Check In 12/11

[bex15]

Weeks pregnant/Due date:


Baby is the size of a:


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:


Team:


Appointments:


Symptoms:


Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents:


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?


Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like:

[bex15]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 23+3 due 4/6


Baby is the size of a: Papaya


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM


Team: Green


Appointments: 12/17 for u/s (they were not able to view a few things during anatomy scan) and glucose test


Symptoms: Insomnia, peeing constantly


Milestones: Finally started feeling baby kick!! Feeling daily now, so amazing!


Rants/Raves/Vents: I've been getting a lot of comments at work about my bump (and not necessarily nice things), please stop talking about my body people.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? We went to NYC at Thanksgiving a few years ago and seeing all the Christmas decorations up was so fun, it was such a great vacation! I would love to go to Italy.


Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like: I have to start taking pictures this week, I've been so bad about it.

[lemondrop]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 21+1/ April 22


Baby is the size of a: carrot


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM


Team: blue 💙


Appointments: 12/27 scheduled, but will have to move that back due to travel. I have a fancy 3d/4d scan scheduled for this weekend, but I'm overwhelmed by Christmas so I might push that back to January, too.


Symptoms: Constipation, some residual dysgeusia, lots of pelvic pain at night before bed, constant peeing


Milestones: I THINK I'VE FINALLY STOPPED PUKING. I probably just jinxed myself, but it's been like 2x in the last 10 days and that's literally the least I've been nauseous since 5 weeks. HALLELUJAH.


Rants/Raves/Vents: I'd like to rave about Ebates because it's brand new to me. But holy crap, I've made SO much money back in the last month buying Christmas gifts! I had no idea how easy it was to use! I could have been saving money for like, years. I don't really understand how it even works, but the check they're going to send me in February is going to be $$$.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? Favorites vacations, I have 2. Italy in 2013. I ate and drank my way through Rome, Florence, Pisa and Venice, and actually lost 3lbs due to all of the walking. The bruschetta.. the pizza... the lasagna... omg. *mouth waters*. I also got married in April 2017 in the Florida Keys, and that was so amazing. We were surrounded by family and friends, and our location was perfect. Plus we we bookended the wedding with more time spent there on the beaches and exploring. My dream vacation would be somewhere H and I could go that's beachy, but super remote so we could bring the baby and our dogs and just be free to hang out and relax.

[lemondrop]

Dec 11, 2018 8:44:06 GMT -6 bex15 said:

Rants/Raves/Vents: I've been getting a lot of comments at work about my bump (and not necessarily nice things), please stop talking about my body people.

You have my full permission to punch these people directly in the throat. 

[pambee]

bex15 whyyyyy do people suck. Sorry you're dealing with that.

lemondrop love your ebates rant 😂 but seriously! My mom is so anti technology but I got her to put the extension on her browser with my login so I get the credits from her purchases too, baha. Love it!

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bex15, ugh! Why do people feel it okay to say these sorts of things to pregnant women?!

I was telling my mom yesterday how my first trimester nausea was back and how I'm back to eating mostly carbs/potatoes, and she goes, well you have to watch out you know, or else you'll gain like 50 pounds! Thanks, mom.

[Deleted]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 21+6 / April 17


Baby is the size of a: papaya


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Blue


Appointments: Friday


Symptoms: See above post, first trimester nausea is back! Yaaaaay.


Milestones: 2 weeks away from viability.


Rants/Raves/Vents: Just annoyed by my nausea returning.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? I have two. MH and I went to Jamaica for our honeymoon to an all-inclusive resort. After the stress of our wedding all we wanted to do was lay in the sun, swim, and drink, which is exactly what we did. Then a few years ago before DD came along we went to London and Ireland, which was absolutely amazing. The total opposite of our honeymoon because we spent all week sightseeing, but it was perfect.

[pambee]

Weeks pregnant/Due date:
25w5d March 21 / RCS March 14

Baby is the size of a:
Baseball glove

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
STM

Team:
Blue 💙

Appointments:
Thursday, and then not again until the first week in January! I'll have a 3 week break and that's the longest I've gone I'm pretty sure this entire pregnancy. I'm kind of excited about it, lol.

