Weekly Check-in 2/13 🤗

ferret22

EDD / Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/TTM+:

Baby is the size of a (an):

Team blue/pink/green: 

Upcoming Appointments: 

How are you feeling?: 

Rants/Raves: 

Questions: 

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation?

blueberrylemonade12

EDD / Weeks + Days: Oct 12 / 5w3d

FTM/STM/TTM+: second time mom!

Baby is the size of a (an): apple seed 🍏

Team blue/pink/green: green

Upcoming Appointments: ultrasound on 2/21 

How are you feeling?: so tired! A little nauseous and bloated as well. 

Rants/Raves: I made some peanut butter date balls for easy healthy snacks and they’re so good

Questions: none! Just eager to see that heartbeat next week 🤞

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation? Camping with friends is definitely a favorite! And the beach. 

bluesparkles1

EDD / Weeks + Days: 10/15, 5 weeks 0 days - but this is frustrating because I get different results on every calculator. So I’m going with Natural Cycles until my OB tells me otherwise.

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Baby is the size of a (an): lentil

Team blue/pink/green: green! 

Upcoming Appointments: first US on 3/6

How are you feeling?: Physically bloated. Questioning every sensation - is it baby or normal? Is there going to be blood when I pee? Am I still pregnant? Otherwise pretty normal.

Rants/Raves: When I feel normal I’m nervous that it’s not sticking and when I have symptoms I feel lousy. Also talking to my therapist this week about how I have so little control over anything and the outcome is so important. I feel like I’ve entered another universe of anxiety that I didn’t know existed, and it doesn’t feel like my usual chill self.

Questions: What is everyone asking at their first appt? Any solutions to bloating? I’m already exercising a few times a a week and trying to eat well.

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation? Glacier NP! My sweetie and I love our hiking trips.

aa2024

EDD / Weeks + Days: 6w 6d 

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Baby is the size of a (an): chocolate chip (the everyday facts are so cute) / apple seed 

Team blue/pink/green: ? 

Upcoming Appointments: 2/28 

How are you feeling?: I’m really nervous! I had some symptoms the first couple of weeks (fatigue, cramps, nauseous, emotional). But after 6 weeks I’ve just had occasional nausea and gas and I’ve felt perfectly normal otherwise. I’ve never had any symptoms during my periods so I’m not sure if I’d also lack symptoms during pregnancy? 

Rants/Raves: I’ve been raving about food a lot. I’ve always loved food but now I’m eating and craving things I usually wouldn’t have (cereal+milk, peanut butter+bananas) but it feels nice feeding the baby. 

Questions: I have soooo many! I’m learning something new about pregnancy and babies everyday. 

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation? Redwood national park where I got engaged! 

lucky8625

I relate to the stress of having such little control! I know that parenthood in general is an exercise in surrendering to the flow, and at the same time I want to know everything NOW. Ha :)

cb0617

EDD / Weeks + Days: 10/16 5 weeks + 1 day

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM (+3 teenage stepkids)

Baby is the size of a (an): shoe tip lace! 😂 

Team blue/pink/green: I hope it’s healthy! But then I hope it’s a girl!

Upcoming Appointments: 2/26

How are you feeling?: I can’t sleep at night because it’s too hot, I have to get up to pee 5x, and my mind won’t stop spinning the worst case scenarios. I’m also regretting watching every medical drama that featured pregnant cases. 

Rants/Raves: I KNOW I should not have done this, but there was an ultrasound clinic that needed models and I volunteered (I got a gift card for participating) but all it did was deepen my anxiety because nobody could find the gestational sac not even the instructor, and all they could talk about was how interesting it was to see a retroverted uterus (which of course I’d never heard of before and wasted no time in googling once I was back at the car). So now I’m questioning if my times are wrong (though I was tracking my hormones with Inito everyday so I know I have them right), or if it’s ectopic, or maybe (hopefully) my tilted baby sac is preventing a good abdominal view and I need to just wait until I get to my first appointment where they can do a vaginal scan if it’s still hiding. 

Questions: too many to list. Mostly am I doing everything possible to make this baby stick and healthy and safe?

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation? I’ve been all around the world and it’s definitely more about who you’re with than where you are. I loved train traveling around Italy, but I had more fun driving a UHaul from Texas to Washington with my (now)husband. 

ferret22

EDD / Weeks + Days: 7 weeks

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Baby is the size of a (an): Honey Bee - I love this one, what a cute fact 

Team blue/pink/green: Green, last time we found out my kiddo's gender at birth. I think we're doing that again, helps avoid overly gendered gifts from family.

Upcoming Appointments: 2/27, a little nervous bc my spouse has jury duty and he never missed an appt last pregnancy. 

How are you feeling?: Very nauseous, so tired in the afternoons. I'm really hoping I won't be nauseous the whole pregnancy this time but I'm trying to prepare myself mentally for that to happen. According to the HERS website, something like 80% of people with HG get it again the next pregnancy. 😭

Rants/Raves: None

Questions: None right now. For the FTMs, I found Emily Oster's book Expecting Better helpful the first time around. I had so many questions then too but I think I'm feeling more chill this time which is nice. Maybe I'm just too tired out from running after a toddler to think of questions. 😂

GTKY: What was your favorite vacation? Mine was a trip to California with my husband, it was awesome.