Leap Year Check-In!!

[Ray]

1. How many Weeks?

2. Symptoms?

3. Upcoming appointments?

4. R/R/Randoms?

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.

[Ray]

1. 20 weeks tomorrow!! Half-baked whaaaaaa???

2. My boobs are are still sore and itchy I can feel where I'm about to get more stretch marks. Other than that I'm good.

3. I'll see my OB for the first time March 10.

4. I'm scared he's going to tell me to go back to work. I realize $$$-wise that's better, and if he's saying that it means I'm better, but I don't want to go back. I don't think I can handle those kids for another 3.5 months.

On the bright side - went with my mom to look at a crib/high hair my moms friend was going to sell to us for $125 (score) we got there and it was a drop side. She didn't realize they weren't safe so she sold us the high chair for $50 and gave me a nearly brand new mattress, 2 mattress covers, fitted sheet, bedding set, and 2 blankets for FREE!!! SCORE!!!! Then we went to Walmart and cribs happened to be on sale. We got a Beautiful crib for $200 taxes in

GTKY: when I'm working, wake up at 6, get ready for work. Leave at 7:30, get to school around 8:30. Prep/mentally psych myself up for the day, class starts at 9:30 and ends at 3:30. Duty, hour drive home, have supper with DH, watch hockey or Netflix, bed.

[acorn99]

1. How many Weeks?
22+5


2. Symptoms?
So tired lately! Some back and leg/sciatic pain. I laid down on the floor with DS and it felt like a truck had run into my back afterwards. But lots of movement lately. There is nothing more amazing that laying down with my hand on my belly and feeling the kicks; even H has felt a few now. And possible TMI: itchy nips. Like really itchy.


3. Upcoming appointments?
OB tomorrow, follow up A/S on Thursday.


4. R/R/Randoms?
Things are going so fast, yet so slow this week. I am ready to fast forward to May. 


5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Mondays dont differ too much from any other day of the week for me. Wake up tired around 5:30, regretting having stayed up past my bed time to walk TWD on Sunday. Shower, finish getting lunches together. Get DS up by 6:10 and dressed if H hasnt yet. Drop him off at DC but 6:40, get to work by 7:15 and eat my cereal. Then do work stuff all day. Leave by 3:30, pick DS up around 4pm, get home, make dinner and play until 6:30 bedtime. Then lie on couch like a bump on a log until bed time. 

[cocobellaf]

1. How many Weeks? 20w!

2. Symptoms? Still sick in the mornings and evenings. Lots of back pain (baby is carrying so low!!) and swelling in my feet.

3. Upcoming appointments? Tomorrow, OB check-in.

4. R/R/Randoms? I did way too much on Saturday and paid for it on Sunday. Oh well! Also, FF told me that "In the next ten weeks your weight gain will increase more rapidly as your baby grows and develops layers of fat. This is when you will gain about half of your total pregnancy weight." I don't know if I'm ready for this!!!

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Same as any other weekday. Alarm goes off at 5:15, get up between 5:15 and 5:45 (depends on if H jumps in the shower first or I need to wash my hair). Get ready, eat a small breakfast (piece of toast or something), pack my lunch. Get to work around 6:45 or 7:00. Eat a bigger breakfast at work later (cereal with fruit or something). Work until 3:30 or 4:00. Go home, chill out, eat something.

[tootsie]

1. How many Weeks?
20w2d!! 

2. Symptoms?
Heartburn. How am I supposed to stuff my face with chocolate with all this heartburn??

3. Upcoming appointments?
A/S next Tuesday

4. R/R/Randoms?
We moved DD to a big girl bed and she is doing so well. The first night was a nightmare, but she seems to have gotten over it. My baby is so big!

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.
6:15am: Drag my tired ass out of bed, shower, do hair and makeup, stare in closet for awhile.
7:00am: Wake up DD, try to convince her she doesn't need to wear pink head to toe. Fail. Run around like a crazy person while DD complains about anything and everything.
8:15am: Get to work, drink coffee and catch up on the internet.
9-5: Work, internet, try to avoid the bowl of chocolate calling my name.
5:00pm: Pick up DD and drive 45min home, cursing idiots driving 10mph under the speed limit in the fast lane.
6-8pm: Eat dinner, play with DD, bath, books, pick up random crap around the house.
10:00pm: Begrudgingly fall asleep, dreading the rat race.

