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January 2017 Moms
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Sunday Ticker Change (11/13)
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What's new with your little babe? How far along are you?
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival?
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
When's your next appointment?
(stolen from another day) GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow?
Re: Sunday Ticker Change (11/13)
What's new with your little babe? How far along are you?
33 weeks. I am a little shocked to be this far. Size of a durian (ew) this week.
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival?
Absolutely nothing and it feels amazing. We worked really hard this past month to get things done. We had a shared spreadsheet of tasks that need to be done before he’s born, deadlined them, and got through almost all of them. There’s still a couple of little things left like making freezer meals but I’m not going to touch on those until early next month at the soonest and I feel good knowing we'll still survive somehow even if we don't get to them
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions: Rant: I felt like I needed to disable my social media accounts recently. I just felt horrible about the fact that everything politically is so stressful lately and that that stress creates hormones that are harmful to the baby. I hate that so much. I like fighting for important social causes and against injustice so it’s a rough sacrifice to have to make. So now I'm not really part of the FB group for now because of that. It's been a nice relief so far this weekend though. I did some volunteer work, donated some money to some non-profits I feel are at risk, and watched some happy movies and felt way less stressed than I have the past week.
When's your next appointment? Friday
GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow? Our doula prepared one about a month ago and I’ve already handed it off to the OB. I don’t put too much weight into it because I know most birth plans get thrown to the wind but it’s at least good to have everyone kind of on a similar page maybe?
What's new with your little babe? How far along are you?
I'm 29wks, baby is as big as an acorn squash. She's moving a lot when I'm calm, don't feel her too much when I'm moving around at work.
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival?
Not much baby related, just trying to have energy to do normal upkeep on my house and running after my other 2 kids.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Been having a lot of BH especially at work. I think I'm staring to dilate already. I think it's kinda early but we will see.
I passed my 3hr gd test, very thankful for that.
I can't believe that thanksgiving is almost here! Where did the year go?!
When's your next appointment?
Dec 6th for a reg ob apt.
(stolen from another day) GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow?
I have my birth plan written, I just need to show H and the Dr.
@canavara I completely agree with the political rant for social media. I feel like I did after my last loss, when every time I opened facebook I was face to face with a birth or pregnancy announcement. I took 2 months off FB and IG and it really helped. This week I wish there was a way to simply block all political posts. The nastiness on both sides is disgusting. I want to see pictures of my friends/family's kids, pets, and all of the videos about food possible. The only political posts I want to see are the memes around Biden/ Obama.
What's new with your little babe? How far along are you?
I'm 32 weeks- which is apparently the size of a squash or a hard hat- either way scary to think about.
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival?
Yesterday we had our maternity tour at the hospital. I'm really excited for the fact that there is a nap time everyday from 1-3pm and after nap time is over they come around to each of the maternity rooms with ice cream! I went to babies r us yesterday to pick up a few things that we didn't get at the shower I completely under- estimated my ridiculousness when in BRU and spent an additional $108 on top of $100+ in gift card I had brought with me. I should be able to complete her nursery this week though. Plus our wall decal arrived, so hopefully I can get that hung on the wall today too.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Rants- My feet and back and in a pretty consistent state of pain and my hands and feet are so swollen that my shoes and rings don't fit anymore.
Raves- Being so close to the end is starting to get really exciting.
When's your next appointment?
We have our Growth Scan tomorrow and regular OB appointment on Tuesday. Really excited to see her again tomorrow and hoping that she's head down, but have a nagging suspicion that she is still breech. Though if she is breech tomorrow I will have another ultrasound in a few weeks- so at least I'll get to see her again if she's being stubborn.
(stolen from another day) GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow?
I'm completely winging it. Planning on getting the epidural though. I do need to decide if I want my mom to be allowed into L&D. Sometimes you just want your mom- but she drives me crazy most days so I may be better off banning her to the waiting area.
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
We had a couples shower last night which was so fun. Got a bunch of great things and it definitely freaked me out with the lack of things we have for baby since we've put off baby prep with the house reno. I *think* this is the week we get to move home (I've said that the last 3 weeks) and I need to get on baby room/gear/organizing ASAP before I start tonhave actual panic attacks.
Aside from the regular stuff that's been plaguing me for a while (uncomfortably full, RLP that makes me wince when I stand up, rib pain when I'm sitting that almost brings me to tears, horrible sleep, and feeling like a beached whale--just to name a few), I actually feel wonderful and hope it stays like this as long as possible.
11/22 for regular OB check
I haven't written up my plan, but H knows my wishes that I want all natural. At first he thought I was crazy but after all of our research, he's now really supportive in telling me I can do it which is great. We have our natural birth class next weekend so hopefully that doesn't freak us out too much.
