August 2023 Moms
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Weekly check-in 1/23
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EDD/Weeks + days:
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without?
Re: Weekly check-in 1/23
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green!
Baby is the size of a(n): scoop of ice cream 🍨
Upcoming appointments: 2/18 but I’m switching doctors bc I’m switching insurance to be closer to my regular dr that is walking distance from my apt (nyc in case you’re wondering how places are walking distance)
How are you feeling? Morning sickness really went down. Sometimes I still wake up a little nauseous but nothing compared to a few weeks ago which was hell. I’m more energetic and happy bc it’s really happening and we passed that 12 week mark.
Raves/Rants: told my parents and sister this weekend. Their reactions were priceless. My mom was confused (didn’t have her glasses on) and she’s like what is this weird black and white photo here that looks like alien eyes? My sister screamed it’s a baby! My mom was like who’s baby? Lol so confused but then she was so excited. She hasn’t seen a sonogram in a few years so she was confused without her glasses.
Questions: none I can think of now
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Probably coffee! I don’t drink that much but I can’t start a morning without having a few sips of it to start my day.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): cherry 🍒
Upcoming appointments: feb 16th with family dr. Feb 21st ultrasound. Feb 23rd 1st appointment with midwives
How are you feeling? Exhausted! And really diverse cravings. I read somewhere about just feeling hungover 24/7 and never related to something so much.
Raves/Rants: raves: I actually want to eat this pregnancy last time I had terrible food aversion and couldn’t eat without getting sick.
Questions: na
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without?
soda water, I don’t need it but other wise I wouldn’t consume enough water
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): top of a tea candle?
Upcoming appointments: January 30th for now, we’ll be switching to a birth center if possible
How are you feeling? I was feeling much better week 9 but week 10 everything spiked back up. Morning sickness, throwing up, exhausted, headaches, emotional…I’ve been kind of a mess lately lol
Raves/Rants: raving on my SO, he’s been so helpful and wonderful.
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? I feel like I don’t even have one anymore😅 I used to have to start every day with a coffee/tea/matcha but I haven’t wanted it (or anything else really) for this pregnancy. Maybe my water bottle?
EDD/Weeks + days: 7/31? 13 weeks based on crl (haven’t confirmed if we are changing my edd with midwife or not yet)
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming appointments: not until February
How are you feeling? Tired, still. That’s my main complaint. It’s time for a pregnancy pillow I think. I keep crashing hard the first part of the night then ending up wide awake for a couple hours around 2am.
Raves/Rants: ranttttt: I just got over a long weekend “vacation” with MIL, her husband, his daughters and their families. It was ok overall, and I did have some fun, but I’m so tired now that I’m jumping back into work. And my MIL makes me want to pull my hair out most of the time. Our relationship devolved when I gave birth to her grandson- I mean, MY son.
Questions: not currently
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? I guess maybe also coffee? Or any form of caffeine. Or some medicine for the caffeine withdrawals. I drank a little more caffeine than I probably should have the last couple days on this trip, so I’m adjusting back to one cup today.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Upcoming appointments: Feb 3 NIPT and ultrasound
How are you feeling? I’m feeling ok physically just exhausted. Staying awake beyond 8pm each night is a huge struggle. @tumbleweed-1 im in the same boat as you with the random middle of the higher wakeups. Also think I need to get a pregnancy pillow.
Raves/Rants: ranting about the cost of childcare/having kids. We just did some budgeting work and we already need to cut down some spending and that’s only with paying for one kid’s childcare. DS got into a lovely preschool program that will be cheaper than what we’re currently spending for our nanny share, but once you add in the new baby, our childcare costs are going to be higher than our mortgage. I just don’t understand how anyone does it, or I guess I don’t understand how we felt like we made smart decisions and make good money but it’s still so painful to try to “do it all”. Like can we swing it? Yea and I’m lucky I make enough to justify still working, as I know that’s not always typical. But can we swing it AND go on any sort of vacation or spend money on hobbies or day trips or home improvement? No. We’re about to have to have a really tough conversation about summer plans and make some difficult decisions about what we can and can’t do.
