Weekly Check-in/Ticker change **12/20**

[BabyStandish]

1. Weeks/due date?

2. Baby's size?

3. How are you feeling? Updates?

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now?

[icedtea]

1. Weeks/due date? 17w5d

2. Baby's size? Chipmunk

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Starting to feel better, though I don't want to jinx it. If I could find a comfortable way to sleep, I'd be set. A/S this Friday!

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a book editor. I did that for a while, and now I'm in communications. My new dream is to work in a nonprofit someday (ideally related to women's health).

[lupincat]

icedtea I'm having trouble getting comfortable at night too. It blows.

1. Weeks/due date? 17w2d May 28

2. Baby's size? Pomegranate (I think)

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Feeling decent. Pregsomnia and being uncomfortable at night is really driving me nuts. Other aches and pains but just chugging along.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a historian or author, although in elementary school I was totes going to be a pop star. None of which I do today lol

[BabyStandish]

1. Weeks/due date? 17w4d/May 26

2. Baby's size? chipmunk

3. How are you feeling? Updates? feeling okay. I've been stuffed up the last 2 days with all the crazy weather changes.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a veterinarian or a storm chaser. I definitely don't do either one. I always knew I wanted to stay home with the kids though so I'm happy with doing that.

[sleepymonkey]

1. Weeks/due date? 20w3d May 6

2. Baby's size? Axolotl (Mexican salamander)

3. How are you feeling? Updates? My gastritis has flared up this past week and I think I may be having some gallbladder issues. I really need to be better about watching what I eat because it's only going to get worse. Still only feeling sporadic movement but when I do feel it, it's definitely getting stronger.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I always wanted to own my own clothing store. But then I got a taste of working retail and decided I hated customers and could not do that (the customer is always right, my ass!). After college, I worked in a dept store buying office, which I absolutely loved but the job locations are limited and I was not ready to live in a big city working for peanuts. So now I work in project management for a large defense contractor. It's not my dream job by any stretch but the pay is good.

[jennyelf]

1. Weeks/due date? 21 weeks / early May

2. Baby's size? 10.5 inches from head to toe

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Mostly just tired. I should really be trying to get more sleep. Also hungry. Otherwise, we're finally in the boring phase. Kicks are pretty clear now, but not detectable from the outside. Belly is almost impossible to hide, but need to do so for about one more week at least. Scarves are my friends.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? Chemist or astronaut. I'm a software engineer, so not really even close except still science related...

[katie0919]

1. Weeks/due date? 19w 3d - due date May 13th

2. Baby's size? Mango

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Feeling good! I've been a tad sick this week, but still feeling good. Starting to get some hip pain randomly and my legs are itching like C-R-A-Z-Y, so I'm a little worried I might have Pupps. Will ask the doc today at my appointment. Anatomy scan this afternoon! Work is going my sloooooow.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a professional ballet dancer when I was a little girl...then I wanted to work for a big, corporate company and have some big job - not even sure I knew exactly what job it was, ha. Of course now I work in the corporate world and definitely don't love it. I'm an assistant buyer for a retail company.

[lastkiss]

1. Weeks/due date? 18 weeks

2. Baby's size? Slingshots

3. How are you feeling? Updates?
Still tired. Overdid it yesterday and didn't get enough sleep so I have a headache today.
Sleep is getting more difficult. I should pull out my body pillow to see if it helps.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now?
Growing up i went back and forth between a teacher and a lawyer. I had dreams of being a pop star for a bit but never really thought it would happen.
I'm a lawyer now, but I don't do criminal law like I wanted to growing up.

[chknma]

1. Weeks/due date? 20+2, 5/07

2. Baby's size? banana

3. How are you feeling? Updates? overall okay. achy and sore by night. i need some belly support! great A/S today. baby girl looks great.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? marine biologist (really I just wanted to do the dolphin show at the aquarium).....I do counseling for people with chronic, mostly terminal/end-stage disease ....I find my work rewarding, but it's too heavy for me long-term. I don't really know what I want to do for the next many many many years.....

[setsuna17]

1. Weeks/due date? 19w1d/May 15

2. Baby's size? Game boy

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Lots of hip and lower back pain. But had an ultrasound yesterday and baby boy looks great

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a teacher and an author. I'm currently a teacher, working on becoming an author now.

[txcatlady]

1. Weeks/due date? 17w 5d - may 25th

2. Baby's size? Game console controller

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Pretty good, have more energy which has been nice. I need to start going to bed earlier during the week... I'm tired every day at work but normally fine on the weekends. Lower back ache has been off and on but heating pad and an extra pillow on the couch for back support have helped. A/S next Tuesday, can't wait!

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. if teachers were paid better I'd probably have chosen that career. I'm an accountant for a large company (I don't do taxes, just book keeping and reporting).

[sleepymonkey]

katie0919, I was an assistant buyer for a department store for 3 years out of college (my degree is in fashion merchandising). I loved the job and but I hated living in Miami so I quit and moved back to my hometown. I wish I could go back to buying but it would not be financially feasible anymore.

[katie0919]

Dec 20, 2016 14:09:57 GMT -5 sleepymonkey said:

katie0919 , I was an assistant buyer for a department store for 3 years out of college (my degree is in fashion merchandising). I loved the job and but I hated living in Miami so I quit and moved back to my hometown. I wish I could go back to buying but it would not be financially feasible anymore.

