PGAL Check-in Week of 1/2/17

NamelessAria

First time posting in the June '17 PGAL check in? Welcome! Please Introduce yourself. 

How far along are you? 

How are you doing? 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  

JAGinMI

Wasn't really on TB much last week so I am excited to jump back in!

How far along are you? 
15w6d

How are you doing? 
Pretty good. Seeing the growing bump is really helping my PGAL brain like 70% of the time.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
Appointment one week from today and really looking forward to feeling some obvious movement. I have had a few movements that I *think* were baby but nothing for absolute sure yet. Those have been rare, too. My connection to baby really ramps up when I start to feel them!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
I got nothin'.

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  
To de-clutter our home. I saw a great quote recently that inspired me that was something like, "Maybe you don't need to organize more or better, maybe you just need less stuff".

Also, to continue to remove toxic chemicals from our home. I believe so much that so many of our health problems can be traced back to what's in our food and our home/body cleaning products. I have pretty much completely de-toxified all of our home and laundry cleaning products, but I need to make the switch with all of our body stuff. We are probably only 50% there. The kids we are good on, it's us that we haven't taken care of. This infographic isn't what inspired me, but it definitely fueled my fire (the one about umbilical cord blood?  ):

BellaO21

How far along are you? 
16+3

How are you doing? 
I'm okay... it's been 7 weeks since my last u/s and I'm creeping up on the anniversary of our loss... I just really wish I could feel the princess moving by now! 

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
Appointment on the 11th but that's just a regular checkup- Anatomy scan will be when I get back from MI (2 weeks later)... and feeling her move would be amazing, especially for my PGAL brain! 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
Drawing a blank! Lol 

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  
Trade in my DHs car and get something a little bit bigger... start house hunting. Be more budget  conscious 

awoodruff27

How far along are you? 15w5d

How are you doing? Overall okay

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? On Saturday we are going to an ultrasound place to find out what this baby is! I'm so excited to have my big girls be able to see baby and find out all at the same time. 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm just so annoyed I'm bleeding again. This pregnancy has been SO different then my last 2 in so many ways. What I wouldn't do for a nice boring second trimester... Blah. 

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017? 

Do better at putting money into savings and knowing what a "need" vs "want" is to help curve our spending. 

srnj3

Long time no see/talk. Hope everyone had a nice holiday!

How far along are you? 16 weeks, 2 days

How are you doing? I'm feeling a bit more optimistic lately. It's starting to sink in that this is really happening and feeling like I'll actually have a baby to take home in June. It's also becoming very difficult to hide my belly. It's nice to have that as a reminder any time I look down even though it really looks like I've been binge eating.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? I have more blood work (when does it end?) this week but my next appointment with my doctor is not until the end of the month.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Ditto what everyone else said. I'm looking forward to feeling some movement! Other than that, I'm just trying to get back into the swing of things after the holidays.

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017? I did very little working out during the first trimester and I am hoping to incorporate some light (very light) working out into my weeknights. We also just moved this past year into our first home and I haven't been able to find a way to organize everything and keep it that way. Every time I clean it's back to being a mess in a week. I just cleaned for guests this past weekend and the house is looking pretty good and I need to make a better effort to keep it this way. I'm thinking about reading The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I've heard good things.

halfthetree

How far along are you? 
16w3d with twins
How are you doing? 
Really good. I can feel each baby move now, and I just find this time of little whispers of movements so special! 
Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
Had an appointment this morning, everything is looking really really good. I'm actually letting myself think names, and prepare for these babies to come join us in June! 
Anatomy scan in a few weeks, I know I'll be nervous leading up to it.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
Rave for being given the go ahead to lift weights and spin class! Yay!!
GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  
I am giving myself the freedom to indulge in stuff that I enjoy. Herbal and floral baths, new books, Lush face scrubs and masks, journaling and meditation. I also will continue to be fit and exercise throughout the whole year. In previous pregnancies I stopped out of fear, but I want to feel good in my postpartum period, not weak and tired. I'd rather feel strong and tired

lizerspitz

How far along are you? 
16w2d
How are you doing? 
Good. I have had a positive uptick in energy today. My mail anxieties come from starting work on Thursday.
Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? 
I had an appointment this afternoon. It was one of those quick appointment where questions were answered and a heartbeat was detected right away. It eased some of my doubts. Next will be a double appointment seeing doc and having anatomy scan on Feb 1.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 
I had minor worries after a day with my constipation being gone. Weird thing to worry about, but if you can't poop, and then suddenly you poop a lot without effort, with gurgley feelings, you start to wonder, "what happened and is there more to come?" My doctor reassured me that this a pattern some women go through and its completely normal. I just had a moment of doubting everything I've been eating for the past three weeks. 
GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  
Starting this new job on Thursday, I just want to not overdo it. I know it will be important to recognize and set some boundaries in order to survive the next 3 years, so I need to start practicing that now. Commuting will help me get some good reading in,and I'd like to do a bit more meditation as well. Also, I want to be more aware of ways to be politically and socially active on a local front. I tend to get sucked into national news and would like to be more aware of who my neighbors are.

lmudra

How far along are you? 16+4

How are you doing? I've had some headaches over the last couple of days and my nausea is still bothersome in the afternoon but I'm not as tired!!

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? Has an appt today and got to hear little lady on the doppler.  I need to schedule my anatomy scan for the end of the month!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  Spend more one on one time with my husband.  

Yailani23

How far along are you? 17w6d

How are you doing? Aside from some round ligament pain, I'm doing well.

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? January 9th, I think we might find out the sex of the baby! 

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: just happy to be this far along, and feeling flutters.

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  Clean up some of my debt, hopefully on our way to a house, and go on a nice vacation.

c1tym0m22

Hi all - returning after a brief holiday hiatus.

How far along are you? 15+6

How are you doing? Good. I seem to actually be in the 2nd trimester sweet spot - not feeling exhausted, haven't thrown up in a week or so, and not feeling huge yet. May even be feeling a few little kicks occasionally!

Next appointment? Or, alternatively, next milestone you're looking forward to? This afternoon for a regular ob appointment, then my early anatomy scan on Monday

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: DD has been a terror for no clear reason for the past few days. It's simply exhausting...we just keep reminding ourselves that it's hard to be 2.

GTKY: In honor of the new year what are your non-baby related goals for 2017?  We need to figure out where we really want to live - not by family now which is tough (and will be even more so when there are 2 little ones!)