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June 2019 Moms
cricket1688
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FTM Check in - December
cricket1688
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Due Date/W+D:
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions?
How are you really feeling?
Any trips lined up for this month?
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions?
How are you really feeling?
Any trips lined up for this month?
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?
Re: FTM Check in - December
Due Date/W+D: 6/22 - 11+5
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions?
I have my NT scan coming up next Friday. I'm excited to get through that. My NIPT should be in early that week. I was a little annoyed they were spaced apart since it seems like other ladies had theirs done same day? But no big deal I suppose.
How are you really feeling?
Symptoms have lightened and I am feeling more like myself so I am just enjoying that right now. My upper back feels tight and achy constantly so I think I'm ready for a massage! Emotionally I am still wondering a little bit what the hell DH and I got ourselves into. I got really overwhelmed reading the breast feeding discussion thread and I was just super feeling the pressure that day. I've always had the attitude that you go in hoping for the best but expecting the worst and that BF thread just had me a little dizzy on just how complex it really is physically and emotionally.
Any trips lined up for this month?
Headed to NYC this weekend for a little getaway with DH - I'm finally feeling a little sexy and we could use some time together now that I don't feel like hell all day.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?
We met on a motorcycle ride in Colorado almost 4 years ago. I was on a friends bike and the seat was uncomfortable so I made my way to DH and he said I could ride on the back of his bike. He literally saved my ass that day and we've been together ever since.
Due Date/W+D: June 22 / 11+ 4
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? NT scan and NIPT blood draw next Thursday (12/13). I am also getting my blood drawn this Friday (12/7) and seeing my endo next Friday (12/14) to make sure my TSH levels are good.
How are you really feeling? I'm a mixed bag of emotions. I'm excited that I'm nearing my second trimester and we will be telling more people. I'm really hoping this also brings some nausea relief 🤞 A lot of general nerves. I'm assuming a lot of this is FTM jitters, but I question every cramp and ache I get in my body wondering if something is wrong. I'm also nervous about the NT scan next week and hoping they don't find anything concerning. Then of course there is this reality sinking in that life is going to be SO different in a few months.
Any trips lined up for this month? Too many. Wedding this weekend in Hilton Head and heading down to Florida for Christmas.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We met my first week in college!
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? U/s next Thursday plus NT test.
How are you really feeling? I'm with you ladies about the BF discussion. I'm just getting used to having bigger boobs (small chest here) never mind what I have to do with them. I'm going to buy the book that was suggested.
Any trips lined up for this month? Sadly, no. Unless you count crisscrossing the state christmas eve and christmas day to see both my family and my husbands.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? In college! I was dating someone at the time so we were friends for about a year until the timing was right. Going on almost 9 years!
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? I just had an US and my NIPT blood draw. My next appt isn't until January! I don't really have questions. I'm a pretty relaxed pregnant person and my midwife said several times it looks like there's a healthy baby in there. So I'm just waiting for NIPT results before I get worried.
How are you really feeling? Much, much better, and finally feeling a little excited. It's starting to feel real and we're getting closer to telling people.
Any trips lined up for this month? Yes! We go to Paris next week!! I'm a little sad I will not be drinking wine, but I will be eating croissants to my heart's content.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We actually met (while I was in college) at a new year's eve party. He was with his friend who was dating the host. The host was the cousin of my 'date'. We were the only people who didn't know anyone else at the party, so we ended up talking. He actually forgot my name, and I gave him a hard time about it lol. We'll have met 11 years ago this NYE.
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? I have a regular OB appointment on Dec 20th. I will have my anatomy scan in early January. I don't really have any questions for you guys, but next time I see my OB I'm going to ask about finding a pediatrian. Hopefully they have some recommendations!
How are you really feeling? Well, I thought my MS was gone, but that was too good to be true. It's not even MS, I get sick close to the end of the day. I've thrown up Monday and Tuesday night this week. Last night I actually vomited a couple of times. And oh my gosh my boobs! I can deal with the pain, the size is getting out of control. Prior to my BFP I was a 32G (US) and now I'm up to a 32J! I went up three cup sizes! Ah! I don't know what I'm going to do if they get any bigger!
