Wednesday Ticker Change | 4.5.17

jessafishy

Since @mrs_fogue has abandoned us I guess I'll get this party started. GTKY stolen from @flowerintherain

1) How many weeks are you?

2) How big is baby?

3) How are you feeling?

4) Any appointments or tests this week?

5) Rants/Raves/Questions?

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO?

jessafishy

1) How many weeks are you? 12 weeks 

2) How big is baby? Plum!

3) How are you feeling? Still mild nausea, fatigue and some headaches.

4) Any appointments or tests this week? I had one this morning! Strong heartbeat and baby was wiggling away. I am so relieved.

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? DS stayed in his bed until 6:45 this morning!! The color changing clock seemed to do the trick. We will see if it's a one time thing.

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? I want to start our own really. I loved my childhood but it's all a little tainted since my parents' marriage imploded.

afwoods10

1) How many weeks are you? 12 weeks too! 

2) How big is baby? Plum

3) How are you feeling? Not too bad. Less nausea, picked up annoying headaches on a daily basis now though. 

4) Any appointments or tests this week? Nope. Next one is the 17th (Gender scan!!) 

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? Starting spotting again... 4th time! Heard the heartbeat on the doppler this morning so I'm not super worried, it's just one of those things that's always in the back of my mind. As soon as I start feeling more optimistic... it starts again. 

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? I'd say just eating dinner every night as a family. That's huge to me and I cherish our extended family Sunday dinners to this day. 

natleilynn

1) How many weeks are you? The popular answer today is 12 and I'm there, too!

2) How big is baby? Plum

3) How are you feeling? Much better, although I puked yesterday morning rather violently. Currently stuffing my face with popcorn and Cadbury cookies 'n cream mini eggs (I lost weight the first trimester, it's deserved).

4) Any appointments or tests this week? Nope!

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? SO HAPPY to finally be "out" at work. I was so tired of wearing tablecloths as shirts.

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? We've had a lot of crazy changes in our family over the last 3 years so we're finally starting to settle into our family traditions. We rotate holidays between our families and each family has specific traditions that we celebrate. But we're trying to find our own little traditions, too, so that's been a fun experiment. 

babymish

1) How many weeks are you? 14 weeks

2) How big is baby? Beetroot

3) How are you feeling? Today - slightly better, could it magically be that on my first official day in the second trimester my nausea is subsiding? Probably not...so I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

4) Any appointments or tests this week? I have my first midwife appointment on Friday!

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm in the second trimester yyaayyyyyyy!!!!!!

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? We don't really have many long lasting family traditions but SO and I will definitely be creating some of our own! so......watch the space.

StacieGle

1) How many weeks are you? 13

2) How big is baby? Lemon

3) How are you feeling?  Today I feel okay which is better than I have been feeling.  lol  I think I'm finally getting over the nausea hump, yay!  I've eaten all the things today and I don't even feel bad.

4) Any appointments or tests this week?  None this week.

5) Rants/Raves/Questions?  Still getting used to saying we're having a daughter.  lol  It's still sinking in this baby is a girl.  

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO?  We're going through some family changes after my grandparents are older and unable to host the big family events anymore so this Holiday season will be much different from the last 20-25 years.  We're going to start some new holiday traditions of our own this year.

littlestb

1) How many weeks are you?
11 weeks!

2) How big is baby?
Lime

3) How are you feeling?
Fatigue seems to be lessening a bit as long as I stay active when I get home from work. If I lay down...a 1-2 hour nap is inevitable. I don't know how all you STM+ do it! The other symptom that is quite present is burping, especially if I'm exercising. Gross!

4) Any appointments or tests this week?
I had my appointment with an OB nurse this week to discuss family history, genetic testing, etc. I thought we were going to get to at least hear the heartbeat but it was just a meeting. No reason to worry though so I'm sure baby is happy and cozy in there. 

