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January 2021 Moms
whitealbum29
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Weekly Check-in *** Week of 9/21
whitealbum29
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
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Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
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GTKY: I was just wondering about this the other day...What do you tend to call the baby when talking about them? Do you use your planned name for them/any nicknames you've come up with or just "the baby"? STM+ -- did your older kids have a nickname while you were pregnant?
Re: Weekly Check-in *** Week of 9/21
With my first we didn't have a name picked out until the day after he was born. During pregnancy we just referred to him as "he" or baby. We did not find out the gender this time, so it's name currently is "the baby" even though my son says "he" all the time
23w2d 1/16
while we decided not to share his name we call him baby or by his name! We try to be careful on the phone w family not to let it slip it’s so hard keeping it a secret!
We were team green with our first three, and ended up giving them in-utero nicknames based on their nursery themes, so we had Little Monster (cute monster theme), Little Bear (woodland), and Sprout (farm). This is the first time we’ve found out but we haven’t settled on a name so she is “Baby Girl”.
we always refer to them as baby, or this one is just baby girl. I’ve never been creative enough for a fun nickname!
@briemo the nursery for my first was finished just a couple weeks before his due date. We didn’t change much for our second so his was always done. Or always incomplete, I never did his name sign. Poor second child! I’m finally doing his name sign now for when he moves in with big brother next month! We are sending both boys to my parents for a week mid October to redo the boys’ room for them and we will paint and mostly redecorate the nursery then too hopefully.
sheviolentlyknits I love the idea of naming after the nursery theme! Ours will be travel themed, so not sure what's a creative idea?
@briemo speaking of nursery, we'll start working on ours when we move into our place early Nov. I'm really hoping its complete in time, but we'll see. Also, thanks for the reminder on Restoration Hardware. I was trying to remember that store's name for looking at furniture.
amm126 Yikes, that's a lot going on at work. Agreed, totally not cool to contact the person out on leave.
krisspy22 Glad to hear your home is closing, even if it's a month away.
@briemo Ugh waiting 6 weeks between appts is terrible! Early on I think I waited 5 or 6 b/c my doctor was on vacation and then I was.
@lavenderclouds Ooh I love my prenatal class too, it's Monday evenings so I definitely don't always feel like it's what I want to be doing beforehand, but always so happy I did. I saw your ultrasound picture last week and also kind of thought boy, haha! Have you/your H generally had a feeling either way, before the ultrasound?
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 24+4, 1/8
We called our daughter Nugget, and this one is Dumpling.
@briemo We will hopefully have it done by December it'll be done-ish (minus or including the crib - still debating when to get that; not a priority as of now). It'll most likely be a work in progress even after she's born, though. With our first it was an empty room until she started taking naps in there when she got her crib. We had the time to wait then, because it was just her and we weren't in a pandemic. Now I might want to be a little more prepared ahead of time.
@amm126 That really sucks about work. I can't believe they would contact someone during their leave; I really hope they don't do the same to you.
@krisspy22 Glad you were able to find a new buyer so quickly! Waiting is the wooooorst.
@whitealbum29 I've been feeling the baby throughout the day, but I haven't been keeping track of it. Definitely in the mornings and the evenings, and usually in the afternoon.
sheviolentlyknits
jumpy57 I was wondering this too: what the point of virtual appointments are. Let me know how it goes. I've essentially been refusing to do them bc I don't understand the point.
1/3 25+3
STM+
Pink
Cauliflower
Next appointment in 2 weeks
Tired but I've also been going nonstop
(Nesting maybe)
Absolutely hate how everyone wants to comment on the size of my belly. Yes it's getting bigger. But you dont have to point it out. Also. I'm not a petting zoo.
Anyone else's LO stop kicking and moving when DH tries to feel him/her kicking?
My 3 year old was Peanut until we decided his name. Which is Robert. Then my niece started calling him Robinhood. Thank goodness that didnt stick.
Since someone pointed out to me that I often refer to my one year old as "The Little One" I have been trying to call him by his name more. This i have been trying g to refer to LO by her name. Annabelle.
@oaktree6 I was thinking this the other day, with fall starting; how we'd normally go apple picking or go to fall festivals, and we can't do that. Well, there are some farms open that are doing things like that, but I don't want to take any risks right now.
@oaktree6 Covid seriously sucks. I’m so bummed about all the things we’re missing. 😞
@supersara2 @krisspy22 @lavenderclouds @aels12 Yeah she seems to have a bit of a schedule and to be pretty active in the late mornings, then take a break for a bit, and almost always she gets active at bed time...but I'm trying not to track it too closely b/c I think it will make me overanalyze! I'm glad the hourly thing is closer to 28 weeks!
@jumpy57 I haven't done virtual, it seems like it would be helpful if I just had a bunch of simple questions...but having the doctor hear the heartbeat at each appt feels important to me so I think it would seem a little pointless!
@AshleyGemini24 Ugh that is annoying about the unsolicited comments! Mostly it's accepted among adults that random comments about people's bodies are rude but that just seems to go out the window for some people when pregnancy is involved, grr.
@briemo I will probably not have a nursery completed at all
@whitealbum29 My doctor mentioned that I should start paying attention to kicks but it still feels really sporadic at this point for me.
@AshleyGemini24 I always tell people the sure way to make sure the baby won't move, is for my husband to put his hand on my belly
@oaktree6 Yes! I specifically used Ovia this time b/c the Bump's coconut felt so much larger than my other two apps.
25+4
STM+
Blue
eggplant
had one Tuesday, baby is measuring 1 week ahead, 76%. Everything looks good except I have a partial something umbilical, basically the umbilical chord is growing in the side of the placenta. And pupps, and SPD. They are continuing with ultrasounds every 3-4 weeks.
I got a steroid shot yesterday and the pupps is a little more manageable. I’m so grateful.
”him” or “the baby” we don’t share names until they are born, and this one doesn’t even have one. My first we knew her name and Emmy H and I would call her by that but not the others.