HDBD 10/4

[cornpop]

Bonus points for bloat, blump, bump pics:)


Weeks pregnant:

Baby is the size of a:

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:

Team:

Appointments:

Symptoms:

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/Vents:

GTKY: What is your favorite band?

[mattsgirl2004]

Weeks pregnant: 13w2d

Baby is the size of a: peach

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: 4th

Team: Blue

Appointments: Not for a few more weeks

Symptoms: Tired still and my boobs are still sore

Milestones:

Rants/Raves/Vents: Being a mom this week is just hard. I love my kids to pieces and wouldn't trade motherhood for anything, but I'm feeling so stretched thin lately.

GTKY: What is your favorite band?
I don't even know if I have a favorite. I'll have to think about that and answer later.

[sweetc129]

Weeks pregnant: 16w tomorrow

Baby is the size of a: Avocado

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: BLUE

Appointments: Anatomy Scan 11/1..so not really soon but that's all I got

Symptoms: Starting to feel soreness from the stretching ute.

Milestones: Scheduling my AS was super exciting.

Rants/Raves/Vents: I had my flu shot on Monday and since my arm was sore I slept weird and now my neck and back are hurting like a MOFO.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? This is so hard. Top 3 off the top of my head this second: Coldplay, Smashing Pumpkins and The Who. As far as individual artists I'm a huge Tori Amos and Natalie Merchant fan. I'm sure I'll be back later all "how did I forget X,Y and Z they are amazing".

[mrsmonogrammed]

Weeks pregnant: 11+4

Baby is the size of a: Brussels sprout

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: finding out- hopefully on the 28th!

Appointments: I'm going in for a quick ultrasound with my aunt on Friday. I just like the extra piece of mind before we officially announce.

Symptoms: sore boobs are back, RLP, some heartburn

Milestones: getting ready to announce! After he ultrasound on Friday we will probably make the big announcement on social media. All of our family/close friends already know😊

Rants/Raves/Vents: so freaking tired of wearing the same loose clothes to hide the blump. Bring on Friday and the maternity clothes🙌🏻

GTKY: What is your favorite band?
I don't have a favorite...I like country music in general though.

[smilesp]

Weeks pregnant: 13+1

Baby is the size of a: lemon

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Blue! Found out yesterday!

Appointments: Not until 10/24

Symptoms: Not many at this point. Feeling like myself again.

Milestones: I told work on Friday and told my parents they could tell people so the secret is out!

Rants/Raves/Vents: People say the dumbest things to pregnant women. Someone at work told me if I had a girl then my family would be perfect. I said my family is already perfect.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? This is a tough one. I love Dave Matthews Band. I also really like Coldplay. I got to see them both 2 weeks ago at the Concert for Charlottesville! Foo Fighters are another favorite.

[cornpop]

Weeks pregnant:  15w1d

Baby is the size of a:  Pear / Eclair

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:  STM

Team:  PINK!

Appointments:  16w appointment next Wednesday

Symptoms:  Nausea and exhaustion are still lingering.  Lucky me.

Milestones:   Our daughter got to see the baby and hear the heartbeat last Thursday which was really cute.

Rants/Raves/Vents:  My vivid pregnancy dreams actually worked to my advantage last night.  I had a dream that my grandfather who passed away while I was in college was playing with my daughter.  It was seriously the best thing ever, I didn't want it to end.  I know he'd love her so much.

GTKY: What is your favorite band?  Band  - Alkaline Trio, Individual Artist - Chuck Ragan or Dave Hause

[sweetc129]

smilesp, I'm currently obsessed with the Chainsmokers & Coldplay song Something Just Like This.

[yianna]

Weeks pregnant: 11w3d

Baby is the size of a: Brussel Sprout

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: 4TM

Team: PINK

Appointments: I had one last Friday, Panorama was drawn, and had an ultrasound. Baby looks great. They officially gave me a due date of 4/22

Symptoms: Still sick, still tired, still sore boobs, my lower back aches some - sciatica.. this awful sour taste in my mouth.

