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December 2018 Moms
Jens_Hoes
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Weekly Check In 12/1-12/8
Jens_Hoes
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1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Re: Weekly Check In 12/1-12/8
20 weeks 3 days!! Banana
2. How are you feeling?
Overall pretty good - some trouble getting comfortable sometimes at night. Two nights ago I had a lot of kind of crampy pain low, think it was round ligament. Mood wise- I can cry at the most random stuff ... I watched the documentary “Believer” about the Imagine Dragons lead singer and I was just crying through the whole thing.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Dear Diary - the bump is getting obvious and just about every day people are asking me if I’m preggo!
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
I never got the Shades of Gray obsession. Never read the books or seen the movies and have no interest. Not because I’m a prude or conservative ... just not interested. Lol.
20 weeks! 6.5 inches or a banana
2. How are you feeling?
Pretty good! A little worried about the cervix issue at the anatomy scan yesterday, but my OB didn't seem terrible concerned so I'm trying to remain positive.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Currently trying to wade through the daycare challenge. We both really liked the one we visited this morning which is run by our parish. They have a waiting list of 10 people - the director is working on trying to figure out timing since they are about to have a bunch of kids switch age groups. It's $200 per week no matter how many days the kid is there, which is kind of annoying. But I also trust them, so that's probably worth a little extra money to have the peace of mind.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Being super fans of either sports or fantasy stuff. It baffles me that people actually let the outcome of a ball game, that they aren't even participating in, affect their mood after the game is over. Or knowing all the stats and being really into a player who is like 18 years old and probably a punk.
And I like things like Harry Potter and Disney movies just fine, but at the end of the day, it's just a book. It's not real. Read it and enjoy it, but does a grown adult need a replica wand and a scarf with house colors, or a purse with Disney characters on it? I find it so very strange.
@hkom That's a great price for daycare! This reminds me; I need to send in our reg form for baby #2 to DS1's daycare! I keep forgetting!
1. How far along are you? How big is baby? 20w3d and Owen is the size of a venti iced coffee from Starbucks!
2. How are you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good! Sleeping is hit or miss and I've had rando back pain or ute pain, but I suppose that comes with the territory!
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? My MIL is coming at the end of next week and staying for over 2 weeks at our house. It's a mixed bag. She cleans all the things so I don't have to do shit for 2 weeks which is amaze-ing. BUT, there will be someone in my house for 2 weeks, sooooo.....
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of? Cars. I mean, I just want something that will fit all my crap, get me from point A to point B, and have air conditioning.
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
20 weeks today! Banana, which seems smaller than the mango size comparison of last week, but I am done trying to make sense of the food comparisons, lol.
2. How are you feeling?
Good! I am so grateful to be feeling on the mend from HFM. I still have painful blisters on my feet, but other than that I'm feeling pretty normal. AND I haven't thrown up since Friday! So, I am feeling grateful!
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I cannot decide if I want to direct my first short film in October. I write a lot of things (short films, feature films) and am trying to sell them, but I haven't directed anything since film school and it seems like a good way to get my name out there. It would take a lot of fundraising and work to do while pregnant, but, I have a gap in work in October and I have no idea when I would be able to do it next, so...I think I maybe want to go for it? This is my daily conundrum.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
@hkom You basically read my mind. I love Harry Potter, but I don't quite get people who are *obsessed* with it and reference it constantly.
20+2 - over half way! Baby is the size of a banana and was told yesterday baby is 10oz
2. How are you feeling?
Feeling pretty good. Hungry all the time and I find I'm getting faint if I don't eat or stay hydrated which is super annoying. While shopping the other day I had to open a drink in the store because I started to see spots
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We found out yesterday little bean is a girl! I'm both excited and terrified. I'm so used to being a boy mom!
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
video games.
@maureenmce Glad you're starting to feel better!
@kristah2 Congrats on your little girl! And I feel you on getting dehydrated. I drink so much water, but still feel dehydrated. I recently started drinking a sports drink (like gatorade, with about 50% less sugar), and that has seemed to help a little.
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
20 + 3! Baby's foot is the size of a water bottle cap!
2. How are you feeling?
Leg cramps are getting better now that I'm eating a banana everyday and drinking my sports drinks. And I started taking more fiber, so that should help with the bloating and gas pains.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Rant (non-preg related): DH took his car in to get some work on it. He is notoriously bad at taking care of his car, which drives me crazy! He's been driving with only one headlight and one brake light for the past 2 months! Then he'd get mad at me when I'd tell him I wasn't going anywhere in his car. He needs brakes, brake cylinders, a tie rod, an O2 sensor, and both lights replaced. $1500 later... grumble!
