Post by kellsbelles on Apr 20, 2015 8:46:33 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 30w5d
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? My out of state baby shower with my husbands family is this Saturday I also got the news I failed the 3 hr GD test by one blood draw so that bummer of nutritional counseling and checking my blood starts soon wahhh. But I will be eating the shower cupcakes no matter what!
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I think swimming and maybe a Gymboree type class would be fun. Mostly to get out of the house and socialize with other new moms.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I would have hired a videographer. We were trying to save $ and went without it, but I wish I had it on record all of the nice speeches and the ceremony. I'd love to watch it again.
1. How far along are you this week? 18 Weeks today.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? Our A/S is tomorrow!!!! I can't wait to find out if BabyPreppy is a boy or a girl. I think it will make it seem more "real". I am so excited.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? Probably depending if they have classes on weekends. I haven't looked into it too much yet. I would like to join some sort of moms group or something to meet people with kids of a similar age.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I loved our wedding I wouldn't change anything.
1. How far along are you this week? 9w2d. Finally caught up to the week I "lost" when the dating ultrasound was a week behind last week!
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I'm SO TIRED of Calvin asking "what do you feel like for dinner?" every day. Every day, I tell him that I know I need to eat, but I don't "feel like" eating anything. Then he gets mad. I tell him every day, maybe list a couple things we have in the house and I'll tell you which one I think I can do. Invariably I can pick something. But every day we go through the same song & dance. I get it, it's probably annoying to have to make dinner every night for a wife that isn't going to enjoy the food. But don't ya think it's maybe a little more annoying to be the wife who hasn't really enjoyed food in 2 months?
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? Haven't thought about it.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Splurge more on the photographer. I don't love my photos. I was a little bummed at the time, but I'm over it now! It's been 8 years.
1. How far along are you this week? 23 weeks and change
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I'm TIRED and trying to get a bunch of stuff done for work and I don't WANNA.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I have not even thought about this, but looking forward to reading the responses and getting ideas!
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Our cake (visually) was a little disappointing so I guess I'd want a do-over on that part.And no rain!
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I'm SO TIRED of Calvin asking "what do you feel like for dinner?" every day. Every day, I tell him that I know I need to eat, but I don't "feel like" eating anything. Then he gets mad. I tell him every day, maybe list a couple things we have in the house and I'll tell you which one I think I can do. Invariably I can pick something. But every day we go through the same song & dance. I get it, it's probably annoying to have to make dinner every night for a wife that isn't going to enjoy the food. But don't ya think it's maybe a little more annoying to be the wife who hasn't really enjoyed food in 2 months?
LOLOLOL. I remember that. I was like, What part of I DON'T CARE do you not understand? I'll let you know if anything changes. Until then, I'm only eating because I should.
1. How far along are you this week? 26 weeks, 3 days.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I just found out my Dad and SM want to host a big "show off the baby" BBQ less than a month after I'm due and invite my aunts, uncles, and cousins (and their spouses and kids). And I'm very much like "hell to the no." Thankfully I managed to talk her down to just my aunts & uncles and date TBD based on when I deliver, and how I'm feeling afterwards. If this baby is like me, it'll be two weeks late and the idea of going to a big family gathering about two weeks (or even three or four) after giving birth is about as appealing as poking myself in the eye with a white-hot branding stick. I get the feeing that she's kind of insulted that I don't want a huge party. I do feel bad, because it's coming from a good place and they want to show off the baby, but he's MY baby, it's my first, and I have no idea how I'm going to feel afterwards. I'm already planning places I can escape to in their house when I need a breather.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? Nothing really specific, I'm just looking forward to getting out of the house with him and spending time with other new moms with babies the same-ish age. But probably swimming lessons since I love to swim.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I loved our wedding, but honestly if I had to re-do it, I'd have a small wedding with an intimate dinner for immediate family and closest friends.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I have a maternal fetal medicine appt tmrw. I have chronic kidney disease (1 kidney is smaller than the other). They told me the appt would last 2 hours. I have no idea what to expect.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I haven't thought about this but I'm looking forward to hearing the other responses.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I absolutely loved my destination wedding. We had an awesome photographer who lived on the island and we had a family member video record the ceremony.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I am in the exam room waiting for my doc right now. I just got weighed. I am trying to put that number out of my mind but I can't.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? We did Gymboree with DS. We may do something similar again.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I would have bought prettier shoes. My shoe obsession started after I was married.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
I'm pretty sure I felt the baby move the other night. I feel like that's crazy since I didn't feel L move until 20 weeks (had an anterior placenta), but I definitely felt little taps by my pelvis area while I was in bed.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future?
Nothing planned, but I am doing "group appointments" again this time for my prenatal appointments. You meet with other people (who are due the same month and go to the same midwife practice) once a month. There are private stations to weigh yourself and do blood pressure and another station with the midwife to hear the heartbeat. Then we have a group discussion time for an hour or so. It's a nice way to meet other moms who are due around the same time.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be?
