Weekly Check-In 3/8-3/14

KNB1027

I know it's already a few days in but I'll get this rolling since we have a few people on here now

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together?

KNB1027

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 11/4 and 5+6 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Baby is the size of a Pop Rocks crystal

Upcoming appointments: March 16th

How are you feeling?: Ugh no major symptoms but I have a sub-chorionic hematoma so have been having bleeding and spotting. It makes me pretty anxious but my RE doesn't seem terribly concerned and said they are pretty common with IVF pregnancies. 

Rants/Raves: My husband seems to have sympathy symptoms and has been falling asleep before I even get home, I wouldn't be so annoyed but it means I have to get myself dinner. I need some pampering!!  

Questions: None right now

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? We have been together 9.5 years and married for 7.5 years. We met when he was my nursing preceptor at my first job and just thought I was the bee's knees  

sliztee

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 6 weeks and 3 days.

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Ladybug

Upcoming appointments: I think I already wrote this elsewhere and I'm lazy, so...

How are you feeling?: Tired, and my boobs are both huge and sore AF.

Rants/Raves: My son has been yelling, no, screaming, in my actual face today. He also didn't nap today because he has too much energy from staying inside on a rainy day.

Questions: Nothing, at the moment.

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? We'll have been married 5 years in May, we've been together for 7.5 years. Fun fact: last year was such a shitshow (re: pandemic, toddler, buying a new house in a new city) that Jeff and I BOTH forgot our anniversary. We were only reminded because my mom wished us a happy one that evening 

amostpeculiarmlle

@slitzee Well, at least you *both* forgot! I don't blame you, that's a lot going on!

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 11/8; 5 weeks + 2 days

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Size of a lentil

Upcoming appointments: March 31

How are you feeling?: More or less my normal self most of the time

Rants/Raves: You know.. I don't really feel very strongly about anything right now. I'm just chilling.

Questions: None right now.

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? Coming up on 14 years together this weekend, 5 years married. College sweethearts.

emmis_louise

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 5+4 , due 7th November

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

Upcoming appointments:
Dating scan 25th March

How are you feeling?: happy, excited

Rants/Raves: nothing

Questions: for those who have been pregnant before- does the pregnancy go very slow? I just want to be 20 weeks with a baby bump already haha.

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? 9 years this year! Married for 1.5 years.

tracey092014

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 11/9; 5 weeks + 2 days

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Size of a lentil

Upcoming appointments: March 31

How are you feeling?: feeling great other than a bit more tired lately and night sweats!

Rants/Raves: Being a SAHM with a 1 yo and 3 yo is so much easier when the weather is nice and we can go outside! Lol

Questions: None

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? We got together our senior year of high school, been together for 12 years, married for almost 7! Time flies with toddlers!

teamginger13

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 11/6, 5+5

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: bead from a letter bracelet

Upcoming appointments: 3/16 for an u/s with me RE

How are you feeling?: a little down about the spotting but trying to stay positive

Rants/Raves: my RE said to not pick up anything over 20 pounds for 7-10 days after the spotting happened. Welllll I have a 30 pound toddler and all she wants to do is be picked up. My DH has stepped in to be the primary "picker upper" but its still really hard and she doesnt understand.

Questions: I was going to ask if anyone else has been having night sweats but then I saw @tracey092014! Every morning I wake up drenched in sweat for the last week or so!!

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? Together for 11, married for 6. 

magsmcg11

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 6 weeks 1 day / November 3

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a pomegranate seed

Upcoming appointments: March 29

How are you feeling?: on and off nausea throughout the day...and tired - consistently falling asleep right after I put my toddler to bed

Rants/Raves: Meh - I've got a real itch to travel right now, but I'm waiting until things get more back to normal.

Questions: None

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? Together for 14 years, married for 5

magsmcg11

@emmis_louise Lol - YES. Time drags on. And if you think it's slow now, wait until the last month of your pregnancy!! 

artsiefartsie

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:  11/8

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Appleseed

Upcoming appointments: Just labs for an hcg recheck next Monday

How are you feeling?: Pretty good.  I definitely jinxed myself by complaining about my lack of symptoms.  My nausea kicked in a bit yesterday. 

Rants/Raves: just ready to be through all of this early waiting stuff and get a good ultrasound confirmation

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? Friends for like 15 years, together for 10, and married for 8.

@emmis_louise Yes! For me it is one of those things that both simultaneously drags on forever but also moves way quicker than I'm ready for it lol

sliztee

@emmis_louise I was obsessed with information during my first pregnancy. I literally couldn’t think about anything else! This time is more like, meh...I’m having that second cup of coffee 😂

amostpeculiarmlle

@emmis_louise I actually feel like the third trimester snuck up on my pretty quickly with my first pregnancy, but I think a lot of that had to do with the fall and winter holidays keeping me pretty busy and distracted during my second trimester. I think first tri can feel slower when you're eager for the first ultrasound and to be able to share the news and I agree with @magmcg0604 the third tri can DRAG because you're ready to have your body back and to hold your baby in your arms!

kbonita285

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:  11-11/ 5 weeks

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Appleseed

Upcoming appointments: First ultrasound this morning... update below

How are you feeling?: Freaking out a little... had my first ultrasound today and there are TWO gestational sacs 

Rants/Raves: still just kinda speechless

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? 10 years together, married for 8 in April

cyanne12

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Nov. 6 (my calculation), size of an appleseed

Upcoming appointments: April 14, pregnancy confirmation

How are you feeling?: a little bloated and tired- that’s about it
I’m surprised I haven’t been nauseous.

