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October 2020 Moms
kboydbowman
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Weekly Check-in, Week 3 (10/15-10/21) - 4/13
kboydbowman
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Estimated due date (EDD):
Week of pregnancy:
Upcoming Appointments:
Rant/Rave:
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Week of pregnancy:
Upcoming Appointments:
Rant/Rave:
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Current pregnancy -
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
Re: Weekly Check-in, Week 3 (10/15-10/21) - 4/13
Week of pregnancy: 13 weeks
Upcoming Appointments: May 5
Rant/Rave: Today I scored the exact same Chicco travel system (infant car seat, stroller, car seat base) as the one i registered for at target, including the 2nd car seat base we needed!!, but I got it over $200 cheaper! I got it from a lady in the small town where I teach, and we made sure to practice social distancing when I picked it up. It is in AMAZING condition and doesn’t expire until 2024. I figured that since it was a higher priced item on my registry that the likelihood of someone buying it was low and we couldn’t pass up the deal! We also scored my teacher colleague/friend’s crib (whose daughter that used it is actually in my preschool class) for $50 about a week ago!! So easy to put together and so much cheaper than a new one - and also in awesome condition! I feel like such a bargain hunter mama. I blame my mom for giving me that skill lol.
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Week of pregnancy: 12+5 today
Upcoming Appointments: had one today. Just regular OB but got to hear the heartbeat so that's great. 😊
Rant/Rave: Rant: my OB group is no longer doing deliveries at my preferred hospital. I'm more tied to the hospital than the OB, but changing right now with all the COVID nonsense seems like too much work. I'm either going to swap OBs once this all comes down or just let an OB hospitalist at the other hospital manage my delivery. Just a pain.
Rave: we got a takeout Easter dinner from a local restaurant and it was so much food and so so good. So many delicious leftovers!
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Currently binging The Mindy Project. I watched it when it first came out but hadn't since like the second season. I'm enjoying it and it's an easy, light-hearted show. Just what I need.
Also currently rewatching Brooklyn 99 for the 3rd-ish time with DH. So so good and always makes me laugh.
Week of pregnancy: 13 weeks
Upcoming appointments: Actually skipping my 16 week checkup and doing my 20 week check up with ultrasound and fetal echo on May 20th, 19 weeks.
Rant/Rave: I feel like a big ole whiner. I seem to have GERD or Dyspepsia and I thought I'd be out of feeling sick by now but this is not relenting. I've started to find ways to work around but some days are harder than others. I was glad today's puking episode didn't result in a headache since it was first thing.
Therefore this week's GTKY is about all I've done besides work which is binging New Girl! I've already seen it, buts so light and carefree, it's been a nice to have in the evenings! And I'm pretty excited to add an order of Nightfood Ice Cream to that!
Week of pregnancy: 13+3
Upcoming Appointments: may
Rant/Rave: I got the heart Doppler from my friend when I picked up our confetti eggs. I was able to find the heartbeat pretty quickly so that helped me feel a lot better about going 8 weeks without an appt.
rant: I have severe allergies and since I can’t take all the regular allergy medication I normally do to survive I know have an ear infection. It’s absolutely miserable but hoping I have some relief by tomorrow so I can catch up on some sleep. (Rave: I was able to try out the telemedicine option our insurance offered us and it was fantastic. They were quick and zero hassle getting my prescription at the right location.)
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Currently going through law and order svu when DD isn’t around and frailer when she is. They’re some of my favorite shows that I’ve watched a few times so I don’t feel the need to pay 100% attention to them.
Week of pregnancy: 13
Upcoming Appointments: not til 16 weeks
Rant/Rave: Morning sickness seems to have finally chilled out!
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it? All American on Netflix. It’s your typical HS drama but I enjoyed it haha.
Week of pregnancy: 13 tomorrow
Upcoming Appointments: May something
Rant/Rave: tired tired tired! Teaching from home with littles of my own is exhausting....oh and growing a baby to boot.
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Watching a couple of episodes of The Good Dr. some nights at bedtime with DH. It always takes me forever to get through a series these days. I never have time to actually binge.
10/18
Week of pregnancy:
13🙌
Upcoming Appointments:
Just a normal appointment in two weeks
Rant/Rave:
Rant is that carseats are awful. I can't figure out specific differences, everything is confusing, I don't know what to get 😭
Rave is I caught a sale at H&M and had a coupon code and got a bunch of the cutest neutral baby clothes for a good price, so that's a start on the baby stash.
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it?
Honestly I think the only thing I've actually binged recently has been The Witcher, I've watched it three times since, I think it's incredible.
@babycakesday yay on getting a doppler, I'm so glad you found the fht right away!
@babycakesday I got a fetal doppler on eBay last week and couldn't find the heartbeat, but that could be because it was either too early, I was sitting up, or I had just gone to the bathroom (probably a combination of the three), so I'll try again with a full bladder and lying down.
Estimated due date (EDD): Oct. 18th
Week of pregnancy: 13+2 today
Upcoming Appointments: April 29th (routine OB)
Rant/Rave: Rave - We got our NIPT results back! Everything looks normal, no down syndrome or trisomy 18/13, and we found out we're having a GIRL!! I'm so excited, and MH is terrified, lol. There are no girls (other than his mother) on his side of his family, so he has no experience in that area. Rant - We're expected to work from home, but the systems they provide us with are so crappy!!
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it? We've been bingeing Schitt's Creek, and OMG it's hilarious. I actually woke MH up from a nap yesterday when I was laughing at a scene that caught me off-guard. I think in times like these, even though I'm an introvert an am enjoying the quarantine life, I still need something funny to distract me from how sad the outside world is.
Due with baby #2: Feb 2022
The Chicco Keyfit travel system is what I recommend to everyone! We used it with DD1 born in 2014 and DD2 in 2016. We will have to get a new one now because the car seat is expired but it’s the best. The car seat fits into the stroller so you can just pop it in and out. The base installs in the car in like 30 seconds and as a pediatric nurse I see this system constantly being used.
Week of pregnancy: 13 weeks 4 days
Upcoming Appointments: next week
Rant/Rave: There was a small change to my vacation weeks this year, so I am off this week. I have decided to potty train DS during this time off. It is going much better than I expected. He is figuring it out much faster than I thought he would. I am just really proud of him right now!
GTKY: What's the last show you binged? Why should we watch it? I rarely binge watch anything. The last show that I binged was "The Handmaid's Tale." I read the book when I was in college, so I was already familiar with the story prior to watching the show. It is about a dystopian society, so parts of it can be difficult to watch.
Week of pregnancy: 13
Upcoming Appointments: Thursday! Normal checkup and getting some blood test results. Once I get reassurance from the doppler that everything's ok, I'm going public with the news.