The MLP Arena
Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Dollyhair on March 19, 2012, 04:27:44 PM
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Hey, guys!
As many of you already know, my son is due to be born any day now, and I have really fallen off the map as far as my email goes. I am absolutely miserable due to this pregnancy, LOL! Because I feel so bad about being MIA as far as answering questions, I am posting a coupon code to apologize for everything.
Here's how the coupon works:
Spend at least $10.00, and you get $1.00 off
Spend at least $20.00, and you get $2.40 off
Spend at least $30.00, and you get $3.90 off
Spend at least $50.00, and you get $7.50 off
A lot of you also know that whenever you spend between $50 and $100 on Dollyhair.com, you get free shipping. So, for instance, let's say that you add $51.00 worth of merchandise to your cart. Then, you apply the coupon, and you get a $7.50 discount. Now, your total is $43.50. Since that's less than $50.00, the cart WILL apply a shipping charge. So, if you really want to take advantage of the coupon AND get free shipping, then please make sure that your merchandise total is $57.50 or more BEFORE you enter the coupon code. I don't want you guys losing out on free shipping just because the coupon code messed things up ;)
The coupon is valid from now until 3-22-2012, and the code is: SORRY
I promise that once the baby is born, I'll be much more accessible again... well, I've never had a baby before, so that might not be true - I don't know. I imagine that right after he's born, my life is going to be pretty crazy - lack of sleep, people coming over, etc. Not that I'm getting much sleep nowadays anyway, because my husband and I adopted two puppies who are still being potty trained. So instead, I promise that I will be accessible as soon as I am able to be, and I will do my best to make that as soon as possible ;)
Tina
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Now I am happy that I messed up my last order! I meant to get 4 of the same and ordered 1. A shopping I go!! A baby and 2 puppies? Tina girl, go take a nap right now! :)
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>.< I just ordered like, yesterday. Darn! I did a search on the internets for a code but the BABY code had just expired.
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Thanks, and I hope everything goes well for you with the baby!
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How sweet of you! Good luck with your baby! I'm sure he'll be perfect!
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Congrats on your baby and thank you for the coupon!!
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>.< I just ordered like, yesterday. Darn! I did a search on the internets for a code but the BABY code had just expired.
LOL, me too Maniah. A big order too! Darn it! Ah well, them's the breaks.
Rose
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Congratulations on your baby. But oh, if only I had waited a few more days to place that order that I placed a couple of days ago! lol. Oh well. C'est la vie. Let us know as soon as you have that baby. I hope you get to feeling better soon and I hope once you've had your baby, that you'll get some more Wisteria in. :)
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Drat!
I should have waited one more week before ordering. :/
Oh wells, yay for those who can take advantage of it
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Dang, I just ordered mine last week. -_-
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That's nice of you! I hope you and your little peanut will be well :)
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praying for safe delivery and sanity for you!!! thanks so much! we love you!
and drat i wish i was richer so i could go for bigger amounts... always stuck at under 20$ or i break the bank!
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Thank you so much! And good luck with your baby!
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aw man, i just ordered my saved up list of needed hair
everyone get in on this!
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Thanks for the coupon!
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Thanks! I've been meaning to place a large hair order!
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Thank you for the congratulations on the new addition to our family, everyone! I am HOPING to go to the hospital any day now. I have a doctor appointment in a few hours, so I'll have a better idea once she examines me. My actual, 40-week due date is one week from tomorrow, but I was thinking that it might not take that long. The skin on my stomach is so tight that I feel like it's going to burst open and explode, LOL!
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Grats for the baby! And thank you for the coupon, I think I will place an order soon :)
I wish you that everything will go nice!
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Hope the baby comes soon and grats! I am such a hair hoarder, I didn't "need" anymore hair but ordered anyways! I guess in anticipation of all the customs I will make for the pony fair!
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WHAT? You're still waiting? I must have misunderstood the tweet. I thought the baby had already come!
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I caved and bought more hair!
Everyone get in on this!
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congrats on your baby!
I tried to make a purchase a few days ago, and kept getting a paypal error. glad that happened now ;)
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Baby! Baby! Baby!! :cheer:
And sorry for going so OT here but Pony feathers, Tina!! Where is the rest of your Feedback?!!
