Tuesday Ticker Change 11.7

JBcakes08 · November 2017

1-How far along are you? How big is baby?

2-How are you feeling?

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments?

4-Rants/Raves/Questions:

5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO.

JBcakes08 · November 2017

1. 22 weeks. A coconut! I keep rounding up and telling strangers I'm 6 months because I look huge.

2. I feel pretty achy this past week. Someone posted (I can't remember who) in another thread about feeling like there's a rock in their pelvis all the time and they've resolved that that's probably just what it feels like to be pregnant. I thought that was spot on! Maybe I should invest in a maternity belt. I also think I've had some Braxton Hicks for the past few days.
*TW* premature birth/loss*
my mom went into labor at 23 weeks with her first baby and he didn't make it. (It was in the early 80's, and I know there's been a lot of technological advances for preemies since then). She also began labor around the same time with me and my sister, but was given meds to stop it and put on bedrest for the rest of the pregnancies to carry to term. She's been nervous about me having Braxton Hicks which in turn freaks me out.

3. I just can't wait to get this week of work over with. My job is sucking lately and its draining me. I'm in holiday mode and am ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas break! No appointments until next week.

4. Everyone's been so awesome with the hospital questions thread! I'm definitely compiling a list. Everyone else on my tour is going to think I'm insane.

5. I hope the baby doesn't get my bad skin (cystic acne at 14, continued adult acne even after Accutane), and I hope she doesn't get my husband's narcissism.

ShawnnaO · November 2017

1-How far along are you? How big is baby?

22 weeks - a coconut!

2-How are you feeling?

Baby is kicking like crazy!!!! I’m EXHAUSTED this week but that might be more due to single parenting than pregnancy.

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments?

Standard OB apt on Thursday. At 8am. Why did I make the earliest possible appointment?

4-Rants/Raves/Questions:
@JBcakes08 the hospital questions thread makes me so excited to go into labor. Is that weird? That’s weird.

5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO.
if we’re talking personality, I hope baby doesn’t get my social anxiety, or my husband’s lack of empathy towards people he doesn’t know.
Looks wise, I hope they don’t get my crooked nose or my husband’s skin.

JBcakes08 · November 2017

@ShawnnaO I don't think it's weird! Or if it is, then I'm weird too lol. I've been imagining the birth a lot lately - it's just going to be a an emotional day. I wish it were March (except I still have a lot of shopping to do!)
Also, I always make early dr appointments because I think I'll want to get my day started and then the day comes and I kick myself lol

ShawnnaO · November 2017

@JBcakes08 yes! I was like oh I’ll go get McDonald’s for breakfast it’ll be great! Yeah no. Plus my daughters been sleeping until like 8am most mornings now and I’m really going to hate having to wake her up at 6:45 so we can both get our days started.

I just remember the morning I went into labor last time KNOWING that that was going to be the day and even though it hurt like hell (duh) it was still such a cool experience overall.

LiveNLove44 · November 2017

1-How far along are you? How big is baby? 23 weeks -- a large mango or a grape fruit, I believe!

2-How are you feeling? Good, just focused on checking off each passing week and enjoying the baby movement

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments? I have my 24 week appt. next week

4-Rants/Raves/Questions: My OB and I go to the same church and I saw her on Sunday. She has been on sabbatical and I'll have my 24-week appointment with her as her first one back. I had to hold back from asking her a bazillion pregnancy-related questions and be a normal person at church--harder than it sounds. After learning about our nuchal cord, I have a lot of what-if scenarios rolling around!

5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO. I hope baby gets my sense of professional organization and motivation to achieve, and I hope he gets my husband's physical organization motivation (like DH is constantly organizing stuff in our house or garage). If I were to go physical, I hope this baby's head isn't as big as the other two who got theirs from DH.

LiveNLove44 · November 2017

*TW Early L&D*
@JBcakes08 our good friends had their son in the same month we had our first child. Our DD was born at 39 weeks, while their son was born at 23 weeks and 4 days. After years of support and medical interventions and challenges, their little guy is doing better than anyone ever anticipated. Because of that experience, DH counted our blessings once my second pregnancy passed that mark, and now we are days away in this pregnancy from surpassing that mark. I think it became all too real to DH that preterm labor and delivery is a reality that people face. I started having prodromal labor at 34 weeks with DS, and even then I felt a sense of anxiety about delivering early. I definitely understand the nerves surrounding it, and I'm thankful that we are all surrounded by a medical community who is exceptionally equipped to support us and our babies! I know the BH can be unnerving in that circumstance, too, and I'll be praying for it to be your body just practicing for the months to come!

becausescience · November 2017

1-How far along are you? How big is baby?

