July 2019 Moms
canuckmomma
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Baby is the size of a(n):
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GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
Group 3 Check In- EDD July 17-24 - Week of Feb 11th
canuckmomma
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Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
Re: Group 3 Check In- EDD July 17-24 - Week of Feb 11th
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Green
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Has anyone bought anything new for baby yet? We got a new Baby Jogger Lux and I'm so pumped about it. We will add the glider attachment or bench seat for my DS. Also its not necessarily for baby but we've bought DS's "big boy" bed and crib will soon be moved to the new nursery.
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Blue
Upcoming Appointments: Tomorrow! Just a checkup and some questions
How are you feeling?: Lots of hip pain and constipation, and talking to doc about the depression. Really ready for warmer weather because I know walking around outside in some sunlight would help with all three above issues.
Rants/Raves: Babymoon/anniversary trip on Sunday! It got moved up by about 8 weeks, but we're excited. We're hitting up Orlando, staying in a nice hotel, doing Kennedy Space Center, the beach, and some Disney.
BUT... M is sick, again. Had a cold Saturday morning. I've been spraying and wiping down EVERYTHING, and taking one Emergen-C a day (no more to be safe), and praying neither DH or I get this cold because I do NOT want to be sick, even a little bit, next week.
Questions: N/A
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
We have an Argo Tea in the building where I work, and my go-to is either the Ginger Peach (black), Detox with a shot of ginger (Green with lemongrass, when I'm sick), or the Gojiberry Rooibos if I've met my caffeine limit already.
Baby is the size of a(n): tall as a Hershey bar
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): finding out
Upcoming Appointments: 2/26 anatomy scan
How are you feeling?: Great! Usually in a pretty good mood except when I'm tired or achy. Bending over is starting to get uncomfortable.
Rants/Raves:
Rave: my cat was being supurr affectionate this morning. She even grabbed my face with her paw and gave me a big kitty kiss on the cheek
Rant: MIL just texted me asking about baby shower decorations. I told her I'd get back to her with my ideas but I'm 99% sure they'll be shot down like every other idea I've had for my shower. If she pulls that "well, I thought it would be cute if we did this instead" again, I'm going to have to put my foot down. Yes, she and DH's grandma are doing me a favor by voluntarily hosting the shower, but it's a shower honoring me, so my wishes should be honored.
Questions: @canuckmomma DH and I bought an umbrella stroller and pack n play on clearance, plus a few onesies from the thrift store. If I'm browsing the store and see something cheap we might use, I go for it.
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
Starbucks: tall hazelnut almondmilk latte (the VDay cherry mocha is good but super sweet. It tastes exactly like a chocolate dipped cherry.)
Dunkin: small iced coffee with cream and one sugar, although I haven't ordered it since summer because there are 217 mg caffeine in a small!
@canuckmomma I assume you mean Tim Horton's?
@foodislove GL at your appt tomorrow and I hope you all have an exciting and illness-free trip!
@hestia14 I hope your MIL backs off on trying to do everything her way for your shower.
Baby is the size of a(n): Weighs as much as a hockey puck
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Green
Upcoming Appointments: Prenatal 2/21; 20w US 2/26
How are you feeling?: Pretty good, I have energy to clean again, which is great, but when I get too active around the house it causes BH. I have been having a lot of them lately, nothing painful, just tightening ute annoyances.
Rants/Raves: I really want to take a trip while I can still travel but I am having trouble committing. I lived in NYC for almost a decade and many of my friends are still there. I usually have a great time when I visit, but no one really asks me to visit, I don't text with friends anymore and no one visits me.. sooo, I think, why bother?
Questions: Anyone have Valentine's plans?
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? I don't really do to-go drinks anymore but if I'm really feeling it, I'll grab a decaf cappuccino from a local coffee shop. We also have a tea shop around the corner where I'll occasionally treat myself to a mint tea latte.
17+5 - July 17
Baby is the size of a(n):
Pomegranate
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Finding Out - 2/27
Upcoming Appointments: 2/27 Anatomy Scan. 4/4 is my next OB appt which seems like FOREVER.
How are you feeling?: I'm feeling pretty good, but LOTS of aches and pains. Sleeping has become a challenge over the last week. Magnesium is my life-saver right now... it is keeping things moving. If you know what I mean.
I've taken to saying, "We're having a dance party!" when the baby is moving and grooving because it is a LOT of movement when it starts up. I hadn't felt it for a few days, then yesterday, BAM we had a dance party for about 6 hours of total time yesterday.
