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January 2018 Moms
darkrose88
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FTM Check in 5/30
darkrose88
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How far along are you?
Any appointments this week/last? How did it go?
Cravings?
Rants/Raves?
Questions for FTM, STM+?
GTKY: What did you do for Memorial Day/ the long weekend?
Re: FTM Check in 5/30
Nothing really. Spent most of the weekend on the couch except for going to the farmers market Saturday morning and the movies on Sunday. I don't get holidays so I had to work Monday although I did end up going home early.
@TInman87 Yay for telling the fam!
@gusgus14 so glad your appointment went well! I'm sorry about all the noise at work
How far along are you? Will be 6 weeks tomorrow!
7weeks 2 days
Nope. My OB won't see me for a few more weeks so I'm just waiting.
Soo many! I want enchiladas like nobody's business. Also chicken strips, and salad with nothing but ranch dressing and croutons.
This nausea has got to go!!! Everything makes me nauseous. It's driving me crazy!! I hate feeling barfy all the time!!!
Unfortunately, both the hubs and I were stuck in bed all weekend (and not in the fun way). We were both sick the entire weekend. He got to take drugs. I had to just plow through. It wasn't fun but at least I am starting to feel better.
7w 4d
Any appointments this week/last? How did it go?
We had our 2nd US with the RE last Thursday and we got to hear the heartbeat! She didn't update my EDD which is a bit disappointing but I have a 3rd US on the 8th and if all goes well I'll be released back to my OB!
Cravings?
Not this week!
Rants/Raves?
Rant - I'm pretty sour right now about one of my co-workers. I was training a new hire first thing this morning (first day back after a long weekend off) and this old biddy asks me about something I forgot to do last week which I really don't care about and can wait until the afternoon and then proceeds to get pissy and complain to my boss and other co-workers that I didn't do it just because I wouldn't immediately drop what I was doing and do it that very second. (We had something that was hiding in a corner that needed thrown away, I couldn't find a custodian when I went on break so I was going to wait until they came for regular trash pickup after lunch. It was in a corner out of sight and clearly not hurting anything by being there a few more hours). She gets like that though. B you are not my boss or the center of my universe, pregnant or not, I do not serve at your beck and call.
Questions: None at this time.
GTKY: Saturday we had a t-ball game for the SKs half sister, followed by boating at a local lake and a cookout. Our host's 4 yo granddaughter was clinging to DH and it's just so adorable how good he is with small kids. *melt*. Sunday I had a sushi date with my BFF and told her the news! We then spent the afternoon just hanging out. Monday DH&I started cleaning, organizing, and decluttering. We rearranged our bedroom and I added tons of stuff from our future nursery to our donate/trash/sell piles.
SD: 21 & SS: 17
BFP #2 6/3/2020
*Trigger Warning*
8 weeks 4 days
Nope!
I want dessert after every meal...
My DH is away for 6 weeks.
I worked Friday and Saturday night and mostly slept the rest of the weekend.
@TInman87 My husband is a CPA, and I was with him through the exam process… so congrats on being done! Yay! Do you work at a big 4 firm?
@rachelg777 I switched health insurance at 16 weeks with DD because I got married. The process was super smooth! I would call now though and ask questions just to make sure everything is covered. Some insurance companies consider pregnancy a preexisting condition and do not cover it; this is rare with GOOD insurance but scam-y ones do this… and while the birth of a child, like a marriage, is considered a major life event and grounds for switching, I am not sure pregnancy is for some. I would just call and double check! This time around, DH is likely getting a new job, so I'll either be jumping on my employer's plan or his new one--so I'll be in the boat with you!
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
For general social media announcements, I think it's always good to be mindful that there are almost definitely people who are struggling and you don't know about it. Posting pictures of pee sticks or ultrasound photos in announcements can be really triggering for some folks, especially AL. I know I've seen comments here about them, but shirts like "only the best husbands get promoted to dad" or whatever can really sting. I would also avoid announcing on days that are already challenging (like Mother's Day) or doing "surprise" pregnancy/sex reveal/etc. announcements at other functions (like birthday parties, other people's weddings, etc.).
I suspect, like you said, that there are other women in my life who are struggling with IF that I don't even know about so I definitely want to be mindful of their feelings whenever we do make a public announcement and your tips are very appreciated. This is all assuming everything continues to go smoothly for me, of course.
Not exactly? It's more like if I'm not hungry I've got 100% food aversion and if I am hungry, I know exactly what I want and that's the only thing I can stand to eat at the moment.
