Weekly Check-in 12/6

pharmd93

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/STM+:

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork?

johannafrancis

Weeks + Days:6W2D

FTM/STM/STM+:FTM!

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:We aren't sure! We are leaning toward finding out.

Baby is the size of:a chocolate chip😍

Upcoming appointments:I have a scan this Friday at exactly 7 weeks, then one at 8w4d.

How are you feeling?:I feel amazing! No nausea or or pain, just grouchy and sleepy. Sometimes not having morning sickness makes me super worried.

Rants/Raves: I am glad we get to have so many scans, and I'm scared to graduate from my IVF clinic(but also SO ready!)

Questions: Can anyone speak to the experience of very few symptoms? It just makes me so nervous! 

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? Cleaning! We have two dogs, one of which is a great our/st bernard mix so there is always cleaning to do. 

tiggywiggles

@johannafrancis I am 9+3 and I'm exhausted but that's it.  I had a scan at 6+2 with a strong heartbeat.  It's hard to be grateful for feeling good because worry sets in.  
Also, I have a St.Bernard puppy and the hair is for real! Haha.  Good luck with your Friday scan.  

Beckyf321

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7.16/8+3

FTM/STM/STM+: baby #4

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Green

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: dime

Upcoming appointments: my first scan is next Tuesday 

How are you feeling?: nauseous, tired, grumpy

Rants/Raves: see the STM+ thread for this week 🤬🤬🤬

Questions: nope

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork?  Cleaning because I hate cleaning.

daisy528

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7w4d

FTM/STM/STM+: TTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: team green!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a jellybean today

Upcoming appointments: I have my intake call with the nurse on the 17th, then my first official appointment on the 21st.

How are you feeling?: like garbage. Hot, steaming garbage. Nauseous, gagging, some puking, constipation, bloating, fire nipple and sore boobs. 

Rants/Raves: DHs bonus comes in this week, so we finally get to finish Christmas shopping. I’m getting more and more excited for Christmas to finally tell our families! I live next to my parents, so it’s been so tempting to just spill the beans.

Questions: NATM

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? No question it would be cleaning. If I didn’t have to worry about that for the rest of my life, I’d be such a happy camper.

DuchessOfCambridge

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7/20, 7+5

FTM/STM/STM+: TTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Brookesia Micra Chameleon 

Upcoming appointments: Friday, finally!

How are you feeling?: Eh, you know. Pregnant. 

Rants/Raves: I got a ton of work done this weekend and am almost done with a book I started Friday night so that’s nice!

Questions: NATM

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? Cooking, I hate hate hate hate hate to cook

wanderlustsoul

I love how many of us are team green!! 

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: July 4/10w 1d 

FTM/STM/STM+: STM 

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: the heart of the ocean blue diamond necklace in titanic 😂

Upcoming appointments: 12/8! I have my big 10 week ultrasound and will do blood draw for the NIPT. 

How are you feeling?: Better but still exhausted and loads of food aversions. 

Rants/Raves: I hate regressions. 

Questions: nope 

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? Cooking. 100%. My son has 8 food allergies so I have to cook everything from scratch. There’s no days off. There’s no lazy order in food days. I’d love a cook. 

jessd0117

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: July 28/ 6w5d

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Finding out 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: sweet pea

Upcoming appointments: phone consult on 12/17, no ultrasound or physical appt until 1/14

How are you feeling?: bad lol the nausea doesn’t let up and the constipation is exacerbating that 

Rants/Raves: more so just a funny story, but we made Christmas cookies this weekend for something fun to do and my first batch was crap. My daughter who’s 3 promptly says “you are the worst cookie baker ever” 😂 which is not true but seemed fitting for this instance. #threenager

Questions:

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? Right now, either cooking because everything smells so bad to me, or cleaning because I don’t have the energy to do it. Yard work in Michigan is pretty much postponed until spring this time of year anyways 

nopegoat

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7/23 7+3

FTM/STM/STM+: 6th kiddo

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: finding out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: playing die

Upcoming appointments: calling today. 😑

How are you feeling?: like complete poop. 

Rants/Raves: I really wanted to go with a midwife/homebirth this time. There is only one midwife thats decently close to us and I've emailed, called, left messages, etc and I haven't heard anything back. Calling an OB today so I can get care started but now I'm kind of freaking out because of all the Covid restrictions, lack of help close by, and how I'm going to deal with appts/delivery. 

Questions: Na. 

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yard work? For sure cleaning. 5 kids, a big dog, and a farm cleaning is a never ending chore.

ETA: I take my rant back!!! Out of desperation I called her back one more time and she answered!! I have a consultation this Wed! Woohoo!!!! 

karacc18

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: July 1 / 10w4d

FTM/STM/STM+: 3rd

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: team green

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a strawberry

Upcoming appointments: second ultrasound tomorrow ... all the things are crossed over here hoping for a good scan. Also have my first OB in person appointment on Thursday.