Questions:
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Oh this is interesting. Probably my morning hot drink but for me it’s tea not coffee. I also can’t go a day without reading as I do it every night before bed! Oh and this is an embarrassing one but I have slept with ear plugs since freshman year of college. Even with a newborn I had one plug in or else I couldn’t fall asleep (dont worry I wake up to crying!!)
ETA: I worry my money rant sounds pretty obnoxious and I have nothing to complain about in the scheme of things. We have what we need and we are blessed to not worry about covering the basics. I need to learn to practice gratitude a bit more.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): no idea
Upcoming appointments: 2/10
How are you feeling? Better than last week. I still don’t have much of an appetite and nothing sounds good to eat. I’m nauseous if I wait too long to eat. Other than that just tired.
Raves/Rants: haven’t been into work yet this week so not too much to rant about yet. I did finish rhinestoning my oldest daughter’s dance solo costume this weekend and she loves it. Glad it’s done, just in time for a competition next week.
Questions: n/a
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? I used to say coffee but I stopped drinking caffeine over the summer. So maybe my water bottle 🤷🏻♀️
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): wild strawberry/gummy bear? My apps disagree…
Upcoming appointments: 1/24! First OB appt
How are you feeling? TIRED. Hungry. Anxious.
Raves/Rants: living on fruit right now, cannot get enough.
Questions: nah
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without?
My emotional support beverage. Can’t go anywhere without a drink, preferably a warm drink, but at the very least my emotional support water bottle.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): green olive
Upcoming appointments: blood work tomorrow and first in person prenatal next Monday.
How are you feeling? Better with Diclectin! Even if it’s all just in my head. But still so tired. Getting through the workday is a real slog. My last pregnancy was during peak pandemic and I was WFH. I forgot how draining going into the office is whilst pregnant and feeling like shite, but pretending like nothing is up. I wish I was at least partially WFH.
Raves/Rants: MH did all of the laundry and put it away today. I know this is a basic household task that any adult should do, but laundry is usually my thing and he does all dishes/kitchen clean up and lunch making (because I despise these tasks). I didn’t do any laundry this weekend since we were busy with a few activities and I felt crappy and it had become a giant laundry mountain. He works from home so he just chipped away at it through his day, bless him.
Questions: natm.
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Spotify. I listen to music and podcasts all day.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Date
Upcoming appointments: Ultrasound this morning and my first prenatal with the NIPT blood draw next Monday.
How are you feeling? Every day is different. One day I’m feeling really sick the days following that I’m fine.
Raves/Rants: the temps are rising to the low 40’s today. I hate when we get these warm temps in winter. Everything melts and turns to ice. Then I’m stuck wearing cleats the rest of the winter.
Questions:
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? I have really come to love my podcasts and audiobooks. So probably Audible.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): cherry
Upcoming appointments: first appt with regular OB next week
How are you feeling? Boobs are SO sore! I’m also tired af and craving all the cheese. Otherwise, not a ton of physical symptoms. I’ve felt some stretching internally and am so
bloated.
Raves/Rants: I busted out my maternity clothes this weekend. My pants are so uncomfortable and I’m just embracing it early. It’s mostly fat and bloat but whatever. I am thrilled to finally be done with taking Endometrin (progesterone suppositories). I’ve been doing those twice a day since right after my IUI and will not miss them!
Questions: Any plus size mamas here? Most of my old maternity pants don’t fit from last pregnancy any I am having a hard time finding much selection in plus size maternity. So frustrating!
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Some sort of interaction with someone, whether human or pet. Either that or singing.
@ccmrc143 the cost of daycare is insane! I can’t imagine having more than one in daycare at a time.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Green
Baby is the size of a(n): Lemon
Upcoming appointments: I have my NT scan tomorrow. I had a surprise u/s last Monday so it's nice to be able to see baby so close together.
