1. How far along are you?
2. How big is baby?
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green?
4. Appts this week?
5. Symptoms?
6. Rants/Raves?
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby?
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc.
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.
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1. How far along are you? 29 weeks
2. How big is baby? Acorn squash or gallon of milk.
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? Pink
4. Appts this week? Hoping not to get a phone call about my glucose test last week. No news is good news.
5. Symptoms? Getting more lower back pain. The usual heartburn. Itchy, tight belly. Serious fatigue--I feel like I have to rest after I take a shower!
6. Rants/Raves? Can my husband just be well soon? Eleven days of fever means eleven days of not working on nursery and eleven days without a hug. I miss him a lot.
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby? I think my first baby shower invites are about to go out. I submitted another lost package form for my nursery prints still stuck in the mail. I registered for baby care and breastfeeding classes. My mom gave me like ten newborn onesies. She is having fun shopping for her first grandbaby.
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc. Y'all are the first to know: Lucy Mariah is my top name. I'm pretty sure that's her name. DH however just cannot commit. He keeps saying things like "I don't knoooooow. We still have time. She's stuck with the name we pick forever!" Like, ok babe, but I'd really like to just name her already. He's the one who suggested Lucy, I love the meaning since she's our rainbow baby, and Mariah is a family name. Boom, done. Just gotta get DH to agree. I've been calling her that for weeks.
1. 29 wks.
2. butternut squash.
3. pink!
4. none until the end of Feb.
5. Tons of BH! They are uncomfortable this time. I don't recall that being the case with my prior pregnancies.
6. Rave: I am so grateful for a wonderful prenatal yoga class. It is keeping my back/neck/hip pain in check and helping me stretch out really well. I am glad I have found a wonderful teacher and a class that works with our hectic schedule (DH are mostly 2 ships passing).
7. We began our hypnobirthing refresher course yesterday! It was just as lovely as I remember. I adore our teacher and she is so experienced and has the most soothing voice ever. The classes are so relaxing and DH even commented about being so glad we are doing it and feeling super relaxed afterward. I've been re-reading my Hypnobirthing book in preparation for the refresher course and am about halfway done. My teacher let me borrow my 2 fave pregnancy/birth books to re-read: Spiritual Midwifery and Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering. So I will re-read those soon. They got me in the perfect headspace for birth last time. Also, she lent us a bunch of med-free and water birth videos. One is about development in the womb so I am going to watch it with my littles so they can understand better how their little sister is growing.
8. I don't know. DH really, really wants to name her Claire. I like that name a lot and am open to it. I can't possibly name my babies before I meet them and it usually takes several days after to settle on the right choice. But if she looks like a Claire she will probably end up being one. He is giving me a lot of freedom with the middle name if we go with Claire for a first name, so that is cool. Charlotte is on our list, too, but I can tell he doesn't love it as much. I haven't really been looking at names so maybe I should start to do that.
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.
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.
. How far along are you? 29 weeks woohoo!
2. How big is baby? not sure, but I have my next scan on Friday. Or, the app says "acorn squash".
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? Blue
4. Appts this week? Scan on Friday. Hope to find that he turned from breech... but judging by the solid kick to my cervix just hours ago, i doubt it.
5. Symptoms? Horrid sciatica, some occasional ligament pain and occasion braxton hicks'.
6. Rants/Raves? I cannot fucking spend the next 11 weeks in this horrid back pain. I just cannot. I have no idea what to do. Doctors say I have to tough it out.
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby? booked a pregnancy massage, ordered two sets of baby stuff - mothercare essentials and medication essentials. Also arranged for charity collection of our furniture so that we can start re furnishing the study and the nursery.
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc.
We have two cute frontrunners, but dont want to decide until he arrives we both love both! oh and noone knows them, not even our parents. It's our little secret.
My DH: French guy, car fanatic, best husband ever.
Our baby boy: Due on 17 April, currently 37 weeks. I can't believe it - I made it to full term!!!!
