Funky Fetal Friday 3/27

[longtimenopost]

1. How far along are you?

2. How are you feeling?

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links!

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms.

[sjh722]

1. How far along are you? 39 + 3

2. How are you feeling? Done. Tired of cramps/low back pain/contractions that don't seem to be turning into anything.
Other than that, not bad. At least my house is clean and all my work projects are super organized.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! I am at the point that I'm sick of all my stuff. The 14 pairs of leggings I own? The Liz Lange tank tops from Target that I wear when I'm not pregnant anyway? Most of my Gap shirts have held up pretty well.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I need to get moving, but I am avoiding going out because I'm sick of people doing the whole "Oh, you're still here?" bit. Yes. And I'm going to start crying if you ask about it any further, TYVM.

[ladygrey]

1. 12w4d

2. Decent, just a little heartburn and cramping/pulling

3. An Old Navy tunic that is white with a navy geometric design - very Tory Burch-esqe and so flattering. I can't wait to pull it out of storage and start wearing it again.

4. I had a great appointment with my OB who delivered DD; it was nice to see her and chat about things, particularly the VBAC/RCS decision. NT scan is on Monday!

[noodleoo]

1. How far along are you? 33 weeks tomorrow!

2. How are you feeling? Ok. Starting to get uncomfortable (swelling, heartburn, achy, all the normal stuff) but nothing too bad.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Hahahaha... I don't really like any of my maternity clothes. I guess I have a few tops from Destination Maternity that aren't bad. But in general, getting dressed these days is just annoying.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms.
I have my shower tomorrow!  I'm kind of excited but also feel weird about it.  It is really small, mostly friends, but a lot of them haven't met each other yet.  This gives me anxiety that it will be awkward and people won't have fun.  I know it will be fine, but I kind of just want it to be done with.  My sister is technically "hosting", but we're doing it at my house whcih makes me feel more responsible for people having fun.  I have to clean the house tonight and go shopping for the food with my sister and then clean up after.  I wish I could just show up somewhere else and not worry about it!

We've been SO busy the last few weeks, I really just wnat a day to relax and do nothing.  But that won't happen for another few weeks.  So busy!!!

[turtlegirl]

1. 17 weeks

2. Overall good. I mostly forget I'm pregnant these days, expect for the fact that I can't drink.

3. Maxi skirts and dresses in general.

4. My friend just dropped off a huge box of girl clothes for me last night. I'm excited to go through them all and start figuring out what I still need to buy for this kid. I have a feeling after 2 kids most of my bottles need to go and I just need to replenish stuff like that.

[gibbylod]

1. How far along are you? 24w5d

2. How are you feeling? Overall good. Can't really complain.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Apparently I need better clothes because I hate all of my maternity clothing.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. First half of this pregnancy flew by, but this second half is crawling at an extremely slow pace (probably because I want it to be over already! And every time I think that I freak out because if it is over it means something is terribly wrong and the baby wouldn't survive, and how could I wish that, I'm being so selfish, I'm a horrible horrible person, etc. Pregnancy is definitely a huge mindfuck)

[nachos]

1. 14w1d

2. Like absolute crap, but that's the flu, not the pregnancy. Home from work again today, and I never miss time.

3. Hmmm... I don't have one yet, but am planning on doing some shopping when I travel for work in two weeks.

4. Snissing is killing me right now. That's probably more than you needed to know, but being sick while pregnant is really horrible.

[pooh8402]

1. How far along are you?
24w2d

2. How are you feeling?
Feeling great! I'm loving this part of pregnancy!

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links!
My 7FAM skinny jeans. Love love love them.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms.
Still ticked at this massage therapist who scolded me yesterday for aggravating my back pain just for doing my job. (More info on GotP). I'll just request that I'm not assigned to her anymore but it was BS.
And DH referred to my belly as a beach ball yesterday. totally tic, but I was like, eh, it's more like a soccer ball at this point.

[jennistarr1]

1. How far along are you? 39 weeks

2. How are you feeling? good! my wrists/hands hurt, hurts when I stand up (pressure)

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Jessica Simpson pleather pants. At first I thought, NO! but they made me feel cool

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I need to do a nursery reveal!

