Weekly Check In 12/17

[bonzo]

Week/EDD:

Baby is the size of:

FTM, Etc:

Team:

Appointments:

Milestones:

Symptoms:

Rants:

Raves:

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently?

[bonzo]

Week/EDD: 15w4d, 6/6/19

Baby is the size of: a lemon (I feel like I had that one before?)

FTM, Etc: FTM

Team: blue 💙

Appointments: 16w OB appt on Weds

Milestones: I’m definitely showing more!

Symptoms: tired, gas, heartburn if I eat or drink anything citrus

Rants: I still have a cough, and it makes me gag. I’m starting to wonder if this cough will ever go away this winter.

Raves: we had a bunch of friends over for a latke party on Friday, and I didn’t feel sick! I did have to take some Tums, but I actually felt good while people were in my house!

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I’ve been reading s bunch of Philippa Gregory historical fiction lately. Also various pregnancy books. A friend gave me What to Expect, so I’m going through that a little each night.

[quinstar]

Week/EDD: 17w 1d

Baby is the size of: Turnip? I guess?

FTM, Etc: STM, DS is 21 months

Team: Blue

Appointments: Not til January

Milestones: I keep waiting for movement but I haven't really felt anything yet.

Symptoms: Nothing much, I feel pretty normal.

Rants: I'm avoiding Christmas prep I need to do. But mostly I'm just waiting on our screening results, again. It came in four days last time, and I got it done on Tuesday this time so I feel like something's wrong. I'm silently losing it, checking my email about every ten minutes.

Raves:

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently?

[sunny75]

Ugh hopefully you hear something back soon quinstar. Maybe it's just taking so long since it's so close to the holidays?

[sunny75]

Week:EDD: 19w4d, may 9

Baby is the size of: a zucchini

STM. DD turns two next week!

Team: green

Appointments: anatomy scan on Wednesday

Milestones: it will be nice to have the anatomy scan done, just to make sure everything looks ok with the baby

Symptoms: out of control heartburn. I've started taking Zantac again to stay on top of it.

Rants: MH is out of town and DD and I both got sick with a cold. Send help lol.

Raves: I'm off work this week and all done with all my Christmas shopping so I'm looking forward to relaxing and putting the finishing touches on DDs birthday party.

GTKY: I used to read a ton of books but after having DD I hardly read at all. Actually I don't even know if I read a single book this year. So sad.

[bonzo]

quinstar, I hope you get good results soon!

sunny75, I hope you and your DD feel better soon! And happy birthday to her!

[midnight]

Week/EDD: 16w, June 4th

Baby is the size of:Avocado (though that's what I was last week so I'm not sure)

FTM, Etc: TTM (5yo DD, 3yo DS)

Team:💙 Blue 💙

Appointments: Wednesday, check up

Milestones: Found out baby is a boy, so so excited

Symptoms: nothing much!

Rants: Nada much!

Raves: Finally told our kiddos and found out it's a boy. I am SO excited, my son is my buddy, cuddle partner, mama lover. I am hoping for an exact copy 😂

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I'm reading The Forgotten Girls right now. Its pretty good!!

[quinstar]

Dec 17, 2018 10:56:09 GMT -6 sunny75 said:

Ugh hopefully you hear something back soon quinstar . Maybe it's just taking so long since it's so close to the holidays?

I hope it's just something like that, not everything happens exactly the same, they could have more tests or less techs to run them. I'm trying not to let my mind pick it apart to much. I'm just anxious. 

[quinstar]

Now this morning I've had a nurse randomly call to say she's looking for the results, then a receptionist that said I needed to wait another week, and that the spina biffida results are back they're just waiting on the doctor to check them and then call.

I'm really already done with today.

[bearfootzcontinued]

Week/EDD: 11w4d; 7/4/19

Baby is the size of: Poker chip

FTM, Etc: Mom to 9 yr old twins

Team: Green

Appointments: WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY! Can you tell I'm anxious? Meet with the genetic dr, MFM, and have the u/s. Friday meet with OB.

Milestones:

Symptoms: Nausea, mood swings, tired

Rants: Even with the Zofran, smells are getting to me and I don't think I can grocery shop anymore - I almost threw up in the fridge full of hams at Aldi over the weekend. My emotions are all over the place waiting for Wednesday - one minute I'm grinning ear to ear and the next I'm in tears. Trying to stay busy, which isn't hard this time of year.

Raves: Only two more days and then hopefully we have good news and can tell the kids.

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I've been trying to stick to lighter stuff and am in the middle of The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand - except my digital loan ran out so I'll have to wait to finish it. I really liked the first two books of the Crazy Rich Asians series, need to get my hands on the 3rd yet.

