--- Grad Check-in: 12/20/15 ---

[sleepymonkey]

Hello GRADS!!!

Congratulations to our newest grad mamafesto!

sonpetitlapin, Divefrog, winogirl, radiantly, @jimbobcooter, beckyp005, flippinchica, colinsfebmommy, Maggie0424, lucylulu, flyliceandcoffee, cml112, sunni1, b0710, manderslvt, meredithcarole, aswedishbee, mdogan29, lickwed, scorpioscuba, jess9802, zombiesquad, mom2boxers, MissMusic, luvmyponies, URMySunshine77, KirstenAlecia, rnmommy, bgkc4, pittpurple, tiresiastheblond, agpjt413, lennonkdc, mamafesto

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)?

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc?

Upcoming milestones or appointments?

Do you need any thoughts or prayers?

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live?

[lennonkdc]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable? 4w6d, about the size of a grain of sea salt

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically my boobs are sore as hell, tired and a little queasy, but nothing horrible so far. Emotionally, I'm a still a bit is shock.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? We're telling both sets of parents Christmas Eve, so that will be interesting...

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I don't see the MW until 1/14 which is further away then I'd like, but with the holidays is the soonest they could get me in.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Not at the moment, thank you

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? I can see us living here for the rest of our lives, I love our hometown!

[Deleted]

Thanks for the check in sleepymonkey . And congrats to lennonkdc and mamafesto !!

How far along are you? - Pearse is 6 months old now.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? - still no sleep. When he goes off to college he will probably call us 3-4 times a night, just to make sure we still aren't sleeping.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? - He is 90% in height, 40% in weight, and 99% head size. He's a lollipop! He has just started babbling, wants so badly to crawl, and is starting to experiment with regular foods. Tonight he ate half my potato soup for dinner.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? - Nope, I'm good.

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

Bath time a few days ago.


QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? - If we had to live here the rest of our lives that would be ok but we really want to be in a smaller mountain town and/or move back to Santa Fe. Eventually it will happen. But DS1's dad is here, the schools are good, and there are advantages to being in a large metro area with kids. So for now, we're content.

[agpjt413]

Hey ladies!!! Thanks for the check-in sleepymonkey! Wow!!! That's exciting to tell both sets of grandparents on Christmas Eve! FX it goes smoothly lennonkdc! Omigosh Pearse is 6 freakin months old?!? Where has the time gone @jimbobcooter?! Hope ya'll get some sleep soon - well before he's gone to college!!

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable? 6w // sweetpea

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? PgAL brain went into overdrive the other day when I spotted in the AM. It wasn't a lot by any means, but just seeing the spotting can be stressful - especially this early on and having multiple losses. Physically I feel huge at times and my boobs are still sore (which is reassuring lol).

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Counting down till our first u/s which will be...

Upcoming milestones or appointments? ...in 4 days!!!!

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Please! We hope to have a good appointment!!

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? Great question, sleepymonkey! I can see us live here forever or move away for a few years (if mandated by work) but eventually retiring here. We love it here!!

[lickwed]

@jimbobcooter Hope you get some sleep soon.

lennonkdc Hope everything goes well with your Christmas Eve announcement.

How far along are you? Small Fry is 10 days old.

How are you feeling. Pretty good, but sleepy. Also, less terrified of breaking him. He is still a tiny thing!

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Poops and wet diaper counts are finally matching where they should be for his age which is reassuring. We had him circumsized a few days ago which was traumatic for everyone. His Rock n Play came in and we started using that. He actually slept through a feeding the first night we used it. Can't let that happen again though. He is still really small and my boobs were killing me. agpjt413 we still have something in common.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Just that DS gains weight by his next appointment.

Santa pictures yesterday!
 


QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? Gosh I hope not. I hate the desert. I like winter weather and not hot summers. I think I would like Colorado for all the hiking and access to ski slopes. Not thrilled about the cost of living though!

My birth story is here. Finally got it typed up!

ETA picture!

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lickwed,congratulations! I missed last week's check in so didn't know you'd had the baby. He's perfect! And I love his name, especially the middle one.

Hope he puts on some weight quickly.

[meredithcarole]

Michael is 1 month old.

Physically I feel fine, but the exhaustion is no joke. I hate how short tempered it makes me.

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!! I will try to update with one tomorrow.

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? Not necessarily. I'd love to go back to Austin.

