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October 2016 Moms
anna.oskar
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FRIDAY Ticker Change (24.June)
anna.oskar
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How many weeks?
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)?
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)?
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
Questions?
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)?
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)?
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
Questions?
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
Re: FRIDAY Ticker Change (24.June)
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Baby is the size of a prairie dog
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? No appts until 29 weeks but full viability is in sights!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? Pregnancy.... not all rainbows and unicorns. STILL have morning-afternoon-night sickness. I thought it was gone the last 2 days but no, just reared its ugly head again.
Questions? Can you make me a nice person? I'm really, really private about my body and personal space. Tonight I am required (and maybe it'll be fun!) to attend a family reunion event for his family. They're delightful, but I'm terrified someone will try to touch my belly and rather than come back with a classy way to stop them I'll do something terrible like slap grandma. *sigh*
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing or seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever? Never would I ever... have a child that spends more time with a face in a tablet than looking at the outside world.
How many weeks? 22!
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Guinea pig or water bottle.
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? Appointment the first week of July, otherwise just being pregnant right now.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? Still the morning sickness
Questions? None that I can think of. Just in a holding pattern. We are moving in a few months, so I can't even work on the nursery.
What's your never would I ever? As a BTDT mom, most of the superficial stuff has already gone out the window. I do hold firm on safety things, like rear facing car seats, no car seats teetering on top of shopping carts, backpack leashes if this one is a runner, etc. But tv at night or Happy Meals? Pffft
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Grapefruit
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? I don't have another appointment for another few weeks and I'm not really looking forward to any milestones. I honestly just want this summer to SLOW DOWN.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? I'm finally feeling good these days. Although, my booty and hips now have their own (seperate) area codes
Questions? I have nothing!
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
Before I had my daughter, it's funny how many of these I had. But these are mine now and I stuck to them with DD: no leash backpacks (and she's a crazy 2.5 year old runner), no front facing until at least 2 years old, no juice or rice cereal (I'm a crazy health food fanatic).
Fell in love: Dec 2005 // Married: Feb 9, 2013
Little Miss Rosalie Harper--Born Jan 9th, 2014
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Cauliflower? I do not like TB app sizes lol
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? I have an appointment next Friday for my Glucola test, ewww.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? I feel like the belly is growing by the day. There was a girl in my office today who is due a month and a half before me and said, oh you are so much bigger than me and I'm further along. I could've slapped her.
Questions? Nope.
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
DH and I are adamant against cosleeping. We plan to keep LO in our room in her bassinet for a few months but I like my bed and we see that as our space right now.
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
Baby is the size of a puffin!
Glucose test is next, I've been dreading this. I don't do well with things I don't like, I'm worried it's gonna come back up.
Back is starting to hurt... not sleeping all that great.
No questions.
I agree with Emmaaaa, we are very against cosleeping, bassinet in the beginning the off to her crib!
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? A GI Joe!
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? My appointment isn't till July 13th, but my doc hasn't mentioned anything about glucose tests. hmmmmm
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? Like @emmaaa , I feel like the belly is so much bigger now too! At my TRX class, one of the instructors is 4 mos pregnant and she's like the tiniest. I started looking back at my pics from when I was 4 mos along...and I looked nothing like her!
Questions? I keep waking up with this awful back pain on my right upper back....like right by my bra strap and I don't know what to do!
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
Same with Emmaaa and @samkins. We plan on never co-sleeping.
Size of baby: a coconut
What next?: next monthly checkup is July 6th and then the following one will be my glucose test (I would definitely ask @annabenanna, but I think they usually do it somewhere between 28 and 32 weeks).
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: still feeling nauseous sometimes; lots of acid reflux and indigestion, but otherwise feeling okay! I'm dealing with some back pain as well but I've always held my stress in my back. Need to get a prenatal massage soon!
Never would I ever: I used to be anti-cosleeping, but we've definitely become that family. I used to also say no tv, no smartphone, no iPad till 3 or 4, but I've caved there, too. Things definitely changed once DD was actually here! My never would I ever now is: paint my daughter's nails/dye her hair until she is a tween(ish). My SIL keeps asking when I'm going to paint DD's toes and I'm like, she's 18 months old... she will have plenty of time for that kind of thing later. No judgment to other moms who love that kinda thing, but I'm just not a fan for my daughter.
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Baby is the size of a grapefruit
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? My next appointment and the third tri are all about a month away. So, now I wait...
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? I'm also having some first tri symptoms that are making a reappearance, mostly food cravings and aversions, as well as super-sensitive to smell. Some other unpleasant third tri symptoms have made an early appearance too. My biggest frustration is that I want to hurry up and pick a name for this baby and get the nursery ready to go. However, DH is working crazy hours and is too exhausted and cranky to talk about names. Also, my doc put me on lifting restrictions so there isn't much I can do about the nursery right now. So frustrating!
