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June 2016 Moms
mrsschmity
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SATURDAY CHECK-IN
mrsschmity
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Ok we're going to try this out. If you would rather only participate in the daily ticker change, go ahead and do so! This is for those of us who enjoy connecting and checking in on a daily basis. I think a similar one was posted yesterday and seemed to go over well 
Go ahead and make suggestions for changes to the format/questions if you have any.
How far along are you:
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Questions?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Go ahead and make suggestions for changes to the format/questions if you have any.How far along are you:
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Questions?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Re: SATURDAY CHECK-IN
14+3
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
Nothing to complain about...except these stupid headaches!
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
I got a breast pump from a friend (I think our insurance only covers a single manual
Questions?
Nope! Fourth timer here
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
I'm old and I never buy it because it's so expensive, but Raisin Bran Crunch.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
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Questions?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Thank you for this I love our daily threads!!! Not a lot of symptoms going on besides every weekend I wake up with a pounding headache. I am so nervous/excited for our appointment Monday!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Not a whole lot but will probably start more after Monday's appointment
Questions? Have you guys started thinking of names? I have but DH refuses to be serious about it and says we will get more serious after we know if baby is a boy/girl...I got really mad a couple nights ago lol
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? All the little kid kinds...fruity and cocoa pebbles, cap'n crunch varieties, frosted flakes. Just not lucky charms I hate the marshmallows lol
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Thank God for B6 and carbs. Started taking B6 yesterday, and my nausea is SO much more under control today.
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Starting to research baby stuff (stollers, car seats, doodads, etc.), and pinteresting the hell out of nursery designs.
Questions? Nope.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? Hmm, lately it's been whole food's interpretation of cheerios with some banana, blueberries, and raspberries. Before that it was frosted mini wheats. Mmm.
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Rants/Raves/Symptoms: So ready for second trimester to get here. So sick of being sick. When did you ladies start feeling better (if you have)?
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Nothing yet. Want to wait until NT scan to be extra sure. I am weirdly terrified of a MMC.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I prefer eggs for breakfast (or at least I did
Rants: Nausea has returned like a beast.
Rave: At least I find the nausea return reassuring
Symptoms: Nausea, boobs hurt...
Getting Ready: We live in a small apartment (in an awesome neighborhood and our rent is amazing) so really just thinking about creative furniture rearranging. If we have a boy, I will look forward to buying some boy clothes... but we're pretty set if we have another girl.
GTKY: I fluxuate but I really do like muesli, granola and boring stuff like that. Ooh except frosted mini wheats are amazing.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? Boobs hurt. Not looking forward to spending ALL day writing a term paper. 10 pages to go.... but my birthday is tomorrow so yay!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? We were initially going to just wait until my anatomy scan Jan 8 to find out the sex of our baby. But I saw the 14 week gender ultrasound thread and even commented how our place in town recommends waiting until 17 weeks (even though they guarantee at 14) but after seeing how many ladies were going in confidently at 14 weeks we booked an appointment a few days before Christmas. We're not telling our family so it'll be fun to surprise them on Christmas when they were expecting to have to wait a few more weeks.
Other than that, we're just looking for a bigger place to live before I get too big to be useful in the moving process.
Questions? Nah.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I could eat cereal for every meal if I allowed myself, I swear. I love Frosted Flakes. I also had an insane desire for Fruity Pebbles the other day so I ate a whole box over a weekend.
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How far along are you:
13 weeks today!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
Just enjoying a lazy Saturday morning with DH and the dog. Going out for breakfast shortly and then going to see some friends later. No complaints here.
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Not a whole lot yet. We have a boys name pretty much nailed down, now we just need a girls name since we're team green. Probably won't start on baby's room until at least March. Other than that, just trying to enjoy this pregnancy!
Questions?
None today.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Ditto on the frosted mini wheats. In fact, I may have a bowl right now. Mini breakfast before actual breakfast?
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: 2 puke free days so far. I'm really hoping this is the end of the nausea for me. In other news, I think my baby must have a damn cell phone in there and is a very popular little fetus because the vibrating vag was in full force last night.
What are you doing to get ready for baby?: We just got little rugs for our stairs to increase grip. They're laminate so tacking down a carpet wouldn't go well when we wanted to remove it so this was our main option.
Questions?: Nope
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?: Honey Nut Chex. DH used to not let me keep it in the house since he's (epipen toting) allergic to tree nuts and it has almond in it but recently he's been cool with it as long as it doesn't get everywhere.
How far along are you:11&6
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: excited to have some energy back! Nausea still comes and goes... Constipation ugh! Love these threads!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Not much yet, we're team green so we've tossed around some names but won't know until the big day!