Read more: howeverithappened.proboards.com/thread/22837/weekly-check-12-17#ixzz5Zy9uUCkF

[bearfootzcontinued]

I hope they give the results soon quinstar and that all is good

[lolacachia]

Week/EDD: 13w3d 6/21

Baby is the size of: matchbox car

FTM, Etc: STM, 4th pregnancy

Team: green until 1/25!

Appointments: next appt 1/10 but feel like I wanna go in and have them Doppler me.

Milestones: starting to feel the lightest flutters and bubbles thah definitely aren't gas

Symptoms: tired, peeing a lot, crazy dreams, that's about it and I actually miss the nausea.

Rants: My Inlaws are giving me so much stress over stupid holiday stuff. I'm already over it and feel like I can't even enjoy the time of year.

Raves: F is so excited aboht the baby. He keeps kissing my belly.

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I read an awesome book by Jodi Picoult a couple weeks ago. I can't remember the title right now. It dealt with racism.

[mamabear02]

Week/EDD: 13w5d

Baby is the size of: jalapeño

FTM, Etc: stm

Team: find out 1/29

Appointments: Jan 2nd

Milestones: finally feeling better, think I’ve felt some flutters

Symptoms: tired and vivid dreams

Rants: H is the complete opposite of me when it comes to planning big things like a move. He still hasn’t decided if it’s happening and I’ve already planned where DS is going to preschool, etc. I’m just stressed dealing with his lack of decisions...

Raves: Happy to be at my moms even though I wish she wasn’t working this week

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I’ve been using and free time to sleep, I’m not sure the last book I’ve read.

[courtniko]

Week/EDD: 19, 5/10

Baby is the size of: zucchini

FTM, Etc: TTM, DS 2, and DD 4

Team: green

Appointments: anatomy scan next week

Milestones: almost half way there, oh my goodness!

Symptoms: some movement heartburn, tired, bad sleep, the top of my pelvic bone hurts when I walk (I never had that before, and it has to be bad news starting this early)

Rants: my house is a disaster, it is awful, and I have neither the time nor the energy to deal with it. And we have 5 people coming into town to stay with us on Saturday.

Raves: My huge task at work should finish this week! It will be so nice to return to normal work.

GTKY: Have you read any good books recently? I have not read a book in a very long time, and I used to love to read.

[bearfootzcontinued]

Happy to report that the ultrasound was perfect. Thank God! I can’t stop crying though, happy tears.

[quinstar]

Congratulations bearfootzcontinued that's wonderful!

[sunny75]

Dec 19, 2018 12:02:39 GMT -6 bearfootzcontinued said:

Happy to report that the ultrasound was perfect. Thank God! I can’t stop crying though, happy tears.

Yay! I'm so happy for you! Now you can enjoy the holidays and know your sweet baby is ok!

[mamabear02]

That is great news bearfootzcontinued!

[sunny75]

I also had a good ultrasound today- my anatomy scan! I'm so happy to be done with that and know everything looks good with the baby.

I guess we are officially team green now as we didn't find out the gender!

I also can't believe I'll be 20 weeks/halfway done tomorrow. This has been a good week all around!

[bonzo]

bearfootzcontinued and sunny75, congrats on good ultrasounds!

I didn’t get to see the baby today, but the OB did listen for the heartbeat. Nice and strong at 145! I had some blood work done, but overall a very simple appointment.

[courtniko]

Awesome news bearfootzcontinued and sunny75!

And yay for a great heartbeat bonzo!

[sunny75]

So my doctor called today to follow up on my anatomy scan and said that they found that I have placenta previa. So now I'm having another ultrasound and a consult with MFM. I know it's early enough for the placenta to move but placenta issues are so scary. I'm waiting for the regults of my scan to show up on my online portal so I can read more. Trying not to freak out

[quinstar]

I finally got a call from my doctor. Because the first test was actually valid, they did not run the second test. The low fetal fraction caused my doctor to talk to the MFM doctor, who wants me in for more testing next Thursday. 3% is low enough to cause concern for chromosomal abnormalities so we will do an early anatomy scan, and possibly an amino if that goes poorly.

His 12 week ultrasound was good, the genetic screening *was* negative, and his spina bifida was negative. There are other reasons for a low fetal fraction, so I hope this is just a precaution. But not what I wanted to hear.

[bonzo]

Hoping you both get reassuring news by the next appointments, sunny75 and quinstar.

[courtniko]

sunny75, I had placenta previa with my son that they found at the anatomy scan. They said not to worry, that it normally clears up, but they obviously would need to check again later. It did clear up for me, so it could definitely all be fine. And other than needing a c section, I dont remember any added danger or potential consequences from it if it had not moved.

quinstar, I hope it is just something that is not a big deal, and all is fine.

[quinstar]

Had our ultrasound today and everything looked fine. The doctor wasn't worried at all, I'll go back in 4 weeks to check things that were too small today like his heart. But finally some relief after the last couple weeks of nervous waiting.

[bonzo]

quinstar, I’m glad you had a good ultrasound!