Check In 2/25

[pambee]

Last check in of February!


Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby:


Baby is the size of a:


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:


Team:


Appointments:


Symptoms:


Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents:


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?


Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:

[pambee]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby:

-36w4d RCS March 14


Baby is the size of a:

-Cabbage patch doll?


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

-STM


Team:

-Blue!


Appointments:

-Tomorrow u/s with HR, Thursday weekly with OB


Symptoms:

-Heartburn still. I got sick after dinner the other night too, that hasn't happened in a while. I wear out physically so quickly still.


Milestones:

-It's just crazy to think of how far I am and that he could really come at any time. I officially have everything ready for him, just have a few more loads of laundry in bigger sizes I just got to wash and sort.


Rants/Raves/Vents:

-Last week little dude was splitting my pelvis in half and this week it feels like he has climbed back up as high as he can go. Make up your mind so I can just get used to whatever discomfort you have in mind 😂


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

-With E I hung all dresses and nicer outfits, this time I'm really only hanging jackets and button up shirts. I've been rolling up onesies and sleepers but I'm not sure it's the best use of space and am going to rearrange some drawers I think. I'm buying more Rubbermaid tubs (which I store in their closets) today to sort by size and season for sizes he isn't currently wearing/don't fit in the dresser yet. I usually keep 2 sizes in the dresser at a time.


Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:
36 weeks

[jewelsofthenile]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 35 weeks due April 1


Baby is the size of a: honeydew melon...i guess thats bigger than a cantaloupe of last week.


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM


Team: Pink


Appointments: Tomorrow, ultrasound to check position, cervical check and gbs swab and then weekly appts after that.


Symptoms: sore back and hips, feeling whale like, standing too long hurts, sitting too long hurts, laying too long hurts ...haha its gonna be a long 5 weeks.


Milestones: This week will be one month until my due date.


Rants/Raves/Vents: nothing really other than i am uncomfortable a lot. And hate that i cant do as much physically as i want to.


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?
Most in the dresser drawer some in the closet. I have put older sizes in the closet in the past, however most of the older clothes are in plastic tubs right now.


Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:

[bex15]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 34+2 / due 4/6


Baby is the size of a: Pineapple

FTM/STM/TTM/etc. FTM


Team: Green


Appointments: Had one this morning


Symptoms: Heartburn, BH, so hard to get up and down


Milestones: Another week closer!


Rants/Raves/Vents: My BP was high over the weekend, 120/90 which was starting to really freak me out so luckily I had an appointment today or I would have called. It was normal by the time I went in but she wants to see me every week now which is fine by me, happy to have a little extra monitoring, did a BPP as well and everything looked good.


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of? I will be curious to see others answers, I started laundry over the weekend and so far I've put more of the basic onesies in the dresser and plan to hang everything else I think.

[remi]

Feb 25, 2019 11:25:10 GMT -6 pambee said:

Last check in of February!


Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby:
35+5

Baby is the size of a:
Honeydew

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

STM

Team:
Pink

Appointments:
Thursday with specialist to discuss possible ECV

Symptoms:
increase in headache and hip pain. Otherwise not much!

Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents:
Things are insane right now. My house is a construction zone, my H decided to rip up all the trim and get new before we get carpet installed on Friday. My job is a cluster fuck and a new position at a different office opened up and it is a half mile from my house. So I really, really want it before I go on leave. The manager at the new office is super involved and has been emailing me all week and really encouraging about hiring me. My current office is so toxic and ugly I need out. And now baby is breech and I never prepared myself for that possibility so my emotions are all over the place. I know a c is not the end of the world and as long as she gets here safe it’ll be fine. I just never considered that which is so silly. And I’m terrified of the ECV because it sounds like there are so many things that could go wrong. So everything just feels like too much and none of it is in my control. So I’m really struggling and pulling away from everything. IRL and here. So I’m sorry I’ve been so sporadic and unsupportive here. Im trying to force myself out of this funk.

QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

We have a small dresser for clothes. I didn’t really hang anything with DD, but might end up doing it for this babe. And usually stuff that doesn’t fit or is big we have in bins in the basement.

Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:

[lemondrop]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 32 weeks today, due 4/22


Baby is the size of a: cantaloupe/ jicama/ squash


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM


Team: blue!


Appointments: 3/5


Symptoms: constipation, lots of pelvic pressure, heartburn, exhaustion, anxiety, constant peeing


Milestones: one more week until I can say I'm having a baby NEXT MONTH!


