Week 4+ (12/22-12/31) Check-In 5/10/2020

sierra2020

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/STM+:

Team Green/Pink/Blue:

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read?

sierra2020

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12/31 - 6w3d

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue: Team can’t wait to find out!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a pearl from Audrey Hepburn’s necklace in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Upcoming appointments: Still waiting for my initial appointment at 8 weeks (5/21)

How are you feeling?: Nauseous, exhausted, irritable. Anxious to get my first scan for reassurance that all is well.

Rants/Raves: I’m too tired to think of one.

Questions: None this week.

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? Carnegie’s Maid, a fictional story about a Lady’s Maid working in the Carnegie household during the Civil War era. I thought it was great!

karmba

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12/29, 6w5d

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue: we’ll find out!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: ladybug

Upcoming appointments: 5/21 is my first appointment with ultrasound

How are you feeling?: Tired and cold

Rants/Raves: DH took DS fishing this morning so I could have some alone time on Mother’s Day - it was sorely needed.

Questions: n/a

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I probably won’t read any pregnancy-related books this time around.  I finished You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogel recently and really enjoyed it.  It’s a romantic comedy.

elmich3

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12/28, 6 weeks, 6 days

FTM/STM/STM+: STM+

Team Green/Pink/Blue: can't wait to know!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: cuff link? Lol who knows if that's right

Upcoming appointments: video call at 9 weeks

How are you feeling?: Cold, tired, nauseous, dizzy

Rants/Raves: can't think lol

Questions: none

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I actually just read my first book for fun last week lol I've never been a reader! It was called The Accident. It was amazing

conni0205

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:

7 weeks + 1 12/27

FTM/STM/STM+:

STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue:

Will find out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

M&M

Upcoming appointments:

5/19 a week from tomorrow!!!

How are you feeling?:

Nauseous pretty much always. 

Rants/Raves:

Not really a rant or rave more of a statement. I know every pregnancy is different but this pregnancy I have been having more nausea then I did with my first. It is so strange when I have been trying to compare them so far. I had food aversions with him, I haven’t had that quite as much with this one. 

Questions:

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read?
oh goodness who knows, i can tell you the last book I read which was: Your are a f*cking awesome mom. I need to make more time for reading, I used to love doing it. 

akoros

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12/29, so 6 weeks and 6 days

FTM/STM/STM+: FTM, but second pregnancy

Team Green/Pink/Blue: We'll find out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: blueberry? going off of the 7 week fruit since I'm almost there

Upcoming appointments: May 22nd

How are you feeling?: Tired, queasy, dizzy, hungry

Rants/Raves:
Rave: I think we'll be able to get our Ring doorbell to work (came with the house, so had to wait for the previous owner to release the account)

Rant: ordered flowers for my mom for Mother's Day, and just realized I set it for the wrong date so they'll be a week late. Beyond just generally feeling badly about it, she takes holidays *SUPER* seriously, so now I'm worried she's mad at me for "forgetting her" yesterday. Yes, I called and we talked for an hour, but that's not enough. For context, a year or two ago I sent her flowers, which she loved, but was upset because I didn't send a separate card (apparently the note in the flowers didn't count). It drives me nuts, but there's never any in-between or consideration that it might be late or I'm overwhelmed and forgot what day of the week it was. It's either perfect or she's crying because I intentionally blew her off/don't love her/don't care/am generally a terrible daughter.

Questions: No pregnancy-related ones. Trying to debate how to enclose our laundry/utility room while still allowing the cat access for her litter box

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? Haven't actually read any pregnancy books this time around. I'm currently reading "Swingtime" by Zadie Smith, which I'm liking so far. Before that was some book about sisters that I evidently didn't like very much, and then "Casual Vacancy" by JK Rowling (good in the end, though took me 3/4 of the book to get into it, it's a lot of small-town gossip and squabbling). Looking forward to starting "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari next.

stella_700

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7 weeks 12-28

FTM/STM/STM+: stm, I’ve got b/g twins, 2.5 now

Team Green/Pink/Blue: we will find out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: still pretty tiny

Upcoming appointments: 5-21 with our RE.

How are you feeling?: Headaches, dry heaving, sore boobs, not too bad here

Rants/Raves: Nothing happening right now.

Questions: Just trying to be zen right now and enjoy watching the twins playing outside.

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I think I’m going to try and read the Dresden series again.

bartonolivia

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 8w 

FTM/STM/STM+: 4th time mom 

Team Green/Pink/Blue:Green 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Strawberry 

Upcoming appointments: may 27 

How are you feeling?: still tired. Still puking 

Rants/Raves: I can’t eat after 10am or else I puke constantly. So I only have one meal a day. 

Questions:

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I’m on my fourth child and I’ve never read a pregnancy/parenting book 😅

dobiemom11

@bartonolivia. Lurking from a different week, but wondering what you are eating for your one meal a day.  I find that after lunch, I really start to feel sick.  So I am trying to front load my meals for the beginning of the day.  Hopefully you start to feel better soon.  For your past pregnancies, did you start feeling better around 12 weeks?

mrspants0809

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:

12/22   8w 

FTM/STM/STM+:

STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue:

Find out 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

gummy bear

Upcoming appointments:

May 27th

How are you feeling?:

blah. I feel like crap for a couple hours after I eat most days. I’ve been trying to power through the breakfast and lunch grossness most days and then give in after dinner. My dizziness has finally started to ease and I can roll over in bed without feeling like I’m spinning all over the place. 

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read?

I am currently reading a trilogy called The Tournament. It’s been interesting but it gives me weird dreams. 

omarismyhomeboy

Estimated Due Date/Weeks: Days: 7 weeks + 5 days

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue: Green

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Raspberry

Upcoming appointments: This Thurs I am getting my 8 week sonogram at my fertility clinic, and then hoping to transfer to an OB!

How are you feeling?: honestly kind of crappy. Feeling nauseated a lot of the time, food doesnt sound good to me, yet I am still hungry. I feel sick after eating too. Breakfast was my most successful meal today...had 1 egg and a bunch of saltines. Ate a chicken sandwich for lunch but I was a mess after. 

Rants/Raves: Preggie Pops are pretty good!

Questions: When are people planning on telling their bosses? With my daughter I think I waited the full 12 weeks, but I feel a lot sicker this time. 

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I am currently reading The Water Dancer by TaNehisi Coates

sweet3261

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: Due 12/25-8 weeks

FTM/STM/STM+: 3rd baby

Team Green/Pink/Blue: We will find out. We have one boy and one girl already

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A raspberry

Upcoming appointments: June 9th-First OB appointment

How are you feeling?: Tired. Naseous some days and fine others

Rants/Raves: Rave-Had our viability/dating scan today and saw a healthy heartbeat!

Questions: None

GTKY: What was the last non-pregnancy/parenting book you read? I am currently reading The Silent Patient 

omarismyhomeboy

@sweet3261 Ohhh I read the Silent Patient too! Hope you like it. @akoros I have ever read Zadie Smith which I feel like is a major gap for me, and have heard good things about Swingtime! Next on my list, I think..

conni0205

@omarismyhomeboy with my first I waited about 10 weeks. I felt like they were catching on with my time off for appointments.