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July 2019 Moms
blackhottamales
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Groups 3 and 4 Check-In: July 17-31 (Week of 5/6)
blackhottamales
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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: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on?
Re: Groups 3 and 4 Check-In: July 17-31 (Week of 5/6)
Baby is the size of a(n): head of lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: 4D ultrasound next week, but next OB is 5/29
How are you feeling?: I didn't drink enough water yesterday and totally felt the side effects. Plus did too much around the house and my lower back is killing me.
Rants/Raves:
Rave: The pavers in the backyard got installed!! And my husband put in our new patio sliding door yesterday.. should be getting our new floors installed this week or next! Shit is finally getting done!
Rant: husband decided he could do the door himself with the help of his cousin... he started at 11am and didn't finish until almost 9pm.. guess who ate dinner at 9pm? ME. I had to sleep sitting up because there was no way I could lay down and not have horrible reflux. I am so over sleeping sitting up.
Questions: none
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Family Feud. I love that show, I love guessing the answers, although I'm sure if I made it to the show I'd totally freeze up and not get any answers!
Baby is the size of a(n): Cottontail Rabbit
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Green
Upcoming Appointments: May 23 next OB check up ... Starting pelvic floor physio May 13th as well
How are you feeling?: Mainly good... a little tired and my doc prescribed me iron supplements that I need to go fill ASAP. When I am up and about too much I really feel it in my pelvis, lower body and my feet start to throb. I have self diagnosed that I have may have Pelvic Symphysis Disorder but I need to confirm with Physio when I go.
Rants/Raves: I got my results back from second U/S I had done at week 28 ... the concern was my placenta was too low to my cervix at week 20... and it has moved up to a normal level! Yay! So thankful for the good news.
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Oh gosh ... does The Amazing Race count as a game show?!
@jennm0724 Yes--i'm the same with the lower back pain. hopefully it goes away soon! I got pissed last night googling remedies and one of them was "get plenty of rest" well if i could sleep i wouldn't be looking for remedies!!
Baby is the size of a(n): I've decided i don't like this question because TB's answers don't make sense to me.
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Green
Upcoming Appointments: Thursday with the nurse--i'm excited because MH is coming with since he's taking the day off for his birthday.
How are you feeling?: I already shared in a random's thread but i'm tired--didn't sleep last night. Just need to get through the meetings today.
Rants/Raves: I guess i shared this in a random's thread too--but basically super happy our downstairs is completed and looks like a grownup's home again. Also a rave (but can't believe it) we are so close to the completion discount for amazing--i can't wait to buy some of the things i've been waiting for!
Questions: nope
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Super Market Sweep (I definitely stole this from TTGP IF thread today) . I loved that show so much and i always had a plan on how to win. I remember diapers and formula were always a big $ item.
Baby is the size of a(n): Coconut @mamanbebe @blackhottamales I think sometimes it goes by weight and other times length?
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): green
Upcoming Appointments: MFM appt with ultrasound early next week and then regular prenatal appt later in the week
How are you feeling?: Soo many BH these days and they are uncomfortable at times. DH was gone for the weekend and I slept so good having free reign of the bed lol. Also think I have a foot wedged in my ribs which is pretty annoying lol. But honestly third trimester is my favorite... I love all the movements and seeing my belly grow!
Rants/Raves: I got the pack and play and some drawers in my dresser cleaned out to make room for baby! I feel a lot better having a couple things done. Hope to continue the momentum this week!
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? @jennm0724 I'm going with you and saying Family Feud also!
@jennm0724 I am with you on the sleep. What I would give for one night's stomach sleeping ability.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 28w6d, c-sec scheduled for July 18th 10am!
Baby is the size of a(n): Echidna
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Blue
Upcoming Appointments: Wed May 15 and Thu May 30
How are you feeling?: Sore and achey. Some of the tendons in my middle area are really pulling as R gets bigger and it hurts really badly. My physical therapist showed me some exercises to try to strength that area from my groin up. I'm hoping the next few weeks go quickly because I'm starting to really hurt.
Rant: Insomnia started again. Really struggling to get through the day since I'm waking up so frequently at night and can't just constantly mainline Redbull.
Rave: Hiccups started, they are so cute! I totally forgot what it felt like and was like, man, he sure is kicking pretty consistently down there. Based on the location of the hiccups and his little kicks, I think he's already head down! Which is an improvement from M; I had to have an ECV (successful) at the hospital to turn him down - still had a c-sec.
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Er, gosh, I don't really like any of the ones I can remember. I remember always wanting to be on Where in the World is Carmen San Diego as a kid!
@canuckmomma Great news on your placenta moving up!
