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November 2023 Moms
makingbacon
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Weekly Check-In w/o 7/31/23
makingbacon
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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: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect?
Re: Weekly Check-In w/o 7/31/23
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 11/24 23+3
FTM/STM/STM+: TTM
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: boy 💙
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of: a chinchilla
Upcoming appointments: 8/7 for what they call a quick OB check
How are you feeling: huge already!
Rants / Raves: we’ve been watching too much TV lately, it just feels like the only time my kids aren’t fighting or complaining is when the TV is on. I need to get them outside more but I’m also so far behind in cleaning so I can’t do both… ugh just feeling like a failure right now
Questions: none
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect? I want to get really good at bread baking. I’ve done a little bit but I love bread so I want to try a lot more!
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:
11/3 26 weeks and some odd days lol.
FTM/STM/STM+:
TTM
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:
Boy!!!
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of:
He feels big enough to punch me in the bladder and kick me in the ribs at the same time 😂
Upcoming appointments:
Two weeks from now 😳
How are you feeling:
Huge. Like someone is slowly ripping my pelvis apart lol.
Rants / Raves:
Rants: I am so limited in what I can do. It’s so frustrating. I almost pass out so easily. I never experienced this with my girls.
Rave: I’m almost to my third trimester! I almost didn’t even realize it until my appointment yesterday when my doctor told me it was time to schedule my glucose test and rhogam shot. I remember it feeling like it took forever to get here with my first and second and now, it’s going by so fast
Questions:
None
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect?
Oh man, there are several lol. Right now I’m working on learning sewing, crochet, and basket making.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: November 26th; 23+2
FTM/STM/STM+: 4TM
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: Surprise
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of: Chinchilla
Upcoming appointments: Next week
How are you feeling: Good - Nesting is hardcore happening at our house right now.
Rants / Raves: Raves: With nesting happening, I've gotten a lot of things organized at the duplex. In the last few days, I organized all the closets, some of the kitchen cabinets, and the garage. I filled up the trash and recycling bins, and trash pickup isn't until Friday. Rants: I managed to sprain my ankle this weekend while I was cleaning my car. It's a mild sprain, but it's still frustrating.
Questions: None
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect? I've always wanted to learn fancier techniques for cooking and baking.
@varimama We've had a lot of fighting with the older boys lately, and it is so frustrating. Hopefully it passes soon for you. Bread baking has always interested me. I have several friends who do it, and they swear it isn't hard...it looks hard lol.
@Kiek It is crazy how close 3rd trimester is, and I'm 3 weeks behind you. Knowing how to sew would be so helpful. My mom sews, and I'm constantly taking ripped or broken things to her.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:11/2, 26 wks, 5 days
FTM/STM/STM+: Baby #5
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: Suprise
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of: a bunch of scallions
Upcoming appointments: Thursday @ the endocrinologist and the 11th at the MFM
How are you feeling: Uncomfortable
Rants / Raves: I got a lazyboy type share for our bedroom. I can actually sleep in that thing when I need to vs. tossing and turning in the bed. Sleeping (comfortably) is hard.
The oldest girl child leaves for 8 days in New York with her GS troop on Saturday. I was going to go but decided not to for multiple reasons. While I think it was the best idea, I'm sad that I'm not going. I was looking forward to spending the time with her as well as some great friends and just going on vacation in general.
Questions:
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect?: I've always wanted to learn both sign language and Russian. I'd also like to perfect my quilting skills. Unfortunately it just takes so much time and space, neither or which I feel like I have.
@varimama - I get it. My kids have done too much with electronics this summer. I work from home so I can't do much, if anything, with them during the week. DH is home Thursday and Friday though so that helps. I've just kind of thrown my hands up at this point and let them do whatever keeps them quiet and happy because I'm sick of the arguing (between them and them and me). I know we're all super hard on ourselves but you're not a failure. You do what you have to to keep yourself sane.
@makingbacon - Nesting is coming on slowly but surely. It just feels like there's so much to do in such a small space that half the time I end up trying to take a nap instead of face what has to be done!
@kiek - This baby feels so big too. I think he or she just has so much more room than my other kids did so one second they want to kick me in the ribs and then there's a somersault and my bladder is a trampoline. Ugh.
November 1 / 27 weeks 0 days
FTM/STM/STM+:
4th time momma
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:
It's a girl
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of:
Baby is the size of a fennec fox, minus the tail.
Upcoming appointments:
BPP's and NST's every Monday for the forseeable future. This coming Monday is also my glucose challenge and a growth ultrasound.
How are you feeling:
Tired. All the time. I'm falling asleep at random times throughout the day. I slept for an hour in the car after my BPP this past Monday outside the MFM office. I keep falling asleep at my desk. I just can't get enough sleep.
Rants / Raves:
Not baby related, but I don't know how my parents did it. I'm the oldest of 4 girls, and all of our birthdays are in August and September. I don't know how they managed to make all of our birthdays special and do all the back to school stuff all at the same time. My oldest turns 8 on August 11, and starts 3rd grade on August 15. She's currently my only one in school, and the other kids have spring birthdays. But even just this feels unmanageable. You can't convince me my parents weren't superhuman.
Questions:
Idk.
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect?
I'd be happy to just learn how to keep a clean house while still managing to keep up with everything else. ADHD is not my friend.
Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:
11/5, 26w3d
FTM/STM/STM+:
TTM
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise:
Girl
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of:
A head of kale
Upcoming appointments:
Had my glucose test today. I start my every two week’s appointments on the 16th
How are you feeling:
much better now
Rants / Raves:
Rant: having to buy school supplies and clothes for 4 kids is expensive.
Rave: on the other hand school starts in 2 weeks and we can get back into a routine
Questions:
None
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect?
Just how to adult in a more efficient way
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Team Boy/Girl/Surprise: boy💙
Interesting baby fact/Baby is the size of: size of a bunny
Upcoming appointments: getting my glucose tolerance test on the 22nd 😬
How are you feeling:I’m feeling great! Have a little back and hip pain but nothing I can’t handle.
Rants / Raves: I get so mad when people walk up and immediately touch my belly 😡 makes me want to slap their hand away!
Questions: I’m nervous about postpartum recovery. Is it as bad as I’m expecting it to be?
GTKY: What skill would you most like to learn or perfect? Trying to learn to be a houseplant expert but I’ve had a few casualties in the past few weeks. 😅