Weekly Check In 9/26 - 10/1

bserena

Starting this a day late, lol! I hope the board picks up more soon.

EDD / Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/TTM+:

Baby is the size of a (an): 

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green:

Upcoming Appointments: 

How are you feeling?: 

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY - Any cravings yet?

bserena

EDD / Weeks + Days: May 12th - 7w 1d

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Baby is the size of a (an): Raspberry

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: Finding out

Upcoming Appointments: Thursday the 28th! So excited and nervous. Ready to see baby.

How are you feeling?: So far so good! We were sick over the weekend, so that sucked, but feeling better now. No pregnancy symptoms except my nipples are sore and I am still BFing my 2 year old, so that sucks, lol. Also having hints of heartburn/acid reflux, which I had terribly with my son, so not surprised.

Rants/Raves: Glad to not be sick anymore, and excited for appt. That is about it, lol.

Questions: None

GTKY - Any cravings yet? All things spicy! It was the same with my son.

dogmomof2-until2024

EDD / Weeks + Days: May 2024, 6 weeks. (I may be due at 37 weeks due to history of surgery - waiting for medical records)

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Baby is the size of a (an): a grain of rice

Upcoming Appointments: had my first one today to confirm. First Ultrasound in 2 weeks 

How are you feeling?: exhausted and pretty nauseated

Rants/Raves: so excited to be pregnant. We tried for several months, and I’ve had a history of several fibroid surgeries. Hoping no complications but it’s scary.

Questions: none

GTKY - Any cravings yet?: not really. There are rarely foods that I even want to eat right now.

bserena

I feel you on the exhaustion!!! I've been so tired for weeks now. Hoping that gets better soon.

cs8318

EDD / Weeks + Days: 6w2d

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Baby is the size of a (an): sweet pea

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: don’t know yet

Upcoming Appointments: Oct 4th! So excited for ultrasound

How are you feeling?: So nauseas. 

Rants/Raves: I’ve been loving the book “eating for pregnancy”. The recipes for first trimester have really been handy for eating with nausea; they’re very simple and quick, and the flavors/smells don’t send me running gagging. 

Questions: none right now

GTKY - Any cravings yet?
Everything salty! I definitely had the sweet cravings with my first pregnancy and it was a girl. Maybe this is a boy?!

catem07

EDD / Weeks + Days: 8w4d

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

Baby is the size of a (an): ?

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: finding out 

Upcoming Appointments: Thursday! First appt and u/s

How are you feeling?: like garbage. Low level nausea, exhausted

Rants/Raves: my boob soreness went away so I’m worried 

Questions: none 

GTKY - Any cravings yet? I craved burritos last week so I got one. Totally hit the spot. 

virtaur

EDD / Weeks + Days: 5/2/24 8w5d 

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Baby is the size of a (an): raspberry

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: ordering sneak peek tomorrow! 

Upcoming Appointments: had one today (video), next one is in person 10/23 for bloodwork/scan

How are you feeling?: tired!!! That’s the hardest part for me because I feel so lazy and my husband isn’t the most supportive with that. Even though I work full time 🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh well. My boobs hurt BAD when I get up out of bed, maybe cause they were in one position (hanging off to the side? 🤣) for too long. But it goes away after some time. They felt so heavy yesterday, like I need to nurse!! Haha
Other than that I’ve been feeling pretty good. Nausea isn’t that bad but it tends to be worse at night or if I haven’t eaten. 

Rants/Raves: I’ve been having the weirdest dreams! Like multiple vivid/bizarre dreams a night. They’re mostly cool though thankfully. 

I really want to quit my job, I just can’t do it anymore. Idk where I’m going to find a new one, but I have to try. 

Questions: is everyone doing the NIPT? I don’t think I’m going to, but we’re doing the sequential screening aka NT scan + bloodwork. And if anything looks off at the scan I’ll probably ask for the NIPT 

GTKY - Any cravings yet?
I’ve had random craving here and there. Most notable have been subway, mini wheats, cucumbers, hot peppers, ice cream !

catem07

@virtaur I’m doing NIPT. I’ve done it for all my pregnancies. Are you worried about the cost, or is there another reason not to?

virtaur

@catem07 they just don’t recommend it so it feels weird pushing for it. But ya I know some can be expensive OOP also YGPM!

bserena

@virtaur I'll probably do NIPT, I did it last time. My OB said she is happy to do it every pregnancy. Last time I think I only paid 75? But my insurance has changed so we shall see. I ordered my sneak peek yesterday! Super excited

twiixx

Hello! I was on a baby (TTC and then Due Date) forum with my last baby 7 years ago! That forum no longer exists of course. There was dozens of active daily forums for everything. I have been looking for something similar since last night and this is the first one that seems active!

bserena

@twiixx welcome!! I was here for my last baby and it was great, so ran back when I found out I was pregnant again lol! 

chickaboom3

EDD / Weeks + Days: May 7 | 8+2

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

Baby is the size of a (an): raspberry

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: Going to stay team green!

Upcoming Appointments: Had an ultrasound on Tuesday and baby is measuring on track and had a healthy heartbeat! Yay! Intake at 10 weeks, ob at 12 weeks and NT scan at 12 weeks.

How are you feeling?: Well, up until yesterday, I was feeling no symptoms at all which was kind of freaking me out a little. I was feeling tired, but I have a 1 year old and a 2 year old, so impossible to tell if exhaustion was due to pregnancy or life, haha. All of a sudden yesterday, I felt super nauseous and stayed in bed almost all day. I feel better today but still a little nauseous. 

Rants/Raves: I hate when my ob office has scheduling issues. Why do you have so many patients if you don't have enough availability to see them all? I've delivered both of my children with this office, so I don't want to switch, but when I went in on Tuesday, I scheduled every single appointment from now until my due date so that they can't tell me they can't fit me in ever. 

Questions: NATM.

GTKY - Any cravings yet? My appetite has actually significantly decreased in the past few days. When I felt sick yesterday, I ate a banana, that's it. 

@virtaur I've done the NIPT with each of my other 2 children and will do it with this one too. I don't see any reason no to, unless it's very expensive OOP or something. The one I did the last two times had a cap where it wouldn't be more than like $200 or something like that. Totally worth it to me for the peace of mind that everything looks good! I know a lot of others also like it for the early gender reveal, but I'm team green over here (we were for the last two also).