE. very very exciting. you look great! don''t worry about the little spots of pain...totally normal...

MONKEY: great teaser pic! can''t wait to see more!

HH: hope you''re doing well too! you''re almost through the 1st trimester...hard to believe isn''t it??!

LULU: gorgeous pics! have a wonderful vacation!

SNLEE: how are you? it''s so hard keeping up with the toddler in the 1st trimester...how is d around little babies?? coby is kind of fascinated, but also is the MOST jealous child ever. i''m terrified of what''s going to happen when we bring home another kiddo!

CHARGER: i''m so impressed that you did the 5K. such a trooper!!

JENA: glad you called the doc and that the spotting wasn''t anything!!

PUPPP: i''ve had a few hot flashes too. and then i''m freezing 30 seconds later. my poor body doesn''t know what the heck is going on!!

JCROW: that''s awesome about the heartburn. i canNOT believe you''re week 4inch heels. i can''t even tolerate them when i''m not pregnant! you''re my idol! (and yes, i''m only 5''1 also!!). did you like avatar??

 

[Mara]

ditto kaleigh on the nail file, i was just going to chime and say we just used a baby nail file on J and it works fine...i would no way try to cut those little fragile paper nails, they are TINY! and bite them, forget it. nail file was super easy. but even with short nails, he can still stab himself in the eye lol.

 

[AmberWaves]

Congrats Kim!! She''s gorgeous!

Re: Mitts, Piper never used them, she''d get pissed her hands were covered. She''s also a major mover, and in the first few "spastic arms" weeks she tore her face up with nails. Our pedi wanted us to leave the mitts off anyway so she can get used to her hands, she said otherwise it may "impede" her coordination. Whatever. We just left them uncovered to stop her fussing. We also bite the nails, she will NOT stay still for nail clippers (clipped her thumb at a few weeks, we nearly died) for files. So I just bite them off and since they''re so thin they just come off easily. Not so gross because she gets bathed every day!

 

[MonkeyPie]

The nail file really skeeves DH out - he can''t even stand when I file my own nails, so I try not to do it around him - so I''m thinking he may be more open to the biting. I know it''s easiest when they are tiny to hold their little hands still to cut them during sleep, but once they are big enough to fight me, then what? Oh, I have so many little worries lol.

I have another teaser pic! I can hardly stand it, so cute. DH and I were having a giggle fit in this pic and it totally shows.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

So cute MP!

 

[PrettyBlues]

Love all the belly pics - everyone looks great!

Kim congrats on baby Jane - she is gorgeous

Cara ditto to what the other girls said - it does get better after the 1st tri usually, but even at almost 30 weeks I''m like Mere and have those moments of "I can''t believe I''m pregnant!" I think it''s pretty normal to go through a range of emotions when you are pregnant, and it is not any kind of indicator of what you will be like as a Mom.

MP great pic of you two! Sorry the weather didn''t cooperate though, hopefully you will get all the shots you want, sans coat, the second time around.

Regarding nails, I haven''t even really thought of it to be honest. I had heard that you aren''t "supposed" to use mitts, I guess for the reason Amber said, but I guess I will do whatever works the best. I think I will try the file first and see how I go. And Somethingshiny, thanks for the tip of clipping while they are asleep. Sounds like a great idea.

Question on etiquette - my baby shower is in about four weeks. I have recently received a gift, and also a cheque from people who are not coming. Do I send a Thank you note right away? I assume there is no reason to wait until the actual shower has happened? I was hoping to be able to thank the person that sent the cheque for an actual present, as in "I used the money to buy ABC, this will be so handy when blah blah blah..." but I don''t really want to buy anything until I know what we get and what we need. Sigh. So what is the right thing to do?

 

[lovelylulu]

MP - great photos. I love the tones!

 

[meresal]

I am having a hormonal day (one of very very few I have had this whole pregnancy)... and I'm at work

My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can't come up with one freaking thing on his own...

Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

MP- Your second teaser is beautiful! I can't wait to see the rest!

 

[lovelylulu]

I''m sorry mer - my husband has been known to be guilty of this particular offense as well

.

