Weekly Check-In w/o 4.5

chindimples04

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of:

FTM/STM/TTM+:

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: 

galentine

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: October 29 // 10w3d

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a Ferrero Rocher candy (yum!) or a golden snitch

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: hopefully next week for NIPT

How are you feeling?: uggghhhh. Still nauseous nearly all day every day. I jinxed myself in last week's check-in by saying how thankful I was to have only vomited once so far. Since that post, I've vomited at least once every day. I'm so over it and ready to feel better!

Rants/Raves: 

Rave: This weekend we told our parents and my sister's family about the pregnancy! Everyone is so excited!

Rant: my MIL asked if the pregnancy was planned. She asked this with my DD too. I am not amused.

Questions: not today

GTKY: I would eat the heck out of all 4 options! Yummy! My favorite is probably the french fries.

chindimples04

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: October 27/ 10 weeks 5 days

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Fingernails are forming/strawberry

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: Next Monday

How are you feeling?: Well, I started throwing up so honestly miserable. 😭

Rants/Raves: Allergy season is in full swing but i throw up every time I swallow a pill, so I can’t take anything for it. Also slight rant that my NIPT lab hasn’t even received my sample yet. 😭

Questions: Any tips for throwing up? Because this isn’t going to go well.

GTKY: Baked potatoes are so good but I usually just get fries.

gingermama46

@chindimples04 nausea too? For me, small meals/snacks throughout day, ginger chews and lots of water. Hope you start feeling better!
@galentine hope you start feeling better too! Also, I hate when people ask if it was planned, like "Yes, we planned to just have lots and lots and lots of sex while I was ovulating to plan to get pregnant. Bye."

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12 weeks, 10/18

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: TB makes no sense, this week a plum, but today a swedish fish...what?

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: This Friday

How are you feeling?: Pregnancy symptoms seem to be getting better, as do my shingles. 

Rants/Raves: Rave: finally feeling better with the shingles, I see the painless and itch-less light at the end of the tunnel. Rant: Majority of DH's immediate family are driving me nuts. And we didn't see any of them this weekend, this was all over text.

Questions: So NIPT, the lab my OB uses isn't covered by my insurance, office said to call them as they will sometimes work with people. But in case they do say I'll have to pay $4,500 - which I am not doing, what early testing done at home have you all used this pregnancy or with others?

GTKY:  Having to choose between B and C is very difficult. But C.

madiirosee

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 13w5d. EDD October 6th 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a clownfish 🐠

FTM/STM/TTM+: first time! 

Upcoming appointments: my next follow up appointment is 5/7 ✨

How are you feeling?: I was doing pretty dang good, then had a surge of symptoms yesterday and today.. threw up yesterday for the first time in like two weeks and today I have a migraine ☹️ Had to punch out early because looking at a computer screen was rough. Otherwise though I’m definitely experiencing some round ligament pain and lower back pain. I’m feeling more fullness in my abdomen and am definitely more aware of my uterus lol. 

Rants/Raves: NIPT should come back this week sometime I hope!! Last week the lab said it was processing my sample. I’m sooo anxious/nervous. 

I finally got my pregnancy pillow, and slept with it last night. Boy did it help my lower back! Having the pillow to put in between my legs worked wonders I think for stabilizing my hips and my lower back. 

Questions: none right now 

GTKY: omg A absolutely. All are beautiful but I’m such a French fry lover 😂

aztecash

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/10, 13+1

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: clown fish; he's developing fingerprints and vocal cords (last night DS asked if the baby could talk yet)

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: had one today and it went well, I have another in 3 weeks

How are you feeling?: still tired and I've developed a mental aversion to fish - I can't handle the smell, it looks incredibly unappetizing, but when I force myself to eat it, it's delicious

Rants/Raves: So many rants. I'm high risk so I was supposed to have 1 appointment with an OB and then go back to my midwife. Instead they just transfered me to the OB for the rest of my pregnancy. I like the OB, I've dealt with him a few times before, but I love my midwife. Also, since my BMI is a bit high, I have to take the glucose test at 16 weeks and then again at the normal time, even though my A1C levels are great, which I've read can be a good predictor of the risk factor of developing GD. 

Questions: none

GTKY: B smothered in ranch. Reminds me of happy hour before baseball games.

vampirina

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10w 2 days 10/23

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: lime

FTM/STM/TTM+: third time 

Upcoming appointments: getting my covid shot at the clinic on Sat! Otherwise, no. 

