New month! Pregnant ladies, update us with how far along you are, due date (math is hard), and the sex if you know it. Any appts? What else is going on in your world? Moms, tell us how old your LO and what he or she is up to! Pics appreciated
I'll be 31 weeks tomorrow, due Jan 4th. Team Green. I am really hoping for a December baby though! I have an OB appt Tuesday and an adjustment on Friday. My back is starting to ache more and more so I hope that helps. I booked out my OB appts through Nov, and my acupuncture, massage, and adjustment appts through December. Lots and lots of appts! I'm starting to get a little nervous about the baby coming early, and still birth is always something in the back of my mind. My positive pregnancy affirmations track is helpful with these anxieties though. We have as much done in the playroom as we can for now, and it looks so cute!! We need to hang art work and the curtains when they arrive. We put together the crib this weekend so the nursery is starting to come together, too. I still need to order some accent furniture and curtains. The dresser won't be finished for a few more weeks and DH has some work to do on painting the bookcase, dresser hardware, and mirror. We are in a good spot heading into showers in a couple of weeks!
I can't believe you are 31 weeks boiler717!! You are next, right?
I still can't believe I have an outside baby. I still feel like in borrowing someone's baby and will have to give him back. Are they really gonna let me take him home with me tomorrow?? lol
I took my first post partum shower and feel more human again today. Because I progressed so fast in the end I tore and ended up with an episiotomy, so I'm super sore and moving slow still. But less sore than 2 days ago, so I'll take it. Breastfeeding is improving each day, but still waiting for my milk to come in.
But this face, guys, omg I'm so in love with him. Even when he has his nights and days mixed up right now.
9+2 over here. Had a great u/s on Friday so I'm feeling more comfortable now. But....I'm enormous. I didn't realize it until I started trying on work clothes (I've been away for a month and go back tomorrow). There is very little that fits and doesn't put my belly on display. I'm torn between trying to hide it for a few more weeks or just coming out with it. It won't matter at work, in fact my boss already knows, but I wasn't really ready to be out to everyone yet. That said, I announced my first pregnancy at 14 weeks and I didn't feel ready then either. Bah.
RE has my due date as 6/11/16 (I had calculated as 6/10), which puts me at 8w1d today. Still throwing up daily and all day nausea. I am also exhausted. Hoping the end of first tri will bring some relief. I will have an ultrasound a week from tomorrow and then I should be released by the RE.
I'm 9 weeks 1 day and hoping and praying second tri brings more energy. My house looks like a bomb has exploded in it. DH has been great at helping out and we are teaching DD how to help with folding clothes (she's almost 7). Thankfully I haven't actually gotten sick yet, but I have been nauseous and it has turned me off food lately. I've been sticking with soups.
25w 1d edd 2/13 Not much going on. Next appointment 10/10 with the regular ob. I am liking this staggering of mfm and ob appointments so we end up having an appointment every 2 weeks. I have a feeling we will be moving to every 3 or 2 weeks at the mfm soon so we will be having lots of appointments.
The never ending reorganization and de cluttering of our apt continues. I am happy with the progress I made in the nursery today. There is still a double bed in there but my dd finally decided she wants that bed in her room which makes my life so much easier as we can store her twin under it and then set up the crib that is currently being stored under the full in the would be nursery. Once that happens there will actually be room in there to paint and begin decorating. Which is the fun part.
We had a fun Halloween. Dd was a witch and dw was peanut butter and I was jelly. It was lots of fun.
Betas are done so waiting until 7 weeks for the u/s on the 11th. I hate this waiting as I really want visual confirmation that I'm pregnant. It's hard keeping my mouth shut around our families, too.
27 weeks tomorrow, which some sources say is 3rd tri and I'm choosing to go with that. Due 1/2/2016 (dd/mm/yyyy for all you Americans). Girl baby!
My sciatic nerve is really acting up, and I'm having a hard time sleeping. This isn't made any better by the fact that I'm visiting a city that's super dry, and wake up several times a night needing water. Baby has been moving around a TON lately, rolling and stretching. I'd like to think she senses how happy I am to see friends I haven't seen in a long time... but it's more likely due to all the Halloween candy I've been eating.
Just got back from my NotAShower with my friends. We went out for lunch and had a lovely time.
I have an appointment with my doctor on Tuesday, not sure what for. I'm going to have to ask her the results of the GD test, since no one ever told me. I mean, I've been eating candy like the results were normal (see above) so I hope everything's okay.
