Wednesday Ticker Change - 5/17

peachy13

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone is having a good week so far.

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

2. How are you feeling?

3. Any appointments this week?

4. Rants, raves, questions?

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?

flowerpower5838

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? I am officially a Wednesday ticker changer! 9 weeks. Baby is the size of a pecan.

2. How are you feeling? I feel like a broken record, but I feel pretty good. Tired, but good. I have started to get a bit of a bad gag reflex when brushing my teeth, which I also had with DS.

3. Any appointments this week? None this week.

4. Rants, raves, questions? I am annoyed that I can't change doctors. Of the two that I researched, one won't take new patients with my insurance even though it's in-network and the other isn't accepting new patients. I don't want to make a rash decision and just change on a whim so I think I am going to stick with mine. 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? Oh gosh, this is a hard one. His eye color for sure - they are hazel and I love them. If this LO is a girl FX that she doesn't inherit TOO much physically because DH's features are all pretty masculine haha. Personality-wise, he is much more easy going than me, so I'd love for our kids to identify more on that side of the coin with just a smidge of my uptight-ness to keep them motivated. 

elev2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

8 weeks, 4 days. Two sweet little raspberries.

2. How are you feeling?

Feeling pretty good. Pretty much in a constant state of hunger.

3. Any appointments this week?

Next one's on Monday. My mom will be there for the ultrasound part of it, when my OB checks the heart beats, so that will be exciting.

4. Rants, raves, questions?

I'm meeting up with my sister on Saturday in NYC (I'm in CT, she's in Baltimore, so it's a good halfway point). I haven't seen her in months and have been waiting to tell her in person. I am so incredibly excited to tell her. She's going to totally lose her mind when she finds out we're having twins.

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?

My parents, sister, and I all love to sing, so I hope my babies also inherit nice voices and a love for music. My husband is an engineer, so I hope he passes on his intelligence and interest in math and science to them.

holzie-2

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 10 weeks, prune

2. How are you feeling?  Tired all the time, tightness in my belly, hunger comes from nowhere and if I don't eat right away I feel sick. 

3. Any appointments this week? Just more blood work on Friday, hoping that I can FINALLY stop these PIO shots. 

4. Rants, raves, questions?  Went to our first OB appointment on Monday and all they did was tell us about the practice and hospital.  **TW**  We went through this in September, right before we had a miscarriage.  Why did we need to go over this again???? 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?  Well, baby won't have any SO traits, we used a donor.  We are hoping for the donor's height.  We are hoping for my eye color, hazel, which I love and my hair color, blonde.  Personality wise, a blend of both of us (SO and I) would be perfect! 

disneyfan0511

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 11 weeks - size of Brussels Sprout!

2. How are you feeling? Good days and bad days - which is way better than earlier. Hoping I turned a corner with MS.

3. Any appointments this week? Ultrasound on Friday!

4. Rants, raves, questions? Both of my DD's have strep - DD1 came down with it on her birthday. This is the second time in a month she's had it! So over it and hope it goes away for good this time.

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? DH's motivation and my confidence. I do hope this LO looks a little more like me (selfishly) both of my girls look a lot like DH (in a good way). 

peachy13

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 11 weeks, a lime

2. How are you feeling? Better every day. My appetite is returning and food aversions are starting to go away. Not totally out of the woods yet with nausea, sometimes I still gag a little, but it has decreased significantly. 

3. Any appointments this week? NT scan next Friday. 

4. Rants, raves, questions? I'm feeling a lot more pulling and stretching around my uterus, and noted on the symptoms thread that a little bit of brown discharge has come along with this which had me worried at first. Pretty sure this is all normal for where I'm at. Anyone else experiencing this?

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? @flowerpower5838 DH also has beautiful hazel eyes and I would love our baby to inherit those! I also hope our LO inherits my organized mind (clean bedroom = happy mom) and DH's sense of humor/sillyness. 

vvitchhazel

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 11 weeks! Big ol LIME!

