Weekly Check-In 4/18

EmilyE13 · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀:

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁:

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱:

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻:

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?:

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:

Questions:

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass?

krusty_kiko · April 2022

Hello! I’ll start.

Estimated due date is Halloween 🎃 I’m 12 weeks and 3 days now.

Baby is the size of a plum.

First time mom!

I’ll be finding out the sex at my 20 week ultrasound. I’m hoping so bad for a girl. Anyone hoping for a boy? If so, what are the reasons? I’d like to know a few reasons to look forward to having a boy, just in case that’s what I’m having.

I have my 12 week appt on Thursday! I’m looking forward to it because I took a rather hard fall today while exercising. I’m anxious to know that everything is ok. I have another one at 14 weeks to check my cervical length. This is because I’ve had a LEEP procedure.

I feel better now that the nausea has improved. I’m still tired though and having trouble sleeping through the night (actually morning because I work swing shifts). If anyone has any tips and tricks for solid sleep, I’d love to know.

Rant- I feel bad about sleeping so much, especially on days off. It’s totally depressing to work all night and sleep half of the afternoon the next day

I hope I get the magical burst of energy in the 2nd trimester that people talk about.

GTKY: I haven’t really had any celebrity crushes since I was 12 or so, haha! But I did go through a phase where I was really into Leonardo DiCaprio! That was when Titanic came out. Oops, now you all know I’m pretty old 🤪

jen_third22 · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 13weeks+1day EDD: still complicated (triplets)

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Lemon

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Finding out

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: This Friday. I didn’t think I’d have one until my 16th week, but I have one this week to establish at the high risk OB clinic

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Tired. Still nauseous and not able to eat a ton or food doesn’t sound good to me. Hoping this lets up soon.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Rant - I’m over people saying “that’s exciting!” when we tell them about triplets. I much more appreciate my friends who are completely honest (usually swearing or just saying being super honest about it). Because to be honest, it’s terrifying going from 2 kids to 5 and also going through a high risk (and shorter) pregnancy. I don’t need to be told that it’s exciting, I need to be validated in my feelings.

Questions: None this week

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass? No hall pass. I had to think a bit about this one because nobody came to mind right away. I’d probably say Jason Momoa. It helps that my husband has a similar look. Definitely not the same, but could easily pull off one of his characters for Halloween.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

@jen_third22 honestly if one of my friends told me that they were having triplets in person my response would have been "holy shit!" 😬
@krusty_kiko the whole Mama's boy thing seems to hold true over here. I have two older girls and a boy who just turned 4. That child is absolutely obsessed with me and loves me in a way the girls never have. Don't get me wrong; my daughters love me very much but it's just not the same. He's the best. He can be a rough and tumble little AH but I love it.

sandy5693 · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 13th / 14w5d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Peach

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Green

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 04/27 OB & 04/29 Early Anatomy Scan

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Physically - SO much better with the nausea. I am still having night sweats, sciatica, RLP, headaches, acid reflux. I'll take all of it over the nausea/food aversion. Mentally - getting anxious in the week leading up to my appointments & scan.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Rant - My doctors advised me to be very cautious of COVID right now & so we decided to stay home from a couple of weddings this month (250+ people indoor gatherings) and although I know it is the right decision, I'm super super bummed. Also I know everyone has a different risk level for COVID, so I don't mean to alarm or trigger anyone - both my husband and I have a myriad of different issues and our pregnancy is still being treated as high risk until we get through both anatomy scans.

Questions: I *think* I might be at the point where I need a pregnancy pillow. I don't want it to take up too much of our bed and I'm also worried that as the heat rolls in this will make the bed even hotter and I am getting terrible night sweats. Does anyone have any good recommendations that aren't those huge pregnancy pillows (although I'm sure those are amazing)?

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass? My celeb crush is Jake Johnson (Nick from New Girl) lol

jen_third22 · April 2022

@krusty_kiko Don’t feel bad about sleeping a lot. It takes a lot to grow a baby! I have no real tips for sleeping at night. Find ways to get yourself comfortable whether that be a maternity pillow or multiple pillows all over.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 14 weeks exactly 10/18/22

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: tarantula. My eight year old is a life long spider lover. I am afraid of spiders so that is hard for me but she absolutely adores them. Literally snuggles with plush spiders at night. Aragog from Harry Potter is her favorite HP character.

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM+

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: finding out. Kind of pulling for a boy so we have 2 and 2. I'll be thrilled either way.

