September 2019 Moms
kgg2241
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Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
Weekly Check-in W/O 2/25 (all due dates)
kgg2241
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Est Due Date/ Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/STM+:
FTM/STM/STM+:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
Re: Weekly Check-in W/O 2/25 (all due dates)
FTM/STM/STM+: STM (DS is 21mo)
Upcoming Appointments: Next week
How are you feeling?: Great! (Apologies to everyone for how I’m feeling - I know I’m annoying).
Rants/Raves: Not much to report. We had a great staycation last week - got a bunch done at our house and now we’re back to the grind. Working really gets in the way of living sometimes, amirite?!?
Questions: Nah.
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Family vacations? We love to travel, and although it has slowed down a bit since the arrival of DS I’m confident we’ll still be able to trek the globe with kiddos in tow. We love experiencing new cultures and food and want to share our love of all of that with our kids.
Also, I can’t want to bring home baby #2 in the same outfit that DS came home in. 🥰
FTM/STM/STM+: STM+, this is my 4th pregnancy. DH and I each have a 5yo DD from a previous marriage, we have a 2YO DD together, and (**trigger**) we have a DD in heaven, Nov of last year.
Upcoming Appointments: Goodness, it feels like SO many over the next couple weeks. We had an u/s yesterday and baby looked fab and measured right on target. I go back on Monday for NIPT bloodwork, but no associated appt. I think that's all I've got for this coming week!
How are you feeling?: SO.MUCH.TIRED. I don't even sleep that poorly which makes it that much more irritating that I wake up feeling SO intensely exhausted and like I've been hit by a Mack truck. My back and hips have been pretty sore. But nausea-wise, overall, acceptable. Still eating all the things.
Rants/Raves: Rant: SO MANY APPOINTMENTS! Literally have to go to the office for bloodwork one day, then back two weeks later for an ultrasound (NT), then back three days later for OB visit. In the interim two weeks between NIPT and appts, I have a visit with MFM at the hospital, and three days after that, a follow up on MFM appt at OB.
Questions: Nada!
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Oh I love this question. I can't wait to read everyone's answers to get ideas! We are slacking on traditions and really looking to come up with a few good ones. We do all the 'usual' stuff. @lillywonderland I love your tradition of having LO wear the same outfit home!!
Est Due Date/ Weeks + Days: 9/12 11+5
FTM/STM/STM+: STM, DS will be 2.5 in May
Upcoming Appointments: Today! I am so incredibly nervous. *TW* this is right around the time growth/heartbeat stopped in my last pregnancy so I am a ball of nerves today and have been having the worst dreams and thoughts creeping in. *End TW*
How are you feeling?: Horrible! My morning sickness has gotten so much worse lately and I am feeling pretty miserable. Work is so busy too which is making things even more challenging.
Rants/Raves: Gotta rave about H. He has been great picking up the slack at home so I can rest more. Dinner for DS, play time, bed time, dinner for us, cleaning, he's been amazing and I am so thankful for him.
Questions: Nah
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Babywearing! It is seriously one of my favorite things and I can't wait to get to start it right away with this LO. I didn't start wearing DS until he was about 5 months old so this will be nice for bonding and snuggle time (oh yeah, and getting things done around the house!).
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
FTM/STM/STM+: STM, DD will be 3 at the end of June
Upcoming Appointments: I shared this in PGAL but I'll share here too! Finally had our appointment today! Its been a very long month waiting, Good Update! Heard the heartbeat at 164
How are you feeling? I am feeling relieved after today's heartbeat. TW: We had a loss at 8.5 weeks in the Fall of 2018 so to make it passed that point & know things are progressing was a very happy moment for me). END TW. Morning sickness (really all day nausea) has really let up recently and it only comes sparingly, though I am SUPER HUNGRY all the time.
Rants/Raves: I don't have much - just really excited to be getting out of the first tri!!
Questions: STMS- how far along are you waiting until to tell your older kids? I don't think my DD is going to be excited about it. When we've floated the idea in the past she's said "No, its Mommy, Daddy, and ME, thats it!"... so I'm not anticipating an excited response.
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? So many! Summers at the beach with cousins, family vacations to Aruba, matching Christmas Jammies
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: March 5 for my 12 week appointment. Also will be doing bloodwork that day. I don't really expect much at this appt. Although I *may* get to hear the HB on the doppler. But I don't want to get my hopes up.
