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[Nov. 12th, 2009|09:05 pm] |
I went into premature labor on Sunday but they were finally able to stop it by Tuesday morning. My cervix is dialated to a 4 and they have me on bedrest. When they did all there poking and prodding checks they made me bleed. They also had a cathedar put in and that caused some blood clots. My question is this... I'm still getting some blood tinged discharge a few times a day and I wonder if this is left over blood from the hospital or what it could be? I haven't had any more contractions since yesterday morning... at least none that I could feel. Hopefully my little guy will stay in 2-3 more weeks. I'm 34 weeks today. Anyone else have this kind of experience?? I've been all over the net looking for people's stories on this stuff. |
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| [personal] Another day in the Northeast |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|06:35 pm] |
Well, today was not exactly made of win. We drove 50 miles in the remnants of Hurricane Ida to reach our client. We arrived early, made a coffee stop to kill a little time and prep for the meeting. Driving into the client site, my co-worker spilled a 16 oz latte on my pants and shoes. This was not good meeting prep, frankly. (Though the meeting went just fine.)
On the way back, we stopped for gas near the Philadelphia Airport. Weather was still wet and raw, and so due to my continuing efforts not to catch a respiratory illness, my co-worker got out to pump, and nearly got rolled by a dude in a black parka.
So, erm, just as glad to be safely back in my hotel room. Tomorrow, San Francisco and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) calendula_witch!
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| Ory Con |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|03:41 pm] |
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I have Orycon Memberships and I can not go this year and I can not roll them again. There is two ways I can offer them, Either as 2 adults and 2 children or as 3 adult memberships. I am asking for the price that was paid for the memberships which was $45 for each adult membership and $22.50 for the kids(kids = 6yrs to 12yrs) after that they equal adult ticket. Please let me know if you would like. |
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| I wasn't born yesterday... |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|02:54 pm] |
I haven't had a head-whack like this in quite some time...
Last week, I began noticing one of my headlights blinking on and off. Since this means it was probably dying, I called the dealership where I normally get it serviced and made an appointment to take her in. After about 30 minutes, I was quoted $395.00 for the replacement headlight - and this figure does not include labor. And the price was for one headlight. Immediately called hubby and had them stop midstream. Hubby had a conniption (I couldn't blame him.) and since he was at work and had a spare minute, he did some research showing that the high-end headlights were retailing for about $120.00 on the web. Mentioned this to the service rep who was "helping" me and he made noises about how if I went elsewhere I wouldn't get as good service, might short out the car if they didn't rewire it correctly...told him I'd be in touch.
Ended up going to The Green Car Clinic in downtown Bellevue where I was quoted $185.00 per headlight plus labor. Called the dealership back to see what they had to say. First off the new guy I talked with said he'd just replaced headlights on a Prius at $150.00 per bulb, but then said that depending on what year and model my Prius was, the price might be different. Called me back and stated that the original price of $395.00 per headlight was correct, but if I wanted to go with a factory-refurbished headlight, they would give me those at $185.00 per bulb. Needless to say, I went with The Green Car Clinic and new headlights at the price the dealership quoted me for factory-refurbished ones. The Green Car Clinic even offered to match the dealership price if it was lower than theirs. Talk about price-gouging! |
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| calling all working california moms |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|12:53 pm] |
ok so i know that california pays disability for 4 weeks before and 6 weeks after birth and my understanding is that i can take an additional 6 weeks of paid family leave, right? |
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| Unbearably cute? |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|12:45 pm] |
I posted some old zoo pics yesterday. Some of them have a view or two now, but this little guy has 88! Wow! Who knew sun bears were hawt! Weird.
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| Steamcon Photo Salon Gallery! |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|11:36 am] |
Steamcon was filled to the gills with beautifully attired folk. Yay! We were lucky enough to get a few of them to stop in at our photo salon. We’d like to thank Ericka Johnson of the CSPC for running the salon. She did a great job with short notice and limited space. Hopefully we’ll be able to have more space next year. Sorry for the delay, but at last we have links to the photo salon galleries.
If you do not appear here, it is likely that they did not get a signed release form from you. You can email Ericka about this at: steampunk AT sexpositiveculture DOT org
Since the main gallery is quite cumbersome, we’ve pulled out a few of the very best photos and put them here: Best of Steamcon’s Photo Salon
The full gallery is here: Complete Steamcon Photo Salon Gallery
And if you took photographs elsewhere in the convention, we’d love to have them added to the Steamcon Flickr Group. |
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| teeth & gum issues ughhh so annoying! |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|02:15 pm] |
Hello. I'm six months along, just went to the dentist for a basic check up. A few days before one sections of my gums started hurting really bad and now after I went to the dentist all my gums hurt very bad after they have poked at them and so on. This was three days ago they poked the hell out of my gums and put some medicine on them to help the inflamation. I bought some natural calming gum gel from the dentist to sooth my pains. This natural stuff is not working so I asked my OB if oralgel would be safe but she does not know and recommends I ask the pharmacist. So i will do so....I know this is common in pregnancy due to hormones but its so constant that all i can think and feel is these damn gums of mine!! Has anyone had this issue to and how did you sooth your irritation?