Symptoms:
I feel like an insane person but these hormones are off the charts. I keep crying for no reason and MH gets all supportive and I'm like no seriously I'm fine I don't know why I'm crying I just can't stop I don't need this hug 😂 I stopped taking my unisom/b6 because I ran out and thankfully haven't gotten sick since, but the nausea is back :/ I can't decide if I'm going to just power through or start taking it again. But my body is having a hard time adjusting to sleep without the unisom and that sucks. I was up at 4am again for over an hour, just laying there.

Milestones:
I got through the echo and follow up u/s with the HR doctor last week AND have graduated from my weekly fetal tones, and that feels like a weight off my shoulders that I wasn't fully aware was still there.

Rants/Raves/Vents:
I'm currently dealing with health insurance mess right now and I just haaate it. Our system is so messed up and so complicated and it doesn't need to be. I have to call today and straighten something out for all 3 of us, it's just such an annoyance.

GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Disney World is my happiest place on earth, and I absolutely can't wait to go back with kids. I would reeeeeally like to go early 2020 before H turns 1 and can still fly and get into the parks for free, but I don't know how we'd swing it financially. It's a goal, though.
I also absolutely loved the cruise we took for our honeymoon and would love to go on another, but sans kids, lol! Give me laying out with fruity drinks brought straight to me and not having to think about anything or plan anything. Sigh 🌴🌞

Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like:
I didn't get any new pictures last week (pouts) but I really should take a bump picture to have something to document this pregnancy....

[lemondrop]

Dec 11, 2018 9:05:08 GMT -6 pambee said:

bex15 whyyyyy do people suck. Sorry you're dealing with that.

lemondrop love your ebates rant 😂 but seriously! My mom is so anti technology but I got her to put the extension on her browser with my login so I get the credits from her purchases too, baha. Love it!

Lol, I need to do this with H, the king of "I'mma just buy this random item on Amazon" 37 times a week.

[loorin]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 20+5, April 25th


Baby is the size of a: paper airplane


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Pink, but we haven't told anyone. My 3 year old daughter will be thrilled.


Appointments: I had my AS yesterday. Baby looks great, but they noticed a mild placental abruption (actively bleeding still) likely caused by food poisoning/stomach bug I had this past Friday. I'm on strict orders to basically sit tight and take life as easy as I can until they recheck me next week. I'm freaked to say the least, but trying to take solace in the fact that I have no visible external bleeding or pain, etc. I'm still feeling baby move and everything, but I'm just too early for them to be able to do anything. They said if I was further along they would've sent me straight over to be admitted to the hospital. Ugh, I'm just needing some happy thoughts. Recheck with MFM on the 19th, then over to my OB for a regular check up.


Symptoms: not much right now, thankfully still sleeping. I had crazy insomnia with my first and am just waiting for that to kick in.


Milestones: none


Rants/Raves/Vents: I am just feeling very overwhelmed with everything right now (work, life, etc). I am really trying to take a step back and take things one day at a time. I just need to get through these next 2 weeks and things should be much better.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? I left my honeymoon plan up to my H when we got married. He randomly picked Disney World. We had each been once as a child and well, he wanted to ride some rides. We got married mid-September which coincidentally is one of the lowest crowd times to go. We didn't plan anything and had the absolute best time. We've managed to go back each year since our honeymoon - opting to drive down in order to save some $$ and that yearly trip has brought me such joy. On the way home bringing my daughter home from the hospital, my H asked how soon we could take her to Disney. Dream vacation will be several years from now - taking both of these kids out to CA to hit up Disneyland and have some other fun adventures in CA.


Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like: didn't get ANY good pics from the A/S because baby had herself wedged into such a weird position.

[lemondrop]

I'm so sorry about the placenta issues, loorin take it easy and put your feet up! We'll all think good thoughts for you and your little one.

[bex15]

Sending good thoughts your way loorin

[jewelsofthenile]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 24 weeks 1 day April 1st


Baby is the size of a: app says papaya


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM


Team: Pink.


Appointments: Friday regular OB appt.


Symptoms: Peeing all the time. Swelling in my legs when i sit at work all day. A lot of kicks or jabs towards my butt this week.


