TTGP Grad Check In 9/21

mileswithmyles · September 2017

I thought I would go ahead and start one of these for the first time to see how everyone has been doing recently.

Hey there TTGPers! How are things going? Let's do a casual check in, but if questions/structure help you, then here are the usual to use as guidelines:

How far along are you?

How are you feeling?

Any recent/upcoming appointments?

sandbar517 · September 2017

I'm 7+2 today and nausea is kicking my ass. Today (so far) hasn't been too terrible, so I'm crossing my fingers. Makes me wonder why I tried so hard to have another one, and then I immediately feel guilty for thinking that. First appointment isn't until 10/2 and I'm still hoping that they'll do an US. FX.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

Hi guys, can I hang with you until June opens up? lol I'm going through TB withdrawal in the meantime....

sandbar517 · September 2017

YES!!!!! I was SO excited when I saw you post on the TTGP grad post, and then got so sad when I saw that you'll be in June. But hi, and welcome!!!

mileswithmyles · September 2017

Yes!!! @doxiemoxie212

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

yayyyyy!!!

Um, so I'm 3+6 today.............. so, feeling the same.... lol just POAS multiple times a day and freaking DH out by taping them to a piece of paper in our bedroom (we have guests staying with us and only one bathroom, so....). He keeps saying, "WHY ARE YOU KEEPING A COLLECTION OF THINGS YOU'VE PEED ON!!" But he is excited the line is getting darker. He asks about the line progress a lot.

Haven't called my OB yet because I think I want to switch to a midwife/OB combo practice, but I think my current OB would let me come in early/possibly let me do beta draws to ease my mind. Normally that would be fine, go to first OB then switch for future appointments, but I'm being a loon, and I'm not sure I want her to know I'm KU because she lives in my building, and I run into her sometimes.

Currently debating how we want to tell people and when. I told my BFF yesterday because I would obv tell her if anything bad happened (I told literally everyone I speak to IRL about it last time), and she straight up asked me. We booked a trip back to my mom's months ago (she's on west coast, we're on east), and at first I genuinely forgot to tell my mom, but then I started thinking it would be fun to just show up and surprise her. And now I sort of think it would be even more fun? DH is worried about her having a heart attack lol (she has absolutely zero risk factors for this, though, so I think he's being overly cautious).

mileswithmyles · September 2017

I'm 8w4d today. Overall, very tired and nauseous. I'm going to call my OB next week to ask for the prescription meds that were offered at my appointment. The Unisom and B6 have helped, but I'm still throwing up 3+ times a day with it and find it hard to eat and drink anything. I've lost about three pounds so far. I go back to the doctor on 10/11. I think we are going to tell my grandparents next week. Our immediate family knows now, and a few close friends.

bjkay22 · September 2017

So happy for you @doxiemoxie212

hang out here all you want!!

TB is being a real bitch this week. Wouldn’t let me
post on Wed or Thurs.

Anyways!

6 weeks 6 days. Queasy pretty much all day after noon unless I eat every hour but I’m down 2 lbs since I got a positive test (I’m majorly overweight so I’m hoping to actually shed a few lbs the first trimester).

TW

I had a “scare” on Tuesday with some bleeding and cramping. My ob said protocol was ER immediately. They found the bleeding was coming from an abrasion on my cervix. Baby was measuring on schedule and heart rate was 108 ish but she said that was a little
low so to just make sure OB is happy with it. I see the OB on the 28th and I’m really hoping the heart rate has gotten stronger but for now I’m happy there is a heart beat and trying not to freak

end TW

Love to you all!

Edit it to add:

I hope it’s ok that I post here. I was only active on TTGP for about a week so I totally understand if you don’t want me to check in to these. Just let me know!

sandbar517 · September 2017

I wasn't on TTGP for very long either, a few months, so I don't feel like I can really say, but I don't have a problem with you posting here! I think it's nice to have other people to talk to who weren't surprised by their BFP!

rachelg777 · September 2017

How about me guys can I hang here? I was only on TTGP for 2 months and got my BFP before I could participate in the dailies (benched). I lurked so hard core tho...

labgrand2012 · September 2017

Hey, I am 8+3 or 7+2. The first is my LMP, but at my dating ultrasound yesterday the tech said I am measuring at 7+2. Not sure what my doctor will use yet. Though I do know when I ovulated which is between those two dates

I have been so nauseous, and it lasts all day, all the time. I am a big baby with it comes to nausea, I would much rather be in pain, so this has been hard for me. My DH finally got me some B6 and unisom, I think he was tired of me whining and being a couch potato. That has stopped the nausea for most of the day, but now I am super tired and still get a bit sick at night. But I am happy to be feeling like a human again most of the day.

