Upcoming appts: 3rd go of the AS sometime next week, 24w/Glucose test 11/11
How are you feeling?: aside from overworked and therefore tired....I'm pretty good!
Cravings/Aversions: none that I can think of really!
Rants/Raves/Questions: Rant and rave in one, I'm excited for my baby shower but I have zero self control in looking at the registry! I feel like im ruining all of the surprises!!!!
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: Oh man...i don't know if I have a best friend anymore lol. Distance kind of threw that off but I'd probably say my lifelong friend would be best even though we dont see each other or talk much. Met her in girl scouts back in 5th grade!
Upcoming appts: OB was this morning and anesthesiology consult 11/04
How are you feeling?: Very tired still which my OB thinks may mean anemia so we are going to check that soon.
Cravings/Aversions: No real aversions but I'm still loving my soup
Rants/Raves/Questions: This morning the OB told me we need to redo some of the AS images which isn't a huge deal but I'm upset the MFM doctor told me everything was fine so that's my big rant. Rave- I am feeling him more and more which is amazing.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: I don't really have a best friend other than my sisters and MH. So my older sister when I born and my younger sister when she was born. MH and I met in high school but we didn't start dating until college.
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
Upcoming appts: 11/7 - check up at my doctors. Should be going for my glucose test soon I would think
How are you feeling?: exhausted! I coach volleyball and my son just started hockey 3 nights a week plus planning and prepping for work. I’ll be happy when volleyball is over in 2 weeks!
Cravings/Aversions: cravings are ketchup chips! Or anything not good for me! Can my aversions be healthy food? 🙈 lol
Rants/Raves/Questions:
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend? We have gone to school since kindergarten. We both moved away from our hometown but try and keep in touch! We aren’t as close as we’ve been but we still always chat like we haven’t had anytime apart!
How are you feeling?: good had a nasty UTI out of nowhere last week but managed to get rid of it in about 48hrs by drinking close to 200oz of water in those two days and taking and epsom salt bath with apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil. It was the first time I saw blood this entire pregnancy and even though I knew it was my bladder not my lady bits it still really freaked me out so I got an elective ultrasound Saturday and she is doing just fine with a hr of 152 and weighing about 1lb 3oz i really hope I don’t get another one before she comes that was more stress than I’d like to have
Cravings/Aversions: salty pretzels I finished off the bag we had a couple days ago and really need to get to the store every night as soon as I lay down all I can think is pretzels sound wonderful right now
Rants/Raves/Questions: i guess both my rant and rave would be in how are you feeling rant being UTI and Rave the ultrasound where she looked perfect😊
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: glad to know I’m not the only one that doesn’t feel like they have a “best friend” I have about five girls that I would consider my close friends all of whom are Wives/longtime girlfriends of my SO coworkers I’ve known most of them for about 5-8 years it’s nice because it seems like it’s baby season for us two of us are pregnant one just had a baby one is ttc and one just got married last month with some heavy hints they might start trying
How are you feeling?: Great. If it wasn't for my belly, I wouldn't know I am pregnant.
Cravings/Aversions: No cravings but I noticed that any food with sugar leaves a sour taste in my mouth. So I try to avoid any sugary foods.
Rants/Raves/Questions: Curtains and rocking chair are being delivered this week!! I just have to order wall art and this nursery will look a little bit more put together. I decided on the theme: it will be my home country. So many shops on Etsy have cute nursery art. I picked this shop.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: I have a few best friends. Two I met in HS, 1 in college and 1 through an expat community.
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: BLUE! 💙 We just found out!
Baby is the size of a(n): grapefruit
Upcoming appts: 11/4
How are you feeling?: hip pain. Not sleeping well. Generally cranky. Womp.
Cravings/Aversions: always sour and salty forever
Rants/Raves/Questions: We has a small gathering for a family gender reveal this weekend. It wasn’t anything I really wanted to do but my husband had also been out of town and I had been waiting to find out until he returned. It became more of a “thing” than intended but we had fun! I know nothing about boys being one of 4 girls 😬
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend? At a store our parents met when we were very little.
