Thanksgiving Week Check In! 🦃 w/o 11/22

pinkkillersheep · November 2021

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marionberry19 · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 19 10 weeks 1 day

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: December 1

How are you feeling?: I am finally starting to feel better except for first thing in the morning when I have to take my thyroid meds so that’s cool.

Rants/Raves: the baby bump has shown up sooner this time and none of my pants fit. Also this time around all my pants are high waisted @ last time I still had some mid/low rise and never had to buy maternity because I carried high.

Questions: is anyone planning a gender reveal party? I did one with my son combined with my baby shower (I knew what it was but other people did not) solely to keep people from buying baby clothes (since they did not know what it was) but I’m not really interested in doing one this time around.

KFrob · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 6/17, 10w3d

FTM/STM/TTM+: 4th

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Dec 7th NT scan. Still waiting on my doctor’s office to get back to me so I can go for NIPT bloodwork which is stressing me out

How are you feeling?: I was feeling pretty good this weekend and then last night started to feel really exhausted and weak. Still feeling like that this morning. Wondering if I’m dehydrated and over did it this weekend. I also think part of it is my sinuses.

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furmama2babymama · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 8th, 11+5

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Next appointment is December 5th

How are you feeling?: Still nauseous and gagging over smells and even the thought of smells.

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@marionberry19 we’re having a gender reveal Friday! I got my NIPT results last week and gave my mom the envelope over the weekend so she can get either pink or blue balloons to put in a box. It’s just going to be our immediate families, but we’re so excited!

Tulips29 · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 9w4d, EDD: 6/23

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: NIPT on 12/8

How are you feeling?: OK, but started having a headache that won't go away. Some days, it's just on my left side where it hurts to bend down and I feel this throbbing above my left eyebrow. Today it's back to a full-on headache. Tylenol is not doing its' job either

Rants/Raves: Rant - the headache that won't go away. Rave - my dear husband took the kids to his parents overnight for a sleepover with their cousin so the kids could have fun so it was just me and dog all alone overnight. It was nice not to have any mommy duties to wake up on Sunday morning.

Questions: So yesterday morning I was home alone and decided to re-arrange my living room furniture. I was mainly cleaning up, picking up kids toys and moving them around the room. But I also moved the couch over. I didn't lift anything heavy, just pushed the couch an inch at a time with my hip/butt. Then I started freaking out I may have hurt the baby. Am I crazy? Not having an appointment for the next 2+ weeks is making me go even more nuts in my head.

@marionberry19 we're going to do a gender reveal for the family only (our parents + siblings). Not doing anything major otherwise. I think you can one or the other or both. These days, I'm personally not comfortable having big parties, unless it was outdoors when it's warmer.

KFrob · November 2021

I think my weakness maybe that I don’t realize I’m hungry. Just had a snack and realized I was ravenous.

@Tulips29 you’re probably fine if you weren’t lifting any thing. Sorry about your headaches!

@marionberry19 I think I’m officially showing too. The high waist trend is definitely not pregnancy friendly. I can’t even wear my high waisted leggings anymore.

No sex reveal for us. We just text everyone the second we find out bc we can’t contain ourselves haha.

Tulips29 · November 2021

@KFrob I didn't lift anything heavier than my 30 lb toddler...but I did feel super tired and my back was hurting after all the moving, bending down constantly to pick up toys, etc. I'm contemplating calling my doc for a scan, just don't want him to think I'm nuts too. As for eating, I find that having a few snacks throughout the day helps me too.