I was a wee bit offended on one occassion (can''t remember what exactly) and told him that it''s honestly not the present that matters (unless I''m dropping hints left and right

), just the fact that he put some thought into it. The next time ''round, he pulled together something that was perfectly me and I think that my reaction (very, very happy) was enough to show him that it really is the *thought* that counts.

hope that your hubby finds a way to make it feel special and happy early birthday

TWO days until our vacation!! though bathing suit shopping at 6 months pregnant is oh, so not fun

 

[Jas12]

Congrats Kim!!! I love her name too. Hope you are recovering well.


Count me in as one that bit off the newborn nails! Not gross, they aren''t digging thru garbage or anything with those hands

I did so after the maternity nurse scolded me for using the scatch mittens!

She told me that newborns need to explore their surroundings with their hands. i was paranoid to put them back on in her presence & actually never really used them. The clippers didn''t work for me in the start, i was too shaky to use them. But we use them all the time now, no problem. No biting dirty toddler nails

 

[Mara]

yay for vacation Lulu!!!

Mere...gotta love the men..!! hope that something fun shows up ala surprise for your bday.

re: mitts... it's so funny how diff hospitals and nurses etc are, our hospital totally used them and all their outfits had mitts. plus my mom used them all on us and we turned out fine lol. i just hate seeing his face all red wealed from his hands and again if he didn't like to stab himself in the eye it wouldn't be so bad. we do leave them off sometimes during the day so he can get a feel for his hands but at night and during sleepy time, mitts are a necessity or else he WILL wake up screaming from something he did to himself. it is super cute though when i uncover his hand now he will grab the boob or bottle totally openhanded (strong!) and his hand seems giant compared to his little body.

MP such a cute image...i love that you have curly hair but straighten it for your photos, i am the same way...though i tend to straighten it most of the time. greg calls my flat iron 'that torture device' and says he loves my hair 'wild'... me NOT SO MUCH.

hope all the preggos are doing well!!! can i just say that J turned one month yesterday and being preggo seems SO long ago. the time totally flies when the baby is actually here.

oh and i hit the gym yesterday for the first time since 5 months preggo. WOW it felt amazing to just do 25 min on the elliptical with no belly, nausea or heartburn hahaa.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 3/2/2010 1:05:04 PM
Author: Mara
MP such a cute image...i love that you have curly hair but straighten it for your photos, i am the same way...though i tend to straighten it most of the time. greg calls my flat iron ''that torture device'' and says he loves my hair ''wild''... me NOT SO MUCH.

I don''t mind my curls usually, but my hair stays straight longer than my curls stay looking uniform and pretty so I tend to straighten it if I want it to look nice lol. DH likes my hair both ways, but he likes that when it''s straight he can run his hands through it without snagging. So that''s a big plus - straight hair = head massage, yay!

Re: the mitts, our hospital has them, too. I think I will be ok with using them, as a newborn can''t reach to touch more than his face or belly anyway - and he''s already been touching them for months in my tummy, so he won''t be missing out!

 

[meresal]

Lulu- C did an INCREDIBLE job with the wedding gift he gave me. It had so much meaning and I was so surprised! Just like your DH story, but apparently my DH has regressed. His mom just sends out an email asking for everyone's lists when it is Christmas time, and that is what you get. This is not how my family works, and I love giving thoughtful gifts that are a total surprise! I am trying to get him to realize that if he just paid attention more when it isn't the week before my birthday, he would have ideas when brithday and Christmas roll around... but that isn't how he was raised so it's been hard.

Mara- Men are interesting, to say the least! I don't hold out hope for anything when it comes to birthday's. Getting excited, or having expectations, only causes dissapointment when it's not what I thought was going to happen. When it comes to my birthday, I stick as close as possible to the concept of, "Shoot low... you'll never be dissapointed".

The problem lies in that I LOVE going all out for other people's birthday's, (ie DH).

I'm over it. Like I said earlier, I was having a hormonal moment, and I know that DH just wants to make sure he gets me something I will like.

ETA: I'm another curly haired girl that straightens my hair for pictures! DH lvoes it curly, but I just feel messy and not so much "put together".

 

[charbie]

Date: 3/2/2010 11:05:29 AM
Author: meresal
My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can''t come up with one freaking thing on his own...

Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

mere- i just had to respond even tho this isn''t really preggo related and i just lurk over here- i so feel for you on this topic. i think it has something to do with being a pisces. we pay attention to others and are in tune to those things...some men just don''t, and it is is so much more magnified bc of the way we pisces are. i''m sorry about the crazy horomones- but enjoy the birthday as much as possible!!!!!!

 

[meresal]

Date: 3/2/2010 8:57:02 PM
Author: charbie

Date: 3/2/2010 11:05:29 AM
Author: meresal
My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can''t come up with one freaking thing on his own...

Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

mere- i just had to respond even tho this isn''t really preggo related and i just lurk over here- i so feel for you on this topic. i think it has something to do with being a pisces. we pay attention to others and are in tune to those things...some men just don''t, and it is is so much more magnified bc of the way we pisces are. i''m sorry about the crazy horomones- but enjoy the birthday as much as possible!!!!!!

Charbie, lol! You know, I would say apprx 90% of the times I cry can be DIRECTLY linked to my Pisces traits. Lovely, isn''t it?

I know that most of the world doesn''t put half the thought that I do into gift giving, and why I would expect that from DH is beyond me! LOL! Maybe lots of Pisces don''t like birthday''s... it wouldn''t surprise me! You subconsciously want the same that you give, but you know deep down it will never be the same... that is why I try as hard as I can to treat it like any other day. However, it seems that I still expect a bit more from certain people

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 3/2/2010 9:35:09 PM
Author: meresal

Date: 3/2/2010 8:57:02 PM
Author: charbie

Date: 3/2/2010 11:05:29 AM
Author: meresal
My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can''t come up with one freaking thing on his own...

Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

mere- i just had to respond even tho this isn''t really preggo related and i just lurk over here- i so feel for you on this topic. i think it has something to do with being a pisces. we pay attention to others and are in tune to those things...some men just don''t, and it is is so much more magnified bc of the way we pisces are. i''m sorry about the crazy horomones- but enjoy the birthday as much as possible!!!!!!

Charbie, lol! You know, I would say apprx 90% of the times I cry can be DIRECTLY linked to my Pisces traits. Lovely, isn''t it?

I know that most of the world doesn''t put half the thought that I do into gift giving, and why I would expect that from DH is beyond me! LOL! Maybe lots of Pisces don''t like birthday''s... it wouldn''t surprise me! You subconsciously want the same that you give, but you know deep down it will never be the same... that is why I try as hard as I can to treat it like any other day. However, it seems that I still expect a bit more from certain people

Mere,

I am not a Pices. But darn it all you are preggo, and it''s your birthday... And yes you expect certain things from your Husband.

He needs to step it up a notch or two. He should show you how important you are, and wisk you away to a romantic dinner and make the day all about you....

Husbands don''t get it sometimes. Mine didn''t at first. But I sure made him learn.

You need love, attention more now than ever.

Happy early birthday.

 

[meresal]

Date: 3/2/2010 10:42:39 PM
Author: Kaleigh
Mere,

I am not a Pices. But darn it all you are preggo, and it''s your birthday... And yes you expect certain things from your Husband.

He needs to step it up a notch or two. He should show you how important you are, and wisk you away to a romantic dinner and make the day all about you....

Husbands don''t get it sometimes. Mine didn''t at first. But I sure made him learn.

You need love, attention more now than ever.

Happy early birthday.

Thank you Kaleigh! I''m taking the day off of work to pamper myself, and DH is going to go to my doctor''s appt with me.

We will definitely be going to my favorite steak house for dinner as well! I figure, like you, it''s a work in progress. I''ll be usre to update you all on whatever he comes up with. lol.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Mere I feel your pain, DH is the same way.

So I had a breakdown this morning. I put on a pair of khakis that were freshly washed and I did a sumo squat to stretch them out and proceeded to rip them down the crotch/butt. Carlos decided to hang out with me today. I look like I''m five months pregnant. No joke, DH came into the bedroom to laugh at me after the incident and goes "wow you''ve really popped!" No no honey one doesn''t pop at 11 weeks with their first child. It doesn''t work that way. So he offered to take me shopping this weekend for new pants! I may have to split a few more just because...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 3/3/2010 8:15:48 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
So he offered to take me shopping this weekend for new pants! I may have to split a few more just because...

That is genius, right there, and you should totally do it. I would, hah.

