If you are due between September 15th and September 30th, then let's chat!
EDD:
Team Blue/Pink/Green:
FTM/STM:
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable):
How are you feeling?:
Rant/Rave of the week?
Questions?
Edited to add that the Corgi gif is for the royal wedding tomorrow. Anyone else love keeping up with the British Royals? MH husband thinks it's all ridiculous, but I love it, ha
Re: 3rd & 4th week of Sept edd | May check-in
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Blue
FTM/STM: STM
Special concerns: Low lying placenta. Follow-up u/s to be scheduled around 28 weeks to check position.
How are you feeling? So tired.
Rant/Rave of the week? We live pretty close to a decent size airport and the morning planes have been terrible this week. I hadn't been sleeping well (I believe thanks to dessert after dinner a few nights in a row) so having the planes start over our house early in the morning is not helping!! They're usually not too bad but it always seems like once it gets to be open window sleeping weather they fly over the house more frequently.
Questions? Nothing today.
I don't want to rush things along but I'm basically counting down to our follow-up u/s. Really hoping my placenta GTFO of the way!!
MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
DS born 9/13/16
BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Blue!
FTM/STM: FTM
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable): None right now
How are you feeling?: Really good which I'm grateful for. I had a really hard first trimester where I was nauseous all the time and barely wanted to eat so I'm happy to be feeling good now. I think I'm in a sweet spot where I feel good and am not huge yet.
Rant/Rave of the week? Rave: MH has wanted to feel baby for a few weeks now but hasn't been able to yet. Last night he was already dozing in bed and I started to feel baby move a lot. I decided to wake him up and he felt baby! It was an awesome moment. We both laughed and I could tell that he thought it was amazing to feel him move. Rant: Oh some annoying work stuff. Wouldn't it be nice if the vendors you pay to make your life easier could actually competently do their job?! Sigh
Questions? Can't think of any right now.
Edited: Whoops I skipped a question.
EDD: 9/25 (for now, this has changed by 3-4 days EVERY appointment)
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Green
FTM/STM: FTM
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable): "technically" high risk although my doctor puts it in air quotes any time she says it. I had DVT at age 3, so they have me on Lovenox although I haven't had a clot or any clotting related issues in over 30 years. I also haven't taken a blood thinner since I was 4 years old. It's so strange but I get that they are being extra cautious because of the baby. I also have anterior placenta and don't really feel the baby that much yet.
How are you feeling?: Being pregnant is not my favorite thing - and I feel super lucky that I didn't have the first trimester icky feelings but I am definitely counting down the days until this is over. I don't know if I will be able to do it a second time.
Rant/Rave of the week? Rant: My feet, legs and back hurt all of the time and I'm swinging back into a state of constant exhaustion. I couldn't sleep last night because I couldn't get into a position where I could breathe well. Rave: My husband is awesome, and he tries so hard to make things easier on me. He makes sure I am eating and have the right snacks around, he brings me juice to work, he tries REALLY hard even when I am being a complete bitch. He's really great and I am lucky to get to parent with him.
Questions? Anyone else super nervous about not being ready for baby? Not emotionally, but like - with stuff. How early should you get a car seat? Little things like that are running through my head constantly. I also have a lot of anxiety around the baby's health, since I have anterior placenta I can't feel movement every day, is there a way for me to know everything is OK from home?
EDD: 9/16
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Pink!
FTM/STM: STM
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable): Hashimoto's puts me at slightly higher risk with a few extra endocrinologist appts, nothing else though.
How are you feeling?: I feel great! I'm seriously surprised and thankful for how well I'm feeling currently. Any other STMs feel this way too? I'm not overly tired, still sleeping well, no back/hip pain currently. I think I feel better now than I did at this point with my pregnancy with DS.
Rant/Rave of the week? Rant: we went over budget by quite a bit with our bathroom remodel so I'm kind of freaking out financially wondering when our checking account will go back up. Despite going over budget, stuff still needs to be done (bedroom for DS, tile floor in master bath, paint living room and trim throughout the house, 4 new tires for my vehicle) and I'm just not looking forward to being better about budgeting for the next few months. No real raves this week, not in a bad mood but nothing fantastic is going on.
Questions? No questions currently.
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Pink
FTM/STM: FTM
How are you feeling?: mostly good, now that I take Prilosec twice a day I am not getting sick as much.
Questions? Are you feeling movement every day or almost every day? I don’t feel her as much as I thought I would by now. I felt her a couple good times at 18 weeks and haven’t felt her much since.
@jaylii I am fascinated by the royals and I plan on waking up at 5am to watch wedding coverage all morning.
