January 2019 Moms
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Weekly Ticker Change: EDD January 1-7 (W/O 10/15)
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EDD?
Symptoms?
Upcoming appointments?
R/R/Q:
GTKY: What's your favorite Halloween candy? (stolen from @ladystout08)
DH: 29 | Me: 29
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
Re: Weekly Ticker Change: EDD January 1-7 (W/O 10/15)
No real rants other than it’s getting harder to turn over in bed. It’s definitely a process.
Sore lower back, hips, left SI joint, and tailbone. Tired all the time. Insomnia. On and off nausea again.
Sitting at the lab right now doing my GTT. Forgot how the drink is so sweet it burns on the way down. Yuck. Tomorrow I have a Rhogam shot at the hospital. Yesterday I had my 28 week growth u/s.
Rant: The weather here totally skipped October and went straight to November. It's been cold enough for a winter jacket, hat and gloves the last week or so. And constant rain. Grrrr.
All the halloween candy!!!!! I found out 10 years ago I'm allergic to dairy and cocoa and can't have gluten either so there's not a lot I can eat, but if I could, I'd eat it all. I used to love Caramilk bars.
*TW loss and children mentioned*
Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen
Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019
Rave: I"m typically kind of a pushover at work and just do whatever is asked of me. But today I got a fairly unreasonable email while I was already hangry at the GTT and pushed back veeerrry assertively and it worked! I guess these pregnancy hormones are good for something!
As discussed in last week's UO, almond joys! But I've never met a candy I didn't like.
Mounds! I’m not sure if I developed a love of them because it’s the one candy I never had to fight a sibling for or if I actually liked them as a kid. Either way, give me all the dark chocolate and coconut!
@tos@tosh24 +1 to food allergies ruining good candy. I developed a peanut allergy so no more Reese’s for me.
BFP April 24, 2018 | EDD December 29, 2018
I will always love kitkats, and peanut butter cups. I do really enjoy those little boxes of nerds and the sweet tart candy skeletons. I'm not sure that'a the brand but I think those little candy bones are really fun to eat.
Question: When are you guys planning on starting leave? I think I'm going to start working remotely in mid-December and completely take off 12/21, the Friday before the holidays, and after
Also an Almond Joy lover here @kaf1788 but kitkat is a close second
Jan. 5th
I love alllll candy! Halloween is both my favourite and least favourite time of the year, due to all the yummy treats and my utter lack of self control.
*TW loss and children mentioned*
Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen
Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019
@tosh24 I can't believe we are that close to having babies that you only have 8 weeks left! Man second trimester flew by
Pretty much all candy except coconut. But specifically Snickers, milky way, twix and kit Kat. So all the chocolate lol
BFP April 24, 2018 | EDD December 29, 2018
@KLS123 I think my last day of work will be 12/14. I have a bunch of vacation and sick time that should carry me through 1/4. Then my unpaid leave starts. I have a business on the side, so I want to spend the week of 12/17 wrapping up as much client work as I can so I don't have to worry about having to do much in January.
+1 to the other moms with food allergies! I'm allergic to fish and shellfish. While this doesn't impact my candy choices, eating out can be really challenging due to cross contamination.
@tosh24 Looks like we are coasting out of work around the same time! I have definitely looked into how many work days I have left... Multiple times.
@KLS123 my leave starts 12/26 (day of my c-sec) and 12/24 will be my last day of work so long as everything goes as planned. We only get Christmas Day off for the holiday and everyone on my team took off Christmas Eve so I figured I'd suck it up and work that day since I'll be off for 10 wks. It also means that I get 2 paid holidays still (Xmas and New Year) since I have to use 5 of my own days before my short term disability kicks in which takes me to 1/2.
Heartburn, hungry all the time, tired from not sleeping as well from the belly and getting up to pee.
Had my 28 week on Tuesday. Because I failed the 1 hour glucose test, even though I passed the 3 hour test, they want to do a 32 week u/s just to make sure everything looks good.
Rants:
Weather here went from summer to practically winter overnight. We had the a/c on last Friday and by Monday had to turn on the heat.
