30 weeks 3 days! No idea. At my last appt, about a week and a half ago, he was measuring 3 weeks ahead by fundal height, but I know that's not super accurate.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Tired and hungry! I just want to eat, then nap, then eat again! The past week or so I've been so exhausted, so yey, 3rd tri!
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We've been getting our freezer prep underway! So far we have some pizza dough (which will eventually become ham and cheese calzone things), 3 dozen peanut butter cookies, an apple crisp, and a lasagna. Still planning on doing some ravioli and breakfast wraps too.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I am skipping the professional birth and newborn pics. While I kind of want professional birth pics to capture the "first" moments and facial expressions and such, I really want to limit how many people are in the room for L&D. And I always think newborn pics look squishy and weird (maybe an UO). My hospital has a photographer come in to take pics if you want for free, but then you pay to buy what you want. So I may have them taken and then decide. I am definitely getting maternity pics though, on 10/13! I'm doing that mostly b/c I feel like this will be my only pregnancy, so I want some really nice bump pics with me and DH!
Me: 33, DH: 41 Started IF Feb. 2014 PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility) 3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN 1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN IUI March 2015, BFN IUI June 2015, BFN IUI Oct. 2015, BFN IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
Feeling alright I suppose. Been noticing more pressure in my abdomen from time to time, especially on my bladder. This past Friday, I was going to the bathroom often not because the need to go, but to relieve the pressure I was feeling.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I have been wanting to take a child birth class, but I haven't been able to because of the time/days they are and some of the places that offer classes seem a bit pricey. So, now I'm thinking it's not going to happen, which frustrates me alittle, but it's not the end of the world. I at least plan on having a doula, so hopefully that will help.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I'm with you @mag1cbeli3ver, and I do not care for professional birth photos because I do not want that many people in the room (I even questioned whether I'd want a doula for that reason). I do plan on getting newborn photos done though. I see so many cute ideas, which makes it too hard to pass up!
1. How far along/how big? 29+5, not sure how big 2. Feeling/symptoms? Started taking tums frequently and I haven’t been throwing up anymore. I’m clumsier - I split my toes in the door frame and now my ring toe and up my foot is swollen and purple. I can still run though? It just randomly hurts. This baby is bouncing all around in my belly (not a complaint) 3. R/R/DD. I’m tired this week 4. Professional birth/newborn? I’m getting family pictures taken soon (had to reschedule due to hurricane). I want family photos, but I also want a momento if me pregnant with h and my boys. Definitely doing newborn photos. I’m not into the overly posed ones- it’s just you forget how tiny they are. I got ds1’s photos at 18 hours old and ds2 was just over 1 day old. Those photos make me so happy to look at. Ds1 was snoozing away and then very alert. Ds2 was screaming in most.
30 weeks 3 days - I can’t believe only 6.5 weeks left for her to be considered full term! Mind blowing!
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Pelvic pressure and just overall uncomfortableness, especially at night. Like @whitneyb89 the pressure makes me feel like I have to pee constantly. Oy!
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We are touring our first day care tonight!! Will finally get a price - please baby Jesus let it be affordable.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I am definitely doing a hard pass on the professional birth photos. Will have hubby snag some when she comes out and I’m holding her and then some nice ones to share of everyone clothed and cleaned up later! I do want new born/family pics done professionally though. Will be right after Christmas when my stepson is here visiting. Need to probably find someone soon to get that line up!!
Nothing new. The cream my dr gave me helped a lot with the itching so I'm feeling a bit better in that respect this week.It also seems like I've been having less heartburn.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I am monitoring my blood sugar this week and I keep screwing up the readings and wasting test strips. I'm averaging two strips per reading at this point -- hoping I don't run out before I see the doctor next week.It was kind of exciting the first few times, but I can see how it gets old pretty quickly. Hopefully my numbers look good enough that my dr says I can stop monitoring after my appointment next Wed.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
Nah. Like others, I don't want a photographer in the room when my baby is born. I don't think we'll do professional photos of the baby either, partially out of cheapness and partially because I feel my cell phone does a pretty good job.
29+6 today. Time is still flying... Starting to get a little nervous about having only 10 weeks left!
Symptoms are still pretty mild, but the discomfort is growing. Lots of Braxton Hicks over the past couple of days; they don't hurt, but they aren't exactly a joy. Fetus keeps stretching out and pushing simultaneously off my left hip and right ribcage, which I don't love. Much prefer later in the day, when she tends to lean her little head/butt (not sure which it is that I'm feeling, but I think one or the other) down and out so I can actually use my full long capacity for a while.