Rants/Raves: I feel full, but my stomach growls. I don’t feel hungry.

Questions: Can I eat pepperoni pizza?

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? Since 2009, married since 2013

cyanne12

Omg! My husband would die...

mkp0903

@kbonita285 oh my gosh, maybe twins! One of my BFFs has 8 month old twin boys and another one of our friends is 20 wks with twins...it’s her first pregnancy but her husband has 2 already and they just adopted 2 other kids, so they will have 6 total 😳

sliztee

mkp0903 said:

@kbonita285 oh my gosh, maybe twins! One of my BFFs has 8 month old twin boys and another one of our friends is 20 wks with twins...it’s her first pregnancy but her husband has 2 already and they just adopted 2 other kids, so they will have 6 total 😳

Nope. Nope nope nope. 

kbonita285

campbellcobb said:

Omg! My husband would die...

He's pretty much in shock 

KNB1027

@sliztee My husband and I got each other cards for valentines day but never actually gave them to each other. I would be perfectly content to make a pact to not buy cards or gifts for holidays - I hate the pressure to remember and go buy stuff 

@emmis_louise OMG I feel the same way!! This is my first pregnancy and I just want a cute baby bump and to be able to feel baby move!!

@kbonita285 Whoa girl!! Maybe twins! Are you excited? Anxious? Upset?

magsmcg11

@campbellcobb yes for sure eat pepperoni pizza! 🍕

Starynightsky24

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: November 23. 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: I have no idea. A tiny seed is my guess lol

Upcoming appointments: none right now. I’m in the process of being accepted to a birth center for my prenatal care/birth. 

How are you feeling?: great! Tired... but maybe that’s because I have three kids already lol

Rants/Raves: this baby is totally planned. But I’m dreading telling our families who don’t understand why we want a large family 

Questions: nope

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? 10 years! ❤️

kbonita285

@KNB1027 excited, anxious, terrified, shocked... the list goes on... wasn't exactly planning for #3 AND #4 

mkp0903

Estimated Due Date: 11/12 so 5 weeks today

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Appleseed 

Upcoming appointments: US with RE on Wednesday 

How are you feeling?: good to fine depending on the time of day. Mostly just tired. I seem to get mildly nauseated after lunch which is so different from my previous pregnancy.

Rants/Raves: No real rants at the moment other than I can’t sleep. As for raves, my new car has massaging seats and I never knew I needed such a thing in my life.

Questions: Anyone have cute ways to tell previous only children that they are going to have a sibling? Like good books or something like that. He just turned 3 for reference.

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? 7.5 years and married 5.5 years. Anniversary is beginning of September, we didn’t do anything this past year, so I’m hoping we can squeeze a trip or something in this year before the new one comes. 

Starynightsky24

@mkp0903 Daniel Tiger has a cute episode about this. My 3yo is a third baby and I’m still going to have him watch this. 

mkp0903

@Starynightsky24 thank you, I’ll look for it. He’s not really into Daniel Tiger for some reason though. I was looking at books online this morning when I couldn’t go back to sleep. 

sliztee

@mkp0903 I recommend the Daniel Tiger book too! We read it all the time and my 2.5 year old seems to remember details better from the book. 

@KNB1027 Thankfully, Jeff and I just do Christmas and birthday gifts. But THIS year, we might take a trip for our anniversary after we get vaccinated. I have such a strong itch to travel after a year of quarantine and limited time before we’re back in the zombie world of having a newborn! 🙌🏼

teamginger13

@mkp0903 my DD is only 22 months so much younger than your DS but we bought a big sister book (I dont remember the exact name right now) that just talks about all the ways she can help out when the baby comes and it is so cute! She loves it and asks us to read it to her constantly. 

eggsandwich2019

@kbonita285 two of my friends are currently pregnant with twins! One is due in May (so probably April) and the other in early August (so, July). 
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: I think I'm 6 weeks today (according to when I ovulated)

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: I think a small bean?

Upcoming appointments: dating ultrasound on 3/26

How are you feeling?: Nauseated. I am just queasy all dang day. I only feel good when I am in bed or on a recliner, which is obviously not practical for work. At least I'm working from home! 

Rants/Raves: so excited to get my first covid vaccine tomorrow! 

Questions: not that I can think of 

GTKY: how long have you and your partner been together? we started dating in 2013 so 8 years, which is wild. We got married in May of 2017. 

artsiefartsie

@eggsandwich2019 I'm so jealous about your covid vaccine! I'm ready to get it asap! 

My doc wants me to wait until I'm in the second tri because of my early loss history.  I'm hoping all those studies they've been doing will come out and she'll just tell me to go ahead and get it 😆

sliztee

So freaking happy for all of you who are getting vaccinated!!!!

emmis_louise

sliztee said:

@emmis_louise I was obsessed with information during my first pregnancy. I literally couldn’t think about anything else! This time is more like, meh...I’m having that second cup of coffee 😂

Yep that's totally me right now haha. It's consuming me. Although when I'm busy at work it's a good distraction. But I am constantly researching and reading books in my spare time! 

sliztee

@emmis_louise I’d say it’ll get better, but nope, it won’t 🙃

cyanne12

I got my second covid vaccination yesterday. I got the first before I knew I was pregnant. I went ahead with it after talking to my gyn and my cousin (who is also an obgyn resident).