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January 2023 Moms
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Weekly Check-In 8/1
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EDD / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story?
Re: Weekly Check-In 8/1
EDD / Weeks + Days: 13w6d
Baby is the size of a(n): can of tuna
Team blue/pink/green: tbd
Upcoming Appointments: in 3 weeks
How are you feeling?: Much better!
Rants/Raves: rave: just got back from a much needed vacation
Questions: natm
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? I was using the book Grey's Anatomy as a reference book, and one of my roommates saw just the title and said "oh, I didn't know the show was based on a book" she was a biology major (huge face palm).
EDD / Weeks + Days: 11/01/2023 16+5
Baby is the size of a(n): pop can
Team blue/pink/green: find out august 24th!
Upcoming Appointments: aAnatomy Scan Aug 24th!
How are you feeling?: well last week we took a family camping vacation I got viral pneumonia my son still has a double ear infection and a cold … we spent half a day in the ER only for the doc to be too busy and tell us to use nasal spray so finally got into our family doctor tomorrow 😩 to top alllll that off, I still feel nauseated lol
Rants/Raves: Rave: despite being the BIGGEST Debbie downer my husband still tried his very best to make the best of our family vacation even tho my son and I were both miserable lmao
Questions: anyone else feeling quickening/ movement? I definitely feel this little one from time to time
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? The only roommate I’ve ever had is my husband lol so lots of funny stories but none that are typical college type roommate stories I suppose
EDD / Weeks + Days: 15+1
Baby is the size of a(n): naval orange
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: AS august 30th
How are you feeling?: it comes in waves, I feel better then I don’t, but I definitely have a bit more energy
Rants/Raves: I had a really weird experience with the lab tech at my appointment last week—after my appointment she kept calling me and texted me from her personal cell number (let me count the ways this violates HIPPA) wanting me to come back in and redraw, saying she would drive to my house—I was totally weirded out and didn’t answer. I got a call from the office Friday asking me to come tomorrow for a redraw because the tech submitted my orders but not the blood
While I assume her intentions were good, it is completely in violation of privacy laws and creepy AF.
Questions: nope
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story?
Maybe I’m aging myself but does anyone remember the Dell commercial where the 2 roommates show up and one is all pink and glitter and the other is goth…
That was me and my first roommate in college. It didn’t work out 😂
Sorry I've been a bit absent with work and travel. Still lurking and trying to post when I can!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1.15.23 / 16+1
Baby is the size of a(n): Avocado!
Team blue/pink/green: Green
Upcoming Appointments: AS on 8/23 (unless I can get it moved to 8/19, depending on when my daughter's first day of Kindergarten is)
How are you feeling?: Great! Food is appealing again--always a plus. Finally feeling more attached to this baby (which is scary but happy).
Rants/Raves: I can't believe it's August already. I'm panicking about the start of the school year--teaching two courses, including a new-to-me course with about 220 students enrolled
I really need to start prepping! My kid's behavior has been really erratic lately, but one of the hardest things/biggest fights has been getting her out the door in the morning. She suddenly HATES preschool. But the rave is that this is her last week and she is so thrilled! Then she'll have two weeks at home before K starts. Which means I REALLY need to start prepping for the school year (sigh...).
Questions: I don't think so, unless anyone is an expert on paint colors and wants to help pick one for our combined nursery + guest room
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? My college roommate and I used to throw themed parties, and one of them was the "Pants Party" (a la Anchorman). No pants were allowed
It sounds a LOT more scandalous than it actually was (lots of boy shorts/boxers, we were all nerds), but still fun to laugh about.
I think now black would definitely be more my aesthetic
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/24 // 14+6
Baby is the size of a(n): Orange
Team blue/pink/green: Blue!
Upcoming Appointments: Aug. 11 checkup // AS Aug. 30
How are you feeling?: So much better lately. Haven’t been relying on zofran and have definitely gotten my appetite back. Just some tiredness throughout the day.
Rants/Raves: Huge rant incoming. I was at my dads house this weekend. My dad was very young when I was born (I’m 31, he’ll be 51 in a couple weeks). So my youngest sibling is 6…or so I thought. He announced to the adult kids that oops, bc failure and he and his fiancé are having a child…due 5 days after mine. This will make his 7th child. I’m certainly not upset with the fiancé; she is upper 30’s with teenagers at home & didn’t want another baby and has had a hard time. What I am upset about is that forever, my child doesn’t get the typical grandfather relationship that I so wanted him to have because grandpa is taking care of baby’s aunt/uncle that’s the exact same age. And it feels like he’s brushing that off. He doesn’t seem to really understand why I’m upset. He thinks it’s just that he’s “stealing my moment,” and that’s not at all the issue. I’ve been alternating between anger and crying since I found out. I just can’t square with it. Bump buddies is just not fun like this.
Questions: Not at the moment
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? I’ve had so many roommates but honestly can’t think of any good stories. I was always pretty boring in college, lots of jobs and lots of classes.
@willrunforcookies where did ya go for your vacation?! I’m planning to go on a big trip with some of my surrogacy money, I’m thinking Italy and Greece.
