November 2020 Moms
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Check-in 03/16/20-03/22/20
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Let’s do another all group check-in until we get the rest of our November mamas in here and then we can figure out the formatting for the due date weeklies.
EDD/weeks+days:
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling/Symptoms?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What was your first car?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling/Symptoms?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What was your first car?
Re: Check-in 03/16/20-03/22/20
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: March 25th for follow up/2nd ultrasound
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Just very tired and bloated. No nausea or morning sickness yet, but the bloat is super uncomfortable and the fatigue is pretty bad!
Raves/Rants: I was able to get a lot of sleep over the weekend which was really nice!
Questions: None
GTKY: What was your first car? Jeep Liberty! I loved it... until it fell apart haha. Lesson learned... Jeeps are not very reliable.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Blueberry / Coffee bean
Upcoming appointments: Dating ultrasound on March 23rd (1 week to go!! 🤞) and I see my GP again on March 26th
How are you feeling/Symptoms? I'm feeling ok, I think only my boobs are sore. I did have "gotta throw up" moment like twice a day this weekend either eating something or brushing my teeth...
Raves/Rants: Being pregnant in this COVID-19 time is a little bit concerning. On a positive note, social distancing means I don't have to hide my not drinking...
Questions: None
GTKY: What was your first car? A 1997 Pontiac Sunfire in an Emerald green color
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out as soon as I can!
Baby is the size of a(n): a grain of rice or a lady bug (which is wild something so small makes me so tired and nauseous).
Upcoming appointments: next week on the 24th 🤞🏼 to at least hear the heart beat
How are you feeling/Symptoms? NAUSEOUS. And so dang tired.
Raves/Rants: I could rant all day about this Coronavirus and our school / city situation. I actually need toilet paper because and I can’t find it any where because people are buying 300 rolls to hoard at their house.
Questions: none
GTKY: What was your first car? I had a mini van 🙃 2005 Kia Sedona and she was my baby!
SO
SD (11/2010)
DD1 (09/2014)
DD2 (10/2015)
Baby Girl #4 (11/2020)
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Apple seed
Upcoming appointments: First appointment April 14th...seems like FOREVER
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Nauseous, bloated, super fatigued!
Raves/Rants: I am majorly stressing about these school closures!!
Questions: nope
GTKY: What was your first car? Jeep Grand Cherokee
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): poppy seed.
Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow, March 17. Probably just intake and confirmation? I can't believe I got such an early appointment!
How are you feeling/Symptoms? A little tired, a headache coming on.
Raves/Rants: I am already mourning my piping-hot bath habit.
Questions: None right now -- thanks for the book recs!
GTKY: What was your first car? 2011 Toyota Corolla, white, perhaps the most anonymous car on the road. Still going strong (though I just got another recall notice related to airbags/seatbelts, ugh).
@kitkatz1990 right there with you on feeling like 4 weeks from now is an eternity to wait for an OB appointment!
@katepercy are hot baths bad in early pregnancy? I may have forgotten this from my first time around and I probably wasn’t too concerned back then anyways since I lived in a small apartment with a small tub.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding Out!
Baby is the size of a(n): poppy seed
Upcoming appointments:
Just called OB this morning and they said they do the first appointment at 8 weeks so I have to wait until April 13th!! FX the next 4 weeks FLY by because I am dying to see that heartbeat flickering on the monitor.
How are you feeling/Symptoms?
So, it seems odd that I am feel symptoms at only 4 weeks. I didn’t even know I was pregnant with DD at this point and I felt no different. But my gut has been feeling off since day before BFP (**TMI** gas and diarrhea). Over the weekend I was feeling hot and sweaty while out shopping even though MH said it wasn’t hot in the store at all. I have a touch of nausea which is kind of tied to this feeling like my heart is beating a bit faster and I almost get like waves of a nervous queasy feeling ....like if you’ve had too much caffeine. Anyone else have this?
