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April 2021 Moms
bblair24
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Symptoms check-in week of 9/21
bblair24
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How far along are you?
How are you feeling this week?
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
How are you feeling this week?
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
Re: Symptoms check-in week of 9/21
9&6! Come on 12 weeks...or 16...or really, just anytime this nausea will go away!
How are you feeling this week?
Okay I'm going to go there. Anyone else dealing with constipation? I've always noticed a general "slowing down" of things in previous pregnancies but OMG it's downright awful this time. I'm wondering if being on zophran around the clock is making things worse. My prenatals don't have much (if any) iron so it's not that. I'm definitely eating poorly and not drinking enough water which I think are the main culprits. Anyway it's awful. Anyone have tips?
GTKY:
Oh man! My perfect day (I feel bad saying this!) starts solo haha...no kiddos...a walk on some gorgeous beach with a latte to sip on. Some pilates. Time to read (while looking at the ocean in the background). A swim in a pool. A massage/mani/pedi. Lunch and dinner somewhere delicious and amazing (hubs can come for that part). Really good wine and yummy dessert. Ahhhhhh
10 weeks today!
How are you feeling this week?
I’m still nauseous most of the time and have now lost 11 pounds. I mean I probably had a little bit to lose, but I wasn’t overweight by any means. And man am I just exhausted with pregnancy and 2 other kids all day.
It would start by waking up sans children, and then going to sit down for a delicious breakfast that is just magically made but I don’t have to make it or talk to anyone, it’s just ready for me! Maybe a nice walk through the woods and then some yoga and meditation. Lunch by a lake and then kayaking with my husband followed by a long uninterrupted shower and a nap. A romantic dinner with wine and crusty bread in olive oil, dancing and a walk home to sit by a fire with another glass of wine. Probably some boom chicka boom following this... I mean the kids aren’t here for the day right?
9w5d!
How are you feeling this week?
I have been constipated and think that is actually a large part of the reason I’ve been nauseous. I deal with constipation anyways (thanks to IBS) and it makes me feel sick to my stomach even when I’m not pregnant. Besides that, I’ve been kind of crampy this week. Nothing severe, just kind of annoying when I go from sitting to standing. I’m trying not to flip out about it.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
I think my day would start by myself. And would continue by myself for a while. 😂 I’d get delicious coffee from somewhere (and it wouldn’t hurt my stomach!) and I’d go shopping in some of our fun downtown shops. Then I’d pick up lunch, come home to a perfectly clean house, eat, crochet, and watch a movie. Then I’d let DH come home in the afternoon and we’d go out for delicious Italian food!
How are you feeling this week? Tired and nauseous still. So ready to be done with first tri and I have so much longer to go. Being a 4/20 due date kind of stinks because I see so many of y’all that are almost out of its and I’m jealous!
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
How are you feeling this week? Like I drank ALL the alcohol, but without the alcohol. Oddly I am also hungry today, so that is a new feeling.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
Oh my gosh! Probably have a nice treat yo'self drink from Starbucks. Shopping with no budget. Take a nap. Get dressed up and have sushi dinner with cocktails. Go for a walk outside. Quiet time with MH.
8 +3
How are you feeling this week?
Nauseous, exhausted and short-fused
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
I would sleep in, eat my weight in waffles for breakfast while I drank endless mimosas, fly to the Bahamas with my only husband and swim with the wild pigs on the beach. All day. (Side note that we’ve been trying to do this for the past two years, And the first year there was the massive hurricane that week, and now this year COVID)
10+4
How are you feeling this week?
Much better. Finally started B6+unisom and it seems to be helping the nausea. Still have food aversions, fatigue, congestion, etc. But anything is better than nausea/vomiting.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
How fun! Ok, I would be in Paris with someone adventurous. Start the day with coffee, juice, and crepes. Then go to the Metro, close our eyes, and point the map. Whichever stop is closest to our finger is where we go. Explore that area, chat with some locals, have a snack or drink and do it again a couple times. Finish the day with a baguette, some cheese, and a bottle of wine by the River Seine and pretend we are serious artists painting the sunset.
10 weeks today
How are you feeling this week? Feeling better besides constantly peeing and wanting to sleep. Also passing a BM can be a little bit of a challenge.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
12+3
How are you feeling this week? Oh nausea and vomiting... though art killing me. Still trying to just be thankful I’m pregnant but it’s much harder than I expected lol
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist! Something fun with my bf. I feel like I’ve been such a lazy boring drag lately....
