Nah. It’s never lupus.
I guess I know whose ignore list I’m on.
Who said that?
Not really. I just didn’t feel like ETAing that you ninja’d me.
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.
… maybe you could inform the kid that it’s going to be Colombian and move to a regime of 24-30 espressos/day?
duck and run
Not trying to be evil, and I’m certainly not offering advice, medical or otherwise, but…
I drank my usual coffee throughout my pregnancies. All of 'em. No premature babies, no low birth weights (7#3+ oz. to 9#,) no blood pressure problems. Maybe I was lucky. Or maybe being homicidal would have been a worse complication than anything brought on by caffeine consumption.
Yeah, it was my understanding that part of prenatal care included looking at the mother’s pre-pregnancy intake of drugs (legal and/or non) and debating the balance of what forcing her to go cold-turkey would do to the fetus vs allowing a monitored intake.
Thanks for the reply … my angst *was" soothed by my rant (somewhat). I did SEE the ring – MUCH too small for any of my fingers – and it IS beautiful.
Apparently, whoever put the stone into the ring resized it back to the original size of 7.5! What’s up with THAT??? (the size tag was still attached). I need a 9.25.
Groan.
I wonder how much longer I’ll have to wait???
Atomic Mama, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the end of your rant, because I thought you were going to say they lost your stone! I’m sorry they sized it wrong, but oh! how much worse it could have been!
I did not go cold turkey on caffeine. I’m pretty sure I would have killed somebody by now if I had. I’ve been keeping my intake to 200 mg or less per day, since caffeine intakes above that seem to be associated with a higher risk of miscarriage. It has not been easy.
It’s my specialty. curtseys
<mom voice> Gargle with warm salt water, too. </mom voice>
This is what I did during my second pregnancy, too. During my first, I quit; during my second, I needed it to keep up with the first! Though I did limit espresso drinks. I don’t know why because it turns out espresso has less caffeine per serving than regular drip.
Still, no negative effects on the baby. But all this is anecdotal - my mom used to exclaim, “I drank when I was pregnant with you, and you turned out fine!” In the next 10 years, caffeine during pregnancy could either turn out to be equivalent to smoking crack or could help your kid’s heart health.
We were talking about smoking during pregnancy recently and my kids were astonished that my obstetrician recommended that I not quit smoking when I was pregnant with my oldest. I did cut down gradually throughout the pregnancy but at that time the thought was that the stress of quitting was worse than the nicotine. Also, low birth weight my ass. If it did reduce his birth weight I’m damn happy I smoked*
*Okay maybe not happy but damn he was a big baby.
Well, DC vacation we were so looking forward to turned out to be not that great. A large portion of the Mall is under construction, including the Washington Monument and the reflecting pool, due to the earthquake, so that was kind of ruined for us. Killed ourselves walking in bad shoes on the first day, and somehow ended up with my ankles, feet and back all fucked up for the entire rest of our stay. Was mostly bedridden on Sunday. The museums weren’t as good as I’d expected them to be. Most of the food we ate was overpriced and awful. We ended up going over budget because of the food expense which was like adding insult to injury.
I realize in the grand scheme of things it’s not that big a deal, but life has been really hard for us this year, and we just wanted to get away somewhere and relax and celebrate the good things. It feels like life is just getting harder and harder to carry on. And it’s like, really? We can’t have just one moment?
I still think it was worth it for the beautiful memorials, though, and it sparked a personal interest in American history for me, so it wasn’t all bad.
Yahoo, you can go fuck yourselves. I’m trying to access my e-mail, but cannot do so because your piece of shit interface won’t allow me to accept your new terms & conditions no matter how many times I click accept. You fucking suck. I’m expecting a response to a resume. Goddammit. I’m about to explode.
Aw, that’s a bummer. If I knew you were coming, I’d have baked a cake! If you feel like making the trip again sometime, you’re cordially invited to stay with us. That will cut out the cost of the hotel, and you wouldn’t have to eat at restaurants unless you want to. You’d certainly be free to do your own thing, but we’d also be more than happy to show you around some of our favorite places. If you’re getting into history, there’s just so much to see here; it’s definitely worth at least another visit.
Having said that, though: I’ve gotten heatstroke on two separate occasions while walking the Mall. I feel your pain.
And my very mini-rant: I’m *really *glad that these weird spots on my skin turned out to be a rash and not something more sinister, and it’s great that it’s not terribly contagious… but I’m not thrilled that it will take 6 to 8 weeks - or longer - to go away. And that it’s starting to itch.
Fucking idiots down the block did not neuter their cat. Then they gave my daughter a an adorable grey stripped tabby kitten without my permission that we can’t keep. Assholes.
And honey - honey seems to be all kinds of good for boosting the immune system.
That’s actually also my go to.
Gargle salt water and drink lots of hot lemon drinks with honey.
Sleeping outside with a cold sucks, I don’t want to be miserable.
Who DOES that?