Weekly check-in: 5/3

[Andrea]

How far along are you?

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?

Any fun symptoms going on?

Any appointments this week?

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?

[Andrea]

How far along are you? 35 weeks

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Honey dew melon, kid's backpack, dozen eggs

Any fun symptoms going on? Consistent headaches, exhaustion, boredom. Edited to add: IRRITABLE. I am so so so cranky, I guess that is what house arrest will do to a person, my poor husband! 

Any appointments this week? Growth scan, NST and weekly check up tomorrow

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I am at the point where I am kinda done being pregnant. 245 days of pregnancy, 225 which have not been awesome. I am ready to meet him, and tackle new parenthood. T minus 28 days, 19 hours and 47 minutes until they get this kid out of me (this is if I make it to 39 weeks) Not that I am counting or anything.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I DIE for trashy television. I keep up with world events, local and national news. Have interest and a lot of opinions on politics and other subjects of substance. BUT I also can tell you all about the Kardashians, every cast member of VanderPump Rules, Southern Charm, Love and Hip Hop and any other E, Bravo, VH1, etc trashy reality show. It perplexes my husband. I tell him I am well rounded... 

[Stringy]

Hello - I introed way back in the beginning and then fell off a bit but have lurked recently now that things are getting close. So I figured I shouldn't lurk anymore. I know some of you from various other places around here.

How far along are you? 34 weeks and change

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? I kind of stopped looking cuz they were all so weird.

Any fun symptoms going on? Fun? No. Hemorrhoids are the newest one. Joy. And an increase in back pain and discomfort. I started taking Zantac and it really helped with the heartburn though.

Any appointments this week? Later this afternoon.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? We watched a youtube birth class video last night as a refresher. It was all good to remember. I'm pretty anxious about the logistics, what to do with DD during that "stay home as long as you can" phase, and generally giving birth.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?
Right now. Chocolate milk. Swoon. And Lonnnnnnnnng showers. Neither are secret.

[Andrea]

Stringy, Fairlife chocolate milk is giving me life right now!!! Welcome back !!!!

[Stringy]

May 2, 2016 12:12:41 GMT -5 Andrea said:

Stringy , Fairlife chocolate milk is giving me life right now!!! Welcome back !!!!

When I called the nurse about the zantac she said to have milk an hour before bed too. So I interpreted that as chocolate milk. So it is now my dessert every night!! Soooo good.

[babyzebra]

How far along are you? 32w3d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Not sure, but I think baby is almost 4 pounds

Any fun symptoms going on? Heartburn and hip pain

Any appointments this week? Nope

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I keep going back and forth thinking that LO will be early and I'll have such a short labor that I'll give birth in my car and that it's inevitable that I'll be way overdue and I'll have to be induced. I would like a happy medium please!

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? Other than my not-so-secret guilty pleasure of eating all the junk food right now, I would say that I really enjoy online shopping. I love that you get the thrill of your purchased item twice- once when you buy it and then again when it arrives are your house. Luckily, I have pretty decent self control, so I don't go too crazy, but I sure would love to!

[carolinaheart]

How far along are you?
35 weeks.

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
A bunch of carrots.

Any fun symptoms going on?
My sex drive is back! But also the SPD is worse.

Any appointments this week?
Nope. Next Monday. I'm so anxious.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
I keep dreaming about the baby being born on the 21st. The reasons I don't want her born on this day are a mile long. And of course that happens to be a full moon. I know dreams and the moon are silly reasons to worry but part of me can't help it. Haha

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?
Right now? Soda. It's terrible. I've always been a really avid water drinker but all I want right now is soda. Diet Pepsi to be exact. From the Arby's near my house.

[carolinaheart]

May 2, 2016 12:34:16 GMT -5 babyzebra said:

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I keep going back and forth thinking that LO will be early and I'll have such a short labor that I'll give birth in my car and that it's inevitable that I'll be way overdue and I'll have to be induced. I would like a happy medium please!

Oh my god. I relate so freaking strongly to this.

[phone]

[2dogs2kids]

carolinaheart I'm not usually a soda drinker either but something about a fresh fountain Diet Coke is just amazing lately.

