HDBD 11/23 Thanksgiving Edition

[dancerspose]

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S.

It's Wednesday again, so show us your bumps/update us on how you're doing!

Hoping for some new faces (or bumps!) this week! Here's our list of usuals, feel free to join in

lastnamewithheld
Evelyn3
jennykat
crazycatlady6
fightersince83
@wineandcupcakes
sms2524

Winnifred

dream2be3 congratulations again on your gorgeous arrivals!

I'll throw in a special Thanksgiving QOTW - other than the obvious, that we're all here on this board, what are you thankful for this year?

[Winnifred]

Thanks, dancerspose for taking this thread over! This pic is from Monday, so 37w1d:



QOTW: My obvious answer is that I'm incredibly grateful for this little babe we're about to welcome soon. Last holiday season was so difficult, after two losses earlier that year and still being fresh from the most recent loss. At that point I wasn't sure if I should just accept the fact that we would never have children or if we should keep trying. It's crazy to be in SUCH a different place this year. Even last night, I was holding our cat up to our Christmas tree and enjoying watching her take it all in - and I realized that I can do the same thing in a few weeks with our baby, cue emotions!! P.S. Yes, I know I'm a weird cat mom.

[crazycatlady6]

Winnifred - there is no such thing as a weird cat mom, we are all normal. 😺

You look great!

[fightersince83]

Winnifred aw man, I was so emotional last year. It was so amazing having my baby in my arms and celebrating Thanksgiving/Christmas when we thought it might not ever happen. It was pretty amazing. I'm excited for you to experience that. I also think that the journey made me a far more grateful, appreciative and present parent. I wouldn't go so far so to say I'm grateful for the struggle, but when baby was up in the middle of the night, I felt more inclined to soak in the snuggle time than complain about her waking up.

[Winnifred]

fightersince83, yes, yes and yes! I agree that I'm not really thankful for our infertility, but I do have to admit that I think it's made me a better/more aware person and someone who will cherish even the moments that many parents take for granted. And you have some very special little peanuts growing this year - I hope your family enjoys the holidays this year with your LO, so much to look forward to next holiday season

[Evelyn3]

Different angle than usual
29 weeks (so last Friday)

[lastnamewithheld]

Evelyn3 that's such a cute shirt!
Thank you for that, fightersince83. Everyone around me keeps reminding me about how shitty babies are and how much sleep I won't be getting, and it's like I'm getting tired of being passive aggressive about all that I've gone through to get to this point. Yeah, I know. I don't care. I'd much rather be up all night with a newborn than up all night because I'm drunk because my period came for the 30th month in a row. People suck sometimes.


Anyways......



36 weeks (from Monday I think? So 36+2)

[lastnamewithheld]

Winnifred weird cat mom says what?



lol I can't wait to subject my kid to this stuff too.

[Evelyn3]

lastnamewithheld thanks!
And I agree with you on that. I know we'll lack sleep, it's hard, etc, but after all that to get here it's just not my main concern.

[fightersince83]

lastnamewithheld absolutely! Yeah I felt like people did a lot of "just wait" and after DD was here they'd check in or say something dumb like ready for #2 with a smirk because they were expecting an answer like "oh no way it's too hard". We never gave them the answer they were looking for. We just said we were really lucky we had a really good baby.

[fightersince83]

Late post taken at 14 wks 4 days TRIPLETS, team blue, STM

[ttcbabyj]

I can't wait to have a bump! Everything I have read said I should have a small bump at 12 weeks...well I'm going on 13 weeks and nothing. I guess being a FTM and a retroverted uterus could be the reason.
Everybody looks great!

[fightersince83]

ttcbabyj with DD I didn't have one until about 20 weeks and even then it looked more like donuts than baby. I didn't get the size I am now until 7-8 months with DD but since it's triplets and it's not my first... whabam!