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November 2021 Moms
jackie_dunny
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STM+ Check-in 5/12
jackie_dunny
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How far along are you?
Any new symptoms?
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go?
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they?
How are your other kids doing this week?
Concerns/Questions:
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home?
Me: 29 | DH: 28
Due: 6 Nov 2021
Due: 6 Nov 2021
Re: STM+ Check-in 5/12
How far along are you? 11+1
Any new symptoms? I can now fall asleep before ds and all my joints hurt after a long day at work.
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go?
I just had my re-do appointment and I think it went well aside from the crying right away when asked how I was dealing. But I got to come home with the welcome packet and set up 2 more ultrasounds for NT testing and anatomy scan.
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 3 year old and 9 year old
How are your other kids doing this week?
3 year old isn't as mean this week, he keeps asking if the baby came out yet, dd was told last Friday and she wanted to announce to her class.
Concerns/Questions: struggling with grief and bonding at the same time
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home?
Probably for travel it would be Australia. Dd biodad is from Australia. I dont think dd has heard from him since Janurary when he had a baby.
How far along are you? 14w6d
Any new symptoms? Headaches! Vomiting finally let up but exhaustion remains and he vome with daily headaches.
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? I have an appointment this afternoon
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 4yr old son
How are your other kids doing this week? Great! He moved up early to pre-k and all his shitty behavior I thought might be boredom with his old class has disappeared.
Concerns/Questions: I'm having a hard time buying in fully with this pregnancy. In the first trimester I figured it was just... caution after my MMC in the fall. But I'm just slow to adjust here.
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? Israel
How far along are you? 15w, 2d
Any new symptoms? Increased energy, yay!
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? OB on Friday morning 🙂
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? Can we get rid of this question in the future? It’s a bit redundant every week haha @jackie_dunny
How are your other kids doing this week? He’s good, at school today!
Concerns/Questions: N/A
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? Hmmm...Trieste, Italy.
Big hugs to the mamas not feeling the connection with their baby. From my conversations with other moms and moms-to-be, I'd say that's actually more common than you might think, but it's so infrequently talked about. You don't have to feel an instant bond to be a wonderful, loving parent.
How far along are you? 14+1
Any new symptoms? My uterus has now reached a point where it feels like an ever-present hard lump in my lower abdomen. Feels odd, but it's also kind of nice to have that reminder that I am in fact pregnant.
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? No appointments until June
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 2-year-old
How are your other kids doing this week? He woke up in the middle of the night last night upset and it turned out he had a BEE clasped tightly in his HANDS. (No signs of being stung, thank goodness!) He's more ok than I am about this, I think. I'm always telling him how his bed and his room are safe places and now my resolve on that is a bit shaken.
Concerns/Questions:
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? From midwest USA to France.
How far along are you? 14+1
Any new symptoms? more snoring, a little back pain already, I think there was something else but I can't think of it right now.
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? None.
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 5 year old boy, girl turning 2 this month
How are your other kids doing this week? My son has been pretty emotional lately. He gets really frustrated and discouraged about anything that's hard like trying to put his shoes and socks on.
Concerns/Questions:
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? When I lived in Hawaii and went to Egypt. I had to fly from Hawaii to New York first and that was like 14 hours and then all the way to Cairo from there, which was another really long, overnight flight. It was crazy.
How far along are you? 14+2
Any new symptoms? Sleeping on my stomach is getting uncomfortable so I'm having to get creative to get comfortable at night.
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? May 20th.
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 4 yr old son
How are your other kids doing this week? He's extra clingy and cuddly, which I'm not mad about.
Concerns/Questions:
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? From the Midwest to Florida in the US 🤦♀️. Very little travel opportunities in my life lol
How far along are you? 12+1
Any new symptoms? Nope
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? I had my first appointment yesterday. Heard baby’s heartbeat so that was nice!
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 3. I agree with @sliztee this question seems very redundant
How are your other kids doing this week? It’s my 5yo last week of kindergarten! So proud of her
Concerns/Questions: nope.
