Posts by rooper

I am American, but I spent a number of years living in Europe.  Furthermore, I used to be a labor and delivery nurse, so I got very used to seeing women breastfeed.  I just don't understand women who are disgusted by the idea. 

I am 32 years old and I just gave birth to my first child three weeks ago.  That being said, we tried for 3 years to get pregnant.  I had extremely irregular periods and complained to my doctors after 6 months of trying and not getting pregnant.  They told me to try another 6 months.  It turned out in the end that I have PCOS.  My recommendation is to start charting your cycles and really make sure that you understand your cycles.  If you are not pregnant in another 6 months, go to your OB/GYN.  They can run some simple blood tests on your hormones to see if things are running the way you should.  Don't get discouraged.  I remember crying last Thanksgiving because I thought I would never have a baby.  This year I have so much to be thankful for.  Best of luck to you!!! 

Just the other night I had a dream that the delivery room had theatre seating in it and all my friends were there eating popcorn.  It came time to get my epidural and people started pelting me with the popcorn.  The anesthesiologist couldn't get the epidural in because of the popcorn, so he gave me gas.  When I woke up from the anesthesia in my dream, I was told I had given birth to a walking talking toddler. 

You are right Vanessa, her lie was just plain bizarre.  My husbands siblings and cousins were all sending me emails telling me how sorry they were, etc.  I had no idea what they were talking about.  When I found out, I confronted my MIL and she told me that MY sister was the one who spread the rumor.  ???????  It was yet another lie.  My sister doesn't talk to my husband's extended family. 

The worst part is that she will do similar things at family gatherings. She will say the lies to another family member right in front of my face.  Either me or my husband will tell her that she is mistaken.  When this happens, she usually gets very flustered and locks herself in a room. 

I am not even certain that she is aware of what she says.  She keeps talking about how she "needs" a Xanax and I wonder if it is impairing her memory.  I have thought that perhaps the things she attributes to me are happening to other people she knows.  I really don't know. 

Thanks!  I was thinking of the diaper genie and some of my non-dog owning friends were saying it was a waste of money because of the refills.  But you guys provided me with the info I wanted.  It keeps the dogs away!  Yay!

Now, I am awaiting the arrival of my little one, but I researched long and hard into my jogging stroller.  It will be my only stroller.  I chose the BOB Revolution. 

My doc told me that it was alright to have up to two cups of coffee a day.  Since I am a tea drinker, I still drink a cup of tea in the morning and one in the afternoon.  I drink it with Splenda, too.  I can't tell you how many people at work have looked at me like I am going to have a three headed child because I drink tea with Splenda.  I just remind them that diabetics get pregnant!

I am so glad to know that I am not the only one to have a bad houseguest story.  I do believe Ben Franklin had something right with that old adage about guest and fish.  Gi-jane, you hit the nail on the head when you said it was probably one thing when I only had to deal with them in small doses.  I don't know, perhaps they found me to be just as rude a host as I found her to be as a guest.  They definitely spent most of the time looking completely unhappy....

I haven't even begun to touch upon some of the weird and rude stuff this couple did.  My favorite part was when the wife emptied out her bags, filling up the trash can and she had the nerve to look at me and say, "You're gonna need to empty that, it's full."  I told her where the outside bin was and she just walked away. 

Littlejudy, how funny that you mentioned never to ask them to visit again.  They had mentioned that they would be back soon, before the end of summer, and I must admit that my over exaggerated "Oh " was obviously not one of joy.  I am truly glad they aren't related!

Madamq, I love the letter.  LMAO.  I moved the furniture back while they were here, she moved it again, and I moved it back again.  She didn't touch it after that.  Needless to say, by then things were pretty uncomfortable. 

I really appreciate all the advice.  As one of my co-workers reminded me, there are plenty of people on limited incomes that buy the cheaper products and their babies come out just fine.  She also reminded me that all products must meet the minimum safety standard.  I just want to spend money wisely. 

My recommendation would be to go to a running store (even if you are walking) and have a professional fit your shoe to you.  You can't watch your stride, they can.  After they watch you, they can get you the right shoe.  The proper shoe is always of utmost importance!!!

I have been wondering about this myself.  I looked at a personal trimmer.  Do they work well.  I bought one years ago and it sucked!

I am currently pregnant with our first.  I have no choice but to work.  It is way to expensive where we live and I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck.  We all know emergencies come up.  Luckily, as a nurse, i don't work everyday.  Irregardless, as someone else on here pointed out, I also need to work for me.  I love what I do and find fulfillment in it.  I have those friends who are SAHMs and they drive me nuts.  They were professionals before they had their kids, but they seem to have lost their own identity.  I was planning an outing with one friend and all she could talk about was what snacks she would pack for her toddler, what outfit she would put her in, blah blah blah.  I wanted to plan what time we would meet up, what we would do that day, etc.  We never did do that and by the end of the phone call, I wanted to scream, "I don't care!" I don't want to be the person who can't even plan an outing because I am so concerned about my kid. 

That being said, i am tossing around the idea of a nanny vs daycare.  It is tough as a nurse, because your schedul is ever changing and you need someone who can work around that to a certain extent.  Luckily, hubby said he will drop kiddo off.  Hope it all works out.  I will be happier if I can work! 

Just yesterday someone said to me in the elevator, "Your face is getting fatter."  I smiled at him and said, "Let me help you out, next time just tell a woman that she looks nice.  Never use the word fatter to describe anything on  her."  I then got off the elevator while the man tried to stutter an apology.  Men!

LOL, caverlady, I have also told my husband i want to choke this lady.  I did buy a notebook last week and started documenting other things.  She is off on vacation again (third time this year) and I am photocopying all of the work I do for her.