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March 2016 Moms
mrspepper05
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Weeks/Size:
Team (pink/blue/surprise):
What's new with baby?:
Appointments?:
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?:
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings:
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.)
Weekly Ticker Change Check-In (12/8)
mrspepper05
member
I just realized we don't have one of these for this week yet . . .
Team (pink/blue/surprise):
What's new with baby?:
Appointments?:
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?:
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings:
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.)
Married 7.29.05 :: DD1 5.11.10 :: DD2 1.23.13 :: Baby Boy due 3.13.16!
March 2016 January Siggy: Pregnant Lady Problems
Re: Weekly Ticker Change Check-In (12/8)
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: he has eyelashes! (hopefully long ones like his daddy!)
Appointments?: the Monday after Christmas
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: not much this week.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: SPD is setting in. This is when it started with my last pregnancy too, so I know I'm in it for the long haul. Ouch. Craving cheese . . . which is not good for the constipation/hemorrhoids.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) A new laptop. DH offered to get me one, but I declined. Now I'm regretting that decision. Mine is so slow/laggy and I'm afraid I have some kind of virus and it's just going to die one of these days. Should've bought that $200 one at WalMart on Black Friday . . .
Team (pink/blue/surprise): Blue!
What's new with baby?: Baby reached his first viability milestone this week! Yay lungs!
Appointments?: Not until Monday
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: We finished up getting the nursery assembled and don't plan on doing much else until after a shower if someone offers to throw one. I need to start finding childcare references but I am doing that whole if I don't think about it, it means it doesn't have to happen thing.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Sleep. I need it. I've been sleeping pretty well until about 3-4 days ago. My body hurts, the dogs are crowding me, DH is annoying me. Nothing is going right!
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) My mom is gifting me a Nikon D3300 DSLR Bundle. Way beyond what we normally do for Christmas, but she owed me a little money and I mentioned wanting a nice camera so she thought this would be the perfect way to knock two birds out with one stone. Feeling very lucky and can't wait to get my hands on it!
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
Team (pink/blue/surprise): surprise
What's new with baby?: he/she is opening up their nostrils this week
Appointments?: New Year's Eve day
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: finally starting to read my books about birthing options and process (I kept stopping when I reached that point in all my books. I just wasn't ready to go through the gory details)
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: heartburn and more heartburn...
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I kind of feel like a brat. I don't really want anything for Christmas. I already got everything I wanted for baby that I considered overpriced and unrealistic (my BOB stroller, upgraded car seat, gliding chair/couch). I just asked to please not get anything more. However me and my sis are kind of obsessed with whales. She sent me this last night and even though it's completely absurd, we want it. The snore-ca!! Stupid thing is over $200. Way too much for a goofy gag gift.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): Blue
What's new with baby?: He has nipples. I'm not sure why they felt compelled to tell me that, though...
Appointments?: December 23rd
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Nothing much is going to happen until after the new year. We just have too much going on. We are scheduling days to buy furniture and to paint, though. So that's good.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Morning sickness (laughable) is back for me. Still craving eggs and milk, starting to crave chocolate and sweets more (fig newtons in particular).
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) A Vitamix or a new (huge) chicken coop so I can hatch more babies in the spring.
Weeks/Size: 24w
Team (pink/blue/surprise): pink
What's new with baby?: cantaloupe
Appointments?: my doc was sick last week so I'll go on Thursday this week instead
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: not really much, but talking a little with DS about him becoming a big brother
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: SPD/PGP and heartburn. And why is that when you have a home exam everything seems more interesting? Like f.ex. trying to get all the stuff that has gotten stucked under the sofa out again?!? I need to write 3000 words before Friday...
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I would love if DH get me this pearl pendant that I have looked at, and hopefully he will. I've bought DH a pair of cufflinks with engraving and he knows this since he went to the shop with me and narrowed it down to two pair he liked and I choose one of them when he left. Normally we don't buy expensive gifts like this, but my birthday is in January and my EDD is on DH's birthday so we'll probably not do much for those this time around.
My husband always thought it was funny how much sex we had when I was in grad school, because he would always try and keep me on point, but I figured out he couldn't say no to sex so it was just a procrastination method. I'm a bad person ha ha. I always clean the house too when I have things to do. That laundry could wait for weeks when I had nothing to do, but put a project that has a due date in front of me and the laundry needs to be done like now!!
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
Team (pink/blue/surprise): Pink
What's new with baby?: She was supposed to learn the difference between "up" and "down" last week, so hopefully she's at least considering going to head down. DD1 was head way down and didn't move after 22 weeks, and this one has been breech to date. I know I have time, but it's my #1 concern right now. I think opening eyes this week? It's weird to me how big she is and fits in my stomach considering how big my stomach is (or isn't yet).
