HBD 10/11

[sweetc129]

Hope you don't mind I started this 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: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be?

[sweetc129]

Weeks pregnant: 17 tomorrow

Baby is the size of a: Turnip

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: TTM

Team: BLUE

Appointments: Not until my A/S on 11/1

Symptoms: Not really

Milestones: Starting to feel baby move

Rants/Raves/Vents: Starting to feel baby move.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? Little Women

[mattsgirl2004]

Weeks pregnant:
14w2d

Baby is the size of a:
I don't even know

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
4th

Team:
Blue!

Appointments:
I don't have another appointment until the 24th

Symptoms:
Not much for symptoms. I can feel flutters here and there though. Loving it!

Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents:
I'm sick again! Ugh. I'm sure it's same nasty sinus infection the rest of my family has been fighting for a few weeks. Wish I could take something for relief.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be?

Oh man. I'm not sure. Little Women used to be my favorite book and I've read it several times already. So, I'd say that book.

[mattsgirl2004]

sweetc129 I didn't even see that you picked Little Women too! I love that book. Brings back many memories from when I was a young teenager reading it in my room or snuggled up on the couch.

[polson]

mattsgirl2004 sorry you're sick! i just got over my cold and am feeling guilty i caved and took sudafed...hope you get over it quickly!

Weeks pregnant: 18+5


Baby is the size of a: croissant


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm


Team: finding out


Appointments: anatomy scan this friday


Symptoms: not a whole lot going on, still slightly emotional/weepy


Milestones: feeling baby pretty much daily now


Rants/Raves/Vents: can't wait to find out sex of baby on friday...my gut has been telling me it's a boy, but some days feeling girl - so i guess 50/50😜


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? if i was going to choose a classic it would be sense and sensibility. something published recently rules of civility. i have read both many times. ffwc i have never read little women - it is on my list though!

[mattsgirl2004]

polson Thanks! Did you take regular Sudafed? I can't seem to find just plain Sudafed anywhere, only a variation of it (ie: Sudafed PE, Sudafed Severe Cold, etc). My list approved med list just says Sudafed.

[polson]

Oct 11, 2017 8:40:27 GMT -6 mattsgirl2004 said:

polson Thanks! Did you take regular Sudafed? I can't seem to find just plain Sudafed anywhere, only a variation of it (ie: Sudafed PE, Sudafed Severe Cold, etc). My list approved med list just says Sudafed.

i think h found it at walgreens or cvs.  it was a little difficult to find the plain old pseudoephedrine and not the pe stuff.  full disclosure, i took the extended release/12 hour stuff which was 120 mg, not the normal 30-60mg (which i didn't know was supposed to be the recommended dose after doing an internet search). the guidelines i was given were pretty vague, so i wish i would have called nurseline.  i only took it one night because i was desperate.

[babybean]

Weeks pregnant: 18+1

Baby is the size of a: sugar glider

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Green

Appointments: midwife today. The hospital still hasn’t gotten back to me for my AS/MFM consult (!!!😑) so yeeeaahhhh.

Symptoms: Sore and grumpy AF.

Milestones: been feeling baby for a few weeks.

Rants/Raves/Vents: DS has a cold, he’s rarely sick so it’s been rough on him and our routine. I look like a zombie too.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? My favourite book is East of Eden. Idk which one I would pick to read over and over forever though.

[Rama]

Weeks pregnant: 15,5

Baby is the size of a: Spongebob Squarepants (apparently)/box of crayons

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

Team: Green

Appointments: Next Monday, regular OB visit

Symptoms: Moody, bloated, eat all the sweets

Milestones: Uh, I found the HB on doppler super easy last time we tried? Does that count? I don't feel like that's a milestone.

Rants/Raves/Vents: I'm sick of my job. Just in general. No one is making it hard on me, but the job itself just feels overwhelming and antagonistic. I think I might just be having a harsh reaction to it right now because I'm tired and slow and things aren't the same they were before getting pregnant and it's affecting my performance. I'm just frustrated right now and all I can think about is quitting.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? Just ONE book? How could you do this to me?!?! I can't do that. There is literally not any one book that I could choose to read forever. Maybe if I could write, too, I could choose one? MAYBE.

[clementine]

Weeks pregnant: 19 + 5


Baby is the size of a: zucchini, or gameboy


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: FTM


Team: Finding out


Appointments: AS on Friday, I could not be more excited!


Symptoms: all the emotions, more irregular heartbeat today which is weird since they haven't adjusted my thyroid meds recently.


Milestones: Feeling the baby move more and more - basically every morning. It is THE best feeling!


