May 2022 Moms
MrsLaLaBug
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Weekly check in w/o 11/22
MrsLaLaBug
member
@fireflyz56 reminded me about this!
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GTKY: Where is your most favorite place you have ever visited?
Re: Weekly check in w/o 11/22
Gatlinburg, TN. I LOVE being in the mountains, especially in the fall and winter.
May 28th, 13 weeks and 4 days
Rave: I got my results back from the NT scan and everything looks great. It’s a big relief.
May 29 / 13w3d
Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: 5/21 14 weeks 4 days
appt with midwife and 12/15 for anatomy scan.
@skc040512 OMG I hate when people do last minute meetings before vacation/holidays. I took yesterday off, but I had 2 late afternoon meetings on Tuesday 🙄.
@brookejay06 I've run into that problem with pants before...tried allll the sizes trying to get them past my thighs, and if by some miracle I do find a pair, then the waist is literally 5 inches too big. Ingrid & Isabel is permanently on my sh*t list because I could even get them on my past my knees, and I don't think they went past an XL (normally I'm a 10/L in most brands)
Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: 15+3, 5/16
JB 08.02.13
EC 12.11.15
GE 04.04.19
#4 & #5 due 05.05.22
My biggest rant is that when I had DS we went through a lot of feeding issues. My mom was a le leches league leader when we were kids, so a big proponent of breastfeeding. I was convinced that I was going to breastfeed exclusively. DS lost a lot of weight after leaving the hospital, and with his pediatrician we decided to start supplementing. Soon, he refused to nurse and I had to decide whether I wanted to pump exclusively or feed him formula. For the sake of my mental health and in order to spend as much time with DS, I chose to give him formula. My mom was very supportive during that time, telling me it was ok. I had to do whatever it took to feed my baby. The other day, she made a comment about how it was obvious DS's pediatrician didn't want him to breastfeed. If she had, she would have looked for other solutions, given us a referral for clipping his tongue tie, etc. Anyway, her bringing this up brought up a lot of old feelings for me that I thought I had gotten over. She asked me if I was going to try breastfeeding this baby. I told her of course I would. Sorry, that was a super long rant but choosing to give DS formula was a very difficult decision for me that came with a lot of tears, some therapy, and a lot of feelings of guilt. Why she would bring that up now...I just don't get it. She probably was chatting with her girlfriends, 2 of whom are also expecting grandchildren around the same time I'm due. I told DH about it and he was super supportive of me, basically saying,"how dare she talk like that." Anyway, that hurt.
That said, I’m doing things my way this time.
@addsprinkles521 I can relate to the c-section feelings - my 'birth plan' was just to be flexible to whatever was necessary and I feel like I did that, but I was surprised at the grief I felt anyway about having needed a c-section. I'm sure I'll be dealing with those feelings again throughout this pregnancy.