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March 2023 Moms
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Weekly Check In 8/15
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EDD / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation?
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation?
Re: Weekly Check In 8/15
In the mountains/cabin. With a hot tub while it's snowing. Unlimited food and snacks lol
Baby is the size of a(n): Blackberry
Team blue/pink/green: Hopefully find out in a couple of weeks
Upcoming Appointments: Have the NIPS on the 29th. I was suppose to be this Wednesday but my dating US had me 4 days earlier than I thought, and then I'm in the mountains on holidays for my entire week 10 so I have to wait until 11 weeks.
How are you feeling?: So tired, with minimal energy.
Rants/Raves: Raves: Have my girls camping trip this weekend, then as soon as I get home, we are leaving for the mountains for a week. I'm so excite. Rant: The NPIS test I'm getting doubles in price Sept 1 and because I'm on holidays I will have to pay double the price to get it done which wasn't the original plan. I'm hoping that since I will be getting the test done on the 29th, that it will get there before the 1st and I can fight it and pay the lower price.
Questions: None
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Exploring the mountains in Switzerland or Pakistan. We have AMAZING mountains in Alberta but I love seeing other places. Also with @gravcasson the unlimited food and snacks. And delicious drinks.
Baby is the size of a(n): Mini cocktail sausage/ strawberry / pick your Tiny Food
Team blue/pink/green: I've such a feeling it's a girl, but happy either way!
Upcoming Appointments: U/S on 8/29 and then my first Midwife appt on 8/30. So excited!
How are you feeling?: Typically just fine during the day but by about 4-5 pm, I feel terrible. Nausea and fatigue and just blah. It's helpful to be able to get through my work day but it really sucks for the evenings. Just a few more weeks of first trimester sickness!
Rants/Raves: Rant - I told my boss about being pregnant and it's more turned into like, "well make sure XYZ is done," and "this new hire needs to be able to do this without you..." like...yes. I know. Believe me, I have thought of it all. I know it's coming from a place of wanting to help and probably a place of "oh shit!" on her part but also... yes, among the 1,000 things on my mind, I am in fact, thinking of these things.
Rave: We told our daughter the news on Friday night and she is THRILLED. It is so so cute. She keeps saying "hi, little baby!" or "goodnight, little baby!" and asking tons of questions. She's going to be such a good big sister.
Questions: For those of you who have bought gear recently - what are some of your favorite big ticket items? So much has changed in the last 7 years, and there are so many more option for high chairs, car seats, strollers, etc (that are also a bit more stylish than the stuff we had the first time). I'm starting to build out an Amazon list of things to do more research on, and would love to hear what things people really love these days. Links and/or pictures appreciated! ((or maybe we start a new thread? too soon?))
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? A Caribbean vacation. Give me sun, mid-high 80s temps, sand, clear water, no plans but having great food and drink, and hanging out with a pair or two of our friends, no kids.
This is the screenshot of the schedule we had. We had some very organized people in that group haha.
Baby is the size of a(n): strawberry
Team blue/pink/green: sneakpeak said pink!
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow finally!!
How are you feeling?: still exhausted and horribly nauseous. Also congested. Anyone else congested in the mornings?
Rants/Raves: tried pickle pizza yesterday! It was awesome. But MIL kept making comments about how it should be called “pregnant pizza” and not everyone there knew I was pregnant. Thankfully two others ordered the same thing so I wasn’t the only one and could laugh it off.. I really want to wait a little bit longer to announce to the world especially since I haven’t been to the doctor yet.
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? We had a plan to go to Hawaii in 2020 but y’all know how that went.. I still want to go so badly but honestly anywhere that is not here sounds great.
Baby is the size of a(n): pecan or jack toy
Team blue/pink/green: find out at anatomy scan
Upcoming Appointments: first appt was today with my midwife. Everything looked good and confirmed my due date! Next appt is in a month
How are you feeling?: Like poo. So tired, nauseous, and bloated.
Rants/Raves: I'm just so sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Questions: Na.
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Oof. That's a hard one. I can't remember the last time I actually went on vacation. Anywhere with no people so I don't have to talk, cook, or clean. 😅
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Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry
Team blue/pink/green: green as of now
Upcoming Appointments: repeat dating/NT scan and OB appointment in 4 weeks
How are you feeling?: nauseated, so tired, boobs are sore
Rants/Raves: just so relieved that bebe is healthy with a healthy heartbeat!
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Hmm, I think either Fiji or a safari
Baby is the size of a(n): A raspberry
Team blue/pink/green: Green 4lyfe
Upcoming Appointments: First prenatal Friday. Keeping mum about my boutique scan and hoping for a dating US from them because I don’t recall my LMP start date. Plus I’m sure I’ll get eye rolls about the boutique scan.
How are you feeling? Like hot garbage. The nausea is constant and I’m just so tired.
Rants/Raves: I took next week off work to get stuff done at home and I’m looking forward to having some downtime too.
Questions: None.
