Christmas (December) Babies 2018!

[jessicaftl]

Good morning, ladies!

Woo, it's Friday.

Rain has finally arrived here. 35 weeks today (two more until full term). I did one of the three things I was procrastinating on last night, so I have two more to get done today and this weekend.

Star - I actually asked to have my vit D checked at the start of pregnancy because it's a serious one and with still breastfeeding I always hear from my kids' ped that I need to have extra vit D for the little ones since not much transfers to my milk. My levels were almost dangerously low, so I started taking 5000 a day and when my levels were checked at my 27 week appointment they were in a great range. I can definitely feel the difference in mood and I have a lot less anxiety. I'm glad you only have to take a 7 day pill regimen, it'll fly by and you'll feel better in the end! I know what you mean about being uncomfortable when baby moves, I had a butt right against my rib cage last night and it was a bit painful when they were stretching. This morning I had feet kicking up on the other side, and it was also annoying. This baby seems to like hanging out very high. You're close to the end, so it won't be much longer. Funny you mention looking bigger, I looked at my weekly bump photos and you can definitely see an increase in size in the past few weeks, too.

I had some crappy restless legs last night, couldn't get into a decent sleep mode until almost midnight, and of course I'm starving this morning.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Whoo hoo Jess! 35 weeks and 35 days left!
And good job getting something done last night.

I've been dealing with the restless legs. It's becoming more prominent during the day now Sleep seems to be ok as long as baby and I are on the same page (and my arms aren't killing me) Baby likes me to lay on my right side still, so that's usually what i do, i think since their back is along that side i guess it's better for them.

I need to take a photo this week -- I think i fell off the bandwagon. My brain is spinning on so many things lately that taking a picture is the last thing on my mind.

.... i went to say something else and i cannot recall what i wanted to say -- even reread posts ....still can't remember @_@

 

[jessicaftl]

Pregnancy brain is a real thing, lol. Sorry about the restless legs, I don't get them in the day often, but if I do it's during a long car ride. Mine also still hangs out on the right side still, occasionally flipping to the left, but only a couple times.

I enjoy taking bump photos, because I know this will be my last, but I also like to look back at them when not pregnant.

I feel tired, and just cannot settle down to relax for more than two minutes, plus the kids are playing kind of loud this morning.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I've not been feeling well ... i can't put my finger on it. Like just hungry but not sure if I should cause my tummy feels like it could flip out. The pill isn't helping cause it has to be taken with food -- "it's rough on the tummy" said the pharmacist ... great *eyeroll*

I really wanted to shop... I need to look at planners and figure out which one I want to buy. And then decide if i want to wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales to buy it or get it now.... The store has a nice sale right now, so i wanted to hit them up before i miss it (plus a stackable coupon )

 

[jessicaftl]

It's really not uncommon for the queasy feelings you had first trimester to come back near the end, it does for me every time. I think if you find the planner you want, definitely get it. I'm trying to avoid going out at all for many reasons, thankfully dh does the weekly shopping for me. I don't think I've ever shopped for Black Friday sales, such a hassle for stuff I really don't need, but that's me.

Dh is apparently working a half day tomorrow so I'll be here staring at the wall alone.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I think i heard that from a few of the other girls. I've had some rougher days, but for the most part it's nothing to fret over. It's mainly around the time I have to eat or am eating that I feel that way. Last night i stopped and was just staring in Hubby's direction. He was like what? -- cause normally i do that when he's being noisy while eating (which he wasn't), I just was trying to decide if i needed to get up or not...

I bought my last two planners via Black Friday sales -- cause i got the planner for 10$ and a few stickers/washi for super cheap too. So i was trying to hold off for that, but wanted to know which one to get before just impulse buying them. [So i've been watching flip through videos and such to figure out what i want to buy, but also wanted to man-handle them at the store] Sale ends tomorrow, and I don't know if i'll have enough umph to go before work or just wait out another sale.

Oh and I totally forgot today was trick or treat day for co-workers to bring kids in. People dressed up, they are passing out candy, oh and also showing a movie after work for the kids in our big training room..... And i'm just an introvert behind a semi-closed door.... LOL
I think with me not feeling well, i think it's a good option to not participate -- plus handing out candy when i can't have any really SUCKS!

 

[jessicaftl]

I don't blame you for not wanting to get involved there, I'm not doing anything for Halloween this year, even with kids. I thought about handing out candy but I don't like anyone coming to my door, plus I have my midwife appt that night, so I won't even be here and dh has already said he doesn't plan on doing anything. I love this holiday, it is one of my favorites, but I'm just too much of a loner and introvert that I don't really need to go out. Sometimes we buy a big bag of candy from Costco and dh ends up eating half of it in a weekend and complaining about it. I don't think you're missing much there with the candy LOL, maybe a free cavity.

