Pregnancy Check-in

KH826

Good morning expectant bumpies!

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

QOTW: How has expecting a baby (whether you/your partner are 4 weeks or 40 weeks) changed your relationship with your spouse/partner (hopefully for the better!)?

trisholio

Good morning everyone!

I am 8 weeks and my EDD is 9/2.  I am doing well overall.  I am lucky to not have a lot of nausea right now, it comes and goes but is minor over all.  I am hoping to get a good night rest one of these nights, but I doubt that is going to happen for the next 18 years.  It is one thing to wake up to pee, but I am having problems getting back to sleep.  I also have been waking up hungry or with a stomach ache, so I keep a snack on my bedside table.  I have never woke up in the middle of the night to eat before, so this is a new thing for me to accept.  I have not gained any weight yet and I am thrilled about that!

QOTD: Since finding out I am pregnant my wife and I have become much more close, if that was even possible.  We are much more cuddly, lovey and sweet to one another (with the exception of my crazy hormone swings where little things she does irritates me to death!)

KH826

20wk6d - EDD is June 3rd

Feeling tired, but otherwise fine I suppose. Haven't been sleeping hardly at all. I have this pain in my neck on the left side that showed up on Friday (I think I slept funny Thursday night) and ever since then it has been very stiff and painful and I cannot get comfortable to sleep. I tried a heating pad last night, which gave me some temporary relief, but I still couldn't stay comfortable long enough to sleep for more than a 45 minute stretch uninterrupted. Oh well, is what it is.

We had a super productive baby weekend with my mother-in-law. We started our registries (Babies R Us and Amazon.com) and spent over 3 hours in Babies R Us. We also bought our crib! Which I am super excited about. And we got baby girl some clothes (a lot actually - my wife has no self control HAHA). I also got a pregnancy pillow. Then we went to Home Depot and got paint samples so we can pick out colors for the nursery.

QOTW: I think pregnancy has brought my wife and I closer together. I also think that it has given my wife more incentive to be motivated to work on house projects and just generally take on a little bit more. I appreciate it a lot. I feel like our relationship is strong, and that not only makes me happy, but it also makes me feel more secure and relaxed a bit knowing that we are in a good place.  

firstcomeslove2013

Hey folks! We are excited to transition to the Pregnancy check in! We will do our update when our beta numbers are in! Fingers crossed for big numbers!

KH826

@firstcomeslove2013 & @doodah -- fingers are soooooooo crossed for you both!

ball.and.chain

Wow, totally forgot it was Monday!  15w1d, EDD 7/13/14.

I am still sick.  On Saturday it moved from my throat/chest into my head.  My nose is raw from blowing it so often, I'm constantly out of breath, and I've only been able to sleep a couple of hours at a time because I get so uncomfortable from the congestion.  This really is one of the worst colds I can remember having in a long time.  The good thing is that because I took Friday off from work and it's a long weekend, I have had a good solid five straight days of rest, and I think it's finally paying off.  Today I woke up feeling a lot more like a human!  A sick human, but it's an improvement and makes me hopeful that I'll be feeling even better tomorrow, which is good because I can't really justify taking another day off.

Pregnancy-wise, all is fine, or at least I assume so.  I don't have much in the way of symptoms right now, just occasional pulling/stretching sensations in my abdomen which I assume is my uterus and ligaments growing.

We announced on FB on Thursday!  Totally scary but exciting, and so nice to see everyone's sweet comments.

Next appointment is our anatomy scan on 2/5.  Can't come soon enough.

QOTW: For a long time when we were TTC, I felt like my wife didn't care as much about having a baby as I did.  She didn't get as upset as I did when a cycle failed, and didn't worry about the what-if scenarios I was constantly anxious about.  After a lot of talking and therapy, I realized it had more to do with our different ways of processing things than anything else (for starters, I have an anxiety disorder and she doesn't).  I know intellectually that my miscarriages were hard on her, but she made an effort to be the strong one so she could take care of me when I was a mess.  And in the beginning of this pregnancy, she was very cautious not to get too emotionally involved.  So it has been amazing to see her reaction to our Mat21 results, which she says has made everything feel real.  I think I will always remember the look on her face when I told her we were having a boy.  And she keeps asking about things like nursery colors and baby gear.  It's adorable, and I feel like I am finally getting a glimpse of what it will be like to actually parent with her.

2MamazInSeattle

I'm 9w5d EDD 8/20/14.

I've been feeling a little better! Still little bouts of nausea or headaches, or just that hollow feeling in your belly, but it seems to be subsiding a little. I'll take it, thanks, placenta! Boobs still hurt and my belly is hard/I can feel my uterus so I'm not too nervous. Though, our next appointment isn't until next Wednesday (11w) and that feels very far away.

