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January 2025 Babies
kamays54
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Weekly Check-in, w/o July 22nd
kamays54
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Added a few suggestions. Just answer what you feel comfortable answering.
Also, I know there are a lot of abbreviations that get used. Here is a link to The Bumps Glossary: https://www.thebump.com/community-glossary
But here are the ones used below: EDD = Estimated Delivery Date, FTM = First Time Mom, STM = Second Time Mom, TTM+ = Third Time Mom or more, GTKY = Get to Know You
If your username is still knottie, consider changing it so that we can reply to you more personally. The first discussion in this group walks you through it and you can use that thread to test out your new username.
Name:
Location:
Age:
EDD / Weeks + Days:
Also, I know there are a lot of abbreviations that get used. Here is a link to The Bumps Glossary: https://www.thebump.com/community-glossary
But here are the ones used below: EDD = Estimated Delivery Date, FTM = First Time Mom, STM = Second Time Mom, TTM+ = Third Time Mom or more, GTKY = Get to Know You
If your username is still knottie, consider changing it so that we can reply to you more personally. The first discussion in this group walks you through it and you can use that thread to test out your new username.
Name:
Location:
Age:
EDD / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Baby is the size of a (an):
Team blue/pink/green:
Baby is the size of a (an):
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously?
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously?
Re: Weekly Check-in, w/o July 22nd
Location: Arizona
Age: 39 (AMA, Advanced Maternal Age)
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 3rd / 16w + 3d
Baby is the size of a (an): Avocado
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: The further I get into the 2nd trimester the better I'm feeling. Still pretty tired but the nausea has almost gone away completely. I have been dealing with some constipation but not enough to have to take anything for it yet.
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously? Definitely more spontaneous. I am very much go with the flow. I will plan things when it is needed but I also know things don't like to go as planned so I'm really easy going in the moment.
I'd say a mixture of both. I typically am the group planner if we have an outing. However, if it's just me and the hubby, I don't stress about planning.
Location: Southern California
EDD / Weeks + Days: 14w
Baby is the size of a (an): Peach!
Team blue/pink/green: Blue + green (twins)
How are you feeling?: Pretty good, stoked to be in the 2nd trimester! Still really tired all the time.
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously? I tend to be a big planner personally and for like group events, but am definitely more chill/go with the flow when it comes to day to day plans with my husband.
Location: Tanzania
Age: 34 (but 35 tomorrow
EDD / Weeks + Days: 16w 5 d (jan 2)
Baby is the size of a (an): dill pickle
Team blue/pink/green: green
How are you feeling?: still more tired than I've ever been in my life. Certain smells give me waves of nausea still which is rough.
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously? I don't know if any of you are familiar with enneagram, but I'm a 6 so not only do I plan EVERYTHING, I also plan for things that will probably never happen
Location: So Cal
Age: 42! (Is there a category beyond geriatric? 😂)
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 7 / 16 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): avocado (my favorite)
Team blue/pink/green: Blue 💙
How are you feeling?: Pretty solid but exhausted. Out of breath easily. It’s hard to be reminded pretty consistently that I just can’t quite function at the level I could before. Tough lesson I keep learning over and over again!
@kamays54 - we dont have a theme and I wouldn’t know even where to start! I think it’s amazing when moms have cute themes and everything is well thought out but that is not my super power at all so I am going for peaceful and cozy without any specific theme per se. Just going to be happy with that!
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously? I like both! I think it depends on the situation but I love planning and things that are well executed because it’s restful but I also love spontaneity and being able to go with the flow when needed. I’ve found later in my life striking that balance is crucial!
Location: Idaho
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 19th / 14w, 2d
Baby is the size of a (an): Peach
Team blue/pink/green: PINK!! (we just found out 🤗)
How are you feeling?: better and better, but also sore! My hips and lower back are getting really achy. I went on a longer walk and stretched yesterday, thinking that doing some extra moving would help work the pain out —nope! Now considering going to a chiropractor, which I’ve always been skeptical of, but I’m up for trying anything
@kamays54 April I’m sorry about you’re parents not getting to come this fall! It’s hard to do this with family far away. My mom won’t get to come until a few weeks before the due date which is a huge bummer. On the bright side, it’s making this whole pregnancy more of a me and my husband thing. And I’m trying to remember that it’s our family we are making now, which has made it a little sweeter. As for the nursery theme, I know I want to do one, but I am so undecided! Just a personal taste thing, but I’m really not a fan of the traditional pink-girl nursery. I also don’t like the themes that scream “baby” because there is no way I’ll be redecorating within the next few years…
@jojosesame Jo, congratulations on the house!!! That’s so exciting! Praying for the process to be smooth and for the hormones to level out some so you feel more like yourself. You mentioned having to be reminded that you can’t quite function at the same level that you usually do and man, what a hard thing to get used to! With dealing with the emotions and how limited I feel, I’ve been trying to focus more on self care and seeing that as taking care of baby. I’m leaning into taking baths, stretching, reading and really anything that feels calming but doesn’t take too much energy. I don’t know how crazy your moving schedule is to get it all done in a month, but maybe trying to schedule some of that in would help make it feel more manageable?
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously?
I’m usually a huge planner, but I’m finding that I am terrible at gadging my energy levels right now. I’ll plan something to do after work, but by the time I get off and go to do it, my tank is already on E. So spontaneity is the way to go right now!
