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July 2020 Moms
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J20 Weekly Check-in 3/16
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Just realized we didn’t have one this week!
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GTKY: What’s your dream vacation?
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GTKY: What’s your dream vacation?
Re: J20 Weekly Check-in 3/16
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: ear of corn
Upcoming appointments: not till 4/6
How are you feeling? Honestly, starting to get anxious AF about the whole COVID 19 situation. I won’t get into it much here since we have the whole thread for it but I’m worried for H’s grandparents, my friends having babies in the next few weeks, myself, and what this baby is going to be born into.
Raves/Rants: I don’t really have any either way. Just kind of floating day to day. Working at home blends all my days together, haha. One rave is that H has been really good about working with our dog and doing the “homework” for his training class, which was cute to see in action at the class last night. The dog’s biggest distraction is me...he’s a mama’s boy for sure (at least when he’s scared/nervous)
Questions: can someone wake me up when this nightmare ends?
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? I’ve always wanted to go to one of those places that has the huts over water, like Bali or something. That’s all I wanted for our honeymoon until I saw the price 😬
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: Coconut
Upcoming appointments: April 3rd for now...
How are you feeling? I had a bad head cold last week/weekend that's now almost totally better but I still have some lingering congestion and coughing that I imagine if I did in public would get me thrown in the river.
Raves/Rants: A bit of both, H is working from home today but his office is somewhat inept in that he's one of a very few doing so. All the courts were closed though so it isn't like he is going to have much work anyway and brought home what he has but March is not going to be a kind billable hour month for him.
Questions: N/A
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Also team over water huts @b_1029 and SE Asia in general. I also aspire to be an old person with an RV one day and drive around the continent.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: bunch of grapes
Upcoming appointments: early April unless this craziness is still going on
How are you feeling? Fine - work is a good distraction I guess.
Raves/Rants: My H is irritating me, what else is new lol. With all that's going on, he was asked to work from home this week (which he can't really do because he's still too new to be authorized/have a laptop issued to him) but my office is still open, and things are crazy. Daycare is not closed but he wanted to keep her home since he felt bad dropping her off. I said fine, but now he keeps bugging me about why I can't work from home too. He just doesn't want to have to watch her (PARENT HER) by himself for that long, but it was his call and I told him I couldn't work from home every day. I just wish he could be supportive of me and my career in practice like he claims to be. Ok rant over.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? I really want to go to the Bahamas. It just looks/sounds so beautiful. We usually do pretty active vacations but I could really go for a week of tropical drinks on the beach right about now...
ETA @b@b_1029 thanks for remembering to start the check in!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: oh man, I don't remember. Maybe a coconut?
Upcoming appointments: Friday is my next visit
How are you feeling? Pretty good. Forgot the unisom on Friday night and suffered on Saturday. I really should just put an alarmmon my phone for it.
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GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Greece. It just looks so beautiful.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: cantaloupe
Upcoming appointments: OB today (all went well) and MFM on the 30th
How are you feeling? really good!
Raves/Rants: DH agreed to my favorite name (we both liked the other's choice but liked our own better). So, baby boy's name is Hudson.
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? team hut over the water here too! Though, I love being social with others when we're vacationing so maybe it's not as for me as I think it is? I guess the short answer is, I don't know that I'm sure right now! But I'm sure whatever it is will be tropical... it's just more my jam.
@meanjellybean I second the whole husband irritation. Now that our schools are closed for three weeks, he wants to tell me all the things I can do! I am like, don’t you need to go to work??? 😆
@modoodles I would love to visit Greece!!!
@blaf322 I love the name Hudson. That was one of my top names, but DH shot it down.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue!!!
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: 🤷♀️🤦🏻♀️
Upcoming appointments: April 1st
How are you feeling? I feel really good!!! So thankful to have energy and be in a better frame of mind.
Raves/Rants: My rave is that I am feeling pretty good movement (almost in a pattern) for a few days, but my rant is when he decides to change positions and changes his movements up! I still worry, but remind myself he is still pretty small. Also the COVID-19 virus is not helping my worry either!!!