Milestones: viability


Rants/Raves/Vents: Nothing really still teying to figure out christmas but nothing has changes since last week.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? We took a 2 week trip on amtrak around the US. I loved it. We got to see glacier national park, Portland and the pacific coast, and San Francisco. I am currently hoping we can do a trip to iceland maybe for a 10 yr anniversary trip in a few years


Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like: Here I am today.

[jacks]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 21+4 / April 19


Baby is the size of a: baby book Chou


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Pink


Appointments: A/S and OB on Friday. I feel like I haven’t been in forever


Symptoms: Back on a half dose of unisom for the nausea/vomiting with an occasional zofran mixed in. I’m also fighting off bronchitis with antibiotics so it is safe to say my digestive system is a wreck. Needing an 8 step process to turn over at night without pulling anything.


Milestones: getting over this cold finally? Only took 1.5 months


Rants/Raves/Vents: not much. It’s so crazy how fast this goes by when you have your hands full with a 3 yr old. Some days I feel like I barely have time to eat or sit and then am like, oh yeah, I should probably nourish this baby.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
I have 3 favorites. I went on a week trip with my mom to Vienna post-college. My mom is a great travel partner because she plans the appropriate amount of things, is active and adventurous, and good company. I like to have plans but without planning. It was so much fun.
Other 2 are with H- one being our baby moon to Mexico where we half relaxed and half explored the island. And last year we took a 10 day trip to Europe in the middle of all the infertility nonsense and it was a wonderful and much needed break for us.

[Tlex]

Ack I’m sorry loorin, that waiting to be viable and hoping things resolve in the meantime is something I’m familiar with and it’s really, really tough. I went through it over the holidays too, and I hard such a hard time with people asking me how pregnancy was going etc. I will send your little girl (! Congrats!) all my best thoughts and I’m here if you ever need to vent it all out to someone. The stress of that is very real so be easy on yourself.

[Tlex]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 28 due March 6


Baby is the size of a: idk


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM


Team: Blue


Appointments: 3 today, one tomorrow, one Thursday OY VEY


Symptoms: really bad insomnia, gestational diabetes


Milestones: 28 weeks is a huge milestone for babies born prematurely so I’m glad to be one bit closer. I went into labour with my first on this day of pregnancy but thankfully with hospital/home bedrest she stayed in for 8 more weeks. This guy better not have any ideas.


Rants/Raves/Vents: I was put on insulin today and I’m kind of freaked out. It seems like a lot to manage. I am headed to clinic now to learn about it. I guess my overnight numbers suck and there’s not much diet can do to fix that so insulin it is. I’m also dealing with the shock that the doc is now saying he’ll book my c-section for 39 weeks. I have never been that pregnant so that will be an experience in and of itself if I make it that far! But whatever, just happy to have a date I can give my dad to fly out for and book the dog into boarding etc.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Florida with MH before we had kids, it was so laid back and fun and we really fell deeper in love on that trip.

Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like:
I’ll have u/s pics on Thursday!

[Wicket]

Weeks pregnant/Due date:26 wks


Baby is the size of a:slow loris


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:ttm


Team:girl


Appointments:midwife appt in the new year


Symptoms:I feel my nose is always stuffy in the morning not sure if that is just weather though. Waking up early, interrupted sleep to get adjusted or peeing


Milestones:..


Rants/Raves/Vents: It was my youngest's 3rd birthday yesterday. Facebook memories made me so emotional. She is such a big tiny human now. So much changes in just one year.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Our babymoon/honeymoon driving and staying in different places on Vancouver Island was lovely and was great to get away. My husband was doing his masters when we got married and we couldn't go right away so it was almost a year later. I would love to travel around Europe, just exploring everything and bringing our girls to visit family and seeing where our families originate. I would love to take them to Disney too!

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Sorry loorin, sending you all of the good thoughts & vibes!!

[haleyscott]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 26w3d , Mar 17


Baby is the size of a: eggplant


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM


Team: pink


Appointments: I just had one Friday. I passed my glucose test! My next one is the first week of January & I need to schedule a vbac2 consult.


