TTGP Grad Check in Week of 11/7

berg · November 2016

1. How far along are you?

2. How are you feeling?

3. Anyone have an appointment this week?

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay?

Elyse1384 · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 9w+1d

2. How are you feeling? Surprisingly better this week which is a complete 180 from last week. Now I'm kind of nervous about that... cramping has picked up a lot too. With my first two, most symptoms lingered for some time so hopefully I'm just getting lucky in seeing an early turn.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? Tomorrow!!!! Hoping to graduate to my OB and get instructions for end of FET meds.

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms My DD turns 1 next Wednesday and I found party decorations for the only thing that she has truly been obsessed with! Thank you Amazon.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? Nay. I'm actually just about done with my Christmas shopping this year. Just one more gift to buy.

berg · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 8w3d

2. How are you feeling? This morning I felt great, then I ate my bagel. So puking at work is super fun. TBH I have felt pretty good the last two days. Minus my extreme moodiness, that occasionally bites of DH's head.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? I had my first appt on Monday. We got to hear the heartbeat and have the U/S pictures. And we heard the greatest words ever, "Looks like there is only one in there." DH almost blew me over when he sighed. I've cracked a lot of twin eggs in my life and one about a month ago. We were both a little nervous.

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms Rant is puking this morning. Rave is planning a Christmas excursion to Bermuda.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? I participated in Black Friday madness a few times in recent years. It was a nice tradition I had with my sister that allowed for some awesome stories due to lack of sleep and delirium and always ended with breakfast at diner nearby. I've never done the tackle people for that must have gift thing. TBH most of what I buy ends up being for myself. I never have my shit together enough to plan Christmas gifts out based on sales. I much prefer Cyber Monday when I can just sit at home and get great deals that will magically appear at my door.

berg · November 2016

@Elyse1384 good luck at your appointment tomorrow! Let us know how it goes! And so jealous you are almost done with shopping already. I have 5 birthdays btwn now and the 30th of Dec. along with Christmas. Not only do I not have gifts for them, I do not have any ideas.

lmc929 · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 9w+3d

2. How are you feeling? Nauseous on and off – and exhausted but I think that is just because my toddler is very confused by daylight savings time.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? Not until December

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms – We are finnnnnnnnally under contract on a house after a year of house hunting, offering on three others, and having a contract fall through because of a lien. I am cautiously excited about this! We also get our puppy this weekend. This is officially our little guy –

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? Nay, I am more of an online shopper. I am blown away that @Elyse1384 is nearly done shopping – you are the true Mrs. Clause.

berg · November 2016

@lmc929 oh.my.god. I can't even. Look how adorable that little guy is! He's the cutest. And congrats on the house! Fx this is it!!!

swanbrooner · November 2016

@lmc929 That puppy!!!

1. How far along are you? 10 weeks today

2. How are you feeling? My symptoms have been reallly mild this week, which is great. This all doesn't feel real yet, though.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? Nope, not until after Thanksgiving

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms
DH is a big wrestling fan (I know, I know). For our announcement, he wants to take a picture with two full size championship belts and one from an action figure. He is really pumped about this one.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay?
Im not opposed, but I prefer sleep!

Elyse1384 · November 2016

oh my god @lmc929! That little face!!!!! My heart exploded.

berg · November 2016

btw is anyone currently lurking in TTGP, specifically on the Patriarchy thread? Some slight drama from within going on that for once was not started by a drive-by. In other news, I'm really bored at work...

Elyse1384 · November 2016

@berg [runs to TTGP to check it out]

delujm0 · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 8w6d

2. How are you feeling? fine...but still just so bloated. ugh.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? nope. Panorama blood draw next Friday, and NT scan 12/1.

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms DD appears to be self-weaning from one of her two remaining daily nursing sessions. YAY. No idea whether it's from lack of supply or she's just not interested anymore, but whatever. She's almost 17 months, it's time. I was starting to think she'd never do it on her own and I'd have to force her.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? I buy my tree on black Friday usually but that's it. I do 95% of my shopping online regardless.

swanbrooner · November 2016

@berg Thank you for this gift.

Elyse1384 · November 2016

@berg Wow... I did not expect that. I figured maybe a newb showed up and ruined the vibe somehow. Oh my...

berg · November 2016

@Elyse1384 riggggght??? I came across it lurking and was stunned a little. I had to share.
@swanbrooner anytime!

