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August 2016 Moms
bluesky24
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Wednesday Check In
bluesky24
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How far along are you?
How are you feeling?
Doing anything baby related today?
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
How are you feeling?
Doing anything baby related today?
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
Re: Wednesday Check In
How are you feeling? Pretty good. Being back at work has actually been a blessing, not allowing me time to worry and overly focus on my symptoms.
Doing anything baby related today? Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: 5 days til my first appointment eeeek! Sort of freaking out from excitement and nerves. I love seeing all the u/s pics, hope to add mine in a few days...
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I love the theme days - UO Thursdays, GIF parties, etc. - and I really love a weekly check in for fitness and "what's for dinner." I would like to avoid the random one off posts that seem to pop up in themes- eg three posts back to back about cramping. To me, the more generic "is this normal?" Is better off for the 1st tri board or frankly for your doctor.
How are you feeling? Congested
Doing anything baby related today? Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Just looking forward to my next appointments next week! Hoping to get some questions answered and maybe even hear the heartbeat on the Doppler (we'll see if it's too early)
Questions? Nope
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
Based upon some other boards I've been on around here:
WTF Wednesday
UO Thursday
FFFC
Maybe an AW day where we AW something in our lives
Daily randoms thread
Weekly accountability thread
Some more GTKY posts
Maybe have a weekly thread for any questions anyone has (though that's what the Questions section in these posts are for, right??). Not sure if this will stop people from posting random one-off threads, but it might be worth a shot
Eventually, sticky threads for:
Nursery pictures/ideas
Sex announcements
Birth announcements
How are you feeling? Good! Hopefully it continues.
Doing anything baby related today? No
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: it was amazing seeing the baby yesterday. I feel so much better knowing the heartbeat is strong and baby is on track.
Questions? What did you look for in an Ob?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I'm not going to be a ton of help in this department backseat this is my first board. I was looking at other boards and noticed some have an overall "randoms" board instead of doing it daily. I'm just wondering which way is more functional. Their randoms board was about 60 pages, so do we feel like this would be a bit bogged down if you're looking for something specific?
How are you feeling? Tired.
Doing anything baby related today? Don't think so.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: My doctor called me after my ultrasound on Monday (which went great) to have me call to schedule a check in with him to take another quick peak in 2 weeks. Very grateful for a doctor that seems to get the paranoia of a PGAL mom and doesn't even make me ask for these things! Now if the next two weeks could just go quickly!
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I'm not to fussy, agree about avoiding repetitive posts/encouraging newbies to use search function, but unfortunately I think there will always be some of this. I mostly hope for minimal drama as I feel that can ruin a board pretty quick.
I agree about the theme days (Monday Bitchfest, eventually Humpday Bumpday, UO Thursdays, FFFC) and I also think having a random thread is really helpful for encouraging conversation and interaction. I love these check in's now, in the first trimester, but I think as time goes on and we all have less symptoms/questions/etc. it may be worth just switching over to the weekly ticker changes and having a daily random thread. The random one can be the catch-all for all the little thoughts and worries that are now being made into separate threads. I know there was some concern expressed yesterday about the board becoming snarky which I totally get, but I do think we need to start directing people to the correct threads when they post a random new discussion (i.e. if it's about symptoms or a general question, pointing them to the daily check-in's).
And yay to gif parties!!
How are you feeling? nauseous today, but mostly good.
Doing anything baby related today? nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: no bloat today. I'm even wearing pats with buttons.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? if someone wants to play a silly "guess the sex of my baby" game, play along! We're all going through this together. Don't jump on someone for wanting to have some fun.
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How are you feeling? Really nauseous this morning, probably because I didn't eat breakfast right away like I usually do. And very sleepy.
Doing anything baby related today? I don't think so. Though we are going grocery shopping at Wal-Mart later and there's a good chance that I'll find a way to guide us toward the baby stuff, just to take a peak.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I AM SO SICK OF STUPID DRIVERS! My commute to work typically takes 30 minutes in moderate morning traffic but for the last THREE days in a row (including today), it has taken an hour. Why, you ask? Because apparently there are a lot of a-holes who don't know how to drive without following too closely, so there has been at least one accident on the interstate every morning this week caused by someone rear-ending someone else. This morning was especially awful because I didn't eat breakfast before leaving home, so I was feeling super sick by about 45 minutes into my very slow drive to work.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I like the idea of fitness check-ins, or a "what's for dinner" thread. I'm generally pretty healthy, but I've had the worst food aversions and I've really been struggling to find things that sound good, so recommendations/ideas would help a ton!
