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FTM Check-in • 9/4

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edited September 2018 in December 2018 Moms
How far along are you?

Any appointment updates?  

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Re: FTM Check-in • 9/4

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  • hkomhkom member
    edited September 2018
    @morgantu I guess I should have put my cervix regeneration powers!  Ha!  I definitely buy into dream interpretation somewhat, because I have a lot of dream themes (poetry!) that reoccur frequently.  But I also never really look into them that much.  I've never heard about the interpretation for cheating dreams.  That makes sense. I practically never have that type of dream about him (and he's seriously like the last person I would ever expect to do something like that in real life) so it was a little jarring.
    ALSO, I think sign language is super cool!  I wish I had taken it in college instead of Spanish, of which I retained almost nothing.

    ETA:  ALSO ALSO, Is your wedge pillow working?





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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @binxybaby i think that's an awesome skill to have, and I'm sure that your LO will be happy when you pass it along to them! 

    @hkom Well, it's less an official wedge pillow and more of a regular pillow folded and wedged under me, but yes! I just didn't want to tag you like 40 times in one post! Thanks so much for the rec! 
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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @ab_canada what are the other ways people count 3rd tri? I thought 28 weeks was pretty standard?
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  • ab_canadaab_canada member
    @morgantu Well, if you divide 40 by 3, you could count 27 weeks. And then some people go by days or something, I dunno - that sounds too complicated.


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  • hkomhkom member
    @morgantu @ab_canada I've seen a lot of sources say 27 weeks.  I've just been saying I'm in the "transition zone"





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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @ab_canada @hkom ohhhhhh i gotcha. Ehh, maybe i'll start counting it at like 27.3 or something. I feel like all of these measures are so arbitrary. And the weeks/months conversion is a mess. 
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  • HollyyyyyHollyyyyy member
    @morgantu @hkom @ab_canada I don't know how accurate this is, but I've been using this chart thing to figure out how many months/trimesters I am. I can't remember where I saved it from, since I've had it pretty much since I found out I was KU.
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  • ab_canadaab_canada member
    @Hollyyyyy Wow, I am not waiting until 31 weeks to say I am in the third tri! Don't take this away from me  :D
    @omnommer Sounds like you need to hug something while you sleep. I was just reading the other day about some adults who sleep with a giant stuffed animal because they need to hug something in their sleep or else the hug themselves too tightly and develop shoulder issues.


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  • HollyyyyyHollyyyyy member
    @ab_canada It says 3rd tri starts at 28 weeks, it's hard to tell since the blue and green are pretty close in color.
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  • omnommeromnommer member
    @ab_canada Haha, I'd love a giant stuffed animal that also circulates cool air since I constantly overheat. I tend to lean a little forward. My left arm goes down by my side kinda and my right shoulder hunches in so my right arm can be placed on the bed itself. If I have a pillow, it can rest a bit higher and I won't hunch as much. :) 
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  • omnommeromnommer member
    @echo-charlietango It's called Gormeh Sabzi. Here's a link to a recipe that looks pretty good. https://www.unicornsinthekitchen.com/ghormeh-sabzi-persian-herb-stew/

    Though, I'd say... it doesn't turn out the same at all if you use dried parsley, cilantro, etc. Definitely use fresh, and reserve a bit of each to throw in at the end so you get some bright green colors and the fresh (non-stewed) herb while eating! The fenugreek I buy dried since it's hard to find fresh. I also always used the canned kidney beans and throw them in at the end, instead of dried. If you're one of those people that cilantro tastes like soap, you can just use more parsley instead and it still tastes pretty good!
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  • kadeephdkadeephd member
    @echo-charlietango Parallel parking skills are clutch in a city.  I think I've destroyed two sets of tires by continually hitting the curb.  I have 0 depth perception.  Also, men baby-wearing is adorable.

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  • ab_canadaab_canada member
    @shevsky
    Oooo I speak Russian. I was born in Ukraine. What about you?