daisy0322 · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 10weeks

FTM/STM/TTM+:3

Upcoming Appointments or Results: appointment in a few weeks

How are you feeling?: ugh mainly tired my nausea is starting to wain a bit

Rants/Raves: ugh so my second son just got diagnosed with a speech delay too. Y’all I know we are blessed that they are generally healthy and bright little boys who just need speech therapy for a few years but I’m feeling overwhelmed. My oldest is making great progress and is ahead in a lot of ways but his speech just sounds so slurred only I really understand him. It causes him a lot of anxiety and he asked to homeschool until other people can understand him. Which is fine academically he’s great and socially he’s very in tune. He just has anxiety because they don’t always understand when he asks for the restroom or if he gets hurt he has difficulty relaying what happened and I get that. My second isn’t as “behind” speech wise but he failed like everything because he was tired and bot feeling up to the appointment so they even said they’ll have to retest and the only thing they are concerned about for real is speech. He’s dropping syllables and just isn’t very clear. But they said they could tell he was smart and just not feeling well. My husband is so nonchalant about these things but I’m the one who has to homeschool now and manage all the appointments. I’m kind of overly empty his pregnancy anyway so I’m just kind of not “thriving” at the moment.

@tulips29 with my last two I was still working at the hospital and I lifted and restrained patients and did all kinds of stuff! Baby I’m sure is still very happy in there mamá 😁

@marionberry19 we are just making our 2 year olds birthday cake the reveal lol everyone will be there for dinner anyway 🤣 our oldest has he’s brothers reveal at his party too so fairs fair i guess haha

Tulips29 · November 2021

@daisy0322 I'm sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. Can you husband help take the load off with some appointment scheduling or anything else so you can focus on home schooling?

KFrob · November 2021

@tulips29 better to be safe than sorry! I’m sure they won’t think you’re nuts. At the very least they can reassure you.

@daisy0322 sorry to hear around your second son. Our nephew has apraxia and I see what my SIL and BIL are going through with it and it’s hard on the whole family. He has various therapies 4 times a week. They’re actually moving in the spring to be closer to where they go for therapy bc the driving around is getting to be too much. Maybe your DH is scared and doesn’t want to admit something is wrong?

pinkkillersheep · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 25th / 9w2d

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Dec 2nd

How are you feeling?: Pretty good today, even with having to be at work super early. Had a rough Saturday during my morning class. It was virtual so nobody but the professor knew (I told him so I could turn off my camera) but I kept running to the bathroom with nausea.

Rants/Raves: My emotions are all over the place lately. I’m having a LOT of doubts. I know it’s all normal and everything is going to be ok, I just don’t have a good outlet for these feelings. I feel like when I start trying to talk about it people are very dismissive. It’s just not what I need right now.

Questions: nope!

@marionberry19 Glad to hear you’re feeling better! I made the switch to maternity jeans today because I’m two weeks in to mine not fitting due to all the bloating. But these don’t fit very well either since I don’t have a bump. Really think there’s a market for the in between stage. We plan to be surprised, so no gender reveal for us.
@KFrob The amount of times someone has told me “Go eat protein” when I’ve been feeling weak and then was immediately better! At this point I try to just force myself to be eating something at all times lol
@furmama2babymama I feel you on the bad smells. I work in an environment that can be REALLY rough and I’m struggling to walk around the site without gagging.
@Tulips29 I’m sure you’re ok but I’m also sure you won’t be the first person to have called and asked! I’ve kept up my weightlifting routine throughout the first trimester so far and my ob had no concerns about it. Just make sure you aren’t lifting with your back!
@daisy0322 Glad your nausea is getting a little better. Sorry to hear you have all that added stress going on right now.

daisy0322 · November 2021

@KFrob @Tulips29 no he just does think it’s a big deal because both of them are expected to “grow out of it” so to speak. Which I get we’re lucky that in a few years it’ll probably not be a big deal for either of them. He takes them sometimes but I stay home with the kids so it’s mainly my tho fb to deal with. His apraxia isn’t super bad, they think know one will be able to tell in about 4 more years. Speech therapy 3 times a week for one kid is just taxing. I don’t really feel like there something “wrong” with them since it’s not expected to be a life long issue. But I would suggest you not imply that to anyone else again 🤣

Tulips29 · November 2021

@daisy0322 I appreciate your positive outlook on this. We're here for any venting you ever want to do about it as well.