[mugster]

1. How many Weeks? 21 weeks

2. Symptoms? I ended up in the hospital last week with a kidney infection. Now I'm just exhausted, anxious, and still have some pain.

3. Upcoming appointments? I have a follow up next Monday (for the kidney infection)

4. R/R/Randoms? I found out yesterday that I also tested positive for a yeast infection, so it is a party in my nether-regions.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. A typical Monday for me involves catching up on email, grading, and possibly writing. I go to campus tues - thurs, and work from home on Mondays and Fridays. Today, I think it will mostly involve netflix.

[littlesthobo]

1. How many Weeks? 19... How the heck did that happen so fast?

2. Symptoms? Backache.

3. Upcoming appointments? A/S on March 9

4. R/R/Randoms? This LO will move into the nursery, which means DS is moving into the spare room. I have no idea how to decorate it! Need to get on Pinterest, because I'm hoping to do a lot of work on his new room over the March break.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Get up, get DS to daycare, go to work, come home, dinner, bedtime for DS, PJs on and crawl into bed and watch TV

[Ray]

tootsie. Tums are your friend. I had a frozen lemonade from Tim's a couple weeks ago and thought I was dying. Tums had my back lol

[ginabini]

1. How many Weeks?
21+1


2. Symptoms?
Some back pain and heartburn, and overall just starting to get pretty uncomfortable... It feels way too early for that. (See below)


3. Upcoming appointments?
Regular monthly appointment on Wednesday. I'm guessing we'll schedule the glucose test at that point.


4. R/R/Randoms?
Rant: I'm mad at myself for letting myself get so out of shape over the last 5 months. I feel like I'm a lot bigger at this point than I "should" be and I know 100% that its why I'm so uncomfortable this early. This is "supposed" to be the easiest part and I'm already super uncomfortable so its just daunting to think about the next 4 months and that its only going to get worse. I feel like even though I've gained an acceptable amount of weight according to my starting weight on the scale, since I haven't been working out I KNOW I lost muscle mass so the weight I gained is really more than it looks since I lost muscle. Just really not feeling like myself physically, which is taking an emotional toll. I know it will all be worth it when this little one gets here though.
Rave: I posted in the anatomy scan thread, but we found out this weekend we are officially team pink!


5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Mondays are almost always a crazy work day, as everyone gets back into the groove. Then I come home and chill by myself because DH plays in a pool league on Monday nights. Sometimes I love having the time to myself (usually to watch the Bachelor or DWTS in peace); but other times I hate it... usually when I've had a rough day.

[feisty]

Hi everyone, I haven't been around much but lurking lately.

1. How many Weeks? 19 weeks, 5 days.

2. Symptoms? still tired, but feeling pretty good besides that

3. Upcoming appointments? follow up anatomy scan/shot on Wednesday. Baby girl was not cooperating to get pictures of heart or face last week.

4. R/R/Randoms? DH doesn't want to move for a bit yet, I want more room and don't want to move after baby is here. Ugh...

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Get up at 7am. shower and then get DS up and have breakfast with him. Only get to eat half of my breakfast cause he steals the other half. Finish getting ready while he is still eating. 8am - struggle to get him to finish eating/out the door. Drop him off at daycare, into work by 9. Work until 4pm ish, or maybe leave a little early to do grocery shopping. Pick DS up at 4:45 and take to swim class. 6pm - home, let DS play on leappad or watch cartoon while making dinner. 7pm dinner. 8pm DH does bedtime with DS/I do dishes from dinner. 8:30-11, chill on couch and veg/get lunch/clothes/gym stuff ready for Tuesday.