Symptoms: heartburn. Out of breath. Emotions


Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents: I think I’ve had a cold this entire pregnancy! It’s insane. Also both my kids are sick right now and MH is not home until tomorrow evening.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Favorite would be either my honeymoon in Punta Cana or when we took the kids to Disney!

Dream would probably be Ireland or Greece or bora bora!

[wittyusername]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 24+4/March 30


Baby is the size of a: Eggplant


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Blue


Appointments: Today


Symptoms: Heartburn and feeling full after a few bites probably due to squished organs.


Milestones:Viability!


Rants/Raves/Vents:I'm feeling a bit disconnected from this baby/pregnancy. I felt this way with my daughter and it led to some pretty bad PPD, so I think I'll be having a discussion with my OB today.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation? Favorite vacation this far would have to be New Orleans. I love it there! Dream vacation is Iceland!

[bex15]

wittyusername I love New Orleans so much, one of my favorite places!!

[Yogurt]

Weeks pregnant/Due date: 25 weeks. March 28


Baby is the size of a: acorn squash


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: 4th pregnancy, 2nd time mom


Team: boy


Appointments: I booked all my appointments with my ob through February, which will take me past 35 weeks (when I delivered my first). That was a little surreal.


Symptoms: so much heartburn. Out of breath.


Milestones: Just still so happy to be here. So much movement. It's all lovely.


Rants/Raves/Vents: feeling good. Like I really might have another baby. I still think in terms of "if" not "when" baby gets here, but I'm willing to let myself fantasize about him in a way I couldn't let myself before.


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Yosemite.

[orangehibiscus]

Yay for feeling movement bex15! Your coworkers need to keep their rude comments to themselves...ugh!

I’m glad you’ve stopped puking lemondrop!

Sorry your nausea is back @ges072115. I hope it goes away soon!

That’s so sweet that your H is being supportive even if he doesn’t need to be pambee!

Congratulations on your daughter loorin! Praying the abruption resolves ASAP!

You look great @jewelofthenile!

I hope you feel better soon jacks!

Sorry you got put on insulin Tlex. I’m on it too. How are you doing so far? I cannot figure out how to get my fasting numbers where they want. It’s so frustrating!

Happy birthday to your youngest Wicket!

Congrats on passing your glucose test haleyscott!

Yay for viability wittyusername! I hope your OB was helpful.

Glad you’re feeling good Yogurt and yay for lots of movement!

[orangehibiscus]

Weeks pregnant/Due date:
24+5 EDD 3/31/19


Baby is the size of a:
Cantaloupe


FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
FTM, third pregnancy


Team:
Pink!


Appointments:
Monday with my OB


Symptoms:
Sore nips, boobs leak when I squeeze them, difficult to bend over, shortness of breath is starting a bit


Milestones:
Viability!


Rants/Raves/Vents:
I’m having trouble getting my fasting sugars where my OB wants them. I’m adjusting my insulin up, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.

ILs are in town, and we took them for a surprise US yesterday. They loved it! Baby girl was basically folded in half and wedged deep in my left side, but we still got some cute pics of her feet and one 3D of her face. She kicked herself in the forehead, so I have that on video!


GTKY: Favorite vacation you've been on? Dream vacation?
Alaska has been my favorite. It’s gorgeous, and we had such an amazing time sight seeing, fishing, and meeting some of the locals. We want to go back.

I’ve been seeing pictures of Norway in the winter, and it’s drool worthy. I’ve added that trip to my bucket list


Share any U/S or bump pics if you'd like:

[Deleted]

Awwww orangehibiscus look at that adorable little face!!

[orangehibiscus]

Dec 14, 2018 16:56:04 GMT -6 @ges072115 said:

Awwww orangehibiscus look at that adorable little face!!

Yeah!!! I just love it!

[tngrl3]

orangehibiscus J/F19 lurker here. There are several of us dealing with GD and struggling. We've started a thread on our board and you are welcome to join in if you need support or just to vent!

[orangehibiscus]

Dec 15, 2018 7:56:33 GMT -6 tngrl3 said:

orangehibiscus J/F19 lurker here. There are several of us dealing with GD and struggling. We've started a thread on our board and you are welcome to join in if you need support or just to vent!

Thank you! I will definitely check that out!