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April 2021 Moms
kvh22
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All Due Date Check In Week of 8/24
kvh22
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Stealing this from the March BMB - We can split out into sub groups if/when we get more people but this likely makes sense for now (at least until @bumpadmin makes the April 2021 group visible on mobile - please!) until more people join. P.S. I'm bad at GTKYs so I also stole that from March's post 
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/STM+:
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
Re: All Due Date Check In Week of 8/24
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I wanted to be a teacher when I was in elementary school. I am a pathologist, so thats pretty different I think.
For cheaper maternity clothes, I recommend H&M. Sometimes Macy's or Motherhood will have good sales. Asos if you have to get more work clothes and clearance stuff at Gap if you can find some (but sometimes they're stupid expensive so you just need to shop around and look for deals/wait for good prices - I suspect there will be some labor day sales).
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? Haha I posted this and I don't have a great answer. In middle school I wanted to be an interior designer but when I was younger, I wasn't all "I want to be a nurse/doctor/teacher/firefighter" like kids usually are. Princess when I was really little, maybe?
I had my blood work done today, waiting to hear. I’m going every Monday/Thursday to make sure my HCG keeps progressing.
Just happy to be pregnant with a sweet baby!
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
Married: August 2013
Son: December 2018
Baby in heaven: February 2020, was due Sept
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I wanted to be a mom and a teacher! I was a public school, then a private school, 4th grade teacher until DD1 was born. Now I'm a stay at home mom and homeschooling, so I'd say that checks off both boxes!
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? A hair stylist! Super different from my job in finance, but I have perfected my braids during quarantine!
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
I wanted to be a journalist, then a lawyer, then a psychologist. I’m a hospital SLP (though currently not working) so fairly different from all of those but most overlap with psychology.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I went back and forth all the time but always wanted to be a mom, now I'm lucky enough to stay home with my kiddos!
Due 4/15
6w4d
STM+
This will be baby #4 (5th pregnancy)
We will definitely find out. We've done the early genetics test every time so we usually know at about 10 weeks.
A pea I think? Gotta go dig up a fun app to track sizes - any
Still feeling too nervous to call and make my first appointment. I need to just rip off the bandaid and do it.
Meh
Nada
Anyone experience pregnancy insomnia? Is that a thing? It's usually incredibly easy for me to fall asleep and stay asleep but I swear in the past 2 weeks I've been WIDE awake late into the night and it dawned on me (one night haha) that maybe pregnancy insomnia is a thing!?
GTKY:
At one point I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher...and now I'm doing preschool for 2 out of our 3 kids so basically that's come true, HA! But yea, I was in advertising so way different that what I thought I'd be!
April 23rd - 5+3
Hopefully second time mom
Definitely finding out, I hate surprises and we don't have anything for baby at all. I think we'll go for a gender neutral sloth theme for the nursery though.
Apple seed
Quantitative HCG today again, ultrasound 9/9 appointment 9/10
Nervous, nauseous, bloated, and tired.
My boobs hurt so much more than they ever have, ouch.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. I blog and sell Pampered Chef virtually which means I get to be creative, write, take photographs, etc and it's kind of awesome, I'm kind of an artist-ish.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I went through many phases. Astronaut, fashion designer, marine biologist. I was a teacher, then school librarian, and am now a PhD student in a public policy program, focusing on education policy. So pretty different from any of my ideas.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I wanted to be a marine biologist... very different from what i am now. I'm a marketing & operations manager for a destination marketing organization.
@bbrahmbhatt I second both H&M and Old Navy for maternity clothes. Although, i will say my favorite maternity work pants and plain t's are from Motherhood... they are more expensive, but with my DD, I decided to get a few basics from there and it wasn't too bad. Also, my queasiness stayed pretty much the same with DD and lasted from week 6-12.
@kvh22 glad i'm not the only one pulling out the pregnancy pillow!
@thedomesticgeek I knooooow 🙈🙈 I’m feeling so scared/paranoid like I’m going to jinx things. I also couldn’t remember how many weeks my OB makes you be before coming in, but I think you’re right that it’s 8ish!
