Weekly Check In 1-17

[sweetieheart32]

EDD:

How many weeks today:

Appointment plans/results:

How ya feeling:

Goals for the week/to do list:

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?

[sweetieheart32]

EDD: 2-15

How many weeks today: 35+6

Appointment plans/results: Cervical check today.

How ya feeling: Not sleeping, everything is swollen, some crampy BH that seem to be getting stronger, her little head must be sitting on a nerve. It hurts to walk! Ready to meet this baby!

Goals for the week/to do list: Love on DD while she's my only try to remain calm, breathe, be zen whenever possible.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?
What a crappy choice. Last time I only had lower parts groomed. I think I'd stick with that since we should be doing vaginal delivery.

[staz]

EDD: 2/23

How many weeks today: 34w5d

Appointment plans/results: Next appointment is Thursday morning. Then I move to weekly I think.

How ya feeling: Stuffed up! I'm not really sleeping because of this cold, so that's been fun. Plus work has been really stressful so I'm trying to deal with that too. I just need to survive the next two weeks and things should get easier.

Goals for the week/to do list: Finish washing all the bottles we have. Hang some stuff in the nursery. Anchor the dresser in the nursery. Pack my hospital bag (which I wanted to have packed two weeks ago). Clean out my dining room of the last baby stuff.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)? Lower half. I don't wear makeup or really care about the upper half of my body. I'm weird like that. I'd rather feel pretty where the action is lol!

[loves2shop4shoes]

EDD: 2/6/17

How many weeks today: 37+1. Holy shit.

Appointment plans/results: Weekly check on Wednesday.

How ya feeling: Either cocaine levels of energy (nesting) or complete exhaustion. Nausea is still there. Still tough to move. Pretty sure baby girl dropped two days ago. Since then, I've been feeling movement lower down and I've had to pee way more frequently.

Goals for the week/to do list: Add snacks/new toiletries to hospital bag, hang art in nursery, have DH build night table in nursery, reorganize baby clothes in nursery, put bundleme in carseat, have fire dept. check carseat and spare base, sterilize bottles and pacifiers, murder breast pump people if my pump doesn't arrive today...

I've got a lot of shit to do.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?

Lower half. No way makeup would keep on well during delivery. I never care what my hair looks like. And I've basically given up on my brows this pregnancy. It'd be glorious to deliver a baby without a ton of leg stubble and a 70s bush.

[cosmicav]

EDD: 02-28

How many weeks today: 34 weeks!!!!!!

Appointment plans/results: I have the GBS swab and a cervical check tomorrow. No fun.

How ya feeling: just counting down the days. im looking forward to my appointment to find out where I am with cervix and such, as I am ONE WEEK from the gestation my first was born at, and it's got me antsy and overthinking everything. I so want to get to February!!

Goals for the week/to do list: Get all my work stuff situated so I don't have to worry about it while on leave.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)? I'm gonna go with lower half. It is indeed where the action will be and if i get stitches, I'd rather the doctors perfectly see what they are doing and not be obscured by hair I couldn't reach while going at it alone. I also don't do make up anyway so it would look weird for me to be done up all of a sudden. This is a good question though lol.

[pivot]

EDD: 2/23

How many weeks today: 34+5

Appointment plans/results: Had one this morning. All looked well. I go again in 2 weeks for GBS swab and first cervical check.

How ya feeling: Not bad. Stressed/exhausted because of work. It's getting more uncomfortable to sleep. I started raspberry leaf tea last week and will start EPO and bump up my cups of tea at 37 weeks. Doctor said the RLT could help with the VBAC since it's supposed to be a uterine strengthener. I'm willing to do whatever to up my chances.

Goals for the week/to do list: Find the rest of my bottles and wash them. Survive at work/home this week. DH is going out to town tomorrow for a work thing and won't be back until the weekend. It will just be my toddler and my 9 month pregnant self the next few days. Fun.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)? Definitely the lower half. I always feel so much better after a pedicure. I'm going back and forth between getting a wax around 37/38 weeks. Will play it by ear once I get closer.

