Groups 1&2 Check in w/o 10/10

iiirene

FTM/STM/TTM+:
EDD/Weeks+Days: 
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume?

iiirene

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/10-14 weeks
Baby is the size of: bicycle bell
Team blue/pink/green: our tech at the NT scan guessed blue
Upcoming Appointments: regular appt 10/24
How are you feeling?: Really good. Psyched to be in the second trimester. 
Rants/Raves: I think I’m getting the cold that’s been going around my class. But at least I have fall break next week to relax if I am sick. 
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? I was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz one year and I got to trick or treat around my neighborhood with our little dog. 

gingerbunny23

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/9; 14w1d
Baby is the size of: A peach!
Team blue/pink/green: We found out via NIPT results last week, but are keeping it to ourselves so far!
Upcoming Appointments: 10/25....our first GD screening  
How are you feeling?: Kinda round Grateful my nausea has eased up and energy is coming back.... 
Rants/Raves: Really hoping we can make it out of town for a short 2/3 day backpacking trip this weekend for fall foliage. We've been planning for his parents to watch the kiddos and dogs this weekend for us, and they've been under the weather last week, so time will tell. But this will likely be our last chance to be in the backcountry for awhile......so keep your toes crossed for us!
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? Yes, my sister and I pretty much always dressed up for halloween, at least as kids. I was never much on traditional princess kind of costumes, but had this one pioneer woman kind of dress with a big hoop in the bottom of the skirt that I seem to recall being pretty obsessed with

etnyah

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/5, 14w5d
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green: Wish I knew! NIPT results still aren’t in, despite them saying 5-7 calendar days. We’re on day 10 now.
Upcoming Appointments: Thursday next week (my birthday lol)
How are you feeling?: still a little queasy most of the time, but I haven’t puked in a long time. Energy levels are getting back to normal, so I’m feeling pretty good.
Rants/Raves: I’ve started slowly organizing what will be the nursery, it’s currently my home office/guest room/storage room for random crap. It’ll be a long time until it’s ready but it feels good to have started! Even though baby won’t even sleep in there until they’re 6-ish months old.
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? Nope. It’s not a thing in Norway. Or rather, it wasn’t a thing when I was growing up, it is now since Europe is getting increasingly Americanized. I guess I’ll have to make an effort with my kids, but I’m a Halloween grinch. I don’t have a costume for my son yet.

gingerbunny23

@etnyah - I'm keeping my toes crossed that your results come in soon!

trubaby411

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

EDD/Weeks+Days: 13+5 due 4/12
Baby is the size of: 

Team blue/pink/green: it's a girl!!

Upcoming Appointments: 4 week appointment on 10/18

How are you feeling?: A little better. My energy is starting to look up, and I'm not feeling nauseous all day every day any more. It still shows up here and there, but I'm grateful for the relief. 

Rants/Raves: we're really excited about having a girl! 

GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? I did dress up. My favorite was probably the 50s throwback. My mom made me a poodle skirt and I loved twirling in that thing. 

v_flowers

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 13w6d
Baby is the size of: ? 
Team blue/pink/green: It’s a girl 💕
Upcoming Appointments: 16 week appointment on 10/24

How are you feeling?: I’m feel pretty good. I’ve been getting more headaches over the past week or two. Also, stool softeners are my best friend. LOL 

Rants/Raves: I’m taking a personal day tomorrow to finally get my hair cut and colored for fall. I’ve also booked an ultrasound to see the little babe!
 
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? I loved dressing up! I still dress up to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters (My neighborhood is right downtown and is swamped with kids on Halloween). My favorite costume was a fortune teller. I carried around a magic 8 ball all night. 

yelaklu13

FTM/STM/TTM+: stm
EDD/Weeks+Days: 15w1d, 4/2/23
Baby is the size of: naval orange 
Team blue/pink/green: find out 10/23
Upcoming Appointments:10/24 
How are you feeling?: definitely grateful to have the nausea mostly gone and some energy back!
Rants/Raves: 
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? I did, I don’t think I had a favorite, but I did win some costume contests for a raggedy Ann costume my mom made me 

scaredunprepared

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

EDD/Weeks+Days:  14+6, due 4/4
Baby is the size of:  a donut!

Team blue/pink/green:  team green

Upcoming Appointments: 10/27 with my old OB.  I think I have made up my mind that I'll be going back to my old OB instead of the new one.  Being offered an elective c- section for no reason really rubbed me the wrong way, even though everything else was great about it. 

How are you feeling?:  pretty good minus still sore at my incisions and internally in a few spots.  Slightly worried about my main incision.  It's red, swollen, and seems pussy.  Pretty gross.  Also super sore to the touch.  Not really anything pregnancy related though.