Perhaps the best news this week is that I get to stop my estrogen patches on my belly every other day! And, I'm double checking but my 3x/day prometrium up the chute is also wrapping up! Then I'm just down to my mouthful of prenatals/fish oil/vitamin D and B/baby aspirin and thyroid drugs, plus my trusty daily Lovenox belly shot. But somehow it feels like a load is lifted! Not to mention progesterone yucks.

I've been starting to feel this is real. I keep waiting to believe it's real - like I've not yet brought up my stack of pregnancy books from the basement. But I'm thinking I should be reminding myself of the do's and don'ts, etc. I did, however, buy a cute "Year of the Horse" maternity t-shirt from cafepress.com today. But, of course I thought "well, I can always send it to @ball.and.chain" when I did it... so maybe not quite there yet.

Oh and last week, I saw the IF counselor who was very nice and helpful. I've been feeling less anxious and afraid, but still signed up for every other week with her until I feel more solid. Good move . It wasn't earth-shattering, but good to have some outside real life support from a professional, if that makes sense.

QOTW: It's been a long year, but we've been together a good while and in our old age, found that our journey to parenthood has not been our hardest journeys in life. The loss was hard, and we were glad to have each other but we also both had a lot of our own grieving to do personally - and we were supportive of each other through that. This pregnancy, we are both still so tentative, we aren't ready to be happy or enjoy it just yet - so we treat it like a good thing but also try not to get too wrapped up in it. For now. I think like @ball.and.chain, after the Mat21 test, and definitely for J after she learns the sex, it will become much more real. For her, as the non-carrying mom, finding out the gender last time made a definite "click" for her that made it 1000x more real.

Pinkspark

I almost forgot it was a monday!

I'm 21w5d with boy girl twins and my EDD is 5/28.

I am getting quite big, and getting really tired when I'm out and about! Other than the crazy fatigue, we have a beautifully painted nursery, and now we just need to get the new rug down. My main goals for this week are to start washing the newborn baby clothes that people have given us as hand me downs and get them put away and organized. Hopefully this weekend we'll get to finish our registry!

QOTW: I think we are closer than we were before this pregnancy started, and we were very close before!

doodah1013

Wow. Never really thought I'd be posting here! Exactly a year to the day ago, we were getting ready for our first IUI, and didn't know the roller coaster we were in for. Today, we found out we may just have a viable pregnancy.
So much to think about... But right now we are taking it a day at a time and allowing ourself to be excited between our anxiety spells.
The progesterone is making me hungry, tired and a bit grouchy... But I would literally remove a toe for this little ball of cells, so I will take all the grouchy that I need to!
We have our fourth beta on Monday and then an ultrasound next Wednesday. Ahhhh!!
Also... I have not been able to make myself stop temping! I am obsessed with numbers and I know it is silly, but I am just not ready to put the thermometer down. Old habits for hard I guess.

QOTD: Well... In the last 5 days A has become shockingly protective. She is taking amazing care of me. I feel like a bloated Little Prince! I am so excited to see how the next chapter of this adventure unfolds.

Jazibel

I'm 25 weeks and 6 days.  Only 99 days to go - I'm so excited to meet our little guy.  In 99ish days that is ;-)

I had my monthly OB appointment today. Everything looks and sounds good (just the doppler this time).  We actually had a fairly long chat about my birth plan/preferences and I was able to ask some of the questions that I've been mulling over). I really like our OB, so if we do end up going the hospital route I feel like I'll be in great hands. I passed my glucose test, but my iron is low (I've always been anemic) so I have to start taking iron.

Last week I got together with our former midwife and now friend. She's putting her midwifery practice on the back burner to focus on her own TTC journey with her wife, but she offered to be at our birth in some capacity or another. If we're at the hospital she'll be our doula and if we opt for a homebirth she will work with our midwife as a second.  She gave me a couple of names and EV & I have a meeting with a potential homebirth midwife on Wednesday afternoon. 

I feel really blessed to be entertaining a few viable options that could totally work for us.

Our next u/s to check on baby Owen's kidney's is at 30 weeks. I'm looking forward to seeing our little guy again, and hoping everything is developing well.

