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November 2022 Moms
ponyoisfun
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Weekly check in 3/14
ponyoisfun
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Welcome to the week!
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments or Results:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days:
FTM/STM/TTM+:
Upcoming Appointments or Results:
How are you feeling?:
Rants/Raves:
Questions:
Re: Weekly check in 3/14
TTM, another HCG draw tomorrow, and scheduled a dating ultrasound for 7 weeks.
Feeling okay. I’ve had on and off spotting which I’m trying to remind myself is likely implantation bleeding (as I had it with my others too). Just kinda want to nap all day for the next 9 months. I love love love love looooove babies and want a lot of children…. But, I’m usually pretty physically miserable during pregnancy unfortunately. Hoping for a different experience this time around!
STM
First ultrasound March 25!
I'm feeling... not great Bob. Between the time change and the nausea really hitting, today has been rough. I picked up more peppermint tea for my office. I'm generally an early riser, but I'm wondering if I need to delay wake-up by 15 or 30 minutes, so I can go right into coffee/workout mode before I start feeling sick. Otherwise it's going to be a lot of long dog walks while endlessly chewing mint gum.
FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM
Upcoming Appointments or Results: had 2nd beta done today, another blood draw next week
How are you feeling?: more relaxed now that I got the beta results. Even though there's been nothing to suggest an issue aside from my own anxiety, it's still a huge relief, I was very anxious. Didn't help that I was away this weekend so had to go 4 days between betas instead of 2. But my level Thursday was 127 and my level today was 576 so phew!
Rants/Raves: I was away this weekend and very busy, so the news still hasn't really absorbed for us yet. Though the nausea definitely has, lol. We're telling his parents tomorrow. Mine were involved in conversations about our RE treatments, so I called them right after the clinic called me lol.
Questions: none I can think of at the moment
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
How are you feeling?: like garbage tbh. I'm tired, I'm cranky, food sounds terrible, I work in food marketing so I have to stare at food all day lol. We're supposed to be going on a road trip this weekend and I am dreading the drive because I feel terrible. I'm supposed to be setting up content calendars for work for May/June and... I just can't look at these food pictures. I can't.
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments or Results: I called the miscarriage clinic today (they monitor people who have a history of repeat MC) and they had me come in for bloodwork. They'll probably call tomorrow and bring me in for an ultrasound on Monday
How are you feeling?: Got super nauseous and hangry last night so that's fun. I usually eat pretty regularly so I haven't had that issue yet but I got involved with a youtube live (was trying to win stuff lol) and forgot. It doesn't help that I'm on soft foods too so I have very little that I can just eat quickly
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
@PurplePumpernickel can you put something by your bedside to snack on right when you wake up? Crackers? Granola bar? Ginger chew?
@fantasyflyte yay for great numbers!
@michellelynn6 I had a friend who worked in food marketing and I was shocked to find out how much not food is used, like, glue for juicy drips, spray painted styrofoam, etc. Is your stuff all edible?
@mflowers929 did I miss where you said why you're on soft foods? My go-to pregnancy snack is jello, and my aunt just mentioned she used to drink it warm, like tea, which I thought was weird, but hey, do what you gotta do.
@mali0902 I just take whatever pnv is most cost effective whenever I run out of the previous bottle without worrying too much, but you could switch to a folate/folic acid only instead of a whole pnv and see if that helps. Also, if you get sufficient heme-iron from your diet, you might switch to one without iron. Alternatively, if you're already on a non-iron one, maybe add iron, especially if the 'sickly' is primarily fatigue.
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 11.16/4+6
FTM/STM/TTM+: baby #4
Upcoming Appointments or Results: first appt not til 4/12
How are you feeling?: Mostly fine. So, you know, anxious something's wrong since I don't have strong symptoms, but hey, it's early yet 😂
Rants/Raves: Rave-had my middle's 3rd bday party Sunday and it went well. Rant-time is moving glacially for me. I just want it to be mid April all ready so I can tell everyone, especially my kiddos.
