Group 1 Check In, Week of 11/5

mrsdee15 · November 2018

This thread is for those due May 1-7

Due date/W+D:

Baby is the size of a(n):

Any appointments? Questions?:

Rants/Raves?:

How are you feeling?:

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you?

mrsdee15 · November 2018

Due date/W+D: 5/2, 14+5

Baby is the size of a(n): Troll doll/peach

Any appointments? Questions?: No appointments until the end of this month.

Rants/Raves?: Just so thrilled to be in the second trimester!

How are you feeling?: I'm getting over a cold, it sucks not to be able to take most medications but I think it's almost over. Other than that, lots of symptoms have subsided, which is both expected and unsettling.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I've never seen snow fall.

babynurse1114 · November 2018

@mrsdee15 I’m getting over a cold too and it truly does suck not being able to take basically anything! I feel you girl!

Due date/W+D: 5/1 14w 6d

Baby is the size of a(n): peach, length of a crayon

Any appointments? Questions?: Nooe! Start every two week u/s next week

Rants/Raves?: Getting excited to start buying baby stuff!

How are you feeling?: I’ve had a headache for about a week and Tylenol is doing nothing. Other than that, symptoms are getting better.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you?

I was an active member of the FFA (future farmers of America) throughout high school.

mrsdee15 · November 2018

@babynurse1114 I hope you feel better soon!

aels12 · November 2018

Due date/W+D: 5/3 14w4d

Baby is the size of a(n): peach

Any appointments? Questions?: just had one on Friday, everything was looking good

Rants/Raves?:

How are you feeling?: nausea is finally subsiding except at night, that’s still sticking around

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I can’t think of anything good!

lizeybee · November 2018

Hi ladies, first time (first timer) here, so this’ll be a little longer. I’m 5/1, 14w6d. Aels, was also initially 5/3 but bebe seems to be growing like a stalk! For context, this has been a long haul for me and DH, with recurring loss and a lot of docs. Found out I was pregnant a week before I was set to start ivf! It’s taken me a while to get past the constant anxiety, and fear of getting attached, but I’m now at a point of feeling optimistic and hopeful

Baby is the size of: a peach/lemon.

Appointments: We had our 14-week appt on Monday, and everything looked good. My doc is great, but think I’m driving her nuts with my questions. What can I say, I’m a planner!

Rants/raves: I’ve got two of them. I don’t know that I’d call it pregnancy brain - more a function of sleep deprivation - but I keep forgetting basic words. Like, mid-sentence. I haven’t told my coworkers yet, so I end up just talking around the word I’ve lost until someone guesses it. Not a good look. Also. I was so bloated from meds in first trimester. Now that I’ve gone off them, I’ve lost 3 lbs (which was all the weight I’d gained). Doc made a comment in front of DH, who's now acting like an Italian grandmother - if he sees me without food in my hand/mouth, he will fix that. But at a certain point - omg stahp I’m full.

I’m generally feeling good. Nausea has been better most days (although food aversions sometimes catch me off guard), and lower back pain easing up. Only complaint is that I’ve had 3 headaches in the past week. Tylenol also not cutting it - so hydrating and letting myself have a little extra caffeine.

GTKY: maybe not at all surprising, but I’ve already built out a ridiculous spreadsheet related to bebe- tabs for names, nursery ideas, registry items, etc.. I deal with anxiety about the unknown by thinking through every scenario. Controlling what I can, so I can accept what I can’t.

k2k2tog · November 2018

@mrsdee15 come visit me in February - I can show you all the snowfall you could ever want to experience!

@lizeybee aw, I love hearing stories like yours! The long-hoped for baby, finally on its way. Welcome!

Due date/W+D: May 4, 14w4d

Baby is the size of a(n): I have no idea and I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

Any appointments? Questions?: I think I have an appointment next week? I need to double check. I am the WORST at remembering appointments and it just gets worse during pregnancy.

Rants/Raves?: I am mostly nausea free! It's amazing! With both my daughters, I was so sick all the way through, like, well into the third trimester. I'm still vomiting stomach bile every morning before I eat, but other than that, I'm off diclectin and still feeling good!