Cravings/Aversions: Nothing sounds great but also nothing’s really awful.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I’m going to post this on the question thread so you can answer there if you’d rather. I’m going to visit my best friend in Dec. and want to know if it’s okay to go through the scanner (I’ll ask my doc too) just wondering if there are any experienced travelers out there.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: in middle school.
Upcoming appts: Nov 8th for 2nd AS and 4 week check up
How are you feeling?: Bleh. I had a real crap day at work yesterday and some mid-day dizziness that stressed me out. Trying not to let a bad Monday follow me through the week. I feel so demotivated right now though, everything is a struggle.
Cravings/Aversions: Can't stomach the idea of burgers (fast food or BBQ) which seems very specific..
Rants/Raves/Questions: Rant - I am so over being at work these days. I'm exhausted, unmotivated and getting up in the mornings is so hard. Raves - Feeling lots more movement these days, even with the anterior placenta, and first prenatal yoga class is in a week!
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: We met first day of grade 1 and we've been besties ever since. She's throwing me a shower at the end of November
Cravings/Aversions: craving my morning smoothie. I wish it was bottomless. Aversions: PBJ
Rants/Raves/Questions: rant: my hip/lower back has been bothering me. I’m sure it’s just things stretching out. But it’s been over a week now. Heat does help some.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend? Classmates in elementary school.
Re: Group 4 (2/22-2/29) check-in w/o 10/28
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: pink!
Baby is the size of a(n): mr potato head!
Upcoming appts: 3rd go of the AS sometime next week, 24w/Glucose test 11/11
How are you feeling?: aside from overworked and therefore tired....I'm pretty good!
Cravings/Aversions: none that I can think of really!
Rants/Raves/Questions:
Rant and rave in one, I'm excited for my baby shower but I have zero self control in looking at the registry! I feel like im ruining all of the surprises!!!!
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?:
Oh man...i don't know if I have a best friend anymore lol. Distance kind of threw that off but I'd probably say my lifelong friend would be best even though we dont see each other or talk much. Met her in girl scouts back in 5th grade!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Blue!
Baby is the size of a(n): coconut
Upcoming appts: OB was this morning and anesthesiology consult 11/04
How are you feeling?: Very tired still which my OB thinks may mean anemia so we are going to check that soon.
Cravings/Aversions: No real aversions but I'm still loving my soup
Rants/Raves/Questions: This morning the OB told me we need to redo some of the AS images which isn't a huge deal but I'm upset the MFM doctor told me everything was fine so that's my big rant. Rave- I am feeling him more and more which is amazing.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: I don't really have a best friend other than my sisters and MH. So my older sister when I born and my younger sister when she was born. MH and I met in high school but we didn't start dating until college.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Green!
Baby is the size of a(n): hedgehog 🦔
Upcoming appts: 11/7 - check up at my doctors. Should be going for my glucose test soon I would think
How are you feeling?: exhausted! I coach volleyball and my son just started hockey 3 nights a week plus planning and prepping for work. I’ll be happy when volleyball is over in 2 weeks!
Cravings/Aversions: cravings are ketchup chips! Or anything not good for me! Can my aversions be healthy food? 🙈 lol
Rants/Raves/Questions:
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?
We have gone to school since kindergarten. We both moved away from our hometown but try and keep in touch! We aren’t as close as we’ve been but we still always chat like we haven’t had anytime apart!