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Reality TV. Any of it. I just don't get the fascination! (sorry, @maureenmce)
Started IF Feb. 2014
PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility)
3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN
1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN
IUI March 2015, BFN
IUI June 2015, BFN
IUI Oct. 2015, BFN
IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze
IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen
FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
19 + 4, a mango (or a 4-toed hedgehog according to Ovia)
2. How are you feeling?
Not too bad. I've definitely been hungrier and this afternoon I've been feeling really tired. I went to bootcamp last night and rode my bike today, so I may just have overdone it.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We are going on vacation next week!
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
I'm with @texas_t and @hkom on the cars. I just bought the first car I test drove.
Also, bacon. What is with the bacon obsession? They put it in everything nowadays, and some of those places it just does not belong (bacon soap? bacon chapstick? gross).
1. How far along are you? How big is baby? 20 weeks tomorrow, roughly the weight of a human heart.
2. How are you feeling? Pregnant. I don't know whether my toddler has gone through a growth spurt or whether I'm just starting to feel my physical limitations a little more, but it's getting tough to carry her little thirty-pound self around.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? I don't want to wooooooooork anymore!!!
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of? Music. It's often (though certainly not always) pleasant, but meh.
How far along are you? How big is baby?
I'm 20 weeks, 1 day. Baby is the size of an axolotl. Google it. Cute and not cute at the same time.
How are you feeling?
Most definitely pregnant. I felt like I swallowed a bag of rocks yesterday and today I struggled to bend over. Beyond that, pretty good.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I think pregnancy and having a newborn can seem like smaller life events than they are at times. At least for me, I'm focusing pretty heavily on the next 6-9 months of my life when I need to also realize that I am going to have a child. Someone who is wholly dependent on me for everything. You have to start thinking about things like wills and that's too heavy for me right now.
GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you don't get the point of?
Collecting. My husband loves to collect and I just don't get it. I don't need every single one of whatever that thing is. It just seems like clutter to me.
1. Far along and size? 19+5, Mango
2. How am I feeling? Really good. Running hurts my crotch - I can only run every other day. Is it ligaments, the baby bouncing??? I didn’t run with my other 2, but it was also hell getting bck
in shape after limited cardio for 10ish+ months. I still have aversions to meat, but I drink coffee now.
3.R/R//DD so happy to look pregnant now. IMO this time in 2nd trimester is when I feel my best, so I’m just enjoying it. I’m hoping thrat the weather will cool down before I get to the uncomfortable stage.
4. Obsessed and I don’t understand? Fashion. I just don’t get it. I want to look cute, but I think my style is more classic and not so trendy. And make up - I really don’t get the obsession with all of the products.
@AGK2015 One of my biggest pet peeves is when people talk about how much they loooooove music and it's soooo important to them and yadda yadda yadda, like it makes them special or unique somehow. Literally every human on the planet likes music. NO ONE doesn't like music. Get over yourself.
Congrats on your little girl! Time to buy alll the cute dresses!
20+3, baby's foot is the size of a bottle cap.
2. How are you feeling?
Good! Although I keep looking at my belly and can't believe how big it is. Is that what they call "popped"? Or does that happen later?
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I am so glad I look obviously pregnant at the gym now. Now I feel like people are thinking "good for her for working out while pregnant" instead of "look how weak she is" LOL.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
+1 on reality TV. It's all staged anyway. Except the cooking shows, like MasterChef. Apparently, those are legit.
20+1 - wow!
2. How are you feeling?
Decent, though the frequent peeing and shortness of breath are annoying. I have some lowkey anxiety with not knowing my work leave plan yet. I've been meaning to email the owners of my company for the last two days to start the conversation and I just haven't. After that's settled, I feel better about focusing on different things - like prepping the new nursery!
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We had a great interview with a sitter today - I'm so relieved. She's going to come for a trial on Thursday for a few hours. I really hope it works out because DH is back to school next week and I don't want to force my in-laws into watching DD fulltime until her nursery school starts back up.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Guns.
2. How are you feeling? Pretty good. Been feeling more acid reflux lately.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? Similar to last pregnancy, I feel like I don't look that pregnant, which I hate because I want that cute pregnant belly. Whatever, obviously it's never going to happen
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of? Nascar. Breaking bad. Oscar parties.
