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[MissSally]

How far along are you?

How big is baby?

Upcoming appointments this week?

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions?


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu?

[megeliz1]

How far along are you? 24+2

How big is baby?GI Joe

Upcoming appointments this week? Nothing

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions? We are starting to feel ready for a baby here! I've been slowly buying the few big items we need and stocking up on bfing supplies. I got a new diaper bag that I'm really excited about!


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? Right now my absolute favorite is Panera and their tuna sandwich. I can't pick one all time fav!

[AmazingTulip]

How far along are you?
23w3d


How big is baby?
 Oh I don't know, just got a new phone and didn't install that app yet. 


Upcoming appointments this week?
MFM and OB on Friday. 


Any new symptoms or changes?
 I feel like I am falling apart this pregnancy. My back hurt so bad on Saturday that I went to L&D to make sure it wasn't contractions/back labor. This morning my knee hurts. 


Rants/Raves/Questions?
 A storm is forecasted for tomorrow but the snow totals keep changing. It sounds like we might get more rain. Which will suck because then they won't cancel work and I feel like I'll be forced to drive in crappy weather. My company has an inclement weather policy that states if they are open and you don't come in then you don't get paid - you don't have the option to use any of your leave. 


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? I usually like to try new places. At my favorite sushi place, my go to order is the Blue Fin roll. Shrimp tempura, salmon, avocado inside, tuna, mango, crunchy, caviar, scallion, spicy mayo & eel sauce on top

[Crisco Salad]

How far along are you? 24+1

How big is baby? GI Joe

Upcoming appointments this week? Nothing this week, woohoo! It's the rare one week of the month with no appointments!

Any new symptoms or changes? My feet have started swelling randomly in the mornings. I think I need to up my protein intake (she says while shoving a donut in her face )

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm looking forward to the snow tomorrow and letting J play outside in the snow! He had so much fun when we were in MI for Christmas playing in the snow.


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? It's a small family owned pizza place in downtown DC. My favorites are their pesto calzone and spaghetti and meatballs. It's on our list of the places we NEED to eat before we move back to MI!

[MissSally]

How far along are you? 24 Weeks!

How big is baby? Puffin

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope. 

Any new symptoms or changes? The cramping has mostly subsided (yay!). I feel like I'm just swollen all over the place though. And parched ALL.THE.TIME. I love feeling him move a lot now!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Tell me about your workouts. I know we have touched on this in the past, but I have GOT to get into a routine here. Also We are supposed to get between 6 and 12 inches of snow tomorrow and I'm freaking out. It was 75 two weeks ago. Where is Spring??? I'm tired of Winter coats. UGH. Baseball season starts in less than a month and I would love to not be super bundled up sitting and watching games. Hmpf. 


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? I love hibachi places. And sushi. But only the vegetarian kind. There was a place I used to go in Seattle with my friends once a week called Sushi Land. You sit around a conveyor belt and plates of every sushi you could imagine just go by, and you pick what you want. At the end of your meal they tally up your bill based on how many plates you have/their colors. We would stuff ourselves silly for maybe $7. It was glorious and I miss it. Pennsylvania does NOT have fun food. 

[amyface813]

How far along are you? 24+2

How big is baby? Puffin!

Upcoming appointments this week? Regular checkup on Thursday. Should take about 8 minutes and then I get to go home early.

Any new symptoms or changes?
Lots of hip/lower back/butt pain. It was bad yesterday because I got more sleep than usual and I was sitting on a hard stool and painting this weekend.

Rants/Raves/Questions?
The sleep thing is annoying because I'm either exhausted or in pain and often both.

QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? Hmmm... I just like going out and eating with friends and family. I can't choose a place! There's a brewery that I love but they don't have food. Just a tap house that brings in food trucks in the summer or we bring a picnic. Does this count?

[amyface813]

@missally I was thinking about starting a workout thread! I need some help in this area too.