Friday's MFM/Ob appointment was a little disappointing. They laid out the goal of delivering at 37 weeks. I was really hoping I'd be allowed to go to 39 weeks but the Dr thinks 37 weeks is the right amount of risk/benefit for the baby and my heart.
I bought a bunch of small items for the nursery this week. I'm trying to hold off on the big purchases until 26 weeks or after Thanksgiving sales. Whatever happens first
Nausea and symptoms seem to come and go. Some days I feel like I've been run over my a Mack truck, and others I feel mostly normal. Always tired, though.
I have my third ultrasound Tuesday at 9w. This is the u/s where I lost the last baby, so of course, my mind is going all sorts of places.
I absolutely hate complaining... But I need to. I feel like I've been in the first tri for almost 6 months now. I was pregnant May-early July. Then a really difficult recovery from D&C July and August. Then we had this bfp in September. I have felt tired, bloated, poked and prodded for so long now. I'm ready to feel like myself again. Please let the second tri be kind to me.
We have an appointment for the panorama screening at 10.5 weeks so we will know the sex by the first week of December. It's a lot to even wrap my head around at this point.
I have my a/s on the 9th and should know that day what we are having. This will be done with the MFM I don't see my regular OB again until the 18th. I have to figure out a day to go and do my glucose test. The order is in for it so all I have to do is show up.
Excuse the vent- One of the downfalls of dealing with a MTF is having to get referrals for everything. I was referred out due to the fact that they don't work with IF patients on base. I received a bill for a portion of the doctor visits, urine tests and ultrasounds after I got my BFP. Um, no ... You didn't want to take care of me on base and wanted me to see this doctor, you can pay for all of the visits. You already don't provide any coverage for IF treatments, don't add more insult to injury.
Post by belovedbride07 on Nov 1, 2015 22:12:17 GMT -5
28w2d with boy/girl twins, due January 22.
I'm so tired, and there is so much we want/need to do! I'd found a cleaning lady and she was going to come yesterday, but she cancelled; complicated story, but now I need to find someone else or do it myself. My next appointment isn't until 11/17, and I anticipate we'll decide on when I'll stop working, so I have a lot of work stuff I need to wrap up the, too.
We did finally sign up for life insurance and had our exams on Friday, so that's one thing off the list!
Trying for #3; FET 8/18 -- BFN. Leaving things up to chance for now... After three years, three IVFs, and two FETs, we finally have our miracle babIES!
lms, trying to get referred off base for IF stuff is a pain in the ass. It's like they never do it, but I know that's not true. My base screwed up the paperwork so many times initially. Both when I got referred to a civilian OB for my IUIs and when I went to another mtf that does IF treatments.
lms, trying to get referred off base for IF stuff is a pain in the ass. It's like they never do it, but I know that's not true. My base screwed up the paperwork so many times initially. Both when I got referred to a civilian OB for my IUIs and when I went to another mtf that does IF treatments.
After being on regular insurance for so long it's quite a change to be on Tricare. I've complained multiple times to my H about the odd way they do things.
Post by ursulabuffay on Nov 2, 2015 6:48:55 GMT -5
12w3d with a boy, due May 13, 2016
I've got to go over to my OB for bloodwork today, but no ultrasound. Boooo. Since they are letting me continue progesterone, but we are tapering it down, my nurse wants to prove to me that my body doesn't need the supplement. I love her and I love that she knows how crazy and nervous DH and I are and doesn't disregard our feelings.
My next real appointment isn't until November 17. It seems like ages away.
And today is my last day working from home. I'm returning to the real world tomorrow after 6 weeks of WFH.
27 weeks, 6 days. Due 1/26 with a girl. I have my glucose intolerance test this week and a regular appointment. Thankfully my back is feeling better despite spending all weekend pushing it harder than I should have again. But the nursery is painted we are thisclose to finishing our master bath! I am ready not to be living in renovation chaos soon!
@cookiemonster03 since it is Friday AM, I would ask if you can book a 3 hour Monday. They should have the results by the time you show up Monday morning and if you don't have to take it they can let you know then. That's what I did! I got my results the same evening (but my MA checked my chart from home and texted me so I knew to go in for the 3 hour). My 3 hour they said wouldn't be until later in the day the next day but they looked them up for me that evening when I ran into my OBs on a hospital tour.
