TTGP Grad Check-In March 2023

britters314

***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?

February 2023

@tessiesmom26 @Paturkey 

April 2023
@acleverusername @iiirene

May 2023

@hestia-is-wearie  @abjm0325

July 2023
annanbby

August 2023
@gingermama29

September 2023
@anniemarie887 
@wanderlustsoul

gingermama29

Hi friends! 👋🏻

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? June 2019-December 2022

*How far along are you? 14 weeks! Hello second trimester!

*Which birth month board/due date? 8/30, August BMB

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Just found this week that I’m team blue! 💙💙 DD is getting a little brother!

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We’ve started discussing it. We seem to like the same first name so that’s looking promising.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Things are going great! I’m so grateful everything is going perfectly so far with this pregnancy. My little guy is already being a little stinker and barely sits still long enough for the Doppler to get a good heartbeat for longer than 2 seconds. Lots of moving and grooving going on in there! Also my NIPT and NT scan came back low risk for everything so baby appears to be nice and healthy! We officially went public with our news and my students are so excited for me! I’m still lurking here often and rooting hard for all of you to graduate soon and get your THBs!

stashattack

@gingermama29 I'm so effing happy for you. 🥰 yay second trimester!!!

acleverusername

@gingermama29 yes yes yes! The best news! I’m so freaking excited for you! I hope the Lovenox is manageable. 

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? 2yr 2mo, June 2020-July 2022

*How far along are you? 35+4

*Which birth month board/due date? April 2023 (but we’ve migrated to a private FB group). 

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Fake Green (although I’ve been pretty loosy-goosy about it now. I realized that I really just needed/wanted time for hubs and I to have/enjoy this information privately for as long as possible.)

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We have one! And really excited about it. 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? I can tell you there is no way in hell this baby is gonna hang on until April. I’m giving him/her 2 weeks tops but I have a feeling it’s gonna happen MUCH sooner. 🤷‍♀️ 

iiirene

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

*How far along are you? 34 + 3

*Which birth month board/due date? April 10

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

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

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? My coworkers threw me the most perfect little baby shower yesterday. Just a bunch of sweets, a little basket of baby goodies, and some target gift cards. I am not one for opening gifts in front of people so I loved the simplicity. I’ve been throwing up again and my doctor thinks it could possibly be my gallbladder but there’s not much to do about it while pregnant. Will maybe do some blood work next week. I don’t have the confidence that @acleverusername has that this little guy will come early, but between the nausea, vomiting, rib pain, general discomfort, and not fitting into most of my shoes I’m really hoping he makes his appearance sooner rather than later. 

abjm0325

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

*How far along are you? 29 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? May 20

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We have a short list of names. Choosing is slightly complicated by SIL being due about the same time as we are (also with a boy), so we may just take the short list of names to the hospital and pick there.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? I failed my one hour glucose test, but yesterday I passed the three hour! Thankful to not have to deal with GD on top of continued vomiting and reflux. Keeping that drink down for the entirety of the three hour test might be my greatest accomplishment. Miss you all and still lurk often!

(Edited for spacing - and spacing still failed. Stupid mobile.)

annanbby

Hi, still here! I wasn't able to post at all last month. Even when I was logged in, it was showing I wasn't and wouldn't allow me to post anything. Looks like it's fixed though!

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

*How far along are you? 22 weeks 3 days

*Which birth month board/due date? Due July 7, but expecting to deliver in June.

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue!

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We are struggling...lol We like the names Judah, Josiah, and Arlo, but none of them feel quite right at the moment.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Anatomy scan went great. *TW* I was very nervous about it in the weeks leading up to it, as that was the scan where we discovered something was going on with our daughter. So it was a huge relief being told that everything looked normal. *end TW*

Also, I've been having my bile acid levels tested every 4 weeks. I started experiencing some itching and my doctor wanted to make sure it wasn't cholestasis. One of my levels was just slightly elevated the first time, and it remained about the same the second time. So I could be developing it, so we're just going to keep testing monthly to keep an eye on it.

Other than that, I'm just debating on whether I'd like to try for a VBAC or have a repeat c-section. I know I have time, but it's a big decision so it's constantly on my mind. I'd prefer a VBAC, but the risk of uterine rupture is scary. Still though, very thankful that it's currently an option and that my doctor is supportive if I'd like to try for it.

mambo5-2

@annanbby cholestasis is the pits! I hope its not that!

anniemarie887

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Feb 2021-Jan 2023

*How far along are you? 12w5d

*Which birth month board/due date? Sept 2023, mid Sept

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Green

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. No updates in this area, we’ve got a long (~27 weeks) way to go  

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Had my NT scan today, I didn’t have one of these with my daughter in 2019 so it was wild to see this phase/size (I only did NIPT back then). My orders for NIPT weren’t in right, and my OB was off, I could’ve been pushy and been like can’t one of the seven other OBs do this… but I’m back next week for an appointment so I let it go. Maybe this is a sign the anxiety is decreasing too? Bring on the STM+ mom lassiez faire! We’ve still got our siblings and larger friend group to tell, unclear when that will be. I enjoy the secret TBH. The nausea is almost gone, and heartburn is much much more manageable now that I’m off progesterone suppositories. 

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? 32W5D 

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

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We keep saying we're *considering* Calvin...but I've been calling him that for several weeks now. 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? We went on our first-ever family vacation last weekend, an overnight stay to an indoor waterpark. I always vowed I would take DD on one vacation before we introduced a sibling and I'm glad we finally got to do it. She's still talking about it and wants to go back! We could feasibly do it next year and let baby brother play in the little splash pad fountains