Questions: Not feeling consistent movement is still pretty normal for 21 weeks???
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? My dream vacation is Hawaii!!! I would love to go one day!!!!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: tall as a Twizzler
Upcoming appointments: Monday
How are you feeling? Cranky. I’m on day five after my GD diagnosis and although my levels are all well below advised levels my OB put me on metformin. I’m hangry and cranky.
Raves/Rants: I just ranted above. Whoops. Rave- we also agreed on a name- Oliver Walter. Walter is for both our grandfathers so it’s incredibly sentimental and Oliver because we just love it.
Questions: I’m not feeling a ton of movement either but have an anterior placenta so is this normal?
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Any beach! Probably Turks and Caicos or Maldives.
I love that name @blaf322!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: coconut
Upcoming appointments: April 1st
How are you feeling? Baby wise I’m feeling great. I’m showing but not huge, I’m not throwing up or having heart burn or anything so pretty well.
Raves/Rants: We had our anatomy ultrasound last week and baby was measuring right at 50 percentile. They found out he has a marginal cord insertion so we have to be monitored more frequently now but my OB seemed pretty confident he would be born totally ok. It was just really hard to hear that he wasn’t 100% perfect. I felt like I failed as a mom. Also both my mom and in-laws were supposed to visit this month and thanks to corona they had to cancel their trips. I miss my mom so much and cried for like and hour when she said she couldn’t come but she currently works in an ER and just didn’t want to expose baby.
Questions: What are you guys going to keep busy with all the shut downs?
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation?
Im dying to go to Europe but right now I just want to be somewhere kn a beach with a fruity cocktail
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: foot is as long as a paper clip. (I prefer full size comparisons😂)
Upcoming appointments: rechecking ultrasound for something they saw near baby’s stomach (I’m strictly not doing any googling. Or referring to it by its technical name 😂) and OB apt in April
How are you feeling? Overall good! Generally tired though! I’ll be starting regular-ish lab work for a platelet disorder I have. Hoping they’ll check for anemia as well. Heartburn on occasion. Hormones up and down. (Sorry H)
Raves/Rants: I don’t have much to say this week 😂 can I rave over feeing baby wiggle around every day ❤️ It’s become one of my favorite things.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? We love cruises. I really want to do a Mediterranean cruise to see Italy, Greece, France, and maybe Spain. We’ve looked into it. But the flights are RIDICULOUS and never can think of spending that much money for a 1-2 week Vacation.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: can’t remember some veggie I’ve never had lol
Upcoming appointments: just had one today and it went really well. Was great to see her!
How are you feeling? good and also anxious about the virus stuff as well. DH has a cousin who works for parks and rec and was told this could go to August. Makes net nervous for sure. Right now there aren’t any cases here but by then hospitals might be different in the area. Also feeling bad for those having babies now and just anyone facing family members with it.
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Questions: When do you get your glucose test done? I asked today and it seemed really late from what I remember. Also won’t be checking For protein until 32 weeks so I haven’t had to pee in a cup since the beginning. Is this normal? Last time I had to do it every time.
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Any where with a beach! Definitely prefer warm weather however, I don’t enjoy just sitting on the beach for hours days in and out. I need to have other plans.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: barbie doll
Upcoming appointments: 3/24 - OB check in and follow-up US to get a view of baby's profile since they couldn't at my AS
How are you feeling? Stressed out, but aren't we all?
Raves/Rants: Right now I'm just feeling very thankful that I have the ability to work from home, a manager who supports me in that decision, and DD and I are able to just hole up at home. MH is still having to go to work, but I figure 2/3 of us staying at home is better than all of us being out and about as usual.
Questions: can't think of anything now
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? I've always wanted to go on an African safari! But if I actually ever go on one, I'll likely poop my pants.
@b_1029 I'm feeling similarly to you re: the whole covid stuff. It all feels so surreal and like we're living in a movie. I just want to fast forward to the end.
