EDD / Weeks + Days: Doctor gave me an official EDD of March 21st after my scan...so 9+0 today
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Pecan
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding Out ASAP (NIPT scheduled for August 30th)
Upcoming Appointments: Today. Just regular maternity check up. I'll likely schedule my NT scan and they'll send a referral to my OB who I will start seeing after my NT scan if things are still looking good.
How are you feeling?: Like dirt. It is just like the worst hangover of my life 24/7...which I am NOT complaining about because so far I have a healthy little bean in there so I'm all for the nausea and vomiting if this little nugget gets to come home with me in March ❤
Rants/Raves: My doctor suggested not going back to work and staying off on medical leave this go round. She's on vacation this week so I'm seeing someone different today, but I'm going to talk to them about it. If it's something I'm going to do I would rather get it sorted out sooner rather than later so that they can find a replacement for me before September...I think she's back next week so I should be able to get a note by then.
ETA Because I'm feeling so sick my mind keeps thinking that if I keep eating I'm going to find some magical food that will make me feel better...and working out at all makes me throw up way too much now...so if my mind doesn't real it in soon I'm pretty sure I'm going to gain 100lbs this pregnancy...spoiler: there is no magical food...everything makes it worse.
Questions: Not today.
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I used to have more before I had kids, but I like to count things in my head (like syllables when people talk, the number of words in a sentence etc). Also, if I need to remember a phone number and I don't have anywhere to write it down, I play it like a tune with my fingers on my right hand (each finger is 2 numbers) and I'll remember it as long as I need to:)
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: strawberry
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Finding out ASAP
Upcoming Appointments: NIPT scheduled for Wed, 12w scan Sept 1
How are you feeling?: Ok. I have moments when I feel quasi-normal and I get anxious. And then I’ll get up too fast and get nauseous and dizzy and think, “ah, yes, back to feeling gross. Whew!” I continue to have some round ligament pain. Insomnia is a bit better. I succumbed to the 8sheep ads on Instagram and bought the pregnancy sleepy lotion with magnesium and it smells so good! I used it last night and slept like a rock.
Rants/Raves: We had a road trip this weekend up north and DH was a rockstar with our toddler because I was just exhausted. God bless that man.
Questions: natm
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? Hmmm, I have no clue. DH thinks I’m very quirky but I really just think that’s because I’m a super type A personality and he’s as type B as they come. 😂 I’m sure I have weird little habits but I can’t think of any right now.
@Panaceia it sounds like medical leave would be a good option, then you can deal with the symptoms without stressing about work @rachelredhead tell me more about this pregnancy lotion... I feel like I'll try anything to get some sleep
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 19, 9+2
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Tootsie pop (the candy part)
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Team green
Upcoming Appointments: the 24th, just a regular appointment
How are you feeling?: I feel okay, queasy when I haven't eaten, and lots of fatigue/sleeplessness
Rants/Raves: Raves- I got a little crazy last week and painted the nursery and got the crib set up, I made my older kids help paint and took pictures for posterity
Questions: nothing at the moment
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I like to chew things evenly on both sides of my mouth... for example, if I have 4 M&Ms, I'll chew 2 on each side. If I have 3, I'll chew 1 on each side and bite the 3rd in half...
EDD / Weeks + Days: 7+ 4 (I’m secretly hoping that whenever I get and US that 1. It’ll be good and 2. This babe will measure a bit bigger to give me a couple more days on my count 😆
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: I haven’t been checking this as much this go around (I think waiting until I have a good ultrasound…)
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: FO but not until the anatomy scan 😅
Upcoming Appointments: my intake appts are this week. So a long phone call tomorrow then my physical on Friday (which sucks because I just had my yearly in March…) HOPING to schedule my US next Wednesday or Thursday
How are you feeling?: still like garbage. And DH doesn’t seem to care or acknowledge that. Which is sucky in itself. But I’ve been sucking on some candies that have b6 and I’ve started taking a unisom at night. Which helps me from waking up feeling really nauseous so I’ll take it.
