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May 2023 Moms
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Weekly Check-In: 2/20/23
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FTM/STM/TTM+:
EDD / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a:
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled?
EDD / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a:
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled?
Re: Weekly Check-In: 2/20/23
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 5 / 29W3D
Baby is the size of a: acorn squash
Team blue/pink/green: blue
Upcoming Appointments: biweekly check-up on Friday
How are you feeling?: Not bad. I'm getting over a cold that is not nearly as bad as the two I had around Thanksgiving/Christmas.
Rants/Raves:
Rave: My 3-hour test results showed I do NOT have gestational diabetes!! I'm so relieved
Rant: DD is coming down with the same cold I have. MIL is watching her today while DH and I WFH and keeps glaring at us every time she coughs or sneezes. Uh, what do you want us to do? It's not like we intentionally got her sick.
Rant part 2: My mom broke her kneecap last week and is having surgery on it this morning. These past 12 months have been rough on her health and this is just the latest thing.
Questions: nope
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? Last year DH and I went to the big island of Hawaii. I'd go back in a heartbeat but I'm not sure if we ever will. It's far, it's expensive, and there are so many other places I want to visit in my lifetime. (We only went to Hawaii because DH's best friend was getting married there. Otherwise it's like pulling teeth to get him to agree to a weekend road trip
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 6, but no later than may 1 delivery; 29+2
Baby is the size of an acorn squash
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: every other week now, so next Friday.
How are you feeling?: good. My hips are taking the brunt of this pregnancy- it’s hard to get up from sitting and laying for long periods.
Rants/Raves: crazy busy week at school this week: I host a performance event on Thursday, and have SO much to do in the next two days, on top of teaching.
Questions: nothing
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? From Maryland- we took a trip to the Grand Canyon when I was in high school, and drove to California from there. Still never been out of the country- we were scheduled for a cruise when I found out I was pregnant with my son six years ago and I would have been too far along to go- but I will make it someday!
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 5/29+3
Baby is the size of a: acorn squash/Guinea pig?
Team blue/pink/green: blue
Upcoming Appointments: gestational diabetes class Wed, regular appt next week
How are you feeling?: Meh. I’ve been having bouts of lightheadedness. My doctor told me to drink more water (I already easily drink a gallon+ a day so this didn’t
feel like great advice) but that was before I got my GD diagnosis so I’m wondering if blood sugar has something to do with it.
Rants/Raves: Not loving having to watch what I eat, and the limbo period between being told I have GD and getting any actual education about what to do about it has been annoying. I like to have all of the information!
Questions: none
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? I’d have to look at a map to be sure, but I think Prague. If not, Berlin would probably be it! We had a trip to the Netherlands and Belgium planned for 2020, but that didn’t happen and we’ve done mostly domestic travel the last couple of years instead. Now who knows when we’ll get back to Europe with a small human in tow!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 6/2 25+4
Baby is the size of a:
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: OB 3/1
How are you feeling?: good! Just tired and achy. I was super productive yesterday and definitely paid the price last night with swelling. UGH.
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? I've been really lucky to have traveled a lot as a kid. Maybe Spain was the furthest? We went to Mustique (in the Grenadines) when I was little, which was a blast. MH and I just few to Hawaii (Maui) for a work incentive trip in August which was amazing, and we're planning to go to Dublin this August for the same work incentive trip!
EDD / Weeks + Days: 29+2/ may 7th
Baby is the size of a: squash?
Team blue/pink/green: green
Upcoming Appointments: ummm... I think I see my ob in two weeks? I have to also go get my Tdap booster sometime in the next few weeks too.
How are you feeling?: Overall decent, can't complain too much. Getting the annoying bedtime heartburn if I eat too late though, so that's fun.
Rants/Raves: rave... Just finishing up a week long vacation in Hawaii... Was so nice to be able to get away one last time before we become a family of 4 and have to drag two kiddos around.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? Ummm.. it'd either be Brazil or Greece, not sure which one is actually further. We love travelling and pre kids I did a fair number of longer trips to Europe.
EDD / Weeks + Days: 27w3d
Baby is the size of a: boop
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: in March
How are you feeling?: This weekend I patched a hole in the wall of my house (where the doorbell was installed), weeded, and cleaned algae off half of my porch by hand with a scrubber. 😅 So a little sore. Trying to get heavy-lifting type stuff done before third tri really sets in.