[achi]

1. How far along are you? 23 weeks today.

2. How are you feeling? Ok for the most part, better now that I've started chiro and my SI pain has been improved.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! So far a couple of really comfy sweaters from Old Navy. At this point, I'm still able to wear all my regular pants with a bella band. The shirt selection is getting slimmer though, so I feel another trip to Old Navy when they have a decent sale is in order.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I want the morning gag-fest to stop. And I'm tired of peeing every 2 hours at night! I don't pee this much during the day and I cut back on liquids in the hours before bed so I feel like I should have to pee this much overnight.

[longtimenopost]

Labor vibes @pnkybrwstr and sjh722! Pnky wouldn't it be great if baby just fell out? No pushing!

[longtimenopost]

Sorry you've got the flu, nachos! I hope it moves on soon!

[longtimenopost]

gibbylod pregnancy is hard, but you are past viability and while I wouldn't recommend having a 26 weeker, DD is pretty awesome!

[ax2]

1. How far along are you? 14 weeks this weekend!

2. How are you feeling? On the upswing. Had huge nausea and heartburn until a few days ago, but I seem to have my appetite back and things are levelling off. * knocking on wood*

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! I'm on the hunt for a nice pair of very dark wash maternity jeans I can wear to work.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I'm new here! We have one DS who is 2.5, and lost another boy last summer at 23 weeks to a genetic condition. We just got a clear genetic screen back yesterday, and haven't quite come out of denial yet.

[nachos]

Mar 27, 2015 11:07:17 GMT -5 longtimenopost said:

Sorry you've got the flu, nachos! I hope it moves on soon!

Thanks! I'm feeling closer to human today, so I'm taking that to mean that I'm on the mend. It's been a long and painful week.

[ellipsis]

1. How far along are you? Almost 20 weeks! *Hi MMM, I guess this is my first real intro*

2. How are you feeling? Fine. OMG PEOPLE STOP ASKING ME THAT. Am I the only one that gets annoyed by the constant "how are you feeeeeeeling?" questions? (Clearly I am not fine, lol.)

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Anything from the Gap gFit Maternity line. SO COMFY.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. Haha, see #2 above I guess.

[longtimenopost]

1. How far along are you? 16w2d

2. How are you feeling? I had to start progesterone injections Monday, so I felt crappy Monday and Tuesday (it was like 1st tri all over again!) but my butt feels better and the symptoms have lessened. Another one Monday, though.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Some GAP always skinny jeans I got on super sale a few weeks ago. My first pregnancy was in 2011 and most of my clothes are from then, so I generally feel pretty out of date, but these make me feel cool!

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I have a serious decision to make. Surprisingly, my MFM is open to me trying for a VBAC even with my special scar (inverted T). He said the risk of rupture that could injure baby is a tiny bit higher for me, like 1 in 1000. But we do want more children, and I know there's a risk of dangerous scar tissue with another c/s that could affect future pregnancies. I am excited about the possibility of another vaginal birth, since currently my only vaginal birth was with my stillbirth. I also really wanted to go into labor on my own, so I'm happy about that. SO many things could still happen to affect this decision so I'm not going to worry too much about it, but it's going to be in the back of my mind!

[Susie]

1.  7 weeks this weekend

2.  Still pretty ok; just a little more tired than usual.

3.  So far I haven't thought much more about maternity clothes than just "damn, spring clothes are cute, but I really shouldn't buy new non-maternity clothes right now."

4.  I'm going to be 8 months pregnant at my brother's wedding in October, but I haven't told them yet (I want to wait until at least our first app't at 9w and hearing a HB).  I'm doing the awkward bridesmaid dress opinions/ordering dance and it's obnoxious all the way around.  I can't tell them until I'm ready for the whole world to know though because my brother loves spilling other peoples' beans.  So around we go.

It's not really a vent, but more an observation... it is so strange to me to have my mom asking me how I feel, how I'm eating, what I feel like, etc. every time I talk to her.  She even called me last Sunday to ask how I felt because I told her the day before I'd been cramping a lot and a little uncomfortable.  She NEVER calls me.  She has not been this maternal/hovering in like 25 years, if she ever was.  It's surreal.