As far as photos go, here's the first picture snapped of my, several hours after I gave birth, well after the pain and panic were over. Do I want more pictures of this particular look? Let me think...
And as far as newborn pictures go, my SIL took some great ones for us, but the only pictures I revisit from the early early days are informal snapshots. She changed so much in the first days and weeks that there's not really much of a "remember when" factor for pictures taken that early; I mostly go back to the ones that make me laugh, or that are special for other reasons. Why spend the money on pro ones when you can get an iconic Sumo Maggie moment for free?
Nothing new for me. I feel very tired & my will power on making good food choices is tanking.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I am picking out girl & boy options for things I want to order once baby comes from Etsy. So, once baby is born I can erase the options for whatever sex it isn't and get the things ordered. I am getting a custom 3D wooden name sign, blanket & stuffed animal. If it's a boy, the colors will be green, brown & navy and if it's a girl I think I'm going with dark purple, turquoise & gray. I guess the planner in me still plans even when I don't know what I am having.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
Nah. I'm too cheap for birth pics and wouldn't want another person in there anyway. I'll have my sister take some nice pictures of us as a family in the room later. As for newborn, I take my own. I'm an amateur with a DSLR, but all I want is 1-3 nice shots which isn't worth hundreds of dollars to me. I took a few decent ones with DS.
@temmetime I think your color combos sounds great, whether it's a boy or a girl!And willpower for healthy food - that totally left me weeks ago! I just want all the yummy carbs!
@AGK2015 Wowzers! I just want to smoosh her chunky checks! So adorable!
@countrygirl624 Hope the day care visit went well and the sticker-shock wasn't too bad!
@kadeephd I'm sure you'll get the hang of those test strips in no time! FX everything looks good when you go back to the dr next week!
Me: 33, DH: 41 Started IF Feb. 2014 PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility) 3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN 1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN IUI March 2015, BFN IUI June 2015, BFN IUI Oct. 2015, BFN IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
@mag1cbeli3ver I think I may actually be getting worse at testing! It's so hard for me to get enough blood for the test even with the lancet set to the highest level. I wind up manually pricking myself most times to get enough blood. I will say that having to write down everything I am eating and monitor my blood sugar has definitely improved my diet. I am probably not supposed to have altered it too much, but I can't graze all day like I normally would since I need to fast 2 hours after meals. I also question whether that bunch of chocolate chips and raisins is worth writing down and usually decide it isn't.
@mag1cbeli3ver It went well! The woman who’s the Asst. Director of the center went to HS with my husband so he felt really good about baby girl going there. We liked how clean it was and the location is perfect for us. It’s $280 a week which wasn’t bad at all - IMO. They’re also accredited so I know she will learn a ton. I am going to check out another place close to our house next week but my husband has already decided! Haha!
Are you staying at home or are searching for care?
How far along are you? How big is baby? 30+2! Whaaaa! Zucchini, says TB.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? I'm feeling good, symptom-wise. My brain is on overload though... work, bathroom renovation, prepping baby stuff.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? Rant slash rave: I think I've finally convinced/guilted DH into just doing our second bath reno himself, piece by piece. We've been trying to get a contractor in for months now and they're all booked up around here or just bail (because they're so booked up). A coworker's dad came over last night and told me exactly everything to do and how—he's a master craftsman but doesn't have availability until DECEMBER! The GD finger-pricking has gotten old. I've been eating right and managing my numbers well.... I'm going to ask my doctor tomorrow if I can forgo the monitoring. She will say no but I'm going to ask anyway, haha. And maybe cry.
GTKY: Professional birth and newborn pics - yay or neigh and why? YAY (eta: to newborn pics) but I will never be yay-ing when I pay them, haha. The market is pretty saturated where I live and still, they get away with charging a crapton. I do it because I want to have great quality photos. I'm sentimental af. Birth pictures, nope. I love looking at others' but I don't anyone other than my medical team and H with me.
@mag1cbeli3ver PLEASE share your recipes and directions! Calzones, apple crisp and breakfast wraps, in particular! I'm going to eat all the things postpartum.
@countrygirl624 EEK! I've never thought about the full-term milestone. Wowwww!
@kadeephd Ha! I didn't read your post before I made mine - +1 on the screwing up readings. Morning is always really hard for me, I have stick myself so many times and usually end up going with a high lancet setting. I have no pain tolerance though and it suuuucks.
