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Group 1 Check In (7/1-7/8) w/o 4/8
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Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
Re: Group 1 Check In (7/1-7/8) w/o 4/8
Baby is the size of a(n): couronne bread
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink:)
Upcoming Appointments: TDAP shot this Thursday and OB next Thursday
How are you feeling?: Like dirt. Actually dirt might feel better:/ But so thrilled to be feeling baby so much and so excited to meet her in 11 weeks...aaah!
Rants/Raves: DD felt baby kick yesterday. I think it's finally becoming more real for her and she is starting to get excited. I'm still worried about what summer will look like though without us being able to do all our normal activities.
Questions: For those of you with 2+...how did you find the transition from 1 to 2? I'm hoping the 5.5 year age gap will end up being at least somewhat helpful. I feel it might make it easier for me but harder for DD:/
GTKY: I didn't have a real shower with my first and won't with my 2nd either. My grade 12s threw me a surprise shower at work with my first (I had taught them all every year from grade 9 on) and it was super sweet. My mom threw a party when DD was 4 or 5 months old for the family to meet her. But I think that was mostly because my mom loves throwing parties and my family is awesome to have around. Not planning anything for this LO but I might try to have a get together for family around Xmas so her cousins can meet her. No gifts or anything, just to socialize:)
Baby is the size of a(n): lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: glucose test next week
How are you feeling?: pretty good but if I overdo it I’m totally wiped the next day
Rants/Raves: we’ve had some beautiful weather.. so much outside fun w ds!
Questions: What’s a good age for a sip n see or just a get together for people to meet baby? It’d be nice to see everyone, but I’m a little worried about all the germs! If you’ve had one or are planning one, what was yours like?
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? Nothing for this LO. My mom through a shower for my first. It was mostly family and very nice to celebrate LO.
I don’t have any advice from experience from going to 2 from 1, but I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to make it work for your family.
Baby is the size of a(n): baseball hat
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: glucose test on wednesday...nervous for sure
How are you feeling?: Really achey and large, picking things up off the floor is becoming a thing of the past
Rants/Raves: We went on our babymoon this weekend in the Smokey Mountains! It was awesome!
Questions: How long do you think I will need to wait to hear the results of my glucose test?
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
FTM so I'm having a shower - the theme is Taco 'Bout A Baby. It's going to be super nontraditional. Margarita bar (signature margarita will be virgin for me of course) and a DJ so we can dance our butts off instead of the usual sit down, play some games, and open gifts - just not my style.
Baby is the size of a(n): a head of Cauliflower or Romaine lettuce depending on the app
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: GTT Tomorrow
How are you feeling?: Better being more active. 4 Fitness classes last week, signed up for 5 this week.
Rants/Raves: Rave: Really loving my group fitness classes. Rave: One full week no cigarettes.
Questions: Nope
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? No sprinkles, no showers, not with any of my kiddos. No one ever offered to throw one. I put my registry on FB a couple weeks ago and got some wonderful gifts from friends and family and that was very sweet.
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Pink
Upcoming Appointments: Regular checkup this week.
How are you feeling?: Alright, really sore and exhausted by the end of the day most nights.
Rants/Raves: Its sunny and 70 degrees today for the first time in months and we are expecting snow by the end of the week.
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? I had a shower for my first, she was due Feb. 3 and we had a Christmas themed shower a week before the holidays when we already had family coming in to visit. Haven't done anything for the other two.
@key33 How’s your husband been doing? I’ve been thinking about you lately...
@indulgentgypsy congrats on the one week mark! Is it getting easier?
Baby is the size of a(n): bunch of banana, head of lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): 💙
Upcoming Appointments: next Thursday for glucose test and TDap shot. Yay!
How are you feeling?: still have a case of the dropsies! SPD pain is still there, but has subsided a little while I’m wearing the belly band.
Rants/Raves: DD got her first front tooth! She now has 5! I was secretly hoping she wouldn’t get it until Christmas so she could “ask for her 2 front teeth”. But she’s not a vampire anymore! She also keeps sitting on my belly and bouncing up and down on top of brother. It’s adorable, and I love it, but it hurts sometimes. Ha!
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
I told my mom I didn’t really need a shower/sprinkle. We have a lot of what we need from DD (she was born Jan18), so there’s still so much stuff we have! But I also told her I wouldn’t be opposed if they wanted to throw me a surprise small thing. It doesn’t need to be a big production like with DD, but it would be nice to see friends... so I’m not anticipating anything for this LO at all, and I’m okay with that.