@pocketrose I'm glad YH is working from home today. It's annoying that some places still aren't recommending it when people are fully capable of it. (Like my office - I'm one of few working from home even though the majority of us could...)
@meanjellybean I would be annoyed with MH too if he wasn't having to work but was complaining about having to parent.
@modoodles ohh I'd love to go to Greece too!
@blaf322 love Hudson!!
@Mamaof2beautifulgirls my OB has told me I don't need to be worrying about feeling daily movement until 27 weeks.
@rjk0427 now I want twizzlers...
@beckylookatherbump there was someone in my other BMB whose second pregnancy also had the marginal cord insertion thing. Definitely does not mean anything about you failing! These things just happen. I'm glad your OB thinks baby will be just fine. Also, my mom canceled her trip to visit us too last weekend. I also cried. I feel you.
@nursejenn5 that cruise does sound amazing...
@hbird0723 ahh August?! I've been starting to get a little worried about if my mom will still be able to come help with this baby in July, but I'm also trying to take it one day at a time and not worry about months from now. Easier said than done. As far as the glucose test, I know mine is 3rd tri... I can't remember exaclty when though. I have been peeing every appt though, but it sounds like different practices have different guidelines on that.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue!
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: no idea, thanks COVID and closed schools
Upcoming appointments: cardiology yesterday with hopefully a phone call this week, and not again with OB until the end of April (which seemed really long to me, but whatever at this point)
How are you feeling? I am allergic to the state of GA, so awful, and people probably think I’m dying of COVID (and being a doctor doesn’t help) so I’m hoping for some allergy relief soon
Raves/Rants: the Army is being stupid about remote work/people working and as a leader and officer I’m at my wits end. I had to go to a meeting about why we’re cancelling elective cases and couldn’t believe I had to explain this (uhhh it’s what the government asked us to do) to people higher than me 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Questions: none
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation?
hawaii. Take me back to Kauai please
ETA- that flight and the time change though... ugh.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: endive?
Upcoming appointments: March 30 for another cervical check (read vag cam) and check in with MFM
How are you feeling? More and more human. I actually have energy during the day again. However, the insomnia is kicking in, and that is super annoying.
Raves/Rants: we move in 9 days! That’s a rant and a rave. I still have so much to do, but I am just so in love with our new house and can’t wait to start making it a home.
Questions: I have to have an echo, EKG, and check up with my cardiologist at the start of my third tri to get the ok that I’m not having any changes in my aorta. I don’t really want to go to the office (whole bunch of old people sitting in that waiting room) but know I need to have the testing done. I guess my question is more of a wonder if I’ll be able to get the appointment scheduled and if the waiting room will be germ free?
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? My international dream vacation is Fiji!! Yay to a hut on the water. My domestic dream vacation is RVing/camping in all the national parks.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green til the end baby!
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: baby is growing eyebrows 🤨
Upcoming appointments: next week unless they cancel and/or we go into lockdown....
How are you feeling? Fine. Stressed. I'm starting to have impacted sleep which I'm checking up to a combo of covid/stress and pregnancy: trouble falling asleep (covid/stress) and waking up 2984426 times throughout the night (pregnancy)
Raves/Rants: I know we have a whole thread for this so ignore if you don't want to read COVID stuff....my job is basically recruiting and helping 100+ people to become teachers in my state for next school year. Since Thursday, I've had to drop everything I was working on to go into crisis comms mode. Nothing is the same. Also our office is closed as long as our local district is, which is April 27 at this point, so I'm on WFH for the long haul. The sense among folks is that a lockdown could be announced by the governor at any point - the Bay Area and NYC have already done it. Sad story: it's DH's birthday on Thursday. He doesn't want me going out so he'll be going out today (again, pending lockdown fears) to get his own cupcake, special beer, and card "from me." Thinking of his birthday, I want to cry.
Questions: is melatonin safe to take as a sleep aid?
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Echo @modoodles - Greece! But also H and I did an all inclusive resort in Mexico for our honeymoon - only time in my life I've done that sort of thing and I loved it. So maybe that again too.