How are you feeling?: Oh. See above.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I had a summer job at a zoo working in the elephant department once. It was pretty awesome. I got to ride an elephant bareback and everything. (Their hair is really pokey.)

MaggieG183 · November 2018

Due date/W+D: 14w+5 (today, Wednesday)

Baby is the size of a(n): a maple leaf 🍁

Any appointments? Questions?: no appts until around thanksgiving. I do have a question for slightly bigger busted ladies - I was a B cup prior to pregnancy with DS, and now this time around I’m legit at 34DD or 34E. Anyone with suggestions for bras? We have a VS but I hate going in there and the girls measurements are different every time! It’s never consistent!

Rants/Raves?: starting to finally feel like a human again! Thank goodness!

How are you feeling?: see above.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I took my driver’s test in a 1943 Powerwagon tow truck with a 15 foot boom on the back end. 😂 try parallel parking that!

ashleaf2018 · November 2018

Due date/W+D: 15w

Baby is the size of a(n): an orange

Any appointments? Questions?: Next Thursday. Anatomy scan is the appointment after that.

Rants/Raves?:

How are you feeling?: Been super nauseous still. Hoping to feel well long enough to take DS to see the Grinch on Friday.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I’m a huge bookworm. I used to get grounded from reading instead of grounded from TV, friends, etc.

brie_and_almonds · November 2018

This thread is for those due May 1-7

Due date/W+D: 5/5 currently 14w, 3d

Baby is the size of a(n): peach, playing card

Any appointments? Questions?: Next Monday is my Hematology appointment... I'm pretty anxious about what the doctor will say. I don't really think I will get any answers, but also have been holding off announcing at work because of it even though I think people are suspicious. *TW probably* My big fear is that the doc will say that I have cancer and I will have to terminate the pregnancy to treat it...*end TW* If it all comes to that, I definitely won't want to have to explain the whole thing to my coworkers.

Rants/Raves?: I still feel a little weird weird posting on our check-in without zuul =(

How are you feeling?: Exhausted. The exhaustion has come back full-force and I. Cannot. Handle. It.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you?: In the spirit of @MaggieG183's comment, despite practicing in my driveway regularly, I failed parallel parking on my drivers' test (but still passed overall), and haven't attempted it since. It's been 14 years and I have successfully avoided it without much effort.

@ashleaf2018 I totally got grounded from reading as as kid too

@mrsdee15 The first snow of winter is always magical. The second and third and fourth and fifth (and twentieth and thirtieth and fortieth) are less charming.

MaggieG183 · November 2018

@brie_and_almonds I hope you do get answers and I am really hoping it doesn’t mean you have cancer. I’m sorry. This has got to be beyond nerve wracking.

I second the it feels weird posting without zuuls.

brie_and_almonds · November 2018

@MaggieG183 Thanks, me too... I'm betting there are probably many more tests in my future before anything close to an answer really, but it would be great if my hematologist tells me that the baby isn't at risk. As is, it's been a month in limbo waiting just to be seen.

aels12 · November 2018

@brie_and_almonds good luck at your appointment, I’ll be thinking of you!

mrsdee15 · November 2018

@brie_and_almonds I hope everything comes back okay, you'll be in my thoughts

BriannaE129129 · November 2018

First Check in for me! Hi I'm Brianna and I've been debating whether to join another BMB since I'm still so close with my first but I figured why not?? So here I am! Looking forward to meeting all of you!

Due date/W+D: 5/4 14 weeks, 5 days

Baby is the size of a(n): Beet

Any appointments? Questions?: next appointment November 28 (ahh seems so far) But we're going into Boston on Sunday to do our gender reveal so that's exciting!

Rants/Raves?: Nothing really except I'm definitely more tired this time around which isn't very convenient with a toddler!

How are you feeling?: Great! The mornings sometimes I'm a little nauseous and dizzy until I eat but overall I'm great. Breaking out a little which I wish would stop!

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you?
I got my boating license at 12 and have been on the water ever since! (well before that too

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MaggieG183 · November 2018

@BriannaE129129 welcome! A lot of us have had past BMB groups that have been great (and continue to be great) and that’s why we’ve all come back as well. I’m already so happy with this group - ridiculously supportive and beyond hilarious. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

megstevens92 · November 2018

Late to the party this week!

