February 2020 Moms
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Group 1 (2/1-2/7) check-in w/o 7/22
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EDD/W+D:
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appts:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)?
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appts:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)?
Re: Group 1 (2/1-2/7) check-in w/o 7/22
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum
Upcoming appts: this Friday
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. Just tired
Rants/Raves: we were out of power for 3 days in 100 degree weather. That was so rough.
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)?
Im a pretty rational person and realistic about things. Sometimes I get worked up about stuff that is inevitable though like the thought of one day DH dying. But as far as phobias, I don’t have one.
EDD/W+D: 2/5/20 / 11+5
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink!! I still can’t believe it. So excited 🤗
Baby is the size of a(n): Macaron
Upcoming appts: This Thursday.
How are you feeling?: Meh, still not feeling great. The evenings are the worst - the nausea comes back and the fatigue is so bad. This has definitely been the worst first tri out of all of my pregnancies.
Rants/Raves: Rant is about my yard. The weather has been so hot that all of my plants are dying. I’m trying so hard to keep them alive, but I can’t always water them every day. Rave is that we are having a girl! Pulled out my Restoration Hardware Baby catalog to peruse girl nurseries I cant afford.
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? I’d say my biggest fear is something happening to my family in a car accident, but don’t know that that is an “irrational” fear. If I’m going strictly irrational, I’d say snakes. I’m always worried they are hiding under chairs or tables on my patio, and that they’ll pop out and get me.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum
Upcoming appts: Wednesday!
How are you feeling?: feeling like my normal self again, but I do still get a bit tired in the afternoon.
Rants/Raves: Finally feeling mostly normal again. We also just did some shifting around in our house yesterday so we can start to organize a nursery. Thankfully my husband is able to do a lot of heavy lifting, So I mostly directed him 😂
Questions: Are belly bands worth the investment, and are they comfortable to wear? Trying to decide if I want to get a few for my current pants or just bite the bullet and buy maternity pants. Also trying to hide my belly from work until 16-18weeks so I’m not sure if the belly bands would be more discreet?
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? I mean, I don’t know that they’re irrational but I don’t do bugs, spiders, or snakes. I check every shoe, crevice, and crack before reaching in because they seriously make me panic!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding out, but keeping it secret.
Baby is the size of a(n): Profiterole (yum!)
Upcoming appts: 12 week scan+ appointment on Thursday
How are you feeling?: Nauseous 85% of the time, exhausted in the afternoon/ evening. Anxious about Thursday's scan.
Rants/Raves: My husband is amazing. The nausea has me stuck in "I'm starving but nothing sounds good" mode 90% of the time, and he caters to all my weird cravings/ avoidances.
Questions: I was told via phone last week that I have b12 deficiency and to start taking a supplement immediately. I have a lot of questions for my midwife about the deficiency and wonder if the supplement is doing its job.
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? So many. Clowns, snakes, heights, driving on bridges.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding Out (Opted for early testing on the NIPT)
Baby is the size of a(n): Bee Hummingbird
Upcoming appts: Wednesday for another US
How are you feeling?: Fine except for a small headache
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? None?
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Weighs as much a ketchup packet I guess.
Upcoming appts: August 13th
How are you feeling?: I am starting to feel normal again thankfully.
Rants/Raves:
Rant... We are getting new carpets, desks, windows, the whole schabang here at work in our office. I can't wait but OMG working with the bare minimum and on a shitty flimsy desk is going to drive me nuts the next few days. But hopefully by next Tuesday our lovely stuck in 1940 office will look a little more like 2019!!
Rave: My daughter is spending this week at her old daycare. It is an inhome that she was at since she was 5 months old. She has been SO excited to go see her teacher, it makes me so damn happy. Even though I am driving 30 mins out of my way before and after work, it is worth it to see her smile when she saw her old teacher for the first time in 8 months.
Questions: None
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Hmm. I am not sure if it is irrational... but I constantly worry about when the "big one" will hit here in WA state and then if Mt. Rainier blows soon after. I will literally go to Seattle for a football game, and think about what happens if it happens while I am here. Or how fast will I be able to get to my daughter if she is not with me. Or if we go to the ocean, will we be sucked away by a Tsunami. It is ridiculous. But another fear would probably be the usual...spiders. I. Despise. Them. and am apparently the only one they come out for at my house because I am always the one finding them.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: not finding out 🤐
Baby is the size of a(n): Can fit on the top of a Reese's cup
Upcoming appts: Thursday
How are you feeling?: I'm trying to be thankful for the occasional day I don't feel sick. @tashia5587 I'm right there with you... Hungry but nothing ever sounds good. Yet somehow I've already put on 10+ pounds🤣
Rant:
I felt so great when I was pregnant with DD. I (somehow) felt beautiful and was thrilled over my ever expanding body. But this time around... I'm hating it. I feel huge already, nothing fits, I don't feel sexy (constantly telling hubby no & he is so patient but I feel bad!), & I just feel like I can't wait to hit the gym & get fit again!! My muscles feel so flabby all of a sudden. Gr!
