Weekly check in 3/10

peach93 · March 10

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀:

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱:

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?

peach93 · March 10

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/12; 22 weeks & 2 days

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: 🩵

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? For those of us who just went through Daylight Savings, I’m sure you are also feeling sleepy, but I’m so excited that we have an extra hour of daylight. Bye winter👋

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:
Rants: the hip pain has been pretty intense, I’ve been doing yoga more regularly to try to stretch out my hip flexors but if anyone has any other suggestions, I am all ears!

Raves: I think I said this last week too, but I love how regularly I can feel my baby moving. He’s so active! I used to feel stressed in between my Dr appointments because I didn’t know if he was alright, now every little kick is reassurance.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?

Basically as soon as my husband and I knew we were expecting, we went and picked out a little Winnie the Pooh outfit for our baby. We wanted to be the first ones to get him something, and hanging up a little outfit in our closet made it feel more real. Anytime my nausea was super bad in the first trimester, my husband and I would pull out the little outfit and remind ourselves that soon our little guy will be here and snuggled up in our arms.

butterflyhunny · March 10

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/21 21 weeks

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: 🩷

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Physically pretty good, random aches and pains but nothing big. Definitely feeling some stress and looking forward to my week off next week!

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Rant - generally my anatomy scan went well, but she is on the smaller side of normal, so they have me going back in 4 weeks for another scan to make sure she's making enough growth. I come from a family of small people (I'm only 5'!) so I'm trying not to panic, but it's really hard not to stress!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one? I can't remember which came first so I'll give the answer for each lol. The first gift was a "Luke's Diner" onesie from our friends who first guessed we were pregnant (we're naming her Lorelei so it's a cute reference). First we bought was a super cute strawberry hooded towel.

bigworldlittleg · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/16, 21+5

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Blue!!

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Not too bad! The second trimester is treating me well. I'm starting to get more acid reflux and heartburn, so I'm going to stock up on Tums. I know the old wive's tale is that reflux/heartburn means baby will have hair, and that proved to be accurate with my son, so we'll see with this little guy!

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Rant is that the weekend kind of sucked. On Saturday we lost power and didn't have it most of the day. On Sunday, DST messed us all up. We decided to skip my son's nap, bc of the time change and bc he's been increasingly difficult for both naps and bedtime and we didn't have the energy. Boy was that a mistake! He was so overtired by the evening and it was a shit show lol. Man, toddlers can really wreck you!

Rave is that the weather is SOOO nice and we all went for a walk after daycare today and it was such a nice reset.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: NATM

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?

Oh gosh, is it bad that I haven't bought anything yet? We don't need much given he'll be our second boy. But, I do have a cute "little brother" outfit saved on Amazon that I plan to buy! Sorry little man....second-born problems, I guess

peach93 · March 11

@bigworldlittleg - I have an older sister so I totally get the second born problems 😂 hand-me-downs becomes less of a problem and more of a benefit once you hit the teen years

linh18 · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 22 weeks

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: TTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: blue

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Tired after a very busy week, but physically ok

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: I've only gained a net 2 kg so far this pregnancy since I was so sick at the beginning. Honestly don't know how to feel about it. And now heartburn is starting to get bad so I'm having to limit foods I actually want to eat because even tums aren't working 😢

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: none

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one? I'm in the same boat @bigworldlittleg I didn't buy anything yet, well I asked my mom to pick us up some diapers from Costco when they were on sale so we have some when we visit, so maybe that counts 😅

bigworldlittleg · March 11

@linh18 I haven't gained much this pregnancy either! Just a couple pounds. I also lost some weight in the first trimester. It's interesting because I gained about 20-25 pounds with my first. A few of the women in my first bump group were saying recently that their end weight for each of their pregnancies was the same. So if they started at a higher pre-pregnancy weight with the second/third pregnancy, they ended up gaining less. So I wonder if the body just needs a certain amount of body weight to sustain the pregnancy, and if you already have that going into the pregnancy, you gain less.

Also, when Tums stopped working for me with my first, I took Prilosec OTC and that worked well. I had to take it daily though!

tashaandpeanut · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: July 4, 23 + 4

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: 🩵

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Excited! Starting to feel more prepared.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: My fiancé took me out for supper and baby shopping as a date and it was so thoughtful and fun and a great night. We also picked up a stroller car seat travel system so we kind of now feel like we have what we need to keep a little one alive.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: NATM

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?
A good friend gifted us their bassinet which we will be using for our little guy.

routtymama · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: July 7

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Green

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? This has been my most challenging pregnancy by far. Not sure if it’s because it’s the fourth (my OB told me that they usually get a bit harder each time) or my advanced maternal age, but it’s just been harder on my body for sure. Fourth and final! Just trying to tell myself we are on the downhill and it’s just a short-period of discomfort.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Anyone else feeling so swollen? I’ve had pregnancy-related carpel tunnel with all three, but was hoping to avoid it since I’m not spending much time typing these days. But I keep waking up with sore and swollen fingers most mornings. Feels too early for third tri discomfort.