[longtimenopost]

Mar 27, 2015 11:21:07 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

1. How far along are you? Almost 20 weeks! *Hi MMM, I guess this is my first real intro*

2. How are you feeling? Fine. OMG PEOPLE STOP ASKING ME THAT. Am I the only one that gets annoyed by the constant "how are you feeeeeeeling?" questions? (Clearly I am not fine, lol.)

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Anything from the Gap gFit Maternity line. SO COMFY.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. Haha, see #2 above I guess.

Welcome! No, it does get annoying. Our front desk lady used to ask me multiple times a day, every time I went to the bathroom. NOTHING'S CHANGED IN THE LAST HOUR!!    

[ellipsis]

Mar 27, 2015 11:22:57 GMT -5 longtimenopost said:

Mar 27, 2015 11:21:07 GMT -5 ellipsis said:

1. How far along are you? Almost 20 weeks! *Hi MMM, I guess this is my first real intro*

2. How are you feeling? Fine. OMG PEOPLE STOP ASKING ME THAT. Am I the only one that gets annoyed by the constant "how are you feeeeeeeling?" questions? (Clearly I am not fine, lol.)

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Anything from the Gap gFit Maternity line. SO COMFY.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. Haha, see #2 above I guess.

Welcome! No, it does get annoying. Our front desk lady used to ask me multiple times a day, every time I went to the bathroom. NOTHING'S CHANGED IN THE LAST HOUR!!    

Omg, if someone asked me how I feel every time I went to the bathroom (aka every 30 minutes practically, dear baby...get off my bladder...) I would go NUTS.

[nmosrob]

1. How far along are you? 34w5d. I can't believe Sunday is 35/35!

2. How are you feeling? Overall, pretty good. Hands/knuckles are swelling, I can't grip as well. Baby is dropping, sometimes the pressure I feel, oh man, feels like she's going to fall out!

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Nothing really in particular, just full panel jeans. I love them, and it will suck having to stop wearing them...eventually.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. My hormones are out of control. I'm freaking out and crying over the dumbest stuff. Luckily it's all so dumb that I do end up laughing, but seriously. This morning I'm panicking that we need to get everything done, we have no time, and then I'm like wait, did I hear that a sign of labor is the overwhelming urge to nest? So what if I go into labor and nothing is done! Gah, I need to relax. I don't know how dh tolerates me, lol.

[runblondie26]

1. 17 weeks

2. Good! Monring sickness is gone, and some energy has returned.

3. I've been wearing a lot of flowy tops, and long fitted t's that I picked up at Target and Kohls. I learned with my last pregnancy, I could get away with a lot of standerd tops, and didn'thave to buy anything specifically maternity.

4. Nope, nothing his week.

[cilantro]

1. How far along are you? 29 weeks, 5 days

2. How are you feeling? Mostly pretty good, but sometimes like I was kicked in the vagina. Also, my inner thighs at times feel like they are tearing apart.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Glad I sprung for some ATL boot cut work pants. That's about it.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I am predicting I shall be ginormous again by the end. Oh well Also, I really like this whole people not paying as much attention to second pregnancy business. No shower stuff to stress over, minimal unsolicited asshole advice. I find it quite refreshing. I'm very relaxed about this and getting really excited!

[lillaguma]

1. How far along are you? 38w1d

2. How are you feeling? For the most part I've been feeling really good, but unfortunately I came down with a cold yesterday and feel like crap now. All I want to do is go home and lay down. Oh and hungry. I am always hungry.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Jersey dresses have been my go-to most of this pregnancy. So comfortable and something I can still wear to work.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. I just can't believe it's getting so close. I vary between wanting her here now and wanting her to stay put as long as possible so I can get everything done that I want to!