Rants/Raves: our lawn hasn’t been mowed in three weeks. I haven’t been nagging DH. But also haven’t offered to do it because I’ve felt so crummy. (Which I feel like should give me a pass? I mowed until I went into labor last pregnancy which I feel like says something 😂)
Questions: natm
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? When I eat things of various sizes I eat them by size. Small ones first then go bigger
@nursejenn5 Yeah you definitely do not need to be mowing the lawn! If the dads felt as sick as we do during pregnancy they would be curled up in bed in the fetal position crying about how they are dying. You're busy growing a human. You don't have time to mow lawns!
@Panaceia wohoo I’m team medical leave, I think that would be so beneficial for you especially with how your pregnancies continue sick
@rachelredhead oh man I forgot about the pregnancy Charlie horses, not looking forward to that again, def looking into that lotion
EDD / Weeks + Days: 3/3 11w5d
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: macaron
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: blue
Upcoming Appointments: Friday for 12w US
How are you feeling?: alright, I have a short fuse though lately and horrible headaches, still can’t drink coffee but haven’t gotten physically sick in two weeks
Rants/Raves: DS has been a handful and a half this week, it’s like he’s trying to live up to the phrase terrible twos
Questions: natm
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits?
Hmm this is hard to pinpoint, I’m a bit quirky in general. I’m the Phoebe of the friends group
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Kumquat
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: We’re going back and forth. I think we will find out at AS but keep it our secret until babe is born.
Upcoming Appointments: Aug 25 for 12w
How are you feeling?: Miserable. This pregnancy is night and day different than my first. I woke up at midnight last night out of a dead sleep and couldnt even make it to the toilet before I started puking everywhere. I’m taking unisom + b6 every night and phenergan once or twice a day as needed. So many fx this symptom makes it’s exit soon.
Rants/Raves: Just v grateful for DH and not having to feel guilty for needing more rest.
Questions: I have gone down numerous rabbit holes this week re:baby items. We sold more than half our possessions after our first- including all the baby things since we weren’t sure we’d have another. My question is: what did you guys or will you use this time for a bassinet? Mini crib? Pack and play? Halo? I used a rock n play 🥴 with my first and thank god nothing bad happened. Obviously not repeating that this time. Trying to get ahead of the curve and seek out secondhand items.
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? This is super weird, but as people are talking to me or even sometimes completely mindlessly, I will start writing what they are saying on my leg with my finger. My sisters make so much fun of me for this.
@night_nurse I’m sorry you’re feeling so awful, I hope that passes SOON. We’re going the mini crib route this time, I think. Baby will be with us in our room for the first 4-6 months (same thing we did with DS) and then the plan is for Baby and DS to share a room. We have a split level (2 bedrooms upstairs, 2 down) and DS is only 13 months now so I know I won’t feel comfy moving him or baby upstairs for awhile. Soooo, hoping room sharing isn’t the worst idea ever. Anyway, the mini crib is really for space saving purposes in the nursery. We do have a bassinet we could use in the early days too but it was a hand me down with my son and I don’t love it.
How are you feeling?: Miserable. Thought I was feeling better late last week, and then the nausea/vomiting bus hit me this past weekend. Thinking about calling the Dr. to give me something to help!
Rants/Raves: DH has been extremely helpful with DS while I nap!
Questions: Anyone have any SNOO experience? Is it worth it? Buy or rent?
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I'm superstitious, so I always enter a room with my right foot and pick up any pennies only if they are heads up.
@night_nurse We got the halo swivel sleeper with DD2...mostly because with a RCS I did not want to be moving more than needed at night. I think I got it new for 99$ CAD. It doesn't have any fancy features but I loved having baby basically right at eye level so I could check on her by just opening my eyes or reaching over to touch her chest without even having to move. We didn't use it for very long though as the mattress isn't super comfortable, but it was definitely great for the first few weeks!
@nightnurse@jennifer_m21 my bff rented a snoo for her first and loved it. DD is in a toddler bed and we have 2 bedrooms on the 2bd floor and 1 on the 3rd (finished attic) I have no clue who is going to go where. I don't trust DD on the stairs alone so maybe baby on the 3rd floor till they're mobile? No clue.