I am hoping to start working out again next week. I worked out last Monday, and that was a disaster, and I have not been back since. But I really need to get moving again to work off all the junk food I have been eating. I think I have eating 6 lunchables in the last week and a half.

My mother is the only know who knows right now. We are visiting the in-laws in November and going to wait to tell them in person. I am thinking I might tell work today since how I am feeling is affecting my work, but we have a new product/tool coming out in December that they want me to be the lead on for our team and I dont want them to then think about having someone else o it if I will be gone for three months next year. And my boss has been known to pass on good news, even if the person wasn't going to tell others yet. So I think it will be a game time decision.

sandbar517 · September 2017

Of course

holli0801 · September 2017

@doxiemoxie212

yayyyyy!!!! Congrats!

rachelg777 · September 2017

@sandbar517 yay! I forget, you switched OB's right? I would totally call and ask if they do US's with the initial appt. No shame.
@doxiemoxie212 yay congrats! Lol to your OB living in the same building.. I would also be avoiding her if I planned to switch.
@mileswithmyles go for the meds girl, you need some relief.
@bjkay22 keep us updated on your appt next week!
@labgrand2012 I'm glad the meds are helping. My workouts have also been totally derailed, I've been lucky to get out and walk this week. Hopefully we can both be better next week.

holli0801 · September 2017

Hey ladies. I'm 5 weeks today based on LMP, but I have a suspicion I may be be a tad further based on ovulation. I threw all OPKs out and just had lots of sex the month we actually conceived. It was stressing me all out (and DH). So TBD!
Im feeling pretty good. Waves of nausea every once in awhile. Super sensitive to smells, and super tired.
@doxiemoxie212 I'm in the same boat with my current OB, while touring birthcenters and meeting with midwives....
My last consult is Tuesday so hoping I will make a decision then! ... I have an appt with my OB at 7 weeks for an ultrasound, definitely earlier than a midwife practice would typically do, but I have some family risk factors so not sure. I may keep that appt then switch over.

rachelg777 · September 2017

AFM I'm 8+2. This week has been bad but mostly because I caught a nasty cold and haven't been sleeping well. My nausea and food aversions are getting spottier so I think I'm on the upswing for feeling better. Of course that makes my PGAL brain crazy. My doppler has been a lifesaver with that.
I've told one close friend along with my parents and sisters. I'm gonna keep it at that until the end of first tri at least and probably won't be "public" about the information until around Thanksgiving.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

@labgrand2012 I freelance now, but if I still worked for a PR agency, I don't think I would have told them until 14-15 weeks, even though my last PR agency was super family friendly. I would've had the same worries as you. I know a lot of people tell HR earlier, though, in a confidential capacity. Sort of just like a, "in case my boss comes complaining/thinking I'm interviewing, please tell them you're confident that's not the case" way.

@sandbar517 @mileswithmyles @bjkay22 @labgrand2012 sorry about the nausea! I get motion sick so so so easily, and my hangovers are always stomach hangovers not headache hangovers, so I am well acquainted with nausea, and it is the absolute worse. Completely agree I prefer pain to nausea. ...Now would I prefer being really, really itchy all over to nausea? Uncertain.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

@hollieileen if you don't live in the same building as your OB, I would definitely go with your current plan. I still might. Depends if I want to worry about leaving my apt and sharing an elevator with her in the future. lol

sandbar517 · September 2017

@rachelg777 I did switch, from an OB to a midwives group. I was thinking about calling to see what the protocol is, but I'm hoping that I'll have better luck if I just beg the midwife in person at my appointment. They don't know anything about my history yet since I'm a new patient, so I'm thinking that if I tell her that neither of my previous pregnancies have been "normal", that she'll be more willing to do one to set my mind at ease.
+1 for preferring pain to nausea. Although, that's easier to say when I'm feeling nauseated and not having any pain.....Overall, I feel pain is easier to tolerate/live with-except maybe a really bad headache when having your eyes open is torture. But all day, every day nausea is the worst, IMO. People gotta eat, yo! I'd have to think about the itchy vs nausea question, that's an interesting one. I had PUPPS with my twin pregnancy, and it was pretty terrible.

