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April 2014 Moms
snmetz7
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PGAL weekly check in
snmetz7
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Pregnancy Loss Background (if this is your first time on the check-in):
@eme520 hope everything is going well with you dont wanna step on your toes but just noticed we dont have one yet this week.
Sorry for the lack of list... im nowhere near as organized as our usual poster.
EDD (if this is your first time on the check in):
Gestation in weeks/fruit:
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?:
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones:
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition?@eme520 hope everything is going well with you dont wanna step on your toes but just noticed we dont have one yet this week.
Sorry for the lack of list... im nowhere near as organized as our usual poster.
June Siggy Challenge
My little Princess
BFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
My little PrincessBFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
BFP#1 6/29/12 LTMC 10/20/12 (20 weeks) induced delivery 10/22/12
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Re: PGAL weekly check in
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 8w5d/ raspberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: really really tired, really nauseous
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: nothing for a while next appt is 9/24
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? BBQ and self shot fireworks for 4th of july! so much fun.BFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
Weeks: 9 wks 2 days, olive
Feeling? Really tired still, boobs are not too sore anymore, still nauseous about every other day but has let up quite a bit. Peeing constantly!
Upcoming milestones: nothing until 9/19 which is my next appt. Hoping to hear the heartbeat!
Gtky: my favorite family tradition is cutting down our Christmas tree every year. I love Xmas!
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 6w5d
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Physically fine. I still don't have any symptoms besides some fatigue. Emotionally a wreck. I'm waiting for news this week to see if I have my second loss.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I went in on Friday and my midwife could not find a fetal pole, but she did see a yolk sac. My gestational sac is measuring on point. I've heard a few stories of a fetal pole not being seen this early that showed up in later ulatrasounds (including 2 of my closest friends). However, she took my levels and my hcg is great at around 15k, but my progesterone has dropped from 21 (at 4 weeks) to 9.4 right now. That's a pretty significant drop. They put me on progesterone suppositories. I go back Thursday to see if they can see anything and have my levels pulled again.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Thanksgiving dinner!Feeling? Sick, touted, and full of migraines.
Upcoming appointment: tomorrow, hoping to hear hb on the doppler, I haven't gotten the chance before.
GTKY: my family is big on Halloween. We always get together, and I am so ready.
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 8 weeks 3 days!
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Just nausea sometimes! I want to eat EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!....and Peeing allll night long!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I had an appt last friday and my midwife snuck in an ultrasound and we got to see both of the babies heartbeats again! We won't get to see them again until Sept 26th! butttt I bought a heart doppler! It is the only thing that will keep me sane waiting a month for another appt!
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? We really don't have any big traditions. The last several years my dads side has taken small vacations and I absolutely love that but we had our last one this summer! It was soo much fun and sad it will never happen again : (TTC SINCE 7/2010, BFP-10/2010 ended in miscarriage 11/2010 : (.....
Progesterone level 4/2011= 11.29. SA normal. HSG normal.
8/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 35,
10/11 Clomid 50mg =BFN progesterone level 31,
11/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 12,
12/11 Clomid 50mg=Progesterone 31
01/12-Break from meds-BFN
Feb-cd3 blood work FSH(5), AMH(0.56) 02/12 Break....
03/01/12-Clomid 50mg with IUI #1=BFN.
04/01/12-Another round of clomid with IUI#2=BFN.
5/8/12-Diagnostic Laparoscopy-found minimal endometriosis and small fibriod.
June and July-much needed break
August-Bravelle 75 with IUI#3- BFN
September-Bravelle injects with IUI #4-BFP!! MC 10/7/12 : ( Sonohysterogram-Normal
December- Bravelle(3 good follicles & E2 1252) with IUI#5 BFFN
July IVF #1- BFP! : ) Beta #1-245, #2- 703, #3- 1655, #4- 3553 YAY! Praying and Praying this one sticks around!
