Thursday symptoms, questions etc:

ACleanLife24 · July 2015

Week:

What's new with baby (size, development):

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby:

Rant/rave/symptoms:

Questions for the Group:

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills?

KristieA · July 2015

Week: 4 weeks 1 day

What's new with baby (size, development): still working on differentiation!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: not much today!

Rant/rave/symptoms: I have to admit I am terrified that I am not actually pregnant or that I will lose the baby. I don't know why I keep having these thoughts but it's actually kept me from calling the midwife. I somehow think if I wait another week I will feel better about this!

Questions for the Group: none today

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I work for a University developing social programmes and representing Masters and PhD students.

ACleanLife24 · July 2015

Week: 5+5

What's new with baby (size, development): Appleseed

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: The DIY and binge cleaning continues... I have gone through my wardrobes multiple times already and am ready for another clear out so we can rearrange the bedroom so DH doesn't need to climb over me to get in and out of bed

Rant/rave/symptoms: I had the lightest spotting this morning, first time but still made me panic a bit

Questions for the Group: What books should I read? I already got the Happiest Baby on the block (ok but repetitive) and just started Expecting Better which has a very analytical approach which I like

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I am on my last couple of weeks of teaching in a secondary school (ages 11-6 and I teach chemistry, physics and biology! I get August and September off before I start a PhD (which I also do get paid, albeit less than teaching, for but I get a decent maternity package).

navegalejos · July 2015

Week: 2w2d

What's new with baby (size, development): Poppyseed-ish!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Looking into our work maternity/paternity leave situations. Ugh, I have to have been working at my company for 1 year to receive the PAID 6 weeks of maternity leave. If I'm due in March, I will have been working for my company for 11 months. Sooo, I will get leave, but not paid leave.

Rants / raves / symptoms: Nothing yet!

Questions for the Group: Nothing yet!

GTKY: What do you do to pay those bills bills bills? I work at a high-end fashion / home decor boutique on a 5-star hotel property in NC. I love so much that I am really struggling with what I will do post-baby. I never wanted to be anything other than a Mom, but now I really want to keep my job AND be a Mom! Looks like I've got some thinking to do over the next 9 months...

**Edited to add weeks & days

Kristin712 · July 2015

Week: 4w2d

What's new with baby (size, development): Beginning to develop vital organs.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Organizing our office as it will also become the guest bedroom once we need to move the bed in order to have a nursery!

Rant/rave/symptoms: I'm tired! My lower back, legs, and feet started hurting yesterday. It doesn't help that I worked three ten-hour days. I am looking forward to getting home at a decent time today and laying on the couch!

Questions for the Group:

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I am a speech-language pathologist and primarily work with children under three. I do home visits and make my own schedule, which will be very helpful during and after pregnancy.

jilloboe · July 2015

@KristieA , I feel the same way. I actually welcome any feelings of nausea or breast tenderness or feeling soooo tired, because it's at least helping to assure me that I wasn't imagining that BFP. I don't want to be feeling blue, when this should be a super happy time, but I, too, am worried about losing the baby. Distract, distract, distract! The first trimester is way harder than the 2WW!

KristieA · July 2015

@Jiloboe Oh good! I'm not the only one who is looking forward to symptoms so I know I am actually pregnant

I am sure in a few weeks we will be like, why did we ever wish for this! I have started a new knitting project as a distraction, a lacy wrap that can be worn as a scarf and then cover me when the LO is nursing. It makes me feel better to do something without spending a lot of money on stuff now before we are safely through the 1st trimester.

I never thought anything would be worse than the the 2WW but you are totally right!

jilloboe · July 2015

Week: 4w

What's new with baby: Poppyseed!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: We don't want to tell our sons until we've told the grandparents (two more weeks when we're on vacation), because we know they'd blab! But we did talk to them about getting bunk beds and sharing a bedroom! They want to get one today! We told them we would probably wait until the end of the summer.

Rant/rave/symptoms: I'm tired! Breasts are tender, and I have a bit of nausea. DH says, "How can you all of a sudden be so tired right after a positive pregnancy test?" Funny how that works, right? Believe me, I'd much prefer to have boundless energy!!

Questions for the Group: Anybody here going with a midwife or considering a home birth?