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  • shevskyshevsky member
    @hkom Your cervix wins for most impressive thing it can do!  :D I hope this means you can go home and do that bed-resting from your own bed surrounded by your favorite animals! 

    @morgantu Jealous of your pillow-fort set-up! I just have one extra pillow under the sheets with me and so far it's working. 

    @binxybaby Congrats on all good test results at your 28 week appt!

    @Hollyyyyy sorry if I missed the post on the other thread, but do you think you'll need to work on maternity leave for the extra income? Or just because they need you at work (or both)? It seems like you're OK with it which is great :) 

    @ab_canada Getting a good night's sleep makes life glorious. Congrats, hoping to get one of those sometime soon! 

    @kadeephd Good luck at the start of the semester. I hope it gets more manageable soon. 

    @omnommer Mmmm I'm super jealous of your Persian stew talents. That sounds delicious right about now. 

    @echo-charlietango yay for feeling baby more regularly. When do you expect they'll let you know about your glucose results? I preemptively asked my doctor when they would let me know after I do mine, and she said "next day," so I'm going to hold them to that ha. Also, I am the completely OPPOSITE of your talent. I have zero spatial skills and it's embarrassing sometimes. Even just rearranging furniture or imagining how to set-up pieces in three-dimensional space is TOUGH for me. Luckily DH excels in that department so I will survive. 


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  • shevskyshevsky member
    @ab_canada That's awesome! When did you emigrate to Canada? I was born in the States but my husband is Russian. We met when I was studying abroad there after I got my B.A. in Slavic Studies. Obsessed with all things Russian culture, but not in the negative/bad/political climate/US-Russia relations kind of way. We go back about once or twice a year (usually in the winter, which is awesome, because I'm super into winter sports and cross-country skiing there. It's also usually more mild weather in the winter compared to Chicago, even in Siberia!)  
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  • hkomhkom member
    @shevsky I don't know much about fundal height (my OBs don't even measure it) but from what I read it only roughly corresponds to the size of the baby.  So many different factors control how big your stomach will get, and plenty of them are perfectly harmless.  If your OB wasn't concerned, and if your baby measured normally at your last scan, personally I wouldn't worry too much about it.  





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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @shevsky i am inclined to agree with @hkom - I'm not sure any measurements are that reliable, other than the ultrasound lengths. I know they can say the weight can vary by up to a lb. my policy is that if my ob doesn't worry, i'm not worried
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  • HollyyyyyHollyyyyy member
    @shevsky Alone time is the best. That's also awesome that you know a bit of so many languages!
    I'm not really concerned about the income aspect of mat leave, my husband can cover us both just fine, but there is literally nobody else to do my job. We just hired a new marketing coordinator, and I guess I was thinking (hoping) we'd hire someone with a real estate background so that they could help me while I'm out, but unfortunately that didn't happen. So much of what I do is time sensitive, so it's not something that I can just neglect and take care of when I'm back. I think it will be fine, though. Hopefully!

    @echo-charlietango LOL @ your tingly ovaries
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  • hannelorrehannelorre member
    @Hollyyyyy I hope you won't have to work too much during mat leave! Can you at least work remotely?

    @shevsky I think my midwife told me plus/minus 2 is ok for the fundal heights. 

    @echo-charlietango I also have opposite of your super power. I can't park worth anything. Blame it on the fact that i have lived most of my adult life without a car (from age 18 to 30!) 
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  • HollyyyyyHollyyyyy member
    @hannelorre Yes, thankfully! Do you have a footrest? That may help a little, since it sounds like you have to sit quite a bit?
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    Hollyyyyy said: 
    @hannelorre Yes, thankfully! Do you have a footrest? That may help a little, since it sounds like you have to sit quite a bit?
    Ooh excellent idea. I should be able to get one..
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  • kadeephdkadeephd member
    edited September 2018
    @shevsky @morgantu @hkom My OB also doesn't measure fundal height.  I tried measuring myself once and it seemed like I was way ahead of schedule and/or have a huge baby, but I think/hope I must have been doing it wrong.  My dr hasn't mentioned anything about the size of the baby and he/she was measuring at 49% at the A/S, so I assume all is on track. 

