December 2018 Moms
clbness
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Due Date Check in 12/17-12/24-Week of 7/16
clbness
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I've been MIA since last Thursday because of work, so...HELLO! I stole the GTKY from one of last weeks check-ins. 
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
4. GTKY: What thing(s) from your childhood do you want your child(ren) to experience?
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
2. How are you feeling?
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
4. GTKY: What thing(s) from your childhood do you want your child(ren) to experience?
Re: Due Date Check in 12/17-12/24-Week of 7/16
This pregnancy is 10 times worse than my first and I'm having a hard time not complaining about it (so I won't go into detail)!
We are driving 4 hours to SW Colorado to visit my Mom this weekend and I am SO EXCITED! It was MH's idea to get out of the city and see her, so I thought that was sweet. He's pretty alright sometimes.
I grew up in a very small town in KS and want my kids to experience the country. Camping at the lake, fishing, stargazing (can't really see the stars in Denver
1. How far along are you? How big is baby? 17 +1, the size of a pair of sunglasses??? That doesn't sound right.
2. How are you feeling? Stressed because of stupid doctor bills/ insurance BS and house drama, but otherwise pretty ok.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? Health insurance is the biggest scam in America. There is literally no other service where you pay and pay every month, and may or may NOT get anything for your money. Brilliant scheme! I hate dealing with insurance, both as a patient and as a medical professional. Seriously, it's the worst.
4. GTKY: What thing(s) from your childhood do you want your child(ren) to experience? Large family holidays with all the cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. together. I will be so sad if we lose that tradition. It's getting harder as everyone is moving away, though.
Yes, the smell of horses is just divine! My high school BF's family owned a feed lot and I would help feed cattle on the weekends. I miss that smell (and can't wait to go back for my HS reunion in Oct). Dang it, you need to just drag that guy out camping...does he know what he's missing?! Come to think of it, MH and I haven't been camping since we've been together either...granted, we've only been together for 5.5 years. But, he's a camper camper and I'm a tent camper, so that probably has something to do with it...we don't have a camper (yet).
I'm so sorry you're having to deal with insurance...it really is a huge pain and you don't need that stress right now. I hope they get everything corrected for you!
2. Tired. Always so tired.
3. Found out at my check up yesterday that I need to chill with the weight gain. I basically haven’t excercised once this whole pregnancy. I’ve never been big into excercising but consider myself always on the go and active. The thought of trying to fit this in while I’m already exhausted all the time is overwhelming me but I will make it work. Also need to chill with the whole oh I’m pregnant I can eat whatever I want now! Time to start being a little bit more mindful. Last thing I want to do is make things harder for myself after pregnancy and also make anything unhealthy for my little guy.
4. Great question. I feel the world has changed so much since I was a kid. I agree with @scaredunprepared as a big part of it all was family based. Everyone is everywhere now and it will definitely be different. I grew up with a big pool in my backyard and having family over all the time during summers to swim and bbq. That def won’t be happening for my kid!
@lagoose23 yes to the tiredness, weight gain, and exercise. I've thankfully cooled the weight gain a bit (up 8 ish lbs total, but only 1lb in the last 2 weeks). I've been allowed to exercise again after 5 weeks. It's been tougher than I expected getting back into the routine, but I'm getting there slowly. I have to stop making the excuse that I'm tired all the time! I've been going 2x per week, this week the goal is to up it to 3x. Before I found out I was pregnant I did 5 classes a week. Hopefully i get back to that, but it's definitely getting much harder to do a lot of the exercises with a growing bump in the way. I keep telling myself that if I quit now, it will only be even more difficult for me later on! I hope exercising as long as I can through pregnancy will make the 3rd trimester and labor/ delivery easier.
2. How are you feeling? Good for the most part, glad to not be sick anymore.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? *rant* So my brother in law and his wife have always seemed to try to compete with us...buy a house they buy bigger, buy a small fixer upper $100 pop up camper they buy a big fifth wheel..like this takes place literally a few weeks after we do something. They have 4 children and weeks before we told anyone that I was pregnant, we decided to ask them if they were planning on having anymore children (mainly wanted to see if our prediction would be right). They laughed and said, "no, we are completely done. We are content with the 4 we have". Well... a few weeks after telling everyone we were expecting, we get a text saying that they decided they wanted to leave it in Gods hands and they were going to try for another. Yep, saw that one coming. The next month, they announced they were expecting, just days after finding out she was pregnant. They said they knew it was really early but they just couldn't wait to tell everyone... go figure. *End of rant*.
4. GTKY: What thing(s) from your childhood do you want your child(ren) to experience? I think I would just like them to be able to enjoy being a kid. To keep the worries that adulthood seems to bring, away from them as much as I can. I also would love for them to experience the fun times I always had up at my Grandmas place in Colorado. She is now longer alive, but my dad still have the property which as a river running through it. We do make it up there at times, just not even close to as often as I would like. We did go for the 4th of July, the river was so calm and low..and warm! The kids had a lot of fun playing in it. I just hope to be able to give them good memories to look back on one day.
@clbness, I've got you beat, I've been MIA for like a month, but I've been lurking and figured it's time to jump back in.
1. How far along are you? How big is baby?
18 weeks today- baby is as big as a sweet potato. Which of course made me crave sweet potatoes so now I'm making sweet potato fries for lunch.
2. How are you feeling?
Having to pee ALL the time, and feeling hungry 24/7. I'm trying to shove in fruits and veggies when my mouth really wants chips and ice cream.
3. Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I've been feeling baby move for about 2 weeks, which has been awesome! I was surprised because I'm a FTM and thought maybe it was too early, but I'm convinced it's him.
4. GTKY: What thing(s) from your childhood do you want your child(ren) to experience?
@scaredunprepared- mine is the exact same! Family parties with lots of cousins and extended family. Being so far from my own family at the moment has been making me all kinds of sentimental, and I love all those memories of being with my family growing up.
Also, playing outside for hours and hours, not being glued to a screen. As a teacher, the amount of screen time my third graders had at home was alarming, and I am convinced it affected their attention capabilities in school.
@lagoose23 I so get it on the weight gain too...I haven't done a bit of exercising either and I think it's affecting my mood. I hope you get into a groove that's comfortable for you! It's rough when you're so pooped, so I get it...you're not alone!
@dreamalways Welcome! I'm so sorry your B & SIL are such one-uppers, that has to be so frustrating. I don't blame you for being annoyed by it! Where in CO is your Grandma's place? I'm in Denver! I just love the beautiful sights in CO.
@scaredunprepared Pssh, our SO's can go camper camping and you and I can rough it and go fishing, girl! I think the biggest issue MH has is that he gets REALLY HOT...I mean, the man will sweat in the winter. He needs an AC at all times (mainly to be able to sleep) or he is miserable. Otherwise, he is a total manly man and is very handy.
What is PJ Masks?? I have so much learning to do on kid trends!
ETA: PJ Masks is a cartoon about 3 little kids who fight crimes at night and their alter egos are Owlette, Cat Boy and Gecko. It's cute...and annoying at the same time.
@dreamalways It's so beautiful down there! My Mom is in Montrose.