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Group 2 Check-in (Aug 8-14) w/o 3/5

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I don't usually posts these, but I don't think our check-in has been done in a couple weeks. @hey_clever_girl, if you're around hope you are well!

Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days:

Baby is the size of a(n):

Upcoming Appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves: 

Questions: 

GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: 

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Re: Group 2 Check-in (Aug 8-14) w/o 3/5

  • Lotus_2008Lotus_2008 member

    Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: Aug. 11/ 17 + 2

    Baby is the size of a(n): Pomegranate

    Upcoming Appointments: Had my 16 week last Friday, next is the anatomy scan in early April!  <3

    How are you feeling?: Pretty good other than raging hormones and random aches and pains. I also started having really sharp stinging pains in my breasts last night. Apparently this is in preparation for milk production. Thanks, pregnancy!

    Rants/Raves: Rant- MIL has been pestering DH about telling her DS's name! He's only telling her that it is a name in the top 100 of the SSA baby name list. She can be weirdly opinionated about things and we just don't need her (or anyone else's) opinions!

    Rave- At my OB's office there are several docs that deliver and they want you to see all of them pre-delivery since any one of them could be on call during the delivery. Thus far, I had only seen my OB/GYN that I have treated with since before pregnancy. I saw another OB at my last appointment and she was super sweet! It really eased my anxiety about seeing the other docs. 

    Questions: None that I can think of.

    GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: McDonald's shake- half Shamrock/half chocolate. Unfortunately the Shamrock is only around for a limited time!  :'(

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  • elizabeth_1985elizabeth_1985 member

    Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: Aug. 10. 17 weeks, 3 days

    Baby is the size of a(n):

    Upcoming Appointments: Anatomy scan in two weeks!

    How are you feeling?: Getting better...

    Rants/Raves: Excited to know the sex of the baby in two weeks. I am confident we have a girl name picked out, but need help with boy names. 

    Questions: Why are boy names so hard to pick???

    GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: Ice cream

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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member

    Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: Aug. 16th (but planning either 8/9 or 8/14 c-section) / 16+4
    Baby is the size of a(n): soda can - though weighs half as much - per TB
    Upcoming Appointments: 20 wk appt on the 29th, I guess just for the pee and any blood draws (?) and they'll schedule my MFM appt for the anatomy scan at some point the next week
    How are you feeling?: Good, just random slides back into first trimester symptoms: progesterone-based GI issues, random (minor) headaches, random tiredness with sore eyes (and I've even moved to 100% glasses), sometimes some weird uterine-stretching feelings.
    Rants/Raves: Rant: Still *really* mad about a person getting a promotion, making them my indirect boss. They are - by far - the person I have liked least during my whole career - in any job, ever. It took me almost a decade to get the "dream job" that I'm currently in and this has me considering looking for another job. So, not happy and hugely pessimistic. Rave: I'm still down like 10 lbs (I lose weight in the first trimester, which I then gain back in the 2nd), so even though my belly's filled in, it's not uncomfortable ... yet.
    Questions:
    GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: Every year for Lent, I give up "that thing," but then I never pick it back up again so I don't know if I have a true "indulgence." I do, however, have a strange obsession with meatloaf, but I don't know if you'd call that even remotely indulgent  :D And tomorrow *is* meatloaf day at the cafeteria on campus *squeeeee*

    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member
    @lotus_2008 - I totally get it about the names, it really is no one else's business but yours ... and people take it WAY too seriously for it not being their child.

    @elizabeth_1985 - I hate to break it to ya, but that probably means you're having a boy! LOL. Both times, we were 100% in agreement with boys names and ... this will be our second girl. So we're currently in debate status right now. Sigh. It's exciting to think about and it's sooooo close!!
    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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  • Lotus_2008Lotus_2008 member
    @MamaK225 Exactly! IDK why people feel so entitled to knowing the name. 

    I'll ask people if they've decided on a name and maybe offer joke suggestions depending on how well I know them. I'd never go that next step and ask what it is.
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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member
    @Lotus_2008 - Same! The same with family planning choices. I never ask "when are you going to have children/have another/etc" ... because you never know. Also, it's none of my damn business! Even close friends. If they offer a tidbit, I'll have the conversation, but all those things are very personal. I think it's silly others feel this entitlement to know these things.
    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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  • elizabeth_1985elizabeth_1985 member
    @MamaK225 We have a whole list of girl names we like- Rose, Jane, Judith, Louise, Alice. You can steal one of mine if you can think of some boy names along that theme of girl names. 😀
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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member
    @elizabeth_1985 - How beautiful! My grandmother's name is Alice (she *hates* it and goes by her middle name, Elaine), but I think it's so pretty :) Let's see ... there's Sam, Jack, Edward, Ben/Benjamin, Charles, Adam, Franklin, and Michael. Your tastes are very similar to mine.

