Pregnancy Check-in

KH826

Howdy Pregnant Friends!

How are you all doing/feeling? Any updates? Please remind us how far along you are and what your EDD is!

QOTW: In honor of the surprise snow storm that we received here in Philly yesterday, tell us about the weather where you live and what you most look forward to and most dread about the weather with your future little one(s).

YBnormal85

Edd April 24, 20w4d

I have been feeling pretty well lately. Looks like I have gained about 4 lbs this past month, up u til this point I hadn't gained anything yet.We have our ultrasound Thurs and can't wait to see our little noodle.Baby has been super active, and seems to be getting stronger by the day! DW felt the baby kick yesterday for the first time...I was so excited for her!!

The weather on our area of Pa is still a bit icey and snowy.I am grateful I don't have to commute to work anymore, I always hated driving in bad weather. I look forward to next winter with the baby...but hate that dw often has to go into work if the weather is bad (she works for the electric company).

KH826

I am 14w6d today. EDD is 6/3/2014.

You know, I don't really have much to report at this point. I am in that kind of strange phase that I have heard other folks talk about where my 1st tri woes have faded, but I haven't started feeling movement yet, so I don't really "feel pregnant" anymore... I have to keep reminding myself that this is relatively common and I am lucky that my nausea and other early symptoms have faded. I still have sporadic heartburn, and my breasts have been overly sensitive (and ginormous!), but otherwise I am feeling relatively "normal" these days. 2 more weeks until our next appointment and ultrasound. I am hoping that time goes quickly, because I am starting to need some reassurance that all is well.

QOTW: Holy cow surprise snow storm! We were supposed to get 1 inch of snow and then a "wintry mix" here in Philadelphia yesterday, and it turned into about 6 inches of snow where I live followed by ice. The roads were quite bad, since a) the snow fell really fast and accumulated quickly, and b) no one was prepared for it, so people were out and about when the weather got bad and the road crews couldn't keep up with plowing/sanding, etc. Anywho, I am most looking forward to playing with our future kiddos in the snow, and building snow people and going sledding! I am most dreading having to worry about getting from point A to point B is bad weather with precious cargo. Yesterday I was trying to get home from the grocery store in the height of the storm and I was so much more nervous than I ever had been in previous storms. I usually am not phased by driving in the snow, but yesterday I kept thinking "oh my gosh, I am pregnant, I can't get in a car accident. I have to be careful not to slip and fall!"... I think I am going to be a nervous nelly!

Jazibel

19weeks and 6 days, EDD 4/29/13

I can't believe I'll be 20 weeks tomorrow. The last few months have flown by - but oddly the end of April seems so far away.  Baby's movement is getting stronger which I love so much. My boobs are getting really heavy, and my belly sticks out so much people have remarked on my pregnancy while I'm wearing a down winter coat.  I dug out the pregnancy pillow, which has made sleeping way more comfortable, though this weird thing happens where I have pain if I move positions too quickly in my bladder/uterus area.  This happened with Kaden too - when I get out of bed I have to rotate my hips slowly and wait before sitting up, or standing.  It's very odd.  Or next appointment is on the 19th for our a/s scan.  Looking forward to seeing Baby again, and hopefully hearing good news.

QOTD:   The weather here has been really cold, 40's during the day and 30's at night (I think it dropped to the 20's) one night.  We're in the rainy season, but so far it has mostly only rained at night - if at all.  I grew up in Northern New Jersey and used to love the snow.  Though I don't miss shoveling, and climbing snowbanks to get to sidewalks - I love snow in the winter, especially around the holidays.  EV and I talked about maybe taking a trip to the snow here in Northern CA (tahoe area). I think Kaden would love it. To be honest I'm not looking forward to bundling babies and kids up in and out of the car while running errands (this was my weekend).  But I love being all cozy in our warm house doing indoor arts and activities. 

redrockmama

9w6d EDD July 7th

I wrote an update in my GTKY post, but we had our ultrasound on Friday and got to see little Bubbles. We didn't get to hear the heartbeat but we saw it. It was so great to finally see that there is a baby growing in there. I accidently left one of our cars unlocked on Saturday night and someone made quite a mess of it looking for valuables. Good thing we don't have any haha. They took a GPS that doesn't work so I'm not too upset. The same night our neighbor had his phone stolen from his truck, probably just teenagers but annoying anyways. 

