July 2019 Moms
mamahmh2
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Boden Gray 8-13-16
BB Girl Expected 7-10-19
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Group 2 Check In: DD 7/9-7/16 | Week of 5/13
mamahmh2
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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: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why?
Boden Gray 8-13-16 BB Girl Expected 7-10-19
Re: Group 2 Check In: DD 7/9-7/16 | Week of 5/13
Baby is the size of a(n): IDK. Haven't looked yet
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Regular prenatal on Wednesday
How are you feeling?: Exhausted. I overdid it late last week and this weekend and I'm paying the price. I have so much more to do, though, so there appears to be no opportunity for rest in the near future.
Rants/Raves: Brain is mush. Can't think of anything.
Questions:
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? Definitely not a holiday person when I'm the one celebrated, however, I love celebrating others. My favorite holidays are the ones where I get to get together with my immediate family, namely Thanksgiving and Christmas. Also a big fan of holidays that I get off work, even if we don't celebrate them, because a free day off is celebration in itself!
Baby is the size of a(n): small otter with no tail
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink!
Upcoming Appointments: this Friday, standard Prenatal
How are you feeling?: really big and uncomfortable, back pain constantly sore and BH are getting more intense
Rants/Raves: Rants, ended up in L&D for really bad Braxton Hicks making me super sore, and although I’m a centimeter dilated, they’ve ruled out preterm labor. It’s a rave that it’s ruled out, but a rant for the hospital stay and the nasty wrist IV. 🤢
Questions: none!
GTKY: We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? I love holidays and enjoy the family time and celebration with people close to me. I love Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Fourth of July mainly.
Baby is the size of a(n): asparagus. I’m finding the size comparisons from the bump really dumb
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: next Tuesday, regular 32 week check up
How are you feeling?: started taking Prilosec yesterday and now I’m feeling 10x better! Her movements are getting uncomfortable, but overall still pretty good!
Rants/Raves: my oldest woke up congested and snotty on Saturday and now I think both boys have some sort of cold. Hopefully it’s short lived
Questions: nope
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? I do enjoy holidays, but don’t go all out for any of them. Memorial Day weekend and thanksgiving are my favorites!! We go camping every Memorial Day weekend and the whole family looks forward to it. Thanksgiving is probably my number 1 though! Sitting around all day eating, watching football and relaxing!
Baby is the size of a(n): bunch of asparagus
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: Next Monday
How are you feeling?: A little tired and my back has been aching.
Rants/Raves: Went back to 50° weather and rainy😫 I want the warm weather to stay!!
Questions: None
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? I used to think it was Christmas, and I do still like it. It just gets overwhelming now that we have kids and the grandparents think they need every toy ever made🙄 I've decided my favorite holiday is Easter! I love springtime and I love celebrating Jesus's resurrection at church. We also have a Good Friday service. It's not very long, but it helps us remember why we celebrate Easter in the first place😊 It just makes me feel alive and rejuvenated and so thankful for my Savior's love for me❤❤
Baby is the size of a(n): Asparagus?
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Group appointment next week, from then on they're switching from monthly to every two weeks. Means we're in the final stretch which is so crazy!
How are you feeling?: Still pretty good. Definitely moving slower these days and I have waves of totally uncomfortable symptoms (pelvic pain, BH, back pain, etc.). Also dealing with constipation which is no fun so I upped my magnesium and just bought a Squatty Potty off of Amazon. Lol.
Rants/Raves: Rave/rant in one. Had my first baby shower this weekend and it was SO lovely. It made me feel even more excited about baby coming. My SILs really went above and beyond. The rant portion is we got SO MANY clothes/hair bows, etc. and not a ton of useful items (although we did get our car seat so I feel like now we have the absolute essentials covered). I guess that's one of the disadvantages of knowing baby's sex
Questions: Does anyone have a good description of what baby hiccups feel like? I don't think I've felt them so far but maybe I just don't know what they feel like. I'm mostly just curious because otherwise baby moves a ton so it seems weird that I haven't felt them yet.