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Blue! Got my clinical sneak peak results back last week
Upcoming Appointments: 8/30 US, 8/31 standard appointment
How are you feeling?: Awful. I get a couple days of feeling better, than it is back to feeling terrible.
Rants/Raves: We told my husband’s son that I’m pregnant. He started trying to bag up all of his toys that he wanted to save and give to the baby. He will be a sweet older brother.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I always eat my vegetables first to save the best for last.
@night_nurse sorry to hear you’re so sick. I’m hoping it passes quickly for you.
We bought a used halo for DS and plan to use it this time around. We moved him into his crib in his room around 4 months when I went back to work and will probably do the same again. Maybe a little longer. We’re now in a bigger house where the kiddos rooms are/will be on the second floor. But it’s super open and we can hear everything just as well as when we were all on one level so I’m not sure it’ll really make much of a difference. But we’ll see what my mama heart feels like when that time comes 😂 but in all honesty if we didn’t have the halo I’d use our PNP that has the newborn bassinet part we can attach too.
@night_nurse we totally used a rock and play too, with an owlet on at all times- then we moved to rollable bassinet by our bed for a month or two before LO's actual bedroom. No clue what we'll do this time around. We actually have more bedrooms in our new house but one is so incredibly tiny that it wouldn't make a functional bedroom so I'm thinking of moving our 2nd DD in with our oldest DD, and then using youngest DD's room would just stay the way it is (crib and all). Probably still have this LO in our room for a month or two.
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 30 (according to the "official" date by our Dr but my dates say March 28th sooo I'm ignoring their date).
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact:
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTH
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Will find out from the blood work next time.
Upcoming Appointments: Mid September. I had my first apt today with ultrasound and everything looked good.
How are you feeling?: Like crap-- this 24 hour nausea isn't fun. Unisom/B6 isn't helping anymore, and nights are the worst. Had my first apt. today and my Dr. prescribed some actual meds.. We'll see if they do anything.
Rants/Raves: Was on vacation for a week but with being so sick it didn't feel like a vacation. Beautiful ocean and pool and yet being sick made me just wish for my bed at home. Such a waste. Kids had fun though.
Questions: NATM
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I've been told I'm just quirky in general sooo I probably have a lot that I don't realize.
@nightnurse a lot of my previous BMB used a pack n play, which seems like the most versatile option. If you have the space for it! We had a second hand rock and sounds something or other, bassinet. But it literally never actually got used, because..well.. DS literally never slept. I just was awake holding him all night every night 😅.
But we will try it again with this one. Though I like the idea of one I can reach into from lying in bed. But with a side missing, I'd be scared of them rolling out or something, so I wouldn't sleep. Pleeease let this baby be a sleeper!
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Raspberry
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Probably green. However, I keep thinking of baby as "she". And it scares me. It seems deeply ingrained in my head for some reason, and it's gonna cause problems at delivery if I've gone 8 months thinking "girl" ane then it's not..
Upcoming Appointments: OB on Friday, and dating US on Monday 23rd
How are you feeling?: Anxious. Less nauseated today and it's freaking me out.
Rants/Raves: I'm relieved things have eased off here with COVID for the moment...I'm taking DS for his first haircut on Friday, and I've got my first one in 2 years on Thursday. We have family photos on Sunday. And it's enabled me to plan a small family outdoor gathering for his birthday coming up. Hopefully things don't worsen.. I do think we are in trouble in the next few weeks because the government removed too many restrictions too fast last week. But luckily, it seems most people and business are doing the right things still!
Questions: anyone else already panicking a bit about labour?😅
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I have a lot I think. One is that I need things to be even. if DH kisses me on one cheek, he needs to kiss the other too. I also HAVE to wear socks to bed, or I can't sleep.
@goldfishcraker Ooooh yes to the socks! Me too! And no matter how hot it is I NEED to be covered by some sort of blanket...I'm also thinking of this baby as a girl allllll the time so it will be a huge change if we find out it's a boy. I went 20 weeks convinced DD1 was a boy...so really my intuition is pretty crap overall.