Rants/Raves/Vents: I've been dealing with this horrible sinus congestion for several days now. At first I thought I also had a cavity, but now all my teeth hurt and I'm guessing it's just the congestion. It feels like when I had braces and I had just gone to the orthodontist and could only eat mashed potatoes and pudding for the next couple days. DNW to revisit those days.


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? I'm going to cheat and say the whole Harry Potter series. I am one huge HP nerd. I guess if I had to choose one, it would be HP and the Half-Blood Prince.

You get a nice double bump pic today courtesy of the only mirror at work that’s not in a bathroom.

[mirabelle]

Weeks pregnant: 16w2d


Baby is the size of a: avacado


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: stm


Team: green


Appointments: anatomy scan next month, about 4 weeks away


Symptoms: tired, grouchy, hungry


Milestones:


Rants/Raves/Vents:


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be?
Gone With the Wind

[clementine]

I’m loving the GTKY this week. Give me all the books. Rama I see you must also be a huge book lover, any favs you care to recommend? I’m in need of a new book!

[polson]

i love seeing all these bumps!

[katietopaz]

Weeks pregnant: 15w6d


Baby is the size of a: box of crayons, navel orange


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: finding out


Appointments: check-up next Thursday


Symptoms: tailbone pain, stuffy nose


Milestones: none I can think of this week


Rants/Raves/Vents: fingers crossed, we're hoping to find out the gender tomorrow! We have an appt in the evening at a local early ultrasound boutique. I'm very nervous about finding out - I don't have a super strong feeling either way like I did with DS.


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? This is cruel. I have a massive bookshelf full of books, and I'm betraying them by trying to decide, haha. If I could narrow it down to an author, I could maybe say Tamora Pierce.

[Rama]

Oct 11, 2017 9:43:20 GMT -6 clementine said:

I’m loving the GTKY this week. Give me all the books. Rama I see you must also be a huge book lover, any favs you care to recommend? I’m in need of a new book!

What do you like to read?

[cornpop]

Bonus points for bloat, blump, bump pics:)

Weeks pregnant:  16w1d

Baby is the size of a:  Avocado

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:  STM

Team:  PINK

Appointments:  Today with the midwife

Symptoms:  Always either hungry or full.

Milestones:  I think I'm starting to feel little flutters from the baby

Rants/Raves/Vents:  I need to figure out this prenatal thing.  I've felt so much better the past 5 days without taking them.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be?  OMG one book.  I read constantly.  I don't know how to pick one.  Maybe Love is a Mixed Tape by Rob Sheffield.

[Leaf 🌱]

Weeks pregnant:13w5d

Baby is the size of a: jalapeño?

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Green

Appointments: halloween, just a regular OB check up.

Symptoms: tired, but I’m not so nauseous any more!!

Milestones: openly wearing maternity clothes now bc fuck being uncomfortable.

Rants/Raves/Vents: related to my “milestone” I’m really tired of looking chubby and not pregnant. It’s just so annoying.

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? Any of Ken Follett’d big, trilogy books. They’re wonderful and feel like 5 fantastic books in one.

[clementine]

Oct 11, 2017 9:48:48 GMT -6 Rama said:

Oct 11, 2017 9:43:20 GMT -6 clementine said:

I’m loving the GTKY this week. Give me all the books. Rama I see you must also be a huge book lover, any favs you care to recommend? I’m in need of a new book!

What do you like to read?

I like mysteries/thrillers, historical fiction, any novels really as long as they aren’t strictly romance.

[polson]

clementine i'm not rama but have you read the nightingale by kristin hannah? one of the best historical novels i've read in awhile. i am a big fan of wwII fiction. also excited about this week's grey and to see everyone's responses!

[Rama]

Oct 11, 2017 9:59:11 GMT -6 clementine said:

Oct 11, 2017 9:48:48 GMT -6 Rama said:

What do you like to read?

I like mysteries/thrillers, historical fiction, any novels really as long as they aren’t strictly romance.

Hmmm.  It's been awhile since I read a good mystery, but if you want to give a supernatural fantasy (I think most people call it an Urban Fantasy genre?) a try, I'd recommend Nightlife by Rob Thurman.  Has some pining/eventual romance later in the series, but it's far from the focus of the narrative.  Mostly a lot of shenanigans and "how the hell did I get into this?" kind of situations.  I like it a lot.

Here's the blurb from the back of the book:
There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that since I can remember, just like I’ve always known I was one ... Well, half of one, anyway.

Welcome to New York City - a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side. Most humans are oblivious to the preternatural nightlife around them, but Cal Leandros is only half human.

