Good Morning and happy Monday to all! Welcome to the Monday ticker change check-in! This is a check in for anyone who's ticker moves to a new week/fruit on Monday. Do we have any new Monday ticker changers? If so, please intro below and I will add you to the check-in!Many thanks to @noonandj04 who will be taking over this check in in 2 weeks. It has been so wonderful to run this check in every week and get to know each of you. I will continue to check in and will obviously be lurking like crazy after I graduate!Congratulations to @Fuccimama on the birth of her sweet BIG baby boy Jason Malachi! Sending lots of love to you and your family and wishing you a speedy recovery!!******************************EDD/How many weeks/Fruit? Appts/ Updates?How are you feeling? What are you craving?QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose?*******************************Amores0121 – So glad that things are going well. When do you move into the new place? I give you a lot of credit for moving at this stage of the game. I hope you're hiring someone good! Your little one is almost here!!!
Kateitho - How is Paul doing this past week? I hope he's doing well! Ugh, dogs and their lack of self preservation instincts... My Duncan once ate an entire tray of Chinese food leftovers including chicken wing bones and the sticks from beef teriyaki! How are you doing this week?
Third&goal - So glad that everything is going well for you. How have you been?
lindsayhilleary - I can totally understand what you mean about missing work. As much as this place drives me crazy, it feels like a family, so it makes sense. I'm glad you were able to do what is best for you and the little one, though. How are you feeling this week?
princezjk - Hope everything is still looking awesome at the weekly checks! Dare I ask about nursery progress? Is that little guy giving any indication that he is ready to come out and meet everyone??
voplo - OMG things are really starting to come together for you. It will not be long now. Your c-section is the day after my due date! Did you get the hospital bag packed?
noonandj04 - Hope the next several weeks fly by for you on pelvic rest and that you get taken off of it in time to enjoy some "activities" before the discomfort of third tri sets in! Are you seeing any baby kicks or punches from the outside yet?
Banbie18 - I hope the hospital addresses that poor patient care with the people who did your first sono. (((HUGS))) That sucks that the nausea is back. Feeling any better this week?
songbirdsinging55 - How was the check up last week. Any idea when you will start volunteering?
TheFutureMrsD - I am so glad that the trip home was better! How was your week? Have you made any little baby girl purchases?
sgio7485 - How was your appointment on Thursday? How is the afternoon sickness treating you? Have you shared your news with anyone yet?
Jess123456 - How did the OB appointment go? Are you feeling any better this week?
Samuelismomma - I am so glad to hear that you're doing well. Are you still feeling pretty OK? Have you shared your news with anyone yet?
ChicagoJackie - Congratulations and welcome to the Monday check-in!! We are so happy to have you here. I hope you had a great week. How did you tell your DH/SO the big news??
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!




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Re: ~~~Monday Ticker Change Check-In~~~
Appts/ Updates? Regular OB appointment on Wednesday. Everything is going well. After my nursery PIP last Friday I cleaned everything out of there. My parents picked up our glider and came up on Saturday. I was worried about all of the furniture fitting in there, but after a little bit of tetris, we figured out an arrangement that will work. So our dresser is in and full of baby clothes (hooray!) and we are waiting for the rug to arrive before moving in the rest of the furniture. Hopefully I'll have final nursery pics sometime soon!
How are you feeling? Still with the cramping and now with swollen ankles, but all oar for the course. I feel really good all things considered!!
What are you craving? Lemonade and cookies. I am also starting to think about some post baby meals like sushi, raw oysters, wine, wine and more wine!
QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose? I can't remember how I answered before, but I think from me I'd love to have baby get my planning and organizational skills. From my husband, I think I would choose his emotional intelligence and sense of spontaneity.... which might be at odds a bit with type A planner personality, haha.
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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Appts/ Updates? Nothing yet!
How are you feeling? Great, still! No complaints.
What are you craving? Cheese! Which is weird because pre-pregnancy I didn't care at all for cheese. Now I eat quite a bit of it!
QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose? Good question! Personality: DH's geniune kindness and willingness to put others first, but my assertiveness (DH can be a bit of a pushover). Physical: I hope our boy gets DH's pronounced cheekbones, straight soft hair (mine is frizzy/curly, wah), and skintone (DH can tan a bit, I just burn and have freckles, lol). I guess LO could have...my nose? Haha.
Thank you, I'm hoping for the same! Unfortunately my doc made it sound like I wouldn't be going in for another u/s until third tri starts, so I suppose no second trimester activities in my future! Womp womp. And yes, I have been seeing baby moving from the outside! It is the strangest, yet most awesome sensation. DH gets a kick out of it, too. I love feeling his movements getting stronger...it is just so reassuring, you know?
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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EDD 2/16/2015
Weeks 7
I don't know the fruit, but one that is very tiny.
Appt- July 10 first OB exam
Updates- I had better than doubling betas in week 4 and great progesterone, but low estrogen. I have been on the estradiol patch since.
I have been feeling great. M/s has subsided some and exhaustion has increased, but I'm just so happy to be pg again.
I have been craving the smell of Dawn New Zealand dish soap. I could sit and smell it all day.
QOTW: I guess I would like our baby to have my sense of humor and my husband's laid back out look on life.
