Wednesday ticker 8-24

ihateusernames* · August 2016

This is the ticker change group for mommas with the following due dates; 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 of March 2017.

How far along are you:

How big is baby:

Upcoming appointments this week:

Any new symptoms or changes:

Rants/Raves:

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning?

ihateusernames* · August 2016

I am 11 weeks!

Baby is a lime

I have an ultrasound on Sunday and plan on announcing sometime afterwards

maybe next Wednesday? I'm somewhat tempted to just wait till 20 weeks to tell the world though

no new symptoms

everybody is dying

they say tragedy comes in 3's, well it's coming in 5's where I'm from. Super depressing but it makes me extra grateful to be bringing new life to the world, to balance out the tragedies.

We we are a co-sleeping family. I currently have my 3yo and 18mo in our beds right now so we will be planning their bedroom and then just baby proofing our bed for baby. I always feel kinda sad that I miss out on nursery decorating but the co-sleeping works out so well for us.

mecoats · August 2016

@ihateusernames* I'm sorry for all of your losses. I had a year of 3 deaths for me, and it was rough. But each day gets better and we remember them and try to honor them every day.

How far along are you: 11 weeks! yay!!

How big is baby: lime, golf ball, donut hole (yum!!!), Lego mini figure (my DH will love this one!),

Upcoming appointments this week: Back to the dr. for the blood work this week, since last week was a bust because of insurance. Next U/S is 9/1. Can't wait to see and hear our LO!

Any new symptoms or changes: FTM - so not sure how to explain this, but I'm pretty sure it's the beginning of RLP. Have tenderness/soreness in my lower abdomen above my hip bone. It's not bad, just feels like I did too many crunches (which I haven't been because I'm so tired I can't work out!). Also - had food aversions last night. Made a pork chop and cut it for one bite, and told my DH that he can take it for lunch....it wasn't what I wanted to eat.

Rants/Raves: I can't wait for Fall. I'm ready to wear my leggings and sweaters/sweatshirts, and be comfortable. Also - I can't wait to tell the rest of the family/friends. We're telling my grandma this weekend. I'm the 2nd to last of the older (non-high school aged) grandchildren to have a baby. The other one doesn't want to have kids. So, my family has been asking when DH and I will have one. I'm excited to share.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? We are planning on a Winnie the Pooh nursery. My sister saved crib bedding so we already have WTP crib bedding. All we would need to really do is paint the room, and get the furniture.

lindsey2017 · August 2016

How far along are you: I am 12 weeks today! Yeah!

How big is baby: TB app says babe is size of a plum; my Ovia app says Ripe Apricot..

Upcoming appointments this week: I am going to my first regular OB appt next Monday to meet her (my gyn does not deliver babies anymore!) and I am really excited to get my NT test and move on out of the first tri into the second!

Any new symptoms or changes: This past week I've felt the worse I have - but I noticed last night, if I keep moving and am up doing things, it takes my mind off it and I feel much better. I was coming straight home from work and being incredibly lazy and going to bed early, but last night I grilled out with DH and felt a lot better!

Rants/Raves: Rant: This constipation is slowly killing me. If I don't go today, I will take some Milk of Mag (on my doctor approved list) Rave: Going to the state fair tonight - can't wait to grub on all that fried greasy fair food!

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? We have chosen the room for the baby - sadly it is my husbands "room" where we keep all his clothes and dresser - so we are going to have to do some rearranging and I have to give up some closet space for him

I want to do a simple, clean looking nursery that will be able to transition well to toddler/kid years (neutrals/convertible bed - dresser that can be used for several years) We are finding out so I bet I will start to get more specific when that day comes!

sammajane19 · August 2016

How far along are you: 11 weeks! wahoo!

How big is baby: a lime

Upcoming appointments this week: no, my next appt. is with my new CNM on sept. 8!

Any new symptoms or changes: no, i've got a wicked head cold so all i'm doing is sneezing and coughing and blowing my stupid stuffy/runny nose every 10 minutes. ugh! still feeling RLP and i don't even recognize my breasts anymore.

Rants/Raves: just so happy and so grateful to of made it this far. i still can't believe it some days, esp. since i don't really look pregnant yet.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? i have ideas for the nursery, and we've been casually looking at furniture, but nothing serious. we've only bought 1 thing: a stuffed whale. i don't think we'll co-sleep, but plans change. i'm planning on having the baby in a bassinet right next to the bed.

Bluebird2318 · August 2016

@ihateusernames* I am sorry for your losses.

I'm so glad that you have something to celebrate and cherish throughout all that.

