March 2020 Moms
WorkingOnMyNightCheese
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Weekly Group 2 Check-In (3/9 - 3/16) Week of 8/5
WorkingOnMyNightCheese
member
EDD/W+D:
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appts:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant?
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appts:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant?
Re: Weekly Group 2 Check-In (3/9 - 3/16) Week of 8/5
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Finding out, but probably won't share with others
Baby is the size of a(n):
1/2 lego brick
Upcoming appts:
Another US next Friday. I'm starting to get anxious again.
How are you feeling?:
A little better in some areas, worse in others. I feel like my fatigue and nausea are at least manageable now, but feeling more anxious about have two kids. Not that we can't handle two, but how DD will feel.
Rants/Raves:
My nausea seems to (for the most part) given way to constant hunger. GIMME ALL DEM SNACKS!
Questions:
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant?
Sushi.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: probably finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry
Upcoming appts: 8/16 for my first OB appt
How are you feeling?: not horrible but certainly not great
Rants/Raves: DH took DS to his family cabin for the weekend, which gave me a much needed break! Very timely, too, because I started feeling worse again, so it was great to be able to relax and lounge around while feeling crummy.
Questions: nope
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Booze, duh.
*Formerly LuND*
Me: 35 | DH: 37
TTC: 7/2016
Low AMH, mild MFI
BFP 7/29/17
EDD: 4/5/18
BFP #2 7/2/19
EDD 3/13/20
*Formerly LuND*
Me: 35 | DH: 37
TTC: 7/2016
Low AMH, mild MFI
BFP 7/29/17
EDD: 4/5/18
BFP #2 7/2/19
EDD 3/13/20
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): Cherry
Upcoming appts: First appt with my new OB on 8/30. #allthetesting done then!
How are you feeling?: Better! Nausea seems to be on its way out and I have a little more energy in the mornings. Wiped out by the afternoon though. Also I’m SO HOT all of the time.
Rants/Raves: A family member signed up for TB to follow along with how big baby is, and I’m annoyed they’ll check message boards and try to look for me. Hence why I changed my username. Boundaries, people!!!
Questions:
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Ditto on the booze @stassischroeder! Not sure how I’ll make it through holiday season without my wine!!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out next week ahhhhh!
Baby is the size of a(n): cherry I think.
Upcoming appts: end of August.
How are you feeling?: pretty horrible. And we leave for the beach Thursday so it’ll be interesting to see how I do. The unisom and b6 combo seem to have stopped working. I’m not throwing up but I’m intensely nauseated most of the day. It sucks. And tired. So tired.
Rants/Raves: DS (2) slept through the night and slept until 7:30 this morning!!!!! It was amazing. I didn’t know what to do with myself. Well. I did. I stayed in bed also. Lol. But it was so nice.
Questions: not that I can think of.
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? I would say wine, but the thought of it actually sounds horrible right now. I think right now I miss the ability to enjoy food. That’s a huge one for me at the moment. Can’t wait to have that back.
EDD/W+D: March 12, 8 weeks +4 days (which is wild to me!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Team Green if I can stay strong…
Baby is the size of a(n): Some weird seahorse no one has heard of (but is cute)
Upcoming appts: This Friday at 9 AM US and visit with my FAVORITE doctor!
How are you feeling?: Well, at 1:17 I threw up 8 times in a row, which actually makes me feel better. So right now, I feel good… but I know that ain’t lasting!
Rants/Raves: Raves: I felt like I was spending a ton of money this weekend, but I went and checked and spent way less than I thought!
Questions: Is anyone else having to throw up in a pubic/shared bathroom at work? UGHHHHHHHHHH
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Well, I’m a vegan (so don’t have sushi or deli meats) and I don’t drink (since 2014), so… I’ll go with @miss.sally and say enjoying food. Right now it’s just hard because of the nausea and then we all know the acid reflux is coming to ruin the third trimester!
@workingonmynightcheese Hahaha half a lego brick is an amazing description! I worried a lot about my DD when I was pregnant with DS. One thing that helped me was signing her up for activities I (or DH) would do with her when DS arrived… we did gymnastics, so I knew we would have some scheduled JUST for her time. We often took DS, but he waited with one of us in the waiting room, and the other had that great one on one time with DD.