How are you feeling this week? I'm afraid to even say this "out loud" because I don't want to jinx myself, but I actually FINALLY feel really good! I even have energy and have been going on walks with DH and the pup and have been able to get a lot of work done, etc. It was only a few weeks go I had to take 3 hour naps in between netflix binge sessions, so I'm considering this a HUGE achievement haha. Also, my appetite definitely isn't back to normal, but I feel like it's been easier to find things to eat than it was a few weeks ago. So yay improvement!
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist! Oh man, I'm a little jealous of all of you ladies whose perfect days begin or involve exercise because as much as I want to be that person, I am just so not hahaha. I will certainly do pilates, but it's only so I can have my ice cream or pizza and feel less guilty, not because I actually enjoy exercising haha. DH and I are big travelers. Every year since we've met we've gone on a major trip over my birthday (December 28) and NYE - Paris, Iceland, etc. This past year we went all out and did a 3 week trip around Asia. It was supposed to be our "last" big trip before we got pregnant and little did we know, it was also our last big trip before Covid and being stuck in our house for the next year!! But I still thought we'd get to go on a babymoon and I'm a little disappointed that we won't really get to do that (or at least not the way I had previously anticipated). So that'd be my perfect day - a real babymoon!
@theletlers keep us updated - praying for you! That's stressful!!
@Lexibizzel okay I'm switching some of my day to be in Paris...you nailed it!! An amazing baguette, cheese, wine, the best!!
@theblondebump SO good you guys got in a big trip last year! Where all did you go? Asia was majorly on my bucket list & 2 years ago we got to go and see Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, and then ended in Beijing! The hubs and I actually squeezed in one last trip in 2020, too - it was kind of nuts actually. We went to Germany to visit friends the first week in March...like literally the week that things got bad in Italy and just days before all the US restrictions went into place. It was oddly perfect timing tho...very minimal tourists everywhere we went & realllly empty flights so we had full rows (EACH) to ourselves both ways!!
How are you feeling this week? Pretty good! Aside from constipation (it's the worst, i'm with you @goldpolkadot!), a lot of my symptoms have gone away. It's nerve racking... but i'm positive and looking forward to hearing baby's heart beat next Thursday at my OB appointment.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist! Sleep in, no dog or kid waking me up! Probably work out, relax with a big Starbucks latte, take a nap. This is probably the Covid life talking, but a perfect day for me right now would end in my family all being together, being loud, laughing and not having to wear masks around each other.
@goldpolkadot I started taking miralax this week, and it has been successful!
How are you feeling this week? not great. I've been doing unisom and b6 every night and b6 a few more times throughout the day. It's been helping but I still am feeling overall bad and having a hard time eating sometimes.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
I like @Lexibizzel's day. I've never been to France and probably would pick a different country, but I love traveling and haven't been able to do much of it at all since 2017 (my son was born in 2018). My day would probably only include my husband (sorry kiddo) and maybe my brother and SIL or another couple. We'd wake up in a hotel somewhere foreign and have a big breakfast, then spend the day exploring. I like cities and the wilderness so I'd be OK with either option. I'm not much for museums or shopping so it would be more wandering if we were in a city. Delicious lunch and dinner would also be had, slowly and with drinks. We'd end the day listening to low-key live music (not a big concert or anything). So mostly just exploring a new place with people I love and eating a lot of good food, with a little music sprinkled in.
How far along are you? 10+1
How are you feeling this week? Bleh but better than last week and the weight loss has stalled, thankfully. All the talk of miralax is reminding me of postpartum. One nice thing is that (when I feel up to it) I can eat all the dairy I want and have no lactose intolerance symptoms. @goldpolkadot I also feel like the constipation is worse this pregnancy in the past but I will also say that I am eating much worse than prior first trimesters b/c the morning sickness/aversions are much worse.
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist!
This is so hard. I want both the travel day and the day to myself to just do regular things I don't get to do anymore between not going out much and having the kids at home all the time. I think what I'm missing most is family and the lake (it's still warm here although not at the lakes we'd go to where we grew up). A day at the lake would be perfect. With lots of family around to help with the girls but also time to go kayak by myself or with DH and do some reading at this little island/sand bar in the middle of the lake.
As an aside, we were lucky to plan an impromptu hawaii trip in early February. It was glorious and is getting me by for now. We did both babymoons in hawaii and for some reason I just *wanted* to go even though we were planning to get pregnant (maybe because we wanted to move, potentially before getting pregnant) but it's nice since we won't have a beach babymoon.
How are you feeling this week? Actually good minus being so tired, but that's mainly due to my son waking up a million times a night..
GTKY: If you had an entire day free to do whatever you want, how would you spend it? Feel free to dream big and pretend like Covid doesn’t exist! omg I can't even handle this question because this is literally my fantasy! def hiking with family, sleeping in, and then having a bbq with friends. basically a combination of seeing all the people and none of the people so I can have alone time in one day