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I teach one class at a college--luckily it's in the Fall this year! Also teach piano lessons, which I'll be able to do until baby is born. I have a 2.5 hour commute to play in my orchestra, September through May each year, but this coming season, I don't have any concerts to play January through April! I may have to take the May concert set off, but that would be awesome if I could swing it. With my first two, I brought my babies with me to rehearsals and concerts, nursed right before and at breaks, and a local sitter (usually college student or teenage child of a fellow orchestra member) would stay well out of hearing range with them while we played. I'm aware that you can't plan life so tidily all the time though...we will have to see this go-round! I also do Pampered Chef parties (nice flexibility), and I'm considering starting my own Kindermusik business...it was in the plan until this pregnancy...don't know if that would be one thing too many.

Sorry for the long response! Just kind of got away from me! Any fellow musicians that are in a similar situation?

blueeyedrose86 · July 2015

@jilloboe, I was considering a home birth before I learned that there aren't any midwives covered by my insurance in my area

I wish we could afford it out of pocket, but no dice. So I guess we'll just use a doula in the hospital like with our first. We are in a different state now, so I hope the hospital is natural birth friendly!

KJKNAJ · July 2015

Week: 5w1d

What's new with baby (size, development): same as yesterday

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: nothing, I'm heading out of town for a 12 day vacation today so it'll be a nice distraction, I'll be that much closer to my first appt when we get back.

Rant/rave/symptoms: I dry heaved this morning. In the next few days that'll probably ramp up to actual vomiting. As mentioned before, I've had awful morning sickness in all my prior pregnancies (4) and I'm dreading it. I absolutely hate that part of pregnancy!

Questions for the Group:

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? Until Feb I was a supply chain manager for a toy company. Now I'm home for the summer with my kids, which is different for me bc I've worked for twenty yrs! In Sep when they go back to school I will get a 6mth part time temp job until baby is born.

Orion815 · July 2015

What's new with baby (size, development): 4 weeks, 2 days. Poppyseed!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Started pregnancy-specific meditation yesterday. It's amazing what you can find on YouTube!

Rant/rave/symptoms: I feel SUPER nauseous and extremely tired this morning. It's the first day I woke up feeling different since my BFP on Monday. A little dizzy when I stand up once in a while too.

Questions for the Group: How long are you all waiting to tell immediate family/best friends? Our first ultrasound is 7/21, and we are hesitant to tell anyone before that. It's our first baby, so I'm very nervous about something happening before then.

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I am an editorial director for a publishing company. Been there for more than a decade. My coworkers are like my family, so it's hard to keep this all a secret!

ACleanLife24 · July 2015

@Orion815 a few people at work and my two best friends know... Grandparents will find out at 8 weeks which is one week after my first scan which I am paying for (£60 for peace of mind)... then we will tell most family after that

skruhmin · July 2015

Week: 4+1

What's new with baby (size, development): Poppyseed

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Yesterday I ordered a prenatal fitness DVD. Hoping to keep moving this go around.

Rant/rave/symptoms: My bloat is out of control by the end of the day and I already have red marks on my belly from my jeans. I don't know how I'm going to keep out of maternity pants for very long (I get large fast - have with all of my pregnancies). Exhaustion is through the roof. I go back and forth between starving and nauseous so that's fun.

Questions for the Group: Anyone here moms of 2+ kids? Anyone here who will have 2 under 2 when baby gets here?

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I'm a software engineer and husband is in customer service.

mdr619 · July 2015

Week: 4w/2d

What's new with baby (size, development): I don't know what's new with baby...sure hope s/he is thriving and implanting like a champ!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: Something new I'm doing? Starting to prep DS by telling him there's a baby in mommy's tummy.

Rant/rave/symptoms: Nauseous this morning. Still having the random sharp pains on the left side.

Questions for the Group: I tried to update my signature for this pregnancy and I'm having the hardest time with it! I even followed the directions EXACTLY that were posted in the "welcome" thread...and I still can't figure it out. When I click the "picture" icon and paste the URL address, the pic doesn't show up...just an icon of a pic (if that makes sense). What am I doing wrong?

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I am a SAHM, Hubby brings home the bacon....although I guess technically I DO pay the bills. He makes the money, I spend it.

skruhmin · July 2015

@jilloboe I've done midwives for both of my deliveries and it was amazing - I'm available for any questions. And because of the distance we lived from the hospital I did midwife attended hospital births. I was extremely sad that my previous midwife practice shut down last fall. But I got a good recommendation for a new practice in the area.

skruhmin · July 2015

@mdr619 go to your profile to update it, click on view source, then paste the code/URL address, then save - you should see it then. TheBump is not exactly the most user friendly.

parenthood4 · July 2015

4 weeks 1 day (ish?)

