August 2021 Moms
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Weeks 3-4 (8/15-8/31) Check-in 4/4
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy?
Re: Weeks 3-4 (8/15-8/31) Check-in 4/4
EDD/Weeks + Days: Aug 26, 19w3d
Team: Finding out
Baby is the size of: mango 🥭
Upcoming appointments: anatomy scan on April 12!
How are you feeling?: Pretty good, finally.
Raves: I’ve been able to get over 10,000 steps for the last three days. I set myself this goal for April after a very sedentary winter.
Rants: it’s freezing rain today, so getting 10,000 steps around my house is going to be a challenge. Also, freezing rain?! C’MON!
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? Generally, probably Easter candy? Specifically, Cadbury Mini Eggs or Creme Eggs. I like Creme Eggs only when they are partially melted, when they are solid and cold....yuck.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 20 weeks today!! 8/22
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: 💙
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: the size of a beanie baby
Upcoming appointments: Wednesday for A/S
How are you feeling?: pretty good. Heartburn is really ramping up so I started Prilosec to combat it.
Rants/Raves: Easter is one of my favorite holidays!! And last night I really felt baby moving around! It was consistent too! 🥰
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? Reese’s eggs are the best Easter candy’s!
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 8/28 19+1
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: green
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: hedgehog
Upcoming appointments: not until the 15th for AS and appt
How are you feeling?: Still throwing up almost daily. Tired and having braxton hicks consistently when laying down or getting up from bed.
Rants/Raves: finally caught up on TB after having been on vacation visiting family/friends for a week.
Questions: natm
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? The robin egg gum
@the_most_happy I believe you were talking about induction at 39 weeks last week? I was medically induced at 37 weeks with my first pregnancy which was advise sure to possible IUGR. I arrived at L&D to sign a paper saying I was being induced by choice and I had the right to leave. I personally would push back after having my experience, but I would clarify with the Dr their reasons for an induction and do what you are most comfortable with. But no, they can't make you get induced.
Team Blue
Baby is the size of a Mango
Upcoming appointments: April 6th I’m getting my second COVID shot. 🥳
How am I feeling? Pretty good, I’ve got no big complaints. I’ve started feeling baby move some so now I definitely know that I was just having BH contractions earlier when I thought maybe I was mistaking movement for them. 😂
Rants/Raves: I can’t seem to get comfortable at night either. It’s awful, and the lovely pregnancy pillow I got early on has not seemed to help as much as I thought it would.
Favorite seasonal candy? I generally prefer salty/savory more than sweet but I do always end up getting Ghirardelli peppermint bark squares during the Christmas season.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 8/22 20+1
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: TY Beanie Baby
Upcoming appointments: AS is Thursday
How are you feeling?: pretty good. I always want more sleep 😂
Rants/Raves: my DD is off this week for spring break and my H works from home. He’s getting irritated because my DD is being loud but he’s trying to be on calls in our upstairs/her space instead of going to his darn office. GTFO man
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? I like the seasonal Reese’s shapes - trees, eggs, pumpkins
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 19W3D due 29th Aug
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: team green
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: i guess a mango, lol
Upcoming appointments: anatomy scan next monday (the 12th)
How are you feeling?: I'm doing OK. No particular discomforts as far as pregnancy is concerned other than I'm sleeping pretty poorly and am therefore tired all the time.. I did have a horrible stomach bug about 2 weeks ago and I've been battling a cold for the past week.
Rants/Raves: I felt a little tiny bit of movement last week, I think, but not much since. I'm hoping to start feeling something consistent soon!
Questions: none
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? hmm... If we are talking about Easter, my MIL gave me a bag of black liquorice jelly beans and some white chocolate covered almonds and those are fab! Yum! I need to stop eating so many sweets though...
DD: 8/20/14; DS: 11/13/16; DD: 5/3/19; DD: 8/31/21; Baby #5 (team green) due 3/24/24
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: August 15th, 21+3...but I'm measuring a week ahead (and have been from pretty much the beginning).
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: GREEN!
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: An endive, but technically a coconut.
Upcoming appointments: Telehealth appointment today.
How are you feeling?: Good! I feel like myself...finally! I still get gaggy from time to time, especially if I haven't eaten in a while. But my energy levels are up. I'm even going for a hike today.
