October 2018 Moms
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Wednesday Ticker Change (April 25)
knottieamusements
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Ticker change simply means that you have started a new week of pregnancy. For example, I go from 16 weeks to 17 weeks on Wednesday 4/25, so my “ticker” changes on Wednesdays. It is our way of marking a milestone.
Questions stolen from Monday.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Any appointments this week?
4. Rants/raves/questions?
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Re: Wednesday Ticker Change (April 25)
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
17 weeks. All of the comparisons on BabySizer are too cute this week, but I’m going to have to go with a Large order of French Fries
2. How are you feeling?
Good! Sleeping is a bitch because I can’t get back to sleep after the early morning feeding/letting the dog out.
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope. Nothing until May 18 (what a stretch).
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Wow- nesting is a real thing. I’m starting to get super bitchy about my bathroom remodel contractor not giving me a date to start because that project is holding up every other project I have going.
Thankfully, my to-do list includes a bunch of cleaning and reorganizing in the basement, but that is not the same.
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Hiking with my camera. This is different from hiking because I can literally take an hour to go half a mile. (So, serious hikers need not apply.)
Also- I love outside craft fairs and art fairs. This was one of my favorite things that I discovered about St Louis when I moved here.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
17w. According to a baby book someone just gave me, the size of a ham and cheese croissant. Weird because isn’t that the same size as a regular croissant?
2. How are you feeling?
Pretty good. Trying to excercise every other day, but I’m always so exhausted on the days i work out.
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope- should be getting some results back though.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I read in the same book that 16 weeks is the time to start sleeping on your side. Finding that extremely difficult. Any tips?
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Hiking all the mountains!! I love long day hikes that go over several mountains and also love backpacking.
@rc-cola I asked my doc about back and stomach lying (since both are still super comfy) and she said they recommend switching by week 20, so maybe you still have time to adjust?
@knottieamusements I hike that way, too! Drives my serious hiker friends crazy, lol
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
17, so pear, pomegranate, or buttermilk biscuit!
2. How are you feeling?
Aside from the horrible combo of spring cold+seasonal allergies, just peachy
3. Any appointments this week?
Midwife appointment Monday, super quick, all is good. They had me schedule my anatomy scan (not until May 11), which seems crazy!
4. Rants/raves/questions?
We currently have 2 roommates (long story) and one will be moving out end of June so we can have a nursery. Seriously regretting not making it end of May. Now he’s super sullen and idgaf ‘cause I want to start decorating!
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Anything outside, which usually ends up being traveling and hiking
Edited because all the typos...
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
15 weeks, orange or cinnabun
2. How are you feeling?
not too bad, just trouble sleeping
3. Any appointments this week?
not until 5/9 so 2 more weeks! this 5 week stretch feels like an eternity!!
4. Rants/raves/questions?
None really, just trying to keep my anxiety in check worrying about baby and then of course all the changes baby brings for DD.
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Anything beach or pool related. I love being at the beach and watching the ocean. Also really enjoy my dads pool when I am pregnant. DD was born in August so I spent a lot of days hanging out in the pool because it was the only place I was comfortable.
@rc-cola @jemmerjams - I was always a side sleeper, but seem to end up on my back all the time now. I have a u-shaped pillow too, so I feel that at least I'm not flat on my back? The article I read today said as long as you have some angle, you should be fine.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
14 weeks and the size of a beet. Dwight Schrute would be proud lol
2. How are you feeling?
I'm actually feeling lot better, just tired.
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope, not until next week.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I'm bummed because the provider I wanted to go with is closing his practice in July, so I will need to find a different one. I was so excited about him because he is great in the VBAC community and would have for sure been the one to deliver the baby whether it was a VBAC or Repeat C.
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Going to the beach is the best
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
17w pomegranate!!
2. How are you feeling?
I'm sick of this cold.. today will make two and a half days I've been out but I'm hoping to go into work tomorrow!
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope..
4. Rants/raves/questions?
How long does it take other mommas to get over colds if you've had them recently??
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Kayaking, floating down the river, hiking, freewheeling (not this summer though), just trying to be outside as much as I can
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 15 weeks - cinnamon roll! (the crappy canned kind, not like a cinnabon, that'd be full term)
2. How are you feeling? I tried weaning off the unisom and b6 this week, and i am super nauseous again. Is anyone still taking these meds? Should i just take them forever? ugh.
3. Any appointments this week? no, not for a couple weeks!
4. Rants/raves/questions? I hate buying clothes so much, especially maternity clothes. I feel like its just a bunch of different sack and legging combos. i just wish all my existing clothes were like mega-expandable so i didn't have to deal with transitioning to a whole new wardrobe...
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity? I am all about summer hiking! I've also gotten big into gardening over the past couple years, but to be quite honest, i still kind of suck, so its more experimental gardening at this point.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
15 weeks baby is the size of an orange according to the bump but it feels a lot more like a brick!
2. How are you feeling?
Last week I felt great but these last few days have been rough. Cold/allergies and I’ve had out of town family staying at our apartment since Thursday so that may be part of this wretched exhaustion. Headaches have passed (knock on wood) but hello insomnia, I hate you.