Raves/Rants:
Just waiting for DD’s daycare to close out of caution for corona so I have an even better excuse to work from home! Lol.
Questions: nope
GTKY: What was your first car?
Acura Integra 1995. Manual transmission. Red with a sweet sound systems Perfect car..... and then I totaled it. 😳
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team GREEN!
DD1: 12/26/2013 DD2: 08/03/2016 DS1: 05/10/2018 Baby #4: EDD 11/22/2020 (Team Green)
So last time around I measured my bathwater temp and discovered that I prefer extra hot baths, so I'm learning to like cooler ones, but nevertheless feel resentful in a silly way about it.
**Please take all of this with a grain of salt; I'm not a medical expert and am just summarizing Dr. Google!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out but not sharing except with DH
Baby is the size of a(n): one of those square letter beads from those 90s friendship bracelets
Upcoming appointments: Intake on Friday (3/20) then ultrasound 4/1! Can’t come soon enough.
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Just bloated mostly and constipated today. A little cramping but I think it’s because of the lack of bowel movements. It seems strange that I’m not having more...but maybe not.
Raves/Rants: On edge trying to figure out what’s happening next in Washington state. I’m still working, but I was scheduled to see 7 kids today and now I’m only seeing 3 because the rest cancelled.
Questions: none
GTKY: What was your first car? 2010 white Kia Soul! I begged and begged for it. Still going strong 10 years later!
Started dating: 10/2010 ;; Married 10/2017
Started TTC: 10/2019
BFP: 12/20/19 ;; MC: 12/24/19
BFP: 3/5/20 ;; EDD: 11/11/20
Team finding out-Finding out
Baby is the size of a- poppy seed
Upcoming appointments-Need to make one still. 🤣 My office. Doesn't usually see you until 8weeks I do believe.
How are you feeling/symptoms- Sore boobs, bloating but no more than my normal 🤣 no cramping today (woohoo), kinda short/irritable with some people.
Rants/raves- having seasonal depression and now needing to be stuck at home for. God only knows how much longer.
Questions- none
GTKY-Black Dodge Stratus 2001 maybe?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Still deciding - last time we were team green and loved it, but this time I think I want to know.
Baby is the size of a(n): sweetpea
Upcoming appointments: Intake, week from today
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Queasiness that comes and goes, lack of appetite/food aversions, then suddenly starving, eating too many meals a day, fatigue.
Raves/Rants: I'm worried that appointments will be delayed due to COVID-19, but also hoping maybe they'll try to combine appts or something?
Questions: What are you ladies seeing about the dangers of COVID-19 during pregnancy? I'm mostly seeing that it seems to be not affecting pregnant women too badly, but I am concerned about the risk of high fever during first trimester. For those of you who have seen doctors already, did they address this?
GTKY: What was your first car? 1988 Ford Festiva hatchback! It was basically a tin can with wheels, but man, it sure worked great for us!
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
@krystrist2014 I definitely had that heart racing/uneasy/heart pounding feeling in weeks 4 and 5. It seems to have subsided, and it has helped that I went decaf for my afternoon coffee. I have read that it's pretty much normal unless you're getting light headed or dizzy, in which case, see your Dr.
Started Dating: 2003 Married: 2013
Started TTC August 2016
BFP: 2/1/17 MC: 2/8/17
BFP: 3/8/17 MMC: 5/1/17
BFP: 7/23/17 EDD: 4/5/18
BFP: 2/27/20
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green. We didn’t find out with our first and it was super exciting.
Baby is the size of a(n): chia seed
Upcoming appointments: none yet. I’m calling tomorrow.
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Bloated but I did eat a ton of pasta for lunch so 🤷🏻♀️
Raves/Rants: I’m in PA and everything is shut down including daycare. My Husband and and I still have to work and we are struggling to find care for our son everyday. My office said they are preparing for everyone to work from home but have yet to pull the trigger.
