2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? Cervix is still closed, but I had a few sporadic contractions yesterday. OB thinks I will go early because DD was early, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Want this guy to cook for two weeks longer anyway...
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? Hoping for a baby for Christmas We have most of the gear we need since this is #2.
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! Job, part of the country you live in, how you and H/SO met ... those are all kinda lame though
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? I am losing weight because I'm not drinking. LOL. Along those same lines, we visited some college friends over the weekend, and I'm pretty sure they're onto me. I just don't have the energy to fake-drink!
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? Christmas is way too early to buy stuff for an August baby!
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! Holiday plans?
Post by hillarywhitney on Dec 9, 2013 15:13:18 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? 7 weeks and 1 day.
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? My first appointment is today! I am nervous and excited!
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I imagine my mom might buy me something small. But since it's still so early and not a lot of people know, I'm not expecting baby related gifts. I'd be cool with them though. Oh, SIL did ask me the other day what maternity stores we have here, so I'm guessing she may be sending me a gift card for Christmas.
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! I haven't read through everyone's posts yet, so sorry if this is a repeat. What is your favorite holiday food?
1. How far along are you this week? 17 weeks, 1 day.
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? Had an anatomy scan and ultrasound last week, it's a boy! He was measuring fairly big, 81st percentile (don't know what this means or if it will stay true throughout). He was somewhat uncooperative, so we didn't get a good facial picture and there were a few things they said they would need to evaluate at the 20 week. Everything they could see looked good.
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I am mostly waiting for later/the baby to be here for gifts. We still need to figure out if we are moving or not, I'm not quite in "nesting" mode yet.
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? I like a lot of the previous suggestions.
1. How far along are you this week? 17 weeks tomorrow 2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? Pregnancy sickness finally getting a bit better; finally getting over the cold from hell that I've had for the past week. And tomorrow, I am meeting up with some old friends and I will get to tell them I am pregnant. 3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I think I want just stuff for me this year but of course I am having trouble coming up with what I actually want. 4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! Where do you live? What do you do? Do you plan to stay home after baby or head back to work? Any trips planned before baby comes?
I'm glad I'm not the only one! It also makes it hard because technically the first time hearing the heartbeat was when I was 11w2d (I did end up hearing it at 6 weeks because I had light spotting so they ordered an ultrasound, but then about a week later I had more brown tissue discharge and hadn't had any appointment since that episode). So it was a looong wait to finally hear the heartbeat again. And then our practice only does 1 ultrasound at 20 weeks so there will be a lot of waiting for me!
So no NT scan and/or genetic testing? Are you in Canada? They usually do this around 12-13 weeks if you are interested.
1. How far along are you this week? 28 weeks 2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? We are likely going to trade in our small Mazda sedan for a Hyundai Santa Fe in the next week or so, because of baby. 3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I'm totally fine with baby gifts. 4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! If you had to guess, how long will it be before you and DH spend a night somewhere without your baby?
I'm glad I'm not the only one! It also makes it hard because technically the first time hearing the heartbeat was when I was 11w2d (I did end up hearing it at 6 weeks because I had light spotting so they ordered an ultrasound, but then about a week later I had more brown tissue discharge and hadn't had any appointment since that episode). So it was a looong wait to finally hear the heartbeat again. And then our practice only does 1 ultrasound at 20 weeks so there will be a lot of waiting for me!
So no NT scan and/or genetic testing? Are you in Canada? They usually do this around 12-13 weeks if you are interested.
Nope, I'm not in Canada and we chose not to have any testing done.
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? Still tired. I am sure the progesterone I am taking has lots to do with that but I will only be taking it for a few more days! Yeah!
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I will be happy with whatever I get whether or not it is baby related
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? n/a
Post by rainorshine on Dec 9, 2013 20:24:55 GMT -5
1. 8 weeks 2. I'm still spotting, bloated and tired, but I'm praying that everything will work out. The stories I read on this board give me so much hope. 3. No baby gifts for us, no one knows. We plan to tell our families in person at Christmas when we visit. 4. I think you have a lot of good suggestions already.
1. How far along are you this week? 17 weeks, 5 days
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? I ordered some cute maternity clothes from gap last week!
