February 2019 Moms
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First-Time Mom Check-in
jessier19
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1. How many weeks? How big is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. RRQ?
4. Any appts this week?
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
2. How are you feeling?
3. RRQ?
4. Any appts this week?
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
Re: First-Time Mom Check-in
23 weeks. Baby is a grapefruit I think.
2. How are you feeling?
Good! My sciatica went away after I did lots of yoga, and lately I sort of have energy.
3. RRQ?
I have a new colleague that I hate with the fire of a thousand suns. He is a condescending self-satisfied self-important asshole who constantly says insulting things to me and then acts like he was doing me a favor.
4. Any appts this week?
I had one yesterday. It was fine but we scheduled the glucose test and she told me to eat more protein and I am not happy about either of those things.
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
I kind of enjoy doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Vacuuming and bathroom cleaning are the devil though.
Are you vegetarian/vegan?? Wondering why it came up about the protein. That’s something I’m a bit worried about too.
I'm not a vegetarian, I'd say I eat an average amount of protein, but apparently some people recommend that pregnant women get 80 to 100 grams of protein per day, which is a lot. Like, crazy a lot. Apparently there's some reason to think it can help prevent gestational diabetes and make postpartum recovery easier?
2. How are you feeling? - Good! On Monday I feel like actual crap, I had trouble breathing and eating because I felt so huge, and I panicked because this baby is barely a pound and will get MUCH larger before leaving my body. I’ve felt normal since though, so all good for now!
3. RRQ? - Long weekend and my 30th birthday coming up on Saturday! Still have no plans, eep. We’ll think of something to do last minute I’m sure.
4. Any appts this week? - Regular OB appt tomorrow. I guess we’ll talk about what kind of classes I should take.
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant? - Having a hard time coming up with anything! I think I’m pretty average in my likes and dislikes of weirdness and unpleasantries.
DD born 4/1/2023
Baby #3 EDD 11/21/2024
@grebretso happy early birthday!!!! Hopefully you guys find something good to do
1. How many weeks? How big is baby?
22 and change. Baby is a coconut and apparently as tall as a ruler. That freaked me right out for some reason.
2. How are you feeling?
Hip/back pain and congestion are the main ones. I’ve had a bit of heartburn, boobs are sometimes sore, more anxiety than I’m used to. But for the most part I’m doing pretty good! Which is great because I’ve been a lot busier than I anticipated I would be, and I am actually making it through.
3. RRQ?
My AS showed baby head-up. I know that’s normal around this point in the pregnancy, but I’m worried about it
4. Any appts this week?
None this week. Well, except for a hair appointment on Saturday lol does that count?
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
I’m an introvert - so being in my quiet house on weekends hah
24w4d a cantaloupe
2. How are you feeling?
Hungry!
3. RRQ?
I'm loving this fall weather! (finally)
4. Any appts this week?
OB yesterday, everything went well, now I need to schedule the appt for drinking glucose.
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
I can't think of any odd pastimes that I have.
-23w+5d I think he’s the size of a grapefruit
2. How are you feeling?
-I’m feeling good, I’d feel better if I could get rid of this insomnia.
3. RRQ?
-I need new bras like crazy. I want comfort and support and can’t find any that offer both. I’ll take any recommendations!
4. Any appts this week?
-Not until Halloween day
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
-I find ironing relaxing.
23, grapefruit
2. How are you feeling?
Pretty good overall. Some heartburn and calf cramping. A little bit of anxiety/panic attack feeling out of nowhere sometimes
3. RRQ?
We're driving to KY Friday to visit friends, would love some recommendations to make the 9.5 hour drive easier (and dont say fly haha)
4. Any appts this week?
Had my regular OB yesterday, everything is good. Next one in 4 weeks and glucose test sometime before then
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
Well my husband thinks it's weird but slightly endearing, I love to pick clean like OCD clean random stuff like his Xbox remote with a Qtip, or use a straight razor to get the paint drips and smears off the window, or use whatever I can to get the bits of dirt and grime off the car interior. Kinda related, I make sure my dog doesn't have eye boogers. (And it's a wonder I dont have more friends haha)
24 and some change. A cantaloupe which feels accurate.
2. How are you feeling?
Well I went to target and I’m now sitting in my garage because I’m so tired so that about sums it up. Also haven’t been to the gym once this week bc of a never ending backache.
