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August 2017 Moms
mokay19
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Monday Ticker Change 5/8
mokay19
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This is for people with due dates 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, and 8/28
How far along are you?
How big is baby?
Upcoming appointments this week?
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings?
Rants/Raves/Questions?
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse?
Re: Monday Ticker Change 5/8
How far along are you? 26 weeks
How big is baby? Butternut squash
Upcoming appointments this week? Not til late May
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings? My sweets craving seems to be dying down so that's good!
Rants/Raves/Questions? Baby has been getting so much more active and with stronger movements. It still blows my mind and I love it! DH isn't home now so I send him videos of my belly a bunch when the kicks are going nuts haha
How can you tell the difference between baby hiccups and kicks?
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse? Dice! We used to play a dice drinking game at the bars in college and I just still keep them in my purse haha
How far along are you? 27 weeks!
How big is baby? Lettuce
Upcoming appointments this week? None
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings? Just a sore arm from my TDAP. I've also been noticing how I get fatigued and dizzy easier but I try to stay on top of taking my iron and really need to focus on drinking a lot of water throughout the day.
Rants/Raves/Questions? Apparently I'm in the 3rd trimester! Yaaaay! I always counted it at 28 weeks but I will take the early encouragement. I can't believe how much faster this pregnancy seems than my first. Excited to meet this sweet little girl!
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse? I don't even carry a purse ever since I had DD. It's either a diaper bag or just my wallet/keys/phone if I ever have a chance to get out alone. Now everything I'm carrying around is baby-related. I'd really like to get a nicer diaper bag this time around so I can organize better since I will have 2 kids things in there. Likely the only difference will be two sizes of diapers and maybe some gripe water haha.
How far along are you? 24 weeks- viability!
How big is baby? 12 inch Philly Cheesesteak (which my husband loves, so he got a kick out of that comparison)
Upcoming appointments this week? Nada
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings? Just general tightness/stretching across my belly and already feeling myself slowing down with walking. I feel like it's too early for that!
Rants/Raves/Questions? STM+ and maybe FTMs who are ahead of me: how do you start the process of looking for a pediatrician? What do you say when you call?
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse? A (small) retractable tape measurer. I had it from when we were buying new furniture last year and just transferred it from purse to purse. I can't even tell you how many other times I've used it since then!
How far along are you? 27 weeks
How big is baby? Heads of cauliflower
Upcoming appointments this week? I see the midwife on Friday
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings? Physical fatigue is starting to hit me. It's getting frustrating, and I need to be better about listening to my body when it says I'm done.
Rants/Raves/Questions? We had our baby shower this weekend. It was so much fun (and overwhelming when we brought all of the gifts in the house!). I think we're basically all set for the babies to come home now! Except we need crib sheets.
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse? I don't keep a lot in my purse at all. Keys, wallet, change purse, and chapstick. Right now there are TUMS in there too.
@szwill86 DH loves the videos but always gets sad that he isn't here in person to feel them more. I told him that baby is just practicing on getting stronger for him. Also, I normally walk very fast at work (I'm in a manufacturing environment) and I've found myself slowing down to be comfortable and more cautious already!
@mokay19 My mom told me she freaked out the first time she felt hiccups (she had fallen through a dock and thought the baby had something kind of trauma). I guess babies swallow amniotic fluid and get hiccups pretty frequently.
@szwill86 I was always a super fast walker and slowed down quite a while ago.
How far along are you? 25 weeks
How big is baby? Cauliflower (the bump says 1.5-2.5lbs and baby measured 2lbs 1 oz today).
Upcoming appointments this week? Had an appointment on Friday and the baby had an arrhythmia (cue freaking out all weekend). I was able to get in for a fetal echo today and everything looked good. The arrhythmia should resolve on its own by or right after birth and we'll keep monitoring. Structurally, everything is good and the baby was insanely active during the scan (to the tech's dismay).
Any new symptoms or changes or cravings? Doctor said to avoid anything with caffeine for the rest of the pregnancy...so now I want all the chocolate
Rants/Raves/Questions? Making some serious nesting progress (both nursery and just cleaning/organizing/home improvements). DH is traveling this week and I am both excited but also feel pressure to get stuff done. No pressure from him...I would just love for him to come home and to have one room done (aka transformed). I've made so much progress but everything looks 10x worse right now.
GTKY: What is the most obscure item that you keep in your purse? I keep little cloth drawstring bags for my jewelry. I only take my purse with me to work (and when traveling) and I go to the gym there so it keeps me organized.