@blaf322 & @rjk0427 congrats on the names! I love them both. Maybe quarantine will force H and I to make progress on ours lol
@beckylookatherbump sorry about the cancelled visits, that's probably really disappointing. Thinking if you.
@stlbuckeye132 your vacation commentary made me LOL hahahaha
@footdrbritt I have only experienced allergies in my life when I lived in Nashville! Southeast is crazy. Hope you feel better soon.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact:
Upcoming appointments: Next Wednesday but I’m going to call and see what they want us to do since it’s inside a hospital.
How are you feeling? Mostly fine just trying to catch up on the zero sleep that I got on “vacation”.
Raves/Rants: I need to get to a grocery store in a few days but I’m not ready to brave the crazies. Rave - I ordered a cheapish high back booster/car seat combo for my daughter to travel but it didn’t come on time so I had to rush out to buy a different one. I didn’t want to take our heavy britax through the airport. So amazon refunded me and said not to send it back. So now I’m set for when DS1 is too big for his current seat. And I have another to give my mom/mil for their car.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Ireland or New Zealand.
5.5.16 | 8.14.17 | 1.30.19
Team pink
Baby size of eggplant
Appointments: Just has fetal specialist all looked good. Still waiting on 3-hour glucose results. Next appointments in April
How are you feeling? allergies and asthma are biggest complaint. Struggling without 2 of asthma medications in particular
Rants: Would like to be able to find fresh veggies or fruit. Our area has gone nuts.
Dream vacay: Australia some day and Fiji
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: Cantaloupe
Upcoming appointments: Nothing until April 7
How are you feeling? overall really good. I’ve just been in this weird headspace lately with everything going on. Our city got hit pretty hard over the past week with COVID so I’m hoping I can find some positive vibes somewhere!
Raves/Rants: DH and I are officially working from home now and daycare is closed until further notice. Our house has turned to madness during the day, but we’re trying to find our new routine without DS being stuck with an iPad all day. Also, you guys, DS turns THREE on Thursday. I feel bad he won’t have much of a celebration this week but hopefully we’ll make it up to him soon. For now I think he really loves being home with mom and dad for the week. also my Mat leave replacement is starting next Monday. I haven’t quite figured out how training will work with me working from home but 🤷♀️
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? always, always Hawaii, but I’d also love to visit Ireland or Scotland someday soon!
@rachstar18 well that Amazon purchase worked out pretty well in the end! Hope you're able to get some rest, although I know that's not likely given the current situation...
@mehugg aw what you wrote about your H's bday made me so sad! Also totally get what you mean about your job totally changing over the past few weeks, I feel the same at mine. My main function in my role has totally been put on the back burner and I've shifted into doing a bunch of last minute crisis response type things. I look at my email inbox and I have all these emails flagged for follow up from a few weeks ago (pre-COVID) and I'm like... do I just unflag them? How long until these issues are even relevant again? Will I be on maternity leave at that point? So many unknowns...
My stomach med was out of stock but I found it five stores later.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green (but I feel like being in this group, I'm bound to have a boy!)
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: eggplant
Upcoming appointments: just had OB appt yesterday and did the glucose testing as well
How are you feeling? I'm feeling good...only real issue still is hip pain
Raves/Rants: I live in the Bay Area, so I'm under the "shelter in place" advisory until April 7th. Working from home...I have a feeling all of the days are going to start running into each other with nothing going on to distinguish them. Also kind of lonely to sit here at my kitchen table all day alone...H is still going to work, since he works physical security.
We had to cancel a trip this week out to South Carolina to surprise my mom for her 60th bday...so that is a major bummer. Also, I'm planning to have my baby shower May 2nd, but now I'm wondering if I should push that back just in case things are still kind of on lock down around here by then. The California governor just said yesterday he doesn't expect schools to open back up this year...I feel bad for all of the parents out there.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? I agree with those that have said right now all I want is to be somewhere warm, preferably on a beach. It's cold and rainy here. But overall, I agree with you @nursejenn5 on the Mediterranean cruise. I've always wanted to do that!!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: PINK! We found out Saturday and we were hoping for a girl.
