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littlebug2010 · January 2017

This is for those of us who have due dates of 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29
I figured I would start this because I hadnt seen one yet today.

How far along are you?

How big is baby?

Upcoming appointments this week?

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions?

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO?

littlebug2010 · January 2017

How far along are you? 12 weeks

How big is baby? Chicken Nugget or Small Macaroon

Upcoming appointments this week? I have my NT scan on Friday

Any new symptoms or changes? I think my symptoms are finally starting to go away. Though thats messing with my PGAL Brain, but its nice to not feel weird around all food. However, I am just not hungry, ever!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Well Thursday is my B-day! I am looking forward to that, and next Thursday is my DH's B-day! and we are publicly announcing Sunday! As a rant, I got the genetic screening back last week, and as I suspected, Im a carrier for CF. Im really not worried, but DH insisted to get tested to make sure that he isnt (there is zero evidence of it in his family). This doesnt change anything for us, just annoying.

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? DH and I met in 2002 at church. His mom was moving the whole family to our city to be a pastor at the church I went to. He was 12 and I was 14 at the time of us meeting, and we started to date a year and a half after they moved. We were 14 and 16. We have been together for 13 years in a month! We got engaged in 2010 and married in 2012!

themrs · January 2017

How far along are you?
12 weeks!!

How big is baby?
The size of a pomegranate

Upcoming appointments this week?
Nope, next week!

Any new symptoms or changes?
Not much going on with symptoms other than being emotional and moody. Also the terrible skin. I cry when I look in the mirror

Rants/Raves/Questions?
Can't wait until our ultrasound next week and then being able to announce to the world!

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO?
We met in high school and have been together ever since!

imwithbaby · January 2017

How far along are you? 10 weeks!

How big is baby? Strawberry

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope! Nothing until NT scan on 2/9

Any new symptoms or changes? This. freaking. nausea. It's all day long. I need it to go away! I feel like it's getting worse. Thankfully I've been having less issues with insomnia, and only waking 1-2x a night. Nipples are still so painful.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I just have to say, I have NO CLUE how you girls who have to go to work each day do it with morning sickness. I have all day nausea and I could cry thinking about y'all having to fight that through work. Just so impressed by you.

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? We met through a mutual friend in 2012! He was the roommate of a co-worker of mine, and came with him to our company picnic. Two months later we got invited to a double date with said friend, and the rest is history! Been married for just over a year and love him more every day.

imwithbaby · January 2017

@littlebug2010 happy early birthday!!! And so sweet that you and DH have been together for so long! Praying his CF results come back negative so it can ease some worry!

littlebug2010 · January 2017

@mrsmatt1212 thanks! Like I said Im not too worried, but the fact that its a possibility is still no fun.

maebee87 · January 2017

How far along are you? 9 weeks

How big is baby? tater tot

Upcoming appointments this week? Next week is my first official prenatal appointment with my doctor after being given the go ahead from my RE.

Any new symptoms or changes? Just super emotional.

Rants/Raves/Questions? DH & I haven't told anyone (other than my mom) yet about the pregnancy. I really want to wait until we know the gender because unfortunately, both my father and my in-laws have made it clear that we have to/need to have a girl. The last time I went to my in-laws she had a baby dress wrapped up for me *just in case* we were announcing. (She's BSC and we have a terrible relationship). They have said on multiple occasions that we have to have a girl, that another boy would be bad. My father was so disappointed when we announced we were having a boy last time he didn't speak to me for 3 weeks. Anyways today DH tells me he wants to tell his family soon because his mother will be hurt o be left out of the loop. So if you were me, would you tell them early to keep them in the loop or tell them when we know the gender, "we are having a baby, it's a boy/girl and we are so excited!" Maybe I'm way over thinking this- if you read through all this you deserve all the cookies/treats of your choice.

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? We met in University in 2010, married in 2012.

imwithbaby · January 2017

@maebee87 WHAT?! How can someone get so upset over the sex of your baby?! What's their reasoning for dreading another boy?! Goodness I do not envy you! I'd do whatever makes you the most comfortable, since clearly they're so hard to please. I'm so so sorry you have that weird pressure on you!

mhtravis · January 2017

How far along are you? 11 weeks

How big is baby? The size of a lime

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope - (im)patiently counting down the days until my next one at almost 14w

Any new symptoms or changes? Still exhausted. Though, I came down with a cold last week so it's hard to tell which one I am exhausted from, the pregnancy or the cold!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Part of me hasn't really "felt" like I'm pregnant because I have had so few symptoms (only mild cramping and tiredness) and I am obviously not showing just yet. I know I should count my blessings for this but it's been difficult for me to go weeks in between appointments believing that I actually am pregnant! It's also part of the reason we will probably wait a while before we tell everyone (only have told immediate family). I'm assuming this feeling will go away when I start showing and feeling the baby, but that just seems so far away. I am just curious if anyone else has felt this way in the first trimester?

