HDBD 12/20

[cornpop]

Bonus points for bump pics:)

Weeks pregnant:

Baby is the size of a:

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

Team:

Appointments:

Symptoms:

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas?

[sweetc129]

Weeks pregnant: 27w

Baby is the size of a: Water bottle

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: BLUE

Appointments: GD test tomorrow morning, and my diet has been shit so we'll see.

Symptoms:Had some serious sciatica pain recently.

Milestones:Not really. I'm so big I can't wait to get to 3rd tri though

Rants/Raves/Vents: I feel like I'm 10m

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas?No family drama and happy kids....I know my bar is high

[mattsgirl2004]

Weeks pregnant: 24w2d Vday!

Baby is the size of a:

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: 4th

Team: Blue

Appointments: Had one yesterday. Overall, everything went okay. My fundal height was measuring between 25-26 weeks, I need to gain more weight, and drink more water. Next appointment is my glucose test and we set this baby's eviction date too!

Still struggling with a ton of anxiety.

Symptoms: Pelvic pain and discomfort, hips/back pain.

Milestones: Yay for Vday!!

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas.
I don't know. I have more fun watching everyone else opening gifts, especially my kids.

[polson]

Weeks pregnant: 28+5

Baby is the size of a: couronne bread

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team: pink

Appointments: 12/27 gtc and growth scan

Symptoms: hip pain, insomnia

Milestones: 3rd tri

Rants/Raves/Vents: not much here but complaints. i feel so huge and there are still 3 months to go. i don’t think my hips hurt like this until the last month with dd1. oh and i’m getting a cold.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? no drama, good food, and some self control with that good food.

[cornpop]

Bonus points for bump pics:)

Weeks pregnant:. 26w1d

Baby is the size of a:. Butternut squash

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:. Stm

Team:. Pink

Appointments:. Gtt 1/3

Symptoms:. I actually have been feeling pretty good the past week. It's a Christmas miracle!!

Milestones:. -

Rants/Raves/Vents:. I think taking Metamucil is why I'm feeling better. I wish I had started earlier!

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? Just to keep feeling well! I really only asked for $ for baby things so I don't think I'll be getting anything too exciting.

[polson]

cornpop glad you’re feeling better! that’s an adorable photobomb

[tinyjoys]

Weeks pregnant: 20+4

Baby is the size of a: Belgian endive, paper airplane, or axolotl

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: third.

Team: pink!

Appointments: nothing for two weeks, then normal OB.

Symptoms: nausea; sleep issues; general laziness, which I think comes back to the sleep issues; forgetfulness.

Milestones: over half way! 19 weeks from yesterday, at the very latest, I'll be delivering.

Rants/Raves/Vents: nothing I can think of.

GTKY: To sleep in past 7? H has already given me all my gifts, because we're horrible at gift giving.


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[woodenshoes]

Weeks pregnant: 27 weeks, 4 days

Baby is the size of a: head of cauliflower

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Green

Appointments: Tuesday with the PA at my OB's office

Symptoms: I am still dealing with nausea and vomiting, exhausted, achey

Milestones: almost to 3rd tri!

Rants/Raves/Vents: Today is my last day of work until January 3rd!!

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? Just a good stress free day and for everybody to be healthy.

[woodenshoes]

I am going to try to post a picture, I am not sure if this will work or how big it will be. This is the part of the technology world I am terrible at.

[alwayscheese]

Weeks pregnant: 28

Baby is the size of a: tropical coconut(are these different that regular coconuts??)

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: ftm

Team: 💙

Appointments: I have the next SIX booked. 😮 I think next is Jan 3rd?

Symptoms: tailbone is sore some, heartburn...

Milestones: Third Trimester!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I want to be lazy this family gathering. Pregnancy is a good excuse, right? Except that MIL is supposed to be taking it easy so her heart doesn't act up, one SIL has a 2 week baby, another SIL has chronic illness so we never expect too much of her, so that's over half of us that have excuses. 😶

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? Hmm I can't even remember what all I put on my wishlist. 🤷 I'd like our week of family being at MIL's to be relaxing.(not likely, we'll be cooking the whole time, likely)

[clementine]

Weeks pregnant: 29+5

Baby is the size of a: new england cottontail rabbit

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: blue!

Appointments: GD follow-up on 1/2

Symptoms: occasional sciatic nerve pain, constantly battling with the need to pee but having no motivation to actually get up and walk to the bathroom.

Milestones: third tri! and appts every 2 weeks now.

