I'm feeling worried because baby seems less active today and maybe yesterday too. I know I shouldn't really feel consistent movement until 28 weeks but I can't help but worry. Any advice?
Maybe try to drink some juice and give it a little sugary kick? Or a little caffeine?
Just having a less active day than usual but still feeling movement @ecwk? I wouldn't overly stress. But truly, if you are feeling like something is off, You can always pop over to L&D and have them check baby out for reassurance. I'm sure they wouldn't mind doing a quick scan/strip. But my babies have always had more active days and less active ones.
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Just having a less active day than usual but still feeling movement @ecwk? I wouldn't overly stress. But truly, if you are feeling like something is off, You can always pop over to L&D and have them check baby out for reassurance. I'm sure they wouldn't mind doing a quick scan/strip. But my babies have always had more active days and less active ones.
I think I've felt movement today but nothing very noticeable. DH just went out to get me juice to drink. I'm lying on my left side but this is really upsetting me, I'm probably getting worked up over nothing I just really want some big kicks!!
Just having a less active day than usual but still feeling movement @ecwk? I wouldn't overly stress. But truly, if you are feeling like something is off, You can always pop over to L&D and have them check baby out for reassurance. I'm sure they wouldn't mind doing a quick scan/strip. But my babies have always had more active days and less active ones.
I think I've felt movement today but nothing very noticeable. DH just went out to get me juice to drink. I'm lying on my left side but this is really upsetting me, I'm probably getting worked up over nothing I just really want some big kicks!!
This was me yesterday. Oj didn't do the trick but Gatorade did. Feel super happy that baby has been super bouncy after 2 slow moving days.
@ecwk that happened to me last week. I read that you can drink some cold milk and lay on your back for a little bit and you should be able to feel movement. I know laying on your back for extentended periods is discouraged but I have noticed when I do for just a bit I can almost always feel movement. With all that said I truly believe in your instincts knowing best. If deep down you have an uneasy feeling it never hurts to check with the dr.
ETA Becuause you have felt some movement today I wouldn't be too worried. He/she may just be in a position where they are kicking in directions that you can't feel as much.
Same here about the lying on back! And agree about it not hurting to check. And also agree about maybe baby is turned in a less-feelable position and having a quiet night
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Totally forgot on the ticker-change one of our favorite turkey-day traditions! After the parade we will turn on our annual MST3K marathon until it's time for our evening Xmas tree Napoleon Dynamite viewing. When I was a kid my brother and I used to watch the marathon on the SciFi channel every thanksgiving. Idk if they still do it anymore (I think Comedy Central was going to a while back), but we have about eleventy-bazillion episodes, so we just play them all day long
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
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*no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
Thank you girls. I chugged some OJ and LO has been moving around. Not as strong as I want (last Friday he/she went NUTS and I guess I want that all the time now!)but enough to reassure me. Thanks for the support
Thank you girls. I chugged some OJ and LO has been moving around. Not as strong as I want (last Friday he/she went NUTS and I guess I want that all the time now!)but enough to reassure me. Thanks for the support
Yay! ❤️ My baby girl is on a pretty regular schedule so when I don't feel her I get worried too. Yay 16 more weeks of this...and then forever after that of mom worry!
Anytime @ewck! I'm just glad I'm not the only one that gets myself worked up. I swear I'm usually a very level headed, realistic person. I blame it all on the hormones!
Seriously someone on the baby names board started the same pole 4 times in a row for opinions on a middle name. I don't think any of the given options to vote on go with the first name. Maybe she should create a fifth pole with the option "non of the above". Haha she my get better results.
I noticed the baby was way more active this morning when I was sitting for work. But then coming home and cooking non-stop, I don't notice him really at all. Have you been moving a lot or taking it easy?
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Speaking of cooking non stop, caramel apple cheesecake is done and my house smells amazing. Turkeys are brining - turkey 1 is our fryer turkey and we are doing Emeril's Cajun fried turkey; turkey 2 is our smoker turkey and I'm doing a cranberry brine. Oh man these are going to be to die for!
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Yumm! Those turkeys sound amazing and make me feel lame for not doing something cool to mine. I've been waiting patiently to cut into the apple crisp that my sister made. (Had to wait on the remainder of the fam to get into town.)
Edited because how could I not comment on the Carmel apple cheese cake!!!??? Sounds like this pregnant girl's dream dessert!!
I noticed the baby was way more active this morning when I was sitting for work. But then coming home and cooking non-stop, I don't notice him really at all. Have you been moving a lot or taking it easy?
I think I've been moving a normal amount or maybe less because I didn't walk the dog today. Either way the OJ seems to have helped get him/her moving. Still squirming around half an hour later. Also, caramel apple cheesecake? Are you serious? Why would you mention that? Nothing but that will satiate me now, I must have some!!!!
DH and MIL just ran to target and grabbed this while they were there. I've been kind of mopey tonight because my back is killing me and it really made me smile. I don't think I will ever get tired of all the cute baby clothes people buy for our little girl.
@ecwk until about an hour ago I could have written your post. I was so uncomfortable today and I think baby was just moving when I was moving around so I didn't feel many strong movements. Then when I was resting it was radio silence and I started to get worried. A glass of hot cocoa and some apple pie later and he is having a little party in there now. All worked up about nothing. Typically I try to give myself a deadline for freakouts like if I don't feel movement the next hour I'll lie down and drink something to get baby moving, or I'll give until midday and if and if I don't feel baby I'll call the doctor. Helps me feel like I have a little more control and usually helps me be more aware of the movements I wasn't picking up on.
