Week of Dec 9

[danib]

Weeks/Due Date -

Symptoms -

The Good -

The Bad -

Milestones/Appointments -

To Do List -

[trtlcrzy]

Weeks/Due Date - 11w1d, 6/28

Symptoms - bloating, short of breath, congestion, acne, forgetfulness, occasional nausea still, so unmotivated to do anything, tired a lot.

The Good - for the most part I’m feeling pretty good.

The Bad - I keep getting super painful pimples around my mouth. I would like that to stop please.

Milestones/Appointments - appt on Thursday! After I get to see the little one on the portable ultrasound I’ll feel a lot more comfortable.

To Do List - a little bit of Christmas shopping left, but I’m doing pretty good. After my appt I will tell my boss and coworkers.

[danib]

Weeks/Due Date - 13w3d / June 11

Symptoms - boobs are getting huge, tired, headaches, occasional nausea

The Good - overall I feel pretty good. Able to do a lot more and not feeling nauseous 24/7

The Bad - headaches are really frustrating me.

Milestones/Appointments - ultrasound this Friday

To Do List - sell my house and bake 5 dozen cookies this week.

[sdlaura]

That’s quite a to do list, danib! Are you just relocating locally to a bigger place? We will feel a little squeezed with four kids in our current house, but we live 12 houses from our elementary school, so I’m not willing to give up our location for more space.

Weeks/due date - 14 weeks tomorrow/June 9

Symptoms - still headaches too. I seem to be getting a cold.

The good - we made it back safely from Fiji this afternoon. It was an awesome trip, but a night of trying to sleep in an upright airplane seat can negate a lot of vacation relaxation. We got back to our house around 3 pm and had a chance to regroup and then picked the kids up and had a good normal night with them.

The bad - I had thought my parents were in town till Saturday so we came up with a plan to tell our kids and then my parents on Friday evening. But I had their plans wrong and it turns out they’re flying home Wednesday. So we have to decide if we’re going to tell them all tomorrow evening or just not tell my parents and still tell our kids friday. Also I have two work trips/four flights this week for work

To do list - a whole lot Lots of work stuff and holiday stuff. Luckily we have a couple weekends with not too much going on before we fly cross country on the 23rd.

[danib]

sdlaura we need a bigger house. We currently don't have a bedroom for the baby and the boys rooms are too small for anyone to double up. We were planning on moving on the near future anyway, baby or not the boys need more space, now we're just on a quicker time line.

Edit plus the area we are looking to move to is right next to my mom and sisters, so closer to help for me.

[magaroni]

Weeks/Due Date - 14 + 4, June 5th

Symptoms - headaches every day, bigger boobs, definitely starting to get a bump

The Good - I’m general I’m feeling a lot better.

The Bad - I have a terrible cold right now.

Milestones/Appointments - Second trimester! I listened to the heartbeat yesterday at work.

To Do List - I’m working four 12 hour shifts this week so I’m hoping to just be able to keep up with basic household chores and laundry on my days off.

[txaggie08]

Weeks/Due Date - 15 weeks/May 30

Symptoms - heartburn, metal mouth still, irregular heartbeat

The Good - I'm finally slightly less tired, so I was able to take care of some things around the house this weekend

The Bad - my hunger is all over the place. I'll feel famished one minute and then not want to eat anything a couple minutes later. It's hard to plan meals like this.

Milestones/Appointments - I broke out the maternity shirts today so I don't just look oddly fat. My next appointment is on Monday. I'm nervously excited about it, even though it's just a normal appointment.

To Do List - Move DD upstairs so we can deep clean her room. I finally had a legit discussion with DH about the timing of this move and how he's probably going to need my help with furniture so we should do it sooner than later. All we need to do upstairs is add a lower rack in the closet, get curtains, and a shower curtain rod, so it's not too long of a list.

[willow]

Weeks/Due Date - 20w, twins arriving early to mid April

Symptoms - sleeping is difficult, occasional heartburn, growing growing growing.

The Good - I’m feeling a lot more movement now, which is fun. It’s still small but it’s there. I managed to score a like-new condition Halo Twin Bassinet over the weekend at Once Upon A Child. It retails for $485 online and I got it for $125. I feel like I won the baby gear lottery. Lol.

The Bad - Sleep sucks and it’s only going to get worse! Getting up and moving from any seat is starting to be a struggle and getting off the floor is even worse. Comparing photos from my singleton pregnancy, I didn’t look this large until around 27 weeks with that one lol.

Milestones/Appointments - I had my a/s last week and it went really well! Confirmed that it is two boys and they are measuring dead on for gestational age and also are pretty much exactly the same size too. It was fun to see them both moving around and stuff for over an hour. Next appt is on January 6.

To Do List - I think this weekend we might get some blackout shades installed in my sons new room and his current room (which will become the nursery).

[danib]

Well my To Do list just got bigger. My oldest had an allergy appointment today and while they haven't pinpointed exactly what he's allergic to, said his sinuses are practically closed shut from being so swollen/irritated. So we have to deep clean his room, remove EVERYTHHING from it (books, toys, nick-nacks, etc) and find new homes for it all, plus buy an air purifier and a few other things. Fun fun. As if we weren't busy enough lol.

[Radley]

Weeks/Due Date - 11w 3d/June 27th

Symptoms - Bloating, cramping, awful nausea and gagging, fatigue

The Good - Not throwing up like I did. Still pregnant.

The Bad - nervous as always about my 12 week ultrasound. After 5 losses it’s hard to feel like everything is going to be okay. I tried going in the baby section at the store the other day and just felt like a couldn’t breath so I haven’t done that again. Makes me nervous to know I’ll need to buy maternity things and baby things. It feels like jinxing it.