1st U/S scheduled for Aug 23rd!
Twins!!
We are having a BOY & a GIRL !!
@mdarmetko sorry youre in limbo and having to worry. hopefully it was just too early to see anything keep up updated t&p to you!
@Manda+panda I just gorge myself on candy that I buy for the trick or treaters which is awesome lol but we dont do anything exciting or fun.
@NBA0703 i love when they sneak in an unexpected u/s always fun
ETA corrected format.
BFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 8 weeks, raspberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Physically, like crap. Puking and all day nausea on top of headaches and constipation. Emotionally, I'm doing okay.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: 1st OB apt is tomorrow! I'm excited and nervous.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Getting the house ready for Christmas. i.e. decorating the tree and putting up lights, etc.~Amanda
All are welcome in my posts
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: exhausted. Nauseated. Heartburn. Intermittent RLP.
Emotionally- nervous. We are getting really close to our loss milestone and I don't get to hear the hb until 12 weeks. I'm really starting to struggle.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: none
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Well, it's not one that we really do anymore, but I loved Christmas as a kid. Since I had a divorced family, my Christmas lasted 48 hours straight and was full of so many random traditions.
BFP #1 May 20, 2013 MC June 27, 2013 BFP #2 August 2, 2013 Baby Boy born 4/25/14 (3 weeks overdue!)
April 14 August Siggy Challenge- "This time last year.."
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7w4d
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Today, I feel good. Nausea isn't as bad as it has been other days. Very tired.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I had my ectopic at 7w4d, so I'm very happy to be moving on from this day.
I have another ultrasound on Friday, as it was too early too see anything the first time (@mdarmetko I had mine at 5w5d and they weren't unable to identify a fetal pole either.. Only a yolk sac. I also was off on my ovulation because according to my LMP I should have been 6w4d) so I'm hoping to hear a heartbeat and see my little bean!
GTKY -- What is favourite family tradition? Getting silly putty in our Christmas stockings.
1 blighted ovam at 11weeks 2 days when I was 20
EDD (if this is your first time on the check in): April 26, 2014
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 6 weeks 2 days / sweet pea
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: physically - ready for this head cold to disappear, other than that this baby has been nice to me.
Emotionally - I can tell I'm pregnant, crying has taking over my patience.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: in the middle of a medical insurance change, so I can't schedule my first appt yet
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? A "tradition" my husband and I have started with this kids is going to the sprint car races whenever possible.
@pineconey nothing until 12 weeks is hard! and ps sometimes being in a divorced family has its perks. all of our holidays lasted longer
@cocomammy silly putty! i havent thought about sp i a long time how fun. our stocking staple was andes mints still love em but now that im all grown up i eat them all the time and not just at christmas lol
@toto99 and @paddysgirl8 crying is the worst. i cry at a drop of the hat now. happy sad frustrated somehow every emotion leads to crying. i hate it.
BFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
@snmetz7 thanks for posting!
@eme520 I hope you're ok hun!! ygpm
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7w3d blueberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: I'm in kind of blah space. Not bad. Not good. Physically I feel fine which I think is leading to my blah. I have had some on and off nausea and my boobs continue to throb all of the time. I'm just holding onto the fact that maybe *just maybe* after all that DH & I have been through we deserve an easy pg. FX!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: My nurse intake is 9/18 and my first ob appointment is 9/25. So I'm hoping to wrap myself up in football for September & then it will fly by!! Then it will be October & I'll be out of the first tri!!!!
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Either St. Patrick's Day (we have a huge family reunion with a corn beef & cabbage dinner. It's so much fun. A couple of years ago we had t-shirts made. I have a huge family & we are all so close. Or Christmas. We do Christmas Eve with my father's side of the family (same family as St. Patrick's Day) and then Christmas Day with my mom's side of the family. We do Christmas with my IL's on a separate weekend because my SIL has 3 girls and they stay at home for Christmas. It has really been a great trade offPhysically - Lots of nausea. All day
Emotionally - Still fighting fear. I find myself rather skeptical that I will actually be having a baby in April.