Rants/Raves/Vents: Babe is sitting so low I feel like an arm is going to pop out of my vagina. So that's fun lol. I almost couldn't walk at Home Depot yesterday due to the pressure he was putting on my bladder/ urethra. On the positive, this weekend we took care of buying a lot of the big stuff that was still left on our registry. It was... pricy... but I'm so excited to get everything!


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of? I'm planning on folding whatever he fits into currently in the dresser that his changing pad is on, and hanging everything that's too big. Everything too small will go into a lidded bin on the floor of his closet so we don't try to use it. I envision Konmari'ing his onesies initially and then once he's here, everything's just gunna get flung in there lol.


Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like: next week!

[lemondrop]

I feel you on the job crap, remi - my job has been a huge disaster lately. I've got some other opportunities, but if I'm going to take 6 weeks off, I can't really make any changes until June. I hate hate hate when things are up in the air (I'm super type A). On top of your ECV, I can imagine you're super stressed I'm trying to just take it one day at a time. If you need to vent, that's what we're all here for.

[lemondrop]

Sorry about the high BP scare, bex15 But yaaaay! for getting more monitoring! (I love when they use the doppler and I can hear his little heartbeat <3)

pambee, you look great!

jewelsofthenile, I feel you on the whale feelings. I literally said to H yesterday as I was attempting to roll my ass out of bed that I felt beached

[bex15]

You look great pambee!

[remi]

Feb 25, 2019 12:35:21 GMT -6 lemondrop said:

I feel you on the job crap, remi - my job has been a huge disaster lately. I've got some other opportunities, but if I'm going to take 6 weeks off, I can't really make any changes until June. I hate hate hate when things are up in the air (I'm super type A). On top of your ECV, I can imagine you're super stressed I'm trying to just take it one day at a time. If you need to vent, that's what we're all here for.

I am also super type A and a planner/list maker. So having all of this up in the air is so stressful and I’m not managing my anxiety very well. So then it makes me isolate and pull away. I hate feeling like this and seeing what I’m doing and not being able to stop it. Like I know my house will get put back together and how I want it before baby gets here, I just need to grit my teeth and be ok with the construction dust and general torn apart appearance. It’s just all at once that I lose it a little. Lol


I hope your job stuff gets settled! Is there any reason you’re only taking 6 weeks?

[lemondrop]

Feb 25, 2019 12:41:48 GMT -6 remi said:

Feb 25, 2019 12:35:21 GMT -6 lemondrop said:

I feel you on the job crap, remi - my job has been a huge disaster lately. I've got some other opportunities, but if I'm going to take 6 weeks off, I can't really make any changes until June. I hate hate hate when things are up in the air (I'm super type A). On top of your ECV, I can imagine you're super stressed I'm trying to just take it one day at a time. If you need to vent, that's what we're all here for.

I am also super type A and a planner/list maker. So having all of this up in the air is so stressful and I’m not managing my anxiety very well. So then it makes me isolate and pull away. I hate feeling like this and seeing what I’m doing and not being able to stop it. Like I know my house will get put back together and how I want it before baby gets here, I just need to grit my teeth and be ok with the construction dust and general torn apart appearance. It’s just all at once that I lose it a little. Lol


I hope your job stuff gets settled! Is there any reason you’re only taking 6 weeks?

I know the feeling - my H took on a bunch of projects for kiddo (refinishing a dresser, artwork stuff, putting a bunch of crap together) and despite my lists, none of it is done yet and I'm going insane. I know he'll do it (he's been working some weekends) it's just not being done on my timeline, which is so annoying. 

I get zero paid maternity leave. I started this job in November, so I don't qualify for FMLA. I'm the breadwinner, so back to work I go. 

[pambee]

remi I just wanted to say I was exactly you with the emotions about a CS/ecv when I was pregnant with E. It was just a shock to assume for so long I'd be having a vaginal birth and then bam, now maybe not and all these seemingly scary options.

I opted not to even try the ecv, just for personal reasons in my research I decided I was more comfortable with a SCS. I have a good friend who did an ecv very successfully though, and said it really wasn't very painful. I know someone else who tried an ecv unsuccessfully (no ECS needed, baby just wouldn't flip so they had a SCS later), and someone who had an ecv and baby still flipped back afterwards 🤦

I would suggest doing plenty of research on both options, and asking lots of questions on Thursday. Ask what their "success rate" is with the ecv, some doctors have higher than others (I don't remember exactly what mine was, but it wasn't high enough to make me personally want to go through it with added stress). Also, my doctor said that if we scheduled the CS and I went in for the surgery they would check baby's position beforehand and if she had flipped I could opt to be induced instead if I wanted.