@blackhottamales I almost said Supermarket Sweep too! I loved that as a kid. Also, what does it take to get a good MIL? Haha. DH and I have an agreement now that neither one of us have to suffer through each other's mothers, which is easy for me since my folks won't visit but it's kept DH from allowing his parents to visit since we moved here because he doesn't want to entertain them either.
@ccmama3 You must be right.. the other day they said as long as a spaghetti noodle and then here came little petite acorn squash. I'm sorry you're dealing with painful BH too. They are the pits. I feel guilty trying to chill so much this pregnancy but whenever there is a more active day my ute gets revengeful.
@foodislove Unfortunately not, I made a big move away from all of my friends in 2013 and then we moved as a family at the end of 2016. I haven't really made a friend group here, so I've just been kind of leaning on myself to process the whole journey, which is a little dull and trying at times. I'm sorry your BIL is so unsupportive. Q: What was your ECV like? This LO is supposedly transverse and I don't think they've budged for quite some time. I'm going to start working on some positions to encourage movement but I'm preparing for the worst.
Baby is the size of a(n):
Acorn squash
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Blue
Upcoming Appointments:
May 21st
How are you feeling?: Tired and sick
Rants/Raves: this has been the worst cold/flu season for my big girls and we now have pink eye
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Supermarket sweep or the challenge
As for the ECV, they checked me on the ultrasound a couple of times for positioning before we scheduled it about 7 sevens weeks out from my delivery date (EVC was Sept 19, due date was Oct 9). I had to go into the hospital, they monitored me and the baby for about 2 hrs to make sure his heartbeat was stable, etc., had me on an IV (ick), and then we had my OBGYN start. It was kinda painful, I mean, she was sort of using her whole arm like they do in massage, and M fought her the whole way. He was punching and kicking her like crazy, and she couldn't let go of him because he'd pop back into place. My DH was there, and my doula even came in to check on me since she was at the hospital checking on another mom who'd just had her baby. It was ultimately successful, I laughed some cause I was scared and it slowed the progress. Success rate is 50% so go in with that in mind. One of the nurses was a teaching nurse and asked me if her students could watch - I said no, because I knew I'd be super upset if it wasn't successful. They monitored me for at least another hour or two after to make sure that M was stable, our heart rates were fine, and any contractions/BH slowed down. Apparently some moms can go into labor soon after so they asked me to check in daily by phone on how I was feeling for a few days. Nothing doing. Part of the reason it was successful was part of the reason my labor ultimately led to a c-sec - extra amniotic fluid. So easier to move M to head down, but it meant he never really dropped and there was too much water to risk breaking it and letting the umbilical cord out first when we couldn't rely on pitocin anymore (M's heart rate kept dropping). Another thing I advise against is doing anything to help flip him that's not approved by your doctor - M also got the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and it may have had to do with the exercises I kept trying to get him to flip on his own.
Baby is the size of a(n): acorn squash (?)
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: May 21 - midwife appt
How are you feeling?: pretty good overall. minor aches and pains here and there, but i did have a prenatal massage on the weekend and that was good.
Rants/Raves: just loving feeling the baby move so much ATM.
Questions: none.
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? definitely family feud, or big brother if that counts as a "game" show.
Baby is the size of a(n): eggplant
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: checkup and anesthesiologist next week
How are you feeling?: still pretty good
Rants/Raves:
Rave: babymoon was super nice and DD was adorable so not annoying to have her there at all
Rant: major issues getting home from babymoon (had to take a boat to the mainland and the weather was choppy so they wouldn’t let pregnant women on - definitely something I wish I knew in advance...). That kicked off a full day of travel problems that got us home at midnight instead of mid afternoon...so exhausted at work today and DD in a horrible over exhausted mood.
Questions: none right now
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Man, I used to love the game show network as a kid but haven’t watched anything in so long! Would have loved something like the newlyweds game but DH and I would have been an embarrassment, pretty sure we wouldn’t match ever
How are we this close!? I need more time!
Baby is the size of a(n): Cabbage
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Nothing until May 23. I feel like that is forever away. But it is really just like two weeks. The one thing I want to know right now is if baby is head down or not.
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. Starting to get a lot harder to move around the house. Like getting up from laying on the couch is pretty tough now that my ab muscles can't really do their job anymore. I'm back to feeling tired a lot of the time. We did a bunch of stuff around the house on Saturday and I was EXHAUSTED. I fell asleep during the Avs game around 9pm. And I slept until 4:30 am when my "Apache alarm" went off. Hard to sleep when you have to pee! Then I went back to sleep for maybe another hour from 5:30 to 6:30. Then I took a NAP on Sunday afternoon for like an hour. I guess I needed it.