@mecoats A Winnie the Pooh nursery sounds cute! Have fun sharing your exciting news with your family! FINALLY, right?

@lindsey2017 That talk of fair food is making me real hungry for elephant ears and corn dogs.

@sammajane19 Sorry about the cold! Feel better soon. Pregnant and sick is so rough, I hope you have someone taking excellent care of you!

As for me:

I'm 13 weeks, second tri, woohoo!

Baby is the size of a lemon or a clownfish.

No appointments until mid-September.

No new symptoms, just patiently waiting to show a little. I keep losing weight even without the food aversion.

Rants: After all that hemming and hawing over it, DH and I finally settled on cancelling our Bahaman cruise. Not because of the Bahamas themselves, but because we discovered that the port we would leave from/return to (Port of Miami) is sandwiched right between the two areas of FL that have local Zika transmission. Less than a mile or two of separation on either side. That's way too close for comfort for me. We're trying to decide what else to do with that vacation time.

This is the third baby, so not much planning required. Going to kick our then-to-be three-year-old out of the convertible crib (poor, chewed-on thing that it is) and relocate him to a separate toddler bed in a different room and give his room to the baby. My mom did get us new dressings for the crib/room though. It was a neutral jungle theme (darker browns, greens) for the first two kids. This time it's tans and creams (and I think just a generic teddy-bear type theme).

mecoats · August 2016

@Bluebird2318 - I usually know fair food, but what are elephant ears??? My hometown's county fair is this week, and we are heading home to enjoy the smell, rides, and food, but I don't think we actually have elephant ears....unless we call it something else.

mtmama2 · August 2016

How far along are you: 10 weeks

How big is baby: Strawberry, LEGO minifigure, tart kumquat

Upcoming appointments this week: Next appt is not until Sept 1st

Any new symptoms or changes: I don't know if it has anything to do with my pregnancy but the bottom of my spine has been out of alignment for like 3 weeks now and it's killing me!! My Chiropractor has adjusted me 3 or 4 times and it just keeps going out!

Rants/Raves: My birthday is this weekend and I'm so excited to start the festivities! Friday we are having a BBQ and Saturday morning I have a race (I'll probably be walking a lot lol) with MIL and some friends, then my parents are taking us out to lunch afterwards!
Rant- I usually make DH take me out to this really nice, really expensive sushi restaurant a couple towns over but I'm too nervous to do it this birthday....also, no birthday drinks. Boo.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? We are going set up the room adjacent to ours as the nursery. We're waiting to find out the sex before decorating but I have a couple ideas in mind for each! I think we will probably start out with baby in our room (in a bassinet or something similar) for the first couple weeks at home and then transition to the nursery when we are comfortable.

lindsey2017 · August 2016

@mecoats similar to a funnel cake! But one big flat piece of dough. Yum

ngcsugirl1112 · August 2016

How far along are you: 12w!

How big is baby: size of a plum (TB) or a ripe apricot (Ovia)

Upcoming appointments this week: Had my first appointment with the perinatologist this morning...I guess I'm considered "high risk" because of my chronic hypertension....everything looks great though! Baby is measuring right on track. I'm waiting for the nurse to email me the pictures of the ultrasound, and I've graduated to abdominal u/s from transvaginal...woo hoo!

Any new symptoms or changes: stomach still a bit unsettled without food in it and nips are still sensitive

Rants/Raves: I wish my ILs would chill the eff out...every time they call they ask if we know the sex or ask if they can tell people yet....1) it's a little too early, and 2) we'll let you know when we know and when you can tell people...

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? nursery all the way

Bluebird2318 · August 2016

lindsey2017 said:

@mecoats similar to a funnel cake! But one big flat piece of dough. Yum

@mecoats What she said! A big, flat piece of fried dough, generally smothered in cinnamon sugar.

jadkins17 · August 2016

How far along are you: 11 weeks

How big is baby: Baby peanut is the size of a lime

Upcoming appointments this week: No appointments till September 7th

Any new symptoms or changes: Feeling way super bloated all the time. I feel like my hands and arms fall asleep so easy lately, not sure if that's normal or a good thing or not.

Rants/Raves: I am just blessed to be pregnant, no rants for me.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? We plan to keep baby in our room (not our bed) for the first few months.

lindsey2017 · August 2016

@Bluebird2318 DH and I have it all planned out. I want a philly cheese, buttered corn, and deep fried derby pie. He will get a krispy kreme burger (yes!