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? I traveled to Honduras after high school for a mission trip
Due: 6 Nov 2021
@Marz1pan I feel the same way. We had a mmc in 2019 and a cp last year and even though I'm so close to the second tri, I check the heart beat once a week, AND we just found out we are having a girl, I still can't connect. We even have a name picked out and I thought that would help, but I keep thinking what if something happens and I've attached a name to this thing, won't that make it worse. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
How far along are you? 14+6
Any new symptoms? Not really
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? May 20 is my next OBGYN appointment.
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? DS is 5, DD is 3
How are your other kids doing this week? They’re doing well. DS has a fractured clavicle, so we’re out for the rest of the t-ball season. He’s upset about it. DD is jealous of her brother’s extra attention and keeps telling me she has a broken bone.
Concerns/Questions: @marbellie my DS is on ADS. We dealt with a intense speech delay for a long time. We potty trained him (just #1 day time) a little over 3.5 (after we got out of school). He did great and within a week, he was using the potty independently. #2 took a little longer, but he’s got potty problems. We still wear pull-ups at night, but this summer, I’m going to try to encourage him to maybe go without. He can for naps when they happen. Anyway, to stop my rambling—I’m glad we put it off for so long because it kept everyone from being so frustrated and ended up being super easy.
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? When DS was 9 months, we drove to Montana from Louisiana.
I definitely think that just waiting until they are ready is best. It was literally no effort, and at 4.5 now he's had no regressions.
re potty training - I obviously don’t have any boys but my oldest wasn’t really potty trained until she was 4, my middle was potty trained at just before 3. My neighbor has a little boy that just turned 2 and he’s completely potty trained. I know conventional wisdom says boys take longer and maybe that’s true on a larger scale but I really just think each kid is different. I know I’ve mentioned The 3 Day Potty Training Method book before, but I really do think it’s worth the read. I had so much trouble training my older girls and then I finally caved and bought that book. It made a huge difference.
I'm fine with waiting until he's ready for sure, we actually never really mind changing diapers. The funny thing is that my friend (married a Chinese man and did the Chinese method) had a daytime potty trained kid by like 13 months. Have I told you guys about babies in China? They walk around diaper free with holes in their pants so their butts are always out lol. They potty train so early there without issue I guess, but that's because the kids learn about their functions so early being essentially pants free 😂
I also agree with @doodleoodle that every kid is just different. DS could not have cared less about being wet or dirty at any point in his life. Diaper, pull up, underwear didn't matter, he didn't give a sh*t 😆. We were always constantly having to check him.
Sorry I've been a little MIA the last week or so... it's been more chaotic than usual
How far along are you? 14 + 4
Any new symptoms? Nothing new
Any appointments recently or coming up? How did it go? Had an OB appt last week with a quick peek at the babies otherwise nothing fancy... nothing now for 4 weeks which will be weird to go so long this pregnancy
How many kids do you already have, and how old are they? 5.5 and 3
How are your other kids doing this week? My daughters school had their first positive Covid case and it was in my daughters class ugh. The teacher and all the rest of the kids tested negative but they're now in quarantine for 10 days and have to do zoom for the 1st time after having been in person all year. My son got to start at his new special Ed preschool last week and minus one of the teachers I love them all so far (the last one I'm still trying to feel out). On top of that my FIL had a mild heart attack last week and my husband had to fly back home to be with his family. He's having surgery tomorrow and not sure how long my husband plans to stay so I'm flying solo this week
Concerns/Questions: when's everyone's anatomy scans? My MFM is doing an early one at 18 weeks and then again at 22... not sure if this is normal for twins or not
GTKY: What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? Went to China for 10 days in business school... by day 8 I was ready for some different food!
Re potty training: with my daughter we had to have her trained prior to preschool starting when she was 2.5 (while in maternity leave). She was fairly easy and highly motivated with m&ms haha. With my son I haven't even started thinking about it because he's so far from ready so I'm guessing I'll end up with 3 in diapers.
That's interesting about the Chinese training... I'm just picturing a lot of messes around the house to clean up ugh