We were visiting DH's family last weekend and his cousin and I (she's also pregnant) were talking about how annoying it is when people start rubbing/touching your belly without asking. DH's aunt, (who, to be fair, we're very close with, she'll be another grandmother to our kids) kept saying that she doesn't need permission. Um... yeah. Sorry. You do. I'm glad you're excited, but please don't kiss my belly. It's weird. Even my own mother doesn't do that.
Also, we wanted to see DH's mom and grandmother while we were there and had plans to have dinner with them and a few other relatives. Late Friday night his mom posts on fb that she's "feeling worried" and checked her location in at the hospital, then of course provided no other details, even when people commented and asked. (she's a total AW!) Turned out she had a rash that was likely contagious so she didn't come to dinner, which was probably smart considering there were 2 pregnant people there, but she could have arranged for her mom to get there and didn't, so we didn't get to see her either. (Family dynamics on DH's mom's side are complicated. I'm not too broken up about not getting to see his mom, but I feel bad that grandma didn't get to see us.)
Rave:
DH continues to be super awesome and supportive with this pregnancy and I love how much he already loves this baby!
What's your favorite Halloween candy? I like the sugary stuff, skittles, starburst, smarties, sweet-tarts. For chocolate, I usually go for twix and snickers.
I'm going to try to go as long as possible, at least through the new year like @galactickates. I want my holiday pay! I'd love to work from home but it's not really an option for me. I'm at my job less than a year so FMLA won't kick in until early March. I'll get state paid family leave if I can make it to Jan 1 thanks to my union ratifying our contract and adding that in. I'll get about 50% pay for 10 weeks, and I have about 10days worth of sick and vacation time banked, plus a few floating holidays.
Also, asa FTM I am guessing...but am I right in not wanting to use up ALL of my vacation/personal time, so I have a few days to flex here and there when I come back from maternity leave? I imagine things probably come up and I will want a few days banked to use without having to worry about being charged for them.
My wife and I have conceived a babe with my body and frozen donor sperm through IUI, with medication support (clomid, ovidrel, and injections of progesterone)
IUI #1, #2, and #3: Dec 2017, Jan 2018, and Feb 2018 - all BFN
HSG Test: April 2018 - all clear!
IUI #4: April 15/16, 2018 - BFP!! EDD: Jan 7, 2019
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
If I needed to get through all of 2019 before getting more sick days I would definitely be saving a lot more than 3! Also, I can't work from home (obviously, lol) but DH usually can, so I'm counting on him taking on more of the load of staying home with sick kids when the time comes.
Rant: went to an event last night and spent a chunk of the drive there discussing with DH what I thought the dessert would be because if I can't have the free booze I'm looking forward to dessert! They did 'heavy appetizers' which were fine but then I guess that allowed them to get away with not serving dessert. I was not a happy camper. I thought about getting something on the way home but by then the heartburn had kicked in and I was no longer interested. I will make up for it this weekend!
Work plans: I have always taken the last two weeks of the year off of work because it is my birthday week and Christmas week and it is just nice to have an extended break. I'm still planning on doing this but I am planning to go back to work after New Years and working until the last possible minute to save my time for maternity leave. I work at home and sit at my desk the whole day so theoretically this is possible (I see all you STMs laughing at me! ha!)
EDD for #2 1/28/2021
@lacroixliz that is so disappointing about the dessert!
My wife and I have conceived a babe with my body and frozen donor sperm through IUI, with medication support (clomid, ovidrel, and injections of progesterone)
IUI #1, #2, and #3: Dec 2017, Jan 2018, and Feb 2018 - all BFN
HSG Test: April 2018 - all clear!
IUI #4: April 15/16, 2018 - BFP!! EDD: Jan 7, 2019
@tosh24 & @kaf1788 & galactickates& baileym9126 & gorgeousariel - How’d the gestational diabetes testing go?
@dlpanda08 - Hope you had an awesome shower! Do you have many things left you’ll need to get? I think I’m all set except for the baby monitor
EDD? Jan 6th
Symptoms? Heartburn, starting to wake up to pee in the middle of the night and then can’t get back to sleep for 1-2 hours.
Upcoming appointments? Had my last 4-week appointment last week (along with my GD test - which I passed, barely?). Next appointment 10/31.
R/R/Q: Had a beautiful shower last weekend that made me weepy with friends and family from out of town who I miss all the time. DH and his mom cleaned a lot of the house on Friday when I was at work, and our nursery is starting to come together.
