Thursday and Friday Ticker Change (8/23-24)

highsteaks · August 2018

This is for those of us with a Thursday due date of: 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, & 11/29
OR
a Friday due date of: 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, & 11/30

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. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?

MojieJo · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

28 weeks tomorrow! Eggplant!

2. How are you feeling?

Tired and not sleeping well.

3. Any appointments this week?

Today (in about an hour and a half). Just a regular OB appointment.

4. Rants/raves/questions?

Third trimester, baby!

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?

Getting started cleaning up the space where this little guy's crib is going to go. He's not going in the nursery with the twins because of lack of room (and the very real potential for a new baby crying to disrupt their sleep and cause problems).

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?

Halloween! It's my favorite holiday!

I'm going to be about ready to pop this Halloween (assuming baby doesn't come early), but hopefully I can still have some fun. I don't think I'll be able to trick-or-treat with the twins (at least not more than a trip around the block) and I won't have a costume that fits, but I'm still looking forward to it.

highsteaks · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

27w, heads of lettuce!

2. How are you feeling?

better today. been alternating icing/heating pad on my hip, while trying to take it easy, and today is the first day i haven’t been in agony in over a week (yay). i am taking that injury as a sign that it’s time for me to be more careful.

3. Any appointments this week?

none, but finally contacted a pediatric kidney specialist to find out what happens next for baby b. after being transferred from 5 different receptionists trying to get the right office, i am so happy that the final office seems AMAZING and super accommodating. the doctor is unfortunately 2.5 hours away, but the office is going to handle the back and forth between them and mfm, then the doc will contact me directly so we won’t have to drive all the way out for the consultation.

4. Rants/raves/questions?
i am starting to see obvious little jabs of movement from the outside. last time i had an anterior placenta, so missed out on this milestone. i’m looking forward to eventually seeing little feet or hand poking at me.
5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
prepping cloth diapers in the washing machine as i type. washed a small bunch of preemie size sleepers yesterday. will try to get the dresser drawers somewhat organized and write out a list of what small incidentals i need to purchase. soooo close to finishing a baby blanket i’m crocheting, so hopefully that will be done this weekend.
6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?
i love the first day when you can feel the fall chill coming! normally i would be looking forward to halloween night, but i think this year i’ll either be right about to have the babies or will have had them already, so halloween will likely be pretty low key.

millerbear56 · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

29 weeks, an acorn squash

2. How are you feeling?

Good, the weekend was rough with a lot of pressure and sensitivity of my lady bits, had some spotting after getting frisky with MH, which never happened when pregnant with DS. No contractions and baby moved like normal so on call nurse said to just ask about it at my next appointment

3. Any appointments this week?

No

4. Rants/raves/questions?
MH was playing softball last week and slid to catch a ball. He’s got a nasty leg wound from sliding but I’m so over hearing him complain about it. So your leg hurts, you did that to yourself. Try growing a human.
5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
Hoping to get the 0-3 month clothes back from my sister to go through and put away.
6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for? I LOVE fall, cool nights/mornings, the colors of the trees, football, and that baby will arrive during this season!

runningyogimama · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

30! Cantaloupe.

2. How are you feeling?

Ugh, done.

3. Any appointments this week?

Today - just a quick checkup. Literally spent 5 mins with the doctor - she said I’m always an easy way to end the day since I always take the last appt of the day and have no concerns, haha.

4. Rants/raves/questions?

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
Hoping to get DD’s former room/soon to be nursery cleaned out/up. And I want DH to get the boxes of bottles we saved out so I can go through them.
6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?

Fall is definitely my favorite season! Just the weather in general!!! And normally apple orchards and the pumpkin patch, but is see those being a bit miserable this year since I’m already so sore and uncomfortable.

runwmusic · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

27 w+1 camping Lantern

2. How are you feeling?

overall pretty good but my lower back is pretty bad more often than not.

3. Any appointments this week?

Nope

4. Rants/raves/questions?
Next week's is my gestational diabetes testing. Any suggestions on how to make that go well?

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
Still haven't really started. We are modeling our master bathroom which is almost done. My baby shower is in 3 weeks and I took I the week after off. Hoping to get a lot done then.

