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February 2023 Moms
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Weekly check-ins February 13
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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 day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)?
Re: Weekly check-ins February 13
EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 weeks tomorrow
Baby is the size of a(n): pumpkin 🎃
Team blue/pink/green: 💖
Upcoming Appointments: phone appointment with midwife tomorrow
How are you feeling?: Slow moving
Rants/Raves: my midwife is bringing two midwives in training to the birth (both I met and liked) and my friend who is a doula will be here too so between the 4 of them and my husband, and my hypnobirthing tracks, I feel I have a really good support team for the birth.
Questions: natm
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)? I average on a week early (which is tomorrow) and that would be nice but I've had the 18th (Saturday) stuck in my head almost the whole pregnancy. I went by conception instead of my cycle this time and being after a miscarriage, that really changed when I ovulate (which is normally earlier than expected).
EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 + 3!
Baby is the size of a(n): pumpkin 🎃 and I can tell😅
Team blue/pink/green: pink💕
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow!
How are you feeling?: overall not terrible but this morning I woke up with some back pain. It’s mostly on my left side in the middle of my back so I must have just slept weird.
Rants/Raves: no real rants other than I’m just ready for this baby! And already annoyed with the texts and calls🙃 my mil is sweet but shes addicted to worrying and I’m at the top of her list of people to worry about lol. Both sister in laws have had terrible traumatic births so she’s been scarred. She’s been pushing me to ask about inducing which I don’t want to do! I’d much rather give her the chance to come naturally but to try to give her peace of mind I set some dates to be induced once I’m 41 weeks. I don’t think it worked but it is what it is! As for raves, I guess I’m excited that baby is almost here! I feel lucky to have had a very uneventful pregnancy with no complications so I’m just hoping labor and delivery is the same!
Questions: FTM here and I feel like I’m not showing any signs of early labor or that it’s even close. What were your first signs of labor the first time around?
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)? i feel like February 20th has been a day I’ve thought about a lot! I’m due the 18th and with the way things have been going I don’t think she’ll be coming early but I’d definitely take just 2 days late!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 40W tomorrow- Valentine’s Day due date
Baby is the size of a(n): Pumpkin or a watermelon…or a little baby boy 💙
Team blue/pink/green: Blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: This morning for checkin and an NST scan for baby. Not holding out much hope that they tell me I’m dilated at all, but I’d be into a pleasant surprise!
How are you feeling?: I’m feeling pretty good- sleep is so uncomfortable and as we talked about last week, I’m peeing all the time, in teaspoon sized amounts for the most part. I’ll ready for this to be over so we can enjoy this baby!!
Rants/Raves: My MIL has been a big help over the last week. My FIL is here as of yesterday to join her and my parents get here sometime today, so the baby’s got an audience whenever he chooses to show up. I’m also somewhat feeling like Friday and into the weekend are going to be my days- both girls were 40W plus 3-4 days, so that would be just about right!
Questions: Natm
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)? See my last answer. Although, I’ve been kind of wondering if this guy somehow will be born on Valentine’s Day just because I’m somewhat hate Valentine’s Day and the whole fake holiday thing, haha. I guess he could give me a reason to love Valentine’s after all these years!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 weeks today
Baby is the size of a(n): Human baby!
Team blue/pink/green: Blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: Hopefully last midwife appointment thursday
How are you feeling?: I didn't sleep well at all, so I am super wrecked. I am worried I may have developed total gastroparesis, giving it another day and then I will call my doctor. Something is definitely making me feel super ill and I am genuinely tempted to just stop eating until birth to avoid making it worse.
Rants/Raves: Rant, see above 😅 Rave - just my boyfriend in general! He is an absolute sweetheart - basically everything on my to do list today he just took care of, although he has been at work, so I can just chill around doing absolutely nothing, sleep in the middle of the day, watch series etc.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)? I think he'll be a punctual lil' fella like his parents. He's going to arrive on his due date, february 20th 😁
@cpk3535 I am also not a big fan of Valentine's day. I have an appointment tomorrow and when the girl was scheduling it she looked at me and my husband all worried and asked if it was ok. The most we do is give each other cards and that's only if we remember. lol.