2. How are you feeling? Still nauseous and exhausted. Super vivid sex dreams. And I've already noticed some swelling in my feet! WTF! I think it's the heat.

3. Any appointments this week? Had an appt with a genetic counselor and then an ultrasound on Monday.

4. Rants, raves, questions? Nah

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? My husband has beautiful blue eyes that our daughter inherited and I'd love another blue eyed baby! I also hope this LO is as fun as us. My cousin has a very serious baby and it's just weird. DD is just as goofy and funny as DH and I and I hope LO is the same! 

vvitchhazel

@leilagphillips I think you might be on the wrong day! Every day we have a ticker change post and you post on the day you start a new week. Like today I'm 11 weeks 0 days, so today is my ticker change (as it is every Wednesday). You'll be able to post on the day you turn 9 weeks. And then each subsequent week, you'll post on the ticker change for that specific day. I think yours would be Saturday? 

peachy13

@vvitchhazel vivid sex dreams like every night... they're so weird I can't tell my DH about them 

marisaloughney

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 10 weeks, strawberry 

2. How are you feeling? Good. My food aversions are still strong and I actually threw up for the first time yesterday which was triggered from brushing my teeth. I feel more nauseous before I eat dinner and after I eat a big meal. 

3. Any appointments this week? Doing the Harmony blood test on Friday! Next OB appt isn't until 6/5. 

4. Rants, raves, questions? I'm stopping my progesterone suppositories this week. Has anyone experienced any side effects after stopping? I read about withdraw bleeding and that freaked me out. Hopefully that's not the case for me. 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? If it's a girl I hope she get my green eyes and blonde hair so I can have a mini me! I'd want our LO to inherit my DH's outgoing personality

grochril

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
- 11 weeks,  a lime  

2. How are you feeling?

-  Not bad.  Boobs are still sore but getting more bearable.  Waves of tiredness.  One thing that has been bothering me is my left knee. I've never had knee problems but a couple weeks ago I've notified its very tender and hurts to bend.  I read that your ligaments in general "loosen" during pg, so I'm wondering if this is the reason.

3. Any appointments this week?
- nope.  NT on Monday.

4. Rants, raves, questions?

- not today!

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
- hoping for my DH's lips and wittiness.  From me I'm hoping they inherit my love for science and reading.  We both hope that LO will be tall!  DH is 6' and I'm 5'11. 

vvitchhazel

@peachy13 I haven't told my husband any details either, lol. I just tell him I'm having sex dreams so we need to bang more frequently.

vvitchhazel

@peachy13 I think I've been feeling some stretching lately, but haven't noticed a change in discharge (still more than when I'm not pregnant, but no change in color). It's most noticable at night, but I think it's because I'm not moving around as much. I also only really notice it on my left side, which is where LO implanted, so that's weird. It's not painful, but it's slightly uncomfortable.

vvitchhazel

@holzie-2 Initial OB appts are the worst when there's no US. They just review information that most people already know and then send you on your way. It feels like a waste of time.

vvitchhazel

@flowerpower5838 Welcome to Wednesday! I was afraid I'd get moved, but my due date stayed the same. I just didn't want to go backwards! 

baevn

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
9 weeks, cherry

2. How are you feeling?
Nauseous, exhausted, cranky i am super fun to be around right now...

3. Any appointments this week?
Yes ob on thursday, excited to really make a plan and find out who will be following my pregnancy. 

4. Rants, raves, questions?
Just soo exhausted and wondering if/when that started to decrease for others? I can't actually remember being this beat up with my first and can't recall exactly when it let up. I did feel amazing in my second trimestet though. 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? His eyes, though I love our first having my big brown eyes. My long eyelashes, curly hair we both have that. 

elev2017

@vvitchhazel Oops, sorry. This is all new to me and kind of confusing! I read through the rules, but there's still a lot that I don't fully understand yet. Thanks for the clarification. I'll hop on the right ticker in a few days.

pinkishrabbit

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

10 weeks / Strawberry! 

