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December 2019 Moms
anniemarie887
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Group 3 Check-In (12/17-12/24) w/o 5/20
anniemarie887
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Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc):
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY)
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green:
Upcoming Appointments:
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc):
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY)
Re: Group 3 Check-In (12/17-12/24) w/o 5/20
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out
Upcoming Appointments: Tomorrow is our first with our midwife!
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): always hungry, pelvic & hip pain, and still some sudden nausea. No vomiting with it, but lots of dry heaving. I wouldn't call it a craving, but plain yellow mustard has been tasting amazing and I usually don't care for it.
Rants/Raves: Wednesday is my last day of progesterone shots!! I'm so excited to be done with them, my husband is going to buy a cake and we're going to eat it for breakfast!
Also, I found out a friend of mine is due 12/19!
Questions: What is the gummy Vitamin brand a couple of people have had good luck with? I've tried a couple of different brands already and taking them at different times of the day and nothing seems to make a difference with nausea they bring on.
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? (edit for GTKY) Salt Lake City, UT.. technically Park City.
Due Date / Weeks + Days: 12/17 9w7d
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Green
Upcoming Appointments: 5/24 for NIPT and 5/29 for next OB
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Craving sweets, reacquainted myself with Mrs Fields chip which ice cream sandwiches, and cupcakes. MS has been all day when it happens. At least its not every day.
Rants/Raves: Starting to look at baby furniture and things. Still kind of in disbelief that it's all real. Trying to be good about going on walks or I feel stiff (I sit allllll day) and I need to work this prenatal yoga class into my schedule.
Questions:
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? Baltimore, MD
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out
Upcoming Appointments: 5/29 for my first appt with my OB. I had an ultrasound with my RE at 7 weeks and everything was good so they kicked me back over to the OB.
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): I was joking last week with my husband that maybe some general food avoidance was all that was going to hit me in the first trimester. Move on to 9 weeks to the day and I'm super nauseous, headaches and sore boobs. I should have knocked on some wood!
Rants/Raves: I'm genuinely still in disbelief that I'm actually pregnant. I struggled with infertility and we got pregnant on the first IUI we did, which was a very welcome but unexpected shock. I had prepared for so many more steps and for so much more to go wrong. I'm actually grateful for the symptoms (well, not TOO grateful), because they make it more real for me.
Questions: Has anyone else lost weight since getting pregnant? I've lost like 4-5 pounds in the first two months. Some of that could easily be not drinking anymore and some mild food avoidance. I'm also starting from a place where I have the weight to lose. Its just been unexpected for me.
GTKY: I'm from a small town just outside Seattle, WA
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Green!
Upcoming Appointments: Tomorrow is my first US!
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Ugh..so emotional.
Rants/Raves: I texted a group of really close friends that my US was tomorrow, and that I was nervous and wanted prayers, and NONE of them responded. It really pissed me off. I guess a lot of people (esp young men) don't understand how stressful an early pregnancy can be for women. Other than that, random twinges and pulls in my abdomen are making me uneasy, and I'm so tired still. Just really praying for a great appt tomorrow.
Questions: Anyone else around 9 weeks feel pulling, twinges, sharp pains recently? They're not super painful but they're noticeable. I read it's just my uterus and ligaments expanding but it scares me.
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? Originally from Pittsburgh but we lived in Australia for 2 years and now we just moved to Chicago, and let me just add to my other rant: that the weather here in Chicago SUCKS. I really hope it gets warmer soon, some of the trees still haven't even bloomed!!!!!
@ktmaesim same pulls, twinges and almost shocks over here. You’re not alone!
Lots of pulls here too... they've been pretty constant for about the past week. I know it's normal, but I still plan on bringing it up to my midwife tomorrow.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM, 1st pregnancy
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: just sent in the sneakpeak kit today! So I should know by the end of the week!
Upcoming Appointments: Ultrasound opt still planned for 5/30 but they changed the dr apt to 6/4. Didn't give a reason but I'm assuming schedule changes happen a lot with OB's.
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc):
Still having all the rough pregnancy symptoms. Especially morning sickness and food aversions.
Cravings- Spaghettios for some odd reason! I can only really eat fruit and soup like foods right now because that is all I can keep down.
Rants/Raves:
Rant: I work in customer service and had a bad morning. Customers being rude over things I have nothing to do with and no control over. Even got cursed out. I'm one of those crazy people who loves working in customer service. I'm really good at it and can usually handle the jerks with ease. But with crazy pregnancy hormones, it took every fiber of my being to be the bigger person today.
Questions: Nothing at the moment.
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? - I'm from the Flint, MI area. Not right in Flint, about 30 minutes outside of it in the country. But close enough that I will be delivering in Flint. It both is and isn't as bad of a city as people make it out to be.
@mrszoobear - too funny, I also crave Spaghettios! My husband thinks I’m nuts for it!
Also @mrszoobear customers are the worst. You should be able to be more mean to them lol. “the customer is always WRONG” imho.
@ktmaesim I am sorry your friends weren’t supportive, that has to be hard. And those twinges are normal! I know even “normal” stuff feels scary, but it is a good sign that everything is growing.
@mrszoobear I am sorry you had o deal with jerks today, it really is harder to handle with the emotions and hormones!
Due Date / Weeks + Days: 12/22 9w1d
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM dd is 8 ds is 6
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: we will be finding out, but probably not until AS
Upcoming Appointments: nothing until 6/4
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Not great, but comparing to MS in previous pregnancies, I feel amazing. I am really tired and starting to get awful heartburn.
Rants/Raves: Not really. Life’s been a bit boring lately, and I will take it. Excited for this weekend though.
Questions: no
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY). I live in a small town about an hour outside of Baltimore.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: finding out
Upcoming Appointments: 6/14 OB appointment - so excited!
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc):
Craving lemonade, avocado rolls, Indian food, pancakes with strawberries, etc. I swear my food cravings change throughout the day.
Symptoms: Nausea and heartburn all day, now recently dry heaving, crying from hormones, sore boobs. Sensitivity to screens - I have to have them on dim and depending on how I feel also wear sunglasses. I am thankful to not have thrown up!
Rants/Raves:
Rants: having to keep quiet about my pregnancy, even though it is affecting my ability to get work done as efficiently as I used to. Also a 10-day international work trip with no breaks is not ideal!
Raves: My husband has been amazing in taking care of me and making sure my food needs are met. I'm thankful to my friends and family for being so excited for us and supportive of me.
Questions:
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY)
I am from Iowa!
Due Date / Weeks + Days: Due 12/24, 9w today!
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM!
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Still probably TFO
Upcoming Appointments: SATURDAY! First appt with my actual doctor, so excited.
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Feeling okay overall, which I'm grateful for. Fatigue, sore boobs (finally...?), nausea that worsens throughout the day (but no puking!). Been craving ALL the fruit, and oddly, my mom's midwestern cooking, which I don't eat much at all except when I go home to visit.
Rants/Raves: Rave!! I'm a teacher, and I've been dreading working FT with a new baby. Just got the news today that I will officially be PART TIME next year (and likely for the year or two after that)! And what's even better is I'll be switching back to teaching high school (I taught middle school this year). Thankful for supportive admin!
Questions: Anyone have any recommendations on comfortable and affordable bras? I'm beginning to outgrow mine, I don't really have money to buy a new one every couple of months, and I'm not sure what I should go for...I'm kind of holding out as long as I can....
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? Originally from Indiana (all my family is still there), but currently live on the north shore of Lake Superior up in Minnesota.
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out
Upcoming Appointments: none - I'm still waiting for confirmation on my dating US
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Orange Juice and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I'm exhausted and queezy but for the first time in 3 weeks am not super sick.
Rants/Raves: Rant - yay for symptoms subsiding. I'm starting to feel like a person again.
Questions: none
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY) - BC Canada
I get such bad headaches and migraines during pregnancy, I have to get a prescription from my obgyn.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM!!
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Team finding out
Upcoming Appointments: june 5th is our last appt with our fertility clinic. And I’m more than just a little sad about it.
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): Absolutely terrible, if we are being honest. Normal back aches and breast tenderness. Headaches. I’ve had to cut out sugar completely because every time I ate it, I would throw up, get tunnel vision, get light headed. Pretty bad nausea. Craving Ramen Noodles hella bad. But we saw little Spawn wiggle on the ultrasound yesterday, so it made it all worth it.
Rants/Raves: My fertility clinic is the freaking best! I’m going to be so sad to leave them next month, even though we got a very highly rated ob. It is kind of bitter sweet because we are leaving, which is sad, but we are leaving pregnant.
Questions: So we got put in the waiting room yesterday between our ultrasound and seeing the doctor, which normally never happens, so we didn’t get time to roll our pictures up. I felt bad for taking them into the waiting room and accidentally flaunting them in front of women who have fertility issues, even though everyone was awesome and told us congratulations. DH felt the opposite and said that he felt like it would give the other couples hope to see that someone did get pregnant. How do y’all feel about it? Because my pregnancy hormones got me feeling some extreme guilt over it.
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY) Alabama, USA, y’all.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out
Upcoming Appointments: May 23 for pelvic exam, last U/S was around 8-9 weeks
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): I feel practically normal! Other than peeing more often, headaches more often and feeling slightly queasy every few days or so I wouldnt even know I’m pregnant! I feel like it’s a blessing and a curse because I’m able to avoid a lot of bad symptoms but I worry about the baby because I have such mild symptoms! I am hungry pretty much always or always thinking of food and my aversions are to eggs and coffee! Bleh.
Rants/Raves: I’m so happy to be in the double digits today! I am considering switching from an OB to a nurse midwife though. I’m new to this town and have to blindly find what works best for me through trial and error.
Questions: Has anyone else been told they have a corpus luteum (cyst)? The nurse said it was super common but I’m just curious if anyone else has it!
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from?(edit for GTKY) I’m from Texas! My husband and I have hopped around the United States the past few years but we are finally back in our home state! Great to be closer to family!
@ktmaesim - the only thing that has been helping me is going to sleep in a really dark room and taking a warm (not hot) shower beforehand. Tylenol isn't doing anything for any aches or pains so I've just stopped trying to use it.
Due Date / Weeks + Days: 12/21 - 9w5d - expecting twins!
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM (DS1 is 4, DS2 is1.5)
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out
Upcoming Appointments: OB appt on 6/13 and NT screening/first MFM appt on 6/14
How are you feeling? (Cravings, Symptoms, Etc): I’ve had daily nausea that comes and goes, but generally isn’t too bad most of the time. I don’t really have any cravings, but definitely plenty of aversions and I’m super sensitive to food smells. I’ve also been more irritable than usual, although I think that one’s getting better. The insomnia this time around is throwing me for a loop though and I’m already frustrated by feeling hot all the time!
Rants/Raves:
Rants: DS1 came home from daycare with a stomach bug late last week and both DH and I caught it early this week. It was beyond miserable!
Raves: My maternity pillow came yesterday and it’s making sleep sooo much better!
Questions:
GTKY: Since were interacting constantly let’s GTKEO better, where is everyone from? I live outside Dallas, TX
Mar-Jul 2014: 5 Clomid cycles = all BFNs
Aug 2014: Clomid + IUI = BFP! (9/3/14)
Beta #1 9/8/14 = 500 Beta #2 9/15/14 = 8679
EDD 5/14/15