Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: FTM/STM/STM+: Β Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β Upcoming appointments: Β How are you feeling? Β Rants/Raves: Β Questions: Β GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks?
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 5/8; 20+2 FTM/STM/STM+:Β STM Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β Blue Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β Axolotl Upcoming appointments: Β I was supposed to have my 20 week a/s at MFM this Wednesday but it's been pushed to next week due to one of their techs contracting COVID.Β How are you feeling? Β Meh. Not as sick but just lots of aches and pains and I'm tired and irritable. Rants/Raves: Β Rave: it's a short week! Not as short as I'd like since I'm working a half day Christmas Eve but I'll take it. Rave #2: we finally got some work done on our bathroom this weekend! It's been down to the studs for 3 years (found major water damage, had some initial demo done, had a baby 2 months later, never made it a priority to build it back since we have another full bathroom and wanted to take our time to plan but now that we're adding two more kiddos, it's time!). Just a little more demo to get done this week/weekend and then plumbing can start and then from there we can tile! I started ordering everything and it hurts a little even though this is money we had put aside for this exact reason lol.Β Questions: Β Nope. GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks?Β A complete "me" day. Chick-fil-A breakfast, a haircut, a 90 minute massage, and a day full of no responsibilities and nobody climbing all over me.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 5/14, 19+3 FTM/STM/STM+: FTM Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: BLUE! Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A pancake. Mmmm. Upcoming appointments: A/S a week from today. I wonder if it will be 3D. How are you feeling? Great! Working out the past few weeks has been great not just physically, but mentally having a morning routine again gives shape & purpose to my day. Rants/Raves: Rave for cooking a fancy seafood pasta dinner on Christmas Eve for Feast of the Seven Fishes, and cooking almost nothing (except a pie for dessert) for Christmas Day. I ordered out to support a local restaurant and so I can relax and enjoy a quiet day. Might be my last quiet Christmas ever, so gonna cuddle into it. Questions: None! Excited that we hired a birth doula and we have our childbirth workshop with her tonight! GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). Sunday brunch with hubby or best friends, followed by a bath and reading all day/night. Maybe pizza or a cheeseburger for dinner and some reality TV by myself before an early bedtime. *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? Had a great day close to this yesterday (a bath and reading all day/night). Can't wait for the vaccine to roll out so we can get back to brunch life. I miss my friends.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: May 1st, 21+2 FTM/STM/STM+: Β 4th time momΒ Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β pink Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β least weaselΒ Upcoming appointments: Β regular ob on Thursday, ultrasound ECG on Jan 5 How are you feeling? Β Spacey! Pregnancy brain is real, and in full effect. Rants/Raves: Β I have officially started swelling. Iβve only gained about 5 lbs.... until the other day.... I gained 5 lbs in less than a week. On the plus side, I can feel the baby move all the time now. And DH felt her kick for the first time yesterday! πβ€οΈ Questions: Β Anyone else swelling yet? GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks?Β
My house is perfectly clean, organized, and quiet. I get to go for a bike ride in the neighborhood, order food to be delivered, and read books while listening to music.Β
We are trying to clean while I have some time off around Christmas. But DH had surgery on Friday, so he is still recovering. And Iβve been Christmas prepping. Plus it snowed today so the kids got to go sledding and build a snowman. Trying find a balance between chores and fun is hard!
@gusgus14 I feel ya! Our master bathroom has been demolished for about 3 years? Canβt even remember. But we were making progress! Got plumbing done but need to build the new closets. I really hope itβs done before the baby is born π¬.Β
@yellingbanana good to know weβre not alone! Iβm pushing for it to be mostly done by end of January, latest end of February so we can knock out the nursery before the babies get here (even though they probably wonβt be sleeping there until later in the summer).
