Tuesday Ticker Change - 1/10

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• kitkat8387 member

  January 2017

  How far along are you? 

  28 weeks - officially third trimester!

  How big is baby? 

  Eggplant

  Appointments this week? 

  Regular appointment on Friday. I assume I will need to start kick counts after this appointment which I know is going to stress me out I should probably start them now since I'm at 28 weeks but it's only 3 more days and I would rather know my doctor's specific instructions on how she wants me to do them. 

  Symptoms?

  Actually feeling pretty good lately, other than the usual needing to pee constantly/BH. Lots of movement and some really interesting new movements lately - yesterday at one point baby boy curled up on one side of my uterus and my abdomen was totally uneven, it was pretty crazy.

  Rant/Rave/Questions? 

  TMI warning - DH and I have tried to have sex multiple times in the past week and every time I am just so uncomfortable and it's not working. Both of us are getting frustrated. Ugh.  

  GTKY: Are you holding on to any fears about pregnancy/birth/post-birth?
  Lots of fears about pregnancy, and something going wrong at this point which I know is extremely unlikely but still scares me. I think when I start kick counts I am going to get even more anxious and obsessive, so I am kind of dreading that. And this might be foolish but I am actually not scared at all about the actual birth. I feel like once I make it to that day I will just be so relieved. Post-birth I am nervous that I will do something wrong because I have zero experience with newborns, but hoping that the classes we are taking will help ease that fear. 
  

  
  

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• Taylor72 member

  January 2017

  @kitkat8387 DH and I are having the same problem.  We have tried but I keep getting this uncomfortable feeling in my abdomen.  He's been pretty good about it but it's super frustrating.  also...YAY for 3rd tri!!!

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• blessedinmt member

  January 2017

  @kitkat8387 I hit the third trimester yesterday and started kick counts then. I am doing them only once a day and am shooting for roughly the same time each day (when I drink my coffee and watch the news each morning). I have to limit myself because I have a tendency to be obsessive. I mentioned them to my doctor yesterday and she said she's not a big proponent of kick counts unless someone has an underactive baby (mine is a busy guy). She said they tend to cause undue worry. Our babies are sleeping for 12+ hours/day right now; it's normal to have large swaths of time without noticeable movement. 

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• pammasu0909 member

  January 2017

  @kitkat8387 I didn't know kick counts was still a thing.  My doctor has never had me do them (and this is #3 with her)  Also, the only position we can make work is with us laying on our sides and him coming in from behind.  I still have cramping after, but it's not as bad as some other positions.

  

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• pammasu0909 member

  January 2017

  How far along are you? 28 weeks!  Third tri!  

  
  

  How big is baby?  rollerblade.  This seems crazy to me.

  
  

  Appointments this week? I have an ultrasound on Thursday.  It's a new "normal" thing for my ob to do one at 28 weeks.

  
  

  Symptoms? I can feel my belly touching the tops of my thighs when I sit.  I run out of breath putting on my coat.  It's going to be a long 12 weeks haha

  
  

  Rant/Rave/Questions?  One specific coworker keeps touching my belly.  It's so damn weird.  Like "congrats, you just massaged my intestines!"  I'm also huge.  Like, the same size now that I was with DS and DD at like 34 weeks.  It's so uncomfortable.

  
  

  GTKY: Are you holding on to any fears about pregnancy/birth/post-birth?  I'm afraid I won't be healthy before going into labor, and that I won't be able to breathe through contractions.  I'm also afraid of waking the baby up with my constant coughing.  I've started to think about the reality of having a 2 and 3 year old with a newborn.  WTF was I thinking haha.  Part of me is also starting to worry about breastfeeding.  It was a disaster with DS and caused me to have terrible PPD.  It was way easier with DD.  I'm scared that having another boy means it's going to be hard again.  I'm also nervous that this baby will be another huge baby.  DS was over 8lbs and it was seriously like giving birth to a one month old.  I HATED all the comments about how he was such a big baby.  Being so large this time is making me think I'm going to have another big baby, and I'm not ready for all the crap about my kid being huge.  I guess I have a few fears

  

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• Mama5181 member

  January 2017

  How far along are you? 
  28 weeks already!!!! Hello uncomfortable 3rd tri
  

  
  

  How big is baby? 
  Eggplant I think. 
  

  
  

  Appointments this week? 
  Not until a growth scan on Monday 

  
  

  Symptoms?

  I'm already so uncomfortable it's ridiculous. I can't bend over and breathe, am always out of breath. My hips hurt so bad at night I wake DH whimpering in my sleep. And the GD thing is just a pain. My numbers are everywhere and I've got so many sore fingers from the 4x day pricks. 
  
  

  Rant/Rave/Questions? 
  She is laying so low it's painful. Makes for so much cramping.  All kicks and movement happen at my bikini line. I think I've maybe gotten 2 kicks near my belly button. I also have no energy. The nursery isn't even started(it's a junk room right now) and I want to nest so badly but I can't get the motivation. 

  
  

  GTKY: (stolen from Monday as I am running out of ideas ) Are you holding on to any fears about pregnancy/birth/post-birth?
  Breastfeeding was really difficult with DD. I'm just praying it goes smoother this time around. Also C section recovery with a 4 yo and a newborn is frightening. Oh and I'm so scared of the sleep deprivation. It was so awful with DD
  
  
  Im a lot of fun today aren't I? 
  

  

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• pammasu0909 member

  January 2017

  @Mama5181 how are you doing the finger pricks?  I found they didn't hurt as much/long if I used the sides of my fingertips instead of the pads of you fingers. Are you following the GD diet?  It was really hard the first week, and it was trial and error for me the whole time, but it did get easier.

  

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• kitkat8387 member

  January 2017

  @thecavfamily @pammasu0909 my doctor hasn't actually mentioned kick counts to me yet, so there's a chance she might not even want me to do them. I was just assuming she would be mentioning it on Friday since it's my first appointment after 28 weeks, which is when I have read they typically start. If she does want me to start them, I will definitely need to limit myself to once a day and try not to obsess (easier said than done lol). 
  
  

  
  

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• blessedinmt member

  January 2017

  @kitkat8387 I don't think my doc would have mentioned them at all if I hadn't brought them up at the end of my appointment. 

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• kitkat8387 member

  January 2017

  You ladies were right, turns out my doctor's office doesn't recommend doing kick counts on a regular basis. She did say that if I feel like I haven't felt him in a while, to eat something and lay down and try to get to 10 kicks in 2 hours. But in general, it's not something they need me to do once or twice a day. 

  
  

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• Mama5181 member

  January 2017

  @pammasu0909 yes doing the stick on the side. I'm constantly forgetting which finger I stuck last and re poking the same one over and over. The diet isn't terrible except I'm having a really bad time with protein. I can't do most. So I'm struggling to find a balance 

  

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