Question - We are planning to buy a chest freezer around Thanksgiving (Black Friday if there’s a good deal). Since we don’t live anywhere near family, and my friends don’t cook, I’m planning to stock up on freezer meals. I thought the long weekend after Thanksgiving might be a good time to do this, but DH thinks that’s too early and we should plan more around Christmas? Anyone else doing this? What are you planning in terms of timing cooking/freezing?
GTKY: What's your favorite Halloween candy? Hmm, I love almond joy’s and kit Kats!
Work plans - I negotiated for 12 weeks paid leave (they usually do 6 paid, 6 unpaid), so I feel like I need to work until I go into labor to really try and get 3 months with LO when she’s here. I work for a very small company (less than 10 employees total), so we don’t really keep track of “vacation” or “sick” days, so it doesn’t feel possible for me to take more than 12 weeks by using those banks of days.
Re: freezer meals - I am antsy to get a head start as well but I'm not planning on making my meals until the week before Christmas when I go off work. I know people keep stuff in their freezer for way longer than health guidelines state and they don't die (lol) but technically the guidelines for most homemade foods are 3-6 months in the freezer. I don't want to make mine too early in case we don't go through the stash as quickly as I'm anticipating. It's going to suck being 37 weeks pregnant and standing in the kitchen all day (I don't even have any ankles now, I can't imagine what it's going to be like in 2 more months...) but hopefully I can figure it out....
*TW loss and children mentioned*
Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen
Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019
I'm so in awe of everyone planning freezer meals. I have no idea what to do in terms of freezer meals. DH and I eat completely separate meals most nights - I'm vegetarian and he is meat and potatoes (no cooked vegetables besides potatoes...). I'm still battling food aversions. I can eat "normally" but nothing sounds good most of the time. Except cake. Cake always sounds good. If anyone has any recipes that would either fit meat/potatoes (no veggies) OR vegetarian (no lentils - I'm allergic) I would love it if you passed them my way.
regarding freezer meals, I’m planning to start mine right after thanksgiving once space is free. I’m doing things like stuffed shells, lasagna, black bean enchiladas, baked ziti, and a few crockpot meals in gallon ziplock bags that we can just dump and go. I feel like Thanksgiving isn’t too early considering I’ll only be 2 weeks away from full term at that point.
BFP April 24, 2018 | EDD December 29, 2018
EDD? January 2nd
@Kabazaba My mom and sister are visiting me for a weekend in mid-December to help meal prep and stock the freezer. I'm going to try and hit it right between the holidays. I'm so jealous that you are getting a deep freezer! I just have the small pull out freezer on my regular fridge/freezer to work with and I need to make sure to save room for breast milk too so it will be a tight squeeze.
@alexandraseattle I have had good luck with pre-cooking and freezing meat to pull out for quick throw together meals that may work for your DH. Like BBQ up a bunch of chicken to freeze or pre-cook ground beef to pull out and toss into tacos, soups, chili, etc.
As far as vegetarian options, if you eat eggs then I highly recommend making a big batch of egg tacos to freeze. I like to scramble up a bunch of eggs with whatever veggies I have on hand (diced potatoes, peppers, onions, kale, cilantro, etc) and fill up tortillas (flour or a corn/flour mix work best, regular corn tortillas fall apart). Wrap the egg tacos in the wax paper and load them up into gallon zip lock freezer bags. When you want to eat one just pull it out of the bag, remove the wax paper, put a damp paper towel over it and microwave for 3 min. So easy and perfect for single portions rather than having to pull out an entire frozen lasagna to bake for over an hour.
ETA: for those who DO eat lentils, I like spreading some refried black beans in my egg tacos and sometimes I will also add some cheese
Symptoms: my friggin Pelvis and tailbone hurt so bad I want to cry. I did not have this problem with #1. Guess my old lady pelvis can’t take the strain.
Appointment: 11/1– are y’all doing every 2 weeks now? my next appointment is a month after 11/1.
R/R/Q: only rant is my friggin pelvis lol. Rave: tillamook icecream is really good
fav Halloween candy: all Reece’s products.
I’m also doing appointments every 2 weeks now and will start every week once I get to 34 weeks. But they are also monitoring me closely because of the GD.
BFP April 24, 2018 | EDD December 29, 2018