TONS of movement. Last night I played music off my cell phone on my belly and he absolutely went nuts. I don't know if he loved it or was terrified. But he was definitely reacting to it.
Next appointment this Tuesday. Nothing profound other than a routine check.
Hate Valentine's dand we don't celebrate it. It's a stupid, made up for commercial purposes holiday and it puts too much pressure on the masses and makes a huge amount of people feel like crap in the process. I prefer non-scheduled and unforced romance and displays of appreciation. Not that I have an opinion on it, or anything. But DH will make a shit ton of money off the hoards who feel obligated to do something tonight, so that's good.
Post by wifedeangel on Feb 14, 2015 15:00:32 GMT -5
23 weeks today! And baby is a grapefruit this week, which is smaller than the papaya he was last week, which makes no sense.
I had an appointment this past Tuesday and everything was fine, baby kicked the Doppler, and the midwife thought that was funny.
DH did bring me Costco roses and chocolates as per the usual. We were going to go have a family dinner tonight, but DD has that stomach bug going around, so it will be take out instead.
I don't mind Valentines Day, but there does seem to be a lot of unnecessary pressure to over do it.
How many weeks / fruit ? 22 weeks tomorrow...papaya!
Symptoms/movement? Tiny baby flutters but still can't feel much due to the anterior placenta. I'm just uncomfortable, especially while sleeping. Heartburn and hip pain are my biggest complaints.
Recent / upcoming appointments? Nothing till the first week in March.
Love/hate Valentine's Day? Any plans? I have no strong feelings about the holiday but DH always gets me flowers, jewelry, writes me a poem and takes me to a nice dinner out. I get him a box of chocolates lol (this year he got two boxes - one from me and one from baby girl). He and his brothers all are very adamant that holidays be celebrated on the actual day, which they learned from FIL, so DH likes having the traditions. He does all those things except the poem for me on a regular basis though, so I don't mind. I'd be pissed if he was only sweet once a year!
I've been feeling him a lot more lately, especially in the evenings. This week, he started moving after a particularly loud and intense rehearsal at school (I am a HS Choral Director). I told the kids they were making Baby D dance- they loved it! It was pretty cool for him to react to something from the outside world, too.
No appointment this week, next is scheduled for Feb 24. We'll have another U/S at that appointment because the doc wants to make sure everything is OK with my placenta. At our A/S, they said it looked "patchy" (whatever that means) and wanted to follow up. LO is fine and developing perfectly, so they said we shouldn't worry about it.
For Valentines, we usually keep it pretty low key. DH got me flowers and I got him chocolate and beef jerky. We are grilling and making chocolate fondue tonight. DH is painting the nursery right now, and I think we'll watch a movie later.
How many weeks / fruit ? turned 24 weeks on thursday. missed the thursday ticker. cantaloupe. yes, please. i'll have some watermelon and cantaloupe w/ some lime juice and salt sprinkled on top.
Symptoms/movement? i feel like i get non-stop movement...when does this baby sleep?
Recent / upcoming appointments? my next appointment is this tuesday.not sure what we are doing this time. the last few appointments have just been checking my weight, pee test, and then checking the babies heart beat. im getting more excited to enter third tri soon! march 5th here we come!
Love/hate Valentine's Day? Any plans? we are skipping big plans today and instead going out to sushi dinner tomorrow night when it is more chill. i keep craving sushi so my fix is eating the cooked rolls. DH received a box of chocolates today from me that i really want to be eating right now. DS is obsessed with balloons so i bought him a valentines heart shaped balloon. i went to the beach this morning (its 90 degrees in los angeles today. winter never arrived for us) with a friend from college then another friend from college who is visiting from arizona for the weekend is coming over with her 2 kids for early pizza delivery dinner.
The wriggler is getting to be more active, usually in the morning or evening. He's super active during yoga and child's pose which makes it really hard to not giggle all through yoga. Heartburn and pelvic bone pain are constant but not too bad and most days are good days - I just keep telling myself it's probably going to get worse before it gets better so no need to complain (but DH may have had a hormonal mess of a wife on his hands bawling about not being comfortable several times...)
Next appointment is 27th
Didn't do much for Valentine's Day. We are looking forward to the long weekend and relaxing.
hung out with DS and my parents for vday. H got me something, it's not here yet. I bought him a digital subscription to the New Yorker. He's OOT till late late tonight.
Just catching up! 22 weeks as of Sunday. Papaya or spaghetti squash (I've never had papaya but we have spaghetti squash weekly so that's a little easier for me to imagine)
Feeling consistent movement finally just tired and achy
Had our follow up anatomy scan last Thursday-got the heart pics we needed and she gave a thumbs up no appt for 4 weeks now which is going to seem like a long time
I'm one of the saps who like Valentine's Day. We just got a pizza from our favorite place and vegged out. Last weekend we went to a Brazilian steakhouse to celebrate early and it was amazing! Yummy bacon wrapped filet!
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