Due date/W+D: may 7th

Baby is the size of a(n): peach/as tall as a crayon today

Any appointments? Questions?: I have a doctors appointment and an elective ultrasound appointment on the 16th! I'll be finding out the sex at the ultrasound and then surprising my husband that night.

Rants/Raves?: loving clementines right now!

How are you feeling?: I've had a headache for about a week straight, so that's been fun. Finally giving in and taking some pain relievers today.

GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? Hm...I can't really think of anything interesting due to this headache, but I'll chime in with the license theme and say that I also have my boating license, although I'm always nervous driving a boat. And I embarrassingly failed the written part of my driver's license 4 times and the actual driving part twice. But it's been ten years and i still havent ever been in an accident.

Welcome to the newbies!

@brie_and_almonds I'll be anxiously waiting for an update and am sending good thoughts your way.

Definitely missing and thinking about Zuul as well, it breaks my heart to think about what she must be going through right now.

teesmee · November 2018

Due date/W+D: May 2/ 15+1 Baby is the size of a(n): Apple Any appointments? Questions?: I just had one last week so won’t see my CNM for a while. Rants/Raves?: I am a little annoyed that I was referred to MFM but no one told me why. Suspecting maybe my chronic thyroid issue but it is being monitored and in the normal range. Also have chronic low platelets but my levels are the highest they’ve been in years. Wish people would just communicate more... How are you feeling?: I have eaten without pain or throwing up for 4 days and I am in heaven! GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I can’t think of anything surprising... Any mamas in here feeling movement yet? I didn’t feel it until 20 weeks with my first one but I hear it may be a lot sooner on your second. I haven’t felt anything that I can tell for sure is baby yet.

brie_and_almonds · November 2018

@teesmee I have been feeling little flutters the past couple of days, especially if I'm sitting in certain positions. Idk if it's actually the baby or just my body and brain playing tricks on me, but it feels like it. I didn't feel my first or second until 16-17 weeks, so this seems too early to be the real deal to me.

MaggieG183 · November 2018

@teesmee I have felt little bumps here and there over the past week or so but I’m not sure if it’s the baby or just random gas bubbles or my tummy growling. I felt DS at around 17-18 weeks before and I’m just 15w today. We’ll see! I’m looking forward to feeling this little babe consistently very soon though!

zuuls_mom · November 2018

*lurking*

Just want to say I love you guys. Missing this group so much and crying tears of both sadness and happiness seeing your comments 💗

brie_and_almonds · November 2018

@zuuls_mom I tried, but I couldn't find a cryjng/teary gif that felt sincere. We definitely miss you (and feel a lot of other feelings about unfairness, etc. that are hard to articulate without sounding like an ass).

zuuls_mom · November 2018

@brie_and_almonds I feel you there. I’m still angry that I have to start over, miss out on this group, etc. I believe it will all work out in the end, but it doesn’t make it any less upsetting. I’ll just be the friendly neighborhood ghost that pops in every now and then lol.

resaeli · November 2018

I’m pretty new to this app! Due date/W+D: 15+0 Baby is the size of a(n): apple Any appointments? Questions?: I have an appointment Wednesday and hoping to schedule my ultrasound for gender! Rants/Raves?: I’ve been horribly sick this pregnancy, HG with both pregnancies. I just want to eat food and drink water and kick these headaches. How are you feeling?: Sick 🙁 tired 😴 lazy 😬 GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I’m a nerd and not many people know that about me. I also like to craft, sew, paint, draw.

resaeli · November 2018

I’m pretty new to this app! Due date/W+D: 15+0 Baby is the size of a(n): apple Any appointments? Questions?: I have an appointment Wednesday and hoping to schedule my ultrasound for gender! Rants/Raves?: I’ve been horribly sick this pregnancy, HG with both pregnancies. I just want to eat food and drink water and kick these headaches. How are you feeling?: Sick 🙁 tired 😴 lazy 😬 GTKY: What is a surprising but true fact about you? I’m a nerd and not many people know that about me. I also like to craft, sew, paint, draw.

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