July 2025 Babies

Weekly Check-in 12/9

๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€:


๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:


๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป:ย 


๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?


๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:ย 


๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:


๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

Re: Weekly Check-in 12/9

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 9W5D


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Finding out!ย 


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Iโ€™m feeling pretty good for the most part! As long as my stomach is full, we are good! Definitely starting to feel more fatigued. I work from home and canโ€™t imagine having to go into an office! Iโ€™m looking forward to our 12 week appointment on 12/27 (we will do the NIPT and find out gender)!ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Had my first twang of anxiety a few days ago - about being โ€œreadyโ€. Iโ€™m not feeling connected to the baby yet in any real way which made me feel super guilty! I have a great support system (and a great therapist) and talking about it really helped. I also suddenly was so weirded out that something is growing inside of me!!ย 


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:ย 


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Iโ€™m super basic - Iโ€™m a huge swiftie!!ย 

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  • @ruthiedoberenz Totally normal to not feel connected to baby right now! Itโ€™s still so โ€œabstractโ€ at this stage. Once you feel kicks, that will help! But even once baby is born, the love is there, but the connection/deep bond can take time to build. Basically, whatever youโ€™re feeling now and in the months to come, itโ€™s normal!

    Also, this is my second time and I still find it weird that a baby is growing inside me! ๐Ÿคฃ
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/16, 8w5d


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: STM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Team Finding Out!!


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? The nausea is getting a bit better, but the exhaustion is going strong. Starting to have more headaches too. I have my first ultrasound on Thursday and Iโ€™m nervous. Just want to hear that heartbeat!ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: I bought some holiday cookie cutters and Iโ€™m going to bake and decorate sugar cookies! I just need to find the energy to actually make them, haha. Maybe Iโ€™ll let my son help. Not the icing part. Dear lord definitely not the icing part ๐Ÿ™ƒ But heโ€™d enjoy using the cookie cutters and I canโ€™t imagine heโ€™d make too much of a mess doing that!


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: NATM


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    I like all sorts of music! Definitely love Taylor Swift! And Beyoncรฉ. Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez. Also like Lana Del Rey and Halsey. Drake and The Weeknd. Imagine Dragons, BANKS, and Imogen Heap. Avril Lavigne, Blink 182. And the Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead!

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/19 (I think - hopefully appt tomorrow will confirm!)

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Finding out

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Pretty good physically, I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop though! I feel like I am noticing an increased sense of smell though? It's not so intense that it's making me feel sick, but I feel like things are smelling off to me and my husband doesn't seem to smell what I do!

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: I guess this is kind of both lol but I finally have my first OB appointment tomorrow and I'm super relieved but also nervous. I have no real reason to think anything is wrong (besides being on the old side), but I'm still super anxious!

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: nothing right now

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Definitely a kind of wide variety depending on my mood... Pop, classic rock, ska, punk, heavy metal, etc
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 8w3d


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ftmย 


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: finding outย 


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Really tired and unmotivated. A bit on edge sometimes. Nausea is worse right after I eat breakfast and then right before dinner right now ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: my major aversion right now is coffee (cries), I can get fancy iced coffees places if I add peppermint and mocha to it but my poor wallet. Rave wise, we have our first ultrasound on Friday, Iโ€™m looking forward to it because it will feel more real to my husband and I can be reassured that something is growing in there!ย 


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: what has helped with nausea outside of ginger? Iโ€™m kind of feeling ick about it right now and would like suggestions!


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    I love everything. My Spotify wrapped outed me as a swifty though lol! Right now Iโ€™m listening to a lot of acoustic country music.ย 

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: July 4!

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Team finding out. A few people around me have reported dreams of baby boys so we will see if that comes to mean anything. We just want a happy healthy baby!

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Good! Less nausea and my energy feels like it miiiight be returning a bit.

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: We did fertility treatment so I โ€œgraduatedโ€ my clinic but havenโ€™t heard from an OBGYN yet and it feels like no mans land. Rave - itโ€™s almost Christmas and my baking is done and Iโ€™m getting excited!

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Iโ€™m starting to get noticeably thick at the waist but I feel like itโ€™s too early. Maybe part is my 5โ€™3โ€ frame? Anyone else?

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Country, pop, classic pop/rock, indie. Anything thatโ€™s fairly mellow.