[Stringy]

May 2, 2016 12:45:54 GMT -5 2dogs2kids said:

carolinaheart I'm not usually a soda drinker either but something about a fresh fountain Diet Coke is just amazing lately.

I'll give an amen to this as well.  The fountain part is key. Why do they never have caffeine free on tap either? cuz I'd be drinking wayyyy more.

[woodengirl07]

How far along are you?
34w 5d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
50lb dumbbell

Any fun symptoms going on?
Nothing new really. Except I have pimples on my butt and legs now, which is gross. I had to have DH pop an exceptionally large one since I couldn't bend to do it. It's magic being married to me.

Any appointments this week?
OB tomorrow and Perinatalogist on Thursday. We are supposed to be getting our exact induction date this week!!

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
DH and I actually got a lot of the nursery done yesterday. We still have a few things to buy and I need to start washing her clothes, but I feel like we're finally in a good place with that. At my shower I got a lot of 0-3 and 3-6 clothes, which is awesome, but since she's coming at 37 weeks I'm sure she'll need newborn clothes, so I need to go buy some of those!

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?
Putting on my pajamas way too early in the evening! Sometimes before dinner. Lol.

[2dogs2kids]

May 2, 2016 13:03:10 GMT -5 Stringy said:

May 2, 2016 12:45:54 GMT -5 2dogs2kids said:

carolinaheart I'm not usually a soda drinker either but something about a fresh fountain Diet Coke is just amazing lately.

I'll give an amen to this as well.  The fountain part is key. Why do they never have caffeine free on tap either? cuz I'd be drinking wayyyy more.

Seriously! It HAS to be a fountain, but not all fountains are created equal. The syrup and co2 need to be properly proportioned.

I don't like caffeine free coke but I'd love a diet Sprite or ginger ale or something that doesn't have caffeine!

[frecklesnbrains]

Stringy, welcome back! And I swear, I just posted on the randoms about chocolate milk (before seeing your post!). I need to pick up a gallon on the stuff on my way home tonight, but I'm afraid I could drink the whole gallon in one sitting. This is my first bona fide pregnancy craving that has the potential to get rapidly and dangerously out of control.

[frecklesnbrains]

May 2, 2016 13:19:38 GMT -5 woodengirl07 said:

How far along are you?
34w 5d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
50lb dumbbell

LOL. I can relate, lady, really... I think we all can!

[Stringy]

May 2, 2016 13:34:34 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

Stringy , welcome back! And I swear, I just posted on the randoms about chocolate milk (before seeing your post!). I need to pick up a gallon on the stuff on my way home tonight, but I'm afraid I could drink the whole gallon in one sitting. This is my first bona fide pregnancy craving that has the potential to get rapidly and dangerously out of control.

I bought the old school Nestle quik powder stuff - so it slows me down a little bit from drinking the whole thing. Plus then I can lessen the chocolate when I'm feeling guilty about it - or increase it when I'm not! And its fortified. Practically health food, I say.

[sandandsea]

May 2, 2016 12:44:47 GMT -5 carolinaheart said:

May 2, 2016 12:34:16 GMT -5 babyzebra said:

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I keep going back and forth thinking that LO will be early and I'll have such a short labor that I'll give birth in my car and that it's inevitable that I'll be way overdue and I'll have to be induced. I would like a happy medium please!

Oh my god. I relate so freaking strongly to this.

[phone]

Yep...absolutely......

[twobananas]

May 2, 2016 12:24:51 GMT -5 Stringy said:

May 2, 2016 12:12:41 GMT -5 Andrea said:

Stringy , Fairlife chocolate milk is giving me life right now!!! Welcome back !!!!

When I called the nurse about the zantac she said to have milk an hour before bed too. So I interpreted that as chocolate milk. So it is now my dessert every night!! Soooo good.

Milk to help with the heartburn? 

[Stringy]

May 2, 2016 13:51:56 GMT -5 twobananas said:

May 2, 2016 12:24:51 GMT -5 Stringy said:

When I called the nurse about the zantac she said to have milk an hour before bed too. So I interpreted that as chocolate milk. So it is now my dessert every night!! Soooo good.