Appointments?: Did check up/glucose last week at 25w, not going back until Jan 4 - 30 weeks for check up. Holiday and travel got in the way, which I'm perfectly fine with. Def every two weeks after that. 7 more appts seems like a ton!
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: We are 90% done with the room, 60% done buying the supplies and gear, and 100% mentally prepared as we can. Daycare/work schedule type stuff is 100% thought through as much as we can plan. I'm a planner/organizer by nature.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Sugar, soda, repeat, repeat, repeat. I'm weighing +8 lbs from pre pregnancy weight, which I think is only an indication of how crappy my body is used to me being. I couldn't be eating worse, the lbs are coming any day.
Questions?: How do I get my husband more involved now/during labor. He claims he's into in, but he really takes a backseat approach and doesn't get worked up or excited about anything. For DD1 labor he basically just sat there. I've brought it up a lot lately trying to discuss, so I know I need to back off or he's just going to get mad. Maybe bring it up again seriously in a few weeks or something.
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) New house. Bigger wedding ring. New vehicle (that one is actually coming between now and spring, since we lease it's basically scheduled). For our home closing date of Jan 8 (second home) to go as scheduled.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: is it bad that I have done no reading this pregnancy on baby's development?! Oops! He's moving around a ton these days though.
Appointments?: on the 22nd
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: nothing until probably January when I move DS1 into his new room and can then think about how we are going to organize all the baby stuff.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: physical therapy seems to be helping my pelvic pain some which has been a huge relief. It's so nice to sleep laying down again!
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I got my three big wish list items early: a double bob, new phone and a roomba. Christmas would be perfect if I got the nutribullet pro 900!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: Starting to feel rolls and lots of sharper pokes. He keeps wedging himself in my pelvis so that hurts.
Appointments?: Dec 30 (just did my glucose test today)
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Picking up a crib off a b/s/t site here at work
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Just hurting more
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I already have everything I could ever want - a new house decked out in awesome kitchen gear with an awesome kitchen. My boys are healthy. I have a great marriage. I seriously couldn't ask for anything more.
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): BLUE
What's new with baby?: LO's skin is starting to become more opaque and he's starting to put on some weight!
Appointments?: 12/22 - Glucose test
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Buying little things here and there for him and the nursery. Reading up on birth stories to help figure out a birthing idea for us and looking into some classes.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Still having heartburn pretty bad even though I've been eating lots of fresh fruits, veggies and salads. Plus I've been waking up a lot throughout the night to reposition and get comfortable and to pee. AANNDDD it's starting to get a little uncomfortable to put on socks and boots.
Questions?: None!
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) Realistically, I would LOVE to get a gift card to get a massage, I could definitely use one. I told DH that's all I really want so I'm hoping he comes through on that!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: starting to open his eyes and is aware of his surroundings.
Appointments?: Dec, 22nd
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?:
this week we will be setting up crib and buying the rest of our baby stuff.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings:
Craving cheesewhizz and pickle sandwiches, and that's about it.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas?
a pregnancy massage!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: he's bulking up... packing on the chub.
Appointments?: next week... for my 28 week appointment.. lol.
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: not much this week.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: a little swelling at the end of the day, especially when I don't drink enough water/walk around too much... starting to get short of breath a bit too.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) A new car.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: Tapid Kung development. I feel him moving even when up and around during the day. Getting some really serious kicks and jabs lately.
Appointments?: had a regular check up today. Doc said all looks good. No has been good the last few days I think maybe I just ate too much salt last week. Next appointment is December 22nd we will have appointments every 2 weeks from here on out.
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: nothing but starting to think I need to get moving. Christmas break will be very busy!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: boobs are driving me nuts. Itchy and uncomfortable. They are already as big as they were when my milk came in last time. Speaking of which I felt that "let down" feeling twice this week and definitely had some
Leaking. Yay for colostrum!
Questions?: I want to have a good fitting nursing bra for the hospital (mine are already on the small size and probably won't be able to use them until thugs regulate after my milk comes in. Anyone else buying nursing bras in advance? How many cup sizes up would you go? I am already just barely fitting into a 36 E.
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.)
Dh and I decided to gift ourselves a wii u this year. It actually already arrived but we are wrapping it up until Christmas. Wii is the only system I play so it is something we could spend time with and enjoy together. We got a great deal on Amazon too for cyber Monday. We paid only about 200$ for it including the Mario cart game. Plus we had 100$ In Amazon cards. If I could have any gift it would be to have our student loans paid off. We are still a couple years away but I am already counting down the days.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): pink
What's new with baby?: Brain activity! Working on my third smarty pants child.