How are you feeling? Still chappy, I really don't know how much longer I can handle this.
Doing anything baby related today? Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I do not feel connected to this baby, it is making me so sick I am miserable. I also feel guilty for wanting another baby when I have my DD please tell me this guilt goes away.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I like the daily specific threads. I think as we get further along maybe getting rid of this daily thread and maybe doing the ticker change thread instead
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8 weeks?
How are you feeling?
nauseous
Doing anything baby related today?
Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
So went through the drive thru at Panera today and the person in front of me paid for my breakfast. My debit card info was stolen last week so I had limited funds and was not able to pay their (much higher) tab. FAIL. Felt so bad.
Questions?
Nope
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
Limited sarcasm? I'm sure that will work out real well..
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How are you feeling? Pretty good -- been feeling the fatigue a lot, and Monday I felt awful, but today has not been bad at all.
Doing anything baby related today? No.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Tomorrow is my first US -- I'm both excited and nervous. I really want to hear that everything is okay!
Questions? I'm having problems sleeping on my side at night, due to breast tenderness. Is that happening to anyone else? Also, does anyone else worry about the heat from their laptop raising their core temperature?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I have no idea about board organization, but I've been really delighted by the amount of support and positivity I've seen on this website. I feel lucky to have access to such an amazing group of women! So, no suggestions, just an overall thank you to everyone for being awesome
@amandazap I've never had a stranger pay for my meal--is that a thing you've had happen before? Is it a act of kindness chain?
How far along are you?
9w0d
How are you feeling?
Good today, just tired....surprised but enjoying it.
Doing anything baby related today?
Nope.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
I'm really excited my next OB appointment is a week from today!
Questions? GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I agree that I'd love to see sticky threads later for Nursery pictures/ideas, Sex announcements, and Birth announcements.
I'm also really looking forward to HDBD on Wednesdays when we're further along. At this point I think GTKY and the common daily threads could help. I'm really enjoying the supportive, not overly snarky thing we have going on now though. Not looking to add any drama to my life.
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How far along are you? 8w4d
How are you feeling? Lousy. I have a cold and today is the worst. I'm nauseous but can't tell if it is the pregnancy or just being sick. On top of that, I woke up with a really sharp pain in my neck/shoulder, probably from sleeping in a bad position. Ugh, and reading those last several sentences makes me seem really whiny.
Doing anything baby related today? Although I've already had two u/s (first they only saw a sac, second saw the baby and heartbeat at 6w), I had my first doctor's appointment this morning. I was hoping to hear the heartbeat but they didn't even try - said it was too early.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Hoping to kick this cold before we leave for vacation this weekend.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I don't feel like I have a lot to offer in this category. Although I lurked during my first pregnancy, I never really participated in the board. By the time I felt comfortable joining, it seemed to be pretty established and I felt like an outsider. I'm really enjoying how friendly and supportive this board feels so far... hoping for more of the same.
@amandazap and @ramoseecology - I know in my area the trend of paying for others' orders was started after a family lost their teenage daughter to epilepsy. As I've heard the story, shortly before the daughter passed away, she had mentioned she wanted to try Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte. After she passed away, the family went to Starbucks and prepaid for a bunch of the PSLs and asked Starbucks to put the girl's initials on the cups #AJO. It has become a pay it forward kind of thing and a really touching way to honor their late daughter.
How are you feeling? At this current moment: awful. Thank goodness I have a desk job, but I am even struggling with this. I have been sneaking out early or leaving for a few hours for a "lunch break" to get as much sleeping in as I can. Then for a few minutes I'll feel fine and start to worry something is wrong! Ugh I am a mess!
Doing anything baby related today? bumping
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: H has been so great. I have always been very independent and self sufficient. And even when I have been sick in the past he has always been so so with taking care of me. But for this he has been amazing, I feel so lucky!
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? Nothing to add to the already great comments
Me - 33; DH - 33Dating 1/18/06
Married 9/21/13
BFP #1 12/15/15 - C Born 8/27/16
BFP #2 1/10/20 - EDD 9/8/20
How far along are you? 8w3d
How are you feeling? Like I want to quit my job already lol too soon, too soon
Doing anything baby related today? nope! just this
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: so many things to say....I don't FEEL pregnant...I'm totally lacking the symptoms, no nausea or vomiting or fatigue...the tiniest bit of potty problems but that's kinda normal for me lol sorry for the TMI...I can't help but feel like maybe there's something wrong? This is my first pregnancy, and I know everyone's body is different, I would just really love to get my US ASAP so I can see it's little heart going. First apt is in 5 days, I hope they offer me a US!