[juliayadda]

MissSally, I have been doing my workouts with a personal trainer once a week since finding out I was preggly. He has me do a lot of squats. Mostly wide leg now between 100 and 150 per session. Usually at least 40 with a shoulder press (7.5 to 10 lbs per arm) on the way up. Usually a lot of shoulder, bench, army presses again with lighter weights than pre-baby 7.5 - 10 pounds) Bicep curls 10 lbs, and lateral arm raises usually with the 5 lbs for 90 seconds or so. With the weight machine he has me do tricep pull downs and straight arm pull downs and unilateral standing row type things usually all these are between 17.5 and 22.5 per arm.

Often with the press movements or squats it is slow for the work part, like squat/press down in 3 counts and then up in one.

We do zero ab work, but he tries to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles with secondary movements. My relaxin hormone is already strong so come spring I will stick to walking or swimming for any cardio.


How far along are you?
22 +4

How big is baby?
corn on the cob

Upcoming appointments this week?
Nope

Any new symptoms or changes?
Headaches are back, and a bit of insomnia yesterday also sore muscles. My baby girl moved and my bump shrunk noticeably.

Rants/Raves/Questions?
Heading out to the rockies for a vaca this week. Super excited.

QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu?

Right now probably Lonestar, which morwen may know as they have branched out to Southern Ontario, and if she doesn't she should check it out! I love their fajitas. I dream about their fajitas.

[amyface813]

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

[MissSally]

Mar 13, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

+1 here. I feel like suddenly my legs and butt look bigger and the bump is smaller. Wtf?!

[akraus2015]

How far along are you? 22 weeks!

How big is baby? Corn on the cob

Upcoming appointments this week? None until April.

Any new symptoms or changes? Increased RLP and BH every now and then.

Rants/Raves/Questions? None really. Pregnancy is like the longest thing ever. I'm so impatient to meet our little man.

QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? Such a hard question. I love food so much. Right now I'd have to say H's best friend's restaurant, which is a steak house in our town. I love their scallops with cauliflower puree, which of course I can't have while pregnant.

[juliayadda]

Mar 13, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

Missy has been moving like crazy this afternoon and my bump got slightly bigger/more RLP this afternoon. 

I actually interacted with her today ! She was kicking super hard so I poked my tummy, and then she kicked where I poked, we did this like ten times. 

[amyface813]

Mar 13, 2017 15:17:30 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Mar 13, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

Missy has been moving like crazy this afternoon and my bump got slightly bigger/more RLP this afternoon. 

I actually interacted with her today ! She was kicking super hard so I poked my tummy, and then she kicked where I poked, we did this like ten times. 

We do this too! She responds to my taps. I remember DH really liking to do this with DS. There was just an article somewhere about this being your first form of play/communication. It really helped me get it in my head that there was an actual person in there and not just some serious gas.

[murran13]

juliayadda my bump is smaller too! Your post is reassuring. I'm only at 20 weeks but woke up yesterday and literally by belly was half the size! I'm still feeling movements occasionally, though lighter. I guess she just moves further back? Lower? I dunno.

[murran13]

Mar 13, 2017 15:17:30 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Mar 13, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

Missy has been moving like crazy this afternoon and my bump got slightly bigger/more RLP this afternoon. 

I actually interacted with her today ! She was kicking super hard so I poked my tummy, and then she kicked where I poked, we did this like ten times. 

Ds used to love to have his feet rubbed when he was in my belly. He's press out outward so hard you could kind of feel his toes! And I would rub his little feet. He seems to enjoy it!

[akraus2015]

Mar 13, 2017 15:17:30 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Mar 13, 2017 14:15:28 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

juliayadda I think my bump shrunk too! I thought it was just in my head. It's not as hard either. I just feel fat again at 24 weeks. What's up with that?

Missy has been moving like crazy this afternoon and my bump got slightly bigger/more RLP this afternoon. 

I actually interacted with her today ! She was kicking super hard so I poked my tummy, and then she kicked where I poked, we did this like ten times. 

