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August 2023 Moms
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Weekly Check-in 2/6
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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: What is your favourite movie theatre snack?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack?
Re: Weekly Check-in 2/6
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green? I might want to find out now, I’m not sure.
Baby is the size of a(n): peach 🍑
Upcoming appointments: OB Feb 17th
How are you feeling? Amazing! I’m a new women! Second trimester is the best, first trimester can kick rocks. Still having to be mostly vegetarian but I can manage a few ounces of meat here and there provided I don’t prepare it. Started having some wicked mood swings but that’s currently my only bad symptom.
Raves/Rants: I can have coffee again without throwing up!!! And the snow is melting! Life is great! My DH and I are starting the nursery now, we just finished renovating the guest room which had some…interesting…DIY structural choices made by previous owners so it ended up being a full gut and took months so we were apprehensive about the nursery room but we opened a piece of the wall this weekend and it had been spared the DIY treatment. I’m so thankful it won’t be as large of a project, just minor drywall repair, paint and refinish the hardwood.
Questions: people who didn’t find out the gender of their previous child, how was that? Would you/are you going to do it again? I didn’t want to find out but I’m wondering if it will help some with my anxiety.
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Starbursts are the ultimate candy for all occasions
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): tea light candle
Upcoming appointments: OB appointment on 2/14, NT ultrasound on 2/17
How are you feeling? Pretty good. Definitely feeling lots of stretching in my abdomen but everything seems to be going well. Still super tired all the time and feeling nausea intermittently, mostly when I’m hungry.
Raves/Rants: my OB mentioned NIPT testing but I haven’t set up when I’m going to do that yet so I need to call them about that. DD is turning 5 on Thursday this week. It hardly seems possible!
Questions: nope
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? I love butter popcorn. Ugh that sounds so delicious right now.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue
Baby is the size of a(n): Plum. Which seems so big!
Upcoming appointments: I have the NT scan coming up.
How are you feeling? I’m sick of feeling nauseous. I’m hoping this is the last week I have it.
Raves/Rants: I’m having some gender disappointment. Which is stupid because I have both. We did already settle on a name which helps me connect with this baby. I did some major retail shopping and bought my girls all kinds of girly stuff. I’m also planning to go through all the girl clothes I have and pick out my favorite pieces and start on a quilt. Then I plan to sell all their stuff at the next big consignment sale. It will feel good to be done with a lot of the clothes I have saved over the years. The memory quilt will be something I treasure too. Sorry for my ridiculous pity party. I’m extremely grateful for my healthy baby boy.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Sour Candy.
@lizdiane456 I’m jealous your snow is melting. We have a few more months before that happens here. I plan to try to get our school year done before it melts so when it does we can be outside all day every day. Exploring in the sun, rain, and mud. I need to make a list of things I want us to do. Anyways, enjoy your early spring!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Upcoming appointments: feb 16th with my family dr. Then ultrasound the 21st and midwives the 23rd
How are you feeling? 😴 so tired but nausea has died down
Raves/Rants: can’t wait to tell DD she is going to be a big sister this coming weekend.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Butter popcorn 🍿
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): plum
Upcoming appointments: Friday regular OB appt
How are you feeling? Hungry, tired, irritable…fingers crossed nausea is behind me. I haven’t felt nauseous since mid-last week
Raves/Rants: I am not ready for Valentine’s Day. The kids still need to get their class valentines. I went to the store earlier and realized I don’t know how many kids are in the preschool class and my almost 9 year old would be mad I picked something out, without her. So I need to find some day this week to take them both and get that done. I’m also just mad at everyone at the moment, afterwards I’m like…why am I so mad 🤦🏻♀️
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? 🍿
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): lime
Upcoming appointments: scheduling my blood work for the NIPS sometime this week or next.
How are you feeling? Blah. I don’t know if it’s PGAL brain or a few different social/relational factors, but I’m not excited yet? That’s not quite it…like I am internally happy, but I just don’t feel like talking about it or sharing with anyone? I’m not explaining myself very well. I also feel exhausted from holding it all in.
Raves/Rants: I guess I kind of ranted above.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Nachos and that fake cheese sauce dip. So salty. Also Nibs—they taste entirely like wax, but something about eating them in the specific setting of a movie theatre is perfect.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out but SO just informed me he doesn’t want to find out and that I should keep it a secret from him. I’m terrible at that so that’s not gonna happen lol
Baby is the size of a(n): plum or as tall as a tennis ball
Upcoming appointments: have an appointment on Wednesday!
How are you feeling? Less morning sickness thanks to oranges but then I got sick of eating them and now it’s starting to come back. Also feeling light headed and getting headaches. Not my favorite symptoms. Also needing a nap pretty much everyday as well!
