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[carolyngrace]

There's only a few of us now that the weekend is doing their own thing, but lets hear how everyone is doing! 

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GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got? 

[carolyngrace]

Weeks: 26

Symptoms/Appointments: I'm feeling great this past week. Just occasional heartburn and fatigue.

Pregnancy thoughts/feelings/etc: It's still pretty unreal to me that I'm going to have a baby soon. I'm not feeling ready for DH and my life to change so drastically! And I look at our house and wonder where is all that stuff on my registry actually going to go??

GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got? At my wedding shower my oldest sister told us to "never let anyone do anything 100% of the time"... So even though I cook, he tries to do it every couple of weeks. And even though he shovels the snow, I try and do it if I have time and he seems busy. It's so helpful to feel like your SO understands the work you put into something, and how can they understand if they NEVER do it?

[wegrowsheep]

Feb 23, 2015 11:24:06 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

There's only a few of us now that the weekend is doing their own thing, but lets hear how everyone is doing! 

Weeks:

Symptoms/Appointments:

Pregnancy thoughts/feelings/etc:

GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got? 

Due date buddy to carolyngrace!
Hello 26 weeks, phone ticker says eggplant (gross).
I had an appt on Friday, and OB office says time to start going every 3 weeks instead of 4 (I pushed it out to 3.5). Feeling like crap and ready for time to fly by! Also, seem to have a yeast infection trying to start something.
The little man's feet have reached my ribs, so there will be no peace from here on out. Granted, I have a short torso, so that wasn't a huge accomplishment.
Best marriage advice? Time is short, so keep short lists.
Also, my grandmother who passed away before our wedding gave me registry advice. People want to buy you nice things, so register for nice things, not cheap stuff.

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Weeks: 25 weeks!

Symptoms/Appointments: I'm peeing every 10 minutes and hungry all the time. I have my monthly check up on Wednesday and we're doing an elective 3d/4d u/s in two weeks, which I am really excited about!

Pregnancy thoughts/feelings/etc: I have been really happy lately. I've been getting a ton of compliments from people telling me that I look great, which is really nice because all I am struggling with my sudden weight gain. Also, as excited as I am to have this baby, I am also terrified that something might happen to me and that my DH will have to raise our baby alone.

GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got? "Communication is the key to a successful marriage." We don't keep secrets or hide our feelings from each other. We never go to bed angry or hold grudges. We might have little fights about stupid stuff, but we always end up laughing about it. We are 100% completely honest and open with each other and I think that will keep us going for a lifetime. I also think you should tell your spouse how much you love them every single day.

[wormgerm]

23 weeks

Heartburn, occasionally throwing up, tailbone pain comes and goes, sex last 2 nights in a row! And (TMI ALERT) today I had a weird yellow gunk situation when I wiped. Super gross! Internet seems to think it's a piece of my mucus plug. MW appointment Saturday.

As far as feelings go I can't believe how quickly we are approaching parenthood. He's going to be a real creature out here soon instead of my little pal safe in my tummy.

Marital advice I don't remember. Sorry!

[ombradellarosa]

Weeks: 26 weeks. Also due date buddy to carolyngrace and wegrowsheep! My email says baby is the size of a head of lettuce. I can't believe how fast she's growing!

Symptoms/Appointments: My next appointment is at 28 weeks and then I will start having them every two weeks. I'm going to try to see the actual OB that will be delivering me at least every other time, since other than my second appointment I have not really seen him at all but the other doctor in the office who helps out with the clinic. I want to make sure he is verrry familiar with me and my preferences, and can answer all of my questions about labour. My symptoms haven't changed much. I continue to wake up in the middle of the night several times. It's only been a few weeks since I figured out what all the fuss of the second trimester is about so I really hope that the third trimester doesn't get awful fast!
Also of note: Mum felt baby move last night! She is the first person outside of me to feel any movement. I've tried several times to let her feel a kick but baby always stopped before she got to me. This time she had almost given up when there was a little kick and then a big one! We could both see it from the outside. It was crazy. This happens to me all the time but the first time I got to share it with someone. Mum's face was so full of wonder and excitement. It was pretty cool.

Pregnancy thoughts/feelings/etc: I am so on board with everything you ladies are saying here. It doesn't feel like reality that my life is so close to changing so much. In a lot of ways, I feel like pregnancy prepares us for parenthood (the total lack of control and everything being different from your expectations in particular). But I don't think there's anything that can prepare me for having a tiny human in my house all the time that needs me for everything. I have babysat before but it's so different that this baby will be my own and my husband and I will be primarily responsible for her. I am not ready for this! I'm still a kid! Who let us decide to do this? I'm not ready to share her either. Right now she is safe in my womb, my own little baby. Once she comes out anything can happen to her and she won't be safely, quietly with me all the time anymore. I keep having dreams on this topic. The fears of something happening to DH are not as prevalent as they were though, which is a relief since 1st tri I was solidly convinced something terrible was going to happen to him and I was terrified of him leaving the house.

GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got? I don't remember any specific advice right now. But I can tell you one of the most important things I've figured out for our marriage. I learned that DH and I have different conflict styles and how to handle them. I get very emotional and loud and he shuts off when that happens. I feel like I have to make him hear me but he can't when I'm crying or yelling. So I remove myself from the situation and let my emotions out, then once I calm down I explain as logically and calmly as I can what I want him to know. He responds much better to this and then I feel good that we've taken care of it.

[amber311]

Weeks: 22 weeks/ papaya

Symptoms/Appointments: actually having a great week except not sleeping well

Pregnancy thoughts/feelings/etc: I am getting more and more excited and more and more in love with our sweet girl

GTKY - What is the best marriage advice you ever got?
If you fight, take a moment to reflect if the topic will affect you/your life in 1 day/month/year. If not, let it go.