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January 2025 Babies
kamays54
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Weekly Check-in, w/o September 16th
kamays54
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GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do?
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do?
Re: Weekly Check-in, w/o September 16th
Location: Arizona
Age: 39
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 3rd / 24w 3d
Baby is the size of a (an): Cantaloupe
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: The heartburn/indigestion at night is getting worse. I have been waking up multiple times a night. It's not every night but it's getting closer and closer to being every night. Also, I forgot who mentioned it but I have had some congestion for the past month and just a few days ago when I blow my nose in the morning there has been some blood. Not full on nose bleeds but it has been a little bit every morning. Hopefully your nose bleeds have gone away.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do? So many things lol. Every time I see a new craft I want to learn how to do it. Like last night I saw a video of a woman making these really cool giant acrylic paper clips and now I want to do that. I enjoy being crafty but it's expensive and I just don't have the time right now. Maybe one day...
Location: Southern CA
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: 22w
Baby is the size of a (an): coconut!
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: Also feeling heartburn at night. I've found that propping up my pillows so I'm sleeping more in a sitting reclined position helps with this. Every time I lay more flat to sleep I end up waking up multiple times with heartburn/acid reflux which sucks.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do?
I've always wanted to be like really good at baking lol. I love cooking, but baking requires so much precision and small details that I've been pretty hit or miss. Would love to grow in that, primarily just to have as a fun hobby.
@kamays54 - Re: showers, we're having two showers (one for my side of the family, one for my husband's). One will be the last weekend in October, one will be the weekend before Thanksgiving. I totally get what you mean about planning around the holidays, that was a big obstacle for us in picking dates, and my parents are out of town for a couple weeks in November, so these dates just what we ended up with. As a FTM, I'm fine with the early showers, having baby stuff prepped early I think will make me feel somewhat more prepared, plus with having twins we could have the boys pretty early and I'm already huge, so I think later would just equal more discomfort.
Have you ever tried Gaviscon Advance? It is a pregnancy safe liquid made from sodium alginate to take before bed. Put simply, it creates a natural shield over your stomach to prevent the rising of acid when you lie down. It has helped me so much! is only available online, as it’s not sold in the US for some weird reason (it has been recommended by both my GI and ENT docs) .
Location: Tanzania
Age: 35
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 2 (24 w 5 d)
Baby is the size of a (an): eggplant
Team blue/pink/green: green
How are you feeling?: Starting to really feel big. Like, more obviously pregnant? Still dealing with carpel tunnel, especially at night, but I've started putting ace bandages on and it's helped.
I would agree with the heartburn! It always feels like it comes out of no where too, and suddenly I'm super constipated also. I got really sick last week with a stomach virus and ever since then it feels like my whole body is out of wack. Hopefully will regulate soon.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do? probably a million things but I can't seem to think of any right now, haha
Location: WA
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/20; 22w1d
Baby is the size of a (an): Coconut
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: a little fatigued and like others have said, the reflux has joined the party…Pepcid and Gaviscon Advance are keeping it pretty manageable.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do?
Location: Norway
Age: 28
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 1 / 25 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): no clue😅
Team blue/pink/green: blue
How are you feeling?: feeling pretty great. My belly is definitely starting to get in the way though. Like this morning i was frying eggs and looked down and my belly button was literally an inch from the skillet. Oops!😂
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do?
ooo this is a good question! Pretty much anything ive tried i can do good enough but some of the things i want to learn to be better. Like knitting, sewing, cooking, etc. I do a good enough job for home use but id love to learn more and not just wing it half the time😅
@fk18 & @strongishmom I'll have to try those. My doctor gave me a list of all the approved over the counter medications I can take while pregnant and Gaviscon and Pepcid are on there. It has been so inconsistent that I was just trying to treat it as it came but since it's happening more and more I think I'm going to have to try something more preventative. @kendyb77 sometimes sitting up helps and I actually sit up in bed for about half an hour before laying down every night to see if easing into laying down helps.
@kmtz89 So far my doctor hasn't mentioned anything about having a c-section this time around so I may possibly have a VBAC. But...I have a feeling that it will be another c-section. My daughter was small (6lbs 3oz) and born a week early and at the anatomy scan baby boy was already measuring a week ahead. Also, I still have the same high risk factors I had with my daughter. I really don't have a preference, although I sort of know what to expect with a c-section so I'm a little more comfortable with that I guess.
Location: Colorado
Age: 38
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 15/ 23 weeks
Baby is the size of a (an): grapefruit
Team blue/pink/green: blue
How are you feeling?: decent! I feel like that’s my weekly answer lately. Sometimes it’s hard to get comfortable going to sleep because my lungs feel squished, but it’s manageable.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do? Dance! I’ve taken a bunch of types of dance classes over the years but nothing I’ve stuck with. I just love the idea of being a really excellent dancer.
Location: Greater D.C. area
Age: 43
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 7 / 24+4
Baby is the size of a (an): cantaloupe
Team blue/pink/green: boy
How are you feeling?: have a ton of energy. Walking 5-10 miles a day, but may be due to the move and my motivation to get settled as soon as possible in order to be ready for baby.
GTKY: What's something you've always wanted to learn how to do? so much! Abstract painting (lol)
re: breastfeeding. My first started out strong and breast feeding was going great and I was really pleased as that had been my plan. But around 4 months of minimal weight gain we discovered she had a congenital heart defect and the effort it took her to feed was actually canceling out the calories she could get. I was so discouraged by this and had to switch her to fortified formula and didn't get to breast feed anymore. It was really hard for me to come to terms with that, because I felt like my body was doing all the right things and I really enjoyed it but had to stop for her growth. Eventually I came to terms with it but I am really looking forward to trying again with this baby. My breasts have been super tender this whole pregnancy and feel like they're "getting ready" if that makes sense.
As far as positives, I really loved that I could feed her anywhere at anytime with no prep! Carrying around formula and bottles and everything was quite a transition, though not a "hard" one per say, just took some getting use to. Or waking in the middle of the night to make a bottle rather than just being able to pull out a boob.
Biggest positive for me was just being able and fortunate enough to do it. I know that not everyone can do it, so I'm just glad I was able to. I set a goal of doing it for a year and then I would transition. I enjoyed the bonding experience and as @kmtz89 mentioned it was nice to be able to do it when ever/where ever without needing a ton of stuff. Even with all the negatives you will read below, I had a hard time coming to terms with it ending because of the bonding time.
Now for the negatives...It can be stressful. You can't really measure how much they are getting and for me it was hard to tell when she was actually nursing versus comfort nursing. So when I was at home, I would just let her nurse for a long time (sometimes 45mins - 1 hour). There were times I would stop her but if I wasn't really doing anything I would just let her nurse. I also had to go back to work after 2 months so I was breastfeeding and pumping. That started to take a toll. It's one thing to breastfeed but to be stuck to a machine while you're at work is not fun or ideal in some cases. Pumping also comes with the stress of "am I producing enough?" because now you are measuring. We would try to keep a stash in the freezer but then that becomes stressful when you have to use it and you aren't sure if you can replenish it. I had to use it when I had a blocked duct, which is another negative. That hurt so much. Luckily it didn't turn into mastitis because I heard that hurts even more. I also had to use some when I missed a pumping session which then dropped my production.
Despite the negatives, I still want to do it again with this one and I hope I can make it the full year again. It can be hard and I'm a little worried about getting through the entire year but I want to try my best to have the same experience with him.