We bought a big sister book! Telling close family soon, when we see them.

So tired! I feel like I could fall asleep allllll the time. Thank goodness my other two still nap.

Answers to questions I saw...

We tell close friends and family almost right away. If we did lose the baby, I would want their support. I just don't tell anyone I wouldn't want to explain that to.

We will have two under two (barely- DD will be two March 24), plus a three year old.

I stay home with my kids now, but I was an elementary school teacher. This was my first full school year at home and it's been great!

bridge2005 · July 2015

Week: 4w2d I think

What's new with baby (size, development): poppyseed

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: we bought a house so we are doing a lot of updating and organizing, etc.

Rant/rave/symptoms: No symptoms yet.

Questions for the Group:

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I'm a registered nurse on a cardiac telemetry unit.

KristieA · July 2015

ACleanLife24 said:

@Orion815 a few people at work and my two best friends know... Grandparents will find out at 8 weeks which is one week after my first scan which I am paying for (£60 for peace of mind)... then we will tell most family after that

Are you going private for your scan? I thought the NHS did them for free?

northernmama2013 · July 2015

Week: 4+2

What's new with baby (size, development): Poppyseed.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: I'm an avid babywearer/collector of carriers so as soon as I got my bfp I started stalking the swaps for pretty new carriers

(woven wraps in particular).

Rant/rave/symptoms: Bloated, exhausted.

Questions for the Group: Any Canadian mamas in here?? I'm in BC!

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I'm a teacher

Stormiewinter · July 2015

Week: 5.1

What's new with baby (size, development):
My little Apple seed is starting to develop organs

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby:
I have a few week by week books from my first pregnancy... Each new week I read about that week in the different books. I try to spread it out over a few days to help the week pass sooner.

Rant/rave/symptoms: tired and gassy, random queasiness that comes and goes

Questions for the Group:

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills?
I am a first grade special education teacher.

ACleanLife24 · July 2015

KristieA said:

ACleanLife24 said:

@Orion815 a few people at work and my two best friends know... Grandparents will find out at 8 weeks which is one week after my first scan which I am paying for (£60 for peace of mind)... then we will tell most family after that

Are you going private for your scan? I thought the NHS did them for free?

Because I am being seen by specialist unit and my booking appt got moved to Aug I don't want to wait for 13 weeks.... plus I would really like to have some peace of mind that little bugger is in their and has a heartbeat before I explode and tell the world (although at the rate I feel like I am exploding everyone should know! Its all bloat and swelling from this heat spell!)

Lisa6083 · July 2015

What's new with baby (size, development):
Appleseed. 2nd beta was 139, so we suspect only one of the 2 embryos implanted.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby:
cleaning out its room, which is the "spare" room.

Rant/rave/symptoms:
symptoms are fatigue and slightly sore breasts

Questions for the Group: none right now

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills?
Customer service rep in a retail store

KristieA · July 2015

ACleanLife24 said:

KristieA said:

ACleanLife24 said:

@Orion815 a few people at work and my two best friends know... Grandparents will find out at 8 weeks which is one week after my first scan which I am paying for (£60 for peace of mind)... then we will tell most family after that

Are you going private for your scan? I thought the NHS did them for free?

Because I am being seen by specialist unit and my booking appt got moved to Aug I don't want to wait for 13 weeks.... plus I would really like to have some peace of mind that little bugger is in their and has a heartbeat before I explode and tell the world (although at the rate I feel like I am exploding everyone should know! Its all bloat and swelling from this heat spell!)

Totally makes sense! I might go private too so I can get a scan at a time that doesn't conflict with work.

skruhmin · July 2015

Officially hate pants. This bloat is unreal.

KristieA · July 2015

I am wearing a dress today for exactly that reason.

I am also apparently easily irritated tonight. DH and I were at the store and I was looking at milk drinks and he decided to say 'you know you're not actually eating for two yet'. Guess who got shouted at?

skruhmin · July 2015

KristieA said:

I am wearing a dress today for exactly that reason. I am also apparently easily irritated tonight. DH and I were at the store and I was looking at milk drinks and he decided to say 'you know you're not actually eating for two yet'. Guess who got shouted at?

Oooooooh yeah no....just stop talking. As soon as we told our parents' I got a few "Well that explains a lot" - Have I really been bad lately???