Post by EllenGriswold on Nov 2, 2015 9:19:54 GMT -5
5w5d, due June 29th.
I don't really have any symptoms yet which is nice but also making me nervous. I go in next Monday for my first ultrasound, so I just need to get through this week. It is my birthday tomorrow, so that will be helpful, now I just have to decide where I want to go eat dinner!
@cookiemonster03, I got my glucose test results at 9am the morning after the test. I was worried I'd fail since I had with DS (but passed the 3 hour), but it was fine. Just go light on carbs/sugar for breakfast the morning of the test is what I read.
27w1d with boy/girl twins, due 1/31 but won't go past 1/17, which is 38w.
Next appointment is Tuesday next week for an ultrasound and regular doc visit. I'm curious how big they'll be measuring, pretty sure over 2lbs each.
I started an iron supplement and my stomach has felt gross the last 2 mornings. My OB said I don't have to take it every day, so I think I'll try not taking it tomorrow and see if I feel better. Maybe I can take it 5 days a week or something.
Passed my Glucose test last week, yay!
Sleep is a challenge so I feel tired a lot. Hoping to get some energy back to be more productive around the house next weekend.
tarajane and @ellengriswold, we're all really close! I'm around 5 weeks, too.
So, I got conflicting reports from my RE and the different nurses there; I guess I'm done with betas? I got four of them, each two days apart. They booked me for an ultrasound on Wednesday. This will be the first time that H has ever visited the RE with me!
I am struggling with the decision of whether or not to tell my grandmother that we are expecting; she isn't doing very well medically, and I'm afraid that she doesn't have much longer left. She has always been adamant about us having children--once, even signing a letter to us "P.S. please have a baby before I die!". lol. If she passes, I want her to know that we are are, indeed, going to have a baby, because I think it will make her happy. But it's still SO early and I'm not ready to tell anyone else. A teeny part of me is worried that we'll tell her and she'll let it slip to other family members, but her alzheimers is so bad that it's more likely she'll forget as soon as we tell her. Either way, it makes me sad to know that she probably won't be around to meet our little one.
I don't really have any symptoms yet which is nice but also making me nervous. I go in next Monday for my first ultrasound, so I just need to get through this week. It is my birthday tomorrow, so that will be helpful, now I just have to decide where I want to go eat dinner!
Definitely pick somewhere nice for your birthday dinner. My allfuckingday sickness hit me in full force at around 6-7 weeks, so just in case, eat the good stuff while you'll enjoy it. And happy birthday!
@cookiemonster03, they were both 1lb10oz at 24w. I find that what the Dr tells me is average is different than my apps for some reason. I think they were both average/a little big for 24w. I find the total uncertainty of when they might be born a bit hard. I'm a planner but have no idea what to expect with two!
I'll have to try taking it at night instead, good idea!
Post by callmehales on Nov 2, 2015 10:45:36 GMT -5
8w5d, due june 8th.
had a u/s this morning, baby looks great, measuring right where it should be and a good heartbeat. BUT the nurse saw a small bleed, which the RE then looked at. he wasn't concerned about it, told me to stop my baby aspirin and take it easy and sit/keep my feet up (and let DH dote on me, lol). i go back in a week for another u/s to check on it.
right now i'm totally fine, and not freaking out. i'm sure that will change, lol
ginkgoleaf I'll second taking the iron later in the day with a meal. It always made me sick if I took it first thing in the morning but if I took it right after dinner I didn't have any issues.
24 weeks this week. Expecting a baby girl My due date is 2/25 but I'm looking at a repeat c-section so I'll likely have her the week before. I still haven't been able to talk to my OB about a VBAC yet. We're headed to Disney World this week and I can't wait. DS hasn't been before and he is really excited. Seeing his face when we walk down Main Street is going to be so fantastic.
26w1d EDD 2/7 Team Green Things are generally going good. I have my next appointment on 11/27 and am finally back with my OB. My 20 & 24 week appointments were with MFM because of a heart defect in our family history but since baby checked out perfectly we are back to OB. I do need to go do my glucose test before the next appointment though. We are going to pick up our nursery furniture on Wednesday and have our first baby shower in 2 weeks. It's crazy to think about all the baby stuff that will soon be in our house for OUR baby. Woah. I'm struggling with finding the birth class I really want to take because most instructors finished their classes and won't resume anything until after the holidays and I'm really bummed about that, not ready to give up looking though.