Milestones: Baby is a fetus now and getting closer to the second tri

Rants/Raves/Vents: I suck at this part. I don't have anything. I just want some energy back.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? LIVE.

[mirabelle]

Weeks pregnant: 15w2d

Baby is the size of a: small box of crayons I read somewhere

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: trying to convince DH to be team green

Appointments: Had one yesterday, got my flu shot, heard babe's hb, got greenlight to schedule anatomy scan although they have to call me to schedule so I am waiting on the callback

Symptoms: having the worst time trying to get comfortable to sleep, I get so hot and I have a cold that I cannot get rid of which is making it hard as well.

Milestones: none really, just one week to the next

Rants/Raves/Vents: smilesp, I'm also getting some weird comments from my mom about the sex of this baby, this close to telling her about herself. I just can't believe the things she says, all the more reason I am leaning towards team green. My goal is to post a bump pic next week at 16 weeks.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? probably the Eagles, I also love Coldplay and Red Hot Chili Peppers

[alwayscheese]

Weeks pregnant: 17

Baby is the size of a: pomegranate

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: green till the end of the month

Appointments: going in today for routine appt, listen to heartbeat and urine sample

Symptoms: kinda tired, just serious lack of motivation. When does the nesting phase start? And queasy if I don't eat

Milestones: ??

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm extremely impatient to feel this baby move. I'm done with not feeling anything and needing the appts so bad just so I can hear the HB and know he's still ok.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? Don't really listen to music so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[clementine]

Weeks pregnant: 18+5

Baby is the size of a: sweet potato

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: finding out

Appointments: anatomy scan and OB next Fri!

Symptoms: trouble sleeping, sore boobs (still?), headaches

Milestones: Yesterday was 5 months from my due date and my niece was born! I'm officially an aunt!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm pretty positive I felt baby move around week 15, but I haven't really felt anything since and it's making me anxious. Get moving baby!

GTKY: What is your favorite band? I love so many different kinds of music. Just looked at my iTunes most played list and apparently my favorites are Eric Church, Lady Gaga, and Rise Against (you can blame MH for this one).

[polson]

mattsgirl2004 i know how you feel about feeling spread thin and i only have one! i can't imagine doing child care on top of it! i am sure you are doing an awesome job

smilesp i cannot handle the stupid comments. people just do not think.

cornpop yay for a happy dream they always make my day

Weeks pregnant: 17+5

Baby is the size of a: creme brûlée

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm

Team: finding out!

Appointments: had one monday...just a quick weight check and doppler. have to wait on my flu shot because of my cold. waiting to hear from high risk office to schedule anatomy scan...i cannot wait to get it on the calendar

Symptoms: all the emotions...mainly just a lot of crying

Milestones

Rants/Raves/Vents: we are still not in our house! it's been 2 months since we've closed and although i am grateful we have a rent free place to stay i am sick of squatting! we need to get into our own routine

GTKY: What is your favorite band? i dunno i like all sorts of music but i'll give the basic, cop out answer of the beatles only because they were my dad's favorite and it gives me comfort listening to them right now

[polson]

alwayscheese the serious nesting phase didn't hit me last time until about third tri. the deep clean urges were insane.

[smilesp]

Oct 4, 2017 7:58:42 GMT -6 sweetc129 said:

smilesp, I'm currently obsessed with the Chainsmokers & Coldplay song Something Just Like This.

I love that song!

[Rama]

Oct 4, 2017 9:12:26 GMT -6 smilesp said:

Oct 4, 2017 7:58:42 GMT -6 sweetc129 said:

smilesp , I'm currently obsessed with the Chainsmokers & Coldplay song Something Just Like This.

I love that song!

+1

It really, really puts me in a writing mood.

[kayladawn91]

Weeks pregnant: 15w6d

Baby is the size of a: orange

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM

Team: Finding Out

Appointments: Monday for 16 week appt

Symptoms: Still dealing with being sick and tired. I need some second tri energy to kick in now.

Milestones: I hit second trimester last week so that was exciting!

