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Post by peggyhill on May 27, 2019 9:35:33 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD:
FTM, Etc:
Appointments:
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out):
Milestones:
Symptoms:
Rants:
Raves:
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count?
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Post by peggyhill on May 27, 2019 9:50:12 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 22w 5d/ Spaghetti Squash/ Sept 25
FTM, Etc: FTM
Appointments: June 5
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): Blue
Milestones: Still pregnant!
Symptoms: Nothing new
Rants: I’m driving down south across California in a couple weeks for a baby shower by my family, I have to drive by myself and H is going to fly down the next day due to his niece graduating high school the day I’m leaving. I’ve driven that stretch a hundred times, but I’m still a little anxious doing it alone 6 months pregnant
Raves: Getting a lot done on the nursery! Just about done painting, H is getting ready to lay down flooring. Then the REAL decorating ca begin!! 🙌🏻
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count?
A coworker recently exposed me to the costco brand of salted caramel macadamia nut clusters, and holy shit I could go down in a blaze of glory and eat a whole Costco sized tub. I had to exercise serious restraint not buying a tub the last time I was there, but it was HARD
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Post by babystandish on May 27, 2019 14:45:35 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 25w/baseball glove/sept 9
FTM, Etc: 3TM
Appointments: tomorrow
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): green
Milestones: viability last week i think
Symptoms: getting large lol bending down is getting harder
Rants: baby is starting to take up room so I’m getting full faster when I eat
Raves: thankful that I’m still able to run even if it’s the hardest pregnancy so far
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? Ice cream. I don’t actually care about calories. One of the good things about being a long distance runner. I eat to fuel myself and allow treats often.
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 27, 2019 17:22:05 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 20/Oct 14
FTM, Etc: TTM
Appointments: Anatomy scan Wednesday
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): finding out, 16w ultrasound was pink, we’ll confirm this week
Milestones: half way
Symptoms:
Rants: My FIL was making small talk at a family party this weekend and he said to me, verbatim, “guess you’re gaining a lot of weight now.” To which I replied, “uhhhhh, wow. WOW. Thanks for noticing?” 😦 FTR, I don’t think I’m huge, you know, just on my third kid, and in my later 30s. Whatever, even if I was whale sized, just not a thing one should say.
Raves: excited to finally pin down the sex of this baby and purge some closets.
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? Salty carbs, I love chips and guacamole...and a jalapeño marg on the rocks. Omg, first weekend after I pop out this kid!!
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Post by Ken Adams on May 28, 2019 7:18:22 GMT -6
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Post by Ken Adams on May 28, 2019 7:22:34 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 20+1, banana, 10/14 FTM, Etc: 2nd Appointments: Thursday or Friday.. I need to look in my planner. Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): Pink Milestones: Halfway! Well, more than really because RCS. How is this happening so fast?  Symptoms: A lot of RLP. That's pretty much it. Rants: Standard: "MY CHILD HAS NO NAME." Which really annoys me more than it should. Raves: I feel good!
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? I love sweets like zebra cakes and twinkies, star crunch. The oldies but goodies. Shit that is definitely not good for you.
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Post by randomosity on May 28, 2019 7:44:17 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD:22w3d/papaya/9.27
FTM, Etc: 4th baby
Appointments: end of this month and an u/s next week.
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): Pink
Milestones:
Symptoms: tired. I dont know if it's because this is my 4th or because I'm older, but I don't remember being this tired with my previous pregnancies!
Rants: finding a decent house is proving to be difficult 🙄
Raves: Otherwise, feeling pretty good.
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count?
I love warm brownies or some sort of fruit cobbler/crisp with vanilla ice cream topping it. So good.
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Post by cmb on May 28, 2019 10:37:23 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: Oct 3/ 21w
FTM, Etc: 3rd
Appointments: MW and MFM on 6/13
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): pink
Milestones: T-2w2d until viability!
Symptoms: ugh. All of it. Carpal/tarsal tunnel. Irritability. Heartburn. Insomnia. SPD
Rants: I had one not normal for me BP at my 20w app, which earned me a pre-e diagnosis. 🤔 I’m not quite sure if I agree with that unless they’re looking at the fact that I already take magnesium supplements and BA for other issues 🤷🏼♀️ I had a rough jump in weight due to water retention, too 😪
Raves: well over halfway!
