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October 2017 Moms
jessafishy
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Happy Wednesday!
1) How far along are you/when is your due date?
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
STM+ Check In | 4.19.17
jessafishy
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Happy Wednesday!
1) How far along are you/when is your due date?
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
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- Albus Dumbledore
Re: STM+ Check In | 4.19.17
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Pretty much symptom free at this point. I'm starting to get a noticeable bump and if my toddler would sleep I would be feeling fantastic.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Pretty much the same! I was a bit worried that this pregnancy would be harder than my first but it's so similar it's almost creepy.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Nope!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Backstreet Boys 4 Lyfe (although I love JT now).
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Ive been sick for weeks now. Doc has me on diclectin which seems to be helping.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? I wasnt sick at all with my first so this is all new. I also feel like my stomach is getting bigger MUCH faster this time around.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Anyone planning on putting the new baby in the same room as a toddler? We only have two bedrooms upstairs (1 being the master) and with DS just turning 1 he's too young to go to a downstairs bedroom.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) N'Sync. I had an unhealthy obsession with Justin
Light up shoes doesnt end when they reach 5 or 6 either..... my 10 year old still has her eyes on these:
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Ive been getting better day by day, but the nausua still rears its ugly head atleast once a day.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Totally different in the sickness aspect, but otherwise pretty similar.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Not really.....
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) N'Sync fo' sho'
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
my girls were in the same room when DD2 was a baby. DD2 stayed in our room until she was fully STTN. Which was around 7 or 8 months. That is when we transitioned her to DD1's room. We only had 2 bedrooms at that time too. Now we have 3, but moved the other girls back in with each other so the baby can have their own room. It's totally doable. We survived!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
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Um, have you looked in the mirror child? You are a clone.
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? symptoms have died down, mostly just: headaches, zits in the strangest places, allergies to the max, and my nipples are always hard. and it hurts when someone even brushes up against them...or i feel like i am dying with my toddlers jumping on me all night.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? things feel different but not extremely so. i was slightly more nauseous. and def more tired. and all these new symptoms are pretty new. i had them here or there before but not as regularly as i do now.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? any day now on the panorama results!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Team NSynce, and Team JC. although i wouldnt kick Brian Litrell out of bed.
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2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Feeling pretty good - I've noticed more frequent headaches lately. I've also been having tingling in my hips when I'm laying down, but that's more annoying that painful. I asked Dr. Google, which said that it's all related to sciatica (I'd rather have tingling than pain, so I'll take it).
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Similar now that the MS is gone. My bump popped way earlier this time around.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Nothing that I can think of, just starting to get anxious/impatient for the anatomy scan. I have my next appt. next week, so I'll schedule the AS then.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I was not super into either, but I probably liked N'Sync better.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Just tired, really tired!
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? So far, its pretty similar
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? My daughter has been super super annoying this week. It has been ectra tough being pg and having to deal woth a tempermental toddler. I hate to say this but i CANNOT wait until she stops being so tempermental!
Im also excited for my appt tomorrow - itll be for the nt scans so ill get to see em on the screen for a bit.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Team Nsync all the way. Btw, now i have one of their songs stuck in my head - thank you for that. Lol!
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2. I still get sick everyday but after I puke I'm fine. Food sucks. I'm hungry all the time for crap. And I'm a bit ragey...
3. More intense
4. DH started working night shifts and then takes care of the 4 year old during the day. I work all day and pick up the 6 year old from school and come home. We never see each other anymore or when we do we have to make sure the boys are not tearing down the house. I'm tired and cranky and I want summer to start. 5 more mondays till the end of the school year!
5. Was never really big into the boy bands...more nkotb was what I would listen to when I was into that music. I was going to punk shows and jam band types of concerts during my teen years.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I feel like a million bucks. Thank you, second tri!
