Weekend ticker change! 5/9-5/10

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The usual

Weeks/fruit

Symptoms/appointments/whines/brags

QOTW:  In honor of mother's day, share a favorite memory of your mother.

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35 weeks this weekend! I cannot believe how close the end is.

Next appointment is Tuesday. I was 1.5 cm and 75% effaced at 33 weeks, which is early and was concerning, so I'm anxious to see if there has been any progress since then. Regardless, I know my doc will take me off restrictions at this point. Baby is sitting super low and I've had lots of BH and some minor cramping over the last two weeks, but who knows what, if anything, that means.

QOTW: My mom's a tough one for me. I have zero childhood memories of her laughing or happy. She was always just so tightly wound and serious and narrow minded. I guess I'll have to fast forward to when DS was born because that's the happiest I've ever seen her, holding him at the hospital with such a huge smile on her face. She simply adores him.

[pghtruelove]

Weeks/fruit:
35 weeks. Starting to kind of freak out. Holy cow it's so close! Although I am really excited to see baby girl and have symptoms go away! Yay!

Symptoms/appointments/whines/brags:
I feel like I have every pregnancy symptom there is. RLS, bleeding gums, nose bleeds, nausea, heartburn, constipation, hemroids, exhausted, can't sleep.... I could probably keep going.

QOTW: In honor of mother's day, share a favorite memory of your mother.
I am very lucky to say I have three moms, adoptive, foster, and biological. They are all wonderful and very special to me. My highschool graduation was very special since it was the only time that all three of them were together. Also the look on my mommys face(mommy is what I called my adoptive mom) was the happiest I ever saw her. I didn't do so well in high school and almost dropped out but my foster parents kept me going and my mommy got to see me graduate! I now spend Mother's Day with my foster family since my mommy passed away. Not a huge fan of Mother's Day, just makes me sad.

[kemdupuis]

34 weeks- butternut squash?

I'm just really achey/uncomfortable this week. I seriously feel like my belly is going to explode. I finally did get some heartburn meds at my last appt, though, and they have been awesome. I am lucky that I have escaped swelling thus far, but I would not be surprised if that started showing up soon.

No OB appt this week, but that's a good thing because we have so much other crap going on its unbelievable. Monday we have our infant care/CPR training (DH is clueless..) wednesday, I've got a chiropractor appt, and we're getting our maternity pictures taken, Thursday I've got PT for my hips and Saturday we have a labor/delivery class/hospital tour from 9-5. I am tired just thinking about it!

I have so many great memories of my mom, it's hard to pick just one, but I do really love this one. Mom's family is from Boston, and we lived a few hours away, but would visit quite a bit. My mom grew up listening to the Beatles (and some really great other music, too) and definitely shared that love with me. On these trips to visit family, we'd listen to the Beatles anthology on repeat, all while singing along. We listened to it so much, I knew which song was coming next, and could sing the opening line of the next song in the correct key. We used to take turns singing melody and harmonizing, and I think those trips played a big part in why I love music so much and decided to become a music educator. We also shared countless trips to red sox games, the ocean in Maine/Cape Cod, spent a lot of time cooking and gardening, and reading every single night when I was little. I am so lucky to have the mom that I have. I only hope that I can live up to be half of what she is.

ETA: pregnant, hormonal me is totally crying while writing this.

[bendherova]

34w sunday!! Big bad butternut squash!

Heartburn and pregsomnia, and lots of BH contrax. DS2 is moving almost constantly, and at times it feels like an alien is trying to burst out of my abdomen.

Appt this coming Tuesday. It's increasingly difficult to chase after DS1, who just wants to run EVERYWHERE.


Mama memory: Nothing specific, but she went back to school when I was in 5th grade-ish, and somehow she managed to feed us, and make sure we have everything taken care of, while still getting her work done. I have no idea how little she slept, I'm sure it wasn't much!

[ladymouse]

34 weeks, no idea.

Pregsomnia, still puking, exhaustion (DS woke up 3 times before waking up for the day at 3:30 AM *twitch twitch*), early nesting urges, mild pains in the lower abdomen (assuming because the baby is moving to a better position), constipation starting up, easily worn out, feel faint a lot...

