December 2018 Moms
snugglyduckling25
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Weekly Check in 9/18 (EDD 12/17-12/24)
snugglyduckling25
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How far along are you?
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why?
Re: Weekly Check in 9/18 (EDD 12/17-12/24)
How far along are you? 27 weeks tomorrow! 3rd tri here I come.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? I’m not feeling too horrible. I wish I had more energy though. I’m sure if I slept better I’d have more energy.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? My main rant is the weather. I was all excited a couple of weeks ago that fall was here and then we went back to summer temps. My other kids are March and May so this is definitely the most pregnant I’ve been during the summer and I’m over these hot days.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? I don’t really know, there is so much of just the US I want to take my kids to. We’ve always vacationed in FL because I love Disney and the beach, but I’m realizing I’m running out of time for full family vacations while they still think it’s cool to come with us. So, I’m trying to talk DH into becoming an RV family....he’s not going for it.
@snugglyduckling25 woot! 3rd tri is such a huge milestone! +1 for poopy sleep and lack of energy. Pretty much spend 1/2 my day yawning. I so miss the tease of fall we got too. I'm over the summer humidity. Plus, fall is the best season, so I'm ready! Hopefully you can convince your DH to do the RV thing. My SO wants to do that, but I'm not sold! Lol
How far along are you? 26+1
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? Feeling pretty good except reflux and backaches which are keeping me up all night.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? I just started back in the schools this week for work and I'm already ready to be done. Can it be Thanksgiving already? I was coughed on like 478 times. I don't want to be sick!!!! Also, cancer sucks. Kudos to my SO who's been helping me deal with all the shit that's come our way recently.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? I'd love to do Europe, or pretty much anywhere outside the US. I haven't traveled much. In the US, I really want to see Hawaii, Alaska, and Oregon. I regret not traveling when I was childless!
How far along are you? 27.2
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? Feeling tired and headache-y. Dog woke me up yesterday at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep...
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? I failed my 1 hr GD and now feeling a bit freaked out. Gotta schedule the 3 hr and figure it out.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? Alaska adventure cruise is definitely on the list. Wouldn't mind going to southeast Asia either but no specific places we have picked out.
How far along are you? 26 weeks and some days:)
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? Feeling pretty good...as long as I get a nap after work.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? I too feel like fall is messing with me. Wonderful cool weekend two weeks ago and then hot and humid this weekend. Not nice!
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? We like to go camping, and when the kids are older and I have leave again I'd really like to camp in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. I did as a kid and still have great memories. And, I want to try out the campground at Disney World!@hannelorre good luck on the 3 hour! Also, my DS1 and DH want to do an Alaskan cruise. DS1 then wants to go dog sledding, so that’s on a list somewhere too!
@ScootsMcG the campground at Disney looks fun! We went when I was younger with my dad and stayed in a cabin. They have so much to do there I think you can spend a ton of time just at the campground. We like to camp too and have been talking about a camper rather than staying in tents.
@ScootsMcG Yellowstone and glacier national parks look amazing! I think it would be really fun once kids are little older. My parents took me to a lot of places when I was little but I dont really have memories from those trips..
How far along are you?
27+1
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Sciatica pain is becoming a part of daily life. Ive also started to get some heartburn here and there, usually when I eat junk food. Sleep is starting to be a struggle. Getting the belly comfortable is hard, then i wake up with hip and leg pain.....
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Question - Is anyone else getting alot of b/h contractions. I've been getting them since 16 weeks, but it's still something I'm getting used to. With ds I never had 1 contraction, so when i started getting them I had no idea what they were lol
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why?
Mh and I would love to go to italy. He is italian,and there is a small town there with his last name we would love to visit.
@scaredunprepared You know you're ALWAYS welcome in this group.
@hannelorre Good luck on your 3 hour! I know several people who failed their 1 but passed their 3.
@ScootsMcG I didn't know Disney had a campground, that's cool! I love camping.
@lavenderlisa I feel like I have been getting them more with this pregnancy than my last. Maybe it's because we have a toddler to chase around this time instead of being able to sit and rest? I don't think I started feeling them as early as you have though. Also, +1 to Italy...it's been a dream of mine since I was a kid.
How far along are you? 27 weeks tomorrow!
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? Not too bad. Just backaches by the end of day, heartburn by afternoon and tough time sleeping because of hip pains.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? My IL's are visiting this weekend, and if they get in early enough on Friday, I'd like to see if DH and I could have a date night. There's a concert (Rodney Atkins) at the country bar and I really feel like putting my boots on and doing some dancing...plus, MH and I REALLY need a date night and adult conversation. I also need to get back into my Tuesday line dance lessons. I mean, it's a form of exercise, right?!
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? Oh lawdy, there are so many places I want to go. Sans kids, I'd love for DH and I to go to Italy (Rome for DH and everywhere else in the country for me), Ireland and Scotland. I'd love to go to Thailand, but I don't think he'd be on board. With the kids, somewhere (anywhere really besides KS and CO) in the US and preferably a National Park.
Thanks for starting this @snugglyduckling25. I tried to work up the courage to do it last week but I'm not creative enough! Also like you and @ScootsMcG I am over the hot days, it's fair season in CT and it's too hot for me to want to go.
@scaredunprepared I've been thinking about you and your pup often, hope the adjustment is getting better each day!
