Weekly check in w/o 07.20.2025

acleverusername · July 22

FTM/STM/TTM+:

EDD / Weeks + Days:

Team blue/pink/green:

Upcoming Appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: have you started thinking about / selected a name?

acleverusername · July 22

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 39 week induction on Jan 4 (because I’m an old fart), 2026; 15+1

Team blue/pink/green: gonna keep it a secret for now until we migrate to a more private forum

Upcoming Appointments: 2nd monthly with my OB on Wed, Jul 23

How are you feeling?: better now… I had a really bad scare at my early anatomy scan at 12+4 weeks hence why I’ve been away from TB. Subsequent ultrasounds have been all fine so I’m not even going to mention what happened here because I just want to forget and move on with my life. Nausea is gone. My pregnancy insomnia is still bad so I’m actually taking a prescription medication for it now which is definitely helping. And then I effed up my back on the weekend (probably from lifting my 34lb 2.25 yr old) so I’m suffering.

Rants/Raves: Hrm… a bunch of things are falling into place in the last week and a bit so I’m hoping this trend will continue.

Questions: none

GTKY: have you started thinking about / selected a name? Name selected and we’ve been telling ppl. Lol… we were so private with the name we had selected for our DS because I didn’t want ppl’s unsolicited opinions but this time it’s totally different because it’s a special family name on my side.

acleverusername · July 22

I’m going to respond / comment on a bunch of updates from 07.07.2025 here:

@lalaurenj where in NorCal are you? I’m in the Monterey area.

@emeraldmaybythebay TTM/TTM+ is “third time mom/+”

@kbmt how’s the toddler tantruming? My DS has had 2 of his 2nd molars cut in the last few days and he’s been… not fun to be around (to put it mildly). Remind me: you have a Feb 2023 baby?

acleverusername · July 22

Holy cow! @gingerbunny23... your user name looked familiar so I looked in your history and realized that we were in the same April 2023 BMB together. And I believe our babes were born on the same day!!! You never posted anything to the Facebook group though; but your details got updated in our baby tracker.

kbmt · July 22

@acleverusername, the tantrums are still really rough. Once we solve the issue that led to the first tantrum, another three things bother him and the tantrums and whining do not stop. I definitely think it's a control issue. If we do something for him that he wanted to do himself or stop him from doing something he shouldn't be doing, he then tries to do ten other things that he should not do or that could be harmful. I'm a bit exhausted! He was born in February 2023. On a separate topic, I will most likely be induced as well due to my age. I haven't picked a date, and they said I could schedule it on my due date at the latest, so that's most likely my plan.

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/14/26 / 14+4

Team blue/pink/green: Blue

Upcoming Appointments: 15-minute follow-up appointment on 8/11

How are you feeling?: Okay. The nausea has returned. I feel large and find it hard to breathe at times.

Rants/Raves: Work has slowed down a bit for me, which is a rave. I switched roles and am enjoying it more. I'm also excited to find out that I get more time off work for maternity leave than I had originally thought!

Questions: None

GTKY: have you started thinking about / selected a name? We've started thinking about names, but it's a struggle. I have maybe two top names right now. I think my husband has a favorite, which is one of my top two, but I have some hesitations. I made the mistake of telling my family what other names were on my list after having my first (thinking I wouldn't have a second) and my father had negative comments about one of our top names. I think I just need to block that out if we like it enough. With my last, we went to the hospital with three names and decided after he was born. I assume we will do something similar this time.

marmalade0 · July 22

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/14/26

Team blue/pink/green: Pink!

Upcoming Appointments: beginning of August, I think...I should really double check that! 😂

How are you feeling?: Bout the same as I have the whole time; plenty of nausea and food aversions. Plus we're adding in some extra heartburn, some dizziness, and some leg cramps.

Rants/Raves: Nah, not at the moment.

Questions: Anyone found anything particularly helpful for the leg cramps? Besides drinking more, because I promise I'm not dehydrated!

GTKY: Have you started thinking about / selected a name? We have!

acleverusername · July 23

@kbmt I chose 40w induction with my first. I was 39.5 then. This time I’m “much” older. Plus, my first baby was 10.5lbs and we’re monitoring size closely this time as I am not pushing another 10 pounder out of my 42 yr old vagina.

@marmalade0 magnesium for leg cramps but NOT ALL MAGNESIUM is created equal. You’ll want to get magnesium glycinate and take about ~300mg. The other types of magnesium (esp citrate) will activate your bowels.

emeraldmaybythebay · July 23

@acleverusername haha that makes sense. I always wondered.

emeraldmaybythebay · July 23

FTM/STM/TTM+: 5th time earthside 🤞

EDD / Weeks + Days: 14 weeks

Team blue/pink/green: blue

Upcoming Appointments: 7/29

How are you feeling?: pretty good all and all. More nauseous recently than before.

Rants/Raves: baseball is on its final leg and I'm so grateful to not be sitting in the hot sun for another week! 🤣

Questions: is anyone else planning a homebirth?

GTKY: have you started thinking about / selected a name? Yes and the list is long. Our 5th boy so it has to match and meet all the other criteria. I always wait to see baby before naming them, but have 2 or 3 names in mind.

gingerbunny23 · July 23

@acleverusername….yes, that’s me! to make a long story short, everything kind of turned on its head for me for awhile and by the time I even halfway came back up for air I suppose I didn’t know how to become a part of our very active 2023 group again. Nonetheless, I’m happy to be here and see some familiar (usernames lol) and try to do a better job of keeping up and reaching out this time

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