@samd6 I am nervous about not being ready for baby, but not stuff wise more responsibility wise. I know we are ready and that we will be just fine, but I want to be a great mom and be present for things. I want to make sure my child knows we love and support them because we are present not because we buy them everything they want.
@samd6 I'm sorry to hear that you're having a rough time physically and emotionally. My advice with the back pain is to see a chiropractor and or a physical therapist. I have a back injury history and I can tell you it's best not to ignore the pain. I'm also experiencing anxiety but my worries are more around the logistics of returning to work full time after he's born. Hang in there, I'm thinking of you.
@nlc8424 I feel you on the finances. It feels like this year is expensive. We're having central ac installed in our house, painting and trim in upstairs bedrooms and hardwood floors upstairs are being refinished. On top of that two of our pets are having health issues and expensive vet bills, our dishwasher seems to be dying and MH really needs to purchase a new car. Ugh
Team Blue/Pink/Green: team pink!
FTM/STM: second time
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable):
None, this one doctor keep telling me I’m just going to sail through and I want to smack him and tell him to stop jinxing me. It’s like waving a flag in fates face.
How are you feeling?: Decent. Stomach has been off this week but getting through.
Rant/Rave of the week? Soooo excited ladies!! I had a client meeting an hour and half away today and it was semi near this amazing cupcake bakery. I of course stopped by and got fresh cupcakes to go! They are sitting in my fridge waiting for toddler to go to bed so I can celebrate weekend. Also I go there like 10:30am so they told me cupcakes we just out and cooled so they could make me any combo I wanted! Aw my pregnant self did a happy dance! So peanutbutter vanilla/chocolate cupcakes and salted caramel ones are awaiting me.
Questions? Nome
royal wedding: can we have a thread for those who will be watching?!?!? I am setting my alarm! I did for will and kate too. My husband makes fun of me but oh well!
MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
DS born 9/13/16
BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
As for what you can do at home, there's not much unfortunately. You can buy at home dopplers to hear the heartbeat but at this point I'm not sure buying one would be worth it. Once you get to the point of feeling more consistent movement (which I imagine should get easier as baby gets bigger even with the anterior placenta) that trumps being able to find the heartbeat.
MMC 8/5/15 at 8 weeks
DS born 9/13/16
BFP 1/13/18 - EDD 9/20/18 - It's a boy!
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Pink
FTM/STM: FTM
Special concerns: nothing at the moment
How are you feeling?: pretty good, aside from some trouble sleeping
Rant/Rave of the week? Baby's been bopping around a lot, could have SWORN I felt her from outside last night, pretty excited. I also switched OBs this week because I didn't want to deliver at the small community hospital, and wanted to deliver at a much better hospital in the city. New OB is super nice and I feel comfortable with her but I'm nervous I made a mistake? (If I hadn't switched, I would have regretted NOT switching hospitals though, I know)
Questions? Not at the moment! Thanks for the reminder to record the Royal Wedding! (I'm working tomorrow so won't be able to wake up early to watch.. will have to watch Monday!)
Pink
STM
Feeling okay besides hip pain.
Raving that yesterday I finally felt LO kick on the outside.
Team Blue/Pink/Green: Pink!
FTM/STM: FTM
Special concerns i.e. AMA/IF/High-risk etc. (If comfortable): Nope, I’ve had a very easy pregnancy so far!
How are you feeling?: Tired again but not as bad as the first trimester. Just finding it difficult to get the oomph to do things that need to be done! And I’ve had some trouble sleeping the past few nights.
Rant/Rave of the week? I’m surrounded by several others pregnant women who are only like 8-10 weeks ahead of me, but for some reason this week I’ve been jealous of them? They’ve posted some bump pics and baby kick videos and it has me jealous for some reason?! I think it may be because I’m still not showing very much at all and *just* started feeling her kick, and I’m actually looking forward to looking and feeling more pregnant. It hasn’t bothered me before this week so I don’t know what my deal is! I’m sure I’ll get over it. LOL, my time is coming soon enough, I know!
I have an anterior placenta this time and in the next few weeks as baby gets bigger you should feel a lot more movement. It’s been over a month since my last appointment and only in the last 2 or so weeks have I been feeling my LO multiple times a day (I’m 25 weeks so I expect it’ll happen for you soon).
@afineskyline I think you're smart to change doctors now instead of later in your pregnancy. Gives you some time before your due date to adjust. I've also had a couple of times in the last week where I could feel baby on the outside. MH even caught a kick last week!
@nuggetsmomma11 I agree, we'll be close to the finish line very quickly which is both exciting and scary for me as a FTM.
@mrsman2018 Sorry you are having hip pain! My weekly change over day is technically Friday, but I think I haven't cared about it very much because I think I'm a week behind the EDD my dr's office gave me.