  • Having little to no symptoms is totally ok! I had literally none until week 8ish and even now theyโ€™re super mild. Iโ€™m trying to just feel lucky! We had our ultrasound and everything was great!ย 
  • @tashaandpeanut I am the same way! I round up to five feet and I always seem to thicken up at my waist during the first several weeks. Iโ€™m not sure why that is! The belly bands are the best and helped me get way more time out of my normal pants.ย 
  • Absolutely in the "is this real" boat! Hoping my appointment today will finally push me through that!
  • Thanks for that! I appreciate it!
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: July 22, 8w


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: STM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Finding Out


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Gross. Bloated and Nauseous


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: I did start taking magnesium and that seems to be helping my morning sickness. Still sick but not vomiting so yay


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: none now


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    I like a mix depending on my mood but mostly Iโ€™ve been listening to Christmas right now since tis the season!

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: July 4th/10w4days


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:

    FTM.ย 

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป:ย 

    Team finding out!ย 

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

    No longer as nauseous (which scares me a little), intense pain in nipples.ย 

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:ย 

    I am excited for my next ultrasound because this all still doesnโ€™t feel real!ย 

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:

    None arm

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    anything and everything but I really love Noah Kahan and Mumford & Sons

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 8 weeks per dating ultrasound today!


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: finding out


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Absolutely exhausted. The nausea is starting to get worse and Iโ€™m definitely starting to get some food aversions that I didnโ€™t expect (things I would normally eat when Iโ€™m sick are grossing me out).ย 

    I am definitely in the โ€œis this realโ€ camp. It has been a tough journey for us to get pregnant with a lot of bumps along the way. Today we had our dating ultrasound and saw a heartbeat! It was the first day I felt excited instead of incredibly anxious, and itโ€™s starting to feel more real.


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:ย 

    My rant is that Iโ€™m a shift worker and Iโ€™m finding it super hard to even function, Iโ€™m so exhausted all the time! Anyone in the same boat?


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Almost everything! My last 3 concerts were Bruce Springsteen, Usher, and Zach Bryan so I got range :)


  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 9 + 6 July 10



    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: 4/5th



    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: finding out



    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Not as nauseous as I was last week, which is making DH feel nervous but I'm just trying to take it as a good thing. Got hit by such bad exhaustion that I'm still not sure if I'm getting sick. I've also felt feverish/chills on and off but never had an actual fever or even close on the thermometer... Not sure if that's a pregnancy thing or if I'm fighting something off tbh



    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: I felt so exhausted this week that (a) if feels like it should be Thursday or Friday already and it's definitely not, and (b) I usually stand while teaching, but yesterday I just absolutely had to sit mid-class so I grabbed a stool (there are no normal chairs in my classroom, which is its own issue).



    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:



    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? I like Celtic, folk, songs from musicals that I can sing along to (including Disney!)
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/19, 8 weeks 4 days


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: STMย 


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Finding out


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Iโ€™ve been feeling terrible. No energy, headaches, nausea. This morning is the best Iโ€™ve felt in a minute so I hope it holds all day.ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Not much this week. Just trying to get through. Very busy and a work holiday party on Friday evening, so hoping I am not miserable and nobody asks why Iโ€™m not drinking ๐Ÿ˜‚


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: None


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Big pop girlie - love Taylor, Miley, Chappell Roan, etc. I also love 60s and 70s music!

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 10w3d


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: Fourth


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Not finding out (Am I the only one?!)


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Iโ€™ve been sick all week and itโ€™s been awful. Even less energy than I had before in addition to all the coughing and runny/stuffy nose combo. Our house is a wreck and I am having a hard time doing the most basic things. Luckily, the nausea has eased up, which has been nice.ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: We had our first appointment yesterday and got to see our little one. Everything looks great. I am so relieved.ย 


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? I have varied tastes, too. I would say right now Iโ€™m mostly wanting to listen to Christmas music. But I have been wearing out my Forest Frank albums the past few months, so Iโ€™m sure my family is excited for the change.ย 

  • Iโ€™m 5โ€4 and Iโ€™m looking like I ate 10 pounds of mashed potatoes for breakfast lunch and dinnerย 
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 9 weeksย 


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM!


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: finding out and apparently soon!


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? I had a few good days and was so excited. The doc even mentioned the worst might be behind me. Then it all came rushing back. Exhaustion, headaches, nauseaโ€ฆfeeling like I had the flu. I was so upset that it was indeed not over I just kept crying. But then had a good dayโ€ฆthis will be a journey! Very thankful but wow this is a lot!


