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June 2016 Moms
mrsschmity
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Tuesday Check-In
mrsschmity
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How far along are you?
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
What are you doing to prepare for baby?
Questions?
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
What are you doing to prepare for baby?
Questions?
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Re: Tuesday Check-In
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Crappy sleep. Again.
What are you doing to prepare for baby?
Bought the crib, changing table/dresser, glider, and ottoman last night! Feels good to make some tangible progress on baby's room.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Vegging in front of the tv doing my nails.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: nothing new same sleep & nasal issues!
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Pinterest/etsy decorating the nursery & picking out our glider! Decided to go with a Dutalier at the recommendation of my sister & cousin but there are so many options to customize it's a lot to decide!
Questions? None
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Laying in bed watching reruns of my old favorite shows (friends, Dawson's creek, Gilmore girls)
How far along are you? 22+3
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Rave: Baby was super active last night! There was a brief moment where I could feel the little guy/girl from the outside, but it was so sporadic that H missed it
Symptoms: Sleep trouble, RLP, weird boob changes.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Eating, farting, registry.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Pampering myself with a girly night at home - complete with drinking wine in a bubble bath, a facial, pizza and movies. And more wine.
How far along are you? 20+4
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant - I just realized my in laws are planning on coming down to visit this weekend and its valentines day. We aren't big v-day people but its a day I usually try to make a nicer dinner and now I have no idea what our plan is. They planned it for this weekend since its presidents day but no one actually has off on Monday so I'm not sure exactly what they are expecting. Not gonna lie, kind of hoping that they don't end up coming due to the potential snow this weekend. Rave - DH managed to fix my sewing machine last night after a thread got pulled down into the machine and jammed it.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Still working on her quilt. I didn't get as much done as anticipated since my machine jammed yesterday and I couldnt get the damn screw out to fix it until DH got home. Hoping to finish the main part of the top by Friday and then I can start the border and figure out what on earth I am doing for the back next week.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Watching TV with a tub of ice cream and a spoon. Who needs bowls?
How far along are you? 19 + 6
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Mostly feeling okay, although I'm still very low energy.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Still buying stuff. I can't stop! Someone needs to take my visa away from me.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Well, I watch Teen Mom every week... haha.
DD born June 2016
Second due August 2020 (team green!)
@MsBeachNJ - Gilmore Girls is the best!!!! I had Dawson's Creek on my watchlist, but I've never seen it. I'm afraid I would get sucked in!
@mrsschmity - I keep trying to get H to feel it too even though I know the movement is too sporadic and tiny to be felt. I just want him to feel it like I do!
@Sgoldberg247 - My parents are coming this weekend too, but my mom made sure to say "If you don't want us there for Valentine's Day, that's fine too". I assured her that we normally rent movies and make dinner, so they were more than welcome. I'm wondering if the snow will stop them though. Didn't think of that...
@catherinekate - Way to stay strong! I wouldn't read too much into the "she". I told myself to assume that any and all pronouns used by the tech were used because it sounds weird saying "it" all of the time. If that's not true, don't tell me... Blissful ignorance!
How far along are you? 20w5d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Sleeping more crappily (it's a word) every night. At this rate, I will be up all night by month 7! Rant: It was supposed to snow all night and I was banking on pulling the "work from home" card today, but it didn't start until I left for work, so I had to come in. Rave: I'm wearing my new maternity pants that are essentially yoga pants, but look like dress pants. So I'm pretty much working in my pajamas anyway!
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Shopping for maternity clothes on Zulily because you guys (cough, cough @mrsschmity) are all a bad influence!
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? I just started watching the Bachelor. I feel like it was a bad move for my brain cells, but... I can't stop. Prior to this discovery, it would have been watching chick flicks whenever H left the house.
@mrsschmity did you decide on a paint color?
@sgoldberg247 I think we have the same guilty pleasure.
@catherinekate I swear I heard a she as well. We found out at dinner that night it was a he... Congrats on a healthy scan and team green!
How far along are you? 23w4d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Pregnancy brain. I was so excited it was HDBD. I just tooka pic in the bathroom and came back to post it and realized it was Tuesday from this post. And that was the SECOND time today I thought it was Wednesday. I also posted a Wednesday thing on facebook today... only to realize it was Tuesday. Ugh.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? DSs room. That's about it.
