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Weekly Check-in w/o 11/4

littlemarshmallowlittlemarshmallow member
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EDD / Weeks + Days:

FTM/STM/TTM+:

Baby is the size of a (an): 

(Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green:

Upcoming Appointments: 

How are you feeling?: 

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY - Any cravings?
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  • feli14feli14 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: June 22 (7 weeks, 1 day)

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

    Baby is the size of a (an):  M&M

    Upcoming Appointments:  Appointment with Family Doctor on the 20th

    How are you feeling?: Still very excited but also still having the overall tiredness/ fatigue. 

    Rants/Raves: No rants at the moment. But my husband and I both decided to share the news with our immediate families this weekend. Needless to say everyone is thrilled! Although early, we wanted to share in our excitement, but also be able to rely on support throughout the pregnancy. This is also the first baby in each of our families! 

    Questions:  Anyone else have tips for napping? No matter how tired I am, I absolutely cannot nap! And I’m plagued by the 5:00am wake-up's and I’m not always able to fall back asleep. 

    GTKY - Any cravings?  I am trying my best to eat whole foods that are healthy and nutritious. Building in all the recommended pregnancy superfoods. That said Pasta is always a craving! I’ve been able to indulge while being mindful to pack it full of veggies or some kind of seafood or protein. 
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  • littlemarshmallowlittlemarshmallow member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: June 1st so 10+1

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a (an): strawberry

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: leaving it up to my husband but I think we will be green 

    Upcoming Appointments: 12 week app on Nov 16

    How are you feeling?: feeling better! Still some waves of nausea and fatigue but overall better than I have been.

    Rants/Raves: I guess I have 2 rants - my 1 year old is teething, sick, and going through a sleep regression 🙃
    My pants dont feel comfortable anymore and I might have to break out the maternity pants soon

    Questions:

    GTKY - Any cravings? I go back and forth between chips and chocolate… Halloween couldn’t have been timed better hahaha
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  • rachel-the-wolf-flowerrachel-the-wolf-flower member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 8w 4d 

    FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM 

    Baby is the size of a (an): raspberry 

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: not sure yet 

    Upcoming Appointments:  ultrasound this Thursday 

    How are you feeling?: Living in a haze of nausea, needing to eat to stave off the nausea, but nothing sounds good. I walked by the meat counter at the grocery store and gagged. Also certain people smell AWFUL. My refrigerator smells awful. So, that’s cool. 

    Rants/Raves: 
    rave: sleep
    rant: food 

    Questions: who is working full time an dealing with the nausea reasonably well? Tell me your secrets. 

    GTKY - Any cravings? Not really. I just try to eat simple foods when I can stomach them. 
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  • curlyandpreggocurlyandpreggo member
    edited November 2023
    EDD / Weeks + Days: June 11 / 8 + 6 

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a (an): Piece of Popcorn

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: Getting my NIPT blood test on Thursday so hopefully I will find out soon!

    Upcoming Appointments: NIPT blood draw on Thursday then 12 week appt on 12/29

    How are you feeling?: Exhausted and nauseous. I also have been having some anxiety and guilt related to some news I found out over the weekend - **TW preterm birth** in spoiler below. 

    A friend shared over the weekend that she went into preterm labor a couple of weeks ago and her baby was delivered at 23 weeks. The baby is in the NICU and will be for about 15 more weeks. I can't even imagine what she is going through. Aside from the pain I feel for my friend, It's also giving me anxiety because it just reminds me how many things can go wrong throughout this process. And I feel guilty about the potential of (hopefully) having a healthy, full-term baby as I will probably have the next baby born from this group of friends (unless someone else is pregnant that hasn't shared yet - I actually haven't told this group of friends yet). 

    Rants/Raves: Rants - I'm really over the nausea and exhaustion. Just ready to be done with this phase. It's also started getting colder here and I'm not a fan of cold weather - I'm trying to stay active in part by going on walks, but the cold weather is such a disincentive for me. Raves - I'm going to LA for 2.5 weeks or so to see my in laws and a good friend. In addition to seeing them, I'm happy to get to have some warmer weather. But one more rant related to the trip - I'm very nervous about flying while I'm having morning sickness. In my last pregnancy I flew when I was about 14 weeks and had been over my MS for a week or two, but it came back on the plane when there was the least bit of turbulence. That makes me super nervous given that I'm in the thick of it now. 

    Questions: Tips for managing MS while flying? Thinking about ordering some of those seasickness bands, but do they actually work? 

    GTKY - Any cravings? Mostly still in the food aversions phase, but sour candy has been helping with my nausea so I guess I've been craving that in some sense. 
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  • curlyandpreggocurlyandpreggo member
    @littlemarshmallow oh man, I'm with you on the teething and sickness for my little one too - she has TWO teeth coming in and a cold. I forgot that I was going to mention that as a rant. I hope yours feels better soon! And glad you are starting to feel better. 

    @feli14 No tips on napping, but just solidarity. I've tried to take some naps during my little one's naps over the weekend and failed completely. I will say though that sometimes just laying down and resting - even if I'm not actually sleeping - can be helpful to some degree (though clearly not as good as an actual nap). 

    @rachel-the-wolf-flower I work full-time, but luckily from home 4 out of 5 days a week. The biggest thing for me has been keeping some saltines nearby and snacking on those when I need to has helped me push through. I've somehow lucked out most days I've actually been in the office, but I also am not shy about closing my door when I need to. I've strongly debated telling my boss early, but haven't yet. 