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Probably Italy on the ocean drinking good wine and eating good food.
Baby is the size of a(n): Fig
Team blue/pink/green: I have a slight feeling it’s a girl. We’ll find out with genetic testing in a few weeks!
Upcoming Appointments: Midwife appointment and blood work in 2 weeks
How are you feeling?: I started feeling a lot better last week and then crashed hard this weekend. I’m very very tired today. Boobs still sore AF. Emotions aaaalllllll over the place. I’ve cried twice today out of exhaustion and happiness.
Rants/Raves: I saw my grammy this weekend and got to show her the ultrasound photo! She was so happy! She is turning 95 soon and has short term memory loss but I didn’t have to repeat the fact that I was pregnant- it stuck in her mind.
Questions: Natm
GTKY: What's your dream vacation?
Iceland! I want to sit in a hot spring and watch the Northern Lights overhead.
Rant: I'm just so tired of cooking every single day.
Somewhere super secluded. Or Poland!
Baby is the size of a(n): tater tot/cherry
Team blue/pink/green: We don't want to find out until baby is born. Hoping for a healthy baby either way!
Upcoming Appointments: 12 week appt on 9/1
How are you feeling?: Pretty good for being in the first trimester! I've had sore boobs and I'm ready for bed by 8pm these days. Occasional feeling of nausea, but usually eating something helps.
Rants/Raves: I'm looking forward to not having to pretend to drink when we're out with friends and family. My husband has been so supportive by being my wingman with that, but I think we're both over it haha.
Questions: none I can think of right now
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Oh that's a tough question since I'd love to go to a lot of places. Greece would be amazing or else a nice beach with a pina colada somewhere
Baby is the size of a(n): strawberry
Team blue/pink/green: we will find out with NIPT soon!! Hopefully DS can have a sister but we’ll see lol
Upcoming Appointments: next Wednesday for NIPT blood draw
How are you feeling?: I’m feeling pretty good today! Not much queasiness but I got full pretty quickly at lunch today which is odd since lunch is normally the meal I can fully eat. I was able to eat a huge plate tonight at our yearly school staff picnic!!
Rants/Raves:
Rant: school PD days start back up this week and school with kids starts next week 🙃
rave: I treated myself to a pedicure today and I told my principal I was pregnant! He seemed very excited for me and asked me how I was feeling!
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Greece is #1. Also Aruba, Turks & Caicos, Antigua, St. Lucia.. any of those Caribbean island beauties ♥️
Baby is the size of a(n): popcorn/grape/cherry
Team blue/pink/green: still getting pink vibes but we’ll see - trying to resist buying a sneak peek
Upcoming Appointments: next Thursday I finally having my dating scan.
How are you feeling?: I actually feel great. Tired but feeling a lot better than before I was pregnant. I was dealing with depression from not being able to get pregnant so getting pregnant seemed to clear that up a bit. Now just enjoying being able to feel joyful.
Rants/Raves: Rants - my clients are turds. Pretty much every week I go through a cycle of hating being in the financial sector and wishing I did something else and then being okay with it. Raves - my husband is nesting, cleaning the house, learning to cook, doing dishes. We’ve always been super 50/50 about house chores since we both work but he’s definitely taken over most of it lately.
Questions: none right now
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Egypt - Gaza pyramids, Amarna, valley of the kings, Abu Simbel, Nile cruise. I am a huge Egyptian history buff and this has been a dream trip for many years.
Baby is the size of a(n): gummy bear
Team blue/pink/green: Finding out!
Upcoming Appointments: Still struggling with insurance to be seen by an OB. I have a referral now, and I'm supposed to call the OB office on Wed/Thur to see if the authorization was approved.
How are you feeling?: SO FREAKIN BLOATED. My eating habits are all over the place because I either eat one bite and blow up like a balloon or I haven't eaten all day so I eat everything in sight. I have also reached the "too many tacos" stage of a pre-baby bump from all the gas.
Rants/Raves: Rant - I am just not feeling work. I know that they're going to have to switch me to a desk job at 20 weeks and part of me is ready to be done with the nonsense and stress and I just want to get it over with. Rave - I actually had the energy to leave the house this weekend and we had a nice time. We went to a crafter's market and the local mall.
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? - I'd love to go back to Japan someday. We lived there from 2017-2019 and we were both sad to leave. I read this book called Pretty Good Number One about a father who takes his daughter on an eating tour of Japan and I've always dreamed that we would do that with our daughter. Now maybe daughters?!?
Baby is the size of a(n): Lime
Team blue/pink/green: Either! I had a few dreams it was a boy, but my husband thinks it’s a girl.
Upcoming Appointments: September 8
How are you feeling?: Still riding the nausea roller coaster. Some days I feel fine, and other I’m a hot mess. My allergies are kicking in, and the phlegm in my throat is not helping my nausea. 😅
Rants/Raves:
Rant- I have new-hire teacher trainings later this week and PD meetings all next week, so I’m hoping I’ll be able to survive them.😅 Also, we have another heat wave this week. My poor central air can’t keep up. I’m ready for fall!
