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Week 4+ (5/22 to 5/31) check in w/o 12/7

Liz101015Liz101015 member
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Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: FTM/STM/STM+:  
Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  
Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  
Upcoming appointments:  
How are you feeling?  
Rants/Raves:  
Questions:  
GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date?
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Re: Week 4+ (5/22 to 5/31) check in w/o 12/7

  • mkc3888mkc3888 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: FTM/STM/STM+:   16+1
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  Blue!
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:   action figure
    Upcoming appointments: next friday virtual with MFM
    How are you feeling?  pretty good.  More emotional than I remember being last pregnancy
    Rants/Raves:   I drank 1 small glass and 1 large glass of prune juice yesterday and finally had a smallish bowel movement.  I also drank over 100oz of water on top of that.  
    Questions:  
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? Getting my clinical licence and MSW.  

    TTC #1 since August 2015
    BFP #1 January 28, 2016
    EDD October 3, 2016
    Felicity Joy, born September 2, 2016
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    TTC #2 Since August 2020
    BFP #2 September 11, 2020
    EDD May 23, 2021





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  • nsk489nsk489 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 15+5
    FTM/STM/STM+:  FTM
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  green
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  baby is the size of a lightbulb
    Upcoming appointments:  next Thurs
    How are you feeling?  SO stuffy/congested all the time
    Rants/Raves:  my husband has been so sweet with asking me all the time what I'm craving and running out to the store to get it.  I've been craving sweets like crazy (but otherwise eating pretty healthy)
    Questions:  my midwife keeps telling me to start thinking about a birth plan....but I don't even know where to start! Should probably have something basic figured out before next week's appointment...any recommendations on how/where to start? 
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date?  hiking the Inca Trail
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  • ec1212ec1212 member
    @nsk - I just started listening to a podcast called "All About Pregnancy and Birth" that is produced by an OB/Gyn and she has a free workshop on creating birth plans. Looks like she has a couple more times coming up today and later this month: https://drnicolerankins.com/birth-plan/
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  • littlelibelulalittlelibelula member
    edited December 2020
    @nsk489 I got a little obsessed with birth plans in the first trimester. But I haven't made one yetbecause they said my hospital won't accept it anyways and it was recommended to share it with your doctor after week 30. But there are some great YouTube videos and I even found a visual guide. The nice thing about the visual one is it's easier for the nurses or health-care providers. 

    Sarah Lavonne Birth plans - https://youtu.be/ikfNcR1LvKA 

    Visual Birth Plan - https://www.mamanatural.com/birth-plan-template/
    You sign up and they send the template to your email. 

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  • littlelibelulalittlelibelula member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 6th/ 14w1d
    FTM/STM/STM+:  STM
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Finding out
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  House mouse 
    Upcoming appointments:  Maybe end of Dec
    How are you feeling? Normal. Occasionally have irrational feelings of throwing things for petty reasons. 
    Rants/Raves:  A little stressed because my husband leaves on Saturday for two months in the middle of a covid surge. If he gets covid this week it will completely mess up his plans and possibly affect his father's health. But that leaves me with a toddler, doctor's appointments and a teen-ager to entertain in covid during her entire summer vacation. His dad keeps getting sick and he hasn't been around for either of our two anniversaries. 
    Questions: NATM
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? Compared to the other accomplishments I don't feel like I have anything substantial. Getting married and having my son. Maybe being able to communicate in Spanish and my five years teaching high school students. I wish I could say I could communicate in Mandarin (or write) that would be an accomplishment to me. 
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  • nsk489nsk489 member
    Thanks @ec1212 and @littlelibelula!
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  • carodukecaroduke member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:  May 31st

    FTM/STM/STM+:  FTM

    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  finding out

    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  magic 8 ball

    Upcoming appointments:  OB appt at the end of Dec

    How are you feeling?  Mostly better, kinda crampy and starting to get some round ligament pain.. I think? 

    Rants/Raves:  did our baby announcement photoshoot with our dog today, it was hilarious trying to get him to cooperate, but pretty happy with how the photos turned out. Going to print them and stuff them in our Christmas cards.

    Questions:  none right now

    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? Passing my forensic specialist board. 

