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December 2017 Moms
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STM+ Check-In 5/17
flowerpower5838
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How far along are you?
How old are your other kids?
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
How old are your other kids?
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
Re: STM+ Check-In 5/17
11 weeks 2 days
How old are your other kids?
Almost 4 and 1
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Not this week
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I'm happy that this pregnancy seems to be flying by
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
Holy MS batman... I thought I was over feeling like shit but uhg.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
We have a Pontiac Montana van. I actually love it lol. We bought it last summer when we decided to get Great Danes to accommodate for their size and having 2 kids. It'll be perfect for our growing family too. A lot of my friends teased me when I told them I was wanting a van but I don't give a shit lol. I'm a mom and I need the extra space. I'll buy myself a Mustang when the kids get older
9+5
How old are your other kids?
my son is 3.5
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
just how I'm going to keep up with two! Lol
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
DS is already so cute regarding LO. He always asks how baby is doing and giving me his cookies to feed the baby etc.
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GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
i have a Kia Sportage. I love it but I wish I had more room. I always said I would never have a mini van but I'm finding myself wanting one
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
8 weeks 6 days
How old are your other kids?
My little girl just turned 2!
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Current challenge is having time to play and interact with my daughter while I'm battling exhaustion and nausea most of the day. Thankfully it seems to ease up in the late afternoons and overall seems to be getting a bit better. I'm looking forward to feeling better in a couple of weeks!
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I'm so excited to watch my daughter be a big sister! She is so loving and caring already, I know there will be tough days with fights and jealousy, but I think she's going to be great.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
Again.. so ready to be done with the exhaustion and nausea. I could even handle the exhaustion, if I wasn't constantly trying not to hurl. ugh.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
I just bought a 2013 Chevy Traverse (when we started trying for baby #2) and I LOVE it!! It has a ton of room, without making me feel like I'm driving a boat, and it's the "newest" vehicle I've owned.. so I really feel like I'm riding in style lol
How old are your other kids? 21 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? Not right now.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : Baby is a girl and I'm over the moon about it!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ Nope.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? We just bought a GMC Acadia last Dec so we are all set.
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
9.5 weeks
How old are your other kids? DD is 21 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Still just feeling like it's unfair to my DD to not get to be the baby anymore.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I am happy I get to take more time off this time with both my babies.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
I'm so tired of being sick yet it's somewhat relieving. I'm ready for school to be out so I can rest (well as much as one can rest with a 21 month old)
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
i had a 2 door civic coupe. When we got pregnant with DD we bought a Kia Sorento. I like it fine. It's nice to have the 3rd and nice to have space.
How old are your other kids? DD is 16 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? I'm just stressing about my energy level. I feel like I'm not being as interactive as I want to be and I feel so guilty. DD is great at independent play and rarely complains, but I just feel so bad that I'm so exhausted. I'm hoping all night feeding exhaustion is a little easier to cope with than baby draining my life force exhaustion.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : DD is becoming more and more of a bad ass every day. She is seriously hilarious and just a blast to be around and I'm feeling very lucky that she's gonna be this LO's role model.
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GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? We're buying a 2011 or 2012 Honda Odyssey next month and I'm super stoked. The car I have now is TIRED. It just passed 230,000 miles. It's a boat with GIGANTIC doors and it's awkward and putting my daughter in the car seat is a major pain in the ass. I always hit the cars next to me with the gigantic doors and I'm so freaking pumped for remote controlled sliding minivan doors. Holy crap, it's going to be amazeballs!!!
How old are your other kids? 14 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? DS is starting to learn the art of crying to get what you want/throwing little mini fits. It's not ~bad~ just yet, but ugh he has been SO easy that it's just such a change. I feel like all I've said to him in the last week is NO nooooo NooOooOOoo.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : Still just so excited to be adding to our family so quickly. DS took quite some time to bring home and we weren't sure we'd be able to fulfill our "want" to have kids close in age.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/: Like @missbmama, this pregnancy does seem to be just kind of passing by. I can't believe the second tri is next month for me. That in itself is a rave for sure lol.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? Can you guys tell I have been doing some vehicle research?? Haha. We currently have a Mitsubishi Outlander. It's a 2007 so it's coming up on needing some major maintenance so I think it's time to trade it in since we had planned on getting something bigger anyway. I am not ready for a minivan yet, though.
