TGIF Check-In

kcolly32 · January 2016

How far along are you?

How are you feeling?

Doing anything baby related today?

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!

kcolly32 · January 2016

How far along are you? 9w2d

How are you feeling? Gas is terrible, and my boobs are huge

Doing anything baby related today? This

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: excited for my appt on Wednesday, hoping to get another US. I'm over this gas, it's embarrassing

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! Together 10years and married for 3 years.

nanner26 · January 2016

How far along are you? 9 weeks!

How are you feeling? I have actually been feeling great the past few days. I've been working out consistently and I think that has helped with my energy level. I don't want to jinx it but I'm hoping it stays this way!

Doing anything baby related today? Nope

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I completed inputing grades and finished report cards for my students today. Glad that's over for now!

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!
We have been married for over 7.5 years but together for over 10 years.

1faceinacrowd · January 2016

How far along are you? 11w3d

How are you feeling? Pretty good! The nausea is less intense every day, and I'm feeling a lot less exhausted.

Doing anything baby related today? Just this.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: We have our 12 week ultrasound on Tuesday and I can't wait! I'm also excited to be done with taking progesterone (doc said I can stop at 12 weeks).

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! A total of a little over 2 years. We've only been married since November though.

pelorunningmama · January 2016

How far along are you? 9w3d

How are you feeling? Tired! If I'm not in bed by 8:30, I'm a zombie the next day. And my boobs... so so big.

Doing anything baby related today? This

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: My mom was in town last night and made me the meal I have been craving. SOOOO good. That's all.

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! Dating 8 years, married a little over 3.

amandazap · January 2016

How far along are you?
10w6d

How are you feeling?
aweeeesome

Doing anything baby related today?
bumpin

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
Eric Church needs to come to Chicago

Questions?
Nah

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!
married since 1/7/15, been together since 1/14

DSMLove · January 2016

How far along are you? 9 weeks

How are you feeling? Still tired and nauseated, but I think it's starting to get a little better. I'm hoping that the worst is behind me.

Doing anything baby related today? Bumping and avoiding housework.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Hooray! I think I finally have a breakfast solution that doesn't make me hurl. I can't handle cooking in the morning, so I premade slices of French toast and put them in my fridge. That way all I have to do in the morning is pop them in my toaster and then eat them. They seem to be the right mix of protein and carbs to keep my nausea away.

Questions? None right now.

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! A long time! We started dating 13 years ago and we got married 8 1/2 years ago.

ReadyForaB · January 2016

How far along are you? 11w5d

How are you feeling? Fantastic

Doing anything baby related today? Probably most buying more maternity stuff online. Motherhood is having a good sale.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: TGIF! Also, I hope we get buried in snow! (PA)

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! 10 years next month. Married since July.

tmk0325 · January 2016

How far along are you? 9w1d

How are you feeling? Pretty good. Except my boobs.. I feel like my nipples could cut glass super sensitive! Also really gassy!

Doing anything baby related today? Just this

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Feeling pretty good! I've been doing PIYo daily and I think that helps.

Questions? Nope

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! SO and I have been together just shy of 4 years, living together for 2.5.

@amandazap I love me some E.C! I've seen him live a lot!

charmedlifex3 · January 2016

How far along are you? 11 Weeks

How are you feeling? Yesterday was so bad! Apparently I got really anemic. I went to the doctor because I was exhausted, everything hurt, and I couldn't breathe. Well - I could, but it felt like I wasn't getting enough air unless I was taking really big breaths.

Doing anything baby related today? Bumping!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I'm just glad I caught the iron issue - that was scary!

Questions? Anyone have good recipes to "hide" read meat? I've been a vegetarian most of my life because I can't stand the taste, but after yesterday, I'm going to make an effort.

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! Three years or so, married since August. Best thing that ever happened to me was the day we both tried to buy the same flower at Jerry's flower stall! (Yes, it's an epic meet cute.)

smilormarie · January 2016

How far along are you?
6 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling?
(TMI)
Had really bad diarrhea all day yesterday. And just overall tummy pain all day. Seems to be better today. I'm hoping it doesn't hit me again in the middle of the parent teacher conference scheduled at 1 pm today at my 2.5 yr old's school.

Doing anything baby related today?
Nope.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes:
I had a dream they found triplets. A set of identical with a singleton tucked just behind. And s few nights ago I had a dream I had to sleep with FES from that 70s show. I guess the weird dreams have already started.

Questions?
Nope. But this time around I'm USING my electric heating blanket. I keep the setting on low, like 3 out of 10. That can't possibly hurt, right?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!
Dated for 2 yrs before getting engaged, engaged for 6 months, coming up on our 5 year wedding anniversary the end of May. Just over 7 years total.

MSUgrad12 · January 2016

How far along are you? 10 weeks

How are you feeling? MS is worst in the mornings, eases into dizziness in the afternoon

Doing anything baby related today? I'm ordered a fetal Doppler and I should be getting it today!

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: so excited about my job interview coming up!!

Questions? No

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!
We've been together 9 years, married since May

JournoGrl23 · January 2016

How far along are you? 10w4d

How are you feeling? Still get nauseous at night. Haven't thrown up in a few days so I'm hoping that means the symptoms are easing as the first trimester nears the end.

Doing anything baby related today? Just this. And my friend at work has been helping me with the baby registry. I know it's really early for that, but I'm a planner and am one of those people that needs to be prepared. I have no idea what I'm doing since I'm a FTM so I want plenty of time to do it.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I had a dream last night I had my baby and it was a boy. I kept holding him and just couldn't let him go. I really can't wait to hold my baby in real life!

