Weekly Check-In (3/18-3/24) 🚗

lovelee3

Once April rolls around, we can start splitting check-ins based on week in October you are due if we seem to have quite a few ladies. Check-ins have seemed pretty light though, so we might not need to. Thoughts? 🤷‍♀️

EDD/weeks+days: 

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: 

Baby is the size of a(n): 

Upcoming appointments:

How are you feeling/Symptoms? 

Raves/Rants: 

Questions:

GTKY: What was your first car?

puzzlehead11

Regarding weekly check ins - my vote is to keep it as one October moms check in if it stays as light as it has been. I feel like it helps keep the group more unified. But totally understand splitting it up if it becomes crowded! Also in April maybe we should start hump day bump days as people enters the 2nd trimester and maybe a gender reveal thread?

EDD/weeks+days: Oct 24 / 8w+4d

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: TBD

Baby is the size of a(n): Peanut

Upcoming appointments: Wednesday for my first ultrasound and OBGYN appointment. Finally!!

How are you feeling/Symptoms? I have had horrible nausea for the past two weeks. It seemed to come out of nowhere. I had no nausea at all with my last pregnancy. And nothing seems to help, I'm nauseous when hungry, when full, when standing, when sitting, all hours of the day... I also have had some really bad headaches, probably not enough sleep and water. Today I feel slightly better though (knocking on all the wood).  

Raves/Rants: Rant: so many things keep breaking at the house.. the fridge is making weird noises, our kitchen lights went out this morning, our front door knob broke. And my husband and I have no time right now to deal with any of it so we are just ignoring it until work slows down. Rave: I got a pedicure and a 2 hour nap yesterday. It was glorious. It was a stormy Sunday and my husband made a great pot of gumbo. Perfect Sunday if I wasn't super nauseous or had a headache haha. 

Questions: None at the moment

GTKY: What was your first car? I actually just got my first car 2 years ago... it's a Honda HR-V

lizzzy217

EDD/weeks+days: October 13th / 10wks + 1 day

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: TBD, hoping for blue! We have 5 nieces and 0 nephews on my husband's side...

Baby is the size of a(n): Strawberry

Upcoming appointments: March 21st; 2nd OB visit, probably doing NIPT.

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Super tired and exhausted this week. Been more emotional too. Overall I've been pretty symptom-light though.

Raves/Rants: I've felt a little overloaded lately. I'm usually really active and on top of chores and things, and I just haven't had the energy lately, so I just feel a little useless and unproductive. There's so much to do, and I'm feeling overwhelmed.

Questions: Is anyone still waiting to announce their news? We haven't told anyone yet, we're trying to keep it to ourselves until we reach 2nd trimester. We haven't even told our parents yet.

GTKY: What was your first car? Toyota camry lol. Although the first car I actually bought myself was a Mazda 6, which I love.

saf22

EDD/weeks+days: 10/29. 7w6d

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: TBD

Baby is the size of a(n): keyboard key

Upcoming appointments: 3/20 first appointment 

How are you feeling/Symptoms? I’m feeling completely useless, overwhelmed and nauseous. Súper nauseous. All day. Everyday. Not even unisom/b6 is helping right now. 

Raves/Rants: rant: I WFH. Take care of my 21 month old. He’s extra needy, probably senses the pregnancy. Work has been extremely overwhelming and it’s been hard to manage between a needy toddler and the nausea. This morning I had a crying break right before a meeting with my team and I think I came off as rude and may have thrown in some eye rolls. Not my intention. But everything annoys me lately. Even getting assigned new work to my overflowing plate annoys me. 

Rave but rant at the same time. I close on my first home in the next couple days. But between the nausea, the workload and my toddler, I’m not as excited as I should be. Nowhere near finished packing. I am hoping I turn the corner soon. But if it’s anything like my first pregnancy. I have 4-5 more weeks of feeling completely useless. 

Questions: none. But to answer a question that was asked, I had to end up telling my mom and sister this past weekend. I would have preferred to wait until I cleared the first trimester or at least have the first doctor appointment. But with the possibility of moving soon, I cant be lifting heavy. So we needed to disclose. 

GTKY: What was your first car? A used 2001 Chevy Tahoe at age 16haha. What was my dad thinking.  I felt like a badass trucker in my huge car. The first car I bought myself was a 0 mile 2012 mazda 3. I still have it and she runs beautifully!

cheeeeeeeese

@saf22 Have you tried preggie pop drops or anti-nausea bands for the nausea? Those have really helped me! 🤗

cheeeeeeeese

EDD/weeks+days: Oct 6, 11 weeks 1 day

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: excited to find out soon!