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count?
Snyder’s jalapeño pretzel bites. Yum!! DS2 loves them as well 😂
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Post by goldenlove on May 28, 2019 12:02:08 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 25w2d, Napa Cabbage, 9/8
FTM, Etc: STM
Appointments: Weekly doppler checks and growth scan in a month.
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): Pink
Milestones: I think we're at viability now.
Symptoms: Heartburn, starting to show a little more.
Rants: Went in for a growth scan and they have concerns again. She's measuring small so I'm going in for weekly monitoring. They also couldn't see the stomach once again and they see weird shadowing so now I'm going in for an MRI to get a better picture. I just want things to be ok.
Raves: I think I have a paint color picked out for the nursery! No idea when that'll get done though.
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? Right now it's milkshakes because it gives me heartburn relief lol. But I'll take all the cookies, cake and brownies. My sweet tooth is bad lately.
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Post by goldenlove on May 28, 2019 12:03:58 GMT -6
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Post by moonandback141 on May 28, 2019 13:10:13 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 21/baseball cap/October 7
FTM, Etc: 3rd timer
Appointments: I think June 20th?
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): green
Milestones: finally got around to ordering the pregnancy journal for this one—now have to carve some time to backtrack and fill it all out! Will be referencing many of my old posts to do so ha.
Symptoms: occasional Braxton Hicks have started.
Rants: Nada
Raves: bread and butter pickles. Mmm.
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? Anything with peanut butter and chocolate.
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Post by doodlemommy on May 28, 2019 14:52:36 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 19, zucchini, oct 22
FTM, Etc: TTM
Appointments: A/S on Friday!
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): green
Milestones: apparently baby is getting hair
Symptoms: not much annoying at the moment!
Rants: I’m in an awkward stage of not needing my maternity clothes but my regular clothes just don’t feel right. Ugh.
Raves: loving being a bit less tired the last couple weeks!
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? Hmm...depending on my mood something like warm brownies with raspberries or soft pretzels with jalapeño cheese
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 29, 2019 8:38:36 GMT -6
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Post by musicallyinclined on May 29, 2019 9:00:08 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 20!/Banana/10/16
FTM, Etc: 3TM
Appointments: A/S next week
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): blue, hoping for confirmation of this next week. If it turns out we are actually pink, DH is going to keel over in joy. That man wants a daughter so bad it hurts.
Milestones: HALFWAY!
Symptoms: migraines, got some meds that are helping, but still getting them with frequency
Rants: I need a nap daily to function and it makes me feel like a slacker mother
Raves: my older boys are getting excited now which is fun.
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? I don't care about calories, so, it's always ice cream. I eat less than I used to, but still a lot.
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Post by goldenlove on May 29, 2019 10:33:59 GMT -6
It's on the 13th. I'm already panicking thinking about being in a tube for so long. |
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Post by stayingblonde on May 29, 2019 14:33:17 GMT -6
Week/Fruit/EDD: 20w2d / endive / Oct 14
FTM, Etc: STM
Appointments: June 18th. I had a bunch in a row, so it's nice to have a little break.
Team (pink, blue, green, finding out): Blue
Milestones: Had my anatomy scan last week. Everything looks good, which is a relief. Being old, I was really concerned about problems, but NIPT, 2nd tri screening, and anatomy scan all came back normal, so I think I can relax for now. Baby is measuring quite a big larger than my due date. Dr didn't seem concerned enough to change my due date, but they did schedule me to come back for a growth scan to see if anything changes. He was right along with my due date at the previous u/s.
Also, I finally stopped trying to hide the bump from my students and started coming to work in straight body con (work appropriate body con, of course) maternity clothes. I'm kinda trolling my senior class because I know they know, but I haven't told them and they haven't said anything to me. I want to see when someone finally breaks down and asks. I'm going to start rubbing my belly and standing with my hands on my back and stuff to see what they do.
Symptoms: Aside from the constant peeing, I'm feeling really good right now.