) and an elephant ear. We share all of those. It's fat, yes, but happens 1 time per year. I'm so glad I have a good excuse to stuff my face and not feel shame about it! We also scored big time because my SIL got us free entry and parking - so more $$ to spend on FOOD! Can't wait!

mecoats · August 2016

Bluebird2318 said:

lindsey2017 said:

@mecoats similar to a funnel cake! But one big flat piece of dough. Yum

@mecoats What she said! A big, flat piece of fried dough, generally smothered in cinnamon sugar.

Sounds delicious! I think we have only had funnel cake at our fairs. And deep fried everything. Ha ha

disneybaby84 · August 2016

How far along are you?: 13 weeks

How big is baby?: a lemon

Any new symptoms: I had the worst headache ever last week, doc says it was a migraine and wrote me a script. Other than that appetite has increased.

Rant/Rave: Got our blood test results, it's a boy

GTKY: nursery planning: being it's a disney baby, we're going Monsters Inc with most things, a little Mickey and Pooh when there's no Monsters item.

mecoats · August 2016

disneybaby84 said:

How far along are you?: 13 weeks

How big is baby?: a lemon

Any new symptoms: I had the worst headache ever last week, doc says it was a migraine and wrote me a script. Other than that appetite has increased.

Rant/Rave: Got our blood test results, it's a boy

GTKY: nursery planning: being it's a disney baby, we're going Monsters Inc with most things, a little Mickey and Pooh when there's no Monsters item.

My sister did Monster's inc. with her last baby. Babies-R-Us has the nursery items, and I found both stuffed animals Sully and Mike at the Disney Store. (Clearly I love Disney too!)

mtmama2 · August 2016

@mecoats Elephant ear=the best fair food!!

mecoats · August 2016

@SienaC I seriously NEED one of these! That looks fantastic.

disneybaby84 · August 2016

Side note: anyone's else's cat in love with kneading the bump? My kiity has really fallen in love with kneading and sitting on the bump

mtmama2 · August 2016

Ok this might be a dumb question but I'm a little confused. All my medical books say that the first tri is <14 weeks and second tri starts at 14w0d....but it sounds like everyone hitting 13 weeks is calling that the second tri. Did I miss something?

cluckymama · August 2016

How far along are you: 13 Weeks!

How big is baby: Lemon

Upcoming appointments this week: None

Any new symptoms or changes: I think my morning sickness is starting to go away finally!

Rants/Raves: I am ready for my body to not be tired all of the time! But we are out of the first trimester so hopefully that we happen soon!

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? We will probably move our daughter to her new room soon and into a twin bed and the new babe will just takeover her nursery but will sleep in our room until about 3 months old.

BelcherEars · August 2016

@ihateusernames* Good luck with your ultrasound on Sunday! Also, I am sorry you’ve had so many deaths around you recently. Hoping some positive things happen soon to balance all that out.

@mecoats Good luck with your blood work this week! Glad they finally got the insurance stuff figured out. Also, we may have to exchange nursery ideas. I am thinking of going the Winnie the Pooh route myself!

@lindsey2017 Good luck with your appointment on Monday! Sorry you have been feeling poorly and dealing with constipation. That is no fun.

@sammajane19 Sorry you’re dealing with a summer cold. That sounds awful. Hopefully it will pass soon and you feel better (as good as you can with other pregnancy symptoms such as RLP).

@bluebird2318 Congrats on making it to 2nd trimester!!! I know that is exciting. Sorry you and your DH had to cancel your cruise. Hopefully you can find some other travel that would be a nice babymoon for the two of you. My DH and I are looking at having to cancel our December trip to Disney World. With the latest local transmission in the Clearwater/Tampa area, I’m not holding my breath that Orlando will by safe come December. We are giving it a little more time, but I don’t think the odds are in our favor. Also, excellent pick on the fair food. Elephant Ears = Life. YUM!

@SienaC Happy Birthday! Sorry you can’t enjoy a true birthday drink, but maybe you could have a tasty virgin option? I know it’s not necessarily the same thing. As to your question on trimester, everything I’ve read says that at the end of 12 weeks (13W0D) 2nd trimester starts. Here’s a thing from WebMD: Pregnancy is measured in trimesters from the first day of your last menstrual period, totaling 40 weeks. The first trimester of pregnancy is week 1 through week 12, or about 3 months. The second trimester is week 13 to week 27. And the third trimester of pregnancy spans from week 28 to the birth. LINK

@ngcsugirl1112 Glad your appointment went well this morning! Also, I feel you on the IL front. My MIL tells me EVERY SINGLE TIME she sees me that she is DYING to tell her friends. I’m always like “well, I appreciate you keeping it a secret until DH and I are ready for others to know. You know how important that is to us.” While I’m thinking, if you so much as breathe a word to someone, I will hurt you lol.

