All Due Date Check-in 11/15

juliebeannn

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Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling?:

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Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? 

mvt2003

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 21 weeks

FTM/STM/STM+: FTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Pink x2

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: two Kool Aid bursts haha! 

Upcoming appointments: Follow up at MFM tomorrow for more views of Baby B

How are you feeling?: Physically feeling ok, the anxiety about preterm labor is starting to ramp up which is a fun new development. 

Rants/Raves: We saw friends this weekend! Through a glass door but still! We went up to our friends' house that had a bag of hand me downs for our girls from their daughter, and we were all completely starved for human interaction and we stood at the door chatting for a little while. Our dogs are best friends and both of them were very upset that they weren't playing with each other,  but we're going to try to do a backyard fire in our fenced in yard so the dogs can play before it gets too cold and the humans can socialize while masked and at a distance. 

Questions: My friend's baby was born in July, so a lot of the clothes are short sleeved and lighter cotton. I know I want to stock up on some NB size fleece pajamas since New England stays cold until like June, but do you think layering would be an option with some of the onesies? 

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? Truthfully I love that MH's family celebrates on Christmas Eve, my family was always a Christmas Day celebration. It's been nice for the past decade to have Christmas morning just be us, my BiL has tried to make a thing of Christmas morning breakfast at his house but that faded away pretty quickly. 

juliebeannn

@mvt2003 We never layered onesies under the footed sleepers but DS also ran really warm so he practically lived in just a short sleeve bodysuit for the first year until he went to daycare lol.  He was home and didn't go to daycare so he literally didn't wear pants either. Which reminds me, I need to buy pants for this LO bc he'll be heading to daycare way earlier and will obviously needs pants 

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 23+1

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Baby boy Ryan

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a bunch of grapes I think...

Upcoming appointments: tomorrow with OB

How are you feeling?: My stomach was feeling so normal last week and I felt so good so I thought my ulcer was healing but I had the worst flare up on Saturday night that was probably the worst pain I've ever been in.  It's been fine since but my fear of eating has come back bc I have no idea at this point what will trigger a flare up.  Sigh. Oh and by the end of the day, my pubic bone hurts so bad. I'm definitely going to chat with my doc about it tomorrow bc I didn't have this my first time around.

Rants/Raves: I'm so over this ulcer and 16 more weeks of pregnancy just sounds sooooooo long.  Raves: work has calmed down a bit and I'm not feeling nearly as overwhelmed and stressed out as I had been the last 2 months.

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions?  We're not a festive bunch but now that my son is getting older, I do want to start creating some traditions for our family.  What those will be, no idea.  We only started eating turkey on Thanksgiving a few years ago and last year we put up a Christmas tree for the first time since I was 8 or 9.  So I guess that's a start lol

mvt2003

@juliebeannn I'm so sorry your ulcer is still being a pain! Hopefully it actually heals quickly!!! I get kind of overwhelmed thinking about how much longer I have to go, and how anxious I'll be for those 17 weeks! 

I'm more thinking of putting a sweater or a blanket on top of a short sleeved outfit, and now that you've mentioned it I ran very hot as a child, so there's a decent probability that the girls will too! 

princessjenney

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
22w4d

FTM/STM/STM+:
STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:
Blue

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Mr Potato Head 😆

Upcoming appointments:
Had an ultrasound on my heart today and my next OB is on the 30th

How are you feeling?:
Good, hitting my stride 😎 lol

Rants/Raves:
I have done so much in the nursery, and I'm so happy with how it looks 😁 oh AND DH felt Teddy kick for the first time today 🥰🥰🥰

Questions: --

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? 
I love making and decorating cookies with my daughter. I also love decorating the tree, my husband gets super into it which is my favorite part. He has a good eye for gaps 😂 And we always watch Elf together.

clevans1

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 22 + 1

FTM/STM/STM+: TTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a coconut 

Upcoming appointments: check up on 12/3

How are you feeling?: Not too bad! My worst complaint right now is pelvic pain

Rants/Raves: Rant - COVID

Questions: Has anyone had pelvic girdle/pubic bone pain in previous pregnancies? If so, what was recommended and what helped you most? I plan to discuss with OB at my next appointment but I'm struggling to figure out what's best in the meantime. A lot of the pregnancy exercises I was doing before the pelvic pain started seem to aggravate it. 