Well if you do go out and look at the planners, I hope you get the one you like! I am feeling especially lazy today, I am struggling to just want to get up out of my computer chair to get anything done. My appetite has been pretty questionable lately. I feel like I'm barely eating anything and I get full so fast. I toasted a roll and had some leftover meatballs with a bit of cheese on top and I feel sooooo full from just that, almost uncomfortable.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I enjoyed Halloween as a kid. I loved dressing up -- I used to be VERY creative with my blankets and sheets (since i never had "dress up clothes")... And my mom used to sew. So i ended up with so many awesome costumes (My favorites were Jasmine, Bell and Goldie Locks) As a teen i was fun to hang with friends and be stupid. Now.... (before baby) I could careless and totally just buy candy for myself (and Hubby). I hate that the dog goes crazy. Then we end up with very little people to come by -- and get repeat kids that just drop by on their way down the street and back to their house.
Perhaps next year when Baby is almost a year we can enjoy going around or something...but i know when they are older things will be more fun!

I'm thinking.... if the rain isn't driving me crazy on the way home, I might go and look at the store.

 

[Sushai]

Every time I come on here there’s so much I need to catch up on lol

Jessica happy 35 weeks!! I can’t believe you’re so close to being full term.

Star, it really must suck not being able to eat any candy at this time of year. I’m sure once baby is a bit older you’ll be able to enjoy Halloween a lot more.

Afm, I’ve been given the all clear from my ob to continue as planned to 37 weeks, yay! From now until then I’ll be having two scans just to be on the safe side. So if there’s no changes with babies or myself we should be right to get to 37 weeks or earlier if they choose to come at their own time. 37 weeks is exactly 4 weeks away, it’s not long at all although the end date feels so far lol.

 

[jessicaftl]

Star - my mom used to sew a lot of my costumes as well, funny enough I don't really even remember dressing up as a child, I remember a year when my mother was a birthday present (her bday is the day after). I agree on the candy though, I just get it for myself and my kids now, and it's such a rare treat. One year we took out our ds when it was just us three and he was far too shy to go to the door, it really was a pain. I do love decorating the inside of our house and doing pumpkins for ourselves though. I have a really decent pumpkin we're all planning to carve this weekend. I hope you do end up going and getting that planner you want, it'll be worth it!

Sushai - I'm so happy to hear that you've been given the okay to wait until 37 weeks. I even told dh about it last night and he was also relieved. Wouldn't it be crazy if we went at the same time?! As long as I go after Thanksgiving, which is near the end of November, I'll be happy lol. I hope all your scans come out great as well, fingers crossed for those. It really isn't that long from now at all! And I am a lot more motivated to pack my own bag this weekend.

I hope all of you guys have a great weekend, I am trying to get up the desire to clean the kitchen, I'm almost there.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Honestly I remember most of my Halloweens through pictures. My mom used to take us to the malls (when they did stuff back in the early 90's). I don't remember much about going around to houses, except for the teen years.

I felt okay-ish enough to stop by the store. So i picked up a planner and a few stickers/accessories. They didn't have as much as i thought they would for the brand i was after. 'm still wanting to get some more accessories (stickers) for the planner, but I'll have to wait til i can shop again. I also got a few Frixion pens (cause they are cool).
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This weekend was crazy!
Friday night had an allergic reaction .... or something ... still have no clue. I got sick and my face was swollen. I was more worried about calming down, cleaning up and getting back to sleep. I was worried my face had swollen...but i think in the mix my face started to go down. I only got sick once and the swelling was going down, so I didn't think that i should go to the ER. If I had gotten sick again we definitely would have went.
I've been avoiding the last thing I ate for the remainder of the weekend to rule out 1 thing. But i still have no clue what happened.
Baby was active and is still very active, so I don't think anything is affecting them.
MIL gave me a blood pressure monitor for the house, so if something like that happens again I can check to make sure it's not high, to rule out that issue.

Saturday @_@
I had to work closing shift (which I haven't done in ages). The morning girl became swamped with people around 1, manager was freaking out cause she knows nothing about the shop.
When I got there I didn't get a break til nearly 7 after being there since 2. I was so busy! There were so many customers that the list of stuff I had to do, didn't even get touched.
Then when it came time for closing we was so pooped that I had to ask for help to finish up. Stopping to relieve back pain, and my sciatic nerve too..... I was rushing, cause that's usually what I do for closing, and I had to remind myself that i shouldn't be, and had to stop and breathe a few times.
I didn't get home til a quarter after 10p .... I was so exhausted that I couldn't get to sleep. I think i went to sleep around 1 again.

Sunday was calm. And thank heavens!!! Ended up at IL's house for dinner and chatted with MIL and Grandma while they worked on decorations for my shower.

