October 2018 Moms
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Wednesday Ticker Change (7/18)
knottieamusements
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Ticker change simply means that you have started a new week of pregnancy. For example, I go from 28 weeks to 29 weeks on Wednesday 7/18, so my “ticker” changes on Wednesdays. It is our way of marking a milestone.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Any appointments this week?
4. Rants/raves/questions?
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Re: Wednesday Ticker Change (7/18)
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
29 weeks. According to the bump, that is the size of an acorn squash. I feel like that is smaller than last week’s Eggplant. If I get really bored this week I might make a chart of all the size comparisons to see if I am nuts on this.
2. How are you feeling?
Better and more relaxed than I have in several weeks. My house is coming together and I passed my 3hr Glucose Challenge. I feel like I have umph to make it through the next 11ish weeks.
3. Any appointments this week?
My OB appt from last Friday got rescheduled to today.
Also, we met with the Doula last night for our first prenatal visit/ planning session.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Met with my Doula last night, and I am super excited to be working with her. I felt like she genuinely understood what my goals were (healthy baby first, med-free second) and we were able to really connect. Guncle also really felt comfortable with her (he had not met her during the interview process).
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Today, I don’t know because there are so many places. But when I was a kid, I wanted to escape to Raymond E. Feist’s universe and run through the forests with his foresters, do magic with Pug, and meet the sentient ants.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
27, a bunch of bananas
2. How are you feeling?
Good! Sleeping is getting a little harder, but I broke out the body pillow the last two nights and that has been great. I feel like my belly gets bigger every day!
3. Any appointments this week?
27 week check up yesterday. Baby is growing and sounds really good. They asked me to book all my appointments through 40 weeks and the NST and ultrasound I will need if I go a week overdue. Shit just got real.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Meeting with 2 day cares today. Hoping we like them so we can make that decision and cross it off our list!
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Hogwarts!!!
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
29 weeks and baby is the size of an acorn squash.
2. How are you feeling?
Reaching the uncomfortable stage with pelvis discomfort along with the other lovely pregnancy symptoms that are to be expected.
3. Any appointments this week?
Not until next week and then I have every 2 week appointments.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Love when my husband plays with the baby in my belly, talks to her or kisses it. The other night (when I’m trying to fall asleep) he felt her kicking so kept playing where he would tap my stomach and she would kick back (or just randomly kick and the timing worked out).
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
I saw the Parent Trap movie on tv the other day and it was a total throwback to being a kid and watching movies with my friends. I’d love to go back to being a teenager at summer camp where they went.
@knottieamusements - yay for the glucose test! I am about to go take mine and i am super nervous.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 27 weeks! Baby is big. Baby is real big.
2. How are you feeling? Good, heartburn is a killer, and my pelvis is splitting, but i am maintaining my wits at work still and getting stuff done, so i am happy.
3. Any appointments this week? I had an OB appt Monday, and my glucose test today. The went ahead an moved me to two weeks already, but the doc said i was having the most boring pregnancy ever, so it's not for any specific reason.
4. Rants/raves/questions? I'm being overly emotional and concerned that my doula doesn't like me because she hasn't scheduled any of our home visits yet. It haunted my dreams last night, and i had a dream that my dog was my stand-in doula, but she was the worst, because she is a selfish and uncaring dog that only cares about food. (has anyone seen the super cute buzzfeed article about the woman's corgi being by her side during birth? i just cry when i look at the pictures. pic of the good boy in spoiler) https://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/corgi-supported-mom-during-home-birth?utm_term=.xdYo4E9PL#.xnJz6eWBj
The second dream involved Jonathan Van Ness from queer eye being my doula, and he was amazing. "girl you are strong, you are a Kelly Clarkson song!"
Sooooooo pregnancy dreams. Yeah.....
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go? UGH, so many. Rivendell, Hogsmeade, Hawkins, IN.....sign me up.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
29 weeks! Acorn squash.
2. How are you feeling?
I’ve been more tired and hot lately. Getting out of breath more easily.
3. Any appointments this week?
Appt on Thursday and then I think every 2 weeks.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Baby both seems very near and very far. The to-do list thread really freaked me out.
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Brakebills from the Magicians. Magical college with sex and partying sounds a lot more interesting that magical prep school.
The bump comparisons just bother me because I feel like some weeks are smaller than the previous week.