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?
The temperature!!! And apple picking, leaves changing color, pumpkin carving, and... Pumpkin spice!

smulrich16 · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

27w, babies are the size of heads of lettuce

2. How are you feeling?

Good! I've been having some hip pain, but I have bad hips so that's not entirely surprising.

3. Any appointments this week?

I had an appointment with MFM on Monday - all is well.

4. Rants/raves/questions?

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
We took a breastfeeding class - it was actually a 2 class series. The first was on breastfeeding and the second focused more on going back to work and pumping. It was a pretty good class!

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?
The cool weather!! I'm over this hot, humid stuff and I'm ready for some cool, fall air...and a break on the electric bill!

highsteaks · August 2018

@ftm_jen re: improving your gtt test— check with your doc if you need to fast or not the morning of the test. if you don’t need to fast, stick with a protein breakfast like just a couple eggs. sugar and other carbs can throw off the numbers. if you want to be extra cautious, you can stay away from sugary stuff the day before as well.

tessiesmom26 · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

30w. Zucchini

2. How are you feeling?

Pretty meh to be honest. This week has been hell but it's Friday and I have to leave early for PT so I just have to make it through until 2:45 today!

3. Any appointments this week?
I had PT Tuesday which was good. I had the worst day and my appt was a back massage and rolling out my sciatic nerve on both sides so it was nice and relaxing. I just left my appt with my Midwife and have PT again today at 3:30.

4. Rants/raves/questions?
I met the Midwife at my practice this morning. She is new and I heard great things about her so I was looking forward to it. All was well except that she told me baby is measuring 2 weeks behind. She said not to worry and I am trying not to but that's sort of hard. I move to every other week appts now, so I scheduled my next with a different Dr to see what he has to say.

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
We are going to finish the closet insert this weekend and hopefully get started on putting the shiplap on the wall!

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?
Football, the weather, the scents, and everything else that comes with fall. Fall is my favorite!

dawn122780 · August 2018

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

30weeks. Zucchini

2. How are you feeling?

Tired, hot, huge. The good feeling I had turning the second trimester has worn off and now I am just tired, awkward and simply standing up makes me exhausted.

3. Any appointments this week?
My regular ob appt. They are every two weeks now and I was told I am one of the healthiest "geriatric pregnancies" they have seen. BP is great, heartbeat is good (I was a bit concerned because he's been a steady 145 the whole time and now he's 135), symptoms are normal, I am doing what I am supposed to and I am still big. I am measuring 33 weeks at 30 weeks, but I have only gained 9 pounds.

4. Rants/raves/questions?
Anyone else getting hot flashes? Around noon every day they hit me and I start sweating like crazy. It lasts maybe 15 minutes .

5. What are you doing this week to prepare for baby’s arrival?
I am finishing cleaning out the "spare bedroom/my closet" so we can move all the stuff that was in our old spare bedroom (now the baby's room) to its new space.

6. GTKY: Since fall is coming soon, what fall thing are you most excited for?
Apple cider being served again at Tim Hortons. I wait all year for this. Also Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster. Its a tradition that I embarrass my husband with every year!

highsteaks · August 2018

@dawn122780 the heart rate typically decreases throughout pregnancy, so sounds like baby is right on track! as for the hot flashes, i have gotten them a couple times early on but not lately (knock on wood). now, after my last pregnancy, i had a crazy post partum hormone crash, and got hot flashes, night sweats, and chills every night for a couple weeks!

runwmusic · August 2018

@highsteaks it's non fasting so I'll just eat some eggs. I wish it was earlier in the day (I have usually eaten a couple times by 10) but Id rather live on eggs for the morning than fail.

@dawn122780 I had hot flashes a few weeks back but they have subsided. I hope yours stop soon. Summer and pregnancy don't mix!

offtoneverland · August 2018

@ftm_jen I had eggs and a teeny tiny glass of OJ the morning of my glucose test and it was successful for me. Good luck!

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