20 weeks, banana

2-How are you feeling?

Good, feeling little movements now more regularly

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments?

OB next week

4-Rants/Raves/Questions:
Nope

5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO.
I hope baby has more of a "get things done" mentality than DH - he puts off projects forever - it drives me crazy. From me... I mean I'm perfect so... lol. No, I hope baby has an easier time making friends/meeting new people.

@JBcakes08 Your mom's history is so scary! (Your OB knows your mom's pregnancy history, right?) Medicine has advanced so much since then, especially with preemies. Also I had terrible acne too (PCOS yay!

), and I hope DD and this baby don't have to deal with that. It was terrible for confidence in middle/high school.

@ShawnnaO I'm going to say yes it is weird. I'm excited for March, but not excited for labor. Though my hospital does have great food.

JBcakes08 · November 2017

@becausescience After my viability ultrasound at 7 weeks I told my OB about my mom's history and she asked me to get more details from my mom and follow up with her. My mom told mer her doctor's told her that she was laboring early because of a tilted uterus.

I called my OB's office and spoke with the on call nurse to relay the information so she could put it in my chart. She told me that that reason was ridiculous and she can't believe that's what my mom was told (which I agree with - many women have tilted uteruses and don't have an issue). I never spoke with my OB about it again in in person, and now I see a NP until January because my OB is on maternity leave. I am definitely going to call someone if I feel something's off - it's been on my mind a lot lately.

I definitely relate to the skin struggles and worry my daughter will inherit it. For a few years while I was on BC pills my skin was very clear, but I have scars/indents all over my face from the cysts when I was a teenager. They'll never go away and makeup doesn't cover them

@LiveNLove44 I very much appreciate your prayers and story! I know that fertility issues aren't necessarily inherited, and I'm reading a lot (even on this BMB) that other women are getting Braxton Hicks at this point. Even 34 weeks is scary! I'm happy all was well with your DS and your friend's baby! I'm thankful of all the technological advances that have been made for early babies. My husband also seems blissfully unaware that babies can come way before they're supposed to - I keep telling him they aren't all born on their due date!! I'm praying for your little one's cord (happy to read you're feeling lots of movement!) and hoping that he/she has already unwrapped! Glad you have an appointment coming up soon!

calecorvus · November 2017

1-How far along are you? How big is baby?

22 weeks - a coconut!

2-How are you feeling?
Pretty good, overall. Aching pelvis and lots of movement.

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments?
Nothing this week.

4-Rants/Raves/Questions:
Left hip/back of the thigh just plain refuse to be comfortable today and its staring to drive me nuts. Also the period of good sleep has ended and my bladder has reasserted itself as primary schedule-maker in my body.

5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO.
Me- Height (or lack thereof), bad skin, depression. Baby not getting any one of those would be great.
DW- Definitely her near total inability to focus on more than one thing at a time.

DDRRT1982 · November 2017

@JBcakes08 *TW* just a little BTDT, but my maternal grandmother lost an uncle of mine preterm in the 50s. My mother was born premature. My father was born premature in the 50s. When I went in at 22 weeks with my oldest son with lots of BH they told me I had no history of PTL despite that being my first pregnancy. I continued to have tons of BH for three more weeks until I went in with the slightest bleeding to find out my cervix was too far effaced for intervention. They did what they could, but I delivered my oldest at 25 weeks 5 days. While I can't say that there is a genetic predisposition to the preterm births in our family, I do understand your mother's concern. I will fret and advocate for my daughter's to have extra monitoring until we know if they have an incompetent cervix as well. Monitoring your cervix is a simple sono and can give lots of valuable information if it's shortening. With your mother's history I would definitely just monitor this one a little closer.

1-How far along are you? How big is baby?

22 weeks

2-How are you feeling?

Good

3-What's going on this week? Any appointments?

Tomorrow for cervix check and recheck her heart

4-Rants/Raves/Questions:
None
5-(stolen from Friday) Name one trait you hope baby does NOT get from you and one that you hope baby does NOT get from your SO.

Me- I would like her to not get my issues with adult acne and allergy to avocado.
SO-His lack of appreciation for physical fitness. I want her to engage in healthy behaviors as an important part of preventative medicine. He won't get on board with that despite all my information and my requests.

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