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All Week Check-In 9/13/20
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GTKY: what are you favorite fall activities?
Re: All Week Check-In 9/13/20
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Green!
Lettuce I think? The veggie size comparisons are all over the map these days haha.
I think like 2 weeks until my next OB.
Not great mentally / emotionally. I’ve been trapped inside for days because the air quality is so bad here. Last night it was literally off the charts (it was 520+ in my neighborhood which is where they stop measuring it basically). It’s so bad that you can’t even step outside without your eyes and lungs burning. Combine that with everything else going on and it’s just been so hard to get through each day. I’ve had multiple breakdowns because the loss of all the things that are supposed to be exciting and happy right now is just so much to bear sometimes.
We also had a babymoon planned starting Wednesday - a camping road trip down to CA, but that’s almost definitely off the table. Hoping we can maybe go north to WA if things settle up there with incoming rain but who knows. This trip was the one thing I’ve been looking forward to to refresh my soul and it might not happen now.
Today we should at least be able to go to Target and get a changing table and shelves. I’m hoping that being able to do some light nesting might help a bit 😞
See above...
Hiking, I’m really hoping we’ll be able to do some still!
funny story - right after my son was born I went to a wine tasting at a local ski area. These rude twenty somethings cut in front of me - so between me and the first wine I had had in ten months....
i “accidentally” rammed their ankles with the pointy end of the BOB stroller. “Oh sorry I didn’t see you CUTTING the LINE there.”
i love doing all the fall activities with my kids. Pumpkin patches, apple cider, painting pumpkin, fall crafts.
Diminished ovarian reserve
BFP: 4/14/2020 EDD: 12/20/2020
to move before baby comes! I used to love in a third floor walk up and it was so hard but I can’t even imagine with a baby.
Rave - I finally feel comfortable taking DD to the local playground (armed with clorox wipes), and it was so fun to see her go down the slide and sit in a swing for the first time 😍
Diminished ovarian reserve
BFP: 4/14/2020 EDD: 12/20/2020
rant - We had a few people over yesterday to watch football (the same people we’ve hung out with during Covid who are social distancing just like us) and I mentioned how uncomfortably full I feel after eating. The one girl who has a 1-year old just says “well it’s going to get so much worse just you wait” and laughs smugly. Im over formerly pregnant people telling me this when I mention anything like they’re these wise all knowing people and my complaints are unjustified. I mean yes it’s f-ing obvious it’s gonna get worse, but that doesn’t lessen how I feel right now in this moment. I need to remember not to do this with others who are pregnant in the future. I complain my boobs are big - just wait they’re going to get even bigger. My husband is annoying for not taking out the trash - just wait until he’s also not helping with the baby it’s 100x worse. I toss and turn at night, or wake up multiple times to pee - I hate to say it but it’s going to get even worse. Okay fine - I’ll just stop saying anything Bc apparently my complaints aren’t valid until I’m at 40 weeks and can say I’ve been through it all just like you. And even then I’m sure they’ll say “just wait until you go into labor.” Do they not know they sound like assholes? Ugh.
love decorating the house the most, pumpkin carving & like @dreamscapes usually love going to the Epcot Food & Wine fest, but not this year. I also think trick or treaters are SO fun, so interested to see how this year changes things.
@shelmcclel I agree it is super annoying when people say things like that, but I think it's just a way to make themselves feel better about having survived it all instead of trying to put you down or invalidate your feelings. I remember being so annoyed when people told me 'just you wait, you'll be more tired when baby is here' and I'd be like yes, but at least baby will be here and I'll have my body back to myself! And then baby came and I would think to myself "oh man, I wish baby was still inside me"
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
11/30. 29 weeks
Blue
Acorn Squash
next Monday
Tired and exhausted, until it's bedtime, then I can't fall asleep until after midnight.
Feeling claustrophobic being stuck in a cloud of smoke for 28+ days. I don't remember what blue skies look like? Feeling like this pregnancy is never ending, but also feeling like holy shit it's almost over and there's still so much to do!
Made some more progress cleaning out rooms and we finally ordered a dresser for the nursery. Can't wait for it to arrive so I can start washing baby clothes and organizing.
Watching football, pumpkin patch and corn mazes, decorating the house, watching scary movies (not too scary though since they really do scare me) and throwing a Halloween party. Haven't had a party since DD, and probably wouldn't have thrown one this year being 100 weeks pregnant, but now that the choice is basically taken away makes me sad.
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
@bearmomma1 I am TOTALLY getting my tubes tied during the c section! I know it's forever but I'll be 35 and I am not having anymore. I'm DONE. And no matter what, as long as you still have a uterus it's not the final final. You can always IVF if you change your mind heavily.
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
@shelmcclel. Today I don't mind the cleaning too much, just makes me crazy tired. I watched The Home Edit all weekend on Netflix and thought I might try some things out (although not all their super cute bins, hoping I can find something with the stuff I already have). I am not working at the moment, so it is nice to have something to work on. But I agree that getting your house cleaned is lovely!! I should ask for that for the holidays and birthdays!
@shelmcclel - the motherhood gatekeeping drives me crazy too. I don't think anyone has ever looked back and said "I thought this would be easy, why didn't someone warn me??" 🙄. On the upside, it can be helpful when those people identify themselves early and you know not to go to them with parenting struggles when you're full of postpartum hormones. I've been loving this quote that's making the rounds:
Even though you'll probably miss some aspects of pregnancy, it doesn't mean that it isn't hard!
Wishing improving air quality and hopefully some rain to those of you on the West coast ❤️🤞
@karmba Wow I hadn’t even thought of how Trick or Treating would go in the time of COVID. That’s sad to think about! Ugh all these little things that will be so amazing when they can return!
@shelmcclel That’s so annoying when people say things like that! I like @luckypenny11’s approach!
I am starting that have that feeling of having trouble getting out of bed, which was my least favorite pregnancy symptom last time. I don't look forward to that getting worse.
pumpkin patch!! We have been going every year. Two years ago I was pregnant with DS, last year I had DS in the forward facing carrier, this year I’m pregnant and DS is walking! So amazing to see the pictures every year
@willashbaby LOL re: dead mosquitoes
Rave: I'm sort of starting a cookie business, but nothing really official yet. In the spring I was ready to come up with a name and make it a real business, then the virus hit and I found out I was pregnant so it all kind of got put on hold. But the exciting thing is that I have done zero marketing other than posting pics on my personal Instagram page, and I keep getting people asking to place orders! I mean, not a crazy amount but I'm turning down orders right now so that makes me optimistic for when I take the plunge and make it a real business (hopefully in the spring!)
Rant (kind of): VERY long story, but my mother is law in currently living with us for up to 3 weeks. While she's great and I love her, it's just a lot to have a houseguest at any time, but especially when my husband and I are working from home, I'm pregnant, and I'm already crazy stressed. Not to mention she's going through a really tough break up, lost her job, and her dad just came home from the hospital after we thought he wasn't going to make it (that's a great thing though!) She is having a tough time, so there's not much we can do but try to help her out as much as possible right now.