Baby is the size of a(n): Butternut Squash - my Squish Is a Squash.
Upcoming Appointments: This week regular 34 wk appt. hope to talk to my doc about a number of different things.
How are you feeling?: Good better than I have been
Rants/Raves: This week is going to be really warm - in the 80s and I have so much to do when Id rather just spend it in a pool somewhere.
Questions: Is anyone actually ready? I still have to spackle, prime and pick a paint color. BUT our new windows are going in today I'm so freaking excitttteeeddd. bYE bYE original windows that came with the house and are moldy!
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? My dad and I went to see MIBinternational… it was OK.
Me 32 H 33 TTC#1 January 2016 BFP 5/16/2016 DD Born 1/27/17
Upcoming Appointments: Check up today. I’m hoping they’ll tell me how big she is
How are you feeling?: hurting and tired but looking forward to some days off work next week
Rants/Raves: Rave: we’re going to the beach next week and I can’t wait. Just hope baby girl doesn’t make her appearance while we’re there
Questions: do I go ahead and call for a pediatrician appointment for the baby or wait til after she’s born?
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? Ummm I’ve been reading more than tv or movies lately so I’m kinda drawing a blank. I’ll probably edit this when the pregnancy brain fog lifts 😂
Thanks so much @moon1417 for starting this up..😄 Also I'm slightly panicky because I still have sooo much left to do and such little time
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 34W
Boy/Girl/finding out later? Boy & Girl
Baby is the size of a(n): Butternut squash
Upcoming Appointments: Had the first of my round 2 steroid shots today, second one tomorrow, and a US towards the end of the week
How are you feeling?: It's getting harder to get comfortable 😥 also aches in parts of the body that I didn't know existed
Rants/Raves: I'm getting kind of impatient waiting for my baby shower which is supposed to be a surprise, but then I just need to have it out of the way so that I can see clearly how much more I have left to do & buy
Questions:
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? Finally got to watch "Us" and (not a movie) Queer Eye, binged all 3 seasons in a really short time
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: August 2nd, 34 Weeks + 3 days
Boy/Girl/finding out later? Boy!
Baby is the size of a(n): Manatee (it feels)
Upcoming Appointments: July 3rd for my 36 week normal check up appointment. I'm also scheduled for an ultrasound because he's measuring big. I'm secretly very excited to get an extra ultrasound- I was told I would only have two, my first one at eight weeks to verify the pregnancy and the 20 week anatomy scan- so I'm excited for one more.
How are you feeling?: Achey in the inner thighs/lower back- doctor says things are just loosening up but it feels like I do 100 squats/sit ups daily. Also a lot of nasal congestion that wakes me up at night
Rants/Raves: Rave: Husband got home from a week of traveling, so I'm happy to not be in the house alone anymore! Rant: I have to go to a wedding this week.... it's a Thursday night for some reason? And it's 2 hours away in 100+ degree heat. I'm comfortable in my 80 degrees, thank you very much. If they weren't such good friends, we may have skipped this one.
Questions: Nothing for now.
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? I'm excited to see the movie Yesterday that comes out this week- it's the one about a musician and The Beatles.
@nimo-ad I loved Us. What did you think? It tripped me out.
@newmamakt I'm wondering this too. I know when we get to the hospital for labor, I'm supposed to let them know my OB and my chosen pediatrician practice. The pediatrician on call from that practice will tend to baby afterwards, but do we make a follow up appointment at that time, I assume?
@hillaryo14 Chernobyl freaked me out in a good way.
*lurking from group 4 @newmamakt You do not make an appointment at this time, since there is no way to know when the baby is going to show up. Pediatricians' offices generally keep a few slots open for new-borns for the first few appointments. (When my boys were born for the first 4 weeks the appointment options were first one in the morning, or first one after lunch, since those are the slots reserved for babies that age.) How notification is handled depends on the pediatrician, mine doesn't care if you are planning on using them or not until the baby actually shows up. When you check in you tell the hospital which group you are using, and then their on-call doctor checks the baby once (s)he shows up. Then you start calling the office for appointments. I've heard from other's that their pediatrician requires you to "pre-register" your baby, so that they are on an incoming patients list. The best thing to do it call your pediatrician and find out what their process is.
