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Re: Weekly Randoms 11/14
My husband and I have unintentionally booked an international trip during all my pregnancies now though (prior to any knowledge of any pregnancy). Luckily, my first two went very well (Nepal at 20 weeks and Mexico at 34 weeks -- would not recommend but, like I said, they both worked out) so this time going to Mexico at 15 weeks, now that I'm starting to feel better, actually seems to make the most sense of any of them 😆
My first OB appt was supposed to be tomorrow but they called and asked if I could come today instead. Sooo, I am going this afternoon and I am going to ask for a scan. If all looks good, we are going to being sharing the news.
TTC July 2015-November 2015
Baby boy born August 2016
Oops BFP February 2021
MMC March 2021
Back on BC for a year to decide what we want to do.
TTC Since March 2022
MMC June 2022
BFP September 2022 - Due June 2023!
@cassafrass123 oh that sounds miserable, I'm so sorry. I would be so screwed if I get sick, I don't remember any natural cold remedies that are pregnancy safe, ugh I hope it's short lived for you 🤞🏻
@annemarie96 aw that's so special and kind, I'm glad you have that community right now. Are you temporarily in China or is that your permanent home?
@ReadyForaB yeah I'm the same. I was way more worried about my genetic carrier testing I did over the summer. The midwife I saw last week tried to talk me out of doing a Nuchal Translucency ultrasound because she said "the NIPT screen checks all the same things" which was super annoying because she's dead wrong and the blood test is way more stressful than the ultrasound is in my opinion. Did you get your ultrasound today after all? I'm so glad your appointment ended up being a day earlier!
@pttomato oof that's horrible, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine having to wait that long, ugh how sucky. I don't know why insurance even works that way. Maybe the office will have a cancellation and can get you in sooner. It's wild to me an entire office can't manage to see pregnant patients sooner.
TTC July 2015-November 2015
Baby boy born August 2016
Oops BFP February 2021
MMC March 2021
Back on BC for a year to decide what we want to do.
TTC Since March 2022
MMC June 2022
BFP September 2022 - Due June 2023!
@ReadyForaB I'm so glad they didn't fight you on it and that you got your scan! I know they told me I'll likely always see maternal fetal medicine for my pregnancies after my stillbirth and especially because there was no clear cause. I'm okay with it though because I love my MFM and getting scans every month after 20 weeks is extremely helpful. The only thing that sucks though is that I don't get any ultrasounds from 12-20 weeks and it's such a long period of time to go without, it makes me so stressed. I hope your mfm puts you on the perfect ultrasound schedule for you and that it adds a lot of reassurance 🤞🏻🌈
@thescarletmom YESSSS!!!! OMG such exciting news! Yes I knew I wasn't crazy, they were definitely the first flutters two weeks ago, undeniably. I think a lot of the "norm" boils down to how conscious people are about their bodies. I always did cycle tracking and cervical checks and was hyper aware of my uterus and I felt flutters around 15/16 weeks with my first and I thought ai was insane but I was just aware, same with second and third babies, you just know because you've been there before! I knowww!!! I puzzled myself over the goldfish bit forever but flutters really truly do feel like a tiny fish flopping inside your body, so weird and sacred all at the same time. There's nothing like it!
@hitcj4687 that's so exciting! I bet you aren't crazy and you are absolutely feeling movement! I hope they get stronger and more frequently in just a few short weeks! Mine definitely have and I feel them multiple times every day, it's so amazing 😍
@francesgs oh I hate that 😵😩 I'm so glad she found it at last for you, those moments of panic just waiting and hoping and willing the baby to be okay are so hard.
At my appointment last week I saw a new midwife at the practice and she was a nightmare. She told me I had a heart murmur and then she realized it was because she was listening to my heart through a fetoscope and not a stethoscope so I had five solid minutes of panic and then she said I didn't have a murmur after all but she used two different dopplers and couldn't find the heartbeat at all, finally she got the ultrasound machine but even then she couldn't visualize the baby, it was so sad and scary. I was double relieved when everything was fine at the NT ultrasound. I hope it was just a bad day for the new midwife because damn I can't handle her doing that again. I needed a nap after I came home from all the stress and fear spiral.
@cassafrass123 when my babies get bigger their movement and kicking makes me feel seasick, my whole stomach just rolls and I get so sick so I definitely understand the feeling of movement feeling like gi upset 😭