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
How old are your other kids? 19 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? I'm so tired right now and I worry about the newborn-zombie-like life I lead after DS was born and how hard that's going to be with an active toddler... just thinking about it makes me want to take a nap.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : DS is talking more and more each day and I'm excited that he will be able to express himself better when the baby is here!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ we finally got to see baby via ultrasound this week! The machine was old and crappy so the pictures look like a blob and not a baby but we got to see him/her wiggle around and that was reassuring and sweet.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? We bought a 2012 Honda Pilot last December (8 seater SUV) and so far I've LOVED it. It's so spacious and has so much room for car seats and cargo. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a bigger car but doesn't want to be a mini van mom
how old are other kids: 3.5 and 2
concerns or challenges: I'm not gonna lie, I'm *pretty* worried about how DD will handle another baby. DS did great with the transition to having a sibling, but he was younger than she is now, and she has such a different personality. I don't think it will be as awesome as last time. Confession: sometimes I worry I'm gonna ruin this awesome family dynamic we have right now. I really hope (and I'm sure) this new baby will just fit in like he/she's always been there. I should probably stop worrying about it...
joys: I'm feeling more confident everything will go fine since I've passed my loss milestone and I just can't wait to have a little tiny baby again!
random: still can't find the hb on home doppler. Jealous of all the ladies who can!
Car: we have a Subaru Outback that we bought Bc I'm a nurse in Texas where, if it snows (which it does at least once a year where I live) they don't plow the roads and I can't call off work, so basically we bought it for the 4 wheel drive. That was my favorite car, and we were planning to get a mini-van (DH loves them) when we had a third, but then our truck was stolen and I had to buy something cheap(ish) quickly so we got a Jetta. I LOVE the Jetta and basically told DH we can find car seats to fit three across in the Subaru and im not giving up my Jetta (except to get a new Jetta or a Passat!). He's fine with this.
How old are your other kids? 18 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? It's tough not feeling well or having the energy to play with my son. I hate feeling like I'm failing him. At least DH has really stepped it up in playing with DS.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : DS has handled my puking pretty well so far - one day he rolled a car all on my back while I upchucked. Another day he walked up and spit into the toilet next to me like "this is what we do now." He made me smile
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ we get to see the baby for the first time tomorrow!! Yay!!
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? We have a Prius V (station wagon) and love it. No need to upgrade yet! Not until a third comes along
How old are your other kids? My twins will be 11 months next Tuesday
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? My boys are almost 11 months, but only 9 months adjusted. One is crawling full speed and the other is just figuring it out. I just hope they both start walking around the same time because my dominant twin is always taking stuff from the other one and I feel bad for him.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I just hope we can get into a good routine with 3 under 2. As they get older I am excited to think about how close they will be.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ I just want to sleep, all the time... Thank god my babies sleep through the night now (yay sleep training --best thing we ever did) and the thought of going through it all again makes me shudder.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? I currently have a Kia Sorrento. While it's great with two babies, there is not enough room for 3. Mine does not have a third row and if it did it would be a pain to get too because it doesn't have bucket seats. So unfortunately this fall, i will probably have to upgrade to a mini van. Ugh. Although I was told the new honda odysseys come with a vacuum. That is intriguing.
rachswi yay!! Good luck tomorrow!
NME44 OMG loss milestones being surpassed are such a big relief. So happy for you.
ilikestars089 my SIL has a Pilot and LOVES it. If DH wasn't super insistent on having captains seats in the second row this would be #1 on my list.
vvitchhazel FX that second trimester energy hits you right away - I can't believe you're so close!
lovelylittledahls Oooooo tell me about your traverse! I think that's what we'll likely end up with. Likes, dislikes?
dkizz82 Right there with you on the guilt thing. I wanted the kids close in age but it's such a bittersweet feeling knowing my baby isn't going ot be the baby for long. I prescribe lots of snuggling to you and LO!!
acgonzalez22 YAY FOR PINK! How exciting! And for the second tri. Man, it feels like we are just cruising.
Marley629 My friend is trying to convince me to join the dark side aka the minivan side lol but I just don't feel ready for that yet. Maybe if we add another to the family it will feel a little more practical.
missbmama I hope your MS passes quickly!! What a freaking tease that it subsided and decided to rear its ugly head again.