DH and I directed a half marathon on Saturday so I treated myself to a mani/pedi right after. Hung out at BIL's pool on Monday and learned to play Left Right Center...thank goodness we only play with $1's.
@zamora_spin Thank you for asking that question and to those who answered. One of my friends with fertility struggles told me that she was expecting before she made it public. She didn't know DH & I were TTC but I was so excited that we could have and be raising our kids together. She had an MC just before I got pregnant and I've been wondering what to do ever since.
I have an appointment this Friday for another ultrasound. My doc just wants to track me really closely.
Rants: Seriously, I wish I could just sleep all the time. I am exhausted and have trouble concentrating at work. Also, I fell asleep at my mechanic shop on Saturday while waiting on my oil change - no one seemed to notice, or at least they were polite enough not to say anything. Pretty sure I was drooling!
Raves: My doctor is amazing! He and everyone on his staff pretty much told me my first appointment that they were going to do everything in their power to help me carry this baby to term. I love him!
Took my step-daughter out for a pedicure and shopping for summer clothes (because her mom did not send any with her for the whole summer. Grrr!)
BFP #1 Dec 2015 - CP Dec 2015
BFP #2 Jan 2016 - MC March 2016
BFP #3 May 2017 - Down Syndrome dx @ 12 wks - MC August 2016
BFP #4 November 2017
I'm starting to feel a teensy bit better. Still god-awful tired and unfocused (I also gave up coffee because it was making me sick, so that's not helping), but the nausea has subsided.
Had first official prenatal appt on Tuesday and am waiting to hear back if there are any issues with the bloodwork. I'm getting the cell free DNA test done in two weeks.
I REALLY want to start telling people.
I second the text message. It lets them process in their own time without the need to respond back straight away, that way when they talk to you they can show the joy they actually feel towards your pregnancy.
IF cost me a close friend because she couldn't grasp that yes... I was very happy for her, but still very sad for me and needed time and space. She told me by basically shoving the pee stick (that had two obvious lines) in my face asking if it was positive (knowing I had just come off a failed IUI cycle that month)
BFP #1 Dec 2015 - CP Dec 2015
BFP #2 Jan 2016 - MC March 2016
BFP #3 May 2017 - Down Syndrome dx @ 12 wks - MC August 2016
BFP #4 November 2017
@madcouplewithabox sorry you had to deal with that. I don't know what I would've done if that had happened to me over the last year
Cravings? Real Milk which I haven't drank in years because I'm lactose intolerant. So weird.
GTKY: I had to work the whole weekend, but that's ok because I have the 4th of July off!
Edited because like I said, still learning eek
My co-worker/desk-neighbor and I have been commiserating over the process for a few months now. We have the same OB/Gyn office (an hour away from where we work, mind you - what are the odds?) and her husband was referred to my RE for his SA. I haven't flat out "said" it at work yet, and we don't talk about it really, but she *knows.* We speak in code/hypotheticals a lot because not every knows she's struggling with IF, and she's the only one in the office I've told that we were even TTC. She asks about my appointments and I ask about hers so while I didn't come out and say it I know she gets the drift. It's definitely helped having someone to relate to on a regular basis while going through this process the past few months. This is her 2nd/3rd round of fertility meds this cycle so FX she can start her H&H9 soon. That being said, I'll definitely give her a head's up before I tell the rest of the office.
My brother & SIL have also been dealing with it. They're older than me (but younger than DH) so I hope they don't take it too hard that we got there "first". This will be the first grandchild on my side (& the first grandchild for her parents too). My brother got started on Clomid so I'm hoping by the time that we announce to family that they're expecting too and just aren't telling yet. Hopefully that happens soon because I really wanted to tell my dad around Father's Day, at which point if my dating doesn't change I'll be 10+1. I'll probably give them a call beforehand so I can warn them I'm going to tell our parents so it doesn't take them by surprise. I'd also rather it come from me and not someone else.
SD: 21 & SS: 17
BFP #2 6/3/2020
*Trigger Warning*
I had a doctor's visit from hell yesterday though, so that's had me really upset. I saw a different doctor in the practice for what I thought was a yeast infection, and she spent most of the appointment telling me how dangerous my weight is, declaring that I was pre-diabetic because I had a SLIGHTLY high A1C reading a couple months ago that led my endocrinologist (I see her for my thyroid) to put me on metformin, etc. She said I probably got the yeast infection because I'm pre diabetic - WTF? What about the millions of other women who get them?
In any case, I'm getting worried about gestational diabetes because of this, so I'm really, really trying to clean up my diet and get more exercise, which is easier now that I don't feel like sleeping 23 hours a day.