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: Coconut
Upcoming appointments: tomorrow, thankfully
How are you feeling? Not well. I woke up this morning with bright red cheeks but felt fine. As the day has progressed though, I’ve now got a fever and just feel wiped out. This is the second time this has happened. About a month ago I experienced the same thing. I see my dr tomorrow, so I’m going to bring it up. Google says I have fifths disease...I know, I know... never check google.
Raves/Rants: I almost got hit by a car yesterday crossing the parking lot to the store to buy toilet paper. We legitimately needed toilet paper...not a panic buy. I wish people would be more considerate and careful during these worrisome times.
Questions: I don’t understand baby sleep clothes. I’ve read to swaddle for the first 3 months then transition to sleep sacks. But like... do you want a sleep sack without arms or with arms, or both? Does baby sleep in just a diaper and a sleep sack or do you also put PJs on? I’m worried about temperature while sleeping. We are in the Pacific Northwest, so it doesn’t get too cold...but...yeah. I’m lost. Just want to know what to buy so I’m prepared. FTM.., obviously.
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Going back to Paris and just soaking in the sun while sitting at a cafe people watching. Or sitting in a Paris park for an impromptu picnic with wine. I.love.Paris.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: can of WD-40
Upcoming appointments: March 27th
How are you feeling? Finally way better, with energy
Raves/Rants: People buying baby wipes because they can't find TP and leaving babies without wipes.... come on....
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? Paris.... never been there but I would love too
Sleeping clothes- that depends on your house temp, baby's room temp (if the temp varies within the house) and your baby (if they tend to run hot or cold). I recommend sleeping baby in more than just a diaper b/c when they get a little older and can pull it off, you'll be walking into a shit show.... literally. DD's room always ran cold so she typically always slept in fleece pjs. In our new house, that isn't the case so this LO will likely wear cotton pjs during the summer and possibly fleece during the winter... unless he runs hot.
For sleep sacks, you would typically put those on over their pjs, before bed. Think of it as a wearable blanket (since you can't have anything in the crib until 1yo). Most sleep sacks don't have sleeves. And, until you get into the bigger sizes, are closed at the bottom. The larger sizes are for early walker and have holes to put their feet through.
ETA: I really stressed over the temp of the room with DD, and if she'd be too hot or cold... mostly b/c I was paranoid it would impact her sleep. If knowing how the room runs will set your mind at ease at all, get a room thermometer has a min and max read. You can set it in the room at night and then look in the AM to see what the coldest and hottest temp were across the time you had it in there. They're pretty cheap.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: coconut
Upcoming appointments: had a check up yesterday and my gestational diabetes test. luckily it looks like my glucose test went well so i wont have to repeat that til 30ish weeks.
How are you feeling? ugh stressed. COVID-19, earthquakes, working from home, moving....my stress levels are whack. just so many changes right now and its overwhelming.
Raves/Rants: raves - im alive and well, and so is my family so far, so thats great. rants - we are getting audited at work right now and of course they come at the worst time and they literally know nothing about what our office does. so i have to spend all of my time teaching them instead of doing my actual job. very frustrated.
Questions: i dont even know hahaha. #strugglebus
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation? the answer to this is always Scotland haha. the entire UK really, but specifically the Scottish highlands for like at least two weeks. its amazing and i love it there so so so much.
dx: PCOS, hypothroidism
Second TTGP: started meds for first cycle of tx on 10/13/21
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n)/fun fact: Bunny
Upcoming appointments: 3/30
How are you feeling? Good just some intense fatigue this week.
Raves/Rants: I am WFH, as a school administrator it’s tough. I also feel some sort of uncertainty about what delivery will be like as a FTM in these times. My husband can’t attend appointments with me anymore. Everything is at a standstill. My sister was planning a shower for me and now I doubt anything will be back to normal in time for May. This is a bummer for sure, but using this time to get ready for baby. I haven’t done anything.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your dream vacation?
Somewhere in Africa