Weekly Check In 2/25

[bonzo]

Week/EDD:

Baby is the size of:

FTM, Etc:

Team:

Appointments:

Milestones:

Symptoms:

Rants:

Raves:

[bonzo]

Week/EDD: 25+4, EDD 6/6

Baby is the size of: acorn squash

FTM

Team: 💙

Appointments: not for a few weeks

Milestones: not sure if I’ve hit anything new this week

Symptoms: back pain!

Rants: we drove to Santa Fe this weekend, and omg the back pain after 6 hours in the car! And then so many of the restaurants have wooden chairs with no back support.

Raves: when my back wasn’t hurting, we had a really good getaway in Santa Fe. We ate lots of delicious food, visited the museums, and just relaxed, read, and talked. It was so nice to have a weekend that wasn’t filled with chores!

[mamabear02]

Week/EDD: 23w4d / June 20

Baby is the size of: bunch of grapes

FTM, Etc: stm

Team: blue

Appointments: next week is my glucose test

Milestones: Nothing?

Symptoms: Feeling somewhat nauseous again, not as bad though and I’ve been having headaches.

Rants: I’m just sick of feeling sick. We got another stomach bug last week so it feels like I’ve either had pregnancy related sickness or actual sickness since October.

We also still don’t know where we will be living in June. We should find out this week.

Raves: I’m grumpy so I don’t really have much. Friends are selling us some of their baby stuff for a good price so I’m excited to have some stuff I didn’t with my first.

[midnight]

Week/EDD: 26w Tommorrow, 6/4

Baby is the size of: Bottle of fanceh French soda 😂

FTM, Etc: TTM

Team: Blue

Appointments: Friday to hear results of my f/I AS

Milestones: I dont think there are any this week!

Symptoms: Sciatic pain, ouch!!

Rants: Nothing, I am realizing the impact another kid may be having on my other kiddos so I've been trying to spend more time with them and loving on them.

Raves: Nada!

[sunny75]

Week/EDD: 29w3d. RCS may 2

Baby is the size of: a pineapple

STM

Team green

Appointments: just had one this morning!

Milestones: passed my GTT this morning so I'm happy about that!

Symptoms: So much hip/pelvic pain. I feel like I'm 100 years old

Rants: none this week!

Raves: Now that I'm about to be 30 weeks I'm finally feeling ready to start getting stuff for the new baby. I bought a few things at target last week and it was so much fun picking out little baby stuff with DDs help.
I also found out that both my job and MH job may be throwing us small baby showers so it's nice to feel like somebody else is excited about this baby too.

[courtniko]

Week/EDD: 29, 5/10

Baby is the size of: pineapple

FTM, Etc: TTM, DD is 4, DS is 2

Team: green

Appointments: Friday

Milestones: none

Symptoms: heartburn

Rants: my fasting numbers are right on the edge, and stressing me out. I took some turmeric last night since it is supposed to help and my fasting number this morning was amazing. Then i found out taking it may not be recommended while pregnant, but they dont know, so now I am back to being really stressed.

Raves: DH finally felt baby move, baby would never move for him before.

[mamabear02]

sunny75, I just told H that I feel 100 last night so I feel you!

[quinstar]

Week/EDD: 27w 1d

Baby is the size of: bananas

FTM, Etc: STM

Team: blue

Appointments: next week

Milestones:

Symptoms: Doing mostly ok. Feeling pretty large

Rants: Im tired

Raves: We went with my nephew today to Boondox for his birthday and there are a fair amount of things you can't do there while pregnant. Lol.

[sammysam]

Week/EDD: 22+0/July 1st/RCS June 24th or 25th

Baby is the size of: some sort of pie

FTM, Etc: STM

Team: Pink

Appointments: GTT in 2 weeks

Milestones: Great AS results and finally starting to feel movement despite the anterior placenta.

Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, sore hips and back

Rants: I can't always feel baby and it's stressing me out. I know it's because if the placenta placement but still...it's kicking my PGAL brain into overdrive.

Raves: I bought the bassinet I wanted and finished sorting, washing and putting away all my 0-6 month clothing. Nothing to do but sit here and stress about movement for the next 17 weeks.

[bonzo]

mamabear02, I hope the viruses stay away so you can start to feel better!

midnight, sorry about the sciatic pain! Is there anything you can do to make it feel better?

sunny75, yay for passing the GTT!

courtniko, out of curiosity, why wouldn’t turmeric be safe for pregnancy? As a spice it’s perfectly fine, is it just one of those things where they haven’t studied it in large quantities? Maybe talk to your doc about doing it as a turmeric latte or something?

quinstar, I haven’t heard of Boondox, what is it?

sammysam, that’s exciting that you’re feeling movement! I hope your PGAL brain is able to relax a bit as you get farther.

[quinstar]

bonzo, It's like Dave and Busters, they've got bowling, laser tag, arcade games, go carts. The 14 year old in MH had a lot of fun.

[courtniko]

bonzo, from Google (lots of conflicting info of course) it is safe to use as a spice, but some say not a supplement. But the supplement amounts dont seem higher than spice amounts by much? And it is one of those they just have not studied enough.
I am also seeing warnings against eating food with cinnamon for some reason, and 8 definitely eat cinnamon, so who knows.
Pregnancy warnings are so frustrating, because it is so often just a lack of info, not any actual evidence. And people have eaten this stuff for ever, well before Google was around to spread warnings.
I am just stuck in my frustration about my fasting numbers, and wanting to not have to give myself shots every day, and wanting to avoid an early induction if possible. Obviously I want to do what is best, but I hope to avoid extra complications.

[bonzo]

Feb 27, 2019 12:49:01 GMT -6 courtniko said:

bonzo , from Google (lots of conflicting info of course) it is safe to use as a spice, but some say not a supplement. But the supplement amounts dont seem higher than spice amounts by much? And it is one of those they just have not studied enough.
I am also seeing warnings against eating food with cinnamon for some reason, and 8 definitely eat cinnamon, so who knows.
Pregnancy warnings are so frustrating, because it is so often just a lack of info, not any actual evidence. And people have eaten this stuff for ever, well before Google was around to spread warnings.
I am just stuck in my frustration about my fasting numbers, and wanting to not have to give myself shots every day, and wanting to avoid an early induction if possible. Obviously I want to do what is best, but I hope to avoid extra complications.

I’d talk to your doctor, since it worked to get your fasting numbers down. Maybe they’ll have some recommendations on how to eat it.
Ive heard that some babies get upset stomachs from breast milk if the mom eats cinnamon, but I hadn’t heard anything about it during pregnancy. You’re right, so much of this is so confusing, and they say to avoid whole categories just because something isn’t fully studied.