TTGP Grad Check in - November 2022

maggiemadeit

***THIS POST WILL MENTION PREGNANCY, BIRTH OR BABIES. If you are having a hard TTC or TTCAL day, please read at your own discretion***

Hello old friends, good to see you! 

 ***As a courtesy to those still TTC on this board, please do not post bump pictures here.***

If you were a regular poster on TTGP we'd love to get an update on you this month! Please tell us how you are doing! 

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)?

*How far along are you?

*Which birth month board/due date?

*Team Pink/Blue/Green?

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?

October 2022

@bows22 @shortstack930

November 2022

@fantasyflyte

February 2023

@tessiesmom26 @Paturkey 

April 2023
@acleverusername @iiirene

May 2023

@hestia-is-wearie  @abjm0325


annanbby

maggiemadeit

annanbby I wasn't sure which BMB board you will be part of, but I wanted to include you on the list! 

shortstack930

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? July 2021 to February 2022

*How far along are you? 4 days postpartum 

*Which birth month board/due date? Baby was born October 28 at 39 weeks 6 days

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Team green turned blue!

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. His name is Rhys 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? It’s so weird to think that this is my last update! Our sweet boy was born via scheduled c-section on 10/28. Everything went super smoothly and DH and I were shocked to find out it was a boy! He is absolutely perfect and I am so happy that our rainbow baby is finally here with us. His big sisters are absolutely obsessed with him! I don’t plan on ever TTGP again but I am rooting for all of you and will still continue to lurk around here until I don’t recognize any names ❤️

tessiesmom26

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? July '21- May '22

*How far along are you? 27 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? February 2023, Feb 1st

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. I think we are almost set on the name, but only time will tell. 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? I had a growth US last week and baby boy is growing right on track! I also had my glucose test on Monday and I passed, so that was some happy news! Otherwise just chugging along and can't believe that the third trimester is going to start at the end of this week! 

Always lurking and routing for you all!

abjm0325

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Aug. 2021 - Aug. 2022

*How far along are you? 11w4d

*Which birth month board/due date? May 2023

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Finding out (hopefully in a few weeks)

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. Nope. Nope. Nope-ity Nope. We'll tiptoe in after the anatomy scan. 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? I had all kinds of sickness and complications with my pregnancy with DD, so I was prepared for the worst. And it hasn't been great, haha. But no gallbladder problems this time (yet 🤞) so counting that as a win for now. I've been released from the RE (yay!) but don't see the midwife until 11/10 so I'm in weird no man's land for a bit. Still lurking hard and sending lots of hugs to the IF and TTCAL ladies. 

annanbby

@maggiemadeit thank you!! I'm in July

How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Sept 2021 - Oct 2022

How far along are you? 4w5d

Which birth month board/due date? July 7 (based on LMP)

Team Pink/Blue/Green? MH and I are both thinking boy already lol but we'll see.

How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We had a boy's name already chosen a while back, but I have no idea if we'll use it. 

Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? My symptoms are extremely minimal, so there's some concern happening in my PGAL brain, but my betas looked amazing, so I'm just trying to keep in mind that every pregnancy is different. Just because I was feeling all the things at this point last time, doesn't mean things aren't okay if I'm not this time. One day a time, right? Also, first ultrasound is set for November 18!

acleverusername

Hi friends!

@shortstack930 Congrats on your rainbow DS! Never say never! ;-) 

How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? 2 yrs 2 mo (Jun 2020-Jul 2022)

How far along are you? 18+4

Which birth month board/due date? April 2023 (just barely though)

Team Pink/Blue/Green? "Fake" Green

How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. Not great. Lol. I still have my preferred # 1, but H recently expressed "not that one." So now I have to convince him or find a better alternative. I'm desperately in love with my choice. 

Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Oh boy, well things are going pretty well. My PGAL brain seems to be calming down but I don't think the anxiety will ever go away 100%. I've just seen to many things (forums are great... until they're not). We had an early anatomy scan at 16 weeks as we couldn't decide on amnio so our genetic counselor recommended to do the early scan and make a decision thereafter if something appeared not right. The only caveat is that some of the brain structures don't develop until 18 weeks, so we need to do a repeat/complete the scan. That's coming up on 11/14. For those of you who'll one day face the same decision, ultimately, the best advice I got re: yes or no to amnio was "are you going to be freaking out for the rest of your pregnancy thinking something is wrong? Yes? Do the amnio. No? Skip it." And oddly enough, I don't feel that way so we opted to forego. A big bummer is I have anterior placenta so I'm not expecting to feel any movement for another 4-6 weeks which is bloody long. 

As you know, I'm lurking here ALL THE TIME (but mostly in the IF thread) and providing my (un)wanted opinion wherever I can, and rooting both publicly and privately. 

Paturkey

Hi everyone!

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Sep '21 - Jun '22

*How far along are you? 25 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? February (2/16)

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We are doing better. I think we've narrowed it down to two, and my SO has called him one of the names multiple times so he seems to be leaning that direction. I'm still not sure but I think it will be good either way.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Things are going well. There is a possibility that my baby could have growth restriction so I'm getting growth scans every four weeks. I've had two so far and everything looks great so I'm hoping they stay that way and I can have a nice mellow birth in the birth centre 🤞 In other news, my SO proposed so technically he's my fiance now 😊 We'll probably get hitched at the courthouse before baby and then have a party with folks to celebrate after baby arrives. 

iiirene

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? April-August 2022

*How far along are you? 17 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? April 10

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Find out in two weeks!

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We have a solid choice on a boy name and several options for a girl 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? I think my son is starting to get that there is a baby in there now that my belly is getting bigger. I can’t wait to officially know if the baby is a boy or girl. The ultrasound tech said she would guess boy at our 12 week scan, which was much closer to 14 weeks than 12. 

hestia-is-wearie

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? June 2022 - August 2022

*How far along are you? 14W3D (hooray 2nd trimester!)

*Which birth month board/due date? May 2023 (EDD May 5)

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? finding out 12/15

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. It's on the back burner until we find out the sex, but I know how we want to announce the sex to our families: because a baby deer was in our yard the week we conceived and reappeared when I got my BFP, I am going to order buck or doe Christmas ornaments the minute we find out. Then I'll wrap them up for our families and ask them to open them on Christmas Eve/Day 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Just glad I'm feeling better! I hope I never get another pregnancy migraine again.

fantasyflyte

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? November 2020 - March 2022

*How far along are you? Baby is one week old today!

*Which birth month board/due date? I was induced at 39 weeks on 11/11

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Pink

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. Abigail

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?

I can't believe this is my last update! I had started to dilate around 38 weeks, and had some early labor through the week. I was induced early in the morning on 11/11, but my system got going pretty well and didn't need too much pitocin. Everyone told me how long inductions can be, especially for first-time moms, but I was in labor for less than 12 hours from starting pitocin to delivery, and only pushed for 15 minutes, she was definitely ready to come! Post-delivery wasn't super fun because I passed out at one point, but we're home now and fully in love with our perfect bean. I'm always rooting for everyone here, and will definitely keep lurking until I don't recognize anyone!