[KirstenAlecia]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically I have times where I am really starting to get uncomfortable already. Im only 4'10" with a small torso......there isn't a lot of real estate here for all this growing thats happening. Emotionally I have been up and down. Right now I am in an ok place.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc?Had our A/S and all was well as far as organs/ anatomy. Baby is a week behind as far as size. I also have an anterior / placenta previa....not pleased about that bit of info. There is no evidence of growth restriction as far as placenta/umbilical cord so Dr. thinks small mom, small baby. Dad is smaller stature as far as men go too at a whopping 5'6.5" tall. lol. Both of us were under 6 pounds when born as well. Looks like we may have a tiny baby on our hands. We are buying Nursery Furniture this week. My sister-in-laws have started to talk baby shower.....even at my protest. Looks like we are having a shower.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Nothing at the moment, Waiting on results of 2nd tri quad screening though.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? just prayers that that second tri screening comes back good!

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!! Im gonna over share here at the end of the post

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? I could live here for the rest of my life. Not in this home......but in this city/area, absolutely.


EDIT TO ADD....photos wont show

[sonpetitlapin]

Dakarai is 7 weeks old now. Wow time has flown by. We are just now above birth weight. I had to start supplementing with formula. So he gets 2oz after every feeding. I think he is just long and lean boy.

I go back to work on the 4th. It is going to be hard as I was home with my older three but daddy will be with him.

This picture was taken right after he spit up. Had to take advantage of his look.

[sonpetitlapin]

Dec 20, 2015 23:06:02 GMT -5 lickwed said:

@jimbobcooter Hope you get some sleep soon.

lennonkdc Hope everything goes well with your Christmas Eve announcement.

How far along are you? Small Fry is 10 days old.

How are you feeling. Pretty good, but sleepy. Also, less terrified of breaking him. He is still a tiny thing!

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Poops and wet diaper counts are finally matching where they should be for his age which is reassuring. We had him circumsized a few days ago which was traumatic for everyone. His Rock n Play came in and we started using that. He actually slept through a feeding the first night we used it. Can't let that happen again though. He is still really small and my boobs were killing me. agpjt413 we still have something in common.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Just that DS gains weight by his next appointment.

Santa pictures yesterday!
 


QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? Gosh I hope not. I hate the desert. I like winter weather and not hot summers. I think I would like Colorado for all the hiking and access to ski slopes. Not thrilled about the cost of living though!

My birth story is here. Finally got it typed up!

ETA picture!

Congratulations!!!

[sonpetitlapin]

Dec 20, 2015 20:17:11 GMT -5 lennonkdc said:

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable? 4w6d, about the size of a grain of sea salt

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Physically my boobs are sore as hell, tired and a little queasy, but nothing horrible so far. Emotionally, I'm a still a bit is shock.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? We're telling both sets of parents Christmas Eve, so that will be interesting...

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I don't see the MW until 1/14 which is further away then I'd like, but with the holidays is the soonest they could get me in.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Not at the moment, thank you

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? I can see us living here for the rest of our lives, I love our hometown!

Congratulations!!!

[mamafesto]

Thanks for adding me, sleepymonkey!

How far along are you? 4w1d/ poppyseed

How are you feeling? Pretty well. Sore boobs, ravenous hunger, tugging and twinges in the uterus, normal stuff for super early pregnancy.

Other updates? Told DP's sister and brother in law since we're visiting for the holidays and knew that they'd wonder why I wasn't drinking. They're very excited for us.

Upcoming appointments? First ultrasound is scheduled for 1/7 - it can't come soon enough!

Do you need any thoughts & prayers? Just that this little bean sticks like crazy glue!!!

QOTW: I love where we live and we're committed to staying for the long haul. Only bummer is that the closest family is 5 hours drive from here. Would be nice to have extra hands around, especially with #2 on the way...

[vh2014]

KirstenAlecia, read this thread just to see how you were doing. So happy to see things are moving right along. FX you stay in an ok place.

Everyone else, I love all the pictures. I used to read the grad threads and be like oh, how sweet. Now I feel like I "know" so many of you I love hearing that things had happy endings!

[flyliceandcoffee]

@jimbobcooter, I feel you on the no sleep thing. K has had some serious sleep issues the last week or so where we've gone from 3 wake ups a night to 5 or more in a 7 hour period and I think he's laughing at me.

lickwed, your LO is adorable!!! And CO is a great state if you don't live right in Denver, the cost of living isn't that bad.