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: May 4th, 21 weeks FTM/STM/STM+:Β Third Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green (But I did try to convince DH to go get a private scan to find out and tell family on Christmas, he was not down haha)Β Β Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Yesterday it was a box of dryer sheets Β Upcoming appointments: Nothing until JanΒ How are you feeling? I've been working at 6am everyday so I've been pretty tired but I have had lot's of time with family in the afternoons so that has been nice!Β Rants/Raves:Β Β Questions: Β GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? Honestly any day where I don't have to wake up for something is ideal haha. I also just love getting lost in a book. DH let me read for like 5 hours straight a few weeks ago, it was amazing.Β
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: May 11, 20 weeks FTM/STM/STM+: Β FTM Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β Team green Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β a bananaΒ Upcoming appointments: just had a/s and will have glucose test and a growth scan on 1/18 How are you feeling? Β Honestly feeling pretty good! I can start exercising again now that my placenta has moved out of the way, so am excited to slowly get back into that. And wow hitting the 20w anatomy scan milestone feels amazingβit certainly doesnβt eliminate all concern but it feels like a new chapter in pregnancy. Iβm so grateful!Β Rants/Raves: Β This is probably my fourth rant about sleep but here we are! I hate the no back sleeping rule because whenever I wake up slightly on my back I panic. And even though the studies seem solid, and I will keep doing everything I can to stay on my side, it sounds like the studies are on women who sleep the whole night on their backs. My doctor said even having a small incline from a pillow will make it safe to accidentally roll over, which is a relief. But I just hate this nightly worry and discomfort.Β Questions: Β For FTMs when are you starting to gather things for the nursery/allowing baby products and furniture to arrive?Β GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? With Christmas in mind, ideal day includes reading on the couch with DH in front of the tree and having some good homemade meals! Iβm sure weβll accomplish this seeing as we arenβt seeing anyone for Christmas.Β
*lurking* @ccmrc143 I know it's easier said than done, but you really shouldn't worry about the back sleep thing. The reason for it is that when you're on your back the baby rests on some big veins and constricts blood-flow. In my experience,Β by the time the baby is really big enough to do that. You feel it. Right now I can still very comfortably lie on my back for extended periods. With my previous pregnancies, the later it got the less time I could lie on the back comfortably. When you lie on your back long enough, you get tingly and uncomfortable (I can't think of another way to describe it.) to the point you can't sleep through it. As long as you shift back to your side when you wake up and realize, I really wouldn't worry about what you're doing while asleep.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: May 8 or 20+3 FTM/STM/STM+: STM+, baby #3 Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green!Β Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Paper plane Β Β Upcoming appointments: Mayo Clinic offers a Nest Program, where they send you home with a BP cuff and a Doppler then call you monthly, so Iβve been doing that. I have no idea when my next actual office visit is.Β How are you feeling? Tired and have some nasty reflux. Β Rants/Raves: Iβm spiraling after some minor findings on my A/S last week. I need to chill and I worry less. As for a rave- Iβm happy to be back on the boards after a hiatus since like week 6. Hope youβll have me back.Β Questions: Anybody ever have US findings of a small BPD? Babyβs is only 5th percentile so I have to have a follow up US the end of next month. There was also a small choroid plexus cyst which the OB said is nothing to worry about.Β GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? I love a good meal at home with a glass of wine. Iβm making a prime rib for Christmas so I hope that fulfills my βgood mealβ, although Iβm sure cooking Christmas dinner will be far from relaxing
@yellingbanana no swelling yet here. But I didnβt swell with either of my other pregnancies, so fx it stays away this time too.Β
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Thank you so much for your perspective and dose of reality about back sleeping @mrosek91 ! Iβm sure youβre right and at 20w I am not big enough yet for that tingly feeling anyway, thankfully!Β
Welcome back @JessKo08 ! That Nest program sounds so cool. Is it meant for covid so you donβt have to go to the office or did they always offer that? Iβm sorry youβre worrying after the a/s and hope you get some reassurance at your next scan!Β
@ckmb_1250 Β yes thatβs me! I had complete previa at 16w and the placenta moved like 5mm away from the cervix by 20w! But, now that Iβve done research and talked to my OB, I realize how unheard of it is that they even diagnosed me that early. It had like a 90% chance of moving and it moved!Β
@ccmrc143 thats great! Iβve heard of them moving when theyβre low but Iβve never heard of anyoneβsΒ moving if it was right on top of their cervix. Glad you donβt have to worry about it anymore
@ccmrc143 the nest program has been in place for a couple of years, but not since my last child, so itβs my first time being able to use it. Β Itβs really handy, especially since this is my 3rd go round, I really donβt feel the need for all the in person appointments.Β
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FTM/STM/STM+:Β STM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β Axolotl
Upcoming appointments: Β I was supposed to have my 20 week a/s at MFM this Wednesday but it's been pushed to next week due to one of their techs contracting COVID.Β
How are you feeling? Β Meh. Not as sick but just lots of aches and pains and I'm tired and irritable.
Rants/Raves: Β
Rave: it's a short week! Not as short as I'd like since I'm working a half day Christmas Eve but I'll take it.
Rave #2: we finally got some work done on our bathroom this weekend! It's been down to the studs for 3 years (found major water damage, had some initial demo done, had a baby 2 months later, never made it a priority to build it back since we have another full bathroom and wanted to take our time to plan but now that we're adding two more kiddos, it's time!). Just a little more demo to get done this week/weekend and then plumbing can start and then from there we can tile! I started ordering everything and it hurts a little even though this is money we had put aside for this exact reason lol.Β
Questions: Β Nope.
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks?Β A complete "me" day. Chick-fil-A breakfast, a haircut, a 90 minute massage, and a day full of no responsibilities and nobody climbing all over me.
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: BLUE!
