Weekly Check In 5/7

[notmoose]

When is your due date? How far along are you?:

How big is baby?:

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

Team Pink/blue/green?:

Any Upcoming Appointments?:

Symptoms:

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?

[kam3100]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 07/30, 28w1d

How big is baby?: Eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team Pink/blue/green?: Pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: next week for normal checkup and 3D ultrasound

Symptoms: Pain from getting huge and reflux.

Milestones: Third trimester!

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: I’m just waiting to hear about my urine test. I’ve resigned myself to be okay if I go on bedrest so maybe that means the test will be negative.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?

I’d love to go on a baby moon but I have been having trust issues with who would watch my daughter. So I’m just hanging at home. I have a free hotel stay I can use so we might go there and DH can take dd to the pool while I relax in the room.

[cornflakegirl]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: July 24, 29 weeks

How big is baby?: acorn squash

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team Pink/blue/green?:pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: next week

Symptoms: congestion, groin pressure/pain, spider veins, ankle swelling

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: I failed my 3hr GTT😭😭😭

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? Not sure yet, we might go to Newport for a night but now DH has some traveling to do next month for work so I'm not sure about it

[notmoose]

When is your due date? How far along are you?:
7/19. 29w 5d

How big is baby?: Cauliflower head (I think)


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: 3


Team Pink/blue/green?: Green


Any Upcoming Appointments?:
Tomorrow. Hoping to hear that I passed the GTT.


Symptoms: Heartburn always, back pain, can't sleep, feel huge, grouchy


Milestones:

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?

Probably not. We were going to go somewhere over memorial day weekend but my brother is graduating that Saturday and then we're doing a joint bday party for DS and my mom.

We might still try to go for a weekend trip sometime but Idk.

[PennyCandy]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/17, 30w

How big is baby?: Butternut squash

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: Blue

Any Upcoming Appointments?: Not until the 24th

Symptoms: Hip pain/popping, reflux, insomnia, exhaustion

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: The hip pain is keeping me up at night on top of peeing once or twice and general insomnia. I'm so tired.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? Nope. We went to Honolulu in December. That was enough travel to last a long time.

[vvvvvfee]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/17, 30 weeks

How big is baby?: A cabbage

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team Pink/blue/green?: Green

Any Upcoming Appointments?: 30-week routine checkup on Thursday

Symptoms: Hip pain, MOTN wakeups, reflux, constipation from this GD extra iron

Milestones: Getting into the 30's-- somehow that seems like a bigger deal than getting to 3rd trimester.

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: Anyone who's been mildly anemic during pregnancy- are they just going to make me stay on extra iron for the rest of pregnancy even if my levels retest normal?

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? lol, no. we have so much other crap to deal with in the next 2 months, including DS2's surgery, 8 billion doctor appointments, and buying a new car/selling my old car. ugh.

[catladymeow]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 8/28, 24 weeks

How big is baby?: eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: blue

Any Upcoming Appointments?: not for a few weeks

Symptoms: heartburn and tired, sore back at end of day

Milestones: none

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: none

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? Ha no. Well we are taking a family vacation to a cottage for a week in July but it's not a "baby moon."

[potatocakes]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 8/2, 27+5

How big is baby?: A bunch of bananas

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: Blue

Any Upcoming Appointments?: I am awaiting a phone call about my urine culture taken when I did my GTT, but otherwise regularly scheduled 30w check up 5/24

Symptoms: Reflux, I had to pee a zillion times last night, annoyed with people commenting on my size (is that a symptom?)

Milestones: I feel like mentally I have turned a corner and can make it through this pregnancy. I'm not sure what I thought the alternative was, but it was hard to process. We also bought our car seat yesterday (thanks for the Target coupon, vvvvvfee!), so we officially have everything we "need" for this one (a crib and a carseat)

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We're going to a concert a couple hours away on Saturday, and staying in a hotel/going out to breakfast before we come home Sunday, that's about it! (Also, it's my mother's day gift...to be away from my child!)

