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2/20 weekly check-in

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EDD/Weeks + days:


Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: 


Baby is the size of a(n):


Upcoming appointments:


How are you feeling? 


Raves/Rants: 


Questions: 


GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: 

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Re: 2/20 weekly check-in

  • emeraldcity603emeraldcity603 member

    EDD/Weeks + days: Aug 26/ 13+3 


    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue 


    Baby is the size of a(n): peach 


    Upcoming appointments: February 28th at the MFM clinic for an ultrasound. It will be a thorough one too  they spend a lot of time looking at everything. 


    How are you feeling? I’m not feeling nauseous anymore. I wouldn’t say I have a ton of energy but I’m not exhausted all the time either. 


    Raves/Rants: I put my baby in his own room last night expecting it be rough and to be up and down all night. Nope, he never woke once and he is still sleeping. I’m keeping my expectations low and assuming it was a fluke. If not, maybe he was just ready and the only reason he woke so much was because he was near me all night long. I need him to stop night nursing. I’m so done. I need my body back for a little while before this next baby arrives. 


    Questions: none 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?:  I really love Chick-FIL-a. We don’t have one in AK and it kills me. 

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  • lmn823lmn823 member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 16w+6d


    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green 🍀 


    Baby is the size of a(n): large onion 🧅🧅


    Upcoming appointments: tomorrow I have my appt  haven’t had one in 5 weeks  


    How are you feeling? Anticipating this drs appt. The dr should be going over the NIPT results and just don’t know what else to expect but eager to hear the heartbeat. Physically, I’m feeling great! A bit tired but not nauseous or in any type of pain. And I have been feeling lots of movement in my belly so I know it’s the baby moving and fluttering around 😍


    Raves/Rants: had a great weekend with cousins visiting from Boston. Only negative is that my apt in the Bronx is small so it’s crowded and always a little dirty/messy from visitors sleeping over. Doing lots of laundry washing blankets bed sheets cleaning up in general. And of course ate like crap when they were here so need to be more conscious and add some more healthy food to my diet today  


    Questions: none right now 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: has anyone tried jolibee? It’s like Popeyes on steroids it’s so damn good! Their spicy fried chicken with a side of gravy and their peach mango pie omg

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  • justyouraveragemamajustyouraveragemama member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 8/16, 14+5


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


    Baby is the size of a(n): peach or maple leaf? Which to me are way different sizes lol


    Upcoming appointments: no appointments until march, then I have just the normal 16week appointment


    How are you feeling? I’ve been feeling better the last few days. Feeling mostly human. I do have nausea right when waking but if I suck on a lifesaver it passes. Headaches are less as are the periods of feeling light headed, apparently my body is requiring way more water than I thought because those liquid IV’s are saving me.


    Raves/Rants: we’re supposed to get like 2 feet of snow from two waves of the winter storm between Tuesday afternoon to Thursday afternoon. I love snow storms but I’m not liking that I’ll have to drive home from it tomorrow since my jury duty is still a go for tomorrow. I get extremely anxious driving in heavy snow especially because it’s been warm today so the roads will be icy I bet.


    Questions: 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?:  I looooove Chick-fil-A it’s usually my first choice at any given time, BUT in my hometown there’s a little burger joint that’s been there since like 1920 and they make the best fries and burgers so if I’m on that side of town, that wins every time. It’s been forever since I’ve been though.

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  • novelblessingsnovelblessings member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 8/23….like 13w,5d I think….14w on Wednesday 

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

    Baby is the size of a(n): no idea, I feel large already

    Upcoming appointments: not until March 10

    How are you feeling? Past couple of days, better. I’ve said it before though so I’m hesitant to say I am over the hump. But yesterday and today I got so much done and was able to eat. 

    Raves/Rants: My staff keeps requesting time off and it’s not just one person. I understand needing a vacation; I’m the worst and just never take time off when I am considered off. But I don’t offer unlimited PTO and some of them think they can just take a bunch of time. I am caught between wanting to accommodate all the requests and knowing the business cannot function fully if I do accommodate all the requests. Just a little frustrating. 

