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January 2025 Babies
kamays54
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Weekly Check-in, w/o August 5th
kamays54
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GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you?
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you?
Re: Weekly Check-in, w/o August 5th
Location: Arizona
Age: 39
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 3rd / 18w 3d
Baby is the size of a (an): Artichoke
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: This past week I started waking up at around 3:30am every night to go pee. That isn't a huge deal except there was one night it took me forever to get back to sleep. I hope the insomnia isn't starting just yet.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? The food. It's just such a comfort to me. My mom is Italian and my dad is Hungarian and Ukrainian. My dad's aunt used to cook all the time and my dad learned a few recipes from her but he always said that he wishes she wrote them down. So a few years ago, I got both of my parents blank recipe books for them to fill out and give back to me so we have something to pass down in the family.
Location: Orange County, CA
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: 16w
Baby is the size of a (an): Avocado!
Team blue/pink/green: Blue + ?
How are you feeling?: Still feeling great! Thankful for that. I've joined a few twin mom Facebook groups and I keep seeing women 30+ weeks with their twins saying that they're just so uncomfortable and it hurts to walk much even. That said I'm really trying to focus on stretching and staying active daily, which my dr. recommended as well to hopefully maintain my mobility and comfortability as long as possible.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? Hmmm this one is a bit harder for me as I wouldn't say I feel a strong connection to my cultural background. I may add something here later on if I think of something in particular.
Not extremely, the most I could say is that my family dynamic wasn't great growing up. I've learned that family is chosen not forced by blood.
Location: Tanzania
Age: 35
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 2 / 18w 5d
Baby is the size of a (an): sweet potato
Team blue/pink/green: green
How are you feeling?: At night I feel like I flip sides constantly. My hips are sore and my arms keep falling asleep. At work I need to stand up every hour or it feels like the hips are locked. I've also had a lot of pulling/stretching under my bump already and it feels to early for that.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? With a super blended family, living in Africa, with an African partner, culture has become way more important to me than probably ever in my life. Its fun to introduce my kids to "American" things like chocolate chip cookies and the forth of july, while at the same time teaching them all the important things of their home culture here in Tanzania.
@kamays54 can you get the decaf version of whatever your usual drink is? I religiously drink a cup of regular coffee every morning, but on chilly evenings I will also have a cup of decaf if the mood strikes.
Location: Detroit Metro, MI
Age: 36
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/22/25 16 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): pear
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: great minus pregnancy rhinitis. I already deal with chronic post nasal drip, but pregnancy has it in overdrive. I’m tired of feeling like I’m constantly drowning in mucus.
I wish it wasn’t so long between ultrasounds! My last view of Baby Girl was at 10 weeks and it feels like forever! I’ve had dopplers since then, but it’s not the same as that visual assurance that everything is alright.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you?
I also grew up around some very emotionally illiterate and toxic individuals. That led to a lot of intentional self work and therapy to be able to acknowledge and break the cycle of generational trauma so that I wouldn’t continue those patterns with my own children.
Location: Maine 🦞
Age: 35
EDD / Weeks + Days: 16 + 1
Baby is the size of a (an): Avocado
Team blue/pink/green: Greeeeen
How are you feeling?: I finally feel great! I was never sick but SO SO tired. Coming out of that now.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? Hmm, I never thought about this..
My partner and I each happen to be half italian, and I think we both take a lot of pride in this especially when it comes to holiday traditions or pasta Sundays. It's something we are excited to pass on to our children
@kendyb77 my husband works for his mom out of her house. So when I went back to work, he took her with him to work until she was about 14-15 months. I can't really speak to best practices but I know a big thing for him was a safe place to put her down. When she was little, it was her bassinet. We bought the Dream on me Karley bassinet for both our house and his mother's. He liked it because it was easy to move so if it was really loud in one area of the house he could move her and the monitor to another room easily. We also liked that it has a canopy that zips closed. We both have cats and dogs so it was comforting when she was in another room that we could close it. When she got older and more mobile, it was the playpen and toys to keep her busy. At his mother's house, his sister already had a plastic modular one that you could change the size of and was easy to put up and take down. At our house we have one that is a little more permanent. It is similar to this one on Amazon: https://a.co/d/5kMWqhj
@jaclyn-ak Babylist was mentioned in another thread. I tried it out and so far like it better than The Bump and Amazon, which I used last time.
Location: PNW/Washington
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/20; 16w2d
Baby is the size of a (an): avocado
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: so much more tired, but luckily mostly just occurring in the early evening. I’m falling asleep an hour earlier than normal!!
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you?
I’m proud of many of the underlying values of the Ashkenazi Jewish people and teachings which I share (e.g. balance, flexibility, moderation, tradition) despite not being raised in the Jewish faith. My husband is mixed race and we are having a lot of conversations already about how we want to teach and embrace our/her unique and varied cultures. It’s complex!
Location: Kentucky
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 6th / 18 + 2
Baby is the size of a (an): artichoke (and weighs as much as hamster today according to the app lol)
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: Mentally & emotionally - I am feeling pretty good even though life keeps throwing curveballs at us! Physically - I am experiencing a LOT of back and hip pain. The pain is really bad when I stand up after sitting or laying down. I am going to try doing more prenatal yoga and I think I am going to schedule a few appointments with my pelvic floor PT even though she is so expensive (make that money girl and she is incredible but my wallet hurts)
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? love this question although it is hard for me to answer. This might sound weird, but I feel really connected to the culture of my state - Kentucky. I'm not talking about the policies or politics here. Kentucky has a really unique culture deeply rooted in agriculture, bourbon, horses, Appalachia, story telling, southern hospitality, and a deep appreciation for the beauty of the land. Kentuckians are usually stereotyped by the rest of the US as hillbillies so I think there is also some sense of freedom and comradery between Kentuckians knowing how great the people of this state actually are. There is a quote that resonates with nearly every Kentuckian I know, “I never met a Kentuckian who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home.” ― Happy Chandler
@bcml I love that. It doesn't sound weird at all. I'm an Italian from NJ and I think @jaclyn-ak can back me up on this but we are very proud of NJ. We also have a saying, "you can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl" lol. I think feeling connected to where and how you grew up can be just as important (and sometimes more important) than your cultural background. I was very fortunate to grow up in a very diverse area and like @Mamazon2014 I want to make sure that my children are respectful and welcoming of all different backgrounds.
Location: Denver
Age: 38
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 15 / 17 weeks
Baby is the size of a: pomegranate
Team blue/pink/green: blue
How are you feeling?: fairly normal overall, other than general annoying pregnancy things (always starving, rhinitis, out of breath). That is except for…
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? I’m Jewish and it’s a huge part of my identity - I’m not very observant but culturally it’s incredibly important. My husband was raised Catholic and is now atheist so we’ve had a lot of conversations about it, and thankfully he understands that I want our kid to understand where the family came from.
Location: So Cal
Age: 42
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 7 / 18 + 1 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): artichoke
Team blue/pink/green: 💙
How are you feeling?: Exhausted and lots of pulling and stretching in my abdomen. Definitely got some round ligament pain going, hard to get comfortable.
GTKY: How is your culture/background important to you? Gosh, im very interested in incorporating lots of different cultures and elements into my daily life and family. Whether those be from our families or from friends or from travels. I don’t know if I feel I have any one defined culture or background but rather aim to be a citizen of the world and try to keep things diverse and interesting!