Rants/Raves/Vents: I woke up last night to roll over.. and it wasn't painful. I was so surprised so I flipped over a few more times and even got out of bed and it still didn't hurt?! So then I started freaking out about why it didn't hurt anymore and that I lost weight since my last appt, so I couldn't fall asleep and just laid there waiting for him to move, which he finally did. We just had an appt yesterday and heard the heartbeat, but I could not stop my brain from spiraling.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? I'm hoping to see as many of my extended family members as possible. With living 3 hours away, I don't get to see them all that much. I also just want to enjoy our last Christmas with MH as a family of two.

Different bump angle, but I can still just barely see my feet!

[kayladawn91]

Weeks pregnant: 26+6

Baby is the size of a: Package of Oreos

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: Blue

Appointments: US on 1/8!

Symptoms: Still having nausea occasionally, some sciatic pain, tired all the time, heartburn

Milestones: So much movement! More every day!!!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I’ve been fighting this sinus cold for about a week and it’s getting frustrating.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? I’m hoping to get through it without breaking down and crying. My loss from a few years ago has been weighing heavy on my heart this season. Also on my wishlist was an Instant Pot which I really want!

Edit: I forgot a pic! Sorry if it’s huge, I’m on Tapatalk!

[Leaf 🌱]

Weeks pregnant: 23w5d

Baby is the size of a: Barbie doll

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team: green

Appointments: regular one after Christmas. Apparently i don’t do a GD test until 28 weeks bc of my blood type or something 🤷🏼‍♀️

Symptoms: Between falling this weekend and getting DD’s stomach bug on Monday, I’m not sure what’s actually pregnancy related. I think I’m mostly just tired.

Milestones: I saw a ton of movement from the outside which is pretty fun!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I just found out that my org automatically enrolled me short term disability next year which is AWESOME. The issue is that I called the insurance company and they don’t have record of this. Like most HR departments, ours is less than responsive and al of this is giving me so much anxiety. 8 weeks at 60% pay would make a huge, huge difference in the quality/length of my maternity leave. Figuring out insurance stuff is the literal worst.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? AirPods! The noise that the wires from headphones make when they bump against your shirt as you walk/run is my own personal hell. I’m curious to see if DH got me anything else and I have NO idea what my parents got for us.

[Leaf 🌱]

MA18: we would like healthy families and to share relaxed time with loved ones as we watch them open gifts
Leaf: apple head phones.... oh.... Umm...

[stardust84]

Weeks pregnant: 24 w

Baby is the size of a: eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team: blue

Appointments: OB next week and I have to schedule by GD test soon. My OB wanted me to do it this week but I am way too busy

Symptoms: major heartburn and I pulled out my back last week to the point where I couldn't stand up by myself. It turns out the my broken tail bone from the my son's birth is causing me to have an unsafe pelvis and back so I am having trouble with the weight of the baby as it is all pushing on my joints rather than my muscles taking the weight.

Milestones: V-day

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas. Nothing. There was nothing I needed and we are doing some Renos so I would prefer the money go towards that

[Rama]

Leaf 🌱 You're killing me with the gif. Wish for what you wish for!

Weeks pregnant: 25,5

Baby is the size of a: head of Marvel's Mjolnir, baseball glove

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: First take-home baby

Team: Green

Appointments: Today with OB

Symptoms: Anxiety and exhaustion, mostly

Milestones: Today is 100 days until EDD! Tomorrow I'm down in double digits, whoa.

Rants/Raves/Vents: My SIL is retrieving her things from her previous living space today and I'm anxious as all hell about it.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? Honestly? Nothing really. My family is going to be together and that's all I need. I didn't even give my mom a Christmas list this year because it all just seems so contrived for me. Maybe next year I'll be more excited, when I have a LO to shop for.

[cp3]

Weeks pregnant: 26

Baby is the size of a: bowling pin/kale

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: girl

Appointments: ultrasound tomorrow, OB 12/26

Symptoms: other than this cold I'm feeling pretty good this week

Milestones: less than 100 days til my due date! Something about this makes it seem more real and so soon.

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What are you hoping for Christmas? I pretty much know what all of my gifts are so there won't be much surprises but I'm looking forward to seeing Dd's reactions to everything now that she is older.

[alwayscheese]

cp3 LOVE your shirt/dress?!!

[katietopaz]

Weeks pregnant: 25w6d

Baby is the size of a: baseball glove, head of Thor's hammer

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM (4th pg)

Team: Blue!

Appointments: checkup this morning, not another until next month

Symptoms: hip/pelvic pain, hemis, peeing 24/7

Milestones: as of today, in the double-digits. What??