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? We usually have Christmas morning at home with the kids, then head to my parents for lunch and my in-laws for supper on Christmas day. It is always an exhausting but wonderful day and we aren't sure yet what it will look like this year. 

xvividash

@mvt2003 I'm tempted some days to leave the pregnancy groups I follow on Facebook because of the ladies going preterm!!! SO scary. 

@juliebeannn I hope you feel completely back to normal with no fear of eating very soon!! Can't imagine.

@princessjenney That had to be such a sweet moment when your husband felt Teddy for the first time! Can't wait to share that moment with my love. 

@clevans1 I'm right there with you with the pelvic pain. My tailbone hurts so stinking bad some nights. My OB said heat helps a lot. I haven't tried it yet though. 

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 3/22 and 22w

FTM/STM/STM+: FTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Water bottle

Upcoming appointments: 12/1

How are you feeling?: If I do a lot of activity my back and pelvis complain, haha. I feel like an old lady trying to get up once I sit down. 

Rants/Raves: My rant is I'm getting really concerned about possibly having to deliver this baby with no one at the hospital with me. My boyfriend is having a heck of a time trying to transfer out here. I don't know what I'm going to do. My rave is I saw my son VISIBLY kick yesterday!! I'm feeling my little guy so much more often!! Feeling him makes me so very happy. 

Questions: When is stupid COVID going to be over!? I'm so over it.

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? Honestly just spending it with my family and making all the same dishes every year we love makes me happy.  

travandas

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 3/2 / 25 Weeks

FTM/STM/STM+: Fourth

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Girl x 2

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Two heads of Cauliflower

Upcoming appointments: Nov. 23 & 24th

How are you feeling?: Overall, big with lots of lower pressure.

Rants/Raves: Sorry I've been MIA...we were without internet again and have been busy with sick kiddos. Looking forward to Thanksgiving! 

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? Spending time with family (this will be our last Christmas as a family of 5).  Making our once a year Italian dinner...antipasto salad and wedding soup with homemade bread.  We make 10+ different kinds of Christmas cookies every year throughout the month of December.

finnflan

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 24+2 / March 7

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: girl

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: bunny

Upcoming appointments: 1 hour glucose test next week - here’s hoping there’s no need for the 3 hour!

How are you feeling?: good actually. I sort of forget I’m pregnant sometimes

Rants/Raves: this is actually a rave, weirdly enough.  Pre-COVID, we had actually decided that we were stopping all of our maddening running around on Christmas Day as of this year, and had offered my mum a non-Christmas day where she could celebrate with us the whole day rather than just for like an hour before we had to dash somewhere else. She really resisted it and made a big deal about how important it was to see us on the day. COVID may actually have made this transition a whole lot easier as she’s already said she doesn’t expect to be able to see us in person now (we don’t see my sister and her kids as they’re in school and we don’t want the exposure, and my mum sees them, so we also don’t see my mum currently). So...weird positive from COVID I guess? Downside is obviously that we won’t get to see her in person at all around Christmas, but honestly the nice we’ve had one year without celebrating with her on the day, it’s going to make it so much easier for us to enforce this other years (and give her her own day).

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? We get the Swiss Chalet festive special the night we decorate our tree haha. We’ll do that this year still as it’s takeout. 

jenotontx

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 22 weeks

FTM/STM/STM+: STN

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Boy (likely named Parker)

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Red Bell Pepper

Upcoming appointments: December 1st

How are you feeling?: Good! No complaints. 

Rants/Raves: I got a promotion! Had an interview last week and actually felt really discouraged about how it went. To my shock I was offered the job yesterday. So now I’m just in the process of figuring out what this transition will look like. I’m really excited about the opportunity but also terrified to be taking this on and having another baby all at the same time! 

Questions: No questions. 

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions?

