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Weekly Check In 11/6

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in March 2023 Moms
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 would you describe as your spirit animal??
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Re: Weekly Check In 11/6

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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    edited November 2022
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 22w4d
    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
    Baby is the size of a(n): as tall as a Mr. Potato Head! (love this visual)
    Team blue/pink/green: it's a girl! 
    Upcoming Appointments: Another mid-wife check up week of Thanksgiving
    How are you feeling?:  Honestly? Pregnant. My belly just feels heavier, and my hips to my toes just ache. My feet swelled up for the first time on Friday - like literally didn't experience this when I was pregnant the first time. I'm freakin' exhausted by the time the weekend rolls around - my days have been mentally draining at work (love end of year/ quarter, budget season, and big strategic changes all at once!), and I'm already a little oof thinking of all of the holiday prep in the weeks to come. Just working on trying not to get the cart before the horse in terms of my thinking going on overdrive.
    Rants/Raves: Rant: Last week I got my hair done, but I left my favorite water bottle at the salon. Running down to go get it means a good 60 minutes there and back in and out of the city. ... It's a branded Hydroflask so def mourning it haha.  Rave: I definitely just grabbed another one from the swag closet at my office while I'm on the north end of the city for a meeting :) 
    Questions: na
    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal??  Not sure! Whatever animal is inwardly anxious, outwardly confident, and stress shops and drinks? Oh, a human elder millennial woman? Nailed it! 
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    miss_lynn9miss_lynn9 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 21w1d

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a(n): Endive 

    Team blue/pink/green: 💕

    Upcoming Appointments: midwife at the end of the month 

    How are you feeling?:  Headaches on and off. Sleep is iffy. The pregnancy rhinitis has started. Yay 🙃

    Rants/Raves: Rant: my dog is 11 and has to go outside during the night sometimes. It's becoming more often and I'm sick of it but also feel so guilty for being angry with her. My husband and I sleep apart so I keep asking him to take her but he keeps forgetting. I'm tired today. She was only outside for 10 minutes but it took me over an hour to fall back asleep. 
    Rave: my family decided to do secret Santa for the kids so us adults don't have to buy 7 kids gifts. So happy about not having to spend as much money this year. 

    Questions: none

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? A wolf. I've always been drawn to wolves and I have images of them during meditation. It also matches me. Intuitive, loyal, deep desire for freedom. 
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    @marebear15 oh my gosh, i definitely have several emotional support water bottles. one at my desk. one bedside. and one i just keep in hand as i move around the house like a favorite stuffie or something :joy:
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    disneybaby23disneybaby23 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: March 21st / 21 weeks tomorrow

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a(n): endive??

    Team blue/pink/green: blue 💙

    Upcoming Appointments: already had anatomy scan so nothing for like 6 more weeks now. 

    How are you feeling?: had a cold or something last week so was finally feeling well enough this weekend to do some chores and things we had been putting off. If I work out or move around too much I get this sand/cement feeling in all of my joints but I’m feeling pretty good otherwise. 

    Rants/Raves: rave - we live in a fairly small condo with no balcony/patio so we found a relatively inexpensive Ninja countertop indoor grill. Just tried it last night and it was awesome! My husband is very motivated to learn how to cook/grill and we want our son to be much more healthy than we are so we want to make delicious food for him at home so he won’t live off drive thru/eating out like we did growing up. Rant - my mother in law with her unsolicited naming suggestions are driving me insane. It’s so hard to deal with someone who is by nature unreasonable, unstable, and unhelpful and loves to push buttons and boundaries to the limit.

    Questions:

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Otter - they’re the tiniest predators but they carry their babies around on their tummies and are very resourceful with hunting/feeding. We watch them all the time in the bay by my parents house and I’m obsessed. Also an otter is Hermione’s patronus from Harry Potter which I love!! 
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    youcanhavemanhattanyoucanhavemanhattan member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: Feb 27/24 weeks

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a(n): Cantaloupe 

    Team blue/pink/green: blue

    Upcoming Appointments: My glucose test is tomorrow morning... Not looking forward to it!

    How are you feeling?: Very tired. Husband and I both have colds and I'm finding work feels a bit more tiring each week.

    Rants/Raves: Rant - was explaining to our families that we don't want visitors for the first few weeks. We don't have space to "host" in any way, RSV is freaking me out, and I know our mothers would stress me out more than actually help... Anyway the convo didn't go as smoothly as I'd hoped. But the rave is maybe that I had the convo?

    Questions: I can never think of them when I fill this out 

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Hmm.. I mean when I'm sad my husband says I look exactly like a beagle lol.
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    noxacanthusnoxacanthus member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 20.5 weeks

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a(n): beanie baby

    Team blue/pink/green: pink!

    Upcoming Appointments: AS on Wednesday!!

    How are you feeling?: I'll get bursts of energy where I want to clean/rearrange ALL the things, but then I crash and end up taking a 3 hr nap afterwards, lol. Overall so much better than the first trimester, though.

