Expecting WP 2/17

[greenmonkey1]

Below is a list of participants. If I missed you or you're new, tell me your EDD in your post below and I'll add you to the list.


nomnom - EDD 2/24 (twins!!!)

erinshelley21 - EDD 3/21

polecat8 - EDD 3/25

grover - EDD 3/28

financialdiva - EDD 4/17

greenmonkey1 - EDD 4/19

DVMmomma - EDD 4/11 (or 5/2) (twins!!!)

vsac - EDD 4/21

sdlaura - EDD 6/2

lulu783 - EDD 6/4




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How far along are you? Week/Fruit/Whatever:



How are you feeling (emotionally/physically)?



Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc.?


Upcoming milestones or appointments?



QOTW: I'm in the snowbelt so getting tired of winter, help me get out of my blahs.  Where is the most beautiful place you have been?

[sdlaura]

How far along are you? Week/Fruit/Whatever: 23+4, large mango

How are you feeling (emotionally/physically)? Pretty good - nothing unusual. My rings have just started to get really difficult to put on, so I ordered a pretty fake ring from Amazon to wear for the next 3+ months. It's a fake five carats so looks a little bit ridiculously big, but oh well

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc.? Finally figured out a plan for childcare earlier this week. We decided a nanny didn't make sense for just the baby, since DH doesn't want to pull DS from his current full-time preschool. So the baby will go to a small licensed in-home daycare really close to our house, but that provider doesn't expect to have an opening until 3.5 months after I go back to work. So I put a deposit down on a daycare center to cover those 3.5 months. It won't be awesome to have to move the baby so early, but at least now I know I can go back to work on time.

I also scheduled painting for the room where we plan to have baby for the first several months (it's a large walk-in closet with windows off of our master, and later we plan to use that room for a home office). Once the painting is done, I'm looking forward to setting up some baby stuff in that room.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Glucose test and 24-week appointment next Friday.

QOTW: I'm in the snowbelt so getting tired of winter, help me get out of my blahs. Where is the most beautiful place you have been? Whitsunday Islands in Australia. A week from Sunday we go to Hawaii for a week for sort of a babymoon with kids - I'm hoping that's beautiful too!

[erinshelley21]

35+4. Honeydew melon.
Feeling okay physically still. Heartburn has been tough the last week but I'm pretty sure it's the Girl Scout cookies lol. My back and hips hurt. Not swelling too much. The baby has dropped so she's even lower than she already was meaning there's more pressure when I walk. It's worse when I have to get up to pee in the MOTN.
Work is prepared for me to be gone at anytime. I may just start working part time until she gets here starting next week and just take off the days I have appointments. The house is 90% ready for a baby. We don't have the bases for the car seats installed but I'm not that worried about it since we just need the one in before she comes home and Dh will be going back and forth between home and the hospital.
I have one more progesterone shot left. I'm 3 days out from the point where ds was born so that has me a little anxious.
QOTW: this doesn't help the winter part, but Alaska. It is beautiful in the summer time. The beaches I've gone too have all been pretty standard.

[greenmonkey1]

How far along are you? 31w2d, coconut

How are you feeling (emotionally/physically)? It's getting harder to sleep at night because I am a back sleeper and cannot sleep on my back anymore. Sleeping on my side seems to make it uncomfortable to breath. I've also been waking up with heartburn and have heartburn more often during the day.

Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc.? This weekend I want to clear out the bookshelf in DS1's new room so I can move than and then the desk to the basement. Need to get kids moved into their new rooms so the nursery is ready for the baby.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Nope

QOTW: I'm in the snowbelt so getting tired of winter, help me get out of my blahs. Where is the most beautiful place you have been? Swiss Alps. I used to work internationally and the Alps are just breathtaking.

[polecat8]

How far along are you? Week/Fruit/Whatever: 34w 6d


How are you feeling (emotionally/physically)? Some days my hips ache more than others. The 3rd tri fatigue has also set in. There have been a few evenings where I have fallen asleep on the couch sitting up.


Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc.? DS's new big boy room is almost done. Carpet was installed this week. We just need to install some sort of closet organizer. Then we can get his old room ready for the new baby.
I'm freaking out about my coverage while I am gone from work. We still have not found a contractor to cover for me. My backup plan is to start handing off some tasks to others in my group starting next week.


Upcoming milestones or appointments? NSTs on Mon and Thur this week. Growth u/s on 2/28. C-section is scheduled for 3/18!



QOTW: I'm in the snowbelt so getting tired of winter, help me get out of my blahs. Where is the most beautiful place you have been? I love Switzerland and Vancouver, Canada. If you love the great outdoors and mountains, these places are awesome. I visited both during spring/summer and they were just gorgeous. I would love to go back to either one of them.

[sunshineandbabytoes]

EDD 10/31/2017
How far along are you? Week/Fruit/Whatever: 3 weeks 5 Days



How are you feeling (emotionally/physically)? Very sleepy and lots of heart burn.



Other updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc.? Not much yet. Still shocked.


Upcoming milestones or appointments? My first appointment is not until I am almost 10 weeks!!!



QOTW: Where is the most beautiful place you have been? So far Key West.