@jadkins17 Sorry you are dealing with super bloat. It has definitely gotten bad for me too. I will just be happy when I have an actual baby bump instead of this soft gassy bloat stomach that grows by the end of the day.

@disneybaby84 Congrats on making it to 2nd trimester! Also, that is exciting you already know the sex of your LO. Sorry you’ve been having such bad headaches recently. Hopefully the script from your physician helps!

@kpknoke Congrats on making it to 2nd trimester! Also glad your MS is going away. Hopefully your energy will come back now.

How far along are you: 11 Weeks

How big is baby: A Lime

Upcoming appointments this week: None this week. Next appointment is on 9/6.

Any new symptoms or changes: Had a headache the last two days, but I don’t think it has been specifically due to pregnancy. Will say the bloat is out of control now and I’m breaking out more. I’m hoping these hormones calm the F down and I get a really bump soon instead of this squishy bloat blump I currently have. Love how it just continues to grow throughout the day.

Rants/Raves: So apparently I thoroughly frustrated my husband last night. I fell asleep on the couch and he proceed to repeatedly wake me up saying I wasn’t breathing right (I got hot sleeping on the couch and I get a little congested when I’m hot, etc.) and he’s worried the baby isn’t going to be getting air. Then in the middle of the night last night (after I finally get up and go to my actual bed), he elbows me and is like STOP IT. Apparently I was talking gibberish in my sleep all night long and he couldn’t sleep. He told me this morning it was some weird incoherent babble that sounded like parseltongue (harry potter reference for all the non-geeks). He was like if you keep it up, you’re going to give birth to Malfoy in 6 months. While funny now, I wanted to knock is head off every time he woke me up last night. JUST LET ME SLEEP.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? Nursery for us. We plan to put the little one in a bassinet/pack n play thing in our room for the first few weeks. Then transition to the nursery –which is right next to our bedroom. The room is already a really soft pale yellow and I love Disney stuff, so I’m thinking a Winnie the Pooh nursery.

ngcsugirl1112 · August 2016

@BelcherEars we told DH's parents that if they told anyone before we give them the "okay" that they will not see the child for the first year of its life...hey, it was DH's idea so I didn't argue with him!!

BelcherEars · August 2016

ngcsugirl1112 said:

@BelcherEars we told DH's parents that if they told anyone before we give them the "okay" that they will not see the child for the first year of its life...hey, it was DH's idea so I didn't argue with him!!

@ngcsugirl1112 I have to say that I love this! It is nice when the son speaks up and handles stuff instead of the daughter in law being the "problem". The very night we told my ILs, my MIL stepped across a line and told us how we needed to do a certain thing when we raised our child (dealing with religion). I didn't have to say a word. DH was literally down her throat reminding her that she was the grandma and not the parent. I didn't have to be the bad guy, so I just sat back and let him do his thing. I will have to say he was a little over the top, but he told me later that he wanted it to be clear where the lines would be drawn (though we both know this will not be the only boundary issue we have with his mother).

mecoats · August 2016

@BelcherEars - That Harry Potter reference totally made me laugh. Malfoy

We can absolutely exchange ideas. I've always loved Eeyore, so that's where the Winnie the Pooh came from

MrsBinPA · August 2016

Sorry I'm not very chatty today. Work has been insane!

How far along are you: 9 weeks

How big is baby: A cherry or one of my fav things...a TATER TOT!

Upcoming appointments this week: What I think is my last check at the RE on Friday.

Any new symptoms or changes: I haven't had that many symptoms. Things are mostly the same. Intermittent fatigue, frequent indigestion, frequent headaches, sore side boobs.

Rants/Raves: PGAL struggling today. I just have a bad feeling & every other time I have had the bad feeling I have been correct. I feel like my symptoms are so sporadic and intermittent that maybe something has changed. I also feel like I got overly optimistic after last week's check and now I am in for it. I hope I am wrong for once. I have to wait an extra day until Friday to have my check. DH's calendar didn't allow for him to go with me if it had been tomorrow. Boo..hiss.

