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Weekly Check In 12/16
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Re: Weekly Check In 12/16
My plans for work/maternity leave are still up in the air. I'm working full time - remotely and also in grad school. My field work for my research starts May 15th so I will be required in the field 4-6hrs a day for that. I've waited 6 years to start grad school and this research project is really important to me so I'm very reluctant to give any of it up or take much time off. I'm planning to take 6 weeks maternity leave from my job but still do my fieldwork. My boyfriend will be home for 6 weeks on paternity leave and then my mom who recently retired will come down for a few weeks to help us until she's old enough to start daycare while I'm working. I feel bad for having to leave during the day for my fieldwork but I'm also afraid what it would do to my mental health to have to give up this project/quit grad school because of this. I think utilizing my family and daycare as needed is going to be the best course for us.
@knottie477091b795d76ae0 I didn't feel my son until about 23 weeks as a FTM. I had an anterior placenta like gravcass mentioned. I have another anterior placenta, and I think I'm starting to feel her a little, but it's not super obvious and definitely not consistent. I'm 20w1d. At first it feels like little popping feelings to me kind of like gas bubbles.
Not a hobby, but just obsessed with Billie Eilish. My 20 month requests her music constantly too 😂
I work in sales in a manufacturing environment. My feet, back, and hips hurt so bad and I’m thinking about trying to get a remote job at my company. The thought of coming back and having to figure out how to pump in my car gives me crazy anxiety.
i was not planning on having a “sprinkle” I have a SIL that has all her old girl clothes from her children and we still have all of our sons things. A friend of mine just did and it was mainly a fun party for family and friends and some odds and ends for gifts.
@knottie477091b795d76ae0 from my experience, people were definitely up for getting whatever is on your registry but it can be helpful to have different price points included (or make a bigger item a ‘group gift’). That’s what we used toys and clothes for. You are likely still going to get things that weren’t on your registry because someone always wants to get you something they really liked when they had a baby that you didn’t have on your registry. Personally, I kept some of those items (and actually really liked them!) and others, we returned to get what we had actually needed. I didn’t have an issue with that and no one came asking about any of it later, they were more interested in the new baby than what they had gifted us at our baby shower.
I’ve currently been working on a Christmas cross stitch project. It’s much bigger than I anticipated so no chance of me finishing before Christmas this year haha
Also, birthing classes, at what point week wise are folks looking at taking a class? In my area, the local public health has an online free course available and I've just signed up and gotten access to that. We're also looking at doing a paid course that a company near us runs, but nowhere on their website do they say when they recommend taking the course.
Birth classes I believe are normally encouraged toward the end of the second trimester so you remember everything. Depending on the birth you want, this may be a good time to look at different options: Bradley Method, Hypnobirthing (my favorite), Active Birth, etc. some require more time/ practice than others so getting a few books on some methods that interest you may be a good start now!
https://courses.thebirthhour.com/