About to go buy some comfy pants that don't inflate the muffin top

bbrianax · July 2015

Week: 4

What's new with baby (size, development): poppyseed!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: nada

Rant/rave/symptoms: I'm getting random waves of nausea, my boobs hurt, and had some heartburn earlier. I really just want to take a nap.

Questions for the Group: Nada

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? Caregiver mostly for the elderly.

KristieA · July 2015

@skruhmin lol yes DH said something similar when I told him I was pregnant. As for comfy pants I'm rocking all the leggings

KMKaiser07 · July 2015

Week: 4w4d

What's new with baby (size, development): Still a poppyseed

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby: nothing

Rant/rave/symptoms: Today is a day of worry for me. After having a mc in March I just feel like it's too good to be true and am just waiting for something to go wrong. My appointment can't get here fast enough!

Questions for the Group: nothing yet

GTKY: What do yo do to pay those bills bills bills? I'm a SAHM but DH is a mechanical design engineer working for an aerospace company designing flight controls.

navegalejos · July 2015

I lied, I do have a question for the group! And forgive me if this was mentioned/discussed in earlier posts -- I'm still trying to figure this stuff out!

For your ticker, did you enter your LMP or your O date (if you use FF)? Obviously, my ticker would say I'm at 4 weeks if I went by LMP... but I went by my O date, so I'm actually only at 2 weeks. I had to lie to TheBump app and make my due date something later than what FF says, so that it would show me being at 2 weeks.

:-/

bridge2005 · July 2015

navegalejos said:
I lied, I do have a question for the group! And forgive me if this was mentioned/discussed in earlier posts -- I'm still trying to figure this stuff out!

For your ticker, did you enter your LMP or your O date (if you use FF)? Obviously, my ticker would say I'm at 4 weeks if I went by LMP... but I went by my O date, so I'm actually only at 2 weeks. I had to lie to TheBump app and make my due date something later than what FF says, so that it would show me being at 2 weeks.

:-/

If you ovulated on the 16th you would be 4w2d. You are already considered two weeks pregnant the day you ovulate.

navegalejos · July 2015

Thank you, @bridge2005!! It seems silly/confusing/weird, but I understand why it's easier to go by, since that's what doctors will use. Updated my ticker, and now I know for future daily check-in threads

Kristin712 · July 2015

@navegalejos I'm using my LMP to determine my EDD right now. I was temping and know when I O'ed but figure that my OB will use LMP anyway (I O'ed on CD15). From what I understand, physicians calculate your EDD using your LMP for a reason. It's just the formula that's followed for all women. I'm not concerned since I O'ed at an average time. I'm also prepared/expecting that my EDD may change once I have my first u/s later this month.

ETA: Whoops, I see your Q was already answered.

My page did not refresh to show that!

navegalejos · July 2015

@Kristin712 -- Thank you for clarifying as well! You're right, the EDD will change following the first u/s!

skruhmin · July 2015

navegalejos said:
I lied, I do have a question for the group! And forgive me if this was mentioned/discussed in earlier posts -- I'm still trying to figure this stuff out!

For your ticker, did you enter your LMP or your O date (if you use FF)? Obviously, my ticker would say I'm at 4 weeks if I went by LMP... but I went by my O date, so I'm actually only at 2 weeks. I had to lie to TheBump app and make my due date something later than what FF says, so that it would show me being at 2 weeks.

:-/

Doctors always go by lmp. So most of us have gone by that rather than O. Most calculators don't have O date.

ACleanLife24 · July 2015

KristieA said:

ACleanLife24 said:

KristieA said:

ACleanLife24 said:

@Orion815 a few people at work and my two best friends know... Grandparents will find out at 8 weeks which is one week after my first scan which I am paying for (£60 for peace of mind)... then we will tell most family after that

Are you going private for your scan? I thought the NHS did them for free?

Because I am being seen by specialist unit and my booking appt got moved to Aug I don't want to wait for 13 weeks.... plus I would really like to have some peace of mind that little bugger is in their and has a heartbeat before I explode and tell the world (although at the rate I feel like I am exploding everyone should know! Its all bloat and swelling from this heat spell!)

Totally makes sense! I might go private too so I can get a scan at a time that doesn't conflict with work.

FFFC- I intentionally booked it to conflict with work

KristieA · July 2015

LOL I just don't want my boss to get suspicious. I don't think he will be pleased with me announcing I am pregnant right after having 3 months off for ovarian surgery

Edited for fat fingers

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