*headdesk*
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I just placed my order. I hope I didn't just pay twice though. The Paypal thing is confusing. :(
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The coupon says it goes "through" the 22nd...which is today, does anyone know if it is still working right now?
If it is, I'll place an order for sure.
Was running out of white again, and this would be a great opportunity. I didn't find out about this until it was almost too late
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paypal doesn't seem to be working for me to use the code. sadpanda.
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>.< I just ordered like, yesterday. Darn! I did a search on the internets for a code but the BABY code had just expired.
LOL, me too Maniah. A big order too! Darn it! Ah well, them's the breaks.
Rose
Me three... 2 BIG orders. Oh well, an excuse to buy more! Lol.
Best wishes with the babies! Too bad I'm across the country; I'd help you out (for free). Thank you for the coupon!
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Hello, everyone!
I'm back (and not dead, as many people probably suspected ;) )
My doctor scheduled me for induced labor on the 21st. My husband and I showed up at the hospital that day, and they began my induction at 11:00 AM. For those of you who have never had labor induced, I'll tell you how it worked - it necessitated a shot of pitocin in my IV drip. Pitocin helps your cervix expand.
A few hours after the pitocin shot, my doctor broke my water (with a CROCHET HOOK!). She said that the fact that my water was broken would help to speed up the dilation of my cervix.
My cervix did expand, but not as quickly as it should have. 30 hours after the pitocin shot, my cervix had only expanded to 9cm, and 10cm is necessary to have enough space for the baby to come out. My doctor THEN told me that she thought I'd need a C-section because my bones were too close together "down there" for the baby's head. You'd think that she would already have known that, having examined me repeatedly in the previous weeks, right? But we went ahead with the C-section on the 22nd...
I gave birth to the most beautiful, perfect little baby boy, and my husband and I were so happy. We brought him back to our hospital room, and he spent the night with us on the 22nd.
On the 23rd, we were notified that the baby's white blood cell count was very high, indicating an infection. Why? Because he sat in my stomach for so long after my water had been broken - 24 hours! According to info on the internet, a baby is never supposed to be inside the mother for longer than 18 hours after the water is broken... another thing that my doctor should have known (or prevented). My son had become septic!
He had to go to the NICU for three days, but we were able to take him home on Monday. I went home on Sunday (one day sooner than I was supposed to) because staying at the hospital was just torture. I don't know if anyone else has a story like mine, but you'd think that after 30 hours of labor and a C-section, you'd be able to get some SLEEP in a place like a hospital, right? No. They come in your room at all hours of the day and night, wanting to check your blood pressure, bring food to you, take your empty food tray away, take out your trash, check your incision, check your other body parts (which I won't mention), ask you personal questions about whether you've had various bodily functions happen, give you medicine... the list goes on and on. Ideally, all of these things could happen at one time, and then you could get some sleep. But no, like I said, they happen all day long, and all night long. The worst thing is that they come into your room unannounced. Well, they do knock, but it's "knock, knock, open the door." They don't wait for you to say, "come in" or "don't come in, I'm not decent," or whatever. You could be half-dressed, or not dressed at all, or having a nurse examine a personal part of your body, and people will just walk RIGHT in the door. It's bad enough when it's a female, but when it's a man who's coming in to take out your trash or remove your food tray, it's downright undignifying for a woman who just gave birth.
My poor husband, who has a bad back, slept on the most uncomfortable fold-out chair for four nights, and my bed wasn't much better. He and I were SO sleep-deprived when I left the hospital on Sunday that it's taken until today for us to feel "normal" again. He stuck by me the whole time that I was there, never leaving my side unless he went home quickly for an hour or two to take care of our animals. I have an amazing husband! Despite my husband's efforts, and despite the fact that my parents so kindly stopped by the house off and on as well, we returned home to a pretty filthy house... which is what happens when you have puppies who are not supervised 24 hours a day. I've spent the last few days of my life cleaning the house and catching up on sleep. The house is finally 100% clean now! My son is such a good baby, thankfully. He rarely cries, and it's only when he needs something (diaper change, bottle. etc.). Taking care of a baby has turned out to be less difficult than I expected it to be!
