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mommywesley

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:

When's your next appointment?

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? 

mommywesley

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?
24weeks today, I can't believe baby is longer than a foot now! Starting to store up fat
What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?
I think we are going to work on planning the baby shower finally.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
I'm already sick of the hormone induced emotions...kind of ready to be past all this!
When's your next appointment?
TOMORROW
GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? 

Usually when I get alone time (which is rare with 4 kids) I will sleep lol. Sometimes it's super nice to go grocery shopping alone lol

stumptownmama

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you? 24 weeks! Baby is the size of a cantaloupe it Atlantic puffin. 

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival? Really not much. Going to one of those big kids consignment sales tonight and hoping to find some good deals!

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions: I'm already so uncomfortable. The pelvic pain has not improved since seeing a chiropractor. I'm in for long rest of pregnancy. So happy though that our weather is changing. Fall is here!

When's your next appointment? Today!

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? During nap time I either nap, shower or clean. If hubby is home he will sometimes send me out of the house and I will grab coffee and do some shopping. Since I'm not teaching this term, I have more free time in the evenings. Instead of planning for classes I can read and work on projects. 

KarliQ88

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you? i am 25 weeks today. My baby boy so very very active!!! He even kicked for daddy the first time at the doctor's office. He was very active during my 24 week appointment...you could even see it from the outside. The doctor had my husband come over and feel it. Normally he always stopped when daddy tried to feel. 

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival? baby shower registry is complete (there is a total of 3 showers. Yikes!!). We are crib shopping this weekend. Car seat and stroller are here (we got a recaro denali)

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions: i had awful awful heartburn. I tried so hard to do everything i could to avoid taking anything for it. I was pushing myself to go through this pregnancy without any medications for anything. You always see commercials "if you took ***** while pregnant and your baby was born with three heads or a octopus legs then you may be eligible for reimbursement." last thing i wanted was any of that. I broke down and took tums which helped about as much as eating a skittle for heartburn. My doctor told me i was safe to take a zantac. The past 2 nights i took a lower dose zantac before bed/after dinner and WOW!!! No heartburn. I slept all night. Oh baby i am sorry but i really love zantac right now. 

When's your next appointment? my 28 is sometime in october...12th maybe? I can't remember right now. But that's my glucose screen. 

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? well before pregnancy i used to go for a hike or go to the gym. Now? I like to nap! Ha.

streulim

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?
He has started getting the hiccups every night/morning around 3 am. He is about 13 inches long a about 1.5 lbs. I'm 25 weeks.
What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?
Bought him the cutest pacifier. Also rearranging bedrooms. We are moving to the basement and my older daughters are getting our old room. This way everyone has a comfortable place to have privacy.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Nope!
When's your next appointment?
October 4th.
GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? 
Netflix in my pajamas has become very popular for me lately. That's only because I'm on my feet a lot on workdays. Otherwise I like to go for walks at the mall.

sagoon

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?
24 weeks - viability, woo!
What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?
Not much.  Still waiting for  my husband to address the closet door situation.  I'm actually focusing on Christmas shopping so it is out of the way come 3rd tri, haha.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
I've had terrible tailbone pain for the past couple days.  That can go away anytime. 
When's your next appointment?
glucose tolerance test at the beginning of October.
GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? 

I read a lot.  I average just over 100  books per year, so that is mainly what I do in my downtime.

shlecks

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?
23 weeks, baby is making bigger movements (or I guess he's just bigger) so that's been fun.  Supposedly he's the size of a Barbie doll according to one of my apps.  lol

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?
This week I may hunt some addresses to give my sister for the shower, but beyond that probably not much.

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Heartburn at night- Zantac and Tums are my friends.  Even though sometimes they don't fully work.  Also I'm sick of the constipation.  I take a stool softener (generic Colace) every morning and that keeps me mostly regular, but I still feel blocked up sometimes.  

When's your next appointment?
Monday- I'm assuming we'll talk about the glucose test at this one.  She hasn't mentioned it yet.  

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time?
I don't get much these days because my husband is always already home when I get home from work, but when I do I like to sit with my animals (2 cats and 1 dog) and snuggle on the couch with some Netflix.  I also do best with any organizing or other more thoughtful tasks when I'm by myself.  I, too, am on my feet all day throughout the week so I relish in being lazy on Sunday mornings.

BAJDesigns

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you? 25 weeks! 3 weeks left til third tri!

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival? I returned the crib bumper and have been trying to decide on a dresser and glider. Still haven't decided for sure on anything yet. Time is ticking so I need to make a choice soon!

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions: Pregsomnia is here. I woke up at 4 am this morning and could not fall back asleep. Also, I don't know if baby is hitting a growth spurt or what, but I a feeling a lot of stretching pressure under my ribs and across the top of my bump. I feel like I'm growing faster than my body can rebalance itself. Bending, squatting, getting up from laying, basically most movement is getting more difficult. The other night I felt like an upside down turtle flailing around on its shell trying to roll off the couch!

When's your next appointment? October something. Glucose test, recheck of  my thyroid, all that jazz.

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? Given DH's crazy schedule, I am home by myself a fair amount, so all of my house cleaning, errands, etc. are done alone. But for my self care alone time, I love a book and a bubble bath. And all these pregnancy aches and pains make me love it even more.

Teach123

What's new with your little babe this week? How far along are you?
22 weeks, the size of a coconut I'm hearing. 

What are you doing this week to prepare for your LO's arrival?
I haven't done much the last couple of weeks. I need to start cleaning out the guestroom. Most of the stuff is going into a garage sale at somebody else's house, so I'm on hold until they are ready for me to bring it over.

I went to some garage sales last weekend and found a couple of baby things. A super lightweight stroller for when he gets bigger and a cute elephant bedding set with a mobile. 

Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Same old symptoms still hanging around. I have good days and bad. I've had a little more energy at work this week. 

When's your next appointment?
Oct. 4 for a regular checkup 

GTKY: What do you do for your 'alone' time? 
I soak in the bath. Although this week I discovered it's getting really hard for me to reach my feet to wash them.

Teach123

Also felt baby kicks today from the outside. He's getting strong in there.