We're doing okay here, K hates HATES sleep and I think his reflux is a major player in it, but I'm at a loss as to what I should be doing. He won't even take naps and he's only 2 months old! Today he was waking up every hour (including the time to nurse so really every 45 minutes) from 3am on and still refused to take a nap until 11. It's almost 2 now but I am not poking the bear. Other than that, we're surviving. I go back to work in 2 weeks and I'm not ready

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Dec 21, 2015 15:52:17 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

@jimbobcooter , I feel you on the no sleep thing. K has had some serious sleep issues the last week or so where we've gone from 3 wake ups a night to 5 or more in a 7 hour period and I think he's laughing at me.

lickwed , your LO is adorable!!! And CO is a great state if you don't live right in Denver, the cost of living isn't that bad.

We're doing okay here, K hates HATES sleep and I think his reflux is a major player in it, but I'm at a loss as to what I should be doing. He won't even take naps and he's only 2 months old! Today he was waking up every hour (including the time to nurse so really every 45 minutes) from 3am on and still refused to take a nap until 11. It's almost 2 now but I am not poking the bear. Other than that, we're surviving. I go back to work in 2 weeks and I'm not ready

Agreed!   The cost of housing in the metro area has gotten ridiculous and houses are in short supply.  Thank goodness we bought three years ago. We wouldn't be able to afford our house if we were buying it now.  But there are lots of other places where it's more reasonable. We want to move to Buena Vista, Salida, or Leadville  if we don't go back to Santa Fe.

[flyliceandcoffee]

Dec 21, 2015 17:47:04 GMT -5 @jimbobcooter said:

Dec 21, 2015 15:52:17 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

@jimbobcooter , I feel you on the no sleep thing. K has had some serious sleep issues the last week or so where we've gone from 3 wake ups a night to 5 or more in a 7 hour period and I think he's laughing at me.

lickwed , your LO is adorable!!! And CO is a great state if you don't live right in Denver, the cost of living isn't that bad.

We're doing okay here, K hates HATES sleep and I think his reflux is a major player in it, but I'm at a loss as to what I should be doing. He won't even take naps and he's only 2 months old! Today he was waking up every hour (including the time to nurse so really every 45 minutes) from 3am on and still refused to take a nap until 11. It's almost 2 now but I am not poking the bear. Other than that, we're surviving. I go back to work in 2 weeks and I'm not ready

Agreed!   The cost of housing in the metro area has gotten ridiculous and houses are in short supply.  Thank goodness we bought three years ago. We wouldn't be able to afford our house if we were buying it now.  But there are lots of other places where it's more reasonable. We want to move to Buena Vista, Salida, or Leadville  if we don't go back to Santa Fe.

I would love love love to live in those towns too!

[meredithcarole]

well, I was going to post a pic, but it comes up blank... :/

[rnmommy]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable 17w3d - onion

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? I am sooo tired, but physically feel pretty well otherwise. I feel kind of bad because I feel less emotionally connected to this baby than I did his siblings, but I think that has to do with my fear that something will happen. I'll feel much more assured when I can push on my belly and feel him move back.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? I got nothin'.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? New Year's Day was my due date with the baby we lost earlier this year. They probably would have delivered baby on Christmas day. I'm mostly feeling okay about it though.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Continued T&P for a healthy baby are always welcome.


QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? That's a great question! We can't leave any time soon because my mom is here and we can't leave her. We live in California but I've always been fascinated by Connecticut (although I've never been there). My husband wouldn't want to live where it snowed or rained a lot so that kind of limits us. We really like the general area we're in right now but would love a bigger house with more property in another micro neighborhood nearby, but the houses there are $1m and up.

[b0710]

Baby C just turned 3 weeks old on Tuesday. We're both doing great! Honestly, just trying to survive the forced family fun of the holidays and staying in relatives' homes. Really looking forward to going home this weekend. I am excited for Christmas...just extra challenges this year. Off to try to sleep...here's my Christmas AW pic (I couldn't resist because he was small enough for this pic)

[luvmyponies]

Sorry for the late check in!

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable 34w6d (Cabbage)

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? A little freaked out that if I were to go early around 38 weeks like two people from my childbirth class, I could have a baby in 3 weeks! I'm not ready yet!! Physically, just more tired and more uncomfortable hauling this baby belly around all day.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Still trying to figure out when to stop my barn work. I'm trying to go as long as I can partly because I'm cheap and I don't want to pay someone to do it everyday, and partly because it's good exercise and I feel like it's what has helped me not to gain too much weight or swell.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? NST on Christmas Eve and then ultrasound with perinatologist on Monday.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Nothing specific right now!


QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live? I really like the town we live in, and it has a good school system for LO. Plus it wasn't easy finding a house with enough land for horses that didn't make my husband's commute to Boston a nightmare. Someday when we retire I hope we can move to a warmer climate though!

[pittpurple]

sleepymonkey, I think we need to take Triesta off the list sadly :-(

lickwed, my daughter was born at 36 weeks and 5.5 lbs and I had to feed her all the time to get her weight up. I remember how exhausting it was. Hope he grows quickly.

@jimbobcooter, my mom lives in Santa Fe and absolutely loves it. She's bounced around a bit in her life but says she's found her forever home. It really suits her.

flyliceandcoffee, we had a no sleeper as well and I think it made me insane to be honest. It's crazy how horrible lack of sleep it. DH and I spent months never being asleep at the same time - total survival mode. No idea how that works with two around!

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Still super sick but happy. We had our nt scan yesterday and everything was "perfect". The midwife kept saying that "perfect measurements, perfect size, perfect placement". Measured a couple days ahead even! Petty issue is that I have an anterior placenta so PGAL mind will be around longer but I have already picked up the hb on my Doppler so will just carry on with that. Am past my loss milestones and still pregnant so that's awesome. Would really love this never ending morning sickness to start to calm down though, so tired of feeling so unwell.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? We need to start getting organised for sure but probably won't do anything constructive until after the holidays.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Nope! Nothing now for ages.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? All good here!

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

QOTW: Do you see yourself living in you current town/city for the rest of your life? If not, where would you like to live?
We live overseas in Scotland and I don't think we can stay here forever. Though we've already been here 10 years. It's a wonderful place to have children (year maternity leave!) but our parents are getting older and the cost of 4 plane tickets is going to be extortionate. I'd like to move back across at some point though DH is less enthusiastic as he absolutely loves his job. If we end up in the states again we'd look at Pittsburgh first - we both loved living there for college and my dad and his sister are there and his parents not far away. Would be nice to have family around one day!

[sleepymonkey]

pittpurple, You're right. I thought I already did that.

[lickwed]

meredithcarole Did you post the picture through tinypic? If you use tiny pic now, the link won't show up.

pittpurple I had an AP too. It took longer to feel the baby and it was hard for DH to feel DS move. Definitely recommend a doppler for PGAL brain.

b0710 I'm totally going to see if DS will fit in his stocking. Great picture idea.

[winogirl]

Super late to check in! Finn is 4 weeks and finally broke into the 7lb range :-)
He's doing much better at feeding and my supply seems to be increasing a bit. I just got my fenugreek in the mail so we'll see if that helps any.

Otherwise, he usually does one long sleep of 3.5 to 5.5 hours with shorter sleeps surrounding it. So far that has been enough to keep me from being a total zombie. After the holidays we are going to be working on getting him into his crib instead of sleeping on me or the rnp.

As for living here - we have been house hunting for over a year in the city next door. Its very highin demand so it is hard to find something reasonable but the schools are great and there are tons of cute neighborhoods. We've always talked about moving to another state but with baby that would be a while off if not after F goes to college, lol.

[meredithcarole]

Dec 23, 2015 22:21:46 GMT -5 lickwed said:

meredithcarole Did you post the picture through tinypic? If you use tiny pic now, the link won't show up.

Ah, that would be the issue then.

[KirstenAlecia]

Dec 21, 2015 13:51:03 GMT -5 vh2014 said:

KirstenAlecia , read this thread just to see how you were doing. So happy to see things are moving right along. FX you stay in an ok place.

Everyone else, I love all the pictures. I used to read the grad threads and be like oh, how sweet. Now I feel like I "know" so many of you I love hearing that things had happy endings!

awwwwwww!!!!!!  Really??? That gives me the warm fuzzies!!!  I have been MIA mostly on the boards this last couple weeks cause work has had me SWAMPED. I miss you and a nice handful of other ladies so much! The hardest thing about these boards is some of of moving on and that feeling of leaving people you feel like are part of you in this "board life"  sort of behind in a way. I have to say that that legitimately gets to me......it feels so, IDK, unfair and heartbreaking. 

[nikolie93]

Ok ladies, I am so 2000 and late and I know I haven't been around (at all, in like forever) but I have been watching you all! I just wanted to say I am so very excited to see so many grads and so many with new little ones!

Hope you are all doing well