@newmamakt I agree with @mrosek91 with my first they had an "open house" one night a week where we toured the facility with one of the doctors. We filled out a paper letting them know we were due, and then used her name on all the forms for the hospital. Once out of the hospital we made an appt with the doctor for the first check up a few days after release. For this one, I just let my daugthers doctor know I was pregnant and to expect a new patient sometime in August - she said OK sounds good! and that was that.
eta while in the hospital there was a pediatrician affiliated with the hospital (happened to save my daughters life, but that's a different story) who sees the newborns.
Me 32 H 33 TTC#1 January 2016 BFP 5/16/2016 DD Born 1/27/17
@moon1417 - thank you so much for keeping things going!!
Due Date / Weeks + Days: 8/5 34 weeks
Boy/Girl/finding out later? Girl
Baby is the size of a(n): pineapple
Upcoming Appointments: Next week - 7/2 - I’ve been a week off since missing an apt for vacation. Will be doing and ultrasound since they told me last week that I was measuring small (erm, thanks for freaking me out and not doing anything about it for two weeks)
How are you feeling?: Hot/tried/rib pain - but at least random rash on chest is gone!
Rants/Raves: Rant: just found out sister-in-law is an anti-Vaxer - (my mother brought it up in the context of they are worried about what they are going to have to do about school since the new law was imposed in ny) I’m upset and embarrassed and have informed my mother that my child will not be meeting her cousin until she’s through all of her vaccinations... so like 12? Ugh, I feel bad for my nephew.
Questions: Are there any markers for early labor (not signs but like - you may be susceptible to early labor if...)? I’m still shocked that several? girls in our bump group have baby in hand, while I can’t wait to meet LO, we are soooo not ready (maybe my rant should have been about getting DH to focus on LO’s room - rather than everything else)...
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? Chernobyl was excellent - as was the new season of true detective... HBO is really kicking ass - except for that whole GoT thing
@becks68 Good for you for protecting your child from even family members. I imagine you might get some lashback from your relatives, but stick to your guns.
For everybody who has been into HBO lately, I super recommend Los Espookys. It's on HBO, it's a 25 minute show, and it's so funny! Heads up; it's all in Spanish and subtitled but it's a Lorne Michaels and Fred Armisen production. Who knew Fred Armisen spoke such great Spanish? It's lighthearted, quirky, weird and just fun. It's about a group of Latinx cousins/family members who take their horror hobby and make it a business. I highly recommend it!
How are you feeling?: Overwhelmed with having her 6.5 weeks early on vacation, but also overwhelmingly thankful that she's doing well and we are with my family.
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? Im horrible at remembering movies and titles. So, maybe?
@becks68 idk about risk categories, but the docs said they didn't know why she came early in our case. My mom was told the same about my brother born at 34 and a half weeks. No "reason". In hindsight, both my parents were born 3 and 5 weeks early, my brother was born 5+ weeks early. So I should have thought it was a bigger possibility. But I was born on my due date and I had no signs of labour 9 days before my due date with DS when he was delivered by cs bc he was breech, so I never actually thought it would be a realistic possibility.... I also don't know if there is any genetic link or if my family is just crazy.
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
@BigBadWolf12 glad your baby girl is doing well...wow 1 week already! Will you be traveling back to Sweden at the same time you would have or staying with family for a while longer?
@nimo-ad we were supposed to go back a week tomorrow, so definitely staying longer than that. Honestly we had been on the fence about when to move back to be close to family and had been praying for God to make it clear to us, so we might even just wave the white surrender flag and stay here. DH can go back and sell everything, I'll stay here with the kids and family support.... and we'll take the kids to visit as soon as we can, realistically. That's where my head is at right now, but DH and I haven't made the final decision yet. We'll definitely be here all of July if not longer, id expect. I can't imagine traveling back before her due date if we do all go back
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
@BigBadWolf12 that would be such a wonderful new beginning..I'm glad you get to be around close family for a while longer and do hope for the very best for you on whatever plan you and your H decide on
@nimo-ad thanks we decided to stay here. Dh will go back to pack up and sell our stuff with his family who already had tickets to come visit us in august to see the baby. And the kids and I will stay here and hope to all visit together later. It's a weird feeling, never going back to what had been my home for 3-4 years. But we are just thankful that the baby is healthy and she's covered by Canadian insurance!
