March 2022 Moms
Panaceia
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Weekly check in week of 7/12
Panaceia
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I didn't see this yesterday...hope it's ok if I start it today...
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days:
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How are you feeling?:
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Questions:
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Re: Weekly check in week of 7/12
Upcoming appointments: The 20th and 22nd for repeat beta draw
How are you feeling?: stressed but ok
Rants/Raves: I'm hoping my darkening tests are a hood sign and that yesterday's incident was a big nothing.
Questions: Not today:)
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up?
When I was little I wanted to be a marine biologist...because I was in love with all sea creatures...then when I got older and actually had to take biology I changed my mind pretty quickly 😅
Upcoming appointments: July 19, first US!
How are you feeling?: pretty good, but soooo puffy and bloated and gassy. The nausea seems to have faded (but I remember it returning around 7/8 weeks with my son) and instead I’m just not really hungry.
Rants/Raves: I’ve been having trouble sleeping and last night I came in our bedroom to find DH taping our curtains to the window sills. I asked him what he was doing and he said he noticed I sleep with my face to the window and he thought maybe the light coming in early was waking me up. Such a sweetheart. It didn’t really make a difference but the thought was appreciated.
Questions: anybody else have an achy lower back? It’s not cramping, just aching, and it seems WAY too early for that nonsense.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was 5 I told my parents I wanted to be a missionary ballerina. 🤷♀️ I went through a photographer phase. And I was an avid theatre junkie, started out as a theatre major in college. So, sure, being a lawyer seems like the natural progression there. 🤪
@panaceia so happy you’re seeing darkening lines! Burrow in, little bean, and stop scaring your mom.
@panaceia It sounds like things are progressing okay then! Yay for darker lines. And I went through a marine biologist phase too lol. I blame it on Sea World Barbie.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 3/3, 6+5
Upcoming appointments: Ultrasound on Thursday!
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. The nausea goes in waves. I was struggling last night and for a minute I was convinced the flu was coming on.
Rants/Raves: It has been a busy week and just keeps going! No big rants or raves today though. Still getting ready for my sister's wedding on Saturday. I still need to write my toast/speech and it is stressing me out.
Questions: nope
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? I was obsessed with Egypt and mummies and wanted to be an archeologist. Then in high school I wanted to be a nurse.
@kgg2241 yay for an ultrasound Thursday!
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 5+0, like @Panaceia I've decided to go based on O instead of LMP
Upcoming appointments: next Tuesday, so I'll be 6+0
How are you feeling?: exhausted constantly, bloated, gassy, MOODY... very occasionally nausea but no vomiting yet
Rants/Raves: Rave- the cleaners came to my house today and cleaned everything. It is so nice to have someone else dust the door frames and ceiling fans and wipe down the microwave and clean the bathrooms
Questions: nothing at the moment
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a teacher during the day and veterinarian at night, I'm not sure when I planned to sleep. I had an internship in high school at an emergency vet hospital and decided it just wasn't for me, I loved it but it wasn't thrilling like I'd thought. Instead I ended up teaching high school biology/chemistry for a while and now I'm in the business world
@rachelredhead I also have a lower achy back that I just assumed was from running but could be a possible symptom since I don't normally get an achy back when I run.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: March 13th/5w2
Upcoming appointments: A welcome meeting with our midwife group on 7/22 and then the first ultrasound will be on 8/6.
How are you feeling?: Good! I've had heartburn, my boobs are sore, and took a nap for the first time in 5 years on Sunday, but otherwise, I have very minimal symptoms.
Rants/Raves: The weather this week has been cold and rainy and I just want to sit/run outside in the sun
Questions: Is it normal to have minimal symptoms at 5w? This is my first and I'm an anxious person as is, so I get nervous that I don't really feel much right now.
I also made the decision to go with a midwife over my normal OBGYN and would love to hear others' experiences with midwives!
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? I really wanted to be an actress and would do little plays in my room to practice my skills before bedtime. More realistically I wanted to be an elementary school teacher and sometimes think that would have been a better career choice for me than what I currently do.