[oldbaylover1024]

EDD: 2/17; schedule C-section 2/10

How many weeks today: 35w4d

Appointment plans/results: Had our weekly appointment today - NST was good, cervical check was fine (high and closed), and had our GBS done. We also confirmed that we're having a C-section no matter what due to Baby's size. He's still measuring 2.5 weeks ahead.

How ya feeling: Ready LOL Sleeping is hard and his movements are very painful. This pregnancy is just so different than J's, and I'm kind of annoyed at how uncomfortable I am already. I HAVE to work the next three weeks, so I've been wearing my big-girl panties, but damn... so uncomfortable. But not swollen anywhere! Yay!

Goals for the week/to do list: Finish the nursery! I ordered a bunch of finishing touches on Amazon and MH is fixing the curtain rod and cleaning the room today. Should be good to go when he's done! We also need to install the car seat base in my car.

GTKY: I'm going upper. I could care less if my lady bits and legs are hairy and my toes are unpainted. But I also have a schedule C-section on the books, so I'd love for my face and hair to be on point for photos. If you saw my photos after J's birth (22 hours and an unexpected C-section) you'd understand LOL God, I looked awful!

Plus, I trimmed my bits and shaved my legs and pits today so I'm good LOL And my brows, lip, chin, and hair are being taken care of tomorrow. ON POINT!

[littleredfish]

EDD: 2-15

How many weeks today: 35+6

Appointment plans/results: Midwife Thursday and I should be picking up our home birth kit then. DH is coming with me so if we have to use it he's prepared. I also hope they have all of my results because there was confusion on files not being fully transferred over from my last doctor. Moving across country mid baby has made things complicated.

How ya feeling: Huge. The stabbing pain in my vag can stop any day now. Every time I bend over the front of my stomach feels like it's going to split in half. And there's just not enough sleep.

Goals for the week/to do list: Bring up stuff from the garage so the play mats, K'tan, and clothes are inside. Sort clothes, prep cloth diapers, order DD1s new car seat. That would be a good start to my priority list.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?
Totally my downstairs. I hope to squeeze in another wax before baby. I could care less about my face and my make up will just smear or come off anyway and I'll look even more haggard likely. I'll take comfort.

[shawnabm1320]

EDD: 2/24

How many weeks today: 34 +4

Appointment plans/results: i have one tomorrow.

How ya feeling: meh. I've been waking up multiple times motn, for no apparent reason (not to pee); heartburn is starting to make a regular appearance; leg cramps; basically, I am stressed and I need to sleep more.

Goals for the week/to do list: move F to his new room; return and exchange some things from the shower; order some more things to be ready for baby; pack hospital bag; make some freezer meals

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?

I'm gonna go with lower: not sure I care a ton about the lady bits (except for my own sanity) and legs, but I will need to have my toenails painted. I have a thing with toenails, and I hate it when people see them unpainted. They're currently unpainted to give them a break, but I'll be painting them in a few weeks to make sure they're covered up for delivery. Priorities, right? Lol

[ls2012]

EDD: 2/11

How Many Weeks: 36w 2d

Appts/ Results: Growth U/S Friday, follow-up Monday (23rd)

How Feeling: Better than last week, mentally. Physically, ughhhhhh.

Goals For The Week: Get the baby's carseat installed, get some more freezer meals to stock, buy the last few things to throw in the hospital bag, enjoy as many snuggles with my girls and H as I can.

GTKY: I'll go with upper. This Irish girl doesn't grow hair very quickly so I feel like I could let it go for a bit and it wouldn't be too heinous. The face, on the other hand, needs all the help it can get.

[wildflower810]

EDD: 2/22

How many weeks today: 34+6

Appointment plans/results: My next appointment is at 37 weeks, then it'll be every week from there. Everything is looking perfectly normal at this point.

How ya feeling: Pretty terrible, actually. Nausea, belly aches, RLP, BH, you name it. I don't like being pregnant!

Goals for the week/to do list: Finish folding baby clothes, put in my giant Amazon registry order, then wash/sterilize pump parts once they all get here.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)? Lower, no question. Hair and face is gonna wind up in a hot mess anyway, and no thank you to washing out blood clots from hair down there!