    Also -- @shevsky very impressed with your language skills!  One of my life goals is to learn to speak another language fluently.  I am doing 0 things to make that happen at the moment.

    @scaredunprepared Glad your scan went well!  That story about your car crash was scary -- so glad you were able to get checked out soon afterwards and set your mind at ease.  Also, I think empathy is an impressive skill since many seem to lack it entirely these days.

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  • ab_canadaab_canada member
    @shevsky
    First of all, I love Chicago. I've been there twice now (both times in the same summer, oddly enough). 
    We left Ukraine in 2001, lived a year in Atlanta, GA and then moved to Canada where we've been ever since. I have only gone back to Ukraine twice since that time - it's a bit expensive and I pretty much use up all of my vacation time for the trip, so it makes it a bit hard.. My husband is a Ukrainian-Canadian, so one day we will go together :)
    That's an interesting degree - Slavic Studies. What do you do for a living?

    @scaredunprepared I am jealous of your nesting.. I've been knitting a bit and made a little sweater and hat for the baby. That's about it for my preparedness ;)

    @morgantu What made you learn sign language?


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  • morgantumorgantu member
    @ab_canada actually i wanted to become an interpreter since I was little. We had a sign language interpreter come in for career day when i was in 4th grade and i was like "yep, i'm gonna do that". And once I had decided, that was it. I tried teaching myself to sign but it never really took until i went to college. There were a ton of Deaf people and I picked it up quickly and never stopped :) 
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  • omnommeromnommer member
    @scaredunprepared I am also jealous of your nesting! I have all the urges to nest, but the baby's room is currently occupied by our roommate. He is actively looking at apartments, but the market is tough right now! So all the things we've gotten from our local buy nothing group, etc, are in the guest/craft room. There's only so many times I can reorganize piles of things. Lol. I need to transfer the nesting urge to the rest of the house though... there are plenty of things I can do around the house, lol. I have been working on my crochet dragon stuffed animal and am about halfway done with the body. It's taking forever but is going to be amazing and huge. :)

    @whitneyb89 I totally understand how you feel about starting to go every 2 weeks! After my appointment next week, I'll get to go every two weeks and it'll be a relief just to check in. Especially as my body starts to get more of these weird aches and pains that could mean anything. As a FTM and someone who over-analyzes everything.... appts every 2 weeks will be lovely.
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  • scaredunpreparedscaredunprepared member
    @omnommer there's way more that needs to be done around the house here too! I just can't move the boxes in from the garage, and SO hasn't gotten the memo that baby will be here in 3-4 months,  so he's in no rush.  So reorganizing the nursery it is!  I'm super excited to see your final dragon. It seems like such an awesome project.  Good luck!
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  • kadeephdkadeephd member
    @omnommer @whitneyb89 I am not loving the idea of going to the OB every two weeks.  They tend to run behind at my OB and I sometimes wind up waiting for an hour, then my doctor talks to me for less than five minutes and usually tells me nothing I didn't already know.  It seems like a waste of time if I don't have any issues to discuss.  Some of the appointments are obviously important, like the GD one, but the ones where they just weigh you, check your blood pressure, and listen to the heartbeat?  Meh.  I see what you mean about the reassurance... but for me, the baby kicking all the time is enough reassurance.


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  • whitneyb89whitneyb89 member
    @kadeephd That's a fair point. It does seem like a bit of wait to only be seen for a few minutes. Also, I decided to pick somewhere that's a half hour drive for me, so you think I wouldn't be too thrilled with that. But I don't know. I think it's getting to hear the heartbeat and knowing that the doctor is happy with how things are going. 
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