monday ticker change!

lavashiner

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How far along are you? How big is baby?

How are you feeling?

What's going on this week?

Rants/Raves/Questions:

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about?

cenzosmomma

How far along are you? How big is baby?

31 weeks today, baby is asparagus

How are you feeling?

Nausea is back at dinner time and it sucks!!
Other than that, I feel great!

What's going on this week?

Nothing much going on this week... no apps or scans!

Rants/Raves/Questions:

Nausea and indigestion are back in the evenings and it is for the birds!! Nothing helps!

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about? I'm having my shower on the 29th and I can't wait to get all the baby things!! I've had a relatively empty nursery set up for weeks and am anxious to get it organized!!

I am excited to use the baby wearing slings!!

kersey0208

How far along are you? How big is baby? 33 weeks, stalk of celery?

How are you feeling? I'm sick. DH has been sick all weekend and I woke up this morning with no energy and congested so I called in to work. Planning on going to bed shortly so I can pry myself out of bed in the morning. 

What's going on this week? Tomorrow is my weekly OB appointment/ultrasound/NST after work. I have to remember to talk to the doctor about this mandatory overtime business at work. I talked to my manager and she advised me if I think it will be too much to get a Dr note. It's been hard enough working 40 hrs that I can't imagine 45 right now on top of flexing time at least once a week to make it to these appointments. 

Rants/Raves/Questions: Rant: yesterday I ended up going to the OB emergency dpt to get checked. Riley is super active especially after eating and I only counted 2 kicks in 4 hours. I ate breakfast, tried to drink some juice, moved around, layed back down, cold water, nothing was working. I got there and they had a hard time finding her on the monitor. I was freaking out. They found her and pinned her down on the monitor and she was doing gymnastics the rest of the day. Dr said sometimes they go through different sleep cycles but I was doing everything right and it's better to be safe than sorry. She's back to her crazy self today. I've wanted to sleep and she hasn't let me. But after that scare I'm happy with it. 
Rave: not sure if I've shared this yet but my DH finally felt Riley move for the first time the other week and I'm feeling her from the outside all the time now. I was worried this would be an issue because of my size since I don't have the typical bump she has so much room to hide in there. 

No questions really..but I just realized 7x7 is 49...49 days left?? This is going way too fast!

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about? some of my family members chipped in to buy me the halo bassinet. I'm not sure why I wanted it so badly it just looked super functional and could fit in so many places. I hope that it works well for us so I don't have to hear an I told you so from my husband who thinks it's too expensive for what it is. We're also inheriting the mamaroo that was my nephews he loved that thing so I'm hoping Riley will too! 

mdcd44127

@kdestito Sorry about the evening nausea. But yay for your upcoming shower!!

@kersey0208 Oh my gosh, that sounds like a scary trip to emergency, I'm so glad Riley ended up being fine! And bummer on getting sick. DH is "coming down with something" and if he gives it to me I might kill him, lol.

How far along are you? How big is baby?

33 weeks, baby is the size of... celery, cauliflower, a loaf of bread

How are you feeling?

Some serious Braxton Hicks tonight during the L&D tour, and over-tired from the constant shit sleep, but otherwise okay

What's going on this week?

With the tour done, now all I have is my OB check-in on Friday

Rants/Raves/Questions:

Rant #1: I'm SO OVER work at this point, I have a month left before maternity leave but in my head I'm already gone. Makes showing up every day a real PITA.

Rant #2: My mom is being super emotionally manipulative right now and I'm not okay with it. I had been sending her my weekly bump pics and last week she told me she was showing them to some random people in a restaurant, so I said she's not getting any more pictures since she can't be respectful. Now she's literally crying and texting me apologies and saying I've broken her heart. Umm... she knows how I feel about her showing pictures of me to people (much less literal strangers!), I'm fiercely protective of my privacy... she's lucky I was sending her anything at all. This is a direct consequence of her actions and she can't handle it. DH is horrified by the whole thing.

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about?
Super excited to use the baby carriers and strap my little guy to my chest, haha. Also psyched to eventually put him in the little matching chevron bowtie & tennis shoes I bought for him, and similar cutesy combos. I love accessorizing, so he'll definitely be a dapper little dude.

kln62689

Wow I just had a moment. I was like, hey I'm going to drop in on the Monday check in thread and see what those ladies are up to. You guys, I'm a Monday ticker change lady. Wtf, brain. 