[miamigirl]

1. How far along are you? 17w 5d

2. How are you feeling? I'm feeling great! Morning sickness is long gone

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! It's getting really warm here, so I got some new shorts from a pea in the pod, which I'm loving, they're super comfy.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms We have our Anatomy Scan on Monday, and I'm super excited to find out what we're having. The tech guessed girl during our NT scan, so we'll see if she was right

[oswin]

1. How far along are you? 27w4d

2. How are you feeling? Big! According to my scale I've gained like 6 pounds in a week and a half, which fits with me having been starving a lot (and eating a lot lately). I'm only up about 15 lbs total so I'm not overly concerned about my recent gains.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! I'm not much of a shopper, so my selection of maternity clothing is pretty small. I like my side-ruched v-neck tees from Motherhood Maternity, because they're actually long enough (my other maternity shirts are not long enough to cover my long torso and growing bump anymore). I'm also looking forward to it being warm enough to wear shorts regularly, I remember liking my maternity shorts that I got at Target last time around.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. Like gibbylod I'm impatient for this pregnancy to be over, but I don't want a preemie either! 9 months is a LONG TIME though. A friend of DH's who is a midwife said to remind me that "once he's out, he's never going back in" - I thought that was funny and a good way to think about it. Also DS isn't allowed to be born until DD is happily settled in her new room.

[jenn248]

1. 19+ weeks

2. Generally good, but still a little nauseous and still tired.

3. I hate all of my maternity clothes right now. I need it to get warm here so I can start wearing some of my cute spring/summer dresses. I've been eyeing this dress from the Gap and was excited they were having 45% off today (through noon PST, if anyone needs anything), but it gets terrible reviews www.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=2163180120000&cid=1010906

4. We had our anatomy scan yesterday, and it's a girl!  Tagging @starry since I mentioned in her NT scan post earlier this week that the tech guessed we were having a boy. 

[Deleted]

1. How far along are you? 27 weeks tomorrow

2. How are you feeling? Fine.  Much less tired than I have been.  I think I'm happy the weather is getting better.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! Pajamas? I only had to switch to maternity pants a few weeks ago so I have been making it work in regular clothes a lot.  I just layer crap.  Now that it's warm I plan to wear all the maternity dresses I shelled out $$$ last pregnancy.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. My sister is due in a few days and I'm anxious to see if she's having a girl or a boy!

[Deleted]

1. How far along are you? 12w5d

2. How are you feeling? Better. The nausea is calming down and I'm a tiny bit less tired.

3. What is your favorite piece of maternity clothing (something you own OR something you want!)? Bonus for links! I bought a couple pair of full panel jeans from Gap which are both great. I'm disappointed that I don't have anything from last time that really strikes me, and I sold a bunch of shirts so I need to buy more.

4. Pregnancy vents/randoms. Got my Harmony test results yesterday and it's another boy. I have mixed feelings because on one hand, yay same sex siblings! They'll be best friends and I only have to buy one set of clothes for both. OTOH, I kind of wanted to experience parenting both sexes and I feel a little sad that we will never have a girl. Also, boy names are HARD. DH and I only agreed on one last time and he pushed it. So far a favorite is probably Alexander.

[nachos]

Mar 27, 2015 11:21:37 GMT -5 Susie said:

1.  7 weeks this weekend

2.  Still pretty ok; just a little more tired than usual.

3.  So far I haven't thought much more about maternity clothes than just "damn, spring clothes are cute, but I really shouldn't buy new non-maternity clothes right now."

4.  I'm going to be 8 months pregnant at my brother's wedding in October, but I haven't told them yet (I want to wait until at least our first app't at 9w and hearing a HB).  I'm doing the awkward bridesmaid dress opinions/ordering dance and it's obnoxious all the way around.  I can't tell them until I'm ready for the whole world to know though because my brother loves spilling other peoples' beans.  So around we go.

It's not really a vent, but more an observation... it is so strange to me to have my mom asking me how I feel, how I'm eating, what I feel like, etc. every time I talk to her.  She even called me last Sunday to ask how I felt because I told her the day before I'd been cramping a lot and a little uncomfortable.  She NEVER calls me.  She has not been this maternal/hovering in like 25 years, if she ever was.  It's surreal.

Mine does this too. I don't care for it. We're not terribly close, and it's just weird because it feels so forced on her part.