Questions? None
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Besides Taco Bell? Hmmmm. Ice cream. Lots of it.
DST T4L
20 + 3
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Rave...ordered a Kate Spade baby bag yesterday during the surprise sale!
Rant...I still feel like shit. My head is absolutely throbbing, & I'm at work & the day is already off to a crummy start.
Symptoms...RLP.
What are you doing to prepare for baby?
Working. Trying not to spend more money shopping today so I have money to raise this baby.
Questions?
Nope
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
Definitely just laying on the couch, avoiding responsibilities, watching crap TV.
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Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
I feel like this baby is trying to pop out of my belly. I'm already starting to have rib pain. Ouchy. Of course, I get "that's what you get for having DH's baby!" I'm petite, he is not.
I also just feel sore everywhere. Not to mention I'm not following my anti-inflammatory diet.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Eh, we are kind of behind. Doing final registry this weekend and invitations next weekend to shower. We picked up some paint samples as well.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? LOL these are all G-Rated!
@mrschmity - I "second" the bubble bath with wine indulgence. I can't wait for our bathroom to be done so I can indulge in at least the former until baby gets here.
@sgoldberg247 - Who comes to visit Valentine's Day weekend? That is just odd.
@DeePaddy24 - Which bag did you get?
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How far along are you? 22w, 6 d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: My left leg keeps going numb all the time. I'm going to ask the doctor about that next week. Rave: H cooked last night, took the dog out this morning and shoveled this morning too...that was really nice of him.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Still focused on bathroom remodel though we are discussing names on Thursday!
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
How far along are you? 21w3d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: these dang contacts just don't seem to be agreeing with me. I am hoping they can tweak them at my check up on Thursday. Rave: looking forward to H's fancy pants work dinner tomorrow! Symptoms: my ever present stuffy nose, feeling huge and gross. meh.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Wavering between going to Sherwin Williams to look at paint or giving up and using the HD color that's passable. H loves it, though he hated the swatch.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Just one?
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: We officially are in the terrible sleep phase. Nothing is comfortable and i don't know how I can deal with 17 more weeks of this. Ugh.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? We bought a glider for the nursery on an exchange site for $40 this weekend! Yay sales!
Questions?
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Trashy tv like desperate housewives, one tree hill, gossip girl, and pretty little liars
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Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Back pain got bad yesterday so I'm going to try and watch my posture and what I do today. The usual tired, too.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Finished going through clothes and bought some pants from the Children's Place sale to fill in a big gap. Feeling much better about dressing them.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Crap TV like the Bachelor
Triplets due 6/29/16 also from an IUI!
@mrsschmity: Yay for crib sheets and paint colors! Exciting you're feeling baby move!
@Sgoldberg247: A quilt handmade by mom is pretty special. Sounds fabulous!
@catherinekate: Yay Team Green! I wouldn't read anything into the pronoun either.
@Kballew10: Zulilly should come with a warning label...
@NicknShan: Ha! The day is coming. It's geting to the point that I need to do a warm up and stretches to reach my toes, or teach H how to paint my toes (yeah right...). Also, I totally wish it was Wednesday, too.
@DeePaddy24: Congrats on the kate spade bag score! Hope you feel better soon.
@kor121: Aches and pains are no fun. Sounds like you're making good progress on baby prep to me!
@mkemommy: We did find a good deal. We weren't excited about the higher prices at BBB for furniture. Wayfair.com has a good selection of nursery furniture and decor, and I found many of the exact same brands and items BBB carries. The swivel glider + ottoman we chose was sold together, and was $600, but on sale for $300 (just to give you an idea of their prices). With free shipping! All the nursery furniture we bought was 40% off.
@hockeyfan42: Woohoo, fancy dinner! Good luck--paint decisions can be tough.
@huskerfanz: Hope your back pain eases up today.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Rant: February blahs. I always have a rough time this month (bluesy). My daughter had a UTI this weekend and poor thing was so unwell. She's better now and I'm crossing all fingers and toes she can last at daycare. Neither my hubs nor I can take more time off right now!
Symptoms: Nausea and heartburn are a dynamic duo in my gut this morning.