Sooo, I caved and called my doctor. Also asked if I stopped progesterone suppositories too soon a week ago. I think the office manager thought I was crazy. She called me back later saying she spoke the doctor and since no one was concerned about my suppositories, why was I even thinking it's an issue. I explained that perhaps doing a blood test to confirm all was ok with my levels would help and she said no. Then she said no more moving couches or anything else and to just chill (well she didn't say this last part, but she definitely thought I was insane). Yes, I'm the crazy paranoid pregnant lady.

daisy0322 · November 2021

@Tulips29 thanks i appreciate it sometimes I just get overwhelmed I can be a bit dramatic when I vent 🙃 I’m glad your doctor helped you feel better! I understand being paranoid we all have our things 💕

huckleberrypie · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 21 / 9w6d

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Dec 7 for my NIPT and my 12 week checkup

How are you feeling?: Fine mostly. Constipated but I've been taking Miralax which seems to be helping a bit. My first blood tests came back and my doctor wants me to start an iron supplement, which will (sigh) make the constipation worse but (yay) hopefully help my fatigue.

Rants/Raves: I'm so gassy 😅 We hung out with friends yesterday and I'm so sorry to them haha.

casper1118 · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 21

FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: December NIPT scan and bloodwork

How are you feeling?: stressed with the holidays here and everything.

Rants/Raves: anyone else sometimes feel like people do things wrongly on purpose? Like who brings green food coloring when I specifically asked for red??? Or brings me the wrong kind of sweet potato? (Which is kinda easy to do and that's why I gave them a whole picture to follow.)
Also, can I hate nausea. Hate. It. I'm not even puking, just always feel sick.

Questions: anyone else feeling like this pregnancy still isn't real? Like my brain still isn't computing Newborn in June. Lol

@marionberry19 hate taking my thyroid in the morning for this exact reason. Hate it, feel so nauseous until I can eat something lol.

Also starting to show. It's ridiculous. And I'm plus size so I thought it would just look like I put on weight for a while, but nope. This one is like hi there!

No gender reveal party for us. I'm still undecided if we will be team green this time around. If we don't go team green(which is most likely) then I'll reveal the gender with the advent calendar we create. (This is also how we are announcing to the girls.)

@KFrob mine is the 8th! For some reason I'm not as excited as I was with my first two. I still feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...not sure why.

@Tulips29 I don't think you hurt bubs. Did you talk to your doc about that headache?

@daisy0322 just reading that made me feel overwhelmed. Are you doing all of that by yourself? I'm usually able to get a million and one things completed when I'm not pregnant, but pregnant? Forget about it. Everything seems impossible. Especially since I get so little sleep. 😩

@pinkkillersheep I'm right there with you with having doubts and being super emotional this pregnancy...I don't know if it's cause I don't really know how a third would fit in? Or if it's cause I just don't feel like the pregnancy is real yet. Either way I agree, there's no real outlet.

Tulips29 · November 2021

@casper1118 what's the advent calendar for gender reveal? I'd love to come up with something creative for the family even, or for the kids, but drawing a blank. We did balloons out of a box for the first one and powder poppers for the second. I didn't ask the doc about the headache, but he previously told me to take Tylenol only. After 3 doses, I think it finally kicked in and my headache eased up a bit.

pinkkillersheep · November 2021

@casper1118 For me, I have a decent amount of baggage in my marriage about DH's work and travel. I'm terrified of how alone I'm going to feel in those times. I think that's how pregnancy realization is setting in for me - the fear of being alone with a newborn and no support since I have no family here. I can definitely see having feelings about how a third will fit in.

romeoandjuliet146 · November 2021

@marionberry19 I started wearing maternity sleep pants. A gender reveal party sounds fun. I won't have one since my family knew I was doing an FET and we already knew the sex.