How are you feeling?: I've been fairly stressed lately with a scare I had last week, and finishing up my reflexology schoolwork. I am getting my hours in with practice sessions on people, and I am finding it extremely difficult to have sessions after working all day. I am just too exhausted, and my evenings are the worst time for me. My nausea gets really bad and my energy is so. damn. low.
BUT we are starting to tell family this week! We are having supper with my SIL and BIL tonight and will be telling them. I am hoping to get my 2.5 year old nephew to tell them he is going to be a big cousin! FX he will cooperate! Haha
Rants/Raves: Rant: Working during the first trimester. WHY?!?! It's torture!
Rave: I've been able to see my little babe wiggling and kicking twice in the past 2 weeks!
Questions: I don't think I am going to be able to tell my parents face to face that we are expecting. Has anyone else had to tell their news via video message before? Any advice?
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? DH and I started the tradition of taking silly photos for our Christmas cards. I can't wait to add the LO to them! I also want to take lots of family camping trips and go quadding with the family often in the summer.
@zuuls_mom I am SO excited to learn all about baby wearing! I am always on the go and I can't wait to take the babe with me.
Married 05/26/17
STM; DS 9/14/2019
EDD 6/13/2022
FTM/STM/STM+: 3rd kid!
Upcoming Appointments: Not for another 4 weeks
How are you feeling?: I seem to have gotten energy back this week, which I am happy about! But my PGAL brain goes to worst-case scenario. I know this makes no sense, I still have plenty of other symptoms (boob pain, uterine twinges, food cravings, occasional nausea, emotional, etc.), but maaaaan, I'm just ready to be a little further along where I'm not in constant worry.
Rants/Raves: Work. I'm having a hard time focusing lately and staying engaged. I just want to be at home in my bed, lol. This eternal winter we're in sure isn't helping.
Questions: none
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Travel, for sure. We have always been big travelers, and this little one will start things off with a trip to California in November while I am still on maternity leave! My H's cousin is getting married there, so we are going and will make a bit of a vacation out of it while we are there.
FTM/STM/STM+:stm+
Upcoming Appointments:Not until 12 weeks
How are you feeling?: So sleepy. Also if I stop the unisom/b6 I get a migraine within 24 hours so I guess I will just be sleepy
Rants/Raves: Told the big kids. They are super excited and so sweet right now. But I did task them with keeping it a secret until end of March to announce to family at daughters bday so we will see how that goes.
Questions: nada
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? My love for everything Disney lol!
FTM/STM/STM+: stm+
Upcoming Appointments: had one yesterday so not for another month now
How are you feeling?: Great. Super hungry but great otherwise
Rants/Raves: Feeling better after appt and finally starting to accept this may really be happening
Questions: Nope
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? I'm a Disney lover too so definitely everything and anything related
FTM/STM/STM+: STM (DS is 4.5)
Upcoming Appointments: I has my first appointment last week (yay!), but since I'm "geriatric" (I'm 37) I am booked in for a NT ultrasound on Friday, and I'm not sad about getting another look at baby!
How are you feeling?: Pretty good other than having a bad cold right now.
Rants/Raves: We leave for vacation this weekend and will finally see both of our parents and tell them about the baby! It will also be great to escape the -30 temps for a few weeks. DS is also so excited about the baby that he stood up in front of his preschool class and shared the news, which I thought was really cute.
Questions: none today
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
We always visit the place we got married on our anniversary, and it will be so great to bring another kid along next year. We also haven't done any adventure travelling since DS was born, and hoping to maybe do a bit of that next year when I'm off. We're really hoping to go back to Iceland soon. I was a pretty nervous first time mom last time, and I'm hoping this time to be more relaxed and enjoy my time at home more.
@lillywonderland I'm also excited to bring LO home is the sleeper we brought DS home in.
@zuuls_mom hoping your appointment goes so great today!
@MsBeachNJ we told DS after our first appointment last week, but we had been getting him used to the idea for the past few weeks. He was not interested in being a big brother until we told him all the things that he can do, that the baby wouldn't be able to (eat ice cream, go to school, play games, watch movies, etc). Now he's really excited.
@zuuls_mom I'm so sorry for your nerves today and for your loss. I'm crossing my fingers like crazy that everything goes perfectly today. Please let us know!!
@MsBeachNJ We're waiting to tell the kids until we're at a point that we're OK with the whole world knowing - because once our 4-year-old knows, the world will know!
