April 2023 Moms
iiirene
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Check In w/o 12/12
iiirene
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FTM/STM/TTM+:
EDD/Weeks+Days:
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
EDD/Weeks+Days:
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
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GTKY: FTM what holiday traditions are you excited to start with your baby? STM+ What is your favorite holiday tradition with your kid(s)?
Re: Check In w/o 12/12
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/5, 23+5
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green: pink!
Upcoming Appointments: 24 week appt Thursday
How are you feeling?: a few aches and pains, but overall good!
Rants/Raves: We finally got our tree up last night! Starting to look a little more festive here.
Also I think I should have clarified, by “he” I meant my son. He’s only been around for three (now almost four) Christmases and there’s a limit to how much babies and tiny toddlers can do and understand, so it’s early days for forming traditions for us. Now that he’s bigger I should probably come up with more things though, making decorations and baking or something! As usual, the holidays snuck up on me too quickly. Next year I’ll set a reminder to start earlier!
EDD/Weeks+Days: 23 weeks/ April 10
Baby is the size of: a burrito
Team blue/pink/green: blue
Upcoming Appointments: next week for check up/covid booster
How are you feeling?: tired and ready for winter break. It overall really good
Rants/Raves: rave- I finished up all my Christmas shopping this weekend. Rant- my husband is a notoriously bad last minute shopper. Most times he just goes to the mall and picks out some random stuff. It drives me nuts. He’s not shopping until next Friday.
@scaredunprepared my H is also not into decorating (but mostly because he doesn't like to complicate / add to our list of chores). He does actually love it when everything is nice and decorated. His (late) Mom really loved Christmas though, so I know it's inside him somewhere. I personally love decorating, but have had to scale back in the last few years given all the moving we've done. When I relocated from Canada > US, most of the belongings I stored at my sister's place were Christmas decorations. She... erm... didn't really appreciate that.
@iiirene I love the simplicity of just spending a lazy morning with your immediate family.
I didn't get a chance to post my update last week because of work being insane (3 days I worked until 8pm!) but I ended up doing really great work on a mega-important initiative and I'm getting lots of kudos for that now. Alas, I was an absentee member of the board last week.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 24+1/April 2
Baby is the size of: nope
Team blue/pink/green: green-like
Upcoming Appointments: Jan 6 for my 28 week appointment
How are you feeling?: Oh man, I'm sure this is going to bite me on the behind, but I'm having one of those "excellent" 2nd trimester experiences. I mean really the only complaints I have is the sleeping discomfort, but it's getting better with all the hacks I'm employing. I just hope that it doesn't get much worse heading into 3rd trimester.
Rants/Raves: My biggest rave is that only have 3 more working days this year! Hooray! I'm taking a week off next week, and then our company shuts down between Christmas and NY. Plus, because xmas eve and NYD fall on a weekend, we get an extra day off on the other side. We were looking at having a pretty quiet holiday, but then my in-laws decided they will come visit us after all (we're delighted since we don't know when we'll see them next, and traveling to see them is just out of the question (their guest beds are SUPER uncomfortable; lol). So, they'll be here here for 7 days. Then a friend (she's my sister-from-a-different-ma'am-and-mister; her parents were my landlords for like 10 years, and they call me their 3rd daughter, so she's basically family) is going to come visit from LA for a few days after. She's at travel nurse from Canada and is going through a separation so I think she's really craving some family-like time, and her parents spend the winter in Florida so it's too far to travel esp with 2 big dogs.
TTC #1 since 02/2020
2009 | Dx PCOS; likely a misdiagnosis
07/14/20 | Dx Hashimoto's Thyroditis
07/21/20 | 1st RE appointment
07/2120 - 08/20/20 | so much testing; no signs of PCOS
08/20/20 | Dx Unexplained; AMA
09/08/20 | IUI #1 Clomid + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
09/30/20 | Urology consult; more testing required
10/2020 | Clomid + OPK + TI + Prometrium | BFN
10/26/2020 | Starting 2nd IUI cycle, with Letrazole and with a new RE / different clinic
11/03/2020 | New Dx "poor egg quality"; IUI cancelled in favor of Trigger + TI + Prometrium | BFN
11/26/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Menopur) + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
12/20/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Gonal-F) + Trigger | IUI Cancelled due to thin lining; TI only | BFN
01/14/2021 | Combo IUI (Letrazole + Menopur) + Trigger | BFN
02/06/2021 | Switched to a new RE (TEW) ; trying naturally until we complete additional testing
03/14/2021 | Hybrid Double IUI, with Zymot (Letrazole, Gonal-F) + Trigger + Endometrin | Ovulated 4 mature eggs but still a BFN ☹️
04/07/2021 | Natural cycle while we regroup | BFN
04/09/2021 | Employer announces fertility benefits starting 05/01/2021! | Search for a new doctor who accepts insurance
05/10/2021 | New RE consult & plan for IVF
05/13/2021 | Mid-luteal IVF cycle #1 interrupted; had to get cancer genetic screening done to make sure I didn't have the same SDHA gene mutation as MH.