Questions?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I've been on a raisin bran kick (to help with constipation...) but I've always loved frosted flakes
How far along are you: 12w
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: we hosted thanksgiving last Saturday. I've had breakfast pie (and lunch pie, and after dinner pie...) every day and I am actually down 1lb. Pie is a secret diet food!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? I unpacked all the newborn & 0-3 mo clothes and all related infant toys/necessities. It's all in the new baby's closet, ready to go.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Honey bunches of Oats for the win!! I eat it with very little milk. (soggy cereal is disgusting) I eat it dry. I take a spoonful of PB and dip it in a cup of dry cereal. It's delicious! ....and I can't stay out of it if we buy it.
@MrsB8214 we've talked about names a bit. I think we have a top two for a boy, but a girl name has been really hard. We both absolutely loved DDs name (Audrey) and everything else just seems a distant second best now.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Not a whole lot symptom wise. We got our Christmas tree yesterday & I can't wait to decorate our house and shop next week because my Mom took the week off work to hang with DS & I!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? I'm still in denial I am pregnant. My tornado 13 month old keeps me plenty busy! I don't plan to do much anyway though because I'm just adding a crib to the guest room, not doing another nursery.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? Rice Krispies are my favorite with a little bit of sugar sprinkled on top!
@MrsB8214 Names are hard! I disagreed with the name DH insisted on for our son the entire 9 months until he basically was born and I was filling out the birth certificate and caved. I've been thinking of a few, but I definitely have naming rights for this baby! I'll prob wait until we know for sure if it's a boy or girl to get down to a discussion.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:I'm sitting in my car listening to the Civil Wars and indulging myself in The Bump (waiting for a damn parade to start). I've got ginger ale and halos. I'm a happy camper. Feeling good.
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Right now just coming up with ideas. Haven't bought anything but I'm kind of a minimalist and I don't foresee going crazy with purchases other than basics.
Questions? I never have trouble with dandruff and I've been noticing some flakes the last week or so. Can't decide if it's cooler, dryer weather or pregnancy. Anyone else?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I really used to LOVE fruit loops ( like in middle school) but I've been on honey nut Cheerios and cinnamon toast crunch lately.
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@MrsB8214 we have our names almost picked out. Still working on middle name if it's a boy. We're team green.
@catherinekate I noticed that most of the few symptoms I had were letting up a lot by the end of my 9th week but I didn't have any ms or nausea. Hopefully you will start feeling better soon.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: had my NT Thursday and all looked good
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Not much yet.
Questions? None that I can think of right now
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? Resses puffs!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Nothing much. We just booked a hotel in FL for Spring Break so I'm excited for that. I hope I feel good enough at 30 weeks to go. FTM so not sure how I'll be feeling.
My OB told me I have a low pubic bone which "usually doesn't really matter, typically". But of course I Dr. Googled it and a bunch of sites noted how natural deliveries can be harder. I'm curious what my midwife will say.
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Nothing since yesterday.
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Fruity pebbles!!! But I try to eat more organic cereals with less sugar. If I buy a box of fruity pebbles it'll be gone in two days... I also love raisin bran!
DD born June 2016
Second due August 2020 (team green!)
How far along are you: 12/6
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: nausea has subsided quite a bit but killer headaches and I'm an emotional mess. Crying over everything and I have more blemishes on my face than i think I've ever had in my life combined. I don't have any close friends with children and I'm feeling lonely since people have bailed on me since my lifestyle is no longer conducive to late nights and alcohol. Aka finding out who my real friends are.
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Just trying to take care of myself for now. Waiting until second tri to buy anything. Have a girl name picked out but we just decided to veto our boy name for popularity and family reasons,so back to the board for that one. And we are struggling with it big time.
Questions? A million. (Ftm)
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? All of them. Seriously. I even like grape nuts. I have a feeling this morning it will be Doritos though. Awful I know but they sound so good. I might even sneak a small glass of Dr Pepper.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Feeling exhausted but have been having trouble falling asleep at night. Like, wide awake until 2am, despite being so tired when we went to bed. And stomach sleeper, but boobs still hurt and tummy feels a little sore at times if I put pressure on it. Plus I have to get up to pee 4-6 times between when I get in bed and get up in the morning. And my dreams are INSANE.
What are you doing to get ready for the baby? Not much. We got the stroller, car seat, and two bases. We are more trying to decide how to announce to our families for Christmas. Only my sister and her husband know, which is good because they live out of state and wouldn't be able to be there any way. Can't believe we have been able to keep it secret from our parents' and other siblings for this long! I've been trying to think of baby names. Husband told me last night he thinks we should just wing it and come up with a name when the baby pops out. Um. No.