 

[vespergirl]

Hi everyone, I''m really several pages behind, so I''m sorry if I missed anyone''s posts, but I just wanted to say:

Kim, congrats on Jane Katherine! She is such a beauty, and I love her name!

MonkeyPie, those photos of you & your husband are great! You look just beautiful and glowing.

Mere, I hope that your DH comes through for your birthday. (Happy birthday by the way!) I have to say that I have been SO sensitive these days too, and my DH is more of the introverted/logical/analytical type, who doesn''t really get the fact that I need some extra coddling. I''ve started bursting into tears a lot, and he has no idea what to do

HH, I know that you''re also having issues with your emotions and your DH, and I can understand how tough it is when you feel like he''s not understanding what your needs are. I''m in the same boat

For example, I have asked DH to do something for me for the past YEAR that he hadn''t done until the other day that was very important to me - we don''t have any pictures printed of DS for the past 2 years - they were all loaded onto our old computer, and then he put them on some doodad and I couldn''t access them, and I wanted him to download them on the new computer so I could have them printed & update his album before the new baby arrives. He finally downloaded them last weekend, but I couldn''t find them all day yesterday when I was looking for them. I cried for hours, thinking that I have absolutely no pictures of DS between the ages of 10 months - 3 years, because DH lost them, when I had asked him not to move them to begin with. I kept texting him to demand that he tell me where he put them exactly, but he was at a conference, so he promised he would bring them up for me when he got home.

Of course, I was CONVINCED that he had totally lost them, and I would never be able to forgive him, and I kept crying all day long. When he got home, he immediately pulled them up on the computer (he saved them in some random file with a weird name that I couldn''t find). I started sobbing as soon as he brought them up, and he was like, "Why are you crying now? Here they are!" I just said, "I''m so relieved now - I thought they were gone forever!"

He was so freaked out because I am not a weepy hysterical type, but yesterday, I was a walking hormonal disaster. He just gave me an awkward hug, but he totally didn''t understand why I was so upset. Guys just don''t understand the hormone stuff.

One more thing that I meant to post - I just received my bamboo Belly Bandit, which is like a velcro corset and is supposed to get my waist down to normal size after the baby. Before I had my first, I had a 27" waist, but it settled at 29" after the first baby. I am hoping that I can get down to at least a 28" after this one with this thing ... here''s a link if anyone wants to check it out, but I don''t know anyone IRL who has used one, so I''m not sure if they really work ...
http://www.bellybandit.com/

 

[meresal]

HH- I'm sorry to hear about your pants. It is probably just the initial bloat. I had it bad, and I just went and bought a pair of jeans that were 29's instead of 27's. They lasted all the way up until like 23/24 weeks... when I had to get real maternity stuff.
Vesper- I'm sorry to hear about the hormones, but so glad to hear that he was able to pull the pictures up!

I don't know if you saw my earlier post, but I am getting a waist band as well. I can't remember the name of it right now, but it is along the same line as Spanx. I'm hoping that it works... I have definitely widened quite a bit with this pregnancy. Are you going to start wearing it immediately after, or wait for the uterus to shink back a little bit first?


How are all of the preggo's doing today?!

 

[janinegirly]

Date: 3/2/2010 9:35:09 PM
Author: meresal

Date: 3/2/2010 8:57:02 PM
Author: charbie

Date: 3/2/2010 11:05:29 AM
Author: meresal
My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can''t come up with one freaking thing on his own...

Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

mere- i just had to respond even tho this isn''t really preggo related and i just lurk over here- i so feel for you on this topic. i think it has something to do with being a pisces. we pay attention to others and are in tune to those things...some men just don''t, and it is is so much more magnified bc of the way we pisces are. i''m sorry about the crazy horomones- but enjoy the birthday as much as possible!!!!!!

Charbie, lol! You know, I would say apprx 90% of the times I cry can be DIRECTLY linked to my Pisces traits. Lovely, isn''t it?