    Questions: nope

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: Probably Chick-fil-A. I go there too often! 

    Dx: Non-IR PCOS
    Baby Girl K #1 Born 3/8/14
    Baby Girl K #2 EDD 3/3/19
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  • priyadocpriyadoc member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 12w5d today

    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green for now - we didn't find out on NIPT but DH really wants to find out so I'll probably cave soon. 

    Baby is the size of a(n): plum?

    Upcoming appointments: nothing until March 6th

    How are you feeling? Still fatigued. Nausea has been replaced by a voracious appetite. Feeling a little "blah", not quite depressed, but I'll be glad to get out of this funk. 

    Raves/Rants: Rave - I work for the federal government so it was really nice to have yesterday off. Rant - just feeling a little overwhelmed at times with work + toddler. 

    Questions: none

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: Taco Bell, hands down. Such a nostalgic food for me for many reasons, and DH loves it too. Only a little bit ashamed to admit we eat Taco Bell 1-2 times per week.  :D

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  • ccmrc143ccmrc143 member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 14w6d

    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: blue

    Baby is the size of a(n): tomato 

    Upcoming appointments: nothing till march, but I’m debating making my 16w with another practice to try it out 

    How are you feeling? Honestly feeling great I just have issues sleeping  

    Raves/Rants: Raving about DH. He spent all weekend putting up drywall in our basement and finishing electrical work. In a few weeks we should have about 500 more square feet of play space in our house and we are so ready for it 

    Questions: any tummy sleepers have a genius solution to not ending up on the bump over night? I ended up 100% on my bump last night and woke up in pain. I’m terrified I’m causing damage  

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: hmm probably Panera but I’m not sure that counts? My other would be chick fil a 

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  • emeraldcity603emeraldcity603 member
    @gingermama29 I told some people last night who have only seen me once a week mins you and I have been wearing my winter coat to keep my belly covered. They said they all already knew I was pregnant. They said they have known for 3 months. I was like, I’m literally only 3 months pregnant. I guess I was pretty bloated right after I peed on a stick. 🤪
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  • estadtestadt member

    EDD/Weeks + EDD/Weeks + days: August 27th  13 weeks 2 days  


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


    Baby is the size of a(n): lemon


    Upcoming appointments: midwife appointment on Thursday 


    How are you feeling? Exhausted off and on and weird appetite. It’s like a light switch and I am super picky 


    Raves/Rants: 

    Raves: finally rescheduled photos so dad will know soon 

    Rant: close friends forgot my allergy to mushrooms and add them to a stew and forgot about them till half way through me eating a bowl of it, took some approved medication and went to bed for 17 hours 


    Questions: not at the moment 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: normally Popeyes right now nothing


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  • cherrystormingcherrystorming member

    EDD/Weeks + days: 8/18 14+4 weeks


    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Green


    Baby is the size of a(n): peach/mug


    Upcoming appointments: Tomorrow. I’m not sure why but I’m nervous. I have felt so calm the last few weeks, but the last couple days I’ve just had this feeling that something is wrong. I have 0 reasons to think that… I’m chalking it up to just getting so much bad news the last 2 years during our infertility journey that something bad must have to happen during this pregnancy too. It’s a weird place to be in. 


    How are you feeling? Not really nausea any more, but I’m much more likely to randomly gag/dry heave which is kinda weird. Also think I’m having round ligament pain which is not fun. And constipation! Woooooo. 


    Rant: Blizzard again this week with 6-10 inches of snow predicted… thankfully I’m working at the hospital that’s 5 minutes away instead of the other one that’s a 75 minute drive during this blizzard, but I’m definitely ready for spring to show up. 