@kaceyallan We just had to tell DHs parents on a video call a few nights ago. They live several hours away and we told my parents when they were in town at 6 weeks. We were supposed to get together with his parents the next weekend but it fell through and nothing in working out to get together. We finally decided to video call because we didn't want to wait SO much longer than my parents. It was a cute call and they didn't seem to mind at all. We apologized that it wasn't in person and just emphasized that we didn't want to make them wait longer. It was fine, but they're pretty laid back to begin with.
Est Due Date/ Weeks + Days: 9w2d - 9/29
FTM/STM/STM+: STM+, 2 boys already 2y & 4y
Upcoming Appointments: 3/20 - 12 wk appt
How are you feeling?: TIIIIIRED. All the tired. And all the sick. My 4-year-old is a petri dish in preschool so the whole family has been sick for a while.
Rants/Raves: The house is such a mess. There is SO much that needs attention and I'm just not up for doing anything - for a few weeks now. So it's really piling up and I'm dreading having to face it at some point. I just want to sleep all the time and even though I get paid annual leave and sick leave at my job I don't have enough to cover my maternity leave so any day that I take off right now is (lots of) money out of our pocket after the babe is born. That's the worst.
Questions: Even though I have two kids I can never remember anything about timing in pregnancy. I'm curious when we'll start feeling movement. I know it's not for a while now but I also know it's sooner for subsequent pregnancies. Anyone remember?
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Oh man, there are so many. There are a set of lullabies my mother used to sing to me as a kid that I sing to my boys over and over. I'm excited to share those. Babywearing, for sure, our family dinners at the table every night, bed-sharing and everything fun we do as a family I'm excited to include the new little one!
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: Had one last week; next one's not til 3/19
How are you feeling?: Great symptoms-wise and more relaxed now
Rants/Raves: The husband and I were gifted tickets to a Broadway show in DC this weekend. We don't travel downtown much and theater tickets aren't something that we'd usually spring on for ourselves, so I'm really looking forward to it!
Questions: Nope
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Not really a tradition I guess, but both H and I love to cook and cook dinner together most nights (other than this whole early pregnancy thing getting in my way). I'm excited to get our baby in the kitchen early, and can't wait til he/she is old enough to start "helping". I hope we don't have too much of a picky eater on our hands!
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
FTM/STM/STM+: STM (5 yo DS)
Upcoming Appointments: first appointment is Thursday
How are you feeling?: good aside from being incredibly tired.
Rants/Raves: nothing pregnancy related right now. I’m super annoyed that I got called in to work this morning at 4 freaking AM to scan some testicles to “rule out torsion”. This guy was not in enough pain to have testicular torsion. And why did he decide to come to the ER at 4 AM because his balls hurt? He said it’s been a freaking month. Go to your doctor!
Questions:
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
Mainly the traditions we have with our son. I can’t really think of any right now. Mainly doing things as a family, typical holiday things like Easter egg hunts, pumpkin patches, putting the Christmas tree up together.
@kiddiesandkitties I am so tired too! I really need that second tri energy.
@MsBeachNJ we told our son at 7 weeks. He’s 5 and he’s been asking for a sibling, so he was excited. It was cute.
@supermom34482 I’ve been super hungry too. So different from my last pregnancy when I didn’t want to eat anything at all.
@SA0012 yes, our house is a mess. I’m too tired to clean and working all the time and MH is busy with school and work. I need some energy to get it put back in order. I had a bit Saturday but it was short lived.
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: just got back from my first group appt to learn about how to deal with things that come up during pregnancy (one of five groups my OB has us do). Next 1:1 appt is in two weeks for the 12 wk ultrasound and sequential screen.
How are you feeling?: EXHAUSTED because I can't stay asleep through the night. My nausea has lightened up, which makes me a little nervous but I guess everyone's different?
Rants: I haven't had many mood swings thus far but I'm SO tired that tonight I was a little short with my husband and then instantly burst into tears because I felt bad. Then he apologized to me, which made me cry more lol...
Raves: Cottage cheese for breakfast this week completes me.
Questions: none today!
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Taking the little one to the zoo. Also all the Disney... movies... parks... all the things.
FTM/STM/STM+: STM+ (9 yo bonus daughter, 20m DS)
Upcoming Appointments: Monday for a follow up IS to check the SCH
How are you feeling?: mostly tired but good
Rants/Raves: I really need to remember to eat. Vomiting has picked up but only when I haven’t eaten in a long time. My job sucks for breaks and lunches (you can do it whenever you want but it’s so busy I just forget)
Questions: None
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
We love Christmas and we give a family book a day leading up Christmas starting December 1. I love seeing them look for the book and then read it right away!