[mcktymck]

1. How many Weeks? 19 weeks 5 days, almost halfway done! Holy crap!

2. Symptoms? The past few days my tailbone has been acting up, and my hips hurt when I'm trying to sleep (more so once it gets into the early morning hours). Still so many weird dreams, lots of them including sex, and waking up to pee 3-4 times a night. I guess I'll get sleep in a few years haha

3. Upcoming appointments? TOMORROW!! A/S is tomorrow afternoon and I'm so excited.

4. R/R/Randoms? I'm a little nervous for the A/S tomorrow. It'll be a relief to see that everything is fine and baby has all of its parts and they're working the way they should be.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.

Alarm goes off at 8:40am, drag myself out of bed and to the couch at 9. Spend all day on the couch working on projects for work while watching whatever is interesting on TV (right now it's True Life). Close up my laptop at 5, get myself all put together, and go have dinner with my grandparents. After dinner we head back home and I watch The Bachelor and drool over my boy Ben Higgins.

[cabbagecabbage]

Feb 29, 2016 9:30:21 GMT -5 Ray said:

1. How many Weeks? 18+4

2. Symptoms? I'm getting my first body aches and back pain. It's infrequent so far. My bump has really popped.

3. Upcoming appointments? A/S on March 10 is the next one.

4. R/R/Randoms? Hmm. Cold sores are thecworst. I have my second in a row this winter. Usually I get one a year.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Up by 6 and run around getting DD ready. Arive at nanny job at 7:30. Play hard and do activities with two crazy kids until 1. Drive DD to preschool. Run an errand or go do the dishes or something. Pick up DD at 3:30. Go home and start dinner. Eat once DH gets home. Family time until 7pm when we have a date with the Bachelor. Fall asleep the second my head hits a pillow at 9/10.

[tikoberry99]

1. How many Weeks? 20 weeks, 2 days! Half baked!

2. Symptoms? Hungry, hungry, hungry!

3. Upcoming appointments? Not until April 1 and I'm kind of glad I don't have to truck my ass down the mountain to the doctor for a month

4. R/R/Randoms? DH has an interview up north next week and we are going to take a mini vacay with the doggies so I can check out some potential neighborhoods in case we have to move. We just bought this house 1.5 years ago and never imagined moving, but with DH being laid off we need to go where the jobs are. I'm soooo nervous our house won't sell, or we will have to sell for way less then we want. Uggg the stress of the housing market!

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. I work from home 95% of the time so I usually wake up around 8, spend half an hour looking at the message board on taptalk, check out FB and get out of bed. DH usually makes me breakfast and then I sit around working on and off throughout the day, maybe take the dogs for a walk and get the mail. Totally boring...I know!

[sarcaztic10]

1. How many Weeks? 18+2

2. Symptoms? None, I am feeling much better now that I am back on Diclegis and my OB let me up my dose of Zantac.

3. Upcoming appointments? 3/18 for the A/S... It's so far away!!!!

4. R/R/Randoms? We made our first baby purchase for this also over the weekend. I was so nervous about it. I used my Doppler twice yesterday to make sure LO was still in there.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.
Right now I am in training for my new position. I usually get up at 5:30 am and get ready for work, help get DS up and ready for school at 6 am then I am out the door with my breakfast in hand and I drive to work. I am at work until 4pm then I pick DS up from school at 5pm and go home to start dinner.

[willow]

1. How many Weeks?: 19 weeks

2. Symptoms?: RLP, vivid dreams, peeing a lot, more back pain, getting winded/tired from simple chores.

3. Upcoming appointments?: full a/s on March 15.

4. R/R/Randoms?: I'm relieved that at the end of last week I finally got all my paperwork and ID card for my medical assistance, so my OB clinic can now refund all the $$$ I have paid in for visits so far.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.: Well since being unemployed after coming back home, my days are mostly the same. I wake up whenever I wake up, eat breakfast, do various cleaning chores if needed, and then snuggle with my dogs most of the day while watching Netflix.

[cavewmn]

1. How many Weeks? 19W3D

2. Symptoms? I am so use to them they just seem normal to me. lol

3. Upcoming appointments? March 17th and then the 23rd (Dental March 14th.)

4. R/R/Randoms? Eh just wrapping our head around the news we got at our A/S will post soon in the A/S thread.
Then also next payday we will be taking our oldest (16years) cat to the vet.
5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.
Most Mondays:
6:30 Wake up
Feed one cat wet food
Other cats dry
Feed dogs
Watch wet food cat like a hawk to make sure he doesn't get into dry.
Shower
Usually laundry sometimes
Empty dishwasher
A couple more animal feedings
Maybe crafting.

