~*Weekly PG Check-in*~

AustinPG

Sorry I'm late this week! Forgot to do it last night and Wednesday mornings are busy for us.

If anyone has any questions they'd like to add to the question bank, let me know. We're running low!  

To join or update this list, please post here with your Nestie name, EDD, and prediction of baby's sex, actual sex if you know, or if it's a surprise!
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t&p to MnMShaw

Any updates from abh?

Question of the week:   
Are you going to hire a birth photographer?

Updates: How is everything going? Please share any updates you might have, including a recent bump pic!

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Abh1977 ? 2/20/12 (surprise)
HSartteach ? 3/17/12 (surprise)
Fjaril ? 3/17/12 (boy)
Baileybaby2010 ? 3/17/12
longhornkelly - 3/28/12
Angelaggie ? 3/31/12 (girl)
Esbeek ? 4/3/12 (boy)
FusionLMT ? 4/14/12 (girl)
Funkymonkeyohyeahhh ? 4/15/12
UTbride06 ? 4/20/12 (surprise)
Dapo2004 ? 4/21/12 (guess is girl)
Sweetdreams2000 ? 4/21/12 (girl)
FoxyHoff ? 4/22/12 (guess is boy)
Leigha23 ? 4/27/12 (boy)
Atlantic ? 4/27/12 (identical twin boys)
Michelleaxo ? 5/5/12 (girl)
Texasbeachbride ? 5/19/12 (surprise)
luluAXA - 05/26/12
justsummie- 6/3/12 (guess is boy)
August8080 ? 6/7/12 (girl twins)
nikison - 6/14/12 (boy)
kellenickle ? 6/17/12 (surprise)
Kitkatishbakk ? 6/21/12 (boy)
ashleybritton ? 6/22/12 (boy)
Rach03k ? 6/30/12 (boy)
thethomps - 7/5/12
ndluvsrk - 7/9/12
LonghornNaggie - 7/13/12 (boy)
KristieR2007 - 7/18/12 (girl) 
danabugg - 7/28/12 (surprise)
kirknsarah-8/16/12
ruthyk ? 9/4/12 (surprise)
TheMcCombies ? 9/26/12 (surprise)
christym0606 - 10/9/12
AustinBride06 - 10/15/12

Here are the current standings: Team Blue: 10, Team Pink: 7, Team Green: 8  

thethomps

T&P to MnMShaw  **hugs**

No.  My doula took pictures last time and I believe she'll take pictures again.  I love having those pictures of us and V right after the birth.

We are having a boy!    I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with a boy.  Other than that, no updates.  Still feeling nauseous most days.  I'm ready to feel better one of these days...

christym0606

Lots of hugs to MnM.

QOTW:  Nope.  

Nausea kicked in last week, and it sucks.  Last pregnancy, it lasted all the way to 20 weeks... I'm trying to be optimistic that it will be better this time around, but it's hard.  Dr. was nice enough to call in a script for zofran for me, which helps somewhat, but not a whole lot.  Anyhow, really looking forward to my first appt. next week!

Nikison

So many T&P to MnMShaw.

ABH is still hanging in there - maybe she'll update us later.

QOTW: Nope. We didn't with DD, and I don't feel like we missed anything...plus DH took lots of photos when he could.

Update: Since failing my GD test I've started really watching my diet and regularly checking my numbers, only to learn it's worse than I thought. I started oral meds last week, and looks like they need to up the dose Otherwise, I love feeling LO move, and over all I feel ok. 

august8080

Update: Big. My belly is just so big and sometimes I freak out internally--how is my body going to accommodate them for so many more weeks?! But! I can! I will!

We hired our doula and I feel really good about that! I went to Ge t Bab i ed and met with Am e S. and we're paying the extra to have her exclusively. I'm sure they're all great, AND I needed to know who was going to be there on birth day. Didn't have a doula with DS and everything was fantastic, but with the added element of twins and DH having to switch between husband/birth coach and father, we thought another person there could be really helpful. 

QOTW: Oh, I'd loooove to have a birth photographer. I'd totally hire carlinlp if we could afford it because her work is amazing. My DH would freak if I even suggested it. $ is tight-hello three kids- and we're already hiring a doula which we don't really have the budget for, but agree is a good idea. 

fjaril

lots of hugs to MnMshaw!

QOTW: nope. The hubs can take photos if I feel the need, but since I'm trying for a Vbac and have a repeat C already scheduled, I wouldn't get "birth" photos anyway that's just my opinion others might feel different.

Update: Well I've got a synchronized swimmer in my belly. Dr Said, "you have a ton of fluid, that's why he's still able to easily flip around". Yeah thanks Doc. It makes me want to hurl when he does the big moves At least I can tell when he's breech (most of the time) now. 

Doc says all my pain and discomfort is encouraging again, thanks so much for the encouragement you w/out a ute  

I start acupuncture to try and induce labor on Monday. Hopefully that'll work

 

AustinBride06

Lots of hugs to MnM

Update: well this weekend wasn't so great.  TMI alert I had diarrhea and cramping two days in a row and then I had a temp drop on Monday, flu-like symptoms including nausea on Tuesday and a temp spike (as in, higher than it's ever been, sans-fever) today with zero symptoms except a slight metallic taste in my mouth...which I find chocolate helps to make that go away.  Anyway, I'm afraid that the weekend stuff plus the temp drop means a drop in progesterone.  I looked back at my 2nd loss chart and I had diarrhea right before the time around where that LO would have stopped growing.  I just don't know what to think so I'm trying to remain as calm as possible and hold out until next Thursday.  I have my 1st appt and ultrasound then and I took the rest of the day off... because I know, no matter what, I will NOT be concentrating on work the rest of that day!

