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April 2022 Moms
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Weekly Check-in w/o 9/20
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Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
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Questions:
Re: Weekly Check-in w/o 9/20
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: Appointment and US with our RE today. Not sure if we'll be released to OB today or will have to wait until 12 weeks. I love my RE but our insurance doesn't cover IF treatment and his appointments and scans are expensive lol.
How are you feeling?: Fine! I forget that I'm pregnant sometimes, which I guess may just be a thing after you already have a kid. Sleeping terribly, but not near as nauseated as I was with DS2.
Rants/Raves: I cannot stop drinking milk.
Questions: None right now!
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Wednesday midwife appt
How are you feeling?: I’m starting to have some abdominal pain, which is weird. Like low where my uterus is. And still nauseated.
Rants/Raves: I’m so fucking tired and I have two other toddlers to take care of and who let me be an adult?
Questions:
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: wellllllll it's not looking likely that I can get this stupid NT scan scheduled. It's the cutest scan so I'm kind of annoyed. I'm 33 and got the NIPT results, so medically it's probably fine to skip it, but I'd still rather have it. Also just overall frustrated with what the process is like to schedule anything here - NYC was nuts on a variety of fronts, but always efficient. Efficiency above all else.
How are you feeling?: Mostly fine. I was pretty sad on Saturday that my nausea was still around, but yesterday was better.
Rants/Raves: I went through all the baby clothes and sorted out the gender neutral stuff, and I was happy to find I have a lot especially Newborn - 3mo. It seems 6mo is around when I was like EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PINK! lol DH is still pretty annoyed the baby is a boy. He keeps saying, "Maybe they missed that it's twins, and one of the babies is a girl." At least he has 6 months to adjust....?
Questions: When do we want to switch to due-date-week check ins and/or ticker change check ins?
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: April 9 / 11 weeks + 2 days
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: Next one coming up is the week after next week, when I’ll be at 13 weeks. She told me we would just listen to the baby’s heartbeat via Doppler this time to make sure everything is a-okay.
How are you feeling?: Super crampy and little twinges of pain here and there in the abdomen. I think it’s just my uterus expanding and making rooms for bubs to grow. DEFINITELY have a baby bump now! 😅
Rants/Raves: OMG we’re having a BOY. 😬💙 Mini hubby!!! 💙💙💙 We found out Friday from the NIPT test but it still feels not really real!! I was predicting girl and hubby was predicting boy, and since we want both eventually we honestly had no preference this time around!
Also, we told our first people this weekend! FIL had to cancel his trip down here due to work and since we didn’t want to tell him via phone call, we spilled and told him! And then swore him to secrecy so it’ll be a complete surprise for our other 3 parents when we tell them this weekend! 😬 Now that we have the NIPT results and know baby boy is healthy it’s driving me totally bonkers not telling them over the phone, I’m literally about to burst!! 💥
Questions: Well, this may be super early still, but gotta start thinking about it sometime soon as a boy mom— thoughts on circumcising and circumcision rates in your social circles? I read it’s becoming less and less common in the U.S. Just kind of want to get a feel of the group’s thoughts for or against here and see how common it is amongst this community.
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Oct 5th-NT scan
How are you feeling?: Anxious, waiting for NIPT and glucose result. I woke myself up with my heart racing and worrying about I don’t know what!
Nausea is still lingering but mostly aversions now. Soooooo tired.
Rants/Raves: I want this week to go by fast. So nervous about everything right now…
Questions: we should probably cover this in the question thread or product spotlight but thinking ahead. Are you ladies thinking about changing vehicles? I have a CRV and I am worried 2 car seats and a booster may not be doable.