Appointments: First US tomorrow. I hope and pray that heart is beating!
GTKY - We each bought one personal ornament every year for the Christmas tree. Then when I moved out and got married, I got all my ornaments. So our first tree had sentimental value already!
Gestation in weeks/fruit: Closer to a raspberry, I guess.
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Exhausted, food aversions, nausea, grumpy. I am super excited to finally see DH in a couple of days though! We start driving tomorrow and I get to pick him up on Thursday
Finally, the wait is over!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I have to make an appt with my Dr in NC but I don't know when that will be.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Getting turtle cake from marble slab on our birthdays. It's so much better than getting the cakes from the bakery that no one ever wants to eat.How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Physically tired and a bit of m/s though not as bad as last week
Having some light spotting and some mild cramps. Emotionally i am sad and really struggling to stay positive. It is the anniversary of 2 of my losses. First in 2007 and then exactly 5 years later in 2012. Labor day weekends suck. Spotting doesn't help even though my dr told me its normal and not to worry unless its heavy.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: dr apt not scheduled until sept 18
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Love having a family night every Monday where we have a spiritual lesson, play games, and eat a special treat. Love family time!
@eme520. I hope everything is good and that you are having a lovely holiday.
09/2007: Ectopic with rupture - lost right tube | 09/2012: Ectopic - saved the left tube
08/05/2013: BFP not ectopic | EDD: 4/22/2014 | 09/15/2013: Miscarried at home
Burned the bench 01/20/15 - Medicated Cycle with Clomid and HCG trigger shot on 02/08/2015
++++ BFP 2/17/18 ++++ EDD 10/26/2015
EDD: 4/03/14
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 9w4d. Olive
Physically: mild nausea, sore boobs, reflux and constipation.
Emotionally: doing ok. It's been a big week or so passing my loss milestone and EDD. Seeing a growing little baby on my 9 week ultrasound helped tremendously.
Upcoming appts: OB check on 9/17
GTKY: Going on vacation to the lake with my big family every summer. We rent cabins for a week and have a blast. My dad went to the same lake town every summer since he was a kid now we carry on the tradition.
DS born 4/06/14
MC #2 August 2015
CP November 2015
MC#3 January 2016
BFP 5/11/16 EDD 1/19/17
feeling: like jap618, pretty blah. Not quite sick, not quite fine. Emotionally blah too- I saw the HB over a week ago, but the baby I lost passed somewhere between 8&10w, so I'm between 'yay, we saw a HB' and 'well, this could still go to crap'.
upcoming: well, I'd say the milestone of passing my loss date, but that's pretty fuzzy. I will make my NT scan appt this week. My next OB is set for 9/20.
family tradition: used to be the 4th- my mom's whole side of the family would get together at the family house on Cape Cod, but now that means 15 adults, 3 kids (and growing) and a dog under one roof and the house sleeps 13. Sooo that's coming to an end.
Feeling? Better today than yesterday, I was cramping pretty bad yesterday but now that the pain isn't so intense I think it might be a pulled muscle and not pregnancy related.
Upcoming appointment: Haven't even set up my first appointment, waiting until 8 weeks. It has more to do with insurance issues than anything else but I don't really mind waiting. It seems most women don't even get seen until 8-12 weeks anyways.
GTKY: Christmas is a hugee thing with my dads family, all of us get together from all over the country and spend christmas eve Christmas, and the day after together. I look forward to it all year every year.
feeling: morning nauseous, headaches and very tired. Emotionally in a weird place between hopeful and terrified.
upcoming: first ultrasound tomorrow. I'll be somewhere around 6w, so I'm hoping it's not too early to see a HB.
family tradition: Christmas is full of special family traditions. I'm loving building new traditions with DS.