06/10/2021 | Aygestin priming IVF cycle #1; opted to Cx after 9 days of stims since only 5-6/12 follicles responded
07/26/2021 | Attempt #2 at IVF cycle #1 (mid-luteal start): 8 retrieved, 8 MII, 6 fert (1 PN3), 3 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 3AA, 3AA, 6AB; 3 euploid
08/09/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC | Shockingly, a BFP! EDD: 5/25/202 | CP at 4w4d
09/23/2021 | IVF cycle #2 (mid-luteal start): 14 retrieved, 13 MII, 11 fert, 5 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 2 x 3AA, 2 x 3AB, 3BB; 2 euploid
11/12/2021 | IVF cycle #3 (mid-luteal start): cancelled due to ovaries being on vacation
12/20/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + Pregmune Immunology Testing; BFN
01/22/2022 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + understanding uncovered immunological issues; BFN
02/18/2022 | Mock transfer cycle! ERA, ReceptivaDx, EMMA/ALICE; start Prednisone to address NK activity
03/16/2022 | Final, "Hail Mary" super-ovulation + TI cycle before FET; BFP! EDD: 12/21/2022 | MMC 05/08/2022
05/20/2022 | D&C; recovering...
06/21/2022 | Trying naturally until October 2022
07/21/2022 | BFP! EDD 04/02/2023
EDD/Weeks+Days: 4/19, 21w5d
Baby is the size of: as long as a toothbrush
Team blue/pink/green: green
Upcoming Appointments: Jan 5 I think?
How are you feeling?: Omg like absolute garbage. I've been fighting off a head cold or sinus infection or something for almost a week now. My head feels so foggy and I am drained
Rants/Raves: not really a rant or rave--just can't believe how fast Christmas is approaching. Starting to feel overwhelmed like I do every year when I know we are traveling soon and there is so much to do beforehand
EDD/Weeks+Days: 24ish 4/1
Baby is the size of: 🚫
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: GD test near NYE, office visit 1/5 (I think)
How are you feeling?: typical aches and pains, prenatal yoga helps
Rants/Raves: Rant: I hate wrapping presents and have yet to start! And our Christmas cards are supposed to arrive tomorrow and they haven't been shipped yet!
Rave: baby kicks all the time 💗
EDD/Weeks+Days: 21w6d, due April 19
Team blue/pink/green: pink 💗
Upcoming Appointments: 12/20 heartbeat check
How are you feeling?: Overall pretty good still! Feeling lots of movement lately!
Rants/Raves: Really looking forward to the upcoming holiday with my son! He’s 2.5 and really understands it more and is getting excited this year!
EDD/Weeks+Days: 23 weeks, due 4/11
Baby is the size of: nope
Team blue/pink/green: Pink
Upcoming Appointments: 1/12 for GD test & 28 week appointment.
How are you feeling?: I’m feeling great. I’ve somehow managed to teach an entire semester without getting a cold, Covid, or the flu. I’m almost afraid to even type that. I do get a little achey at night, but I can deal with that as long as I don’t any more middle of the night leg cramps.
Rants/Raves:
A rave: We had our follow-up anatomy scan and everything looked great! She did not want to move around a ton, but they finally got to see everything that she was hiding the first time!
EDD/Weeks+Days: 21w+2d die April 24
Baby is the size of: an endive
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: 12/21 AS!
How are you feeling?: Pretty ok. I'm not super uncomfortable and have absolutely no sickness to speak of. Last week I had a 3 day tension headache that was a doozy! But since then I have been alright!