Last measurement: 3150 gs at 37+1! This is going to be a big baby
1. How far along are you? 29 weeks
2. How big is baby? Acorn squash
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? Pink
4. Appts this week? None this week and not for another 3 weeks - then we start going every 2.
5. Symptoms? None really other than picking up DS is getting harder and harder. Sadly the 2 yr old doesn't seem to understand. I'm trying to teach him to love holding hands - currently... I'm failing.
6. Rants/Raves? None this week
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby? I ordered/received my breast pump and we finally got a few items done in the nursery. DH finally hung up the prints in the nursery (I love them!) and moved the crib mattress up to the first level. My mom and I picked some fabric that coordinates well with her room and she's going to get started on the quilt/crib rail cover. My brother/SIL also sent down 4 boxes of clothing from my niece. DH laughed at me when I picked up a few things for the hospital bag this weekend - last time I was so behind and packed the night before our induction. I swear that's not going to happen this time! I'm finally feeling like it's all coming together!
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc. We finally settled on Hailey Grace. I've been a monogram shopping fool ever since we picked it. This all after I swore I wouldn't be that southern mama that monograms everything - whoops!
@HGRichLove the name lucy! So sweet!
@MWoodside Charlotte was a top favorite of mine! Love Claire though!
@M&Max, Hailey Grace is super cute!
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.
2. How big is baby?: Eggplant
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? Pink
4. Appts this week? I need to go in for my glucose test & 2nd rhogham shot at some point this week. I also have a regular prenatal visit this Saturday
5. Symptoms?: back pain, and intense heartburn which makes me feel like a dragon, insomnia.
6. Rants/Raves? : Rant: I'm exhausted and need to start listening to my body and taking it easy. I'm trying so hard to keep up with work and maintaining some sort of social life so my friends don't feel like they're being blown off, but it's really taking a toll on me. I'm constantly pushing myself and don't let myself rest lately. My 45 minute to an hour commute to and from work everyday is really starting to wear me out too
Rave: finally in the third trimester! I'm officially counting down instead of counting up, so exciting!
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby?: bought a few things for my hospital bag for DH and I. I also have to give my SIL addresses so she can mail shower invites once they come in
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc.: We're both 99.9% set on Charlotte Grace. That's the 1 name that really stuck with us since early pregnancy and once we found out it was a girl we've been calling my bump/referring to her in conversation as Charlotte
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.
1. How far along are you? 31 weeks (I *think I put somewhere on some thread that on Friday I would be 32 + 4....don't know what I was doing...)
2. How big is baby? asparagus or pineapple
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? blue
4. Appts this week? reg. apt on Friday...awaiting a phone call for my growth ultrasound to be scheduled.
5. Symptoms? all the same stuff, nothing new other than feeling BH more often
6. Rants/Raves? Just starting to get a little worried about measuring 6 weeks ahead and being told I will be induced early, I'm ready for my apt Friday for some answers
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby? worked on the nursery a bit more...little man has SOOOO much clothes!!! I'm starting to get tired of separating, folding, and organizing haha
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc. Name is for sure Jordan Matthew after DH
1. How far along are you? 28 Weeks. Last Trimester!
2. How big is baby? Eggplant, those these sizes have lost all meaning to me at this point.
3. Team Pink, Blue or Green? Blue
4. Appts this week? Nope, not until middle of February. I'm still on 4 week appointments, jealous of those who go more often at this point
5. Symptoms? My ribs are starting to hurt so that's new. Sleep is getting more difficult.
6. Rants/Raves? I really wish I could say that I enjoy being pregnant but I really don't. I can't wait to meet this baby, but I just don't feel like myself anymore and I hate that.
7. What have you done this week to prepare for baby? I feel like a lot. Stroller and crib is put together, I also signed us up for our birthing class.
8. Where are you at in the naming process? Do you have a name picked? Do you have a short list? Are you and your partner in agreement? etc. We have a favorite two in common but he is really pulling for another name that I just can't deal with. I also wish we never shared our ideas with family because everyone's opinions have driven me crazy.