@indulgentgypsy - Congrats on the 1 week mark! It is so hard to quit. I still get the occasional craving and it has been 7 years.
7/7 - 27+1
Baby is the size of a(n):
Head of lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):
It's a secret!
Upcoming Appointments:
Nothing this week
How are you feeling?:
Pretty good. Starting to have a bit more trouble sleeping and the acid reflux is terrible
Rants/Raves:
My normally super supportive DH started giving me a hard time about my eating... It took him a little too long to get to his specific concern of me relying on packaged fiber snacks to get enough fiber so that I can have a change at a regular BM every day. I may have cried... I just wanna poop a normal poop!
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
This is our first, and my husband is an only child. Both of our mothers are planning separate showers - normal me would be stressing about who is invited to which one and how all that will play out... Pregnant me is just going with the flow.
MIL's also has some religious elements, and I have no idea what's going to happen. I have never been to a Hindu baby shower before!
Baby is the size of a(n): bunch of bananas (2-lb). Also, as tall as a three-hole-punch
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): girl
Upcoming Appointments: Monday after Easter. I think more labs and a tdap will be involved.
How are you feeling?: okay. I came down with something last week, had my glucose screen on Friday and felt weird the rest of the day, threw up on Saturday morning, and am now on the mend but not nearly at 100%. I can’t sleep anymore, either—I wake up every couple of hours. Practice for July, I guess? Ugh.
Rants/Raves: my little rooftop garden is doing so well! I had an arugula salad this weekend that I grew myself; I’m basically an earth goddess now. 😄
Questions: omg how do you pick a name???
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
I don’t plan to have a shower. My close friends and anyone who might reasonably throw me one all live far away from me. I’m happy letting people drop off their kids’ outgrown clothes/baby paraphernalia at random. I do love a good party, though, so I’m thinking to host something (co-ed) for our local friends a few months after baby is here.
Baby is the size of an eggplant
Team: 💙
Upcoming appointments: I did my glucose yesterday, I have the midwife Thursday, and my 3D ultrasound on Saturday which I’m super excited for since DD will be able to really see her brother for the first time!
How are are you feeling? Oh my heartburn! It’s been awful this last week, and it doesn’t seem to matter what or when I eat. Also back pain and cramps in my side/legs when sleeping.
Rants/Raves: MIL drama, what else is new. She refuses to confirm any plans for Easter weekend and actually got mad at my husband because he isn’t off Easter Monday and that’s the day that works best for her. My parents have tried to schedule all their plans around her and she keeps changing her mind and screwing up everyone’s schedules.
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous.
For DD I had 2 showers, one my mom threw and a surprise shower my last day of work. We got pretty much everything we needed and both were so nicely done and lots of fun. This time around I still have all the big ticket items so I don’t feel like we need a shower. I think a friend is going to host a small dinner or something just to celebrate and I may have a small sprinkle/bbq to welcome baby boy around labour day weekend but I haven’t fully decided.
Baby is the size of a(n): eggplant 🍆
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue 💙
Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow for a regular ON appointment
How are you feeling?: ok I started taking iron supplements because my blood work came back as anemic. They are making me SUPER nauseous. I feel like I did in the first trimester. I’m going to talk to my dr tomorrow about changing the dosage or anything. I don’t want to feel like this for the next 12 weeks especially when I finally started to feel like myself again.
Rants/Raves: I’m SO ready for spring break. Our school district made it a shorter break this year so instead of the whole week we only get a few days. But I’ll take what I can get. I’m about to lose my mind at work 🤯
Questions: anybody else on iron that feels really nauseous? Anything work for you?
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
My mom and mother-in-law are throwing a shower together for me in a few weeks. It’s hard though because I live in WV, my mom in PA and my MIL in NJ. So the shower will be in PA where’s I grew up. I just feel bad for them planning it being so far away from each other. My awesome co-workers are also throwing me a shower at work the same week! They threw me a bridal shower last year and it was so sweet so I’m sure my work baby shower will be just as great!
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):💙💙
Upcoming Appointments: insulin appt on Thursday. Ultrasound and OB appt on the 19th
How are you feeling?: tired
Rants/Raves: not much to complain about just thankful for healthy babies and praying for a smooth delivery when it comes c section time.
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
I had a shower with my first LO. There was a blizzard the night before so only like 4 people showed, obviously. This time my aunt and my mom offered to throw a sprinkle but I declined. I'm not one who typically likes to be the center of attention plus in my family you usually only have one shower.
