Wednesday (and Tuesday) Ticker Change 10/19

jptrumptone · October 2016

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How many weeks?

What size is baby?

Upcoming appointments?

Rants/raves/questions?

Symptoms/cravings/aversions?

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?

jptrumptone · October 2016

How many weeks?

33 weeks

What size is baby?

A bunch of celery, a loaf of sliced bread, a fanny pack or a pineapple

Upcoming appointments?

I'm into bi-weekly appointments, but this week is an off week, so my next appointment is next thursday.

Rants/raves/questions?

I have a question: By what week should I make sure I have all my stuff? Right now I still need a car seat and a bassinet for the baby. Its currently true that if LO were to show up today, I would actually have plenty of time to order these things (yay amazon prime) because she would certainly spend a while in NICU.

Symptoms/cravings/aversions?

In the last ~3 days I've really started feeling like I've been hit by a truck! After about 2 pm every day I feel like I could just fall right asleep! This is particularly bad for me because being sleepy makes my ADHD 1000 times worse! I wish I could drink more coffee!

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?
I will either read or watch TV. Right now my go-to time passing show is Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but looking at things on my phone is also pretty common.

queenklau · October 2016

How many weeks? 33 (+1)

What size is baby? Ferret, cauliflower blossom

Upcoming appointments? Off week also, 34 week appt next wed! Then weekly after 35! Oh my.

Rants/raves/questions? Rant: Some people at work are making me lose my cool-I think I am officially checked out.
Rave: my little alien is rolling violently in there, it's crazy! Everytime I tell DH to look, she stops moving...

Symptoms/cravings/aversions? Feeling large, acid reflux, tired, nesting like crazy.

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? Bump? Haha, probably a little Facebook, thebump and check my registry again. I also obsessively read over my to do list-even though nothing has changed since the last time I looked at it...

KateH1216 · October 2016

How many weeks?

33 weeks (+1)

What size is baby?

Also a bunch of celery, a loaf of sliced bread, a fanny pack or a pineapple

Upcoming appointments?

I, too am in bi-weekly appointments now. Next one is next Tuesday (plus a massage Tuesday night!)

Rants/raves/questions?

@jptruptone FTM here, but my goal is to have everything by the weekend before Thanksgiving for baby girl. Our second shower is 11/12, so that would give us a week to see what else we're missing. I am tempted to order a bunch of what we will need this week at Target. They have the $40 gift card if you spend $200 in baby items (excluding clothing) and the diaper gift card deal this week. I also work for Target, so I get my discount on top of that. Thinking of ordering diapers and the car seat this week, but really tempted to use my 15% registry discount as well...I go back and forth as to whether I should just go ahead and use it or if I should save it for this winter when I don't want to drag a newborn out in the Minnesota snow and cold.

My rant is that I'm still trying to deal with daycare! I thought we had it figured out, but our original plans fell through, so I'm back to square one this week. I have tours set up at three centers that have good reviews and hours that work for us (DH works nights and I work days). I need to verify that my parents still want to do daycare for us one day/week (I'm pretty sure they do). It just sucks because of the extra stress right now...not to mention the fact that our budget after baby is now extremely different than what we've been planning for the last 5 months with this change in daycare plans. Boo!

Symptoms/cravings/aversions?

This damn heartburn is going to be the death of me. I keep joking that at this rate, baby girl will be born an orangutan! My mom doesn't find it funny, but it's the only thing that keeps me going. I'm also slowing down - out of breath much easier, walking more slowly to work (I walk about 3/4 mile). And I've started back on caffeine because work simply sucks right now. All I want to do is work on my maternity leave plan for the next 5 weeks and get everything ready, but they actually want me to still be productive with work stuff. Lame.

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?
Before being pregnant, I would read, go for a walk or even just sit outside (weather permitting). Pregnant me will go and lay down in hopes of feeling baby girl squirm away or a nap...I'm satisfied either way right now!

ErikandAfton · October 2016

How many weeks? 31

What size is baby? Bunch of asparagus, or a head of romaine lettuce.

Upcoming appointments? Not until next week.

Rants/raves/questions? This guy loves to roll! it's so crazy. Any time I try and get Dh to watch or try and video it for him if he's out of town for work L stops.

I'm exhausted. I have no interest in anything work related once I get home even though I should be finalizing my sub plans for during my leave.

Trying to decide when to pack my hospital bag and L's and what to pack for Dh.

Symptoms/cravings/aversions?
This week I'm about all the fruit and chocolate.

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?

Lay down and watch L move.

queenklau · October 2016

@KateH1216, same here. I am supposed to get a "surprise" baby shower at work, but I am too impatient to wait. I want to get the gift card so I will buy everything this weekend (Sat I think it ends). If they happen to buy me stuff from my registry then I'll return it I guess.

PharmDMom · October 2016

How many weeks? 33 weeks

What size is baby? Celery

Upcoming appointments? Next week I have a growth scan on Tuesday and my 34 week appointment on Wednesday.

Rants/raves/questions? @jptrumptone Ditto on the fatigue. Some days I can't believe how tired I am! And I would say that when I was a FTM and as a type A planner, I wanted to have all my stuff by 35-36 weeks. We put the infant seat base in the car at around 37 weeks to make sure it was ready to go when we needed it.

My rant is weight related. I'm a small/average frame (5' 4" 120lbs) and gained about 32 lbs with each of my two previous pregnancies. However here I sit at 33 weeks and am already at 30 lbs gained, but my OB thinks baby boy is measuring small. What?! I know weight gained doesn't equal big or healthy baby, but where is all the weight going?? I don't look or feel any bigger than my previous pregnancies and still fit in my old maternity clothes fine so I'm just confused. I'm not eating super healthy but definitely eating balanced meals with treats here and there. I'm just hoping I don't gain too much more bc it has to come off somehow after delivery and for me, it definitely doesn't just melt away from breastfeeding like people say.

Symptoms/cravings/aversions? Still craving cereal. Gotta have it once a day for sure.

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? A nap if possible these days. If not pregnant, I usually check FB, check a few blogs I follow, text a friend, check over my to do list, or play a word in my ongoing Words With Friends games with DH.

BabyRobbinsAdventure · October 2016

How many weeks?

31 weeks

What size is baby?

A small clawed otter

Upcoming appointments?

I'm now seeing Dr every 2 weeks, next appt is Tuesday

Rants/raves/questions?

I keep getting hemmeroids. Ugh

Symptoms/cravings/aversions?

Chocolate and apples... not together

GTKY: When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?
Absolutely nothing. I very rarely have spare time between work, school, and appts, so doing nothing is my dream

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