    Rants/Raves: Rave - work has finally slowed down after 6 months of chaos and I actually have 2x 4-day weekends in a row. And then the whole week of Thanksgiving off. Rant - That douche at work that I mentioned last week said something kind of vicious and misogynistic to me - basically implying that I do less work than everyone else and he has to pick up the slack because I "can't control my personal life or personal desires" (i.e. I'm pregnant). Not only is that not true (I am demonstrably better at our job and a better team leader than him) but it got me pretty fired up and it dissolved into a screaming match from there. We were both reprimanded for not controlling our emotions around subordinates.

    Questions: My appetite disappeared during the flu 3 weeks ago and it hasn't gotten back to where it was before. I'm only up 1 lb from my pre-pregnancy weight and I feel like it should be more by this point?

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Definitely a cat. I like sleeping, only want affection when I want it, and I can be aloof until I get to know you.
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    shorty-sarshorty-sar member
    edited November 2022
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 22w,6d, for now..it may change on Friday. 

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a(n): Coconut

    Team blue/pink/green: Pink

    Upcoming Appointments: OB this Friday, then repeat anatomy on the 23rd 

    How are you feeling?: Tired and achy! I think my hips started to widen last week, because they were really sore for a few days and then off and on the rest of the week. My feet are always sore, even with arch inserts. I’ve been sitting a lot more at school, but even then it doesn’t help.🥲 

    Rants/Raves:

    Rave- Baby’s kicks are strong enough now I can see my belly move 🥹

    Rant- I was hired at a school district this summer and they offer health benefits.Like almost all new public school teachers in my state, I signed up for the health benefits through the state’s website in September. I thought I would’ve gotten my new insurance card by now, and I can’t stay on my husband’s insurance(we’re both technically state workers and can’t double dip). My district said I’m enrolled through them, but when I called the insurance company, they said I’m not enrolled. 😑 To make things a little more complicated, my husbands insurance plan is through the same insurance company. 😅Luckily my husband’s insurance hasn’t kicked me off or mentioned anything to him about me(a state worker) being on it, so I still have it through him, but I’m also paying for my own insurance through the school. 🙃 Definitely a 💩 show. After all of this, I’ve decided to go back on my husband’s insurance for 2023, in case something happens mid maternity leave 😑 

    Questions: N/A

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? 

    I’d like to say dog or horse…but I’m definitely a cat😂 
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    @noxacanthus ohhhh I would have lost my damn mind on that dude. That’s fucked up that you got written up too. 
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    muggsdmuggsd member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: feb 28/ 24 weeks

    FTM/STM/TTM+: baby #4

    Baby is the size of a(n): cantaloupe

    Team blue/pink/green: pink

    Upcoming Appointments: midwife (+ glucose test) next week

    How are you feeling?:  I’ve been sick for 2 full weeks now (hence why I dropped off there for a bit!) and I am so, so done. I need like a week of uninterrupted productivity to feel like my life is back on track. 

    Rants/Raves: this cold/flu thing going around SUCKS. rave - my husband has picked up so much of my slack around the house and hasn’t complained. He is an angel. 

    Questions:

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? House cat for sure. I can come off a bit cold but warm up once I know people, I like to stay home, I just want to be basking in the sun all day. 
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    TortugaAzulTortugaAzul member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: March 14th 22 weeks

    FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM 

    Baby is the size of a(n): coconut 

    Team blue/pink/green: pink 

    Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow for a check up

    How are you feeling?: good actually! I’m definitely tired but I have energy to get things done so long as I rest a bit in the afternoon. 

    Rants/Raves: I’m getting real sick of things. Like everywhere is so cluttered. We got new carpets and so we’ve slowly been putting everything back where it belongs and I definitely don’t want to put it all back. But my MIL has been guilt tripping me about putting certain things (I.e. a giant doll house no one plays with) especially in the kids room. 

    Questions: nah

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Probably a turtle. I’m slow and steady. 
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    TortugaAzulTortugaAzul member
    @muggsd i didn’t even think of a cat but that’s definitely me too 😂
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    babymac4321babymac4321 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: March 5//22+3

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a(n): Barbie 

    Team blue/pink/green: BLUE

    Upcoming Appointments: GD test Monday, DRs on Wednesday 

    How are you feeling?: very blah 

    Rants/Raves: the polyp my dr swore wouldn’t cause an issue in my pregnancy, is now causing an issue by trying to get out of me. I’m now with a specialist out of town and I’m so grateful for that. I’ll be monitored every 2 weeks until delivery 

    Questions: 

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Probably a cat, like some affection but also really appreciate my alone time and sleeping somewhere warm and cozy. 
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    firecracker_mamafirecracker_mama member
    EDD / Weeks + Days:  23+1

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a(n): furby

    Team blue/pink/green: blue!

    Upcoming Appointments: routine OB visit

    How are you feeling?: Sore. Achy. Back and neck hurt. Stressed.

