Weekly Check-In 6/13

pangolindrome

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁:

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: 

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing):

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?:

𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲s/rants: 

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now?

jen_third22

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 21 weeks with triplets 

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: French Press (I don’t really know how to feel about these size comparisons)

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink x3

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): We have lists but still need to narrow it down. It’s really hard thinking of three girl names.

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Next Friday for MFM ultrasound for normal monitoring 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Uncomfortable. I easily over do it on weekends when I’m trying to get things done or my husband works and I need to handle my two kids. I still try to get things done, but bending and picking up toys is not easy so the house just stays a mess. With having three in my belly I feel like I have the third trimester aches and pains and discomforts and I just skipped the second trimester energy that I had with my other pregnancies.

𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲s/rants: Rave: my 2 year old decided on her own that she wanted to start using the potty. We haven’t been pushing potty training at all besides having the potty as an option and she now goes a few times a day either at daycare or at home.
Rant: I feel like this is the opposite of what singleton pregnancies where people don’t want to be told they look like they are carrying twins. I on the other hand have gotten emotional when people say I don’t look like I’m carrying triplets. Although they mean it as a compliment, I feel like it takes away from how uncomfortable I am. I also just think that if I don’t look like I’m carrying triplets that it means these three babies are just moving organs out of the way to fit.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: none

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? I wish I was. I do the best with my pregnancy pillow and other pillows. Restless leg syndrome has really been getting me recently. I’m also trying to rest my belly on the bed more which relieves stress on my hips too, but I’m considering looking into a wedge pillow for under my belly.

krysnicole1022

I love my pregnancy wedge. I bought the bopppy one with my first (it was also the only one out there then) and I'm using it this time too! It makes a huge difference for me. 

jen_third22

@krysnicole1022 I never considered getting one in any of my previous pregnancies. It’s good to hear other’s experiences. It may push me to just get one because I tend to procrastinate on things that are just for me and my own comfort.

sandy5693

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 13th / 22w5d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Coconut

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Green

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): Keeping private

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Tomorrow - routine OB appointment

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: I feel good, but all of a sudden very pregnant!  In the past week my belly has grown, my hips/pelvis hurt, and the baby is moving like crazy.  These are all good signs, but I feel like it happened overnight.    A few friends who have seen me consistently just this week finally said "oh wow, you're really pregnant"...

𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲s/rants: Rant - Work is killing me, I am so swamped and I feel like I'm drowning in deadlines. Also I'm having some family health issues (older family members with medical emergencies) which has made my days very long recently.  This too shall pass so I'm told.
Rave - A good friend made a short visit this weekend and it was so nice to see her and have some respite in the midst of some chaos.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: When did all you mamas take your parenting classes?  I don't want to do them too early, I am thinking maybe August?

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? I have just started having trouble with this.  I have a smaller pregnancy pillow that just goes between my legs and supports my belly.  It works relatively well, but my sciatica has been keeping me up the past few nights.  I am starting to go to the prenatal chiropractor and I am hoping they can help with this.  

reirei84

@sandy5693 with my first, we did it really early, like 20 weeks. It was during early pandemic days so there were only online and not many, but I took a bunch of notes and reviewed them when we got closer

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 16 22w2d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: coconut

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: blue

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): 
We're really close to one officially!

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: checkup on Monday

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Good for the most part, just huge!

𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲s/rants: just when I thought we were smooth sailing, we’ve had an 18 month regression with my son. Instead of a lovely 2 1/2 hour nap, yesterday he took a 20 minute car snooze, and took over an hour to get to bed last night. I hope this doesn’t last long because it will drive me insane

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? So far I’m OK, but if I’m getting real uncomfortable, I use a normal body pillow between my knees and I’m fine

jen_third22

@sandy5693 I’m pretty sure we did the prenatal classes for our first mid 2nd trimester. I think it was helpful for me to get the information early then I could ask follow up questions with my provider. It also helped me to know what my facility provided specifically and could tour the rooms/area. Of course this was pre-pandemic so I don’t know how things have changed. 

andoss

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 29 20w3d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: sweet potato/banana

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: BLUE

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Tuesday

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: a lot of pelvic pressure. Had my 20w US and baby boys head is nestled up in my pelvic bone. 