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? We are going to Paris on Thursday - I'm so excited! Baby's first vacation. lol
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I haven't thought about this yet, but a class would be fun. I'd have to see what is offered near me.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? - There are people we invited that I probably would not invite if I had to do it over.
Post by 5kcandlesinthewind on Apr 20, 2015 9:45:01 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 31 weeks
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I can't believe we're in the single digit countdown! My doctor told me last week that because I'm an ooooooooollllllllddd, they plan to induce me between 39 and 40 weeks. Which means 8 weeks left, yikes! I am not sure I'm ready, though I am definitely ready to not be pregnant any more.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I really haven't thought about it. I know my husband (who will be a SAHD) will look into some things, but since he doesn't drive, I worry he's going to be stuck. Though he's already told me that even though we live in the burbs now, he's going to force our kid to be a city kid who can take public transportation and navigate Boston like a pro.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Nothing. It was pretty much exactly what we wanted - small (40ish guests), and low-key.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? This pregnancy is wreaking havoc on my digestive system. It's either one extreme or the other.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I'd love to find a local moms' group and make some friends. Most of my friends live at least 40 minutes away.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Overall, I'm pretty happy with our wedding. The cake didn't look like how I pictured it, but it was still ok. I do wish we did something fun afterwards. It was a little anticlimactic, especially since we just went back to our house.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? Failed the 1 hour glucose so now it's onto the 3 hour. I'm bummed. Also I have this not stop burning right above my ribcage. Like my skin is on fire.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? Not really.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Wish it didn't rain so we could have our cocktail hour outside.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I'd love to find a local moms' group and make some friends. Most of my friends live at least 40 minutes away.
I'm in the same boat! My friends/family live 35 mins away at least.
Post by sassafrass on Apr 20, 2015 10:07:34 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 28 weeks today
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? nothing really. I'm still waiting for the results from my glucose test which was over a week ago. I guess I'll call soon.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I'm not sure. I have to see what options I have when we get to the new area.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I'd pick a different photographer. Our photographer packed up and disappeared after our wedding. We had to file police reports and it was a huge drawn out procedure to get any photos or video.
Post by runblondie26 on Apr 20, 2015 10:12:15 GMT -5
1. 20 weeks
2. Watching the Boston Marathon today. Last year I was running it, and celebrating being able to finish it at 5 months post-partum. This year I'm sitting here watching it at 5 months pregnant with baby #3. It's pretty trippy, man. I never would have envisioned either one happening.
3. Not really, I never did them with my other kids either.
4. Get a different photographer. Ours ended up being terrible, and it makes me sad I don't have any good pictures.
1. How far along are you this week? 28 weeks today
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? nothing really. I'm still waiting for the results from my glucose test which was over a week ago. I guess I'll call soon.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I'm not sure. I have to see what options I have when we get to the new area.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I'd pick a different photographer. Our photographer packed up and disappeared after our wedding. We had to file police reports and it was a huge drawn out procedure to get any photos or video.
Thats horrible Were you able to get any good images from them or money back?
Post by runblondie26 on Apr 20, 2015 10:28:35 GMT -5
sassafrass. I feel your pain. Ours went out of business too, shortly after our wedding. Luckily I was able to get the prints and coffee table book out of him before he disappeared, but we never got the DVD with the digital images
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I am in the exam room waiting for my doc right now. I just got weighed. I am trying to put that number out of my mind but I can't.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? We did Gymboree with DS. We may do something similar again.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I would have bought prettier shoes. My shoe obsession started after I was married.
I just weighed myself at work to prepare myself for tomorrow. I have never had the scale spit back these numbers and I don't like it! I don't know what is "normal" for how far along I am but I understand how you feel. Its anxiety inducing to see it creep up!
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? I'd pick a different photographer. Our photographer packed up and disappeared after our wedding. We had to file police reports and it was a huge drawn out procedure to get any photos or video.
WHAT? Holy crap. That must have been so stressful.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
This is my first day back at work after our trip to Philly - it looks like I'm going on unpaid leave May 6 so I can go back to Philly, but hopefully they'll keep me on through the end of June. After that, no job for me...I'm both excited & nervous about $.
I'm also trying to squeeze my gestational diabetes test & another monitoring ultrasound in this week, but haven't heard back from my OB's office yet (it's only 9:30 here though)
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future?
I haven't really thought about it. I don't know how many there really are. Maybe yoga?
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be?
I'd hire a better photographer. We had a friend of MIL's, who did it cheaply & was decent, but I wanted pretty pretty artsy photos, which we didn't get.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Overall, I'm pretty happy with our wedding. The cake didn't look like how I pictured it, but it was still ok. I do wish we did something fun afterwards. It was a little anticlimactic, especially since we just went back to our house.