@stassischroeder That is great you had a weekend alone when you were feeling bad! I NEVER ever am away rfom my children, but during the first trimester, I really could use that time totally alone!
@lemonlove86 I love that you changed your username so they can’t find you hahaha.
@miss.sally I hope you get to ENJOY the beach!
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: I thought we were going to be team green (like DD1), but DH told me yesterday he wants to find out. He has always been the one to want to wait, but now that he's changing his mind I don't know what we will do. I was mentally prepared to not find out.
Baby is the size of a(n): cherry
Upcoming appts: Thursday at 8am!
How are you feeling?: Okay right now, but it ebbs and flows. Most of the time I feel horrible, and I have no appetite.
Rants/Raves: Rave- DH was home all weekend and it was so great. He was a big help and I got to relax a bit even though it was a busy weekend.
Questions: Thinking about trying for an unmedicated birth (I had fairly "easy" labors with my girls and had epidural both times, so I think it could be possible)-- should I get a doula and/or do any classes? My primary concern is that I don't want to feel disappointed if it doesn't work out. I feel like the more work I put in, the more disappointed I will be...
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Being able to enjoy food and the ability to do regular yoga.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): the one ring
Upcoming appts: 8/15 first one with my OB
How are you feeling?: exhausted and nauseous but I shouldn’t complain bc I’ve only thrown up a couple times
Rants/Raves: How is it that I spend too much every time I go to Target. I just find so much that I “need” that I didn’t know I needed before I went in 🤣 Tomorrow were going blueberry picking so that should hopefully be fun! I’m hoping DS helps out and doesn’t just make me chase him the whole time 😬
Questions: none
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? I think runny eggs is what I miss the most. I loved them for breakfast but also added them to some lunches and dinners.
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
@miss.sally Hope you have fun at the beach and get to enjoy food soon!
@EmilyLove25 You puked 8 times!? I'm so sorry.
@jenEP We're also finding out because of DH's request. We didn't last time and I loved it, but it's not a priority for me this time around. Also, if you have the resources to hire a doula and take classes, I feel like the more preparing you do, the better.
@varimama Welcome to Group 2! Also FFTC, I still eat my eggs over medium, but haven't been digging eggs recently.
EDD/W+D: 3.13/8w+4d
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Finding out through NIPT. Blood draw next week.
Baby is the size of a(n): peanut! Which is fun since I'm calling this baby peanut. (our last name starts with P, and DS was referred to as sweet pea through my pregnancy)
Upcoming appts: Exam, U/S and NIPT on Aug 14.
How are you feeling?: Luckily, I'm feeling pretty good, besides being tired.
Rants/Raves: Just trying to get through Aug 14th. Work is crazy busy until then, and it's my appointment, which I hope will give me some reassurance.
Questions: Heading over to STM thread to ask.
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Just like @stassischroeder... Booze!
Married: 10.15.16
DS BD: 8.20.17
TTC #2 1.1.19
BFP #2 7.3.19
EDD #2 3.13.20
@lemonlove86 yikes I’m always worried someone I know will stumble across my posts on here or theknot. Not like I say anything terrible but sometimes I just need to vent ya know
@miss.sally i usually love food too and it’s hard that nothing sounds good ever. I’ve got aversions to sweets again and usually I’m someone who has chocolate every day but it just sounds horrible to me. DS offered me one of his Oreos the other day and it made me gag
@EmilyLove25 I hope you start feeling better soon, I can’t imagine having to use public restrooms. I had to a couple times last pregnancy when someone microwaved something awful in the office (like fish or something equally smelly that just should never be microwaved). I used to joke to DH that the next person who made me need to puke I was going to right in their desk trash can
@jenEP I think it might depend on where you plan to deliver for how much you need to put into an unmedicated birth. My hospital was very pro natural birth so they kind of tried to push everyone towards it but when I decided enough was enough and I needed an Epi they were totally willing to do so. So if your place is like that maybe just a class on pain management or something but if your place pushes intervention then a doula would be helpful to advocate for you.