How are you feeling? I feel good! Still bloated, but overall not bad.
Raves/Rants: Rave: Two of my really good friends and I are all due within 6-8 weeks from each other and I love having pregnancy buddies. I was pregnant right in the middle of COVID the first time and felt so isolated, so it's been such a different pregnancy this time around and I'm excited to have a more 'normal' pregnancy and to have friends to go through it with.
Questions: N/A
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Probably phone or coffee haha.
For me specifically, without it my progesterone levels are less than half of the average pregnant woman. I think it’s pretty case dependent on if it’s beneficial or not
We got to hear the baby's heartbeat today!!! I cried! It came through on the doppler right away, loud and clear. It was such a relief that it made me realize I'd been so nervous all day that I wouldn't hear it. I'm excited to tell people at work.
They did do a little internal swabbing and prodding at the exam, which made my cervix bleed, annnnd then I almost fainted. And I'm not ever bothered by the sight of blood, or pain really! it was just something about the whole situation and my nerves that almost took me out, lol. Blood work should be fun next week.
Day job stuff has been alright, but I wound up getting a bunch of side gig assignments this week that are exciting, but also big and on a time crunch. I'm trying not to stress out about them, but I am. I'm putting pressure on myself to make the most of the next few months before I put a pause on writing work -- that part of my life has been going really well the past year, and I'm worried about pumping the brakes.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green
Baby is the size of a(n): macaron
Upcoming appointments: repeat ultrasound on Friday, they didn’t get a good view on my first
How are you feeling? Better, I think? Cautiously optimistic, the morning sickness has gotten better, it’s only really bad now when I am sleep deprived. I’m still exhausted all the time but I’m hoping that will go away. I can at least eat some real food now so I’m counting that as an absolute win.
Raves/Rants: struggling to agree on baby names with my SO, thankfully we have lots of time. I honestly didn’t expect this as we are generally so on the same page. Stressed about money as I’m sure lots of people are, we got hit with a series of three fairly significant and unexpected expenses the past month or so which has cut pretty drastically into our funds for buying baby things. Again thankful we still have a fair bit of time.
Questions: none
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Avocado toast and BLTs I’d say, they’re the foods I’ve been consistently able to keep down
Weeks + days: 12+3
Team Pink (found out via Maternit21 week 11)
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum
Upcoming appointments: 13.5 week ultrasound on 2/5 (will post on social, etc. after this appt)
How are you feeling? No nausea anymore, but fatigue is pretty severe still. Waiting for that burst of energy.
Raves/Rants: Some days, I'm super alert and ready to take it all on (shopping, errands). Others, I feel like I've been kicked. I wish I had a bit more stability.
Questions: Are folks storing their non-maternity clothes? It's stressing me out to look at so many items I no longer can fit into.
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without? Eight Sleep. It's not cheap but the individual temperature control has been gamechanging.
@forzaebellezza you’re way ahead of me! I’m procrastinating maternity clothes purchases big time and getting away with leggings while staring longingly at my other clothes. I think I should consider putting them away, at least some of them. That seems like a good weekend task.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green
Baby is the size of a(n): a tater tot (how cute!)
Upcoming appointments: Yesterday, got to see babe, due date changed to 8/28, hr 159!
How are you feeling? nausea has calmed down a little, but idk if i just dont notice because I have a bad URI right now. Cant breath out of my nose at all, coughed so much I threw up and had to sleep in the recliner last night.
Raves/Rants: I hate not being able to take cold medicine in the first trimester!
Questions: None, just moved over from Sept group, was thinking of doing so anyway as I knew I would be induced in August (original edd 9/1, but this was a surprise so dates not exact)
GTKY: aside from necessities, what is one thing you couldn’t go a day without?
Used to be coffee, hot only please. But ive barely been able to take more than a few sips this entire pregnancy. Now its my water, the thirst is constant!