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? We met at work - dated in 2013, engaged in 2014, married in 2015, bought a house in 2016, and having a baby in 2017!

PeachyTeachy · January 2017

@maebee87 How often do you (personal you, not you and DH) talk to MIL? If you don't talk very often, I'd go ahead and let DH tell her. Then, just let DH know that you don't want to hear her opinions. If you (again, personal) speak with her often enough that she'd annoy you with the no-boys-allowed talk then try to come up with a compromise.

I've been in a similar situation. DH has a suffix name and there's a lot of pressure for a boy. We have 2 girls.

littlebug2010 · January 2017

@maebee87 I am so sorry that basically your whole family has such crazy sex disappointment! Not that this is the same level at all, but my MIL is convinced that the baby is a boy. She claims its becuase the men in that family all make boys no matter what. Well I hate to break it to her, but technically her husband has a sister (who passed away during birth) and he has a ton of aunts. It just happened to be that she had two boys. Not to mention, that on my mothers side, both her and her sister came from a much longer line of only boys and yet her and her sister are here! So though I will not be disappointed in any way with what I have, I really want a girl to mess with her! I really hope your situation gets better, and in my opinion, if you feel that telling them before you know the sex is going to cause you more stress, then I would wait, but thats just me! Gook Luck!

mhtravis · January 2017

@maebee87 Not sure how effective this would be but what if you and your SO found out the sex of the baby but then told everyone that you are not finding out? Just keep it between the two of you. I would *hope* that once the baby is born, they won't care what the sex is, they will just be happy on that day to have a healthy grandchild. Maybe that will also give everyone several months to process that it could go either way.

PeachyTeachy · January 2017

How far along are you?
13 weeks!

How big is baby?
A peach

Upcoming appointments this week?
Nope

Any new symptoms or changes?
Had some depression symptoms creep up on me in the last few weeks. (anger, can't connect socially, loss of interest, feelings of shame/embarrassment ). I started Prozac, so hopefully that will all fade soon.

Rants/Raves/Questions?
Rave: It's penguin week at my Pre-K! I love this week's lesson plan! It's the best week of the year!

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO?
We met at a birthday party. I was dating the Bday boy and DH was there with someone else. We were friends for about a year then went on a casual date when we were both single. Decided to be serious/exclusive on the first date then, we got engaged pretty quickly (under a year). It seems really fast thinking about it now, but it was right for us.

jacksonbears · January 2017

@PeachyTeachy is your ticker right? EDD 9/1?

PeachyTeachy · January 2017

@jacksonbears lol... it's supposed to be 8/1. I'm all messed up in ticker-land. Thanks.

lyse01 · January 2017

11 weeks, and a small lime.

no appointments, yay. Since coworker is being a TW (see FTM check in for details), I'm glad I don't have to take a half-day off this week.

I feel hunger much more intensely and much faster. Thanks, munchkin. @PeachyTeachy so glad you're getting the meds you need to cut that off at the pass. Keep taking care of yourself.

rants/raves: I'm all ranted out for today

I met SO on Tinder, we talked constantly through a long weekend and I decided I wasn't willing to wait til the next weekend to meet him. I live on an island, he lives on the mainland, and I was going to town for a group dinner with thirty of my neighbors and two of my dad's cousins. I went over an hour and a half early for our first date, and ended up inviting him to join the big group for dinner (he declined as he had to vote), and then spent the entire dinner rehashing the date for half the town. Love.

maebee87 · January 2017

@littlebug2010 your story of how you ket your DH is adorable! Crazy you have known eachother for so long. Happy to hear I am not alone in the crazy MIL shenannigans.

@mrsmatt1212 hope your nausea lets up soon. Hang in there!

My inlaws are the worst- liek we recently bought a van and they asked why we wanted such a big vehicle and we said we hoped to expand our family in the future and they were all "oh poor DS, he won't have any attention and you will love the next one more and forget him." They had one child, my DH.

