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GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th?
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th?
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DSS: 20
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
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Baby is the size of a(n): Double Gulp cup (ironic because I am craving Diet Pepsi like none other)
(Cravings/Symptoms):
I'm sad that 2nd trimester is drawing to a close, because I've felt pretty great all of 2nd tri. Aches and pains are hitting me harder suddenly, especially the pelvic area pain/possible SPD 😫
I'm craving sweets and soda. So healthy, LOL
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th?
We go to my town's big parade, and then have a cookout at my parents house after. I love that it's a day full of quality time with my fam! ❤
Baby is the size of a(n): Bag of microwave popcorn, my favorite snack BTW
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? We're not doing anything this year actually. It's the in-laws last night here so we decided to hang around here and play cards. Usually my sister and her husband throw a party at his shop and there's BBQ and him and his buddies shoot off a lot of FW's. This year though they are out of town so that's not happening. We were invited to a friend/co-workers of Matt's lake for a party and fireworks over the lake, but It's not a crowd the in-laws would enjoy, and not one I want to take DS too.
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DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
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Baby is the size of a(n): baseball glove
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? We don't do the same thing every year. This year we are heading to the beach (Delaware coast), staying at my ILs beach house and then staying for the whole next week. Hello 11 days of vaycay!
Baby is the size of a(n): a head of cauliflower???
Definitely starting to really feel these growing pains. And I can’t believe that this bump is going to get any bigger, I already feel huge.
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? DH is usually out of town for the 4th so it’s typically spent low key. Maybe have some hotdogs with my sister.
Baby is the size of a(n): baseball mit
Rave - We were all up late last night and I was actually able to sleep in! I usually wake up around the same time every morning, no matter what
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? I’m not huge on the 4th of July but since you can see our town’s fireworks from our yard we always host a BBQ. This year they’re calling for storms and I’m not happy with the majority of DH’s family who will be coming so I’m ready for tomorrow to be over and done with /end party pooper rant
@kindbytealikat So sorry that you are still battling a cold
@junebabyh lol because I totally want the Skip Hop Greenwich pink backpack diaper bag... I've heard good things about JuJuBe.
EDD/Weeks + Days: 10/14 - 25+2
Baby is the size of a(n): Wide-brimmed fedora hat?? 👒
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? DH's grandma has a pool that all of my ILs will go over and swim in (it's our hang out spot during the summer/hot days).
TTC #2: October 2018, BFP 02/02/19, EDD 10/14/19
@galentine I’m excited for your babymoon and shower #1!!!
@junebabyh 11day vacation sounds amazing! Hope you enjoy it!!
@junebabyh, enjoy your vacation! Our babymoon is to Canada 😊
@emily1052, I'm the same way about feeling like my bump can't possibly get bigger. I feel stretched to my limit already! My coworkers keep oh-so-helpfully saying, "Just you wait!"
@stephanie123456, my SIL is throwing baby shower #1, and I think the theme is travel/hot air balloons! My SIL is an amazing party planner, and her showers are always incredible. I can't wait to see everything! And maybe share pics in the PG 😉
@kindbytealikat 3rd trimester starts at 28 weeks, IIRC
@galentine where in Canada? (Ballpark, so no stranger danger)
Weeks + Days: 23+2
Baby is the size of a(n): chinchilla
Baby is the size of a(n): Atlantic Puffin
(Cravings/Symptoms): Leg cramps are annoying. I need to get DS to stay out of my bed so I can actually sleep at night.... 1 night I went into his bed and left him with DH. I'll likely have to continue that.
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? As per the usual, anything that involves my family and someone else cooking 😂
Baby is the size of a(n): from DD1s elbow to her fingertips
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? Love all the kids activities towns put on. Like play/climbing structures, kids' music concerts, plays. Makes you get out and meet the neighbors. Fireworks, not so much.
