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July 2019 Moms
xtinecatherine
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Group 1 Check In (EDD 7/1-7/8)-Week of 12/31
xtinecatherine
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Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019?
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019?
Re: Group 1 Check In (EDD 7/1-7/8)-Week of 12/31
Baby is the size of a(n): Basically a peach
Upcoming Appointments: January 16th for 16 week check up
How are you feeling?: I am just getting over a horrific stomach bug that hit me for just over 24 hours. Glad to not be throwing up.
Rants/Raves: I got the call from the genetic counselor that my NIPT results were all negative and the baby has a less than 1 percent chance of any chromosomal abnormalities. Being 41, I was really worried about that and I think it kept me from getting really excited about the pregnancy, because of the unknown and the high risks. I am SOOOO relieved! I have one test left to find out, but that is basically a test that shows what disorders I am a carrier of and then DH gets tested to see if he carries any of the same ones. However, my midwife said that if we had any of those, it likely would have manifested itself with our other kids. I also was going to stay on Team Green, but could not resist when she asked if I wanted to know the gender. I found out that we are having a BOY!!!! I totally expected a girl, so I was shocked. Like, I would have put money on a girl. The kids and DH are really excited, though. My youngest son is thrilled to be having a little brother.
Questions: Not really anything right now. Just plugging away.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? My goals are to get organized and get ahead. I think I say that every year, though!
Baby is the size of a(n): mille feuille
Upcoming Appointments: January 15th for my 16 week check up and to book my AS!
How are you feeling?: Super nauseous and getting dizzy often...but my blood pressure is really really low so it's to be expected.
Rants/Raves: 2nd Tri! Also that our NIPT results were great and that we've got a little girl on the way:)
Questions: For those of you who already have 2+ children...when did you start to feel movement with your second?
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? To get baby here safely and to hopefully get our house finished!
Baby is the size of a(n): peach
Upcoming Appointments: this Friday!
How are you feeling?: Tired but I think that's my new normal lol
Rants/Raves: I threw up after talking my vitamin. It sucked.
Questions: for plus size ladies, do you feel movement later or about the same as average sized ladies?
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Remodel the upstairs of our home!
July 4th
baby is the size of a clownfish
upcoming appointments: just had my NT scan, next midwife appointment is January 16th and I’m hoping I don’t hear back to come in sooner because that would mean a concerning result on my scan/bloodwork
how are you feeling? Pretty good, lots of food aversions still and pretty tired but most other symptoms have faded
Rants/raves: lots of drama with my MIL this week, DH luckily has put his foot down and isn’t dealing with her crap anymore so that’s a relief but it’s a lot of added stress I just don’t need. Rave is I finally told DD and she is thrilled about the baby! Asks me everyday if the baby is still in my tummy.
Questions: STM+ moms, how much earlier did you feel movement with subsequent pregnancies? I think it was 17w with DD but I’ve heard it can be earlier with subsequent pregnancies and I’m curious how soon to expect!
GTKY: goals for 2019. Finally potty train DD, she’s been challenging to get trained and I want it done before baby comes. Also to have a healthy pregnancy with a normal amount of weight gain as I definitely gained too much the first time around and had such a hard time losing it all. And of course to adjust and be a good mom of 2!
Baby is the size of a(n): a lemon
Upcoming Appointments: none till end of the month.
How are you feeling?: sicker than I have the previous 13 weeks.
Rants/Raves: Telling my boys today and posting on social media, so excited! And I got my hair cut today - dead split ends and breakage, it looks so much better now
Questions: no, but I have also had a little poke or 2 that fluttered and didn't feel like gas bubbles...
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Get organized, fix credit, buy some land/house.
7/8 / 13 weeks
Baby is the size of a(n):
Lemon
Upcoming Appointments:
January 16th, elective gender determination ultrasound. January 22nd 16 week checkup.
How are you feeling?:
Okay. Nausea comes and goes. I’ve been exhausted lately...
Rants/Raves:
NT Scan last week was normal. However, waiting on the blood test for the full results. They’re in, according to LabCorp, but doctor hasn’t released them to me yet (probably because they’re closed for New Years).
Questions:
Not right now.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019?
I want to do as much as I can at work without dying so that we can save for Baby. I get paid based off of what I actually do, so I am hoping to build my caseload.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 7/7, 13+1
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming Appointments: Jan 3rd.
How are you feeling?: Pretty darn exhausted. No New Years partying for me! Mamas gonna go to bed!
Rants/Raves: rant: I did the Progenity test on 12/13. I was told 7-10 days for results (I assume business days.) it’s been 12 business days now and nothing. I’m so sad. I was hoping to tell family at Christmas the gender of the baby...
Questions: Nothing right now.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019?
I would love to get the house more organized. We need to finish our basement before baby #2 gets here so we can have a guest room, so it looks like that will be our major goal!
@jenniferjoy37 I feel like there is no norm for these tests. I took mine on 12/21, but the sample for my one test arrived at the testing place at 12/27 and then my second one arrived 12/28. I just received the results from the 12/27 one today. The second one I feel like has much more of a room for some kind of positive, as it is testing me to see if I am a carrier of basically like 175 different disorders and I feel like the chances of carrying one is probably fairly high, but the genetic counselor said that 40 percent of people do not carry any, so we will see. I hope it goes well as I am not in the mood to throw down another $250 for DH to take the test and see if he shares anything that I carry. At the end of the day, I did it more so my own kids could know what their potential risks are for their children or themselves, but the waiting is really stressful.
Baby is the size of a(n): Lemon
Upcoming Appointments: Just had one this past Friday 🙂
How are you feeling?: Tired and constipated but not as nauseous! Win!