Questions: None yet
GTKY: What was your first car? A 1988 Chevy Cavalier 😂
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Finding Out I guess, we haven't talked about it yet
Baby is the size of a(n): an apple seed
Upcoming appointments: First Ultrasound scheduled for 4/9 and First Prenatal 4/16
How are you feeling/Symptoms? I'm tired, thirsty, need to pee, and sometimes cry super easy
Raves/Rants: I just told my boyfriend this morning and I was nervous because he deploys next month... but he held me and we talked about first steps and taking the time of his deployment to learn to communicate well and make positive steps towards creating a strong relationship to support this little life.
Questions: ???????????
GTKY: What was your first car? A reliant K.
@kitkatz1990 it makes me feel less crazy that someone else also started having symptoms super early. And wow! 3 weeks is so early. But I would take that as a good sign. ❤️ LO is making their presence known early on.
Started dating: 10/2010 ;; Married 10/2017
Started TTC: 10/2019
BFP: 12/20/19 ;; MC: 12/24/19
BFP: 3/5/20 ;; EDD: 11/11/20
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: FINDING OUT
Baby is the size of a(n): poppy seed
Upcoming appointments: intake phone call on 4/1 and first appointment in a million years (aka 4/24)
How are you feeling/Symptoms? totally fine
Raves/Rants: The COVID situation in Boston is terrifying. I have friends who work at local hospitals and the situation is much worse than any of the numbers/the media is reporting.
Questions: n/a
GTKY: What was your first car? A secondhand Volvo which I promptly totaled a few months after getting.
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Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Will find out
Baby is the size of a(n): poppy seed
Upcoming appointments: TBD
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Feeling good! Just a little sleepy.
Raves/Rants: Practically our whole state is shut down due to COVID-19. I really hope this won't extend beyond the 2 weeks we are facing right now. The governor will re-evaluate at that time. While of course I want as many people as possible to remain healthy and untouched by the virus, I am annoyed that my wedding set, which was was being resized and dipped and was supposed to be back by the 18th- Wednesday- but will now not be sent back until these restrictions are lifted and all these businesses are allowed to open back up.
Questions: none
GTKY: What was your first car? First I shared my mom's old lady Buick Skylark, and then borrowed my brother's old Bronco (which I loved!) Then my dad gave me a little beat up Hyundai Elantra, and when that bit the dust, the first car I bought and was really proud of was a Nissan Altima.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): blueberry, still
Upcoming appointments: not until April 7. Tried to
move it up but they didn’t want me to come in any earlier
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Still nauseous all the time and tired. Tums have been a life saver!
Raves/Rants: my preschool class is part of a daycare center and we are still open. We are implementing SO many precautionary measures to do so. I understand people still work and need the childcare, but I’m being really childish about it and saying it’s not fair lol.
Questions: n/a
GTKY: What was your first car? 1989 Honda Accord. It was a golden brown color and had a racing muffler 😂
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: I want to be team green but I know I’ll probably go insane!
Baby is the size of a(n): a pea.
Upcoming appointments: March 25th. Seems like foreverrrr!
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Bloating, some pressure, and exhaustion!
Raves/Rants: None at this time.
Questions: Anyone else have bloating and pressure?
GTKY: What was your first car? 1996 Grand AM, red, and the driver window didn’t roll down lol
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Not sure yet.
Baby is the size of a(n): Altoid
Upcoming appointments: Dr Apt March 24th, 1 week to go!!🤞 Worried that they didn't mention getting an U/S. But I assume that'll all work itself out.
How are you feeling/Symptoms? My boobs are sore, as are my back and feet. I'm also having a hard time eating dinner and any fruits or veggies which is giving me bad acid reflux.
Raves/Rants: This COVID-19 has me worried.
Questions: Sooo many! But my main question is should I cancel my vacation on April 8th? We had planned to fly to S.C. but now I'm very nervous.
GTKY: What was your first car? Kia Sophia, we bought it off Ebay 🤣
Started dating: 10/2010 ;; Married 10/2017
Started TTC: 10/2019
BFP: 12/20/19 ;; MC: 12/24/19
BFP: 3/5/20 ;; EDD: 11/11/20
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: DEFINITELY finding out!!