The infrequent mom-and-daughter days - we'd make a dress or a quilt, listen to Abba or the Bangles, maybe watch a musical, and eat raw cookie dough. It was awesome.

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36 weeks tomorrow.

Next appointment is on Friday which is also my last day of work ( mat leave) Yay!

Getting super uncomfortable at night getting out of bed. Other then that it's the usual symptoms that I'm so sick of having.

Fave mom memory- I don't know if I have one specific memory besides just the overall feeling that I love her goofy sense of humour. She never takes life too seriously.

I do remember loving visiting my mom at work in the nursery at the hospital when I was little. She was a postpartum nurse for 35 years. I just loved seeing all the babies in the little hospital bassinets. For Xmas she would crochet little socks that the newborns can fit in so the families could take their babies home in a little Xmas stocking.

[baileybaileybne]

Morning all!

Weeks/fruit

34 weeks, cantaloupe (rockmelon to me). She feels bigger than that!

Symptoms/appointments/whines/brags

Feeling good again after illness. Small aches and pains and some restlessness at night but pretty happy.

QOTW: In honor of mother's day, share a favorite memory of your mother.

When I was learning to drive, my mum usually came along rather than dad for whatever reason. I'd put one of my CDs in the car and we'd sit and raise the roof at traffic lights and had such a fun time giggling and spending time together. My last year of high school was busy with school work and socializing so those times in between we're simple but treasured.

[silv3rlining]

36 weeks Sunday no idea on fruit

Appt this Weds: GBS test and cervical check. I'm curious to see what if anything is going on down there. Baby is (from what I can tell) still not head down. I've been having a lot of BH in the evenings and general uncomfortableness. But overall good. Now that I finished my Master's I can really prep for baby/clean/spend quality time with my toddler but I am also looking forward to meeting this LO (but still apprehensive about 2U2 and the unknoend of her arrival)

My mom and I are really close so it's hard to pick just one memory of her. Lately I've been thinking about how I used to sit on her lap and watch TV in the evenings. I did it for a really long time (I can't remember until how old exactly, but looking back I feel like I was at least 8-10). The reason I've been thinking about it is bc DS has been extra cuddly lately and I am trying to soak in his precious cuddles.

[wifedeangel]

35 weeks, a coconut, which to me is smaller than the 34 week butternut squash, so IDK what TD is thinking.

Generally life doesn't suck. I'm tired and my pelvis/hips hurt, but it's all mostly manageable.

I had my 34 week appointment last week. It was all normal.

Favorite memory of my mom: it's not a specific one, but really a series of them. In the summer after chores on Saturday, we'd usually go out to the mountains for a picnic, or go fishing or a hike. We'd always do this as a family, and frequently with some cousins, but I knew mom was always the instigator of these excursions, and I always appreciated her effort to spend time with us, even though she worked full time and was always tired and behind on something.

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Fun fact for us weekend ticker changers. I just read that Sunday is the least likely day to go into labor and Saturday is next least likely. The most common days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!

[bendherova]

May 9, 2015 22:11:28 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Fun fact for us weekend ticker changers. I just read that Sunday is the least likely day to go into labor and Saturday is next least likely. The most common days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!

NPR told me Wednesday was the most popular day for deliveries a few months back. (i think it was NPR?? hell if I know)


Also, all of the L&D rooms at our hospital were full today- we were supposed to see one with the big sib class, but couldn't.

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May 9, 2015 22:24:34 GMT -5 bendherova said:

May 9, 2015 22:11:28 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Fun fact for us weekend ticker changers. I just read that Sunday is the least likely day to go into labor and Saturday is next least likely. The most common days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!

NPR told me Wednesday was the most popular day for deliveries a few months back. (i think it was NPR?? hell if I know)


Also, all of the L&D rooms at our hospital were full today- we were supposed to see one with the big sib class, but couldn't.

Hmmm well I did read this information from just googling so who knows how reliable it is. I do know that full moons have a higher rate of deliveries. I just looked and the June full moon is June 2nd. Then the next one is July 2nd

[silv3rlining]

May 9, 2015 22:11:28 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Fun fact for us weekend ticker changers. I just read that Sunday is the least likely day to go into labor and Saturday is next least likely. The most common days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!

Was this taking into account inductions?