QOTW: I would love to hire a friend to be a birth photographer but the two that I would ask will have newborns around that same time.  And we will not be able to afford it ourselves otherwise, which makes me really sad because I would love to have this done.  If someone gives it as a gift, I certainly would not pass it up though! 

august8080

AustinBride06:

Lots of hugs to MnM

Update: well this weekend wasn't so great.  TMI alert I had diarrhea and cramping two days in a row and then I had a temp drop on Monday, flu-like symptoms including nausea on Tuesday and a temp spike (as in, higher than it's ever been, sans-fever) today with zero symptoms except a slight metallic taste in my mouth...which I find chocolate helps to make that go away.  Anyway, I'm afraid that the weekend stuff plus the temp drop means a drop in progesterone.  I looked back at my 2nd loss chart and I had diarrhea right before the time around where that LO would have stopped growing.  I just don't know what to think so I'm trying to remain as calm as possible and hold out until next Thursday.  I have my 1st appt and ultrasound then and I took the rest of the day off... because I know, no matter what, I will NOT be concentrating on work the rest of that day!

QOTW: I would love to hire a friend to be a birth photographer but the two that I would ask will have newborns around that same time.  And we will not be able to afford it ourselves otherwise, which makes me really sad because I would love to have this done.  If someone gives it as a gift, I certainly would not pass it up though! 

Oh that must have been stressful! If it makes you feel any better, I have a ton of diarrhea when pregnant (good times, right??) esp in the first tri and I would think the metallic taste (a symptom many describe) is a good sign, right? I hope that Thursday is a great day for you!!

sweetdreams2000

august8080:

AustinBride06:

Lots of hugs to MnM

Update: well this weekend wasn't so great.  TMI alert I had diarrhea and cramping two days in a row and then I had a temp drop on Monday, flu-like symptoms including nausea on Tuesday and a temp spike (as in, higher than it's ever been, sans-fever) today with zero symptoms except a slight metallic taste in my mouth...which I find chocolate helps to make that go away.  Anyway, I'm afraid that the weekend stuff plus the temp drop means a drop in progesterone.  I looked back at my 2nd loss chart and I had diarrhea right before the time around where that LO would have stopped growing.  I just don't know what to think so I'm trying to remain as calm as possible and hold out until next Thursday.  I have my 1st appt and ultrasound then and I took the rest of the day off... because I know, no matter what, I will NOT be concentrating on work the rest of that day!

QOTW: I would love to hire a friend to be a birth photographer but the two that I would ask will have newborns around that same time.  And we will not be able to afford it ourselves otherwise, which makes me really sad because I would love to have this done.  If someone gives it as a gift, I certainly would not pass it up though! 

Oh that must have been stressful! If it makes you feel any better, I have a ton of diarrhea when pregnant (good times, right??) esp in the first tri and I would think the metallic taste (a symptom many describe) is a good sign, right? I hope that Thursday is a great day for you!!

Hang in there!  That nasty metallic taste was one of my only symptoms for awhile, along with those flu like symptoms.  Now I've got all sorts of symptoms that I'd like to swap for that metallic taste again (inc loose stool/diarrhea on the regular ).

atlantic

So sorry to MnM... AustinBride - adding yo o thoughts and prayers, hopefully it's nothing! And August...oh, just you wait girl! I'm giant! My updat is that I'm still pregnant....eooohooo! 30 weeks and five days. At my core I feel blessed to be in this hospital righ now with inside babies, but I definitely have my down times. Soooo sick of the food and can only eat certain things since GD diagnosis. I keep thinking about what I did wrong and am disappointed that my body isn't cooperating even though I know that's silly. just continuing to hope we can hold on. It's possible - it could just be that the dilation and effacement are due to the size of my uterus, but I could also go into labor anytime. But every day counts! violet is doing fine but I miss her tons. The hospital I'm in is far away from where all my family is, so the can't exactly drop by.

I'm not hiring a birth photographer. It doesn't really appeal to me personally (although I love others' pictures) but also as of right now labor is pretty much a really stressful prospect to me!

angelaggie

T&p for Mandy

Agran hang in there! Good thoughts!

Carlinlp is our birth photographer. After seeing my amazing sneak peak maternity pick I am stoked! Can't wait to see the rest.

Update: everything is going completely normal. Doc said I look great, measuring on track, weight is back up. He said any weight gain or loss a few pounds is no big deal. That makes me feel good. I'm tired and uncomfortable. Tomorrow I'm 35/35. I can't wait to meet her! 

Leigha12

QOTW: Nope, DH will just have to do it or a nurse. A couple snapshots should do!

Updates: I'm huge. I'm all belly and I'm sick of people getting a shocked look on their face when I say I still have 9 or so weeks left. Everyone is assuming any day now by the looks of me. Of course, their follow up comment is always "Wow, that's gonna be a big baby!". Yes, thank you, I already know that. Grrr! New development, I'm either suffering from a groin pull, severe RLP, or PSD since Sunday. Calling the doctor tomorrow. Also have a bruised feeling on my other leg, but no bruise.

We've made no progress on the nursery (still a guest room), but we pay off the furniture tonight or tomorrow and will have to make room for it soon! Also, we're buying DH a new car. Too much too fast!

HSartteach

QOTW: We will not be hiring a professional photog.  We didn't last time, and won't do it this time.

UPDATES: Tiny is still posterior.  Been doing exercises and will try sleeping in the sims position from now on.  I feel huge, and am sick of people telling me I am skinny.  I am all baby.  That's how it goes for me.  Otherwise, same old, same old.  I am tired and sore and hate driving and I'll stop there.