Weekly Check-in w/o 08.04.2025

acleverusername · August 4

FTM/STM/TTM+:

EDD / Weeks + Days:

Team blue/pink/green:

Upcoming Appointments:

How are you feeling?:

Rants/Raves:

Questions:

GTKY: Tell us about your pets!

kbmt · August 5

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 16 + 4

Team blue/pink/green: Blue

Upcoming Appointments: 15-minute appointment on Aug 11

How are you feeling?: I'm feeling a bit of anxiety headed into the 20 week anatomy scan. I've started telling people about the pregnancy, and I just want to feel assured that everything to be good before I tell anyone at work. Physically, I find that breathing is now harder for me, which seems early. Symptoms just seem to come and go whenever they please.

Rants/Raves: My rant is not really a rant, but I'm on a work trip trying to hide my pregnant belly, which is larger than I had anticipated. I guess it is not a huge issue if people know, but I was planning on waiting until after 20 weeks to share this with my colleagues. I had to buy new clothes to try to hide it. Haha. My rave is that I booked a holiday lights train ride with my husband and toddler this November. My son loves trains, and I can't wait to see how excited he will be. Another rave is that the next season of my hip hop dance troupe begins this weekend. We perform in mid-November.

Questions: I'm a stomach sleeper (not anymore though). I've found that sleeping on my side creates so many cramps in my upper thigh. Has anyone had to deal with this and what helped? I've definitely been staying hydrated. It's just so hard to sleep with these cramps.

GTKY: Tell us about your pets! I have a cat named Luci. She can be super sweet, but she was also somewhat feral when she was rescued so she has a bit of a rough side where she bites my ankles to get what she wants. It's annoying. Luckily, she isn't aggressive toward anyone else. It took my son a long time to learn how to respect her boundaries, and now (after 2.5 years) they are finally okay to sit in the same room together. My cat has put up with a lot from my son. Lol. He still steals her blankets though.

acleverusername · August 5

@kbmt have you tried taking magnesium glycinate? It's great for cramps. Also, please share what work clothes you bought because that'll be me next week.

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: Jan 11 (but likely induction at 39 weeks due to age + other high risk); 17+2

Team blue/pink/green: still not saying until we move to a more private forum

Upcoming Appointments: I had my amniocentesis today! It was super trippy!!! It will take 10-14 days for the results to come in. If anyone is interested in learning more about the procedure, I'll gladly describe it!

How are you feeling?: 2nd trimester honeymoon! Well, mostly. I have incredible coccyx pain. I went to pelvic floor PT on Friday and she did a bunch of releasing and it was great, but then it came back over the weekend. I got some cups from amazon (recommended by PT) so I need to try those out.

Rants/Raves: I returned to work this week, after a 10-month medical leave. TBD if it's a rant or a rave.

Questions: nope.

GTKY: Tell us about your pets! We have a corgi named Del (short for Delenn). Anyone who's a fan of early 90's space TV will likely get the reference. She's 5.5yo and is a personality. She loves other dogs when she's off leash (except Chihuahuas and Pomeranians; and other dogs smaller than her) but she's VERY leash reactive. Not a fun one to take on walks around the neighborhood. But she's great at the beach. Similar to @kbmt, my DS is still learning how to be nice to her, and Del is very patient with him.

kbmt · August 6

@acleverusername, I bought some larger tops from a place called Betsy’s Boutique and bought a couple pair of stretch waist pants from Anthropologie. I wasn’t ready to go down the maternity clothes route yet and wanted clothes that I could wear post pregnancy too knowing it will take me time to lose some of the weight.

acleverusername · August 6

@kbmt gotcha! Yeah, I got some of those stretchy wait pants from Anthropologie too! But I struck out on 2 out of 3 tops! They were all size L but 2 of them fit more like XXL! I had to return them.

ahume131 · August 6

FTM/STM/TTM+: FTM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 17 weeks today

Team blue/pink/green: Blue

Upcoming Appointments: 20 week scan 8/27

How are you feeling?: Really happy that I’ve had some energy return the past 2 weeks and the nausea seems to be done! I’ve been having some hand and foot pain, which seems early, but just trying to go with the flow.

Rants/Raves: I can’t seem to find a comfy way to sleep on my side (usually a back sleeper). I ebought 2 different styles of pregnancy pillow, neither of which are really doing it for me, and when I sleep without one, I wake up with a shoulder ache and usually on my back.

Questions: None right now

GTKY: Tell us about your pets! We have an 8-year-old cat named Fritz, who has been spoiled as the only child for many years 😂 it will be interesting to see how he adapts to the baby.

marmalade0 · August 8

FTM/STM/TTM+: STM

EDD / Weeks + Days: 17w+1

Team blue/pink/green: Pink.

Upcoming Appointments: Had a checkup today and go back in three weeks for the 20 week ultrasound.

How are you feeling?: As with my first pregnancy, I'm mad that I've had no burst of energy and still plenty of nausea/vomiting now that the first trimester is well and truly over 🫤 And this girl has added in extra heartburn and leg cramps...but I do think I've felt a few flutters from her, so that's exciting!

Rants/Raves: See above.

Questions: After my appointment today, my urine test came back with trace amounts of protein present, but my blood pressure was just fine. The doctor hasn't said anything on my health portal yet. Anyone know if that's something to worry about or if it's just an occasional thing?

GTKY: Tell us about your pets! We have a ruby Cavalier named Silas 😊. He's 4, he's wonderful with my two year old, and just the sweetest dog you can imagine. He's currently snoring at my feet while I type 💤.

emeraldmaybythebay · August 8

FTM/STM/TTM+: I hate this question. 5th earthside

EDD / Weeks + Days: 16 weeks

Team blue/pink/green: blood says blue

Upcoming Appointments: i had to cancel the last 2 weeks because of stomach bug and then a double upper respiratory infection the kids had circulating. 🤞Tuesday works out! It'll be my 1st appointment.

How are you feeling?: on the mend

Rants/Raves: I'm getting to the point where I'm showing more and soon it'll be obvious and not just the is she fat speculation lol. So I'm trying to mentally prepare for the questions. Since I have all boys I get more of the "is it a girl" "are you going to try for a girl" and everything in me is going to want to say we had a daughter and she died. I know no harm or malice is meant by the questions. They never bothered me before, but I know it will take me back to the most traumatic moments of my life every time and sometimes it happens 5+ times a day (in the past it did?) So trying to get my hormones in check and prep for those moments.

Questions: anyone had the Doona stroller carseat before? Please rate it for me if so. Debating the investment.

GTKY: Tell us about your pets!
we have ducks and chickens. Bernadette is our milk lady. Roy and Tuck are our meat calfies. We have an old dog Bolt who is on his last leg. I think he's sticking around to meet his newest human. Rugs is our non friendly cat that we utilize as our mouser that we don't bother and she just hangs around. Lol I feed her maybe once a week so she'll be aggressive with the field mice. She never liked humans but she tolerates us. 🤷‍♀️ she lays on a couple old Rugs in the barn and that's how we chose her name.

I am debating getting a couple goats to milk and use that instead of formula. Also the boys can learn how to make soaps and lotions. I usually make it to about 9 months sometimes longer but when my body is done it's done! Just one day there is no supply and that's that.

kbmt · August 11

@marmalade0, did you find out anything more about the trace amount of protein? I just got this result today. Looking back, it happened in Dec of 2022 with my first pregnancy so I’m assuming it’s not a big deal, because nobody has ever mentioned it to me.

marmalade0 · August 17

@kbmt My doctor wrote me back and said trace amounts of protein are nothing to worry about!

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