TTC 10/2013
RE Help from 10/2014-10/2016 (11 failed IUIs, a corrective surgery, and a donor embryo cycle)
9/2016-transferred two donor embies
BFP 9/29/26 EDD June 11
Due September 7th with twins
FTM/STM/STM+:
STM
Apparently baby is the size of a KitKat. Now I just want to eat a KitKat bar.
Upcoming Appointments:
Next appointment is March 18th and then our anatomy scan on April 9th
How are you feeling?:
Really wishing the nausea will go away. But the 2nd tri libido boost has definitely hit.
Rants/Raves:
I was looking at the birth center for this new OB, and I am in love! They have much more open rooms and even allow women to labor in the tub. Plus the offer / allow for more natural pain management techniques. My old OB delivery ward was dark and tiny. And you weren't allowed to get out of the bed.
Questions:
Anyone else's doctor do only 2 ultrasounds for the entire pregnancy (even with twins)? My insurance changed last year so I had to move to a new OB practice and its just so weird to me. With DD I was high risk, so I did have alot more US and appointments than normal. I just was sort of shocked they only do the 6-8 week dating US and the AS at this new OB clinic. I know it's just PGAL brain, but I keep worrying we will go in for the AS to find there was a vanishing twin or other bad news.
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
Gardening together. DD loves the garden and would even crawl around and pick cucumbers and tomatoes off the vine to eat at 7 months last year. It was so much fun to be able to share my love of growing things with her.
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: Monthly midwife yesterday (2/26), Maternal Fetal Specialist Thursday 3/7
Everything went well at my appointment yesterday. Went over everything in detail. I am Rh- so we have to deal with that. Nugget's HB is 167.
How are you feeling?: Intermittent nausea instead of 24 hour nausea. Still have random food aversions. Still dealing with this stupid cold that will just not quit.
Rants/Raves: Rant: I got a random insta message from a family friend. Apparently my aunt and cousin (I am extremely close to them) let it slip about me being KU. Family friend is also KU but I am still annoyed by this. Rave: I heard the nugget's HB yesterday which was great and reassuring.
Questions: Any other FTMs making the switch to maternity jeans now? I put the rubber band in my jean button today. I couldn't stand it anymore.
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Our entire family goes on vacation once a year to a beach house in NC. It's my mom's side of the family, usually 10-12 of us but that doesn't include the growing amount of kids. It has been so nice seeing my niece and nephews grow up going to the house every year and hanging out for a week. I can't wait for our LO to have that.
Your family vacation sounds amazing, and reminds me of growing up at the lake with all of my cousins!
Married 05/26/17
STM; DS 9/14/2019
EDD 6/13/2022
@JNR6510 my OB is the same. They plan on one US for 12wks and one for 20wks as long as everything is going well. They have us do five group appts/classes though and at the later ones I guess they have a nurse there to check heartbeat without US. I was also wondering if it's normal since I had some vision of an US at every major appt.
Married 05/26/17
STM; DS 9/14/2019
EDD 6/13/2022
@zuuls_mom Travel is life!! I honestly didn’t start traveling until after college. I felt like I was missing out on so much. I’m just so grateful I have a partner who loves traveling as much as I do! We live for our little adventures. 🤠 SO HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR UPDATE!!
@MsBeachNJ DS is still too little to know wtf is going on, but I suspect we’ll get a big brother book in a couple months when I get a bit bigger.
@kaceyallan Why don’t you want to tell your parents in person? Do they live far away from you? I had to tell my sister via FaceTime (they live across the country) and I wish I could’ve told her in person. She cried, I cried. I wish I could’ve given her a hug.
@jaykay2004 Yay for travel! I will welcome you with open arms to my state in November! 😎
@monkeysmom80 Yay for tellignthe big kids! Are they excited?!?
@supermom34482 DISNEY IS LIFE!! Fav movie???
@ternsetc Yay for cooking! I didn’t learn how to cook until HS, so I definitely want to get DS involved early. My BIL lets the kids put the cheese and toppings on their pizza - it’s a HUGE hit!!
@SA0012 FTM’s around 18-22wks for movement, STM’s usually as early as 14wks for movement. I believe. I was at like 21 wks the first time. Also, BLW for the win! We did a variation of it and it was awesome because at 10mo he was freaking eating steak! 😆
@cammie0526 Have so much fun on your little getaway! What show are you seeing?
@calliah I feel kinda bad, but I definitely LOL’d at the poor dude with the broken balls. 😂 I’m sorry you had to go to work at 4am. Icky. Hopefully today is better!!