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
How old are your other kids? 9.5 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? Had some (red) spotting this morning, which freaked me out because spotting in the past for me has been after sex, and we have not DTD for a couple days. It's slowed and changed to brown, so I am feeling better, but I had some real anxiety this morning especially because we are on vacation til after Memorial Day up on the East Coast (home is MS), and I don't want to have to navigate an unknown emergency room! Like the rest of you, the exhaustion is real, and the guilt like @dkizz82 said. We weren't planning to have them quite this close.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : DD has started crawling and pulling up and I am just happy to see her progressing and thinking how much more independent she'll be by the time this LO arrives. It makes me feel better b/c I won't be able to pick her up for a while after my c-section!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ If anyone has tips for places to go in Maine or Boston, throw them at me! It's not our first time up here, but we can always use more suggestions.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? We have the Hyundai Santa Fe (the same as @tmk0325 's Kia, but we do have the 3rd row pop up). I like it a lot. We bought it when I was pregnant with DD to accommodate our growing family, knowing we wanted 2 kids. That was before I really knew the reality of car seats and boosters, though. The 3rd row is helpful, but not super easy to get an adult into and you wouldn't want to put a kid who couldn't buckle herself into her own seat back there. I think it will still work well for us, but if I had it to do over again, we'd probably shop minivans, honestly.
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
How old are your other kids? 12 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? I am trying to wean my dd from the bottle and she is just NOT interested in drinking anything but water out of her sippy cup. We've tried straw cups, the 360, and a "regular" sippy- she spits out milk or formula. Any tips from other moms out there?
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : DD is just growing so much and changing so quickly and it's so cool to watch. She's such a little person now!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/ Like @dkizz82 , I am still waiting for this guilt over taking away dd's babyhood to pass. Sometimes I still feel really bad about it.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family? I have a Ford Edge and I love it! It is the perfect size for us. I wonder if the arrival of the new LO will have me wanting a third row though... we will see.
How far along are you?
11+1
How old are your other kids?
DD turns 1 on Monday!
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Same old.. My milk supply is drying up and DD wants to be attached to my boob all day and is getting super frustrated with it, which results in lots of pinching & biting. I'm really hoping she decides to just give up on the whole thing soon.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
DD now points at my belly and says "beebee!" Which is super adorable, but then she also does it to my husbands belly soo I'm pretty sure she just thinks our belly buttons are babies
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
We had to send our 2 dogs away to new homes this week and i am just having an awful time coping with their absence.. and I can't help but worry because I know stress is awful for pregnancy but I just don't know what to do.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
we have an Acura MDX, and for now I like it.. eventually I would love to upgrade to something else though. It has third row seating so it definitely has enough room!
9+4
How old are your other kids?
i have a 17 mo boy
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
I'm going through so much fear this time around- I'm dealing with a lot of stuff. But my boy is being a champ.. he's just the sweetest kid! The only change is that he wants to nurse during naps and I can't handle the pain for that long. So that means sometimes he skips his nap which makes me really sad for some reason.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
Not really yet- just being honest. I just want to skip everything and have the baby healthy in my arms.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
I always though I would want to have a third but I never want to be pregnant again. Maybe it's the nausea and fatigue talking! I also feel guilty about being too tired to play with my son, but I make it up by reading books with him a lot despite feeling horrible.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
I have a Toyota RAV4 hybrid 2016- no plans to get a new car. I love driving it and it is quite spacious. It will be a little bit more difficult to access all the stuff I have in there when I install the second seat but it's fine.
8 weeks 5 days
How old are your other kids?
She's 4.5
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
I know I'm going to miss my sleeps! I am curious how everyone is going to adapt. DD will be a little over 5 when baby comes, I don't know anyone who has more than a 3 year gap between kids. At the same time thought, I am happy with the gap knowing when baby comes DD will just be starting Young 5s, so I had all my 1 on 1 time with her when she was a baby/toddler, and I'll be able to kind of do that with baby as well, well as much as I can since I work FT.
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
I know when baby comes DD is going to so excited, and happy to be a Big Sister finally. (well I hope so
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
Nothing really.
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
I have a 2008 Impala. It has been a GREAT car, I've put over 180k miles on it since I've had it, but it's time to upgrade. I would like a third row, not sure why since I don't really lug anyone around besides DD, more space to clutter.
@missbmama or anyone suffering from nausea. At my last appointment I asked my OB about feeling nauseous all.the.time and he suggested B12. Right after my appointment I picked up some Super B yada yada yada, and I can finally eat again.
i hate the app!!! It ate my check in!!!
@lovelylittledahls I feel you on the exhaustion interfering with parenting/play time. Sometimes I just lay on the floor and let DS use my as a jungle gym... Seems to work hahaha
@cait5413 so exciting that your DD is crawling and pulling up! They just get so much more fun from here!