Rants/Raves: DH and I bought three day tickets for Disneyland last year. We went for two days in January, but still had one day left on our pass when COVID hit. I just got an email yesterday that they're opening up ticket reservations for existing ticket holders on the 12th of April, and then for the general public (only Southern CA residents for the first little while) on the 15th. I am SO giddy to be able to go to D-Land. And to have priority registration. I have missed it so much, and am looking forward to experiencing it with only 25% capacity. I mean, I won't really be able to go on any rides, but I legit don't even care!
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? Not a candy, but I love the cranberry bliss bars from Starbucks that they have in the Fall. I also love Starburst jelly beans. And the tootsie roll eggs.
@pickle-chips I'm also trying to up my walking after not moving much this winter. Definitely easier when it's nice out!
@emily1052 I just started Prilosec too, I'm hoping it helps! Tbh, even though I have a healthy diet in general I do tend towards foods with lots of spice and am dreading having to dial that back lol. Yay for feeling baby move more though!
@grogu my sleeping troubles are ramping up a bit too, I hope this doesn't persist all the way until the end! For me it's more insomnia than physical discomfort, though I'm sure one will segue right into the other lol.
@Kenneylynn3 yep that was me, thanks for sharing that experience! I think I will push back if I get to that point and truly show no signs of high BP or fetal distress... I do understand them wanting to not let it come to that if they can avoid it, but I can monitor closely at home and obviously will take action at the first sign of trouble. Was your induction at 37 weeks planned all along or a surprise?
@loloyoyo26 hope your shot went okay yesterday! My second one was a little rough but nothing unbearable.
@mrspant0809 bahaha, that's what the home office is for my guy!
@jarethinafrock ugh, sorry you've been dealing with so much sickness recently. One of the only upsides to the pandemic is I haven't gotten so much as a cold in the past year because I haven't gone anywhere (and don't have kids or anyone else bringing germs into the house), that's really unlucky for you!
@cyanope aww that's exciting about your Disney trip! I'm excited to go to my local theme park too. Even though I can't ride anything, it'll be nice just to walk around and soak in the atmosphere.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: August 27/19 + 5
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Pink
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A bowl of cereal? Whatever that means lol.
Upcoming appointments: AS soon.
How are you feeling?: The same- good, normal.
Rants/Raves: I have two bachelorette weekends coming up, which I'm both excited for (yay going places and seeing friends!) and trepidatious about (is it going to be any fun with everyone else drinking/smoking and me sober?). Always knew this would be a challenge of being the first one in my friend group to get pregnant, but it'll definitely be nice when some others catch up lol.
Questions: None right now (that I haven't already asked in the Questions thread at least, haha).
GTKY: As I've mentioned on here before, I'm not a sweets person normally but omg... I have been CRAZY for jellybeans this year. The Starburst ones, specifically. Can't get enough of them. I literally have some by the bed (which my dentist husband just loves, lololol).
EDD: 8/15
Team Green/Pink/Blue: BLUE!
Interesting Fact: baby is the size of endive? Y'all always have much more exciting size comparisons than I do
Upcoming appts: something in April - AS was 2 weeks ago!
How are you feeling?: good! Still tired, but I think that's just who I am now as a TTM.
Rants/Raves: I'm getting realllllllly sick of people with 1-2 kids telling me everything is going to be chaos when #3 comes. Like okay A) you don't know because you don't have 3 kids and
Questions: not atm!
GTKY: I love Easter candy. Cadbury cream eggs, reeses eggs, starburst or jolly rancher jelly beans. Deeeelish.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: due 8/19 and 21 weeks today
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: 💗🌸
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: baby bok choy
Upcoming appointments: at the end of the month I have my 24 week appointment
How are you feeling?: exhausted and have acid reflux. I’ve been taking Prilosec as needed.
Rants/Raves: my lovely MIL and her fiancé bought us a new infant car seat I know it’s a little early but I’m grateful for it and now that color is sold out on Targets website (probably due to the sale).
Questions: natm
GTKY: What’s your favourite seasonal candy? I like the mini milk chocolate Cadbury eggs
That being said, the drs made me believe induction was the only thing to do, when really it was always my choice. They just didn't make it seem that way. So I switched hospitals, drs (now with midwives) and having less intervention pregnancy this time of that makes sense.
@BourbonBiscuits We also want four kids. We always get those looks when we tell people that.
@alexa_94 thanks for the tip about the carseat coupon! Totally got a second convertible today.
@jarethinafrock I love black jelly beans!!!