Any trips lined up for this month? Yep, we are getting ready to go to Florida for Christmas! I'm pretty excited about that, but bathing suit shopping has been a little difficult.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? I met my husband back when we were in high school. We were actually in the same nerdy school club together (model united nations). I met him on a trip for one of our competitions. He was a freshman and I was a sophomore. We started dating and just stayed together. We never broke up or took a break even though we went to different universities.
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? First appointment with the actual OB tomorrow (so far I've just seen nurses)! I've had a lot of friends who have seen her and loved her, so I'm pretty excited. She's been practicing obstetrics longer than I've been alive. I've got my list of "is this OK, is this OK, how about this" stuff for her, but my closest friend who saw her told me to throw the list out the window because her only rule is "If you feel OK and your instincts are OK with it, do it" which I kind of love. I've hated the Pregnancy Prison so far (all the things we avoid to "lower" our risk of listeria -- which already is at a .0005% rate, which is insanely low to begin with -- is ludicrous) so having a medical professional tell me exactly how much of that is straight baloney is exciting.
How are you really feeling? Really? Still terrified. I'm with you gals, the BF thread is a lot. Great info, but honestly the more I read about it, the less I actually want to do it. I'll probably still give it the ole college try, but holy shit that's a lot to take in (I legitimately thought it was like "here's a boob kid, you know what to do" and had never heard of them latching or having to learn proper holds or whatever) and literally none of it sounds appealing in the slightest. But I get the feeling that's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this mom-ing stuff and it'll all be like that, and in that case I'm not sure WTF we did.
Any trips lined up for this month? Flying to DC for New Years. This was supposed to be DH's year for Christmas, but his family is in Virginia Beach and flights there out of Omaha on the tight schedule we'd be on (he has a game the 22nd and practice the 26th) were RIDICULOUSLY expensive, and for 2.5 days it was hard to justify it. But we have a game at Maryland on the 2nd, so everyone is driving up to DC (since it's like 25 minutes from College Park) and we'll meet them there on the 31st to spend a couple days with them. Let's be real, I'm very much looking forward to having a sip or two of their champagne.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? At work! I used to work in our college athletic department, and was actually really close with the staff prior to DH's. So when they were fired, I was IRATE, since some of my best friends lost their jobs I thought unnecessarily -- but one got to keep his job, and he told me I should come meet the new guys, which I had no interest in AT ALL. (My exact words were "Yeah, no, Jim, obviously I hate them.") But one of the new coaches was insanely good-looking and I had run into him on a few occasions at work things and downtown with friends, so when I had a meeting over in their building one night, I stopped over to flirt with him -- and wound up meeting DH instead. We went on our first date two days later, and in 15 months to the day, we were married. (Coach Hottie was invited -- and five years later he's coaching elsewhere, still single, still gorgeous, but probably has contracted at least four strains of chlamydia. I'm good with the coach I got instead.)
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions?
I have my 12 week appointment on Friday.
How are you really feeling?
Freaking terrified i’ll get bad news. PGAL brain. I haven’t thought too far in the future becuase im still holding my breath until I’m farther along. My MS is a lot better. I’m looking forward to when I get my energy back in the 2nd trimester.
Any trips lined up for this month?
Nope! I plan to stay put this month. My SO’s family does everything last minute so I have no idea what the Christmas plans are. We might travel an hour to see his family on Christmas Eve.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?
We met online. I met him on my second day on the website, lol.
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? Got one on the 14th to find out the results of the NT screen and see how baby is doing this month.
How are you really feeling? I’m tired and have a cold. So bleh.
Any trips lined up for this month? Nothing except trips to the fridge for a cold drink.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? We’re hockey players (or I will be in July again) and we met at a friends pickup game. They invited me as a birthday present and he went because his league team captain was playing. Caught his eye and flirted awkwardly for a few months, then he kissed me one night in the parking lot of a restaurant the group went to. We got married this year at that same rink, and played a pickup game to celebrate our wedding.
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? 12 week appointment on the 12th. No questions, just incredibly nervous for it. We should be hearing baby on the Doppler.
How are you really feeling? Honestly, this is the point in pregnancy I’ve kind of been dreading. The baby is getting big, but I still can’t tangibly feel the pregnancy. I’m ready to be showing and feeling the baby. I’m PGAL, so I think a lot of that has to do with having reached this point in pregnancy before and it not turning out well.
Any trips lined up for this month? Going to Colorado for Christmas to be with my family for two weeks. I’m excited about that.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? Haha, we met online. We started dating 3 years ago yesterday.