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: we had our ultrasound for measurements and the predicted due date based on my period was accurate! I was measuring exactly to 7/17. They said that is rare in a sense so I thought it was cool? Maybe itโ€™s not haha. But wow it was amazing to see the little one in there! All the tough days are so worth it. Weโ€™re all working so hard and most doing it in silence! So proud of my body and just hope my little one grows healthy.ย 


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: we have NIPT testing next week and may know the gender by Christmas! We donโ€™t love the idea of a big gender reveal but we travel home for the holiday and it seems like a perfect opportunity to share the news if we get it in time. Any simple gender reveal ideas you recommend?ย 


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Calling all the swifties!! ๐Ÿ˜œ also love pop punk, indie pop, rockโ€” Amy shark, Chelsea cutler, this wild lifeโ€ฆlover of lots of music!ย 

  • @beetay15 it makes it even worse that friends and family assured me I would โ€œtake forever to showโ€ since Iโ€™m fit and itโ€™s my first. Not so much the case ๐Ÿ˜‚
  • sonjanaesonjanae member
    edited December 2024

    ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/8 / 10 + 2ย 


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Sneakpeek said girl ๐Ÿฉท


    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? So so so so so sick. I have never experienced unending nausea and vomiting like this in my entire life. Itโ€™s been so beyond miserable.ย 


    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: The 10th was my in lawโ€™s 52nd anniversary and weโ€™d just had an encouraging dating scan, so we announced to them since this pregnancy has been a long time coming and highly anticipated by the entire family. My MIL was so thrilled and so cute! She keeps talking about how we gave her the greatest anniversary gift sheโ€™s ever had. Iโ€™m just so thankful I have such a healthy and loving relationship with my husbandโ€™s family because it seems like more often than not thereโ€™s a lot of tension in other families. Meanwhile, when my MIL realized what my husband was announcing, she FLEW past him to me and gave me the biggest hug, leaving my poor husband whoโ€™d been so excited to announce to HIS mom in her dust ๐Ÿ˜‚


    On the rant side of things, Iโ€™m really upset Iโ€™ve been so unwell that I canโ€™t make it out to ride my horse who desperately needs the exercise, and I had to stop teaching lessons for the time being :/ย 


    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: If youโ€™re a STM+ who experienced debilitating pregnancy sickness, when did it end? Iโ€™ve been to urgent care for zofran and fluids but nothing helps enough and Iโ€™m just so sick and tired and ready for this phase to be over.ย 


    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Honestly, Iโ€™m picky but I somehow love a wide range of music at the same time. The last 5 artists I listened to were apparently The Neighborhood, Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, Suki Waterhouse, and the Offspring, if that gives you any idea lol.ย 

  • @sonjanae OMG that is so sweet that your MIL was so happy!! It really is nice that you have a great relationship with them.

    It sounds like you may have HG, and I would definitely tell your OB about it if you havenโ€™t already. Unfortunately, if it is HG, it lasts all pregnancy, but there are medications (besides Zofran) that your OB can prescribe which should help. I am so sorry, because it sounds truly miserable!
  • @emmaleekinsley Sooo exciting you may know the gender by Christmas! I canโ€™t wait to do the NIPT and find out myself. Perhaps you could make cupcakes and fill the center with either pink or blue frosting and then hand them out to your family to eat? With my son we didnโ€™t do any kind of gender reveal. We just announced, itโ€™s a boy! And it was still very exciting. So even if thatโ€™s all you do, everyone will be thrilled!
  • @sonjanae I was sick with my first pregnancy the entire time but it did ease up and become more manageable as the pregnancy went on. I donโ€™t know that that is very comforting right now but I can tell you I am in the same unfun boat with you again this time too. What made you go to the hospital for fluids? Iโ€™m actually debating that I may need to do that this time.
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/27 - 7w5d


    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: STM


    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป:ย 

    Team Blue according to Sneak Peek

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

    Nauseas. Exhausted.

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:ย 

    My 7 year old had strep AND the flu this week. I'm tired. I told my husband for Christmas I want a hotel room all to myself and to leave my phone on Do Not Disturb lol.

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:

    None

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    Emo/pop punk!ย 

  • What made you go to the hospital for fluids? Iโ€™m actually debating that I may need to do that this time.
    With my first, I had HG and the rule per my OB was 24 hours without keeping water/liquid down. They weren't as concerned about food because baby can suck nutrients out of your body basically but they need hydration!
  • @lappymom2019 We ended up going in because I had a raging headache from dehydration and was no longer urinating anything but small amounts of dark brown after not being able to keep water down for over a day. I was also just sick of the vomiting for days in a row. I ended up being so glad I went! I lived off zofran and pedialyte for like the next week and it was much nicer.ย 
  • Thank you for the info! I have zofran now but still sick. Iโ€™m definitely dehydrated but not -that- dehydrated yet so Iโ€™m going to keep trying to drink small sips of liquid iv.
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: July 15 / 9w3 ๐Ÿฆ€

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Finding Outย 

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Nauseous but starving at the same time, sore breasts, sore tongue, sinus headaches and stuffy nose. Husband and I are still getting used to the idea that our family will be growing soon.