@kristah2 I'm so happy to be a girl mom! You will love it!!
@maureenmce I'm glad to hear you're feeling better from HFM.
@mag1cbeli3ver GIVE ME ALL OF THE REALITY TV
@kadeephd bacon is delicious. give it all to meeee
I'm 19+4; baby is as big as a mango
2. How are you feeling?
Feeling ok for the most part. Still doesn't take much for me to start feeling exhausted. Recently, I've been dealing with a higher heart rate, including a few times where my heart has been racing for awhile even when I was sitting (ended up calling my doctor on that one, but she said it's not uncommon during pregnancy since your budd is working harder). Also, the past few days, I have moments where iti feels like something is pressing on chest, making me feel like it's taking a bit for me to catch my breath. Other than that, not doing too bad.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Curious, especially for those who have already had a kid, when do you get insurance for your baby? The hospital I'm delivering at wants me to send in a pre admission form and it asks about the baby's insurance. I didn't think you had to get that until after the baby arrived though.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
pumpkin flavored stuff. Doing get why people go so crazy for it. I'm fine with pumpkin pie, but that's pretty much it.
@mag1cbeli3ver Ha, no offense taken - I don't actually care for reality tv personally! Producing it is a super fun job but it's not my cup of tea when I have time to watch tv myself!
@binxybaby I googled it like you said & it's so cute, but creepy.. but cute!
@whitneyb89 Give me the pumpkin things you don't want! I mean, I don't want ridiculous things like pumpkin cheese or something, but pancakes, baked goods, latte's & ice cream pumpkin yaaas. Also -- I couldn't add DS to insurance until he was born & immediately they just needed any paperwork (not necessarily formal) saying he was born & I had to send his SSN/Birth Cert within 30 days. You can't add to insurance until there's a birthday I believe.
@AGK2015 yes on carrying a toddler around! It's fine for the first few minutes, but that extra 30 lbs is a lot right now.
@ab_canada & @kadeephd at least you're going to the gym, way to go!
@kristah2 congrats on your baby girl! I will feel exactly the same if this is a girl. All I can imagine is another boy and for DS to have a brother, but I also really love the girl name we have picked out so that's what I'm holding onto if baby comes out a girl. It'll be such a fun adventure for you!
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
21 today - as long as a carrot! Which seems smaller than a banana and a mango @maureenmce it makes no sense for sure!
2. How are you feeling?
Overall, really great. I started taking magnesium & it seems to be helping constipation so fingers crossed that it keeps working. I am swelling so much less than last time & my weight is reflecting that which makes me SO happy. I'm afraid to talk about it though as if that will make me balloon & gain 70 lbs again.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Little carrot is bouncing around like crazy this morning & was last night too. It makes my heart smile.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Many things I agree with that have been said: Harry Potter, music, makeup, fashion, video games, 50 Shades
I've said this one before, but fit watches. Also, designer anything. Why the heck would I pay $900 for a purse that serves the same purpose as a $25 Kohl's one & looks identical? Or a $200 North Face when a $40 Columbia fits just fine & keeps me warm? Name brands are dumb.
DS: 12/20/16
EDD: 11/29/18
20 weeks and 2 days. Baby is the size of a small banana.
2. How are you feeling?
Tired and a bit achy, but after going to my anatomy scan today and being told my baby is sitting low, that would explain it.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
My sisters have been too nosy about my pregnancy. Asking how big I'm getting and for bump pics. I'm a bit self conscious. Question: I don't know how to dress baby for sleeping depending on the season. Baby will be here in late Nov/ early Dec, and I don't want her to be too hot/cold.
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Gender reveal parties. Yes they look cute and fun, but I don't understand the big deal...I would rather save the big party for my shower.
If I remember correctly, DD (born 11/23) usually slept in a onesie (sometimes short sleeved, sometimes long) with a sleep bag/sleep sack/wearable blanket over it.
@whitneyb89 When my daughter was born, my office admin told me to email her so she could tell our insurance company. They asked that we send her SS whenever we got it and that was that. Pretty easy, thankfully.
21w+1d, Bok Choy
2. How are you feeling?
Ok. My back was killing yesterday.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
People have started to touch the belly. Eww
4. GTKY: What is something that people are obsessed with but you just don’t get the point of?
Showing my age here- but people that are obsessed with celebrities. As a kid I remember people fainting at Michael Jackson concerts because he got close to them. I can't imagine ever liking someone that much.