Weekly Check-in w/o 6.23.2025

acleverusername · June 24

FTM/STM/TTM+:

EDD / Weeks + Days:

Team blue/pink/green:

Upcoming Appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4?

knottieead4bc160793aea7 · June 24

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM (so much so that I needed to google what these abbreviations were)

EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 8/ 11 weeks and 5 days

Team blue/pink/green: pink

Upcoming Appointments: July 15 is going to be our first appointment at 14 weeks

How are you feeling?: I feel tired most days, but occasionally get a burst of energy like yesterday out of nowhere. I feel better if I eat a little every few hours.

Rants/Raves: My rant is that gynecologists have no availability and it sucks to have to wait until week 14 for our first appointment even though we’ve known since week 6.

Questions: How do you deal with the exhaustion? I have been glued to the couch most days of this first trimester.

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4? Going to the Hollywood bowl fourth of july concert on July 3rd! Excited to see Earth Wind and Fire.

acleverusername · June 25

We were all FTMs at one point! I'm sorry you're feeling exhausted. Unfortunately that's kind of the name of the game in 1st tri. I did a lot of napping with my first baby. It DOES get better in the 2nd trimester so just around the corner!

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 11; 11+3

Team blue/pink/green: Fake Green

Upcoming Appointments: Had an OB appointment yesterday and today; I'm shopping around OBs.

How are you feeling?: Miserable. Sometimes I feel like nausea is waning, and then sometimes I feel like it's not. My emotions are wild because of hormones; I've got the WORST pregnancy insomnia and nothing is working. So yeah, miserable. Also still waiting for NIPT, even though it's only been 6 days since my sample was received, but people whose sample was received after mine have somehow started getting their results, and I'm in California so you'd think that I'd get them faster because Natera's lab is in California, but no.

Rants/Raves: I think I ranted above. My sister and family are still with us until end of the month and the overstimulation is real. They left today for 2 days to go visit Yosemite and I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet.

Questions: Pregnancy insomnia question. So far I've tried: Unisom, Magnesium L-Theronate, Melatonin (even though I'm not supposed to, last night I took Benadryl because I was DESPERATE. Today I'm trying taking my anti-anxiety pill in the morning instead of before bedtime.

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4? Literally 0 plans; we will play it by ear. Our housekeeper comes every other week and Jul 4 is every other week, and she's miraculously interested in coming in on a holiday. So, we might go hiking in a local state park while she's cleaning. After that, I think the plan is to hide from fireworks which are somehow legal where we live. They are not legal in neighboring towns but I guess they figure there's not much that can start a forest fire in our beach town.

kbmt · June 25

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 1/14, 11 weeks

Team blue/pink/green: Hoping to find out very soon!

Upcoming Appointments: July 9

How are you feeling?: Mostly okay, but I do feel so bloated anytime that I eat. I'm also always hungry and am terrified of how much weight I'm going to gain again! I'm trying to get it under control.

Rants/Raves: I'm also waiting on my NIPT results. It's been five days only. However, I'm traveling to visit my family tomorrow and I'm hoping to give them the good news. I just want to make sure everything is low risk before I tell them.

Questions: For second time moms, did you begin showing earlier than the first time?

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4?: We fly back home on July 3rd, so we haven't really planned anything. There's usually a block party in our city, so we may try to go to that depending on how hot it will be. We've hit 100º+ F twice this past week.

kbmt · June 25

@knottieead4bc160793aea7, the exhaustion was much worse with my first I think. I've been tired this time, but not as badly. Maybe because I have a toddler so I can't feel it. Lol. The first time around, I recall taking naps in the middle of the day (even work days) for at least 1-2 months because I was always so tired. I'm not a nap person, so this was definitely new to me.

littlebabybuster · June 26

FTM/STM/TTM+: 4thTM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 9w 1d

Team blue/pink/green: we’ll be finding out in a couple weeks

Upcoming Appointments: 3 weeks from now! it’ll be my nipt appt. i think that’s my favorite appt every pregnancy 🥲

How are you feeling?: i’ve been feeling better, the nausea has calmed down a bit. i still get sick but not as often so i’m happy about that!

Rants/Raves: my baby girl turns 1 next month & i’m starting to plan my first ever girl birthday party! i’ve been so excited finding lots of cute girly party decorations but then i get emotional & cry cause she’s growing up too fast 😭

Questions: -

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4? we’ll probably do what we end up doing every year, get some fireworks or enjoy the neighborhood’s display, while grilling some hot dogs & eating s'mores.

acleverusername · June 27

We got our NIPT results back yesterday! Low Risk! I had to call Natera because I was noticing on the Natera June 2025 thread on BabyBumps subreddit that people whose sample was received in the lab 1-2 days after mine were already getting results. Turns out my call was justified: there was an error linking my results to my profile! The dude on the support chat fixed it and I saw the results immediately!

Will share the sex once this group formalizes itself a bit more.

kbmt · June 27

I’m glad you called and got your results! I also just got my NIPT results this morning. I checked online and saw them. I got the official notification a few hours later. Low risk and I’m having my second boy. 🩵

acleverusername · June 27

@kbmt Woo! Congrats.

emeraldmaybythebay · June 29

FTM/STM/TTM+: 4 Earthside and 1 baby born sleeping

EDD / Weeks + Days: 10 + 1

Team blue/pink/green: got blood work done not sure if we will find out. This is our last. We have 4 boys earthside and a daughter in heaven. I pray for happy and healthy.

Upcoming Appointments: just had our dating US. We found a heartbeat. I scheduled my 20 week US and have my first midwife appt scheduled for end of July. After 2 miscarriages and a stillborn I am in no hurry to get in.

How are you feeling?: feel fine. Tired and hungry! 🤣

Rants/Raves: I'm so glad I experienced most of my pregnancies before loss. It is such a anxiety ridden experience after loss. It would be 10x harder without my sons.

Questions: have you ladies heard of hypnobirthing?

GTKY: What are your plans for Jul 4? Big family BBQ. My sons Birthday is the following week and we will go camping with a large group at a waterhole we found a few years ago. White sand beach in the mountains. I can't wait!

emeraldmaybythebay · June 29

@kbmt yes. The more babies I have the quicker I show and the bigger I get. I can't hide it from anyone. Lol I already have a rounded belly and I'm only 10 Weeks. 😅 I'm also on the shorter side so that doesn't help me.

emeraldmaybythebay · June 29

@acleverusername I've never had pregnancy insomnia. It sounds like absolute crap because you're so tired. When I can't sleep in general I meditate or read a book. Guided sleep meditations work so well on me. Another weird thing I've always done since a child is lay with one arm extended straight up toward the ceiling. I don't know what it is about it, but it makes me tired. 🤣
I really hope it passes for you. I am like a fainting goat when I'm pregnant. If I sit, I may sleep. Lol give me some of your dust and I'll send you some of mine! 😉

Also, not sure if it is OK while pregnant, but Beam Dream Tea is amazing!!!

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