@hannelorre Good luck with the 3 hour!! Cruising in Alaska is one of my dream vacations.
@lavenderlisa I have two friends in Italy right now and all their pictures (especially of the food and wine) are making me jealous.
@clbness I hope you get to go on your date night! Rodney Atkins sounds like a great choice of dates!
How far along are you?
27+2
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
No new symptoms. I had a terrible migraine yesterday that I think was more weather related though. Thankfully it's gone today since I can't take anything helpful for my migraines.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I felt like a bad friend today. My bff who lives 6 hours away wants to come visit and meet the baby for New Years. If it was just her I would have absolutely no problem with it (when she had her first last year I went and stayed with her for the first week to help out around the house) but she wants to bring her toddler and husband too and that thought is making me very anxious. I hinted towards that not being a great idea today but I'm not sure she really understood. When she comes here for my baby shower in October I'm definitely going to have a more clear conversation in person but for now I just feel guilty.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why?
In a dream world it would be Tahiti or Bora Bora. I want to stay in an overwater hut! In reality, H and I would like to figure out a trip to Columbia in the future. He was adopted from Bogata and has never been back. We both think it'd be pretty amazing to see the area he was born in.
@clbness I didnt think about the toddler aspect so maybe that's what it is.
How far along are you?
27 weeks tomorrow!
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Feeling pretty good actually. Just enjoying watching waves on my belly while she has a dance party in the evenings.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
Re: Braxton Hicks. I think I've had some, but I'm always like, what is that? It's kind of light feeling and barely noticeable.... but it might be BH? Haha.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why?
Hmmmm. I don't know. We love traveling. Before getting pregnant we went to Australia/New Zealand and that was my ultimate bucket list trip! I have to figure out what my next trip goal is! DH has never been on road trips like I grew up with, so maybe some of those at some point.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? Worn out. This baby sits so low that I am having major pelvic pain and by the end of the day I have a hard time walking. I also am having braxton hicks constantly. I am hoping maybe I will end up with a faster easier labor. I can only wish ha
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? I have posted in here a few times and then kinda disappeared after my ultra sound in August. We were told babies head is measuring 10% smaller compared to her body...told everything could be perfectly okay BUT could be this or that
When I called back for results of some heart tests I had to have done, I asked about the baby and was hoping I misunderstood and they meant her entire body measured small. I wouldn't worry too much if that was the case. But they then told me no it was her head. They then proceed to say, "did they tell you the baby may also have a club foot?" ...Uh no they did not tell me that. 
I am not too worried about that, this baby was completely in a ball and it took a while to get measurements, although the tech kept saying how good everything looked even when she did the head. So I don't know. We go back on the 1st of October for more measurements and
just pray her head has grown.
GTKY: Where is the next place on your travel bucket list and why? I would like to go to Disney Aulani in Hawaii. We visited Hawaii once back in 2009 and we stayed at a place right next to where they were building Aulani. I have now dreamed of going back and staying there, but it is so expensive. We decided the only way we may make it there is if the kids all get money jars and start earning money for their own plane ticket ha ha. Maybe one day we will make it there.
@lippy625 Try not to feel too guilty! As a Mom herself, I would hope she would understand. I would feel the same way as you...having extra people in my house after I had DD was stressful and overwhelming.
@lippy625 @snugglyduckling25 Thanks, I think we are going to go for it! It looks like the IL's will now be here tonight instead of tomorrow. And, I looked up his songs and I know a lot more of them than I thought I did.
@snugglyduckling25 that's so sweet of him!! Definitely write that down to remind him one day
@clbness have a great time! Watching You makes me tear up a little bit thinking about baby and H in the future!
@snugglyduckling25 thank you. Enjoy your day off, you deserve it!
@hannelorre you should definitely take a day off if you need it to rest. Lord knows most of us could use that!
@lavenderlisa sciatica is real and it is no joke. Heartburn is pretty serious too! The combination is downright awful and getting comfortable is impossible. Solidarity! No real BH for me though, but I may have felt them twice. Nothing super distinct though, so could have been weird RLP or pressure from baby.
@lippy625 thank you for your thoughts. She's doing ok, getting around better, at least! Hoping increasing pain meds will help her. I totally understand how you're feeling about being a bad friend (no advice, just comiserating [sp?]). My BFF is coming back to NJ for my baby shower and asked months ago if she could stay with us. I was hesitant to give her an answer, seeing as how we just moved to the new (MUCH smaller) house and were in process of unpacking. Then shit hit the fan and I got so caught up with everything else that I never got around to giving her an answer at all. She called yesterday (and didn't even ask about staying with us) but I felt soooooo guilty and apologized like 500 times. I want her to stay here but also am getting slight anxiety about it, so told her things are unfortunately too crazy right now. She was totally understanding. I still feel bad, but honestly I had to do what was best for me and my stress! Good luck with that situation.
@omnommer the couple possible BH I've had were kind of difficult to figure out....still not sure if that's what they were or not lol
@dreamalways sorry about the pelvic pain and BH
@scaredunprepared I'm glad to hear she's getting around better! I definitely doubted it when we were in the thick of my dog's injury but one day you'll look back on this and be so grateful you made the choices you did. My pup's 7th birthday is coming up, his injury and being paralyzed happened when he was 4, and I really can't imagine life any other way than how it's been. Just takes time