BFP1 04/24/2015 EDD Dec 2015 MMC 10W5d;
BFP 2 09/25/2015 EDD June 2016 MMC 9wks;
BFP 3 03/22/2016 EDD Dec 6th 2016
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Nothing for two weeks; would've had my midwife appointment next week but I'm away, so we decided to push it
How are you feeling?: Nausea is still sticking around. Fatigue is awful, and insomnia is starting to kick in. So in other words, I'm beyond cranky
Rants/Raves: My daughter woke me at 4:30 to nurse, and I couldn't get back to sleep. My husband had been up since 2:30 with insomnia and was just back from a run, so I could hear him moving around and it made it even more impossible. So I got up and made bread. Both kids ended up waking up before 6, when they usually sleep until after 7. It's going to be a rough day for everyone.
Questions: nope
@kiwi2628 I feel you about being tired and having two toddlers - I keep telling myself it'll get better, but I know I'm lying!
@doxiemoxie212 Awww, sorry you won't be able to get the scan
@minnie_yoga_mama We circumcised our son, and will if this one is a boy. I probably wouldn't have if it was just me, but my husband is Jewish, and although he doesn't really practice, it was important to him. Like doxie though, we don't do it as a bris (here you go to a specialist)
@queenklau Have you joined Car Seats for the Littles on Facebook? They have CPST that can help you figure out if your seats will fit, and give recommendations on what might work in your vehicle. Personally, we're comfortable with our car (F150) since it's got a HUGE back seat and won't have trouble fitting a third seat - but it's also part of the reason we are almost completely sure we won't go for a fourth!
@queenklau I second the CSTFL recommendation and will add The Car Seat Lady. We followed her guide and got an Outback when we purchased our car in 2018. She has lists of all the cars you can actually realistically do 3 across in, and the options are pretty limited, but I do think the CRV might have been one, so it might be possible depending on the seats you have. We opted out of the CRV because DH and I couldn't fit in the front seats with RFing car seats behind us. Still tight in the Outback but a little better. We have been tossing around getting a Honda Odyssey, but it's so hard to get used cars right now, and a new one would still be hard to get but also would be $$$$$. We only have one car currently, though, and at some point DH is going to have to start going into the office 3x/week unless covid just never ever ends.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: April 27 / 8 + 5
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: MW appointment Wednesday
How are you feeling?: Exhausted. I also sometimes forget that I'm pregnant because I don't really have any nausea which still concerns me.
Rants/Raves: it's been such a hard week. DD1 was in the hospital twice and the second time, the doctor wanted me to make an appointment with her pediatrician if x happened. It did happen so I called but she can't get me in until the end of November so I have to take her to the Children's hospital tomorrow morning. She's been perfectly healthy until she started daycare on Sept 1st. I just want a definitive answer on what's going on with her.
Questions: none
@minnie_yoga_mama We will get baby circumcised if it’s a boy, because that’s just what our family does, but there is no (proven) medical reason to do it. I’d just encourage you to do your research and see what you and DH feel comfortable with!
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: Another OB appointment (new patient intake) next Wednesday. I need to stop procrastinating and call the specialist back to schedule with her.
How are you feeling?: Today and yesterday have been good days. I was so nauseous last week and miserable. Saturday, I worked a full shift plus 3 extra hours after to help out and I felt like warm garbage. But I also got my flu shot Friday so I’m wondering if it was side effects from that.
Rants/Raves: I’ve discovered that iced coffee > hot coffee, something I’ve never liked before in my life (I will drink hot coffee in 100 degree weather). I was dying without caffeine so it’s been a good day so far!
Questions: Our infant car seat has been in our non-air controlled attic for 5 years and while it doesn’t expire for a few more years I’m wondering if I should trade it in since Target is doing their car seat program this week. Anyone know if long exposures to heat damages the car seat? I may just go ahead and do it anyways so it’s one less thing to pack when we move in November.