Milestones/Appointments - So close to the 2nd tri and my 12 week ultrasound on the 17th.

To Do List - so much Christmas stuff

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 10, 2019 10:21:17 GMT -6 danib said:

Well my To Do list just got bigger. My oldest had an allergy appointment today and while they haven't pinpointed exactly what he's allergic to, said his sinuses are practically closed shut from being so swollen/irritated. So we have to deep clean his room, remove EVERYTHHING from it (books, toys, nick-nacks, etc) and find new homes for it all, plus buy an air purifier and a few other things. Fun fun. As if we weren't busy enough lol.

That sucks so hard! Can you just box some of it up so it’s ready for when you move or will he miss it too much? Did the doctor recommend getting your ducts cleaned?

[danib]

Dec 10, 2019 14:57:54 GMT -6 trtlcrzy said:

Dec 10, 2019 10:21:17 GMT -6 danib said:

Well my To Do list just got bigger. My oldest had an allergy appointment today and while they haven't pinpointed exactly what he's allergic to, said his sinuses are practically closed shut from being so swollen/irritated. So we have to deep clean his room, remove EVERYTHHING from it (books, toys, nick-nacks, etc) and find new homes for it all, plus buy an air purifier and a few other things. Fun fun. As if we weren't busy enough lol.

That sucks so hard! Can you just box some of it up so it’s ready for when you move or will he miss it too much? Did the doctor recommend getting your ducts cleaned?

We are definitely going to be boxing some up. I just have to figure out what stuff I can relocate (the most important things that he uses most often) and box up the rest. I don't think he mentioned ducts, I was at a different specialist with H so DH took C to this one solo (conflicting times had me sooooo stressed), but he did suggest an air purifier.

[danib]

Anyone else having really intense dreams? I definitely remember having crazy dreams with my other pregnancies, but these have been really "real" and really triggers.

[magaroni]

Dec 11, 2019 5:19:55 GMT -6 danib said:

Anyone else having really intense dreams? I definitely remember having crazy dreams with my other pregnancies, but these have been really "real" and really triggers.

I have a had a few really intense dreams. Lash night was a bad one and every time I would fall back asleep it would pick up where it left off so I finally just stayed awake at 4:30. I didn’t want to know how it ended.

[willow]

Dec 11, 2019 5:19:55 GMT -6 danib said:

Anyone else having really intense dreams? I definitely remember having crazy dreams with my other pregnancies, but these have been really "real" and really triggers.

Yes. I have always been a vivid dreamer but pregnancy definitely magnifies it. And I swear having twins/double the hormones is making it even more crazy. I have PTSD (like actual diagnosis not being hyperbolic) and my main symptom is nightmares so making them even more intense has been really unpleasant.

[wasabi]

Weeks/Due Date - 13+4/June 13

Symptoms - I did last weeks just the other day so not much has changed. Feeling better. I’ve had some pretty bad headaches the past couple days but overall better.

The Good - feeling decent again

The Bad - eating everything in sight

Milestones/Appointments - almost into the second trimester! Woot

To Do List - Nada. Well, I’m sure lots, but I’m ignoring the to do list right now, lol. And definitely anything baby related until after Christmas.

[wasabi]

Dec 11, 2019 8:25:08 GMT -6 magaroni said:

Dec 11, 2019 5:19:55 GMT -6 danib said:

Anyone else having really intense dreams? I definitely remember having crazy dreams with my other pregnancies, but these have been really "real" and really triggers.

I have a had a few really intense dreams. Lash night was a bad one and every time I would fall back asleep it would pick up where it left off so I finally just stayed awake at 4:30. I didn’t want to know how it ended.

And yet every time it’s a good dream you wake up from, and you try to go back to sleep so it will continue, it never does. At least not for me.

I’ve had some pretty bad ones recently and it can put me in a weird headspace for the whole day. My daughter has also been in some of them which is really annoying because my brain usually does me a favor and leaves her out of my bad dreams.

[fikafairy]

I had a really vivid, really intense dream last night that involved me breastfeeding/pumping for my baby that didn't look like it was actually my baby at all - like this baby looked a tiny Moana, and I'm pretty sure between me and my husband that is not genetically remotely possible.

Also I can't remember the specifics now but I remember looking up at this house that I know I had been to before, then looking away and realizing part of it was missing, closing my eyes (in the dream!) and reopening them to make the missing part appear. Almost like a lucid dream I guess?

Very bizarre.

[trtlcrzy]

I had my appt this morning. We saw baby on the handheld ultrasound, it was moving away with a little heartbeat. I had to do an early glucose test because of my BMI, and I passed that with flying colors. While I was waiting the hour to do my blood draw I had the front desk schedule all of my appts for the rest of the pregnancy. Oh and I had to do a pap which was not delightful.

[trtlcrzy]

I got the results from my labs back and apparently I’m not immune to rubella anymore. If people weren’t crazy I would just shrug and not worry about it. But now that so many people don’t vaccinate I think it’s probably a real possibility. Ugh.

[danib]

Had my ultrasound today. Baby is measuring 14w6d. The ultrasound tech said the doctor may change my due date because it's an early enough scan. I know for a fact I can't be 14w6d though. The absolute furthest I could be is 14w3d, but chances are my calculations of 14w1d is accurate. Not gonna worry over it. I make big babies anyway so I'm not at all surprised. Other than the he dates being a bit off, everything looked perfect. We could actually see more than the tech expected (with regard to bladder/kidneys/etc). But s/he was super uncooperative with getting a head measurement. So/he was tucked tight into my pelvis the whole time, head turned away and bum stuck up in the air (which was awfully cute). I literally had to like roll from side to side to try to sway things around in there enough to roll baby out of that spot lol.