2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically just dealing with nausea still. It keeps coming and going. Mentally I'm just ready to start feeling pregnant.
3. Appts this week? None.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? We moved DS to his toddler bed last night and it's starting to feel more real. Now we have to get rid of furniture and get someone to close up a doorway in the new nursery.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I have a very wide ranging taste in music. I would love to see Zac Brown Band, Dispatch, Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood live!
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@jessafishy I would love to go to your music festival! Also I second the wanting to feel pregnant. I don't even have ms (knock on wood) so I feel like a regular person. Who sometimes (haha ok, often) bursts into tears for no reason.
1. How far along are you? 9+4
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically great, just some mild RLP and cramping. Mentally calm and happy.
3. Appts this week? I saw my OB yesterday. My practice has OBs and midwives, and you have to see an ob for the first two appts until you can see your midwife. I like the OB, but she talks really fast. I'm looking forward to seeing my midwife. I did get to see baby, unexpectedly! They have a transvaginal ultrasound machine in the office. Great surprise.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm heading to Portland tomorrow for a conference as a graduate student! I've been helping out a few professors in my masters program with research and I get to help present the research at the conference. I'm excited for that, but not for the flights. 3 hour time difference plus a plane change.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? +1 to the eclectic taste. Right now I would love to see: Ed Sheeran, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Chainsmokers and Florida Georgia Line.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically... I'm mostly ok through the day, but at night I just nose dive downward. Yesterday was a little better then normal. Mentally, I am doing ok. I feel guilty because I haven't really "bonded" with my baby. What I mean by that is I haven't really talked to it much. It's my first time doing this so I am working out the kinks
3. Appts this week? None
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Rant: Skin stop stretching! My old stretch marks on my hips have crawled upward and it's looking awful. No one in my family that I know of has stretch marks... I must be the unlucky one.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? Oh gosh... I have a pretty large music spectrum... I couldn't even put them all together but I guess something similar to Coachella... some Rap, some EDM, some Pop and maybe a Country song or two.
@jessafishy congrats on the bed switch, I hope that's going well so far.
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@VLillyV Thanks! He did pretty well after he finally fell asleep and slept until 6:15!
ETA: Re: Bonding. I didn't talk to DS much at all. Once he started moving I would poke at him and watch him move around but I was never a belly talker.
I also want to put this out there for everyone - bonding with your baby even after birth can take some women time. Do not think that there is something wrong if you don't feel the "instant connection" that most women swoon about. If you do feel that way, great! If not, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you!
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@jessafishy let's do it. I love music festivals. We have one down here that we go to every year, it's a three day country music festival right on the beach in April. They always throw some unexpected non-country acts in there too, to keep it interesting. This year it's Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, a bunch of other amazing country artists....and Nelly! Can't wait to be pregnant and rocking out lol. Probably won't be wearing a bikini this year though, I'll just have bloat, not a real belly yet.
@VLillyV I second the not feeling guilty about not bonding with baby yet. It still feels so surreal. Give yourself a break
With me not feeling great and really trying to get myself out of this funk , I miss all the good threads. Sorry girls.
1. How far along are you? 8w6d today
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? I am feeling super nauseated and exhausted physically. Mentally, I am drained. I don't think depressed , but definitely down. Call it the winter blues if you wish, but i need to kick whatever it is. Feeling sick 24 hours a day and it being cold as anything out doesn't help.
3. Appts this week? I was supposed to have one today, but my dr called yesterday and had me come in a day early due to possibly icy roads. Aww my little squishy bean. Perfect a super can be.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? We told the girls they will be big sisters last night. Their reactions were great! They haven't mentioned it since though. Which is good , we haven't told anyone else In the family yet. My 6 year old dug out her old Barney dvds and said " I need to keep these safe for October!"'so damn cute.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I like a good variety of music. That's a toughy.
@VLillyV I haven't felt super connected either. Even the ultrasound was a little surreal, but also super exciting. I've been so sick too that I even said to H that so far this child isn't very endearing (jokingly but still).
1. How far along are you? 7+1
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? It's been a rough week. Started getting really nauseated to the point where while I wasn't really vomiting, I was heaving all the time and unable to eat or drink much. Also super tired. Doc started me on diclegis yesterday because I had lost 8 pounds in a week and was dehydrated and I'm still getting up to the appropriate dose but it's a huge difference. Still not 100% but feel like I can survive another 5 weeks of this.