How are you feeling?: The usual. Tired, nauseated,  not great. A little bit less intense in symptoms but still yuck. 

Rants/Raves: Easter was great!

Questions: 

GTKY: Fried potatoes. Hashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes. Potato chips. Baked potatoes. Scalloped potatoes. Potatoes put into dumplings. Buttered and broiled potatoes. ALL THE POTATOES. 

galentine

@chindimples04, I'm so sorry you started vomiting too! I feel like we are twins this pregnancy - very close EDDs, both have an older DD (I think I'm remembering that right!), and I also thought I had escaped vomiting, only to start it later on. It's miserable and I hope we both feel better soon!

@gingermama46, I'm so glad your shingles symptoms are improving!

@cait32, I feel similarly unmotivated right now. I really hope I can get back into a groove when the nausea (hopefully!) subsides in 2nd trimester. It feels like so much work right now to just be in the office, let alone actually do anything productive.

@madiirosee, ooooh I'm going to take a cue from you and get out my pregnancy pillow. Great idea!

@aztecash, aaaaaaand now I need fries with ranch. Oh my god that sounds so good.

@vampirina, I like your potato style 

galentine

Thanks to this thread, I'm suddenly craving potato skins like none other. Crispy, cheesy, and smothered in sour cream. I need some!!

chindimples04

@gingermama46 Call Panorama directly. They will give you a deal. 

I’ll come back later when I’m not
vomiting. 🤢

pizzaplz

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/15, 12w4d

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a passion fruit

FTM/STM/TTM+: stm

Upcoming appointments: ultrasound tomorrow 

How are you feeling?: Hungry, unless I've just eaten, in which case I feel way too full.

Rants/Raves: my mom met us at the park this morning! It was great to have someone else around to play with my daughter--she gets so much of me and my husband I'm sure it's great to have someone new around. Plus, my mom isn't growing a human, so she actually has energy!

Questions:

GTKY: how could you do this to a pregnant lady? Obviously A, but also D, and B, and then C, and I also want curly fries please, thank you.

momofmiracles31889

@galentine people seriously need to not ask that question! It’s not their business and why does it matter? Because I know people will be people I’ve been avoiding that question by just including in our announcements that yes this was a surprise but we are very excited and thankful. That usually keeps people quiet 🤣 although I still get “wait, so how old will your boys be when the baby comes?” Doesn’t anyone know how to do math lol

@chindimples04 how bad is your vomiting? I would be in the hospital on fluids if it weren’t for Bonjesta, which prescription version of B6 and unisom, you could ask your Ob about those options if it’s really bad. I still am nauseous all day and throw up in the evening every day but it’s way better than being able to keep nothing down. the other typical suggestions don’t cut it for me. So sorry you’re sick it’s rough!!

@gingermama46 glad to hear your shingles are improving! I can’t imagine adding that to first trimester pregnancy! 

@madiirosee sleeping with a pillow between your legs does wonders for back and hip pain! I have always had an old lady back so I always do that but it’s even more necessary during pregnancy lol

@aztecash I’m sorry you can’t stick with your midwife I’m sure that’s disappointing! I was high risk with my son too and am again now and although it’s hard not having as many care provider options, I did appreciate all the extra scans that came with being high risk as it gave me more reassurance everything was going ok! 

I’ve been so terrible at doing these 🤦🏻‍♀️  just haven’t had the energy but am SLOWLY catching a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel lol

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12 + 3, October 15th 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: plum I guess 

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM 

Upcoming appointments: next Wednesday I have my first ultrasound with MFM! So excited to see baby again but a little nervous 

How are you feeling?: ugh still crappy- exhausted and sick- but I’ve been able to push through the sickness at times and still function which I think means it must be slowly starting to improve. I think the N and V went away by 14-16 weeks with my son so getting closer 

Rants/Raves: rant is the sickness rave is that it’s closer to being done and ive been able to push through and be a little more intentional with my boys these last couple days 

Questions:

GTKY: I agree with @vampirina, give me alll the potatoes!! 

jtayl962

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 13+3

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: lemon

FTM/STM/TTM+:FTM with 2 angel babies 

Upcoming appointments: wednesday

How are you feeling?: still nauseous in the morning. I assuming I'm feeling round ligaments pain but not sure. I know I feel a lot of stretching.

Rants/Raves: I want to quit my job but since I work at a daycare and get 75% off childcare, I have no choice but to stay.