@emily1052 yes, she occasionally gets hiccups. I don’t recall them happening this early with my boys 🙈
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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Baby is the size of a(n): I never know these, but big enough to be knocking on 3rd tri’s door along with my cervix 😂
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? we don’t do much, and I like it that way
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BFP #2 5/4/14, EDD 1/15/15, DS1 1/19/15
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Baby is the size of a(n): length of a regular Kleenex box, definitely feeling that lol
Raves are that the splash pad opens this weekend and I can take my kiddos. I have such a busy Saturday, 2 bday parties, an arts and crafts show and the splash pad😂
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th?
we always go to my hometowns big 4th of July festival. The carnival comes, they do an art fair(that my grandma has always had a booth in. This is the first year in my life she hasn't!) Lots of music and activities downtown. Sunday is the parade and fireworks and we'll spend the day at the carnival with the kiddos. Tomorrow we're going to the town my grandma lives in parade and little craft show, then the fireworks later lol
@emily1052 I’ve been feeling hiccups for the past couple of weeks. Super low so I’m assuming this babe is head down and planning on staying that way (Hopefully ha).
EDD/Weeks + Days: 10/6. 26 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n):
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th?
Definitely one of my favorite holidays. Family BBQs, beach, fireworks. Love it
@andromedacorrine2 Same with the sweet tooth. It's been the near bane of this pregnancy. And honestly, your neighbor complaining about you - whether founded or unfounded - would probably actually hurt her chances of getting her house sold. But she doesn't sound like the brightest seller, so... 🤷
Baby is the size of a(n): Chinchilla
(Cravings/Symptoms): Stretched out, like others have said. I was at the doctor yesterday and my fundus height is basically right where it should be (good, as the rest of the appointment was not as positive...), but I still feel like I swallowed a jazzerciser holding a beach ball. But I honestly feel decent besides that.
My doctor did say it sounds like I might have a little SPD, but I opted to wait another week before asking for a recommendation to a therapist since, as of yesterday, it hasn't been as bad. I've been trying to modify how I walk, and while still uncomfortable, at least it takes a little pressure off the pelvis. We'll see how long it helps.
Rants/Raves: My appointment yesterday was not so good. It went as expected, but that's a bad thing. Baby is completely fine (I mean, as far as we can tell without an ultrasound), but I was chastised about my weight. Kind of.
So I've gained way more than I should by now (nothing like the girl I mentioned months ago who gained 250+ with her pregnancy), and my doctor was concerned about that. I explained that I'm trying really hard and that I don't actually eat that much, but when I mess up, it seems to impact me a lot more than I feel it should (e.g. a shake seems to make me gain three pounds in one day). Then I started crying. She noted that there is minimal swelling and my fundus height is where it should be, and it made me feel a little more comfortable when she said she had one patient who gained 60 pounds with pregnancy and lost it all easily, and another who gained 25 and could never lose the last 10. I've gained between 30-40 (I don't remember how much right now)
I know she meant well, and she isn't wrong, but it made yesterday a total bummer for me. My husband and I went to the store and scoured the shelves for sugar free and low sugar snacks for me, since I can't seem to avoid that completely. Shockingly (though it shouldn't be shocking), I feel a wee bit more energetic today, probably because in not constantly sugar crashing.
A rave would be that all of my baby registries are now public. It's scary, but I'm glad it's finished. I've also finished all of the prep for my strawberry blueberry cheesecake casserole for tomorrow, so that is a major thing too!
Questions: Does anyone have any good snack suggestions? I love fruit and veggies, so no recommendation needed there, but I need something to replace my ice cream that isn't awful, for example. We bought some Enlightenment, which is good, but I need other snack suggestions.
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? I love to go down to my hometown and see the fireworks display, which is huge and always draws a massive crowd. We may or may not go this year, depending on how up for it I am. I always see people I know there, and I'm not out with my pregnancy on Facebook, so I just don't know if I'm feeling that.
Baby is the size of a(n): Grapefruit?! But last week a coconut....?
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? I LOVE fireworks. So much. It's like how some people are still obsessed Disney, I find it so magical to watch. We'll be going to a 4th of July show on the 3rd (leaving here soon) and then the rec center right up the street from us does one on the 4th that we always walk to. I'm not really feeling it this year but we can watch it from our deck!
