Comments on: For an instant hormone flare-up, just add a pinch of pregnancy and a dash of husband. http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband Pregnancy and baby blog, a couple shares their true story into parenthood. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: His Boys Can Swim… ROUND 2! http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-83191 His Boys Can Swim… ROUND 2! Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:14 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-83191 [...] by Tarzan · 0 comments Hello there! If you are new here, please subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up-to-date on our journey and blog posts.Folks, it looks like Jane and I will be coming back after all.  :)  Let the fun and games begin!  And dare I mention… pregnancy hormones!!?? [...] [...] by Tarzan · 0 comments Hello there! If you are new here, please subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up-to-date on our journey and blog posts.Folks, it looks like Jane and I will be coming back after all.  :)  Let the fun and games begin!  And dare I mention… pregnancy hormones!!?? [...]

]]> By: Jane http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-699 Jane Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-699 Oh no :( I'm so sorry that you were crying for that long. It happens though. Sounds like your bf is a great guy and gave you what you needed most - to be held. Hope you don't burst into tears next time! Oh no :( I’m so sorry that you were crying for that long. It happens though. Sounds like your bf is a great guy and gave you what you needed most – to be held. Hope you don’t burst into tears next time!

]]> By: HolyCrapImPregnant http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-698 HolyCrapImPregnant Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:02:18 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-698 i had a hormonal moment last night. i didn't think i was really having problems w/ my hormones at all but now i feel like they have hit me full force and are making up for lost time. me and my boyfriend were watching tv in bed last night and i could tell he was hoping to "do the deed" i just ignored it and we finally turned off the tv and went to bed. he started doing the stuff that gets me in the mood everytime and we start kissing and next thing you know i start ballin. he flies off me and asks me in a very tentative voice what was wrong, all i could do was get up and go to the bathroom. i sat in there w/ the door shut crying for 30 min. he finally got me to get back into bed and just held me til i fell asleep. i didn't stop cryin until i was dead to the world. poor guy i had a hormonal moment last night. i didn’t think i was really having problems w/ my hormones at all but now i feel like they have hit me full force and are making up for lost time. me and my boyfriend were watching tv in bed last night and i could tell he was hoping to “do the deed” i just ignored it and we finally turned off the tv and went to bed. he started doing the stuff that gets me in the mood everytime and we start kissing and next thing you know i start ballin. he flies off me and asks me in a very tentative voice what was wrong, all i could do was get up and go to the bathroom. i sat in there w/ the door shut crying for 30 min. he finally got me to get back into bed and just held me til i fell asleep. i didn’t stop cryin until i was dead to the world. poor guy

]]> By: Tarzan http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-696 Tarzan Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:39:38 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-696 AWESOME advice guys. Much, much appreciated! Daddy files - You got 2 cartons of yogurt and the pointy end of the broom thrown at you!? Too funny! Although I bet at the time it wasn't at all. Lots of good advice here... will be taking everything you all said to heart and will follow it. Bessie, good idea. I have some ideas here... :) Roxanne, good point. I've seen that the mood swings sway a LOT further when Jane hasn't eaten in a few hours. AWESOME advice guys. Much, much appreciated!

Daddy files – You got 2 cartons of yogurt and the pointy end of the broom thrown at you!? Too funny! Although I bet at the time it wasn’t at all.

Lots of good advice here… will be taking everything you all said to heart and will follow it. Bessie, good idea. I have some ideas here… :)

Roxanne, good point. I’ve seen that the mood swings sway a LOT further when Jane hasn’t eaten in a few hours.

]]> By: Roxanne Beckford Hoge http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-695 Roxanne Beckford Hoge Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:24:10 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-695 Ahh, yes, we are hard to live with. But this is why there are two of you on this adventure. One of you has to be there to take the lumps the other dishes out (one at a time, please!). And, as for the 4 kids -- remember, children are like pancakes. The first one is the toughest. I can (and have) travelled alone with all four, while getting across town for my firstborn's first Halloween was a MAJOR, and apparently insurmountable, Herculean task. Best tip from a mom whose been there -- keep us fed. This is especially true AFTER we give birth. Enjoy! :) Ahh, yes, we are hard to live with. But this is why there are two of you on this adventure. One of you has to be there to take the lumps the other dishes out (one at a time, please!). And, as for the 4 kids — remember, children are like pancakes. The first one is the toughest. I can (and have) travelled alone with all four, while getting across town for my firstborn’s first Halloween was a MAJOR, and apparently insurmountable, Herculean task.
Best tip from a mom whose been there — keep us fed. This is especially true AFTER we give birth. Enjoy! :)

]]> By: Daddy Files http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-692 Daddy Files Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:44:24 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-692 Tarzan, I remember those days so well. And they are not good memories. Just remember that no matter what you do right now, you will be wrong. I didn't realize that pregnant women are frickin' insane at the time. I still tried to deal with the situation logically. And one night, that ended with my very pregnant wife throwing two cartons of yogurt and the pointy end of a broom at me. You can walk away, you can try to talk to her, you can buy her jewelry...but you will be wrong. And by the way, don't buy her jewelry or clothing unless you're absolutely sure it'll fit her. Because if she's too big for it...well, God help you then. Bessie is right, continually and consistently do nice and unexpected things for her. This accomplishes a couple of main goals: 1) It proves you're thinking of her all the time and 2) It makes it harder to hate you when the hormones flare up. But in the meantime, when she goes on the attack just curl up in the fetal position and protect your face and eyes. Just let it happen, it's less painful that way. <abbr><em>Daddy Files’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.daddyfiles.com/mybloghtm/2009/02/09/introducing-the-ccdc/">Introducing the CCDC</a></abbr></em> Tarzan, I remember those days so well. And they are not good memories.