I've got some headaches and not feeling great today just in my head. But I think that is because pollen is picking up around here and that is usually about the time my migraine season starts. So this should be fun!
Rants/Raves: Rave! We had a bunch of yard work that needed to be done and we found someone to come and do it for us that was like half the cost of other landscapers/yard workers. And they did a GREAT job. He only wants to charge $30 a week to mow the lawn and I've never had anyone quote it so low. So I'm thinking we should have him do it. It is such a good deal to avoid a few hours of work a week. But it feels so lazy to have someone else do it. And my yard is BIG. It takes me about an hour and a half to do the front if I also do the edging.
Another Rave, I got my first presents from my registry! And they are from my big director boss at work! I couldn't believe it. So, I've got a diaper bag and a baby carrier! I'm sure his wife helped! She's so sweet and they are really excited for us.
We also looked at paint swatches for the nursery. We went back and forth on the theme for SO long, I'm really excited to have something decided and now we can finally move forward and make choices!
Questions:
@mamanbebe I have a not great relationship with my mother's family. I don't really like my older sister anymore now that our mom is gone. She just doesn't see the world the same way that I do. We are cut from very different cloths. Just super different people. She has no idea I'm pregnant because we don't talk. I also don't like my mom's sister. She is mean and rubs her religion in your face (even though I'm a pretty decent Catholic). She seriously once asked me if Catholics believe in Jesus Christ as their savior... and I was like, um... you were at my church for my wedding. We have a life size Jesus on the cross hanging over the alter... so yeah.... Just weird. Her husband is super mean and judgy. Always has been, all my life. I do like their kids, my cousins, but I haven't told them about the baby yet. I'm honestly starting to get anxious whenever we go out to eat because I'm worried I'll run into my cousin who lives near us and he'll be all, "What!?" I plan to tell them in the next couple of weeks.
My husband only has a relationship with his parents and kind of with his Brother (they aren't that close, though). My in-laws are the all-up-in-your-business-in-laws. But nothing with the rest of his family. Cousins and aunts and uncles and whatnot.
I'm very close with my family on my dad's side and my stepfamily. They get on really well with my hubs, too. Only problem is that they all live in GA, AL, FL, and MN. So everyone is far away.
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on?
The AMAZING Race! I love that show. I'd also do Big Brother. More traditional game show? Legends of the Hidden Temple.
@jennm0724 The pavers look AWESOME! I would not have tried that on my own! Too much lifting!
Baby is the size of a(n): Well today the bump app said she's as tall as a load of Wonder bread 😂 I love it
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): PINK!!!! So happy to have my boy and girl. Initially I wanted another boy but when I found out I was having a girl I couldn't help but cry 😍
Upcoming Appointments: May 9th. Stupid glucose test. Thankful my MIL loves my son so much 😂
How are you feeling?: Terrible. I've been having a lot of pain since I fell about two weeks ago but I also moved so IDK if the pain is from the fall or that. I'd say it was round ligament pain but it sometimes goes down to my groin and it hurts a lot when I walk. It also comes and goes 🤷
Also I could do without this constant heart burn.
Rants/Raves: I guess rant? I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going and the constant updates from the app... Only 11 more weeks 😬 we've moved but unpacking is really getting to me!! Where does everything go!? 🙃
Questions: I have been worried, like back of my head worried, I got placental abruption but I don't have any bleeding just the intermittent pain. And it's not the exact same as sneezing round ligament pain... It's like caused by pretty much any movement but is totally random and the other night lasted about 5 hours!
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Price is Right!!! I love that show!
DS born 1.25.18 (my rainbow) | Baby Girl Due 7.25.19
Baby is the size of a(n): weighs as much as a trumpet
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: 5/21
How are you feeling?: Better than yesterday! My sciatica and leg cramps were killing me all weekend. DH and I took a walk tonight and it was way easier than yesterday's walk.
Rants/Raves:
Rave: This woman at work out of the blue offered to crochet baby a sweater and she gave it to me today. It's so beautiful and well-made! She just started working here and I've never actually worked with her, she just walks by my office every day. It really is amazing the things people do for a new baby
Rant: I really wish people would stop asking me if I'm "still working out though, right?" Uh, no: not when I have sciatica in one leg and chronic cramps in the other, and when I'm short of breath half the time. I had every intent to have a "fit pregnancy," but even on my good days I have no motivation. So thanks for the reminder
Questions: none from me!