Yup @Stormiewinter that's exactly how I try approach it too!! Thank goodness we're both feeling our LOs now! I'm going to remember this in case I start to panic again!!
@skruhmin@mrspepper05 lol I've been known to grocery shop with all of them but I usually just go with the 2 youngest ones (3 and almost 2) while the older 3 are at school. I've gotten more than one comment when I'm out with them all about how they look like "ducks in a row" hahaha.
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@stormiewinter I wouldn't mind having a little apple pie and hot cocoa party either!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm so jealous of you ladies and your cooking skills! I feel like I'm a pretty good cook, but man, pregnancy just sucks so much of the cooking juice right out of me. You ladies and your adventurous brines and your piecakens (looking at you @kynbar)
just here with another round of HAPPY THANKSGIVING wishes for everyone! tiny tot had a stormy night and woke up ill today (snotty nose and feverish looking eyes) but he seems in good spirits and he is our best eater. hope he doesn't come down with strep like big bro earlier this week!
only a few more dishes to go into the oven and it will be feasting time! my kids enjoyed the parade on tele and now we are starting up the MST3K marathon! husband is pulling Xmas decorations out of the attic!
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but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
So I have a 20+lbs frozen turkey that needs to be defrosted by AM on Sat.... running cold water over it in the sink now and will again tomorrow afternoon after my exam.... any other ideas for this idiot expat who waiting till today to go shopping
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I'm so upset right now. My poor dog is sick as crap. We have been having issues with our idiot neighbors (who are hopefully moving out this weekend) with their garbage. They put it out back in a can, but with no lid. We have been having horrible wind storms lately, and their garbage tips over and spills all over the back yard (ours tips over but the lid doesn't fall off). Well my poor dog got into it yesterday and found food that he ate until his poor belly was hitting the ground (not very hard for a dachshund). Well he had us up all night running to the back door, wanting out because he got diahrrea. Last night DH ran into the neighbor finally coming out to pick up his trash. Fast forward to this morning, I let Sherman out again and found high winds and the trash can tipped over AGAIN! Worse than that, I went to pick it up so Sherman wouldn't get into it again, and garbage spilled everywhere!!! The morons NEVER TIED THEIR BAGS SHUT- which explains why garbage went everywhere!!! We took Sherman for a walk to try to move things out of his system. We let him out a few more times before we left for Thanksgiving dinner, to make sure he wouldn't have any accidents. Well we just got home to a vomit explosion in his kennel and his blanket/bedding was chewed up and the stuffing strung everywhere What a nice thing to come home to. My poor baby isn't feeling well
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@MrsLeanMeanClean I'd put it in a bucket of cold water in the tub so you can change the water easily every 30m-1h; I'd do it tonight until bed, put it in the fridge at bed time, and then get up in the morning and start again and do that all day.
@charley15 sorry about your pooch and the trash - no fun!
Anyone else keep checking in for @bntfroggie 's thanksgiving cake gender reveal?! Haha I'm so excited!
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
AP, BF, BW, CD, CLW, CS, ERF, Catholic mama
to Evan (7/'10), Clare (8/'11), Dean (3/'14), ^F(12/'15)^, Rose (3/'16)
*no longer a Timelord ~ WibblyWobbly BabyWaby is here!*
but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
@charley15 poor baby when our weenies get into way too much food...or the time my dog drank a margarita....or the time she ate a bunch of brownies....we give them a cap or two of hydrogen peroxide. It induces vomiting so we set them in the bath tub. It helps A LOT and they bounce back so much quicker.
Congrats @bntfroggie! @charley15 that is the worst. My ILs have a hard time remembwribg that my dog will eat anything and we have had to make several emergency vet calls due to them carelessly leavings raisin filled foods around. Hope Puppy feels better!
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This was me yesterday. Oj didn't do the trick but Gatorade did. Feel super happy that baby has been super bouncy after 2 slow moving days.
down you have an uneasy feeling it never hurts to check with the dr.
ETA Becuause you have felt some movement today I wouldn't be too worried. He/she may just be in a position where they are kicking in directions that you can't feel as much.
And agree about it not hurting to check.
And also agree about maybe baby is turned in a less-feelable position and having a quiet night
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
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March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Edited because how could I not comment on the Carmel apple cheese cake!!!??? Sounds like this pregnant girl's dream dessert!!
Also, caramel apple cheesecake? Are you serious? Why would you mention that? Nothing but that will satiate me now, I must have some!!!!
I hope the day has lots of this-
And none of this-
@smushi I agree, I made a couple pumpkin pies but that's it, I think MIL is doing all the other cooking!
DS2 due 12/12/18
tiny tot had a stormy night and woke up ill today (snotty nose and feverish looking eyes) but he seems in good spirits and he is our best eater. hope he doesn't come down with strep like big bro earlier this week!
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
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@charley15 sorry about your pooch and the trash - no fun!
Anyone else keep checking in for @bntfroggie 's thanksgiving cake gender reveal?! Haha I'm so excited!
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@bntfroggie !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry about sick pup @charley15
@charley15 that is the worst. My ILs have a hard time remembwribg that my dog will eat anything and we have had to make several emergency vet calls due to them carelessly leavings raisin filled foods around. Hope
Puppy feels better!