Basically, there is no "right" answer, there is only your answer, and that will be right for you. Please don't let any doctor (or individual) guilt you into or away from whatever option you are most comfortable with. All options come with their own risks, including if baby decided to flip on their own and you end up going into labor and having a vaginal birth! There was only one doctor I saw (not my regular) who very obviously judged me for my decision and it really took me aback, but also made me feel more secure in my decision in a weird way.

Anyways. Word vomit over. I just wanted to say I understand how you're feeling, it's normal, and just take your time to go over the options. AND I hope you can get the position closer to home, that would be amazing! 🤞

[snickerdoodle]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 32+4; April 18


Baby is the size of a: squash


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm


Team: 💙


Appointments: next Friday


Symptoms: body aches, GD, acid reflux, I get weird periods of feeling sick hot and kinda light headed and need to lay down, anyone else experience this? My doctor hasn’t been able to figure it out


Milestones: less than eight weeks until due date seems like it’s finally getting close.


Rants/Raves/Vents: I hate having GD


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

I did footie pjs and onesies in the dresser and outfits in the closet. I folded DDs clothes fancy and would not do it again. I became obsessed with it and was the only one who could fold her clothes.

[haleyscott]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 37w1d/ RCS 3/11


Baby is the size of a: winter melon


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM


Team: pink


Appointments: Friday


Symptoms: my back hurts. I’m out of breath. Acid reflux regardless of the Zantac 😬


Milestones: at this time in two weeks I’ll be holding my baby!


Rants/Raves/Vents: I tested positive for the gbs test and I’m feeling guilty about it. I don’t know. I’m also reallllly wanting the next two weeks to fly by bc im such a grump.


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

Sleepers, onesies, and pants all get folded. Outfits/dresses/rompers hanging. Other sizes in totes. I just got done with that this week. Haha

[Deleted]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 32+5 / April 17 / RCS April 12

Baby is the size of a: head of celery

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Boy

Appointments: March 8th

Symptoms: swelling has arrived, sore feet, trouble getting around, all the usual fun

Milestones: The room is painted! I can finally start to get everything set up!

Rants/Raves/Vents: Just cranky. I have to check myself often.

QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of? Right now his onesies and pants are in drawers, sleepers are hanging up. We have NB and 3 month stuff put away. He has a small assortment of 6 month stuff right now that I'm going to just keep in a box in the closet until we're ready.

[nmom]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 31+1


Baby is the size of a: foam finger


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Blue


Appointments: Friday!


Symptoms: back pain just sucking at moving a lot.


Milestones: one week closer to my goal of 37!


Rants/Raves/Vents: I feel so crummy lately I know I’m just being hard on myself but really anything physical is hard for me. Makes it hard to see past pregnant and like it will always be like this (which I know it won’t) and I need summer.


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?
we are pretty minimal on clothes I’d say. (Until my DD turned into a very opinionated 3.5 year old lol) but we do all current size in dresser drawer then hang next size. Then have a basket in closet on shelf for out grown of clothes and one for out of season (for my daughter in this case) but that still fit (so she doesn’t want shorts in winter)

[grover]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby: 35+2 with twins, csection scheduled for 3/19.

Babies measured 6#2 and 6#8 at last weeks ultrasound.

Team: Double Blue

Appointments: Tomorrow for OB/BPP and growth scan

Symptoms: Super Tired.

Milestones: Had my last day of work on Friday.

QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?
For DD (23 months), all shirts are hung, as are dresses in current size. Top drawer is socks, tights, baby leg warmers, swim. Middle drawer is pants and pjs. Bottom drawer used to be pjs and is now sheets/sleepsacks. Three weeks ago maybe, I swapped all her folder stuff to folding the Mari Kondo way, and it was great.

For the boys, I spent 2 hours today sorting, folding Kon Mari style, and organizing into drawers NB and 0-3. Bottom drawers will be 3 month stuff. Closet is more annoying for the little stuff. I'm hanging the 6 month clothes, and 9+ are going into bins on the closet floor I think.

