Weekly Check In: 02/02/25

blossomingmama · January 30

1.) ʙᴀʙʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ:

2.) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ (ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ+ᴅᴀʏꜱ):

3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ:

4.) ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ:

5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ:

6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ:

7.) ɢᴛᴋʏ (ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ):

8.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ:

blossomingmama · January 30

1.) ʙᴀʙʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ: 2

2.) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ (ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ+ᴅᴀʏꜱ): 32w6d, 3/14

3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: 2/11

4.) ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ: 🩵

5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: HB, BH, insomnia, hip pain, PGP, loss of energy.

6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: Insomnia for sure is annoying. Just recovered from a cold, took 48-72h to feel okay send just rode it out. Unisom for sleep to be able to rest properly to function for work, and toddler on days off. 6 shifts left, spread out through Feb.

7.) ɢᴛᴋʏ (ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ): Pick any question or all! Has anyone dropped yet? I can't tell. How's packing your go bag going (hospital/birthing center setting)/any must haves? I've got pajamas, family photo out fit.. that's it so far. I'll add more this month like chargers..etc.

8.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: Anyone else have days where your body just wants to rest and not move much? Either way I can't stay in one position too long, nor be in my feet for too long. It's a catch 22.

emeraldcity603 · January 31

1.) ʙᴀʙʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ: 8

2.) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ (ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ+ᴅᴀʏꜱ): 3/25

3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: February sometime.

4.) ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ: boy

5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: my hips feel destroyed all the time, fatigue, just generally uncomfortable.

6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: nothing too exciting around here. Just trying to keep the kids moving with schoolwork and at some point I need to start washing bay clothes.

7.) ɢᴛᴋʏ (ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ): Baby hasn’t dropped at all. He is off the right side of my pelvis head down. Definitely not engaged at all. Packing my bag? I haven’t even considered it. I may start packing at 36 weeks

8.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: I have days where I’m so tired I feel like I can’t function. I end up taking a nap and going to bed early.

thescarletmom · January 31

1.) ʙᴀʙʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ: 4

2.) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ (ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ+ᴅᴀʏꜱ): March 15 / 34w

3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Thursday

4.) ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ: girl

5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: mostly the usual, HB/acid reflux, pelvic pain, exhausted. But randomly my shoes started not fitting this week/being too tight. I've NEVER had this happen in my pregnancies before so I'm very annoyed lol.

6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: Baby was finally head down at my last appointment! Huge relief.

7.) ɢᴛᴋʏ (ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ): It does feel like she's dropped. I normally carry like a beach ball is under my shirt, and I have a very short torso so there's genuinely no room between the bump and boobs. But noticed yesterday night there's now like 2 inches of space between boobs and bump 😂 I think flipping head down may also have contributed, but I didn't notice her being this much lower when she first flipped.

8.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: We aren't planning a hospital birth, but will have a bag packed in case of an emergency where we needed to transfer. The hard part of that is that if we were to transfer, it wouldn't be for a run-of-the-mill birth... so does anyone have any suggestions for things I should pack considering we would be transferring for complication reasons, including potential CS? I don't want to go out and buy things with that in mind, because we have no indication that anything is concerning at this point. But wanted some insight! I've always felt at a loss when packing a "just in case" bag.

midnightatsunset · January 31

@thescarletmom my c-section was unplanned. I wasn’t able to pack a bag but DH had time to run home and grab some things for us. My hospital provided a sufficient amount of what I needed to get me by. That being said - packing your own toiletries I think makes a WORLD of difference for that first shower. Shampoo, conditioner, body wash/bar soap, and lotion! Maybe a basic face wash and moisturizer if you don’t want body products on your face. Maybe a simple outfit or nightgown for going home in. Otherwise, I actually liked the gown I got at the hospital. And they had pads, stretchy disposable undies, and ice packs for my incision. DH had someone bring a pillow because we were there overnight for two nights (not that he slept much). I was fine with hospital pillows and blankets.

blossomingmama · 3:24AM

Edit my post: 34 weeks today* (meant to type 33w6d yesterday).

For the most part Scarlet, I also found hospitals usually supply like Midnight stated. I agree think comfort, anything you'd prefer routine wise, product wise, that makes you feel more comfortable or helps
you sleep better. Slippers, shampoo/conditioner (you can just use disposable fillable bottles and fill it with your normal stuff from home, deodorant, soap, lotion, socks, toothbrush/paste, some outfits for baby. Hospitals generally provide all necessary items for both vaginal or C-section deliveries. I haven't had a C-section so I wouldn't be able to speak to exactly what is provided but in terms of vaginals the last hospital I delivered at hooked me up pretty well, and gave me a go bag to take home with stuff
to hold me over (ice pads, medihoney, nipple cream, spray, disposable underwater, witch hazel pads..etc). Hubs can always bring pillow and a blanket if you're wanting extra comfort and find you need to stay a bit longer than 24h.

My baby is also head down OB said at last appt. I definitely feel that pressure on my bladder and kicks in my ribs. I also feel menstrual - like pain. Other than that, still adding to registry/buying things ourselves and sending that reg out soon to family.

midnightatsunset · 3:32AM

1.) ʙᴀʙʏ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ: 2

2.) ᴅᴜᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ (ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ+ᴅᴀʏꜱ): 31+6 scheduled repeat c-section for March 25th!

3.) ɴᴇxᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ: Tuesday? I think

4.) ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ: boy

5.) ꜱʏᴍᴘᴛᴏᴍꜱ: very similar to everyone here, HB, BH, some pelvic pain (usually not too bad though). My feet hurt to stand too long without shoes and I’ve been wearing compression socks as a precaution for weeks now.

6.) ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ/ᴀɴɴᴏʏɪɴɢ: I’m relieved to my c-section scheduled. I have no idea kiddos position, but I don’t feel concerned about it because it ultimately doesn’t matter for me. I also know I won’t go past delivery day so now I’m just prying I can make it to the day! (My first was an unplanned c-section because at my 36w appointment it was caught my fluid was low and after further monitoring there were many reasons to have him be delivered via c-section that same day.) I’m a little nervous about going early again.

7.) ɢᴛᴋʏ (ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ): I don’t think I’ve “dropped”. I’m relatively tall and have a long torso so I feel I have carried both my babies lower. But also I have no idea what it would feel like for him to drop because my first was breech.

8.) Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: @blossomingmama I feel the catch 22 very hard. I’m constantly getting up and down from the floor or following my toddler around which is getting tougher and tougher, but if I sit for too long I get sooooo stiff and achy. I had to nap today which is extremely rare for me.

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