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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Wow, that beats what we're doing! :D Congrats!! Is this your first grandchild?
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Wow, that beats what we're doing! :D Congrats!! Is this your first grandchild?
Is it a home birth or you were just at the home? My husband's cousin wanted to home birth but her doctor husband nixed the idea because he was too concerned on what could go wrong. I thought that was funny since he is trained to deal with such things. Of course he is a neurologist resident and I guess it is pretty daunting if it is your baby.
No baby yet! It's our second. I'm in a hotel with his 3 yo big brother right now, giving mom a rest, because yes it is a home birth. Her first child was born at 30 weeks (said 3 yo), and it was an emergency c-section, so she's never actually been in labor before. SOOOO, it's like having a first child. It's taking a LONG time. :) But she's not laboring too hard. I expect to hear about the door having opened a little more very soon. Probably speed up as the afternoon wears on. Labor started yesterday around 10.
Karen
Haven't been here for a while...actually been working at work!
Have spring fever. We have had some chilly weather (yep, here in Florida)--it is perfect out today....I need to get out....
It's absolutely lovely here, despite the snow. Had a dr's appt, so I got an early escape from work. When I got home, I took Fiona for a nice long walk in the sunshine and warm air. Both of us were loathe to come back inside.
Now if the snow would go ahead and melt already.
Well keep us posted when you can!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
We are so overwhelmed at work that the *Powers that Be* decided we needed to have a "workload summit" - please fill out the attached forms... I kid you not! :eek::rolleyes:
How about I just work on my projects than fill out briefing forms on all my projects, including the long dormant ones where I'd have to hunt down the info? Oh, and did I mention that since someone has left, and her work load has been distributed amoung 3 of us, I'm currently filling 1.3 FTEs? (full time equivalents)
ARRRGGG. :mad:
yes, in this economy, I should be thankful I have a job. I just happen to think it is absolutely ludicrous to spend hours filling out briefing forms about my heavy work load for a "work load summit." :eek:
Still no baby, but things are finally moving along...I've been banished to the hotel, since the 3 yo is asleep in his own bed. I think there will be a birth by midnight! :)
Karen
Government efficiency:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
Baby is here! YAY! Now for a rest!
Karen
is that ALL you are going to tell us?? (you must really be tired!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Woohoo! Congratulations Grandma! Give us an update AFTER you've had your rest! :D
I don't think I'll ever be a grandma....
Of course, the thought that I am even saying this kind of is weird.
I still feel 16.
Well, here's a blurry cell phone pic. He was born at home, with no complications. 9 lbs! :) (What a woman!) She kept the placenta in a little longer than usual (about 4 hours), so we went to the hospital for about an hour, where it decided to make its appearance before they could stick her with a needle, or even get her admitted. We left then AMA because she didn't want any part of the hospital!
Baby Jack, and his mama! :)
Karen
that came at the end of a line. When I read the next line I was so glad the next word wasn't 'jar':eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
ROFL.
Many women who home birth do freeze the placenta, to be "recycled". A group of my friends wanted to bless my new house by planting a tree, and one of them donated the placenta from her last child, which had been in her freezer too long. We put it in the bottom of the hole and it fed the tree.
Some women consume the placenta, but we don't need to get into that!
Karen
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww congrats!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
That's a BIG baby! Congratulations! He's very cute!
too long for WHAT?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
congrats on a big healthy baby. I'm glad she was able to expel the placenta without drugs! I had my second baby without any drugs at all.
OK, I'm going to tell a really gross story. You've been warned.
About 17 years ago, one of my coworkers had a miscarriage. She caught it in a salsa jar, so she could take it to her doctor (for some reason she thought he'd be interested in seeing it.) To this day, no one in my office can mention salsa without someone else remembering this story and everyone getting grossed out all over again.
divingbiker - Ewww....
Karen, congrats on the new grandbaby. Jack is adorable. His mom looks so happy and proud in the pic. 9lbs - wow! DD was 8 lb 13 oz and I can't imagine what it would of been like delivering her naturally.