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 4/21 for my 14 week appointment

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Deeply anxious. I'm struggling a lot after so many miscarriages and then my dog passed. I'm having trouble seeing an outcome in which I actually bring home a baby. I'm paralyzed with fear of a loss. I can't do anything baby related. It's been really hard for me. I can't get excited. I've tried the daily affirmations but all I can say after "I'm pregnant today etc" is "how do I know that's even true? I can't tell." So that's a real struggle for me. I'm going to message my doctor about an ultrasound on Thursday. She's been very understanding about my anxiety this far so I'm hoping to have more appointments so I can see the progress.
Other than that I'm super queasy again but I've also been sick with a cold for nearly a week.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: I've been feeling like crap and my husband has had to run errands for me during work hours. I had a meltdown over it yesterday because not only do I normally enjoy running errands but I absolutely hate having to ask him to take over. My errand time means Starbucks and being alone so I enjoy it. Haha. He's also in the process of helping me turn the basement into a kid free zone with a large comfy couch and we are painting it. I'll sleep in the basement with the baby for a couple of weeks so we are undisturbed by the other kids plus there is a bathroom down there.
Rant: I'm really tired of seeing all white or gray nurseries suggested to me. The lack of color depresses me. I'm all for people decorating their space how they want but seeing these suggested "fun and vibrant" nurseries that are essentially beige drives me a bit batty. Lol

Questions: I don't have any

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass?
I discussed this at length with my husband last night because I don't have a hall pass or anything but if I had to choose it would have to be either Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. Not Henry Cavill as himself as handsome as he is but literally just as Geralt. I have an ornament of him for our Christmas tree that is him in the bath and it says "I watch The Witcher for the plot." Or James Marsden. I find him utterly charming.

pangolindrome · April 2022

What does “hall pass” mean in this context?

ETA: @krusty_kiko Reasons to look forward to a boy are for me more practical, I think, in the long-term. No periods, relatively even hormones over the month, and while not as mature, the teenage years are (generally) less challenging for males. I say and I will keep saying that 12-16 are the most developmentally difficult years in the human lifespan, again generally, and girls suffer the emotions worse than boys do.

Other than that, I think it’s all culture and personal preference.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

I think Hall pass means you could have a passionate night consequence free. I don't have a hall pass but I do appreciate the fine form of the men mentioned above.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

I grew up with three brothers and two sisters. Periods were not as much of a problem as the absolute nastiness of teenage boys. I'm not going to get into but...they nasty. Far worse than me or my sisters.

reirei09 · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 16 / 14w2d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: baby chick!

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: blue

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Long wait until May 10th US

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: a lot better. Still small waves of nausea, but the worst is definitely over (although last time I said this I threw up Beijing Beef)

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: rant: As I was typing this, my 17 month old spilled his whole cup of milk. Like buddy, that organic plus DHA milk is kind of pricey, this is coming out of your college fund

Questions:

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass?
I don’t t believe in the whole hall pass thing, but I will agree with krysnicole1022 that Henry Cavill specifically in The Witcher is nice to look at 😂

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fichey · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 9/26 / 16w5d

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Pomegranate

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Had my 16 week appointment yesterday and all looks good so far! My husband got to come with and hear her heartbeat for the first time, which was so lovely. Found her nice and quick with the doppler so that soothed my anxiety, too! My blood pressure was a bit high, and since I've never had BP problems prior to pregnancy they just mentioned that we'll need to keep a close eye on it. Ordered a cuff to have a home so I can monitor too. Her anatomy scan is coming up next week, so I'm really looking forward to getting to see her again.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Still burping like crazy. According to my mom I get to look forward to this until baby makes her appearance. Nausea has definitely subsided and my acne seems to be settling down finally. Unfortunately, all my other symptoms have been replaced by the worst allergies I've ever experienced. My OB said that's super common here thanks to the pollen and progesterone and just recommended zyrtec and nasal spray. I just want to be able to breathe normally again.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀: I decided to tear out our hall closet over the weekend to install more workable shelving. Then I got tired and haven't done anything since then and feel like an idiot for staring a project and leaving a huge mess when there is already so much else to do. I can't even think about touching the nursery because it requires dismantling a guest room and I just get so overwhelmed by everything that needs to get done.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

@reirei09 He also just does such a phenomenal job as Geralt. I'm a big fan of the game and the show is fine but when I watch I only watch for Geralt. I wish they had a separate series without all the other people and it was just Geralt taking on Monster contracts. They ruined Yen (actress is good but execution of her character isn't) but I'm such a huge fan of Cavill's portrayal of such a beloved video game character. It's a lot to live up to since it is considered the greatest game of all time.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

@fichey oh I'm there with you. We have to actually have a contractor come in and add a door to a room and that involves me clearing out a room and also tearing up the carpet because it's nasty. I don't have the energy for it right now. I've done the closet thing also. I always paint the closets before installing the shelves because they are so gross.

fichey · April 2022

@krysnicole1022 I did get the painting done at least! I wish I could have the husband do the rest of it, but I'm the handy one around the house and it would be just as much work to explain everything that he needs to do.