@rc-cola freaked me out too! I'm a procrastinator so at least there is a thread I can go back and catch up when I'm ready to tackle to-do items.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 25 weeks
2. How are you feeling? Feeling pretty good. Heat is crazy, my fan runs at helicopter speed and AC is cold for the rest of the family. I just lie there bare-bellied trying to sleep comfortably in an igloo and I'm still hot.
3. Any appointments this week? Passed my 3 hour glucose test also. I was afraid this time would be the one with GD, thankfully not! No more appts for 3 weeks.
4. Rants/raves/questions? I made a "big" baby purchase this week. First big purchase (car seat) and I got 4 outfits in the mail. As I was putting them away, my heart was full that this baby is not just taking up space in my body but he's falling into place in our family. He's taking up physical space in our lives
I'm not supper sappy but it made my heart smile.
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go? Yeah, most fictional places freak me out. I'd rather not lol
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
29 weeks, acorn squash
2. How are you feeling?
Tired, I have headaches again, always out of breath, back pain, it overall I'm okay.
3. Any appointments this week?
Failed my 1hr yesterday so I have to schedule the 3hr. Also got to see the baby bears yesterday! They are measuring even further along according to this scan and they were not interested in having their pictures taken! It was cool to see them but laying down makes me so sick so thankfully our tech was amazing and got everything she needed with my on my side!!
4. Rants/raves/questions?
What happens if I fail the 3hr?? I dont think I was too far off for the 1hr so I have hope, it said <=135 and I was at 143! I just want to know what it means..
Rant: I've really liked the OB (not actually a dr.) I was seeing up until this last appointment. I feel like a lot of what she told me from the last time I saw her was completely different from what she told me yesterday and that she didnt seem to have much to say at all. My next appointment is with another Dr. I'm hoping he's as awesome as the first one I met with because DH and I really did like him. I might be making the rest of my appointments with other Drs. Instead of the lady I have been seeing since she isn't even one of the baby catchers..
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Hogwarts for sure! The entire wizarding world of harry potter sounds like where I'd like to go, especially if I could use magic as well!
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
27 weeks, romaine lettuce??
2. How are you feeling?
Tired, hot, hard to sleep and just overall starting to get more and more uncomfortable
3. Any appointments this week?
Just scheduled my 3hr glucose test for Monday. Fingers crossed!
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Rant- Ive been a bit overwhelmed lately with work. I am the nurse for an outpatient adult medicine clinic and I am starting a new position in the same building but I will now be the nurse for the pediatrics clinic. I am super excited but overwhelmed because I will also work my old position until I am out on leave. Half the day I am doing one job and the other half I am doing another. Its really stressing me out and I have so much to learn that I wish I could just be up on Peds fulltime but of course I cant leave my adult clinic hanging until they find my replacement. We also have to hire an LPN for Peds as that position is open and I need to get them trained before my leave too. These last two weeks have been crazy!
Rave - we did the 3 day potty training method with my daughter over the weekend. She has had 1-2 accidents each day but is using the potty consistently for the majority of the day and no diapers since Friday so I am calling it a success
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
I always wanted to go to Narnia when I was a kid.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
27 weeks! Lettuce? I don't even know.
2. How are you feeling?
Overall I'm good, but really tired. I fear that my second tri energy is slipping away. After commuting home from work I am dragging to accomplish anything.
3. Any appointments this week?
Glucose test on Friday! I can't wait to get it over with and hope it goes well and I don't have to do the 3-hr.
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I'm just really upset with 3 a.m. Lately I've been falling asleep only to wake up at 3 a.m. and then get really overwhelmed so that I'm unable to get back to sleep, usually for at least another hour (today I didn't get back to sleep till 6 and then had to wake up at 7). It's not even like I'm waking up to pee, it just strikes 3 and I'm awake. WTF.
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Hogwarts, for sure.
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
29 - big banana split! (I’m with you all on the ridiculous size comparisons. I’ve never had a 2.5lb banana split before, but I’m willing to try!)
2. How are you feeling?
Not too bad. I second the overwhelmingness of the To Do List thread, but love that it’s there for later when I’m ready to look!
3. Any appointments this week?
Nada
4. Rants/raves/questions?
Just flew to Atlanta for a conference this weekend, and seriously, compression socks are the best!
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Discworld!
1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
28 - size of a basket of wings!
2. How are you feeling?
Pretty good, although the heartburn is getting a lot more consistent these days
3. Any appointments this week?
Nope - I see my midwife next week
4. Rants/raves/questions?
I'm loving how much the little guy moves these days, but sometimes he does make it hard to fall asleep!
5. GTKY: To what fictional place would you most like to go?
Probably Hogsmeade