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February 2023 Moms
seeds_of_joy
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Feb 20 check ins
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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 are you most thankful for in this pregnancy?
Re: Feb 20 check ins
EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 weeks, 6 days
Baby is the size of a(n): a baby that should be in my arms
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: my midwife is stopping by either today or Wednesday. I didn't make an appointment because we thought I wouldn't need to at this point but she's going to be in town.
How are you feeling?: I'm really struggling. I've never made it to 40 weeks pregnant. I naturally had my babies all before this point and was really expecting her last week. Sometimes I even question if my uterus is too old or too worn out. I've been crampy for days. I've had mushy poo and it returns to normal. The only signs that labor might be soon are my campiness. I've been an emotional wreck for the last week almost. I think it's better now that I've accepted the fact that I'm past when I expected her.
Rants/Raves: My husband has taken care of dinner every night since last Tuesday except for a little date we got to go on. He made me Maui Maui with ghee and lemon and put it on a fancy plate because I couldn't eat the fish sticks everyone else ate last night. He took me for two walks and has been super kind and willing to do way more so that I can rest.
Questions: anyone else who doesn't have any induction plans?
GTKY: what are you most thankful for in this pregnancy? Definitely thankful for my husband and all the support I have from a handful of friends.
@seeds_of_joy You still have time. Maybe this baby plans to define itself differently from the rest of its siblings. “Surprise Mom! I’m late 😁”. I don’t think age has anything to do with it.
I don’t plan to do an induction. I’ll start worrying if I end up at 41 weeks and I suspect my midwife will recommend an induction at that point because they will start worrying about the quality of the placenta to support the baby at the 41 week mark for someone with advanced maternal age, IVF, and GD. But when we talked about inductions in the past, we agreed on a slow induction to avoid an epidural.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 2/24 39w + 3d
Baby is the size of a(n): pumpkin
Team blue/pink/green: 💚
Upcoming Appointments: BPP today. Midwife Appt Thursday if labor and delivery doesn’t happen
How are you feeling?: Tired. The pregnancy insomnia has been bad in the last few nights. I’m running on 3-4 hrs of sleep every night. I wake up at 3:30/4:30am and can’t fall back asleep. I’m also finding myself having more frequent urges to pee and poop. So I think the labor and delivery is imminent. Emotionally, I’m 70-75% ready to be a mom. I’m wondering if I’m holding back this labor delivery emotionally because I’m not ready to fully let go but I’m working on it.
Rants/Raves:
This past month has been a wonderful tour of seeing all of our local friends one last time before the baby arrives. This past weekend was the last weekend of intense socializing before we hunker down towards the estimated due date which is this Friday. My parents are arriving this Wednesday. I’m excited to see them. I haven’t seen them since September.
Questions: natm
GTKY: what are you most thankful for in this pregnancy? I’m thankful for the spaciousness and financial security that my husband and parents provided to help me process and prepare for this baby during the fertility and pregnancy journey. I love how much I’ve learned and grown in the past year. My husband and I have prepared a lot over the last 9 months that I know if baby arrived today, it will have its needs met.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n): pumpkin 🫣
Team blue/pink/green: 💝🌸🎀
Upcoming Appointments: Wednesday
How are you feeling?: Done and drained emotionally/mentally/physically. This is my first pregnancy and I am 33 yrs old. Unsure if I’m just a wimp or does everyone feel this emotionally volatile at the end of pregnancy? 😂 I just am really struggling with what feels like endless suffering. For the past few weeks, I have had such strong pressure in my pelvis, my back is so exhausted from carrying the weight of my belly, and I am so tired of feeling like crap. At least with labor, I know it’s the finish line and there are only hours left. Right now, it feels like I’m never going to go into labor and I’m just doomed to keep waking up everyday to another day of discomfort. Did you all feel this way before?
Rants/Raves: none
Questions: see above
GTKY: what are you most thankful for in this pregnancy? My belly band and all of its support 😂
@seeds_of_joy No inductions planned here! Trying to go all natural but I may try nipple stim next week if she doesn’t arrive before then!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 40+1
Baby is the size of a(n): Baby!