How are you feeling?: Tired, peeing all the time, only food that sounds good is salad and pizza (but I mean what else is new??)

Rants/Raves: just impatiently waiting for tomorrow at 9am for the ultrasound. Also, not pregnancy related- My lease is up on my car in a couple weeks and I need something bigger (need the third row now!) so I can't just roll over to the same car. Car shopping in the middle of Christmas craziness is literally the worst. What do my other 3+ kids mom drive???

Questions:  see above

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? cleaning hands down. I enjoy cooking and hate to clean up after it and my husband does the yardwork lol

canucklehead123

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: July 17, 8+2

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Finding Out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: "on this day, your baby could fit on a dime"

Upcoming appointments: I had my dating/viability scan on Friday so anticipating a call from my doctor's office sometime today to get things moving along!

How are you feeling?:  Every hour is different LOL on the whole, feeling a lot worse this pregnancy than my last.  Having a lot of painful gas but can't really find out what I'm eating that is causing all the gas...I feel like I'm barely eating anything!

Rants/Raves:  None

Questions: None

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork?  Cleaning!!!!

@nopegoat glad you got ahold of your midwife!

jessd0117

@karacc18 not a 3+ mom yet but we are looking at Subaru Ascent for 3rd row seating in the future for the extra space and room to grow. They’re pretty sharp looking too (we think), not too boxy and not too mini-van looking either. 

Beckyf321

@karacc18, I drove a Dodge Journey for a few years and it was nice, but once the third baby came we quickly ran out of room.  I got a 2019 Expedition XLT this summer and I LOVE IT.  I’m gonna drive it til the wheels fall off.  It rides nice and there’s plenty of room for all of us, even adding another baby.  All the children will fit and no one will be able to touch each other.  Lol!

nopegoat

@karacc18 I had 5 kids full carseats and our Toyota Sienna was wonderful. I'm actually sad we have to get something bigger for when this kiddo is born.

@canucklehead123 thank you! It's a huge relief. Last pregnancy was super stressful because the hospital was far away, we didn't have reliable childcare, our bull got out, and my H had to go back and forth with the other 4 kiddos in tow. I'm really hoping homebirth works out for us this time around. 

hamhamler

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 9+5

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: finding out

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: water bottle cap

Upcoming appointments: Friday for blood work/NIPT. I wonder if they will do another ultrasound because I assume it is too early to pick up a heartbeat on a Doppler yet.

How are you feeling?: pregnant and gross. 

Rants/Raves: Rant: my hips hurt while sleeping. I think it might be time to break out the pregnancy pillow. Rave: I am working from home the next 2 weeks and it feels amazing to not have to be on my feet all day. 

Questions: anyone have a viability/dating scan around 7-8 weeks and then go back at 10 weeks for NIPT? Did you get another ultrasound? I would love the peace of mind but don’t want to get my hopes up.

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? Cooking. I’m not a neat freak and don’t clean or do yard work every day. At the end of the day I just want food to magically appear. Cant put that off until tomorrow if I’m feeling lazy.

wanderlustsoul

@hamhamler, yes but might depend on your practice. I had a 6 week ultrasound and my next one is tomorrow. 

bntfroggie

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 6+5wks

FTM/STM/STM+: STM+ 2 girls

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Probably finding out but unsure yet

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: one of those popper things.  I really need to change the comparisons on my app

Upcoming appointments: Dec 21st, can't come soon enough

How are you feeling?: Pukey and exhausted and stressed.

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? 100% cooking, that's where I'm the most spent with this covid crap.  Just so sick of making food for the family.

pharmd93

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7/24, 7w1d

FTM/STM/STM+: FTM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Green!

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a blueberry

Upcoming appointments: Meeting with the OB for the first time on 1/4

How are you feeling?: Feeling pretty good other than being completely exhausted. 

Rants/Raves: Work has been crazy lately and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to get better anytime soon. 

Questions: NATM

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? I’d say cleaning. My husband does most of the cooking and yard work but the cleaning mostly falls on me. 

becks_726

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 7+3

FTM/STM/STM+: STM

Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Green

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: jellybean

Upcoming appointments: dating US on Monday. I’m also supposed to go for a blood test this week but I have no idea how I’m going to fit that in. 

How are you feeling?: tired but less nauseous. It’s strange. 

Rants/Raves: my H is deployed to a remote community for 2 weeks, left yesterday. Well today he is stuck in a small town that is a flight away from the final destination. For some reason it never occurred to us before today that that could happen and worse, it could happen on the way home when he only has 4 days to spare before Christmas. 😬

Questions: none

GTKY: If you could have one of these things magically happen for you every day which would you choose and why: cooking, cleaning, or yardwork? I think I’d enjoy cooking more if I didn’t need to clean after  but omg thinking about what to put on the table day after day is exhausting.