Friday Ticker Change | 8.18

eggplantface · August 2017

Sorry we missed last week!

1) How far along are you? How big is baby?

2) How are you feeling?

3) Any appointments this week?

4) Rants/Raves/Questions?

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out?

misspricklepants · August 2017

1. 15 weeks, navel orange

2. Better... just better. Not out of the MS woods yet, but have cut out 1 medication and am scaling back the Diclegis to only 1 before bed.

3. Checkup yesterday, all is well! Nothing again until my anatomy scan late Sept.

4. Rant: Sleep is hard. Especially with a dog and cat that will only sleep on my side of the bed. Rave: fall is upon us! Can't wait for the cooler temps to takeover in Chicagoland.

5. I pretty much eat what I want now. I don't eat sushi so I can't say my first meal will be anything special that I can't eat now. Probably takeout of some kind. I don't discriminate so hospital food will be just fine. I had DS at 840pm and after the golden hour and transferring to our PP room it was about 10pm. We settled for a pathetic cold cut sandwich and some fruit, which was all the nurse could scrouge up at the time. So - ANYTHING - will be an improvement from that. I will say I am looking forward to the "mommy cocktail" (nonalcoholic) after birth!

eggplantface · August 2017

1) How far along are you? How big is baby? 14 weeks, officially 2nd tri! Size of a peach.

2) How are you feeling? Good, almost back to normal. Just minor bouts of nausea where I can eat but have definite food aversions.

3) Any appointments this week? Nope.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? I will probably eat my words later, but I want to start showing for real. Right now I just look like I've put on weight, and in my HIIT class I'm not doing any of the high-impact moves, so my paranoid brain is thinking people are looking at my stomach and thinking "She really should try harder if she wants to lose that gut."

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out?
I'm going to apologize because I'm terrible at coming up with GTKY questions! My answer is "Chicken wings from my favorite bar which just happens to be down the street from the hospital," but it's not like I can't have them now...I'll work on this, I swear

wal2017 · August 2017

1) How far along are you? How big is baby?

15 weeks- an orange or pear

2) How are you feeling?

omg the heartburn! Nausea went away for a while but now is back mixed with heartburn/indigestion. otherwise I'm okay!

3) Any appointments this week?

No appointments for another few weeks

4) Rants/Raves/Questions?
RAVE- I'm putting together my registry quickly because my inlaws are throwing an early baby shower (family will all be together in a month or so and they want to host it then). I've been using Baby list and i HIGHLY recommend it. Basically, you sign up for the site and install a little "add to list" button on your browser. Any site you visit, if you like the product and want to add it, you click the "add to list" button and boom it is added to the baby list registry-- and automatically, they give the option of different retailers and prices. This is key because i know a lot of guests may want to buy on Amazon if they have free shipping, but I know some people like to see things in stores- so for many products it will say eg) Aden and Anais Swaddle Blanket: Target-32.99 Amazon- 28.99 Babies R Us 34.99 and it includes direct links.

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out?
BEER AND PIZZA FOLLOWED BY CHAMPAGNE AND CAKE

kbrinks2 · August 2017

1) How far along are you? How big is baby?
14 weeks! Size of a peach!

2) How are you feeling?
It depends on the day! Better than I was! I was driving with my husband this morning and all of a sudden I thought I was going to hurl!

3) Any appointments this week?
Nope

4) Rants/Raves/Questions?

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out?
Anything fast food! If I feel like eating!

babybro218 · August 2017

1) How far along are you? How big is baby? 14 weeks, a peach. Happy 2nd Trimester!!!!

2) How are you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good. Still a little tired, and heartburn is starting to replace nausea, but it's manageable.

3) Any appointments this week? Had an appt on Wednesday. Only gained 6 lbs in the first tri (which is much less than I thought/how I feel!) and baby's heart rate was 151.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? Preach, @eggplantface ! This "inbetween" phase is the worst. I'm also looking forward to the regular reassurance of being able to feel baby's kicks. And while I'm at it... I'd like the acne to clear up a bit so I can start the school year with slightly better skin than the majority of the 13-year-olds I teach.

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out? RED WINE. I stopped drinking while TTC, so it's been a long, long, long time...

TattoosandLace · August 2017

I dropped the ball last week too. I'm sorry!

1) How far along are you? How big is baby?

14 weeks - size of a troll doll or peach

2) How are you feeling?
feeling alright. Hit a wall of tired yesterday. Womp. But good today!

3) Any appointments this week?

This coming Thursday.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions?
OB wants me to take the glucose test early because of my BMI...and I'm over here feeling like that's not a legitimate reason and don't want to end up taking it three times this pregnancy.

5) GTKY: Assuming you're up to eating and docs put no restrictions on your diet, what food will you request for your first meal after baby is out?
Our post-delivery meal tradition is Club Lulus from Jimmy John's. LOL. With DD1, I hadn't had any JJ's during pregnancy and DH promised me a sub since that's what I wanted for my birthday. We found out I was pregnant with dD1 5 days before my birthday and all I had told him I wanted was Jimmy John's and some moscato. He ordered again with DD2. Now it's just tradition.

ladybug0088 · August 2017

1. 14 weeks...peach

2. Doing better this week in terms of morning sickness. However, school started back this week and has worn me out! I teach middle school and it can be exhausting...especially when pregnant. I've been asleep by 8 every day.

3. Had an appointment this past week and everything was great. Heartbeat of 155. I also had a 1 hour glucose test and passed with flying colors so that made me feel great.

4. Rant...my OB is down a technician so we can't have the gender ultrasound done there. I'm going to go to one of those gender ultrasound places at 16 weeks just to find out and get another peek at baby. I can't wait for the 20 weeks scan. ..lol

5. Long John Silvers....I probably only indulge once a year but delicious chicken would be awesome.

babybro218 · August 2017

@ladybug0088 glad your MS is getting better! I teach middle school, too, but I have another week until I go back. I am so worried about the exhaustion kicking my ass. I'm also as far away from a bathroom as you can get in my school. It's going to be an interesting year... welcome back!

ladybug0088 · August 2017

@babybro218 thank you! You'll definitely be tired the first few days...more so than usual. I'm glad we are in second trimester though now. Hoping the sleeping and fatigue will both get better.

TattoosandLace · August 2017

I am getting increasingly nervous about people "finding out". We love and cherish this baby, but DH wants to wait until the anatomy scan to say anything. I am to the point where I'm like "f this. Let's get the telling over with"

babybro218 · August 2017

@tattoosandlace we are the opposite! I wanted to wait as long as possible (I kind of like the idea of having this pregnancy as something special just between the two of us for a little while) and DH was ready to tell the world as soon as we got our BFP. We split the difference and went with a slow roll-out, only telling family first, then friends as we saw them in person.

kbrinks2 · August 2017

@TattoosandLace - I would find it so hard not to tell anyone!! We both agreed we would wait until 12 weeks before telling anyone but after that the news was fair game for everyone to know lol When do you go for your anatomy scan?

TattoosandLace · August 2017

@babybro218 I was okay with waiting with DD2 until the anatomy scan. I just think third pregnancy is going to be a lot harder to hide. Plus, I need to give time to find a sub for the class I teach one day a week.

@kbrinks2 I am assuming we will schedule the a/s during my next appointment (Wednesday). DH will need to request time off and a sub, so he prefers afternoon appointments. I'm going to shoot for a Thursday appointment so that my friend of off work and can watch DD1 so we don't have to ask MIL. I am not sure what we'll do about DD2 right now.

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