DD#1 December '12
DD#2 New Year's Baby '15
Married 07/09
home for your baby. As for healthier, dessert-like snacks... how about a smoothie instead of a shake. I do a cup of frozen berries, a banana, half an apple, some coconut water and ice (and I add spinach which you honestly can’t taste if you have a banana in there). Could remind you of sorbet if it’s that ice cream-y texture you are craving.
No regular routine, but tomorrow we have close friends coming over. Probably will spend most of the day in the pool, and grilling and playing with DS and our dogs (they have 2) in the yard. I don't think we'll do fireworks until this weekend.
Baby is the size of a(n): fancy French soda bottle
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? We always go to our best friends and let the kids play and grill out then we have a big firework show!!
@junebabyh Smoothies are a good idea! I don't do shakes often at all, but obviously too often. I recently found Gatorade Zero and I've gone through almost a whole bag of Skinny Pop in two days. Not great, but better than the sweets I was consuming.
@cooaladolly You're very right on what you said. Thankfully I'm not showing any markers for gestational diabetes and I feel good so far, but I know that can change in a blink. My mom had seven kids, and most of us were bigger babies (my older brother was 10.5 lbs and I was about 9.5 lbs). She seemed to have lost most of the weight after each one, except the last two of us, who she had at 43 & 44. She lost some weight then, but I could tell some of it stuck around. I don't want to have a big baby or gain a lot of weight, but maybe it's a bit of genetics? 🤷
Baby is the size of a(n): Barbie doll
Also, I had made it down to 1 diclegis per day, but then forgot to take it one day and felt really nauseous. So now I’m back up to 2 per day for a little while to try to reset. Looks like I’ll be on meds my whole pregnancy again. At least I know now that they’re doing something!
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? Pre-kid, we’d find a place to see fireworks. Today, we’re having some friend over for a bbq.
@steminist I've heard that before! Thank you for the reminder, though. It isn't something I'd regularly think about. I don't drink much Gatorade (it can take me two-three days to get through a bottle), but I'll for sure keep that in mind!
Weight gain for this pregnancy has been terrible for me too. My doctor hasn't made a comment but everyone that knew me during the last two have 🙄 I also got really lazy after I switched shifts to having 4 days off. And I knew I gained alot of weight in that year, so now I'm just adding on 😔
Baby is the size of a(n): cauliflower
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? It varies. We used to go to the park with friends every year and that has more transitioned to backyard BBQs. Starting next year I’d like to incorporate a fireworks display as DS will be old enough to stay up a bit later and enjoy it.
Me 39 - DH 41
Married 8/26/07
TTGP #1 Jan '15 -
BFP 9/11/15 - DS born 5/31/16
TTGP #2 July '17 -
CP July '17
Blighted Ovum MC Dec '17
CP June '18
BFP 1/30/19 - EDD 10/13/19
Baby is the size of a(n): Chinchilla
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? We usually run a 5k with MH's family, but everyone bailed this year, so I ran it on my own. H has a knee injury so he stayed home with the kids. We sometimes end up watching fireworks and grilling too, but not always.
Baby is the size of a(n): garden eggplant
GTKY: What do you like to do for the 4th? We always have breakfast at a friend’s house, walk to the parade down their street, and then let the kids go nuts playing with water toys that we rent. We had a huge blow up water slide thing this year. So fun and the weather held out!
Baby is the size of a(n): lettuce and her fist is the size of a blackberry
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Team Pink
Upcoming Appointments: New midwife appointment on the 18th
How are you feeling? (Cravings/Symptoms): Super tired, but it’s just been from all the moving. Also, peach pie is life! 🍑
Rants/Raves: We moved!! Lol, man, what a crazy week we’ve had. But guess what? We’re here. We did it, and we’re super happy about all the new memories we’ll create. Elliott has already had so much fun with all of his cousins. It warms our heart to see our son play and experience new things and people and know that this is the new life we’re providing him.