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January 2025 Babies
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Weekly Check-in, w/o November 11th
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Baby is the size of a (an):
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GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine?
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine?
Re: Weekly Check-in, w/o November 11th
Location: Arizona
Age: 39
EDD / Weeks + Days: Technically Jan 3; Probably Dec 13-20 / 32w 3d
Baby is the size of a (an): I'm going to say between celery (33 weeks) and butternut squash (34 weeks). On Thursday he was about a week ahead so...
Team blue/pink/green: Blue
How are you feeling?: I feel like every week it's getting harder and harder to do things. I'm getting winded pretty easily; I'm pulling muscles, getting charley horses, or having some nerve pain left and right. I had a bit of insomnia last night. My daughter woke up crying around 3am and woke me up. I was wide awake. I did end up finally falling back to sleep about an hour and a half later. Also, this didn't happen with my daughter so I'm curious to see if anyone else is feeling this. I noticed that sometime when I bend over that he gets in a position that makes it almost painful to stand up all the way. There is just a lot of pressure on different things. It's kind of hard to explain.
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine? We prefer cooking during the week but we'll eat out on the weekend. My husband has taken over a lot of the cooking due to work schedules so I started buying him some cookbooks. He really likes the Pioneer Woman books because there are pictures for each step. One of his favorite go to meals is her Sheet pan quesadilla. It's not the healthiest but it is really good.
Location: Tanzania
Age: 35
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 2 (but will prob be early as well!). 32w 5d
Baby is the size of a (an): coconut
Team blue/pink/green: blue
How are you feeling?: like a whale. haha. I've somehow gained like 10 lbs in the last month which feels insane especially because I haven't changed anything? I barely gained anything at the beginning so maybe this is catching up?
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine?
I like cooking when it doesn't feel like an obligation, haha. I'm generally pretty proud of things I make and feel like I am a good cook, esp having mastered a lot of traditional local dishes for Tanzania or making American dishes fully from scratch as a lot of things are available here. But the tediousness of deciding on and making dinner every night (especially pregnant) is exhausting. Luckily my husband is a good cook too so he does help out when I'm too tired.
I'm also very tired of the blood thinner injections. It's a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things... but my arms and legs are bruised all over from these shots and I really hate needles so it's just something I dread every morning and night.
The nursery has really been coming together finally! I'm definitely reaching full nesting mode, constantly wanting to clean and reorganize
In general, I love cooking and eating at home. Throughout pregnancy I have been veryyy lazy when it comes to cooking though... 😬 luckily my husband loves cooking and is happy to make dinners for us. I don't necessarily have a favorite to cook, but I will happily eat any and every pasta that i come across. A simple steak/mac n cheese/ spinach mushroom and onion meal is probably my favorite at home meal.
I will say though... my first meal after giving birth will be a giant platter of sushi
Location: Washington, D.C.
Age: 43
EDD / Weeks + Days: January 7th; 32 weeks - officially 8 mos pregnant, can't believe it!
Baby is the size of a (an): Squash
Team blue/pink/green: boy
How are you feeling?: Large and in charge! haha Wondering how and if my belly is going to get any bigger - feeling like there's no more room left. Full nesting mode - getting home ready, baby's room and all the gear ready, starting all the hospital bags and postpartum essentials, pediatrician selection, etc. - goal is to get this all done by Thanksgiving, where I'll be just over 35 weeks. I'm also starting to feel a bit anxious. I was told fair game for labor and delivery starting Week 37, which is 6 weeks from now. It's starting to get real! I'm not as anxious about the actual labor and delivery (although I'm doing what I can to prep for it) - - it's more about being a first time mom, will I know what to do? Will I be a good mom? I know I'm mid-life, but I still feel like "am I ready to be a mom?" haha
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine? I'm definitely not a chef or cook - - preference is going out, BUT with that being said, my husband and I have started to cook at home a lot more for cost saving reasons - we cook about 4-5 times a week.