Rave: (trying to think of one to not be such a Debbie Downer)- looking forward to the weekend when my hubs and I will have almost 24 hours to ourselves while my Godmother hangs with our toddler.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? We've been waking up a lot in the night and playing musical beds because of my daughter being sick. This reminded me of what it's like to have such disrupted sleep... not that it really helps with anything but it does remind me of what we're in for (thank goodness newborns are so cute).
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? The Bachelor, and People magazine. I rarely buy it but enjoy some celebrity fluff now and then.
@crdo - Holy crap! That is a GREAT deal. I'm checking out Wayfair now. I don't know why I didn't look there yet. I've been trolling Craigslist without much luck for the nicer rockers/gliders in my area (most of them are circa 1970s old-school rockers people are trying to sell for ridiculous amounts of money).
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: This whole crappy sleep thing sucks. And my heart burn makes it feel like I am about to become a fire breathing dragon. On the plus side, even though I have an anterior placenta, I swear I could feel baby on the outside yesterday when I had my hand resting on the side of my stomach. But, speaking of baby movement, baby doesn't like me sleeping on my stomach any more and kicks up a storm when I try to. Since that's one of the only ways I fall asleep, I'm screwed.
What are you doing to prepare for the baby: not a whole lot right now. Husband is building a pocket gate that will separate our living room from our kitchen but that is just as much for the dogs as for the baby. When I was talking to my mom about it she said "why would you need to build it for the baby? They don't really get moving enough to need it until 18-24 months." Um, what? You had four kids. How do you forget that kids start crawling at 6ish months and start walking around their first birthday? What kid of yours didn't move until they were 2?!?! And my dad asked how long the gestational period was. I told him 40 weeks and he said "are you sure? I don't think it used to be that long."......
GTKY: What is one of your guilty pleasures? Teen Mom for sure. And spending all of my free time in jammie pants.
How far along are you? 21w1d
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: Got super emotional today when I asked DH if he wanted me to stay home (we have liberal leave today) and didn't get the exact answer I wanted. Stupid hormones. Rave: I am home though and everything is good. I have tons of stuff to do and also want to drive around in my new car while doing it! Also, loving the baby movement every day now. Can't wait for DH to be able to feel it him. Symptoms: More can't breath through my nose and heartburn. yay. Also, I was in a good amount of pain yesterday after lunch in my lower left rib and my back in that same area. It was so uncomfortable sitting at my desk.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Gestating. Finish cleaning out the nursery today. Kind of want to go to another Target to get another bag since I feel like I got jipped after reading what was in everyone else's yesterday, but do not want to get sucked into Target!
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? trash TV like Teen Mom, The Bachelor, etc. Chick flicks and chick lit. Also, WARCRAFT. I'm really enjoying playing it with DH right now.
eta: more stuff
Me - 33, DH - 33
Married - May 2014
DH - Low Count/Motility/Morph - Varicocele vein x 2 - surgery (8/11) - success!
BFP - 10/10/15, EDD - 6/20/16 - It's a BOY!
Baby #1 - 6/29/16 - Lucas Christopher, 10 lbs 3 oz, 22.25 inches
Baby #2 - TTC May 2017
BFP - 9/10/17, EDD - 5/26/18 - It's a GIRL! - RCS May 22nd
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@crdo and @mrsschmity Yay for buying furniture and getting baby’s room ready!
@catherinekate Love Barbara too!
@kballew10 Totally agree on the Bachelor. I just can’t stop watching
@DeePaddy24 Glad you found a purse you like! I love that sale! Also agree on trying to save for the baby – there were a couple purses I would have liked, but figured I didn’t NEED them L
@mkemommy What a great husband!
How far along are you? 21 + 4
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: Work is super busy and I just don’t feel like doing it. Rave: We got some more newborn cloth diapers on clearance and they are cute, so I’m super excited to get them in the mail! Symptoms: I am still trying to get over a cough I’ve had for 2 weeks. Dr. told me to eat more since baby takes what he needs and sleep more, but it hasn’t done the trick yet.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Trying to finish the registry
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? A bottle of wine and reality TV
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Is there room for another on Team Can't Sleep? "Catch up on sleep now before the baby gets here..." LOL okay. I had a terrible dream that my grandpa got shot in the face last night. So far I haven't had any pregnancy nightmares, just weird dreams, I hope that goes away soon. Rave: We're getting the windows tinted on our new car today. Super excited for that.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Still looking for a second hand dresser that people don't want over $200 for....