    @nsk489... I would love to do the Inca trail! Had wanted to do it before having kids, but I will get there one day! 
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  • Liz101015Liz101015 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 16 weeks
    FTM/STM/STM+:  STM
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:   Team Green
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  dill pickle
    Upcoming appointments:  12/21 televisit 1/6 anatamy scan
    How are you feeling?  Good 
    Rants/Raves:  raves sent out my xmss cards yesterday which was an accomplishment 
    Questions:  NATM
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? Teaching for 10+ years and raising a wonderful 2 year old. 
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  • alexandraseattlealexandraseattle member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 5/31
    FTM/STM/STM+:  STM
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out: Pink
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  an orange
    Upcoming appointments:  Friday!
    How are you feeling?  Terrible - still on the Zofran/Unisom/B6 trifecta each day. 
    Rants/Raves: after a week of glorious sunshine the cold rain has returned. No end in sight. 
    Questions:  anyone else still have crippling morning sickness? 
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? Buying my first house as a single woman in Seattle many years ago. This real estate market is nuts y’all. 

    @nsk489 last time my birth plan was 1. Get baby out safely. 2. Don’t rip from hooha to butthole. 😂 I succeeded and hopefully this time I do as well. I feel like your body does what it’s going to do and a lot is out of your control. For me having a doula by my side and an attitude to be flexible was what worked best. 
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  • gusgus14gusgus14 member
    *lurking from Wk 2*
    @alexandraseattle my nausea is just now starting to ease up (I'm 18+3). It's still pretty bad but for the most part I can function now and haven't had to take any time off work lately to deal with it. I'm also still on Zofran/B6+Unisom and I keep a stash of peppermints nearby for when I start feeling gaggy. Hopefully yours will start to ease up soon. 
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  • alexandraseattlealexandraseattle member
    @gusgus14 thanks for making me feel less alone! I hope you keep feeling relief and get to wean off the meds soon!! Last pregnancy I started feeling some relief around 18 weeks. My morning sickness wasn’t as intense as this time around (boy then vs girl now) but it still sucked. I’m 15+1 so hopefully I feel better for Christmas. 
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  • littlelibelulalittlelibelula member
    edited December 2020
    @alexandraseattle Definitely one if my regrets from my first birth was not having a birth plan. It really helps knowing what's available and what you want. Didn't realize what I wanted until after my baby was born. Luckily I was in a good hospital that did most of what I wanted. 

    My "birth plan" was a vaginal birth and exclusively breast feed. So, I had a C-section and they definitely fed my baby formula without my consent. What they did that I didn't realize I wanted was: Customized music during the C-section (nice, but I can live without it), skin on skin contact with my husband. 
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  • asf0613asf0613 member
    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days: 5/23--16+5
    FTM/STM/STM+:  FTM
    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  blue
    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of: an avocado  
    Upcoming appointments:  the 22nd! just had bloodwork drawn today
    How are you feeling?  tired and cranky but overall okay
    Rants/Raves:  this week is kicking my ass!!! that is all.
    Questions:  none
    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? i would say working my way up from an assistant project manager to director/VP of my company! 
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  • Savanna111911Savanna111911 member

    Estimated Due Date / Weeks + Days:  May 26 - 16 weeks days

    FTM/STM/STM+:  STM+ (baby 3)

    Team Green/Pink/Blue/Finding Out:  genetic testing says it’s a girl!

    Interesting Baby Fact / Baby is the size of:  an avocado!

    Upcoming appointments:  anatomy scan January 6

    How are you feeling?  Still lots of nausea and some vomiting. It’s tended to linger with me in other pregnancies so I’m not surprised. Still taking phenergan, Zofran, b6 and unisom

    Rants/Raves:  Rant: I have such high anxiety right now because I haven’t felt baby move yet! I know it’s super early and perhaps even earlier than average but I think this is around when I started feeling movement with my second and the lack of movement has me SO anxious. 😒 I know it is irrational but it’s weighing on me. 

    Questions:  are you feeling movement? When did it start? 👀

    GTKY: What is your proudest accomplishment to date? I’m not sure? We paid off all of our debt besides our mortgage a few years ago which is what has allowed me to have a super flexible part time job right now instead of full time. 
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