2. How are you feeling?
Still nauseous and tired.  And a bit short-tempered. 

3. Any appointments this week?
No, next one in 2 weeks for genetic blood tests since I'm 36

4. Rants, raves, questions?

I would love to have some energy and patience back! 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
Our son is a redhead, I would so love for he/she to be a redhead too! 

failuretofly

I go here now!

@flowerpower5838 sorry you catch change docs like you had hoped. There is still time to find another though! Good call to not rush it and take your time

@disneyfan0511 GL at your US!

@peachy13 glad you're feeling better! 

@vvitchhazel I am having super vivid, sometimes about sex, dreams too! Also, you get bonus points for interaction on this board today!


@marisaloughney big meals make me sick too makes me so sad because sometimes something is so tasty you just want a big helping! 

@baevn I'm having the same thoughts about exhaustion... I don't ever remember feeling like I couldn't make it through the day! Someone please tell me there's an end in sight!

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 10 weeks! double digits! Strawberry

2. How are you feeling? Overall, about the same as the rest of you. Super tired, some days more than others. nausea is only mild and usually only when I'm hungry. I get exceptionally HANGRY now, like, if you stand between me and the fridge when I'm going for a snack, you're gonna get stabbed haha 

3. Any appointments this week? Nope. Probably go get my blood drawn at some point for my First Trimester Screen though

4. Rants, raves, questions? Ugh... I leaked when I coughed last night... I need to make an appointment with my PFPT...

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
We're both pretty tall, so that. There is some red hair genes in DH's side and I'd love to have a little redhead, but I don't really want the fair skin that goes with it! DH is super tan for a Caucasian guy, so hopefully all the kiddos get that trait too. DS already looks basically identical to what I did at his age, so I guess I'm just hoping this one looks like DH! haha

peachy13

@kvacmak oh gosh I hope our kids inherit DH's nice Italian skin. I just burn and freckle. He is tan by mid April.

pink flamingo

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

11 weeks/ lime 

2. How are you feeling?

i was starting to feel a lot better last week but this week the nausea is back and I can add on headaches. 

3. Any appointments this week?

 Not till the end of the month !! 

4. Rants, raves, questions? 

I worked out two days in a row and I'm going for my third !! Woot wooot ! 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?  

I hope the baby gets my compassion and free spirit. I hope the baby gets my husbands smarts and sense of humor. 

JelloBean1

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

8 weeks, raspberry 

2. How are you feeling? Pretty good, not as hungry as usual and some food aversions. 

3. Any appointments this week? No, our first real appointment is a week from Friday. I hope they do an ultrasound. 

4. Rants, raves, questions? I already had to go buy a bigger bra, ugh.

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? My DD is a good mix of us, but shes very fair and pale like me. I'm hoping next one gets darker traits from hubby, especially since we're always out in the sun in FL. 

cait5413

Hi ladies! This is my first time in Wednesday ticker change. I had been posting in Sunday, but a couple ultrasounds confirmed this is where I should be. 

@leilagphillips my DH is an engineer too!

@kvacmack the exhaustion does get better (and then it comes back towards the end), even though it feels like no end in sight now. 

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 9 weeks. When I was pregnant with my first, I checked the size every week on multiple apps/sites. This time, I don't even remember to look. 

2. How are you feeling? Anxious and tired. I had some spotting today and DH and I are on vacation with our 9.5 month old DD, which is fun but exhausting. 