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? First OB appt next week. No real questions
How are you really feeling? I feel great aside from insomnia and last night had major hip pain all of a sudden
Any trips lined up for this month? Negative we wont be travelling until after the baby is born
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? He was working full time at walmart as security and my coworker at my full time job convinced me to get a part time job there. One day he stopped and chatted me up then randomly asked where I lived. Turns out we lived in the same apt building and were only a floor apart and across the hall from each other. Even though said friend hadnt introduced us she did know us separately and was the emcee at our wedding
Any Appointments Coming Up? Questions? NT scan on Monday, more bloodwork with my RE on Tuesday to see when I can finally stop the PIO. My left arm is bruised from the DNA blood draw at my OB’s on Wednesday (not even sure why I said yes to that one since we PGS tested our embryos); hoping it recovers in time for next week’s blood draws.
How are you really feeling? Like everyone else, a little overwhelmed. I told my parents I thought I was behind, but they just said I should be relaxing and enjoying it. Well, yes, but babies do require some planning. I’m currently hobbled because we haven’t told our friends, so I can’t get their input on day care, mommy groups, etc. We’re announcing next week so that should resolve soon.
For the most part, I’m not nauseous anymore. But I do get very hungry, I have an aversion to a lot of smells and to foods, I cry at commercials, and I get annoyed easily. Also I feel fat and I definitely didn’t work out this week. I feel like I’m growing sideways, and why are my pants tight on my thighs??
Also ditto to everyone who said they’re only not nervous during u/s. PGAL brain as well, although it’s getting better. It’s also so weird to see baby rolling around and not feel anything.
Any trips lined up for this month? Boston this weekend to visit a friend, then MI for Christmas/New Years! I’m so happy to get a week with my family.
GTKY: How did you and your SO meet? Online; at the time we were living in a rural area, so I restricted my search by “must have graduate degree” and DH was one of maybe 25 guys. I’m so lazy, I literally wrote my profile to respond to his (all of it was true).
Also I was pretty cheerful that, since the end of August, my net weight gain has been 7 pounds. That time frame included a week in Disney (for the food and wine festival) and New England, which involved all the eating in the world, immediately followed by getting pregnant, very few workouts, no real dieting to speak of, Thanksgiving, and a ton of bloating. Mentioned it to my mom and she went "Oh honey, that's terrible. I'm so worried you'll get gestational diabetes if you can't get that weight gain under control." Uhhhhh what? I thought SOME gain in the first tri was normal? I would actually find it pretty reasonable to think I added a couple pounds prior to Baby...so we're prob talking 4ish since then. My OB hasn't said anything but that was...less encouraging.
Honestly I haven't even felt bad, physically, this pregnancy, but I really don't want to do it again.
My mom kind of made a comment about my weight, too, when I mentioned it to her. I told her my OB encouraged me to gain a little bit of weight, and she told me that I shouldn’t do that. She then mentioned another pregnant lady we both know who has only gained 1 pound (because of losing a ton of weight in the first trimester from morning sickness), apparently, who is in her third trimester. Yeah, that’s probably not going to happen with me, but thanks for the unrealistic expectation.
I actually went into work today (thought we had a meeting, which was cancelled just before I got to the office) and I want nothing more than to be in my sweats now. Damn.
But I agree that no one should really get to have opinion about your weight except maybe your doc. There’s so many things we are thinking about that trying to worry about your weight because someone else said something is just unfair. Also, I’m not sure it’d be recommended to only gain 1 lb by 3rd trimester. 25-35 lbs is the normal range I’ve seen over the course. I think my boobs alone have gained like 5 lbs!!
@chrssyms i swear one boob has gained all the weight. I call it my armpit boob. Lol its always been the bigger one but now its worse damnit i thought they could even out a bit
@canuckbaby also have the lopsided issue. Come on universe! help a girl out!
I have definitely gained although havent been tracking very closely exactly how much. I have been in mostly pregnancy pants of some sort for weeks.
I also bought 4 of the same type of black maternity pants (they just seem to have a broader waist band that isn't so tight). I wear those almost everyday to work. They are just so comfortable. They probably look like yoga pants though, but IDGAF.
One pair i did get used from someone are grey and look like sweats but i wear them anyways- i also DGAF.