What's new with your little babe? How far along are you? 33 weeks! Baby is ~4.5 lbs and 17-18". He is starting to drop. Last night at dinner he was grinding his head against my cervix and waving his hands or elbows around and it was all SO LOW. I thought, we'll now, this is new.
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival? We have friends visiting until tomorrow morning (one has a nasty migraine right now so we're all having a little quiet time). Then the guest bedroom will officially be made into the nursery! We've already painted and have the dresser in there, just need to finish it.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions: Walking is very difficult at times. I'm definitely starting to shuffle. My friend who is visiting is a physican and she is pretty sure he's dropped quite a bit. I've also had pelvic girdle pain for the last 2 weeks. I've had a feeling he will come early since the beginning of my pregnancy, but I really want him to stay put for at least another 4 weeks!
A friend took some maternity photos on Friday afternoon and that was so fun!
When's your next appointment? Thursday.
(stolen from another day) GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow? We have a few notes, but our doula actually recommended not doing a full plan. My intention is to go all natural, and to labor at home for as long as possible. (We're only 5 minutes from the hospital.)
@canavara Yep. I'm right there with you. I got so stressed and angry on Wednesday, I started having contractions. After that, I stopped really going on social media. We've done a few things as well -- connect with different organizations, donate, check in with certain friends, etc., but I have to limit my news intake signicantly, otherwise I get too stressed and I know that is bad for the baby. And right now, he's my number 1 priority.
Super exhausted. Spent my day off Friday sorting out shower drama between my friend & MIL then watched my friends 3 kids all yesterday & half today. Sleeping through the night has become impossible and there's few things I can do without feeling like I'll pass out.
Next check is Wednesday, nothing big going on.
We've enlisted the help of a friend to get the boxes out of the nursery this week & then we'll have a room that can finally be converted into the nursery! Shower is on this coming Sunday; I'll know more of what we need to do afterwards to fully transform the room.
I made a birth plan when I first found out I was pregnant so I'd know what to research & ask as the pregnancy progressed. I need to fill the one out the hospital gave us last week, but DH & MW are on the same page.
Me: 33 DH: 38 Married: 1/10/15
1st Pregnancy EDD: 1/1/17 Born 1/10/17 Team Green turned Blue!
2nd Pregnancy EDD: 11/6/18 Born 11/09/18 Baby Boy!
3rd Pregnancy EDD: 12/?/21
Children are like casseroles; it takes a lot to mess them up.
What's new with your little babe? How far along are you?
32 weeks.
What are you doing this week to prepare for baby's arrival?
Cleaning out baby room and getting laundry done.
Rants / Raves / Symptoms / Questions:
Insomnia, heartburn, out of breath.
When's your next appointment?
21st
(stolen from another day) GTKY: Do you have a birth plan written up, or are you just going to go with the flow?
Nope, had one with first child and it went out the window.
I have an appt with a chiropractor tomorrow who will hopefully know how to ease my sacroiliac pain, because the new maternity belt I'm rocking really isn't putting a dent in it. Meeting with the doula on Wednesday, and I hope she'll forgive me for not doing any of the exercised she gave me a month ago.
@LilLynch2015 the Biden memes are my political palette cleanser this week after reading articles that make me ragey. They just make me so happy.
I'm not sure I will have a plan officially written up, but my doula and H know what I want and will be able to advocate for me. I'm lucky that my hospital and Germany in general don't push medical interventions as heavily as they do in the US, so I won't need to fight very hard to be given more time before an induction, c-section, etc.
BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18
33 weeks! (And change now) every week I'm like, surprised that they can feel any heavier
All the monitoring appointments! This weekend we're getting the car seats installed and I'm MAKING H finish installing the new smoke detectors and ceiling fan and get on the roof to clean the gutters. These are usually my tasks (he's NOT handy lol, the garage is full of *my* power tools) but after this belly popped at 16 weeks I've just not been comfortable with getting on a ladder, I'm such a klutz already. I'm so over waiting for him though!!
Nothing new- their movement is amazing but they're so heavy and my body feels like it's falling apart. My legs don't fit into my hips right anymore and this belly is so big that it hurts to lay down and sit down and stand up (all in different ways/ spots)
NST Friday morning, then growth scan at my OB shortly after- THEN we might set an official expiration date, once we see if they're still the same size
I don't have anything in writing yet but I might throw a few things down on paper just in case (i.e.: no narcotics, my music, laboring upright) but there's a pretty set regimen for modi twins so I don't have much wiggle room. Luckily my hospital is super relaxing and they're big on laboring naturally before the twin "rules" kick in totally, I mostly just want to make sure that I'm not violently barfing instead of seeing my babies (NO NARCOTICS for me!!)