GTKY: I like holidays like Christmas but I think they've kind of lost their magic being an adult with no kids so I'm excited to hopefully have that change once baby arrives (and is old enough to actually get what's going on). Otherwise I like holidays like Memorial Day/Fourth of July where I get an extra day off work and get to have people over to relax and have a seafood boil or whatever without having to deal with navigating celebrations with multiple families.Baby is the size of a(n): small clawed otter
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: Friday, may 24
How are you feeling?: lots of discomfort in the pubic area from walking a decent making
Rants/Raves: I’ve spent the entire weekend trying to get this baby to flip. It’s not working and I’m so anxious about it even though I know she has time
Questions:
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? I think I like Christmas the most, especially with kids. I just hate all the obligations that come with it. I wish it was more of a relaxing holiday. Lol
I am wondering how to tell my boss we ain’t making our goal deadline. And I’m debating when to stop work before birth. I need to be half time right now, but i think ill go one more month at least. I definitely find it hard to explain that this is a medical condition- pregnancy- and I’m coming to my physical/mental limits. The business world could care less and will point to all the women who work right up to labor. I point to all the countries that give women maternity leave BEFORE birth. Cuz this shit is real and I’m not just being “lazy”.
Question: How have you guys handled work during the month or so before your due date? Any work arrangements or just saved up your leave day for after?
@mamahmh2 Sorry about all the BH pain!! Don’t know how you just keep plodding on when it hurts a lot! Hang in there!
@msimi I think I felt hiccups yesterday. It was a series of movements at the same rhythm as typical hiccups...and the movement was consistently the same intensity. And it goes on for more than 1 or 2
minutes...just like regular hiccups! I could tell it was something different because all his other movements are more like arms and legs- while this felt sort of more like a heartbeat.
Sorry I’m not following the format guys, Im just less likely to post here when I gotta hit that before talking! Having a growing boy, ultrasound appt this weekend, and I like hanging lights in the house for Christmas and Halloween. FTM so looking forward to having holidays with a kid in the house!
Have a good rest of the week everybody! May the kicks be cute and not painful! 😉
Baby is the size of a(n): zombie ferret
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): green
Upcoming Appointments: group tomorrow, also acupuncture tomorrow
How are you feeling?: bleh. Kind of an emotional mess - thinking it's time to talk to my midwife about how much third trimester crying is too much.
Rants/Raves: weather is turned back to rain. Trying to embrace a couple days of not needing to water, but it's going to be a long week.
Questions: Has anyone been hit with the nesting? I'm worried the urge is completely skipping me over this time.
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why?
Baby is the size of a(n): Armadillo
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow for a check-up & growth ultrasound
How are you feeling?: More and more uncomfortable. 🤷
Rants/Raves: Moved into our house this weekend. It's still not done yet. It's not bad except we didn't think about what we we're going to do with our animals during the day while we're at work and there are contractors coming and going. So that's not been fun. I can finally start putting together the baby's room though!
Questions:
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why? I love Christmas and Thanksgiving. And really all the food + family holidays! I'm very lucky to get along really well with my whole big family ❤️
That sucks that you couldn't find him.
We decided to let all our balcony plants die so we aren’t leaving the doors open for watering. Mosquitoes are returning as rainy season 1 just started. Shame, we have 20+ planters, but I’ll be damned if I have to play Zorro with the electric racket to protect this baby and I!
I’ve gotten used to staying inside and covering up when I go out. Repellent always in the purse. It’s a lifestyle! 🤓
I don’t want to leave the house much now anyway...foot hurts and I can’t breathe! Love this trimester! 🥳
Baby is the size of a(n): footprint size of an egg
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: may 31
How are you feeling?: Surprisingly I'm finally feeling good physically and mentally is on the upswing, still stressed but trying to manage
Rants/Raves: baby Sprinkle next weekend.... I'm so excited and anxious all at the same time. Hoping for a relaxing time catching up with family and friends without any drama.
Questions: Anyone else feeling the pressure of only 2 months left to go? So much to do and get better LO gets here 😬
GTKY: *Stolen from Group 3/4* We just had Mother's Day! Are you a big holiday person? Which holiday is your favorite and why?
I love most holidays. I work healthcare so I often don't get to celebrate them like normal. Cliche but it really is something about Christmas that I really love. The only thing is I hate the gift part of Christmas. I just want the twinkling lights and spending time doing things with family.
@erynpdx I've been nesting since like February but I think it's just me trying to get things done over a longer time frame. With my first I didn't start nesting until 36 weeks when at my first weekly check the OB was like "I would bet good money you don't make it through the weekend before delivering" 🤯 went home and both me and my husband scrambled. (Our son was born the day before his due date fyi). Something will trigger it eventually and it will be an urge you can't ignore