@hoosiermama_2 I know what you mean. This morning I was questioning whether I actually had any blood in my hands. Some people have to do this all the time! I guess you would get used to it, but it does suck.
@countrygirl624 I'm glad you both liked it and have a place already! Eventually baby will be going to daycare. But between my time off, DH's FMLA, and then summer break (I teach at a college), we won't need anything for him until the end of August! We've looked at a couple of places. My favorite so far was right on campus, but it's like $180 for 2 days a week. 2 days!! Grumble.
@hoosiermama-2 I will definitely share once I get home and have access to the recipes! I hope the bathroom reno goes well and you can get it all wrapped up before baby comes!
Me: 33, DH: 41 Started IF Feb. 2014 PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility) 3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN 1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN IUI March 2015, BFN IUI June 2015, BFN IUI Oct. 2015, BFN IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
@mag1cbeli3ver Wow that’s awesome you can wait til August!! Our LO will start in April or end of March depending on how good she is! Hahaha! My husband owns his own landscaping and does plow in the winter but it’s still pretty slow. So he is going to take care of her when I go back to work - I’m taking 9 weeks. Not a lot but it’s 100% paid with vacation and maternity leave combined.
Re: Check In Week of 9/24 (EDD 12/1-12/8
How far along are you? How big is baby?
30 weeks 3 days! No idea. At my last appt, about a week and a half ago, he was measuring 3 weeks ahead by fundal height, but I know that's not super accurate.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Tired and hungry! I just want to eat, then nap, then eat again! The past week or so I've been so exhausted, so yey, 3rd tri!
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We've been getting our freezer prep underway! So far we have some pizza dough (which will eventually become ham and cheese calzone things), 3 dozen peanut butter cookies, an apple crisp, and a lasagna. Still planning on doing some ravioli and breakfast wraps too.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I am skipping the professional birth and newborn pics. While I kind of want professional birth pics to capture the "first" moments and facial expressions and such, I really want to limit how many people are in the room for L&D. And I always think newborn pics look squishy and weird (maybe an UO). My hospital has a photographer come in to take pics if you want for free, but then you pay to buy what you want. So I may have them taken and then decide. I am definitely getting maternity pics though, on 10/13! I'm doing that mostly b/c I feel like this will be my only pregnancy, so I want some really nice bump pics with me and DH!
Started IF Feb. 2014
PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility)
3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN
1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN
IUI March 2015, BFN
IUI June 2015, BFN
IUI Oct. 2015, BFN
IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze
IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen
FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
How far along are you? How big is baby?
29+3; baby is as big as an acorn squash
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Feeling alright I suppose. Been noticing more pressure in my abdomen from time to time, especially on my bladder. This past Friday, I was going to the bathroom often not because the need to go, but to relieve the pressure I was feeling.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I have been wanting to take a child birth class, but I haven't been able to because of the time/days they are and some of the places that offer classes seem a bit pricey. So, now I'm thinking it's not going to happen, which frustrates me alittle, but it's not the end of the world. I at least plan on having a doula, so hopefully that will help.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I'm with you @mag1cbeli3ver, and I do not care for professional birth photos because I do not want that many people in the room (I even questioned whether I'd want a doula for that reason). I do plan on getting newborn photos done though. I see so many cute ideas, which makes it too hard to pass up!
29+5, not sure how big
2. Feeling/symptoms? Started taking tums frequently and I haven’t been throwing up anymore. I’m clumsier - I split my toes in the door frame and now my ring toe and up my foot is swollen and purple. I can still run though? It just randomly hurts. This baby is bouncing all around in my belly (not a complaint)
3. R/R/DD. I’m tired this week
4. Professional birth/newborn? I’m getting family pictures taken soon (had to reschedule due to hurricane). I want family photos, but I also want a momento if me pregnant with h and my boys. Definitely doing newborn photos. I’m not into the overly posed ones- it’s just you forget how tiny they are. I got ds1’s photos at 18 hours old and ds2 was just over 1 day old. Those photos make me so happy to look at. Ds1 was snoozing away and then very alert. Ds2 was screaming in most.
How far along are you? How big is baby?
30 weeks 3 days - I can’t believe only 6.5 weeks left for her to be considered full term! Mind blowing!
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Pelvic pressure and just overall uncomfortableness, especially at night. Like @whitneyb89 the pressure makes me feel like I have to pee constantly. Oy!