@pinkkillersheep That's frustrating to have people be dismissive. Does your husband travel a lot for work? It was hard for me when my husband went to visit his family, out of town, for 4 days and I was alone with my DD and I didn't have my Mom to help me.

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 11 weeks

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Next month

How are you feeling?: Very tired

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casper1118 · November 2021

@Tulips29 I usually create the kids advent calendar and fill with little toys. So for each box there will be a letter of a phrase that my oldest will have to stick on a board.(haven't decided on phrase yet) that will tell her that we're having a baby. It has to be long enough that it goes pass the 12th week scan without revealing anything.) The day or two after the scan if all looks good there will be a baby boy or girl toy doll in the box for them to open.

@pinkkillersheep that is rough. Why are people being dismissive about that? Taking care of a newborn by yourself is terrifying for anyone. Not knowing anyone who can help magnifies this by 10000. You're not wrong for worrying and you shouldn't let them brush this to the side. Ask them how they would feel if they started a new role at a job and had no one to support their success. Would they be ok with that or would they be terrified of messing up?

daisy0322 · November 2021

@casper1118 ugh kind of? My modest goes to speech 2x a week and I hired a teacher to come to the house once a week to get practice talking to other adults to gain confidence. My younger one will just need speech once a week he’s only mildly behind. His amount of words is good though just like my oldest he’s dropping the first syllables of words. According to the first therapist that tested him yesterday she made it sound pretty bad but the over seeing people called last night and was like oh no I don’t think it’s anything to worry about yet. He didn’t even technically qualify but we got him in with family history. Blah blah blah. Then homeschooling preschool - I mean it’s an undertaking don’t get me wrong but I did it last year so we are just going to reuse a lot of stuff and just take it to the next level. His anxiety about others having a hard time understanding him is very valid. Also he’s making progress faster than his pediatrician has ever seen before and he always tests as gifted but the school won’t let him Work ahead because of his communication so he gets bored a grumpy too. Our tiny school district just isn’t equipped unfortunately homeschooling in our town is extremely common so there’s lots of co-ops and groups. But anyway I’m rambling- GIRL IM SHOWING TOO! This third baby in 4 years is just like popping out like no problem. I’m already in maternity clothes mostly. I was planning on not telling quite yet but it’s very obvious lol Im rather short and I still have about 5-10 lbs of baby weight from the last two kids. Advent calendar sounds like a fun way to reveal! I’m not sure if we will do one this year. Have you ever done a Jesse tree? Our parish gave out magnetic ones to all the families. I think I’ll put my husband in charge of it haha

KFrob · November 2021

@diasy0322 sorry for misunderstanding the situation, I didn’t mean to offend you.

@pinkkillersheep DH works full time, has a side gig coaching a college team, coaches high school in the spring, and for the last two years was getting his MBA. I do a ton of solo parenting. If you ever need to vent about your fears I’m all ears! It’s really hard at times, but it’s also fun. I’d say the hardest part is that I have my ways of doing things and then when DH is around again he gets our routines all screwed up.

@casper1118 I was just thinking yesterday about how it still doesn’t feel real. I don’t feel connected yet. I think once I start to feel better, we get past the NT/NIPT stuff and I look pregnant and not just lumpy it will change.

scostel2 · November 2021

I'm so out of it I just had to scroll all the ay up to see if I had done this already lol

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: June 10 / 11 weeks 4 days

FTM/STM/TTM+:- STM

Upcoming Appointments or Results:Just had an ultrasound today! I go back next week for the results but the tech said everything looked good. Baby girl was bopping around a ton and even raised her little hand!

How are you feeling?: Like actual garbage. Calling today to see if they can call me in anything stronger than diclegis because it ain't doin shit anymore.