But I think I had heard a similar statistic

Also most women don't give birth on their due date anyway :-p

[bendherova]

May 9, 2015 22:29:32 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

May 9, 2015 22:24:34 GMT -5 bendherova said:

NPR told me Wednesday was the most popular day for deliveries a few months back. (i think it was NPR?? hell if I know)


Also, all of the L&D rooms at our hospital were full today- we were supposed to see one with the big sib class, but couldn't.

Hmmm well I did read this information from just googling so who knows how reliable it is. I do know that full moons have a higher rate of deliveries. I just looked and the June full moon is June 2nd. Then the next one is July 2nd

I've googled trying to find what I heard on the radio and found nothing. Who the hell knows what I heard!

[bruunk]

34 weeks

The usual symptoms - heartburn, hip/pelvic pain, can't get comfortable, and BH trying to tell me to start slowing down.

I have lots of great memories with my mom - we've always been close. The one that comes to mind is her giggle when she's really having a good time. My siblings are hams and would perform at the dinner table, which always got Mom going. She also read to us every night until I was maybe 12? I loved snuggling into her and begging for just one more chapter!!

[noname83]

Weeks/fruit: 34 weeks today, no clue what fruit.

Symptoms/appointments/whines/brags: Next appointment is on Thursday, which is when I start my weekly appointments. Shit is getting real! LO has been having some sort of party in my uterus since Friday, he's moving around like crazy. I guess it's getting tight and he's been trying to get comfortable. Right now he's pretty far up into my ribs. I'm 1st trimester exhaustion is back, and my back is sore, but otherwise I'm doing pretty well. Also had my shower yesterday, which was really fun. Except for the pregnancy brain moment in which both my mom and I totally forgot about the favors (so no one got one)... Guess I'll slowly be handing them out.

QOTW: In honor of mother's day, share a favorite memory of your mother.
This is a hard one since we're pretty close, so there are a lot of good moments/memories. This isn't necessarily my favorite - but it's a good somewhat recent one. We were having dinner with my parents and ILs and I said something which my mom repeated verbatim 10 seconds later as if it was an original thought. So, I asked her if she was translating for everyone, and we both started cracking up at the exact same time (and we have basically the same laugh). Then we both were having trouble not peeing in our pants from laughing so hard while everyone else was staring as if we had two heads because while it was funny, it definitely was not THAT funny to anyone else. My dad is used to it, so he was just shaking his head at us.

[mathistm]

34 weeks today!
Baby girl likes to hang out under my right ribs mostly so that is getting kind of annoying. I just started getting swelling in my hands and feet. I had to put my wedding rings away today
I don't have another appointment until next Monday but we meet with our pediatrician tomorrow afternoon.
Sharing a favorite memory of my mother is hard-I don't remember a lot of them from when I was young because she was very cold and distant. We don't have a good relationship now. My older sister has been most like a mother to me so I'll share a memory of her-my sister moved to Florida when I was 14 with her then boyfriend. She flew me down to see her and it was awesome. She lived in Orlando and we went to all of the theme parks just her and I.

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May 10, 2015 5:59:13 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

May 9, 2015 22:11:28 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Fun fact for us weekend ticker changers. I just read that Sunday is the least likely day to go into labor and Saturday is next least likely. The most common days are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!

Was this taking into account inductions?

But I think I had heard a similar statistic

Also most women don't give birth on their due date anyway :-p

It said not counting inductions so just spontaneous labor.

I'm actually the most panicked/curious when I will go in to labor ( maybe because I'm still working and I fear going into labor at work Monday-Friday!). The actual time/date of baby coming is icing on the cake for me but not something I'm giving much thought to or as much thought as when will labor start etc that and hoping it won't take that long

[dmoney]

Weeks/fruit 36 weeks yesterday, Baby is the size of a Cantaloupe!! I have an ultra sound today at 12 EST so I will find out how much she weights!

Symptoms/appointments/whines/brags: Pressure, Pressure and more Pressure. Nerve pain in my left thigh, going to ask the doctor about that today. Appointment at 12.

QOTW: In honor of mother's day, share a favorite memory of your mother. There is a picture of me and my mom from my wedding that sums up our relationship perfectly. We are making funny faces at each other and sticking our tongues out at each other!!