How's everyone doing? My heart is still aching for our friends here. I hope this week brings comfort to those who need it. In much lighter updates, my husband is freaking out about how and when he is going to see the new Star Wars movie. My practice has 10 OBs but I just see my friend OB and my established OB since my friend is coming in for my delivery. She let me know for December there are a few dates where her and my established OB are on call back to back so I could only see them for my stay, which would be awesome. The first one is Dec 16-18, which Star Wars comes out at 12:01 am on the 18th. DH is now 100% convinced I will go into labor on the 17th and he will miss the release. OH DARN. I want to be annoyed but it is kinda cute how worried he is about it. We have our newborn care / BF / hospital child birth class two nights this week. DH is really looking forward to it as he's never changed a diaper and stuff. He has been practicing his swaddle skills on the uncooperative dog.
Our household stuff is being unloaded into my house as I write this!! The company called and pushed back the time they were coming this morning. They were supposed to come last Friday and rescheduled to today, I was about to cry if they were going to cancel again. I just want my stuff already! Thankfully they are here and I'm so excited to be able to put this nesting urge to good use finally. And we can start setting up the nursery now!
Also, I was able to dig my BP cuff out of one of the first few boxes so I can start checking that. I just had H check it and was pleasantly surprised it was ok, even though I've been running around unpacking boxes for the last couple hours. Yay for that!
Post by swiftlyirun on Oct 12, 2015 7:15:54 GMT -5
So sad for awick and thiswillbe too. Many T&P headed their way.
I had a pretty productive weekend, ordered the baby's furniture and glider and finished up registry stuff. I'm starting to stress a little that I will be 34-36 weeks at my showers (FWP, I know). I'm just such a planner. Oh well, just thankful to have this little bean and friends who already love it so much!
In other news, I REALLY need coffee. Trying to stay clear of it but I'm so.freakin.tired.
Thinking of you awick and thiswill. I am heart sick for you both.
Dw is 22 weeks. She had an appointment with her pcp to check her np last week and it was awesome. 98/67 or something around that. So that was a relief. Even though we know it will come into play more in later 2nd and 3rd tri I am happy for good numbers so far.
I did some de cluttering this weekend but it just seems like a never ending lost cause. Why do I have so much crap? I am off today so I plan on grocery shopping, cooking and playing outside for a bit.
DD turned 12 yesterday. We had cake and she opened her presents.
I'm currently sitting in the Charlotte Airport waiting for my flight to Salt Lake City (through Phoenix). I get to spend the next few days there in a training class. On Friday I get to spend my day again in airports and in planes coming home. Hopefully the time change doesn't affect me too much.
We've had a good weekend. Dd was on Fall break this past week so we did some fallish things eventhough it didn't feel like Fall at all. We did enjoy grill an awesome lunch Saturday and watching football, eventhough our team didn't win. I went shopping with MIL and she bought DD a cute big sis shirt that we will give her after our appointment on Thursday.
I am anxiously waiting for my ultrasound appt this Thursday. My last pregnancy back in January, the baby stopped growing at 6 weeks so I'm trying not to freak out too much.
I've been trying to keep myself busy so I don't really have time to over analyze every little twinge or why my boobs aren't hurting as much as yesterday. DH commented that I feel myself up more than he does.
Post by cactuscookie on Oct 12, 2015 9:17:55 GMT -5
swiftlyirun, my shower isn't until 37 weeks. I wish it was earlier, but I don't want to have it in the middle of Christmas-mania in December, and neither does the host, so I guess it is what it is.
I had a little body image meltdown last week. I always assumed I'd be fine with my body during pregnancy, since I know I'm supposed to be gaining weight and changing shape. But I think I'm struggling because I don't feel good in any of the hand-me-down maternity clothes I was given. I'm reluctant to spend a lot of money on new ones when I do have things to wear, but I don't want to spend the next four months feeling frumpy and unattractive either. We're going to stop at Target on the way home today (there isn't one in the town we live in), and maybe I can get a few basics.