Questions? I don't think so.
GTKY: What is one of your guilty pleasures? Watching Pretty Little Liars and complaining about what a terrible show it is the entire time.
@june2016babyw haha! Parents are so weird. My dad asked my mom the other night if she had a placenta when she was pregnant, too. I don't know why we were talking about placentas at dinner but you know.
@KOR121 I also do not watch girly movies with H. He annoys me, lol. He analyzes everything about them while I'm trying to watch.
@deepaddy24 hope you feel better soon!
@catherinekate I'm glad you guys stuck with your original plan to be team green! I wouldn't read to much into pronouns. Our tech said she the entire time and ended with "well you definitely have a boy."
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: except for scrappy sleep, I feel good. My appetite is out of control though and my bump is super itchy but could be worse.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Looking at cribs and clearing out all my girl clothes that I had been keeping. (Makes me kinda sad but we need to make space.
Questions?
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? I watch too much reality tv! Shameful I know!
It's just like damn. If I wanted to spend $200+ on a dresser, I'd go to the store and buy one.
23+6
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Eh, feeling so so. I had OJ this morning and this dude is going nuts
What are you doing to prepare for baby?
Gestating, wishing I had an appetite and working on random household projects because DHs (sorry for those who hate that term!) work is super slow in the winter. He's salaried and works from home, so whenever he's not busy, he's working on something. Yesterday at lunchtime, he texted and said he was redoing the entryway floor. He cannot sit still.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures?
I don't know that I have any actual guilty pleasures, but to unwind, I read a good book in a hot bath with some wine. Sadly, the wine is gone now, but I do still take hot baths on occasion with a good book
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: like everyone else, I'm tired of not sleeping. DD has a horrible cough and DH and I have differing opinions on whether it's bad enough to go to the dr. Granted, last year, he didn't think she needed to go to the dr and I took her and she had pneumonia. I don't know what to do.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Looking at new car seats for our daughter so the baby can have her convertible seats.
Questions?
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Watching Gilmore Girls or something else on Netflix. I'm not very exciting.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms:
Still stinking tired. I feel like no matter how much sleep I get I'm exhausted. H just fished for 4 days straight so I was home alone with the kids and I'm just wore out. I'm hoping he will help me out a little since he is home today. I felt baby moving the other night and stuck my hand down there and felt the first outside tap. My daughter has been asking to feel the baby so soon she will be able to and she will be very excited.
What are you doing to prepare for baby
I may buy my double stroller this week. I could really use it now for walks since the weather is getting nicer.
Questions? Nope
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? It used to be horror movies of all kinds. But since I had kids it's a lot harder to watch them. Plus my H hates them so that makes it even harder.
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: my boobs are so itchy and my bras are so uncomfortable! I need to invest in some bigger, comfier ones. Maybe I'll hit up Target today after I pick my daughter from preschool. And I am also sick of my maternity jeans--they start sagging within half a day of washing them. Need to get some comfy leggings, but that means I'll need some longer tops...ugh. I need to do an overhaul of my maternity wardrobe. I wish we were not so broke--so ready for H to start getting that sweet neuropsychologist starting salary after this final post-doc year is finished. And also for him to not have to work 14 hour days anymore.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Just trying to keep on track with healthy food choices and not go overboard with junk.
Questions? Does anyone else's baby kick them straight down, like on your cervix? It's a very odd feeling.
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? Playing around on the computer, as I am doing right this minute.
Also, for all the zulily-ers, they've got some nice maternity maxis and bras today. I might have accidentally purchased a dress and some burts bees organic baby stuff. FYI, that stuff is super cute if you're a little crunchy like me
Rant/Rave/Symptoms: Rant: jumping on the sick board. I think I might be on the upswing though. Baby is very annoyed by my coughing all the time. Also, people at work are being Twatwaffles, so Rave: I can contribute on the Twatwaffle Tuesday board! And I got a free bagel this morning (free bagels with any purchase at Einstein!) and just found cute boots on Zulily (thank you @mrsschmity) Symptoms: she's been moving around a lot and if I lay on my right side my stomach cramps up. She does not enjoy it.
What are you doing to prepare for baby? Nothing today!
GTKY: What's one of your guilty pleasures? HGTV.