Weekly check-in, Week 2 (10/8-10/14) - 6/8

kboydbowman · June 2020

How far along are you?

Due date?

Upcoming appointments?

Rant/rave?

Questions?

GTKY: You get one super-power. What do you pick?

themoonandme · June 2020

How far along are you? 22 weeks (I think? lol)

Due date? 10/11

Upcoming appointments? Fetal Echo next week

Rant/rave? Rant: I have now styled 3 Stitch Fix boxes for myself in the last month and cannot find shorts or cute tops that I love. Rave: We have two special days in our house this week and I'm so excited, I love celebrations. They'll be low key but I still can't wait!

Questions? Nope

GTKY: You get one super-power. What do you pick? Teleportation for sure. Being able to go anywhere in the blink of an eye would be so awesome.

mckjacks · June 2020

How far along are you? 22 weeks

Due date? 10/13

Upcoming appointments? Growth scan + cervix check and normal OB checkup

Rant/rave?
Rave: Lots of raves— ate some amazing banana pudding and pretzel jello salad this weekend, spent so much time in the pool, spent time with family, and doing maternity photos tonight
Rant: Just been tired and anxious lately. I love my family, but am ready to be back home with DH

Questions? None

GTKY: You get one super-power. What do you pick? Ability to heal people

ccstlln1 · June 2020

How far along are you? 22 weeks

Due Date? 10/9

Upcoming Appointments: 24-week checkup on 6/16

Rant: It’s been so hot lately that I can’t do anything outside. My b-day was Saturday so yesterday we had a social-distanced lunch with some friends of ours and then in-laws came over with presents, all in our garage. Spent about 4 hours outside all together and I was drained. Had just enough energy to eat dinner and I was asleep by 8 and slept for 12 hours.

Rave: My work’s allowed me to keep working from home even though we’ve opened back up and I’m working on some really exciting projects! This will probably be my last work experience for awhile since we’re planning on me staying home with the baby, so I’m enjoying working on some great projects before I’m done.

Questions: I’ve been noticing that my heart rate really speeds up a few times a day. I’ll just be sitting down and then suddenly it’ll feel like my heart is racing, then I’ll be fine afterwards. I’m going to definitely talk to my OB next week about it but I don’t know if I’m just overreacting since I’ve read that your heart rate speeds up at this point in pregnancy.

GTKY: Time travel, I’d love to be able to go back in time to see how things really were in all the time periods I’ve studied.

profmcgonagall · June 2020

How far along are you?— 22 weeks

Due date? — 10/12

Upcoming appointments? — 26 week appt in July

Rant/rave?
— Rant- I’m really disappointed by my anatomy scan last week. I know this is silly because I have a Healthy baby, but the tech purposefully had the screen turned away for the whole thing except for 5 minutes. I didn’t get too see any cute hands or feet and got a few blurry pics. I know I’m being ridiculous but I wish it was a better experience.

—Rave- I talked to a local photographer about getting maternity pics in a red poppy field soon! Both my previous pregnancies ended before I had the chance to get pictures done and I’m really excited about it.

Questions? None

GTKY: You get one super-power. What do you pick?— Teleportation. I would love to be able to see my family all the time

@ccstlln1, It’s probably nothing but it certainly can’t hurt to send a quick message to your OB about it. Better safe than sorry

ccstlln1 · June 2020

@profmcgonagall I don’t think you’re being ridiculous, I would’ve been really upset if that had been my experience.

jgrodo · June 2020

@profmcgonagall I'd be upset too!
@ccstlln1 how are you feeling? Has it gotten any better? Def doesn't hurt to check with the ob
How far along are you? 22+4

Due date?10/12

Upcoming appointments? End of june

Rant/rave? My hubs is over quarentine and just wants a reg visit with his parents and is blowing off what my ob said it's sooo frustrating. Like why is a social distance visit a big deal?! They can come and wwear masks and be at a distance. If we loved near my parents it wouldn't be a big deal- ugggg

Questions? Anyone have good tricks to avoid overheating? This heat is tough!

GTKY: You get one super-power. What do you pick? That's so hard to pick. I always thought it was so cool that Evie could stop time by butting her fingers together in that 80s show(can't think of the name) but I think id go with teleportation.

kboydbowman · June 2020

@jgrodo show him the article where women who get mod-severe COVID have a 40-75% chance of miscarriage and ask him if he still feels it's worth it.

ccstlln1 · June 2020

@jgrodo It’s gotten better, thank you! Even though I was only having one small cup of iced coffee a day, it was making my heart race for the rest of the day. I can still have it once or twice a week, so now I just save it for the days I just can’t wake up. Still definitely gonna mention it to my OB, but just getting rid of that small cup a day has really made a difference.
We’re kind of going through the same thing with my in-laws, but more them being upset that we want to maintain distance with MH trying to balance his parents emotions vs his worry about us catching it. His parents don’t cook, they eat out every day, and his dad is an essential worker. They also spend a lot of time with his brother and his wife, who works at a nursing home. She didn’t even tell us there was a recent outbreak at her nursing home before we had a socially-distanced visit with them for my bday, which I was not happy about. I’ve basically said that if that’s what they wanta do, we have to do socially-distanced visits for now. It sucks, but it’s the safest thing to do.

jgrodo · June 2020

@kboydbowman oh that's a good point. I feel like him seeing things not just hearing from me would help maybe.