Upcoming appointments: none yet. I’m waiting until the end of the week to call my OB’s office.
How are you feeling?: great! No symptoms other than intense dreams. I got sick around 6/7 weeks last time.
Rants/Raves: none really
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? I always wanted to be a teacher, and that’s what I did. I think I second guessed my career choice for a while in my 20s while I taught middle school, but now I’m in elementary and I know that this is where I’m supposed to be.
Upcoming appointments: My first ultrasound is scheduled for August 10th (I'll be eight weeks).
How are you feeling?: Physically? Exhausted. Crampy. Emotionally? Pretty okay. My tests are getting darker, but they still aren't super dark yet. I got my first positive at 12dpo and today is 15dpo, so I guess it really hasn't been that much time yet.
Rants/Raves: My husband and I are relocating back to Orlando and are trying to find a place. My top choice just fell through, which is kind of a bummer. My rave is that I am snuggled on the coach instead of doing dishes and it feels amazing to just relax. I'm the kind of person who goes 100 mph, so I'm leaning into the snuggles.
Questions: Who all gets their betas checked? Should I schedule an appointment to get my hCG levels checked? Would I just do that through my OB? I'm a new patient because I'm still living out of state until we find a place back in Florida.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Either a vet or a singer. I would be horrible at both jobs.
@panaceia I'm so glad that you haven't had any more issues since yesterday and that your tests are getting darker.
@rachelredhead Awww... your husband is so sweet! I remember having lower back pain in the early weeks during my last pregnancy. Also, there needs to be a comic book about a missionary ballerina.
@kgg2241 Good luck with your speech! Have you YouTubed any examples? I feel like that's something I would do.
@jlbaker08 Oh my gosh, I love it when someone professionally cleans my home. I feel like I can think more clearly in a clean environment.
Upcoming appointments: Thursday US and first appointment 7/21
How are you feeling?: Crampy, but better than yesterday. Trying to stay positive and not be anxious.
Rants/Raves: I'm not looking forward to telling my family (mother and sister) I'm pregnant. I haven't seen them in months and I was trying to schedule a weekend for them to come by and see our new house. We custom built our forever home and have already been living here 4 months and they haven't been by once. I was going to tell them I'm pregnant when they come since it will probably be my only chance to do so in person. They keep putting off committing on even scheduling a date. They are only an hour drive away, so it shouldn't be THAT hard. I feel like I'll just tell them over the phone at 12-14 weeks before we go public about it. Complicated family dynamics are always fun.
Questions: Is AMA determined by your current age or your age at time of birth? I'm 34 now, but will be 35 in March. Not sure how this works with any additional testing and stuff.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Probably a vet or something with animals. We grew up with horses and I loved being around animals. As an adult, I'm much happier with my career path than I would be as a vet.
@panaceia Glad you are feeling more optimistic today!
@jlbaker08 We get the house cleaned every other Thursday. It is amazing!! I think it is worth every penny to not always be stressing about the cleaning we need to do.
@rachelredhead That is so sweet of your husband! I feel like being pregnant brings out the sweet and caring side in good men.
@karisahamdi My lower back was a little sore too. I automatically blamed my workouts, but maybe it is somewhat pregnancy related.
@jlbaker08 Cleaning day for us is tomorrow! So worth it. I also demand takeout on cleaning days because i want the kitchen to stay clean for more than an hour. Every other wednesday is my favorite!
@elle-0409 I don't get betas checked, even with a loss history. I asked my dr about it last week when i got my bfp and she said only if i'm concerned. I didn't push it because tbh, i don't need another thing to obsess over.
Estimated Due Date/Weeks + Days: 3/20 4w2
Upcoming appointments: intake next wed, US probably the week or 2 after that (i'd like to wait until 7 weeks so we should definitely have a heartbeat if we're getting one)
How are you feeling?: Better today, which makes me nervous (but i know is fine). Still a little crampy, which has been my main symptom. I'm trying to only test once a day/2 days instead of twice a day so i stop obsessing over line progression... but it's not easy!