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? First trimester was way worse this round, but thankfully the second trimester seems to be my reprieve again.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Nunza.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I was team I liked them both. *hides head* Is that even allowed? Music wise, I knew all their songs. If we're talking which band was I prepared to marry more members of, then that would be BSB. I think Justin Timberlake was the only N'Syncer I was interested in a future with. haha
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
12 weeks tomorrow due 11/2
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
Most of my symptoms have become super subtle with the exception of my exhaustion which is still going super strong.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
Pretty much the exact same.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
Rave: My friend sent me her doppler and I was able to find baby's heartbeat right away last night!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
I didn't really like either. I wasn't really team hate boy bands but I always listened to a lot of different genres of music and didn't love either of those groups.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I ate some jelly beans (SweetTart jelly beans) last night and I think baby may have had a sugar rush haha. I'm almost positive what I felt were little baby flutters! My gag reflex is still sensitive. Sunday morning, I actually ended up "getting sick" (so it doesn't sound so gross haha), for the first time in at least a month. Thankfully all I'd had so far was water, but it was still no fun. Allergy drainage makes me cough, which makes me gag...bleh. Oh and I'm already finding it uncomfortable to sleep. I'm thinking I need a pregnancy pillow for mother's day lol.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? My gag reflex gave me no problems with DD. I know I didn't feel her move this early, or have trouble sleeping this early.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? *TW* My grandfather had a massive heart attack this morning and is on a ventilator. I live 1200 miles from my family. I'm trying hard not to stress, because I know it's not good for baby. At the moment we don't know much as he was out of state when it happened, so my family is driving to where he is now. According to how things go, DD and I may be flying home in the next few days. DH won't be able to come with us, because of work. So, then there is is the stress of travelling alone with her. She loves to fly and has the hang of it, but when we leave to come back home she is always really upset to leave everyone.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) N'Sync was my favorite, but I liked both.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? They are really fucking with me this time because they come and go so often. Still feeling sick off and on, still having aversions, headaches, sinuses hate me, barely sleeping, arthritis and joint pain is acting up, tired, and I'm a miserable cow a lot of the time
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? This one feels much harder so far. I've never dealt with morning sickness before and my gosh is it hard on the mental health. I was sicker colitis wise with DD2 but I'm used to that so it didn't seem as his does even though I was basically non functional then. I think each one is harder too because of having more and more kids to take care of haha!
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? No, just feeling shitty in general, and hoping DD1 doesn't start to resent me due to my shit ass parenting lately.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) N'Sync all the way!
Formerly ChoicesMom
"Squishy" 2007
"Lyric" EDD Nov/4/11 - c/p Feb/11
"Fishy" 2012
"Bean" 2014
"Lux" EDD Apr/21/17 - c/p Aug/16
"Kokonah" EDD May/24/17 - m/c Oct/16
1 surprise - 1 Noonie - 1 preemie - 3 gone but not forgotten - One more on the way!!
Grab bag of mental health disorders
Pancolitis
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- Albus Dumbledore
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I'm feeling great. I think it's safe to say the 1st trimester symptoms are behind me. Acne has graced me with it's presence. DH commented on my larger belly and RLP has started.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? same but different
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I love both, but I'm a bigger N'Sync fan! They were my first concert at the pyramid in Memphis!
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 12w1d/Oct 31
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I feel great except for horrible back pain. I started seeing a PT today, so I'm hoping that will provide relief.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? My back pain started much later in pregnancy with DS. I also look at a picture from when I was 20w w/ DS and I look the same now - so the bump has come out so much sooner than last time.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? We found out we are having a girl yesterday. We are beyond excited (though I'm cringing at how much more money we will end up spending!). Both sets of grandparents will be in town this weekend and we are going to give them each a gift with a girl onsie in it. I can't wait to see how they react!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) I liked them both, but I definitely favored N'Sync.
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? 13w3d, Oct 22nd
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I am still impatiently waiting for the nausea to go away. I had high hopes that I would feel better by now. Other than that, I am getting a little more energy which is nice.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? It's been harder still, I was never this nauseated with DS. But other than that, its the same.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? I wist I didn't have such a long wait for the Anatomy Scan. May 30th seems forever away. But we have so much going on between now and then that it will pass quick, I'm sure. (Little one turns 2, DH's b-day, our anniversary, Mothers Day, my b-day)
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) So okay, I was team 98 Degrees. Lets be real, those Lachey boys were nice to look at, they were also my first concert when I was a freshman in HS and my BFF and I won backstage passes. BSB was my number 2, I was not a fan of NSYNC at the time.
1) How far along are you/when is your due date?
- I am 14 weeks today! Due October 18th
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
- nausea almost gone unless I'm hungry (yay). However I have a very strong dislike for vericose veins. I would not wish these on my worst enemy. I didn't get them until end of 2nd trimester with my DD.. but they are back early with a vengeance. I honestly don't know how I'm going to do 26 more weeks of them. I don't care so much about them being ugly.. rather they are so painful.. it's like a pulsating headache/bruise inside my legs whenever I stand or walk around. They are really bad on the inside of my thighs / especially my right leg.. as well as vulvar vericose veins which are as gross as they sound. Let's just say I want to walk around holding my crotch like a four year old that has to pee. I can't find any compression socks that cover that top half of my legs.. the ones that go all the way down to the ground only go halfway up the thigh.. and the thigh is where I need it. I'm desperate.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
less nausea, and going a lot faster but as stated above.. worse in the vericose department
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
Rant - read above
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
N'Sync - but I wasn't groupie level dedicated
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? I feel pretty nauseated all day long still.. I haven't thrown up at all but I basically feel hungover all day. I'm hoping that eases up in a few weeks when I bump up to second tri! I was expecting to feel way worse, so I really can't complain!
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Right in the middle... My first was really hard, and my second was virtually symptomless (both singleton girls).