Just remember that no matter what you do right now, you will be wrong. I didn’t realize that pregnant women are frickin’ insane at the time. I still tried to deal with the situation logically. And one night, that ended with my very pregnant wife throwing two cartons of yogurt and the pointy end of a broom at me. You can walk away, you can try to talk to her, you can buy her jewelry…but you will be wrong. And by the way, don’t buy her jewelry or clothing unless you’re absolutely sure it’ll fit her. Because if she’s too big for it…well, God help you then.

Bessie is right, continually and consistently do nice and unexpected things for her. This accomplishes a couple of main goals: 1) It proves you’re thinking of her all the time and 2) It makes it harder to hate you when the hormones flare up.

But in the meantime, when she goes on the attack just curl up in the fetal position and protect your face and eyes. Just let it happen, it’s less painful that way.

Daddy Files’s last blog post..Introducing the CCDC

]]> By: Jane http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-681 Jane Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:56:17 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-681 I like the way you think, Bessie. TARZAN - Pay attention, take notes, and follow through. You'll have yourself a very happy and pregnant wife indeed! I like the way you think, Bessie. TARZAN – Pay attention, take notes, and follow through. You’ll have yourself a very happy and pregnant wife indeed!

]]> By: bessie.viola http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-678 bessie.viola Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:49:02 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-678 Preventative maintenance, Tarzan. It's all about prevention. Be a "surprise guy" in whatever way you know she likes (my husband used to bring Frosties to my office on his way home from work when I was pregnant - melted me every time). This gives her something nice to say about you, and also will probably make her feel a little guilty when she's in a bad mood, 'cuz you've been so NICE. It worked for my husband. :) Preventative maintenance, Tarzan. It’s all about prevention. Be a “surprise guy” in whatever way you know she likes (my husband used to bring Frosties to my office on his way home from work when I was pregnant – melted me every time). This gives her something nice to say about you, and also will probably make her feel a little guilty when she’s in a bad mood, ‘cuz you’ve been so NICE.

It worked for my husband. :)

]]> By: Tarzan http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-658 Tarzan Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:19:13 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-658 Hey Roxanne Beckford Hoge! Four kids... and all sick!? I truly cannot imagine what that would be like. It amazes me how people can do it. It makes me feel a bit odd that we're stressing so much over one where we've met a lot of people here that have 2, 3, 4, etc. children... but I guess everyone freaks out on the first, right? And OK... You guys ROCK! You were on a reality TV show and you were brave enough to have the film crew there and follow you home after the birth of your twins! That is so cool! I watched your video on your "about us" page. I wonder if Jane would be up for doing something crazy like that? The problem I see is that with us keeping our identities *secret* we'd have to either wear paper bags over our heads or wear some Halloween masks I have in my box-o-fun-stuff that I get to break out on Halloween. However, I don't think the hospital would be cool with us wearing masks. Besides, the two small masks I have are of really old men and I think we'd cause an all-out fallout at the hospital with everyone thinking an old man is giving birth. Besides that, we all know what happened the last time I pulled that box out last Halloween! But seriously, my hat is off to you guys... and I know Jane will be taking a look around your store in the AM :) Hey Roxanne Beckford Hoge!

Four kids… and all sick!? I truly cannot imagine what that would be like. It amazes me how people can do it. It makes me feel a bit odd that we’re stressing so much over one where we’ve met a lot of people here that have 2, 3, 4, etc. children… but I guess everyone freaks out on the first, right?

And OK… You guys ROCK! You were on a reality TV show and you were brave enough to have the film crew there and follow you home after the birth of your twins! That is so cool! I watched your video on your “about us” page.

I wonder if Jane would be up for doing something crazy like that? The problem I see is that with us keeping our identities *secret* we’d have to either wear paper bags over our heads or wear some Halloween masks I have in my box-o-fun-stuff that I get to break out on Halloween. However, I don’t think the hospital would be cool with us wearing masks. Besides, the two small masks I have are of really old men and I think we’d cause an all-out fallout at the hospital with everyone thinking an old man is giving birth.

Besides that, we all know what happened the last time I pulled that box out last Halloween!

But seriously, my hat is off to you guys… and I know Jane will be taking a look around your store in the AM :)

]]> By: Roxanne Beckford Hoge http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/1022/for-an-instant-hormone-flare-up-just-add-a-pinch-of-pregnancy-and-a-dash-of-husband/comment-page-1#comment-655 Roxanne Beckford Hoge Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:59:41 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=1022#comment-655 You guys are great! My husband just sent me a text as I was putting our four kids to bed (boy 11, girl 8 and 3.5 yr old twin girls -- a big surprise) to say, "on July 6, 1996 we never knew it would be this hard! But we'll prevail." You see, everyone's sick, so it was a tough day. And we have been through it all, but the best part has been understanding each other -- even after You Suck moments. You are in for a great adventure. Visit our about us page if you want to see the madness we live in -- we wouldn't trade it for the world!! Can't wait to read more! You guys are great! My husband just sent me a text as I was putting our four kids to bed (boy 11, girl 8 and 3.5 yr old twin girls — a big surprise) to say, “on July 6, 1996 we never knew it would be this hard! But we’ll prevail.” You see, everyone’s sick, so it was a tough day. And we have been through it all, but the best part has been understanding each other — even after You Suck moments. You are in for a great adventure. Visit our about us page if you want to see the madness we live in — we wouldn’t trade it for the world!! Can’t wait to read more!

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