QOTD:  Well timed since EV and I just got into a long argument/discussion ranging all topics regarding our relationship.  It's late now as we head to bed. At one point we were reflecting on how much has changed since our first pregnancy, and TTC journey. We've definitely grown closer together. But for us its also been a challenge. We rarely have quality couple time and that's one thing we're going to be working on. One of the many things I love about my wife and our relationship is that we're willing to put in the work, to talk about the things that are causing discontent and to try (and often achieve) seeing the other persons' perspective.  Being pregnant again is daunting because I know how much we've sacrificed this past year and a half.  I guess part of me wants to strengthen our connection and communication even further now so that when life gets really busy we'll have that "in the bank" so to speak.  I realize my QOTD response was a little bit of a downer - and it wasn't meant that way. This pregnancy is just further transforming our relationship, strengthening it and shaping it for a future with two wonderful kids. For that I am truly grateful :-)

redrockmama

I'm a day late too. 15 weeks and 4 days, EDD 7/11/14 

My step-mom passed away on the 7th and I thought it best to stay away for a while. It all sucks and right now I'm just in denial. Thinking about it being real is just too hard for me. 

Baby seems to be doing well. I am enjoying the second trimester, no nausea and less exhaustion. I'm looking forward to the anatomy scan in a couple weeks. It will be fun to see the baby actually look like a baby and not a gummi bear. We have a shower to go to in Arkansas in less than a month and finished up our Babies r us registry yesterday. I was the only woman walking around with a scanner who was not super noticeably pregnant, kind of funny. I did explode in size last week and made J go maternity clothes shopping with me to get a few things to hold me over until it gets warmer. 

QOTD: I would say its better. J is so excited about the baby and already loves it. She tells me everyday how she loves me more now that I'm pregnant and thanks me everyday for growing her miracle. We had 5 (will be 6) baby free years together to do whatever we want, learn how to communicate, and had the opportunity to analyze and talk about parenting and having kids to the max. Luckily we agree on most things and are so thrilled to actually be at this point now. 

Jazibel

redrockmama said:

I'm a day late too. 15 weeks and 4 days, EDD 7/11/14 

My step-mom passed away on the 7th and I thought it best to stay away for a while. It all sucks and right now I'm just in denial. Thinking about it being real is just too hard for me. 

Baby seems to be doing well. I am enjoying the second trimester, no nausea and less exhaustion. I'm looking forward to the anatomy scan in a couple weeks. It will be fun to see the baby actually look like a baby and not a gummi bear. We have a shower to go to in Arkansas in less than a month and finished up our Babies r us registry yesterday. I was the only woman walking around with a scanner who was not super noticeably pregnant, kind of funny. I did explode in size last week and made J go maternity clothes shopping with me to get a few things to hold me over until it gets warmer. 

QOTD: I would say its better. J is so excited about the baby and already loves it. She tells me everyday how she loves me more now that I'm pregnant and thanks me everyday for growing her miracle. We had 5 (will be 6) baby free years together to do whatever we want, learn how to communicate, and had the opportunity to analyze and talk about parenting and having kids to the max. Luckily we agree on most things and are so thrilled to actually be at this point now. 

I am so sorry to hear about your stepmom.  My thoughts are with you and your family. 

KH826

@redrockmama - I am very sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts.

twobrooklynmoms

DW is 7w2d today, EDD is 9/8. We have our first appointment with our new OB on Friday and I'm dying to hear the little heartbeat. I think that will help me realize this is really happening!

She's not showing yet, but we did have to buy her a larger pair of jeans over the weekend to
accommodate the bloating.

@doodah1013, I too was completely obsessed with temping and charting. I made DW do it for like 2 weeks past BFP and finally she was like "can I stop now?"

ball.and.chain

@redrockmama - so sorry for your loss.

Amber&Reva

I have been MIA lately but will hopefully get back into the swing of things.  I am 15w tomorrow EDD 7/19/14.  I am nervous cause I have only lost weight so far and am ready to start growing my tummy.  I had my first look ultrasound and everything looked good.  It was crazy seeing a real moving person in my belly.  I can't wait until my anatomy scan in February to see baby again and ease all my worries.  Not being able to feel the baby move and not growing a pregnant belly makes this all still seem unreal.  Only real pregnancy symptom still around is smells make me gag/vomit.  The worst is whenever I get into my car I start gagging and sometimes end up throwing up when I am leaving work for the day. 

shelly2314

Well, I know it is Thursday, but we just found out yesterday that I get to join your posts!!! It is very exciting for us as this is our first! We had our first (of many LOL) blood test yesterday and he said my number was great (104). We actually tested early (got our HPT postives on 10dpiui and blood test positive 11dpiui) so the high number is promising! From the websites we have used to determine calculations it says I am 3wks and 4 days. I assume that we will get a better idea when we have more blood tests? As I stated in my other post, we knew the process of conceiving VERY well, but are clueless on what happens from here (other than another blood test tomorrow). I am already having emotional moments where I just cry for no reason, not sure what that is about.

QOTD--we just found out, so we are ecstatic. She has always been very attentive and loving, so hopefully that keeps up through this process