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April 2022 Moms
loveanddatadriven
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Check-in EDD 1-8 w/o 9/27
loveanddatadriven
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*Thought we'd try splitting up the check-ins by due date this week. Tell me what you think!*
This is the weekly check-in for due dates April 1 - April 8.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
This is the weekly check-in for due dates April 1 - April 8.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
Re: Check-in EDD 1-8 w/o 9/27
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: 10/20 for 16 week check-up (no NT scan for me after all
How are you feeling?: Better but bleh. Feel grateful (SO GRATEFUL) to not be in the 24/7 vomiting hole I was in for 6 weeks, but still feel like I'm hungover - headache, queasy, don't want to eat, don't want to do anything most of the time. Also, constipation is becoming a real issue, which is new this pregnancy.
Rants/Raves: Rave - Yesterday I went apple picking with DD2, H, SIL, and my niece (4). It felt so emotionally rejuvenating to get outside and do something normal. I ended up overdoing it, and had a rough afternoon and evening, though. (Or maybe it was always going to be rough. I'm still perplexed by what exactly triggers the rounds of nausea.) Still worth it. Rant - My retired MIL wanted to be more involved in DD2's life so she offered to pick her up from school once a week. And to even figure out what day she wanted to be in charge of this 30-minute task, she wanted to have a whole afternoon/evening in-person meeting so we would have time to talk about it and "plan". (So much unnecessary planning.) Four weeks later, she has had a reason to bail last minute every week. I know her life is consumed by anxiety (and I think undiagnosed ADHD given her children all have ADHD and she has similar symptoms), so I just try to set my expectations accordingly. H still wishes his mom would proactively help, but I'm coming to the realization that giving my MIL the opportunity to have a relationship with DD2 and this new baby will have to be something H and I plan and make happen.
Questions: None
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 4/3, 13+1 (hi 2nd tri!)
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: OB appt wednesday
How are you feeling?: okay, I had more spotting and some clots. a friend was kind enough to do an u/s and immediately spotted one, possibly 2 SCH. so that is probably the cause. Still the anxiety was there. hoping they resolve soon. I did have the MFM doc tell me during my last pregnancy that my days of worrying about a child are here to stay.
Rants/Raves: DH and I got to have a date day Saturday!, but I ended up with food poisoning and yesterday was miserable. DH was a champ and took on parenting while I was basically useless.
Questions: none
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
FTM/STM/TTM+:TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Wednesday I have an ultrasound for NT
How are you feeling?: better my fibroid dying hurts a lot less now
Rants/Raves: I was just asked to become the Chief of Staff at my hospital so thats pretty effing cool
Questions:
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: I think I maybe have a telehealth OB visit next week?
How are you feeling?: mostly the same lol yuck yuck yuck after 4pm
Rants/Raves: DD3 has been so incredibly cute about the baby. She goes through all her toys and says, "This is one I want to share with the baby. This one he'll really like." I told her she doesn't have to share anything with the baby she doesn't want to, and she was like, "But mom, I WANT to!" We'll see, girl lol. And she blows raspberries on my belly whenever she can "for the baby."
Questions:
FTM/STM/TTM+: 4th and 5th time mom
Upcoming Appointments: midwife tomorrow!
How are you feeling?: Ehh. I mean not as miserable but I’m still tired. Then when I get energy I wear myself out too quickly. I get really hungry and really full really quickly. Feeling fluffy around the middle and struggling with clothes.
Rants/Raves: My job feels like a dumpster fire. I like what I do but I’m responsible for a lot and whenever I take time off I’m just like... why can’t y’all handle this?! It’s one small coffee shop/juice bar. Not that big of a deal. Get it together, you guys! So anyway I’m trying to plan an anniversary getaway/baby moon next month because who knows when we’ll get the chance again, you know? And I think I’m just going to have to have the owner fill in for me because our staffing schedule is a headache and every time we hire someone their availability mysteriously evaporates. 🤦♀️ /rant
Questions: nada
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: OB next Monday, and hopefully will do the NIPT
How are you feeling?: Overall pretty good. I am getting hungry a lot and then full quickly, so that means a lot more waste than usual which is annoying, but no more nausea. Starting to deal with constipation a little bit which I had really bad with my first pregnancy. Also some heartburn/indigestion in the evenings, but that's not too bad yet.
Rants/Raves: We went to our storage unit so I could grab my pregnancy pillow and maternity clothes! Everything is in the wash now so we'll see if anything fits. So excited about that pillow though! I also grabbed a box that had a bunch of books in it - including all my pregnancy books! - so score on that! We're hopefully going to get rid of a bunch of stuff and be able to ditch the storage unit now that we live in a bigger place than we did prior to last year. So that's an upcoming project for us. Oh we also used our Target coupon for trading in the car seats- I couldn't bring myself to do it last week due to my anxiety so I went in for an elective u/s and saw baby moving around like crazy which gave me peace of mind - but I didn't wanna buy anything too big yet so I just got something small. It felt like a huge step actually making a purchase!
Questions: none
FTM/STM/TTM+:TTM
Upcoming Appointments: I have a checkup in a few weeks but I already had my NT and NIPT so nothing big until the anatomy scan
How are you feeling?: I threw up this morning but overall I’ve been feeling less nauseous the past couple of days.
Rants/Raves: everyone thinks DS 1 looks like a clone of his dad but it makes me so annoyed because he looks like me too! My son has curly blonde hair and my husband did too at that age. But- so did i! It’s darker now and I straighten it but it’s still curly. Also, put a hat on my son and he has my face. I see my husband sometimes but I also see me - maybe he’s just a nice combo but no one can see past his hair it seems. I always hear it from his side of the family and it honestly hurts my feelings. Plus I think my son is cuter - ha!
It’s just frustrating especially when I examine their little faces everyday and see so much of me in them.
Married: October 2011
DS: January 2016
DS: May 2019
#3: April 2022
@Avrilmai hope the SCHs resolve themselves soon! I'm glad you were able to get a little US to check on things!
@hoosiermamajayden hope you can get away for a little bit and you don't end up coming back to a complete mess!
@shlecks I haven't really bought anything yet either. It feels like such a hard and fast commitment. I'm very excited, but also nervous to get too excited. You know?
@winterviolethope I hear you on that. DS5 looks like DH a lot. One nurse even said "well he definitely isn't the mail man's baby". DH was picking him up from daycare once (I usually did) and he over heard the teachers saying "well that makes sense why he doesn't look like his mom at all". DS5 got my chin and my hair, that's pretty much it. Maybe as they grow older they will look more like us! But we can rest assured we grew every inch of our babies!
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: Apr 7 / 12+6
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM - DS5
Upcoming Appointments: Oct 14th for another checkup. We did NIPT, but dr never mentioned NT scan. Should I push for this? I hadn't really thought about it much.
How are you feeling?: Overall feeling better. Exhaustion has lightened up and nausea is mostly manageable. My sister mentioned that I was still perpendicular (aka not laying in bed) last night at 8:30 and how that was huge for me. Over all less nauseous, but more gaggy if that makes sense? Almost threw up over taking a pill the other night.
Rants/Raves: Did our little gender reveal over the weekend which was fun. Kept it pretty low key and excited to have another boy for DS5 to rough house with. A little sad that we won't have a girl ever, but not heartbroken over it. Rant - my MIL is going to be pissed when she finds out its another boy. She didn't speak to us for a couple weeks when we told her DS5 was a boy. She adores him now so hoping that will help, but she's still going to be upset.
Questions: none at the moment, just wishing the belly would officially pop so I can quit trying to suck it in all the time because I just look fat at this point (more so than normal).
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: Apr 7 / 12+6