🗓️Weeks 1 & 2 (5/1 - 5/14) Check-In w/o Jan. 4

ec1212

EDD:
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: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol).

gusgus14

EDD: 5/8 but I'll deliver by 4/24 (OB won't let me go beyond 38 weeks with twins).
FTM/STM/STM+:  STM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:   As tall as a box of Kraft mac and cheese
Upcoming appointments:  3 hour glucose test on Thursday, OB check up next Tuesday, MFM the week after.
How are you feeling?  Meh. Some nausea has come back and I'm back to having food aversions to pretty much everything plus I'm tired and achey all the time. 
Rants/Raves:  Almost all of the new plumbing is done in our bathroom! We have a little bit of sheetrock we need to take down to get the sink plumbing roughed in but after that I think we're at the point where we can put down new subfloor and then run the new electric!
Questions:   Nope.
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol). Honestly? Nothing. I'm definitely not one of those women who enjoys being pregnant. Even with my first when I wasn't sick at all and had energy to burn I was just kind of "meh" about pregnancy. I've started feeling the boys move more which is nice but I'm just kind of over the rest of it. Don't get me wrong, super thankful to be pregnant, I just am over feeling like crap like I have for the last 17ish weeks. I guess the one thing I could say which is related to the pregnancy is how my daughter has reacted to it and how excited she seems and how much she talks about her baby brothers because that part is pretty freaking adorable. 

ec1212

EDD: 5/14! 21w+3d
FTM/STM/STM+: FTM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A Maltese puppy or an eggplant
Upcoming appointments: I have a couple coming up next week
How are you feeling? Great. I may be starting to tire a little more easily, so pacing myself to get things done early in day if I have projects.
Rants/Raves: I got a lot of what I wanted to get done during my holiday break - the biggest projects were thank you notes for our wedding gifts and baby gifts so far, and then renting a storage cage in our building and starting to move stuff into it to clear out the soon-to-be nursery. Going to break down the rest of the organizing and emptying out into weekend-size projects so we can be done by end of Jan.
Questions: NATM!
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? I just got to the point where my belly is sticking out further than my boobs so I am very obviously pregnant. I think I look comical and just also still can't believe I'm pregnant after wanting to be a mom my whole life. So, this part right now! I think getting a good 20 week ultrasound and seeing my baby's nose and belly were also big and important highlights after our loss in 2019.

texas_t

EDD: 5/10 but it will probably be 5/3 because repeat C
FTM/STM/STM+:  3 time mo,
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  Team Blue
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  a papaya
Upcoming appointments:  January 12th I have an appointment with an mfm for a follow up anatomy scan because Mr. Eli is stubborn!
How are you feeling?  I'm doing ok! Enjoying the "energy" of the second trimester, lol
Rants/Raves:  My youngest brought home a stomach virus on Wednesday and it went through all of us.  Everyone was finally feeling better by last night, just in time to start the week!  Also, I just found at my elective ultrasound on Saturday that I have an anterior placenta.  Why has no one told me!!!?? That explains why I haven't been feeling him quite as much!
Questions:  Nada
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol). As of now, I haven't real gained any weight, which is unheard of for me!

texas_t

@gusgus14 I'm so sorry you're feeling crappy I was hoping you were on the up and up.

gusgus14

@texas_t thank you! Comparatively I am feeling much better than I was and it's been weeks since I've had to take PTO for not feeling well, I think I'm just worn down from it. I do not handle feeling sick very well and I might end up going back on the b6+unisom if the nausea keeps up this week. On top of that, I usually sit in a warm shower to relax when I'm not feeling well but I have a recurring cyst on my tailbone and it's been flaring up lately which makes it impossible to get into a comfortable sitting position in the shower. Times like these I wish our bathroom was done! 

gusgus14

@texas_t I can't believe they hadn't told you your placenta was anterior! 

yellingbanana

@gusgus14 yay for bathroom progress!!! We didn’t do much over break because DH was recovering from sinus surgery. Now he’s off to work in Idaho. But he has promised me that he will be working on it every weekend from here on out so that it’s done by the time baby gets here! 

