December 2023 Moms
dmcg17
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Weekly Check-In 7/3
dmcg17
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EDD/Weeks + days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink:
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
Re: Weekly Check-In 7/3
Baby is the size of a navel orange
Team: healthy baby!
Upcoming appointments: cervical length ultrasound on Friday. I'm excited to see little bean on the screen. I'm so grateful for this extra surveillance this pregnancy. Really gives me some peace of mind.
How are you feeling: miserable. I caught strep and I feel like death. I honestly thought I had the flu. The body aches were so painful, especially in my hips. Somehow strep triggered my heartburn which made me vomit more. Lordy what a rough few days.Thankful for TUMS!
Raves/Rants: the minute clinic prescribed me Keflex and the side effects are awful. I'm loopy and tired. I'm not sure if this is exacerbated by pregnancy or if I would feel like this anyway. Some antibiotics do me this way. Also annoyed that we drove 6 hours to my best friend's house to spend the weekend with them and then I woke up sick as a dog and spent the whole weekend in their bed. At least my son had a great time playing with their kid and I was able to rest.
Questions: anyone else needed an antibiotic while pregnant so far? Just curious if you had weird side effects.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
Baby is the size of a(n): avocado
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink: blue
Upcoming appointments: Wednesday
How are you feeling? Pretty good. I get heart burn every once in a. While but that's it.
Raves/Rants: one week until we close on everything. So ready to move at this point.
Questions: nope
PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
DS#2 due 25 April 2019
@jordieburd headache can be normal but if it's not resolving, I'd check your BP. It can be a sign of hypertension. Do you have a BP cuff at home?
PG #2: EDD 8/15/23 Miscarried 9w1d 1/11/23
PG #3: EDD 12/15/23
Baby is the size of a(n): Pomegranate
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink: Pink!
Upcoming appointments: Anatomy scan on 7/17 - very excited to see her again!
How are you feeling? Pretty good; I've been feeling some movement this week, so that's super exciting. I couldn't tell if that's what it was at first, but it's definitely what I'm feeling.
Raves/Rants: I've been feeling completely unprepared lately... I know we still have plenty of time, but we don't have a room picked for the nursery, I have like 3 outfits, and I feel like we should have more done by now. It's just been tough because one of our cats was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive cancer at the end of May and she has just been going downhill rapidly. Most of our energy has been going into keeping her comfortable and trying to decide if it's the right time to let her go.
Questions: What are the first things I should be focused on getting ready as a FTM? I feel like I don't even know where to begin...
@jordieburd Ugh, I've been waking up with awful headaches too. I can't tell if it was my allergies or pregnancy related, but I'm over it.
@stashattack Yay for closing!
I'm borrowing a lot from a friend, but I'm not going to start setting it up until 23/24 weeks. This is really morbid, but since my first came so incredibly early, I'm still cautiously optimistic for this one. If I put all that stuff up and then had to take it down after a loss, I would be even more devastated. This is definitely our last shot at a baby though. If I were younger and had more time, I would buy the things and not think twice.
Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
Beta confirmed 8/22
EDD 5/1/17
@stashattack yes I have a blood pressure cuff, I keep saying I need to check it in the mornings and always forget. They've finally started subsiding, but I'm going to keep checking it-especially if the headaches come on.
@dmcg17 I'm so sorry about your kitty! I had a cat diagnosed with a sudden and aggressive cancer and ended up having him put down shortly after the diagnosis. It was so sad bc I thought I was taking him to the vet for a quick fix and I was devastated because he was still fairly young. The decision to ease his suffering was made when he wasn't even comfortable enough to lay on my lap or snuggle the way he used to. I hope you're able to come to peace with whatever decision you make and have good closure with her.
As far as your new bundle of joy coming, I would start with just making a wishlist of what you want because I'm sure SOMEONE you're close to is going to end up offering to throw you a baby shower, and then you can create a registry off of that. Important things to think about are carseat/travel system, pack'n'play and or bassinet (I got a pack n play with a bassinet add on and really liked it) Don't stress about too many clothes right now since stuff in stores probably doesn't have much winter friendly baby things, but first days/weeks necessities you can get are sleeper gowns (easier for embilicle cord healing) and zip up sleepers. Maybe just a few newborn sized clothes bc they don't wear them long, focus more on 0-3 month.
Baby is the size of a(n): Artichoke
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink: pink 💕
Upcoming appointments: Went today…baby girl had a strong heartbeat. Next appointment and anatomy scan scheduled for 8/2.
How are you feeling? Nauseous today…why is my nausea back!? Send help please! Lol
Raves/Rants: none really…I’m just tired.
Questions: none. I hope everyone feels better than I do.
Baby is the size of a(n): artichoke!
Team Green/Team Blue/Team Pink: team… BLUE!!! We had our gender reveal yesterday and it was just so special 💙💙💙
Upcoming appointments: anatomy scan in two weeks!
How are you feeling? So good! I definitely get tired still but otherwise I’m feeling great both physically and mentally!
Raves/Rants: I’m so excited to finally be able to finish my registry now that we know we are having a little boy. He is going to be so well dressed!!!