[potatocakes]

vvvvvfee, I would guess they'll have you on it for the remainder of the pregnancy. There's that whole thing where you lose a lot of blood at the end, and it's not a bad thing to have extra iron in your system. My body regulates to it after a couple weeks, but I'm also not taking iron on top of a prenatal with iron (just iron + a gummy prentatal).

[klw]

When is your due date? How far along are you?:   August 11th  26w3d


How big is baby?:   a butternut squash


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:   STM


Team Pink/blue/green?:   Pink


Any Upcoming Appointments?:   cervical length check on Friday and I need to schedule my GTT


Symptoms:   Tired, Peeing a lot, etc.  And super sore nipples


Milestones:   


Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:   Rant..I still have nothing done.  Hopefully H's work is calming down so we can get going on stuff.  Maybe I should get off HIH and look at some furniture or something productive.     There is so much movement at night.  




GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?   I am hoping to do a week at the beach with DD in late June.  

[kaeguri]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: July 17, 30w

How big is baby?: platypus minus the tail

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: end of may for the 32 w checkup that will actually be at 33w

Symptoms: everything lol. SPD, sciatic, heartburn, insomnia, peeing 9 times an hour, no appetite

Milestones: 10 weeks to go! thank the lord.

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: everything hurts and i can't eat oreos.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? No babymoon, because like kam3100, I also have trust issues as to who would watch DD. We're going to Disneyland next week though, as a last family of 3 vacation, and puttering around LA for a few days.

[goldenbird]

My mom already brought up doing a Disneyland trip sometime before this kid is 3 and I'm all for that. Mostly all for the not having to pay for the whole thing and having help with kid part. I love Disney.

[tarheelmom]

vvvvvfee, I was mildly anemic with my first pregnancy when I was taking a gummy prenatal (no iron). I didn’t like the iron supplements and switched to a prenatal with iron, no problems since. I was told that low iron is pretty common in pregnancy.

kam3100, I had to do a 24hr urine collection at 10w as a baseline for my history of gestational hypertension. Came up with slightly high levels of protein, but still just within normal range, so I have been taking a baby aspirin every day since. My bp has been normal so far. So, may be an easy fix assuming your levels aren’t crazy high. I asked last appointment if I should continue taking it in 3rd trimester (since it’s an nsaid), and they said the potential benefits far outweigh any slight risk. Baby aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of preeclampsia. I have no history of pre-e, but I guess it goes hand in hand with high bp.

[westiemom]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 8/10 and 26.5 weeks

How big is baby?:Butternut squash

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: Team pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: 4D scan Friday and next appt is in 2 weeks

Symptoms: exhausted, Braxton Hicks, peeing all the time, sore back and groin,
emotional

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: just feeling worn down this week! Hoping it’s a fluke and not a glimpse of what all of 3rd tri will be like!

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? No baby moon for me. We talked about it but I’m past the stage of wanting to sleep anywhere but my own bed.

[sasam]

When is your due date? How far along are you?
8/23 24w6d

How big is baby?:
Eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
FTM

Team Pink/blue/green?:
Blue

Any Upcoming Appointments?:
2 weeks from today for regular OB appointment and 1 hr glucose test

Symptoms:
My rib pain had eased off over the last week, but has come back with a vengeance. Feeling it a little higher up now.

Milestones:
Viability

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:
So tired this week! Our A/C went out last week and we're getting a new one installed today. Will be so glad to have working A/C right before we hit 90 degrees this weekend!

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?
Nothing planned. Trying to save as much money and PTO as possible. We did go to Vegas back in January for my 30th birthday, which was kind of a last big trip type of thing. We will probably make an effort to go out to dinner and get out and do things around town as much as possible before baby's arrival.

[bananas22]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/12, 31 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: butternut squash but according to the u/s last week, already 4 lbs!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: OB appt on Friday

Symptoms: I feel huge, swollen feet, reflux at night

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: my co worker, who I normally like, was making comments about my food choices today and I really wanted to tell him it was not wise to question a pregnant woman about her food.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We don't have anything planned prior to her arrival as I'm too high risk to travel. We are planning some trips for after she's born though.