I know that most of the world doesn''t put half the thought that I do into gift giving, and why I would expect that from DH is beyond me! LOL! Maybe lots of Pisces don''t like birthday''s... it wouldn''t surprise me! You subconsciously want the same that you give, but you know deep down it will never be the same... that is why I try as hard as I can to treat it like any other day. However, it seems that I still expect a bit more from certain people

Just a quick note to commisserate. My DH is the same way. I always take such care with gift giving, trying to remember things the person mentioned over the year. I love the personal touch of a gift and effort it shows! It''s fun knowing you chose something the person wanted and even better would never get for themself.
My DH however is useless at gifts! Asks what I want and he means EXACTLY. I hate that..I can buy myself a gift, I want the effort and thought. He''d rather we just say "no gifts" b/c he feels it''s pressure and he has no idea what I want. He even once told me no body buys birthday gifts (uh, what?). I do think my DH has tried harder, but still pretty bad at this. So you are not alone. And no it wasn''t better during preggo mo''s--don''t even get me started on push gifts...DH still doesn''t know that exists.

Happy early b''day, the steakhouse sounds great! Let us know if your DH pulls through

 

[vespergirl]

Date: 3/3/2010 11:50:40 AM
Author: meresal
HH- I''m sorry to hear about your pants. It is probably just the initial bloat. I had it bad, and I just went and bought a pair of jeans that were 29''s instead of 27''s. They lasted all the way up until like 23/24 weeks... when I had to get real maternity stuff.
Vesper- I''m sorry to hear about the hormones, but so glad to hear that he was able to pull the pictures up!

I don''t know if you saw my earlier post, but I am getting a waist band as well. I can''t remember the name of it right now, but it is along the same line as Spanx. I''m hoping that it works... I have definitely widened quite a bit with this pregnancy. Are you going to start wearing it immediately after, or wait for the uterus to shink back a little bit first?


How are all of the preggo''s doing today?!

Hey Meresal,

I am going to start wearing mine immediately after (if I can) but if not I''ll just start wearing it as soon as it fits - hopefully by the time I get home from the hospital, or a few days after.

I am sure that the Spanx one will work too - I think that basically any of those "compression girdle" type things will help hold everything in place and shrink up faster instead of just "hanging loose."

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 3/3/2010 1:14:34 PM
Author: janinegirly

Date: 3/2/2010 9:35:09 PM

Author: meresal

Date: 3/2/2010 8:57:02 PM

Author: charbie

Date: 3/2/2010 11:05:29 AM

Author: meresal

My birthday is on Thursday, and C just started asking me what I want, this past weekend. Really?!? I spend sooooo much time listening to him and remembering things that he wants, so that I can surprise him on his birthday and Christmas, and he can''t come up with one freaking thing on his own...


Nothing makes you feel more important, than having to pick out your own gifts 2 days before your birthday.

mere- i just had to respond even tho this isn''t really preggo related and i just lurk over here- i so feel for you on this topic. i think it has something to do with being a pisces. we pay attention to others and are in tune to those things...some men just don''t, and it is is so much more magnified bc of the way we pisces are. i''m sorry about the crazy horomones- but enjoy the birthday as much as possible!!!!!!

Charbie, lol! You know, I would say apprx 90% of the times I cry can be DIRECTLY linked to my Pisces traits. Lovely, isn''t it?

I know that most of the world doesn''t put half the thought that I do into gift giving, and why I would expect that from DH is beyond me! LOL! Maybe lots of Pisces don''t like birthday''s... it wouldn''t surprise me! You subconsciously want the same that you give, but you know deep down it will never be the same... that is why I try as hard as I can to treat it like any other day. However, it seems that I still expect a bit more from certain people

Just a quick note to commisserate. My DH is the same way. I always take such care with gift giving, trying to remember things the person mentioned over the year. I love the personal touch of a gift and effort it shows! It''s fun knowing you chose something the person wanted and even better would never get for themself.

My DH however is useless at gifts! Asks what I want and he means EXACTLY. I hate that..I can buy myself a gift, I want the effort and thought. He''d rather we just say ''no gifts'' b/c he feels it''s pressure and he has no idea what I want. He even once told me no body buys birthday gifts (uh, what?). I do think my DH has tried harder, but still pretty bad at this. So you are not alone. And no it wasn''t better during preggo mo''s--don''t even get me started on push gifts...DH still doesn''t know that exists.

Happy early b''day, the steakhouse sounds great! Let us know if your DH pulls through

I plan on getting a full body girdle after the baby is born. I want compression coverage from cankles to neck!