Rave- My hunger is coming every 3 hours and not 2 anymore! Which will be great when school starts…now if I can retrain my bladder to do the same. 😅
Questions: N/A
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? I would love to go back to Kauai, it was so beautiful! I also want to travel to Europe.
Baby is the size of a(n): tart kumquat
Team blue/pink/green: green
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow and I'm super nervous
How are you feeling?: Horrible! No sooner did I tell the midwife that I feel way less sick this time around than I started having round the clock nausea 🤦🏻 I should have kept my mouth shut
Rants/Raves:
Rant: I'm so annoyed by my kids' school's lack of communication. They never send emails or mail home with important events. Like today I learned that I missed our in-person re-registration because the only place they announced it was on their Facebook page and I'm barely on Facebook. I feel like I have to jump through hoops to figure out what events are happening when and where. Half the time the only reason I know about half days are because my kid tells me. There's no emails / papers home about it, it's not on the website, etc. It's so frustrating.
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? I had a great time camping with my friends and our kids recently so maybe taking campers around the US and visiting a bunch of locations would be great fun
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Team blue/pink/green: pink!
Upcoming Appointments: midwife is coming up… next week I think?
How are you feeling?: this week I’ve been struggling with lightheadedness, which triggers nausea. I have extremely low blood pressure in pregnancy so I’m trying to eat all of the salt when I can.
Rants/Raves: I feel like I haven’t been able to do enough lately to really have strong like/dislike for something. I’ll RAVE about MH though cause he has been holding this house together lately with zero complaints and only support. He’s a total gem.
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? Next on our list is Switzerland & Austria. Hopefully we will be able to go in a few years!
Baby is the size of a(n): strawberry
Team blue/pink/green: Still hoping for pink.
Upcoming Appointments: Had a consultation with a midwife today. I also have another ultrasound on Tuesday at which I should get the results of the blood tests I took a couple of weeks ago.
How are you feeling?: A little more lightheaded and nauseous this week, but still not too bad. I haven’t had any bad morning sickness, so I’ve been lucky. I’ve been super tired, though. I slept almost 12 hours last night (not including waking up multiple times to pee and sneeze 🤧). Still stupid congested, but when it’s too bad I take a Benadryl.
Rants/Raves: It’s my man’s birthday tomorrow, so I’m taking a few days off, and am so ready to not work. I love my job, but I need a break. One of my coworkers was in a car accident last week and hasn’t been back to work, so I’ve been working extra to cover her, and I’m so tired
Questions: Anyone have any other suggestions for managing congestion while pregnant?
GTKY: I really want to go on a European adventure. I’ve never been overseas, just explored the US and Canada, so it’s my dream to make it to the other side of the world.
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum
Team blue/pink/green: Green
Upcoming Appointments: NT scan next Thursday
How are you feeling?: Fine, just more tired and hungry. I went on a girls' weekend, and driving back on Monday I threw up a few times (curvy roads). Prior to that, I'd had zero nausea, zero vomiting the whole pregnancy, so that was a surprise. I choose to interpret it as a good sign!
Rants/Raves: Rave: I told my other sister, so both sisters know now. She was so encouraging and surprised. She and her husband and kids will be visiting my parents at the end of the month and asked if I want them to help with telling my parents (I'm in another country, so it has to be remotely). I need ideas! Rant: I think it's more fat (eating more), bloating, and constipation than baby per se, but I'm definitely seeing more of a belly. Gosh, is it nice to just not zip up my jeans when in a car or at home.
Questions: Anyone else deciding to skip or at least hold off on the NIPT?
GTKY: What's your dream vacation? All of Europe
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
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The best part ...it comes with a mini portable vacuum that's perfect for carseat/ car/ stroller messes!
Baby is the size of a(n): strawberry
Team blue/pink/green: not sure yet, but both think and hope for blue!
Upcoming Appointments: I'm still waiting to hear back from a midwife. It has been extremely difficult to find one in my area who isn't booked for our EDD. I'm supposed to hear back today! Prayers appreciated that she has a vacancy!
How are you feeling?: V humbling week... nausea has been extremely bad and I have stayed home/ cancelled all meetings & outings this week. I feel exhausted, sore, and weak from all the vomiting and not being able to get good nourishment to stay inside my body!
Rants/Raves: My husband was pretty adamant about waiting until 12 weeks to announce to everybody, but we are both so over it. We have told a handful of people, but we both can't wait to not have to lie/ hide/ evade lol. I'm trying to find an excuse to get his parents to visit so we can tell them in person, but there doesn't seem to be a valid reason right now. But I'm determined to figure it out!
Questions:
GTKY: What's your dream vacation?
Mountains or the seaside... anywhere with breathtaking views, local history and culture, and great local food. Give me good conversation and connection around a fire pit at night, games or puzzles with either a glass of wine or hot cocoa...I love "cozy" evenings on vaca! We would love to visit Israel, Greece, and Italy.