I just got back from the mall, which is one of my least favorite places, and I have a pounding headache now. But the kids are happy. They have been saving their money for a while and wanted to visit the Lego and Hello Kitty stores. DS even helped his little sis with her purchase. I'm very proud of him. Sharing is not always one of his strong suits.:o
Oh my.
How is it that her coworkers are privy to that bit of TMI?
Divingbiker- I have a coworker that overshares but never to that extent. And I have a problem of being too blunt for my own good at times, I can only imagine what I would say!
tucker- That is a big baby, what a champ mama is. Wow. I cringed when I heard my nieces were both 9 lbs, sounded painful but what do I know? He is cute, congrats on another grandson!
Amanda, how's Maggie doing?
in reference to Divingbiker's co-worker's TMI. After living on an Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona for a few years, and discovering their very very dry sense of humor.... there is a certain food item I can't quite face thanks to my Apache co-worker.
Burritos.
(used baby diaper)
This same man taught a naive chick in our office a greeting in Apache. She wanted to greet the Tribal Council properly.... Daniel taught her the Apache version of a Beetle's song - "voulez vous couche avec moi, se soir? Fortunately she tried this out on one person first, who snickered at her, and bellowed "Daniel!!!" Chickie had no idea what she said. Once she found out, she was out for blood.
that's french, what does it mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
"Would you like to uh, "lie down" with me, tonight" :rolleyes:
I tried something similar once on Svalbard with an fellow student who spoke only English, taught him to say "Vil du være med meg hjem?" to any girl who caught his fancy. It means "Would you go home with me?" :p
It means "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?" and it's not the Beatles, it was the disco group Labelle.
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Originally Posted by bmccasland
http://clipt.net/blog/2009/02/01/snl-edible-pampers/
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You guys are cracking me up!
The placenta thing...some people consume the placenta--either dry it and make it into a powder and take it in capsules, or they make a soup out of it (seriously). I think if I remember right, her baby was about 18 mos old when we planted the tree. So, it had been in the freezer that long, which is a long time to keep organ meat (lol). I don't know what she had planned to do with it originally.
Karen
it's bound to work eventually :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lph
was he cute? ;)
Cute enough :p He knew he was being conned, but I think he drew a few laughs at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
You're right, I could hear the song in my head, just couldn't remember how far back it went. This is what I get for missing the Beatle's Invasion (lived in France '63-66). I learned Yellow Submarine in French first, from some record of a French Pop singer Mom had.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Reminds me of a time when I had a new co-worker from the Soviet Union. He used up his pencil eraser, and aksed me where he could get a new rubber:eek:
Once I told the slang meaning , we had a good laugh.
I remember plenty of Latin grammar, root words, etc., but very few phrases or sentences. One of the phrases our peer instructor taught us that I remember very clearly was:
Ave, nauta! Esne in urbe novus?
(Hey, sailor. New in town?)
I just got an IM from my husband, who's off traveling.
"I have seen her."
"Seen who?" I replied.
"Beijing's only cyclist wearing a helmet."
Well, ladies, we knew the wisest cyclist in Beijing had to be a woman, didn't we?
What a droll sense of humor he has!
lol.
Karen
Just saw this, haven't been drifting. She is doing well. The vet wanted to keep pulling blood work every three weeks to catch problems early. Unfortunately, due to money we cannot keep doing this all the time. The test is $48-70 depending on the number of values checked (they don't check all everytime) and her bills were well over $1,000 plus the subcu is about $40/week and her food is about $35 a case (12 cans, she eats a can a day), her pills are $44/month.Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
She is eating and we are staying the course with subcu. DH and I had a heart to heart that we cannot afford to keep hospitalizing so the vet's reason for pulling blood so often isn't really necessary. It was a tough thing to come out and say but we did right both times we know that and look it is March! He was adamant about not backing down the subcu levels when we looked at the blood numbers 3 weeks ago so we are just plugging along and she was being a brat this morning, always a nice sign.
He is in China again?! I thought he was going to Khazakstan or some such place next? I know Wales can't quite compete in exoticness but I was hoping for a visit here too....Quote:
Originally Posted by Duck on Wheels
funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Duck on Wheels
and Salsa, how's your furbaby?