Weekly Check-In 6/20

EmilyE13

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?:

𝗥ants/Raves: 

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be?

reirei09

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 16 - 23w2d

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

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

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

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): 
I think we're almost 100% set on Finn

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Had one yesterday that lasted a whopping 3 minutes. At least that means everything is good! 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Honestly, great! Except for being huge in the summer

𝗥ants/Raves: My 1st (18m) is getting his first haircut today and I’m excited but sad. It needs to get done but im gonna miss all his curls 🥺

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? We’re really low-key. I got him a big bag of chocolate covered gummy bears, which is his favorite. Also got him a card and he got to pick whatever takeout he wanted for dinner, which ended up being Taco Bell, which I was so excited about.

sandy5693

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 13th / 23w5d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Grapefruit? I feel like the fruits repeat...

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Green

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing):

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: July 14th Routine OB & Glucose test

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Pretty good, although I've started to get fatigue again this week and feeling the extra weight on my hips/back.  Taking it easy and seeing the chiropractor a little more often.  Also my boobs are SO sore.

𝗥ants/Raves: Rant - work is driving me nuts, it's been so busy and stressful and I'm sleepy and checked out.  I have been doing my best to motivate myself and focus.  Usually I am pretty good with this, but pregnancy has changed the game for me.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: I will go on the product spotlight threads for more specifics, I need to finish my registry and order my pump and I'm still a little overwhelmed! Thanks in advance mamas

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? Well, *TW* my Father's Day ended in L&D triage getting monitored after being hit in the stomach with a (soft) football...but all is okay with me and baby and all ended well.  Before that it was a really nice and relaxing brunch at my in-laws who have a community pool.  Hopefully next year's Father's Day does not involve any hospital visits!

jen_third22

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 22+1 w/triplets 

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: coconutsx3 I told this to my husband and he started singing “I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts deedle dee”

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink x 3

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): I’m having such a hard time with this! Still working on it.

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Friday MFM monitoring ultrasound 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Uncomfortable. Everything is getting difficult. I overdo it easily just by bending down too much. I’m also without A/C at the moment so it’s extremely unclear with the heatwave in the Midwest.

𝗥ants/Raves: Rant (going along with my name answer): People have been suggesting a lot of “joke” names for the triplets. It didn’t bother me at all at first, but the further I get along people keep doing it. I would love actual suggestions from friends and family, but every time someone says they have a suggestion, it’s a joke (their own name with others like coworkers or family friends and their siblings). It’s different people doing it so they don’t always know it keeps happening so I can’t get too upset. It’s just wearing.
Rave: My husband has been amazing at taking the brunt of bed time and morning time with our 2 and 4 year old. They aren’t easy right now either.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: none at the moment 

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? We didn’t do much. My husband worked Saturday and the previous weekend so Sunday was really time to get somethings done. I’m happy daycare does crafts for Father’s Day because my kids had gifts for him. We just haven’t had time.

krysnicole1022

@jen_third22 I hate the joke suggestions. We ended up coming up with a list of joke names at the ready for when people would ask what we were naming whichever baby it was. Our last name is Adcock so we had a list of really inappropriate sexually explicit names that we would say. I had a blast because it got so exhausting. No one got the same name. 
 What kinds of names do you like? Do you want them to flow with your other kids names? In all honesty I love girls names and could quite literally name baby girls all day. I typically like more unconventional but still historically normally names. I don't like when people do cutesy names for multiples like when they names twins London and Paris...that kind of thing. Naming three babies at once has got to suck. 

mia80

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 29 / 21 + 4

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Baby is as tall as a Starbucks Trenta cup

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Found out we are team blue almost two weeks ago!  Was really hoping for a girl, but I have to admit I'm not sad that I'll never have to do braids or pigtails! lol

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing):  No idea. We had a girls name chosen, but nothing for a boy

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Next Wed for regular OB appointment

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Terrible! I've been sick for over a week now and went to Emergency yesterday. Found out that I've got early stage pneumonia, so I'm on meds now so it doesn't go to full blown. 

𝗥ants/Raves: We had our anatomy scan almost two weeks ago and found out we're having a boy. Initially I was sad, but I'm coming around now and getting more excited to be a boy mom. And everything looked good, so that was good. Also found out I have an anterior placenta this time. I'd heard that you generally feel movement earlier in subsequent pregnancies, so I'd been wondering why I hadn't felt much... was nice to know the reason now!  I'm still not getting much for kicks, and definitely nothing my husband could feel, but starting to feel more movement myself. 

