How are you feeling?: Tired but other than that....GREAT!
Rants/Raves: My oldest starts Kindergarten tomorrow and I am so happy that she is so excited! The downside is that my almost 4yo feels.very left out. We are still apart of a local moms group so he's going to stay busy and social!
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Scotland! Or anywhere in the UK. I'm a massive anglophile!
Me: 35 DH: 37 Married: May 2011 DD: Dec 2013 DS: Sept 2015 #3: EDD 2/28/20
Upcoming appts: 9/10 for blood draw (spina bifida testing) and fetal heartbeat
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. If I have a Coke/Pepsi handy after a meal for burping, I feel great!
Rants/Raves: We finally announced to H's siblings. We were all gathered for a family breakfast and he waited and waited and some were starting to leave already. MIL had to stop them Some of his siblings were super happy. They speculated I might be pregnant because my H was drinking alcohol at weddings/parties (he had stopped for months to make sure it wouldn't prevent sperm production since he had low count). His oldest nephew said "Another cousin??!". Yep, this will be grand-kid #11.
Questions: Target has A TON of clearance baby clothes right now. I want to buy summer outfits already but I am not sure of sizing. I live in a state with 4 seasons so I need to take that into consideration. I guess buying size 6 months will be OK for next summer? But I also want to wait for the anatomy scan. Some people got the wrong gender with the NIPT. I don't want to get a ton of girl clothes for them to tell me I am having a boy after all.
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Since we can dream, let's assume I have a lot of money. I'd live in the Alps part of winter so I could ski but then would go to a remote island to enjoy the sun and heat. I'd probably move all around because why not? Too hot in July? Let's get some cool weather in Scotland or Iceland.
TTC#1 10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml) 11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged 1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele 4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery 6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020 7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
@rikiteacup you’ve known multiple people where the sex has been wrong on the NIPT? Eek! I thought it was pretty accurate and have bought a few girl items. Guess I should keep the tags in 😬
*creeping from group 2* @rikiteacup yes to the soda! I can't burp without one sometimes, makes me feel so much better. My mom jokes that she failed me by not teaching me how to make myself burp
@therealbitts yes, I've read on other forums that the NIPT results were wrong. Don't know the brand though. I did Panorama (Natera) and they say accuracy is 99% and it's the highest on the market. So there's still that 1% chance it might be wrong. I think the wrong gender is mostly with girls. If they detect boy, accuracy is closer to 100% since there is no reason you would have the XY sex chromosome yourself.
TTC#1 10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml) 11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged 1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele 4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery 6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020 7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: FO. ..only 7 more weeks to wait lol (slightly jealous of everybody finding out but we didnt care to do the NIPT.
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming appts: Next one is in 3 weeks for a normal checkup I guess.
How are you feeling?: meh. Better in someways, MS is still in full swing. Lucky me!
Rants/Raves: We went public this weekend! So excited it's finally out there lol Also, it's been pretty nice this last week! We haven't used our AC most days! No rants right now.
Questions: nah
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? H and I wanted to move to Tennessee this coming year, but that's not happening! Other than that, give me a place that's 75 year round and I'd be there in a heartbeat lol
How are you feeling?: Starting to slowly feel better
Rants/Raves: Really hoping to get some energy back soon!
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I would like to live in New York City for a year and be able to walk to fun places and restaurants!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Hopefully announcing soon because holding onto this secret since April is driving me crazy!
Baby is the size of a(n): Lemon
Upcoming appts: OB tomorrow!
How are you feeling?: Tired and occasionally still nauseous.
Rants/Raves: I second the joy of cooler weather and being able to open the windows! My rant is trying to dress so I look pregnant and not just fat.
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? We actually looked into moving to Ireland back in our youth days but unfortunately it never happened. But I know we would both still love to live there.
Me:37 MH:37
TTGP since 07/2017
**TW** in spoiler
DX: PCOS, anovulatory, AMA
Femara X3: no response
Clomid X3: BFN (cyst and thin lining)
IUI (Dec '18) MMC
IVF (April '19) 9 retrieved, 7 fertilized, 2 normal PGT-A
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: maybe PINK double checking to confirm on Saturday
Baby is the size of a(n): Peach 🍑
Upcoming appts: 9/9
How are you feeling?: good I keep getting a headache though that I just can’t seem to shake
Rants/Raves: Rant: I don’t do social media and I’m normally a very private person until yesterday there was nothing online “other than my anonymous posts here” about my pregnancy when my mother decided to post a photo of my most recent ultrasound on Facebook without asking I found out when people I haven’t told I’m pregnant texted this morning to tell me how cute my ultrasound is I feel like it would be obvious if you know not to post photos or life events about me that would extend to my unborn child
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? God bless the USA
@AlexisJoy92 I feel your pain, girl. My Mom did the same thing to me!! We do not have any sort of relationship, and I most certainly did not tell her I was pregnant. But someone in my family told her, and she took it to social media. I was only like 9 weeks at the time - WAY too early to go public. 😒
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: team t-6 weeks with @babyroma
Baby is the size of a(n): peach 🍑
Upcoming appts: 9/10 for Hr and spina bifida
How are you feeling?: appetite came back this week. Like really came back. Went out of town to a friends restaurant and everyone ate a ton and they kept bringing more dishes. And everyone was complaining how uncomfortable they were and I was line “oh I feel okay!”