(And as for the shower, we're going to be expecting at least 30-40 people O_O Dude that's just in-SAne!) I'm so ready and eager for it! I can't wait to see it all together... and fill my not-so-ready house with MORE stuff for baby!

 

[dove830]

OMG, Star--that is so scary! Glad you are ok. As for work, how long are you planning on working that 2nd job? 5 hrs with no break is crazy at this point!

We had the hospital tour on Friday night. Now it all seems real, lol. I ordered some pants from Old Navy for post-C-section, as I realized that I got rid of all of my larger clothing when I lost all that weight.

 

[jessicaftl]

Star - glad you're doing better and I am happy you didn't have to go to the ER, sounds really scary. I'd think if it was an allergic reaction your throat would restrict?? Probably a good thing you can check your BP now just to make sure it's nothing serious. Good you got your new planner, hope you can find some stickers for it soon. Can't believe you worked so long without a break on Saturday, and to be so exhausted you cannot sleep well :/. Can't wait to hear about your shower and how it goes!

dove - was the hospital nice enough? Good you got some comfortable pants for recovery!!

AFM, what a weekend. Saturday and Sunday I did not do too much, basic cleaning. I did one of the other things I was procrastinating on, and now all that remains is packing my bag. Dh has to dig out the bag from the shed, and has asked me to bring certain items for him and the kids. I'll likely get to that today, though. We did manage to get the back yard cleaned up a bit Saturday evening, which was a big deal, it rained at least an inch of rain that night.

This morning I was lying awake, stressed out a little bit because I was hungry and dh was up at 3:30 feeling a bit emotional. There was a huge explosion that shook our entire house! It made me jump, and I thought maybe it was just dh going down to the mudroom to get the cats to calm down or something. A couple minutes later I heard the siren go off at the fire hall. I went out and talked to dh and he asked if I was alright, then we assumed it was a transformer blowing up (it happens sometimes) but the power was still on. Nope, I looked out the window and there was a huge fire a street or two behind me. I hope no one was hurt, dh came in and told me a bit later it was calming down out there. Baby was so active all morning because of it, kicking and flipping around. I was able to feel something long and bony, like a leg, the other night. And of course hiccups.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I'm still thinking either a reaction to something I ate. The "event" is kinda a blur (as you usually try to block it out and eyes are normally closed during a toilet hugging session...) But i'm pretty sure that's how i knew i was swollen, cause my throat blew up and my cheeks were so big (i couldn't talk clearly -- and the next morning I could barely smile for a few hours and the insides of my cheeks were still puffy)
Since the swelling went down I could rule out pre-e since that's not supposed to subside as quickly (or at all -- even though i don't consider a few hours fast, normally) And since my feet and hands weren't swollen, I ruled it out that way too.
I'm truthfully just glad that baby was acting normal when I got to calm down, and the next morning I was only puffy and not actually swollen. So i took it easy the rest of the morning and didn't have any other reactions.

I normally don't work that long of a shift. It was a fluke honestly. Manager was on vacation, forced the other full timer to work extra hours, meaning she couldn't work on the weekend, leaving us two part timers to work longer shifts than normal to cover the last day of the week. We lost our other part timer two days prior to the manager going on vacation, other wise i would have just worked a short 4-5 hour shift instead, and taken it a lot easier.
I haven't decided when i'm gonna "stop" working... My part time job is much closer to home and even closer to the hospital, so I can probably get away working a bit longer than i can working my regular job. Plus it's only on Saturday's. I'll just have to take it easier the next coming weeks, and see how baby does.

Dove -- Nice you got to tour. Mine is in a few weeks. I'll probably bring a long my crazy loose pants that I always wear to bed. Might pick up some other things just to have them.

Jess -- whoa I would have been freaked out if that happened! I witnessed my neighbors garage catch on file when I was little, but I didn't really understand it a ton when i told my parents about the fire. (I was under 10 i think -- but an event you don't forget easily) Baby was probably reacting to you, but not being there it's hard to say that they were reacting to the explosion. My little one tends to not move when something loud is occurring, so mine would probably either not move, or move as normal.

33 Weeks 7 left! under 50 days left to go! We'll see if I make it haha. Everyone is starting to ask me if I'll make it to my due date. Which is making my FIL happier since he's still wanting baby due on his birthday. haha
Shower this weekend!!! And I still haven't figure out how to make the "Guess the due date" calendar ... bleh....
We already have a nice little pile at the house of presents... We're gonna have SO many more to bring home LOL Gonna have to bring the truck just to fit everything!

 

[jessicaftl]

Yaay for 33 weeks, you're close to the end! Can only imagine the stress of working the extra hours like that, good that it's only temporary though. My LO has been pretty active as well. I doubt baby heard the explosion, but I'm sure they were indeed reacting to me because I was stressed about dh and him having his own issues at the same time. Generally LO doesn't move as much during the night unless I get up and go pee.