Also, my DH had a recurring cyst on his tailbone too. He had it drained a couple of times (not gonna lie, it was pretty gross). But  it just kept coming back and causing him so much pain. He got it surgically removed about 8 or 9 years ago and it hasn’t been back! So I can definitely recommend the surgery! 

yellingbanana

EDD: May 1st 
FTM/STM/STM+:  4th 
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  pink!
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  Barbie doll 
Upcoming appointments:  gah! An ECG for Mia’s heart tomorrow at MFM. Super nervous, but playing it positive and tough for the sake of everyone.
How are you feeling?  Can’t sleep well at night, just ordered new sheets. Back pain. SPD pain. Belly button pain! Our pets heads are falling off! (Jk)
Rants/Raves:  My sister got her first vaccine last week! She was on the fence about it, but I told her if she wants to come see my baby and hang with my kids then she needs to get it ASAP. So she got it a couple of days later! 
Questions:  
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol).
Honestly, I love feeling baby move around. It’s like my special secret, the baby is all mine for now! 

gusgus14

@yellingbanana My husband has had the surgery, too and I am definitely planning on having it removed! I'm hoping next year since my deductible will be hit after delivery. It happened the first time when I was about 7.5-8 months pregnant with DD and it got so badly infected (I didn't know it was infected at the time) that I couldn't walk, sit, or lie down without intense pain. Finally got it checked out and they were all shocked at how deep it was because it looked tiny from the surface. They talked about just giving me some antibiotics to see if that would take care of it but I basically begged them to lance it because I couldn't deal with the pain anymore. It was absolutely disgusting when they drained it because of the infection Honestly, the pain from the infection and the local anesthesia and packing of the wound was way worse than anything I felt during labor! They told me if it kept coming back I'd likely need surgery. It really didn't come back for a while and when it did it wasn't bad and then would drain on its own and go away for months at a time so it was mostly just obnoxious and I never took the time to deal with it. The past few months though it basically hasn't gone away at all and just fills/drains/fill/drains on repeat and it gets sooooo uncomfortable. 

gusgus14

@yellingbanana good luck to you and Mia tomorrow!

asf0613

lurking from the tail end of the month
@yellingbanana good luck to you tomorrow!

texas_t

@yellingbanana FX Mia's heart is perfect 

yellingbanana

Thanks guys ❤️ Will keep you posted, appointment isn’t until late afternoon west coast time. So it’ll be later in the day.

@gusgus14 wow, that sounds exactly like what my DH went through! It did seem pretty agonizing for him. I hope you are able to get it taken care of after baby! 

Dang insurance... 

ckmb_1250

EDD: 5/9

FTM/STM/STM+:  STM

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

Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  her finger is the length of a tic tac 

Upcoming appointments:  midwife appt Thursday and OB appointment next Fri

How are you feeling?  Pretty good pregnancy wise, just exhausted because my daughter switched to her big girl bed and I’ve been up with her a couple of times a night.

Rants/Raves:  likely FINALLY stopping the progesterone injections around 24 weeks, but at this point I’m just going to be so anxious about stopping 😩 my Dr kind of said I can decide whether to continue or not. I may just slowly wean myself off of them to give some peace of mind.

Questions:  is anyone doing finger pricks for a week as their glucose test? My Dr gave the option of that or the regular drink last time and I did the finger pricks. I’m not sure what I want to do this time. I thought tracking my blood sugar was interesting last time, but with the injections I’m a little tired of stabbing myself 😂 I also worry about false positives with the drink but I don’t know how often that really happens. 

GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol). I think just embracing it more. When I was pregnant the first time it was so hard to believe it was happening & picture myself as a mother & I feel like most of my pregnancy was such an identity crisis. I don’t feel that this time & can enjoy it more. 

ccmrc143

EDD: 5/11 so I’m 22 weeks today 

FTM/STM/STM+:  FTM
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  Team green 
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  a coconut 
Upcoming appointments:  glucose test, growth scan, and OB checkup 1/18
How are you feeling?  I’m feeling pretty good, minus sleeping but that’s nothing new!
Rants/Raves: for once in weeks I don’t feel like ranting about anything—maybe my second tri rage is subsiding  
Questions:  STM+ if you sleep trained, what method did you like the most? 
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol). Honestly, I’m so grateful to be pregnant but that’s where the enjoyment stops. Not sure I’ll be the type who loves pregnancy. It’s certainly fascinating and I get super excited about the growing bump (and boobs lol), but if there were a way for me to be safely in a coma till May I would sign up for that in a heartbeat. Pregnancy is just not that comfortable! That said, I’ve really enjoyed the pregnancy world and the conversations with friends and family and classes and books and all of that!!! And I understand how some moms miss it once baby is born! 

yellingbanana

@ccmrc143 I’m not sure what our sleep training was called, because the first time I used it was 14 years ago. But it has worked on 2/3 of my children and all the children that I’ve provided care for. 