@MrsVP614 over medium probably isn’t that bad, I prefer mine sunny side up so I can’t really justify it 😬
edited bc bc I hit post too fast
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
@stassischroeder @WorkingOnMyNightCheese - The 2 kid thing really does just work itself out. I know every kid is different and they all react to things in different ways, but in my experience, the best thing was allowing DS1 to be a part of anything. He could watch baths, or diaper changes, or me nursing, or whatever, when he wanted and we tried to let him play with the baby, gently, pretty quickly. As for your own preparedness, having a 2nd baby will immediately make your first baby love feel GIANT. I was all kinds of emotional about that. But the getting out and making a schedule for 2 just sort of happened. You'll both do great!
@EmilyLove25 @miss.sally You 2 have had it so bad and I'm so sorry! I can't imagine!
@jenEP The advice I got from my L&D nurse friend, is absolutely pay for pain management type classes. She says you won't be able to get through if you don't know those tricks and tips for relieving labor pain/pressure specifically. As far as the doula, I agree with others. You have to know how intervention prone your hospital is and also how likely you/your partner are to be bulldozed by nurses or doctors. I am not afraid to stand up for myself, and my DH is supportive of my choices, so I don't feel like I would need the doula, but not everyone has that support or personality.
@varimama I also still eat over medium eggs...I think you'd be okay! I wonder if Expecting Better says anything about eggs?
DD/W+D: 9+1
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out...probably next week!!
Baby is the size of a(n): blackberry
Upcoming appts: TODAY! First appt. and u/s. 1:50 feels like FOREVER.
How are you feeling?: Nausea comes in waves, but the B6/Unisom thing is helping and if I ALWAYS have something in my stomach I do okay. The Unisom is definitely NOT helping my fatigue.
Rants/Raves: Baked potatoes are life right now and I'm not even mad. I have recently diagnosed celiac, so I can't eat a lot of my previous pregnancy go to carbs, but baked potatoes have always been there for me.
Questions: Nothing I can think of!
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? I am really hoping I get this back second trimester, but right now COFFEE. Gah, I miss coffee.
Me: 31 | DH: 33
DS1: 12.23.13 | DS2: 05.06.16
BFP: 06.30.19 | EDD: 3.9.20
TTC3: 11.18
BFP: 02.05.19
CP: 03.07.19
*really traumatic recovery*
And, now I want a baked potato lol.
*Formerly LuND*
Me: 35 | DH: 37
TTC: 7/2016
Low AMH, mild MFI
BFP 7/29/17
EDD: 4/5/18
BFP #2 7/2/19
EDD 3/13/20
Me: 31 | DH: 33
DS1: 12.23.13 | DS2: 05.06.16
BFP: 06.30.19 | EDD: 3.9.20
TTC3: 11.18
BFP: 02.05.19
CP: 03.07.19
*really traumatic recovery*
FX our.next ones are better sleepers!
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Me: 31 | DH: 33
DS1: 12.23.13 | DS2: 05.06.16
BFP: 06.30.19 | EDD: 3.9.20
TTC3: 11.18
BFP: 02.05.19
CP: 03.07.19
*really traumatic recovery*
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): cherry
Upcoming appts: 8/22, which may include genetic testing since I'm AMA
How are you feeling?: Constantly hungry and constantly tired. My boobs hurt. I have to pee a lot. Other than that, I guess not so terrible.
Rants/Raves: My house is a disaster right now and nobody seems to care except for me, and I'm too tired by the time I get home at the the if the day to do anything about it. 😭
Questions: Nah.
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? I'm in a weekly run club. We meet at a brewery, run three miles, and meet back at the brewery to drink beer and eat dinner together. Obviously the beer is now out for me. I have also been having a hard time running because I'm so tired, and I seem to get winded so fast now. The whole thing is not the same for me anymore and I miss it terribly already.
EDD/W+D: 3/14/20 I suspect I’ll go early but I would love a Friday the 13th baby. Lol
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: we are not finding out’nn
Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry
Upcoming appts: my 30th birthday on the 23rd!
How are you feeling?: this first trimester is the pits. Nausea so much round ligament pain and I love to sleep. Which is not easy with a 1 year old who doesn’t sleep through the night.
Rants/Raves: I’m tired. I want energy. That’s it
Questions: how in the world will I do 2under2!?!?
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Sushi! And hard cider. It sounds so refreshing right now!
@jenEP you can do it naturally! I had my first epidural free. And loved it! Literally excited to give birth this time! I didn’t have a doula but I highly suggest one. Make a birth plan. You will rock it momma!!
Finding out the sex after NIPT at 11 weeks. Next appt is NT scan at 12 weeks.