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm just ready to not throw up every day please.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? I don't have a favorite, I just listen to whatever comes on in the car

[Rama]

Weeks pregnant: 14,5

Baby is the size of a: original 1977 Star Wars action figure, Troll doll

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: First time takin' home a neohuman

Team: Green

Appointments: October 16th, regular OB check up

Symptoms: Fatigue, mood swings, are craving swings a thing? I have those. Sciatica.

Milestones: Nothing new here.

Rants/Raves/Vents: My a/s is 11/3, I just want it to be here now.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? Probably Maroon 5, but I love a lot of music. Favorite genre is pop. I'm also currently into Fitz & the Tantrums, Shawn Mendes, and AJR's Weak (haven't listened to any of his other songs yet).

[pearbear]

Hi everyone. I haven't been posting here much lately, but am trying to jump back in.

Weeks pregnant: 12+3

Baby is the size of a: Plum...I think?

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Finding out as soon as the results from my blood draw come back. Eek!

Appointments: Had my nuchal scan on Monday and all looked good. Baby was bouncing around like crazy which was awesome to see. Such a relief. Also had my blood drawn for testing and am waiting on the results to come in. Have a regular OB appt Friday.

Symptoms: Sore boobs, absolutely awful taste in my mouth especially if I eat anything remotely sweet. It seems like the worst of the nausea has passed, thank God, and I am hoping to regain some energy soon.

Milestones: Almost second tri! We are telling our families this weekend.

Rants/Raves/Vents: The bad taste in my mouth is just driving me insane. I wish I could brush my teeth all day long at work, but I have been getting some odd looks already with brushing them after lunch each day. I'll be relieved to finally tell my staff that I am expecting so they don't think I am crazy

GTKY: What is your favorite band? I love all kinds of music, but have a special fondness for Journey (kind of embarrassing, but true). I also really like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind, Bon Jovi, the list could go on and on...

[calendula]

Weeks pregnant: 16. How do we post pictures?

Baby is the size of a: Dill Pickle

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: PINK!

Appointments: None for a couple weeks until my anatomy scan

Symptoms: None really

Milestones: I told my boss, that felt like a milestone. Waited until 15 weeks. It went well.

Rants/Raves/Vents: I've got a team building event on Friday at a ropes course. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to go a little more public when I start declining stuff.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? I listen to a lot of internet radio but don't really follow any bands.

[mattsgirl2004]

calendula I can only post pics through the Tapatalk app. I don't know how to do it otherwise.

[nuggetrn]

Weeks pregnant: 19 weeks 2 days

Baby is the size of a: Zucchini!

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: First take home baby

Team: Finding out next Friday!!

Appointments: A/S scheduled for next week. Excited to get to see this baby again!

Symptoms: The worst heartburn. SO bad, it's making me vomit in the middle of the night. I thought I was done with puking!! Also RLP. Ouch ouch ouch

Milestones: Nothing huge this week? Maybe A/S next time

Rants/Raves/Vents: I met another one of the OBs at this new practice on Tuesday. She was decently nice (also pregnant), but I asked her about upping my prilosec because of the awful heartburn I have been having and she annoyed me a little bit. She was so stuck on telling me not to eat big meals that she wasn't listening to anything I was saying. Just kept commenting about how "we can't eat as much as we used to." Maybe I was being over sensitive but I feel like because I am already overweight she jumped straight to the fact that I am just a glutton who can't take care of herself. Tried to tell her that a) I have a hiatal hernia b)I have had terrible awful heartburn since high school (I have been on prilosec for almost three years and had an EGD this year) and c) I actually get my worst heartburn on an empty stomach. I am also eating so so very little, like even the thought of eating more than a very small amount in a sitting makes me uncomfortable. Even after all of that it's like she didn't want to listen to me and I was just irritated. Also for the record of have gained exactly 2 ounces thus far this pregnancy. Just grr, I doubt I will try to see her again unless I have to. Also assuming she will be on mat leave anyway by the time I deliver so it's not like she will be around anyway.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? Hmm, I am bad at these questions. I have no idea.