Here are the basics: 
-Do regular nighttime routine (bath, book, etc)
- give baby/toddler big hug and kiss and say something like ‘it’s time for sleeping now’
- set baby laying down in crib, lights off (except a nightlight)
- leave the room, shut the door
- If baby starts crying, wait for 5 minutes before going in room 
- Don’t pick up baby, instead talk calmly and say something like ‘I love you, it’s sleeping time, goodnight’ while laying baby down and soothing. Stay in room for no longer than 1 minute!
- leave room, shut door
- if baby starts crying, wait for 7 minutes before going in room and repeating the soothing talk step.
-keep repeating but with gradually longer wait times before going in room.
- do this every night until baby finally falls asleep on own.

This works with most babies, but obviously there is no one size fits all. DD2 wouldn’t fall asleep on her own unless she was snuggling with someone. We tried everything. And I am like a baby whisperer, but nothing worked. She was 18 months and still not sleeping through the night (which really sucked because I was a full time college student). We finally asked her 5 year old sister if they could share a bed, and that did the trick.

yellingbanana

Hey guys, just had my 5th us last night for Mia’s heart. It’s tilted still, and the ECG didn’t bring any bad news, everything else in her heart seems fine. But they were having trouble getting all the details of her veins because she was in a weird position. The doctor was super reassuring that she is just fine, but they’re sending me to Seattle Children’s Hospital to confirm and double check everything. This has me a little worried, it’s one of the top hospitals in the country for kids and you really usually only go there for super serious stuff. I did go once with DS at 4 mo because his head was growing too fast and was 2 standard deviations over the normal (or way beyond the 100th percentile). He was fine, just had a big brain and a little extra fluid. So I’m hoping I’ll get there and they’ll confirm that yes, Mia’s heart is tilted, but good to go because the rest of it is fine. Fingers crossed! 

nbcarlson

EDD: May 4th (repeat C-section around 4/26)
FTM/STM/STM+: Third
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Team Green
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: A Furby
Upcoming appointments: Nothing, just had our anatomy scan yesterday and everything was great. 
How are you feeling? My back is so bad and nothing is helping😭 I have a bad back anyways from years of gymnastics but usually I make it further than 23 weeks before I can't walk around by the end of the day. 
Rants/Raves:  
Questions:  
GTKY: What has been your favorite part of this pregnancy so far? (I think we cover least fave parts in the symptoms thread lol). My favorite part is always the movement. It never gets old to me.

nbcarlson

@yellingbanana sending you all the healthy vibes. I hope everything goes great and they just need some better views of everything. 

gusgus14

@yellingbanana thinking of you! Do you know when you're going to Seattle Children's? 

brynn_mamaof4

@yellingbanana thinking of you and hoping for good, reassuring news! When is your appt?

asf0613

@yellingbanana hopefully you can get in quickly to get that reassurance!

yellingbanana

Thanks guys! Just got the call and it was either tomorrow morning or next month, so I took tomorrow morning. Which means DH can’t make it, he is working in Idaho right now. I feel super sad because he’s not allowed at MFM, but Seattle Children’s was going to allow him in. But I really want the peace of mind before we go on our last real vacation for a while, so I can hopefully relax. 

asf0613

@yellingbanana as tough as it is for him not to be there, it will be less tough for you both getting in so quickly as opposed to waiting another month. Will be thinking of you in AM!

texas_t

@yellingbanana I'm so glad you're able to get in today! I'm sorry your husband can't go, but I'd have chosen the same! FX all is well!

mkc3888

@yellingbanana Let us know how it goes! I'm sure everything will be ok.  I hope they are able to give you good news today!

yellingbanana

Just got home from Seattle Children’s and Mia’s heart is good! Instead of being to the left side of her chest like normal, it’s placed in the middle of her chest. Other than that, it’s functioning properly and all of the arteries and veins are looking great. So it’s a perfectly good heart, just positioned a little abnormally. The Dr said the ‘why’ is the only question, and I might go back in to MFM to make sure she doesn’t have any growths pushing it over. But I’ve had 4 ultrasounds at MFM, I think they would’ve noticed something like that by now. The dr also said she didn’t need to see me again, we are good to go! 

I’m feeling so relieved 😌 I don’t have the words for how good I feel. 

ec1212

@yellingbanana yayyyyyyy!! So good they don't want to have you back at the hospital and that everything is in working order.

asf0613

@yellingbanana such wonderful news!!! glad you can relax about that now!

texas_t

@yellingbanana Oh my goodness, that's so great! I bet you're REALLY going to enjoy your vacation now!

brynn_mamaof4

@yellingbanana great news! So happy to hear this!

nbcarlson

@yellingbanana I'm so glad everything looked good! That is such a relief!