Rants/Raves: My niece is coming in this weekend for the holidays! Itnis my brother's turn for Christmas this year and we are so excited to see her. He has 2 more daughters that live with him, but she was my first niece and I miss seeing her often. She is so excited to come to our house and spend time with us, it is such a special feeling.
My husband and I are both really excited about Christmas each year. I think we both want to do traditions of baking cookies (I have vintage cookie cutters from my grandma) and setting them out for Santa. I think we would like to try to create something together each year, either food or decorations so we can have a bonding experience for Christmas. We are both artists in our ways so creating things is something we really want to encourage for our kids.
EDD/Weeks+Days: 24w2d due April 4th
Baby is the size of: a waffle iron?
Team blue/pink/green: blue! 💙
Upcoming Appointments: the 22nd then I think we start appointments every two weeks rather than every 4! 😮
I actually had a scary fall on Monday. I accidentally dropped my (extremely anxious) dog's leash and she freaked out. She started running around the neighborhood in the dark, so naturally I tried to catch her. I grabbed the leash at one point but she was running so fast she pulled me forward onto my hands and then my belly.
I got so nervous I called my midwife who told me to go to the hospital. I was hooked up to the monitor for 4.5 hours and got an ultrasound, but everything looked perfectly normal still. So thankful for that! Needless to say, my husband will be walking the dogs or at least coming with me from now on.
Rants/Raves: only raves this week since I am feeling so thankful to be healthy and safe after that scare. Also the bright side of all of this was that while I was hooked up to the monitor, I started to pair all of the movement sounds with the feeling, and I'm finally starting to feel him move around a lot! So relieved for that!
My husband and I both have divorced and re-married parents, so we essentially have 4 sides of the family to see every holiday. It can get exhausting and chaotic and make it hard to have traditions. We have been talking though that we want to try to "claim" a holiday tradition and invite any family members who care to come to our house. We're considering trying to plan this for Christmas Eve. We'll see how it goes next year!
When I was growing up, my mom got tired of dragging us away from our presents on Christmas morning to lug us around to grandparents, aunts/uncles houses, etc. So she decided that we would be staying home on Christmas day and would go to whoever was hosting Christmas that year for dessert only (so not that crazy early dinner). It was really nice, took a lot of stress off of her, and we still got to see all family and exchange gifts with them. Both sets of grandparents would come see us during the daytime for a little and drop off presents. Not sure how close by all of your family lives but if they live somewhat nearby, maybe something like that (where they come to YOU) would work!
@scaredunprepared I would be so pissed if H was irritated after a couple of hours. Parenting is not just about living in the good moments. We all have to take our turns here, and you need to be able to go to your appointment without worrying about taking care of your son at the same time. Especially if he can take the day off to step in. Boo.
EDD/Weeks+Days: 23 weeks 3 day, due April 12th
Baby is the size of:
Team blue/pink/green: pink
Upcoming Appointments: sometime in the first week of January for a check up and 1 hour gtt
How are you feeling?: so far pretty good, still tired a lot but I think that's more because I have a hard time sleeping at night most nights. Other than that I've been feeling pretty good
Rants/Raves: so glad I have been feeling the baby kick more frequently, usually every day now! It's definitely a relief since I feel like I've been so anxious this entire time lol. Really no rants, everything has been pretty great lately!
Growing up, we always put up christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving and we listened to Christmas music and drank hot chocolate while we did it. My dad would always add a little extra chocolate and whipped cream on top to make it special haha. So I like to do those things with my daughter who is almost 2 and a half. She had a blast helping me decorate this year and actually did a really good job! As for the actual day of, we always have stuff planned on christmas eve and day. Normally we go to my in laws on christmas eve and my family christmas day but this year it's flipped since my brother in law and his wife are in town on Christmas day. Usually I cook a big breakfast on christmas morning (my mom always referred to it as hillbilly breakfast lol. But it's bacon, eggs, and biscuits and gravy from scratch) but I don't think I'll have time this year. I would like to make it our christmas morning tradition though
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
EDD/Weeks+Days: 23 weeks last week
Baby is the size of: 🤷♀️
Team blue/pink/green: Having another girl!
Upcoming Appointments: glucose test 12/21
How are you feeling?: great!
Rants/Raves: Our babymoon was fabulous. ❤️