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August 2021 Moms
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Weeks 3-4 (8/15-8/31) Check-in 5/2
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee?
Re: Weeks 3-4 (8/15-8/31) Check-in 5/2
upcoming appts? Just a regular check up this Wednesday.
rants/raves: so ready to be done w pregnancy already but there’s so much left!
coffee with celebrity? Hmmm.... I do love Reese Witherspoon... I don’t know!
Emotionally I'm not doing well at all. My loss due date is in 2 weeks and I've been an absolute mess. I planted this in memory of her and gave her a name (that I haven't even shared my DH because he doesn't understand my grief)
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 23+1; 8/28
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: pink
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: grapefruit
Upcoming appointments: 5/6
How are you feeling?: pretty good! Lots of braxtons hicks, which make bending over a pin— thinking cleaning, cooking, laundry— but I’m still the one doing it all 😶
Rants/Raves: I just woke up from a glorious nap without being woken up 100x!
Questions:
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? Harry Styles 🤷🏻♀️
@grogu would you feel comfortable sharing the name with us? I love the plant you got in remembrance. I have named all my angel babies, my ex didn't understand, but it helped me grieve to be open about it. (I still occasionally talk about them on fb. And my first loss was over 9 years ago)
As for your question: don't fast for the test, but eat a good breakfast with protein. Nothing high in sugar.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 24 weeks 8/22
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue 💙
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: pomegranate
Upcoming appointments: 5/5
How are you feeling?: good overall. I’m starting to stress about getting everything done/ready before the baby comes. I’m hoping to finish painting DDs room this week then we can figure out when would work to move her into it. I still need to paint DDs current room for the nursery and then we will need to get it set up for him. I realized yesterday I’m almost to less double digits left for days and it became a lot more real.
Rants/Raves: my BFF called me last night and told me she’s 5 weeks pregnant! I’m so excited for her!!
Questions: natm
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head. I’ll edit if I think of someone.
I posted about it on my social media and got a ton of love. ❤️
@mrspants0809 I would be pretty upset if my plan died. It's up on the railing to keep it away from the cats so keeping my fingers cross it's easy to care for. I definitely don't have a green thumb.
Team Blue
Baby is the size of a grapefruit according to my bump app, the size of a Barbie fashion doll according to my Ovia pregnancy app.
Upcoming appointments: the 13th for a regular OB appointment.
How are you feeling? I’m feeling good. Bending over keeps surprising me when I have a little difficulty with it, I wasn’t expecting to have problems this early. Otherwise I’m getting worried about getting everything ready- I tend to be a somewhat organized procrastinator and I feel like time is moving faster than my procrastinator ways can keep up with.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? I think, Viola Davis. Or really anyone badass yet kind of low key.
@mrspants0809, that is so exciting for you to have Children around the same age as your BFF!
@emmylou78, an uninterrupted nap sounds so amazing! Solidarity to you with having problems with bending over.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: August 30/23 Weeks
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Pink
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A Grapefruit
Upcoming appointments: Mid-May Checkup
How are you feeling?: Great! Still going strong with that second trimester energy, though some days I feel like maybe it's waning just a little bit.
Rants/Raves: My H's workplace is being a bit difficult about his paternity leave situation. I guess my rave is that ultimately he is technically able to take as much time as he wants, which I know is not a luxury that everyone has, but my rant is that it is very clear that the partners were not anticipating him wanting to take any significant amount of time off and do not get why he's considering it. It just frustrates me so much that there is still this amount of stigma around men wanting to actually spend time with their newborn babies!
Questions: Following up on @grogu's question, is there anything else important to know about taking the glucose test in terms of what I need to do or be prepared for? My doctor's office is horrible at communicating instructions for this kind of thing.
GTKY: I'd pick someone who seems fun but who I already kind of expect to be a trash human, like a reality television star or something like that... wouldn't want to pick a celebrity whose work I actually admire and then feel disappointed if they made a bad impression, haha.
@obsessedwithoranges oh man, it didn't even occur to me until just now that prime tomato season is probably going to coincide with the period of time when I most want to avoid acidic foods. What am I going to eat all summer!? Ugh.
@grogu that is a beautiful name and a beautiful plant. Sending good thoughts as you navigate all your feelings over the next couple of weeks.
@emmylou78 I hope more help is forthcoming on all those chores and responsibilities as you get further along!
@Kenneylynn3 glad the Zofran is helping! Definitely keep us posted about how things go on Thursday.
@mrspants0809 how fun that you and your bestie are going to have babies so close in age! I have several friends who are either trying or planning to start trying in the coming months, really hoping they all get pregnant ASAP and we can have a little friend group baby boom.
@loloyoyo26 time is definitely starting to fly... since I'm a FTM I don't really know what to expect in terms of when in the third trimester getting stuff done is going to get significantly more challenging, and the unknown of all that is what's stressing me out the most right now.
In terms of glucose test, I usually try to avoid eating much sugar in the days before. You don't have to fast but once you drink it you can't eat anything and you should only drink a couple sips of water if you have to. Also you have to drink it within 5 minutes. And they need to take your blood at exactly 1 hour after you drank it. You'll probably have terrible heartburn after. Results usually take a day or two at most.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 8/31
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: x
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: I have no clue.
Upcoming appointments: may 11 for obgyn
How are you feeling?: I finally have a bump but it's high up! It feels so weird. Energy fluctuates - I'll be out doing yard work one day and then won't be able to keep my eyes open past 8 pm just couple days later. Wth body?
Rants/Raves: I want it to be consistently warm already so I can plant my raised garden!!! Apparently we are forecasted to go back down to 40s after mothers day and I just refuse to believe that...
Questions: ugh I just had one and forgot. I'll come back for it.