[mattsgirl2004]

nuggetrn I'm sorry. How frustrating that she wouldn't listen to you and seemingly jumped to assumptions. I would avoid her in the future as well!

[polson]

nuggetrn ugh i'm sorry she wasn't hearing you. i strongly dislike when providers have made up their opinions before even listening to what you have to say. i know you said she was alright for the most part, but fx you don't have to see her again. stuff like that makes me so much more anxious for appointments than i need to be.

[nuggetrn]

Thanks guys. Pre pregnant my heartburn was very much under control. I KNEW it was going to get worse during pregnancy as things moved around. I'm just glad that she okayed me upping the prlosec. I am hopeful that it will help.

As if I don't already feel bad enough that I am overweight. Getting diagnosed with PCOS after stopping birth control, spending the last almost two years trying to get pregnant, losing 4 pregnancies, and going through hell in almost all other areas of my life... really took it's toll on me an unfortunately I never lost any of the weight I gained. My weight has been steady for the last year, so there's that at least. Maybe post baby I will finally get myself together. We shall see. Right now it is what it is and I can only try to do better going forward. It's pretty useless for doctor's to try to make me feel worse than I already do.

[Rama]

Oct 4, 2017 10:36:52 GMT -6 nuggetrn said:

Thanks guys. Pre pregnant my heartburn was very much under control. I KNEW it was going to get worse during pregnancy as things moved around. I'm just glad that she okayed me upping the prlosec. I am hopeful that it will help.

As if I don't already feel bad enough that I am overweight. Getting diagnosed with PCOS after stopping birth control, spending the last almost two years trying to get pregnant, losing 4 pregnancies, and going through hell in almost all other areas of my life... really took it's toll on me an unfortunately I never lost any of the weight I gained. My weight has been steady for the last year, so there's that at least. Maybe post baby I will finally get myself together. We shall see. Right now it is what it is and I can only try to do better going forward. It's pretty useless for doctor's to try to make me feel worse than I already do.

You're doing great, Nugget.  That doctor has a throatpunch coming from me in the mail.

[rm2013]

nuggetrn I’m sorry your doctor was a total asshole.

[clementine]

nuggetrn those kinds of doctors are the worst! I hate when they just assume they know the answer and completely tune you out. They may be medical experts, but you are the expert on your body and you know it better than anyone else. I have to remind myself of this sometimes. I’m typically pretty timid and go with the flow, but I’ve learned that sometimes I need to speak up for myself, especially with doctors and my health. Hopefully you won’t have to see that doctor again!

[Leaf 🌱]

Weeks pregnant: 12w5d

Baby is the size of a: plum?

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Green

Appointments: NT scan/OB this morning, nothing until Halloween

Symptoms: nausea, dry heaving, food aversions, weepy, the usual.

Milestones: The US tech said she didn’t see any red flags at all during our scan! We should get the blood work back in a week or so.

Rants/Raves/Vents:
FWP Vent: we didn’t get any cute profile pictures of the baby today. After getting all the measurements it basically smooshed it’s face against the uterine wall and stayed there. I’m overly disappointed about this LOL.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? FFWC: I usually listen to audio books and podcasts.

[babybean]

weeks pregnant: 17+1

Baby is the size of a: chipmunk

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: greeeeen

Appointments: blood work tomorrow and midwife next Wednesday. Still waiting on the placenta/AS scan date. The nearest hospital that can offer it is 1.5 hours away and haven’t gotten back to me yet. 😒

Symptoms: irritable, sore boobs.

Milestones: baby’s been kicking for a while, nothing new otherwise.

Rants/Raves/Vents: just dealing with depression/bad moods. I have therapy again on Friday.

GTKY: What is your favorite band? I looove music and can’t pick.

[Rama]

Oct 4, 2017 12:13:35 GMT -6 Leaf 🌱 said:

we didn’t get any cute profile pictures of the baby today. After getting all the measurements it basically smooshed it’s face against the uterine wall and stayed there.

My kid probably gave yours the idea.  My bad.

I swear I'm never going to get the beautiful profile pics everyone associates with ultrasounds.