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Nope!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) At the time I only listened to Christian music, and there was a Christian boy band that I basically pretended to like so I could fit in with liking boy bands but now I can't even remember the name! I failed at being a girl!
2. Dealing with a stubborn digestive system, but other than that, I'm feeling ok.
3. I might actually be feeling better this pregnancy than my previous ones. I don't have acid reflux or heartburn on a daily basis like I did with my others, here's to hoping it stays that way as long as possible!
4. Rave: I've been feeling this LO kick several times a day for the past week now and I love it! Enjoying every little movement before it becomes violent and painful lol
5. I was into both. Nsync first, but then BSB. Went and saw BSB last month in Vegas and it was AMAZING! Now I listen to Nsync and aside from maybe 3 songs, I can't understand why I was so into them. I listen to BSB on a daily basis
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? RLP when I cough, that's pretty much it
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Exact same, which has me convinced it's another boy. We'll find out next week!
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Can't wait for baby kicks. DS was hyperactive in the womb so it'll be weird if this one is more chill.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Neither at the time. Now, idk, both?
1) How far along are you/when is your due date? Exactly 16 weeks today. Due 10/4/17.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Feeling pretty good. Some occasional headaches. I'm also a bottomless pit.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? My first pregnancy! Nothing to compare it to.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Starting to show, and people can't help but touch my stomach without asking. Not a fan...
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?). Nirvana! I was into the grunge scene when boy bands were the thing.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Hungry all the time. Must eat.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Similar
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) BSB 4evaaaaaa. I was obsessed. I loved Brian. My walls were covered in posters. I went to two concerts as a teen. My friends and I recreated the larger than life music video and sent it to TRL...I don't know why.
I always said I hated *NSYNC if anyone asked. But I had all of their CDs.
i was trying so hard to go to Vegas this June to see them but it didn't work out with DHs schedule and childcare. My dad is going without me (I'm not even joking).
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Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
besides RLP, back pain and being tired, I'm feeling pretty great! But the anxiety and worries are off the charts. No clue why, no real reason to feel that way.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies?
This one has been much easier than my first, especially when it comes to MS and nausea. I'm feeling LO kick which is much sooner than DD. And my bump is similar to when I was 20 weeks with her.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
Rant - my anatomy scan isn't until May 16. I'm going to go nuts waiting! And my next midwife appointment isn't until June 2. That's 9 weeks between appointments, which isn't helping my anxiety!
Rave - found out insurance covered 100% of the NT Scan and diagnostic!!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
Team BSB4L!! I may have spent the night outside the TicketMaster outlet to be first in line for tickets when they went on sale the next morning, when I was 14. Yes, my dad stayed with me and my friends. Yes we had amazing seats! And met Howie outside before the concert ... not my fave member, but he was a BSB and that's all that mattered! I didn't hate N'SYNC - I went to their concert with friends and we each made a shirt with a different letter from the bands name so when we sat down, we spelled it out. Yes, I was boy band crazy! And I have Pandora stations for each of them.
@sjohns08 I'm so jelly you got to see BSB in Vegas!!
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Starting to feel a few baby flutters, randomly puked once on Easter (and peed myself during...so fun), still little to no appetite or energy
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? I was hungrier by now and finding it weird that I don't want food...also the bump is smaller which tbh is really causing me some serious anxiety.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Trying to finish DD1s potty training while keeping DD2 from playing in the potty is goung to be the death of me...idk if anyone's kids watch Daniel Tiger, but I totally want them to do a jingle about "the potty is not a toy. Dont stick your hands in there." Or something
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Teeny bit embarssed to admit this...but I was Team Hanson. I had all the albums of all the bands, but Mmmbop is what gave me all the feels.
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14 weeks yesterday! Oct. 17
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling?
Better today, but spent too much time outside this weekend and ended up in the ER on Easter hah. Hopefully the second trimester will be nicer!
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy?
Completely opposite
4) Rant/Rave/Questions?
Question: Anybody else feel like their "mother's intuition" is severely lacking in terms of whether your baby is a boy or girl? I just don't have a strong feeling either way and I feel like people expect me to!
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?)
Hahaha great question! Team N*Sync — I have a sister who's close to my age so we had a serious discussion over who was allowed to like each band.
2) What symptoms are you having? How are you feeling? Felt great till about week 10, now I just get super exhausted mostly in the afternoon and I'm in a constant battle between being hungry and then feeling gross for hours after I eat.
3) How does it compare to your previous pregnancy/pregnancies? Pretty similar, although this weird feeling after eating (hours even) is fun and new.
4) Rant/Rave/Questions? Wondering how the hell I will juggle 3 kids.
5) GTKY: Were you Team N'Sync or Team Backstreet Boys? (Or Team I Hate Boy Bands?) Um, I'm part of the AMA club, New Kids on the Block all the way for me!
I do have strong feelings about other people's babies (*cough* @canonmom413 *cough*).
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