@kmitchy Don’t worry, there will be a new symptom soon...and we’re only a few-ish weeks from feeling movements!!
@cateyes543 Oooo! I have seen the book thing at Christmas! I might do that his year - I think DS is old enough now to really get a kick out of it!!
@JNR6510 I think we have one other twin mom here, but I can’t for the life of me remember her screenname. (ETA - @cheshyre319 Where you at?! Another twin Mom here!) I love your gardening enthusiasm! I’m a black thumb myself, so very envious of those who can keep green things alive.
@cmdesigner The family beach house idea sounds so awesome! I’m glad you had a great appt!! Sorry about the Rh- thing, but I think it only usually matters for subsequent pregnancies (someone correct me if I’m wrong!)
eta tag.
Married 05/26/17
STM; DS 9/14/2019
EDD 6/13/2022
@lillywonderland I really wish the US would put more emphases on work life balance and give us more time off a year! I would love to take more vacations or even just a staycation (which I’ve never done). I’m excited to get some travel in with LO too but DH is set on staying in the US until this one (and next one) gets older.
@kiddiesandkitties Damn, that’s a lot of appointments! I almost called in to work today to play hooky but then I thought about all the potential upcoming appointments and how much time off I’m going to need for them. Ugh, damn work getting in the way.
@zuuls_mom I’m sorry your morning sickness is picking up. That sounds awful. I’m so glad your appointment went well! It makes a difference when you enjoy your doctor. So happy for you!
@msbeachnj MH and I had genetic screening done before we got KU. Our genetics were something we were worried about so they just did it then. I think it’s becoming more popular of an option whether you do it before getting KU or in the first tri.
@kaceyallan I’m having a hard time wanting to go to work right now too. It doesn’t help the winter seems to be dragging on. I just want spring and warmer weather. It will greatly help with my mood. FX that your nephew will cooperate for your surprise.
@jaykay2004 I’m 100% with you on this winter taking forever to be over. I am emotionally over it. For my mental health I think I just need to hibernate until all the snow melts lol.
@monkeysmom80 I’m sorry the meds are giving you headaches when you try to come off. Is there any way you could cut the dose down to try to wean off?
@supermom34482 I’m still in the state of shock/denial that this is happening. I can’t wait to get to that acceptance stage.
@ternsetc I’m sorry your backs hurting. Hopefully it lets up soon and you can get caught up on things. Family stuff is never fun.
@house_of_boys A vacation sounds lovely right now! I’m super jealous. Where are you guys going?
@sa0012 I hear you on taking too much sick time off right now. That’s what I keep trying to remind myself when all I want to do is play hooky.
@cammie0526 I’ve never been to a Broadway show but it’s always something that I’ve wanted to try. I hope you enjoy it. Let us know how it goes!
@calliah His balls have been hurting for a month so that means go to the ER?! That’s ridiculous. I know men are babies when it comes to their junk but come on dude.
@kmitchy I love the group appointment idea. I’m really curious to find out tomorrow if my clinic does them. Lol at cottage cheese for breakfast because I am seriously eating cottage cheese as I type this lol.
@cateyes543 I’m sorry your work is so busy you forget to eat. That sounds awful.
@jnr6510 That does seem really weird that they would only do 2 US for the whole pregnancy. Especially for twins!
@cmdesigner I’m also Rh- but so is MH. I’m not sure how all that works tho…
Est Due Date/ Weeks + Days: 9/30, 9w2d
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Baby is the size of a(n): Cherry
Upcoming Appointments: We have the nurse intake appointment tomorrow! I’m going to push for an US since I’ve been having some spotting.
How are you feeling?: Fine mostly. A little uncomfortable sometimes from the bloat or the organs starting to shift.
Rants/Raves: MH has an interview for a supervisor position at his work. We are both so excited for it!!! He’s top of their list so he has a really good shot at it. If he gets it he’ll be on straight days and weekends off! And the benefits are amazing. He would get 12 weeks of paid paternity leave and an additional week of vacation a year. I’m just so excited for him. It’s something he’s been working for and busting his ass for the past few years.
Questions: Not at the moment
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? We love to travel. We bought a camper a month ago that we’re hoping to take LO/s on road trips while they’re young. Once LO/s get bigger we’ll start going more long distance places. So excited to explore the world with the family!
Married: 8/2015
TTC #1: 4/2017
Testing: HSG, U/S, BW, and DH's SA all normal
DX: Unexplained
8/2018: Clomid + TI = BFN
9/2018: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
11/2018: Clomid + IUI + Progesterone = BFN
12/2018: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone \\ Cancelled due to cyst
1/2019: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone = BFP! \\ EDD Sept 30th, 2019
10/7/2019: Healthy baby boy!