Rants/Raves:  Hubby is having some abdominal pain, and automatically goes to worst case scenario, acting like its an emergency and he is dying.  I am trying to be supportive and understanding, but I really think it's just a pulled muscle or something and he is way overreacting.  He had an ultrasound today that revealed no masses or anything else worrisome, and he is insisting it is something else and that they run more tests.  He said he was going to go to the ER 🤦‍♀️.  Mind you, when i was writhing in pain from my gallbladder attack, he was very reluctant to take me to the ER until my sister forced him to!  I swear if he had to go through labor (or gallstones for that matter!), he would just lay down on the spot and drop dead.  Such a baby.  Of course I'll feel absolutely horrible if they do find something wrong, but I don't think they will.

GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume?  Yes!  The whole family dressed up and went all out.  My dad was the OG when it came to tombstone decorations!  He made his own, before they were sold in stores for Halloween.  We would decorate together and it was awesome.   My mom would make a lot of our costumes, too!  My favorite was a Native American costume she made, it was awesome!  She even made a smaller version for my doll to wear!

acleverusername

@iiirene what kind of dog did you have? Was it Wizard of Oz-like? 
@gingerbunny23 I really hop your backpacking trip happens!
@etnyah have you called your doctor re: NIPT? I hear A LOT that doctors' offices just sit on the results for several days. 
@trubaby411 yay a girl! Weee!
@v_flowers stool softeners are also my best friends. 
@yelaklu13 sounds like your mom was kind of crafty! Did you inherit that talent? 

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

EDD/Weeks+Days: Apr 1 / 15+3

Baby is the size of: something

Team blue/pink/green: fake 

Upcoming Appointments: 10/11 - new OB meeting, 10/13 - meeting with new midwife AND meeting with my old OB, and then my weekly RI appointment on 10/14

How are you feeling?: generally / mostly great except this morning I felt a bit nauseas and actually ran to the bathroom expecting to puke, but the running to the bathroom helped stifle the urge.

Rants/Raves: vacation (honeymoon) is over. *sad face* BUT... it was FANTASTIC! No more time off until Christmas, although I expect week of Thanksgiving to be pretty slow so I'm planning to go see a friend in LA and do some "fake work" Mon-Wed. 

Also, my FIL should be receiving his bday card this week, which has our baby announcement inside it. Really hoping that he gets it this week, and not next week, since I'll be away for work next week and won't be able to take his call with H. 

I think BIL/SIL should receive theirs next week (they're in Germany). It's been hard to keep news from all of them, but it's been so worth it to be able to tell everyone one-on-one and in a unique way. 

Oh, and I used my doppler last night to try and hear the baby's heartbeat and was pleasantly surprised to find it fairly easily. My sis heard it as well.

GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? My best costumes were in my early adulthood once I could make them myself. One year, I went as a Russian mail order bride. Another year, I went as a treasure "chest". 

scaredunprepared

@acleverusername your homemade costumes sound awesome!!!

etnyah

@acleverusername it’s not with my doctor yet. Invitae has a tracker, it’s still in the “lab processing” stage. Then it’ll get to “analysis and interpretation”, before finally being released to my doctor. 

Literally everyone else I know who have done Invitae NIPT had the result within a week. Mine’s been stuck at the same stage for ten days now. I think I’ll call Invitae directly tomorrow. 

iiirene

@acleverusername she was a miniature schnauzer-poodle mix. She was very wizard of oz like and just a good dog in general. 

@scaredunprepared your husband sounds a lot like mine. He goes to the doctor anytime he has a cold but when I had a bladder infection he was like “Maybe just wait and see” 

@etnyah I hope you get answers soon. That’s so frustrating. 

yelaklu13

@acleverusername sure did, but didn’t inherit the patience or energy so she does most of my crafting for me

scaredunprepared

@iiirene omg isn't it soooo irritating?!?!?!  Drives me bonkers.  Like apparently they think WE are being dramatic even though we are experiencing legit health "emergencies", but yeah, clearly your man cold and psychosomatic tummy troubles are what need medical attention....🙄

@yelaklu13 I am laughing at you not inheriting your mom's patience or energy....girl, same!

maggied26

FTM/STM/TTM+: stm

EDD/Weeks+Days: april 12th, 14 weeks 2 days

Baby is the size of: a peach

Team blue/pink/green: won't know until pu20 week scan but happy with a boy or girl 

Upcoming Appointments: next Wednesday the 19th

How are you feeling?: still tired all the time but the nausea is mostly gone

Rants/Raves: work is so stressful right now, I just can't seem to keep up. But I'm getting better at setting boundaries and not working on the weekends anymore!

GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume?
Sometimes, my Dad was not a fannof us participating in Halloween but my Mom always wanted to so some years we did some we didn't. I had a lot of dress up clothes anyways so I almost always was Dorothy from the wizard of oz or a princess lol

ladyofarlington

Missed this last week so adding now 😊

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/12
Baby is the size of: 14 week gestation baby
Team blue/pink/green: we know! 
Upcoming Appointments: 10/26
How are you feeling?: good, but tired 
Rants/Raves: not many
GTKY: Did you dress up for Halloween growing up? What was you favorite costume? Yes and I love them all haha