Baby is the size of a: Plate of pancakes (which actually sounds really good right now)
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): pink
Upcoming Appointments: glucose test Friday. Doctor gave me the drink at the last appointment so I wouldn’t have to burn a whole hour there. It looks gross. I really don’t want to drink it haha.
How are you feeling?: A little achy. I’ve been doing some running because it feels really good aerobically, but it’s also super uncomfortable in my pelvic region (especially the stowaway bouncing up and down on my bladder), and I get really sore after. So I should probably stop, but... we’ll see. I need exercise for my mental health right now, and swimming is a lot less convenient now than it was in my old location.
I’m so sorry for everyone who’s dealing with nausea at this stage. I hope you get some relief soon!!
Rants/Raves: The transitions in my life continue to be hard. But on the positive side, I finally actually look pregnant rather than just heavier in most clothes now. A stranger made a comment about my baby for the first time this weekend. And my grad alma mater won the national championship last night (basketball), so that was cool even though they are secondary to my undergrad team in my mind
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? I really, really don’t want a shower. I hate baby showers, am in a new location where I don’t have anyone to invite, and almost all of my friends in my last location are guys. But my MIL is fixated on a shower for me (though she’s not offering to actually throw it; just wants to attend because she was sad she missed our wedding shower), and my mother is pressuring me to appease her. Will likely put my foot down though. That is a dumb reason to make someone throw a shower, and have more than enough other stuff stressing me out right now.
@vanillalatte89, I was just wondering this weekend if I should be worried about not having had them yet, and then yesterday, I had some brief but kind of sharp period-like cramping twice. Not sure if that was BH or something else, though. The internet tells me BH don’t usually hurt?
@pizzaplz, we’ve made basically no progress on that front since we got the NIPT results at 11 weeks
Edited to respond to @sarahtram2018: ugh, so sorry your supplements are giving you nausea! I haven’t had to take iron supplements during this pregnancy, but I have a lot of experience as an anemic teenager/young adult. Are you taking the pills with food? That would be my number one suggestion. Sometimes even just a snack isn’t enough to stave off the nausea, so I would take my pill right after finishing a meal. Good luck!!
Baby is the size of a(n): eggplant
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): blue
Upcoming Appointments: I have an ultrasound tomorrow
How are you feeling?: overall good
Rants/Raves: found out at my monthly checkup that my ob that I LOVE is no longer going to be my ob. She brought in my new ob today and walked her through my conception journey, which was great because I could elaborate if needed, and I generally like her, but I am so upset over this.
Rave- I started on insulin this week and so far it’s helped so much. I feel like I’m doing pretty good keeping it under control now that I am on it. It’s really eased a lot of the worries I’ve been having due to it.
Questions: none
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans?
We believe in celebrating all babies. For this little one we’re planning on having a diaper shower. We don’t need any gear, just diapers and wipes. We’ll probably do something along the lines of a baby-q and cook some hotdogs and burgers.
@key33 Since I know we live close, feeling your pain on the weather today after our summery weekend.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: July 6 / 27w5d
Baby is the size of a(n): Lettuce
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out): Green
Upcoming Appointments: Had a big appointment on Tuesday - had to have an ultrasound to check my placenta position since it was low at my a/s. Thankfully, it has moved up a couple of cm and baby looks great! Also had my glucose test, rhogam and tdap. I passed the glucose test with flying colors this time after failing the one hour in my first pregnancy by one stupid point. So happy!
How are you feeling?: Pretty great, definitely starting to get a bit more uncomfortable and I have some annoying acid reflux going on today.
Rants/Raves: Raves: Excited for GoT!!
Questions: Nope.
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? We had two showers for our first but we are not doing a shower/sprinkle for this one. I'm hoping we will get a lot of clothes once baby comes since we are team green.
Baby is the size of a(n): ??
Team (Green, Blue, Pink, Finding out):blue
Upcoming Appointments: had glucose test and my last monthly appt yesterday... now begins biweekly
How are you feeling?: still have morning sickness
Rants/Raves: I passed my 1 hour glucose test (for the first time ever) I had gd with my first and with my second I failed the 1 hour and passed the 3 hour... so I’m celebrating 🥳
Questions:
GTKY: TTMA showers/sprinkles either for this LO or previous. What are your plans? For my first my mom and sil threw us a shower pink or blue either will do (we were team green) it was beautiful... for our second we remained team green and my mom and sil again threw us a small sprinkle with only family. My mom, sil and my good friend are throwing us a couples sprinkle this time to welcome our first boy.... it’s really a reason to have a huge pool party at my parents with all our friends and family