Raves/Rants: I’m not liking my procrastinating personality. I have like 5 days to write an ebook and I only have 62 words🙃
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Popcorn with extra butter. Like I want the popcorn to be dripping with butter😂
valid. There is something extra special about keeping your secret from everyone. Haha I have no impulse control and have started blabbing left and right. I think we’ll announce after my NT scan next week.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): plum
Upcoming appointments: I have one Feb 13
How are you feeling? I’m feeling great mostly. My mood is vastly improved and I find I’m looking forward to things again. I’m insatiably hungry all day long! And on the weekend I napped when the toddler napped. I’m grateful to be in the other side of the first trimester. Second trimester me is the best version of me. Last time, I got really into baking and baked a new recipe EVERY night. Then I made 15 types of Christmas cookies and mailed them to friends and family. Excited to see what this second trimester does for me haha
Raves/Rants: I found out I have to go overseas for work in April 🙃 I’m raving about the trip because it’ll be a fun excursion but ranting because my passport is expired and I need to drop everything to get it renewed asap.
Questions: @lizdiane456 we did the NIPT last time and stayed team green. They asked me before giving results and so it was never an option for me to click a button and find out. I was team green because I knew that if I knew I were having a boy I would obsess over it and have a ton of gender disappointment and way too much time to think about it. I figured if baby came out and it was a boy I’d be too happy to care and it ended up being the smartest decision for me. It was also nice because we didn’t get gendered baby clothes as gifts — im not into extreme blue/pink stuff. This time I’m finding out because I want to plan/get rid of or buy clothes. But like you @emeraldcity603 i will have disappointment if it’s a boy, but not as badly as I would’ve the first time. And, I’m sorry you’re going through that. I’m glad you’re being honest about it for yourself! I think if we find out it’s a boy we just won’t tell anyone because I am NOT ready for any comments about how we’ll end up having more kids to get a girl, or anyone else saying they were hoping for a girl.
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Milk duds and twizzlers
Valentines- every year I see the valentines things and they are so cute and I’m so bummed that my DS preschool doesn’t do holidays like that. I think it’s because it was his “first” holiday. He had the cutest little heart clothes as a baby. This year, I’m relieved. One less thing to think about.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): uh, 4” fruit
Upcoming appointments: 2/9
How are you feeling? Mostly pretty well. Slightly nauseous every other day, but I think it’s from a new iron supplement I started last week. It’s improving.
Raves/Rants: DS is sick, mildly. He’s had a stuffy nose for a while that possibly backed up into his eye. Or maybe it’s pink eye. Then last night he had a barely fever- not quite 100.4 cut off. He’s taking a Covid test when he gets up because last week a child in his class tested positive. DS has had Covid twice and both times it’s started with a not quite high enough to call a fever temperature. Hoping it’s not that again.
Questions: For those working, do you tell all of your coworkers you’re pregnant? My workplace is small (about 25 of us) and probably 1/4-1/3 know. My boss asked me if I was telling more people yet (she has to talk to other classroom leads about what this summer will look like with me on maternity leave and a few other people out on vacations but didn’t want to “out”
me). And I said it hasn’t come up naturally and I’m not exactly announcing to everyone who walks in the break room because that seems awkward. I have told a few people as it’s come up naturally in conversation, but I just assumed that kind of gossip would spread by now. Should I do anything different?
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Popcorn
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming appointments: no more appointments right now. next one will be around 18 weeks I think. I am probably going to cave and go to a private screening before then.
How are you feeling? Better as we slowly enter second trimester! still super tired by 10pm
Raves/Rants: DH is so helpful in grabbing things to satisfy my cravings. Lately it's been chocolate cake lol
Questions: none
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Nothing beats the movie theatre popcorn with butter. The microwaveable stuff at home doesn't cut it.
@tumbleweed-1 I probably will tell my team next month or later. We're in the middle of performance review and determining potential raises for this year, I don't want my pregnancy to be any part of it (conscious or subconscious bias). I WFH so it's a lot easier to hide it from my direct team, only a close coworker knows and they're leaving the company soon anyway. Oh and gender disappointment is so real. It's like letting go of a life you had created in your head with a daughter and adjusting to the new situation. it's not that we're unhappy with our baby, it's just the sudden pivotal shift in reality.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green
Baby is the size of a(n): orange 🍊
Upcoming appointments: 2/22
How are you feeling? Feeling great compared to a few weeks ago! Not much morning sickness, sometimes I’ll get some acid reflux. Congestion right now is my main problem. And I’m less constipated thank goodness!! TMI but it’s the greatest truth! 🤣
Raves/Rants: I’m a bit stressed, I am switching insurances back to my old obgyn office (3 blocks away from my apt). This current insurance I had for a few months wasn’t accepted by my old drs office so now I’m going to an unsafe neighborhood and a bit of a drive. My old obgyn said they might not accept me until I can fax over my records from my current obgyn. I called my current and they won’t release anything unless I come in. So it’s still not guaranteed that I’m going to go back to my old obgyn bc they need to see my records and see what tests I’ve done etc. Has anyone dealt with this before? If so, is it always a pain in the butt?