@kadeephd for tantrums, I either identify her feelings and tell her I'm sorry she's (upset/frustrated/sad) and wouldn't it be fun if we could (keep playing), mommy wants to, too, but i (t's time to go home). That works more and more as they get older. Sometimes it makes her mad and I just let her have her feelings.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I’ve always wanted to be a mum but other than that I wanted to be an agricultural scientist and I have no clue why I don’t like farms or vegetables and science isn’t my strong suit and I live near a beach lol
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? A writer. I'm good at it, I just hate writing long stuff out. I ended up in IT, sooo way different.
@kadeephd I love how varied your career dreams were, and then how many times you've switched careers too. I've done the same thing and I feel like people are always baffled by it. As for tantrums, I sort of just let them play out. If we're at home, I send her off to her room to cool down; if she's done something like hit or scream, once she's cool I remind her that it's okay to be angry/sad/frustrated or whatever, but it's not okay to hit/scream. If we're out in public, I usually just remove her from wherever we are and let her scream her head off in the car. I've discovered after four years of being her mom that I can't even talk to her when she's in the middle of it because it only makes it worse. But every kid is different!
Rants/Raves: *TW*
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, artist, chef or veterinarian. I went to school for graphic design and did that for a few years, then switched gears and went into grant-writing and fundraising, and then became a personal trainer. So... I became an artist and a writer at one point! This pandemic has made me realize I don't really care about my career.
Battleship peg 😂 What app do you use?
Also, I too haven’t had the guts to call and make my 1st appt 😬
6 weeks today
3rd time mom
not 100% sure yet but will probably find out
sweet pea
phone intake on 9/9, first US on 10/2.
Not bad just SO TIRED. I start to get a little nauseous if I wait too long to eat but it hasn’t gotten bad yet.
I’m boring, nothing to say here right now.
I know we have lots of fourth time moms here...is there a point when the “oh shit what have we done” moments lessen? I am having a lot of those right now.
Also, best full panel comfy stretchy jeans? Mine are pretty worn out, guessing I’m gonna need some new ones this time around.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
In third grade I made a book for my parents and one of the questions was what do you want to be when you grow up. My answer: a dancer for R. Kelly. 🤦🏼♀️ Pretty sure the teacher probably flagged that one for further attention. I’m an executive assistant now so definitely went in a different direction 🤣
I was complaining to my mom about the tantrums when it's time to leave the park yesterday and she suggested I bring something he likes to bribe him to get back into the stroller. I brought a can of La Croix today and it worked like a charm! Bribery for the win
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? I did the usual teacher/vet/ballerina/doctor stuff but eventually became a dance teacher, so I think they relate.
I saw your question about nausea, and it sucks because it’s so different for everyone! What I found with my previous two when I felt so sick, the only thing that helped was eating something. It seemed so counter-intuitive to eat and I could barely make myself do it once I started to feel so awful. But if I ate something (pretzels were my go to) when I was just starting to feel queasy, I could somewhat beat it. I was teaching them and kept Jolly Ranchers in my desk drawer - keeping candy like that or a mint in my mouth helped too. I also drank caffeine-free soda, usually Coke, to help settle it down. Really all that helped with DD2 was Diclegis. It’s the prescription equivalent of Unisom+B6. I took it for the whole pregnancy.
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now?: I wanted to be on Broadway! Very different from what I do now (I'm a lawyer) but some of the skills transfer lol.
Yes to whoever asked about RLP... this is my 4th pregnancy (in 5 years... so maybe time makes a difference too?) And I had the unmistakable pain which caused me to take a pregnancy test. Never thought it started that early!
@bblair24 your DD1 sounds a lot like my DD! Super sensitive, very dramatic... sheesh, even as a tiny infant she would scream if a stranger looked at her, which was super fun for me as a hysterical mom.
I think going to their room to calm down depends on the kid honestly. While he plays independently, my son struggles with being left in his room (he falls asleep on us typically). However, I know my friend’s daughter (about a month older) is Miss Independent and would probably love a break in her room lol. My sister put my niece in her room for quiet calm down time around that age.
Married: August 2013
Son: December 2018
Baby in heaven: February 2020, was due Sept
GTKY: when you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is it very different from what you’re doing now? Ever since I was really little I wanted to be a lawyer! I ended up graduating from law school and practicing for about 5 years at a big NYC law firm and it was totally soul sucking, so I quit last year and my husband and I started our own business in the wedding industry and it's so much more fun, haha. I love being able to be creative and working for myself!
Married: August 2013
Son: December 2018
Baby in heaven: February 2020, was due Sept