Everyone used to make comments about that to me about not going much longer and I'm like w/e... I always go over, last time I went over by two and a half weeks, lol. I'd be more surprised if I didn't go over this time, but we'll see... as long as I make it to 37 weeks (which is like a week and a half) I'm okay! I finally scheduled my iron consult and it's next Tuesday. Not looking forward to the two hour drive down there, but I can at least go get groceries afterward, lol.

 

[StarGazerRose]

I'm getting excited. Maybe that's why my LO is so active. I have the shower, and I've had no major complications, and i'm over 7 months!
As long as my next growth scan doesn't come back as the baby is too large, then I should be scot-free for my "as natural as possible" birth I want. I'll be 35 weeks at that appointment, and seeing the docs weekly so I think they'll let me know if things will be different. But I'm still aiming for the natural -- i want my body to do what it's supposed to do. I think since we had to have medication to ovulate, that letting it do it's thing through birth, will help me not have to have medication to have regulate my cycles after baby (minus the first what... 2/3??)

Jess, I have no doubt you'll make it to 37. I hope you make it to at least 40! I hope I don't go over ... I don't want to be in the hospital for Christmas!!! just not wanting to spend my holiday in that atmosphere! If i have to, by all means it would be for Baby...but just really don't wanna be there. I wouldn't mind a day or two late, but i have a feeling we might go early.

 

[jessicaftl]

My periods were okay after baby, which was surprising, since I ebf, they came back around six or seven months PP and stayed kind of regular (like 32 or 34 days long). I'm hoping they stay regular this time around again, I spent so many years dealing with infertility but now I actually have to use condoms and keep my cycle in check.

I imagine you'll go okay, I hope you are able to have your natural birth as well! I found, like I've said before, it's a lot like your own mother. If she went past her edd you might be more likely too, and if she was complication free you should be okay. Would be a bit funny if you went on Christmas or right around there, though lol.

I feel so huge, dh says it's nice but I still feel a bit uncomfortable with looking like a whale.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Well I went many years only have a period maybe once a year as a teen -- my mom never raised question to me, and I didn't know any better to ask... and ended up having horrible nasty heavy periods cause it had to get rid of a years worth...... I hated it, but got to the point of ..."it's only 1 week"...so I kinda was like "eh I'll manage i just need to be prepared"
When i was on b/c it was clock work, and I thought nothing of it -- but was only on it for maybe 2 years.
Then had to go on provera for cycles to even occur... years again not knowing why things weren't working. And when I learned that you should contact the docs if the cycle doesn't happen after the first initial one from that pill! Then to find out that I wasn't ovulating either...was put on Clomid, which idk why they switched me off it, and straight to Letrozole, but whatever-- Ended up on 5mg of Letrozole to get things working. Truthfully, if I would have asked and sought information/help I probably would be on my 3rd kid by now! I've learned that I should have asked....And i will be teaching my future daughter the same (even if baby is a boy, i'll teach him too, cause they have different parts to worry about) I don't want them wishing back 10 years wondering why she didn't ask ... (I'm still learning to ask -- and I don't do it all the time, but now we have the internet more readily available to ask anonymously, which helps!)

My mom said I came when I wanted ... so I don't know when I was supposed to be born. My mom told me that the doctor even wasn't concerned, "oh you have plenty of time" they said.... LOL Nope! I was ready when i wanted to be (VERY MUCH how i am now).
My b-day is two days after my brothers. She said she wanted us born on the same day --- and I know how very much "Leo" i am and I knew that wasn't gonna happen(still had to share my b-day with him through). Speculating ... I'm thinking I might have came early. But i'm guessing I made her labor for a few days.
I might ask her more, if she doesn't tell me herself, so that I maybe more prepared. She did mention that I made her tear, but probably cause how fast I came out and how i came out that did it. But i'm doing research on all that, which might help me?? we'll see

 

[dove830]

Feeling so ill the last couple of days....I thought it was because I had an egg at breakfast yesterday, and eggs while pregnant don't go together for me, but it's worse today. Nausea, light headed, weak legs..blah. BP is fine....maybe iron levels? I know it's low, even with a supplement, I'm only 5 pts over the minimum. I took the kids to school, picked up my grocery order, put them away, had breakfast, and then had to lie down. Slept for 2 hrs, but still feel yucky....super annoying!

 

[SS_Momma_of_2]

You guys!!! All this talk of food just makes me hungry lol

Just wanted to give a quick update. At my ob appointment I was scheduled in for a csection for 27 November, they wanted to do it the day before but it had already been booked for another twin mum. So just over 5 weeks to go that’s if babies don’t come sooner.

Wow!! So awesome!!