Weekly Check-In 11/19/18

[dashook]

Weeks pregnant:

Baby is the size of a:

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

Team:

Appointments:

Symptoms:

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year?

[k]

Baby is the size of a: romaine lettuce

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: green

Appointments: next wed

Symptoms: feeling wayyy better this week, just some pesky reflux. I’ve given up on bending over to pick things up and to tie my shoes. I’m still irritable and randomly want to cry. Also the pregnancy and mom brain combination is not good for my punctuality right now.

Milestones: single digit weeks! 😬

Rants/Raves/Vents: I had a pregnancy dream last night that is giving me all the mom guilt today.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? I haven’t watched a tv show in years 😕, and I can’t remember the last good book. lame.

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[cch]

Weeks pregnant: 27

Baby is the size of a: Lettuce...

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: pink

Appointments: Had my 1 hour glucose test and regular checkup today. Growth scan next week

Symptoms: acid reflux/heartburn, feeling large and having trouble bending over. Overall not feeling too bad

Milestones: Entering the 3rd trimester one week from today!

Rants/Raves/Vents: Pissed that I’ve gained as much as I have and hope to stay where I am for a while. I’d like to gain no more than 10 more pounds (15 MAX) before I have her.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? I don’t know about the best thing that I’ve watched but MH and I are currently watching Atypical on Netflix and I’m really digging it.

[sunshiney]

Weeks pregnant: 25+4

Baby is the size of a: cauliflower (except measuring 2 weeks ahead, so a big head of cauli)

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: secret

Appointments: glucose test tomorrow morning

Symptoms: super out of breath just from doing PT exercises or reading aloud to DH (Happiest Baby on the Block - he's super excited about his officemate's recommendations, who just had a little boy a few months ago); hungry.

Milestones: nothing special!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I was 110% happy with my pre-pregnancy boobs and it's hard to watch them change...areolas bigger and darker, my slightly bigger boob is now at least a cup bigger as they both grow, and they've started hanging lower on my body which scares me to death - started wearing a cotton sleep bra at night and just praying the skin doesn't stretch too bad and the color fades some after delivery!

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? That requires too much memory to figure out lol. I was quite pleased with a surprising new direction in The Walking Dead this season...had almost given up watching the show but I'm excited again now.

[k]

@amc oh yeah I forgot about the BH! I’ve been having so many of those! and ugh my 1 year old is obsessed with Blippi. He kind of creeps me out.

[k]

sunshiney my boobs are laughable at this point, but DH still likes them 🤷🏻‍♀️😊.

[tngrl3]

Weeks pregnant: 27 tomorrow

Baby is the size of a: Lettuce I think

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team:

Appointments: Regular visit on the 30th plus a growth scan that day since I take a beta blocker for my heart and have a history of IUGR.

Symptoms: Reflux. Starting to feel really large. Leg swelling.

Milestones: 3rd trimester is just around the corner.

Rants/Raves/Vents: Currently fighting with with office to call in testing supplies without doing an education visit with the NP. I found my old meter and lancets. I had a few test strips I used over the weekend but am now out. I dont want to go 2 weeks without managing it and I can't just take off work at the drop of a hat for an extra visit.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? Um not sure. Right now we are enjoying the 3rd season of Man in the High Castle and we loved the Jack Ryan series on Amazon.

[strawberrykiki]

Weeks pregnant: 28w5d

Baby is the size of a: eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: blue

Appointments: Monday for the three hour sugar test

Symptoms: everything hurts. My uterus feels achey, back hurts, hips and tops of my legs hurt, emotionally I’m a mess I alternate wanting to punch things with crying. Sigh.

Milestones: made it to the third trimester!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I am super upset about failing my sugar test. I’m worried the baby is going to be huge and I’m going to end up having a csection which I really don’t want.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? MH and I watched the haunting of hill house on Netflix and we loved it. Watched the whole season in like 2 days. Usually it takes us forever to finish anything.