Fashion Merchandising! How cool. I have a business degree and didn't think/know this is where I would end up, but here I am! Why wouldn't it be financially feasible? I feel like I make great money, and the buyers make awesome money! This is my third job now for a corporate company in the retail product management departments and the buyers have all made awesome $ at all of them!

[sleepymonkey]

katie0919, I feel like I have been out of the business for too long (14 years) and would have to start back towards the bottom. I currently make a very good salary where I work and live in a relatively low cost of living area. If I were to go back to buying, I would have to move, most likely to a larger city and take a big cut on pay. And since I have the bigger paycheck in the family, I'm stuck. But I know when I worked for Burdines (it was part of Macy's) the buyers in my area were some of the top paid and they did very well.

[cubbiebear325]

1. Weeks/due date: 17w1d, 5/29

2. Baby's size: pomegranate

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Feeling pretty good, though definitely less energy second tri this pregnancy than last. I'm hoping I can get back to exercising soon and that will help. Also lots of headaches this time, which I usually just ride out instead of taking anything. Feeling good periods of movement daily, mainly after I eat! I see MFM again next week and they are doing our anatomy scan at that appt so looking forward to that

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I had a few years of wanting to be a marine biologist or miss america, but mainly I always wanted to be a doctor. I'm an NP now so pretty close. I actually started undergrad pre-med and hated it. The nursing then NP route was just so much better for me and more pt centered. Just an overall better fit and I love my job (most days)!

[jmichlik]

1. Weeks/due date? 20w+4d/May 5

2. Baby's size? Melon

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Doing pretty well, constantly hungry/thirsty, also feeling movements all the time now and been seeing them from the outside for a week or two now

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? My dream job changed so many times haha. When I was pretty little I wanted to be a singer, by mid-elementary I wanted to be a geologist then an architect, by high school I thought I would be a computer programmer, college went to school to be a math teacher, now I still do math but it's analyzing data at a pharmaceutical company

[mcp6286]

1. Weeks/due date? 21 weeks/ May 2

2. Baby's size? Endive

3. How are you feeling? Updates? I forgot that there were mid-pregnancy symptoms lol. Major lack of sleep, super itchy skin, lots of heartburn and grumpy! However on the bright side, baby BOY looked great today and DH is so excited for one of each

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? Growing up I wanted to be an author and journalist. Topping the list of things I did NOT want to be was a teacher or anyone who works with kids! After college I did a brief stint in retail management, followed by a year as a copy editor for a news wire, then 3 years at a law firm and finally landed in teaching. Now I can't imagine doing anything else...I love my job!

[pinkmickey24]

Weeks/ Due Date: 18 weeks 2 days

Baby's Size: Bell Pepper

Updates/How are you feeling? I'm doing better the paranoia that after last Tuesday has subsided as I have felt more flutters over the past few days. Next appointment is a week from tomorrow and we find out baby if baby is a boy or girl two weeks from Friday.

[Somers Isles]

1. Weeks/due date?
16w 6d. May 31st ... I'm the caboose of M17 lol

2. Baby's size?
Ovia says 2.0 is the size of an action figure

3. How are you feeling? Updates?
I still have this constant nagging lower back pain... sometimes it makes we walk funny. With my first baby it eventually went away so I'm hoping that happens! Still no appetite or thirst.... I suck at staying hydrated.... like really suck. I basically chug random glasses of water as if it's medicine. Otherwise I don't drink anything.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now?
In elementary school I wanted to be a movie star. This is not the case now lol. I'm an instructional coach in an elementary school which means I work on helping teachers in my building improve their practice. It's one step closer to being a principal which is my current goal.

[lastkiss]

Somers Isles I'm having trouble staying hydrated too.

Anyone have suggestions?

[jmichlik]

lastkiss, I'm one who tends to have trouble staying hydrated normally, so during pregnancy it's even worse. I've been experimenting with different tactics to try to "trick" myself into drinking more. Sometimes I will switch drinks, after a cup of water I will get a cup of tea or juice. I've also been trying different types of containers. I used to just use the disposable 8 oz cups my work had but found it hard to keep track of how many I'd had. I now have a 24 oz reusable water bottle that clearly labels ounces on it, so I can fill it to a certain amount and have a better sense of what I've drank. Having a larger bottle has been good too because I know I can get lazy to go up and refill, but if it's already sitting there I will often just keep going.

[hpnegirl]

1. Weeks/due date? 21w+, April 30

2. Baby's size? Large brioche

3. How are you feeling? Updates? So sleepy. Just like DS1, I had a week or two of reprieve and now I'm exhausted all the time

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now?
I wanted to be a teacher. Never happened. I'm now a regulator for a NRC Agreement State program. I mainly do licensing application review

[river]

1. Weeks/due date? 18w6d, due May 18, deliver by May 4

2. Baby's size? two croissants

3. How are you feeling? Updates? Overall pretty good. I'm tired some days, feel great some days, and try to make the most of the good days. I feel so full right now - the midsection heaviness is turning into more of a bump, so I can only imagine how I'll feel come March and April. Heard two heartbeats, at 140 and 145.

4. What was your dream job growing up? Do you do that now? I wanted to be a vet, then a writer. I did not want to be a social science data analyst, lol.

[lupincat]

LT for the lurking @amc25! I need to pop into J15 more often 😳