I'm in the Chicago airport waiting for the flight back home. My H ran the marathon yesterday. We had a fun few days, but I'm beat. I walked over 10 miles yesterday and 6+ on Friday and Saturday. My lower body and feet are in pathetic condition right now. Despite all the activity, some gnarly stretch marks appeared on my inner thighs over the weekend Of all the places I expected stretch marks, that's not one of them.
Sorry you're struggling cactuscookie. I've had a harder time with it than I expected too. I will say, the right outfit does make a big difference in how I feel. I hope you find some good options to get you through.
Post by swiftlyirun on Oct 12, 2015 9:32:16 GMT -5
cactuscookie I feel the same way about the weight gain. It's been really hard on me. I agree with ivy that good clothes made a difference for me. I too got a ton of hand me down mat. clothes, but I only kept a few to wear. It's hard enough not being able to run like I want, plus the weight gain. I want to at least look *sort of* cute!
I'm also really surprised at the weight gain. I'm overall pretty happy with my body shape -- I've lost weight in my legs due to redistribution, no swelling, etc. But I'm gaining too much weight and have no idea where it is going.
cactuscookie I've always struggled with body imagine and I heard so many women in similar situations say that pregnancy was the one time they really loved their bodies. I'm hoping I hit that point, but I haven't yet.
I've officially been 'dumped' by my OB's office. I'm now under the full time care of my MFM doctors, which will mean even more time off work. I'm not even in the third trimester and I'm barely making it through my job. Also, the medical bills are quickly skyrocketing. I've gone from monthly Echocardiograms to monthly MRI's and Echo's. I'd rather be safe than sorry but I wish I would have researched costs a little more so I could have bumped up the FSA. (Insurance policy change - last year these tests were 100% covered, now only 80% covered--ouch).
Not much going on here, 6w3d today. We're visiting the ILs and as soon as I turned down wine with dinner I was outed by SIL. At least she did it privately and nobody else seemed to catch on. I thought DH would have told them but he didn't which is kind of annoying because it puts me in an awkward position. I know it's early but after the last pregnancy where we announced to nobody and then later had to call around and announce my near death ectopic, I'm kind of over keeping happy secrets. Oh well.
Post by dollyllama on Oct 12, 2015 10:14:58 GMT -5
23w1d today. Follow up A/S on 10/22 so just anxiously awaiting that. We are doing our showers early (28 & 29 weeks) so I am trying to finish up our registries because our first round of invites go out on Wednesday. I wish I could do it later but the timing was strange with the holidays and we have so many people that have to drive over an hour that we didn't want to do it in January and risk people trying to drive in terrible weather.
We are 6 days from viability date and things are starting to settle in that this is actually happening so I'm finally ready to start prepping the nursery. We have our first appointment with our doula on Friday and I am super excited about that.
Milestone alert: I am 24 weeks today. Yay viability! This is also more viably pregnant than I have ever been, as our termination with V was at 23w6d (though I didn't end up delivering until a few days after that). I might celebrate by buying a cute sleeper I saw weeks ago but haven't had the nerve to buy yet.
Post by callmehales on Oct 12, 2015 10:16:31 GMT -5
morning ladies! we spent the weekend out of town for a wedding, and DH took the pictures while I coordinated the day-of stuff. it was a ton of fun, but man I am still beat!! we also got outed by the bride and groom, because the 3rd time I pawned off a drink Thursday night at dinner they knew something was up. I figured they'd probably know something was up, but I didn't want to steal their thunder OR have everyone there know.
in other news, we found out this morning we've got ONE baby on the way!!
Morning! 7w2d here. Not much going on for me except trying to relax and keep my feet up. Haven't had any more spotting since last week and hoping it stays that way. I'll have another u/s (and my first prenatal appointment!) this Thursday with my regular OB to check on growth and my SCH, so excited and nervous for that. A little worried about measuring behind and I'm curious what the babe's heart rate is. I'll have to be doing light duty at work as well, so that'll be interesting to have to explain to people. My managers know, but no one else does.