    Questions: Those of you with big dogs - anything you do or wish you did in terms of training to set everybody up for success? My dogs are 1-2 years old and love to wrestle in our living room, which is making me a little nervous about when there will be a baby hanging out there too. 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: Can I pretend Texas RoadHouse is fast food? :P otherwise Culvers is pretty high up on my list. 

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  • estadtestadt member
    @cherrystorming I would just start with navigating that behaviour to certain areas or outside. My dog knows the living room there is an area they can play like that but not in other areas or they get sent to there crate or the toy that they where fighting over gets taken away. Also I found best to start setting up some baby stuff earlier so they get use to it/leave it alone or learn it’s not for them. We set up a basket of dog toys that they know is there’s all other toys are not to be touched 
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  • justyouraveragemamajustyouraveragemama member
    @cherrystorming you can start correcting the behavior now. Our dogs are also large and love to wrestle but over the last few months they were told to go lay down and settle every time they started and now they don’t do it inside. Sometimes one will try to instigate but a firm settle down nips it in the bud now.
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  • ki1244ki1244 member
    EDD/Weeks + days: 8/10 - 15+6

    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: pink!

    Baby is the size of a(n): my Baby Story pictures say mandarin orange but I call BS

    Upcoming appointments: Thursday with my OB's PA.

    How are you feeling? I'm kind of like @cherrystorming - out of nowhere today I just started feeling like something is wrong. No idea why, this baby is kicking like a dang Rockette (hard enough that my husband feels it externally even) and I've had nary a drop of blood, but I just started feeling a weird pressure in my abdomen this afternoon, and my spidey sense started tingling. It's probably broken and nothing is going on but I'm glad I have an appointment this week to hear that from someone who knows what they're talking about. I'm also just feeling gigantic, to the point that even my dad (retired family doc) was like "I maybe wouldn't be surprised if they did an ultrasound, just to double check dating and make sure your fluids are normal, because I...don't think I would have guessed you at 15 and change."


    Raves/Rants: Rave - my MIL has been here since Saturday. I love her and no lie, I wish she lived with us. She flies home tomorrow, which will make me sad and will devastate my daughter, but it's been really fun having her here. Rant: we get the bottom tail of that giant snowstorm, which is supposed to manifest mostly as ice here. I HATE WINTER WHY IS IT NOT SPRING YET 

    Questions:

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: Runza for sure, which is a VERY regional (I think specific to Nebraska?) place with amazing burgers, but their real claim to fame is these sort of German-ish hot pockets (runzas) that are so flipping addictive. On a national scale, though, probably Freddy's, although I do love my Chick Fil A.
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  • cherrystormingcherrystorming member
    edited February 2023
    @ki1244 I’ve seen those runzas advertised when driving through Nebraska! Good to know they are actually tasty I’ll have to try one to spice up our next Nebraska tour ;)

    also sorry you get the ice tail with this storm - as I’ve been watching our snow inch totals creep up that’s been my only consolation… at least I don’t live where they are getting slammed with ice for hours! 😬 those storms suck 
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  • pickle-chipspickle-chips member

    EDD/Weeks + days: Aug 26, 13w?d

    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Blue

    Baby is the size of a(n): lemon

    Upcoming appointments: ultrasound today. For the NT scan. 

    How are you feeling? Relieved that the NIPS came back negative. Nausea is still roughest after 5pm, but it is manageable in the day (thank goodness for medication). Overall, feeling very blah and low energy, but honestly I think that’s more to do with February being so dreary and I’m just ready for spring. 

    Raves/Rants: can I rant about myself? I’ve worked myself into an absolute stress tizzy about telling work. 

    Questions: none

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: Thai Express or St Hubert? But most often purchased is Maccas 😂  FFWC I have never had chick fil a — is it like KFC? Haven’t even googled it lol.

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  • mrskalemrskale member

    EDD/Weeks + days: August 16/15 weeks

    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Hopefully finding out at 20 weeks

    Baby is the size of a(n): orange 

    Upcoming appointments: Seeing a new OB March 7th 

    How are you feeling?: Been feeling very good most days, sometimes wake up to nausea but eating right away helps. Lots of headaches though!