Sorry to rant, but I really want anyone who had not yet had a baby to know what I went through at the hospital. For our second child, the plan is to come home immediately after I give birth to the baby, even if that means that we'll need to hire a private nurse to take care of me for a few days afterward. No more hospital stays for me - I cannot imagine going through something like that again. I feel like I have post-traumatic stress disorder now - I can't even change my clothes in my own bedroom without feeling like someone is just going to walk in unannounced, LOL!
All of that being said, I think I'll be back in full swing with work by tomorrow, although I probably won't be at the actual office for another week or so. I really can't move around too much after having had major surgery. This experience, even the worst parts of it, was SO worth it. My baby boy is so beautiful that I can't even look at him without crying tears of happiness and awe. Thank you to everyone who has been so understanding throughout my pregnancy :D
Gods- sorry that this is so off-topic. Please feel free to move it if you'd like.
edit - it's supposed to say "Gods" above, but it won't let me correct it.
edit again- why does it keep putting "Gods" when I type the word "Gods?" Gods. Will that work? So weird, LOL!
edit again - ok, I get it now. I thought I was losing my mind!! How many times can I type "M" and have it change into a "G?" You guys are funny! I will type the word BACKWARDS now - we'll see if it gets changed - here it is - srotaredom.
-Tina
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Glad to hear that you are doing well and baby is home! Major Congratulations!
When you get settled, we would love pics of your adorable little man there :)
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Ugh thats awful Tina!! I went through induction too and it was hell. Glad you and baby are safe at home now. Get lots of rest and baby time in. <3 you!
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How awful for you all, you would think doctors would have known to get bubs out a bit sooner than that!! glad to hear everything is okay now.
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Oh my, I know how you feel, my son was breech and I needed a c-section too. I went through the same stuff you did, lol, they just don't leave you alone XD . My son went to the NICU too, had a heart murmur, it's very scary.
I'm glad you've all settled in! Make sure you rest as much as possible, it's really important to your recovery. Would love to see pics too! Congratulations, Tina :D
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I'm so glad everything's good with you and the baby now! Induction sucks!
Get plenty of rest and don't exert yourself too much too soon. And most importantly, enjoy that baby! :heart:
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Congrats on your baby boy Tina ;)
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Congrats!
SEPTIC. :shocked: Good to hear they were about to help him. Dangerous stuff.
I can see them hassling you a lot for important things, blood tests, health status reports. The doctors are trying to get a bunch of things done quickly and some of them develop excellent skills in their fields but no bedside manner. Not nice at all but at least they are in for something important, right? But stuff like food and trash? A line needs to be drawn there and there should be somewhere you could complain. Otherwise, why not just let the guy doing floral delivery barge in too? In your shoes, I bet each and every one of them would be just as angry.
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:cheer: Yay Tina! I'm glad you and the bambino are home safe and sound! Rest up! Hopefully he will stay a little angel. :angel:
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Ya know, I don't think I've ever heard ANYONE have a good experience with induction. It sucks. And you'd think they'd figure out that after a certain amount of time they should just do a c-section. I was induced with my daughter (just turning 13 tomorrow!) and it was awful. I'd NEVER let them induce me again. I had a c-section with my son (2 1/2 now) and my spinal didn't work properly. I felt everything! But I'd do that again in a heartbeat.
So sorry to hear your hospital experience was bad. But at least you have a beautiful little boy. Congrats! (I'm not gonna request pics cause then I'll just want another baby myself, lol!)
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Oh man! I'm so sorry things were so hard on you! That sounds terrible! I'm so glad your little one is fine now, and that your house and home are feeling 'normal' again. That takes a long time! Heal up! Rest and sleep when you can (you've probably heard that countless times though, haha). I wish you and your family all the best!
Oh, and I do think you may be gaining a new buyer from your site! I'm really really looking into buying some hair and starting on customs cause they are SO CUTE!
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I'm glad you and your new little one are safe! Huge congrats on the new bundle of joy! :D
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Cripes what a mess! D: I am really glad you got it sorted out, though. and MAJOR congrats! :beerchug:
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Actually, my induction wasn't soo bad. Itty bitty pill behind the cervix X2, broke water the next AM and started the pit drip. Granted, this was done 5 weeks early, so that might have been part of it. Or maybe I'm just weird? ;) Want to see baby pics!!!!!!!!