Last year we went to brunch at the golf club instead of cooking on Thanksgiving day and it worked out great! So we are planning to do the same this year. We won’t be seeing any family for either holiday so brunch works perfect for us. It’s also at a private club where they take social distancing very seriously. 

manillabar

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 24! 

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: baby girl

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a package of oreos! How fun is that lol

Upcoming appointments: fetal echo this friday

How are you feeling?: Same as usual, not much is new on that front. definitely getting more pelvic pain this time around like everyone else

Rants/Raves: Our follow up AS last friday went well! I basically fell apart because it was supposed to be last thursday at 10 except I had it in my phone as 11, and I didn't find out until it was too late so I was just freaking out about missing it and also just not being able to keep track of everything. But thankfully they were able to squeeze me in the next morning and our sitter was able to come watch my daughter so my H could some see the baby as well. 

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? Thanksgiving with my family has always been a big deal, we actually usually have a big meal at my dad's church where everyone brings lots of food and I love ti because you have the traditional American thanksgiving foods but also lots and lots of Haitian food and I just love it all! And I'm going to miss it all this year. 

momtomesthree

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: March 9th, 24 weeks

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Green!!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A cantaloupe

Upcoming appointments: nothing for a few weeks here. 

How are you feeling?: exhausted!! I slept for eleven hours last night while my poor husband stayed up with our two year old who refused to sleep. 

Rants/Raves: rant- I’m getting sick of waiting for this baby!! I just want it to be March already haha.

Questions: has anyone had gestational diabetes before?? Did you have any symptoms prior to your test?? This exhaustion, my vision changes and how thirsty I am are making me feel like I might have it this time around, but obviously that’s just a guess. 

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? I love Christmas shopping for our son with my husband. It’s one of my favourite “date nights” of the year!! We get someone to watch our son, head to the mall or wherever and shop, grab dinner, and just have a really great time thinking about all our loved ones and how blessed we are. 

treebagel

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 23+2 3/15

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: PINK

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: grapefruit

Upcoming appointments: 11/23 OB visit

How are you feeling?: pretty good. Just heartburn but Pepcid every morning keeps it away, mostly. Blood pressure has been high but not crazy off my BP med. 

Rants/Raves: rant is covid is spreading among the staff at my hospital and I’m very nervous about catching it from a coworker. We all wear surgical masks but we’re in close contact for hours and hours in the same operating room. Plus break rooms and lockers rooms etc. 

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? I don’t really have any! I don’t see it as a negative. We change up our holidays almost every year and I like that. With DS, I just love to see him happy and around family. 

sunny_native14

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 3/24, 21+6

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Pink, little miss Naomi

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: endive LOL

Upcoming appointments: next Tuesday for a check up

How are you feeling?: Pretty good, just the normal heartburn, sciatica. I've also been feeling really out of breath... sometimes even just sitting or laying in bed, it's a bit uncomfortable, but passes quickly. 

Rants/Raves: a rainstorm moved in and I'm absolutely loving it! Just can't wait to get the Christmas decorations up! 

Questions:

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions? We have a super small family- by choice, so holidays are always really mellow. My priority is that the holidays never be stressful or overwhelming.We mostly just stay in our PJs, cook and eat yummy food, watch movies all day.  Honestly, nothing is really changing for us

juliebeannn

@jenotontx Congratulations on the promotion!! And brunch at the golf club sounds awesome! 
@manillabar American/Haitian Thanksgiving pot luck sounds amazing! Our Thanksgiving meals always turn out to be a mix of traditional American and yummy Korean favorites! I love mixed culture meals!
@jfcmomoftwo Sounds like such a sweet tradition with your husband!! And I totally feel you -- I wish it were March already.  I'm so ready to have this baby lol.
@treebagel Totally don't want to come off as a creeper but I randomly think of you during the day, when I get really uncomfortable, I think "how does she stand in an OR all day?? That's gotta be so hard!!"  And now the added mental/emotional stress of covid running around, thinking of you chica.
@sunny_native14 Sounds like such a nice holiday. Mellow is totally my jam.

treebagel

@juliebeannn some days are less standing and I can sit on a stool for a little, but when I’m scrub nurse it’s literally standing or walking all the time except for my 45 min lunch. My heels hurt so badly by end of day! I might quit soon though idk. We’re supposed to move to Dallas area for DH job after baby arrives. and now with corona plus pregnancy I’m just not feeling the job anymore. 