Rants: re: finally wearing maternity clothes to work, an older woman I work with came up to me at break today and said, "Is that a baby bump?!" Then she went on to say, "I figured it must be because I know when you gain weight it's in your hips, not your stomach." Lady...did that really need to be said? Can't you just say congratulations? Yeesh.
Also, MH and I haven't even talked about names. He threw out one name I'm a little meh about and then we never discussed it again (aside from my son suggesting Baby Mickey Mouse as a name.) It's probably hormones, but I'm feeling like he's just not as into this pregnancy as he was the last one and it's bumming me out. I'm feeling a lot of emo feelings about our relationship lately anyway, so this is just another layer. Ho hum.
Raves: Woaaahhhh, I'm halfway there!
Also, talked to HR yesterday and some law has passed since I had my son that gives me significantly more maternity leave than the pathetic six weeks I had with him. I'm very excited to not have to rush back to work when my son is pretty much fresh from my vagina and I'm still wearing mesh underwear. (Ok, being a little dramatic, but six weeks is WAY too soon.)
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure treat if calories didn’t count? OMG literally any sweets. I have the biggest sweet tooth. Give me all the chocolate, for every meal.
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 29, 2019 15:04:54 GMT -6
It's on the 13th. I'm already panicking thinking about being in a tube for so long. I had an old fashioned MRI in the 80s, was also not impressed by the tube, but my mom got me a sweet Casio keyboard after as a special birthday/post-MRI treat. Hope yours goes well! |
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 29, 2019 15:11:02 GMT -6
We had our anatomy scan today. They found an echogenic focus and some small amount of fluid around the baby’s heart. The midwife needs to chat with the doctor and call me back on Friday before we decide what to do, but now I’m spiraling. She said we should be encouraged that all our screening thus far has been normal, but my NIPT also came back as male (the surviving twin has been confirmed female) so I’m less comforted than I should be.
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Post by goldenlove on May 29, 2019 16:37:05 GMT -6
It's on the 13th. I'm already panicking thinking about being in a tube for so long. I had an old fashioned MRI in the 80s, was also not impressed by the tube, but my mom got me a sweet Casio keyboard after as a special birthday/post-MRI treat. Hope yours goes well! That's the most 80s gift ever 😂 |
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Post by cmb on May 29, 2019 16:44:58 GMT -6
We had our anatomy scan today. They found an echogenic focus and some small amount of fluid around the baby’s heart. The midwife needs to chat with the doctor and call me back on Friday before we decide what to do, but now I’m spiraling. She said we should be encouraged that all our screening thus far has been normal, but my NIPT also came back as male (the surviving twin has been confirmed female) so I’m less comforted than I should be. Oh no, good thoughts! What NIPT did you have done? They told me only one of them has yet to report an incorrect sex (panorama) so it is possible they were picking up the DNA from both twins and unable to distinguish from them |
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Post by goldenlove on May 29, 2019 16:49:51 GMT -6
We had our anatomy scan today. They found an echogenic focus and some small amount of fluid around the baby’s heart. The midwife needs to chat with the doctor and call me back on Friday before we decide what to do, but now I’m spiraling. She said we should be encouraged that all our screening thus far has been normal, but my NIPT also came back as male (the surviving twin has been confirmed female) so I’m less comforted than I should be. My paperwork says baby has an EIF also but I don't remember them really talking about it much. We did get an echo done and the cardiologist said her heart looked perfectly normal (as far as they can tell). They'll do an echo after she's born but overall they didn't seem concerned about her heart. Hope everything turns out ok! |
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 29, 2019 17:04:57 GMT -6
We had our anatomy scan today. They found an echogenic focus and some small amount of fluid around the baby’s heart. The midwife needs to chat with the doctor and call me back on Friday before we decide what to do, but now I’m spiraling. She said we should be encouraged that all our screening thus far has been normal, but my NIPT also came back as male (the surviving twin has been confirmed female) so I’m less comforted than I should be. Oh no, good thoughts! What NIPT did you have done? They told me only one of them has yet to report an incorrect sex (panorama) so it is possible they were picking up the DNA from both twins and unable to distinguish from them I had the materniT21, and yes, I believe if there is a Y chromosome detected that means at least one boy, not necessarily two. I guess I’m just concerned about the percent of chromosomal material from each fetus, and there being less to determine normal versus abnormal? |