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm dreading the how uncomfortable (physically) the next week and a half of travel are going to be. Long plane rides with a toddler, a ton of time in the car even once we get there, and meh beds at my ILs and extended fam with nowhere near enough pillows to support my belly and hips and back.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? Comfy maternity/nursing pjs. Also, for my toddler not to be a massive pill on the plane tomorrow. And health too - last Christmas, DS spent most of our trip down and out with a double ear infection.

I feel like I'm on the hot mess express today, but I snapped a pic anyway.

[sunshinedaisies]

So many of you are sick!! Hope everyone starts feeling better soon.



Weeks pregnant: 28 weeks!!

Baby is the size of a: eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: blue

Appointments: had one yesterday to make sure all looked good before I fly home for 2 weeks. Also had the 3 hr glucose test and anxiously awaiting my results bc I failed the 1 hr test.

UPDATE: I PASSED!!! Yay!!

Symptoms: lots of anxiety lately thanks to work and failing the 1 hr test. I’ve been having mini panic attacks pretty much every day (at least I think that’s what they are - they happen at the same time every day after I eat lunch - can’t breath, pounding heart, faint feeling - no matter what I do and my OB said they wouldn’t be related to GD even if I have it). Heartburn is also my constant companion now. And still getting sick about twice a week.

Milestones: third trimester!!

Rants/Raves/Vents:

I scheduled all of my appointments for the rest of my pregnancy. Feels crazy to be at that point!

On a positive note, this past week my work announced that starting in January, they’ve increased maternity leave by six weeks!! I already had a long leave, but I’m so grateful to be given more time. In total I’ll get about 5 months off.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas? We asked for money for a double stroller. Those things are expensive!

[kayladawn91]

sunshinedaisies I downloaded the app Baby Story. They have lots of options. It does cost money though but I waited a few days and they offered me a special, I think $5.99 to unlock everything. There’s monthly ones for after baby is born and lots of other fun stuff!!

[cp3]

Dec 20, 2017 12:17:59 GMT -6 alwayscheese said:

cp3 LOVE your shirt/dress?!!

Thanks! It's a really long shirt I got from Motherhood Maternity. I love it but it has lace on top and I have a small hole in the front from where my ring snagged it.

[clementine]

sunshinedaisies I’m so jealous of your leave! Is your company hiring?

[smootiepie]

Weeks pregnant: 24w2d

Baby is the size of a: large zucchini

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Blue

Appointments: 1/5 for a normal check-up w/ the OB and the GTT

Symptoms: everything hurts - back, hips, crotch, pelvic floor. And the pregsomnia - I'm now convinced it's just not going to go away

Milestones: V DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm nervous about how much everything hurts. I got to this point last time, but I was around 32ish weeks. I may not be terribly pleasant if this is how my body is going to feel until April.

GTKY: Really looking forward to almost 2 weeks off work since it's been cray cray this month. Also, I think DH got me a pregnancy message

[sunshinedaisies]

Dec 20, 2017 14:32:27 GMT -6 clementine said:

sunshinedaisies I’m so jealous of your leave! Is your company hiring?

Yes I feel very fortunate!

(And yes they are always hiring but I have no clue what the leave policy is for all types of employees)

[mintyblueair]

Weeks pregnant: 24+4

Baby is the size of a: eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: pink

Appointments: December 22

Symptoms: terrible SPD pain this week. I'm literally hobbling half the time. My husband says I should get a cane.

Milestones: viability!

Rants/Raves/Vents: my husband didn't get the job he applied for a couple weeks ago. I know other opportunities will come up, but I'm nervous about the future because it looks really uncertain to me right now.

GTKY: What are you hoping for your Christmas?

I'm hoping it will be relaxing and that I'll get a couple good new books to read!

[nevertoomanyshoes]

You guys are freaking me out with your cute little bumps!

I’m 27 weeks tomorrow and feel like my belly is huge in comparison (STM, fifth pregnancy 2nd take home baby).

Last scan put baby a week ahead but still... I’m freaking out a little about how big I’ll be by March

[nevertoomanyshoes]

This is me at the same time with DS1 so on second thought maybe I just feel extra humongous this time?

[polson]

nevertoomanyshoes you look great! i feel really big right now too... i keep asking h if i am that much bigger this time around and he keeps assuring me i’m not. i think chasing a toddler around is not helping.

sunshinedaisies sorry you had to take the 3 hr but yay for passing! glad everything looked good at your appt

[polson]

sweetc129 good luck with your gd test today!

cp3 good luck at your u/s today! feel free to share any sweet pics if you get them 😉

Rama and katietopaz hope your appointments went well yesterday