I've been wanting to have someone come in and paint the rest of the upstairs/scrape the popcorn off our ceilings, but it's been impossible to find contractors. Initially we'd planned to do some pretty big renovations this year, but baby put those on hold for obvious reasons.

stephers_ · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Oct 4, 16 + 0

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: 🐿️ chipmunk

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink!

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 16 week appt tomorrow morning

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: I'm soooo ready for my appointment tomorrow. The closer my appointments get, the more anxious I get. Briefly considered getting an at home Doppler, but I fully expect myself to be bad at finding the heartbeat and then spiraling because I can't hear it. The nausea has mostly subsided, just some food aversions lingering. Energy is back!! At least until 7pm, when my body says enough and it's bedtime lol.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: I turn 30 tomorrow and I'm bummed the 30th birthday party my husband originally was planning pre pregnancy will have to be put on hold. He was going to rent out a roller staking rink and get us some bougie drinks + food. We don't actually have anything planned now, maybe a nice dinner. Which is fine, pregnancy is worth it, but man I really wanted that birthday bash haha.

Questions: I have been losing some weight (7 lbs so far) and still haven't gained any, but my clothes certainly don't fit anymore cause of my bump. I was overweight when I got pregnant, and I feel perfectly fine, but in a wee bit concerned. I'll definitely ask tomorrow at my appointment, but when did the lbs start coming for some of you STM+s?

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass?
I grew into puberty watching Bo Burnham on YouTube, and still have such a strong crush on him, bahahah.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

@stephers_ my husband is a dead ringer for Bo Burnham. It's uncanny. We had no idea who he was until people would ask my husband if he was Bo Burnham. Uh no. Just a tall skinny blonde white dude. My sister in law will show people pictures of him and tell them it's Bo Burnham and they don't question it. 🤣🤣🤣 It's ridiculous.

krthouse · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: October 5th, 16w

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Philippine tarsier

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Finding out

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Virtual midwife appt on May 11th, in person midwife appointment on May 12th, anatomy scan May 12th

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Pretty good, and excited because I think I felt baby move this morning! I remember feeling DS move exactly at 16 weeks too. I think because with both I took some gentle time to listen to my body at 16 weeks when I read about that being when you might feel them. With DS I wasn't certain that was it but guessed it was, but this time I remembered the feeling so I'm pretty sure. Otherwise congested, having to pee lots, and needing to change sides I'm sleeping on from sore hips, but definitely feeling like the woes of first trimester are behind me now.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: All done Winter Term and I got our taxes filed (they're due a bit later in Canada) so I can finally let myself watch season 2 of Bridgerton! Watched the first episode last night and it felt so good to have something just for me!

Questions: My baby shower was super early with DS purely because of timing with my best friend's visit from out of town. When do people normally have them? We don't want to do anything huge because we already have a bunch saved from DS, but we still want a "sprinkle".

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass? Idris Elba, I have an equal crush for John Krasinski and Emily Blunt but could never break them up so I've decided they're to adopt me, Jesse Williams, Rege-Jean Page. I think Idris Elba is the only one I've jokingly been given a hall pass for though 😂

fichey · April 2022

@krthouse I'm a FTM so kinda going into the whole baby shower thing blind, but my friends have typically had them a little over a month before their due date. We're looking at late August for our official one. Next month we're visiting home across the country and are doing more of a baby announcement/shower with friends and family that we know can't travel. I think it just depends on what works for you!

EmilyE13 · April 2022

@sandy5693 my OB hasn’t said anything about avoiding gatherings due to COVID and now I’m wondering if I should. I had it back in Jan ‘21 and am vaccinated and boosted, so hadn’t really thought about it that much.

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 14+2

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: baby chick!

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: blue

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 5/2

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Pretty anxious, to be honest. I was having appointments every two weeks but now my next isn’t until May, and PGAL brain is in overdrive since I’m not yet to the point where I can definitively feel him move.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: The weather has been garbage, and we had snow on Monday. I’m so ready for spring.

Questions: Has anyone else’s OB not said a word about COVID stuff? Now I’m getting worried.