TTC #2: 12/2020
2/2021: Letrozole + TI = BFN
3/2021: Letrozole + TI = BFN
4/2021: Surprise! Natural BFP! \\ EDD Jan 6th, 2022 \\ Chemical, betas not rising
8/2021: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone = BFN
9/2021: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone = BFN
10/2021: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone = BFN
11/2021: Letrozole + IUI + Progesterone = BFP! \\ EDD July 29th, 2022
@LJMoon6 Good luck to YH!! I hope he nails the interview/whatever process they use and they beg for him to be the new supervisor!! Also, agree 1000% on the US being way behind on work/life balance. I’m lucky that I got to keep my seniority at my new company and therefore all the PTO benefits I had (I had ~18mo between time at the “same” company - my old company got sold right before I got laid off).
Est Due Date/ Weeks + Days: 10w2 or Sept 23?
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM with Twins
Upcoming Appointments: US today
How are you feeling?: I vary between great and wretched. Think I finally got the drugs adjusted enough to let me eat all the things that sound amazing right now.
Rants/Raves: I'm so done with winter and cold. I'm over it. I want warm, sunny days, so I can sit outside!
Questions: uhhh
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one?
So many things. We are big into Disney and geek life. Dinner is always together sitting down. Gardening in good weather, reading together. Halloween!
@lillywonderland They big kids were so happy! My son wrote persuasive pieces last year in kindergarten on how he wants a baby brother or just a baby in general. He is beaming now! His first response was "can I watch it be born" followed by "you need to eat and feed that baby"
@kiddiesandkitties I feel you on the appointments!! So many and so little time . I'm hoping it let's up after 12 wk but idk since I'm a ftm.
@SA0012 We are in the same situation...same due date and I have no maternity leave since I've only been here for 3 months
FTM/STM/STM+: ftm
Upcoming Appointments: I have a pre natal next Fri followed by an appt with the lab for a 10 wk ultrasound. Then nipt testing on March 26. And just 2 wks ago I spent 4 hrs at the hospital for my first prenatal, then an ultrasound and blood work...then went back the next day for genetic blood testing (it was too late in the day the day before to get that blood drawn)
How are you feeling?: idk how I'm still feeling anything bc I'm so tired. And hungry. And tired. And more hungry...
Rants/Raves: I was forced to tell my boss yesterday before I was ready due to scheduling conflicts. She took it well which relieved stress on my end. I asked her not to say anything but I swear my coworkers know. They keep talking about pregnancy. Maybe I'm just overthinking.
Questions: do the appointments slow down at all? Trying to save leave for when the baby is born which is hard with so many appointments.
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Vacations. Holidays. All kinds of stuff!
@Kaceyallan This time I wasn't able to tell my mom face to face and we haven't been able to get any type of video chat to work. I told her over the phone, and she was still just as excited. I also told her that's not how I wanted to do it, but I don't know when I'll see her again and couldn't wait any longer.
@JNR6510 DS loved gardening with me last year too, but he was 12 months. He always stole the tomatoes to eat and picked the dill to put in his basket.
@kmitchymy timer has been doing that too and it has been cracking me up!
FTM/STM/STM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: First real appointment in 1 week!
How are you feeling?: I have been feeling alittle better! If my boobs weren't so pregnant and my nausea completely went away, I would be worried.
Rants/Raves: DH has been amazing with the extra parenting. Also, DS hasn't been a fan of lettuce, but I have an Aerogarden with lettuce in it currently. When I go to pick it, he pulls up the step stool and mows down what I don't want. It is adorable. But do you think he ate the stuff I put on his plate for lunch? NOPE.
Questions: Nope
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? Camping and gardening. We use to tent camp way more often and I really want to get back into that.
FTM/STM/STM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: not til 3/18
How are you feeling?: I have good days and not so good days. It seems like the nausea is slowly getting better and then it hits again
Rants/Raves: nervous to tell HR I’m pregnant again. I’m on leave still with my son. I want to meet with them sooner than later to get it over with!
Questions:
GTKY: What tradition are you most excited to start or continue with your little one? I love all kinds of traditions. This isn’t really a tradition per say more of our nightly routine but I’m most excited about reading to my new little one with my son. My favorite time of day is unwinding with my son while we read stories. Also looking forward to bringing both kids up to our camp.