sandbar517 · September 2017

PS @doxiemoxie212 can you just lie about your EDD and stay here? June will be a bad board, I just have a feeling

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

@sandbar517 lol lol I'd be so far behind!! Also, every woman in both DH and my families goes super late (I was born 14 days late), so IDK, I don't think my odds of going early are excellent (I mean.... assuming I make it past the first trimester hurdle, lol ::knocks on wood::). But I'll def keep coming to say hi in your TTGP check-ins if y'all don't mind!

sandbar517 · September 2017

mileswithmyles · September 2017

@doxiemoxie212 I agree with @sandbar517

charlestonchew · September 2017

@doxiemoxie212 OMG congrats! I haven't checked TTGP in awhile so I missed your BFP. You should totally play here.

AFM I'm 7+2 and so nauseous. No vomiting but constant feeling like sea sick or hung over. DR appt on 10/2. Nothing else exciting in my life. I told almost everyone at work and if I hear "how are you feeling" one more time...

bjkay22 · September 2017

@charlestonchew omg I hate the how are you feeling. My boss asks me every day and then when I say “ehh” or whatever he always says “well I haven’t had any morning sickness!” And thinks it’s hilarious. And I want to murder him. That could be the hormones though...

sandbar517 · September 2017

@bjkay22 Ugh. I generally hate when people ask, "How are you?" because it's just banal chatter and they don't normally really care how you're doing. And double when you're pregnant. They just don't know what else to say. Unless it's a close friend that I know actually does care how I'm doing, I just smile and say, "Great, thanks!" and keep walking.

Saratiff · September 2017

I was only on TTGP for a few weeks actively but lurked before then. I'm so glad some many Mama's made it here :-)

mileswithmyles · September 2017

@sandbar517 I've had the same thought about my nausea. This will be it for me for a lot of reasons, but that's one of them.
@doxiemoxie212 I told my bff immediately, too.
@bjkay22 big hugs. That's scary!
@labgrand2012 Unisom and B6 takes the edge off for me. I'm also hoping to get back to working out.
@hollieileen omg yes to the smells. I am so sensitive to them
@rachelg777 glad the Doppler helps reassure you
@charlestonchew I know! I know people are just trying to be nice, butt honest answer is probably not what they want to hear.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

So it's 11:30am and I've been at a bar watching soccer with our friends from out of town for more than an hour. Do you know how much I enjoy bars without being able to drink? Zero. Not at all. Nilch.

Also I finally gave in and emailed my ob and she agreed to run betas Monday and Wednesday! Yay!

catlady1215 · September 2017

Hi ladies!!

i still haven't really started posting much here... PGALs brain and all. Still debating if I should just do June? Or both?

im 4wks2days. Can't get myself to stop temping yet. And today is the first day I'm actually trying NOT to test (since last sat). Yesterday's test was as dark as the other line so telling myself it has no where else, up, to go.

Im having an inner battle. I actually want to feel excited this time. But having a hard time letting myself yet. TW those back to back losses really screwed me up END TW.

my dr actually already had me come in. Did betas on wed (13dpo 178). Told me to go back next wk for more. When I hit 2k, we'll schedule an ultrasound. And has me coming back to her in 2 wks again.

hope you all are doing well!

sandbar517 · September 2017

Welcome, @catlady1215! Stick around with us, we're fun!

ladystinson · September 2017

I'm glad someone started this. I was on TTGP for over a year but I had taken a break since June (I think) from the boards and charting so once I got my BFP and went to post over there, it just felt wrong. There were so many names I didn't recognize... I didn't want to seem like a driveby.

How far along are you? 8 weeks tomorrow

How are you feeling? Good. Definitely tired, and I threw up for the first time- in my front yard lol- while packing the car for vacation at about 5am last Thursday. So far that was the only time though

Any recent/upcoming appointments? Wednesday we have the intake appointment and dating u/s so we'll get to see the heartbeat!

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