@kdestito I am sorry to hear about your evening nauseau / indigestion. Evening has been the toughest time of day for me all along. I have probably only eaten an evening meal about 10 times throughout my entire pregnancy because I don't feel like it is worth throwing up. I hope it will pass for you soon!

@kersey0208 Sickness sounds awful. I am sorry your DH brought home something gross, but super glad to hear he got to feel Riley move! My nugget is kind of shy about other people feeling. I'm kind of ok with that bc my DH denies it but seems a little weirded out by it to me, and honestly I don't want anyone else to touch me at all. 

@djd0404 I am with you on being over work. I did have an unexpected surge of productivity today, but the day was definitely an outlier more than the norm at this point. I put a '10 weeks to go' sticky note on my wall today in the hopes that maybe my leadership will get it together to figure out coverage for my big project while I am out. 

How far along are you? How big is baby? 30 weeks / zuchinni 

How are you feeling? My back / hips / pelvis are very uncomfortable. Walking hurts. Sitting hurts. Laying down hurts. Moving hurts. Standing hurts. Can I get the epidural now? However I haven't thrown up or really felt nauseous at all since Friday, so that's pretty cool. 

What's going on this week? No appointments until 10/27 I think.

Rants/Raves/Questions: Are any of you just mean people while pregnant? I think I'm just mean now. I have no patience. I don't have a lot of patience normally, but I am super on edge now. People are for sure avoiding me. 

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about?

We get to go pick up the new la-z-boy rocker recliner I ordered myself this Wednesday. I'm selfishly super excited about it. As far as actual baby stuff, maybe the stroller, I have been thinking about activities that we can do that would help me lose weight and would get the baby out. We have a long driveway that is about 1 mile round trip to the mailbox, and there is a nature reserve with lots of cool walking trails about 10 minutes from here. 

wabash15

How far along are you? How big is baby? 30weeks

How are you feeling? way better than last week when I had a cold and food poisoning... yah that was a rough combination. Sore... moving helps but I need to work on the motivation to do so

What's going on this week? just the usual.. work, running after the twins, trying to keep my house from looking like a bomb went off...

Rants/Raves/Questions: Just so damn happy to be over the food poisoning... the symptoms lasted for 4 days... it was so hard to keep up. I even went home sick one day which I never do.

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about? umm we haven't gotten anything really new for this little one other than a new chair... its not a glider but I hope it will be way more comfortable to sleep in (read actually have neck support) than the glider we got for the twins.

@kersey0208 I'm sorry you had a scare, glad your little one is fine and was just sleeping at a weird time. 
@djd0404 I love baby wearing... and have collected way to many carriers... ooh I do have a new wrap which I'm excited to try.
@kln62689 I am not as patient when i'm pregnant as I am when I'm not...

lavashiner

How far along are you? How big is baby?

32 weeks! A squash, I guess?

How are you feeling?

emotional! but generally okay. tired. hungry, you know, all the preggo stuff. actually emptying my bladder is difficult, since I usually have to go ten seconds after I literally just went!!!!

What's going on this week?

not a whole lot--work is fairly low key, but I need to start planning for my leave.

Rants/Raves/Questions:

rant #1: yesterday public transit was a nightmare and I got to DD's preschool late and I was ugly crying. Ugh, I was a mess. My commute is the worst part of my job and it makes me want to leave, except that the job is basically my dream job so I can never leave. I can't move closer since I work in SF and houses here are a million dollars. House in my neighborhood are also a million dollars now, but we got in wayyyyyyyyy before this housing boom.

rant #2: the Napa wildfires have made the air quality horrible here. I am so done with it! I know they are closer and closer to containing the fires, and I am hopeful for all the firefighters up there as well as sympathetic for people who lost homes, businesses, and loved ones, but I am also selfishly just tired of having difficulty breathing. Can armageddon 2017 just be over?

GTKY: Of all the baby things you have, what are you most excited to use, and why? Or...what is an item you haven't gotten yet, but are very excited about?
I'm a second time mom, but I'm eager to drag out the baby bjorn bouncer. I am trying to decide if I need a swing for this one. We never got one for DD, but I'm thinking it might be nice to have a place to put the baby...

@kersey0208 I'm glad you went and checked out the movement! How scary!

@kln62689 I think all my emotions are amplified, so I am more mean, but also more sad, upset, happy, etc. It's a hormonal rollercoaster!