Location: Eastern Michigan
Age: 36
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/22/25 14 Weeks!
Baby is the size of a (an): peach
Team blue/pink/green: pink!
How are you feeling?: doing good minus the insomnia at night and post nasal drip. Struggling with BDD, but trying really hard to give myself grace.
GTKY:
Both? I have ADHD and try to make plans ahead of time so I can get all my ducks in a row and know everything I need to know, but I sometimes regret making the plans when the day finally hits and my social meter is nill (or if, you know, I make future plans not expecting to be pregnant during…)
I also like doing things spur of the moment when the mood strikes. My friends and I go to a lot of trivia, karaoke, drag shows, and random events locally, so it’s not usual for one of us to text with a random opportunity we just found and be like “pick you up at 5?”
@jojosesame congratulations on finding a house! Once you start settling in and getting things the way you want, hopefully you will start to feel better. Sending you good vibes and positive energy!
That's what we did with my daughter. I just picked out things that I liked and thought were cute. So she has animal with flowers, a unicorn, a wood sign with her name, and I love The Beatles so my parents got me 2 of the Lego mosaic sets so she has George and Ringo on her walls lol. The more I think about it, I think I'm just going to do the same this time. I like the idea of a theme but I also like the variety.
Location: Kentucky
Age: 34 - I am barely sneaking under the AMA window. I will turn 35 two months after due date
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 6, 16+1
Baby is the size of a (an): avocado
Team blue/pink/green: PINK! (we just found out a few hours ago when we got our NIPT results back!)
How are you feeling?: I am feeling really excited to have a girl! Physically - I am feeling pretty good, getting energy back, minimal discomfort. Emotionally - still feeling some big emotions! Some are good - I have never been more in love with my husband. But some are not so great - anxiety is ramping up and more crying.
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously?
Both! I saw someone else talk about the enneagram. I am a 7w5 so I love doing everything all the time lol but I am also ADHD with anxiety so plans are really helpful for me. I have found that I do best when I have some loose plans with flexibility within those plans.
@jojosesame congrats on the new house! Moving is a huge life stressor though. I definitely think you have every right to be feeling lots of big emotions. Any kind of change has a lot of emotional layers which usually includes some grief. Sending you love and grace for yourself.
@Mamazon2014 I feel you with the social battery and plans! Sometimes I am so annoyed with my former self for being so optimistic about social plans earlier in the week!
Location: Washington state
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/20; 14w2d
Baby is the size of a (an): peach
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: More exhausted and my boobs hurt again! I’ve probably been pushing myself a little too hard with work and exercise and baby girl is asking me to slow down. It’s hard not to think “2nd trimester should be easy, suck it up, it’s going to get so much harder!”
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously?
Both! I like to yield with certain friends and family members, but I’m the planner out of me and my husband. It’s nice to have a balance, and not hold all that pressure all the time.
@kamays54, we are still brain storming! When we moved in, there was actually a little girls room painted bright pink and with a bunch of very stereotypical girlie stencils. We hated it, painted it green, and it became a gym 😂. I guess we won’t be going too girly or pink for our nursery.
As for the pregnancy photo shoot, I didn't do it last time. I just took photos starting when I felt like I was showing. I'm a bigger girl and have struggled with how I look in pictures. It wasn't until I started showing that I started to feel better about the way I looked. I would have liked to do a newborn photo shoot but we just had a lot going on so I didn't have time to plan it. I probably won't do it this time either.
Location: Currently O'ahu, Hawai'i >> moving to Washington, D.C. Metro Area beginning of September (I'll be 22 weeks then
Age: 43 (AMA, Advanced Maternal Age)
EDD / Weeks + Days: January 7, 2025 / 16w+1d
Baby is the size of a (an): Avocado
Team blue/pink/green: Baby boy
How are you feeling?: I still feel nauseous every day, not as bad as the first trimester, but I gag when I eat and just feel nauseous at different points of the day. When will it stop?! haha My bump is also getting bigger and quite honestly, making me so uncomfortable. I've actually thought (being a FTM), how does the body expand that way, am I going to be able to breathe? lol I'm getting used to my bump, but wow what an adventure so far - the female body is amazing. @fk18 I'm totally with you on the "it's 2nd trimester, isn't it supposed to be easier" but then feeling like it's still hard lol
GTKY: Do you like to make plans ahead of time, or do things more spontaneously? Both! I can be a meticulous planner when it counts, but I also love to be spontaneous, go with the flow and not commit to many things. Really just depends on what it is and the priority it takes in my life (and if it requires or would be smarter to plan)!
I am also absolutely grieving my former life. Not at all in a bad way or that I wish anything were different but absolutely miss some of the things I could easily do before! I am also preparing myself for once baby comes and that really changes things. It’s such a process and I am just trying to embrace each stage and also allow myself to feel whatever comes up. What a rollercoaster!
Location: Colorado
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 15 / 15w2d
Baby is the size of a (an): orange 🍊
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: so tired all the time. It feels unfair! I wake up often and it’s hard to fall back asleep so that’s part of it. Otherwise though pretty ok, thankfully.
GTKY: I definitely want to know what the plans are in advance! I don’t always need ALL the details, but I definitely want to know what to expect. Especially being so tired these days, I need to make sure I don’t pack my days too much.