Untitled Hyena Chat thread part deux! - The Continuation

[Alex2kMommy]

Send them down to my house....PLEASE!! DS is bored. So am I a social/activity director or what? It's Friday, I'm always tired on Friday nights. I don't want to go skating, swimming, bowling or whatever fun thing he wants to do. I just want to veg out!

Oh if only I could. Trust me, they'd be there already!

 

[staley7580]

So what's the consensus? Are people thinking they're good? I haven't been to Starbucks in a couple of weeks. Since I now have to order decaf, non-fat, sugar free latte...what's the use? I might as well just have a cup of water.

Some like them, some dont. I have put off going to Starbucks in the past few weeks for the obvious reasons. But since I have been having trouble quiting the sodas.... I think I might be able to trade a few of those for a Starbucks... even though I really should just be drinking water.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Okay Alex... Have you seen the thread on the new honey Lattes from Starbucks? I dont know what to think of these. Sounds kinda interesting. I might have to try one. I have a bunch of Starbucks GCs from Christmas just sitting here. Calling my name.

I went through a drive-thru on Wed. or Thurs. and saw a sign for them. I was kinda curious, but not enough to deviate from my usual.

I saw the thread, and the first post (from someone who said she LOVES honey) said she tried it and it smelled good but tasted terrible. So think I'll pass.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

So what's the consensus? Are people thinking they're good? I haven't been to Starbucks in a couple of weeks. Since I now have to order decaf, non-fat, sugar free latte...what's the use? I might as well just have a cup of water.

When I was PG with DS7 and had gestational diabetes, my doc said I could have a sugar-free latte, so I started drinking those instead of my usual mocha. Trust me, one of those is better than nothing at all.

 

[sameyeyam]

Cool! It's so hard being a mom and having to recover from something like that. Moms aren't supposed to stay in bed and rest!

Sam, did I tell you this gal that DH works with is getting reconstruction, too? She decided to get... gosh, now I forget, was it Ds or DDs?

Anyway, they've been injecting her chest with saline to expand the skin to the right size (she's nowhere near a D), and shortly goes in for the procedure for the implants. I can't remember when exactly, but I think it's within a week or two. She's pretty excited!

My biggest problem is I tend to push myself more than I should. I did it with my mastectomy, did it with chemo and I have no doubt I'll do it with this surgery also. I just go crazy if I have to sit around or lay around.

I couldn't have the expanders like the lady you are talking about because I had so much radiation. They said they could try it if I wanted to but it's not recommended, the skin is too damaged from radiation to stretch and then horrible scar tissue usually develops around the implant and you end up having it removed in a year or two.

The ladies that have the expander and then implants go through pain for about 6 months. They have to go in every couple of weeks and have saline added, until they are actually bigger than they want to be. Then they remove the expanders and replace with implants.

With my type of reconstruction you get the pain afterwards. Personally I would rather have implants, but I'm also smart enough to listen to the doctor and not try to do something they don't recommend.

So I guess I'll just have to live with my little B cup!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Some like them, some dont. I have put off going to Starbucks in the past few weeks for the obvious reasons. But since I have been having trouble quiting the sodas.... I think I might be able to trade a few of those for a Starbucks... even though I really should just be drinking water.

Caffeine/coffee is one of those things that there's no evidence that it does any harm, but many docs caution PG women on anyway. My doc loves lattes as much as I do, though, so she said as long as I had no more than 1/day, it was fine. I only ever had one, so no problem. But then when the GD started, I switched to the plain latte.

I cut back a bit on my own, but still had several a week. And DS7 came out fairly normal.

 

[sameyeyam]

I went through a drive-thru on Wed. or Thurs. and saw a sign for them. I was kinda curious, but not enough to deviate from my usual.

I saw the thread, and the first post (from someone who said she LOVES honey) said she tried it and it smelled good but tasted terrible. So think I'll pass.

I usually like honey when it's mixed lightly with something like tea. But I really don't like a lot of honey. But then again, it's probably better for a person than artificial sweetners.

When I was PG with DS7 and had gestational diabetes, my doc said I could have a sugar-free latte, so I started drinking those instead of my usual mocha. Trust me, one of those is better than nothing at all.

I've been drinking the General Foods sugar free, decae Suisse Mocha for my afternoon pick me up. I still drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning, but I've been mixing it about 1/3 half & half and adding more each day. Figure by the end of next week I'll probably be just drinking a cup of half & half every morning!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

My biggest problem is I tend to push myself more than I should. I did it with my mastectomy, did it with chemo and I have no doubt I'll do it with this surgery also. I just go crazy if I have to sit around or lay around.