Rants/Raves: I had a week off for holiday break and I’ve been sick the whole time and ended up with a damn cold sore! Also annoyed that my NIPT results aren’t in yet, like @jenniferjoy37 - I got my blood taken on the 21st and she said 7-10 business days but told me the holidays would probably screw that up a bit. Damn it!!
Questions: What are you all going for NYE? I’m in jammies eating Chinese food! I’m so cool! Lol
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Go back to therapy, stress less, do more for myself.
@xtinecatherine I feel like you got your test back fast! Dang! I remember doing that test my first go around too... I didn’t have any markers, so DH did not need to get tested.
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming Appointments: this coming Friday
How are you feeling?: I was feeling better but now I'm starting to feel nauseous again. I spent the last week or so getting over a pretty nasty cold. I'm like 90% better now but can't tell is what I'm feeling is leftover cold symptoms or what.
Rants/Raves: I have an at home doppler and I love it. It really helps my anxiety after PGAL. I'm also waiting for the results from my NIPT test results. It's so frustrating. I just want to know my baby is healthy!
Questions: I was going to ask if anyone else was feeling better symptom wise then started feeling lousy again but it looks like a couple of you have.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? I need to get my anxiety in check and make my mental and physical health a priority. Our next big and more immediate goals are to get a new car and either move into a new house or expand on our current house. We need more room!
@Tippy05, yep! Definitely. Which is almost MORE annoying.
AFM:
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 7/5, 13+ 3
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon and other things that are different sizes than a lemon.
Upcoming Appointments: Jan 16 and waiting for my NIPT redo.
How are you feeling?: Better overall but the lows are low. I’ve had a raging headache for days and it won’t let up.
Rants/Raves: None.
Questions: None.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Have a healthy baby and a healthy pregnancy. And de clutter my house. SO MUCH STUFF.
July 4th
Upcoming Appointments: Not until 1/11
How are you feeling?: The nausea is finally passing.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Clear out the clutter and buy a new house.
7/7
Baby is the size of a(n):
Jalepeno pepper
Upcoming Appointments:
None this week
How are you feeling?:
Pretty good. My regular seasonal depression is setting in after the holidays. I appreciate that several of you are sharing you stories in regards to mental health. It's important that we take of that part of ourselves too.
I think my seasonal depression is setting in faster because of all of the conversation happening to me and around me where I keep hearing "you can't" and "you shouldn't". It does weigh on me. I'm trying to figure out how to communicate this to my husband.
Rants/Raves:
My very caring and very Indian MIL (who does live with us) is starting to push a little too far for my currently vulnerable emotional state. I think she would prefer it if I stayed in bed from now until birth. She's coming from a place of love, but it's a lot right now, and I really just want to stick to what my doctor says.
Questions:
Nothing this week
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019?
Keep this healthy and moving forward. Find my positivity again.
@keebler6elf Sorry you're struggling. I'm living with my parents while SO is working in a different city and our house is being built (we've been here for a few years already and have another probably 2 years to go). I love my mom but she drives me insane. She has this way of passive aggressively criticizing everything that DD or I do. And I can't say anything about it because she's helping us out so much. Once the new LO is here and I'm home from work for 18 months I don't know how I'm going to cope.
Baby is the size of a(n): baby chick
Upcoming Appointments: 1/21
How are you feeling?: Achey! My back, my hips, everything hurts!
Rants/Raves: All good on our NT ultrasound and first round of sequential screening blood work!
Questions: Any other mamas just have a feeling they know the gender? I think if I'm wrong I really might not believe them at this point I feel so certain.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? To get my house beyond organized and ready for the little nugget!
My husband travels Monday through Thursday almost every week, and I work remotely mostly of the time, so MIL has a lot of the to check up on me. She just evaluated my lunch quantity ("only this much?")... I told her I was going to start doing a prenatal yoga routine every day (she is normally all about the yoga and the breathing), but she told me the best thing is to be still as much as possible. I don't want my husband to have to be a negotiator, but I think I need a little help or I'm going to lose it!
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: July 4; 14 weeks, YAY second trimester!
Baby is the size of a(n): beet
Upcoming Appointments: next week
How are you feeling?: so much better. Less constant nausea; more just nausea if I go for too long without eating. And I can eat things besides carbs again! Am currently making black bean soup and am really excited about it.
Rants/Raves: we found out it’s a girl! I got an email late Friday night with the test results, like 9:30 pm late. I went to bed soon after, but my husband stayed up listening to a girl power playlist on Spotify and researching girl names. He cued up the playlist for me the next morning when he presented his picks 😄💗
Questions: to answer @gbud630 yeah! I thought it was a girl and I was right. I also “just knew” that I had gotten pregnant when I did. Of course, it could easily have gone the other way, so I don’t know if I *actually* knew or if it was just science/statistics.
My question: what do you all do for headaches/migraines while pregnant? Acetaminophen does nothing for me!
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Broadly, I would like to take more control and ownership of my own life/destiny. I am slowly working out what exactly that means. 😊
Baby is the size of a(n): peach
Upcoming Appointments: not till the 22nd to start my progesterone shots.
How are you feeling?: just tired but less than the weeks before. Wanting fruits so yay finally food!
Rants/Raves: can my kid go back to school already sheesh!
Questions: any stm+ do the McKeena shots and make it to term? My first came at 36w but I went into preterm labor at 20w and again at 27w so I’m high risk for this second one and start the shots soon. Looking for info from moms who have done this and what it was like.
GTKY: What are your goals for 2019? Garage sale next weekend to get rid of all this junk! Short term goals for me till my daughter gets back into school and I can think again 🙃