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A pancake. Mmmm.
Upcoming appointments: A/S a week from today. I wonder if it will be 3D.
How are you feeling? Great! Working out the past few weeks has been great not just physically, but mentally having a morning routine again gives shape & purpose to my day.
Rants/Raves: Rave for cooking a fancy seafood pasta dinner on Christmas Eve for Feast of the Seven Fishes, and cooking almost nothing (except a pie for dessert) for Christmas Day. I ordered out to support a local restaurant and so I can relax and enjoy a quiet day. Might be my last quiet Christmas ever, so gonna cuddle into it.
Questions: None! Excited that we hired a birth doula and we have our childbirth workshop with her tonight!
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). Sunday brunch with hubby or best friends, followed by a bath and reading all day/night. Maybe pizza or a cheeseburger for dinner and some reality TV by myself before an early bedtime.
*Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? Had a great day close to this yesterday (a bath and reading all day/night). Can't wait for the vaccine to roll out so we can get back to brunch life. I miss my friends.
FTM/STM/STM+: Β 4th time momΒ
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β pink
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β least weaselΒ
Upcoming appointments: Β regular ob on Thursday, ultrasound ECG on Jan 5
How are you feeling? Β Spacey! Pregnancy brain is real, and in full effect.
Rants/Raves: Β I have officially started swelling. Iβve only gained about 5 lbs.... until the other day.... I gained 5 lbs in less than a week. On the plus side, I can feel the baby move all the time now. And DH felt her kick for the first time yesterday! πβ€οΈ
Questions: Β Anyone else swelling yet?
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks?Β
FTM/STM/STM+:Β Third
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green (But I did try to convince DH to go get a private scan to find out and tell family on Christmas, he was not down haha)Β Β
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Yesterday it was a box of dryer sheets Β
Upcoming appointments: Nothing until JanΒ
How are you feeling? I've been working at 6am everyday so I've been pretty tired but I have had lot's of time with family in the afternoons so that has been nice!Β
Rants/Raves:Β Β
Questions: Β
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? Honestly any day where I don't have to wake up for something is ideal haha. I also just love getting lost in a book. DH let me read for like 5 hours straight a few weeks ago, it was amazing.Β
FTM/STM/STM+: Β FTM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Β Team green
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Β a bananaΒ
Upcoming appointments: just had a/s and will have glucose test and a growth scan on 1/18
How are you feeling? Β Honestly feeling pretty good! I can start exercising again now that my placenta has moved out of the way, so am excited to slowly get back into that. And wow hitting the 20w anatomy scan milestone feels amazingβit certainly doesnβt eliminate all concern but it feels like a new chapter in pregnancy. Iβm so grateful!Β
Rants/Raves: Β This is probably my fourth rant about sleep but here we are! I hate the no back sleeping rule because whenever I wake up slightly on my back I panic. And even though the studies seem solid, and I will keep doing everything I can to stay on my side, it sounds like the studies are on women who sleep the whole night on their backs. My doctor said even having a small incline from a pillow will make it safe to accidentally roll over, which is a relief. But I just hate this nightly worry and discomfort.Β
Questions: Β For FTMs when are you starting to gather things for the nursery/allowing baby products and furniture to arrive?Β
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? With Christmas in mind, ideal day includes reading on the couch with DH in front of the tree and having some good homemade meals! Iβm sure weβll accomplish this seeing as we arenβt seeing anyone for Christmas.Β
FTM/STM/STM+: STM+, baby #3
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green!Β
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Paper plane Β Β
Upcoming appointments: Mayo Clinic offers a Nest Program, where they send you home with a BP cuff and a Doppler then call you monthly, so Iβve been doing that. I have no idea when my next actual office visit is.Β
How are you feeling? Tired and have some nasty reflux. Β
Rants/Raves: Iβm spiraling after some minor findings on my A/S last week. I need to chill and I worry less. As for a rave- Iβm happy to be back on the boards after a hiatus since like week 6. Hope youβll have me back.Β
Questions: Anybody ever have US findings of a small BPD? Babyβs is only 5th percentile so I have to have a follow up US the end of next month. There was also a small choroid plexus cyst which the OB said is nothing to worry about.Β
GTKY: Describe your ideal relaxing day (or night). *Bonus: How can you (or a loved one) create some element of that for yourself in the next 2 weeks? I love a good meal at home with a glass of wine. Iβm making a prime rib for Christmas so I hope that fulfills my βgood mealβ, although Iβm sure cooking Christmas dinner will be far from relaxing
@yellingbanana no swelling yet here. But I didnβt swell with either of my other pregnancies, so fx it stays away this time too.Β
March 2016 Moms: January Siggy Challenge "Pregnancy Problems"
March 2016 Moms: January Siggy Challenge "Pregnancy Problems"