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I'm digging the idea of stickies for nursery ideas and gender reveals eventually. I'd also like to see a baby registry idea discussion. IDK about you gals, but I'm hella clueless and really don't want to end up with a bunch pacifiers that I don't need. Maybe get a discussion going at some point for some mom's that have been through this before? Things that are MUST haves that most people don't tend to put on their baby registry.
**WHY THE EFF IS MY TICKER NOT WORKING??!!! lol
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How are you feeling? Tired today and the nausea is looming
Doing anything baby related today? Bumping
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Have a sick toddler and a sick husband so the next few days will be difficult trying to tend to them without getting sick myself. I have a feeling I'll be in their shoes this weekend.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? Love all the comments so far. I was a lurker on my O '13 board and was too scared to comment most of the time. I really like the vibe here and am glad I jumped in early. Great suggestions on posts to get some interaction going so I'm all in favor of those.
How are you feeling? Same old same old...nauseous and tired
Doing anything baby related today? Just bumpin
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: DH husband has been so great with picking up the slack and making dinner each night because I feel so sick...he asked me everyday what I want to eat that night since I'm having so many aversions and he'll stop at the grocery store to get exactly what I want.
Questions? Nope
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
This is my first board, so just gonna sit back and watch it all take shape.
How are you feeling? Basically normal.
Doing anything baby related today? Just this and my usual obsessing.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I have a co-worker who is obsessed with weight, her body and appearance, etc. She is in her mid-40's. To me it seems really immature to constantly be commenting on who is skinny or not, speculating over what size they wear or how much they weigh, and commenting on peoples' bodies to their face. It reminds me of high school and college girls. Even if it's framed in a complimentary way, like "you're so skinny!" it just makes people uncomfortable and is not appropriate in the workplace, even if our office is mostly female and we're all pretty chummy. I don't know if she understands that not all women bond about how fat they feel all the time. Personally I said goodbye to that crap a long time ago. I make a real effort not compare myself to others in that department, and not to tear myself or others down over appearance, and I don't want to get dragged into that. Since she doesn't know about my pregnancy she's probably noticing my weight gain/bloat and feeling smug about it, or perhaps wondering why I'm not all "woe is me" about it. Meh. I just needed to rant. I kind of feel sorry for her about this.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I am ok with a little snark but I would hate for this to turn into a mean-girls type situation. Everyone should be welcome here unless they violate the terms of use. People who come to this board are likely excited, anxious, and a bit isloated because they aren't sharing their pregnancy with their friends yet. This should be a welcoming place and people shouldn't get flamed right out of the gate because they don't know the ins and outs of The Bump just yet.
How are you feeling? Nauseous. All. Day.
Doing anything baby related today? Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I did work out for the first time in awhile today. It helped with the nausea a bit, mostly because I think it just kept my mind off of it. Trying every trick in the book throughout the day to help, I've found eating every two hours makes me feel a little better. A friend of mine said, "don't worry, it will go away by the third month..." That's like 5 weeks from now.
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
None to add!
How far along are you? 9 weeks today!
How are you feeling? Much better! I think im turning a corner finally! Still tired but the constant nausea is settling, bloat is dying down and im actually hungry for more than carbs!
Doing anything baby related today? Bumping
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
Agree with most of whats been said. Love the idea of theme related check ins ie fit mama, young mama, older mamas, high risk, twins etc, it helps find people in similar interests and keeps randoms to a minimum. Although I dont mind the occasional random thread either. Love the UO and FFFC and HDBD (when applicable! ;-) ) I like when the UO and FFFC actually stay that unpopular and flame free.. I think a lot of people get bogged down trying to defend things or snark on someones post, the idea is just to basically rant something you know might be irrational or a bit out of the box. Gif and meme parties are fun! And of course stickying threads that are common like our due dates, and annoucements, gender, nursery and baby showers, to avoiding the lots of extra new ones
Married 5/2/09 To my best friend
How are you feeling? Sore boobs mostly. Woke up with more of that today. Other than that great! The nausea medication is finally working.
Doing anything baby related today? Just this. Going to start working out lightly today though for the baby.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: yesterday I had my first appointment that got moved up because of pain I was experiencing. Turns out the pain was an ovarian cyst that's perfectly normal and my little guy is measuring two days ahead! My new due date is Aug. 15! It felt so good to see an alive baby in there wiggling back at me.
Questions? Nope.