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 8w5d/Raspberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: The past 2 days I've felt pretty good. I haven't needed a Zofran since Saturday. I am painfully bloated a lot of the time and my boobs are quite swollen and leaky. Emotionally, I feel great, but I cry like a nutcase when I watch animal videos.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: No appointments until September 18th.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? I have quite a few, but I think one of my most favorite family traditions goes back to my Irish relatives arriving in the U.S. in 1908. We own part of a tiny island in the Atlantic ocean, and every summer we go camping out there for a few weeks (and I mean REAL camping in tents, cooking on an open fire, pooping in the woods...), and the older family members prepare "cookie trees" for the little ones. We make egg-free molasses cookies as big as dinner plates before going out, and sneak them onto trees for the little kids to find them. My 6-year-old still believes that the cookies grow on the trees.Natural miscarriage @ 8 weeks - 3/8/2005
Big Brother "Skippy" born - 2/28/2007
Missed miscarriage - (EDD 3/5/2013) - D&E @ 11 weeks - 8/8/2012
"Hen" (EDD 6/7/2013) - born sleeping @ 19 weeks - 1/15/2013
"G-Unit" born - 4/14/2014 and he's 100% perfection!!
@manda+panda, @mandiroo, @Leticiasmugala and @sarahbeth27 wishing you great appointments tomorrow!
@dajhughes ((hugs)). New Years Eve will forever suck for me. It's so hard to have a loss around a 'holiday' and my heart breaks that you have 2 this weekend. Huge ((hugs)) I hope you have been able to do something for you this weekend.
EDD: mine has been bumped up 2 days to April 16, 2014 based on my u/s last week.
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7w4d. Blueberry.
How are you feeling physically? Physically I wake up every morning at 5am feeling like I'm going to puke my brains out, but I haven't yet. My boobs are sore and I had some cramping yesterday along my left hip, but I think it's because I worked out too hard yesterday morning since it's gone today. Other than that I'm just really tired all the time, dizzy and short of breathe.
Emotionally?: emotionally I'm hanging in there. I still have just over 3 weeks to go to pass both of my loss milestones so I'm still worried all the time.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I have my first u/s and OB appointment tomorrow after being released from my RE last week. I'm looking forward to seeing my OB, I love him and I'm praying our LO has grown and the heartbeat still looks great.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? I have 2: my first is Thanksgiving because DH and I host and I love turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and my homemade apple pie and having the whole family at our home. My second is our family trip Thanksgiving weekend to cut down our Christmas trees. I love Christmas and we always pick the tallest and fattest tree we can squeeze into our family room (thank god for vaulted ceilings!)
Edit typo
BFP #1 11/19/12 EDD: 7/25/13 Natural MC on 12/31/12 at 10w4d
BFP#2 3/1/13 EDD: 11/5/13 Missed MC 4/9/13 at 10w D&C 4/11/13
Baby #2 diagnosed with Trisomy 16. Diagnosed Hetero MTHFR.
BFP#3 8/5/13 EDD: 4/13/14 Team Green Turned Team Blue! Our rainbow baby, Griffin R arrived via c-section (breech since 20w) on 4/11/14.
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~~Everyone Always Welcome~~
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 9w4d/green olive
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: I'm feeling really good physically, other than a few food aversions. Emotionally, I'm just trying to pass the time until my next appointment, which isn't until 9/11. This is kind of stressful since I've been able to see my little beluga growing every week for the last three weeks.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: No appointments or real milestones this week.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? We buy Christmas ornaments whenever we travel. Then when we decorate the tree, we take the time to tell some of our favorite stories of the places the ornaments represent.Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7w 4d - blueberry! (or bluebaby as DH says!)