Rave:
My little girl is the sweetest big sister already. She loves to "talk" to the baby in my belly & read stories. She came up with some names. Among her top choices: "Bacon Baby" and "Dolphin Mermaid" 🤣🤣🤣
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)?
Tsunamis. But I'm also oddly fascinated by them. I have terrifyingly vivid nightmares about them but I still want to watch documentaries about them...? It's weird.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Green
Baby is the size of a(n): scoop of ice cream
Upcoming appts: Aug 15th
How are you feeling?: pretty good these days. Most of my nausea is gone. I still get quite tired late in the afternoon, but no longer overwhelmingly so.
Rants/Raves: we got to see our baby today! S/he is looking perfect and was so wiggly, but also cooperated so they could get the measurements they needed. Heartbeat was also going strong at 161. It has also finally stopped raining here after a month. Now it is stupidly hot which is nice but also not nice. At least the heat isn't making me nauseous anymore.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Spiders really creep me out. Where I live they aren't super big or poisonous though, so it is a bit ridiculous.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Upcoming appts: I have a 12 week checkup tomorrow
How are you feeling?: I keep saying I have one foot in “feel better second trimester land” and one in “I’m so sick all the time first trimester torture” it’s a toss up which way I feel day to day but I am so thankful for some occasional good days.
Rants/Raves: I’m raving that the heat wave is over! We are taking the kids on a theme park vacation this week and the temps are going to be in the low 80s! I’m not handling heat well so it’s a big win!
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Sharks. I blame a way too young exposure to Jaws but as a kid I was even afraid of sharks in pools 😆 As a grown adult I still hide from shark movie trailers and am not keen to go into the ocean.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Not sure yet;waiting on the bloodwork. Feel like it’s a girl 🤷🏼♀️
Baby is the size of a(n): Lime
Upcoming appts: August 12th
How are you feeling?: Fine 🤷🏼♀️ Hungry 🙂
Rants/Raves: I don’t mean to sound like a jerk, but I’m tired of everyone constantly asking how I am lol I haven’t had any morning sickness or anything and the people who keep asking see me everyday lol
Questions:
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Drowning (normal life fear) I’m trying not to be fearful of anything pregnancy related lol
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Blue! (Found out with NIPT)
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum
Upcoming appts: 8/12 for 14wk appt; just had another endo visit this morning (and that's it for 6wks! Yes! 🎉🎉)
How are you feeling?: mostly the same- still exhausted, still nauseous when I dont eat, but really excited to have found out the gender.
Rants/Raves: girl, honestly I wish my gut looked more like a bump than the sack of potatoes it currently looks like. Like I'm a bigger girl already but jeeze it looks like I gained 20lbs instead of 4.
Found out that one of my close friends just found out she's pregnant, so glad that I'll have someone close to me that understands what I'm going through (bc honestly, it's been a bit of a lonely process so far)
Questions: Any advice from moms to boys for a FTM?
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)?
The only phobia I think I have is related to being alone in an isolated area (like the middle of the woods or a really rural area), probably bc I watched too many horror movies growing up...
@pinkiswhereallofitstarts like books on how to raise your first baby and not lose your sanity! Joking, but also serious. I really don't want to mess up my first kid! An intro to motherhood if you will haha.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: totally finding out and counting down the days until 9/18!
Baby is the size of a(n): ripe apricot
Upcoming appts: had one this morning! Next one is 8/22
How are you feeling?: a lot better than I was but still struggling to find food that sounds good. Vegetables make me gag, as do most meats 🙄
Rants/Raves:feeling mostly better, and have gotten myself back into running this week m for the first time since I found out, so that has me in a much better mood!
Questions: none right now!
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Snakes and the people I love dying or Getting some kind of unknown disease. Lord help me once baby arrives and I have someone else to worry about!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: hopefully green
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Upcoming appts: today! Or Aug 11
How are you feeling?: mildly better, nausea is less so that’s a plus, but had serious dizziness kick in, and lots of cramping.
Rants/Raves: today’s appointment made things better since everything looked good with both babies! But I need to start telling my kids and family and I’m terrified. So that’s causing mass anxiety.
Questions: none really
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? Not completely irrational but, Drowning in my car! Even worse now is with so many kids in car seats, it’s not being able to get them all out. Ugh. Makes me sick just thinking about it!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Finding out! I have two boys so I’d love to know what number 3 will be
Baby is the size of a(n):
Toy Soilder
Upcoming appts:
have my ultrasound next Wednesday
How are you feeling?:
A bit sick, finding it hard to eat. I’ve lost 4lbs so far this pregnancy
Rants/Raves:
Questions: none, not my first rodeo lol
GTKY: What is your biggest/worse phobia (hint: phobias are irrational fears)? A tornado