Monday Ticker Change - 5/8

KatieEl · May 2017

if you're due 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 or 1/29 this thread is for you!

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?

2. How are you feeling?

3. Any appointments this week?

4. Rants/raves/questions?

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet?

egirl1025 · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 6 weeks today! We have a sweet pea!

2. How are you feeling? Feeling a little tired, some lightheadedness. Had some light spotting last week that would have coincided with my normal period, but that has stopped. I have had some cramping and pelvic pain. Very similar to my previous pregnancy

3. Any appointments this week? First appointment is 5/25. It is a little later due to a work trip I have to take next week.

4. Rants/raves/questions? Got my week change notification this morning and it was completely surreal. This pregnancy hasn't really sunk in yet, but feeling tentatively excited so far. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to keep my milk supply up for the next 4 weeks. I am an exclusive pumper. My son turns one on 6/5 and I would like to not have to use frozen milk if I do not have to. My DH has to watch DS alone while I am on my work trip and thawing milk may send him over the edge. He is a great papa and super helpful, but there are just a couple of things he hasn't ever really done, which includes washing and filling bottles. Anyways, I am down to pumping 3x per day and have lost 6 ounces of production per day just over the last week. I am thinking maybe adding an additional pump in. Any thoughts???

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet? We met at a bank technology conference. He thought I was cute and followed me around for two days. After that we were pretty much inseparable. We will be together 5 years this coming fall and will be celebrating our 2nd anniversary 5/20.

mrsdaddario · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 5+0 I believe baby is the size of an apple/orange seed!

2. How are you feeling? Really tired. All of the time. My nipples are still sore. And I'm developing heartburn to the most random things! For example, bagels!

3. Any appointments this week?
I do have an appointment on Wednesday with my RE for an ultrasound to check for the gestational sack. I'm hoping we'll also be able to see the yolk sack, and a teeny tiny little dot that may be baby! But I'm not getting my hopes up for more than the gestational sack

4. Rants/raves/questions?
Nope!

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet?
We met on POF. A crazy cheesy dating website!

[Deleted User] · May 2017

@egirl1025 *not a Monday mom* but have you tried eating oatmeal at all? That has helped me in the past. I haven't had supply issues since this pregnancy, but I may ask my doc what would be safe to take if my supply drops since a quick google search doesn't really shed any light on fenugreek, brewer's yeast, etc.

egirl1025 · May 2017

I was just thinking about that as I am sitting here pumping right now. I added an additional pump, well starting today. I just want to make it until Tristan is 1....a few more weeks. I may call my pediatrician to see what her thoughts are on potentially starting to wean him to regular milk. I haven't heard anything about brewer's yeast, but I have heard mixed things on fenugreek.

sierra2020 · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? I am currently just 4 weeks - baby is the size of a poppyseed!

2. How are you feeling? Overall really good. My mood has been great, I haven't been bloated or had any boob tenderness like I usually experience when not pregnant. I occasional get a weird, mild cramping in my lower sides, but it's not isolated to just one side and it's very dull and doesn't last long, so I think it's just things happening down there. I've also been a bit lightheaded at times, not dizzy but more so an out of breath feeling. But all in all I'm feeling good and it just feels surreal!

3. Any appointments this week? Not for 3 more weeks! I wish they would see me sooner just to confirm that everything is as it should be, but I suppose as long as I'm not having any troubling symptoms or issues I can just be patient. I did take another HPT today to make sure the line was getting darker from where it was 2 days ago for my first BFP, and it was, so that is reassuring me for now!

4. Rants/raves/questions? I am super excited to go away this weekend to visit with my best friend who lives out of state! We are not telling everyone yet, but since I see her so infrequently and would rather share the news in person, I think I will spill the beans to her!

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet? We had mutual friends at our church who introduced us. They tried to set us up, actually, and I was so opposed to the idea of being set up that I was completely standoffish toward him at first, until I got to know him and realized how nice he was... and then I wanted to learn more.

And here we are 8 years later!

beesquar3d · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
6 wks, sweet pea

2. How are you feeling?
Really tired and hungry.

3. Any appointments this week?
no

4. Rants/raves/questions?
no

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet?
We met through a mutual friend. We were all hanging out in college and he made me laugh so hard.

TInman87 · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 6 weeks

2. How are you feeling? tired. Had my first bout of nausea today.

3. Any appointments this week? Had my blood drawn today to confirm the pregnancy, should hear back in the morning and then we can set up our initial appointment

4. Rants/raves/questions? I know I'm not alone in this, but when does this start to feel real? My husband and I weren't actually trying, and this came as a pretty big surprise, but I am so anxious now, I wake up every morning thinking it was all a dream!