@goldfishcraker I am super panicked about labor. My first was pretty traumatic for me (for no real reason, I'm just a giant whimp). I'm really scared to go through that level of pain again.
@jennifer_m21 We loved our Snoo! I know people love to hate on them but I freaking loved that thing. I credit it for how well DD sleeps. She has consistently slept through the night since 2 months old. She transitioned out just fine too. Plus the resale value is excellent. If you get it on sale and then resell it, you really aren't out much more than any other bassinet.
Sorry I am slacking on tagging people. I am failing this week big time .
EDD / Weeks + Days: 11+6
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: A brussel sprout
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Team Pink!
Upcoming Appointments: Not until mid next month
How are you feeling?: So much better today. I'm sure it is a fluke but I'm so happy to feel slightly normal today. I have been beyond sick, which is why I'm so late checking in.
Rants/Raves: It is finally raining here! Yay. No real rant or rave though. I feel like my life has mostly been occupied with feeling like crap. I feel like my body is hating me so much since I have spent so much time lounging on the couch.
Questions: Nope
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? hmmm. I don't think I have any... I should ask my husband .
@kgg2241 I was worried about the transition out of the snoo which is why I didn’t get it with DS, maybe I’ll have to think about it again now hearing that
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: Prune (tomorrow)!
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Green
Upcoming Appointments: 2 weeks for the NIPT and NT Ultrasound
How are you feeling?: Okay, tired, anxious about covid. Still averse to something sometimes, but I find myself really hungry in the morning so I think I'm doing an okay job of eating like...an extra big breakfast knowing that I will not be hungry for dinner.
Rants/Raves: Nothing really ATM
Questions: None right now
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I'm an inbox 0 person, which maybe isn't a quirk or unique, but I have to read/delete everything, and then move stuff into folders when it's no longer an issue or my work is done on it.
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: raspberry
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: have my NIPT scheduled for 9/13
Upcoming Appointments: 9/13
How are you feeling?: icky some parts of the day but I know it could be worse
Rants/Raves: we had our first ultrasound on Tuesday and I’m so in love. 💕 we also told my 5 year old and he was the cutest about it. He hugged my belly and started talking to the baby.
Questions: how far apart are your appts? I feel like with my former obgyn they were more frequent. My current does every 4 weeks until 30 weeks and then 2 weeks til 36 weeks and then every week after that.
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I smell my food before I eat it. Lol I guess it’s something odd to people. I never noticed until my sister pointed it out. I now see my 1 year old doing the same thing lol
@MusicalFamily I think my appointments are the same. Every 4 weeks until 30 something and then every 2. I'm not sure if they'll be more frequent this go round due to my age...but they weren't any different when I was 40.
@MusicalFamily the timeline my OB gave us was once a month until about 28 weeks, then every 2 weeks until 36 when they become weekly... However, I think my timing is funny because I went for my ultrasound 2 weeks after my intake, then they scheduled my next appt for 3 weeks after that.
Late to the party. I have been a lurker all week because I was on vacation with the family and the bump app is so glitchy I can never post from it. Now I am back with a computer.
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 19 - or maybe adjusted to March 21 based on dating US - waiting on doc to tell me
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: cherry
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: Team finding out
Upcoming Appointments: I have the NIPT US on Sept 1. Have never done the NIPT in previous pregnancies. Don't know what to expect really. I have not gotten an appointment date with my OB yet.
How are you feeling?: Good!
Rants/Raves: Last night my pregnancy hunger kept me awake so I ate pringles and watched real housewives of Beverly Hills until 12. Not sure if this is a rant or a rave...
Questions: NIPT veterans - how long did results take? Did you just walk in to a lab with your requisition to get the blood part done?
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? So many! I hate most fruit (other than berries) and I gag at the smell or sight of it. But I love vegetables. My family make fun of me for eating slowly and only chewing on one side of my mouth at a time.