Questions? Just curious, when do each of you consider the first trimester to be over? I've read different things in multiple books and online and have been told different things by other people and doctors. Some say 12 weeks, some say 13 and some say 14. When am I supposed to know that I'm officially in the second trimester?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! We've been together for 7 years and married for 3.

lucypod · January 2016

How far along are you? 12 w 3 d

How are you feeling? great!

Doing anything baby related today? just bumpin. Yesterday was a big baby-related day (NT scan/ultrasound and telling my boss/coworkers)

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: TGIF! Looking forward to a snowed-in weekend with my hubby.

Questions?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! 6 years, married 9/6/14

jmw386 · January 2016

How far along are you? 10w6d

How are you feeling? Ugh. My morning all-day sickness is here in full force. I'm struggling to find things to drink / eat that don't make me want to throw up.

Doing anything baby related today? Just this. I haven't been on here in almost two weeks. We went on vacation last week, and I've been scrambling to catch up at work this week.

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I was originally planning to wait until after the 12 week mark to tell anyone outside our immediate families, but I've given up. For planning reasons, we both decided we needed to tell our workplaces this week. We'll start telling friends and extended family this weekend. We were in Disney World last week and got a really cute picture of our son wearing mouse ears and a big brother t-shirt. I'll probably send that around tonight.

Questions? Drinking plain water is so hard right now with the nausea. Does anyone have a go-to drink when they feel lousy?

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! Started dating almost 15 years ago (senior year of high school). Married for 5 1/2 years.

charmedlifex3 · January 2016

@jmw386 Ginger green tea with molasses. Bonus - buy organic black strap molasses, it has 10% of the iron you need for a day in one tablespoon.

1faceinacrowd · January 2016

@Allisun85 I've been mostly vegetarian for years too. There are lots of non-meat sources of iron, like dark leafy greens (like spinach), nuts, beans, sunflower seeds, etc.

tisunge602 · January 2016

JournoGrl23 said:

How far along are you? 10w4d How are you feeling? Still get nauseous at night. Haven't thrown up in a few days so I'm hoping that means the symptoms are easing as the first trimester nears the end. Doing anything baby related today? Just this. And my friend at work has been helping me with the baby registry. I know it's really early for that, but I'm a planner and am one of those people that needs to be prepared. I have no idea what I'm doing since I'm a FTM so I want plenty of time to do it. Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I had a dream last night I had my baby and it was a boy. I kept holding him and just couldn't let him go. I really can't wait to hold my baby in real life! Questions? Just curious, when do each of you consider the first trimester to be over? I've read different things in multiple books and online and have been told different things by other people and doctors. Some say 12 weeks, some say 13 and some say 14. When am I supposed to know that I'm officially in the second trimester? GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! We've been together for 7 years and married for 3.

Have you checked out lucieslist.com? Super helpful for registry stuff AND pregnancy/parenting stuff in general. Her emails are awesome and customized for your due date.

Re: trimesters, the first one is over after your 13th week. So the day you turn 14 weeks is the day you start the 2nd trimester. https://www.thebump.com/a/how-long-is-each-trimester

ramoseecology · January 2016

@Allisun85 I'm so glad that got caught early on! I'm vegetarian and had iron issues before when I ate meat. Since becoming vegetarian I focus on lentil soups, beans and such, and pairing it with vitamin C. Vitamin C helps you absorb more of the iron so definitely start squeeze on lots of lemon juice, add in bell peppers, etc. to your food (as you can) to help boost your intake. Dairy can hinder absorption. Great idea getting the organic black strap molasses. I've also heard really good things about Floradix liquid iron.

@jmw386 I've had an issue with that as well. I've gotten some 100% juice and am mixing that with water, so it's really diluted but the water has some taste to help it stay down without the nauseous feeling. I have one tall glass of that a day, and then also drink some decaf tea as well, have watery soups, etc.

How far along are you?
11w2d

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: I have to work this weekend which I'm not looking forward to but at least it should help my stress levels.

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?!
Married 8 years, together 12.

JournoGrl23 · January 2016

@tisunge602 thank you so much! And thank you for the links. That's really helpful. And I'm glad to finally know the start of the second trimester. Now I have something to count down to!

charmedlifex3 · January 2016

I know.... It hasn't been enough. I eat kale and beans pretty much daily, have been drinking tea with molasses, and I still ended up sick. Since I don't have a moral objection, the doctor is insisting I start eating meat. Blech.

I'm just glad they figured out what was going on so easily! I've been feeling AWFUL.

smilormarie · January 2016

JournoGrl23 said:

Questions? Just curious, when do each of you consider the first trimester to be over? I've read different things in multiple books and online and have been told different things by other people and doctors. Some say 12 weeks, some say 13 and some say 14. When am I supposed to know that I'm officially in the second trimester?

I personally use 15 weeks as the start of 2nd tri. I like to break up pregnancy Into even time periods of 12 weeks (12, 12, 12) and because you aren't officially pregnant until implantation occurs which is at approx 3 weeks, 3+12 is 15, then another 12 is 27, then another 12 is 39.

* and you won't be able to put him down after he's born. You'll want to hold him ALL.THE.TIME. :-)

amarfeo17 · January 2016

How far along are you? 12 weeks 1 day

How are you feeling? Still feeling nauseous, headaches on and off

Doing anything baby related today? Just riding the couch after a long day at work

Rant/Rave/Positive Vibes: Actually just finished a good old hormonal crying session because I'm so sick of feeling like this. I just want to be able to eat normally again, it also doesn't help that I loathe throwing up.

Questions? Anyone else still feeling crappy? I'm praying that I feel better soon, it's been a long first trimester

GTKY- How long have you and DH been together?! We've been married for 2.5 years and together for 7

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