@ccstlln1 I'm glad you're feeling better! That's still scary, it's crazy how much our bodies Change and react to things differently at the moment!! Oh man I'd be so annoyed with my in laws finding out after ugh. I just don't understand the laxing it's not like covid19went away you know. That's so tricky with them 2 essential workers. My inlaws normally home bodies and now they feel theneedto go to a store basically everyday! And then they lay the guilt trip on my hubs about missing us (him) and wanting to see him and my LO. Did your hubs mention the social visit to them? How'd that convo go?

ccstlln1 · June 2020

They’re upset, his mom especially because she’s super emotional about not being able to hug us and she’s worried the baby won’t know her since she’s not spending time with us during the pregnancy. I get a little upset when she brings it up because my parents are out of state and my dad has travel restrictions because he’s in the military, I haven’t seen them since I got pregnant and at this point I’m gonna be lucky if they even meet my baby this year. Emotions are high for everyone since it’s the first grandbaby on both sides. Right now if they insist on seeing us, we sit away from them and don’t eat what they’re eating. MIL’s bday is Sunday so we’ve got another visit planned and we’ll see how that goes.

profmcgonagall · June 2020

@ccstlln1, I would absolutely no patience for that. The baby won’t know her because she’s not around during the pregnancy? How ridiculous.

Also, I feel for you on your parents being far away. MH is military and we live very far from our family. My mom, sisters and ILs have never seen me pregnant and only see my son maybe once a year due to distance. He still knows who they are and is happy to see them on FaceTime.

ccstlln1 · June 2020

@profmcgonagall Haha my in-laws, especially my MIL, are an exercise in patience. Luckily my parents are amazing and, even if the pandemic wasn’t going on, it’d still be a similar situation of them not seeing us or the baby much. If anything, if my mom is still teaching from home, she may be able to be here for the birth and stay for a few weeks, which probably wouldn’t have happened if things were normal. My parents have never said a word about being disappointed about us not living near them, but if the situation was reversed my in-laws would complain about it every time they talked to us.

jgrodo · June 2020

@ccstlln1 oh man that's so rough. My parents are out of state too and wouldn't act the way in laws do. An exercise in patience is a good way to put it! Not hugging during pregnancy means the baby won't know her?!?! What a stretch! Sounds like you have a reasonable plan! How often do you end up seeing them?

Myhubs andi a huge fight over it thanks to my IL. He doesn't want to lay down any ground rules to see them for a visit and wants them to be able to hug our 15 month old🤯.

ccstlln1 · June 2020

@jgrodo I’m sorry you and your MH had a fight over that. The best ground rules we’ve found is just for everyone to stay at least 6 ft away from each other, limit contact, and stay outside. I’d argue that it’s what the CDC is recommending for everyone, not just women who are pregnant, but it’s especially important for us right now. Hopefully you and your MH can come to a compromise and find a way to make the visit enjoyable for everyone.

Before the pandemic, we usually saw them a few times a month. Since mid-March we’ve only seen them a few times. But yeah, she speaks loudly at my belly so the baby can learn her voice and has asked multiple times if I chosen a “special” lullaby yet that I should sing to the baby now so she’ll know it when she’s born. Honestly it’s kind of nice we’re not seeing them as often, if things were normal I’d probably be pretty over her by now.

wineren · June 2020

@ccstlln1 Your MIL sounds like a giant headache 😬. I will say that I played the same song for my son everyday the last trimester. It was a rock song though and not a lullaby 😆. He definitely would stop and listen to it right after he was born, but that was honestly most music.
We live in a different state from my dad and my in-laws but no one has been concerned about it.

jgrodo · June 2020

@ccstlln1 thanks! Today was a really rough day. Next time the subject comes up I'll mention the CDC guidelines. He's just seeing so many people we know making their own modifications so he's like over it, but I just can't get behind that attitude and really don't think it's unreasonable to have a social distance visit. I think it's also more of the he doesn't want to have a conversation with his parents. I mean I don't know I'm just so frustrated by all of it. It's great that you and your hubs are on the same page! That's got to be hard with your MIL! Ic would sing along to certain songs when I was pregnant- mainly oldies like walk like a man and sherry ( oldies dance parties helped me get steps in/activity over the winter) and after he was born those were def the songs that he seemed slightly more calmed by but he really liked listening to most music. I keep thinking that one day when I'm the MIL I would never treat DS or this lil guys significant other the way mine treats me! How do you handle yours so well? I feel like I need to channel some of your calm energy,

jgrodo · June 2020

@ccstlln1 thank you for your positivity and suggestions! I didn't mean to be so negative yesterday was just a rough day!

ccstlln1 · June 2020

@jgrodo Don’t worry about it! These forums are a great way to express frustration and just negative feelings. A lot of us are going through the same thing and a lot of us probably don’t have our normal support systems because of coronavirus, so these forums are especially important right now.

I’ve been dealing with my MIL since I was 15, MH and I met in high school and have been together since then, so a lot of how I deal with her just comes from experience and my mom’s advice.

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