Questions? No questions.
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing or seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever? I will never ever criticize my daughters' bodies in any way. I've worked really hard to train myself to project a positive body image for my daughter. I don't critique my own body out loud and I never talk about dieting, etc. Also, I've trained myself to complement my daughter on non-physical attributes. It might be nature rather than nurture, but my kid is one of the most confident and fearless people I know!
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Cauliflower or Rutabaga!
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? July 15th, which is the day before DH and I 5 year wedding anniversary! I will be 28 weeks, which then will start going every 2 weeks! I already had a second 1 hour glucose test at my last appointment. I had to have 2 this pregnancy, since my son was so big, just as a precaution. I passed both!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? It's cliche' but I just LOVE feeling her move! She already feels a lot more active in my belly then DS was! She's so far measuring a lot smaller, and I'm hoping she follows that curve. Still have a lot of lack of energy. Definitely more so this week, as I've been sick with a cold or something of the sorts. One thing I am looking forward to, which isn't really pregnancy related. I will be giving my daycare kiddos parents my notice soon and I couldn't be more excited. I'm just done with it. I planned on "working" until closer to the end. But babysitting just isn't for me anymore, and it makes it harder to deal with along with everything else I have to get done. Last but not least, I feel like the baby will never have an official name!! Naming our son was easy and a name stuck right away. I cannot commit to anything this time!
Questions? Hmmm. I don't know? Has anybody had swelling with one pregnancy, and not the next? I'm really hoping I avoid it this go around. If I do swell, hopefully not as severely as with my son. It started around this time with my first pregnancy, and if I've had any so far, it's been VERY VERY mild, and goes away as soon as I sit down and put my feet up for a bit! Fingers crossed!
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever? Oh my gosh. There is so much I said I wouldn't do! Very limited TV time. DS doesn't watch it very often, but it is almost always on, and I feel awful about it
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)? Corn on the cob/water bottle/guinea pig
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)? 3 hour gestational diabetes screening next Friday. Boooo.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms? Posted in the appointment thread about this but I failed my 1 hour GD screening so it's on to the 3 hour for me. I'm scared and cranky. On the plus side we had a good ultrasound yesterday and I'm feeling baby move more often, so hooray for that.
Questions? For people that have taken the 1 hour GD test before -- has anybody taken it and gone on to pass the 3 hour? I understand that that's fairly common but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how common it is. My 1 hour level was 153 (my doctor's office sets the cutoff at 140), so that doesn't sound terrible to me but it doesn't sound like I failed by the skin of my teeth either.
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing or seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever? I like @ball4768's response. I got a lot of flack from my parents for my weight growing up and it's left scars on me that sting to this day (my dad regularly called me thunder thighs in middle school/high school, which should tell you all you need to know about how the topic was managed). I will never critique my kid's bodies the way that my parents criticized mine. I will teach them about healthy eating and model it as best I can, and I will help them to find a healthy physical activity that they can participate in for life, but I am going to do my damndest not to let their sense of self worth be influenced by a number on a scale.
Married 7/15
BFP #2 2/18/16
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
Married 7/15
BFP #2 2/18/16
How many weeks?
23 weeks
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)?
Bunch of grapes, according to Ovia. (OK -- how many grapes are we talking? 4? 35?)
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)?
I get to take the GD test at my next appointment at 26 weeks. Apparently this practice usually does it at 28 weeks, but I had to open my big mouth and ask when it was, and the midwife decided to move it up.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
I'm having Braxton Hicks like it's my job.
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
I will never dress a child in a "hilarious" onesie that says "Boob Man" or "Daddy Just Wanted a Blow Job" or whatever.
E born 6/2014
How many weeks?
24+2 today
Size of baby (fruit/veggie/etc)?
Cantaloupe
What is next? (Appointments, milestones)?
I've been having BH and my cervix is shortening, and I am supposed to leave on Tuesday for 2 weeks, so I have to go in on Monday to get measured again and determine whether I'm allowed to go. FX nothing's changed!!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
BH, plus still having period-like cramping and RLP (suffice to say I am becoming a pro at identifying specific aches and pains).
Also, I'm thinking June is the last month I'll be taking the stairs. I cannot believe how easily I get completely winded!
Questions?
None
I find myself (likely way too often) saying something to the effect of "my child will never" after hearing ro seeing some child on tv or in public. Obviously, we'd all like to think we'll raise happy children who won't meltdown in public, but what's your never would I ever?
Never will I ever hit or threaten my child. NO parenting-by-fear. I've had a lot of people tell me I will change my mind, but as an abuse survivor I'm pretty sure I'll stick to it adamantly.
DS#2 due 25 April 2019