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: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021?
FTM/STM/STM+: STM Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: an Endive Upcoming appointments: Today! MFM for a/s and cervical length check. Lab appointment next week for 3 hour glucose. How are you feeling? Pregnancy-wise I'm feeling okay but my allergies have been flaring the last couple of days. Exhausted the last few days but not really sick at all which is great. I'm still taking b6+unisom and zofran but I'm planning on coming off the b6+unisom at the end of the week. Rants/Raves: Rave: 2/3 Christmas presents that we were still waiting on showed up today! Rant: The other half of our Old Navy order (clothes for our daughter for Christmas) are still MIA and tracking hasn't updated in 2 weeks (this is the only one that isn't USPS that we were still waiting on. We just contacted them though and they are marking it as lost by carrier and refunding us and if any of the items are in stock they said we can reorder at the sale price we got when we originally bought them so that's nice. Questions: None. GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? Quite a few things! 1) Our master bathroom renovation; it's been started but won't be finished for another couple of months. 2) Paying off my husband's car; we're doing this in January and it will relieve one of our car payments for about 6 months but we'll have to buy a van in the summer when the twins start daycare. 3) Our pre-babies family vacation! We are planning a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in early March. We have a cabin for a few nights on the Tennessee side of the park and just booked one for the last couple of nights of the trip on the NC side. We are planning it mostly COVID-safe (no dining at restaurants or shopping except a quick stop to grab an ornament as a souvenir and just generally avoiding people). The only thing that we are planning on doing that involves being around people is a ride on the railroad but as of right now I feel good about the precautions they are taking. We could change our minds by March but we'll see. 4) Getting back to healthy habits. When we were trying to get pregnant with our first a few years ago, I got more and more depressed the longer it took. I used to walk daily, run 3x a week, and do strength training 3x a week and I stopped doing that while ttc/pregnant and I miss the way I felt back then. I gained a ton of weight while ttc our first and while I lost about 20lbs of what I gained, I ended up gaining it back after my father passed in early 2019 and I just haven't been able to get back in the mindset to do it. Since we are planning on this being our last pregnancy, I feel like it just opens me up mentally to getting back on that path.
21w1d FTM/STM/STM+: STM+ Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Blue Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: a Bread Bowl Upcoming appointments: I have an appt at an elective place on Saturday! It's a follow-up from our previous one where she couldn't get any good 3d photos! How are you feeling? I'm feeling ok! Still tired from all the Christmas chaos Rants/Raves: I organized a majority of the kids play area yesterday, but I still have soooo much to do! Questions: None today I don't think? GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? Covid Vaccines!!!!!
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A sweet potato Upcoming appointments: A/S tomorrow How are you feeling? Good! Definitely glad we ordered in dinner for Christmas. I got to relax completely for a couple days. Rants/Raves: NATM Questions: Thinking about getting supplies for “mama baskets” in the living room/bedroom and a postnatal basket in the master bath. What should I have in the bathroom one? A peri washer... what else? GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? OMG so much but mostly plane rides and seeing/hugging family. I haven’t seen them since March and it’s been so crazy to get married and go through pregnancy without them.
@ec1212 I had c-sections, buttttt, you can take home the peribottle from the hospital! Then I would say, overnight thin pads (bc they're longer), witchhazel wipes, some dermoplast spray, and some panty liners for when bleeding decreases.
@ec1212 I just kept a peri bottle and pads in each bathroom, maybe water wipes or something since wiping a wet butt with toilet paper just seems to make the toilet paper crumble? I only got one peri bottle from the hospital & bought the Frida baby one too.
@ec1212 in each bathroom I kept a peri-bottle (one from the hospital, one from Amazon), Tucks pads, Dermoplast (one from the hospital, one I bought), and pads. I started with the big pads from the hospital and then used Always overnight pads after I ran out of those.
Wow, I didn't know any of this 😂😂 just placed an order on Amazon for the start of my hospital bag/postnatal care and it was all FSA/HSA eligible! Thanks all for your wise words 😊
FTM/STM/STM+: Third Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Weighs as much as a football today Upcoming appointments: Finally have my anatomy scan on Monday, I'll be a day shy of 23 weeks🙈 How are you feeling? Mostly good but I feel like it's going to come to an end soon as I get further along. Rants/Raves: I have to go back to work tomorrow after 6 days off and I don't wanna go😭 Questions: GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? I honestly don't know, just extra time with family I guess.
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM, 21 weeks today Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team green Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: an endive? I feel like they could’ve found a better option Upcoming appointments: Glucose test, OB check up, and growth scan January 18 How are you feeling? Feeling good, but I get winded easily doing things that aren’t at all difficult. Rants/Raves: raving about little kicks! So much movement the last couple days! Even DH could feel it this morning. I love being on this side of 20 weeks and feel so so grateful. GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? Seeing my parents once everyone is vaccinated!!