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Eh - OK. A good amount of nausea, but handling it OK with snacks or lemon candies. Emotionally - it was a rough week, but had a good weekend
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: First OB appt in a week - can't come soon enough
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Growing up it was always getting ready for Christmas! My parents got siblings and I a new ornament every year and now, I love getting my SS a new ornament.Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7 w 1 d, blueberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Exhausted and slightly nauseous. Emotionally I'm really stressed at the idea of having twins. I'm scared about trying to entertain DS while taking care of 2 infants. We're also trying to figure out if I should become a SAHM (something I have never contemplated) because the majority of my paycheck would be going to daycare).
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: I have my first appointment with my OB on Friday. Looking forward to DH being at the US this time.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? My parents have been divorced since I was 3 years old. Our holidays have always been separate. We would have Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve with Dad and then Christmas with Mom one year, the next year it would be Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve with Mom, Christmas with Dad. Since DS was born, they've started doing Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve together (including my new step mom) so that everyone can be together with DS for the Holidays.How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: so tired! No matter how much sleep I get, I'm still exhausted!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: 09/09 - appointment with the high risk OBGYN. Another sonogram and the decision will be made if I go on Lovenox.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Big Christmas Eve Dinner with family, then Christmas morning we have 'Good Eggs' (like a breakfast casserole) and open presents!
Natural miscarriage @ 8 weeks - 3/8/2005
Big Brother "Skippy" born - 2/28/2007
Missed miscarriage - (EDD 3/5/2013) - D&E @ 11 weeks - 8/8/2012
"Hen" (EDD 6/7/2013) - born sleeping @ 19 weeks - 1/15/2013
"G-Unit" born - 4/14/2014 and he's 100% perfection!!
I have no idea- it was in a lake (although I don't remember which one), so that probably rules it out. It also was probably only about 2 acres of land, and may not have had a name.
BFP#1 9/5/12, MMC, MC confirmed 10/9/12,
D&C 12/12/12 BFP#2 7/30/13, EDD 4/12/14, DS born 4/14/14
EDD (if this is your first time on the check in): 4/20 (not yet confirmed)
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7wks; blueberry
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: very nauseas. All day off and on. And extremely tired.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: will have 1st appt this week w/ the midwife.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? We always do thanksgiving at my mother in-laws. It's always my favorite holiday! Fried turkey w/ kits of awesome sides and wonderful company!
@leticiasmugala my mom used to get us an ornament every year. i think i'll continue that tradition as well.
@J&NL yay! i b et you are more than excited to see hubs again!
@eme50 idk how you do this. it is hard to comment to everyone and i just want to do you justice. glad you're ok minus the lack of sleep!
@dajhughes sorry you are having such a crappy day. At least you've made it past that milestone with this little one.
@lorimc12 wow big week with your milestones. At least you're past them now and you bot to see your LO i love u/s!
@ksulli your 4th def sounds fun filled. maybe ou guys can convince the neighbors to rent you their how that weekend hehe
@bree2109 glad youre feeling better today. cramping is no fun:(
@sarahbeth27 gl with your appt tomorrow let us know how it goes
@wifeofacomposer omg what an awesome tradition. that sounds like so much fun..
@porterlove25 have a great appt tomorrow let us know how it goes
@chanzlikwilcox that a really cute tradition and what awesome memories you must have to share.
@dixon813 bluebaby...that is so cute:)
@AWICK18 have a good appt wed and let us know how it goes
@twirple that's awesome that you're whole family gets together. i don't think we will have the same luck
@luckie519 what is lovenox? sorry if that is a dumb ?
@samjen2010 sorry you are so sick mos of the day
@adrianeford fried turkey is soooo good.
sorry for all the grammar, punctuation and spelling errors. i'm too lazy to go back and reread it.
BFP#2 7/28/13 EDD 4/9/14 Birthday : 4/10/14 Adalyn Nanette
EDD (if this is your first time on the check in): orig dd for first pg was 12/27, this one is 4/18...
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7w1d, I think I'm a blueberry, lol.
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: tired, sore nips, tired. nauseated constantly. Tired!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: Second appt, hopefully with an us on Wednesday.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Family reunions every August!
