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Weekly Check-in 2/27

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Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/STM+:

Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:

Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling:

Rants / Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: If you won the lottery, what is one fun thing you would buy/see/do?
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  • thoseboysmamathoseboysmama member
    edited February 2023
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:
    23 + 5  6/21

    FTM/STM/STM+: 5th

    Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: 💙

    Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of: baby's limbs are now in proportion 

    Upcoming appointments: not sure. I may call this week to verify I think GD is my next appt and I want to make sure and go to that one. 

    How are you feeling: feeling round but great. We went to our favorite hotel in my home city for my birthday and ate like kings. I slept sooo good and swam. I love swimming while pregnant, you feel soo light! My mom watched the kids. We met for breakfast. It was a great weekend. 

    Rants / Raves:I got a new mop. I am not sure I like it. I wanted a flat one to use on the walls as well. It has a scraper and 3 chambers for dirty and clean water. My O cedar mop handle broke and my back was done mopping with a child size mop handle. 

    Questions: @hitcj4687 I have a feeling this guy will come early. I'd love a solstice baby, but my calendar has him being a week and a half older. But truthfully with my husband and I there is no telling. 😄 my husband's bday is a week before and for some reason I think he'll be born on his birthday. I'll probably have a baseball field labor. I had a dream that happened the other day... 😬 

    GTKY: If you won the lottery, what is one fun thing you would buy/see/do?

    First things first would be paying off my parent's homes and cabins and making sure my grandparents are set. We will probably have another mortgage by then so pay that off. I'd continue doing the work we do. I'd also fund a Montessori homeschool coop for the younger ages to middle school. 
    Build up a nice place on each of our properties. I'd get a 2500 huge van and gut it, design it the way we want to fit our growing family. 
    Travel like a mad woman. Get my pilots license and a plane. I'd want to have a runway on most of my properties as well. I would then work on self sufficiency and community so we don't have to rely on bobbleheads leading the world. Huge hydroponics garden, chickens, hogs, cows, goats. The whole shebang. 
    Sign up for all the psych, kinesiology, entrepreneur, and law classes my heart desired. I wish I could get paid to learn forever. 

    Then I'd hire some people to figure out Nikolai Tesla's air to energy technology. (I'd probably not live long after that) but I'd want that technology to become mainstream. No more electric bills. No more pollution. We have the technology, but whenever it is rediscovered the people don't last long, if you know what I mean. It would fix so many environmental issues and help the poor. 

    That's where I'd start. We have a whole game plan if we ever won. What a life! 
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  • peyts228peyts228 member
    @hitcj4687 June 17 is my husband's bday, so I like that guess! 🤗
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  • hitcj4687hitcj4687 member
    @thescarletmom I hope all is okay and things settle soon!

    @peyts228 I'd really like for him to be born on the 10th so he doesn't feel like he has to share fathers day, even though it really doesn't matter lol but the 10th sounds nice, but I think he will be late and I'm guessing the 17th for his actual arrival date
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  • peyts228peyts228 member
    @hitcj4687 On the one hand my husband would love for this baby to be his birthday buddy. On the other hand my C-section is scheduled for 6/20, so I really need this baby to stay put until then! Sorry to my husband, but avoiding an emergency C beats his bday wish lol.
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  • thescarletmomthescarletmom member
    @peyts228 @hitcj4687 lol my husband actively does NOT want a birthday buddy. His birthday is the 10th and baby is due the 14th. DS1 came 4 days early, DS2 just 1 day. I spent my whole pregnancy being convinced I'd go way earlier, like somewhere in week 38, since I was almost a week early as a FTM. Nope 😂 I think he just wanted to punk me haha. So I try really hard not to have a thought as to when I think baby will come, but I do more or less assume I won't go past 40 weeks.
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  • hitcj4687hitcj4687 member
    @peyts228 ahhh that's so exciting to know the date and be ready and prepared for it! These kids are gonna be here before we know it! 

    @thescarletmom no one will have to share their birthday but I do feel kind of bad about my husband potentially forever having to share fathers day/the kiddo sharing his birthday with fathers day lol. My birthday is the week before mother's day and that's fine, but if it were to often fall the weekend of mothers day, I would not like it! I don't know why lol
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  • mommasay04mommasay04 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:

    24w5d June 15 

    FTM/STM/STM+:

    baby #5

    Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:

    boy

    Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of:

    baby’s hand is as long as a Lego figure

    Upcoming appointments:

    Next appointment is March 17, glucose test….gross. 