Baby is the size of a(n): lime or Lego person 😂

Upcoming appointments: 3/25, had blood draw today for NIPT and sex

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Same as last week. Still dealing with terrible SI joint/nerve pain. Also some nausea, bloating, and tiredness. 

Raves/Rants: none today!

Questions: none today 

GTKY: What was your first car? Very old silver Volvo 240 (in early 2000s) 🚘 

hollyvenelle

EDD/weeks+days: Oct 8th / 11w

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: if insurance covers the NIPT test, hopefully finding out soon!

Baby is the size of a(n): Lime, or the Heart of the Ocean diamond from Titanic 

Upcoming appointments: had our 1st yesterday, I go back the 26th for all the lab tests. 

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Symptoms are coming and going, random nausea and growth aches and pains 

Raves/Rants: my current rant is how expensive or frumpy plus-size maternity wear is, or maternity clothes in general! I don't currently need any, but just browsing shirts on Amazon and WTH? Lol. I'm a frugal person, we have to be so I can be a SAHM, so $20+ for a single shirt is just nuts to me. Gonna try to go to Ross or Marshall's and look for cheap, cute non-maternity plus size wear I can style with my bump when it gets visable. 

Questions: after seeing the ultrasound yesterday for the first time, it's hitting me I'll have 2 kids soon. My other kiddo is 5. Any tips on managing time when we will be starting homeschool with the 5 year old 2 months before baby comes? Are there even enough hours in the day to homeschool and take care of a 5 year old, care for a newborn, and exclusively pump breastmilk, haha?!?!?

GTKY: What was your first car? My Dad's forest green Ford Thunderbird. She was my first baby, haha

blueberrylemonade12

EDD/weeks+days: October 12 / 10w3d

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green!

Baby is the size of a(n): brussel sprout

Upcoming appointments: 3/23 first appointment at the birth center

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Mostly alright, some nausea and fatigue. I’ve got this awful cough and it’s making me miserable!

Raves/Rants: my mom is visiting for two weeks and my toddler is just over the moon about it. I’m tired of coughing though…I don’t usually take allopathic cold medicine but I’ve had to resort to a cough suppressant just to sleep at night. 

Questions: anyone else feeling like it’s kind of surreal? Maybe it’s having gone through 18 months of infertility and IVF, or maybe it’s not having been so sick this time around, but I find it so hard to believe that we are really going to have another baby. 

GTKY: What was your first car? I’ve never owned my own car! But we have a Honda Insight right now and I like it well enough. Can’t argue with the gas mileage of a hybrid! 

lovelee3

@puzzlehead11 agreed! If it stays light, I totally think keeping it all together would be fun! I’m down for hump day bump day posts and gender reveals when that rolls around!

@lizzzy217 we haven’t told anyone yet either except I let it slip to one of my best friends in the very early days because I couldn’t believe it. She’s kept it hush for us though. We’ll start telling family (parents) this weekend after our US.

EDD/weeks+days: October 22 ;; 9W today

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: team finding out due to my husband not being patient. I think we both want a boy…

Baby is the size of a(n): playing jack or kumquat 😆 

Upcoming appointments: tomorrow!!! 3/20 for our first ultrasound! Sounds like a few of us have one tomorrow!

How are you feeling/Symptoms?: Feeling better than the last couple of weeks. Still gagging on brushing my teeth but my appetite has returned and I’m not really nauseated as often. Not completely zonked in the middle of the day anymore either so that’s nice! Still not very motivated to do things though…

Raves/Rants: we trialed a new house cleaner yesterday, and she was great! Cheaper than our last and will be coming weekly. Raving about taking that deep clean off my list.

Questions: wondering when I should tell my 3 year old…

GTKY: What was your first car?: 2010 white Kia soul for my 17th birthday. I beggggggggged for it for forever! And I still have it to this day but it nearly has 250K miles on it (I traveled cross country a good few times in it!)

puzzlehead11

@lovelee3 haha I am also team finding out because my husband isn’t patient 😆 Hope the ultrasound goes well tomorrow! 

ledelight

EDD/weeks+days: 10/29, 8w today!

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: not sure what green means, but can’t wait to find out!

Baby is the size of a(n): Denise’s Pygmy seahorse. I have my other app set to strange animals 

Upcoming appointments:April 18th for 12w everything 

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Tired, boobs hurt, headaches all the time, bad brain fog. Baby brain is getting me hard! 

Raves/Rants: raves… got my first ultrasound last week and saw heartbeat and baby, right on track so far! 

Questions: I have nipple crusties already! I feel like it’s so early, but every night I have to clean it off. Any advice??

we’ve started to tell some people but have a whole plan to tell our families in person in two weeks. Not sure if I should feel bad other people know before my parents!