Milk to help with the heartburn? 

Yea, that's what she said.  It has been much better but I didn't control for zantac vs milk vs cutting back caffeine as much as possible (if nothing else it wasn't helping me sleep) so can't pinpoint it exactly.  I feel like I've heard that before though.

[sandandsea]

How far along are you? 34 weeks

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Pineapple

Any fun symptoms going on? Acid Reflux is back, sleeping sucks, and I pee all the time

Any appointments this week? Tomorrow morning

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I was asked yesterday if I was having twins. I replied, "nope, but I'm due next month" to make myself feel better. I told DH and he replied, "Sorry, in the past couple of weeks, you've really started to look pregnant!" Unfortunately, he's right. I'm starting to get worried about pre-e as the swelling has increased and I had a huge spike in weight gain at my last appointment. I had only gained 10 pounds from Day 1 through early April, then gained 6 pounds in 2 weeks. My OB is aware though and looking for it and taking precautions since I ended up with it at 40 weeks last time.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I'm dying by mid-afternoon every day now and have been drinking a soda daily at work. I try to only drink half of it though so I don't feel as guilty.

[twobananas]

Stringy, I've never heard that about the milk, I'll have to try that! I have the worst heartburn at night sometimes (but not frequent enough to do anything about it).

How far along are you? 32

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Agree with Stringy.. they are getting really weird.

Any fun symptoms going on? Feeling really good, some hip pain.

Any appointments this week? I have one tomorrow, can't wait to see the babies!

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I should probably pack my hospital bag soon.. hard to believe there's only about 6 weeks left! I'm getting really really excited to meet these babies.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? Not so much lately, but I'll eat spoonfuls of nutella or just plain hershey's syrup... it was really bad when I was nursing last time!

[txmommy14]

Welcome back Stringy!!

babyzebra, I love the way you put that and it's so true about getting the thrill twice with online shopping! I am going to use that one, haha!

woodengirl07, yay for nursery progress! I totally put on my PJs super early, too. Then I get embarrassed to go outside and check the mail at 5:30pm in my dumpy PJ pants but usually still do it anyways and just hope I don't run into any neighbors...

[txmommy14]

How far along are you? 35+5

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? No clue!

Any fun symptoms going on? I just started getting acid reflux, which I had never had before. Miserable!!! I am so sorry for those of you that have dealt with this all of pregnancy. Discomfort. Burning feeling in my uterus. Peeing all the time. Can't sleep. Back pain. I can't wait for the sweet relief of sleeping on my stomach the first night in the hospital....even if my vagina is burning from a bad tear-I don't even care, I'll take it at this point.

Any appointments this week? Yep! Weekly appointments but this one is my last "big" one before she comes. I have a sonogram and the GBS test. They will check how everything look on the sono and make sure they don't need to induce early (which they were talking about doing for a while).

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I feel so torn about the passage of time. I go back and forth between feeling miserable and just wanting time to go by quickly and for her to be here, to wanting time to go by slowly so I can savor these last few weeks with DS, savor being pregnant with her, etc. Also, I know that time passes INSANELY fast once they arrive and so many huge/special things are right ahead of us-so I also want to savor that time.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I've also been eating so much junk lately. People always say that weight gain slows down near the end, but that definitely hasn't been the case and I'm going to hit 40-50 pounds. Im frustrated about that but clearly not doing anything about it because every time I look back on my day it included donuts, ice cream, pizza, etc. Oh well.

Sorry about my typos-in a hurry!

[titania]

How far along are you? 35 weeks 4 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Rabbit

Any fun symptoms going on? I am so uncomfortable now... she is wedged in my lungs or putting pressure on my right side and I am so sore! Plus super fun heartburn.

Any appointments this week? Nope - next week

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? We pretty much have the nursery done! I still need to hang the print (it's being framed) and wash and put away the clothes, but I feel so much more relaxed now that the room doesn't look like a disaster!

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I love reading trashy romance novels. I do read and enjoy actual well written novels, but I love me some steamy writing as well!