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
We are touring our first day care tonight!! Will finally get a price - please baby Jesus let it be affordable.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
I am definitely doing a hard pass on the professional birth photos. Will have hubby snag some when she comes out and I’m holding her and then some nice ones to share of everyone clothed and cleaned up later! I do want new born/family pics done professionally though. Will be right after Christmas when my stepson is here visiting. Need to probably find someone soon to get that line up!!
How far along are you? How big is baby?
29+4, acorn squash or pineapple
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Nothing new. The cream my dr gave me helped a lot with the itching so I'm feeling a bit better in that respect this week. It also seems like I've been having less heartburn.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I am monitoring my blood sugar this week and I keep screwing up the readings and wasting test strips. I'm averaging two strips per reading at this point -- hoping I don't run out before I see the doctor next week. It was kind of exciting the first few times, but I can see how it gets old pretty quickly. Hopefully my numbers look good enough that my dr says I can stop monitoring after my appointment next Wed.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
Symptoms are still pretty mild, but the discomfort is growing. Lots of Braxton Hicks over the past couple of days; they don't hurt, but they aren't exactly a joy. Fetus keeps stretching out and pushing simultaneously off my left hip and right ribcage, which I don't love. Much prefer later in the day, when she tends to lean her little head/butt (not sure which it is that I'm feeling, but I think one or the other) down and out so I can actually use my full long capacity for a while.
As far as photos go, here's the first picture snapped of my, several hours after I gave birth, well after the pain and panic were over. Do I want more pictures of this particular look? Let me think...
How far along are you? How big is baby?
30+5, baby is big
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms?
Nothing new for me. I feel very tired & my will power on making good food choices is tanking.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary?
I am picking out girl & boy options for things I want to order once baby comes from Etsy. So, once baby is born I can erase the options for whatever sex it isn't and get the things ordered. I am getting a custom 3D wooden name sign, blanket & stuffed animal. If it's a boy, the colors will be green, brown & navy and if it's a girl I think I'm going with dark purple, turquoise & gray. I guess the planner in me still plans even when I don't know what I am having.
GTKY: Professional birth and new born pics - yay or neigh and why?
DS: 12/20/16
EDD: 11/29/18
@AGK2015 Wowzers! I just want to smoosh her chunky checks! So adorable!
@countrygirl624 Hope the day care visit went well and the sticker-shock wasn't too bad!
@kadeephd I'm sure you'll get the hang of those test strips in no time! FX everything looks good when you go back to the dr next week!
Started IF Feb. 2014
PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility)
3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN
1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN
IUI March 2015, BFN
IUI June 2015, BFN
IUI Oct. 2015, BFN
IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze
IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen
FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!
Are you staying at home or are searching for care?
How far along are you? How big is baby? 30+2! Whaaaa! Zucchini, says TB.
How are you feeling this week? Any new symptoms? I'm feeling good, symptom-wise. My brain is on overload though... work, bathroom renovation, prepping baby stuff.
Rants/Raves/Questions/Dear Diary? Rant slash rave: I think I've finally convinced/guilted DH into just doing our second bath reno himself, piece by piece. We've been trying to get a contractor in for months now and they're all booked up around here or just bail (because they're so booked up). A coworker's dad came over last night and told me exactly everything to do and how—he's a master craftsman but doesn't have availability until DECEMBER! The GD finger-pricking has gotten old. I've been eating right and managing my numbers well.... I'm going to ask my doctor tomorrow if I can forgo the monitoring. She will say no but I'm going to ask anyway, haha. And maybe cry.
GTKY: Professional birth and newborn pics - yay or neigh and why? YAY (eta: to newborn pics) but I will never be yay-ing when I pay them, haha. The market is pretty saturated where I live and still, they get away with charging a crapton. I do it because I want to have great quality photos. I'm sentimental af. Birth pictures, nope. I love looking at others' but I don't anyone other than my medical team and H with me.
@hoosiermama-2 I will definitely share once I get home and have access to the recipes! I hope the bathroom reno goes well and you can get it all wrapped up before baby comes!
Started IF Feb. 2014
PCOS & MFI (low sperm count and motility)
3 Femara cycles w/natural intercourse over summer 2014, BFN
1 Clomid cycle w/natural intercourse Nov. 2014, BFN
IUI March 2015, BFN
IUI June 2015, BFN
IUI Oct. 2015, BFN
IVF Oct. 2016, fresh transfer, 2 day-3 embryos, BFN; nothing to freeze
IVF Nov. 2017, fresh transfer, 2 day-5 blasts, BFP; ectopic; 1 blast frozen
FET March 2018, 1 day-5 blast, BFP!