The baby is also doing well I can feel her move daily, sometime way up under my breast bone which hurts a little. Heart beat is great, and my sugar test turned out very well also! Only three more months and boy are we getting very anxious!!! |
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[Nov. 12th, 2009|12:08 pm] |
Pre-pregnancy I suffered and was medicated for PMDD. Ever since the pregnancy I have been nothing buy happy and cheerful. Well, that was until this morning (14 w 3 d). I've suddenly become a major bitch and a tad depressed. Could this just be my pregnancy hormones? |
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| Being managed as high-risk (due to mental illness/depression/etc) |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|03:12 am] |
I saw my new doctor today, for the first time. She is a GP/Obs who does shared care out of my GP practice, and it was a great appointment. She will be with me right through until delivery, then when bubs is young and on and on from there.
Part of the reason that I'm doing shared care is because my GP office has so much of my medical history, but it was still a surprise to find out that my pregnancy is going to be managed as high-risk due to the increased risk (in my case) of ante-natal depression/anxiety and the same post-natal. I have no problems with this model of care, at all, I actually think it's really smart :) ... already pregnancy has been a scary rollercoaster ride and it is nice to know that I'm going to have this big ol' safety net there. I already feel MUCH better knowing this, I was actually getting bogged down by it all before my visit.
For those who are interested ... I've suffered from severe depression most of my adult life, with anxiety, paranoia and psychosis thrown in for good measure. I've had my diagnosis for bipolar disorder reversed, but still being monitored for that (now that I'm off meds) ... in case my bipolar-like symptoms are actually permanent.
Now 7wks, 2d. Going to be seeing my doctor weekly, my counsellor fortnightly and a psychiatrist too.
I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced similar models of care, and wanted to share any experiences in this area. :) ... I think that ante-natal depression, in particular, is still a very grey area and more awareness is needed. |
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| It's the little things... |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|06:43 am] |
...that you find in the morning that makes your day. In fact, what I found this morning made me smile. :) |
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| [cancer] A brief note on stress |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|05:46 am] |
When I'm very stressed out, I show it in specific ways. For example, I can't work a Sudoku puzzle. I make a lot of arithmetic errors. My sleep habits get wonky.
This is to say, I've been diligent about exercising lately, and I wake up on time, without the alarm clock even now, and can still work Sudokus. That's how I know that even in the face of emotional anguish, nonstop talking about it, and comfort eating, still much of the cancer stress is me processing stuff, rather than me cratering in the face of it.
When I stop being able to wake up on time is when the shit will really have hit the fan.
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| [links] Link salad, mostly science edition |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|05:40 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | art, books, calendula, cancer, cool, culture, green, links, movies, music, personal, reviews, sale, science, stories, tech, weird | ] |
Call for masks — A way of sticking it to my cancer.
Interzone 225 ToC announced — With a novelette by calendula_witch and me. Also, she and I have sold a flash piece to Electric Velocipede.
A reader reacts to Green — At the bottom of their summary of recent reading. Some very nice things said.
Early 1970s ad for After Six men's fashions — My eyes! My eyes! Augh!
Google and realtime search — "There were five exabytes of information generated from the dawn of mankind to the year 2003," he said. "That amount of information is now generated every two days." Wow.
Mimicking the Building Prowess of Nature — Scientists build new materials using inspiration from complex biological forms. Some wild photos, and really neat materials science here.
Humanoid dinosaurs? Maybe not so much. — Some arguments about evolutionary paths from Tetrapod Zoology.
Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months — Something to think about in these days of climate change risk.
Why did HAL sing "Daisy"? — Fascinating. (Snurched from the Twitter feed of @jstephenyork.)
?otD: Why was the band on the run?
11/12/2009
Body movement: 55 minute urban walk (airport infrastructure!)
Hours slept: 5.75
This morning's weigh-in: n/a (traveling)
Currently reading: The Jade Man's Skin by Daniel Fox
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| Ebay Lovin' ♥ |
[Nov. 12th, 2009|01:35 pm] |
Okay...so a post on here got me thinking about buying stuff for baby.
We don't really 'do' baby showers in the UK, so we don't get our stuff that way and plenty people promise all this stuff for you but it never shows...and even though I know my family will be good on their promises for baby stuff - they'll spoil my kid, actually hah - I can't resist a little peek on the Interwebs myself for baby stuff :).
We don't have much money (umm well I guess that's a growing thing people seem to think these days, so it's cool I'm on a bandwagon here) so I had a look on eBay...
And oh my goodness...it's so cheap for baby stuff. Anyone else bought their baby clothes on eBay? I'm never EVER going to buy stuff out of shops again. Not that I did...but yeah.
Thoughts? |
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