Rants/Raves: I have a sister who is an addict and a selfish jerk. Last weekend was her birthday and we all got together for dinner and I told my dad, stepmom and siblings that I am pregnant and told them I wasn't telling most of the family until my 12 week appointment. Well my asshole sister got high this week and called my uncle (who is an alcoholic) probably to talk shit about me and told him, and then he drunk dialed my aunts and uncles to tell them. I'm so friggin annoyed. I know it doesn't actually matter, and honestly I always feel weird/awkward about announcing anyway, but after 4 years of infertility it kinda would have been nice to get to tell the news myself! I know my family is still very happy for me (when I called my aunt she tried to pretend she didn't already know so that my feelings wouldn't be hurt) but it just stings. Add this to the list of 10000 reasons it is SO difficult to have a relationship with my sister.

idreamofginny · November 2021

Sorry guys I've been MIA these last few weeks! We had a leaky toilet in one of our upstairs bathrooms which caused it to rain inside our house so between dealing with that and a crazy workload I've been a little overwhelmed!

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Awaiting NIPT results, bloodwork was taken Monday the 15th so I'm hoping soon

How are you feeling?: Feeling ok. Nausea has mostly subsided but still super tired most days! Could just be life

Rants/Raves: My boss' boss got asked who the "fun" person was on his team of 80+ people and for whatever reason, he told them I was. That means I was voluntold to participate in this game show that was broadcast to all 17,000 employees at my company worldwide. I won all of the rounds (3 for 3!) so it wasn't as embarrassing as I'd thought it might be, however it did cause me to have to announce my pregnancy sooner than I wanted to. I almost threw up during the filming and didn't want people to think I was contagious. Fun times!

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pinkkillersheep · November 2021

@casper1118 I just hear a lot of “Oh guys are never that interested in this part of the process. It’ll change when the baby is here!” I get it, but DH is actually very interested in this part of the process and wants to be an equal partner. The fear is that even as important as this is to him, he’s still struggling with being present. Work has always been a top priority for him and typically means he’s away on overnight trips a couple days most weeks. We’ve got a lot of work to do figuring out what this will look like.

@KFrob I’m sure I will be taking you up on that offer!
@scostel2 I’m sorry to hear about the difficult relationship with your sister. I’ve seen what addiction has done to my family members and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. On the positive side, hooray for the healthy US results!
@idreamofginny Ugh plumbing issues are the absolute worst. Cheers to you for surviving that. Hopefully it’s better now!

bww_0331 · November 2021

EDD: 6/8 12 weeks tomorrow I think

TTM

No appointments for a few weeks

How are you feeling: I don’t want to jinx it but the last two days have gone really well and I’m starting to feel human. I felt like I was crawling to a nausea induced hibernation each night for so long and now I feel amazing compared to that. Not 100, but functional.

ive also found that boneless wings seem to be my main protein/meat source at this point. That helps.

Rant/rave: I hate The Bump app. It’s so hard for me to check in. It is so worth it in the end for the community, but how has this site not changed in like five years?!

huckleberrypie · November 2021

@bww_0331 omg yes I hate this app. It's so outdated and slow and unintuitive and feels like it's from 2005. I'm a software developer and it could be so much better!

fluteling · November 2021

Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 10 + 3

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

Upcoming Appointments or Results: Next appointment mid December

How are you feeling?: medium. Right now the back pain is awful. I feel like I got beat up from the back of my knees up to my mid back. Also exhausted today.

Rants/Raves: I don’t think I have the energy for either enthusiasm or rage. So. Nope.

Questions: anyone got any good Thanksgiving leftover recipes/tips/ideas?

Tulips29 · November 2021

@scostel2 I'm sorry your sister spilled the beans for you. I'd be pretty annoyed as well.
@idreamofginny I give you so much credit for being able to go with all that at work. I think I would die. I recently was asked to record a video for work about one of my family traditions and it took me 2 days of re-recording because I hated how I looked and sounded on camera.
@bww_0331 yes! the app really sucks. I can only be active on this board through my computer, the app is totally useless.

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