3. Any appointments this week? Nope, but I had an ultrasound last week and got to see our little gummy bear!

4. Rants, raves, questions? I get annoyed with DH more easily when I am pg. Sometimes he is great and super helpful, but I really have to spell out for him what I need, which I don't always feel like doing. Other times, he seems to forget I am growing a person! He loves to nap, and usually I don't/can't, but when I am pregnant, I get tired, especially now that I am wrangling our 9 month old too, so when he goes to take a nap and leaves me with DD, I just want to junk-punch him. When do I get to nap? [although we did have a 2.5 hour drive today and I got to close my eyes for some of it while he drove, so I guess that kind of counts]

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? Mostly hoping LO is smart and loves to read like us. I think it would be fun if LO got DH's hair (black) and my eyes (blue). DD so far has brown hair (I was blond as a kid, so I think she gets it from DH's mom and we have no possibility of a blond child if so, but maybe it will lighten a bit this summer) and the strangest eyes I've ever seen. My eyes are a lighter blue, sometimes blue-gray, and DH's are green. DD's are dark blue around the outside and hazel around the pupil, so they sometimes look blue, sometimes look gray, and sometimes have this crazy two-tone with blue outside and green or brown in the middle. They're much darker than mine. I wonder if they will stay that way; at 9.5 months they could still change, but they're very unique, so I hope they stick! I hope LO does NOT get DH's anxiety. 

lijuan09

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 11 weeks, lime or brussels sprout

2. How are you feeling? I feel fine, but I was extra hungry and tired at work today. Also, this acne can go straight to h-e-double-hockey-sticks!

3. Any appointments this week? No, ultrasound next week though

4. Rants, raves, questions? See above about acne.

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
I am hoping that LO takes after DH  more than DS does. But not so much that they don't look like siblings.

dilbert890

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

9 weeks, cherry 

2. How are you feeling?

Still tired, annoyed waking up at 3 am and not faking back to sleep until 4:30 or 5.. peeing constantly through the night and super thirsty. 

3. Any appointments this week?
nope

4. Rants, raves, questions?
ive started announcing my pregnancy. People freak out that I'm still working out. Ugh. I've been physically active to some extent for the last 12 years. Mind your own business, did some of you not pick up your other LO's while pregnant, carry groceries, laundry baskets?! I made it 6 weeks at the gym before I knew I was pregnant.. I'll be fine. The only thing I'll have to stop doing entirely is flat bench after the first trimester. 

Midwives are impossible to get in my hometown. 
I feel like I can't eat any of my normal food!! Ugh! 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
we both have blue eyes, brown hair so I'm guessing that..  hopefully they have blond hair like I did as a child... I don't want them to have my nose. SO and I are about the same height so there's likely not going to be any surprises there. 

Lets be honest, I was 5lbs 6 oz as a baby. I'm hoping for a small baby! 

ChelK3

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

9 weeks, cherry

2. How are you feeling?

Threw up for the first time this pregnancy yesterday, but feeling better today. 

3. Any appointments this week?

Nope, not til the 24th

4. Rants, raves, questions?

Nope

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO?
SO's blue eyes would be pretty cool. 

peachy13

@lijuan09 glad I'm not the only one! My face broke out terribly over the weekend and I'm still dealing with new blemishes everyday. Yuck!

txmomma16

Sorry for the late response, yesterday was rough!

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 10! Straberry

2. How are you feeling? Exhausted. This fatigue is never ending, and it's starting to affect my ability to work a full day. 

3. Any appointments this week? No more until July

4. Rants, raves, questions? I've had three people today tell me that I'm starting to show... like WTF. I am not a small person, but I am about average build, but have always carried a little extra fluff in the middle. I've been in baggy shirts all week, and today, and yet people feel it's ok to tell me how I'm showing! No. No I am not. This is bloat and enlarged ovaries from the IVF, and gross. This is not adorable cute baby. Thanks. Ugh! 

5. GTKY: What traits (physical or personality) are you hoping your LO inherits from you and your SO? I hope LO get's my confidence but H's calm demeanor. I'd also love if they got H's beautiful blue eyes and LONG eye lashes. 

baevn

Hey gang saw my OB today and he is using the ultrasound due date of December 24th so I am going to be a Sunday ticker change now! I will probably continue to pop in and check on everyone here though!