Appointments?: Glucose and check-up this Thursday
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: My dad is visiting this week, so I'm taking him paint shopping tomorrow. He is very generous and always wants to buy whatever he can for us....except he said no to the Tripp Trapp High Chair at $250...don't blame him!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: I have a rave for all of you! I had a lovely organic echinacea oil (in an olive oil base) made by a woman in Idaho. It felt so lovely on my itchy stretching belly. I ran out a couple weeks ago, and nothing has compared. Until yesterday! Coconut oil (spoonful in your hand), and if you have lavender essential oil (and Young Living "Joy" blend), mix them all together and slather away. Not only did it take the itch completely away, but a few stretch marks have already started to fade!!
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.)
There is a Vitamix blender under our tree!!! I've wanted one for years, and when I saw a Groupon deal a couple weeks ago, I sent a message to my husband, in-laws, parents, and sister-in-law, and they bought it as my joint present. I may only have one thing to open, but I'm extremely happy!!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): surprise!
What's new with baby?: Baby's opening his or her eyes
Appointments?: Friday of next week. I have my glucose test and I'm worried all the sugar I've been eating is going to set it off!
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: I'm getting things on my registry and nailing down details of the baby shower with my friend.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: For the past few weeks, I've been getting a numb, bruised feeling under my right breast, right where my rib cage is. It is incredibly annoying and painful. Literally feels like I have a massive bruise right there. I get it periodically throughout the day and when I'm driving. I have to stretch or sit up straighter. I've read that it can be from all my organs getting squished and maybe due to a large uterus. At my last appointment I was measuring two weeks ahead.
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) A vacation to Hawaii!
@zephyrit - I ate two cinnamon rolls the morning before my glucose test and still managed to pass. But my body's well acquainted with sugar . . .
Team (pink/blue/surprise): Blue
What's new with baby?: Brain activity. Now that he's been more responsive (I poke my belly & he kicks back) it makes him seem more like a real person in there.
Appointments?: 12/23, then after that every two weeks. Which feels totally overwhelming. Oh and I guess I'll do my glucose before that, I was told to go whenever I want next week.
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Starting to ask my friends how they did their registries and why they picked what they picked so I can finally make mine.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: I'm pretty sure my pregnancy is the only part of my life that's going smoothly. No crazy symptoms or things to complain about.
Questions?: None today.
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I'll skip the super depressing unrealistic answer unless you ladies feel like you could use a good cry, and just say to find a good apartment that I could move into in the beginning of January.
I have a head of lettuce this week. Or a bowling pin. Or more adorably, a slow loris. Or even cooler, the head of Thor's hammer! Yeah!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): surprise, although my kids are still insistent they are getting a baby sister
What's new with baby?: not sure what exactly is going on in there, but baby likes to hang out on to my right, leaving me hysterically lopsided.
Appointments?: had one Tuesday - went well. I'm now on a whopping dose of vitamin D, and was mildly scolded for my bagel consumption/weight gain
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: nah. Freaking out a little bit, but that's normal, right?
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: baby hiccups right when im trying to fall asleep are making me nuts. I hate the hiccups - they are too low and it feels weird.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.)
Unrealistic - an iPad would be awesome. This comfy glider that I have wanted since my first baby over 5y ago and never got. A PS4 (and kingdom hearts 3 to finally be released, along with some miracle of time-freezing that would give me time to actually play it haha). We don't really do Xmas presents for each other though, and I really feel like I've already gotten mine anyway, so i won't be bummed
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): pink
What's new with baby?: Baby is doing amazing things in there like getting fat, just like mommy. Her skin is pinking up :-)
Appointments?: January 4th for the Glucose Challenge Test. I still think the name is dumb ha
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: We painted the nursery green for our forest/woodland theme
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: I haven't had any BH, but I assume I'll know if it happens. Trying to eat better, it seems like when I get home from work everything in the house is a free for all, need to get this under control.
Questions?: Nothing at this time
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I really don't have any wants, I am ridiculously hard to shop for. Some new clothes would be awesome you know mommy clothes for when I'm not in the maternity stuff anymore.
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
Team (pink/blue/surprise): BLUE
What's new with baby?: Baby is getting chubbier! He is also practicing breathing.