Post by dollyllama on Oct 12, 2015 10:36:00 GMT -5
cactuscookie I had some maternity clothes handed down to me and some were very dated and a bunch just didn't fit me well so DH talked me into an Old Navy trip and I'm so grateful I did it. I have a good selection of non maternity clothes that would "work" and would have been pretty close to having a decent selection but having clothes that I tried on and bought have made all the difference. Between the sale and buying some on clearance, I got 2 tanks, 2 leggings, 2 yoga pants, casual linen pants, a sweater, 2 dresses, a pair of work pants, 2 t-shirts, and 2 long sleeved t-shirts for about $150. So worth it. An outfit I feel good in can make all the difference on a day where I have 300 new pimples or outrageous heartburn
ivy my sister ran that race too yesterday. I was living vicariously through her since no running or marathons for me this year.
Yay for a good pregnancy and viability week loira!
cactuscookie, I think struggling with weight gain during pregnancy is normal in some sense. It's been hard for me to see the number on the scale rise so much and know it's normal. I'm up close to 35 pounds and while I don't necessarily look or feel I've gained that much, the scale doesn't lie. Also, get the Target shirt if you see it it looks good on everyone, obviously.
cactuscookie, it's a struggle for me, too. I've always been fairly petite, and even though I'm a bit curvier on the bottom, I've always had a super tiny waist. That waist is rapidly expanding, and I'm starting to feel like a sack of potatoes. Also, I remember how much longer it took for me to lose the weight after V than I expected, and the thought of doing it again exhausts me.
I am writing this post from the comfort of MY OWN BED, which I haven't slept in since May. I have missed my fluffy memory foam mattress topper. My 9 month pregnant body is in heaven right now!
I'm semi-enjoying my day off today. Had to take DS to a ped endocrinologist appointment (they monitor his growth... he's so tiny for his age but they're always saying he's on his growth curve so its okay). Got my flu shot and ran a bunch of errands. Now watching Dawsons Creek... the responsible adult stuff got old after awhile! ;-)
11w today. One week from tomorrow is my NT scan. Last night i kinda freaked myself out... i was watching the Giants game and got so ridiculously excited at the end that i jumped up (i had been laying on the couch) and bounced (sitting) on the couch. No big, right? But then my face got ridiculously hot and i got a crazy headache. I felt flushed and headachy... blood rush?! That's never happened before. It kinda freaked me out as i felt so weird
DD somehow deleted everything I had posted with her elbow.....
Nothing exciting here. I'm trying to go 4 weeks between appointments so I have one next week. Trying not to stress but this kid is not acting like a good second child! I had one day of really good movement and now it's been really sporadic. Although all of a sudden my belly is HUGE! It's been really tight and itchy so I knew it was coming but my goodness. I have another 21 weeks?!! I've gained way less so far than I did with DD but apparently it's just all in my belly. I've been able to workout about 5 days/week or so and I think it's made a big difference. I went on bedrest with DD at 21 weeks so I'm hoping to avoid that this time.
Postpartum body is challenging as well. I knew I wouldn't have a flat stomach, but I didn't think it would be this big. I look about 20 weeks, but my belly is hollow and it jiggles. I have never had a jiggly belly before. Add to that enormous boobs and the fact that my undercarriage feels like it is inside out.
The good news is that the swelling in my feet, which I managed to avoid during pregnancy, is about gone. Buuuut, I have my first zit in nearly a year.
Let's just say I'm not feeling so confident these days. This has definitely been harder on me than pregnancy.
I hope you found some things at Target cactuscookie. I didn't want to spend a lot on maternity clothes either. I think I need 1 or 2 more pairs of pants I can wear to work and some jeans. Most stuff I found at target.
I made it to Salt Lake City but I'm exhausted! I'll explore the hotel, eat and then go to bed. Not 5 minutes after getting to my room i'm texting my boss about what I see. It's tough working in a hotel because when you do travel somewhere you are instantly critical of every little thing. It actually takes a little of the enjoyment out of staying in a hotel.
My stomach has always been my favorite body part. It's hard to accept. I know it will continue to go down, but I have no idea what the end result will be. My belly button is going to be different too.