HDBD - last day of February!

[adeline]

1. How far along are you / EDD?

2. How big is baby?

3. Team

4. Symptoms

5. What and when is your next appointment?

6. Questions / concerns / rants?

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby?

8. Let’s see that bump!

[adeline]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 29 weeks

2. How big is baby? Not sure of a fruit but she feels like she’s growing rapidly now!

3. Team pink

4. Symptoms: pelvic/hip pain, thirsty

5. What and when is your next appointment? OB today said I passed the GTT (yay!) and I’m on 2-weekly appointments now. Booked my RCS!

6. Questions / concerns / rants? Start moving house tomorrow, so excited but it’s physically a lot more hard being this big.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby?

I’m sort of cheating with this: baby will need DD’s for so I’m excited about DD’s big girl bed! Can’t wait to set it up in our new house. Prepare for house spam.

8. Let’s see that bump!

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[adeline]

Isn’t anyone in the mood to bump day this week? 🤰🏻

[numbears]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 30 weeks, May 6th

2. How big is baby? Cantaloupe

3. Team: Blue

4. Symptoms: The worst right now is the lower back pain, having to pee non-stop, and not being able to sleep more than 2 hours at a time.

5. What and when is your next appointment? Next week for two week check

6. Questions / concerns / rants? I'm working somewhere in L&D tomorrow and pretty excited.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? Uhh...a stroller/carseat because that's all I've actually bought so far. Going shopping this weekend.

8. Let’s see that bump!

[Speedy]

Mar 1, 2018 2:02:20 GMT -6 adeline said:

Isn’t anyone in the mood to bump day this week? 🤰🏻

You posted at 2 in the morning for me lol

[Speedy]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 22w5d, June 30

2. How big is baby? Ear of corn

3. Team Blue

4. Symptoms sore hips, exhaustion, heightened sense of smell

5. What and when is your next appointment? Today is my crazy busy morning where I have 3 appointments.

6. Questions / concerns / rants? Ugh, I HOPE baby is turned! I love seeing you little man, but 3 weeks in a row of ultrasounds is enough!

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? Um, well, the only thing I've bought for him is his snowsuit and a few bibs lol. Can I cheat a little and say that my favorite thing so far that I'm getting is going to be a Tula? Our good friends are getting us one, and she picked out an animals in glasses pattern that's freaking adorable.

8. Let’s see that bump! People keep saying I'm not that big? IDK, what do you guys think (spoiler tag isn't working for some reason so it'll have to be a big pic. Sorry!)

[jaidit]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 28 weeks

2. How big is baby? A couronne of bread

3. Team blue x 2!

4. Symptoms sore back, not sleeping well

5. What and when is your next appointment? In 2 weeks I see the anesthesiologist, my doctor and get an ultrasound

6. Questions / concerns / rants? I’m sooo excited to be officially on maternity leave as of Saturday!!

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? I’m thrilled to have found the weego twin carrier, which will allow me to carry both on my front until 6 months or so.

8. Let’s see that bump: I took one to celebrate getting to the 3rd trimester (pdq)*

[tinyjoys]

1. How far along are you / EDD?
30+5; 5/5

2. How big is baby?
She feels an awful lot like a bowling ball.

3. Team
Pink

4. Symptoms
Nausea/vomiting, exhaustion; heartburn; hip pain; basically miserable.

5. What and when is your next appointment?
I had one yesterday with my normal OB. It took forever & multiple machines & techniques to get a blood pressure reading & OB still wasn’t thrilled with it, but it was also after I’d been squeezed & was annoyed. He’s fairly happy with how my uterus is handling pregnancy this time around & thinks we may be good with a 5/1 delivery. Well know more when I see the MFM in three weeks. I have my next OB in two weeks & will start twice weekly NSTs then, too.

6. Questions / concerns / rants?
None that I can think of.

7. GTKY:

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Her hospital announcement blanket, bow, & letter board, plus a onesie as a reminder to me, and a doll my aunt got her for Christmas.

ETA: I haven't fully purchased them yet, but we call our kids the littles. We plan on having big/middle/little little shirts made for them for when my mom brings the older two to the hospital to meet the newest little & I'm so excited to see them in them. Like these.

