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September 2021 Moms
JustAnotherUsername16
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Weekly Check In 4/19 (9/1-9/15 due dates)
JustAnotherUsername16
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
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GTKY: What is your favorite holiday and why?
Re: Weekly Check In 4/19 (9/1-9/15 due dates)
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 9/11 (19+2)
im enjoying everything more with kids. It used to be Thanksgiving but now Christmas and Halloween top the list. Easter was great this year too.
Upcoming appointments: Just had my anatomy scan this morning and have to go back in two weeks because the little one was lying on its stomach and refused to turn.
How are you feeling?: Feeling pretty good, feeling like I'm getting bigger every day. Definitely feeling little movements now.
Rants/Raves: Putting this behind a cut because it's complaining about a lack of weight gain and I know not everyone wants to hear it.
I have gained a half pound since the beginning of this pregnancy. I feel like my entire adult life I've been worried about weight gain and the one time I actually want to gain weight, it's not happening. I eat when I'm hungry so I'm not depriving myself or anything. I just don't get it and it's making me nervous because I know the potential complications from not gaining weight are worse than from gaining too much. Baby is measuring on track for now, but I'm just worried if I don't start gaining soon, I'm going to end up with an underweight baby.
@muggsd Good luck on the anatomy scan on Friday! Hope your little one is more cooperative than mine.
@runningoncookies Good luck on the anatomy scan! I feel like I should get better maternity jeans. I got some from my local Buy Nothing and they're so saggy. But also, I can't imagine wearing jeans in the summer so I don't want to spend a bunch of money on them.
@agea So jealous your husband can go to the AS! Did mine alone this morning and had to resist the urge to open the envelope until I got home.
@deziraywatt I feel so self conscious coughing or sneezing at work now! It's so awkward.
I'd avoid any research that lumps all pregnancy recommendations into one range. Check in with your OB on what will worry them or when you should worry.
@JustAnotherUsername16 I'm pretty sure my stitch fix stylist was on something when she pulled my box this week. Either that, or she's never been pregnant... I've had such great choices in the boxes I've gotten up until now! this month, I kept one shirt.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 19w6d
@muggsd I'm in a couple of puppy training facebook groups that are helpful. Positive Puppy Training and Support is a really good one for resources!
@deziraywatt I think I have the changing of the seasons cold too. I haven't really gotten sick over the past year (probably from wearing a mask all the time) but this is kicking my butt more than usual.
@sawasap I wouldn't worry too much about not gaining unless your doctor says something. I've been up and down the same 2 pounds for a month so I've basically not gained yet. Since I'm already overweight, my OB said she would like me to gain no more than 15 pounds but if I didn't gain it would be fine.
@feelingjovani My OB had said at the beginning to try to keep the weight gain to 20lbs, but didn't give me a floor. I guess it just made me nervous not having a guideline on that end? But now I'm hearing that it's not super unusual to gain later, so that's helping too.
@runningoncookies That makes sense about the jeans! We dealt with IF so this might be our only shot, so I'm not planning in advance for any more pregnancies. But if I knew for sure that we'd be doing this again, I'd probably be spending more on maternity clothes
And the pollen is currently insane here. It's been super windy this week, and the oak pollen "tumble weeds" are rolling down the street. It's so gross! I think it was this time last year that I ended up being tested for COVID because my allergies were so bad. I'm just barely going outside this year!
One downside is that they got rid of "reservation weeks" last year, so there's no break for vacations. But I'm so happy that we haven't had to deal with many shut downs - they're clear about the 8 or 9 holidays there are a year and closed once at the beginning of COVID and for 2 weeks when there was an outbreak. We really needed a corporate place because of the hours we needed to coordinate with our commutes. Anything home based was a much shorter day than would work for us.