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass? I have to go with @krthouse and say Idris Elba. He was so sexy and calculating on The Wire, so I’ve had a thing for him since then. Although I was feeling nostalgic and put on 10 Things I Hate About You this week and remembered all the feelings Heath Ledger used to stir in teenage and 20-something me. Sigh. RIP.

krthouse · April 2022

@EmilyE13 My midwife only really discussed covid stuff more in-depth when I had my cold and we were in the process of confirming my results. In pregnancy we have double the risk of breakthrough covid, and if you get it they like to do some extra monitoring as we're able to get a kind of treatment to reduce impact on baby. I'm not completely avoiding gatherings, but being very mindful with masking, especially at work where I work closely with my clients. My midwife practice already has lots in place to reduce how often we have to come into clinic largely to reduce our and others' exposure. My perspective on this is that I will be mindful, but letting myself get super anxious about it is not good for my stress levels so I try to not fixate.

Also, YES team Idris!

sandy5693 · April 2022

@emilye13 first of all - thanks for reminding me Heath Ledger has always been on my list

Secondly, I really didn't mean to panic anyone. All of my doctors are very COVID cautious and they are considering my pregnancy high risk (for now). Their advice has changed even in the last couple of weeks as COVID numbers are rising where I am, especially due to larger indoor gatherings. I know friends who aren't following the same advice and going forward with their normal lives. No judgement at all either way, for me we have decided to heed the doctors' advice and stay vigilant for the near future. I am expecting this to change with how the world around us changes (theme of 2020-2022 lol).

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

Idris and Heath are on my crush list as well.
They haven't mentioned Covid to me at all.
@EmilyE13 Illinois needs to get it's act together because I'm absolutely over the random snow. I looked at the forecast and next week it's 40-50 degrees. It's supposed to be 80 here on Saturday and I need it. I'm desperate to be able to plant a garden and open our pool so I can swim for exercise but the weather isn't looking like that will happen at all.

EmilyE13 · April 2022

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

They really do have an effect on women.

pangolindrome · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: Sept 27 / 17+1
𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: Pomegranate

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Finding out.
𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Virtual 16-week on Friday. Had my second genetic screening bloodwork done last Friday and already got the results - they're all good!

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Tired. So tired. Not first-trimester tired, but far more tired than last week.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Rant: I broke down when in-laws gave us a diaper backpack and some onesies for hubbs' bday because now we have THINGS and that makes me scared in case everything doesn't go great.
Rave: My husband is amazing and I love that he is my person.

Questions: Is week 17 a growth-spurt week? Are there particular sections of pregnancy that are generally growth spurts?

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass? For a long time, I had Very Inappropriate Feelings about Russell Crowe in Gladiator. Only in Gladiator. Now, I can't remember.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

I could totally see Russell Crowe in Gladiator.

I can't bring myself to buy things and if you knew me this would be very alarming. I shop when I'm stressed and anxious (nothing extravagant or debt inducing. Just little things) and I cannot bring myself to buy baby stuff. I have everything but I always buy a few new things for each kid.

pangolindrome · April 2022

@krysnicole1022 I didn't see us getting anything until at least third trimester... maybe like week 30+? Getting things without warning was really startling for me and I really wanted to cry when he first opened them (but I kept it together). I am so confident that this baby wants to be here, just like I did, but having things is somehow really scary.

krysnicole1022 · April 2022

@pangolindrome I can definitely see that. I didn't really start getting stuff ready until my third trimester with my first or my third actually. Lol

Right now I just think that preparing is going to jinx me and then I'll have this stuff that reminds me of a baby I was so close to getting but never brought home.

kelly_mom_mimi · April 2022

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 10/4 16 weeks 2 days tentatively scheduled for repeat C-section 9/27

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮(𝗻) / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: a grande iced coffee

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 4th

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Blue

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: May 5th, detailed scan w maternal fetal medicine May 17th

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: Nausea has eased up, still tired at times but definitely have energy retuning

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?: I am starting to have more energy and less bouts of being sick. Not sleeping the best at night (I was sleeping decent for several weeks) last night I woke up to potty and was up for 2 hours worrying if everything is okay with little buddy as I haven't felt any flutters yet, and haven't heard the heartbeat yet. (I've seen it on 2 ultrasounds) and for some reason my doctor is scheduling me for every 5 weeks which seems odd to me since I am high risk. But I laid there worrying and feeling anxious and then finally fell back to sleep.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:

Questions: This time around I am having occasional pain in my previous incision area when sneezing or getting sick. Almost like when I was first healing. Has anyone else experienced this? Also does anyone use the belly support? I'm wondering if one of those might help.

GTKY: Who is your celebrity crush/hall pass?
Channing Tatum is a good one 😁

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