[lemons]

1. 28 + 2! Due 5/22
2. Baby is the size of a coconut
3. Boy!
4. BH, mood all over the place, always hungry.
5. Next appt at 30 weeks
6. I’m getting overwhelmed with the number of things I want to do before baby comes. Nesting has taken the form of wanting to paint rooms and redo my kitchen before baby comes. I’m also nose deep pricing out carpet cleaning and maid services.
7. Not sure I have a favorite thing I’ve bought. I’m really happy with how the nursery turned out though!
poof

[tinyjoys]

Speedy, Tula is my favorite carrier & I have three of them in my collection of many carriers and I'm eying a fourth right now. I do hope that they also got you the insert, though. You're going to need it for the first 4-6 months or so.

[Speedy]

Mar 1, 2018 8:23:49 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Speedy, Tula is my favorite carrier & I have three of them in my collection of many carriers and I'm eying a fourth right now. I do hope that they also got you the insert, though. You're going to need it for the first 4-6 months or so.

I was super excited when she said she was getting it :-D I'm planning on using a ring sling and/or wrap for the first little while, although one of the certified baby wearing teachers in my local BW group said that you can use a rolled up receiving blanket?

[tinyjoys]

Mar 1, 2018 8:35:21 GMT -6 Speedy said:

Mar 1, 2018 8:23:49 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Speedy , Tula is my favorite carrier & I have three of them in my collection of many carriers and I'm eying a fourth right now. I do hope that they also got you the insert, though. You're going to need it for the first 4-6 months or so.

I was super excited when she said she was getting it :-D I'm planning on using a ring sling and/or wrap for the first little while, although one of the certified baby wearing teachers in my local BW group said that you can use a rolled up receiving blanket?

No, definitely not the rolled up blanket until baby is much older and just needs the boost/pillow part of the insert to keep them in the M/froggy position. Babies are floppy and need the support of the insert to keep them from flopping around. The boost is once they're less floppy, have more neck/head control, and just need the boost because they're still too short to be in the correct position to bend freely at the knees.

Also, I am less than impressed that the "certified" baby wearing teacher suggested that. So many nos.

[MauLoaM0M]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 24w1d; 06/20

2. How big is baby? A GI Joe

3. Team Blue

4. Symptoms: Heartburn, swelling in legs, ankles, & feet, bitchy so bitchy 

5. What and when is your next appointment? 03/08 regular OB appt

6. Questions / concerns / rants? 

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? I love his car seat. We got a Britax/BOB since we still have DS1’s Britax stroller. My other favorite is the little brother clothes I’ve bought him 😍

8. Let’s see that bump!
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[robot]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 27w 5/31

2. How big is baby? camping lantern (that doesn't really help me...)

3. Team Pink

4. Symptoms: hip pain, exhaustion, grumpiness

5. What and when is your next appointment? Next Wed for normal MW visit and GTT

6. Questions / concerns / rants? I think baby is very definitely breech still and I'm not sure when to worry about that.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby?
Probably the romper I posted on the other thread. I haven't really bought much of anything though, besides that and some soft moccasins. I have to go through all of DD's stuff first.

[lily]

1. How far along are you / EDD? - 24+4, 17Jun

2. How big is baby? - GI Joe doll

3. Team - blue

4. Symptoms - N/V, heartburn

5. What and when is your next appointment? - 3 weeks regular OB for GTT + rhogam, 4 weeks MFM for ultrasound follow up


7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? - I haven’t bought anything for him.

8. ((poof))

[kiri]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 29 weeks on Friday

2. How big is baby? 3 lbs according to the ultrasound

3. Team blue

4. Symptoms hip pain, feeling huge, clothes are uncomfortable

5. What and when is your next appointment? Just had a checkup and ultrasound yesterday

6. Questions / concerns / rants? I’m feeling huge and supposedly gained 10 lbs in 2 weeks. I’ll have to reign in the carbs. Also ate prosciutto when I took a friend out to work and my anxiety is back worrying about listeria (and feeling like a failure for bad decisions).