TTGP history (*TW*):
Started TTC Oct 2015 BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016 Re-started TTC Aug 2016 Started IF testing Nov 2016 Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017 BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
Re: Group 1 Check-in (Aug 1-7) w/o 06/24
Boy/Girl/finding out later? Boy!!
Baby is the size of a(n): Butternut Squash - my Squish Is a Squash.
Upcoming Appointments: This week regular 34 wk appt. hope to talk to my doc about a number of different things.
How are you feeling?: Good better than I have been
Rants/Raves: This week is going to be really warm - in the 80s and I have so much to do when Id rather just spend it in a pool somewhere.
Questions: Is anyone actually ready? I still have to spackle, prime and pick a paint color. BUT our new windows are going in today I'm so freaking excitttteeeddd. bYE bYE original windows that came with the house and are moldy!
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? My dad and I went to see MIBinternational… it was OK.
Me 32 H 33
TTC#1 January 2016 BFP 5/16/2016 DD Born 1/27/17
TFAS: BFP 11/26/2018 Estimated due date: 8/2/2019
8/5, 34w
Boy/Girl/finding out later?
Boy
Baby is the size of a(n):
Butternut squash
Upcoming Appointments:
Going weekly to both regular OB and the perinatal specialist to monitor his heart.
How are you feeling?:
Pretty good today, had a weird day yesterday- I was crying at the drop of a hat.
Rants/Raves:
DD woke up earlier than usual screaming at the top of her lungs. Not the way I wanted to wake up today.
Questions:
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately?
We've been bingeing a lot of true crime shows lately, and the HBO miniseries Chernobyl was pretty good.
8/5 34 weeks
Boy/Girl/finding out later?
Girl
Baby is the size of a(n):
pineapple
Upcoming Appointments:
Check up today. I’m hoping they’ll tell me how big she is
How are you feeling?:
hurting and tired but looking forward to some days off work next week
Rants/Raves:
Rave: we’re going to the beach next week and I can’t wait. Just hope baby girl doesn’t make her appearance while we’re there
Questions:
do I go ahead and call for a pediatrician appointment for the baby or wait til after she’s born?
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately?
Ummm I’ve been reading more than tv or movies lately so I’m kinda drawing a blank. I’ll probably edit this when the pregnancy brain fog lifts 😂
Also I'm slightly panicky because I still have sooo much left to do and such little time
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 34W
Boy/Girl/finding out later?
Boy & Girl
Baby is the size of a(n):
Butternut squash
Upcoming Appointments:
Had the first of my round 2 steroid shots today, second one tomorrow, and a US towards the end of the week
How are you feeling?:
It's getting harder to get comfortable 😥 also aches in parts of the body that I didn't know existed
Rants/Raves:
I'm getting kind of impatient waiting for my baby shower which is supposed to be a surprise, but then I just need to have it out of the way so that I can see clearly how much more I have left to do & buy
Questions:
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately?
Finally got to watch "Us" and (not a movie) Queer Eye, binged all 3 seasons in a really short time
August 2nd, 34 Weeks + 3 days
Boy/Girl/finding out later?
Boy!
Baby is the size of a(n):
Manatee (it feels)
Upcoming Appointments:
July 3rd for my 36 week normal check up appointment. I'm also scheduled for an ultrasound because he's measuring big. I'm secretly very excited to get an extra ultrasound- I was told I would only have two, my first one at eight weeks to verify the pregnancy and the 20 week anatomy scan- so I'm excited for one more.
How are you feeling?:
Achey in the inner thighs/lower back- doctor says things are just loosening up but it feels like I do 100 squats/sit ups daily. Also a lot of nasal congestion that wakes me up at night
Rants/Raves:
Rave: Husband got home from a week of traveling, so I'm happy to not be in the house alone anymore!