[shoogars]

How far along are you? 35 weeks 4 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Must be an orca, bc that's how I feel.

Any fun symptoms going on? Heartburn, all around uncomfortable and some swelling

Any appointments this week? Yes, last ultrasound, GBS swab and cervix check

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Telling my cervix to start softening! My OB has told me I have a "stubborn cervix"

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? Sometimes (when I'm not pregnant or breastfeeding) I buy cookie dough, but I don't make cookies

[bighair12]

How far along are you?  31w4d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?  romaine lettuce

Any fun symptoms going on?  cramping, insomnia, shortness of breath, emotional

Any appointments this week?  had one today.  I hadn't looked at my weight gain this entire pregnancy.  The damn MA told me what it was today.  Depressing.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?  If we don't have to have the hysterectomy I have decided that we will do a tubal.  I can't do this again.  The stress is terrible.  Plus after two I think we are good.  I have my steroid shots scheduled for the Satruday and Sunday before delivery.  And am now on weekly appointments which makes me giggle since I am not at the end of the pregnancy yet.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?  McDonalds french fries and diet coke.  I try to hide the evidence from my husband.

[nymama917]

How far along are you? 32+1

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? scooter board (reminds me of elementary school)

Any fun symptoms going on? I have to pee ALL.THE.TIME. It's so frustrating! Feeling tons of kicks that are really starting to get painful but I'm enjoying it actually because I didn't have it last time. Lots of hip pain when I get up from my desk or laying down until I get moving.

Any appointments this week? nope

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I feel like my sugar numbers are a bit all over the place. Stuff I think should be fine isn't and vice versa. I am being so lenient this time compared to last time so it's probably my own fault. I know the stuff that is always good, but I'm just not in the mood to eat that stuff ever. I didn't really have any aversions or issues last pregnancy, so it's complicating things a bit this time. Fasting numbers are good and that's most important right now.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? Watching Say Yes to the Dress. I've seen them all I swear, but I still love it. Also Teen Mom (and 2). Such train wrecks but I feel invested in these girls. It's so sad of me..haha

[vivela]

How far along are you?
33+4


What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
A ferret


Any fun symptoms going on?
Nothing unusual. Reflux, tired, peeing constantly. 


Any appointments this week?
Nothing this week. 


Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
I cannot wait until bending over at the waist is not a huge fucking deal anymore. I can barely sit down without squeezing my lungs out of my chest. 


GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have?
Probably hanging around on message boards? I'm also obsessed House Hunters. Never gets old for me. 

[sandandsea]

I have now added chocolate milk to my shopping list. DS will be thrilled when he notices I add it to the cart.

[csat]

35 wks 2 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Honey dew melon which is appropriate as I just finished one off by myself yesterday.

Any fun symptoms going on? Constantly have to pee, leg and thigh cramps, painful kicking, acid reflux, I get out of breath at odd points, getting out of bed is a huge challenge, I kind of roll myself off.

Any appointments this week? OB appt Wednedsay, we'll see if she is still breech and go from there.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I really need to thoughtfully stock up my wine and booze collection before this baby comes, we are completely dry in the house. I will be the woman who looks like she might go into labor at any moment with a cart full of alcohol but I don't care.

GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I like a disgusting amount of mayo on my deli sandwiches

[GOmamab15]

How far along are you?
32+4


What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
idk. baby watermelon according to my ticker? 


Any fun symptoms going on?
Some annoying cramps, probably when I only drink 16 gallons of water instead of my usual 25 gallons per day... Constipation but I've gotten used to it. I waddle when I walk. 


Any appointments this week?
Not until the end of the month.  Kinda wonder why I only have 1 appt this month when I had 2 last month. 


Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
I've been super busy at work the last week or so and haven't gotten my TCF fill.  I miss everyone's stories and I'm looking forward to the next couple months of sharing our excitement.  


GTKY: What is the best secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasure you have? I think trashy TV is the big one.  (Teen Mom 2 is on in 15 minutes) Also +1 to PJs on as soon as I get home in the evenings. And hot (not too hot) baths.