[westiemom]

May 9, 2018 20:01:45 GMT -6 bananas22 said:

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/12, 31 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: butternut squash but according to the u/s last week, already 4 lbs!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: OB appt on Friday

Symptoms: I feel huge, swollen feet, reflux at night

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: my co worker, who I normally like, was making comments about my food choices today and I really wanted to tell him it was not wise to question a pregnant woman about her food.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We don't have anything planned prior to her arrival as I'm too high risk to travel. We are planning some trips for after she's born though.

What an ass! Never make food comments to a pregnant person. After my 3 hour GTT, I ordered a soda at a restaurant (hadn’t had any caffeine or food for hours) and a waitress scolded me for not sticking to water. I was so unhappy. People need to let us live!

[goldenbird]

When is your due date? How far along are you?:
8/16, 26 weeks

How big is baby?:
Butternut squash

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
FTM

Team Pink/blue/green?:
Team Blue 💙

Any Upcoming Appointments?:
3 weeks from yesterday for 1 hour glucose test, shots, regular checkup

Symptoms:
Constipation, reflux, sore back and belly

Milestones:
We're down to 98 days until my due date. Double digits 😨😨😨

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:
I'm trying to enjoy the next couple weeks of eating. Not only because of the upcoming GTT, but reflux and running out of room is the worst. I'm going to the movie theatre this week and next that serves great food and out for our anniversary next week. I'm thinking these will be my last 'real' eating out times besides my mom's birthday in July. It's not fun to pay to eat out when you can only eat a little bit and watch everyone else eat their whole meal. If I end up having GD for sure we won't go out anymore. I experienced the vom in mouth a bit yesterday and realized that if I overdo it I'm very likely to just puke up my whole meal. That sounds not fun and a waste of money. 😳

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here?
We don't. I thought about it, but this would have been the best month for it and there's just no good weekend for us. Plus using time off. If Zika weren't a thing we would have gone to the coast for a few days with family, but by the time they set that up I'll be too far along for a 4 hour drive each way.
MH's mom and her husband live at the coast and we may try to do a weekend down there while I'm on leave. She smokes, not in the house, but I would still want to stay in a hotel or condo. But they have family in Austin so they can come up to meet the baby and have a place to stay. So if we don't go down there it's not a big deal.

[cornflakegirl]

May 10, 2018 5:51:15 GMT -6 westiemom said:

May 9, 2018 20:01:45 GMT -6 bananas22 said:

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/12, 31 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: butternut squash but according to the u/s last week, already 4 lbs!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: OB appt on Friday

Symptoms: I feel huge, swollen feet, reflux at night

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: my co worker, who I normally like, was making comments about my food choices today and I really wanted to tell him it was not wise to question a pregnant woman about her food.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We don't have anything planned prior to her arrival as I'm too high risk to travel. We are planning some trips for after she's born though.

What an ass! Never make food comments to a pregnant person. After my 3 hour GTT, I ordered a soda at a restaurant (hadn’t had any caffeine or food for hours) and a waitress scolded me for not sticking to water. I was so unhappy. People need to let us live!

Seriously, people need to STFU!!!

[ohreally]

May 10, 2018 5:51:15 GMT -6 westiemom said:

May 9, 2018 20:01:45 GMT -6 bananas22 said:

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/12, 31 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: butternut squash but according to the u/s last week, already 4 lbs!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: OB appt on Friday

Symptoms: I feel huge, swollen feet, reflux at night

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: my co worker, who I normally like, was making comments about my food choices today and I really wanted to tell him it was not wise to question a pregnant woman about her food.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We don't have anything planned prior to her arrival as I'm too high risk to travel. We are planning some trips for after she's born though.

What an ass! Never make food comments to a pregnant person. After my 3 hour GTT, I ordered a soda at a restaurant (hadn’t had any caffeine or food for hours) and a waitress scolded me for not sticking to water. I was so unhappy. People need to let us live!

You have to be joking.  What the???  Mind your own business, lady! 