I feel nauseous and snack all day to keep from getting excessively nauseous. Hope to get back to healthier eating in the second tri. Also so tired!
Rave: Now that my family knows they’ve been trying to be helpful when we’re together, telling me to sit down and chasing after the kids for me, so that’s been nice.
Rant: I have to pack our family, including 2 and 4 year olds, for a 14-hour road trip and week long vacation in a lake house. Super excited for the vacation but not the prep or the drive. Any packing/road tripping suggestions I haven’t seen on Pinterest? We’ll be driving five hours, stopping for dinner, and then “putting the kids to bed” (switching to pjs, watching a short movie, blankets, etc) and hoping they (and I) sleep the rest of the way while hubs drives.
Thing I miss most while pregnant is eating normally. Pregnancy IBS plus first trimester nausea means I have to eat so carefully and there is no fun in it. I hope this doesn’t last all pregnancy.
EDD/W+D:
March 13 / 31+2
Team finding out/pink/blue/green:
Haven't decided yet but leaning towards not finding out.
Baby is the size of a(n):
weighs the same as a paperclip
Upcoming appts:
Next week 8/13 and I cannot wait to see the little peanut again!
Also I've been on pelvic rest (aka no sex, no touchin, no nothin!) for several weeks now and I'm 100% over it. It was prescribed due to a subchorionic hemorrhage. The spotting has stopped so I'm really hoping that the good doctor gives us the green light for sex when we see her! I've been feeling a little bit disconnected from my husband the past week or so because of the lack of physical intimacy.
How are you feeling?:
Like hot garbage. Also I keep crying during commercials. Constant nausea. Preggie pops and saltine crackers are my new favorite foods.
Rants/Raves:
Rant: I'm feeling a smothered by all the attention. Every time I tell someone new they get so excited and it's hard for me to be equally excited when I'm constantly in between trips to the bathroom. I'm trying to remember to be grateful for all the people that love my little family but sometimes it's hard.
Rave: Daydreaming about the nursery has become my new love. I can't wait to start decorating.
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant?
I miss my life. I've always been a spontaneous and social person with a wide circle of friends. My husband and I love to take off for a long weekend somewhere new, go to sporting events, experience the things in our city, and right now I just don't feel like doing any of that. Getting dressed to go somewhere takes so much effort and all I want to do is sit on the couch. I'm really hoping that once I get past the first trimester I'll feel a little bit more like myself.
EDD/W+D: 9wks+2d Getting official DD at next appointment
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: We are definitely finding out but discussing whether we will share it with everyone.
Baby is the size of a(n): Cherry
Upcoming appts: Aug.15th First OB Appt.
How are you feeling?: Ehh...Lately, I have been feeling so nauseous but haven't had to throw up. I figured out it's from the prenatal I've been taking. I normally take it in the morning with breakfast so I've switched to taking it later in the day and it's helped. Tums and ginger ale have been my go-to the past week.
Rants/Raves: Super excited that I have vacation coming up. We are going on a fall foliage cruise. Looking forward to some much needed R&R.
Questions: None
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant? Like most people booze but particularly Sangria! Also, sleeping through the night. The peeing is out of control lol
EDD/W+D: March 13th! 9W+1 (
Team: We have to find out for my toddler. He’s convinced it’s a baby sister and if it’s not he will be devastated and we will have to prepare him for it 🤔
Baby is the size of a(n): Grape/Cherry
Upcoming appts: Just had my first one!!
How are you feeling?: After being stuck to my bed with overwhelming tears, nausea, and fatigue... I am starting to have a few hours a day where I feel human enough to go for a walk!
Rants/Raves: I GET SO HUNGRY AFTER 9:00PM. I want to literally eat everything in my house. At least my daytime craving is boxed mac and cheese so my toddler stays happy with our lunch choices 🤣🤣
Questions: Hubby is convinced there are two babies... is it possible to miss one of them on the first scan?? It was vaginal. I would love twins! So fun! But I’m also 1000% okay with one! But he isn’t giving up hope yet!! Lol.
GTKY: (borrowed from group 4) What is the one thing you'll miss while pregnant?
Sushi! And really warm baths. Also runny eggs. And being able to sleep at night. Pregnancy makes me nocturnal... 🤷🏽♀️