@PeachyTeachy I don't speak to my MIL regulalry. My DH does. Your suggestion could work and let him deal with all the drama. Although, with my last pregnancy, she made DH tell her the gender before our big gender reveal (she said she could die in a car crash on the way and would never know) and then she ruined it by telling people before we cut the cake revealing the color. Like I said, my inlaws are the worst. I hate the pressure of a girl and honestly I will be over the moon happy either way. Thanks for the help!

@mhtravis I would love to make them wait and see. We tried to do this our last pregnancy but my father kept sending me girl names and dresses and would ask me how baby girl was on a daily basis and the pressure built and built he was convinced it was a girl even though I said it could go either way. He didn't speak to me for three weeks after I caved and had a gender reveal. Then he phones me up and asked if there was anyway they could be wrong because he was so sure. It was horrible. Hence this whole dilemma I'm in now.

imwithbaby · January 2017

@maebee87 um, your in laws sound basically like the devil.

felix08 · January 2017

@littlebug2010 DH and I have birthdays a week a part, too! I love that my birthday is first so I can gauge how big of a gift to get him, haha! Happy early birthdays to both of you!
@themrs It's so crazy reading that your baby is the size of a pomegranate!! And you're just two weeks ahead of me. So cool.
@mrsmatt1212 I will admit to closing my office door to puke several times...and my nausea really hasn't been too bad, so I feel ya on not knowing how people do it!
@maebee87 Woo hoo! Congrats on RE "graduation." And oh my...I'm so sorry that your families are so opinionated about the sex of your baby...they know you have no control over that...right!?
@mhtravis Sorry you're feeling a little disconnected from the pregnancy. I feel that way too at times...I am feeling some nausea so I know I've got those extra hormones but it still feels so surreal that I'm actually pregnant. Do you have books you can read in between appointments to tell you what's going on with your body/the baby? Maybe start working on pinterest boards? H and I put a little stuffed animal on our head board that will eventually go in baby's room but it's just a nice little reminder to see every morning and night.
@peachyteachy sorry depression is creeping in on you--hoping the meds help!

How far along are you? 10 weeks!

How big is baby? strawberry

Upcoming appointments this week? not till next week

Any new symptoms or changes? Hmm nothing new really...still feeling nauseous every now and then and hungry pretty much non-stop. Boobs are getting bigger to H's delight.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Anyone else gotten actual sick? I had the flu over the weekend and was pretty miserable--fever, puking all day, couldn't keep anything down, etc.--but my main concern was how my illness and difficulty eating/drinking would affect baby. Fortunately it seemed to be a 24 hour thing, but it still freaked me out.

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? We are from the same small town so basically, we've always known each other (everyone knows everyone type of situation). His mom was my preschool teacher (we didn't start dating until my junior year of college, though!).

SweetTooth126 · January 2017

Hi ladies! New to this thread with a due date of 8/1.

How far along are you? 13 weeks

How big is baby? Jalapeño or lemon

Upcoming appointments this week? Nothing until my 16 week check up! Qnatal results came back and looked great-yay!

Any new symptoms or changes? Still nauseous but only taking one diclegis tab instead of 2.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I am SO excited to be in the 2nd trimester! I'm most excited to have energy back to play with DS1 (14 months).

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? Our best friends were dating! They broke up soon after but we are going strong!

littlebug2010 · January 2017

@felix08 HAHA I do the exact same thing! I always wait to do any shopping for him until after mine. We always set a budget for christmas, to make it easier, but then he just surprises me every year for my birthday.

MeaganJoye · January 2017

How far along are you? 11 weeks

How big is baby? Lime

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope. I went last week and won't go again until 14 weeks.

Any new symptoms or changes? No changes except my nausea is getting worse!

Rants/Raves/Questions? I am so stinking mad at this nausea!! It needs to go away. I have 4 other kids to take care of and it's hard to do when I'm feeling so terrible. My husband has been out of town for the past 4 days and last night I had to call and beg my mom to come stay with me and help me because I was just too sick to do this by myself anymore. I'm hoping and praying it will ease up soon!

GTKY: How did you meet your DH/SO? We met in college. My roommate was good friends with one of the guys that lived in his society house. A big group of us got together and DH and I talked to each other all night long. We met again exactly a year later, started dating (2007), got engaged 10 months later, and married 10 months after that. We had our first baby in 2010 and now I'm due with our 5th in August!

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