Baby is the size of a(n): a poppy seed
Upcoming appointments: early April (at about 7 weeks) for first ultrasound + bloodwork
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Tired, a little bloated and I wake up BOILING in the middle of the night! Also have been slightly gassy, but that seems to have gotten better the last few days (or at least fingers crossed for my husband’s sake 😂)
Raves/Rants: nervous about COVID-19, but making the most of social distancing by taking the chance to slow down and spend extra time with my husband
Questions: none yet
GTKY: What was your first car? Honda Accord - maybe ‘93 with red velvet interior 😂
EDD/weeks+days: Nov 12/ 5w+5d
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: I think we are Team Finding Out
Baby is the size of a(n): apple seed
Upcoming appointments: March 25th though they left me a voice mail today that they need to reschedule. We'll see 🤞
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Sore boobs, fatigue, seem to be irritated easily at times, mild cramps every now and then, need to run to the restroom all the time 🤣
Raves/Rants: As FTM can't wait to have that first appointment to confirm pregnancy. And corona virus is starting to freak me out 😬 My bf has a 20 y.o. who needs to work at Publix as he messed up his first semester in college and owes $5k. So I am worried that he has a high risk kd exposure and trying to figure out when do we pull him back from working.
Questions: None
GTKY: What was your first car? Mazda 6 2006. Loved that girl, named her Zizzy
And @kruth15 If I were you I would cancel the trip. Given how the virus spreads and when it peaks I would say it seems like we are still in the early phase and the worse is yet to come.
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Fatigue and nausea daily, irritability, cravings, aversions, very strong sense of smell
Raves/Rants: I had a dentist appt on Monday. The dentist said congratulations to me and I got a little emotional. It feels different hearing it in person.
Questions: Has anyone had appts rescheduled specifically because of COVID19? I'm getting nervous... I already feel like I'm waiting forever for a little reassurance.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): Dry macaroni noodle
Upcoming appointments: April 9th. I'll be at 11 weeks so I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing more than the dating ultrasound
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Constant nausea, but I haven't actually thrown up. The consistent nausea has me feeling like complete crap the last two weeks and I cant seem to get a handle on it. I've been trying to eat small meals, keep snacks around, drink so much f-in water, ginger tea, but nothing sems to be working. It's been rough.
Raves/Rants: This social distancing is actually kind of good timing for me. I won't be around groups of friends and risk accidentally saying anything or have to explain why I'm not indulging in Friday cocktails for a few weeks.
Questions: I'm a FTM so I'd love to hear opinions on books. Which ones are worth it? I have the Mayo Clinic guide and Expecting Better
GTKY: What was your first car? 1996 Saturn coupe. It was also my older sister's first car and had 280k miles on it when we gave it to a neighbor. I loved that car.
@jessileed I also frequently wake up sweaty and hot, but I'm not sure if that's due to pregnancy, my heat radiating husband, the one dog who is allowed to sleep with us, or the one who constantly sneaks on to the bed 😂
@glenncoco20 - Great question about the book. Looking forward to hear ideas and recommendations. Have you started reading the ones you have? What do you think of them? I haven't gotten any yet.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): sweet pea
Upcoming appointments: intake 4/1, 1st OB and U/S on 4/7
How are you feeling/Symptoms? Exactly what @hedgepig said. Nausea in waves, fatigue, food aversions, over eat, womp wompppp
Raves/Rants: DS is in a new 18 month old hitting phase. It is completely NOT F^*$ING CUTE. But I adore him. So there’s that.
Questions: nada nada ding dong
GTKY: What was your first car? 1992 Mazda Mx-6. Man. What memories
mama. epicurean. plant lover. wine enthusiast.
My health insurance has this Future Moms program over the phone and they also send a pregnancy book as a resource so would wait and see what's it like.