I want to add this to my answer! I wish we'd taken a honeymoon of some sort, even just a short trip. We got married on Saturday, cleaned up Sunday, and went to work Monday We said we'd go on a honeymoon later (after college), but we're nearly 5 years out & it hasn't happened. With baby, it probably won't happen for at least a couple more years, if ever.
2. Really hoping they let me go in for an ultrasound later this week before leaving for a week's vacation on Saturday. I'm at risk for an ectopic pregnancy and I only have one tube left, so it's fairly important we know as early as we can the location of the pregnancy. I would like to be able to relax on vaca, so FX!
3. Maybe swim? I've got quite awhile to figure that out!
4. I would have had my ceremony in an air conditioned location. My poor guests were sweating to death in the July heat.
Post by brandienee on Apr 20, 2015 10:48:10 GMT -5
1.) 19 weeks!!
2.) nothing really new over here baby wise. I had my comp exams for grad school last weekend, now all I have to do is wait and see if I passed. Oh man.
3.) Probably not. I usually don't like how expensive these programs are. I don't know what I can afford when baby comes, and I haven't had time to research things. I plan a lot of meeting with friends and walking on nature trails in the fall. Doing reading days in the Library would be fun.
4.) I would have had a small wedding and not have let MIL bully me into inviting H's entire extended family, thus pushing us above our budget. We could afford to feed 20-30 people dinner, not 100. So everyone got homemade dessert instead. I am still pretty sad about my wedding. But I was young and stupid. So. There's that.
Post by liverandonions on Apr 20, 2015 10:50:16 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 20w4d today
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? Anatomy scan today-we already know gender but still fun to see the heart and kidneys. He's been kicking up a storm this weekend-I can see movement on my belly now. This is my favorite part!
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? I met some of my best girlfriends at Kaiser's mommy and me network and fully support people doing that. This time I have multiple people on maternity leave with me at the same time so we'll just do play dates and stuff.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? My dress, our caterer, and possibly our photog-she was good, but looking at people's pics now I think we could have had better.
1. 5w 2. I am anxious for my viability scan on the 27th. I am hopeful but also worried. I had a m/c right before 8 weeks a year ago. I know even if it goes well there is still a ton of risk ahead. Trying to take it one day at a time. 3. Not there yet 4. I just wish the weather had been better. It ended up being cold, but gorgeous the next day. Still bitter two and a half years later lol.
Post by starburst604 on Apr 20, 2015 10:54:59 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 36+1
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
I'm still feeling pretty ok for a very pregnant person. Sleeping ok and not terribly uncomfortable so far. I have a growth u/s, NST and appt with the OB on Thursday, and they'll do my GBS swab. I believe they'll check my cervix since I'll be undressed and all. I'm really curious to see how big they think she is and if I'm having any dilation yet.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future?
I know my town has some new mom meetings at the rec center, I'm going to try and attend some of those while I'm on ML. I'd like to meet some other new moms since I don't know anyone where we live right now.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be?
Like kellsbelles said I regret so much not having a videographer, at least for the ceremony!! Having the photos is nice, but I really wish I could see those moments again. Our ceremony was so beautiful and touching. We thought a video would come out hokey and be a waste of $ but I've seen some really great ones. It's the one piece of advice I've given to other friends who got married after me. Oh and I'd hire a different florist, I just don't think we got what we paid for from her.
1. How far along are you this week? 9w2d. Finally caught up to the week I "lost" when the dating ultrasound was a week behind last week!
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I'm SO TIRED of Calvin asking "what do you feel like for dinner?" every day. Every day, I tell him that I know I need to eat, but I don't "feel like" eating anything. Then he gets mad. I tell him every day, maybe list a couple things we have in the house and I'll tell you which one I think I can do. Invariably I can pick something. But every day we go through the same song & dance. I get it, it's probably annoying to have to make dinner every night for a wife that isn't going to enjoy the food. But don't ya think it's maybe a little more annoying to be the wife who hasn't really enjoyed food in 2 months?
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future? Haven't thought about it.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would it be? Splurge more on the photographer. I don't love my photos. I was a little bummed at the time, but I'm over it now! It's been 8 years.
I remember the dinner connundrum all too well. You're lucky to have an H that can cook, mine could possibly blow up our kitchen if he tried. During the first tri I would just decide on what takeout I felt I could handle and pick it up on my way home from work, and he just ate whatever I was in the mood for thankfully.
2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
AW: nursery is 90% finished (painting closet doors and decor stuff left) and we're more than two weeks ahead of schedule!
VENT: restless leg syndrome. I can't get comfortable at night because I'm so compelled to move my feet and legs.
3. Are there any mommy and me type classes you are looking forward to taking with this little one in the future?
I loved music/singing classes and swimming lessons with DS1. We still sing a lot of the songs we learned.
4. If you could go back and change or add one thing about your wedding day what would you?
My DJ sucked. Audio was not set up properly for the space and no one could hear speeches which is slightly worse than listening to speeches themselves.