His father’s dark lineage is the stuff of nightmares – and his entire otherworldly elf race are after Cal. His half brother, Niko, gave up college to keep them on the run for four years, but now the Grendel monsters are back. And Cal is about to learn why they want him. He is the key to unleashing their hell on earth. The fate of the human world will be decided in the fight of Cal’s life...

[babybean]

Poof

[polson]

the all souls trilogy by deborah harkness is also really good!

[sweetc129]

Oct 11, 2017 10:08:58 GMT -6 polson said:

clementine i'm not rama but have you read the nightingale by kristin hannah? one of the best historical novels i've read in awhile. i am a big fan of wwII fiction. also excited about this week's grey and to see everyone's responses!

I read this when my second was a baby. I remember she had fallen asleep but I still stayed up to finish it.

If you love WWII fiction have you read The Bronze Horseman trilogy? If not...RUN don't walk!!

[polson]

sweetc129 i'll add it to my goodreads! trying go get in all the reading in i can before march

[sailsandstitches]

Weeks pregnant: 11 + 2


Baby is the size of a: lime


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: leaning towards finding out this time


Appointments: first us and OB appt tomorrow (finally!!)


Symptoms: most annoying right now is nausea/ food aversions (which is getting better), my skin looking even worse than usual and breast tenderness (which my toddler won't leave alone)


Milestones: first appt


Rants/Raves/Vents: getting really anxious for my appt tomorrow. Kind of annoyed it took this long to get in with my existing OB


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? I'm going with clementine and also cheating by saying the HP series

ETA "bump" pic.

[pearbear]

Weeks pregnant: 13w3d


Baby is the size of a: Jalapeno


FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM


Team: Pink!


Appointments: Nothing until November


Symptoms: Thankfully most of my symptoms have subsided. Now I am just dealing with crazy/vivid dreams. Two nights ago I dreamt I was in labor and it was so real that I woke up in a cold sweat. Last night I had really involved dreams about the Cleveland Indians (I do not really even follow them) and that game 5 went into so many extra innings that it was still going on at 10am the next day. Bizarre.


Milestones: I received my bloodwork results on Monday and found out the baby is health and a girl


Rants/Raves/Vents: I kind of hate this stage where I am definitely larger than normal, but do not have an actual bump yet. I just feel kind of fluffy and gross. I will be excited when the bump actually pops.


GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be? I couldn't do this. I never re-read books. I love to read new things and would hate wasting time on something I already read.

[clementine]

Oct 11, 2017 10:08:58 GMT -6 polson said:

clementine i'm not rama but have you read the nightingale by kristin hannah? one of the best historical novels i've read in awhile. i am a big fan of wwII fiction. also excited about this week's grey and to see everyone's responses!

I don’t discriminate on book recs. If you like books, then I like you. But yesss,I loved that book! I’m a huge fan of WWII fiction too. You should read Lilac Girls if you haven’t yet.

[clementine]

Thanks for the recs Rama and sweetc129. Both sound interesting!

[smootiepie]

Weeks pregnant: 14w2d

Baby is the size of a: large lemon

FTM/STM/TTM/etc: STM

Team: Blue

Appointments: had one last Friday, and got yet another surprise u/s - dr says it's usually too early to see, but she thinks she spotted a penis . Next w/ the OB on 10/27

Symptoms: sore boobs, heartburn, RLP, very very mild nausea

Milestones: SECOND TRI!!!!!!!! Oh, and def feeling movement (although it's more him rolling around occasionally rather than the "pops" of kicking/punching)

Rants/Raves/Vents: basically the smell of any food right now makes me insta-hungry. Doesn't matter what the food is, or when I last ate, I need that food RIGHT MEOW.

GTKY: I'm not much of a bookworm (eek...looks like I'm in the minority), but I did like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series.

[tinyjoys]

Weeks pregnant:
11 on Saturday.

Baby is the size of a:
Somewhere between Ferrero Rocher & donut hole. Huh.

FTM/STM/TTM/etc:
Third.

Team:
GREEN!

Appointments:
One this afternoon, "perfect" 10.5 week fetus swimming around and moving like crazy. I also got the referral for the MFM and I'm waiting for them to call me back for the appointment.

Symptoms:
Nausea, exhaustion, sore boobs, pregnancy brain.

Milestones:
Over a quarter of the way through now. Yay! Assuming I may get a delivery day at my next appointment in 4 weeks. I'd like to have an end date to look forward to.

Rants/Raves/Vents:
N/A

GTKY: You can only read one book over and over the rest of your life, what would it be?
I read Harry Potter over & over again, so I would probably say any one of those.