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I want it to be very similar to the TTGP board. Everything was organized very well, which limited repeat posts and questions. And whenever there were "am I pregnant?!" Posts there was plenty of snark, which made it something to laugh at thoughout the day! I miss the snark.
How are you feeling? A bit tired but nausea seems to have calmed down a little.
Doing anything baby related today? Nope just the usual bumping.
Rants/raves positive vibes? These hormonal spots are beginning to get on my last wick!!
Questions? When should I be thinking of investing in one of those pregnancy pillows? What brands would you ladies recommend?
GTKY? I'm with @vsalazar411 been a FTM, I'd love to know the must haves before baby is born.
How are you feeling? Terrible, major morning sickness and exhaustion
Doing anything baby related today? Nope
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter?
I think if everyone can attempt to keep their snark in check it really helps to.keep the board positive. You don't need to sugar coat everything, but yeah sometimes it's just really overboard. I haven't seen it here, but I have in my previous 3 boards!
How are you feeling? I have another head cold (I think this is #4 since October) and a bit nauseous and crampy.
Doing anything baby related today? No- except cancelling a dentist app't because my dentist doesn't do fillings on pregnant ladies.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Feeling nervous about the possibility of another m/c today, and wishing I could go home from work because I feel gross. Whine whine whine. Sorry. I am generally a positive person!
Questions?
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I like a lot of the previous suggestions, but I also think some spontaneity is great, and can be entertaining or a good way to connect. So, I am wary of formalizing all of the posts. I think one-off posts that encourage discussion are interesting and fun.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
How are you feeling? Sick and tired of being sick and tired! Oh and this bloodhound nose of mine is just God awful, everything stinks!
Doing anything baby related today? No, just riding the couch right now after a very long day at work
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm just hoping by 12 weeks I feel better. We tried so hard for over a year for this baby, I should be thrilled but the nausea and exhaustion have me miserable, I'm sure it's the hormones too
Questions: none at the moment
How are you feeling? pretty good today--very happy after ultrasound
Doing anything baby related today? first appt! The ultrasound was incredible--I cried. Everything looks good and the due date is just as we expected. Now I really feel like it is real and baby is doing well. Telling some close friends the good news.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Feeling really great and hope you all are too!
Questions? Has anyone else been told they have polyps on their cervix? I was told it's normal, just hormonal.
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I agree some of the posts are repetitive right now; I'm fine with adding more structure as long as we're still welcoming!
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
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How far along are you? 6w 3d
How are you feeling? A bit nauseous- I definitely do NOT want to eat all the sauteed veggies I am required to eat every day. I want blue cheese bacon burgers. Fuck it, I might cave. My boobs hurt, I am exhausted! I can't get to sleep till about 1am, then I wake up at 5am (that's lyme disease, it messes with your sleep and circadian rhythm!) then I crash all afternoon, wake up around 6pm. Not ideal. Thank god I'm a freelancer and I work from home! Also, I'm feeling very flat/depressed. Very lonely and just....detached. There's just been too much stress lately.
Doing anything baby related today? My friend and I went to the store and looked at baby things. But, it maybe wasn't a great idea, because I didn't feel anything. Not a thing.
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Two months ago, I miscarried at this date: 6w 3d. I'm happy to have completed this day and still be very pregnant.
Questions? I'm wondering if anyone else is worried about their social life and what will happen when baby gets here. My friends don't have babies.
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I love the idea of organized threads, but I hope it doesn't lead to flaming/shaming when someone haplessly writes a post outside of the organized posts. I hate the idea that someone is reaching out and gets negative feedback/crushed in response for not being aware of the rules.
It's been a long road- Let's just say that!
How are you feeling? Light headed and the nausea is back... Been a rough day.
Doing anything baby related today? no
Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: My boss told me a while back that she was going to charge me for a baby if I ever need to enroll one in the center I teach preschool at. Found in the staff handbook today where it is a policy to let 3 kids in free and says nothing about that being dependent on the age of the child. So that was a relief.
Questions? Not one probably any of you can answer... But just trying to figure out how much iron I should be taking. My vitamins don't have any and I'm wondering if that's why I'm getting light headed.
GTKY- You've probably seen some convo about how to organize this board. What's on your wish list to encourage support, friendship and laughter? I just enjoy the current gtky posts and seeing where everyone else is and what they are experiencing. I know people get annoyed with duplicate posts, but I just scroll past them and read what I can help with. I'm here for a drama free environment where I can talk about my pregnancy without fear that someone is going to spill the beans to everyone I know!
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017