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? Nothing yet. I’ll get an extra crib for the guest bedroom downstairs once it gets closer to the due date to avoid going up and down the stairs during Mat leave. For DS1, I had a rock and play that I used a lot during the day (I was always within a foot or two so it was always supervised) but I really want to encourage daytime napping in the crib this time. I’m also thinking that I might be more likely to rest if I have the crib next to the guest bed.

[jessila]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 28+4/May 20

2. How big is baby? Rollerblade

3. Team pink

4. Symptoms: awkward physically, carpal tunnel is flaring up again, peeing all.the time, rolling over at night sucks-H just automatically shoves me in his sleep ♥️

5. What and when is your next appointment? Tomorrow-glucose test and check up

6. Questions / concerns / rants? I've found substitutes for my schools! I was told to put it into the sub system today which makes it feel rather real.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? This foil artwork for the nursery. O's nursery was Star Wars and the quote I had for him was 'Truly wonderful the mind of a child is' from Yoda. This is from Harry Potter and I just love it.

[budders]

robot my OB said they don't really worry about breech until 36 weeks (I asked because this kid is all over the place).

[robot]

Mar 1, 2018 21:02:48 GMT -6 budders said:

robot my OB said they don't really worry about breech until 36 weeks (I asked because this kid is all over the place).

Oh thanks, good to know. DD flipped at 34w but my OB really worried me about it before that (one of the many reasons I'm not going there this pregnancy) so I've been a little nervous, though I know 27w is way early.

[budders]

1. How far along are you / EDD?
30w 6d, May 4th

2. How big is baby?
Cantaloupe

3. Team
Blue

4. Symptoms
Constant lower back pain, intense pelvic pain, feeling like I need to pee about every 10 minutes. Also sometimes peeing myself when the baby kicks me. It's a glamorous life over here.

5. What and when is your next appointment?
32w appt next Friday

6. Questions / concerns / rants?
I simultaneously can't believe I'm 9ish weeks away from meeting this baby and can't believe I still have 9 weeks left.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby?
I can't post a pic, but the big brother/little brother shirt and onesie I bought for hospital pics.

8. Let’s see that bump!
My phone is broken so I can't post pics. I'm huge though.

[larzhope]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 28 weeks/May 24

2. How big is baby? Eggplant

3. Team Pink

4. Symptoms Still feeling good! slept terrible last night but hoping it was a fluke

5. What and when is your next appointment? 28 week appointment, GD test on Monday

6. Questions / concerns / rants? got nothing!

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby?

I haven't pulled the trigger yet because I don't know what size I should get, but I'm obsessed with this swimsuit/rashguard combo

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8. Let’s see that bump!

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[MauLoaM0M]

budders I know you said you can post a pic but can you tell/link me to where you got the little brother/big brother outfits. I can’t seem to find any that match.

[budders]

Mar 2, 2018 8:57:27 GMT -6 MauLoaM0M said:

budders I know you said you can post a pic but can you tell/link me to where you got the little brother/big brother outfits. I can’t seem to find any that match.

I ordered these. Shipping says it takes a while, but I got them within two weeks. The quality is great and they're really cute (though the onesie is much larger than 0-3 month should be):


www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074V69WB8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074H62F21/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[ajm]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 27w 1d/ May 31st

2. How big is baby? A Fennec Fox

3. Team- girl

4. Symptoms- constipation, leaking boobs (already!)

5. What and when is your next appointment? I'm supposed to have my glucose test and other bloodwork done Thursday but I might have to put that on hold. The Dr said because I got the steroid shots, it could mess with my results for the glucose test.

6. Questions / concerns / rants? Still here at the hospital, but I should be able to be discharged tomorrow morning as long as there's no more bleeding. The Dr just came in and said that I also should able to go back to work (I'm a bank teller), but may need to stay off my feet more. He also said because it's highly unlikely that the placenta will move at this point he's recommending a c section around 36 weeks to lessen the chance of more bleeding. And that's like 9 weeks away. So now the freaking out can commence. Lol. But everything else is looking great. I plan on doing a little more walking around today. I already walked down the the Starbucks in the hospital to get out of my room for a bit.