It really depends on how I am feeling.

[rungirlrun]

tootsie, I hope your DD keeps up the good work with the big girl bed. DS was a disaster for a few days, then got good, then became a disaster again, then good, then bad. I think after about a month, he's finally gotten the hang of it (fingers crossed!).

mugster, hope things clear up for you health wise!

1. How many Weeks? 18 + 3 (still have in my mind that I'm like 6 weeks pregnant - can't believe the halfway point is almost here!)

2. Symptoms? I really have few complaints. Wish I'd stop breaking out, but I feel great so I'm happy.

3. Upcoming appointments? A/S on Friday. I am having nervous excitement. We are team green so this appointment is to see the baby and to make sure things look good. I didn't do any genetic testing so that adds some anxiety.

4. R/R/Randoms? I booked a doula yesterday! H and I both really like her and feel that she can help make this L&D experience better than my last one.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Similar to most days. Wake up around 6 and cross my fingers DS is still sleeping so I can lay in bed for a while longer. Once he's up and he's spent 10 minutes complaining that I got him and not daddy, it's non-stop action of house chores, errands, and playground/stroller class/something fun for DS until noon. Then it's lunch, me crossing my fingers he will take a nap easily while I chill for a bit, then swim lessons are in the afternoon. We head home, start dinner, have dinner when H gets home, DS gets a bath, we all chill for a bit, H starts the hour-long bedtime process (it's not really that complicated of a process, but toddlers make everything take way too long!), chill on the couch with the Bachelor, then H and I pass out.

[harlowjune1984]

1. How many Weeks?
19w1d
2. Symptoms?
Heartburn. Tired. Feel like my belly is massive (even though it isn't yet....but it is bigger at this stage than it was with DD)
3. Upcoming appointments?
Anatomy scan this week
4. R/R/Randoms?
My husband's friend moved in with us yesterday (weekdays). He just started a new job in our area, and will be needing to list his house, and then look for something else while he is up here (before moving his wife, mom, and three kids). Most of his friends are total bachelors, but I really like this friend (he actually married us), and his entire family. So I am totally stoked about the fact that they are moving closer.
5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.
Get up, get ready for work, pack my stuff for the day, wake up DD, give her breakfast, get to work, work, enjoy the nanny kids nap time (right now....WHOOP WHOOP!), get off work, get home, make dinner, bath for DD, eat, story time and bed time for DD, then I go to bed right after (because by that time, it is already about 9pm).

[glaze]

1. How many Weeks? 22 - had to look that up

2. Symptoms? Nausea, peeing every hour, tired, headaches, braxton hicks.

3. Upcoming appointments? 2 weeks.

4. R/R/Randoms? I feel so tired all the time. Where's my energy?

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Get woken up bright and early by DD for our morning snuggles. Get up eat breakfast feed the kids. Take DS to school come back home for an hour and play with DD then off to work. Get home, eat, play with kids then get them in bed, watch some TV then crash.

[littlesthobo]

Hugs, ginabini. Don't beat yourself up too much about being out of shape. I'm feeling uncomfortable too, and I was in really good shape before I got pregnant. I was planning on exercising through this pregnancy but I've given up because I'm in pain by the end of the day. Just work on eating healthy when you can and resting when you need to.

[mcktymck]

cavewmn I hope everything is okay, it sounds like your A/S results have you worried. ((Hugs)) to you in case you need one.

[roccobabyk]

1. How many Weeks?
19+4

2. Symptoms?
My body pretty much hurts all the time, so that's been fun.

3. Upcoming appointments?
Nothing until mid-March

4. R/R/Randoms?
We're moving the beginning of May and have finally decided on a place!

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life
Wake-up around 6:30 with DD, hop in the shower, breakfast, pack lunches, head to school where I teach Agriculture until 3:30, pick DD up from daycare at 4:00, come home and make dinner and play until DD's bedtime at 6:30, then I usually sit like a bum until I go to bed.