ClaireCF · November 2016

@lmc929 ahhh that little face! I die.

@Elyse1384 I need to channel you to make some progress on my Christmas shopping... haven't even thought about it yet. I'm so impressed.

1. How far along are you? 7 weeks 6 days

2. How are you feeling? Blah. Had to sit on the side of the bathtub after I got out of the shower this morning for a while to make sure I was going to throw up. I still haven't actually gotten sick but the nausea is steadily getting worse. I'm almost thinking I should just let it happen, maybe I'd feel better if at least for a couple of minutes. Tiredness continues and having some cramps which is unpleasant.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? Well I was supposed to have my first appointment with my OB this coming Monday, but I was having some discharge this week that looked a little brown yesterday so I called my doc just to see if I should do anything and she had me come in. Did my whole initial appointment and got an extra look at baby and heard the heartbeat again which was great. Everything looked perfect but of course I was reassured for about a minute until I started worrying about it again. My poor mother is getting all the talk-some-sense-into-me phone calls. Good thing she's a good sport.

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms Well besides the anxiety, yesterday was my birthday and so I got the bonus gift of seeing and hearing baby! Then I wanted to go to bed at 8 pm... party animal over here.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? I've been once or twice. Definitely prefer online shopping to fighting the crowds on Black Friday.

@berg going to check out TTGP immediately.....

berg · November 2016

@ClaireCF Happy Birthday!!! Going to bed at 8 sounds like a perfect bday!! I went to bed at ten after nine only because we were watching Survivor, otherwise it would've been 7:30.

NamelessAria · November 2016

Oh gosh that whole thing over on TTGP just stresses me out. I love Businesswife (not tagging her because I know she would rather not be summoned to a BMB). Like, she's just freaking awesome and we've gotten to be pretty good friends over our time together in TTGP. We were both there for way too long. And sadly she is still there. I'm not sure what is going on with her and Antoto but... sheesh. That was painful to read.

berg · November 2016

@NamelessAria I know. When I first started out on the TTGP board she was such a staple on it. She was the one everyone summoned to answer all the questions. She was like a wise sage of ttc knowledge. By the time I left she only really posted if she was tagged. But I can imagine that it gets to be way too much at times to be there. I always hope to see her name on the grad thread. It's a shame there was so much miscommunication, bc that thread had great potential for some really awesome conversation.

mrlight · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 8 weeks 3 days

2. How are you feeling? Pretty good. I really can’t complain about anything except my greasy hair!

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? We go for our third u/s tomorrow. If everything still looks good, we graduate to my OB!

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms Today is my Friday, and I have a work conference at the beach next week, then I only work 1 and ½ days the next week, then I have another week long conference out of town, so basically, today is my last day to work for the month!

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? Absolutely not!! DH’s mother convinced us to pick up 3 x-boxes one year when Walmart had a really good Black Friday deal going for them. It was the absolute worst experience! (Someone got trampled and had to be taken to the hospital over sheets at that same Walmart that year.) I decided after that no deal was worth Black Friday shopping. I would rather pay more.

mrlight · November 2016

@Elyse1384 I hope your appointment goes well tomorrow!

@berg Hearing the heartbeat for the first time is the best!

@lmc929 Your puppy is so cute!!!

@ClaireCF I’m glad you had a great appointment yesterday! Plus, seeing your LO was a great birthday present!

delujm0 · November 2016

Oh man I was hella busy at work today and hadn't lurked TTGP since early this morning...that thread is bumming me out now too. It does make me sad when I go over there and still see people that have been there for so long...I lurk that grad thread so hard every week, hoping to see them on there. It must be really hard to be over there for so long; my heart breaks for those ladies. But that thread turned into a dumpster fire it appears. Jeez.

Elyse1384 · November 2016

Good luck tomorrow @mrlight - here is to hoping we both get to graduate to our OBs!

lmc929 · November 2016

Oh noooo - just went to the TTGP board, what a shame. Seemed like a great thread to start off!

Elyse1384 · November 2016

Looks like TB Gods took down the thread entirely today.

@mrlight FX for your appointment today.

