Tuesday GTKY

scostel2 · November 2021

Non-baby Related: What is the best vacation you've ever taken?

Baby Related: What has surprised you the most so far this pregnancy?

daisy0322 · November 2021

Hmmm- my favorite vacation was probably the kids first “real vacation” to gatlinburg. It was really fun just taking them somewhere new and my oldest loved the cabin we rented.

Baby related- uhhh i feel like I’ve experienced most of what pregnancy has to offer already lol I love my kids but pregnancy is not my best self. I tend to have bad antenatle depression but probably just the fact I though my morning sickness was bad with the first two I learned it can be way worse that time 🤣 and i just totally embraced the maternity clothes this time and started at like 6 weeks because they’re so comfortable. The first time I tried to stay in my clothes as long as possible, last time I think I made the switch about 12 weeks because I was just getting uncomfortable.

furmama2babymama · November 2021

My favorite vacation was our belated honeymoon/first anniversary to Aruba where we conceived baby!

What has surprised me the most this pregnancy (my first) is how little men and women are taught about literally everything to do with making babies, being pregnant, breastfeeding, and caring for babies. This would be so much easier if it wasn’t seemingly kept a secret and up to us to learn ourself after becoming pregnant.

scostel2 · November 2021

My favorite vacation was probably our honeymoon to St Martin. It was so beautiful and relaxing. I would give anything to go relax at a resort right now!!

What surprised me the most (this is my 2nd time around) has been how much I forgot that I hate pregnancy lol I think because of infertility, I had romanticized it and felt like if I was lucky enough to get pregnant again I would just be grateful. But I am SO sick it's making me miserable. I have to nap every single day. It's interfering with my work, my parenting, everything. I am just not good at being pregnant lol It makes it easier to accept that this will be my last time!

Tulips29 · November 2021

Favorite vacation - our first trip to Italy. DH and I like to travel with another couple who are our close friends and we always have so much fun traveling together. We took the train from city to city, walked around all day long, ate all the delicious pasta and gelato and I'd love to go back again.

Baby-related - what surprised me most so far is how slow things seem to be moving and how much less I'm enjoying it this time around. When I was pregnant with my second, my pregnancy seemed to have flown by so much faster. I enjoyed being pregnant the first 2 times (for the most part, apart from some issues). Now, I'm so tired and feel so large, I want it to be over with already and the weeks seem to be going by so slowly. I just want to be out of the dreaded 1st trimester already too.

idreamofginny · November 2021

What is the best vacation you've ever taken? I LOVED going to Bora Bora! It was literally a dream come true.

What has surprised you the most so far this pregnancy? How little I worry about it. With our daughter, I feel like I was anxious the whole time. Even though we also experienced infertility leading up to this pregnancy and needed a couple of rounds of ART to conceive, I'm just not worried about it at all.

pinkkillersheep · November 2021

Best vacation: I’ve been fortunate to go to some truly amazing places, but if I had to choose one it would be Thailand and Cambodia. We went with another couple for two weeks and had the perfect mix of resort, city, and culture across three different cities.

Pregnancy: I was really surprised how quickly my pants no longer fit. I expected to get to about week 12, but because of how bloated I was it was week 6. I’ve switched to maternity jeans but they don’t fit particularly well. It took a lot of work to feel happy about my body, so seeing it change has been a mental challenge for me even though I know it has to.

bww_0331 · November 2021

Favorite vacation: London. I studied abroad there and I’ve been back several times. It’s my happy place and my heart is aching to go back.

What has surprised me: the lack of antenatal depression (so far) this time. It’s our first planned pregnancy so I really hoped that would help and so far it has. I’m also surprised by how different it feels. Everything is happening sooner, I feel so much worse. I had no idea what nausea would actually feel like before apparently. Carpal tunnel this time.

KFrob · November 2021

Best vacation: We went to Scotland at Christmas time and it was amazing. The botanical garden sets up a huge light display/walking tour like nothing I've ever seen, there was a Christmas market, the highlands were unbelievably beautiful and Edinburgh is full of amazing restaurants I was some of the best food we've ever had.
Pregnancy: I guess this isn't exactly pregnancy related, but this time around my doctor's office is a disaster. It seems like maybe they lost a bunch of staff due to Covid/maybe vaccine requirements? Getting appointments is you take what you can get and can't pick a time or location, and dealing with the office and billing with trying to get my necessary tests done has been a real chore. It feels weird bc I love my office and they have always been amazing.

@furmama2babymama I agree with you! I learned so much about fertility just by googling things and lurking the boards before I got pregnant. Seems like we should be taught way more about how our bodies work in health and biology. My husband is basically completely clueless haha. There were things I still didn't know even after I had my first. No one told me not to lift things, no one told me that if you use formula it should be the liquid kind for the first three months, they send you home with a booklet to read but who has time for that with a newborn. I even took a breastfeeding class when I was pregnant with my second that was useless and unrealistic. I think I was the only second time mom in the class and I was so cynical and practically rolling my eyes at the stuff they were saying.

@idreamofginny This pregnancy is the one I've worried about the least too. I feel like I'm just too distracted to think too much about it. I also feel like that's preventing me from feeling connected yet.

marionberry19 · November 2021

Okay so I’m weird. I hate traveling so a good vacation to me is something where I know I can get home quickly lol. Traveling is too stressful and gives me panic attacks. However, I live in coastal Northern California so my home is a travel destination so I manage fine haha.

What surprised me most this time around was how quickly I got pregnant. I tried for two 1/2 years with my son with 3 losses in that two 1/2 year time frame. I got my birth control taken out end of August 2021 and got pregnant with this baby in September during our first cycle. Was sure it would be a chemical or something and sure enough little dudes still in there going strong. However, when I tell people this I get comments like “oh you’re so lucky to be able to get pregnant easily blah blah blah” but like after the nightmare the first time I think this is well deserved & I don’t consider it lucky. It doesn’t undo how difficult and traumatic the TTC process was for me.

romeoandjuliet146 · November 2021

@bww_0331 I would love to visit London!

@KFrobEdinburgh is another place I would like to visit.

One vacation, my Mom and I got to see the ball drop in Times Square. My favorite vacation was a road trip we took to Lake Tahoe and San Francisco. We meant to fly, but we wanted to leave earlier but since I had booked a package on Priceline or some site like that, it would cost a lot to change flights and it was a hassle. We ended up driving and I am glad we did.

What surprised me this time is that I've gotten bigger faster.

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