Location: Alabama
Age: 33
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan24 / 29+5 (However, it's looking like baby girl is going to make her appearance 1-2 weeks early!)
Baby is the size of a (an): Acorn Squash!
Team blue/pink/green: It's a girl
How are you feeling?: Like everyone else, huge and tired LOL. I also feel so bad complaining all. the. time. but LORDY I'm struggling. Also my nausea has returned with a vengeance... not fun.
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine? Obviously I PREFER going out LOL. Especially here lately. But I do enjoy cooking and trying new recipes... when I can stand for more than 10 minutes without getting winded LOL.
Location: Colorado
Age: 38
EDD / Weeks + Days: January 15 / 31w
Baby is the size of a (an): asparagus - or a small Caboodle
Team blue/pink/green: boy
How are you feeling?: Tired, achey, emotional. Mostly tired. Work has ramped up recently and I'm really annoyed by it lol.
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine? I very much prefer baking to cooking! I love homemade food, but I just really don't love doing it. I am mostly in charge of cooking at home because my husband doesn't (though he will grill), but I'm so slow, it always takes forever and it rarely turns out how I want it to. I also hate the process of contantly having to decide what to make. I'm a big fan of stews but my husband isn't; he eats meat and I don't, so that complicates things. It's a constant irritation, honestly. I order meal delivery boxes (like HelloFresh) to help with the decision-making, but it's too expensive to do every night of the week. When I'm just not up for cooking, we'll order in. I love Thai food, so we'll order that often, but also a big fan of Mediterranean, Italian, a solid basket of fries... lol.
Location: Athens, GA
Age: 33 (turning 34 on 11/30)
EDD / Weeks + Days: 33 weeks tomorrow. Jan 3
Baby is the size of a (an): lava lamp (lol read that today and I can picture it easier than fruit)
Team blue/pink/green: pink
How are you feeling?: ooof I’ve been SO active and on it during my second trimester and things are really slowing down. Had my baby shower on Sunday and I’m overwhelmed with writing TY notes, and finding places to put the gifts since we haven’t finished the nursery. Anxious to finish the nursery (move dresser/ glider chair around) find a bookcase for books, and the crib won’t arrive until early Dec.
someone asked about jobs- I’m fully remote for a start up. I’m taking 12 weeks off and will get 100% base pay for the first 8 weeks but then it drops to 60% that third month unless I want to work part time (which depending on what life is like month 3, could be doable for a couple hours of work a day…) I’m going to play that part by ear.
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine?
odvi I love eating out the most. We cook the same rotation of meals bc I can’t take the mental load of coming up with new things. Lots of chicken thighs in the air fryer, veggie and sweet potatoes/ a starch. My formula is pretty much just find a protein, a carb and a veggie and we’ve made it through another day.
Location: Kentucky
Age: 34
EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 6 / 32+3
Baby is the size of a (an): box of a dozen donuts
Team blue/pink/green: baby girl!
How are you feeling?: I am tired. We have a LOT going on and I just feel lethargic and unmotivated. Work is a mess (I feel you Isha). We just closed on our new house so we are working on moving stuff over to the new place and getting our current home ready to sell. We had our baby shower this past weekend which was lovely but a lot of people canceled at the last minute which was disappointing.
GTKY: Do you prefer cooking dinner or going out? If you prefer cooking, what is your favorite go to meal to cook? If you prefer going out, what is your favorite restaurant or cuisine?
Either! I do enjoy cooking with my spouse but it is always nice to have someone else cook and clean for you
Do I prefer cooking or eating out?
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Well if I have to cook then I prefer going out (lol), but if I could choose between my husband cooking or going out, I'd choose my husband's cooking 7/10 times. I love anything with red meat! So steakhouses are usually where we go if we're going out. If I'm cooking, my go to is either lasagna or chili. Welp, now I'm hungry 😅
Name: Priscilla
Before pregnancy I prefer cooking, a nice glazed salmon with rice and veggies. Now that I'm pregnant I'm indulging in all the cravings, burgers are always a win.