@realhousewife519 The NIPT is just a blood test so you just go to a lab and they take blood. Results usually take about 10 business days to get back:) The ultrasound is actually part of the first trimester screen, so with that you typically do the NT scan (they check nuchal fold etc) and then they give you the requisition for the blood work portion and you do that after the scan. You don't really need to do the scan if you're doing the NIPT (there is no scan attached to the NIPT testing) but my doctor sends me for the NT scan mostly as a reassurance ultrasound since the next one isn't until 20 weeks:) I didn't have a scan with my last pregnancy, just the NIPT, but this time I'm getting both just because:)
EDD / Weeks + Days: Maybe 3/28? I had my first ultrasound this week and measured behind my EDD based on LMP. They will do another scan to confirm my EDD in two weeks. Hopefully I can stick around this March board!
Baby is the size of a(n) / interesting fact: not sure
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Team Finding Out/Blue/Pink/Green: finding out via NIPT.
Upcoming Appointments: U/s and first official appt on 8/30.
How are you feeling?: Horrible 😣 Nausea and exhaustion are really tough right now, even through two prescriptions.
Rants/Raves: Rave: my husband has been so amazing taking all of the household responsibilities while I am barely functioning.
Questions: none at the moment
GTKY: What are your little quirks or unique habits? I am very particular about how I load the dishwasher. And I hate sponges 😬
Re: Weekly Check In 8/16
ETA Because I'm feeling so sick my mind keeps thinking that if I keep eating I'm going to find some magical food that will make me feel better...and working out at all makes me throw up way too much now...so if my mind doesn't real it in soon I'm pretty sure I'm going to gain 100lbs this pregnancy...spoiler: there is no magical food...everything makes it worse.
@rachelredhead tell me more about this pregnancy lotion... I feel like I'll try anything to get some sleep
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 19, 9+2
EDD / Weeks + Days: 3/3 11w5d
EDD / Weeks + Days: 3-16-22, 10 weeks tomorrow
DD is in a toddler bed and we have 2 bedrooms on the 2bd floor and 1 on the 3rd (finished attic) I have no clue who is going to go where. I don't trust DD on the stairs alone so maybe baby on the 3rd floor till they're mobile? No clue.
I always eat my vegetables first to save the best for last.
but in all honesty if we didn’t have the halo I’d use our PNP that has the newborn bassinet part we can attach too.
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 30 (according to the "official" date by our Dr but my dates say March 28th sooo I'm ignoring their date).
March 5 / 11 + 3
Lime
TTM+ (4th)
Finding out at a/s
Sept. 2nd, OB visit
Occasional exhaustion and nausea, overall not terrible
Watermelon popsicles are the best. They've been by breakfast the past couple days when I'm hungry but nothing sounds good.
Edit to fix spacing
We had a second hand rock and sounds something or other, bassinet. But it literally never actually got used, because..well.. DS literally never slept. I just was awake holding him all night every night 😅.
But we will try it again with this one.
Though I like the idea of one I can reach into from lying in bed. But with a side missing, I'd be scared of them rolling out or something, so I wouldn't sleep.
Pleeease let this baby be a sleeper!
8+4? March 25
Probably green. However, I keep thinking of baby as "she". And it scares me. It seems deeply ingrained in my head for some reason, and it's gonna cause problems at delivery if I've gone 8 months thinking "girl" ane then it's not..
And it's enabled me to plan a small family outdoor gathering for his birthday coming up. Hopefully things don't worsen..
I do think we are in trouble in the next few weeks because the government removed too many restrictions too fast last week. But luckily, it seems most people and business are doing the right things still!
I have a lot I think.
One is that I need things to be even. if DH kisses me on one cheek, he needs to kiss the other too.
I also HAVE to wear socks to bed, or I can't sleep.
@jennifer_m21 We loved our Snoo! I know people love to hate on them but I freaking loved that thing. I credit it for how well DD sleeps. She has consistently slept through the night since 2 months old. She transitioned out just fine too. Plus the resale value is excellent. If you get it on sale and then resell it, you really aren't out much more than any other bassinet.
Sorry I am slacking on tagging people. I am failing this week big time .
EDD / Weeks + Days: 11+6
EDD / Weeks + Days: March 19 - or maybe adjusted to March 21 based on dating US - waiting on doc to tell me
Last time it was 1-2 weeks, and then every week after 30
But I think I'm followed rather closely because of the meds I'm on