@thankfullyamama I think I’ve felt some subtle movement, but I’m pretty sure I have an anterior placenta.
@footdrbritt that seems super shady. I would contact someone about it. Might not be a HIPAA violation, but still inappropriate.
@L1C4gal glad food is appealing again!
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EDD / Weeks + Days: 1.8 / 17w1d
Baby is the size of a(n): game console controller 🎮
Team: blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: Anatomy scan 8/10. So excited my IFs will be here for it! I met one in-person for transfer, but now I get to see both in-person!
How are you feeling?: Really good, quite normal. Occasionally tachy and out of breath.
Rants/Raves: I’m so sick of being understaffed at work. Be kind to your medical staff, y’all 😩
GTKY: My roommate moved out to live with her bf, and some random guy sublet from her. Our house occasionally smelled of pot. One day I came home and the house was TRASHED, and some of my food/beverages were consumed. I confronted him. He left me a note apologizing and $100 cash “for my troubles.” I am relatively sure I lived with a drug dealer for a semester 😅
Italy and Greece would be amazing! I've done Italy but not Greece. Would you go with or without kids?
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 23/ 15 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): navel orange
Team blue/pink/green: blue
Upcoming Appointments: midwife Aug 25 and Anatomy scan sept 2
How are you feeling?: still tired and getting uncomfortable but hoping it’s just me working really hard and not the pregnancies fault
Rants/Raves: Rant I feel like my bump is already massive. I’m well into maternity clothes and can’t wear anything non stretchy. I’m also on my third set of bras! Not a cheap pregnancy
Questions: I started out in the “obese” category and have only gained about 3lbs so far. Chatted with my midwife about weight recommendations and she just said as long as I’m eating a healthy diet I’m good. Not super helpful! I’ve been reading articles which say 11-25lbs is healthy. Anyone in the same boat?
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story?
I was lucky to not have any roommates as I lived at home for school and now live with my husband who has his own quirks lol.
That's definitely a weird lab experience @footdrbritt. I'm trying (and failing) to think of a rational explanation for that behavior, but, yikes. Unprofessional at the very very least.
@L1C4gal I love the pants party idea. We did so many goofy parties like that in college too (nerdy scene over here too). I would have loved that!
@cc_clark wow, that's a lot to process with your Dad. That while situation sounds a bit stressful and awkward, and I'm sorry you're dealing with it right now.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/14, 16+2
Omg I have had so many ridiculous/hilarious/awkward roommates and reading through these answers made me giggle. I'll stick to two stories: 1) I lived with my college besties in a big old house our senior year. One of my roommates and I were sitting on our giant beanbag (100% sober) and laughing hysterically about something, all of a sudden I realized she had peed all over it from laughing too hard. It was disgusting but so funny. 2) I had two roommates in grad school. One was a stoner and into partying/music. One day, me and the other, more straight laced roommate came home to find what looked like homemade chocolate truffles in the fridge. We were going to try one until we noticed a post it that said "Do not eat unless you want to trip =') ". We couldn't help but laugh because we had almost unknowingly made a terrible mistake 😆.
@footdrbritt okay yeah that is SUPER unprofessional. I get she made a mistake and was likely trying to back pedal for fear of repercussions but also as a healthcare professional it’s your job to own up to your mistakes and learn from them. So def should have reported her error to her supervisor and let them figure out what to do
@L1C4gal I went with Benjamin Moore gray owl for both my kids rooms because I figured it was nice and calming and I could decorate with whatever I wanted and not have to re paint the wells every couple years lmao
@cc_clark I’m so sorry you’re mourning the loss of the relationship you had hoped for your child and your father. Fingers crossed it just turns into something unexpectedly beautiful and your child simply feels like they are surrounded by more family that loves them in the end!
@daffodil_shoe I know I have an anterior placenta but I’m definitely feeling baby, and a lot more/ sooner than with my son which is weird because I had a posterior placenta with him!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 16w/0d
Baby is the size of a(n):Chipmunk
Team blue/pink/green: pink 💕
Upcoming Appointments: August 10
How are you feeling?: Mostly good pregnancy wise, I’m starting to show a lot more and have had to make the switch to maternity or at least oversized clothes.
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? Not really funny, but one of my college roommates stole my credit card and used it to make a ton of online purchases. Apparently she didn’t think I would notice that all the fraudulent purchases lined up with things that she was getting delivered to our dorm.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 17 weeks, Jan 10
Baby is the size of a(n): Pomegranate
Team blue/pink/green: Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Nothing for 4 weeks. Will have my OB and MFM appts then.
How are you feeling?: We had two good appts last week. Passed my early GD test, AFP came back normal, and early anatomy scan looked good. So trying to just take it a day at at time and remind myself I have no reason to believe anything is wrong.
Rants/Raves: We finally agreed on a first and middle name. I thought we would never agree!
