Mom to be Monday, 5/6

[scm1011]

1. How far along are you this week?
 


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
 


3. Questions for the group?



4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? 

[icedcoffee]

1. How far along are you this week?
25W4D

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
  Not much going on this week!  Just chugging along!

3. Questions for the group?
Nope

4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?  DS has soccer in the morning and we'll go to my in laws for dinner.  Nothing special, really.

[scm1011]

1. How far along are you this week?
36+1, induction scheduled for 5/28 if I don't go before then - eek!

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
I've been really trying to fit in some fun activities to do with DS while he's still an only. We met some daycare buddies at the park on Saturday and I spent hours running around playing and climbing with him and I totally overdid it. I took a 4+ hour nap yesterday I was still so wiped. I'm starting to get emotional about rocking his world so much soon. I think he's going to have a really hard adjustment. He's so used to living in my arms/on my lap and that is going to change a lot. 

3. Questions for the group?
STM+, are you getting a present for your older kid(s) or doing anything special for them when baby comes? I need ideas!


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? DH made brunch plans, I'm not sure where. I don't know what else we're going to do. It depends on the weather a bit. I'm hoping for a thoughtful present, too, we'll see. i'll need to see my mom at some point too, probably Saturday. 

exciting stuff, turbo! enjoy your last week!

[hamster]

1. How far along are you this week?
35+3. 3+3 to go. OMFG

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
MIL got back from her trip yesterday, so that is a huge sigh of relief.

Posted a bit about this last week, but I confirmed my OB is gone when I'm 38 weeks. Given that I had C at 37+6, this is not great news. I also had a bit of protein in my urine at my appointment.
We went for a walk this weekend my hands swelled up so bad (it's also hot weather) that they physically hurt. I think my body is just about done at this point.

We did go to a friends house yesterday. Crowd sourcing names was a bust because they liked them both, but H says he likes Dean more now. At this point I'm not committing to anything until Friday when the new SSA name list comes out.

3. Questions for the group?
When will I have this baby? Lol

4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
Not especially.
I'm hoping to take C to a safety fair on Saturday, but I'm making no commitments. I think I'm going to give H a honey do list as my present. Install carseats, clean up my flower beds, etc. I believe MIL will be coming over.
I otherwise pretend the day doesn't exist so I don't wallow about my own crappy mom.

[hamster]

May 6, 2019 7:50:18 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

STM+, are you getting a present for your older kid(s) or doing anything special for them when baby comes? I need ideas!

Not really, he is too young to understand. I did get him a toy to keep in his brothers room so he can play with it while I nurse or whatever. I also got him a water table. Basically I'm buying him all the things to make my life even a little bit easier.

[oliviapope]

1. How far along are you this week?
37 weeks.


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Stupid Meghan Markle having her stupid baby before me... I KNOW IT'S NOT RATIONAL!
Today we have a follow up U/S to check if baby is still breech. I can't tell anymore, she moves so damn much it will annoy my soul if she can't manage to flip. If she hasn't flipped then I'm doing acupuncture and we'll talk scheduling the ECV.


3. Questions for the group?
N/A


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
Probably family dinner after my SO gets off work, nothing else that I know of. Maybe a massage.

[clseale]

1. How far along are you this week?
9+5

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Definitely feeling the first tri exhaustion more this time around. It was so much easier being at a busy office than it is being home with a 2 yr old. And it was certainly easier to have the energy to go for a jog after work than it has been to wake up at 5 AM during first tri to get a few miles in before dd wakes up.

We had a good appt last week. HB was 158, but baby was measuring a little small...which I was told is not uncommon? (8+2 at what should have been 9+1). Dd was 4 days off at this point and since it’s less than a week and everything else looks good, they are keeping 12/4 as my edd.

3. Questions for the group?
Nope

4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
We’ll probably do what we’ve done the last two years. Relaxed breakfast at the beach, then we’ll let dd run around and chase the seagulls for a bit. DH will get some nice steaks and he’ll grill for dinner while dd and I play in the backyard.

[boymomof2]

1. How far along are you this week?
15.0 today






2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
There's a stomach bug going around that I think I caught a bit of. I spent 4 days waking up to horrible cramping and diarrhea. I called the doctor but since the cramping stopped after using the bathroom they felt it wasn't anything serious and just said keep hydrated. I much prefer that over vomiting though. 






3. Questions for the group?
none






4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? I'm looking forward to the homemade gifts that my boys bring home from school. I love the thought and love they put in to making them for me. I think overall we're going to take it easy and maybe spend the day at the park with a picnic if it's nice. 

[G22]

1. How far along are you this week?
12w3d


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
After not throwing up for a few weeks, out of nowhere it hit me again last week. Zero nausea, just the urge to throw up and then I did. It's almost worse because I was totally unprepared 🤦‍♀️

3. Questions for the group?
No


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? We'll be visiting my inlaws, so probably nothing more than lunch after church.

[dreamcrisp1]

1. How far along are you this week? 24w


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I did a hip hop dance lesson on Saturday for my friend’s bachelorette and held my own. It was so hard and there were jumps and stuff. I’m pretty proud of myself haha.