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Does Survivor count? I feel like the "survival" part would be tough for me, but I'd be good at the challenges and social game. I've also considered taking the Jeopardy test but I'm terrified I'd pass the test, pass the audition, and end up playing on a night where I know nothing from any of the categories. Or my big debut would be a James Holzhauer episode
@blackhottamales @annewheeler2 I loved Supermarket Sweep as a kid! I loved when the contestants loaded up their carts with giant, obviously plastic turkeys
@foodislove LOVE Carmen Sandiego! There's a YouTube channel that has all the old Carmen Sandiego episodes and I totally rewatched them all in college. The Rockapella guys are quite dreamy
@jennm0724 Your patio looks amazing!
@hakele That was so nice of your boss! I'm totally creeping on my registry now that the invites have gone out. MIL keeps texting my husband with live updates of who has RSVPed
On the topic of game shows (and because I'm a game show nerd
Baby is the size of a(n): rabbit
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):blue
Upcoming Appointments: midwife on thursday, fetal mri friday
How are you feeling?: very worried/emotional, ultrasound last friday showed some swelling in one of the ventricles in my baby's brain, will be going for a mri to get a better picture. Trying to stay positive...but waiting till friday seems like forever.
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Chopped, i love cooking and putting together new dishes.
Baby is the size of a(n): lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Getting a shot today because I'm RH-
How are you feeling?: Exhausted! I haven't been sleeping well for the last three nights. Yesterday, I worked from home and an hour into the day, I had to take a nap... but could I sleep? No. Baby decided it was time to have a freaking dance party for the entire 40 minutes I was laying down. I tried to exercise a bunch yesterday, and I was certainly mentally exhausted so thought I would sleep well last night. That didn't happen, and while I was talking to one of my co-workers about totally business-related things, I started sobbing. No reason for it, other than I'm exhausted and just want to sleeeeeeeeeep.
Rants: Above, but also! DH's little brother is having a baby too. They don't even know the gender yet, but have picked out names and told everyone about them. Their girl name is one of our top choices (we haven't told anyone our names). I feel like, even if they don't have a girl, I can't use that name now. Couldn't they have waited a few more weeks to find out the gender before marking the name as theirs? PS. Charlotte, and I was going to call her either Charlie or Lottie for short. And now I'm crying again. Ug.
Raves: Got my GD results, and I'm good to go.
Also, I bought Tim Horton's decaf coffee to keep at work. Gosh darn it, if that is not delicious!
Questions: When will I stop crying? Haha!!
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? @blackrosevamp OMG! I didn't even think about cooking game shows. Chopped would be so much fun!! Although they always have some crazy ingredient that I never know what to do with.
@blackrosevamp I also love cooking shows! I loved Food Network Star for awhile until it got ridiculous and over the top.
Baby is the size of a(n): eggplant
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: glucose test and appointment tomorrow morning
How are you feeling?: Still having rough heartburn, am going to ask my doctor tomorrow of any suggestions she has - my internet research has gotten me very far in hopes of alleviating it.
Rants/Raves: Rave: semester is almost done which means two more grad classes down and a quiet building for the summer while I am still here. Rant: I'm staring another class on the 20th that'll be done before baby gets here.
Questions: Any other ladies out there with bad seasonal/pollen/weed allergies? I've had awful allergies my whole life, used to have to get weekly shots as a kid, and the stuff I would usually rely on to help I can't take or can't take as much of, going to ask the doctor about that too but was wondering if anyone else was in the same boat.
GTKY: If you could go on any game show, which would you want be on? Wheel of Fortune, I haven't watched it in forever and wouldn't be very good but would want to spin the wheel.
Do you use a nasal spray? When the allergens peak, it is the only thing that helps me. I use Mometasone Furoate (Nasonex). It is the only one that I do not get bloody noses from (it is too dry for many of the others for me here in CO, but Nasonex doesn't dry me out as the others do).
I know that Rhinocort and Flonase are both considered safe as well. Nasocort is considered bad.
Sprays are generally considered a really good option because they don't go through your digestive system. They stay in your nasal passages and do their job right there.
I also take Singulair daily as an asthma management medication, and it has allergy benefits in it as well. Honestly, Singulair changed my life when I started taking it.
If for some reason I miss the Singulair, I have to take a Zyrtec as a back-up.
That is just to share what I am doing. Obviously, talk to your doctor as YMMV. And GOOD LUCK! Allergies make me miserable and if it makes you feel anything like I do, I hope you can find some relief.
I hope the weather clears up! Yesterday the weatherman said it would rain all day today here, but we've only had one quick, light sprinkle so far. My fingers are crossed for you!
Baby shower invites went out today. That has been funny to get messages from people that didn't know yet. Haha. Like my best friend/maid of honor. She had no idea because she is a teacher and does ski instruction all winter, so I usually don't see her from November-May.
DS born 1.25.18 (my rainbow) | Baby Girl Due 7.25.19