Questions: my MIL gifted us a trip to Aruba in may. I’ll be 30 weeks pregnant when going. Has anyone traveled this late in their pregnancy? Is it safe? This will be my baby moon so I don’t want to cancel.
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? I am a total popcorn girl with extra butter until your insides hurt! Although I’m guilty of going to the target next door and picking up some candy and sneaking them in. Movie theater police don’t come for me! snacks at the movies in nyc charge an arm and a leg!
@gingermama29 any birthday plans for your DD? My oldest turns 6 this Sunday and I’m in denial.
@emeraldcity603 your feeling are completely valid! I agree with what everyone else has said. It’s so interesting this shift, though. When I was first on TB in 2016/17 if you even dared to mention a vague reference to gender disappointment people would flame you out and just tell you to be grateful for a healthy baby. Like, yes of course we are all grateful for a healthy baby, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also at the same time be sad for a version of my life that I had pictured. These things are not mutually exclusive. Both can be true.
@tumbleweed-1 I tell my immediate team of 6 when I’m ready and then just let my boss out me to everyone else 😂 she doesn’t send an announcement or anything, I just let her know when it’s no longer a secret and let her bring it up at a senior team meeting or something and that usually does the trick. There a few other people in other departments that I will reach out to personally, but that is because we are friendly.
I really think my gender disappointment stems from my second trimester loss. I have not fully gotten past that it. That baby was a girl and I feel like I’m suppose to have another girl. My heart just aches for that baby. I’m not proud to say this either but it affected my bond with my rainbow baby that followed her. Once I recognized that I was having issues bonding with him I had to get very intentional about nurturing that in our relationship. Now we have a beautiful bond. I just feel like the baby girl I’m suppose to have has been ripped away from me again. It’s not rational because this is not the same baby. The only thing that has brought me comfort is knowing that God knows what is right for our family and another baby boy is what is right. He has blessed us with another healthy baby boy. I’m so grateful but it’s pretty clear that I haven’t finished grieving the baby we lost. I plan to bring all of this up at my next therapy appointment. It’s just a lot of emotions.
TW past death of a parent
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Green
Baby is the size of a(n): Pear!
Upcoming appointments: Regular OB appt next Monday (2/13) and then my anatomy scan on 3/9.
How are you feeling? Pretty good. Some random waves of fatigue just knock me out (mainly on in office days), but otherwise, I can't complain.
Raves/Rants: Rant: I've been trying to schedule my daughter's birthday party for weeks and the place I'm trying to schedule it at is driving me crazy. They're taking weeks to get back to me and then saying they need 4 weeks notice.. which they had if they would've just gotten back to me in a timely fashion! So, now we're looking at Mar 11th for my Feb 1st baby haha. I was about to just throw the towel in, but we didn't do a 1st birthday party for her last year b/c COVID was a mess at the time and I really want to do this for her (maybe for me? she probably doesn't care lol) on her last birthday as an only.
Rave: We were back and forth on doing a Spring Break trip (we went last year for a vacation just the 3 of us), but it's going to work out that we go on a little 5 day trip at the end of this month to the 30A area in Florida. We had some flight credits that are about to expire and I can squeeze it in before I start my new job. I'm excited!
Questions: Not that I can think of, maybe more of an observation but they dated my baby at 7/31 at our last appt and I was in shock. My daughter had an umbilical cord abnormality and was IUGR so it's weird to have a baby that's even measuring slightly ahead haha.
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack? Oooo this is easy. I always do peanut M&M's and a cherry coke. I never drink soda except at the movie theatre.
I'm only kind of kidding. Old farmhouse? Southern horse pasture? Hen house? If you tell me you have a kitchen like Nancy Fuller on Farmhouse Rules I'm packing a bag tomorrow.
We got really lucky with the property, it just needs lots of TLC. The northern pasture I think is nicer but we can only have the horses in there in the late spring- early fall currently because it collects too much snow, doesn’t have enough shelter, and no electricity to keep their water from freezing. A lot of our projects have been back burnered with the baby coming but I’m hoping to still get started on the orchard this spring.
@tumbleweed-1 I told work with my daughter around 15 weeks (before I announced it on social media) and did the same this time around. We'll probably announce it within the next week or so and I don't want my director or VP to find out that way.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Pink
Baby is the size of a(n): Lime
Upcoming appointments: Feb 13 with the midwife
How are you feeling? Much better this week. The nausea has decreased. Still tired a lot and my boobs hurt.
Raves/Rants: Going to touch on the gender comments. First off super grateful that the NIPT was negative. We were very much 1 and done but then surprise, having another little girl. We are both ok with that but his mother. I’m still pregnant with this child and she’s telling me I need to try for a boy.
Rave. We picked a name we both love.
Questions:
GTKY: What is your favourite movie theatre snack?