Rants/Raves: I was in a "managing your inbox" workshop today and accidentally deleted my whole inbox *facepalm*. So i've spent most of the say sifting through my 10k+ deleted emails to retrieve the important stuff. I realize that is not pregnancy related lol.
Questions: None atm
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? A sign language interpreter...Which i am
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We had a similar issue with my 14 week loss. No heartbeat at 12 weeks but the doctor wanted to wait 2 weeks and rescan...I ended up hemorrhaging shortly after the second scan. I was told later the second scan is purely for the parents so that they feel OK terminating the pregnancy...so with my 10 week loss they wanted me to wait 2 weeks again (baby was measuring behind, no heartbeat, but hcg levels were where they should be) but nope. Luckily my doctor got me in that day for a D&C. I was so worried about another hemorrhage...but you're absolutely right, at no point do you feel safe with PGAL!!!
@Sarah0335 it is absolutely worth every penny! I love cleaning day, it's also nice because it means we have to clean up some of the clutter in advance so they can wipe everything down (the kids have to clean up their rooms too!)
@morgantu demanding take out is the best idea I've heard today! I will have to do that next time
July 28 ultrasound & 1st OB visit
To be honest, I don't think I really thought about it much as a kid...or I just don't remember.
**Edit to add appointment info
Upcoming appointments: 7/28 for first in-person appointment and ultrasound (I'll be 7 weeks).
How are you feeling?: Pregnancy-wise, pretty good! Which naturally freaks me out a little given that it's my first pregnancy, but I know it's normal. Just occasional cramping and a few fleeting waves of nausea. However it's entirely possible that any mild symptoms are being masked by the fact that I am on day 10 of a poison oak rash and that's about all of the sensation my body can handle.
Rants/Raves: See above re: poision oak. It's my first experience with it and it is literally the worst. Makes me never want to wear shorts in the woods ever again. But it seems to be getting a bit better over the course of the last 24 hours so hopefully the corner has been turned.
Questions: How likely is it that a heartbeat can be heard at 7w0d? My first appointment is on the early side because there's a mismatch between my LMP and ovulation day (pretty sure I ovulated on day 27 of my cycle). Trying to prepare myself ahead of time if there's a good chance that a heartbeat wouldn't be detectable yet so I have less of a freakout.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher! Which is the career I wound up pursuing. But I wanted to be an art or PE teacher, neither of which I was (wound up as a math and science teacher). Happy to see so many educators on here!
@jlbaker08 definitely can identify with the overambitious goals as a child...now that I'm an adult I've realized that just one career is more than enough for me, thanks
@karisahamdi definitely in the same boat as you with minimal symptoms! I'm trying to remind myself that I will probably be longing for the days of minimal symptoms in a few weeks but it's hard to tamp down the anxiety!
@Sarah0335 fx for your ultrasound tomorrow! Hope it is able to bring you peace of mind!
@appleblossom8317 do I ever relate! I also thought I wanted to be a middle school teacher and was one for five years, then when we moved cross-country I took a job as a school leader at an elementary school and it is sooooo much better. Spending all day with that much of a concentration of hormones was exhausting.
3/6 // 6+4
Upcoming appointments:
July 29
How are you feeling?
The nausea is persistent. The zofran has stopped the vomiting and allowed me to function during the day, which is a huge relief.
Rants/Raves:
Rant: nausea. I keep telling myself that nausea is probably good and means that baby is cooking, but my brain just wants to not feel terrible 24/7
Rave: zofran, a zillion gold stars
Questions:
I should probably have questions as a FTM. I have no questions.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up?
A vet, like many others here. I ended up pivoting to human animals.
March 10th, 5w6d
Upcoming appointments:
July 28th- either ultrasound that day at bedside or will have one scheduled for that week.
How are you feeling?:
So nauseated. All the time. Finally getting in a good rhythm of taking unisom + b6 every night and always making sure there’s something on my stomach. Ginger Ale has been my best friend.
Rants/Raves:
Just want to rant about how slowly the first trimester passes. I feel like I have known I was pregnant at least a month already.
Questions: None atm.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Every time I remember being asked this as a child I know I answered that I wanted to be a Paleontologist.