[orangehibiscus]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby:
35+1, EDD 3/31, Induction on 3/24


Baby is the size of a:
Honeydew melon


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
FTM, third pregnancy


Team:
Girl 💕


Appointments:
Thursday - NST, BPP, and my OB


Symptoms:
Tired, carpal tunnel, sciatica is back on my left side, some swelling, feeling huge


Milestones:
35 weeks! I can deliver at my local hospital now


Rants/Raves/Vents:
I need to really start packing my hospital bag!

I had my baby shower this past Saturday which was amazing! We have one very loved little girl. My mom flew into town for the shower. We were hanging out at my house before she left yesterday, and she asked me if I was going to “seed” the baby if she were born via C/S. Apparently this is when you take your vaginal secretions and rub them on your baby’s face 🤢🤮. I said absolutely not! I will not be doing that to my daughter. My mom was all like “but it’s going to help build her immune system”. I told her that was what breastfeeding was for. She couldn’t get why I didn’t want to rub vag juice on my daughter’s face. 🙄


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

Most things are folded, but she does have some things hanging in the closet. We have bigger sizes in the other drawers in the dresser.


Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:

Tapatalk won’t let me upload a pic for some reason

[Eames]

You look awesome pambee!

orangehibiscus, I have not heard of seeding, but 😂😂😂

I will plan on checking in after my growth check on Weds. It'll be my last one! In one week I will have twins! OMG.

[jacks]

orangehibiscus Omg 😳😳 I can only imagine the look on H or the nurse’s face when I mention needing to save my vaginal secretions to rub onto my baby’s face. I just cracked up typing that. I can’t handle it. Is this a real thing?

[jacks]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby:
32+ 3 / April 19 / RCS April 12

Baby is the size of a:
Pomelo?

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
STM

Team:
Pink

Appointments:
I have one last week. Everything looked good at my appointment, but my OB sent me to get a vein ultrasound due to my legs failing me and turning into a vein wasteland.


Symptoms:
Back pain, insomnia, sitting/standing/laying too long hurts, my legs are broken

Milestones:
I survived another winter cold. Yay!

Rants/Raves/Vents:
H nudged me to get a massage, so I’m booked for next Monday night. Woohoo!
My rant is at myself: GO.TO.BED.EARLIER.

QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?
I have most things hung up since we have ample closet space. I have NB and 3mo clothes out currently and hung by outfit “type” (dresses, footies, footless pjs, etc).

Share any U/S or bump OR BABY (ahem) pics if you'd like:
I’m going to try to get my imgur baby picture to work.

[lemondrop]

orangehibiscus I had never heard of “seeding” until now! I googled and yeah... that’s a legitimate thing. Looks like it’s not recommended, but still. How interesting! I wouldn’t do it either, though.

[haleyscott]

orangehibiscus if you could have seen my face. 😂

I might need to troll my husband with this later.

[Deleted]

orangehibiscus, hahahaha what? I have never heard of that!

[Deleted]

jacks, yay RCS-date twins!

[tapdancer]

Weeks pregnant/Due date/How old is baby? 36 + 5, RCS THIS FRIDAY!!!!!

Baby is the size of a: something big, and round that likes to poke me in the ribs


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: Stm


Team: blue


Appointments: Thursday is my last MFM and then preop at the hospital. Csection is scheduled for 4 on Friday


Symptoms: heartburn, lower back pain


Milestones: My liver numbers are almost back to normal!


Rants/Raves/Vents: My husband has a man cold and thinks I'm going to be super empathetic because he can't sleep well....🙄


QOTD (because it's not really gtky 😜): How do you fold and store baby clothes? Hang it all? Everything in drawers? What about sizes they're not in yet/grown out of?

I use bins in the drawers Kondo style for newborn and 0-3 the rest is in a tote under the crib. As he grows out of things I'll but then in a tote to pass along or sell at the next consignment sale.

[Eames]

Eeeek tapdancer, so soon! Exciting!!

[Eames]

FYI all, Gymboree is going out of business and their website is pretty much 60% everything or more.

ETA meant to put this in randoms, oops.

[jewelsofthenile]

orangehibiscus haha thats amazing I could imagine my mom ever discussing anything like that with me ever.😂

tapdancer so soon your baby will be here! Thats exciting!

[orangehibiscus]

Yep...apparently it is a real thing jacks. I can’t even imagine anyone doing that to their kid. So gross!

Did you ask your H about seeding haleyscott? 😂😂