Daisalana

Well just got out of the meeting, ends up insurance is going up to $700 a month for family plan. Holy crap? I'm not sure if we can afford that :biggrin:

I haven't, but the effects could be pretty bad! It could rip the stitches and port pops loose, it could pop the port off of the tubing (rendering it useless), or cause internal bleeding if it gets shoved into something. These are just some things that come to mind. At the minimum, it would be very painful :/ I'd recommend avoiding this.. obviously.

Oh Jane reminded me of something I did for cat puke.. when she did lime green puke all over our white carpet when we were out of town.. I found something online, said to sprinkle salt on it, and then cover it with a damp paper towel, leave it for a couple of hours. it did work, the salt soaks it up. Litter sounds like it would work too, but salt didn't leave a kitty litter smell :/

Oh I read it. I was thinking, damn she just ruined her car.. then I thought, I can't let that happen! ACK. Not going to think about it :biggrin: I hate our vending machines at work, you put money in, the item you want won't come out or is sold out but it didn't tell you.. but then it won't give you your money back, so you gotta buy something you don't want. It's pissin me off! I have a love for astronaut ice cream.. ya'll ever had it? The space center down the road sells it, but it's like $4 a pack and 1 pack is a snack. I bought a 10-pack online, they are only 120 calorie each, so it's like a 100 calorie pack, except one of my favorite foods. Never thought it'd be so low calorie, yum yum. So I have been snacking on them all week.. I just re-ordered a 24-pack to keep in my office. They also have protein! Today is employee meeting, they are serving pizza.. so I got a chicken salad from Cracker Barrell last night to bring in today. Had to get my blood drawn this morning, it's so hit and miss at those places around here. I went last week and there was a room full of people so I left. Today I go--I was only person there! Yay! Hope you all have a better day today, we're past hump day!

Attack the ideas, not the person ya'll! And attack is so harsh, how about 'gently nudge' the idea? K, thanks! Back on topic before I get my ruler...

I can't wait to hold him, I keep hoping I'll have my eye on the prize during all of the childbirthing part! LJM said something about how she can't stop watching him, and I think I'll be the same way. I want to see him so bad!! Wah. Another friend of mine said it's surprising how possessive you become, she said she had a hard time letting her parents take her son for a couple of hours in the beginning, she wanted to be with him the whole time. I can see that already! Especially now that his movements are during the day, I have a constant reminder.. AND I can no longer bend comfortably, and can't pick things up if I drop them--so of course I drop a lot of stuff lately. I feel pressure in spots and I can touch my skin and feel him right under there (right under my boob mostly)and if I push even lightly I can feel him slide and move away from my touch. So neat. I made the quail last night.. turned out to be a bust, it did taste good but little birds was a big turn off. Russ doesn't like meat on bones (chicken or otherwise), but was willing to try it.. but I ate a piece--it was good--but I couldn't get over the little bird factor.. so we had hotdogs & asparagus instead.

Thanks for the info Kat!! Wheetsin said the same as LJM, she said it only paralyzed half of her.. I talked to my mom about it (she use to work as a nurse helper or something when I was a kid), and she said the trick is people are irritated and rush through it.. but she said if you tell the anesthesiologist 'YES this is numbing my left side" not "yeah kind of" etc.. or NO I don't feel the tingle in my right foot, kind of thing.. then it will work fine. Fingers crossed. I've seen 'scare' documents against epidurals, but with my back problems, I've had several epidurals with no adverse affects, so I'm not worried too much.. only worry is I've never been AWAKE for epidurals, so I have to make sure not to look at the needle :smile:

Seeing that she hasn't been active on the forum in about a month, maybe she found a good man in TN. My husband was from TN, they aren't all bad :smile:

Uhm.. I hope you mean he ate the rest of what was on the plate, and NOT a PB. Makes me a little queasy thinking about that. Oh and this is a Smart One, didn't see a Lean Cuisine version of it!

I know, Jaime's story breaks my heart.. I just can't imagine, in fact I really don't want to imagine that right now :smile: Since you mentioned it, I met DH in February 8 years ago!

I am so sorry Jaime, I know there's nothing I can say to make this any better for you, so just know you and your family will be in my thoughts.

Yay Kat! Glad there's some good news in there, maybe it was completely misdiagnosed and it's something a lot easier to treat.. think like House! Judy it's funny you mentioned the pasta thing, I bought a bunch of Lean Cuisine & Smart Ones to bring for lunch, and I don't like italian--but some reason most of those are geared toward italian! Anyway, I've had meatloaf/cabbage rolls/mashed potatoes, etc. this week up till today. I decided this morning, I'd bring one of the pastas.. it's angel hair with squash, zuccini, and spinach in a marinara. The pic looks fantastic, but I know they never end up like the pic..so I'm skeptical. So now I'm skeptical and curious to see if I'll be PB'ing it all day! We're suppose to get bad storms today around noon. We've been having 60-70 degree weather, right out of the coldest I can ever remember (10's last week!!) our pipes froze up again last week, I didn't even think about dripping it.. but luckily when we got home from work it was fixed... I opened up our cabinets. It never got above freezing that day, so news was saying if your pipes do freeze up, they won't unfreeze for a week.. ick.. yay opening cabinets. And now, that's all a distant memory as people are walking around work in SHORTS.