Questions:

GTKY: I like anytime of potatoes. I was craving french fries last week.

demimondaine

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/15, 12+3

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Hacky sack

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: NT Scan tomorrow! My darn NIPT still isn't back, but this doctor doing the scan has a good reputation for telling gender at 12 weeks!

How are you feeling?: I've had a high heart rate for about 5 days now. I called the OB nurse on Friday and she said to have my thyroid levels checked - I had just one up in synthroid dosage about 2ish weeks ago. I haven't gotten the results yet though. I've also heard the HR could be a vaccine side effect? But I've had covid symptoms for an entire year now, and I had this high heart rate for probably 3+ months at the beginning. Grrr. Also had an all day headache today so I'm about to take my migraine meds and try to sleep it off. 

Rants/Raves: Last week we turned my son's car seat around - now he is the biggest backseat driver! Last night he directed me all the way home "try to stay on the road! Don't hit any trees! That's a stop sign!" 

Questions:

GTKY:  A, but I'm more of a pasta person. 

threes_companypu

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/23

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: Lime

FTM/STM/TTM+: Third baby!

Upcoming appointments: Thursday I have my first appointment!

How are you feeling?: I haven’t had any symptoms besides the missed period and some cravings. I’m craving ice cold water more than anything.

Rants/Raves: Rant: I hate job hunting. I’m so mentally checked out of my job that it makes it hard to get anything done. Interview processes are taking too long. Rave: We have taken up biking as a family and it has become such a great outlet for all of us! 

Questions: How did you choose your NIPT provider and why?

GTKY: I’m a hoe for potatoes. I will eat them all!

noprobalo

It's quiet on this board today...

@galentine Who actually wants to know the answer to the "was it planned" question? Are there people out there who aren't asking to be snarky? If anyone asks me, I hope I'm ballsy enough to go with, "No, we were trying for a puppy."

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:  10/12 / 13+0

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: A mini cactus. Never had one of those; I'll have to check one out at Home Depot.

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Upcoming appointments: Nothing till 4/26; just patiently waiting for NIPT results

How are you feeling?: Pretty good, maybe? Don't want to jinx it

Rants/Raves: Rant -- I need a new provider to help me keep on top of my sleep apnea; I've been neglecting this because I feel fine, and my old provider is way too far away. But now I can't get a new patient appointment with a closer one till July! 😤
Rave -- My mom found a Bumbleride Indie jogging stroller for $125 at a consignment store, just needs a new canopy snap

Questions: Nah, asked mine in the Questions thread

GTKY: I could totally go for some loaded potato skins

mac-n-cheese

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 12w

She is the size of a macaron. Last week she weighed as much as a ketchup packet.

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: NT scan on 4/13. NIPT came back low risk for everything but I asked for the NT appt a few weeks so just for the extra US. It’s a nationally recognized children’s hospital in CA with MFM so I couldn’t pass it up.

How are you feeling?: The HG is out of control. I cannot work, leave the house or drive. I took a Lyft yesterday to run a 45 minutes round trip errand and the driver had to pull over twice on the way home for me to vomit in the middle of 5pm traffic. He got a really good tip.

Rants/Raves: I tried to use my Doppler to find the HB 3 days ago and can’t. Now I’m (unnecessarily) in a panic and feel like it’s making my physical illness a lot worse. I know better but I couldn’t help myself.

Questions: Has anyone else had to EBP for one of their babies and then gone on to successfully breastfeed another? DD had a bad tongue tie and by the time I got a lactation consultant out to the house to help diagnose and DD had the corrective surgery she never learned to latch well and I EBP’ed. I’d love any success stories.

GTKY: C: mashed potatoes for now. I can keep a little down if there isn’t much butter in them. I’m usually all about A for an occasional treat.

aztecash

@noprobalo I had a maternity shirt that said "We're hoping it's a puppy" when I was a surrogate. It was terrible quality, but it made me giggle. I've found that if you wait to get pregnant until deep into your marriage or you have a big age gap between pregnancies nobody asks if it was planned, they all just respond "finally." All comments like this are rude.

vampirina

@mac-n-cheese I EPd for my son (firstborn) for 9 months and went on EBF my daughter for 2 years. Both had ties, but we only revised my daughter's ties (didn't know enough about them with my son until it was "too late"). I was also a just enougher/undersuplier with my son, but had more than enough milk from my daughter. I think I actually have a frozen brick or 2 in the deep freezer from a year or so ago that just never got used 😬 tmi, probably.  