I was at the early pregnancy crisis clinic for my last pregnancy, and was having weekly US and they did see the HB on TV US by 7 weeks. But positioning can affect things!
Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow is an ultrasound with my OBGYN. I am going to try and switch docs (delivery locations, babies not making it etc at one with several lawsuits are my main reasons). But to get in to the other doc she won't even talk with me till 10-12 weeks. Which I know is pretty standard. But i've been having some issues, which is why my other (1st doc) is seeing me now.
How are you feeling?: Nausea comes and goes. Nothing coming out which is good. But i'm hungry and pretty much nothing works besides fruit. Which i'm not typically a fruit person. NO meat, which I am a meat person lol.
I just had cheeze its and an apple for dinner.
Rants/Raves: I'm feeling overwhelmed. With many things. But my house and where to start, not knowing its "safe" to start with this baby. I've been having lots of messages coming across my path about staying strong, and hard times will pass etc and its completely freaking me out. I'm totally in my head.
Questions: How do you find time to keep up with this group? I'm struggling with that and want to get to know yall. I have such wonderful people from my last BMBs. But I did a lot more sitting with babies then.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Like @Panaceia I wanted to be a marine biologist. But when I realized how difficult it was to get into the stuff I wanted to do and actually make a reasonable living. And then I wanted to be a vet, but that had too much math. SOOO I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. And i'm 36.
@Panaceia FX for those lines to continue to darken, and that the other day was a fluke!!
@rachelredhead Hope your back feels better soon.
@ night_nurse I feel ya, it seems like forever already. I miss my wine. Although so worth it. But it's crawling, already.
@trails15 hopefully the poison oak is even better tomorrow!
@Sarah0335 fx at your ultrasound!
This tagging system is driving me bonkers. So hi everyone else... I don't have patience to tag more. (is anyone else having the system thats inserting double @? Or not finding the person till you type out the whole name?)
Upcoming appointments: None right now-- I'd like a few more days of progression before calling.
How are you feeling?: Cautiously optimistic-- I'd forgotten how much belching comes with my pregnancies! Even at this low level of hormones I am burping so much! With my last pregnancies I belched uncontrollably in court rooms (I'm an attorney) and while it surprised people at first but the end of my pregnancy they just laughed or looked at me with pity. lol. A little bit of nausea coming on now too
Rants/Raves: Nothing right now.
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Definitely a veterinarian-- It's what my under grad degree is in. However, I hit the higher level sciences in college and absolutely hated it. I decided to take some poly sci classes and see if I could do someone thing legal in the aggie field and loved that. Soo I took the LSATs my last year and switched directions.
@jlbaker08 I'm jealous of the house cleaners! We moved the other month and a stipulation of a larger house was that I am not doing allll the cleaning and we were getting someone. I haven't called anyone yet though- its on the never ending to do list!
@trails15 Internally I think 7 weeks it def can be found.
Upcoming appointments: seeing my RE for the first ultrasound on 7/22 (6w5d), can’t wait!
How are you feeling?: Stuck in a bad cluster of migraines for the past week and have my daughter’s terrible daycare cold on top of the usual fatigue and nausea. Really feeling miserable this week and hoping some of these things let up a little bit this weekend. Mentally struggling because this week I just can’t catch a break.
Rants/Raves: rants-my job is super crazy and I think a bunch of our staff are about to give their notice. I myself am reducing my hours but there is a 90 day hold on that too.
Questions: no questions, just waiting for ultrasound and wanting to feel better!
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? Add me to the veterinarian list! I switched to human medicine so I’m not far off!
Upcoming appointments: Had a US today for a due date (never got AF after I had my Mirena removed), next US is August 2nd
How are you feeling?: Exhausted. No matter how much sleep I get I cant shake it, though having a crazy 2 year old running around doesn't help either.
Rants/Raves: Have to give a shout out to my boyfriend, the Master of back rubs, for all the extra attention lately. Also making sure I get sufficient rest!
Questions: None at the moment, just excited to be here!
GTKY: What did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher!