Due: 6 Nov 2021
November 2021 Moms
jackie_dunny
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Weekly Check-in 6/13
jackie_dunny
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Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen?
Me: 29 | DH: 28
Due: 6 Nov 2021
Due: 6 Nov 2021
Re: Weekly Check-in 6/13
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: artichoke
Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. Tired and constipated lol
Rants/Raves: it has been so hot and humid lately that I haven't been able to get outside much, which sucks.
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? The most heartwarming thing lately has been how sweet and complimentary DS has been to everyone. He's super empathetic and always wants to make sure everyone is heard and included.
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: an action figure
Upcoming appointments: 2 1/2 weeks
How are you feeling?: pretty good. my breast tenderness had gone away and now its back and they are itching.....does that mean they are going to grow again?
Rants/Raves: My rant is mostly boring family drama. I am the oldest of three girls and I feel like Im always the mediator between my middle sister and my parents, especially my dad. They are both hot heads. Right now is because my sister and her family (she has five kids, the youngest 2 are 3 month old twins) are renting one of my parents houses. They just bought a house of their own so my parents put theirs up for sale. They are only allowing the house to show for one day a week as to inconvenience my sister as little as possible while she is trying to pack, but during that day, showings are like 5-8 hours of the day. Anyway my sister went off on my mom on how much it was inconveniencing her, my mom got upset and was crying and then to spite her scheduled even more showings, and here I am with both venting to me trying to get each one to see the others side. Im too tired for this lol.
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen?
My seven year old nephew taking care of his 3 month old siblings. He's so good with them and you can tell loves them so much. He always wants to hold them and help feed them. He's going to be a great cousin to our little one.
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a bagel
Upcoming appointments: Anatomy scan in 1.5 weeks and recently updated policies allow DH to come to this one! So excited.
How are you feeling?: Less tired but also feeling noticeably larger and a bit more RLP. Baby must be going through a growthspurt!
Rants/Raves: DS's daycare starts waterplay days tomorrow and I've been really excitedly looking forward to it on his behalf...for like weeks. Is that weird?
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? Ever? Like EVER? Hmm, I'd go with the first time DS said "I love you, Mommy." Seriously, melt my heart.
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a pomegranate
Upcoming appointments: i should really check my calendar lol
How are you feeling?: so exhausted
Rants/Raves: my husband had was was supposed to be an outpatient, minor surgery that he would fully recover from in a day or two. He had an incredibly rare complication and ended up spending two nights in the hospital. He was released today, but is in too much pain to even stand upright. He’s kind of crab walking around the house when he absolutely has to get up. It’s awful. I feel so bad for him, and it’s absolutely terrible timing.
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? My girls snuggling or playing together. Every time. It’s just the best.
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: mango
Upcoming appointments: I had my AS last Tuesday (it went well!), nothing for another month
How are you feeling?: Fine. Tired but also trying to enjoy this time between the nausea of the first tri and the hugeness of the third tri lol
Rants/Raves: I have to finish packing my office today - we are moving buildings and I'm like WHYYYYYY I just packed and unpacked my dang house, and now my office? Blergh
Questions:
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? Probably when DS cuddles with me. He is the most snuggly toddler and I love it.
@mayoduck I understand the excitement about water play time. This week we have to send in a bathing suit and water shoes for them to keep and I'm excited for it too
@doodleoodle wow that sounds really tough, I hope that YH recovers soon
The drama just keeps coming. My sister just told me my parents house sold, but they found out the house they bought they have to push their closing for another 30 days. So now my parents are pissed they wont be out of the house by next week like they thought. Then my parents have decided to put their other house (their permanent house) on the market as well, but don't plan on buying a new house until the market is better for buyers, so they are planning on going back and forth between my sisters house (with 5 kids) and mine (which we just closed on a fixer upper and are trying to get reno's done before the baby comes) until that happens. No one has asked either of us if this is ok, they just did it assuming that we would be ok with them living with us until who knows when.
@doodleoodle that is so stressful! I hope DH can heal up quickly ❤❤
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: an avocado? I think
Upcoming appointments: I had one last week. See my rant 🙄
How are you feeling?: great! Finally
Rants/Raves: TW not locating a heartbeat: at my doctors appointment last week (16 weeks) midwife could not find the heartbeat on the Doppler. She was trying to convince me that it’s normal to not be found at 16 weeks (4th baby- all my others were found in seconds). She said it was probably the babies position etc. whatever. They pulled in the ultrasound to see if they found find it. She couldn’t. I asked her if I could just drink some cold water and walk around to get the baby to move positions and she said she doubt it would help. Anyways she basically sent me home and said I have the options of waiting a week to come in and check again, or her ordering out an ultrasound at a bigger practice for the next day. I honestly was not thinking clearly and obviously was super stressed because this is never happened to me before and so I scheduled the appointment and left. I got to the car and it all suddenly hit me what happened. I called DH freaking out and then called The Midwife back and told her I needed that ultrasound. They scheduled it then the following morning and everything was fine. After knowing baby was OK, I was able to think more clearly and realize all the mistakes that were made during that appointment. I really think the Midwife just wanted me to get out because it was their lunch hour 🙄. I’m still trying to figure out how to handle it at my next appointment.
Questions: nope.
GTKY: What is the most heartwarming thing you’ve ever seen? Honestly just the love between my kids. I love seeing them care about each other and help one another ❤️
@Starynightsky24 that's pretty terrifying, sorry that you went through all of that. Ideally what would you like to happen with the midwife/practice?
@Starynightsky24 a similar thing happened to my sister with her midwife. they couldn't find the heartbeat at 12-13 weeks with the doppler so they did an ultrasound and found the baby and heartbeat........fast forward to 20 week anatomy scan and surprise there is two in there. I think their equipment is outdated, especially ultrasound machines and I don't think they are very skilled/trained at using them, since they don't resort to them often.
ETA I’m sorry I’ve been MIA this is a crazy season of life right now.