I did this the other day to get him to move for my H, and he freaked out and started yelling at me to stop because he thought I was hurting him. 😒

[MissSally]

Mar 13, 2017 16:50:43 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

Mar 13, 2017 15:17:30 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Missy has been moving like crazy this afternoon and my bump got slightly bigger/more RLP this afternoon. 

I actually interacted with her today ! She was kicking super hard so I poked my tummy, and then she kicked where I poked, we did this like ten times. 

I did this the other day to get him to move for my H, and he freaked out and started yelling at me to stop because he thought I was hurting him. 😒

My H did the same!! I constantly poke or squish my belly because I love feeling him move and H is always like "stop he's going to be so annoyed with you when he comes out!" It just makes me laugh.

[xxjen015]

How far along are you? 20w3d

How big is baby? small banana

Upcoming appointments this week? nope

Any new symptoms or changes? I felt baby kick rather than just moving in there. Twice last night. My lower back has been killing me at the end of the day. It hurt all day today from yesterday.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Why is my exhaustion coming back??


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? A sushi restaurant in Nashville. I always get a california roll and a crunchy shrimp roll. I could eat it daily.

[easilyunamused]

How far along are you? 20+3

How big is baby? Something called a Belgian Endive?

Upcoming appointments this week? Nada

Any new symptoms or changes? I'm starting to actually have a bump! And he's moving around so much.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm just really enjoying being pregnant.


QOTW: I don't have an all time favorite. I just love food.

[toadandbuggie]

AmazingTulip that's an awful policy. You should be able to use some form of PTO instead of risking your life.

[toadandbuggie]

MissSally my work outs consist of the treadmill for 30-60 minutes per day and free weights. I do a lot of arm exercises and squats and stuff for the butt. I don't do any mid section stuff except for love handles because I'm afraid of diastis recti (sp?). Irrational but my excuse I also love sushi and hibachi. Mmmm

[toadandbuggie]

How far along are you? 23w

How big is baby? Bunch of grapes

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope

Any new symptoms or changes? Heartburn. All. Day. Long. I had this with DS too. Feels like a fire breathing dragon is living in my esophagus no matter what I eat/don't eat. Also, my stomach is feeling so basketball-y instead of squishy that bending over is harder. It's officially reached the size where my boobs rest on it when I sit down.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm getting more and more afraid of having two children MOTN. Not feeling ready to give up STTN again. I know I'll get used to it and sleeping in 2-3/4 hour increments again, but I'm nervous because unlike with DS I now have him to deal with in the morning and can't just sleep when the baby sleeps.


QOTW: What is your all time favorite restaurant to go to, and what is your favorite thing on the menu? I also love sushi places and thai places. My favorite restaurant was closed down a couple years ago where H and I went on our first date. I'm searching for a new favorite that isn't so far away.

[MissSally]

It's funny that so many of us love sushi!

[Tgrrl]

How far along are you? 22w
How big is baby? Corn on the cob
Upcoming appointments this week? None
Any new symptoms or changes? My hands are starting to fall asleep when I sleep. Not consistent enough for me to break out the hand braces. Also, after 7 weeks of my sinus infection and "decreased" smell, now that my sniffer 3000 is back in action, smells are making me nauseous. Awesome.
Rants/Raves/Questions? So done with the heart burn. I can't leave a room without making sure Tums are nearby.
QOTW: I don't know if I have an all time favorite. I love a lot of different restaurants each for a specific thing, so it depends on what I'm in the mood for. And because I want pizza, I will say a little pizza place back where I grew up has the most amazing pizza and I'm drooling. Too bad it's only 4.5 hours away.

[bepandnick]

How far along are you? 22 weeks

How big is baby? A water bottle

Upcoming appointments this week? Just the nurse on Thursday

Any new symptoms or changes? My rage is back, and I feel like my bump is gigantic.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm having trouble sleeping, so I'm exhausted all the time


QOTW: I don't specifically miss a restaurant, but I miss sushi and getting to drink beer at our brew masters dinner.