Appointments?: I just had my injection appointment on Tuesday, and my glucose test this morning. Next appointment is next Tuesday. Sucky part of next week's appointment: the first doctor I saw when I got pregnant never sent my cultures in (and she has since retired)! So now next week on top of getting shot in the arse I also have to have a cervical culture done
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Not really- I'm getting ready to get the Christmas lay-away paid off so I can wrap presents. All of baby's presents are going under the tree and big sis will get to open them along with hers. We got some bibs, a couple outfits, a NAM bottle gift set (had 4 bottles- 2 big, 2 small, and 2 pacifiers) I found a Mommy hook (for the stroller) on clearance for just 99 cents!, and a light weight rattle.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: I have more abscesses, which I am concluding comes with the hormonal territory of being pregnant. I never got them until I was pregnant, which is why I am saying they are so. I am on yet another round of antibiotics and was given Percocet for pain ( its only being used SPARINGLY). Other than that I think baby has moved up off my bladder a little- I no longer have frequent trips to the bathroom, although I do occasionally still get that one kick that sends me to the bathroom before I wet myself lol. Still have semi-leaky boobs, and I think my next round of constipation is leaving lol.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) For me- a house (lol). For baby- even though I do have a travel system, I put one on my registry that I really wanted (the baby trend jogger with the bike tires) because we do a LOT of walking and trails etc... where 3 bike tires would be more beneficial than small plastic stroller wheels. I got my system as part of a big deal on craigslist with a matching pack'n'play, high chair, swing, and stroller/carseat. The lady didn't want to break up the set which is why I agreed to buy it all. But that being said if I by small chance do get my dream stroller I can give this one to grandma or papa to use when baby is with them, rather than lugging my crap all over the place.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): expecting a boy
What's new with baby?: No idea what's new with kiddo yet. But he's definitely getting more active.
Appointments?: I have an appointment coming up on the 15th and will also do a glucose test then.
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Just trying to get through two books on med-free child birth. Not impressed with Hypnobirthing, but the language is making it hard for me to swallow the material. And then I have yet to pick up Ina Garten's book.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Finally felt what RLP is like. It's not fun. I don't know how you ladies do it. Grateful it only lasted for a brief half hour. And I'm upset I have my apetite for sweets and specifically chocolate back. It was nice not to have to "be good" lol. Other than that, no complaints. Heartburn, but that's been there since I saw a BFP. Oh and the oddly disappearing belly. Somedays I'll wake up considerably bigger, and then throughout the day lose the belly completely. I think the kid is moving to the back and the belly disappears.
Questions?: Nothing at this time
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) We don't celebrate Christmas, but we still give gifts on the 1st of January (under the tree and all). I already got an Apple watch we scored on Thursday of Thanksgiving that I needed. And we are gifting ourselves a vacation to Jamaica over X-Mas time. So I suppose that's all I'd love. I really feel like I have everything I could want.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): surprise
What's new with baby?: baby's eye are forming and he/she is building an immune system by absorbing my antibodies.
Appointments?: 12/14
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: we finished going through our baby name book and have a list of 12 girls names and 10 boys names to narrow down!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: my right boob is leaking! So annoying!
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) I have always wanted a pair of diamond stud earrings. A spa day would be heavenly too!
Team (pink/blue/surprise): Team pink
Appointments?: Next one on Dec. 23- glucose test and baby doctor appointment
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Not really, still working on getting her room set up and organized... Having a hard time figuring out where to put everything that's in there now, as it has been storage for the past six months
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Back to being tired a lot, sleeping badly. The end of pregnancy is near and it's starting to freak me out! I'm very excited, but FTM here.
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) Money to pay off our bills. And a new house.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: He finally turned the right direction for a perfect profile shot for his ultrasound! Just growing and growing. He makes my whole belly bounce around sometimes when he's active!
Appointments?: Just had one yesterday, next one is Jan 4th.
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: I've ordered some BumGenius Pocket cloth diapers that were really on sale, 6 to be exact. Hoping to get more at my baby shower on Jan. 2! We have his car seats and stroller and 0-6 months in clothes covered now! Well set up his crib and changing table when we get back in town from the baby shower too. It makes everything seem more real!
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: Just excessively thirsty and praying I don't black out again!
Questions?: Nothing at this time
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) Anything off my baby registry! This is our first baby and our only hand me down is a crib and changing table. Very jealous of friends/family who got tons of hand me downs.
Team (pink/blue/surprise): blue
What's new with baby?: packing on the fat.
Appointments?: after Christmas
Are you doing anything new to prepare for baby?: Started looking at paint colors! Just moved out of an apartment and into a house but the nursery has a huge hole in the wall. So as soon as it gets patched, we get to paint.
Symptoms/Rants/Raves/Cravings: heartburn occasionally, getting up too many times at night to pee, and it's getting harder to get up without help! Lol.
Questions?:
GTKY: What would you love to get for Christmas? (Realistic or not.) Where do I even begin.. I would just love to have everything for my son and the money to pay off all our bills. But we're getting there.