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, together.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 25 + 2, 8/15...I think? Poor third baby!
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green!
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Cauliflower
Upcoming appointments: May 6th for an US. Then a regular OB appointment on the 7th. I will be having ultrasounds every few weeks from here on out. Then NST's three times a week for the last 6 weeks. SO MANY appointments during the last trimester for me!
How are you feeling?: I feel like I'm slowing down. I've had to take a nap the last two days...Otherwise, just heartburn.
Rants/Raves: Add me to the baby name rant. We cannot pick names. And, since we're team green, we have to have two ready. This baby will never get a name, I swear!
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? This one may be weird, but Eliza Hamilton. Obviously (like all sane people), I'm obsessed with Hamilton and read the bio too. "Burn" is my favorite song from the play and the line, "let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart." That's me!! I NEED to know how she reacted. Her thoughts and emotions. It fascinates the heck out of me. And the fact that she burned a lot of their correspondence is another layer that intrigues me. I would just love to pick her brain!
@obsessedwithoranges it is a weird time in pregnancy where I feel like I'm almost there, but then think about it and there's still forever to go.
@grogu big hugs to you. Maeve is a gorgeous name. May I ask what kind of plant it is? Glad to hear you're off the Diclectin!
@emmylou78 what I would give for an uninterrupted nap! Are you an OG Directioner? Or just a Harry Styles fan?
@Kenneylynn3 I hope everything goes smoothly with your appointment on Thursday! Sending you lots of support via the internet
@mrspants0809 maybe you've already said in the nursery thread, but what colours are you painting the rooms?
@loloyoyo26 the bending over is becoming a problem here too! Like even just putting socks on...
@the_most_happy that is frustrating about YHs workplace. It's like its more for ~*sHoW*~ than for people to actually make use of. Also, I like your reasoning for picking you celebrity coffee date.
@hannelorre we are also waiting for last frost to get planting. Apparently we are looking at June, ugh.
@cyanope GL with your appointments this week! I feel like everyone this past week has just been wrecked by heartburn. It's awful!
EDD/W+D: August 26th, 23w5d
Team: Blue
Baby is the size of: mango
Upcoming appointments: I think May 17th is my first appointment with my OB?
How are you feeling?: Physically, pretty crappy. Mentally burnt out. Emotionally drained.
Rants: So on Saturday MH asked if we could just trade full days with the kids (we had been splitting naptime, so that we were both getting some rest/time to ourselves in on each weekend day). I said sure, so he took naptime on Saturday. On Saturday night he wasn't feeling well, he had a headache and for 20 minutes *at the most* he had a "fever". He never actually took his temperature, because he didn't feel like getting the thermometer, he just "felt like he had a fever." So I get up with the kids on Sunday morning, MH is in bed and eventually texts me that he has booked a COVID test for that afternoon. He no longer has a headache and his temperature is completely normal, he actually took it. He then proceeds to mope around the house, trying to "help" with the kids and feed them...and I'm like GTFO. If you genuinely think you have COVID, let's minimize the risk here people! And if you're sick, you're sick! Go rest, drink water, take medicine, have a shower...don't come downstairs and make yourself an espresso! So, no nap for me. Plus I get all the laundry and cleaning done. Then on Monday, kids can't go to daycare because we hadn't got his results back so I am trying to work as well as take care of the kids. Thank goodness we got his results back last night and it was negative, because I don't think I had another day in me.
TL;DR MH can sometimes be a real bonehead, especially when he has any kind of ailment. And I could really do with a day off from work, parenting and housekeeping.
Questions: natm.
GTKY: Julie Andrews or Taika Waititi.
@cyanope love Hamilton. The part that gets me every time is during the last song when Eliza is talking about her orphanage. Sobfest 😭 every time.
This is the tag that was on the plant
for the nursery we will just do a gray color. I had one I loved at our old house but I don’t remember what it was called so I’ll be starting over trying to find it again.
@grogu oh yeah, he's fine! It was negative--thankfully. And I don't even think it was a cold?! The only verified symptom he had was a headache. I probably sound very uncompassionate, but his track record of managing himself as an adult when he is actually sick is not good.
@mrspants0809 love thank pink!
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 25+3, 8/15
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: blue
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: cauliflower (?)
Upcoming appointments: GDD on 5/20 I believe
How are you feeling?: good overall! Super overwhelmed with work - I need covid to end. Being a contact tracer is really really really hard.
Rants/Raves: Sort of on that note - I'm transitioning out of the contact tracing work for my school next year! I'm glad I was able to serve the school in that way, but I'm so ready to go back to my regular job.
Questions: natm
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee? Love @cyanope's answer of Eliza. I think right now I'd pick Meghan Markle, only because I feel like I'd be able to read her better and understand what in the world is going on
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 25 weeks today! (Aug 19)
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: finally finding out on Monday!
(long story, but had to postpone my original AS scan due to travel... I am an American expat living in Europe (anybody from Estonia on here? 😝) and just returned a couple of weeks ago after spending time in the US with my parents etc. Mainly made the very nerve-wracking trip when covid numbers were shooting up to get the vaccine, since I’m not considered risk category here 😒.Thank goodness it all worked out! )
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: cauliflower apparently
Upcoming appointments: AS May 10 and follow-up May 17
How are you feeling?: anxious since I haven’t seen my doctor for a long time... also already feeling huge and stretched out, so not sure where the baby is going to fit 🙈
Rants/Raves: DS has been so sweet about the baby. Today as I was getting ready for bed, he randomly ran up to me, pulled the belly panel down and gave it a kiss 😍
Questions: when exactly do they do the glucose tolerance test?
GTKY: What celebrity would you like to meet for a cup of coffee?Jon Stewart maybe. To rant about the current state of affairs