April 2017 Moms
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Monday Ticker Change 12/5
HGRich
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How far along are you?
How big is baby?
Appointments this week?
Symptoms?
Rant/Rave/Questions?
GTKY: What is one thing you love about motherhood? FTMs, what is something are you looking forward to about being a mom?
Re: Monday Ticker Change 12/5
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
Grapefruit. Really, Bump?? In what world is a grapefruit approximately 11.3 inches and larger than a coconut?
No appointments this week.
Heartburn. Hot flashes. Random head and arm numbness while doing nothing (sitting). Nasal congestion. Lots of movement - he seems to react to loud noises now.
Rave: DH is assembling the dresser for the nursery now. He hung the baby's curtains and painted his lamp this weekend. I love seeing things come together.
GTKY: I know it won't always be pleasant (and can be downright stressful) but right now I look forward to all of it to include sleepless nights and poopy diapers...I feel so incredibly blessed to be having a successful pregnancy.
FTM here, I seriously cannot wait to hold my baby and feel that overwhelming love!
2. Carrot.
3. Monthly appt Wednesday.
4. Exhaustion, pretty sure this is how it will be the rest of my pregnancy since I have 2 kids. Lol. My skin is clear again finally.
5. My dr who helped me get pregnant with all my babies retired today. I'm happy for him but so sad. He is such a lovely person and truly an irreplaceable dr. I have PCOS and he got to the root cause of it and put me on a few supplements and my body aligned and I got pg with DD1 after over 2 yrs of IF. I called to speak to him tiday to say goodbye and told him I feel like I owe the fact that I'm a mom to him.
6. I can't pick just one. I adore the newborn phase. It's such a sweet time. So exhausting for mama, but so fleeting. Try to remember how shortlived it is when you are in the trenches of sleeplessness.
I also love giving birth. It's so incredibly empowering. Such a connecting moment with my partner. When it took a long time to conceive this babe I kept feeling sadness about the possibility of not birthing again.
i love BFing. It's so incredible to watch your baby chunk out and know it's 100% from you! It's also an amazing connection that can't be replicated by any other experience.
and even after all those things are in the past, the snuggles remain. I'm lucky to have two really good snugglers.
DD1 born 5/24/10.
Missed M/C at 14 wks Feb 2012.
DD2 born 5/14/13.
Missed M/C at 9 wks July 2015.
Also... I ordered bows for the first time. I'm kind of dying of excitement and anxiously waiting for them to come!!
21 weeks on Monday
endive or a carrot
No appointments this week
Heartburn, still have random puking some mornings, still exhausted, I don't sleep great at night.
I'm feeling our little guy kicking pretty often now. DH has even gotten to feel him too. DS says he's felt baby brother kick but I'm not sure he has. I don't think he's sat still near me long enough yet to actually feel him kick.
Oh my...it's really hard to pick one part of motherhood I love. Can I say that so far I've loved all of it besides potty training?!? DS has his moments of not listening and such but it's typically followed by something extremely sweet.
Edited because I forgot to list my symptoms.
I just can't wait to be a family and to be able to hold that little one.