Ticker Change Week of 12/12

[violetrose]

Another week, ladies! 


How far along are you?

How big is baby?

Upcoming appointments this week?

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions?

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie?

[violetrose]

How far along are you? 15 weeks 2 days

How big is baby? Navel orange

Upcoming appointments this week? None, next one is 12/20

Any new symptoms or changes? Pregnancy insomnia is in full force! I toss and turn all night. Heartburn is still horrible and the discharge is driving me crazy!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Just frustrated with the lack of sleep lately. I can't get comfortable at all and just toss and turn all night

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? I love all the Christmas movies! I think my favorite would be A Christmas Story

[cateyes]

How far along are you? 14w1d!

How big is baby? A lemon or peach or 8oz filet mignon, your choice

Upcoming appointments this week? None for two weeks still! So far away

Any new symptoms or changes? Not really, still same old same, but I am able to stay up until 9:30 these days which is an improvement.

Rants/Raves/Questions? We found the heartbeat on the doppler yesterday and that was exciting. We only found it for about 30 seconds and then it floated away again so I don't expect to find it easily for a while but I needed that reassurance!

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? I do love modern classics like Home Alone and Elf and the Santa Clause.

[cateyes]

violetrose- I am on the struggle bus with sleep as well. It is hard to find a comfortable position and then that is only comfortable for a few hours at most

[sabrinaml]

How far along are you? 13w 1d

How big is baby? Matchbox car, clownfish, or jalepeno

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope, but I just made my consultation appointment with the MFM specialist. (Not until Feb though.)

Any new symptoms or changes? The discharge is annoying. My boobs are already the size I ended my last pregnancy with.

Rants/Raves/Questions?

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie?
I love the classic cartoons like Frosty and Rudolf. But I also enjoy The Santa Claus series and Elf. (Anything that will make me laugh) honestly, it depends on my mood.

[sdlaura]

How far along are you? 14w

How big is baby? nectarine

Upcoming appointments this week? End of the month...and anxiously counting down to my anatomy scan Jan. 10th.

Any new symptoms or changes? I feel like things are stretching. Last night I bent over a couple times and felt weird pangs. But I'm much less exhausted than I was. For awhile I was going to bed when the kids did at 8 pm and sleeping 10 hours, but that seems to have passed.

Rants/Raves/Questions?

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie?
Love Actually. It was the first movie DH and I saw together. Just realized that was 13 years ago....that makes me feel really old given that we met after college!

[trebletrouble13]

How far along are you? 14 weeks

How big is baby? "A large lemon"

Upcoming appointments this week? OB visit on Thursday, just a check in.

Any new symptoms or changes? Maybe I'm starting to have a little less nausea? I haven't taken my daily half tab of Zofran yet and I'm hoping not to need it today. I've had a few days without it recently and have gained back two of the fifteen pounds I lost from the ms.

Rants/Raves/Questions? We had an NT scan last Thursday and everything looked great. Baby was happily bouncing in between pictures and is apparently photogenic. Everything looking normal is a weight off my mind, we'd gotten a call that there was an increased risk of DS.

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? Rudolph, the classic claymation one. Lots of singing and funny characters.

[mreve]

How far along are you? 14 weeks

How big is baby? Beet

Upcoming appointments this week? Next Tuesday

Any new symptoms or changes? Definitely less pregnancy-related symptoms finally.

Rants/Raves/Questions? The fruit/vegetable size comparisons seem pretty pointless most of the time. This week baby is supposedly the size of a beet. I grew beets in my garden this past summer and there was a large variety of sizes, so which one matches the size of baby? Also, different apps use different fruits and when I look at both I often think, "those aren't even close to the same size!" Basically, I take it all with a grain of salt and don't take it too seriously!

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? For some reason this is harder than it should be for me. I'm not a fan of Santa Clause related movies, but my brain isn't coming up with others right now.

[ihatepizza]

mreve I've thought the same thing about the fruit/vegetable thing this week my baby is the size of an avocado which is supposed to be larger than an orange?

[starsandshamrocks123]

mreve my irk is slightly related. Some of my app comparisons are creepy. This week was a field mouse or something. Right after I found a dead mouse in the basement. I had to switch to "troll doll" because mouse was just too much for me to think about moving around in there

[mreve]

Dec 14, 2016 17:07:22 GMT -5 starsandshamrocks123 said:

mreve my irk is slightly related. Some of my app comparisons are creepy. This week was a field mouse or something. Right after I found a dead mouse in the basement. I had to switch to "troll doll" because mouse was just too much for me to think about moving around in there

Yes! I also saw the mouse and thought no way! We dealt with a mouse problem in our house this fall and I did not want to be reminded of it in any way, mice are so gross.

[lulu783]

How far along are you? 15w 4d

How big is baby? box of crayons

Upcoming appointments this week? Nope, but we found out this past Sunday that LO is BOY!!

Any new symptoms or changes? I feel like I really popped in the last few days. Maybe it's in my head because we finally told our parents, family and friends a few days ago. But I went from being paranoid I had no bump to feeling huge seemingly overnight!

Rants/Raves/Questions?

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie?
Frosty and Rudolph for sure. We plan to watch them with DD this weekend. I hope she's into them and it will be cool to watch her watch them for the first time

[agm04]

How far along are you? 13 weeks

How big is baby? pea pod

Upcoming appointments this week? nope, nothing until January

Any new symptoms or changes? i'm nauseous again, and sooooooo tired. also waking up in the middle of the night. meh.

Rants/Raves/Questions? i told my boss about the baby. he tried to sound happy. lol.

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? probably Christmas Vacation. Never gets old!

[marshian]

Forgot to do this yesterday!