DS born 4/06/14
MC #2 August 2015
CP November 2015
MC#3 January 2016
BFP 5/11/16 EDD 1/19/17
Thanks @snmetz7 for taking care of us this week! And @eme520 - I hope you are getting to rest today after your crazy 24 again yesterday!
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 9w1d - Green Olive
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: Physically, I'm feeling much better than last week. Still have a ton of food aversions and exhausted, but I'm keeping food down now. Emotionally, I'm where I expected to be at this point. Next loss milestone is next week, but I'm trying to keep everything in check and remind myself that this is a different pregnancy.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: My next appointment is with genetics on 9/18, then next u/s on 9/20. I was feeling a little anxious when I got home from vacation on Saturday and decided to pull out my Doppler (knowing it was super early). I actually heard baby's heartbeat! Last pregnancy (which ended at 12w), I was never able to find it at home. I was definitely excited about that.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? I'm having a lot of fun reading about everyone's family traditions. One of my favorite traditions is we all get new Christmas PJs on Christmas Eve that everyone wears on Christmas morning to open presents and for breakfast. Even today, we wear the PJs on the drive across town.
BFP #1: EDD 12.28.12 - MC @ 6w3d | BFP #2: EDD 11.15.13 - D&C @ 12w4d
BFP #3: Superbaby born 4.5.14 | Just When You Least Expect It...
I am physically tired and so nauseous that I don't know what to do. I don't want to eat, but I force myself, and then I feel even worse after. This is the pits, although in an odd way I am grateful for it because it reminds me to believe I'm pregnant with a baby coming in April.
Next week is my appointment...I want to see little bean's HB again and I will feel better.
Favorite holiday memory is my grandpa...he would always come over and wake us up on Christmas morning. I hope to continue that tradition with my little ones.
EDD (if this is your first time on the check in): edd is 4/18
Gestation in weeks/fruit: 7wks 3days aka blueberry
How are you feeling physically? Im sooooo tired!!! I have two young kids already (6 and 17 months) and work three 12hr shifts a week. The nausea, sore boobs and weird food aversions/cravings are always interesting. And the frequent migraines suck. But it's all worth it to get that cute fat baby in my arms. Emotionally?: total nut job over here!!!i I can't tell anyone at work yet. And just about bit a girl's head off the other night cause it was almost 5 and I hadn't eaten lunch yet. But really I'm just trying to keep the images and stories of other sad losses out of my mind, including my own. Bad idea to think when you are pregnant, just saying!
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: heard a HB last week even though it was still early. So just waiting for next appointment in 3 weeks to confirm growth, strong HB and do the NT.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? I love thanksgiving!!!! I cook for days and have everyone over for a huge meal. There are at least two of everything( candied yams and mashed potatoes, brown and white gravy, etc). And it's all made from scratch. But then the best part is while the boys are getting ready for all the football, beer and cigars I'm getting ready to go hunting:) I'm talking BLACK FRIDAY SALES!!!! I do all of my Christmas shopping in about 18 hrs and then I'm done!!! Well except for the candy. Chocolate doesn't last that long in my house, lol. Plus the next day on Saturday we go to a tree farm and cut down our own Christmas tree. Then we spend that night decorating it, drinking hot apple cider and eating leftover turkey, yummy!
It's my favorite weekend of the year
*edited for horrible spelling*
How are you feeling physically? Emotionally?: good, good. Just a little bit tired and some mild nausea.
Upcoming Appointments or Milestones: U/S friday.
GTKY -- What is your favorite family tradition? Easter mealI am EXHAUSTED! Other than that, I'm fine physically.
My US is 9/20.
Family Tradition - we used to spend a week at a cabin on Burden Lake NY every summer. My dad & his 5 brothers would all coordinate so all the cousins could get together. Since my grandma passed away, we have only done this once, but we have all still managed to get together one way or another every year or two.