But again, maybe this is just an advanced maternal/multiple pregnancy thing? Or maybe I’m getting soft in my old age. 🙃

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one? We haven’t bought anything yet. We thought we were done with three and gave away all our baby things, so we do need to buy a few things. We usually let the kids pick out a lovey for the new baby, but will probably wait until closer to delivery for that. I’ve been looking for an outfit to bring the baby home in, but haven’t found anything I love yet. I am telling myself we are only half-way there and still have time to prepare/feel prepared. 🙃

brittanny21 · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/21 21 weeks + 1 day

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Blue💙

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Pretty good for the most part. Definitely sore in my joints and my belly from stretching. And I’ve had some heartburn but nothing I can’t handle😊

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: RAVE- He’s moving so much more now and it’s such a relief. I can’t wait for my husband to be able to feel him and experience this beautiful thing.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: NATM

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one? I think the first item(s) was his crib and changing table. We got them secondhand from a family member but we don’t think the color matches the nursery right so we’re going to be selling the ones we have and buying new ones. This was before we even got pregnant. We’ve bought lots of stuff beforehand and after lol. We just went to Carters this pay weekend and got some cute clothes too. (If anyone is in the Vermont/New Hampshire area and is looking for a crib/changing table let me know)

routtymama · March 11

@bigworldlittleg I have read that there is research that backs up the correlation between heartburn and having babies with more hair. I usually don’t have any heartburn or indigestion issues and my babies are so bald for so long. I always think “so this is what you will look like as an old man...” 😜 I wish they had some hair, but also have had a couple of experiences with heartburn to know that it is not pleasant.

The hand-me down situation is real, but mostly pretty great. I think we upgraded a few things in subsequent pregnancies, but it was nice to get a lot of use out of everything. Though, around five years my oldest started blowing the knees out of all his pants. We just switched clothes out for my newly five year old and there were only two pairs of pants that survived. I’m still grateful that we have so much that still works, though. And it is really fun to have pictures of each of them in some of my favorite outfits throughout the years.

butterflyhunny · March 11

@routtymama I'm also having the swollen fingers just in the last few days! I stopped wearing my wedding ring and have been wearing a different (slightly bigger) ring instead just in case, don't want it to get stuck! I'm also "advanced maternal age" so can't rule that out based on me, but my sister had the same thing happen and she was about 28 during her pregnancy so there's that? Lol

lalalauren15 · March 11

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/19, 21+3

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Blue

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? I’m making it. Forcing myself to be more active as I’ve decided I’m not going to get this burst of energy I expected. Haha. We are going to Disney at the end of the month, so I am trying to get used to walking a LOT!

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: Nothing to rant or rave about, just really just trying to get to vacation at this point. Lol

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: NATM

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one? My husband and daughter have both each picked out an outfit. I haven’t bought anything. When we get back from vacation, I plan to finish updating my daughter’s room and move the rocking chair and dresser to baby’s room. We didn’t plan on having another, so I gave away everything, so it’s like starting from scratch 😩

Fortunately, my sister has a lot of clothes and such as her little guy is 2 so just need to get the big ticket items lined up. I have at least made the registry! Lol

cosmicmclain · March 12

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: 7/14, 22w2d

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink 🩷

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? Good but definitely feeling bigger and more debilitated with day to day tasks physically which is so funny but not the most fun as it can be challenging 😆 good bit of hip pain in the evenings and acid reflux in the evenings too but it’s manageable! Also very constipated but I’ve been dealing with that the whole pregnancy so far. Finally experiencing lots of clear skin and that “pregnancy glow” according to friends and family.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: smallest rant on still not feeling baby moving around too much. Anterior placenta gang I guess but I have so much fomo on not having those love taps during the day like a lot of you are! I think I’m finally getting the smallest flutters though, so hopefully soon!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: NATM

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?
We bought the crib & a new vacuum the night we got back all of our NIPT results 🤣 fully prepared to commit and more aggressively handle pet hair!

lappymom2019 · March 13

@butterflyhunny I had to have extra growth scans for daughter and she was born perfectly normal! I hope everything goes well with the scans and you just get to enjoy some extra pictures.

@cosmicmclain I hardly felt my daughter in my first pregnancy so I know what that's like! I hope you start to feel baby soon. They're still so tiny yet.

butterflyhunny · March 13

@lappymom2019 thank you for sharing that, very relieving to hear! ❤️ I feel like my belly is popping more every day so I'm hoping that's a good sign! 😊

watermelonsunshine · March 13

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: July 10 / 23wk

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: FTM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻:

Don’t know

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Trouble sleeping and I feel like I am getting more tired than usual just going for a walk. Could be just because I didn’t really do much this winter.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀:

I had my anatomy scan, but I have to go back in about 6 weeks for another scan because they couldn’t get clear images of everything they needed. We started telling some friends/extended family about the pregnancy this week since we have the main anatomy scan results back, but I wish I didn’t have to wait for the rest of the answers.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

I haven’t yet told my employer that I’m pregnant. Anyone else in the same boat? (They are doing layoffs, so I’m thinking of trying to get through my spring performance review before disclosing pregnancy??)

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?

We bought a travel system this week! Really glad to know that now we can safely take the baby home with us from the hospital. But we don’t have a crib or anything yet.

lappymom2019 · March 13

@watermelonsunshine I told my employer only recently. I'm feeling nervous about my maternity leave because I'm a fed and there is so much uncertainty around whether or not I'll even have a job! So I feel your pain. Best of luck to you.

lappymom2019 · March 13

𝗘𝗗𝗗 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 + 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀: July 20, 21w4days

𝗙𝗧𝗠/𝗦𝗧𝗠/𝗧𝗧𝗠+/𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: STM

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁/𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲/𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸/𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻: Pink

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴? I feel huge and uncomfortable already. I don't know if it is the low lying placenta or what but I feel so much pressure and tightness already. I have to take it easy and move slowly, which I do not like doing.

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀/𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀: happy that baby is moving around so much because it makes me feel better about being so uncomfortable!

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: none at the moment

𝗚𝗧𝗞𝗬: What was the first item you bought or were gifted for your little one?
Baby clothes! We weren't sure if we were going to have another baby or not so I got rid of most of the baby clothes because they take up so much space and are fun/easy to replace and I figured there would be no guarantee that they would be the right gender/size/season.

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