Team blue/pink/green: Blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: I had an unplanned hospital visit today due to reduced fetal movement along with upper right epigastric pain and dizziness and they wanted to rule out preeclampsia. Both baby and I were fine!
How are you feeling?: I'm so, so impatient!!! I had two nights (and days, but particularly nights) of cramping, intense and very frequent Braxton Hicks etc and I genuinely thought we were getting there. Something definitely seemed to be happening. But now it totallly stopped... Now I am starting to think he might not even be a february baby 😅 I'm tired, my body hurts, I'm super emotional and I am bored out of my senses.
Rants/Raves: It's spring, ahhh! With glimpses of sunshine and spring flowers. And I am SO ready to push my boy around in the pram, enjoying a cup of tea in the sunshine. February is not a bad time to have a kid, I think!
Questions: Nope
GTKY: what are you most thankful for in this pregnancy? Oh. Hard to choose. The pregnancy itself. The support from my friends and family. Knowing that my baby boy will be so, so loved when he arrives - not just by me and S.O. but by all his grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, my friends (incl his godparents) etc. The fact that I have been fairly mobile throughout. The fact that we are at a place, career wise, financially etc., to care for his needs. There's so much to be thankful for 💖
@seeds_of_joy No concrete plans here. I am to give them a call friday if nothing happened yet, they will then schedule an appointment for next week to discuss induction. Medical guidelines here are to ensure birth before 41+6.
@ttc3y I second both the insomnia and the sometimes not feeling entirely ready. A strange middle ground between hardly being able to wait to have my baby in my arms, but also not fully prepared for how my life will totally permanently change...
@ccp211 I completely relate! Until quite recently I would have thought I would be totally fine even going over time, it extends the maternity leave a bit (every day now for me is 'free paid leave'), time to just chill around the house, watch shows, get practicalities done, enjoy walks, enjoying just having myself to take care of. But I am just sick of feeling like shit, sick of the insomnia and the waiting game and my emotions being all over the place. So... if that's wimpy I'm right there with you ;-)
No, not really. They did vitals and urine stix which were all fine, still waiting for other lab results. But baby boy is moving again, and they ran a CTG which was fine. So they were happy enough to send me back home. Here's hoping he is just conserving energy for the ordeal of being born 😅
It's actually almost funny with the frustration - 9 months of pregnancy, and then it's like the last stretch is the hardest. Had the same experience running a half marathon - soon as I was within reach of the finish line by body just went 'nope, can't do this'. Why are we made like this? 😂 I can only imagine the frustration must be so much worse from expecting to give birth earlier. I had been kind of expecting to go over time as a FTM (and still feel frustrated) - if I had a history of early births I would be going insane by now 😅
ttc3y Thanks for the suggestion! I am unsure we can actually get this as a supplement in Denmark, looked it up at it is mainly sold in paint shops 😂
karbaud Oh no, that's bad luck! Hoping for warmer spring weather for you soon so you can head out on strolls with baby Emmett 🌱
@ccp211 I mean - in fact it is odd that we are not going absolutely bonkers! Life does not get much more bizarre than this: on the verge of stepping into a completely new future, where we are no longer the most important person in our own lives - and will never be again -, our lives will change in ways that are difficult to imagine, but with no way of knowing if it happens tomorrow or in 10 days. Although the child is super wanted, the life changes alone are terrifying, and add pregnancy hormones to this and I'm actually amazed any of us are half functioning still 😉
@justkp Hmmm, I guess finding supplements in Europe may be more challenging because they are more regulated than the states. When I was living in the UK, I would find a lot of common herbs and supplements available on the shelves but I don’t recall seeing ox bile there either. It’s not a supplement I regularly suggest unless there are clear gallbladder issues. The good news is the supplements you do have access to tend to be good quality. Here in the states, supplements are unregulated and it’s a jungle finding high quality products. Do you have access to Naturopaths or herbalists in Denmark? They may have a better idea on how to find ox bile in your country.