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Had my NT today and everything was normal. I also had my blood taken for NIPT and should have those results in a week (hopefully earlier). I have my next appointment with my actual doctor on Wednesday
How are you feeling?: Still nauseous at times, headache, tired
Rants/Raves: Rant: The doctor at the hospital I went for my ultrasound today made me cry. I was talking about how our babies tend to get very big toward the end of pregnancy and how I'm always asked to repeat my GTT for that reason but I always pass... and she said well it's not surprising, you both are not exactly "tiny people". Now- would I consider myself "tiny," no. But the way she said it made me feel like I was a beast of a woman. I felt super self-conscious after that and left the office in tears. I was always a thin person but now, this being my third pregnancy, I dont have the body I used to have and I guess I'm more sensitive about it than I thought? It could be hormones too but I just dont think anyone should ever comment on someone's size. My husband is trying to convince me it's because "I'm tall" but I'm hardly 5'7- that's not crazy tall and even so, no woman wants to be thought of as being "big".
Questions:
Married: October 2011
DS: January 2016
DS: May 2019
#3: April 2022
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Bloodwork tomorrow
How are you feeling?: Dare I say I might be feeling a tiny bit better? Saturday ( 9+6) was the worst day of this entire pregnancy and I was on the verge of tears thinking how I was going to manage feeling horrible for much longer and then bang on 10 weeks exactly I started to see a glimmer of hope.
Rants/Raves: Yesterday I was able to eat something after 5pm for this first time in weeks- sure, it was Carmel popcorn, but details details
Questions: I am a woozy medical person and I have to get pregnancy and NIPT bloodwork done tomorrow. Is it like viles and viles of blood or what are we looking at here?
BFP1 04/24/2015 EDD Dec 2015 MMC 10W5d;
BFP 2 09/25/2015 EDD June 2016 MMC 9wks;
BFP 3 03/22/2016 EDD Dec 6th 2016
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: Not for 4 weeks. I did hear the heartbeat on Friday at 11 weeks with my midwife. It was beating strong between 160-170BPM and was so reassuring to hear.
How are you feeling?: Energy has returned! I'm not sleeping great though. Also struggling with serious eustation tube dysfunction that may or may not be due to the pregnancy. Some doctors say it is and others haven't heard of it. There is a ton of stuff on Google about it though (not that dr Google is a good source haha)
Rants/Raves: Wish I would stop questioning everything!! After battling infertility and going through two rounds of IVF, I'm struggling to believe this is real. Hearing the heartbeat at 11 weeks and having the midwife say she feels really good about things did help a bit but I still find myself looking for reasons to be worried!! I wish I could just really believe deep down that this is happening and I will have a baby in April.
@winterviolethope I am so sorry! Completely inappropriate and uncalled for.
@minnie_yoga_mama neither of our boys are circumcized. H felt really strongly about it. "The foreskin is not a birth defect!" He says, lol.
@queenklau we switched vehicles in anticipation of a third...I needed more room anyway. But we went with a seven seater Subaru Ascent. Booster in back for DS6, DS3 and new LO in captains chairs. Technically room for two others in the back with DS6! Got lucky with a used one. Thought about the Odessey but if plow guy doesn't get here before school I need to be able to drive down the driveway in 6 in of snow!
@winterviolethope ugh that is awful what she said! I'd be horrified!
@miss_lynn9 hope you get answers!
Due Date / Weeks + Days: April 29/ 8 +3
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments: Had one today! Telehealth! I get to go in 2-4 weeks for ultrasound and Panorama, which we haven't had as an option before! She said I CAN get the sex!!! So maybe in a few weeks I'll know instead of waiting til 20 weeks!! Now to schedule the appt ...
How are you feeling?: Not as awful. But still wonky in the morning and if I don't eat enough. Also, nothing but junk sounds good.
Rants/Raves: Rant: scheduling a docs appt with my hospital is insane. No one answers the phone, they put you on hold until you cave and agree to the call back. Then they call you back two min- 2 hours later. I feel like I'll never get this scheduled bc I can't call at work (shared office and no internet or cell outside) and once I get home it's already 4. Rave: H can come to the ultrasounds!
