February 2020 Moms
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Group 3 (2/15-2/21) check-in w/o 10/7
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EDD/W+D:
Team:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be?
Team:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be?
Re: Group 3 (2/15-2/21) check-in w/o 10/7
Team: blue
Baby is the size of a(n): Beanie Baby
Upcoming Appointments: 10/24 for OB, 10/25 for MFM
How are you feeling? Good, I love all the movements. Wish I didn’t feel full so fast.
Raves/Rants: Rave: we went pumpkin picking this weekend and DD loved it. Rant: waiting for MFM appt feels like it’s taking forever.
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I am a big believer in the choices you make and the experiences you have turn you into the person you are today. There is no one thing I would change. Maybe some of the risky things I did in college even though they turned out to be fine.
Team: Pink! Still getting used to that!!
Baby is the size of a(n): banana, paper airplane
Upcoming Appointments: 10/24 checkup
How are you feeling? Feeling good but my back hurtssssss
Raves/Rants: Rave: I got all of DS’ birthday presents wrapped this weekend. We also had a great family weekend since DH didn’t work so much!
Questions: Any back pain relief ideas?
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? This is a hard question. I don’t know that I would change anything. Sometimes I wish I had not transferred colleges but then I may not have ended up with DH soooo who knows.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Team: Not finding out and my willpower is getting weak as I'm adding stuff to my registry...
Baby is the size of a(n): Banana/Paper airplane
Upcoming Appointments: AS 10/17 (aka not soon enough)!!
How are you feeling? Still nauseous... Zofran is finally starting to help! Also seconding the thoughts of being full after like 2 bites.
Raves/Rants: Rave is that I'm finally taking some "me time" this week and getting my hair done! Rant is trying to figure out registry items and a stroller that will work with a gifted carseat... aka a trip to buybuybaby to find a lightweight frame stroller for the CityGo Carseat
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be?
Also seconding on weight loss. I lost a ton of weight a few years ago and put it all back on... here's hoping post-baby me can try to do it all again AND keep it off
Team: Blue💙
Baby is the size of a(n): Baby's foot is the size of a paperclip.
Upcoming Appointments: 10/30 with my OB for my 24 week appointment.
How are you feeling? Pretty great! Had a few hours this afternoon where I had a minor heart palpitation every 15 minutes or so. Was a little freaked but read it's not uncommon in pregnancy. Also feeling totally normal now.
Raves/Rants:
Rant -- still not feeling movement thanks to my anterior placenta. Coupled with my retroverted uterus and tiny bump, I don't really feel pregnant.
Rave -- my MIL has been buying all sorts of secondhand furniture for the nursery, and FIL is delivering it all tomorrow. Getting the nursery set up should make this pregnancy feel more real!
Questions: none
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I wish I had lived abroad for a few years in my 20s, before life tied me down. Experiencing day-to-day life somewhere is totally different than being a tourist for a short span of time. I wish I had experienced that in France, Italy, or Spain.
Team: Pink Foreva'!
Baby is the size of a(n): Baby bok choy. Also according to the Bump it weighs as much as a can of soda and it's foot is the size of a paper clip
Upcoming Appointments: end of the month
How are you feeling? I'm tired. Yesterday I spent all day painting the nursery. DH was like oh how can I repay you in his sexy time voice and I said by letting me sleep LOL
Raves/Rants: Rant - someone came racing up the wrong way in the parking garage and parked next to me. She held the door for me (which was surprising) and I was like, you know that's a one way street right? She said yea, I know. I did not even know what to say but was very offended. She was wearing washed out tapered jeans and 70s fluffy bang hair so I did not take her too seriously but then she rode up in the elevator to one of my company's floors, so that annoyed me.
Rave: I kicked butt with painting the nursery yesterday and never fell off the ladder or anything haha. Also the whole family piled on me this morning and said good morning to the baby it was very sweet.
Questions: -n/a-
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I always said it would be to not drop out of UCSC but then I wouldn't have met my husband and had my daughter so now I say NOTHING.