Questions: I've got nothing today
GTKY:Favorite cereal- I love cereal and have been eating it even more this pregnancy. I've been going to bland cheerios because it doesn't upset my nausea. But I love Golden Grahams and Life Cereal a lot. Now I'm going to go have a bowl!
Apparently, "that's what happens when you're wife is pregnant. You get excluded from things." Apparently, their reasoning for not inviting us is that they want to smoke.
So!? Go outside or I'll step outside or whatever. I'm having a child. I'm not dying. I was pretty angry about it last night, but I'm over it. Ironically, they are some of our only friends with a kid but I don't think I'll be hanging around them much anymore.
@DeePaddy24 my husband throws out the most awful names and the other day I wanted to be serious about it so I was getting really frustrated! Almost all of his names come from athletes and are very unique lol
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Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Excited and nervous for my NT scan on Tuesday
What are you doing to get ready for baby? absolutely nothing yet, due to a combination of not wanting to jinx anything and laziness. Plus I have saved a lot of DS's and DD's clothes so we are set for that. Also, our spare room is used as a guest room/office so not sure where that stuff is going to go. The mattress in that room is so comfy I don't want to get rid of it. Also, DD's room is the closest to our room so we are thinking about using that as the baby room but don't know how to convince her to give up the room willingly and without resenting the new baby.
Questions? not really, 3rd baby for me
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I like granola cereals with chocolate in them. YUM!
DS-7
DS-7
13w6d
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
Rant: I really have no desire to go teach skating classes today.
Rave: we are cutting down our tree tomorrow, but tonight I have a hot date with my best friend! Lol. We are going to watch the local ice skaters in the annual Christmas show we both grew up doing
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
We bought a new car!! 2016 Honda Pilot
Questions? None
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
Berry Berry Kix, Crispix, or honey bunches of oats vanilla clusters lol
10w 3d
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
Well yesterday I had to go to the hospital. I was experiencing severe stomach pains, vomiting, diarrhea. I couldn't keep anything down and the pain was brining me to tears. So I got IV fluids and pain medication and was diagnosed with a GI tract virus. The doctor told me this was quite common in pregnancy apparently. They tried to find the heartbeat for me and thought they did for a second, but I was in too much pain to try and find it any longer. They wouldn't give me a u/s since I wasn't having lower stomach cramping -lame, but oh well. I've just been sleeping ever since thankfully. Finally feeling a little bit more normal today. My organs hurt if that makes any sense.
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Nothing yet. I want confirmation that everything is well and healthy before I make any moves. I did buy some cute outfits while we were trying to give to my husband when I found out I really was pregnant, tho!
GTKY: What's your favorite cereal?
Omg idk. So hard. Right now I can barely think of food. I usually like Raisin Bran though!
Feeling crappy still with a cold on top of it so the past couple days have been a nightmare!
Nothing to rave about except that I haven't thrown up for almost a full week now!!!! Yay!
Haven't done anything to get ready for baby as it feels too early and I love to procrastinate!
Haven't eaten cereal since I was a kid!!! Back then my favorite was wheat chex ...
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: tired, cod sore still huge, nausea less but still there too. I am finding getting the energy to be productive with my one year old hard. She of course needs constant attention and some times I just want a break and to run off and sleep.
What are you doing to get ready for baby?- we don't have much to get for this one and just had painted the room before I got pregnant so until the scan I don't have anything to buy.
Questions?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? I like corn flakes or weetabix or bran flakes. All depends on my mood. This week has been corn flake mad!!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: I think the nausea is finally getting better... so happy about that. We bought our Christmas tree today, feels good to get into the holiday spirit!
What are you doing to get ready for baby? Saving, bought safe family friendly cars, renovating the nursery, reading up on parenting.
Questions? Has anyone else had issues with the bump app? I've missed being on the bump but it will not work on my phone!!
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal? Anything a child would like.. Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, I could go on and on!
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
How far along are you:
14 weeks today.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms:
I've barely had any symptoms, except that I'm super-exhausted all the time.
We did get to hear baby's heartbeat for the first time 2 days ago. Amazing!
What are you doing to get ready for baby?
Not too much yet. Trying to research the big purchases (crib and car seat, especially), but I'm kind of overwhelmed by it. I'm an art teacher - so I'm DIYing our announcement, a gender-reveal photo, and stuff for the nursery walls. Pretty excited about that.
Questions?
I've been lurking, and have seen a bunch of "new car" posts! My car is newer and safe and in really good shape, but it's a subcompact... Should I look into getting something else?
GTKY: What is your favorite cereal?
I love cereal. I've been eating tons of Apple Cinnamon Cheerios as random snacks lately.