    How are you feeling:  

    feeling pretty good, really tired but feel normalize most of the time. 

    Rants / Raves:


    Questions:

    GTKY: If you won the lottery, what is one fun thing you would buy/see/do?


    I would probably take my kids on a big vacation. Maybe fly somewhere. 
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  • monkey_mcfeemonkey_mcfee member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 25+4, due June 10

    FTM/STM/STM+: FTM

    Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: team girl

    Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of: weight of 4 yoga blocks haha

    Upcoming appointments: end of March, ob, ultrasound, and the dreaded glucose test!

    How are you feeling: my hips hurt!! So not sleeping as well as I’d like. Otherwise ok

    Rants / Raves: my friend sent out our baby shower invites! Yay! But a colleague of ours who I told about the sex of the baby basically spilled the beans to everyone. Ugh

    Questions: Hip pain relief other than Tylenol? I stretch and see a Chiro, anything else to do?

    GTKY: If you won the lottery, what is one fun thing you would buy/see/do? A vintage Ford truck - one with Wooden running boards and a stick shift, painted ether red or baby blue! 
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  • thoseboysmamathoseboysmama member
    @monkey_mcfee love the truck! There is this place in Denver that restores old vehicles. Decently priced as well. I am always checking their website! 

    I sleep sitting up when it gets real bad.
    Also soaking in an Epson salt bath helps. Swimming may also help. Almost there! Hopefully it gets better. 
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  • peyts228peyts228 member
    @monkey_mcfee My hip pain has started up, too- guess we've hit that stage! I find that sleeping with a small wedge pillow under my bump/hip helps me a lot. The one I use is from Amazon- Hiccapop brand I think?

    I also do a lot of gentle yoga hip openers. My fave for hip relief is hands and knees (tabletop), then slowly look back at your hip.
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  • thescarletmomthescarletmom member
    @monkey_mcfee I suggest putting your wife to work 💪the best thing I've found for my hip pain is for my husband to rub my lower back between my hips, and that seems to release a lot of the tension in them for me! Of course a hot bath or shower is also good for loosening the muscles/tension, especially before a nice back massage. I also find sleeping is easier if I have a very thick pillow between my knees to support my hips. I'm usually a one-leg-straight-one-leg-bent side sleeper, but I find pulling both of my knees up to the same level instead helps my hip pain while sleeping.

    @hitcj4687 my poor nephew's birthday is May 12th, so he shares that with Mothers' Day quite often! I feel bad for this kiddo because June is already birthday/holiday heavy for our family. DHs birthday is the 10th, FIL's is the 23rd, and Fathers' Day always falls somewhere in the middle. And the likelihood is baby's birthday will as well. One of my sisters birthdays also happens to be the same as my due date, but we don't have a strong relationship so that's more theoretical than anything. I also feel a little bad for DH and FIL, because since DH became a dad, we've just celebrated both birthdays on Fathers' Day, so now even that will probably be more or less outshined by baby. DH jokes I need to stop trying to give him babies as gifts because DS2 was due 11 days after our first wedding anniversary 😂
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  • bridgettetheboxerbridgettetheboxer member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 23+3. I’ve just been saying late June at this point.😅

    FTM/STM/STM+: 3rd

    Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: girl!

    Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of: crap I never check these…

    Upcoming appointments: March 9th. Just a regular midwife appointment.

    How are you feeling: most of the sickness and migraines are gone!! Hooray! However, the SPD kicked in hard and fast this weekend and I am so sad about it. If it’s anything like last time, it will just get worse the bigger this baby gets and I was hoping to have more time before it started. Regular chiro is already happening. I’ll probably start with KT tape and possibly go back to physical therapy too. Bummer.

    Rants / Raves: my job has offered me a promotion and the opportunity to pick from two different full time positions. I currently work part time, so I’m not sure how I feel about the switch… but the extra money would be good and my job now is fairly boring so I wouldn’t mind having more responsibilities. I have to decide by tomorrow…

    Questions: ohhh I’m not sure on this one. My last was a bit early so I’d say maybe somewhere around 19/20? I’m not sure! 