@malloryfrommn - getting the nursery set up is so exciting!!
@ibabyloveb87 - jinx! We are twinsies again
Married Jan 2008
DD Baby Bells born Dec 2016 5 lbs, 12 oz, 18"
Due with #2 Baby Arya EDD February 2020
Team: pink
Baby is the size of a(n): endive
Upcoming Appointments: 10/23
How are you feeling? Besides back and hip pain, I feel pretty good.
Raves/Rants: I took this self-portrait of my daughter and I last night. It’s the first pregnancy picture I’ve taken of myself this time around. I was really proud of it.
Questions:
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I have severe PCOS, and back between 2010-2012, I went from 235 lbs to 160. By 2015, I was 210 lbs, but lost a bunch and was back to 180 by 2018. I went back up and weighed 205 at the beginning of this pregnancy. I’m tall and carry it fairly well. However, I just wish I had worked harder to maintain my weight.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Team: BLUE! Confirmed today!!
Baby is the size of a(n): endive
Upcoming Appointments: 11/6 with OB and then 11/8 to get better heart pictures.
How are you feeling? Ok! Hip pain is killer.
Raves/Rants: We had our anatomy scan today! Baby was super active which was good. It also made it so that they had to poke and prod to get the pictures they needed. They couldn't get a clear enough one of the heart so I have to go back in 4 weeks. But they got gender so yay!
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I'd travel more when I was younger. So much harder to do now!
@therealbitts thank you! They were both very wiggly, haha. My regular OB who I saw later this AM (offices in the same parking lot so I go back to back) took a quick look and said he thought it looked fine too so I’m choosing to focus on that to get me through
Team: girl 💕
Baby is the size of a(n): endive
Upcoming Appointments: 10/30 for 24w appointment
How are you feeling? lucky to be feeling happy and healthy.
Raves/Rants: Rave- these baby kicks! Omg. We've been feeling them since around 16 weeks but they don't get old! I know that sounds early (our midwife was surprised too) but it's true! She's doing that "tap-back" thing and it's super amazing.
Rant- I'm soooo tired of second-guessing food all the time, and being anxious that fruits and veg aren't washed enough or meat isn't cooked enough. I know the chances of infection from food are pretty darn slim, but it's always in the back of my mind!
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be? I think I would love to go back and instead adjust my *reaction* to things that happened, or go back to give myself advice or say not to care so much. But I can't think of anything that I had control over that I would change.
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Married Jan 2008
DD Baby Bells born Dec 2016 5 lbs, 12 oz, 18"
Due with #2 Baby Arya EDD February 2020
@mamasbloom I have the exact same anxiety about food cleanliness when I’m out and about! At home I know I’m washing everything enough but I always have a hard time out because I feel like restaurant employees may not be as good about thoroughly washing food. I know the chances are slim but it just gives me anxiety.
Team: blue!
Baby is the size of a(n): endive this week and today baby’s palm is the size of a dime! Aww
Upcoming Appointments: repeat AS tomorrow to try to get a better pic of baby’s kidneys
How are you feeling? Pretty good except back pain! Argh. Very excited to now have a bump:)
Raves/Rants: although I’m happy about having a bump, I’m realizing I can’t fit into as many of my old clothes anymore and I haven’t yet fully built out my maternity wardrobe. Also still feeling moody so I had a mini meltdown this morning while trying to get dressed for work.
Questions: does everyone have a linea nigra yet? I don’t have one yet and since this is my first one, I’m not sure what’s typical?
GTKY: If you could go back in time and change one decision about your life, what would it be?
Totally on the same page as @malloryfrommn - I wish I had studied abroad or found a company where I could work abroad... that would be a lot more difficult now with the baby!
Married Jan 2008
DD Baby Bells born Dec 2016 5 lbs, 12 oz, 18"
Due with #2 Baby Arya EDD February 2020
@daffodil_shoe wow crazy that it took 2 years to go away! Hopefully this time it goes faster. Good to know it’s no biggie not to have one.