March 2023 Moms
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Weekly Check In 10/3
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EDD / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What do you feel is the best advice you have received in life? Who did you receive it from?
Re: Weekly Check In 10/3
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 5th / 18w1d
FTM/STM/TTM+: 4TM
Baby is the size of a(n): Sweet potato
Team blue/pink/green: Still green!
Upcoming Appointments: New Wednesday for my anatomy scan
How are you feeling?: Much better, more energy, less nausea. I'm going to try to start back my workouts soon.
Rants/Raves:
Rant: The situation with DH's brother is getting worse. He keeps backstabbing us and then lying about it to MIL/FIL, trying to get them to take his side. DH is pretty torn up about it. The only thing I'm sad about is DD1 isn't going to know why she's not hanging out with her cousins.
Rave: It feels like fall! We've had some nice days outside, and are looking forward to going to the pumpkin patch soon.
Questions:
GTKY: What do you feel is the best advice you have received in life? Who did you receive it from? Ooh this is a tough one. I don't really have a single piece of advice, but growing up in a strict religious household made me very judgmental as a person. My older sister was even more judgmental than me. But I've watched her change into the most loving and accepting person, and watching her has changed me and my perspective on life.
@babymac4321 - "Are you sure it's just 1?" is such a weird question. Along with "Are you sure you're only ___ weeks?" My mom says stuff like that to me, and I'm like, you've had 7 kids and you still say comments like that?
@k_keyser1996 - I like to shop at Target, Old Navy, and Motherhood Maternity. It's a lot of trial and error though since the latter two are online exclusively. I would just buy whatever size you're comfortable in and keep adding pieces as you grow. I usually use two different sizes throughout my pregnancies.
ugh I’m blanking on this. I haven’t had much good advice from family in my life and I’ve blazed my own trail. My husband is usually the best life coach about reminding me to keep a good perspective and not sweat the small stuff.
Rant: I got all the way to my prenatal appointment today only to find out it was cancelled when I got there. I wasn't upset that it was cancelled since things happen but they rescheduled me for 2 weeks out, which means there's a 6 week gap between my last appointment and my next one. That's just making me super anxious.
Rave: I'm absolutely loving seeing the team pink/ blue/ green question change from "not sure" to pink or blue! So exciting.
"The majority of your relationship with your children happens when they're adults."
I heard this on a TikTok over the summer and it really helped me with a perspective shift. Logically I already knew that but I actually processed it and it changed a lot for me. I became more relaxed and focused more on connecting and bonding with my kids rather than fussing over rules and schedules. It helped me with decision making a lot, especially with tense moments. I like to think, "if adult DD remembers this moment and tells me about it in the future, will I be embarrassed/ ashamed / disappointed/ etc by my reaction?" And for me it took a lot of pressure off of "enjoying every little moment while you can". Because, yes I'll obviously miss the times when my kids were kids, but I have my entire life to know and love and enjoy these little monsters. And that just makes me really happy.
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
Raves- we announced publicly last week when we found out we are having another boy. I was so pleasantly suprised at all the positive comments. We have had a couple doozies the last couple pregnancies and I was preparing myself for the same this time.
, 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Rave- I told my students last week(every kid at my elementary school) about the baby and their reactions were so cute! The older kids were really excited, and the littles thought the baby just appears out of thin air. 😂 I tried touching my toes and made a comment about not being able to do it, and the kindergartners were so confused. I told them the baby was in my belly, and now they wave at my belly. 🥹😂 I did use the baby as an excuse to make sure one of the younger classes used their inside voices, or not to upset it or else it will kick me. Some care and others don’t. 😅
Rant- 80 degree weather has been back for a few weeks and I’m over it!
Whatever it is that you want to do, you're prepared right now.
A very successful businesswoman said this to me years ago when I met up with her for a coffee to talk about a half-baked business idea I had. She was unimpressed but was polite and said something along these lines to me, and it's stuck with me over the years. Endlessly preparing and researching tends to be procrastination (and paralysis/not following through only perpetuates self-doubt). I just need the courage and discipline to put myself out there and start, today.
@missmusiq - My feet are still the same size. I only had problems with swelling for my summer pregnancies.
From a Grad school professor: "Be a duck and let water (ie. things) roll off your back" - you just can't get too worked up about most things.
Rave - The last couple weeks, I wasn’t sure the feelings I had on and off were movement, but this week I am much more confident that’s what they are, and they are becoming more frequent as well. It’s very cool, and a lot of the time I am just in awe I have made it this far.