    Raves/Rants: I am Catholic and I feel bad for saying this but I am kind of glad I don't have to fast this year for Lent lol! Gotta keep baby growing. 

    Questions: Not really a particular question but trying to figure out what car seat stroller situation to get at a decent price is a doozy. Any recommendations? 

    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: 100% Chickfila or Culver's, depending if I want chicken or a burger. Absolute midwestern delicacy.

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  • mrskalemrskale member
    @ccmrc143 That's hilarious! Even on zoom she could tell lol! I had a lady at Church come up and ask if I was expecting because of the tired look on my face. She goes "I know that face" lol. I am just barely showing at this point, so kind of funny these ladies with their spidey senses. 
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  • ki1244ki1244 member
    @cherrystorming omg YES get a Runza. Their fries are delicious too. And if you want to get SUPER Nebraskan get their chili and cinnamon rolls combo. That's our thing here, which sounds bizarre but is perfect together.

    @pickle-chips Chick Fil A is sort of like KFC but a million times better. The food is a lot better (more like nuggets and sandwiches vs down-home fried chicken) but their big claim is that their service is always on point -- the standard reply to "thanks" is always "my pleasure", and they're just always SO NICE.

    @mrskoehl I'm not Catholic but our pastor did a sermon Sunday about fasting and I started feeling like that's an area I've neglected... but then started looking at what that would look like and nope, not this year. Maybe a non-food fast is a better option this time! Also, are you aiming for a single stroller/carseat or a double? I loved our Evenflo Pivot Xpand for a double that cost less than a lot of singles. But if you only wanted a single, there are more affordable options there (honestly just the Pivot is great too).
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  • mrskalemrskale member
    @ki1244 I hear you! Hoping to just get other things in check this year. I am looking for a single right now, I'll check out the one you mentioned! So many options. 
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  • emeraldcity603emeraldcity603 member
    @msjaay I can’t believe you’re so close to the anatomy scan. How have our pregnancies progressed this far so fast?! 
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  • novelblessingsnovelblessings member
    @emeraldcity603 @ccmrc143 I feel I’ve been hiding it well but my mom says that work probably knows but isn’t saying anything. I wear really bagging clothes or layers. So far it’s still cold enough but my time is limited with cold weather and my belly is popping! I can’t imagine my virtual clients just knowing via a computer screen either. LoL!

    I think sometimes they connect the dots afterwards and then it makes sense. That is why people say they knew. I have my intern convinced I guess, so it must be working. She just asked me what big races I’m running this year and I was like meh I don’t know yet. More like the marathon of being pregnant and I’ll save the real marathons for next year. 😂
    Dx: Non-IR PCOS
    Baby Girl K #1 Born 3/8/14
    Baby Girl K #2 EDD 3/3/19
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  • niyamommy64niyamommy64 member

    EDD/Weeks + days: August 15, 15 wk 2 days 


    Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Found out it’s a girl from the NIPT blood test at 11wks   


    Baby is the size of a(n): Navel Orange  


    Upcoming appointments: My next appointment is scheduled for April for my anatomy scan 


    How are you feeling? I am feeling pretty good. Last week I caught a cold and that sucked lol. Otherwise, definitely improvement from the first trimester and I am showing. 


    Raves/Rants: my biggest rant right now is the freaking nasal congestion. It doesn’t help that it’s super hot here in Florida either. I’ll wake up out of dreams unable to breathe and it’s quite scary sometimes. It interferes with my sleep and then the post nasal drip causes me to cough all night. Super, super fun. 


    Questions: 


    GTKY What is your favorite fast food restaurant?: It would have to be Taco Bell for me. 

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  • msjaaymsjaay member
    @emeraldcity1214 I know! I forget that is pretty much half way through my pregnancy and then had a mild panic attack  :D
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