3. Any appointments this week?
Next appointment is May 2. Still so far away!
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Rant. I’m tired of being sociable. Also, I got up at 5 this morning like usual to make breakfast and pack my mans lunch and was greeted with the delicious smell of dog shit. Yes my dog decided it was ok to SHIT IN THE HOUSE! Thank goodness I have a shampooer.
Question. Does anyone else feel self conscious talking to your baby?
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Driving with the windows down and annoying everyone on the road with loud music, hiking in the mountains with my man and my dog, outdoor target practice...honestly pretty much anything as long as it involves sunshine and fresh air!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who had to clean up dog sht first thing this morning (but also sorry you had to deal with a mess too). I got up at 11pm because I knew I could smell diarrhea, let the dog out and went looking for it. Apparently, I was smelling stinky dog farts because the diarrhea happened sometime between when I let him in and when I got up at 4:30 to feed him. At least I’m getting practice with multiple mid night wake-ups?
Also- I’ve started reading out loud, but I’m not talking to my belly yet, and I makes me super self conscious when my friends do. (Thankfully, they are usually just telling Blast Hi or Bye.)
And touching your belly? That is so personal- he might as well have been grabbing your ass.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
14 I think. Yes, 14 (I had to go count). I don’t even know how far along I am, so there’s no way I know how big baby is.
2. How are you feeling?
Cranky
3. Any appointments this week?
Maybe? Nope, just checked the calendar for that too.. maybe I should have also put forgetful as an answer for 2.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I’ve been pretty ranty on here lately, so nothing at the moment.
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity? Does hiding from the sun count? I burn pretty easily, which makes outdoor activities hard because I’d love to just hang out at a pool all day. Beaches also sound nice, but I’m a horrible beach person. I like the idea of it, but the actual sitting around doing nothing gets boring fast. MH laughed at me when I declared one of our honeymoon days a sit on the beach day because we claimed our chairs and a minute later I was bored. We did occasionally check on our chairs as we walked by them all day.
I hated when people touched my belly last time. Most people respected me and didn’t touch without asking. I almost broke my mom’s fingers for touching without asking first. It was very late in my twin pregnancy and my skin had stretched beyond what it should have so it hurt whenever anybody touched me. It was mostly reflexes that did it but I didn’t even feel bad.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
15 weeks, an orange or a box of crayons!
2. How are you feeling?
Overall I’ve been feeling good but today I have the migraine from hell! It started at 4:30 this morning and the whole cycle restarted at 12 when I was trying to eat my lunch. My neurologist told me to take a combo of Tylenol and Benadryl but today it’s not doing anything.
In other news, my bump is starting to pop out! Not wearing full blown maternity clothes yet but it definitely shows!
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope. Next week is a quick OB check and my anatomy scan is 5/22.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I finally feel like I’ve settled in to pregnancy. It’s not stressing me out, we’ve told just about everyone, and I’m starting to look a little more pregnant. I feel oddly calm about it. At least this week, that is always subject to change for me!
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
Beach walks or floating on a raft in the pool. Also just sitting outside to each lunch or read books or magazines.
On the other hand, I was at my other job last night and one of the girls who plays (who is a friend of mine) was telling a girl who comes on occasion that I was pregnant (the occasional girl had her 3mo old with her). She kinda reached out and touched by belly as she said it. It didn't even phase me because it was so quick and kinda of a "pointing it out" gesture. She apologized a few moments later when she realized what she did. That one didn't bother me because of the context.
I still feel like it's just fat right now, even though baby is higher up. I will occasionally talk to him (like "come on baby boy" or say good morning or that I love him), but it is kinda weird.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
13 weeks. Lemon?
2. How are you feeling?
I think my bout of nausea is finally gone. Pretty good otherwise!
3. Any appointments this week?
None, til 16 weeks in mid-May.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I think I fiinally reached the point where I can't sleep on my belly or my back. Also, I work at a desk all day and this kid is already not letting me lean forward. So there's some adjustments.
I'm not talking to baby yet. I'll hold my belly and pray for him, does that count? I think if we picked out a name for him that would really help but that seems so far away!
I still haven't told most people at my job. The fear of miscarriage is real (PGAL). I'm like I haven't heard the HB in 1 week, what if something happened and I tell people and then I'll have to tell them the bad news. I'll just wait until I have another visit and/or pickup on doppler. It's a panic every time I think of telling. Not cool.
5. GTKY: What's your favorite summer or warm weather activity?
The water is my happy place. So waterpark, beach, lake, pool - you name it I'm there on weekends and having a blast!
I can’t wait to feel this baby moving. I know it will help with all the worries. I haven’t heard a heartbeat in 2 weeks and not feeling anything makes me wonder if everything is ok in there.
We finally decided she was after overhearing some conversations between her and her closest neighbor (our office is an open floor plan, and I am four desks down).
I was talking to her a few weeks ago about it, and she told me she had only notified her boss and HR as required because she was so freaked out about losing the baby. I didn’t pry but assume that her daughter is a rainbow baby.
edit: I cant spell..lol