May 2020 Moms
mokay19
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Group 3 (May 17 - May 24) Weekly Check-in 9/30
mokay19
member
EDD:
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation?
Re: Group 3 (May 17 - May 24) Weekly Check-in 9/30
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green
Baby is the size of a(n): sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: my US that was supposed to be today got pushed to tomorrow afternoon.
How are you feeling? Nausea. Suuuuper nervous.
Raves/Rants: PP with my DD, my lower back would do this thing where it would kind of lock up and make it hard to move or walk. As I worked on fixing my diastasis recti and improving the gap, the pain went away. Now, it’s already come back in this pregnancy. It also doesn’t help that we were packing and moving all weekend!
Questions: nope!
GTKY: What’s your current occupation?
I’m a tool design engineer at a foundry
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green
Baby is the size of a(n): sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: Intake appointment on Thursday. really hoping to schedule my first US in the next week or so
How are you feeling? nausea started a little over the weekend. mostly tired.
Raves/Rants: my SIL, BIL, and nephew went apple picking with us yesterday, and then came back to the house and spent EIGHT HOURS in my living room. like come on... just go home! They don't know i'm pregnant yet so they probably thought I was just being offish and whiny, but like, take the hint and go. DH was no help.
Questions: nope!
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I'm a business development & applications engineer for metal 3D printing.
Also @mokay19, we had like 1/2 of the same answers lol! I don't have DR, but I have a cystocele and it causes back pain too. I started exercising my core and it was super helpful (but also, I never make it a priority to exercise).
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Green
Baby is the size of a(n): the red pill from the Matrix, a honey bee, a playing die.
Upcoming appointments: nothing until 10/14
How are you feeling? like garbage. weaning off a medication for Bean's sake and allergies galore!
Raves/Rants: I'm all about salsa right now. I can't rave enough about salsa.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I'm a deputy assessor.
What metal do you print?
Do you guys have to do hot isostatic pressing after 3D printing the metal still? Or does it make the part without porosity with that process? Idk if that’d even be possible to guarantee without HIP for those applications though haha
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Blueberry
Upcoming appointments: First US in 2-weeks! Can't wait!
How are you feeling? So tired. Luckily I have a three day weekend. I've been getting 10+ hours of sleep and still feel dysfunctional by 11am. The nausea and food aversions are strong. I ate tater tots at 9 this morning because I was hungry and that was the only thing that didn't sound repulsive. DD shared and wasn't complaining though!
Raves/Rants: DD and I had a nice walk this morning looking for fall things. It's nice to be home with her on a quiet weekday.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? Teacher.
@TattoosandLace I'm getting over a cold. Definitely felt like garbage over the weekend. Hope your allergies ease up soon at least!
@mamaqdubu 8 hours! Uhg. I'm sorry! Pregnant or not that would annoy me.
@mokay19 Sorry the pain is already coming back. I feel like I'm going to need more supportive things this pregnancy. My back hasn't been the same since DD.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: oct 21...the waiting is killing me!
How are you feeling? I'm actually feeling great (which is causing all the anxiety) I'm not as exhausted as I was the last 2 weeks..I still haven't have any nausea (but I also never had any with DS). I guess the only thing I'm dealing with is constipation and bloating..seriously..all the bloating!
Raves/Rants: My family drinks a lot together..and we hang out a lot together.. and they are definitely starting to notice the absence of a beer in my hand. I think my mom has her suspicions already and part of me just wants to tell everyone, but MH really wants to wait until after the first appointment.
GTKY: What’s your current occupation?
I teach high school English - AP Lang and American Lit (all juniors)
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: First u/s tomorrow morning (I'm with an RE until I'm released to my OB)
How are you feeling? Very very nervous. A little bit of pregnancy imposter syndrome, if that makes sense. It doesn't feel real yet, despite the fact that I feel like garbage.
Raves/Rants: Nausea has come on strong since Sunday.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I'm a conservator, I work with artifacts.
I felt that way for awhile with my DD. I’m not even exactly sure when I allowed myself to accept finally being pregnant!
EDD: May 20th
Team: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): ladybug
Upcoming appointments: 10/9 will FINALLY be my first scan
How are you feeling? Sore boobs, some vomiting but it’ll happen for 2 days then be gone for days, tired, nervous, but mostly good:)
Raves/Rants: Happy I haven’t been too sick but it makes nervous too! I am so IMPATIENT! Just want all these checkpoints and confirmations that everything is ok in this first trimester. Also just so dang impatient about the gender! We’re thinking of doing a Sneak Peek blood test at 9 weeks and then US at 14 weeks.
Questions: Anyone know about the Sneak Peek blood tests? You can do them at home or in person, I’m going to go in person. I’d rather do a blood test to learn gender with my doctor but I won’t.
GTKY: I teach freshmen and sophomore honors English
@louessbee Your job sounds like it is fascinating! I envision you as the person people bring their art to when Antiques Roadshow tells them to have something restored.
@chewie5990 I feel you on the not drinking around a drinking family. DH and I went on a cruise with half his family 3 days after my BFP and the absence of wine in my hand did not go unnoticed, but thankfully his aunts didn’t make any comments.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): Coffee bean
Upcoming appointments: First appt 10/10. I don’t know if they do an ultrasound at the appointment or what. I hope so!!
How are you feeling? Vomited for the first time today and my back is killing
Raves/Rants: Rave: I had the foresight to bring a plastic bag on my commute. Rant: I had to use said bag while driving because the vomit come out of nowhere and there was no place to pull over
Questions: Do different Dr offices do medical appointments and ultrasounds differently? I see people talking about US and Gyn appts separately but my Gyn office didn’t specify what was going to happen at my appt next week. I know I could call, but ya know time...
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I’m a registered nurse, hospice case manager.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding Out
Baby is the size of a(n): Sweet Pea / Chocolate Chip
Upcoming appointments: my ultrasound isn't until 10/11 which is killing me!
How are you feeling?: Mostly tired and the nausea has kicked up significantly the last couple days. It's been hard to force myself to eat some vegetables.
Raves/Rants: We told me in-laws this weekend, and my MIL proceeded to tell me all about her miscarriages/ectopic pregnancy. Who thinks this is a good idea to tell to a first time pregnant women who just wanted to hear a simple congratulations?!?!
Questions:
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I work as a traveling IT consultant implementing SAP (I know that no on will know what this is and that's ok)
As for US vs OB/GYN appointments, I've been told what to expect at each appointment (make an appointment for bloodwork, make an appointment for an ultrasound, etc.), but I think they're not fundamentally different. They've been at the same place with the same provider. That said, I'm with an RE until 12 weeks, so I have more appointments than some people.
EDD: May 18 based on dating scan
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): blueberry
Upcoming appointments: We had our first one today and saw a heartbeat ❤️ my OB offered us a repeat scan in two weeks for reassurance, so that’s coming up.
How are you feeling? Decent. I felt really bad for like a week and then everything cleared up, which freaked me out, but the nausea came back a little bit today. Mentally I feel much better after our scan today.
Raves/Rants: Just happy that we have a baby in there with a heartbeat.
Questions: None
GTKY: What’s your current occupation? I teach high school band and choir.
Ps. Love your job! I teach high school honors English but was super into choir/dance/ theater growing up. I’m sure your job is a lot of work, but so much fun too getting to be creative with the kids everyday-how amazing!
I do think I have the best job on campus! Teaching music (and arts in general) is unique in that the kids have self-selected in and are usually happy to be there 😂 plus, having such a major interest in common with all of my students gives me a big advantage when it comes to building good relationships.