    We have a Charlotte Leigh (call her Charlie) and I'm gunning hard for Savannah Marguerite (call her Sam), but DH is concerned that they would both be "city" names and I told him he can shove it because - at most - they'll live together for 15 years (DD1 will have just turned 3 when DD2 arrives) and neither would go solely by their first names anyway. Marguerite (and Margaret) feature prominently in my family and I wanted to name DD1 that and call her Maggie, but that got vetoed and I'm not budging on it for DD2's middle name. He's really a fan of Freya, which I do like, but if he wants to poo-poo about treating the names like a bundle, then it doesn't go with Charlotte. I also like Selene - but it gets confused with Celine at every mention and I am not a fan of that. Other options are Sloane, Alexandra, Victoria, and Lilith.

    I don't know if you've heard about the BabyName app; it's basically Tinder for baby names that you can link with your spouse. That way, you can peruse at your leisure and it'll tell you about your name matches. I'm a loyal Android user and DH is Apple, so I know they're available on both of those platforms.
    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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  • Lotus_2008Lotus_2008 member
    @elizabeth_1985 Not sure if you've tried this, but babynames.com will suggest some boy names to go with your girl names.
    I actually had a harder time coming up with girls names that I liked. Thankfully it doesn't matter at this point!  :D
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  • elizabeth_1985elizabeth_1985 member
    @MamaK225 I'm a fan of Margaret. If we have a girl, Rose Margaret is a big possibility.

    My husband likes Edward. But I work with someone we call "Lazy Ed" which kind of ruins it for me. 
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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member
    @elizabeth_1985 - LOL @ Lazy Ed. You could always go with Edwin? I know it still condenses to "Ed," but ... kind of differently ...? :) 
    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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  • emqbeeemqbee member

    Est. Due Date / Weeks + Days: 8/12, 17 + 1

    Baby is the size of a(n): pomegranate 

    Upcoming Appointment: Just had my first official visit with the midwife at the birthing center, a/s up next! Should be scheduled soon!

    How are you feeling?: Starting to improve. I’m still so drained and feel so useless after work and on the weekends  I just want to clean my house but I have 0 energy to do it  

    Rants/Raves: Rant...still have a close relationship with morning sickness, like seriously? This part was supposed to be done by now, grrr... Rave...I am absolutely thrilled with the birthing center we’ve chosen! They have blown me away and I’m so happy I chose them!

    Questions: Any suggestions for how you get all the boring stuff done when you feel so drained? I hardly ever cook, and that used to be an every day thing for me. And I don’t remember when the last time was I mopped my floors. I just don’t have it in me! How do you get it all done?

    GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: Oy...at the risk of getting burned at the stake...sushi! But nothing with raw fish and from a very trusted restaurant! And I’ve cleared it with my providers!

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  • Lotus_2008Lotus_2008 member
    emqbee said:

    GTKY—In honor of Fat Tuesday, what is your favorite food indulgence?: Oy...at the risk of getting burned at the stake...sushi! But nothing with raw fish and from a very trusted restaurant! And I’ve cleared it with my providers!

    No shame whatsoever! I've had California rolls a couple times during this pregnancy!
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  • emqbeeemqbee member
    Oh yay! I’m so glad to hear that. I was feeling some real guilt but it’s also been the one thing I can count on not making me sick later too!
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  • MamaK225MamaK225 member
    @emqbee - As long as the place has good quality ingredients and follows food-handling guidelines, you're safe. Limit quantity and frequency, but here and there is just fine. In fact, recent studies have been published, urging more women to eat more seafood (yes, even sushi!) during pregnancy since so many have sworn it off because of concerns ... but it's very healthy and healthful for the growing baby(ies)!
    **History in Spoiler**
    Me-35, DH-36 - TTC since 08/10
    Me - anovulatory, non-Insulin PCOS, DH - low end of "normal" sperm count
       IUI#1   - 02/15 - Cancelled due to scrubbed sperm count <1MM
       IVF#1  - 08/15 - 13x5-day blastocysts (ranging from AA-BB, most are 5 or 6), not PGS, on ice
       FET#1 - 10/15 - 1 emb - BFP (DD 07/16) (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#2 - 07/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#3 - 08/17 - 1 emb - BFN (estrace + PIO sesame oil + prometrium)
       FET#4 - 10/17 - 2 emb - BFN (changed to estrace + prometrium because of allergic reaction to PIO sesame oil)
    ERA Testing - 12/17 - window moved (-1 day)
       FET#5 - 03/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
    Karyotype Testing - 04/18 - Negative (we're ok)
       FET#6 - 06/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#7 - 10/18 - 2 emb - BFN (estrace + prometrium, ERA-timing used)
       FET#8 - 11/18 - 2 emb - BFP; looks like one baby is going to make it, DD is due 8/16 (though likely to be 8/9)


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