[sunshiney]

tngrl3 Oh yes Jack Ryan was great!! Ugh I really hope they help you get started with the supplies ASAP!

k and @amc Thank you for the encouragement! Every time I think I've come to a place of peace and acceptance with my body image, then I'll find myself fretting again when something changes. It certainly feels like a waste of energy and I want to be confident! I do hope that both DH and I end up feeling positively about any changes knowing they were for our LO. I find it hard sometimes to find self-worth in myself (not just appearance-wise) after experiencing an abusive first marriage, and DH unfortunately is not a natural at giving words of affirmation, so he's learning to give more (and more meaningful) compliments/reassurance and I'm learning to stop looking to him for self worth. It's a process but we're in it together and I'm glad pregnancy is challenging us to improve!

[wildflowers]

Weeks pregnant: 28w 3d

Baby is the size of a: Eggplant

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: Blue

Appointments: Every two weeks now!

Symptoms: Lots of BH which have me freaked out. Exhaustion.

Milestones: Now I really am in 3rd trimester!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I am worried about names. I have some ideas, and I know it will come, but I am nervous.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? Not much!

[Foxy]

Weeks pregnant: 33+2

Baby is the size of a: ferret

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: Blue

Appointments: next week we have a growth scan and then on to weekly appointments

Symptoms: peeing all the time... every two hours so i'll definitely be ready once Vinny arrives. I'm alway getting used to sleep deprivation.

Milestones: nothing big this week.

Rants/Raves/Vents: We have Vinny's nursery almost totally done. I'm getting a lady trained at my work to do my job while i'm out and it's been rough. I'm not good at training and there are so many one offs. She's doing great so far it's just exhausting and time consuming.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year?
We watched the Expanse and it was really good. I highly recommend it!! Just truck through the first 3 or 4 episodes and it's worth it.

[Foxy]

sunshiney I'm also having a really hard time with my boobs changing. My nipples were so much smaller and lighter and i'm really struggling with how they look now. I'm not much help on feeling better about it but you're not alone

[TashaLa]

Weeks pregnant: 29 + 2

Baby is the size of a: cotton tail rabbit

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: GREEN

Appointments: 11/28

Symptoms: Growing daily, lots of BH, so much movement

Milestones: 🤷🏽‍♀️

Rants/Raves/Vents: I passed my glucose test by just 1 point. I think I had too Carby of a lunch but so happy I passed!

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year? I think The Handmaids Tale shook me the most this year

[dashook]

Weeks pregnant: 30+3 (holy crap PP just made me realize I am down to single digit weeks remaining 😱)

Baby is the size of a: platypus/motorcycle helmet/zucchini (that’d be a big ass zucchini)

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: green

Appointments: parathyroidectomy tomorrow, staying in the hospital (probably in L&D) overnight for monitoring. OB appointment and growth US on Monday. I’m not sure yet but I may have these weekly from now until delivery even though everything (thankfully!) looks great with baby’s growth so far.

Symptoms: baby’s movements are becoming stronger and more painful (at times). S/he is hiccuping a lot! I have intermittent heartburn and am peeing round the clock, but overall feel good. I have managed to keep my weight gain very in check and actually feel cute.

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/Vents: there is so, so much we still have to do to get ready for this kid. Once we’re through this surgery it will be crunch time to get DD moved into DS’s room so I can start prepping the nursery. So far I have washed some clothes and burp cloths, and disinfected some infant toys, but the room needs a deep clean and do much more.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year?
I really enjoyed The OA on Netflix.

[thelittleredm]

Weeks pregnant: 26+5

Baby is the size of a: Slow Loris

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: Pink

Appointments: U/S next week!! It may be technically unnecessary but whatever lol

Symptoms: Aches and what not. SPD is worse than anything else at this point. Definitely out of breath but not terribly. BH from time to time but they actually seem to be less frequent than before. I feel like I'm starving all the time.

Milestones: Hm. None, really right now.

Rants/Raves/Vents: Huh. Well, nothing beyond the normal. Tired of H not cleaning up after himself but so goes. Happy that we should be getting a pretty decent chunk of our maternity leave savings set aside after this month.

GTKY: What is the best thing you’ve watched (movie, TV show, series) or read in the past year?
Superstore, Brooklynn 99, The Good Doctor. Love all of it. Honestly, we watch way too much TV but whatever lol