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Rant- why does everyone feel the need to go crazy at work just before the holidays? Rave- will probably always be my helpful husband โค๏ธ

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Anyone else craving meat? ๐Ÿฅฉย 

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? All the things! From rock to rap to country to classical and all the things in between. I prefer lofi and chillwave in the background when Iโ€™m working or have a long commute ahead.

  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 10 weeks

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: FTM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป:ย 

    Not sure

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

    Still nauseous and tired, but itโ€™s much less intense this week! Also started having (what I am guessing is) round ligament pain. Iโ€™m really sorry for everyone thatโ€™s dealing with HG and terrible sickness. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:ย 

    Rave: all I wanted to eat one night was cheese fries and I donโ€™t even know why. But my husband made us some and it was like the greatest dinner ever!ย 

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:ย 

    I definitely have some sticker shock and some analysis paralysis lately ย ๐Ÿ˜… Anyone else?ย 

    Example- deciding whether or not to have a doula, and whether might plan to give birth at a hospital or a free-standing birthing center (depending on how things go). I also looked up newborn photography and learned they suggest booking that soon after your first trimester to reserve your spot. Itโ€™s a lot to consider all at once, but thankfully we donโ€™t have to decide today โ˜บ๏ธ

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like?

    Christmas carols all the time now

  • @redseawitch My work is crazy right now too! Like, what happened to, letโ€™s circle back after the holidays?! But I work for a software company that provides digital marketing tools to small businesses. And of course the holidays are a very busy time for small businesses, which means itโ€™s a busy time for us too!
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/11/25, 10 weeks 1 day

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: STM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: Team finding out. Should get NIPT test at my next visit on 12/31.

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Not too bad, just tired and out of breath a lot, but we also have 2 dogs and a 1 year-old so that might have something to do with it also!

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Had my first appointment this past Wednesday and confirmed that everything looks good. It still doesn't feel real to me, but I'm pretty excited to see that my husband and I have so far been successful on our own this time around!

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Anyone else going to have 2 under 2?

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? I'm big into metal/hard rock/emo music.ย 

  • routtymamarouttymama member
    edited December 2024
    @redseawitch I also crave meat when Iโ€™m pregnant! Cheeseburgers to be exact, which is funny because I donโ€™t do much dairy and could be an accidental vegetarian normally. Iโ€™ve always been borderline anemic so I think itโ€™s probably my bodyโ€™s way of getting more iron in my system.ย 
  • ๐—˜๐——๐—— / ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ + ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: 7/15/25, 10 weeks

    ๐—™๐—ง๐— /๐—ฆ๐—ง๐— /๐—ง๐—ง๐— +/๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: TTM

    ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜/๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ/๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ/๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป: complicated, I'd like to find out, but live in a country where it's illegal ๐Ÿ˜ข

    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Not great, vomiting, nauseous, and no energy. Thankfully the nausea is improving a bit, but I feel zapped.ย 

    ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€/๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: had an appointment last week that freaked me out. The doctor wasn't clear as to what they were seeing on the ultrasound, which made me think things were bad. Just talked to my midwife though and after looking at my results told me there's nothing to worry about. I had a few days of being concerned that anything I did was going to be "dangerous" for baby, when in reality I supposed to just take an extra medication and everything is fine.ย 

    Rave: My parents are coming from out of town to visit for Christmas, so I'm really excited for that. They are awesome hands-on grandparents which will give me and my hubby a much needed break. My mom has even insisted we go away for a night or two. Bless them.ย 

    ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: noneย 

    ๐—š๐—ง๐—ž๐—ฌ: What kind of music do you like? Right now with 2 kids all I listen to is Christmas music, trying to help them get in the spirit even though Christmas is going to be pretty unremarkable this year.ย 
  • @dmcg17 my first 2 were 2 under 2. They are now besties even though they are different genders. Once the little one got into the crawling stage they were playing together and chasing each other. It's hard work but so worth it!ย 

    @redseawitch I'm craving savory majorly! Not just meat, but cheese and anything salty like popcorn with butter. Usually I'm a sweet sort of person but pregnancy really changes that.ย 

    @emmaleekinsley I second the cupcakes idea. And if you want to make it even more simple, just put iced cupcakes in a box that isn't clear and open them in front of everyone.ย 
  • @redseawitch I craved chicken and meat my first few pregnancies (and I was borderline anemic for at least one of them). This time around for some reason chicken grosses me out, though I can stomach some red meat. Mostly I keep wanting cheese...
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