Rants/Raves:
Rave! Hubby and I had a tough conversation around boundaries with his parents. We both expressed a lot of anxiety around them. My rave is just that hubby has recognized that he is going to have to step up and really help put these boundaries into place. I talked with him about how I've felt like boundaries which I have tried to establish in the past have been blatantly disrespected which have led me down the path of avoidance. And my discomfort in being able to broach issues with his parents because his father is repeatedly disrespectful and flippant about it. And his mother just ignores things or sneaks around behind people's backs to do what she wants anyway. (This one has been a HUGE hot-button for me about my kids because I have heard stories of how his mom would just let her sons have whatever they want and then tell them to lie to their dad about it. The dad was an absolute a-hole about things, too. But I just see that pattern repeating now with my BIL's kids. And I will not have it and that will be the straw that breaks the relationship.)
All that to say, I'm so thankful that my husband is mine and that he really took the time to communicate with me this weekend about this anxiety that I am having with these boundaries and to help reassure me that he is going to be on my side. That isn't to say that I'm expecting it all to be perfect, but that at least I feel like we are a more united front and that piece isn't something that I have to worry about anymore.
Questions: Does anyone have skin discoloration on their breasts? Mine are like angry and red on the bottom half. Like a legit line and then the bottom half is red.
@canuckmomma - I have refrained from buying anything. I really feel like I need to know the sex. So far, received just one gift, some baby Chuck Taylor's from my best girlfriends. They are going to spoil this baby rotten. Haha. I did finally start working on my registry over the weekend. Having loads of fun with that!
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non-alcohol drink go-to order??
Sbux - Grande Decaf Latte with Almondmilk, 1 pump of Raspberry, 1 pump of Mocha.
This is my normal go-to as I don't do caffeine when I'm not pregnant, either.
@hestia14 I agree that a lot of the drinks are way too sweet, so I always ask for at least half the pumps. I normal Grande Latte has 4 pumps of syrup! That is a LOT. If it is two flavors, that is 8! Each pump is 5g of added sugars. So that is why I usually stick to just one of each, and it flavors things PLENTY.
My go-to NA Bar drink - Soda Water with Lime. If I want something special, I ask for pineapple juice and soda water. That way, no funny business with HFCS and too much sugar.
Baby is the size of a(n): pomegranate
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): finding out
Upcoming Appointments: scan on Feb 21 and will hopefully find out the sex!
How are you feeling?: Fine. Still not showing and not feeling movements yet...waiting impatiently for both!
Questions: is anyone else being sent for a biophysical profile scan rather than an anatomy scan? I’m not high risk and all tests have been prefect so far, but my OB checked off the biophysical option on my req form, rather than the AS option, and I have no idea why (I didn’t look at it until after I’d left).
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? I’m hating not having caffeine right now. I make do with an apple cinnamon tea from Timmies or a vanilla steamer from Starbucks (aka hot vanilla milk).
Side note, i may have to try your half raspberry/half mocha order tomorrow morning 😋
I felt so close to my hubby after that conversation. It honestly made me cry to feel SO supported and understood. It was just the best. Confirmed why I married him. 😍
Baby is the size of a(n): Avocado
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Finding out 3/13!
Upcoming Appointments: Just had my 16wk appointment yesterday, dr. had trouble finding the heartbeat with the doppler, mostly she was lazy, the table wouldn't raise up and she didnt want to bend over to try to spend the time to find the heartbeat, so she just grabbed the ultrasound machine. We got to see the baby again, such a fun treat, baby is doing good!
How are you feeling?: doing ok, trying to be there for my husband and he grieves, got to remember that I need to take care of myself at the same time.
Rants/Raves: Annoyed that I'm having to wait until 21wks for my anatomy scan, the hospital is down a tech and this is the soonest appointment they had..
Questions:
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? Starbucks I get a Venti iced soy caramel macchiato, 4 pumps vanilla 4 pumps hazelnut
@foodislove ahhh I am so jealous of your trip!!! We were planning a Florida trip for this spring but decided to postpone until next year. We used to live in Central Florida and I still miss it daily.
@mamanbebe I was just trying to decide what to do for Valentines day. I think I'm just going to do a fun themed breakfast/lunch for my kiddos and then make a nicer dinner. We have a tradition to go out for crepes but we'll wait until Saturday for that! We include our kids now and even though it's not romantic it's a lot of fun!
Baby is the size of a(n): video game controller
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): was green, but now I'm not sure!!!!
Upcoming Appointments: AS/MFM appt next Tuesday
How are you feeling?: By the end of the day I am feeling pregnant (just feeling the belly and sometimes crampy)!! Heartburn has also become a daily thing.
Rants/Raves: I'm still not sure I'm feeling baby... starting to wonder if I have an anterior placenta like I did with my first. Also, DS2 turned on last Friday and we had a great day!!! His party was Saturday and was so much fun. I still can't believe he's one!
