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January 2025 Babies
kamays54
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Weekly Check-in, w/o September 2nd
kamays54
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GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people?
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people?
Re: Weekly Check-in, w/o September 2nd
Location: Arizona
Age: 39
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 3rd / 22w 4d
Baby is the size of a (an): Coconut
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: Right now, tired! I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I think the insomnia is slowly starting. Overall, good. I have noticed that I have been getting winded easier lately which is making certain tasks harder.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? Yes and no. I'm fine with people helping but there have been times when my husband will say to me, "why didn't you just ask for help?" Part of it is because I have always been a very independent person and I know I CAN do it but of course it would have been nice to have the help. I just don't ask for it if I know I can do it even if it makes it harder. If that make sense.
Location: Orange County, CA
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: 20w1d (can't believe we're halfway!!)
Baby is the size of a (an): banana
Team blue/pink/green: Twin BOYS! 💙💙
How are you feeling?: Feeling good! Also feeling huge lol January feels a million years away. Been having occasional round ligament pain which has been suuuper painful. Getting a belly band has helped with that immensely.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people?
I'd say generally yes. Fairly easy to accept when it's offered, definitely harder to ask when it's not, I can be kind of a tough it out type personality at times. Our church offers a meal train for new parents that we are 500% on board with, and my mom gets a couple weeks of family care time off and offered to come help, which was also an easy yes. Especially as a FTM, also with there being 2 babies in the equation...Thankful for our people!!
Location: Colorado
Age: 38
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 15 / 20w6d
Baby is the size of a (an): banana today, endive tomorrow!
Team blue/pink/green: blue
How are you feeling?: my congestion has been acting up the past few days, and I'm often out of breath from the smallest things, but otherwise ok!
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? Yes, if offered, but I have a hard time asking. (@kamays54 you always have such great prompts!)
And the movement is hard at this point. It's amazing when you feel it but it's still not consistent which causes the worry/panic until you feel it again. I have had moments like that. It's especially hard if something happens (big or small). You worry, panic, and feel like it's your fault. Then you feel them again and get that reassurance. I have to try and remind myself in those kinds of moments that they are much more resilient than we realize. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I was in a minor car accident, our medium-size dog jumped over the couch onto my stomach, and the pharmacy mixed up another similar looking medication with my blood pressure medication. I'm not sure if I ended up taking any of the other medication but I realized a few days after I had been taking meds from that bottle. All of this to say, she is perfectly healthy. But after each of those incidents, it was pure worry and panic until I felt her again.
Also, if anyone else has any GTKY questions they think would be fun or interesting let me know. You can send me a message and I can include it in one of these.
Location: Colorado
Age: 37
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 16th
Baby is the size of a (an): sweet potato
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: Pretty tired but not experiencing any other pains luckily.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? Generally yes, but it depends on who is offering!
I'm thinking that I'm going to plan to take 6 weeks off, try to front load as much work as possible, and have a contractor friend in the same line of work who I can connect clients with if they need something urgent during that timeframe and I'm unavailable, who I can take more of a hands-off/supervisory role of, but need to confirm if/how that would work.
Location: New Hampshire
Age: 25
EDD / Weeks + Days: January 28:19W+1D
Baby is the size of a (an): Mango
Team blue/pink/green: Blue!
How are you feeling?: my energy seems to be leveling out and I’m able to get around to do more. I am experiencing a lot of pain in my right side that I believe is ligament related but I might get checked out just in case. It only seems to be happening when I move but ugh even walking can be painful. FTM and nervous anxious mess.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? I’d say I’d accept help when offered but always to scared to ask when I need it lol.
Location: Tanzania
Age: 35
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 2; 22w 6 d
Baby is the size of a (an): ear of corn? hah
Team blue/pink/green: green
How are you feeling?: Baby got some strong legs. The kicks really distract me, especially when I'm at work or trying to fall asleep. I still can't feel like I get enough sleep between the bathroom breaks and my arms falling asleep from laying on them.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? Not ever. I'm such a strong headed first born girl child that I was always the one taking care of everyone else. I'd like to say I've learned and changed, but it takes time!
Location: norway
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: jan 1/ 23 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): grapefruit
Team blue/pink/green: blue!
How are you feeling?: pretty good! Mentally ive been feeling so good this summer and im so thankful for that! My sciatic flare up has since settled down and at least for today im physically feel good too!
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? Its easy-ish for me to accept help but super hard to ask for help!
Location: Kentucky
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 6 / 22+3
Baby is the size of a (an): coconut
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: my hormones have been all over the place this last week! Its been a ride. Physically, I feel pretty good. I am finally starting to feel her move and that's exciting! It took me a while to figure out what it feels like.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people? I am terrible at accepting help and even worse at asking for help! I am trying to improve.
Location: PNW
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 20/ 20w5d
Baby is the size of a (an): Banana
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: awesome. The anatomy scan went great yesterday which was such a relief. there was one anomaly found - postaxial polydactyly - basically she has an extra little pinky nubbin in her left hand that she inherited from her dad’s side of the family. While we will remove it for aesthetic reasons, it’s a cool little family trait.
GTKY: Is it easy for you to accept help from people?
It feels almost cultural for me to accept anything offered, so I would say yes. Like others have mentioned, I have a hard time ASKING for it. A great example is financial help. My parents are first generation wealthy and could definitely help us more (both of us in helping professions) but I can’t bring myself to ask. I guess staunch independence is a value of mine.