    Rants/Raves: rant: sitting at a red light, with my son in the back seat, we got rear ended in my 2.5 week old car. We are pursuing legal action so I'll stop there but I just want to say REAR FACE THOSE BABIES UNTIL THEY OUTGROW THE LIMITS SET BY THE CAR SEAT MANUFACTURER. IT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG AND NOT AS BIG INJURIES. 

    Questions: none

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? Mama bear after the accident. I lost my shit on multiple people. 
    FTM
    July 4th
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    miss_lynn9miss_lynn9 member
    @firecracker_mama oh no, I hope everyone is ok. ❤️ That's very frustrating about the car too. 
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    lightintothevoidlightintothevoid member
    @firecracker_mama How awful. I hope you and your son are okay!

    EDD / Weeks + Days:  March 15th / 22 + 1

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a(n): Coconut

    Team blue/pink/green: Pink!

    Upcoming Appointments: Glucose test in three weeks.

    How are you feeling?: Exhausted and my back hurts all the time. 

    Rants/Raves: One of my students (an adorable 76-year old woman) brought me her leftover Halloween candy which included a whole bag of fun size Milky Ways, which are my favourite candy. I almost cried. 😂 

    Questions: N/A

    GTKY: I’m probably a mouse. I’m very small and I love to hide. I’m social when I want to be and I’m either very active or sleeping. 
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    Dropping this here because I can’t recall the recipe thread we’d had but @nopegoat I finally got around to taking a snap of this recipe for you!


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    miss_lynn9miss_lynn9 member
    @heytallmama that looks delicious, I'm going to give it a try! 
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    @miss_lynn9 I hope you like it! It’s an easy favorite here. We usually serve with broccoli as a side to round it out. I’m so excited to eat it tonight lol
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    cheznetcheznet member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 21 + 1 March 24 (but my anatomy scan bumped me up to 3/20 supposedly. But for my first, I was a week late, so.... Hopefully I'll be early this time!)

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a(n): endive, which seems weird because aren't they usually smaller than bananas?? (Banana was last week)

    Team blue/pink/green: girl 

    Upcoming Appointments: I have to schedule my glucose test and then my next OB appointment is Dec 6

    How are you feeling?: Ok. Still really tired in the evenings but I have a toddler so 🤷🏼‍♀️

    Rants/Raves: Rave: I am so excited to have a week off for Thanksgiving break! One more week of work! I will try to get a lot of Christmas shopping done when I send my son to daycare the first couple days. Rant: my DH wants me to take more time off once I get to maternity leave (i.e. quit my job and find another after like a year) and I kind of agree with him, but as a new teacher, and in general, I'm tired of starting over every two years. If I stayed at my current job though, I might only stay one more year because the commute is a lot (40+ minutes) and gas + toll ain't cheap.

    Questions: natm

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? I like cat. I wish I could just nap whenever I want. And do whatever I want.
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    @cheznet I always feel like the size comparisons for the bump keep me like “…wasn’t that thing from two weeks ago bigger!?” 🧐

    If you *are* thinking about changing careers away from teaching- there are a LOT of education technology companies who like hiring teachers. For one of the roles in my sales team, former teachers make up like 75% of those folks. And if sales isn’t your bag, content writing, RFP writing, account management, are just a few other jobs in tech that suit former educators really nicely as a point of transferable skills. (And most companies have flexible schedules and solid wfh policies.)
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    mamahoschmamahosch member
    Wow I am so late this week 😅 

    EDD / Weeks + Days: March 5, 23w6d

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM 

    Baby is the size of a(n): eggplant

    Team blue/pink/green: blue

    Upcoming Appointments: Nov 23 for glucose test and routine prenatal

    How are you feeling?: exhausted and my pelvis is aching randomly now. I didn’t have this problem until 3rd trimester last time 🙃

    Rants/Raves: prenatal yoga started back up last week and I’m loving the Sunday evenings just to relax away from DH and DS and be with other expecting mamas (and a coworker/friend)! I also finished Christmas shopping for DS today - I got some awesome deals on the big items too!!

    Questions: for those of you really feeling baby move now, is yours still really sporadic? I feel like my son moved allllll the time even this early and I feel like I have to remind myself I’m pregnant sometimes and just hold my hands in my belly and worry that everything is fine. When I know it most likely is!

    GTKY: What would you describe as your spirit animal?? A house cat 🤣
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    heytallmamaheytallmama member
    @mamahosch Yes to sporadic movement! I’ll kinda forget I haven’t felt her and then be like “oh yeah, where you at, kid!?” some days she’s super active, others more chill. I never counted kicks with my first (quite the way to spike my already anxious self)- but I think this is normal for lack of movement consistency until like 28 weeks or so. 
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    miss_lynn9miss_lynn9 member
    @mamahosch movements are still sporadic here too. My placenta is in the front so it's pretty difficult to feel movement right now unless it's super low. 
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    shorty-sarshorty-sar member
    @mamahosch My movements are also sporadic. There will be days where she is really active(especially after work), but then a day or two during the work week where her movements are faint, or is only active for a short amount of time. Most of the time I’ll poke my belly when I get worried on those days, and she responds. 
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