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning?
****TW - Infant death story**** I don't believe in newborns or infants sleeping in beds. I worked at the medical examiner's office in college as an intern. After having to go pick up a dead infant at the hospital and watching it's autopsy, I just wouldn't take the chance ***END TW**

We will keep the baby in our room for the first few months & then hopefully transition them to the nursery. We have a sitting room in our bedroom which could really function as a nursery with no problem.

mtmama2 · August 2016

@BelcherEars That is so weird because the AMA and ACOG say that it is 14 weeks! I wonder why they don't agree? I was just reading something from ACOG on N&V during the first tri today: (sorry I don't know how to make it less obnoxious)
https://m.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Morning-Sickness-Nausea-and-Vomiting-of-Pregnancy

Edited- meant to include the quote I was referring to "Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy usually starts before 9 weeks of pregnancy. For most women, it goes away by the second trimester (14 weeks of pregnancy). For some women, it lasts for several weeks or months. For a few women, it lasts throughout the entire pregnancy."

betsy538 · August 2016

How far along are you: 12 weeks

How big is baby: a plum

Upcoming appointments this week: none this week

Any new symptoms or changes:
My boobs are getting bigger and are still super tender. I'm still nauseous, so that's awesome. I've definitely popped, and my bump is super hard. I carry any extra weight in my stomach though, so I mainly just look fatter

BelcherEars · August 2016

@SienaC Interesting... From what I've looked up, apparently you actually start second trimester in the middle of week 13 (approximately 13 weeks 3 days), so I guess that is where the confusion comes in.

mtmama2 · August 2016

BelcherEars said:

@SienaC Interesting... From what I've looked up, apparently you actually start second trimester in the middle of week 13 (approximately 13 weeks 3 days), so I guess that is where the confusion comes in.

Well no wonder there is such confusion and conflicting information!!!

direwolfmini · August 2016

@SienaC My doctor goes by 14 weeks, too. She told me that the first tri would technically end on 13w6d. Most of my family knows already, but I'm trying to keep it off Facebook until 14 weeks. (I have too many work friends on Facebook).

How far along are you: 10 weeks

How big is baby: Strawberry

Upcoming appointments this week: 2 and a half more weeks...

Any new symptoms or changes: I actually had 2-3 days without morning sickness and I FREAKED out that something was wrong. I read that sometimes symptoms can start and end earlier with twins, but morning sickness ending at 9w3d seemed too good to be true (nausea started at 3w for me!!). Spoiler alert, it was too good to be true! It just took a break and moved to evening sickness.

Rants/Raves: RAVE: I got the Leachco Back n Belly Chic pillow and I feel like my life is complete. It is the first time I've gotten a good sleep since before I got pregnant! Highly recommended if you have a large enough bed (it really does take up 1/2 of my king bed).
RANT: Another week posting after my bed time... I can't wait until my secret is out at work and I can openly bump during the day! :-D

GTKY: nursery planning? Or co-sleeping planning? Honestly, we're still wrapping our minds around having 2... Going to wait on sexes to pick a nursery theme. Planning on getting this double bassinet/playard for the first few months: https://www.babytrend.com/nursery_centers_deluxe/PY66A06F.html I couldn't find it online ANYWHERE so I emailed the company (lol) and they confirmed it'll be on sale end of next month.

jadkins17 · August 2016

@belcherEars yes the bloat is so frustrating. Makes you feel huge and sluggish, and its not even baby. This is my first pregnancy so I will take the good with the bad but man... I just want a real bump already.

msirni0 · August 2016

Hi ladies. Sorry I wasn't able to post yesterday, it was a hectic day that involved a scare.

How far along: 12 weeks

Size of baby: A plum

upcoming appointments: 1st tri screening next tuesday

rants/raves: **TW--bleeding** So yesterday I was feeling a little off and thought I noticed some very light pink spotting but thought I was being crazy. After lunch I went to the bathroom and had SO much bleeding. I panicked, had a total breakdown and left work. I called my doctor, and they told me to come in for a fetal heart check. All is ok, heartbeat sounded just fine. My raves are for my husband and my doctors office. I work downtown and take a bus to work--and had no way of getting back to my car. I called my husband in tears and he immediately left work to come get me. He was such a rock while I was having a total meltdown. As for my doctor, I switched OBs after too many bad experiences with my old one. I am SO grateful for making that decision. My doctor was out of the office, but the one that was in called me right back and fit me in immediately. They were so sweet and understanding of me being a wreck. It was a very scary experience, but thank god everything is ok. I know bleeding can be normal, but it's scary!!

GTKY: I have some ideas, but it depends on what we are having, so we will start really planning in October!

PS I love all this talk of fair food! Our state fair opens today, and I'm making my husband take me at some point while its here!

mtmama2 · August 2016

@msirni0 So sorry you had that very scary experience!! I'm really glad to hear that everything seems to be ok!

lindsey2017 · August 2016

@msirni0 so glad everything was ok! Glad you have a great doctor too!

ihateusernames* · August 2016

Super jealous of the nursery planning!!!
I guess I'll just have to have extra fun with my big boys' rooms...

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