Questions:
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: Oct 4
How are you feeling?: Much much better these days. I'm still having some food aversions, but for the most part can eat full meals- even though I get full QUICK. I'm emotionally feeling a little nervous the past couple days. I don't know why, I think just because it's so early, can't feel the baby yet, so I'm just sitting here trusting everything is fine. Makes me want to schedule another elective ultrasound just for peace of mind, but I don't know if that's a good idea. I don't wanna overdo it.
Rants/Raves: Went to Target and traded in 2 car seats today and ALMOST purchased a new travel system but I just couldn't do it. I can't shake this feeling like it's too early to do anything big like that. I'm hoping I can use our coupons before they expire on something at least.
Questions: none
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: Hopefully early October
How are you feeling?: I think the nausea is starting to reduce, but the fatigue is still there. I’m just wiped out by evening, especially if I was active at all during the day.
Rants/Raves: new employee orientation is the worsttt
Questions: natm
@doxiemoxie212 It’s seems like a good time to change since we are approaching the end of the first trimester
@minnie_yoga_mama DS3 is circumcised. That’s what felt “normal” to me from my experiences, but I left the decision up to DH since he’s the one with the penis experience.
@miss_lynn9 Sorry to hear your daughter has been in the hospital!
@SmashJam I hate the 'call back' option, and I think a lot more offices are doing that now!
@miss_lynn9 that's so frustrating about your pediatrician. I've never heard of a wait that long for a pressing medical concern.
@kiwi2628 hang in there!
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: just had 12 wk checkup today, another in 4 weeks, little girl's HR was 162
How are you feeling?: Better! but still nauseated and super exhausted like I'm pharmaceutically sedated. Able to eat and drink more, and I think my weight loss is plateauing and hopefully reversing. I obviously want feeling better to immediately translate into 'being present with my family', 'being a super star at work', and 'having a ridiculously clean house', but I'll take 'standing up from a chair without immediately sitting down again'. OB agreed to get me some IV fluids, so I'm excited about that. I forgot to ask her about the NT scan - still not sure if that'll be offered to me.
Rants/Raves: rant - since moving to our house about 2.5 years ago, my hair has not been the same. like I can't get it clean enough? doesn't matter what shampoo/conditioner I use. I'd blame hard water, but I measured the hardness and it was pretty normal city water. ugh. rave - the first trimester is tough on house plants. they all suffered, but I think most of them are going to pull through.
@minnie_yoga_mama our DS5 is not circumcised. We don’t have any religious reason to do so nor did we see any medical reason to do so. I ultimately left the decision up to DH and he decided not to. He isn’t circumcised either so that felt right to him.
FTM/STM/TTM+: 5th time
Upcoming Appointments: soon. Waiting for a call back
How are you feeling?: Nausea is intense. Tired. My kids got a (not covid) virus from a soccer mate and were kind enough to share which the congestion makes the nausea worse so yay!!!
Rants/Raves: Rant: I fell doing laundry at my mom's house (foot was asleep and I stepped wrong) but now my foot is super sore. Apparently this is going to be a clumsy pregnancy.
Questions:
@minnie_yoga_mama Neither DS3 or DS2 are circumcised. I hang in relatively "crunchy" circles and a lot of our friends' kids aren't either. DH was a little worried about the boys looking different from him at first, but they don't really even notice.
@queenklau we had to upgrade to the grand caravan for number 4 (before that we were squeezed into a teeny tiny Ford focus). I have to experiment with our seats to see what makes sense as far as arrangements this time. Oldest will be out of a booster by then so we can squidge her in wherever but it'll be 2 seats and two boosters which is tricky.
@minnie_yoga_mama I actually randomly mentioned this to MH the other day... we're team green so have to make sure to prep for everything! MH was surprisingly very much for circumcision. We're not Jewish so I'm actually not sure why he was so adamant. I might ask him at some point but honestly it doesn't matter that much to me, so it's one of the decisions I would probably defer to him.