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I'm not due until May, so it seems a little early for baby stuff
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? what is your favorite food? First alcoholic drink after pregnancy?
Post by earlgreyhot on Dec 9, 2013 21:05:19 GMT -5
1. 7 weeks 2. No AW. I feel like I don't have that many symptoms, everything is pretty mild. However, I didn't have any symptoms with DS so I trying to not worry about it. My first appt isn't until Dec 19. 3. I'm planning on keeping my pg a secret over the holidays. My sister knows and I am hoping she'll cover me in the drinking (I'll hold a glass of wine, and we'll switch from time to time).
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week?
After a 20w anatomy scan and a 22w follow up anatomy scan the MFM's office still couldn't get a clear picture of BabyA's heart, so my little uncooperative baby bought herself a fetal echocardiogram. Thank goodness for decent health insurance. They seem to consider this pretty routine, but it freaks me out a bit to have my specialist OB referring me to another specialist. Also having big debates about many things and realizing that time is not on our side... whether or not to buy a new car before babies come, whether I should quit my job or not, the grand OB/hospital debate I mentioned in my other post, whether to use an inherited gently used crib mattress, how to deal with the fact that the IKEA cribs we want are not in stock locally...
3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I really do not want people to give the babies presents, although I'm fearful that the grandmothers may not understand this. It feels jinxy. I did include some baby-related items on my own Christmas list, like a really pretty mei tai that I want but don't necessarily need, and a nice backpack that we'd like to use as a diaper bag. The last thing we need right now is more random crap for ourselves, and we are going to go broke buying all this baby stuff... but I also want to set a precedent of maintaining an identity as something other than a mom!
4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks!
Hm, I'm going to leave this to all the others who have made good suggestions!
2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? I guess my biggest AW is that this has been such an easy pregnancy so far. I had no morning sickness at all (just a tiny bit of nausea when I'm hungry), I'm not all that much more tired than normal, and at 12 weeks I'm still barely showing, despite being a shorty. Up until hearing the heartbeat at my first appointment with our doctor last Thursday, these things actually were causing a lot of stress for me, like I was thinking if I was truly pregnant and everything was going well, shouldn't I feel worse/more pregnant? I've now decided I'm just going to start enjoying how nice things have been instead of stressing about them.Maybe I can get some insight from other moms who have also had easy pregnancies? I know it's not the norm, which is why I have such mixed feelings about it!
I had a really easy first tri too, and I'm pregnant with twins (23w now). After a lot of infertility hell to get pregnant, I was TERRIFIED all of 1st trimester and wishing that I was puking my guts out or falling asleep or having any significant symptoms. My OB didn't help matters by being surprised at my lack of symptoms. Some people just get lucky and don't have strong reactions to all the hormones. Relax and enjoy it!
1. How far along are you this week? Almost 8 weeks now 2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? I have a cold, and I can't tell if it is a terrible horrible cold or if it just feels that way because I can't take any decent medicine. Thursday we have a heartbeat u/s ; I'm praying it will all go well! 3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? I expect a few little things for the baby (that's what our families usually do), and I am happy about that. But it's so early we won't be registering or anything for a while. 4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! if you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Post by picksthemusic on Dec 10, 2013 11:47:06 GMT -5
1. How far along are you this week? Just POAS yesterday, BFP. 2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? Ha, not far enough along yet. But the bloat is getting to me today for sure. 3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? Not really, since we're most likely not going to announce we're pregnant until we see a HB on an u/s and that won't be until after Christmas probably. 4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! Nothing to add here but that I'm glad to be over here, and I hope I get to stick around!
i've been waiting for my first appointment before i joined in...
1. How far along are you this week? 7w4d, confirmed by ultrasound this afternoon 2. Any pregnancy related AWs, vents, or randoms you want to share this week? not really 3. Are you hoping for baby related things for Christmas, or do you want to wait until the baby is here for gifts? no one knows really yet so there won't be any baby gifts for us. 4. Non-baby related- I saw jj do this on Getting Pregnant and thought it was a good idea. What are some questions I can ask? This is seriously harder than it looks! favorite book, favorite vacation, what would you do with a surprise $1000, what would you do with a surprise week off