@kaylawing this may not be the advice you're looking for... but maybe just keep the bottle for a while? If you think about it, for babes who continue breastfeeding after 12 months, they don't encourage you to pump and give it in a cup, so how is milk in a bottle different? Just my thoughts... In my opinion she's trying to tell you she's not ready.
@bkrahn why did you have to get rid of your dogs? That would make me sad and stressed too!
@missphil I totally know where you're coming from with the emotions and wishing for the end. I never felt this negatively about pregnancy the first time around, I don't know what changed!
How far along are you? 10+1
How old are your other kids? DS is almost 16 months
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now? DS is transitioning from two naps to 1 and it is a FREAKING NIGHTMARE. This has by far been the hardest nap transition, going from being awake 3-4 hours at a time to 5-6 hours is just too much for him, but if we let him have an afternoon nap then bedtime is a nightmare. But instead he's just a nightmare from 4pm until bedtime... So I don't really know what to do. It's really getting to me...
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM : I can't wait to feel baby kick! I know it happens much sooner the 2nd time and I just want it to happen now!
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions RANT DH has been working non-stop... originally he was working out of town and i hated that, but now he's working in the city, but works basically every day! I can't decide which is worse...
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to
accommodate your growing family?
We are bad. We bought a Dodge Caravan RT a few months ago, knowing we'd need the room, but I hate it. I never wanted a minivan, but I also don't want a huge SUV, so it's the happy medium. I still drive my Mitsubishi RVR daily, we tried to sell it but we crashed it a few years ago so it's basically worthless now. I don't want to stop driving my RVR but I know i will have to transition to the van once LO arrives and it makes me sad. Don't get me wrong, it's a great van! It has all the bells and whistles and will last us forever, but... it's still a minivan lol
How old are your other kids? 2y 8mo in a few days
Current challenges/concerns about being a STM or questions about things your children are going through now?
Like so many of you, the exhaustion and nausea are making it very difficult to spend quality time with my son. It is a real struggle. I feel guilty because you view these as your "last" months together before changing the family dynamic but at the same time, I'm hopeful I will feel better sooner than last time (please. 18 w of it last time was too much) and that "this too shall pass"
Current joys/successes/or happy thoughts about being a STM :
My son LOVES babies. We haven't told him yet but he is going to be over the moon to be a big brother. Here's hoping that the reality of it doesn't change his mind.
Rants/Raves/Randoms/Questions/
Have most of you told your littles already? We decided to wait a while before mentioning it to him. Advice?
GTKY: What kind of car do you have? Do you love it/hate it? Do you plan to get something new to accommodate your growing family?
"My" car is a 2002 pontiac grand prix. It is an old boat for a mid-life crisis male. I actually love it but it's an electrical nightmare and I just use it to schlep back and forth to the metro station and the occasional errand when my H is using the other vehicle. It's barely holding on though.
In 2015 we got a Hyundai Sante Fe. I don't love it but we needed something that could tow our pop-up camper, have a third row, and be more affordable than the full-size SUVs like the Pilot or the really big 'uns. My H likes it a lot but I wish it had more cargo space.
Met: September 2005 Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
@rachswi hysterical! toddlers are hilarious. did you have your appointment yet today?
@cait5413 i hope the spotting subsides asap and you're able to enjoy your vacation without too much worry!
@kaylawing the just-before-bed bottle was the last one we gave up after 12 months (i think by 15 months). we actually had better luck skipping straight to "real" cups. we have really tiny juice glasses that are perfect for little hands. DS liked that they were real glass, and clear. he also loves straws. sippys and the 360 were not a thing for us, they are just gathering dust. i wouldn't be too concerned about the milk thing because their need for the milk / formula calories really takes a nose dive. keep trying and hopefully she'll surprise you one day
@missphil i am with you. being pregnant is just so not my thing.
ETA: @kvacmak solidarity. hang in there. that transition to one nap is just awful. one nap sure does make scheduling your day easier. we're entering the "fighting all naps but still need one" transition and it's also not pretty... wah
Met: September 2005 Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
@kaylawing we totally overthink. Sometimes I think these 'guidelines' and hard and fast rules get the best of us, when every kid is different and will tell you when they're ready for things.
Edited to Add: I think this will be great though. I can work until Winter Break and then go on leave. I'm still not 100% sure I am returning next year, though.
@dkizz82 & @kaylawing College professor here. We were also shooting for May. Oops. DD was born in August, 2 weeks before my first semester as a full time professor started. I did not take leave, other than not coming to campus on the days I didn't teach. So, at least there is winter break this time, and I am going to talk to my dean about starting the semester late.
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017