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink💖
Baby is the size of a(n): a chinchilla
Upcoming appts: 11/6
How are you feeling?: good had a nasty UTI out of nowhere last week but managed to get rid of it in about 48hrs by drinking close to 200oz of water in those two days and taking and epsom salt bath with apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil. It was the first time I saw blood this entire pregnancy and even though I knew it was my bladder not my lady bits it still really freaked me out so I got an elective ultrasound Saturday and she is doing just fine with a hr of 152 and weighing about 1lb 3oz i really hope I don’t get another one before she comes that was more stress than I’d like to have
Cravings/Aversions: salty pretzels I finished off the bag we had a couple days ago and really need to get to the store every night as soon as I lay down all I can think is pretzels sound wonderful right now
Rants/Raves/Questions: i guess both my rant and rave would be in how are you feeling rant being UTI and Rave the ultrasound where she looked perfect😊
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: glad to know I’m not the only one that doesn’t feel like they have a “best friend” I have about five girls that I would consider my close friends all of whom are Wives/longtime girlfriends of my SO coworkers I’ve known most of them for about 5-8 years it’s nice because it seems like it’s baby season for us two of us are pregnant one just had a baby one is ttc and one just got married last month with some heavy hints they might start trying
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink
Baby is the size of a(n): grapefruit
Upcoming appts: 11/5
How are you feeling?: Great. If it wasn't for my belly, I wouldn't know I am pregnant.
Cravings/Aversions: No cravings but I noticed that any food with sugar leaves a sour taste in my mouth. So I try to avoid any sugary foods.
Rants/Raves/Questions: Curtains and rocking chair are being delivered this week!! I just have to order wall art and this nursery will look a little bit more put together. I decided on the theme: it will be my home country. So many shops on Etsy have cute nursery art. I picked this shop.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: I have a few best friends. Two I met in HS, 1 in college and 1 through an expat community.
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: BLUE! 💙
We just found out!
Baby is the size of a(n): grapefruit
Upcoming appts: 11/4
How are you feeling?: hip pain. Not sleeping well. Generally cranky. Womp.
Cravings/Aversions: always sour and salty forever
Rants/Raves/Questions: We has a small gathering for a family gender reveal this weekend. It wasn’t anything I really wanted to do but my husband had also been out of town and I had been waiting to find out until he returned. It became more of a “thing” than intended but we had fun! I know nothing about boys being one of 4 girls 😬
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend? At a store our parents met when we were very little.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink
Baby is the size of a(n): Res bell pepper
Upcoming appts: Next Wednesday
How are you feeling?: larger then I should haha
Cravings/Aversions: Nothing sounds great but also nothing’s really awful.
Rants/Raves/Questions: I’m going to post this on the question thread so you can answer there if you’d rather. I’m going to visit my best friend in Dec. and want to know if it’s okay to go through the scanner (I’ll ask my doc too) just wondering if there are any experienced travelers out there.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: in middle school.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: Pink
Baby is the size of a(n): Coconut
Upcoming appts: Nov 8th for 2nd AS and 4 week check up
How are you feeling?: Bleh. I had a real crap day at work yesterday and some mid-day dizziness that stressed me out. Trying not to let a bad Monday follow me through the week. I feel so demotivated right now though, everything is a struggle.
Cravings/Aversions: Can't stomach the idea of burgers (fast food or BBQ) which seems very specific..
Rants/Raves/Questions: Rant - I am so over being at work these days. I'm exhausted, unmotivated and getting up in the mornings is so hard. Raves - Feeling lots more movement these days, even with the anterior placenta, and first prenatal yoga class is in a week!
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: We met first day of grade 1 and we've been besties ever since. She's throwing me a shower at the end of November
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: pink!
Baby is the size of a(n): coconut
Upcoming appts: november something.
How are you feeling?: Overall pretty good
Cravings/Aversions: craving my morning smoothie. I wish it was bottomless. Aversions: PBJ
Rants/Raves/Questions: rant: my hip/lower back has been bothering me. I’m sure it’s just things stretching out. But it’s been over a week now. Heat does help some.
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend? Classmates in elementary school.
Team finding out/pink/blue/green: pink 💕
Baby is the size of a(n): bunch of grapes
Upcoming appts: 2 weeks from Monday
How are you feeling?: lots of back and pelvic pain. Apparently my bones are already spreading? Stretching? Idk but it hurts.
Cravings/Aversions: depends on the day
Rants/Raves/Questions: happy to be off bed rest! 🙌🏻
GTKY: How did you meet your best friend?: we went to high school together