@miss_lynn9 sending hugs and hoping you get some answers/your DD is feeling better
@winterviolethope how rude. I don't blame you for being upset at all - that probably would have driven me to tears too.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: April 12 / 11+0
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: next scan is early Oct
How are you feeling?: Feeling pretty good! Fatigue is my number 1 symptom right now. Last night my stomach was weird but I think I am not eating enough (or enough of the right things!).
Rants/Raves: We have 3 weddings in a row starting last weekend and ending in early Oct. It's a whirlwind! MH is in the wedding this week and it's our very close friends so I'm excited. Also happy that the bride & groom have required vaccination or negative test to attend. Still not sure how I'm feeling about the last wedding since there aren't any requirements and it's indoors. I keep going back and forth about whether I'll actually go. Obviously we will still give the same $ whether or not I go but I do feel bad about cancelling at the last minute. I also wonder if I'm just being overconcerned or if it even matters bc MH will be going either way.
Questions: Thoughts about big indoor events? I wasn't feeling anxious until the last couple of weeks as cases started going up.
Risk tolerance for COVID is such a personal thing. I would look at your local transmission, how big is the wedding, vaccination %, will it have outdoor sections, how close are you to the couple etc etc. Personally, I avoid any medium-large gatherings indoors (just my preference). I am in NY with our county with 71% of 12 and up vaccinated, we still have 6% test positivity which is a bit high for my comfort. That being said, I have only eating indoors with DH twice in June, my daughter goes to preK in person and also does gymnastics with mask on (with mask mandate in school). I still work remotely. Just to give you a point of reference in my situation.
BFP1 04/24/2015 EDD Dec 2015 MMC 10W5d;
BFP 2 09/25/2015 EDD June 2016 MMC 9wks;
BFP 3 03/22/2016 EDD Dec 6th 2016
BFP1 04/24/2015 EDD Dec 2015 MMC 10W5d;
BFP 2 09/25/2015 EDD June 2016 MMC 9wks;
BFP 3 03/22/2016 EDD Dec 6th 2016
@minnie_yoga_mama DS is circumcised. DH and I discussed it and made the decision together, but honestly he's the expert in that area so it was more up to him. I found it odd though that people will ask about this (not here, but in life). someone we met friends of friends asked us about it and then was like oh well thats okay. gee thanks random person.
@miss_lynn9 hope you're getting some answers today. what a hard week.
@doxiemoxie212 I think we should change to the due date week check ins sooner rather than later.
@fameonmain2 big indoor gatherings make me a bit anxious, well even more so now that I'm pregnant. I am vaccinated, but still. I think it comes down to what you feel most comfortable with. I'm kind of glad most of our friends/family are married and/or not planning to for a long time. I don't envy those that have to make these kinds of decisions.
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments: October 7
How are you feeling?: Better? I'm hoping. My nausea spiked really hard in week 10. I was barely gagging down any food, struggling with some dehydration and feeling pretty terrible. But this week it seems like smells are bothering me a little less and my tolerable foods list is expanding so I'm hoping the end is in sight. Other than nausea I'm feeling pretty good. Lots of cramping and stretching feelings.
Rants/Raves: My partner is (non-COVID) sick. I really, really don't want to get it and have a cold on top of nausea. My NIPT came back at 01:30 this morning for some reason and we found out the baby is healthy and we are having a girl and we're very excited.
Questions: None
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments: OB appt next week
How are you feeling?: so tired and still with random waves of nausea. last night I had toast for dinner bc I was feeling so bad.
Rants/Raves: my sister is coming to babysit this weekend so that DH and I can finally go on a date/have time just the 2 of us. we've literally only had like 4 hours away from DS in the last 2 years... we just don't know what to do. thinking of finding a restaurant with a nice outdoor seating area/patio and having a long lunch.
Questions: natm
TTC#1 10/2016
TTC/IF:included medicated cycles, IUIs and 2 rounds of IVF with 1 embryo each.
BFP finally in 12/2018
TTC#2 06/2021
planning FET
"Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks,
some doors are open, some roads are blocked"