Rants/Raves: rant I started looking pregnant this week. T-2 weeks until job announcement. I had literally nothing last week but overnight it showed up. I’ll be fine once we’re fully public. Second rant - old dog slipped down some stairs the night we announced to my family so the week has been spent doing vet visits and practicing with our first dog child.
rave family announcement went well. My sisters lost it. Told a few select friends
Questions: good ideas on hiding a little longer? Scouring Pinterest. I don’t think I’m that obvious to anyone other than me yet but that was a very sudden thing
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I’d second being able to travel all around. Right now I’d love to be in the alps
@22ksi2 wear some loose tops like relaxed fit t-shirts or blouses.
TTC#1 10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml) 11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged 1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele 4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery 6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020 7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
Upcoming appts: check up on Friday! Doctors office called and said I need to come in on Friday about my bloodwork. I already had an appointment booked for next week but he said I have to come Friday. He didn't give me any other info! So I’m slightly nervous about the appointment
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. I started back to work yesterday so I’m exhausted but not as nauseous anymore
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? my hometown! Central Canada! It’s our goal to make it back there at some point!
@AlexisJoy92 my FIL shared my first pregnancy on Facebook before we had even told our siblings! Luckily he didn’t know how to tag and doesn’t have many friends on his list! My SIL called to give us the heads up and my H called his dad and was so mad!! He hasn’t shared the next two before we are ready lol
Baby is the size of a(n): brilliant beet (Ovia is...creative)
Upcoming appts: 2 weeks from today
How are you feeling?: down and out with a respiratory infection 👎🏻
Rants/Raves: well I’m not happy about the respiratory infection, ha
Questions: nope
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I’d try a different part of the us. Somewhere where it’s not sweltering like it is here. 🥵
Just finished with my appointment! I’ve been stressing all week! Turns out he wanted me to come in to encourage me to get the genetic testing done. I’m slightly anaemic but not too low that he is worried yet. With my first two pregnancies both had choroid plexus cysts on their brain on their anatomy scan but I hadn’t done the genetic testing so they had to monitor me More closely. So I went and got the genetic testing done today and I guess we await the results.
@kbrinks2 I’m so glade everything was alright that is crazy that that couldn’t have been said over the phone last week so you didn’t need to stress about it
How are you feeling?: pretty good, just lots of RLP with all the stretching going on. And my boobs are sore AF!
Rants/Raves: going to go through the rest of my maternity clothing bin this weekend and organize the rest of my things in there. Officially phasing out of normal work clothes.
Questions: none at this time
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Maine or NH on the coast.
Re: group 4 (2/22-2/29) check in w/o 8/26
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: BLUE!
Baby is the size of a(n): Lemon
Upcoming appts: 9/18 for next routine checkup
How are you feeling?: Tired but other than that....GREAT!
Rants/Raves: My oldest starts Kindergarten tomorrow and I am so happy that she is so excited! The downside is that my almost 4yo feels.very left out. We are still apart of a local moms group so he's going to stay busy and social!
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Scotland! Or anywhere in the UK. I'm a massive anglophile!
Me: 35
DH: 37
Married: May 2011
DD: Dec 2013
DS: Sept 2015
#3: EDD 2/28/20
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink!
Baby is the size of a(n): peach
Upcoming appts: 9/10 for blood draw (spina bifida testing) and fetal heartbeat
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. If I have a Coke/Pepsi handy after a meal for burping, I feel great!
Rants/Raves: We finally announced to H's siblings. We were all gathered for a family breakfast and he waited and waited and some were starting to leave already. MIL had to stop them Some of his siblings were super happy. They speculated I might be pregnant because my H was drinking alcohol at weddings/parties (he had stopped for months to make sure it wouldn't prevent sperm production since he had low count). His oldest nephew said "Another cousin??!". Yep, this will be grand-kid #11.
Questions: Target has A TON of clearance baby clothes right now. I want to buy summer outfits already but I am not sure of sizing. I live in a state with 4 seasons so I need to take that into consideration. I guess buying size 6 months will be OK for next summer? But I also want to wait for the anatomy scan. Some people got the wrong gender with the NIPT. I don't want to get a ton of girl clothes for them to tell me I am having a boy after all.
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Since we can dream, let's assume I have a lot of money. I'd live in the Alps part of winter so I could ski but then would go to a remote island to enjoy the sun and heat. I'd probably move all around because why not? Too hot in July? Let's get some cool weather in Scotland or Iceland.
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
@rikiteacup yes to the soda! I can't burp without one sometimes, makes me feel so much better. My mom jokes that she failed me by not teaching me how to make myself burp
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: FO. ..only 7 more weeks to wait lol (slightly jealous of everybody finding out but we didnt care to do the NIPT.