I just had mine and little bean is already measuring slightly ahead (boy does this kiddo look chunky already given how small he/she actually is). For context, I tend to have slightly chubby babies (DS was 9lb, 21.5" and DD was 8lb11oz, 19.5"). I get to graduate to my OB and have my first appointment on Tuesday! Woo hoo!

berg · November 2016

@Elyse1384 that's great!!! Congratulations! I love chubby babies

delujm0 · November 2016

@elyse1384 DD was average at birth (7lbs7oz) but by her one month checkup was 10.5lbs and off the top of the weight chart. her thighs were huge! she very literally weighed 20lbs at 6 months, but only 24lbs at 15 months. as soon as she started moving she evened out. still 75th percentile though!

DH and I are both petite so this basically just cracks us up. she's also tall for her age somehow.

Elyse1384 · November 2016

@delujm0 that is too funny! I'm very petite, but I was a big baby myself (9lb). My mother used to call me Thunder Thighs. DS is still very tall (90th percentile) and looks more like a 5yo, but he is a skinny thing now. DD is in full on beast mode haha. She turns 1 next week and is short like me (35 percentile for height), but 95 percentile for weight haha! So chubby and I LOVE it. The girl does not stop eating. She eats more than my son. It's crazy.

berg · November 2016

@Elyse1384 my dad was born 11lbs, 11oz. My aunt said he came out looking like a 3 month old. He's a whopping 5'5 (in shoes) and 160lbs now. I'm sure the weighing process in the early fifties probably wasn't the most accurate. But safe to say every female on that side of the family, even the ones that marry in, dread the chance of having an 'Uncle Paul' baby. I'm petite now. But when I was a toddler it looked like I just had one huge leg...

Sirius37 · November 2016

@lmc929 SO. CUTE. It makes me want to go out and get another puppy! And congrats on the house!
So I totally missed the TTGP thread ya'll were talking about; BG's removed all evidence. What happened?

1. How far along are you?
8w2d

2. How are you feeling?
Alright....nausea sucks. I'm not eating as much but still able to keep things down so I'm taking that as a win.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week?
Nope, not until December.

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms
I've been in Illinois visiting DH's family for the past week so I've been MIA, but I'm glad to see that everyone is doing well! We told DH's family while we were down there and everyone was thrilled....and they felt bad for trying to make me down a suitcases of White Castle burgers at 1:30am (why is everything smothered in onions?!).

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay?
I have only been shopping on "Black Friday" (it was actually Thanksgiving night at Walmart because we got bored). We scored a sweet smart TV but I'm not much of a shopper anyways, so I can take it or leave it.

swanbrooner · November 2016

I don't recall a thread every completely vansihing. Dang.

@Sirius37 The very simplified and short version is, in a down with partriarchy GIF party, BW criticized her concept/undestanding of modern feminism, and it blew the fuck UP.

MotherofDragons · November 2016

1. How far along are you? 10w3d

2. How are you feeling? Anxious. Exhausted.

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? No

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms: I just want to enjoy this pregnancy. I either forget I'm pregnant or am convinced something's wrong. I've also been away from here because I've been taking huge phone/social media breaks for my mental health.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? Cyber Monday shopper here

MotherofDragons · November 2016

@berg I need to see a picture of you as a "one legged" baby as well as your dad's birth photos.

berg · November 2016

@MotherofDragons If I can find the photo of my gigantic toddler self I will def upload it. As for my dad, he was the 4th of the 5 kids born in 6 years. He has a baby book but it's empty. His little sister didn't even get a book. I think his older sister has all of his pictures somewhere.

sevenn · November 2016

Hi ladies! Sorry im late to this it's been a crazy week.

1. How far along are you? 7w4d

2. How are you feeling? I've had some recurrence of nausea in the mornings the past few days which is annoying. Constipation seems to be getting better with taking my PNV at night. Daylight savings did nothing for my exhaustion...

3. Anyone have an appointment this week? Next Tuesday!

4. Rants/Raves/Randoms Just aggravated with daylight savings. It puts a huge damper on all our major outdoor projects which must get done before this baby comes!! Ultimate ultimatum for procrastinator DH.

5. GTKY: Black Friday Shopping: yay or nay? When I was in college I always did it- now no way!! At least not early- maybe late afternoon if we feel compelled.

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