Also I hope your ulcer gets better soon. That’s pain on a whole other level. I’ll be thinking about you too!! 

redselig

@mvt2003 I’ve been seeing lots of posts on preemie day. I totally understand your worries but I think it’s reassuring that we have the technology for safer preterm deliveries.

@princessjenney wow, I wish I had the initiative to start doing the nursery. The spare room still looks like a yard sale. 😂

@xvividash I had the same fear when I was pregnant with DS. SO had to drive six hours overnight to make it for the last 15 minutes of labour. It was so close! 

@finnflan I would definitely order the Swiss Chalet festive special if I were in Canada. 

@treebagel I think working at a hospital would really wear down on me. So much gratitude for all hospital staff. 

kloe818

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 24w3d

FTM/STM/STM+:FTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Girl - Holly

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Cantaloupe 

Upcoming appointments: Regular prenatal appointment was today and baby girl sounds good. 

How are you feeling?: Big. I can't believe I'll get bigger.

Rants/Raves: Rant - related to above. Twice in the past week I've had people at appointments (dentist last week, prenatal this week) tell me "You're about to pop!" and are shocked when I tell them I'm only 6 months. The woman today told me I must be having twins. When I told her no, there was just more of me to start with, she told me to get a second opinion as she got off the elevator on another floor. WOMAN (or another word we sometimes use for women like her), I have been seen at 3 different practices (IVF, OB, MFM) by 4 different doctors and have had no less than 9 ultrasounds. We're sure. I no longer feel like I'm missing something by being shut away at home. I've gotten the "you're too big" judgement. 

Questions: Do babies have growth spurts in utero like they do after birth? I mean do they have very sleepy inactive days because they're too tired from all the growing? Forgot to ask the OB.

GTKY: I know this year may look different, but what are some of your favorite holiday traditions?  Decorating the house. Going to hubby's oldest sister's Christmas afternoon for noshing and presents. She has this INSANE Christmas village that takes up the whole dining room and has multiple levels and a train that goes all the way though. I want to read Holly Twas the Night Before Christmas every year so I just ordered it to start this year. 

annanbby

I’m not sure where to share this so I’ll just put it here. I had my high risk appointment today. It didn’t go well. I’ll be getting some genetic testing done as well as returning to see the doctor again in two weeks. I’m so mentally drained, I just don’t know what to do at this point, so if I disappear off of here for a little while that’s why. I’ll try to return and update you ladies when I know more. As of right now we don’t know much, but the doctor is concerned about baby’s size. She did continue to grow from my 20 week to now, which is a positive, but it seems the doctor thinks there may be a genetic issue or something with the placenta that isn’t visible on the ultrasound. Anyway, that’s kinda all I know for now. They gave me a ton of other information that was very disheartening, but again, we don’t know anything for sure at the moment. I’ll be back when I have something else to share. 

princessjenney

@annanbby I'll be keeping you in my thoughts. 🙏

manillabar

oh @annanbby I'm so sorry. Please take all the time you need and know we'll be here if/when you need us. Praying for you, the baby, and your family

sunny_native14

I'm so sorry @annanbby, we'll be thinking about you and sending you positive thoughts ❤️

clevans1

@annanbby So sorry to hear that - thinking of you and praying for you 

treebagel

@annanbby I am so sorry to hear this and I really hope you and baby are ok. I will be thinking about you, and we’re here for you. 

redselig

@annanbby Thinking of you and your baby and hoping for the best. ❤️

ae252525

@annanbby I’m sorry to hear. Thinking about praying for you.  ❤️

kloe818

@annanbby keeping you in my thoughts and sending as much love and peace as I can. 

travandas

@annanbby I’m so sorry. Praying for you, the baby and some positive answers!

juliebeannn

@annanbby I'm so sorry!! You and baby are in my prayers!!  Please take the time you need but we're here for you!!

mvt2003

@annanbby Sending you positive thoughts and strength during this difficult time!!