[jewelsofthenile]

1. How many Weeks? 20 weeks 4 days

2. Symptoms? had my first nosebleed friday night

3. Upcoming appointments? March 10th

4. R/R/Randoms? None right now

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Up at 5:15 make lunches make coffee, get everything ready for daycare. Get DD up dressed etc. Everyone out the door by 6:30 I get to work by 7:15 and work until 4. Then pick up DD make supper eat get her ready for bed at 7:30 or so. Dishes laundry cleaning. Watching some tv and then bed. Repeat Tuesday-Friday with baths for DD added some evenings.

[ellebelle]

mugster - Hope you feel better soon! Kidney infections are no fun (understatement).

ginabini - Try to go easy on yourself. There is no "supposed to". Every pregnancy and baby is different. I'm already having pelvic pain in this pregnancy but it's because we discovered at my A/S that baby girl is head down already and trying to shove her head onto my cervix. What's important right now is to just make sure you're getting the nutrients and rest you need. You'll be back in shape before you know it.

[ellebelle]

1. How many Weeks? 19w3d.

2. Symptoms? Pelvic pain (thanks to baby girl's positioning), occasional heart burn.

3. Upcoming appointments? 20 week OB appt. this Friday.

4. R/R/Randoms? I can't believe I will be half baked soon. I'm just counting down to V-Day.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Wake up at 6:45, walk dog, DD is up by 7, we get dressed/eat/out the door, drop DD to school by 8:15, drive 45 minutes to work, work 9-2, drive 45 minutes back to city, run errands, pick up DD from school by 4 and go home, walk dog, help DD with HW, get dinner ready/do stuff around house, eat around 5:30-6, play with DD/bath/bed and asleep by 8:30 (hopefully!), then work/internet time while watching TV, clean dishes/house, crash, repeat.

[katelou]

1. How many Weeks? 18w5d

2. Symptoms? Pressure, pelvic pain and lightening crotch. It's kinda freaking me out

3. Upcoming appointments? 2 weeks

4. R/R/Randoms? I just want a a house so I can nest and set up all the baby things. Waaahhhh.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life. Wake up at 7, wreste DD into her clothes, drop her off at school at 8, be late for work ($&@# school doesn't let you drop off pre k kids til the instant school starts) , come home at 5 to DH and DD already home, eat dinner, play, put DD to bed, collapse on the couch for a while

[rungirlrun]

Ha almost all of us describe our Mondays as wake up too early, go non-stop all day, and then collapse at the end of the day. And come July-ish, we will all be adding a baby or 2 to the mix. Uh oh - we're in trouble!

[rungirlrun]

ellebelle, your daughter is 4 right? And she already has homework in school?? Yikes!

[housecarder]

1. How many Weeks? 21+5

2. Symptoms? Awful cold right now. Hard to take a deep breath because I have no room in my chest because Seraphina is so high.

3. Upcoming appointments? Next is March 16th. Although we tour our hospital on the 10th.

4. R/R/Randoms? So I was achy and decided to take a hot bath. It loosened all the congestion in my nose and caused me to start coughing really bad. So I sat up and proceeded to puke all over myself in the bathtub. Pregnancy is glamorous.

5. GTKY: describe a typical Monday in your life.
If I didn't work the night before I will get up with H at 5 am to help get DS ready, then go back to sleep when they leave until about 2:30 pm. Then I start making dinner and spending time with H when he gets off work and getting ready to go in. Days off I try to get chores done around the house but usually end up watching Netflix.

[ellebelle]

Feb 29, 2016 23:14:28 GMT -5 rungirlrun said:

ellebelle , your daughter is 4 right? And she already has homework in school?? Yikes!

It's just really quick stuff due twice a week.  I spread it out so it's really only maybe 5 minutes at most each night.  She actually loves it because it's sight word stuff involving writing/coloring or simple math, very age appropriate and at the right level for her.  She's taking after me and is going to be a huge nerd lol.