November 2023 Moms
UnwritteN12
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Weekly check-in • week of 5/14
UnwritteN12
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Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/STM+:
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:
Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Rants / Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: I don't think weve had this one yet but correct me if I'm wrong - What is your favorite holiday and why?
Re: Weekly check-in • week of 5/14
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
11/5, 15w1d
Third time mom
Finding out soon!
A navel orange 🍊
June 6 for my 18w appointment
Pretty good actually so I'm knocking on wood for it to continue lol
Rant: nothing. Raves: I had a great Mother's day.
None
My favorite is Thanksgiving because I love all the food and remembering all the things that are great in our lives
nothing
Hands down, Thanksgiving 🙌🏼. I love sharing a meal with loved ones and I love cooking. I love the various traditions that each part of our families carry with it. No gifts, just time together and gratitude. Also my husband’s nana makes this filling as she calls it that goes inside the turkey that they smoke. It’s got bread, cornbread, shrimp and other stuff. I could eat my weight in it 😂
14w6d
FTM/STM/STM+:
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:
Surprise
Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of:
Apple
Upcoming appointments:
One week!
How are you feeling?
Overall feeling good. Yesterday I was really tired and had a horrible headache, but I'm feeling myself coming back to life for the most part.
Rants / Raves:
Mother's Day/my birthday was horrible. Like truly, truly a hot mess. I cried for most of it. Maybe next year.
This week we're going up to our cabin for the first time this season and I cannot wait to be back. I have left all of the planning to the last minute though so I'm slightly scrambling, whoops. I just can't plan things in advance for some reason.
Questions:
Not this week.
GTKY: I don't think we've had this one yet but correct me if I'm wrong - What is your favorite holiday and why?
4th of July is up there for me. Something about the summertime feels, being at the beach with my family, fireworks, all of it is just truly magical for me. Christmas is also great but there's always so much pressure around it that sometimes it falls short IMO.
@ohsmith Turkey day food is delish, I agree!
@Kiek I don't know why I read eeg as egg but I was so confused reading your paragraph at first
also I’m sorry Mother’s Day was a bust. I hope your time up at the cabin is relaxing and fun!
Baby # 5
Surprise
An apple
Emotional. The overdose of hormones is kicking in. 🙁😥
There was little to no fighting between my kids on Mother's Day. Yay. And I got myself a Reece's cookie cake. Plus the kids made me some sweet artwork. I'll take it.
Nah
Christmas. The entire season. I love winter and I love it even more when it snows. Plus I really feel like being a parent on Christmas morning is 100% better than being a kid. I love making it all special for them. From making and decorating Christmas cookies, to doing our extended family gingerbread house contest, to looking at all the Christmas lights and decorations and then Christmas morning. Seeing them enjoy it makes me so happy.
@varimama - OMG I would have lost it tbh. I don't feel like you owe him any kind of apology. Sorry but no. I don't think DH and I have been intimate for a good month and a half. I'm too tired, stressed and iffy about my body. It sucks but it is what it is. Hugs to you mama!
@kiek - I'm so glad you were able to do that at home with her. What a difference that can make for everyone!
@mrsmtothek - I'm sorry Mother's day was such a mess. Hoping you get to set some time aside for yourself soon to pamper yourself and reset. Hugs!
@mrsmtothek I'm sorry, my mothers day wasn't the best either and it's hard not to feel bummed! My kids fought all day.
@varimama nooo that kind of freak out does not seem warranted for scaring someone!! Ugh!
@UnwritteN12 I hope you can figure out the housing!! That is stressful!
Christmas I brings up sooo many childhood memories that I love to recreate with my LO.
11/29, 12w1d
STM
team surprise… but I’m nervous it’ll be wrecked because of NIPT! With my daughter, I was able to get the sex not reported and it just said “sex chromosomes normal” or something generic like that. This time they told me don’t scroll down to the bottom or wait for them to call because it’ll be on there. I won’t be able to NOT look as soon as they’re in my portal!
lime
Just had my NT today… all looked good! Next appt is with my new OB on June 12.
pretty good! Nausea is gone (knock on wood) but insomnia has been kind of rough.
Rave- I’m so glad my
ultrasound was good! I am a very anxious person, so basically freak out for the entire week before an appt in the early stages. The baby was in a bad position and super stubborn and wouldn’t move, so they had to do a TV ultrasound to get the measurements. My daughter was also always in a bad position and wouldn’t move, so I guess it runs in the family.
For people that got the NIPT, were you able to not see the sex? I think I had maternit21.
I can’t pick - I love Christmas because I love how everyone is together and work is pretty much nonexistent for everyone between Christmas and new years. But I also really love 4th of July(/summer in general) because I love bbqs and sunshine (and drinks when not pg)
@varimama I would have freaked out too… you can’t control a reaction like that when you’re scared!
@kiek sounds great that you could do the eeg at home!
@unwritten12 housing is the worst right now! We were renting too, but we’re moving because of my job. My landlord increased the rent like 15% for the next people (and I know he would have done the same for us had we wanted to extend). We looked at rentals where we are moving to and it was madness! People offering “over asking”… on a rental. I didn’t even know that was a thing! We were unsuccessful with all our rental applications because we have 2 big dogs. We ended up just buying a house and it’s also a shitty time for that too. I hope you guys find something that works for you soon!
@runsoncoffee I hope those comments don’t come from your MIL!
Hopefully your OB will also call to tell you, and if you're nervous, just blurt out right away that you don't want to know the gender! I think they usually ask first before telling you though.
@varimama I hope you and YH were able to work everything out. I also hate being startled and would've had a similar reaction, especially in the shower.
@Kiek I didn't know they could do EEG at home. I'm so glad you were able to do that and not have to leave home for the testing. Pelvic soreness is the worst though. I have a love/hate relationship with our mattress during pregnancy because my hips don't sink into the mattress at all, so I'll wake up sore periodically. I hope you're feeling better! Also, that turkey stuffing sounds amazing.
@mrsmtothek I'm so sorry your Mother's Day and birthday didn't go well.
@UnwritteN12 We also currently rent, and it was so hard to find the place we are now. DH just got a new job in a different city, so we'll be moving again. I'm already not looking forward to finding new daycare, new schools, and new housing.
@runsoncoffee I hope your MIL doesn't make those comments about girls vs. boys! My MIL wanted us to have a boy so badly when we had DS1 because they didn't have any boys to carry their last name into the next generation, which was completely ridiculous to me. When DS3 was born and was a boy, she had a completely different reaction because "we needed a girl, not another boy."
@fitandnerdy We were Team Green with DS3, and I was so nervous about accidentally finding out. I think I wrote "do not report sex" on every available spot lol. They didn't report it on there, thank goodness. I'm glad your ultrasound was good!