I have a midwife appointment tonight for my check up and I scheduled an u/s so I get to see the little dude. Yay! I think she will also give me my glucose requisition, which I only have to do thanks to being Indian apparently and my sister just got diabetes like 6 months ago. I hope I pass. My sugar consumption is borderline ridiculous but I swear I eat healthy for most meals. I have been nesting already and been doing some major cleaning and organizing. It feels so good. We got new curtains and baby’s dresser all set up.

I’ll be in Canada in 3 days! Ahhhh. I can’t wait to eat allllll the food. Spicy food. West Indian food. Spicy chicken. Bagels.


3. Questions for the group?
I feel so exhausted lately. Where is this 2nd tri energy going?! Is it too early for it to be disappearing?


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
Even though I’m only pregnant, it’s technically my 1st as a soon to be mother of a human baby (I always did a mini celebration because my dog). I’ll be in Canada for the real day so I’ll get to celebrate with my mom and then my H has some surprise planned for when I return. I have no clue what it is but I’m excited.

[scm1011]

Ahhh, congrats clseale!!!

[aprilsails]

1. How far along are you this week?
20w4d

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
I’m feeling good. Had a rough start to the he weekend and am still ticked off with DH a bit since I’ve spent so much time recently solo parenting DD and I am tired but yesterday I went out for a pedicure and got the main floor of the house picked up and I feel infinitely better. I also managed to finish a charity quilt which I am happy to have off my plate. The sunshine definitely helped yesterday too.

3. Questions for the group?
Nope

4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? No, not at all. I will have to flesh those out with my Mom and MIL by this weekend. ILs are away for ten days which means DH has to drive 20 minutes out to their house once a day to feed their cats and give them diabetes medication. This takes up an hour and a half of his evening, which is partly why I am feeling particularly salty right now. I have a friend in their area (5minute walk away) with a responsible 12 year old son who would love to make some money but my ILs refuse to allow some stranger into their precious house. I’m at my wits end. They are planning on leaving for three weeks in August before the baby is due. I just can’t. So I don’t feel like getting MIL anything at all.

[Susie]

1.  35+5

2.  We're starting to close in, and thank goodness.  My body is so done, and the return to AM nausea at this point, when little dude is taking up so much room and moving so much is so unpleasant!  We have the car seats installed, and little by little the room is getting more ready.  Probably 3-4 weeks to go, assuming I am favorable for induction.

3.  

4.  Not a whole lot.  Daycare mother's day and whatever I'm feeling that day I think!

ETA:  clseale, did you just slip in here!?  Yayyy!

[dreamcrisp1]

aprilsails, tell them to hire a cat sitter. I would not be cool with that. When my in laws had cats and we lived in Toronto, they’d only ask my H to go 1-2 times to make sure the cat was ok but otherwise had a cat sitter. Your H occasionally doing it? Sure no problem. But for that long? No.

[namasteak]

aprilsails maybe your gift is paying for a cat sitter if your DH won’t tell them no?

[namasteak]

I’m so done being pregnant and have 4.5 weeks left 🤦🏻‍♀️

[jade]

1. 36+2

2. Not really. Ob appt last week was great, baby is still head down so yay. Trying to get mentally ready for delivery in just a few weeks.

3. Nope

4. Just resentment and disappointment. H and are not in a good place right now. Big stupid fight twice yesterday over nothing, which keeps happening. Right now we aren't talking. I am freaking out a little about what will happen when this kid is actually here. Let's just say my expectations on how much support I will get from him are about as low as they could be.

[Yankees21]

1. How far along are you this week? 13w2d



2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? NT scan looked great last week, which was a relief. We are public now, and I’m already pretty huge so at least I don’t have to hide it.Nausea and vomiting have only increased, which is not great.



3. Questions for the group? I don’t think so!



4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? DS has a soccer game, but otherwise I’m planning on lots of relaxing.

[latte]

1. How far along are you this week?
35+6

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Met my new OB and she is nice. She has given us a week to discuss if we want to induce at 38 or 39 weeks and let her know at my appt Wednesday. We went on a weekend getaway this past weekend and I bought 98% of what we needed. I definitely went overboard with the baby clothes. 🤷🏼‍♀️
I am also done work now! It was so nice to sleep in today!

3. Questions for the group?


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
I usually make a mother’s day brunch for my mom and MIL, but I doubt I will feel like it this year. We will see closer to the day.


jade sorry things aren’t great right now. That is tough at any time, but to be this close to baby would be extra stressful.

[woowoo]

1. How far along are you this week?
35w2d today.


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Other than hanging up a mobile over the bed, we are 100% done with getting ready for baby. Car Seats installed, hospital bags packed, diaper bags packed, nursery is done, baby monitor installed. Heck, my husband even worked on the address list this weekend to send out announcements. Now I can just chill as much as possible (and focus on work) for the next four weeks. Still planning induction for late week 39, start twice a week Dr. visits this week.

But shit man....I'm uncomfortable. My SPD pain is bad, I've started with carpel tunnel pretty bad in my right arm/hand, and my belly is uncomfortable. Every time he moves it's like a gorilla is turning over in my belly. I'm not sure why I didn't envision the belly being uncomfortable this late in pregnancy...I guess I just thought it would feel like any other appendage? So dumb.