[goldenbird]

My mom side eyed me over a second cup of coffee. I've not had more than one cup since forever because one cup is usually enough. I was like, get over it mom. I had gotten barely any sleep the night before.

[ohreally]

May 10, 2018 9:22:13 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

My mom side eyed me over a second cup of coffee. I've not had more than one cup since forever because one cup is usually enough. I was like, get over it mom. I had gotten barely any sleep the night before.

I am pretty sure my mom doesn't even know pregnant women should limit caffeine.

I'm definitely not leading by example.

[klw]

My coworkers are very supportive in my eating habits. I was already eating breakfast this morning when someone brought doughnuts for teacher appreciation week. They said since I am eating for 2, I should have a second breakfast. 😉

[notmoose]

May 10, 2018 5:51:15 GMT -6 westiemom said:

May 9, 2018 20:01:45 GMT -6 bananas22 said:

When is your due date? How far along are you?: 7/12, 31 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: butternut squash but according to the u/s last week, already 4 lbs!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: pink

Any Upcoming Appointments?: OB appt on Friday

Symptoms: I feel huge, swollen feet, reflux at night

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?: my co worker, who I normally like, was making comments about my food choices today and I really wanted to tell him it was not wise to question a pregnant woman about her food.

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We don't have anything planned prior to her arrival as I'm too high risk to travel. We are planning some trips for after she's born though.

What an ass! Never make food comments to a pregnant person. After my 3 hour GTT, I ordered a soda at a restaurant (hadn’t had any caffeine or food for hours) and a waitress scolded me for not sticking to water. I was so unhappy. People need to let us live!

I think I'd punch a bitch. Not really, but I'd be pretty pissed she felt it her place to say anything like that. So inappropriate.

[westiemom]

May 10, 2018 13:05:39 GMT -6 notmoose said:

May 10, 2018 5:51:15 GMT -6 westiemom said:

What an ass! Never make food comments to a pregnant person. After my 3 hour GTT, I ordered a soda at a restaurant (hadn’t had any caffeine or food for hours) and a waitress scolded me for not sticking to water. I was so unhappy. People need to let us live!

I think I'd punch a bitch. Not really, but I'd be pretty pissed she felt it her place to say anything like that. So inappropriate.

I was not happy. I told her “well- I’d rather be ordering vodka but let’s just stick with soda.” Then I ordered 3 sodas.

[imapenguin]

When is your due date? How far along are you?: Aug 3rd/ 28 weeks tomorrow

How big is baby?: as of Tuesday, estimated weights were 2lbs 3oz and 1lb 13oz

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team Pink/blue/green?: Pink x2

Any Upcoming Appointments?: just assume I am always at the doctor. I had 2 this week, 1 next week, and 2 the week after that and so on and so on

Symptoms: pelvic pain like whoa

Milestones: Scheduled my c-section today. July 6th—only 8 more weeks!

Rants/Raves/AW/Questions?:

GTKY: Do you have a baby moon planned, where to? If not, any big plans before baby gets here? We were going to do a little staycation downtown this weekend, but then MH needed minor back surgery, so now we are doing that instead. He keeps calling it surgery, but I think it’s actually more of a procedure.

[goldenbird]

May 10, 2018 10:36:56 GMT -6 klw said:

My coworkers are very supportive in my eating habits. I was already eating breakfast this morning when someone brought doughnuts for teacher appreciation week. They said since I am eating for 2, I should have a second breakfast. 😉

My coworker says this every single day lol. Usually as I express my longing for some treat that I see. Working in a grocery store is rough. "You should get it, you're eating for two!"

[bananas22]

May 10, 2018 14:31:34 GMT -6 westiemom said:

May 10, 2018 13:05:39 GMT -6 notmoose said:

I think I'd punch a bitch. Not really, but I'd be pretty pissed she felt it her place to say anything like that. So inappropriate.

I was not happy. I told her “well- I’d rather be ordering vodka but let’s just stick with soda.” Then I ordered 3 sodas.

That's ridiculous. It's a soda. And especially after a 3 hr glucose test. I was starving for food after my 1 hour test.