Questions: Nothing right now
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? I can't think of any....I haven't really had many roommates in my life.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/3/23 18 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): artichoke
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: AS on 8/8
How are you feeling?: I’ve officially gotten sick more times in the second trimester than the first! We traveled this past weekend and I threw up on the plane and after breakfast one day. Thankfully, I felt better afterwards and it didn’t linger. Anxiety has increased for some reason not knowing how baby is doing in there. I have a feeling it’s because I may start feeling movements any moment now but still haven’t. Really excited for AS next week
Rants/Raves: I’m in a gloomy mood so two rants. 1) I was really excited about being pregnant at the same time as my friend but she hasn’t been as engaged as me. I texted her a cool article and she didn’t even respond! It’s a bit of a bummer. 2) The midwife program has an awesome group for pregnant moms that is coupled with the individual check-ups. However, because of COVID partners can’t even attend the individual portion so DH won’t get to hear baby’s heartbeat as he would if I didn’t join this group. I’m considering getting a Doppler so he can still hear it.
Questions: Cab quickening feel painful? Not intense pain but like quick jabs. I’ve experienced that these last few days, mostly on the right side of my uterus.
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? My friends and I needed a 4th roommate in college and were randomly assigned one. She didn’t interact with us at all and rumor had it she was a dominatrix… luckily she got the single bedroom.
Edited to add question.
Also, I can definitely think of some baby jabs/kicks as painful a bit later in the pregnancy but I haven't felt anything uncomfortable yet, I assume just because baby is still so small. Could be normal though (or else just your body adjusting/expanding). Maybe worth a question to your doc next time you're there!
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan. 18 / 16w
Baby is the size of a(n): avocado
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: Amnio and ultrasound on Aug 24, feeling super nervous. I have a ton of tattoos and needles done usually bother me, but the idea of one going that far in is seriously freaking me out!
How are you feeling?: Moody. Extremely moody. If anyone else tells me “PrEgnAncY is so BeaUtiFuL” I will punch them in the throat.
Rants/Raves: Rant: I had a final round in series of interviews for a job, and had to make a presentation. I was told to contact someone with questions, so I did, and she ghosted me. I was told there would be three people in the interview, one of whom I’d interviewed with in an earlier round, and instead there were eight people, all of them new. I feel like I blew it, but also like I was baited and tricked. All that effort into spec work and preparing a presentation with zero background info… I know it’s hormones, but the process has been really humiliating.
Questions: Any tips for getting through the amnio??
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story? I was placed with a random roommate in college when my first roomie went to study abroad for a semester. The new roommate constantly left food out even though I warned her we had a pretty bad ant problem.
One morning I went into the kitchen and there was a RIVER of ants running up to and around some cake she left out overnight. I sprayed the ants to kill them, then took a few strips of clear packing tape, collected all of the ants with the sticky side, and stuck the tape across her bedroom door frame at eye level so she’d walk straight into the dead ants when she woke up.
She never left food out again, nor did she emerge from her room when I was home. The ant problem did not return. Mission accomplished.
OMG Felt that!! 😂 the end result is worth it but this is not a good time.
Hope all goes well with the amino. Also have plenty of tattoos, it’s just not the same kind of needle and understandably more concerning.
@thankfullyamama @jennifer_louise @willrunforcookies thank you all. I’m really trying to see a silver lining & not let my disappointment steal my joy over our first little boy on the way.
I hope all the illness eases up for you and your son @thankfullyamama
@jesofthenorth to second @daffodil_shoe why have you opted for the amino?
no past issues with fertility, and she even made a social media announcement so I know she’s excited about it. I decided to reach out instead of being spiteful and not engaging in return and so far so good.
Also, thanks for the feedback on my quickening question! I think I’m so desperate for movement that I’m misinterpreting round ligament. It’ll come soon enough!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 17+1
Baby is the size of a(n): pomegranate
Team blue/pink/green: Blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: at 20ish weeks 😂
How are you feeling?: Great!!!!!!
Rants/Raves: Rave: I’ve started feeling baby move a little and it’s magical 😍
Rant: oh man. I didn’t post last week because it was the week from hell. Went back to work as a school nurse last week. I love my job and where I work so I was excited. Apparently we’ve lost a ton of nurses so we’re short staffed. My boss told me I’m being reassigned to a school an hour from my house (I live in the next city over from the district I work in), but my current school is only a 25 minute drive from my house. That combined with gas prices and I was so stressed. I spent the whole week crying 😭
Friday I decided to apply at the district in the city where I live. The pay is better so I was thinking of moving there after I had the baby anyways, but this forced my hand. I interviewed today but I’m very nervous I won’t be hired because I’m pregnant 🙁 I’m stressed too about learning a new school, kids, parents and staff while pregnant but definitely better than commuting an hour to and from work super pregnant 🤰🏼
Questions: How do you get your registry finished? I get too distracted by all of the options and things 😂
GTKY: What is your weirdest/funniest roommate story?
My wife and I met in high school. We were dating but no one really knew because my parents especially were not supportive of being LGBT. We moved in together in college and for years everyone thought we were just roommates. Even once we came out completely and got married it was a running joke that we were “roommates”.
@nuggetsmama ah that is so scary to make a job move while pregnant! I started my new job as a community nurse In May, found out I was pregnant in May and am already on modified duty due to my ongoing respiratory illnesses so I feel awful because I’m not even out if my probation until September! As for registry I’m just so thankful I don’t have to do one this time lol it was stressful for me last time