@justkp so sorry you are feeling so crappy. I got some deep sleep last night but it was for less than 3 hours and I'm going to be at work for another 8.5 hours so I'm going to be right there with you on being wrecked.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 38+3
Baby is the size of a(n): Winter Melon or a Speak and spell (or if you've seen Dane Cook a speak like the devil lol)
Team blue/pink/green: Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Tomorrow for a growth scan
How are you feeling?: Overall good.
Rants/Raves: Rave - We got some more things done this weekend to prep for baby's arrival. I think we are finally in a good place and as ready as we can be.
Questions: None
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)?
@paigemm23 and @justkp I also think the 20th or maybe the 21st. I'm due on the 24th but because of my high blood pressure, which is under control with medication right now, my doctor doesn't want me to go past the 20th so I'm am going to schedule an inductions for that day. She seems pretty comfortable so I don't think she will come sooner on her own. This is my first though so I don't really know what to look for or expect.
@seeds_of_joy Oh wouldn't that be wonderful 🥰 Here's hoping, I would definitely much prefer that to some GI issue that is going to cause me trouble for weeks 😅
EDD / Weeks + Days: 2/24 38w 3d
Baby is the size of a(n): Winter melon
Team blue/pink/green:💚
Upcoming Appointments: BPP today. Lactation Consultant tomorrow for help with antenatal colostrum collection. Midwife appt w/ NST on Thursday
How are you feeling?: Some fatigue. Some insomnia. Some urinary stress incontinence. The baby’s head is pretty low and I can feel it push against my cervix uncomfortably throughout the day.
Rants/Raves: BBP went very well today and the baby is now measuring 7lbs 8oz. I was able to slow down the growth of the baby by managing my gestational diabetes with the little bit of medication that I started at 31 weeks plus continuing my diet and lifestyle changes. It’s size is now in the 58% percentile instead of 75%. And more importantly, the abdominal girth went down to 71% percentile from 98% which reduces the risk of shoulder dystopia. And the baby is in the right position for a healthy vaginal delivery too! 🤞I hope I have the labor and delivery that I visualize and want to have.
Questions: Of all of the social media bump groups that I participate in, this one is my favorite. Is there a platform that we will move on to keep in touch and support each other after pregnancy?
GTKY: what day do you think your baby will be born (if they haven't been already)? 🤷🏻♀️ I’m hoping the labor and delivery happens around 39/40 weeks. I’ll start getting worried at 41 weeks.
@ttc3y that's amazing to hear about your BBP! I hope everything goes the way you want to. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts due date buddy!
I second @ttc3y's question.
We first went into the doctor’s appointment and she said he’s fine, I’m still not really dilated and all that good stuff. She probed around uncomfortably and then sent us off to NST. While we were in there, they saw that the baby experienced a bit of a deceleration while I had a contraction, so after speaking to the doc, they sent us over to L&D for further monitoring. Still not feeling any big contractions, but some. I think they’re trying to decide if it’s to baby or my advantage that we stick around and try for an induction of some sort. After further explaining to the nurse the dramatic placental abruption that took place last time, I think there’s a better chance we might be going home without disturbing him today. We’ll see!! I’ll keep you posted 😊
Is anyone else getting pressured through handfuls of text messages to have their baby...like now?! Oh my goodness...I would put it on airplane mode if I wasn't trying to keep an open line for my midwife, doula, people who will be watching my kids and occasional encouraging person who isn't just being nosey! I will tell people shortly after giving birth. 😵💫
@ttc3y With the waiting, I've also been starting to get nervous with anticipating the pain of labor. Things are getting real.
One thing I decided is that I'm not reading anymore birth stories until I've given birth...unless it's specifically positive. Positive births are possible and one of mine in particular was amazing and I'm hoping this one will be very joy filled.
@seeds_of_joy More of an indirect presssure here. Texted my mom about the time for a handball cup final tomorrow, and she got back to me like 'will Max be watching it with you????'. And I'm there thinking it's highly questionable as absolutely nothing has happened yet 😂
Incidentally I started having cramps, back pain and rather strong Braxton Hicks along with nausea shortly after my last post. Was enough for me to cancel tennis this morning (also so I could sleep, as I was awake 2 am to 6 am) - and this cancellation led to quite the test message storm from the people in the club 😂 I bet it'll be, like, another week from now or something!
Ah, I'm sure she must be just around the corner, it would be weird if you were suddenly 14 days late or something 🤱