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@DesertDreams88: Mine's in three weeks too! Glad it's before Thanksgiving and not after

@skiierchck99: haha! Not, not quite that organized

Back from my appointment. Drink was gross but tolerable. Had my TDap shot and regular weight and BP checks. My OB has me coming wvery 3 weeks now which is strange and unlike my previous two pregnancies, but oh well. Next appt is actually in 2 weeks on 11-14 because we will be in FL the following week.

@MaryM: Yes, it really hurt this year! I remember thinking man if this hurts childbirth will be fun. And then the next day it felt like I'd been punched in the arm. Fun times

@MaryM: @petitenoisette: I had a terrible TDap experience a few years ago where I think (self-diagnosed) the doctor administered it in the wrong place - likely in the bursar sac not the muscle. It's apparently more common in women because we're shorter with less arm muscle. I couldn't comfortable lift and use my arm for months. I've been really anxious about getting shots ever since!

@Bushelandapeck: I failed my one hour too by a few points too. Just took the 3 hour test on Saturday and am still waiting for the results. I did suck. I passed the time with binge watching on my phone.

My arm was sore for at least a full day after the flu shot, too ; ( but DH got the flu when LO1 was a newborn and the ped scared me.about it so we were separately quarantined for 5 days and it sucked sooooo I want to avoid as much flu as possible!! He got flu b that year which wasn't in the vaccine.

I read yesterday that about 20% of pregnant women fail the first GD test... that's a lot!

I've checked my blood sugar twice this week and it was good both times, so fingers crossed. Not checking today due to Halloween candy, haha...

@MaryM: these are the charts that I used, my diabetic friend vouched for the numbers and taught me how to check my blood sugar. I bought the supplies when I was diagnosed with PCOS, just to monitor how I was doing on Metformin.

Scheduled the 3 hour for first thing Tuesday morning. I'm going to be VERY good about the candy intake in the days leading up to the test.

Got a peek at the boys yesterday for my 24 week growth scan. Both are within the normal size range. A is at the 36th percentile and B is at the 48th, though I've read these in utero measurements can be wildly inaccurate. Just glad to know they're both healthy and growing. B was facing away from us most of the time so it was hard to get a profile shot.

@dominobee: aww, great pictures!

I feel out of the loop since I was gone for so long Still throwing up in the mornings and feeling kind of crummy throughout the day, so that’s fun. Otherwise, it’s been fun feeling the stronger movement! My little guy loves to move.

@theotherstark: Sorry to hear you are still throwing up in the mornings. Mine has reduced to ~3 times a week now, thanks to Diclegis. Hope you feel better soon.

@bushelandapeck: Oh no, bummer about the glucose test. I feel like I know a lot of women who failed the 1 hour but only one of my friends has actually had gestational diabetes. I just took mine this morning so fingers crossed!

@dominobee: Your boys take such great pictures!

My OB told me this morning that at my next appointment I can schedule my c section....I had an emergency c section with my first, so my plan right now is to schedule a c section around or shortly after my due date, but if I go into labor before that to try to VBAC. Eek! Her saying that made everything feel very really all of a sudden.

@dominobee: awesome pictures!!

@theotherstark: sorry you’re still throwing up! I actually have too, but just once in a while when my reflux gets too bad.
I have a 3 hour glucose test on 11/7 and a regular OB appt on 11/14.

@LadyDi: I hope you pass! Do you have a date you’d like to have the baby on? If I could chose I would probably go with 2/2 or 2/4 but I love even numbers

@periwinklebee: Not quite as gross, but we just had a talk about ADA accessibility at work following a meeting about how some things are going to have to change during a construction project.

I brought up how it's only getting harder to wash my hands. Our soap dispensers are mounted behind the sinks...and the sinks are in like 4 foot deep vanities. I have to stand sideways to reach the soap, and then it's getting hard to reach the faucet and water. And this building was JUST renovated like two years ago...so they totally should have thought of these things! There's an accessible stall, but they totally overlooked the sinks. Other shorter people chimed in that they'd noticed the same thing

@periwinklebee: Such glamour! I avoided visiting my in-laws all throughout my morning sickness (4 hour drive) and then right before we went to visit them a couple weeks ago I got sick a few times in the am. That made me nervous- I'm sorry but my own toilet is gross enough (That's the title of my pregnancy memoir ). Thankfully I ended up being ok during the visit. Hopefully it was just a random getting sick and won't happen to you again!

@tosun: glad you aren’t getting sick as often!! That’s great.

@LadyDi: so crazy - that definitely makes it more real! And it sounds like you have a good plan.

@petitenoisette: yes, I threw up almost every day of my first pregnancy, so I knew what I was getting into. Just hoped maybe this time would miraculously different It’s okay, not a big deal, though.

@bushelandapeck: sorry you have to do the 3 hour test. I’m keeping my fingers crossed you don’t have GD, but still a bummer that you have to go in for the longer test!!

@periwinklebee: ha, yeah. Ugh, I’m sorry. Yeah, pregnancy glamour files, for sure.

@MaryM: that sounds so frustrating!! Bah, I’m sorry.

@bushelandapeck: I am liking 2/2...plus it's exactly one week before my birthday.

@petitenoisette: I am nervous too, for basically every labor option. I am nervous to have a VBAC and deal with a whole new kind of recovery, nervous to try to VBAC and end up with a c section anyway, nervous to have a c section and then be trying to deal with a toddler and a newborn while recovering. I think about it all of the time.

@theotherstark: How was your trip to Greece?
I have an appt on 11/7 another ultrasound to see if my Placenta previa moved and Accretia cured itself. *Crossing fingers*

@Honeydew: I have heard from a lot of people that second C sections are easier. It's crazy you have yours scheduled already!