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet? My family are all really into cars, and my dream car in highschool was the Camaro...until they stopped making it. Found out in 2008 they were talking about bringing it back, so I HAD to have one. Went to the dealership, met this nice salesman that let me jump on the preorder line above everyone else, and my car was delivered on August 18, 2009. Exactly one year later to the date, that car salesman and I went on our first date. He had no idea until another year later that he had asked me on the very specific day! I still love the story, because it's so unique to US.

MrsDorkCharming · May 2017

I'm a day late, because #life (my dog has an ear infection so we had to go the vet last night, I feel so bad for her she's soooo out of it). But thought I'd jump in today anyways.

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? I was 6 weeks yesterday. Baby is the size of a chocolate chip!

2. How are you feeling? Tired! That's my biggest symptom. I'm tired ALL the time!!! Then I get in bed and can't sleep. Fun times :P I'm also not super hungry, which is really weird for me, but I keep forcing myself to eat because when my stomach is empty I get nauseous. And it's been harder and harder to recover from the nausea.

3. Any appointments this week? First appointment is on the 24th. I wish I could have made it earlier, but my Dr is out of the country until then.

4. Rants/raves/questions? DH told a bunch of his friends on Saturday. Long before we're planning on telling his parents. So now I feel bad that we haven't told his parents yet. Ugh!!! But one of them was so happy for us he cried (it took them a long time to get pregnant too, so he understands the struggle we've been through)

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet? Pretty boring. We met at work. We would go out after work with various groups of people and a few times people bailed on us or leave early and it would be just the two of us. Then one of us would "forget" to invite other people. We've been together ever since. We realized a few nights ago that it'll be 8 years this year, even though we've only been married a year. Funny fact. We (mostly) successfully hid our relationship from our co-workers until we were engaged 6 years in. Don't know how we pulled that one off! (we technically worked for different companies, so it didn't matter. We just worked in a very small office where people like to talk. We wanted to keep the gossip and chatter out of our relationship as long as possible. After a while it almost became a game to see how well we could hide it)

MrsDorkCharming · May 2017

@TInman87 It doesn't feel real yet for me either. We were trying for 13 months and it still doesn't feel real. I'm hoping that it'll feel a little more real once I can see the baby and hear the heartbeat.

libbberty · May 2017

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby?
5 weeks! Appleseed

2. How are you feeling?
Good. Some dizziness, sore breasts, thirsty. But overall, good.

3. Any appointments this week?
Not till next week!

4. Rants/raves/questions?
Rant: DH's travel schedule for work sucks. It's almost impossible to schedule appts. He is gone every week M-Th.
Rave: BUT my OB was able to get us in an appt for 5/18 and DH's assistant somehow got the flight changed for next week. I'll be just over 6 weeks so very much hoping for a heartbeat.

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet?
We met in a dance floor in Las Vegas at about 4am. Very classy. But it lasted! We got married 5 years to the day we met.

@MrsDorkCharming I don't think any meeting story is boring! I can't believe you managed to keep your relationship secret for so long. I would never have been able to do that no matter what the circumstances!

@mrsdaddario Wishing you a happy appt on Wednesday! Keep us posted.

laurenjt808 · May 2017

Sorry so late.. I recently joined this board.

1. How many weeks are you? What size is baby? 6 weeks yesterday! Baby is the size of a sweat pea

2. How are you feeling? Emotionally, I'm all over the place from happy to nervous and scared. I'm scared about the possibility of another MMC but at the same time I'm so excited for this little sweat pea. My pregnancy symptoms have picked up this week! I can add nausea and vomiting to my list. Previously it was food aversions, sensitivity to smell, slight back pain, and sore breasts.

3. Any appointments this week?I have an early US tomorrow with my NP and then my first OB appointment next week to do a dating scan and confirm pregnancy viability --> this has me nervous, most especially since I had a recent loss this past January.

4. Rants/raves/questions? Rant: this morning sickness is kicking my butt but I'm so thankful that to have it. It's a constant reminder of my little sweat pea and it makes all of this all the more real. Raves: My sister is coming in to visit this weekend! I can't wait to see her. Questions, with my food aversions and nausea, the only foods I can apparently tolerate are plain pizza (basically bread, sauce, and cheese), bagels/toast, cold vegetables, and potatoes with a little cheese. It doesn't sound the healthiest, but anything with excess seasoning or strong smells turns me off and I either vomit it out or gag. I'd love to hear food suggestions on what worked to stave off nausea! I've tried ginger products (chews, ginger ale, etc.), lemon, and sea bands but it doesn't work.

5. GTKY: how did you and your partner meet? We met in college during a summer research program for undergraduates. We both went to different colleges (me west coast, him east coast) but found out that we were from the same state! We started off long distance during our undergraduate years and then ended up going to graduate school together. Both of us got married after graduate school and couldn't be happier

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