5) Rants/Raves/Questions?
Rant-Tall maternity work pants (that are not jeans) are basically non-existant. I'm down to one or two pairs of dress pants, and the belly band kind of gives me a stomach ache. Once I get to share my pregnancy with colleagues I won't feel bad wearing maternity jeans to work every day. If I started that now, people would start to get suspicious. We plan to go public with the pregnancy after spring break (which is next week- woot woot!), and then I'll be muuuuch more comfortable at work. 

Raves- 1) The weather has been awesome the last few days (minus some rain). I'm so excited that it is warm and sunny out. I went for a nice walk with a friend after work today and a hike with DH over the weekend. The sun felt amazing and it was nice to actually want to exercise again. The last few weeks my exercising has really been lacking due to fatigue so I am looking forward to getting moving again more regularly. 2) DH is awesome and has been exceptionally helpful around the house lately

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO?
My husband's family always ate dinner together, whereas my family rarely did. I hope that we have dinner together more regularly than I did as a kid. As Easter approaches I think of one of my mom's Easter traditions. Instead of giving us an Easter basket, she put little candies on all the ledges in the living room (mantle, window sills, chairs, etc). My siblings and I raced around the house filling our baskets! It was so much fun- I hope DH and I continue this with our own family. 

p.s. Sorry for the lengthy response! My first response using my laptop instead of my phone...so much easier to write a lot  

jessafishy

@littlestb Oh! Family dinner is definitely something I want to do. My family was really good about it and DH's wasn't (mostly because his parents had to work weird hours). It's something I clearly took for granted since I didn't even consider it a tradition.

NervousNelly825

1) How many weeks are you? 12 weeks.

2) How big is baby? One app is saying plum the other apricot. I feel like those are totally different sized fruits but whatever

3) How are you feeling? Been feeling good overall. Still a bit tired and I'm starting to get headaches. I'm still struggling to eat enough to gain weight. This has always been a problem for me (my appetite is small I don't have an eating disorder) so hopefully I'll get a pregnancy appetite soon.

4) Any appointments or tests this week? Nadal. Did get my results back from my last appointment though. Blood and pap normal and I'm rh positive woohoo

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? My coworker is driving me crazy.

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? We used to always take a week long fishing trip in the summer and I would love to be able to do that with my kids. 

JNAthanassious

1) How many weeks are you? 11w

2) How big is baby? A lime!

3) How are you feeling? Tired, nauseous, and anxious. 

4) Any appointments or tests this week? NT and genetic counseling tomorrow!

5) Rants/Raves/Questions? Just want to be able to eat normally!

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO? We started a tradition with DD for Christmas. Every year on Christmas eve, we wear matching PJs. When we wake up in the morning we have a great breakfast and then open gifts. The pictures are adorable and I love us all matching! 

Sparklelily

1) How many weeks are you? 14

2) How big is baby? a peach

3) How are you feeling? I was feeling really good but yesterday i fainted at work.

4) Any appointments or tests this week?I want to call and see if I can come in just for a doppler listen before the weekend after my little episode yesterday

5) Rants/Raves/Questions?My rant would be that when I fainted and fell I smashed my face up pretty good and had to spend my afternoon in the ER getting 14 stitches on my face and now I have to wait and see what kind of scar im left with. Plus the dr could not tell me why this happened other than "it's probably pregnancy related." so now I have to live life worried if im suddenly going to faint, even when im doing things like driving or carrying my toddler down stairs. (I also fainted once my last pregnancy) 

6) GTKY: Are there any family traditions that you want to pass on to your LO?Oh man tons I think my husband gets annoyed with my obsession with holidays and traditions.

Edit: I had called my rant my rave, which clearly it is not.

jessafishy

@Sparklelily OMG! Not knowing what happened is the worst! I'm so sorry. 

PizzaMonster3

Lurking from another day check in but wanted to say I'm so sorry @Sparklelily!! I hope you get in w dr. for Doppler check up soon!