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: anyone else have/had a short cervix this or previous pregnancies? Reviewing options with my OB but feeling a little anxious and would love to hear from others if you’ve experienced this. 

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? A lot of flipping side-to-side with a body pillow. 

krthouse

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 5th, 23+6

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Puffin!

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): Annika May or Audrey Rose

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Virtual June 29th, GCT and other bloodwork in-person June 30th, which is my birthday. What a way to celebrate 😂

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Big and preggo and tired, but otherwise pretty good. I've calmed down since my cramping scare Sunday morning.

𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲s/rants: Rave: it is GORGEOUS here today and we had a little family outing for hotdogs on DH's lunchbreak. We live 2 blocks away from a city square with some nice shaded picnic tables and a great hotdog stand. Rant: Struggling with my aging mother making some really poor decisions and being very stubborn and defensive about it. It's exhausting and we're having some major concerns for her safety.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Anyone finding their food aversions are so much better? I can eat eggs and salmon again! Avocado and broccoli still a no go.

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? Preggo pillow, changing sides when I get up to pee, fan in our room for white noise and temp

@sandy5693 Ours were canceled with DS because of first wave covid, but I think we were registered to start around 30/32 weeks. I want to do a labour support refresher course and a proper infant CPR and first aid course this time and will likely book those for late summer, early September. 

pangolindrome

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: September 27th / 25+0

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Cauliflower (I feel like there is some RANGE here).

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): June Elizabeth

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: July 5th for my 28-week check... including that lovely GD-screening liquid. At least I get the short one. Next Friday, I have my first scheduled Brazilian wax since pre-pandemic since I am OFFICIALLY unable to do it myself.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Increasingly pregnant, lol. My lower back has been bothering me so I've tried to figure out a good way to ease the discomfort, pretty sure it is a "relaxin hormone + sleeping as stretched out as I can" issue. A friend gave me a body pillow - too big, got in the way and made me all frustrated BUT helped tremendously and improved my sleep. It set me on the right track. I am tired. June is so freaking active and I can't imagine 15 more weeks of unexpected kicking/punching/head butting. At least it's not uncomfortable or painful, but it is making me really tired. I'm feeling pretty big (although I know I'm relatively small) and my rain coat barely zips. Thankfully, I have a cute poncho arriving today so that problem will be resolved.
Right now, I am feeling like I want to nap all afternoon because I won't have students... but I have a student painting my classroom podium and she's in here all day. LOL. Way to go, me!

Rant: I am really trying to be thankful for how active June is, but I am tired. I know I should really be thankful. I don't want her to stop being active. I enjoy telling my husband how active she is. I am just so damn tired and between relative insomnia (thanks, pregnancy) and June going on activity sprees, sleep feels more elusive than it has ever been before. Unless I have had health issues (I had severe gastritis in the latter half of my teens), I have never had a hard time sleeping. I have always been able to go right back to sleep. Nope. Not now. 

Rave: Since a knee pillow isn't enough (I move/stretch out/need my full leg supported but ONLY my leg) and the body pillow didn't work, Hubbs suggested I order a king-size pillow from Amazon. I ended up choosing this one  specifically because it comes with a buddy and you can transfer stuffing from one to the other. It arrived yesterday. Prior experience with shredded-memory-foam pillows meant I didn't expect it to fluff up as much as it did, so I ended up transferring way too much stuffing and it was both heavy and too tall last night. I am pretty excited for sleeping with it tonight now that I know how it behaves, and it is the perfect size for just supporting my legs and the bottom of my belly if I would like. 
The student who is painting my podium is finishing up and it looks GREAT. She is painting Chihiro from Spirited Away surrounded by flowers. If I had a house, I might hire her to paint a nursery mural

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Is it true that baby's movements should become more restricted around week 30, and if yes, what effect does that actually have? 

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: How are you staying comfortable at night right now? DAT PILLOW, MAN. Also, I sleep with an IKEA shark. Don't judge. He's far better shaped than a regular pillow and, apparently, the fin is awesome for wedging under my growing bump. OMD (oh my dog)! I could totally re-stuff him with leftover pillow memory-foam shreds.