3. RRQ?
I had some clients contacted for quality assurance and got RAVE reviews so I’m pretty ecstatic about that.
4. Any appts this week?
Nope
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
I’m an odd bird so lots of things. I enjoy ironing my sheets/duvet cover. I prefer to paint my own nails. I find cleaning my kitchen floor by hand to be so relaxing.
2. How are you feeling? Pretty great!
3. RRQ? Work rant: My supervisor becomes incredibly incompetent when he's stressed (and we all are right now). Yesterday he wasted an hour and a half of my time, mere hours before a deadline, in large part because he opened the file for the wrong year. And then did not catch a hint when I needed to step away for a minute and invited himself to go get breakfast with me.
4. Any appts this week? OB next Tuesday! It's been a while because he was on vacation so I'm looking forward to it.
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant? Oddly specific but we heat our house primarily with a wood fire and people tend to assume that it's a massive hardship. I love it!
@mommin135 try not worry. It's still very early! I've felt baby do a 180.
2. How are you feeling? Pretty good overall. Hoping that the 4th round of meds I am on for my BV finally cures me, ugh.
3. RRQ? I miss sex!
4. Any appts this week? Went in yesterday for a new prescription, got to hear bb on the doppler
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant? Hm, I feel like I like lots of things that other people don't really like. I hate procrastinating so doing everything immediately? I don't know if that counts
@jessier19 do you think there are more of these pompous (often white dude) types in our line of work? It often feels that way to me haha
@nataliezbrungart my boobs got enormous really fast in this pregnancy (from a 32 DD to a god knows what - DDD? is there an E or EE?) and motherhood maternity bras have worked well for me - they aren't super pricey, very supportive, and potentially useful for nursing (although knowing my luck I'll go up yet another cup size when I start nursing)
@nataliezbrungart depending on size, when I was a D cup I really loved Target for its wide selection of comfy affordable stuff. They don't carry much past D/DD though. Since getting pregnant I've become a G/H cup (yikes). As far as I've been able to figure out, the only common chain with brick and mortar stores that carry lots of larger cup sizes is Nordstrom. Expensive, but they took really good care of me. I recommend going there and getting fitted. Then, once you figure out some brands and styles from Nordstrom that work for you, you can get those same bras slightly cheaper from herroom.com. Not a lot cheaper though. I'm still paying 3 times what I used to for bras, and it makes me very sad, especially because I only seem to be able to stay in each size for a month or two. If I keep growing at this rate I'm really scared I'll end up in a nursing bra size that's almost impossible to find.
2. Not bad, trying to get used to the stomach stretching feeling... grossest feeling ever!
3. Happy it's Friday tomorrow
4. MW tomorrow, gotta make my laundry list of questions tonight
5. I like to clean also
Thanks for the recommendations. I’m probably going to hit up motherhood maternity first because it's closer, but if they don’t do it I’ll be on my way to Nordstrom!
23 weeks a grapefruit
2. How are you feeling?
Other than occasional constipation fine this week!
3. RRQ?
My sister sent me some maternity clothes
4. Any appts this week?
Nope
5. GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant?
Nothing weird. I love grocery shopping?😂
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B078J3DHDY/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Also, target had some non maternity wireless bras that are comfy. I went up 1 cup size and 2 inches so far.
2. How are you feeling? TIRED. This insomnia is crazy. And kinda big because nothing freaking fits anymore. Shirts nope, bras nope, undies not really. I quit. Cannot afford to shop for clothes. Still trying to pay for my surgery from the 1st trimester!
3. RRQ? I guess see above. And I keep smelling random things(like wood smoke) but no idea where it is coming from
4. Any appts this week? Had regular ob visit today and high risk is the 31st.
5.GTKY: What's something you like doing that other people think is weird or unpleasant? I am an introvert as well and I loooove staying home. Plus, I also enjoy doing the admin/paperwork at my job. I work as a manager in a restaurant so any excuse to get away from customers!
We are aggressively paying off debt and trying to save right now, so a new wardrobe wasn’t really in the cards. So far I’ve bought those pants expander things, a set of jersey/cotton dresses, and maternity tights/leggings to go underneath. I’m hoping that by not buying tons of maternity specific things, at least I can justify the purchases by being able to wear them afterwards. I think I’ll be okay for the next couple of months, at least.
(Not a FTM but cannot help myself reading the thread!)