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January 2017 Moms
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Sunday Ticker Change (12/18)
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How far along are you today? What's new with your little babe?
Are you now fully prepared for the baby's arrival?
Rants / Raves / Questions / Symptoms:
When's your next appointment?
GTKY: Aside from having a child/children, what's your number one life goal?
Are you now fully prepared for the baby's arrival?
Rants / Raves / Questions / Symptoms:
When's your next appointment?
GTKY: Aside from having a child/children, what's your number one life goal?
Re: Sunday Ticker Change (12/18)
Are you now fully prepared for the baby's arrival? We have been for the most part for a few weeks. I'm making freezer meals still but that's about it. I don't know that I'm mentally prepared though. I was feeling really "off" last night and realized that he could come like... literally today... and it'd be totally normal. And then had a range of emotions about "omg what if I am a failure at breastfeeding" and "am I really really ready to do cloth diapering??" (I had a whole freakout over my CD stash the past couple of days in which I realized a ton of my cloth diapers were pocket diapers and that I didn't truly understand how pocket diapers worked... now I do, though, phew.)
Rants / Raves / Questions / Symptoms: A lot of symptoms that seem very pre-eclampsia-like except I don't have high blood pressure or protein in my urine. Nausea, to the point where I feel like throwing up (but never do), loss of appetite, sharp pains under my right rib (which the OB and doula both chalked up to nerve compression), this weird feeling of pressure in my head that's close to a headache but not quite, and just feeling like my blood pressure is high (but it never actually is). It kind of freaks me out.
When's your next appointment? Friday, just a normal weekly check-in. I had my 37 week appointment this past Friday and was 50% effaced, 0 dilated and read something that said that FTMs that efface prior to dilation often have faster labors, so ... fingers crossed.
GTKY: Aside from having a child/children, what's your number one life goal? I wrote a book in 2014. It was a travelogue from having lived in ~30 different countries and being a nomad. I always asked people I befriended in all the different countries I lived in, "What's the definition of home, for you?" and would document the answers... it was always wildly different. But the book is unfinished because it's lacking closure. And I always felt like that closure was taking my boy with me somewhere and getting his take on what home is. My life goal is to get that published, of course, once it's complete.
Are you now fully prepared for the baby's arrival? We still need to put the carseats in our 2 vehicles, but I'm gonna wait till after Christmas. Other then that I think we are ready.
Rants / Raves / Questions / Symptoms: I get dizzy when I get too warm which is pretty much every time I do anything.
When's your next appointment? This Tue for a reg ob check. Gonna ask about the dizziness.
GTKY: Aside from having a child/children, what's your number one life goal? Being a mom pretty much is my #1 goal. I can't really imagine doing much else, unless it's something to do with kids.
37 weeks! Im hoping he's ready because he's coming in just over a week.
Are you now fully prepared for the baby's arrival?
Mentally yes. But his room is not completely finished. Its ok he will be in the living room with me for a while until i can get up the stairs.
Rants / Raves / Questions / Symptoms:
So tired. Tired of the extra weight and having to pee every 5 seconds.
When's your next appointment?
Monday- OB appointment, Tuesday- ultrasound...... following Tuesday- C Section!
GTKY: Aside from having a child/children, what's your number one life goal?
Be happy and successful in life
HAHAHAHA nope. I don't actually have sheets yet for my pack and play or bassinet, still need to run to the pharmacy to stock up on all things baby medicine, don't have a SINGLE diaper in my apartment... oh gosh I just realized I don't have anything remotely set aside for my hospital bag. I knew that I would be doing a lot of nesting/preparing in the coming weeks because I'm officially on maternity leave, but I thought I would have more done by now. Whoops.
I got to skype with my best friend last night for a few hours and it was great. We don't get to talk much these days except for a few texts here and there, so having good, long, BFF time was really nice.
This Wednesday.
My dream has always been to adopt older/sick/abused animals that wouldn't otherwise find forever homes. I think I need to wait until my child(ren) is old enough to not be as devastated by the passing of one of our pets (though really, are any of us ever NOT devastated?), but it's something I have always envisioned doing. It will end up being mostly cats I think because H isn't too comfortable around dogs, but I would really like to look into Greyhound rescue as well.