@SuperKim13 thank you for running check-in!
Married August 2003
Also, I think I may have accidentally hit the report button bc I'm mobile. So sorry about that.
No appts for a few weeks. I think I might be starting to feel movement but its hard to tell. Not baby related I'm sitting in a car down dealership with DH getting a new car for him. (His was not baby approved.) We also started talking baby names last night. Its going to be harder than I thought.
I want fruit and DH keeps saying he's going to go to the farmers market and he hasn't yet. Looks like I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow. I could also go for a brownie...
I'd like her to have my independence and either his laid back-ness or his sense of humor.
*6 weeks/sweet pea
*Intake appt July 18th
Repeat progesterone this Friday
First set of five betas all good
Progesterones were down trending but we turned it around (w increased dose...yuck...but yay for no spotting at all and great lab #!)
*Feeling mostly okay, very fatigued but I do better if I keep busy!
*craving hamburgers...just the patty with sweet baby ray BBQ sauce and cheddar cheese and fresh sweet corn
*qotw I hope this baby gets my husbands sharp fast wit (he is funny!) and my patience. And that this one is like his/her sweet big sister who is so awesome!
BFP #2: m/c at 7w, February, 2014
BFP #3: It's a BOY! Please be our rainbow! Due February, 2015
*everyone always welcome*
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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@SuperKim13 - I can't believe you are so close to meeting your LO!!!
BFP 5/19/2013. MC 7/2/2013 (9w6d) with est. loss at 8w. Miso 7/3/2013 and emergency D & C 7/6/2013.
BFP#2 11/6/2013. CP 11/14/2013.
BFP #3 12/13/2013. Beta #1 @ 15dpo- 239. Progesterone 27. Beta #2 @17dpo - 90. CP 12/21/2013
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:6-7
All PgAL and PAL welcome.
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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I can't believe it either. It still feels surreal some days. I have to really remind myself that we will be bringing home a baby soon.
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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Appts/ Updates? Had a general check up, go in for 1 hour glucose test next week. DS is great, very active.
How are you feeling? Great! Overheated, it is hot outside. I am so excited for nursery plans. We found a beautiful rug that looks like a birch tree. It was on sale for $25! I gave been so excited for it that it is borderline dorky.
What are you craving? Watermelon all day, everyday.
QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose?
My motivation and drive. Dh's calm and laid back nature. Also, DH's beautiful blue eyes.
@chicagojackie welcome! Yay for great labs!
@footprint welcome and yay for great betas!
@TheFutureMrsD baby movements are so exciting!
@noonandj04 thank you taking over the check in soon " " "
@Samuelismomma I hope you feel better. Low blood pressure is tough
Appts/ Updates? Oh well, I couldn't do anything yesterday because I went to my weekly appointment and the doctor said I was having contractions... Really? I didn't feel anything at all lol. I was sent to the hospital and they subsided without medication although I got a shot for something...I don't even have idea of what was. After 6 hours I was sent home...now I am in really bed rest... nothing just bathrooms walks and that's it. Until birth! So
How are you feeling? Like crap, on top of everything I have been diagnosed with Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction (SPD) and that is the reason why my down area is so painful all the time. It is like carrying a watermelon inside my vagina at all times and it hurts very badly. I guess that's why I didn't feel the contractions, I'm in pain most of time. My husband asked me yesterday if this was going to be the last one and I shout at him "Of course!" then I cried because the hormones wanted to do so and I couldn't believe after all this he still thinks I want to be pregnant again! Hormones rage!
What are you craving? I told to the nurse yesterday, I want this baby out. I love him/her and I have been waiting for this for 2 years but I can't. She said she didn't think I would make it to 39 weeks and I felt relieved. Don't get me wrong, the baby is the 1st priority and I won't do anything to rush the birth to happen but I AM DONE. I am craving my body back and be able to move.
QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose? I'll skip this question since I am not really in the mood to say anything nice about my DH... -.-
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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Appts/ Updates? My NT scan is on Thursday - I can't believe it! Last Thursday I heart he heartbeat on the doppler at 172
How are you feeling? Today, pretty awful. Nausea and headaches are still hanging around. The tiredness seems to sort of be heading out, most of the time. Crazy vivid dreams!
What are you craving? Still fuji apples (have to be Fuji, have to be sliced, and have to be really cold!) and cool whip (by itself, with a spoon, I don't discriminate
QOTW: I think I asked this once awhile ago, but we have some new folks, so: What trait (physical or otherwise) would you want to pass down to your LO from you and from your SO/DH if you could choose?
TTC since October 2012
BFP#1 1/11/13, EDD 9/19/13, M/C at 9wk6dy
BFP#2 11/12/13, DS born 7/28/14!
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voplo I loved the Aden & Anais swaddle blankets with DD. They also make a great sheer nursing cover if you don't have yours with you. They are light and pretty and my daughter didn't mind having it over her when we nursed in the hospital, etc.
songbirdsinging55 I ate so much watermelon with DD I thought she'd come out with seeds
@footprint welcome from a fellow TTCALer and congrats!
thanks all for the warm welcome!!
BFP #2: m/c at 7w, February, 2014
BFP #3: It's a BOY! Please be our rainbow! Due February, 2015
*everyone always welcome*