Questions: All you other team green mamas.... anyone else starting to waver on wanting to find out?! We'll be having monthly ultrasounds with MFM from here on out and for some reason as the AS is approaching I'm itching to find out!!
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? I love iced coffee! Must be flavored with something though lol. Oh, and always decaf.
@ccmama3 Next year should be fun too! I can't remember, is this your first? Are you planning on taking LO? We tried to take M to Disney for his 1st birthday and he was misssssserable. We thought he'd be walking (nope, took til 15mo) and the humidity was higher than normal.
@jennm0724 Just so many hugs for you right now, mom. Exciting you got to see the baby again though!
I forgot to mention in the appt thread, we officially scheduled my repeat c-sec if Dibbun doesn't come of his own accord. I'm hoping for a v-bac, but given we're having another boy and how big M was and how little I am, I have a feeling it'll be another c-sec. BUT - I did get the date I wanted since I figure, if I can schedule it, I'm doing it! Official due date if kiddo takes his time is 07/18/19, because that birthday date is aweeeeesome.
@foodislove this is our third! I also have a one year old and two year old lol. We'll plan to take all three whenever we end up getting to go! We want to do Disney for a day or two and then head to Clearwater/Siesta Key/other beaches! The humidity is definitely a downfall... we like to call it "swamp ass" hahahah.
@mamanbebe I love breakfast dates for Vday! I was dead set to be team green just because I always thought that surprise would be fun but DH wants to know... and now I'm letting my curiosity get the best of me. Ahhh. I have 6 days to decide haha.
@foodislove I hope you don't get sick!! enjoy your trip.
@hestia14 A Tim Hortons came to Minneapolis (there might be more than one now) too and people go crazy for it. I still haven't gone but I'll have to try it some day.
@mamanbebe I hear you on trying to decide to go places on a trip while you can travel. Do you like to go to shows? Maybe you could plan to go to a show and then let your friends know you are going to be in town? Or just use that money for a spa get away? Those are actually the two things trying to decide between. MH and i are going out to our favorite mexican restaurant, nothing too fancy but we have reservations and they have small plates so you get a nice variety of food.
@hakele so wonderful you had a great discussion with YH. I don't have any specific discoloration around the breast, MH just stares at how big the nipples are getting.
@ccmama3 I would say MH is wavering on the team green. I think it more of a miscommunication. He said he wanted to find out naturally...so i assumed that meant waiting until the kid was born. And then over heard me say something to my mother and he was like "we are waiting"? turns out he just meant not from any of our IVF or NIPT testing. But if we see at the AS i guess he's fine with it. So now it's on me and since i hopped on the green team, i'm hesitant to jump off. (but i want to know because i think it'll make it feel more real?)
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: July 18th // 17+6
Baby is the size of a(n): croissant
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): green
Upcoming Appointments: AS/MFM tomorrow!!
How are you feeling?: mostly good. sleeping is getting harder. i might breakdown and buy the big pregnancy pillow. but the energy is still there.
Rants/Raves: I just can't wait for my AS tomorrow. as it's been getting closer there has been small amounts of anxiety creeping in. I want to see a the baby. I did get my quad (AFP) results yesterday which were negative/clean. I wasn't too worried about it because of the IVF and NIPT testing but still I'll take any good news.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? right now it's decaf latte, a splurge is decaf white chocolate mocha no whip.
Anyone else for posting U/S inside our group?
@foodislove
Baby is the size of a(n): pomegranate
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): finding out
Upcoming Appointments: feb 19 w/ midwife. hopefully a/s soon after!
How are you feeling?: good! pretty much normal. by the end of the day i feel like my tummy is like a food baby. which makes it uncomfy to sit or lay down in any position at times.
Rants/Raves: rave - just came back from our babymoon, a week in the DR and it was a most amazing week away from the COLD and the SNOW.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
sbux - tall wet cappucino w/ skim
tim's - small 3 milk, 2 splenda
tea - english breakfast
non-alco ginger ale, or miami vice (1/2 pina colada, 1/2 strawberry daiquiri) no alcohol while i was in the DR
Baby is the size of a(n): bell peper
Team:Blue
Upcoming Appointments: anatomy scan 2/18
How are you feeling?: okish, got a bit of a head cold
Rants/Raves: super excited, been house hunting for months, finally found the one and starting paperwork today.
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order?? Pre pregnancy was two shots of espresso from Starbucks over ice with a carmel premier protein shake added to make a healthier carmel latte
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
7/14 18w5d
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Blue
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your coffee/tea/non alch drink go-to order??
@blackhottamales So sorry the appointment felt like a let down, so glad your LO is happy and healthy tho! I think the little hand in front of the face is cute.