QOTW: It's been snowing a ton here the past week. I shoveled so much snow on Sunday morning and then it dropped another few inches last night. I'm so sore from the shoveling, but it was certainly a good workout. At least it's sunny out now. I look forward to having fun with our little ones in the snow. I grew up here, and in Minnesota so I'm used to it and loved it growing up. Snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating, sledding, snowball fights, it will all be a blast. 

ball.and.chain

9w1d -- 7/13/14

I'm doing OK. Queasiness has become more frequent, though it is still infrequent and very mild (I never have to throw up; I just feel kind of off occasionally, especially when my stomach is empty or yesterday when I ate too many cookies at a cookie swap!). So SO tired. I haven't been sleeping well and that is just making things worse. Last night our phone rang at 3:30 AM. I jumped up to get it but it never rang again, there was no number on the caller ID, etc. Of course if the phone rings in the middle of the night I always immediately think something is wrong, so the adrenaline starts pumping immediately and I have a hard time falling asleep again -- last night it didn't happen until about 5:30 and then I had to get up at 6. Add to that a gross commute (freezing rain and some snow/ice on the cars and roads), subway delays and hunger, and I was feeling pretty cranky this morning. But since I got to work the day has been going well.

I have a fair amount of anxiety about my first OB appointment on Wednesday. For starters there is the confusion about our baby's hb last week -- until I see it beating again, I am going to be worried that something was wrong. On top of that, we found out my first pregnancy wasn't viable on December 11th of last year, so Wednesday is the year anniversary of that. AND my second pregnancy stopped growing between RE graduation and first midwife appointment -- exactly the space of time I'm in right now -- plus we found out about it at 9w5d, which I will be this Friday. We are getting an u/s on Wednesday -- it wasn't standard but I called and requested it -- so hopefully everything will look good and if I can get through this week, I will have made it through ALL loss milestones and maybe I'll be able to breathe a little easier. (Maybe!)

QOTW: We live in New England, so we can get a fair amount of snow in the winter and it is usually pretty cold from November/December through mid-April at least. I like snow to a point, but it gets old after a while (especially shoveling, driving in it, etc). I am looking forward to sledding with our kids -- we have a pretty good hill near our house -- but I am not looking forward to how long it takes to get them all bundled up to go outside -- at which point they have to go to the bathroom and you have to undo it all over again. On the flip side, we don't have central A/C -- just a few window units -- and it gets pretty hot and humid here in the summer. So there's a part of my that's dreading being on maternity leave in the summer, with a hot sticky baby, when I could be in my nice cool office! Still, I'll take a healthy baby whenever I can get it.

kboydbowman

~6 weeks, due date of Aug. 6th or 7th.

Other than sore boobies, I am relatively light in the symptom department (although I appear to have gained a cup size in the last several days).  Mild nausea, some interesting food desires (I don't know that I would go so far as to call them "cravings" yet).  Lots of tiredness though - fortunately I've been able to do a fair amount of napping.  My wife sent me a very cute cartoon about "womb service," which she is likely now regretting, as "womb service" now frequently rings her up!

The weather:  I am in Icepocalypse Land - northern DFW metro area and they do *not* know how to deal with snow and ice down here, so most people have been functionally iced in since about Thursday afternoon.  Today is the first day we've really gotten any significant meltage.

kboydbowman

Oh hi there @KLeigh1!  I am actually in Denton.

Greysmom13

@kboybbowman I live in Weatherford and work in Ft Worth. I have been iced in for a few days and today was my first day back to work. My driveway and front yard are completely COVERED in ice! I have confidence in my ability to drive in the Icepocalypse it just everyone else's driving that I worry about!! If this is any indication this is going to be a cold winter.

I am 38.4 weeks, EDD 12/20. Needless to say I'm at the point where I'm just uncomfortable all.the.time. But I know my little man will come when he's ready. After tomorrow I have six days off so I'm going to relax, and Saturday my friends are having a baby shower for me I'm so ready to meet him!! I keep telling him that there is sooo much more room out in the world so when he's ready, come on out (and then my sore ribs will get a break). I'm just waiting for him at this point. Worse than counting down for Santa as a kid!!

twomummas

Hello!
I'm not sure if I've posted here before or not.
I'm currently 10w5d and due 8th July 2014.
My partner and I have been together nearly 7 years and live in Australia.
We fell pregnant through a fertility clinic doing IUI and using imported sperm from America.
We were lucky enough to fall first try and this is our first baby.
Not long until our 12 week scan which we're looking forward to and mostly I can't wait for piece of mind because the only other scan we had was at 6 weeks which seems forever ago and we want to know everything is going ok. If morning sickness is anything to go by I think it's all going according to schedule.
I look forward to chatting to others. Congrats to those others who are pregnant also!