GTKY: What was your first car? A Ford Taurus SHO… only had it for a little before someone hit me but I loved it! 

knottie5d39f7de97f1a5d9

Edd/week and day: 10/09 11weeks

team finding out: it’s a boy!!

Baby size of a: Lime

How are symptoms: tired a lot, boobs sore and growing, nausea is starting to decrease 🙌🏼, starting to see a little bump. Pregnancy brain has me very forgetful 

rants/raves: Just found out it’s a boy so excited!!!  I have to have an early glucose, not looking forward to that.

Questions: wondering why they scheduled my anatomy scan at 14 weeks? Guessing because I’m considered high risk, but just seems super early to me.

We have told friends and family!! My other children (7&8) are so excited to have a little brother 

kaylface

EDD/weeks+days:  10/31 - 8 weeks!

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: don't care either way but want to find out!

Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry 

Upcoming appointments: tmrw 3/21

How are you feeling/Symptoms? I'm pretty much in survival mode. Hope this gets better soon

Raves/Rants: my mom is coming to town tomorrow and we're going to tell her the news! I'm so excited to be able to tell her in person.

Questions: none but agree with the sentiment it feels surreal! Maybe after we see a heartbeat tomorrow🤞 it will sink in a little bit 

GTKY: What was your first car? For the life of me I can't remember what it was, just that it was beige and I bought it off my ex when we graduated college 

hollyvenelle

@puzzlehead11 I agree with the Hump Day Bump Day thread later on!!! That's such a cute idea!

@lovelee3 if we have a lot of check-ins, splitting may be good, but my last Bump month forum also moved to a private FB group once it got really big and active, so we could consider that, too 

puzzlehead11

@hollyvenelle I definitely support the FB group idea when the time comes, I like the platform much better than the bump. So nice to put faces to names!

saf22

I had my first appointment today and turns out babe took its time to implant so my due date got pushed back by 5 days. So I’m now due November 4th. My first born came 9 days early. Can I stay here in the October birth month or switch over to November? 

puzzlehead11

@saf22 I vote you should stay with us in October! But you should totally do what you prefer. It depends if you’d rather be one of the first to give birth or last. But regardless you are more than welcome here

aa2024

EDD/weeks+days: Oct 3 / 12w! ✨

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: took my NIPT on the 11th but they just got the samples yesterday so I am impatiently waiting to find out! 

Baby is the size of a(n): plum / Swedish fish 

Upcoming appointments: next ultrasound 3/29

How are you feeling/Symptoms? 

I’ve been very lucky and had minimal symptoms. I’m still extremely congested and sleeping horribly. The hormones are definitely making my anxiety worse too. I’ve also started to experience leg cramps recently but I’ve been tired so I haven’t been on top of doing my stretches. 

Raves/Rants: My rave is that my baby bump is coming in and I think it’s more noticeable that I’m actually pregnant now. 

But my rant is that none of my clothes fit… my pants no longer zip or button and all my dresses are too tight in bust or have the a-line seam that’s restricting! I really hate clothes shopping but I think it’s time to size up. 

Also I’m barely 5 ft with a 6ft husband and I have mild inward scoliosis on my lower back so I’ve started to worry about how big my baby will be. 

GTKY: What was your first car?
2016 Subaru Outback! I loved her soooo much but gave it to my dad last year since my husband had a better car and I wasn’t driving it anymore 

lovelee3

@saf22 I vote you stay here too! But get it if you want to be in November. 

nataleeagui

EDD/weeks+days: October 12 / 10 weeks + 4 days

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: TBD (thinking it’s a boy) 

Baby is the size of a(n): kumquat

Upcoming appointments: April 5 (2nd appt)

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Fatigue, itchy/dry skin, sleep difficulties

Raves/Rants: Got sick over the weekend and I felt anxious about types of medication I could or couldn’t take. Rave - Have started sharing with more and more people and it feels good to share 

Questions: n/a

GTKY: What was your first car? 2002 Toyota Solara, nicknamed Zippy

username4321

EDD/weeks+days: Oct 15, 10w2d

Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: undecided

Baby is the size of a(n): paper clip??

Upcoming appointments: review results with my gp

How are you feeling/Symptoms? Nauseated, gagging, grumpy, tired, heart burn, the sorest boobs

Raves/Rants: the daily size update sucks, baby went from a tater tot to a guitar pick yesterday and paper clip today. Annoyed that it’s so inconsistent. But I can feel my bump starting so that’s awesome

Questions: not at this time

GTKY: What was your first car? Toyota tercel, it was black and slow af lol