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  • maggiemadeitmaggiemadeit member
    @curlyandpreggo I’m sorry about your friend’s baby. What a hard situation. I can completely understand why that would stir up some difficult feelings. 

    EDD / Weeks + Days: June 12 / 8+5

    FTM/STM/TTM+: TTM

    Baby is the size of a (an): raspberry

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: TBC

    Upcoming Appointments: Ultrasound with my RE this morning and an intake with my regular OBGYN later this week

    How are you feeling?: Not too bad. The nausea has been manageable, but I am still just exhausted and can’t seem to catch a good night sleep. Pregnancy dreams are WILD. 

    Rants/Raves: Rant: I can’t get NIPT because of the vanishing twin, which I was really hoping to get for some peace of mind. Rave: I am very small up too and pregnancy boobs are totally happening! 

    Questions: Anyone else already putting on weight? I’m trying to give myself some grace, I am technically growing 2 right now, but I’ve already put on a few pounds which feels like too many for only 8ish weeks. 

    GTKY - Any cravings? Not a craving exactly but I have been REALLY into big salads with peppercorn ranch this week. 
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  • feli14feli14 member
    @curlyandpreggo that’s exciting that you’ll be finding out soon! 

    I haven’t had to deal yet with MS, however I’ve used the sea bands before when cruising and they do actually help with the acupressure in your wrists, it definitely alleviated feelings of nausea when we transferred to smaller boats for tendering. Hopefully they do the trick for you when you are flying and in day-to-day life. 

    @rachel-the-wolf-flower I was shopping with my husband yesterday and I agree I had to leave him in the meat department because I just couldn’t deal with seeing and smelling all the raw meat. 

    I’m working full time, 3-days in office and thankfully haven’t had to deal with sickness but just some feelings of nausea. I second keeping some saltine crackers at your desk. 
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  • hannahxo6hannahxo6 member
    @maggiemadeit I am having the WORST dreams too it is making it so hard to sleep lol 
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  • jenEPjenEP member
    @rachel-the-wolf-flower @curlyandpreggo
    I just started taking unisom and b6 to help with my MS, and I feel a million times better. I’m still not 100 percent myself (food still isn’t appealing), but I can at least get through the day without dry heaving or vomiting a bunch. 
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  • jenEPjenEP member
    edited November 2023
    @maggiemadeit I’ve definitely gained a few pounds already. All I can eat are carbs and more carbs, and my activity level has plummeted. I’m trying to not be too hard on myself since I’m just trying to survive right now. But yeah, not fun. 
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  • rachel-the-wolf-flowerrachel-the-wolf-flower member
    I forgot about B6! I’m gonna give that a try 
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  • rachel-the-wolf-flowerrachel-the-wolf-flower member
    I’m the I’m experiencing the same! It’s so frustrating because I don’t typically eat a ton of carbs. I think I’ve gained at least 4 pounds. But I’m also very bloated…Hopefully we get our energy back towards the end of the first trimester, and can resume more physical activity! 
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  • jrose424jrose424 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: June 14/ 8 + 6

    FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

    Baby is the size of a (an): Raspberry

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green:

    Upcoming Appointments: Nov 14th

    How are you feeling?: ***TW*** 

    My only symptoms nausea and fatigue seemed to have declined over the 8th week. It’s definitely spiked my anxiety. Hopefully baby is still ok. 

    Rants/Raves: my LO is on the verge of crawling! It’s been so fun to watch her grow. 

    Questions:

    GTKY - Any cravings? I only experienced cravings in the beginning. Pepperoncinis 

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  • saltedcaramel518saltedcaramel518 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 8w 2d due 6/18

    FTM/STM/TTM+: third 

    Baby is the size of a (an): wild strawberry

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: trying to convince my husband to be team green

    Upcoming Appointments: I had one yesterday. Had an ultrasound, and everything looks great. <3 I go back in 4 weeks and will get blood drawn for NIPT.

    How are you feeling?: I have days when I feel awful and days when I feel okay. The past 3 days have been good days.

    Rants/Raves: Rant: my husband coaches high school football, and I've been doing a lot of solo parenting since he's working a lot. I'm always struggling towards the end of the season (the team made playoffs and could possibly go all the way to the championship, so we could have several more weeks). Add in first trimester sickness, and I'm just not my best self right now.

    Rave: just so happy to get a good report at the doctor yesterday. It makes it really real now.

    Questions:

    GTKY - Any cravings? Anything salty/fried/crunchy
    Married: May 2012
    DS1: May 2016
    DS2: Jan 2019
    Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24


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  • maple1422maple1422 member
    EDD / Weeks + Days: 6/29 6w+5d

    FTM/STM/TTM+:TTM

    Baby is the size of a (an): Sweet Pea (.25 in.)

    (Only If you know already!) Team blue/pink/green: Excited to find out ASAP

    Upcoming Appointments: First u/s 11/22, first OB 12/7

    How are you feeling?: Back and forth between great and rough. Tired.

    Rants/Raves: So hungry, nothing sounds good. MH suggested we get Chinese for dinner yesterday; it hit the spot! 

    Questions: no

    GTKY - Any cravings? All buttery breads. Tortilla with butter and cinnamon/sugar. Whole wheat english muffins with butter and peanut butter. Cinnamon raisin toast with butter. Sourdough everything crust toast with butter. Grilled cheese sandwich.
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