3. Questions for the group?
None this week....at least not yet.


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
I'm having a hard time with this. Last year was really really hard for me after losing the baby just a bit before, and I just don't feel ready to celebrate until this kiddo is here safe. I've asked DH not to do a card or anything (although I'm sure his and my mom will) and let's just go out for breakfast. I feel bad because I think he was planning something big.

[clseale]

Susie, I did! I’ve been lurking a bit, but we officially told our families after our appointment last week, so I figured I would join in. Waiting until our Panorama test to tell the masses.

[chocolatepie]

1. How far along are you this week? 13w5d - 2nd tri!


2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week? I'm in this manic purge stage - I keep thinking that I may not feel good down the road so I need to do it all right.now. Plus I want to start on the fun, nursery stuff and can't until we get all this stuff cleaned out and organized. DH is thrilled


3. Questions for the group? When does the constant weepfest end? I've been weepy basically since starting the STIM meds and the tears just won't let up. I cry SO MUCH. I literally sobbed in the Target baby section because girl clothes are cuter than boy clothes (I am ashamed to admit that even after all we have gone through, I have had some gender disappointment that I was not expecting...). Things that are cry worthy don't involve just some tears, it's all out ugly crying. Is there an end in sight?


4. Do you have Mother's Day plans? I don't feel pregnant enough to feel like I "qualify" for mother's day this year so it'll be just another day for us. Because it's a holiday, I don't work as long that day so we're going to head to Disney for the late afternoon/evening. Our blackouts start in less than a month so I wanted to visit another few times - even though it's freakin' hot. We may just wander Epcot and eat.

[clseale]

scm1011 , obviously I still have a ways to go before dd’s world is rocked, but I totally get those feelings and I’m happy to see it’s normal. We were trying for this baby, but when I first found out I cried...and (briefly) they were not happy tears. We were trying for 5 months and just THAT MONTH, I started having feelings about talking to dh about dd being an only. So it’s good it happened when it did, because I really do think we want 2 and we DO want her to have a sibling, but there have been a lot of emotions and most of them have been about how this change will affect L and my relationship with her.

[bk1]

1. How far along are you this week?
16+2



2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Why am I still sick? Ugh my previous pregnancies I wasn't sick past first tri. DH left for a work trip yesterday and I was throwing up and generally feeling awful all day. I was sick first thing again this morning. Thankfully my MIL took my girls for a bit to run some energy out of them. I just want to lounge and do nothing. 



3. Questions for the group?
Not right now



4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
I'm planning on sending DH and the girls to get breakfast so I can have some quiet time at home. Hoping to just spend a fun day together. 

[sss13]

jade, I'm sorry things are in a rough place right now.

[scm1011]

Hugs, clseale. I get it. I think the initial adjustment will be rocky, but in the end I think the benefits to having a sibling will outweigh those challenges. I'm also going to make a concerted effort to spend time one-on-one with DS regularly (even if its just taking him out to ice cream on the way home from daycare pick-up, or spending an hour outside in the yard doing whatever he wants), even if that means I don't EBF this time.

[EllieT]

1. How far along are you this week?
24w1d

2. Pregnancy-related AW/vents/randoms for this week?
Nothing this week. (Well same old complaints really - coughing and very easily getting very full/nauseous when I eat)

3. Questions for the group?
When do you start kick counts? I’m Finally feeling movement now but it’s very inconsistent and I could go hours if not a full day without feeling anything.

4. Do you have Mother's Day plans?
No. I hope DH will do something but he might forget. We are going to Canada for 3 weeks and we get there after their Mother’s Day. But we will be there during Swedish Mother’s Day. So basically I will not be celebrating anywhere.

[gastro]

scm1011 I don’t think we are giving my kids gifts for the birth. My kids are eight and almost four though. If I had a younger toddler I’d probably get them a toy they had wanted. One that could easily be played with at the hospital.

[aprilsails]

Where are you travelling in Canada @elliet? No one ever comes to Ottawa but I figured I would ask if you’re here for three weeks!

[KellyEasterbrook]

1. 35 weeks, 3 days

2.  Still hanging there! The heartburn is crazy, SPD is kicking in, I'm winded after walking more than 50 feet after all this modified bedrest, and my appetite is gone (though the pounds keep adding up...woah I'm huge) but I'm so freaking thankful to still be pregnant.  We're going to place on offer on a house this week, because hey...things are just too boring here right now (this is where a face palm emoticon would be perfect). I'm not holding my breath though...we're in part of Oregon where the housing market is nuts.  We've put in at least half a dozen offers in the last year at asking price or above, and are always out bid and the winning offers are usually all cash. Ugh. 

3. Any recs on sound machines?

4. Mother's Day is bittersweet. Last year, we celebrated and then had a devastating anatomy scan the next day.  DH will probably just pick up some the specific flowers he bought last year -- it's kind of our little symbol of our first baby. I was going to get a tattoo this summer incorporating them, but am putting that off until I'm not pregnant!

jade,  I'm sorry you're having a difficult time with DH right now.  Big hug.