Rants/Raves: The algae improvement is subtle so I’m not sure it’s worth all the effort I’m putting in. 🫠 But I’m probably going to do the other half of the porch next week anyway.
Questions: natm
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? Xinjiang Provence, China, in 2004, one of those programs where you can get hired as an English teacher because you’re monolingual in the language being taught regardless of your teaching abilities. 😬 I don’t know how to summarize this quickly—the world is very different now. It was pre-smart phones. My “teaching partner” (person who actually knew how to teach) was Uighur and she had a baby the next year—I have a photo of the baby that was physically printed out from my family’s shared AOL email account that I used to correspond with her briefly after leaving—now that baby would be 18! I worry her family was one to target for internment, but we lost touch so long ago and even if I could find her, my reaching out would possibly cause harm. Oh, SARS was happening that year, although we didn’t travel to anywhere that was having an active outbreak—lol I think differently about that decision now—but I have photos of our sight-seeing with minimal people in front of places that would normally be very busy.
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 15, 28w2d
Baby is the size of a: eggplant
Team blue/pink/green: girl
Upcoming Appointments: March 21
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. Baby is getting heavier and my back and butt are starting to notice.
Rants/Raves: Tired of winterrrr. But appreciating my flexible job where I can sneak naps in when I can!
Questions: none
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? New Zealand, best country in the world!
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 13 / 28w4d
Baby is the size of a: eggplant
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
Upcoming Appointments: 2/28 regular baby dr, had ultrasound today for weight check & cervixs
How are you feeling?: Besides my sciatic pain getter worse as I grow, I’m doing pretty good. Happy baby is growing great and all the measurements they were worried about have leveled out 🙏🏻 bub is 2lbs 9oz
Rants/Raves: My eldest daughters party is this weekend and I am so happy I have my mom and aunt here to help me out. My back has been so bad lately even with help from doctors.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? Bahamas with my husband. But my husband has traveled to many places as a child and in the Navy. Furthest before was across the US and Canada.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
EDD / Weeks + Days: May 19 27w6d
Baby is the size of a: Lettuce? She's actually measuring bigger than 27 weeks though!
Team blue/pink/green: pink!
Upcoming Appointments: 3 hour glucose test tomorrow (hopefully). I start prenatal classes on Monday and see my doctor on March 6.
How are you feeling?: Pretty good! I'm getting bigger and bigger though, so sleep is harder and I have some back pain.
Rants/Raves: For some reason I haven't struggled much with heartburn! I was expecting it, as I've had it in the past! I'm also ready for the Spring to be here. I live in Spain and we don't have central heating. The winter just isn't fun!
Questions:
GTKY: What is the farthest place you've traveled? Technically Egypt, where my husband is from. I live in Spain though so it's not all that far away. It is pretty far from the States though, which is where I'm from. I've had the privilege to travel all over Europe and Morocco many times. Once you get over to Europe it can be pretty cheap to travel around!
I'm jealous you've been to Hawaii four times! Do you live on the west coast? Traveling from Cleveland to Hawaii is an all-day endeavor, so even though I'd love to go back, I'd want the kids to be at least elementary school age.
@seahawkinspain Welcome! How long have you lived in Spain? I love how Europe is close enough to reasonably travel to places like Egypt and Morocco. What did you see in those countries?
What took you to Spain?
@casshax New Zealand is definitely on my bucket list now! My parents took a huge multi-week trip to NZ and Australia when they retired and they raved about it for weeks. What did you love so much about it?
My dream destination is also New Zealand! I've always wanted to go!
In Morocco I've had the privilege of spending the night in the Sahara dessert in a tent after riding camels, touring the huge medina in Fez, spending time in Chefchaouen, the blue city (a must if you go to Morocco!), visiting one of the biggest mosque's in Casablanca, and learning to surf in the Atlantic ocean in Rabat! I've also visited Marrakesh, which has a large market area with street food, snake charmers, and monkey trainers. I lived in Morocco for a few months studying Arabic. It's one of my favorite places I've been. The food is probably my favorite cuisine I've ever had, the people are so welcoming, and it's so beautiful!