I couldn't have the expanders like the lady you are talking about because I had so much radiation. They said they could try it if I wanted to but it's not recommended, the skin is too damaged from radiation to stretch and then horrible scar tissue usually develops around the implant and you end up having it removed in a year or two.

The ladies that have the expander and then implants go through pain for about 6 months. They have to go in every couple of weeks and have saline added, until they are actually bigger than they want to be. Then they remove the expanders and replace with implants.

With my type of reconstruction you get the pain afterwards. Personally I would rather have implants, but I'm also smart enough to listen to the doctor and not try to do something they don't recommend.

So I guess I'll just have to live with my little B cup!

Hey Alison I told you you could have my **** fat to pump that B up to a D if you wanted.


Hello Hyenas. I'm on for 2 secs to say hi. Have to get Morgan up at 6am in to get ready for her dance convention. Its about 45 minutes away and we have to be there at 7:30. YIKES! She is such a bear in the mornings I dread this so I am going to hang out with dh watching Pride and Prejudice and head to bed early.


Just wanted to do a drive by and say hi.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Man they even made ar se a bad word on the DIS,. I used to utilize that one often.

 

[sameyeyam]

All this coffee talk made me want one. So I just fixed my "Fake" Latte.

 

[sameyeyam]

Hey Alison I told you you could have my **** fat to pump that B up to a D if you wanted.


Hello Hyenas. I'm on for 2 secs to say hi. Have to get Morgan up at 6am in to get ready for her dance convention. Its about 45 minutes away and we have to be there at 7:30. YIKES! She is such a bear in the mornings I dread this so I am going to hang out with dh watching Pride and Prejudice and head to bed early.


Just wanted to do a drive by and say hi.

Thanks for the offer Shawna, but I might look a little funny with a barely B on one side and a D on the other.

Man they even made ar se a bad word on the DIS,. I used to utilize that one often.

You're kidding! Let's see will Keester still work?

 

[staley7580]

Caffeine/coffee is one of those things that there's no evidence that it does any harm, but many docs caution PG women on anyway. My doc loves lattes as much as I do, though, so she said as long as I had no more than 1/day, it was fine. I only ever had one, so no problem. But then when the GD started, I switched to the plain latte.

I cut back a bit on my own, but still had several a week. And DS7 came out fairly normal.

I love Dr. Pepper, and drink it all the time... So i have been trying to cut down. I drank a TON of it when I was PG with Mikalah, and we all know how SHE turned out!

 

[sameyeyam]

I love Dr. Pepper, and drink it all the time... So i have been trying to cut down. I drank a TON of it when I was PG with Mikalah, and we all know how SHE turned out!

Not to scare Shawna, but I craved pineapples with DD. I could eat 2 of them on a good night!

 

[sameyeyam]

So do you have a feeling yet if it's a boy or girl? I knew with DS right away that he wasn't a girl. The feeling of the pregnancy was so totally different. Of course since I've only had 2 pregnancies, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about. Maybe they are all different. DD I carried really, really high. DS felt like he was falling out.

 

[staley7580]

So do you have a feeling yet if it's a boy or girl? I knew with DS right away that he wasn't a girl. The feeling of the pregnancy was so totally different. Of course since I've only had 2 pregnancies, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about. Maybe they are all different. DD I carried really, really high. DS felt like he was falling out.

I have NO idea. With Mikalah I was sure she was going to be a boy. I about fell off the table when the tech told me she was a girl. Now I am assuming its a girl, hoping in fact... I think I would be more comfortable with a girl.. But since I am thinking its a girl, it will probably be a boy. But I have no feelings one way or the other.

In fact, I barely feel pregnant at all...

 

[sameyeyam]

Hey guys, DH just got home so I'm going to visit with him. TTYL.

 

[staley7580]

Bye Alison!

 

[staley7580]

Okay ladies... Its getting late. Well, late for me anyways.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

 

[Alex2kMommy]

So do you have a feeling yet if it's a boy or girl? I knew with DS right away that he wasn't a girl. The feeling of the pregnancy was so totally different. Of course since I've only had 2 pregnancies, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about. Maybe they are all different. DD I carried really, really high. DS felt like he was falling out.

They really are all different. My first was different from the second, and they were both boys.

Ds3 just had another monster blow-out in his pull-up. UGH! So he has been stripped and showered and dressed in jammies, and I had to change my clothes, too. UGH!