3. Appts this week? Went yesterday. First ultrasound. Measure 7+1 with a heart beat of 154. Everything looked great and it was very exciting. I go back again next Tuesday to make sure I'm back on track and feeling better.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Diclegis is awesome. I felt a little like a cop out and a wimp but I don't know how I would have made it... H has been wonderful through all of this and goes and gets me anything I need without hesitation.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? Garth Brooks, Eric Church, george strait, Miranda Lambert, might get frisky and throw some fun 90s throwbacks like backstreet boys or NSYNC, and then like journey with some Elton/Billy Joel because why not. @bluejeanbabi05 and @jessafishy I would totally go to yours as well.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? I'm feeling okay, still kind of bloated and having the occasional nausea and heart burn. Also my boobs are still very tender and already feel so heavy! Mostly I'm just tired and ready to feel really pregnant if that makes sense.
3. Appts this week? I was supposed to have my first appointment for "prenatal instruction" but it got rescheduled because of the snow.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Is anyone else dying to know the gender!?
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? That's a hard one! Maybe Dispatch, Sublime, Need to Breathe, Counting Crows, and Incubus ( but only their old stuff)
@SandyL712 I have not! We had an opportunity to go a few years back but were too short on cash to make it work.
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@VLillyV - I talk to mine... I ask it why it's making me feel like crap all the time Seriously though... I'm not bonded yet either... it's kind of hard having those feelings when you feel sick all the time.. it's the only thing I can focus on right now. I'm excited to watch it grow and I love the little development blurbs. But I'm not singing the blob to sleep yet lol.
1. How far along are you? I don't know how I'm supposed to answer this lol. By measurement (and logic) baby is 9W1D. By LMP/EDD, baby is 10w2d. That's a big difference and I never know the right answer lol. I've just been saying 10ish.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Ugh sick. It was better for a few days, but then it got pretty bad last night. I don't vomit too much... but what really sets me off is smelly things like dog poo. Which my dog all of a sudden decides he needs to do 3x a day recently. Only a few more weeks til the 2nd Tri... this crap BETTER go away.
3. Appts this week? Nope... next one is at the end of March.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Plans are falling into place to tell people! I'm telling my dad this weekend. I planned on asking him to see Beauty and the Beast with me.... and was going to tell him when he came over to meet up. Except apparently he has a new girlfriend he wants me to meet and go to the movie with us. So now I'm going to heave to awkwardly tell him in front of his girlfriend (whom I would have just met) that he's going to be a granddad again lol.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I don't know about "ideal"... I'm not much of a concert person... but Bruno Mars is coming to town and I bet that will be a great concert! Oh and Lady Gaga because she looks like she gives an amazing performance. Maybe some Gwen Stefani cause she's my fav. Mix that in with some 90's bands and I'm there
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2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically just dealing with nausea still. It keeps coming and going. Mentally I'm just ready to start feeling pregnant.
3. Appts this week? None.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? We moved DS to his toddler bed last night and it's starting to feel more real. Now we have to get rid of furniture and get someone to close up a doorway in the new nursery.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I have a very wide ranging taste in music. I would love to see Zac Brown Band, Dispatch, Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood live!
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
1. How far along are you? 9+4
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically great, just some mild RLP and cramping. Mentally calm and happy.
3. Appts this week? I saw my OB yesterday. My practice has OBs and midwives, and you have to see an ob for the first two appts until you can see your midwife. I like the OB, but she talks really fast. I'm looking forward to seeing my midwife. I did get to see baby, unexpectedly! They have a transvaginal ultrasound machine in the office. Great surprise.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm heading to Portland tomorrow for a conference as a graduate student! I've been helping out a few professors in my masters program with research and I get to help present the research at the conference. I'm excited for that, but not for the flights. 3 hour time difference plus a plane change.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? +1 to the eclectic taste. Right now I would love to see: Ed Sheeran, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Chainsmokers and Florida Georgia Line.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Physically... I'm mostly ok through the day, but at night I just nose dive downward. Yesterday was a little better then normal. Mentally, I am doing ok. I feel guilty because I haven't really "bonded" with my baby. What I mean by that is I haven't really talked to it much. It's my first time doing this so I am working out the kinks
3. Appts this week? None
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Rant: Skin stop stretching! My old stretch marks on my hips have crawled upward and it's looking awful. No one in my family that I know of has stretch marks... I must be the unlucky one.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? Oh gosh... I have a pretty large music spectrum... I couldn't even put them all together but I guess something similar to Coachella... some Rap, some EDM, some Pop and maybe a Country song or two.
@jessafishy congrats on the bed switch, I hope that's going well so far.
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
ETA: Re: Bonding. I didn't talk to DS much at all. Once he started moving I would poke at him and watch him move around but I was never a belly talker.