For ties,  pediatric dentists with specializations in ties are the best experts to go to. All lactation consultants and doctors missed both my children's ties. 

noprobalo

@aztecash Ew, "finally" is almost worse. There's no good snappy comeback. I would probably not wear that shirt, but I would definitely giggle if I saw it in the wild.

kitandcat

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 13+3

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a lemon! I have lemons in my fridge and it’s weirding me out. 

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM! 

Upcoming appointments: Next appt is April 27th, just listening to the heartbeat on the Doppler again. Seems crazy to me to go from 9 weeks to 21 weeks without seeing the baby on an US.

How are you feeling?: ok! I got my second vaccine dose yesterday and I’ve had a headache all day today. I’m also having a sleep dilemma. Either I take Unisom and then feel like I’ve been hit like a truck all day the next day (even taking 1/2 a tablet), or don’t take Unisom and wake up at 4am every. single. day. 

Rants/Raves: I still can’t eat anything after 4. I just want dinner 😭😭

Questions: 

GTKY: ALL THE POTATOES. I would literally eat them all. I am so hungry 😆

mac-n-cheese

@vampirina thank you so much for this. It gives me hope for trying again. My experience with my daughter sounds so much like yours with your son. My supply issues were so frustrating—I could barely produce enough for 6 months and then was able to slowly start storing a stash in the garage freezer. Too bad my now EXH accidentally unplugged it and ruined hundreds of stored 8oz bags of milk. She ran out at just a year because I stopped pumping at 11 months and the large stock I made all soured when the garage freezer was off.
For the tongue tie, DD’s hospital teamed missed it, her ped missed it and the LC figured it out. Thanks for the tip for going to ped dentist. That never would have occurred to me.
I definitely will make an issue of it in the hospital and make sure to have a ped dentist appt lined up to evaluate.
Thank you again for giving me hope!!

vampirina

Oh, @cait32 I am SO sorry you got this news. I really hope it is nothing and you aren't consumed with worry while you wait. Sending you so many virtual hugs. 

galentine

@cait32, I'm so sorry you are dealing with scary news. I hope your ultrasound shows absolutely everything is fine. Thinking of you ❤

grangerhp37

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 10/24, 11+3

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: a lime!

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: Mon 4/12 for the NT scan, NIPT blood work sometime later next week

How are you feeling?: Good, and exhausted. Starting to have at least some bloat but it still all feels like it’s in my head and not real yet.

Rants/Raves: We announced to our close friends and family in the past 2 weeks. Will probably announce on social media in a few weeks, although we will tell work first.

Questions:

GTKY: I can’t pick a favorite potato! I love them all with different meals.

mac-n-cheese

@cait32 I’m sorry you are going through this. I hope you US shows that everything has resolved itself. You are in my thoughts.

bcliffee1

Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 13 weeks tomorrow 

Interesting Baby Fact/Baby is the size of: the length of a pea pod

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming appointments: I think my next is May 3rd

How are you feeling?: energy is coming back as is my appetite thankfully but motivation to actually cook and make food for myself is about a -100

Rants/Raves: night time feet discomfort has begun. I remember this distinctively with DS and my feet honestly have never been the same. I’m guessing hormone changes has a big par in my feet always feeling tight and like they need to be cracked. It’s like right around my ankles. I’ve also started to notice my hips feeling sore as well

Questions: when did you break out the pregnancy pillow? I think with DS it was around 20 something weeks but I’m struggling and thinking about whipping that beast out 

GTKY: absolutely number B or C with sour cream 

chindimples04

@bcliffee1 um....5.5 weeks. 🙈 

madiirosee

@cait32 I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. I’m pushing all of my positive energy your way! ❤️

@bcliffee1 I just started using mine and I’m 14w!! The lower back pain was driving me nuts. 

steph-ann

@cait32 oh goodness! I am so sorry that was sprung on you and now you have to wait. I hope they can get you in soon. It sounds like everything should be ok, but jeez, what a huge worry to sit with. I am so sorry, and sending positive thoughts and love your way. 

momofmiracles31889

@cait32 I’m so sorry you’re going through this! It’s sounds likely that everything will be fine but I’m sure just knowing this new info is very nervewracking and scary! Prayers for peace as you wait and for health for your baby! 

grangerhp37

@cait32 I’m glad to hear the research supports that everything is most likely totally fine! Fingers crossed for your appt next week that you get some validation of that. Such stressful news!