    GTKY: If you won the lottery, what is one fun thing you would buy/see/do? Pay off my house haha. I guess that’s not fun… I really want to open a wellness studio in my area. Yoga, meditation, sound baths, healing circles, the works. It would be a dream to offer stuff like that for my community.
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  • krnadopteekrnadoptee member
    edited March 2023
    June 7/ 25 weeks, 6 days 
    First-time Mom
    Team Girl
    Upcoming appts: mid-March. Just read some of ur comments that the glucose test is ugh & now I’m like, oh no! 
    Feeling/rant: So today is the 1st time I’ve had this really sad feeling. I’ve been a little MIA but back now to share & catch-up on everyone. I’ve set up childcare tours & was feeling really good about getting that off my to-do list but it hit me how sad it is that I have to leave my baby w/ a stranger when she’s only 3 months old. I know in the US, I’m lucky to get 12 wks off work but I have friends in Korea & my husband’s fam is Asian but abroad & they think it’s insane. And it just really got me feeling sad that I don’t have any fam nearby who’d drop everything to help me in the 1st year. And I dunno if I want to take a break from work, like what if I don’t want to watch my baby 24/7 but then why would I expect that from family if I’m not willing to do that myself? Ugh just realizing I haven’t really thought this through & it kind of really stinks to feel like I don’t have many choices. I’m not sure what to do at this point & my husband isn’t home so I’m just wallowing here by myself. 
    Raves: Ok, on a positive note, I have a nickname for my baby. It’s a common thing in Korea to give ur baby a nickname before they’re born, usually related to dreams or zodiac year or when u found out ur pregnant. I found out I was pregnant on the day my partner & I planned to go on a hiking trip to visit these particular rock formations so my nickname is “Rocky” which actually makes me chuckle every time. 
    Questions: What nicknames do u have for your baby or would u give to your baby? 
    If I won the lottery? One thing would be to splurge on front row tickets to the Wimbledon. Also would set up my own foundation. 
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  • thoseboysmamathoseboysmama member
    @krnadoptee I personally don't mind the glucose test. I plan it for AM. You have to sorta fast nothing too sugary. Or else you may fail and have to retake it. You just chug this little drink. It's like a very sweet gatorade. Then you have blood drawn an hour later. 

    I know I switched my career a bit when I became a Mom. I'd go with the flow and just see how it works best. I think it's very common to not think you would want to be home or not think you would want to go to work. It may change once you're in the moment. But having family far is really hard. If possible, plan trips with family so it staggers and gives you a break. That helps. Definitely valid emotions. 
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  • monkey_mcfeemonkey_mcfee member
    @krnadoptee our nickname for baby has been Bean or Little Bean, for no good reason. But it works and we can just sing “Bean Bean Beany Bean!” at her all day lol
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  • peyts228peyts228 member
    @kornadoptee Childcare can bring out big feelings! My son started daycare at 4 months, and I was completely dreading it. But then, once he started... I was so grateful! Everyone is different, but for me, daycare has been a happy thing. Our daycare providers have been wonderful partners in nurturing my son, and at 2 he loves it there and comes home singing new songs and showing off new skills.
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  • mommasay04mommasay04 member
    @krnadoptee when I had my first baby….way back in 2011, I was working at a daycare. Even tho we got a huge discount I didn’t want to basically work for free, so I would leave my baby with my MIL so I could go take care of other peoples babies. I hated it after about a month I quit and became a SAHM. Daycare is hard
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  • jac4598jac4598 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 27 / 23w3

    FTM/STM/STM+: First

    Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: Girl!

    Interesting baby fact / Baby is the size of: A bunch of grapes or a grapefruit? 

    Upcoming appointments: St. Patty's Day Glucose Test!

    How are you feeling: I still feel pretty decent, although I think the fatigue is starting to come back a little bit. I am definitely feeling it in my lower back on walks and needing to take it much slower. Heels are impossible. I have a nagging rib pain on my right back side, which honestly feels like reflux, although a weird spot for it to be. At night I am definitely getting that burning feeling in my chest/throat. Mostly I just feel like I want to stretch all the time.

    Rants / Raves: We finished the anatomy scan(s) today. Little lady is breech, facing in, and has limbs in front of her face at all times. Got the first 3D look and while not perfect, cute and exciting!

    Questions: Anyone else feel like they are probably at a good weight for this stage, but maybe pacing a little ahead? I don't want to put too much weight on, but I don't feel like I'm doing anything reckless. Hoping all the weight has its purpose!

    GTKY: If I won the lottery, I would probably pay for my next house, make sure my family was taken care of, travel, and donate more to charities. And continue to make sure my dog lives his best life. :)
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