How far along are you?
13 weeks, 1 day


How big is baby?
Matchbox Car


Upcoming appointments this week?
None until January


Any new symptoms or changes?
Constipation is worse, getting headaches every few days, able to stay awake past 9pm!


Rants/Raves/Questions?
I think I need to up my water intake. I usually drink a ton but the headaches have me thinking it's not enough. I'm SO OVER the acne! 


GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? 

There are a few I like to watch every year:
- White Christmas -- The songs! The dancing!
- Elf -- So many quotes from this movie
- The Santa Clause -- Classic. Tim Allen at his best.

[marshian]

violetrose - It's super frustrating to not sleep. I hope you can find a way to sleep better! I'm about to get a pregnancy pillow to help me stay comfortable.

cateyes - So cool you found the heartbeat! I'm wondering if I should surprise H with a doppler since he's likely to not make it to any of my appointments. Even the anatomy scan. He was pretty bummed after I told him about how much baby moved during the NT scan. Which one do you have?

sabrinaml - I hope my boobs don't get too much bigger! I already wear an F- or G-cup in normal life.

sdlaura - The pangs are so strange!

trebletrouble13 - So glad everything looked good and you can rest easy!

lulu783 - My sister is disappointed I'm not showing yet. It will be exciting when I do finally pop!

agm04 - At least he tried? That's pretty disappointing though.

[marshian]

Dec 13, 2016 19:41:17 GMT -5 ihatepizza said:

mreve I've thought the same thing about the fruit/vegetable thing this week my baby is the size of an avocado which is supposed to be larger than an orange?

It seems fairly arbitrary. Or maybe they're using some weird list of "standard" fruit sizes?

[sdlaura]

marshian I also normally drink a lot of water but still have issues with dehydration, especially while pregnant. And it's crazy how just one day of not drinking a ton of water will make me dehydrated. Yesterday I drank less water than usual - probably 36 oz during the day and another two glasses on the evening - and was so dehydrated I was up in the middle of the night drinking Gatorade!

[agm04]

omg marshian yes, the headaches!!!

[marshian]

sdlaura - Wow, that's crazy! I guess I should really focus on drinking more.

[cateyes]

marshian-we have this one: link

I love it. We have heard the heartbeat twice, but not consistently so be ready for that possibility.

[sdlaura]

marshian we have this one. It's been used by me in four pregnancies now and by several friends and is still going strong . I have used it starting at 9 weeks and have no issue finding the heartbeat quickly at this stage.

www.fetaldoppler.net/sonoline-b-pink.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=18283950120&gclid=CM_kqqfz9tACFYqDfgodoKEJ1Q

I also have this gel.

www.healthykin.com//p-2863-parker-aquasonic-100-ultrasound-transmission-gel.aspx?gclid=CNeho-zz9tACFYRofgodkZwIqw

[marshian]

Thanks for the recs, cateyes and sdlaura!

[iris1264]

I always miss this, so I'm going to do it a day early this week.


How far along are you? 12w 6d

How big is baby? at 12w it was toy soldier

Upcoming appointments this week? not until the week between Christmas and New Year's

Any new symptoms or changes? A little less tired. Hoping to see a big difference after the hoidays

Rants/Raves/Questions? nope

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? I guess I'm a scrooge; I'm not really a Christmas/holiday person. However, I want to try more now that DD is getting older.

[teachermomtobe]

How far along are you? 14 weeks

How big is baby? lemon

Upcoming appointments this week? Next Monday I have my cell-free DNA blood draw

Any new symptoms or changes? Definitely more energy, I actually returned to weekly yoga this week. Starting to be able to eat more and many aversions are going away. My little bump is getting more noticeable but of course still only to me an DH.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Feeling pretty good!

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? I love Christmas Vacation. DH and I quote it all the time. We even got sweaters from Etsy for Christmas morning with quotes on them. We're so obnoxious lol. I also love the 24 hour Christmas Story marathon on Christmas Eve, I think it's on TNT or TBS. I'm also a sucker for the old Grinch and the old cartoon Frosty.

[teachermomtobe]

redrock, I'm sorry your DW lost her job. My H quit his right before Thanksgiving. I was telling him he doesn't need to mention that I am pregnant and wanting leave in June. He didn't realize that could even be an issue. Men! I hope she finds something soon because even though it's illegal to not hire her because she is pregnant we all know people find ways to do it if they want to.

[ihatepizza]

How far along are you? 16 weeks

How big is baby? Avocado

Upcoming appointments this week? Not until January 3rd (anatomy scan)

Any new symptoms or changes? I have a bump!! It's cute and completely not bloat.

Rants/Raves/Questions? For the first time ever I'm wavering on being team green, cureosity is getting the better of me

My favourite holiday movie is Elf!!! DH and I quote it to each other all year round

[ihatepizza]

redrock sorry to hear about DW, I can imagine it would be very stressful to look for a job while pregnant

[eucalyptus]

marshian, Oh, the acne! I just switched face wash and that seems to have helped a bit...

[eucalyptus]

How far along are you? 15 weeks, 2 days

How big is baby? avocado

Upcoming appointments this week? None this week

Any new symptoms or changes? Mostly symptom-free right now!

Rants/Raves/Questions? So far still haven't announced at work and hoping to wait until halfway... feeling pretty optimistic that I'm going to make it with the holidays in there!

GTKY: What's your favorite Holiday movie? Probably Elf

[marshian]

Dec 15, 2016 18:40:12 GMT -5 eucalyptus said:

marshian, Oh, the acne! I just switched face wash and that seems to have helped a bit...

What are you using? I'll try almost anything. I need to do a mud mask soon.