I like that song too! What was that post that was deleted?? Having cream of wheat & banana for 4th meal instead of ice cream and chocolate.. num num. Did Wii fit with my mom & granny tonight.. pooped.. just doing yoga and some light aerobics wore me out.

This method has never worked for me.:thumbup:

I was thinking huddled in a corner after going insane! And people have told me to start stocking up on kotex for the 6 weeks after, which sounds just lovely. Trying to take care of a newborn, breastfeeding, healing a tear/stitches, and dealing with a kotex mess? UGH! :thumbup: Happy thoughts.. little feets, little toes, little nose, etc. etc. Oh I think I told ya'll, I'm not going in being brave or trying to hold out.. I want an IV, some pain something, etc.. as soon as they can do it. I don't plan to go to the hospital till I feel like I'm close (although being I don't know what that feels like, I'll probably be wrong).. I'd rather do majority of 20 hour+ labor from home if possible. Hate sitting in hospitals.

Not that I can tell. My placenta is anterior, so that's why I didn't feel movement for so long. Now I feel him regularly, in fact I was telling Russ today is the most active I've ever felt him. I normally don't feel him at work, but he's been kicking up a storm today. Woke me up at 6am with a lot of kicking. Must be growing :thumbup: Anyway, I always feel kicking, and sometimes it's in 2 different spots (one lower, one up by ribs, or on each side of me) so I guess it's hands & feet moving together.. because of the positioning of these, I know he's moved where he had to have 'rolled' or 'flipped', but I don't actually feel that movement. When I saw him on this last ultrasound, I was shocked to see he was moving ALL THE TIME--kicking mostly.. but I didn't feel any of the movements we saw on the screen while I was there... so I don't feel all of his moving at this point. I'm reading birth stories on the net right now. Trying to get myself prepared, I'm still freaking out about the whole childbirth part of this. I have a phobia of catheters, and it sounds like they are routine with epiderals now.. I don't want episiotomy, or stitches.. I want him to just drop by with a stork one day!!!

I have been, and it just pisses me off. But so does the bail out and stimulus, and everything else that translates to people abusing the system and taking hard earned money from those of us who work.

I'm a national account manager for a printing company that serves the CD/DVD/Software industry. We do all the paper/paperboard products you see with media products. Is lots o' fun!

I 2nd that!

(The link isn't working Terry!) First time I've made salmon at home and I not only liked it, I looooved it!! The place I got the recipe from, the reviews said it's a good way to cover up not-so-fresh fish, and gets rid of fishy taste, etc.. I have to agree. The salmon I get at Publix, even though it's in the 'fresh meats' area, is always a little fishy. For 2 salmon filets, I reduced amount of sauce--to recipe below--, but it still ended up being about 1/3c extra--which you could keep for tuna salad or something later. 2/3c mayo (lite is ok) 1/4c of mustard (I used dijon) 1/2 tsp thyme 1/2 tsp oregeno 1/2 tsp basil (I don't like basil so I just added a dash) 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp of dill --- Wash & pat dry the salmon, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Then I squeeze lemon juice on mine. Mix together all ingredients above, cover the salmon with sauce on a baking sheet. Bake uncovered. Bake @ 375, for 10m for every 1". YUM.

Wow, so much going on. Judy & Kat, your families continue to be in my prayers!! I made salmon with a mayo/mustard/dill sauce on top.. was very good, so now I have a salmon recipe I can make at home and like. Russ liked it too-he normally doesn't like sauces. I have a bad /pressure pain in my lower abdomen & hooha, feels like a bowling ball.. I think Carson is in a bad spot. I rocked on all 4's for about 5 minutes and the pain feels better, but still a lot of pressure. Oof.

((((Kat))))

I have had a permanent sickness for months now, it flares up at night, and fades throughout the day but never goes away..so I either can't taste, or barely taste things (which may be why I like really flavorful stuff right now). My eyes and nose always itch and in the middle of the night I wake up having sneezing fits, and in the morning I go through LITERALLY 20 tissues or more of snot. Doc told me to try Claritin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec--none did anything. She has me on a 5-day Zpak right now, I am on day 5 with no change.. oh well. I am just hoping when I have Carson it goes away, it's a permanent cold/allergy thing that isn't treatable!! I thought maybe I developed allergies to something, so I meticulously cleaned our bedroom (since that's where I am at night/morning) and vacuumed the mattress, headboard, blinds, etc.. and no change. Then we went to Tunica, thought if I'm allergic to my feather pillows or the cats suddenly, it would stop.. no change in Tunica, same pattern, fades throughout the day then full force at night.. so.. LUCKILY that means I'm not allergic to my cats (I was worried). Had 1/2 cherry yoplait yogurt for b'fast & 1/2c of apple juice. Having a Smart Ones meatloaf for lunch & a cup of applesauce. Also have 1/2c of root beer. Had 20oz of Water so far.. going to make salmon for dinner--I've yet to make it at home where I liked it, but Russ always likes it and eats mine.. so then I heat up something else. Going to try yet again, with another recipe. Sounds gross, but some food show I watched showed that you can steam cook salmon in your dish washer-- and I swear it looked YUMMY lol. I told Russ about it, and he said I better not cook our dinner in the dish washer.

http://www.etrade.com/baby Watch the outtakes at least, that is too funny...