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? Probably the little sister sleeper! Ah, this just made me think I might need a small selection of preemie clothes. Or should I wait? DD1 was born at 6lbs 10 oz at 39 weeks and NB stuff was just about right. So I can't imagine this little girl being able to fit into NB nearly 3 weeks earlier, but maybe?

8. Let’s see that bump!

Got a hospital bump today. I changed into pajama pants, a bra and tank to go down to Starbucks.

[robot]

ajm In your situation I would probably get some preemie clothes but leave the tags on, then wash if she's super tiny. Maybe wash 1 outfit to take as a going home outfit.

[ajm]

Mar 2, 2018 12:38:48 GMT -6 robot said:

ajm In your situation I would probably get some preemie clothes but leave the tags on, then wash if she's super tiny. Maybe wash 1 outfit to take as a going home outfit.

Good idea. I looked up weight for some premie clothes and it said up to 5.5 lbs. It's just so hard to tell. But I like your idea. 🙂

[robot]

Mar 2, 2018 12:42:32 GMT -6 ajm said:

Mar 2, 2018 12:38:48 GMT -6 robot said:

ajm In your situation I would probably get some preemie clothes but leave the tags on, then wash if she's super tiny. Maybe wash 1 outfit to take as a going home outfit.

Good idea. I looked up weight for some premie clothes and it said up to 5.5 lbs. It's just so hard to tell. But I like your idea. 🙂

It's so hard to know! I know people who have had 36weekers at 5lbs, others at 7. And like M was 7.10 but wore nb for 2 months because she grew so slowly. But if you get a few things at least then you have your bases covered.

[budders]

Mar 2, 2018 12:42:32 GMT -6 ajm said:

Mar 2, 2018 12:38:48 GMT -6 robot said:

ajm In your situation I would probably get some preemie clothes but leave the tags on, then wash if she's super tiny. Maybe wash 1 outfit to take as a going home outfit.

Good idea. I looked up weight for some premie clothes and it said up to 5.5 lbs. It's just so hard to tell. But I like your idea. 🙂

V was 6lb 5 oz when born at 39 weeks and he was able to fit in some of the preemie hand-me-downs from my nephews (he was swimming in his newborn sized coming home outfit). He was also in newborn size for the first two months (he's always been a peanut). Based on my own experience, I would definitely purchase a few things, maybe even just a set of plain onesies, just so you have something on hand when you get home and don't have to worry about it.

[sammichcat]

1. How far along are you / EDD? 25.5w

2. How big is baby? ~1.5 lbs, 13"

3. Team Green

4. Symptoms: pregnancy brain

5. What and when is your next appointment? U/S and GD test sometime in the next two weeks

6. Questions / concerns / rants? J is doing pretty well on potty training! Yay!

7. GTKY: inspired by the cute baby clothes, what is your favorite thing you have bought/ordered for this baby? I've really only bought some cute girl newborn and 3 month clothes in case it's a girl. I'll buy more things once I know the gender.

[sammichcat]

Mar 1, 2018 8:39:30 GMT -6 tinyjoys said:

Mar 1, 2018 8:35:21 GMT -6 Speedy said:

I was super excited when she said she was getting it :-D I'm planning on using a ring sling and/or wrap for the first little while, although one of the certified baby wearing teachers in my local BW group said that you can use a rolled up receiving blanket?

No, definitely not the rolled up blanket until baby is much older and just needs the boost/pillow part of the insert to keep them in the M/froggy position. Babies are floppy and need the support of the insert to keep them from flopping around. The boost is once they're less floppy, have more neck/head control, and just need the boost because they're still too short to be in the correct position to bend freely at the knees.

Also, I am less than impressed that the "certified" baby wearing teacher suggested that. So many nos.

When I was out of town, my parents took my Britax click-tight (the absolute easiest car seat to install) to the fire station to install in their car.  The professional COMPLETELY messed it up. Literally not anywhere even close to how it should be done. Ended up tearing a bit of the foam padding trying to thread a strap up the back and around a lever (hint: the strap should not have been inside it at all). And he complained the whole time about people in our area that buy too expensive car seats that are too complicated (ie, me, who purchased the seat). Luckily, I noticed the seat wasn't functioning correctly and took it out and fixed it. He clearly had no idea what he was doing.