[flyinghorses6]

EDD: 2/7

How many weeks today: 37!!!!

Appointment plans/results: Last week all was good, cervix still closed, GBS result was neg, no complications. Thursday morning for belly check and cervical exam, and I am praying to be something!!! A dimple, fingertip, 1 cm! Anything! (Mostly because next week or 39 weeks I want a membrane sweep which they can't do if you're closed).

How ya feeling: pretty good, getting emotional about everything. I'm excited and nervous to deliver, sad about K no longer being an only child, stressed about plans for childcare and my return to work as part time v full time. Lots of emotions to deal with all at once, which is causing physical exhaustion. But all in all--cruising along.

Goals for the week/to do list: install the car seat bases, move my packed bags into the trunk!

GTKY: lower half, but I'm also delivering in front of my friends and coworkers sooooo that's pretty important to me. It's weird enough- I want things to at least look somewhat orderly down there.

[musicallyinclined]

EDD: 2/12

How many weeks today: 36+2

Appointment plans/results: Thursday morning, might go ahead and have her check my cervix. I hate them, but it is nice to know if something is happening.

How ya feeling: SO TIRED, still. That's the theme of this pregnancy, and sore. Getting down on the floor to play with DS is starting to be incredibly uncomfortable. Also mentally checked out from work. Shit has been crazy the last two months and I am ready for a break. I am chief decision maker and I am worn out!

Goals for the week/to do list: After reading everyone else's, I guess I ought to relocate the carseat bases and clean out the carseat. Also probably ought to clean DS's carseat since I can't remember the last time I washed it... mother of the year over here!

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?
I would love for someone to trim my toenails. I can't reach/see very well and I do not trust DH to do it, I also hate the pedicure thing, I am weird about my feet. I would also love for all of my lower half to be neat. I'm not a makeup wearer, hair-doer, so I hope to look like myself.

[notagoddess]

EDD: 2/22

How many weeks today: 34+6

Appointment plans/results: OB appointment on Friday. I will get a GBS swab and cervical check. OB will finally check out baby's position. I'm pretty sure she's head down though.

How ya feeling: Pretty good, actually. I've gotten used to the hugeness, swelling, back pain and heartburn to a large extent. I've slept pretty well this week (relatively speaking...) and that's been amazing. I'm most annoyed by the frequency with which I have to pee. Also, I'm beyond useless at work.

Goals for the week/to do list: My in-laws are leaving tomorrow after a five week stay. My biggest goal is putting the baby's room back together, especially since we got all our baby stuff! I can't wait to have my space back.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)? I'm going to go with upper because even with grooming, I'm assuming lower will be a mess during delivery. And there won't be much of an audience or photo documentation.

[shawnabm1320]

flyinghorses6, i am cringing at the thought of my coworkers seeing me giving birth. Eep!

[crazycatlady6]

EDD: 2/23

How many weeks today: 34+5

Appointment plans/results: Cervix check on Friday

How ya feeling: Pretty good. Tired, more achy but nothing major. I also have not experienced any Braxton Hicks or if I have, I don't know. I'm not sure if that's a bad thing or not. Some days I feel like I have a good handle on everything in terms of knowing what to expect and some days I feel so unprepared.

Goals for the week/to do list: Order breast pump, finish shopping with the completion coupons, start washing outfits/linens/etc, work on nursery.

GTKY: If you could only have one, would you rather have your lower half groomed (toenails, legs, lady bits) and pretty on delivery day or upper (face, hair, eyebrows)?

Lower half for sure! I don't do makeup because of acne and pregnancy has been super good to my skin. I am paranoid already about the lady bits being groomed for Friday's appointment and beyond and bending over to shave is just not a pleasant thing anymore. I know that L&D nurses have seen it all before but I don't want anybody to start humming "welcome to the jungle" as I'm trying to push out my son.

[flyinghorses6]

crazycatlady6 yes we have seen it all!!!! Literally everything! And we really don't care as long as youre hygienic. If you have time, jump in the shower before you come to delivery! It will make you feel better and of course your nurse will appreciate it