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Post by stayingblonde on May 29, 2019 17:04:58 GMT -6
We had our anatomy scan today. They found an echogenic focus and some small amount of fluid around the baby’s heart. The midwife needs to chat with the doctor and call me back on Friday before we decide what to do, but now I’m spiraling. She said we should be encouraged that all our screening thus far has been normal, but my NIPT also came back as male (the surviving twin has been confirmed female) so I’m less comforted than I should be. Sending love your way xoxo |
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Post by cmb on May 29, 2019 17:27:27 GMT -6
Oh no, good thoughts! What NIPT did you have done? They told me only one of them has yet to report an incorrect sex (panorama) so it is possible they were picking up the DNA from both twins and unable to distinguish from them I had the materniT21, and yes, I believe if there is a Y chromosome detected that means at least one boy, not necessarily two. I guess I’m just concerned about the percent of chromosomal material from each fetus, and there being less to determine normal versus abnormal? My understanding with that one is it screens the dna enough to be able to pick up if any genetic conditions exist; it just isn’t able to distinguish enough from multiples. It’s more looking at the numbers vs the content. So, while it’s picking up Y chromosomes, it also isn’t picking up any trisomies or monosomies. It just isn’t able to look at cell #1 and see that it isn’t the genetic equivalent of cell #2, if any of that makes sense |
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 29, 2019 18:44:03 GMT -6
I had the materniT21, and yes, I believe if there is a Y chromosome detected that means at least one boy, not necessarily two. I guess I’m just concerned about the percent of chromosomal material from each fetus, and there being less to determine normal versus abnormal? My understanding with that one is it screens the dna enough to be able to pick up if any genetic conditions exist; it just isn’t able to distinguish enough from multiples. It’s more looking at the numbers vs the content. So, while it’s picking up Y chromosomes, it also isn’t picking up any trisomies or monosomies. It just isn’t able to look at cell #1 and see that it isn’t the genetic equivalent of cell #2, if any of that makes sense I think it makes sense. I’m not sure if this is correct either, but my concern was if the test looks at a “fetal fraction” of DNA to screen for abnormalities, and there are two babies (that are genetically different) contributing to the fraction, could the surviving twin not contribute enough DNA to come up with an accurate screening result. I just logged into LabCorp to check my results, and my fetal fraction was reported as 14%, which I think is pretty good? Googling tells me you can get inconclusive results when fetal fraction is less than 4%. |
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Post by moonandback141 on May 29, 2019 19:24:17 GMT -6
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Post by cmb on May 30, 2019 3:53:48 GMT -6
My understanding with that one is it screens the dna enough to be able to pick up if any genetic conditions exist; it just isn’t able to distinguish enough from multiples. It’s more looking at the numbers vs the content. So, while it’s picking up Y chromosomes, it also isn’t picking up any trisomies or monosomies. It just isn’t able to look at cell #1 and see that it isn’t the genetic equivalent of cell #2, if any of that makes sense I think it makes sense. I’m not sure if this is correct either, but my concern was if the test looks at a “fetal fraction” of DNA to screen for abnormalities, and there are two babies (that are genetically different) contributing to the fraction, could the surviving twin not contribute enough DNA to come up with an accurate screening result. I just logged into LabCorp to check my results, and my fetal fraction was reported as 14%, which I think is pretty good? Googling tells me you can get inconclusive results when fetal fraction is less than 4%. That’s really good! Both my singletons only gave 6-8%, so I would think you are okay on that front- the fetal fraction increases with gestational age |
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Post by moonandback141 on May 31, 2019 9:09:05 GMT -6
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on May 31, 2019 11:52:29 GMT -6
Thank you, I’m playing phone tag with the office, but it sounds like they’re referring me to MFM for a level 2 ultrasound. |
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Post by babystandish on May 31, 2019 11:53:26 GMT -6
aeroplaneoverthesea I had an EIF with DS1 and have it again this pregnancy, but now at 25w it's starting to fade so I'm hoping the same happens to you. Thinking good thoughts for you <3
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