3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Wednesday; one for NIPT and the Nuchal US. So excited for another scan!! Two hours later I follow up with OB. Will discuss my failed glucose test and ask if I should be taking one baby aspirin again like last time.
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: Boy
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: still the random waves of feeling lightheaded and hot some mornings.
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: tomorrow 9/16 is DS2 birthday! He will be 5. I always make a birthday table; just a little HBD banner, balloons and some donuts. I try to do some sort of theme for balloon characters. This year he’s into Jack Skellington. We all skip school and work and they pick what they want to do. He wants to go to mini golf and the boardwalk and then have ice cream cake.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? I like to read and do puzzles. I’ve recently gotten into audible books and I actually really enjoy them. I set a goal of 24 books to read this year.
3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: waiting for call from OB, MSS this week
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: finding out at anatomy scan
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: light-headed and headaches. I'm cautiously optimistic saying they are getting better, maybe?
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: baby is moving a fair bit which makes me happy. I'm so anxious until I can feel them consistently.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? I knit and sew, currently working on socks and a wrap dress respectively. Takes me a long time to finish a project with a toddler in the house but I enjoy it.
@robinj716 what are you listening to right now? I just started The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence.
3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: still awaiting my first appointment finally coming up this Friday. I don't think I ever had to wait til practically 13 weeks before!
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: Not a whole lot of symptoms but today I just felt that round ligament pain while out shopping so I guess that's starting.
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: Today I had to park next to this huge truck with monster tires and I didn't have enough room to get back in my car without brushing up against the tire with my new maternity dress and it got that terrible black tar stuff all over it! I have never successfully gotten that stuff out of laundry.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? Baking is my favorite hobby, followed by sewing probably. I mostly make clothes, so I'm excited to have another girl to sew cute things for!
@RoseShadow873 I would give blue dawn a try for the stain. Let it sit a an hour or so. Sometimes I even let it sit for a few days then wash. I would not dry it until you know the stains are out.
3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Thursday for midwife, then the 29th for an u/s!
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: we'll likely find out at our u/s later this month
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: sooo lightheaded. The nausea is better in some ways and worse in others- like I'm not overtly nauseated all the time but I'm puking more often again. My gag reflex is just triggered by this congestion so easily. I've definitely been having some tightness in the abdomen and RLP. At my last appt my midwife could see my contractions on the u/s so I'm sure that's what the tight feeling is.
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: I'm just really excited to start feeling the baby move more consistently too! It's one of my favorite parts of pregnancy. Though I hope this baby isn't like my last, who never kicked only ROLLED which made me feel like I had just dropped from the top of a roller coaster every time! I threw up often with her because of all her damn rolling lol.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? I love reading, but I'm really slow about it these days because I read so much for work. I'm not a huge TV/movie person, but my husband and I do watch things together for bonding time and did go see a movie and have dinner for a birthday date this past weekend. I also love embroidery and crafts and baking, but it's just hard with kids! I used to bake cheesecake often, but now it's mainly just making banana bread with the kids.
3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Next week! feels like forever from my initial US and OB
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: finding out during anatomy scan
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: Post-nasal drip, headaches, some nausea still lingering especially before dinner, lingering fatigue with short bursts of energy. I'm already getting soreness in my hips and low back! it feels too early for that!
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: I feel like I'm starting to feel moderately better but I am still annoyed by how exhausted I can get.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? Reading is basically the only hobby I have been holding onto since becoming a mom. I am currently reading "Remarkably Bright Creatures" via audiobook for a book club I joined recently. @lizdiane456 I haven't read that book by Mark Lawrence, but I really liked his Book of the Ancestor trilogy!
3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Just had an appt yesterday (09/15) got to see my bean. Everything was good, she said I've gained a total of 3lbs and baby's HR was 158bpm. Next one is not until October.
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: I have a strong feeling we're having a girl, but we still haven't opened the results! 😭We have ourselves a deadline in the next 2 weeks to do a cupcake intimate reveal. Hoping my toddler gets the cupcake.
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: Fatigue (wake up and still tired), back pain, sore nips, less n/v so yay
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: Exciting: less n/v, Annoying: still fatigued
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? Walking trails. Haven't been able to keep it up as often as I'd like to the first tri, but now that I'm in second hopefully the energy comes back to me soon. I went for a trail walk the other day and it was so nice, but since I hadn't been doing it as often I definitely felt it after and I wasn't even over exerting myself. Got to ease back into it.
@blossomingmama I've been thinking about announcing with cupcakes to our kids! We'll find out hopefully later this month at our u/s if baby cooperates and I think my biggest kids will be delighted
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: fatigue, round ligament pain, still having boob tenderness, and heartburn that radiates down to my toes.
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: I caught my daughter’s cold. She was fine; I felt like I was on my deathbed. Also I don’t know if it was a post-nasal drip or whatnot but I also puked a ton. So I’m batting .1000.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies? Going to theater and trying new and viral restaurants!
4.) ʙᴏʏ/ɢɪʀʟ/ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ/ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʙɪʀᴛʜ: found out through genetic testing that we’re having a boy. We’re waiting to tell people until it’s confirmed in an ultrasound.
5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: surprisingly very little symptoms this week. Starting to feel more like my pre-pregnant self which is nice and mildly concerning. 😅
6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: we’ve been fostering a stray kitten for the last couple of days, and the kitten is going on to it’s new home tonight. While we’ll miss him, it’ll be nice to have that time back in our days.
7.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: what is one of your hobbies?
I’m a knitter, and I’m currently working on a baby blanket for our little one on the way. I also do theater in my free time, and I’m helping with a youth production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr.
Re: Weekly update 09/15/25
donuts. I try to do some sort of theme for balloon characters. This year he’s into Jack Skellington. We all skip school and work and they pick what they want to do. He wants to go to mini golf and the boardwalk and then have ice cream cake.
@robinj716 what are you listening to right now? I just started The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence.
we’ve been fostering a stray kitten for the last couple of days, and the kitten is going on to it’s new home tonight. While we’ll miss him, it’ll be nice to have that time back in our days.