Questions: anyone taking magnesium? I don't want to have to wait til mid April to ask my doc and googling just doesn't have the same satisfaction as asking bumpies.
I do have jello made! I forgot in the moment lol. I could have eaten a bit to help I suppose. I wound up making 3 small potatoes in the instant pot and 6 Yorkshire puddings (my best friend was tempting me with a roast dinner) and eating them all (shared with the 18 month old) though, so I was definitely HUNGRY hungry lol.
I don't take magnesium but some of the bumpies in my September '20 group swore by it to help with sleeping and leg cramps!
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
About the magnesium. I didn't take it with any of my previous pregnancies, but my leg cramps were so so bad. And they literally just started tonight with this pregnancy. I'll have to ask about that too I think!
Est Due Date / Weeks + Days: 11/5 - I think...lol.
FTM/STM/TTM+: 3rd!
Upcoming Appointments or Results: Next week is our dating ultrasound.
How are you feeling?: Feeling trepidatious. It will be hard that no one can really come to appointments with me as someone has to watch the kids...that is until we tell people and we can openly ask people for help.
Rants/Raves: SO SO annoyed that I have to pee all of the time. Super hard while teaching.
Questions: None.
I had a dream just before waking this morning that I (unwitnessed by me) birthed a preemie (probably somewhere between 16 and 20 weeks based on its size) and it was lying on the kitchen table still in the amniotic sac. I dug the sac open with my fingers and pulled the baby out and put it to my chest and covered us with a towel and no one in the house cared. They were busy getting ready to go out with the people on Downton Abbey. So that has me a bit anxious and weepy today. Good times.
FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM
Upcoming Appointments or Results: Nothing until 4/7, which will be dating scan and first appointment.
How are you feeling?: pretty good most of the time, then I’ll get a random wave of heartburn and nausea 😅 I didn’t really have morning sickness the first two times, hoping this follows suit!
Rants/Raves: Amazon keeps delivering to my neighbors house. Thankfully the neighbors are awesome and always bring them over. I have my house description in the delivery instructions, it’s the only brown house on my street 🤦🏻♀️
Questions:
@js1213 oh man, my anxiety was SO bad with my daughter that I went off of work at 14 weeks. I just couldn't handle it and was having panic attacks any time I went to work (at a nursing home, so I feel you on the "just soldier on"). I hope it calms down for you!
@ponyoisfun YES we're thinking about not telling anyone until like end of 2nd tri this time around so it'll be just us lol. I also started thinking today about how hard it's going to be once this baby is actually here because November my parents are in Florida doing Santa gigs (my dad is a pro Santa) so they can't really be here to help. Not that they helped much with my daughter
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
FTM/STM/TTM+: First time
Upcoming Appointments or Results: US on 3/10 to determine whether miscarriage, upcoming apt on 3/24
How are you feeling?: I’m nervous. This pregnancy wasn’t planned and I am currently a full time law student. My husband and I are excited but this process has been extremely stressful. Last week I started bleeding and passing small clots, the ultrasound the next day said everything looked “promising” but they did not outright say that I didn’t have a miscarriage. I still have some bleeding but not period level bleeding and I don’t know what to feel or do! No clue how I would make it 9 months with this unsureness!!!!! (rant?)
FTM/STM/TTM+: STM
Upcoming Appointments or Results: First appt still feels super far away, April 7th
How are you feeling?: Physically awful. My week started with cramps and slight nausea, but the last 2 days my nausea and morning sickness have been ramping up. I can barely stomach food and every little smell is getting to me.
Rants/Raves: Rant - my 9 yr old has chosen this week while I'm feeling terrible to start acting up. His behavior has been so bad that I'm getting daily emails and calls from school and his afterschool care. Ready to pull my hair out. Rave - My 13 year old cat has been all about sitting in my lap and laying on my stomach and I'm all about the extra kitty snuggles.
Questions: None that I can think of.