Rant: I have to go to a wedding this week.... it's a Thursday night for some reason? And it's 2 hours away in 100+ degree heat. I'm comfortable in my 80 degrees, thank you very much. If they weren't such good friends, we may have skipped this one.
Questions:
Nothing for now.
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately?
I'm excited to see the movie Yesterday that comes out this week- it's the one about a musician and The Beatles.
@newmamakt I'm wondering this too. I know when we get to the hospital for labor, I'm supposed to let them know my OB and my chosen pediatrician practice. The pediatrician on call from that practice will tend to baby afterwards, but do we make a follow up appointment at that time, I assume?
@hillaryo14 Chernobyl freaked me out in a good way.
@newmamakt You do not make an appointment at this time, since there is no way to know when the baby is going to show up. Pediatricians' offices generally keep a few slots open for new-borns for the first few appointments. (When my boys were born for the first 4 weeks the appointment options were first one in the morning, or first one after lunch, since those are the slots reserved for babies that age.)
How notification is handled depends on the pediatrician, mine doesn't care if you are planning on using them or not until the baby actually shows up. When you check in you tell the hospital which group you are using, and then their on-call doctor checks the baby once (s)he shows up. Then you start calling the office for appointments.
I've heard from other's that their pediatrician requires you to "pre-register" your baby, so that they are on an incoming patients list.
The best thing to do it call your pediatrician and find out what their process is.
eta while in the hospital there was a pediatrician affiliated with the hospital (happened to save my daughters life, but that's a different story) who sees the newborns.
Me 32 H 33
TTC#1 January 2016 BFP 5/16/2016 DD Born 1/27/17
TFAS: BFP 11/26/2018 Estimated due date: 8/2/2019
Due Date / Weeks + Days:
8/5 34 weeks
Boy/Girl/finding out later?
Girl
Baby is the size of a(n):
pineapple
Upcoming Appointments:
Next week - 7/2 - I’ve been a week off since missing an apt for vacation. Will be doing and ultrasound since they told me last week that I was measuring small (erm, thanks for freaking me out and not doing anything about it for two weeks)
How are you feeling?:
Hot/tried/rib pain - but at least random rash on chest is gone!
Rants/Raves:
Rant: just found out sister-in-law is an anti-Vaxer - (my mother brought it up in the context of they are worried about what they are going to have to do about school since the new law was imposed in ny) I’m upset and embarrassed and have informed my mother that my child will not be meeting her cousin until she’s through all of her vaccinations... so like 12? Ugh, I feel bad for my nephew.
Questions:
Are there any markers for early labor (not signs but like - you may be susceptible to early labor if...)? I’m still shocked that several? girls in our bump group have baby in hand, while I can’t wait to meet LO, we are soooo not ready (maybe my rant should have been about getting DH to focus on LO’s room - rather than everything else)...
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately?
Chernobyl was excellent - as was the new season of true detective... HBO is really kicking ass - except for that whole GoT thing
For everybody who has been into HBO lately, I super recommend Los Espookys. It's on HBO, it's a 25 minute show, and it's so funny! Heads up; it's all in Spanish and subtitled but it's a Lorne Michaels and Fred Armisen production. Who knew Fred Armisen spoke such great Spanish? It's lighthearted, quirky, weird and just fun. It's about a group of Latinx cousins/family members who take their horror hobby and make it a business. I highly recommend it!
Boy/Girl/finding out later? Girl
How are you feeling?: Overwhelmed with having her 6.5 weeks early on vacation, but also overwhelmingly thankful that she's doing well and we are with my family.
GTKY: Seen any good movies lately? Im horrible at remembering movies and titles. So, maybe?
@becks68 idk about risk categories, but the docs said they didn't know why she came early in our case. My mom was told the same about my brother born at 34 and a half weeks. No "reason". In hindsight, both my parents were born 3 and 5 weeks early, my brother was born 5+ weeks early. So I should have thought it was a bigger possibility. But I was born on my due date and I had no signs of labour 9 days before my due date with DS when he was delivered by cs bc he was breech, so I never actually thought it would be a realistic possibility.... I also don't know if there is any genetic link or if my family is just crazy.
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
Will you be traveling back to Sweden at the same time you would have or staying with family for a while longer?
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019