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:Nothing

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? I was sick on the weekend, so we didn't do anything too exciting, but I did take my husband out for sushi. It's his favourite food but the two good places closer to us closed in the last year and we realized he hadn't been out for sushi since Father's Day last year, so he was pretty excited! haha

krthouse

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 5th, 25w

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

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink

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

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Virtual w/ midwife June 29th, GCT and in-person w/midwife June 30th

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Big! Tired! Excited! I've been watching some birth videos and baby girl started moving enough that I can see it as of today. Those movements are up by my bellybutton now and not just super low, so i think she might have flipped! It's feeling much more real now and I'm getting so excited for all the newborn softness. Anxious, as my mum is having surgery tomorrow at 72. She lives on her own and sometimes isn't great at taking proper care of herself but I'm not in a position to help right now so just trying to have faith in her support network.

𝗥ants/Raves: Rant: I seem to have this uncanny ability to have to pass all the garbage trucks on our hottest days. Rave: A+ in my screen studies course!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? I was working so I put out some gifts for him to wake up to, but then I got out early so we were able to order in and have the evening together 🥰

jen_third22

@krysnicole1022 Giving fake names sounds hilarious. I may have to get to that point. Naming my first girl was easy. We settled on a name quickly. Naming my second girl took a little longer. Now three more girls to name just seems overwhelming. We definitely do not want matchy names. I’d like all my kids to start with different letters, but are open to repeating letters. My two girls have an E and a D name. Also I don’t want too many to have the same ending. I think we just need to talk it out some more. On top of it, I agreed to go with my husband’s tradition of calling kids by their middle names like he was, so technically we need to come up with a first name and then the middle name that we’ll call them. I’m kicking myself now for agreeing to this since I needed convincing for our first kid.

bows22

@jen_third22 yikes, that sounds like a tradition that should be waived for triplets! 

krysnicole1022

@jen_third22 so basically the name you'll actually call them will be the middle name and the first name won't really matter until later in life? 

jen_third22

@krysnicole1022 Pretty much. The first names have been family names so far, so like people may do for a middle name, but we’re just conscious when choosing because it will be their actual first name. 

@bows22 I’ve been thinking the same thing, but then it also feels weird doing it one way for two kids and another for the other three.

krysnicole1022

@jen_third22 you're carrying triplets...you get to do whatever you want. Haha. I actually don't think it would be weird to go by first names with the triplets. Or would you be worried that if you announced the names that his side would automatically start calling them by the middle name. I really don't see much of a difference between giving them family middle names if they aren't actually going to be called that anyway. 

krysnicole1022

Just tell everyone you are naming them one of the following:
Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe

Sophia,  Dorothy Rose, and Blanche

Meredith, Addison, and Cristina
Leslie, Anne, and April
Or really just give any three Disney Princess names. 
If you really want to make them feel awkward then say something like Artemis, Aphrodite, and Arachne. You could go Athena with that combo as well. 

krysnicole1022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 23+2 and 10/18

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Cher's cell phone from Clueless.

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM+

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

Baby's Name (if chosen/sharing): No flipping clue

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: sometime in Mid-July and GD test between 7/19-7/26

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: I'm feeling pretty good. I'm exhausted and overwhelmed with all we have left to do but physically I'm not feeling as bad as I thought I would in this heat and being this huge.

𝗥ants/Raves: Rave: we are getting our roof replaced soon. Our roofer gave me a Graco baby carrier which retails for a lot so that's exciting. 
Rant: I still have to go buy a new bigger car and the whole process is just unpleasant. I've been avoiding it during the heat weave because installing car seats properly in a new car is going to take some patience and I'm very pregnant. My husband can't do it because he thinks as long as it's clipped in it's fine but it's not. 

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

GTKY: STM+, any highlights from Father’s Day weekend? FTMs, did you do anything for the dads-to-be? We went in the pool. I made a baked avocado/tomato/spinach cheese baguette sandwich for dinner. I got my husband a video game figurine and his favorite hot sauce. 

naturelover1019

Question: Recommendations for Living Will Witness' signatures. 

Background: My husband and I have had our Living Wills done for over 6 months, but can't file them away because they have to be signed by us and Witnesses first, but we literally know no one who can sign them, and we live in Wisconsin so we can't just go get them notarized. It also feels weird to just walk up to a stranger or a neighbor and say "Hey can you sign this living will for me" I feel like if we did that we'd have to get it self-proving so that if something happens and it goes to probate the "strangers" or "neighbors" won't have to be contacted.
I know we can't be the only people out there that don't have anyone who can sign these kind of things, but we're going to start working on our regular will soon and are going to end up in the same situation. 
We'd appreciate any recommendations or any options anyone has used themselves or are aware of?
Also, what's the point of having a Living Will if you're in a state that doesn't consider it valid when your pregnant? and why is that? So odd, you'd think that would be the most important time to have one. 
Sorry ranting here...it's been really frustrating and stressful. I understand why family and banks etc can't be a witness, but darn sometimes I think things are just made way to difficult in the world. All we need it 2 signatures!