I also want to put this out there for everyone - bonding with your baby even after birth can take some women time. Do not think that there is something wrong if you don't feel the "instant connection" that most women swoon about. If you do feel that way, great! If not, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you!
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
@VLillyV I second the not feeling guilty about not bonding with baby yet. It still feels so surreal. Give yourself a break
1. How far along are you? 8w6d today
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? I am feeling super nauseated and exhausted physically. Mentally, I am drained. I don't think depressed , but definitely down. Call it the winter blues if you wish, but i need to kick whatever it is. Feeling sick 24 hours a day and it being cold as anything out doesn't help.
3. Appts this week? I was supposed to have one today, but my dr called yesterday and had me come in a day early due to possibly icy roads. Aww my little squishy bean. Perfect a super can be.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? We told the girls they will be big sisters last night. Their reactions were great! They haven't mentioned it since though. Which is good , we haven't told anyone else In the family yet. My 6 year old dug out her old Barney dvds and said " I need to keep these safe for October!"'so damn cute.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I like a good variety of music. That's a toughy.
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@VLillyV I haven't felt super connected either. Even the ultrasound was a little surreal, but also super exciting. I've been so sick too that I even said to H that so far this child isn't very endearing (jokingly but still).
1. How far along are you?
7+1
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally?
It's been a rough week. Started getting really nauseated to the point where while I wasn't really vomiting, I was heaving all the time and unable to eat or drink much. Also super tired. Doc started me on diclegis yesterday because I had lost 8 pounds in a week and was dehydrated and I'm still getting up to the appropriate dose but it's a huge difference. Still not 100% but feel like I can survive another 5 weeks of this.
3. Appts this week?
Went yesterday. First ultrasound. Measure 7+1 with a heart beat of 154. Everything looked great and it was very exciting. I go back again next Tuesday to make sure I'm back on track and feeling better.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions?
Diclegis is awesome. I felt a little like a cop out and a wimp but I don't know how I would have made it... H has been wonderful through all of this and goes and gets me anything I need without hesitation.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up?
Garth Brooks, Eric Church, george strait, Miranda Lambert, might get frisky and throw some fun 90s throwbacks like backstreet boys or NSYNC, and then like journey with some Elton/Billy Joel because why not. @bluejeanbabi05 and @jessafishy I would totally go to yours as well.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? I'm feeling okay, still kind of bloated and having the occasional nausea and heart burn. Also my boobs are still very tender and already feel so heavy! Mostly I'm just tired and ready to feel really pregnant if that makes sense.
3. Appts this week? I was supposed to have my first appointment for "prenatal instruction" but it got rescheduled because of the snow.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Is anyone else dying to know the gender!?
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? That's a hard one! Maybe Dispatch, Sublime, Need to Breathe, Counting Crows, and Incubus ( but only their old stuff)
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
@VLillyV - I talk to mine... I ask it why it's making me feel like crap all the time Seriously though... I'm not bonded yet either... it's kind of hard having those feelings when you feel sick all the time.. it's the only thing I can focus on right now. I'm excited to watch it grow and I love the little development blurbs. But I'm not singing the blob to sleep yet lol.
1. How far along are you? I don't know how I'm supposed to answer this lol. By measurement (and logic) baby is 9W1D. By LMP/EDD, baby is 10w2d. That's a big difference and I never know the right answer lol. I've just been saying 10ish.
2. How are you feeling physically + mentally? Ugh sick. It was better for a few days, but then it got pretty bad last night. I don't vomit too much... but what really sets me off is smelly things like dog poo. Which my dog all of a sudden decides he needs to do 3x a day recently. Only a few more weeks til the 2nd Tri... this crap BETTER go away.
3. Appts this week? Nope... next one is at the end of March.
4. Rants/Raves/Questions? Plans are falling into place to tell people! I'm telling my dad this weekend. I planned on asking him to see Beauty and the Beast with me.... and was going to tell him when he came over to meet up. Except apparently he has a new girlfriend he wants me to meet and go to the movie with us. So now I'm going to heave to awkwardly tell him in front of his girlfriend (whom I would have just met) that he's going to be a granddad again lol.
5. GTKY: What would be your ideal music festival line-up? I don't know about "ideal"... I'm not much of a concert person... but Bruno Mars is coming to town and I bet that will be a great concert! Oh and Lady Gaga because she looks like she gives an amazing performance. Maybe some Gwen Stefani cause she's my fav. Mix that in with some 90's bands and I'm there
BFP #2 3/18/19 * EDD 11/25/19* DS born 11/30/19