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming appts: Next one is in 3 weeks for a normal checkup I guess.
How are you feeling?: meh. Better in someways, MS is still in full swing. Lucky me!
Rants/Raves: We went public this weekend! So excited it's finally out there lol
Also, it's been pretty nice this last week! We haven't used our AC most days!
No rants right now.
Questions: nah
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
H and I wanted to move to Tennessee this coming year, but that's not happening! Other than that, give me a place that's 75 year round and I'd be there in a heartbeat lol
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink!!!
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appts: 16 weeks
How are you feeling?: Starting to slowly feel better
Rants/Raves: Really hoping to get some energy back soon!
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I would like to live in New York City for a year and be able to walk to fun places and restaurants!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Hopefully announcing soon because holding onto this secret since April is driving me crazy!
Baby is the size of a(n): Lemon
Upcoming appts: OB tomorrow!
How are you feeling?: Tired and occasionally still nauseous.
Rants/Raves: I second the joy of cooler weather and being able to open the windows! My rant is trying to dress so I look pregnant and not just fat.
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? We actually looked into moving to Ireland back in our youth days but unfortunately it never happened. But I know we would both still love to live there.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: maybe PINK double checking to confirm on Saturday
Baby is the size of a(n): Peach 🍑
Upcoming appts: 9/9
How are you feeling?: good I keep getting a headache though that I just can’t seem to shake
Rants/Raves: Rant: I don’t do social media and I’m normally a very private person until yesterday there was nothing online “other than my anonymous posts here” about my pregnancy when my mother decided to post a photo of my most recent ultrasound on Facebook without asking I found out when people I haven’t told I’m pregnant texted this morning to tell me how cute my ultrasound is I feel like it would be obvious if you know not to post photos or life events about me that would extend to my unborn child
Questions:
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? God bless the USA
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: team t-6 weeks with @babyroma
Baby is the size of a(n): peach 🍑
Upcoming appts: 9/10 for Hr and spina bifida
How are you feeling?: appetite came back this week. Like really came back. Went out of town to a friends restaurant and everyone ate a ton and they kept bringing more dishes. And everyone was complaining how uncomfortable they were and I was line “oh I feel okay!”
Rants/Raves: rant I started looking pregnant this week. T-2 weeks until job announcement. I had literally nothing last week but overnight it showed up. I’ll be fine once we’re fully public. Second rant - old dog slipped down some stairs the night we announced to my family so the week has been spent doing vet visits and practicing with our first dog child.
rave family announcement went well. My sisters lost it. Told a few select friends
Questions: good ideas on hiding a little longer? Scouring Pinterest. I don’t think I’m that obvious to anyone other than me yet but that was a very sudden thing
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I’d second being able to travel all around. Right now I’d love to be in the alps
10/2018: MFI (2 SA under 9 million/ml)
11/2018: HSG shows right Fallopian tube slightly damaged
1/2019: Husband diagnosed with grade 3 varicocele
4/05/2019: varicocele repair surgery
6/13/2019: BFP!!! EDD: 2/22/2020 Baby girl born 2/27/2020
7/18/2019: Total Motile Count at 3 months post surgery = 51 millions!! (number must be >20 millions to conceive naturally).
TTC #2
9/07/2021: BFP - CP: 9/10/2021
10/07/2021: BFP - CP: 10/23/2021
12/23/2021: BFP! EDD: 08/31/2022
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Green
Baby is the size of a(n): lemon
Upcoming appts: check up on Friday! Doctors office called and said I need to come in on Friday about my bloodwork. I already had an appointment booked for next week but he said I have to come Friday. He didn't give me any other info! So I’m slightly nervous about the appointment
How are you feeling?: Pretty good. I started back to work yesterday so I’m exhausted but not as nauseous anymore
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
my hometown! Central Canada! It’s our goal to make it back there at some point!
@AlexisJoy92 my FIL shared my first pregnancy on Facebook before we had even told our siblings! Luckily he didn’t know how to tag and doesn’t have many friends on his list! My SIL called to give us the heads up and my H called his dad and was so mad!! He hasn’t shared the next two before we are ready lol
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: pink 💕
Baby is the size of a(n): brilliant beet (Ovia is...creative)
Upcoming appts: 2 weeks from today
How are you feeling?: down and out with a respiratory infection 👎🏻
Rants/Raves: well I’m not happy about the respiratory infection, ha
Questions: nope
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I’d try a different part of the us. Somewhere where it’s not sweltering like it is here. 🥵
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: pink!
Baby is the size of a(n): 🍑
Upcoming appts: 9/17 for 16w
How are you feeling?: pretty good, just lots of RLP with all the stretching going on. And my boobs are sore AF!
Rants/Raves: going to go through the rest of my maternity clothing bin this weekend and organize the rest of my things in there. Officially phasing out of normal work clothes.
Questions: none at this time
GTKY: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Maine or NH on the coast.