FTM/STM/STM+: 4th time mom Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: pink Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: a guinea pig Upcoming appointments: Jan 5th ECG for Mia’s heart function How are you feeling? Swollen and fat. Rants/Raves: still feeling abnormally annoyed about little things, but also super happy and loving. Questions: My ob has said nothing about the glucose test, when is everyone else’s scheduled? GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021?
Vaccine, the vaccine, and also the vaccine so that my older children can resume being regular children (school, soccer, zoo, play dates).
Re: 🍾Weeks 1 & 2 (5/1-5/14) Check-In w/o Dec. 28
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: an Endive
Upcoming appointments: Today! MFM for a/s and cervical length check. Lab appointment next week for 3 hour glucose.
How are you feeling? Pregnancy-wise I'm feeling okay but my allergies have been flaring the last couple of days. Exhausted the last few days but not really sick at all which is great. I'm still taking b6+unisom and zofran but I'm planning on coming off the b6+unisom at the end of the week.
Rants/Raves: Rave: 2/3 Christmas presents that we were still waiting on showed up today! Rant: The other half of our Old Navy order (clothes for our daughter for Christmas) are still MIA and tracking hasn't updated in 2 weeks (this is the only one that isn't USPS that we were still waiting on. We just contacted them though and they are marking it as lost by carrier and refunding us and if any of the items are in stock they said we can reorder at the sale price we got when we originally bought them so that's nice.
Questions: None.
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021?
Quite a few things!
1) Our master bathroom renovation; it's been started but won't be finished for another couple of months.
2) Paying off my husband's car; we're doing this in January and it will relieve one of our car payments for about 6 months but we'll have to buy a van in the summer when the twins start daycare.
3) Our pre-babies family vacation! We are planning a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in early March. We have a cabin for a few nights on the Tennessee side of the park and just booked one for the last couple of nights of the trip on the NC side. We are planning it mostly COVID-safe (no dining at restaurants or shopping except a quick stop to grab an ornament as a souvenir and just generally avoiding people). The only thing that we are planning on doing that involves being around people is a ride on the railroad but as of right now I feel good about the precautions they are taking. We could change our minds by March but we'll see.
4) Getting back to healthy habits. When we were trying to get pregnant with our first a few years ago, I got more and more depressed the longer it took. I used to walk daily, run 3x a week, and do strength training 3x a week and I stopped doing that while ttc/pregnant and I miss the way I felt back then. I gained a ton of weight while ttc our first and while I lost about 20lbs of what I gained, I ended up gaining it back after my father passed in early 2019 and I just haven't been able to get back in the mindset to do it. Since we are planning on this being our last pregnancy, I feel like it just opens me up mentally to getting back on that path.
FTM/STM/STM+: STM+
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: a Bread Bowl
Upcoming appointments: I have an appt at an elective place on Saturday! It's a follow-up from our previous one where she couldn't get any good 3d photos!
How are you feeling? I'm feeling ok! Still tired from all the Christmas chaos
Rants/Raves: I organized a majority of the kids play area yesterday, but I still have soooo much to do!
Questions: None today I don't think?
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? Covid Vaccines!!!!!
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A sweet potato
Upcoming appointments: A/S tomorrow
How are you feeling? Good! Definitely glad we ordered in dinner for Christmas. I got to relax completely for a couple days.
Rants/Raves: NATM
Questions: Thinking about getting supplies for “mama baskets” in the living room/bedroom and a postnatal basket in the master bath. What should I have in the bathroom one? A peri washer... what else?
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? OMG so much but mostly plane rides and seeing/hugging family. I haven’t seen them since March and it’s been so crazy to get married and go through pregnancy without them.
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
one I bought), and pads. I started with the big pads from the hospital and then used Always overnight pads after I ran out of those.
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: Weighs as much as a football today
Upcoming appointments: Finally have my anatomy scan on Monday, I'll be a day shy of 23 weeks🙈
How are you feeling? Mostly good but I feel like it's going to come to an end soon as I get further along.
Rants/Raves: I have to go back to work tomorrow after 6 days off and I don't wanna go😭
Questions:
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? I honestly don't know, just extra time with family I guess.
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team green
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: an endive? I feel like they could’ve found a better option
Upcoming appointments: Glucose test, OB check up, and growth scan January 18
How are you feeling? Feeling good, but I get winded easily doing things that aren’t at all difficult.
Rants/Raves: raving about little kicks! So much movement the last couple days! Even DH could feel it this morning. I love being on this side of 20 weeks and feel so so grateful.
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021? Seeing my parents once everyone is vaccinated!!
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: pink
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: a guinea pig
Upcoming appointments: Jan 5th ECG for Mia’s heart function
How are you feeling? Swollen and fat.
Rants/Raves: still feeling abnormally annoyed about little things, but also super happy and loving.
Questions: My ob has said nothing about the glucose test, when is everyone else’s scheduled?
GTKY: Besides baby what are you looking forward to most in 2021?