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[sabrinaml]

New week!!

How far along are you?

What's new with baby (size, development)?

Team?

Any upcoming appointments this week?

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions?

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby?

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings)

[sabrinaml]

How far along are you? 18 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Sugar glider. Baby's hair may be starting to come in.

Team? Green

Any upcoming appointments this week? Sadly nothing

Any new symptoms or changes? Heartburn is here. I feel full all the time. Back to gagging when I take my vitamin in the morning.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm over these weird/crazy dreams. I hate waking up thinking what the hell is going on. Or what just happened.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Still just looking at names.

GTKY: my perfect baked potato is butter, shredded cheddar, broccoli, salt/pepper and A1 sauce.

[cateyes]

How far along are you? 19 weeks!

What's new with baby (size, development)? Zucchini/mango/old school game boy/just under 6 inches

Team? Finding out

Any upcoming appointments this week? None until next week

Any new symptoms or changes? Just this constant pain and pressure in my stomach. I called the oncall nurse line and they were no help. She said not to come in and when I asked what should I look for to come in, she just said-call your doc on Monday if it continues. After our AS scan next week I am going to look to switch.

Rants/Raves/Questions? see above

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? We start Bradley Birthing classes this week!!!!!!!

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) sour cream and cheese!!!!

[bewise]

cateyes, I'm surprised that they are saying not to come in. Not because I think it's something that sounds super worrisome, but my doctors definitely err on the side of caution and tell me to come in if it is something I continue to be worried about after talking about it on the phone ! I hope you find a doctor that you are more comfortable with.

And I didn't realize your name was "cat eyes" until I typed it. I always read it as some unique spelling and plural of "Katy". Haha

[bewise]

How far along are you? 19 weeks

What's new with baby? Size of a mango

Team? Find out on Jan 27

Any upcoming appointments this week? Nope, not until the end of next week.

Any new symptoms or changes? I'm still throwing up 1-2 times a week. But I'm also only taking my Zofran 1-2 times a week. So it's getting better.

Rants/raves/questions? MIL had been staying with us since Thursday. She just stayed with us for almost a week at Christmas. I'm ready for a break from her. Even DD is getting annoyed. She leaves tomorrow morning.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Honestly, we haven't done anything yet. We've talked about names but nothing else. We might go furniture browsing this afternoon.

GTKY: sour cream, cheddar cheese, bacon crumbled, chives

[bagels]

How far along are you? 19 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Mango size

Team? Blue

Any upcoming appointments this week? A/S next week

Any new symptoms or changes? Not really. My hips hurt a lot and I can't sleep on my back anymore.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm going crazy overanalyzing my elective ultrasound picture. I still haven't come to terms with my intuition being wrong. Not gender disappointment, just feeling out of tune with my body and baby.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? I break out the baby gear around week 38 haha

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) Butter and cheese. Oh man now I want one. Serious butter cravings here.

[marshian]

Jan 15, 2017 12:48:29 GMT -5 bewise said:

cateyes , I'm surprised that they are saying not to come in. Not because I think it's something that sounds super worrisome, but my doctors definitely err on the side of caution and tell me to come in if it is something I continue to be worried about after talking about it on the phone ! I hope you find a doctor that you are more comfortable with.

+1. If I called and was worried about something, I'm sure my office would tell me to come in just for peace of mind. Hope you can find someone you're more satisfied with!

[applemuffins]

bagels sorry you feel like that about guessing the sex wrong I honestly don't believe in intuition about the sex. It's a 50/50 chance. I think if you had like, 12 kids and always guessed the right gender then maaaaybe, but even correctly guessing twice isn't that crazy. I think you can be perfectly in tune with your body and your baby without just knowing the sex. I was wrong for my kids! 50% of people are wrong with DD I thought for sure she was a boy, and then with this one I kept waffling back and forth. It is what it is.

[violetrose]

How far along are you? 20 weeks, 2 days

What's new with baby (size, development)? We are halfway there! Baby is the size of a banana.

Team? Green/possibly finding out on Wednesday. DH has been saying he wants to find out now. We will see how we feel on Wednesday at the ultrasound.

Any upcoming appointments this week? Ultrasound on Wednesday!

Any new symptoms or changes? Not really, just feeling more uncomfortable lately.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Having trouble sleeping again

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? I will probably think about getting baby stuff out of storage around week 35 lol

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) All the butter and sour cream! Yum!

[applemuffins]

How far along are you? 19+2

What's new with baby (size, development)? Mango. Getting coveed in that white gooky stuf that I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head. Bones hardening.

Team? Blue

Any upcoming appointments this week? Not this week. A/s on 1/25

Any new symptoms or changes? I'm tossing and turning a lot more in sleep. Low back pain has started. The crazy but realistic dreams have returned. Sometimes multiple dreams a night. Appetite and thirst has increased a lot.

Rants/Raves/Questions? Rant: Dh and I had a big fight about car seats yesterday. It's stupid. If he would just spend 10 minutes googling it himself, it wouldn't be an issue.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Made a registry. It's my 2nd kid though, so it's mostly just for myself to make a list of what we need and get the completion coupon. Ordered a breast pump through insurance. Not sure if the order will go through since it is so early yet, but when I asked about coverage they didn't give me and timing stipulations, so I figured I should try because who knows how it will be affected by ACA. We have private insurance that renews in April.

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) haha just ate one today. Cheddar cheese, bacon crumbles, and sour cream. Pretty traditional.

[cheezee]

How far along are you? 18+3

What's new with baby (size, development)? A pear

Team? blue!

Any upcoming appointments this week? A/S is the end of next week!

Any new symptoms or changes? My taste has been so off this past month. Brushing my teeth in the morning makes me gag and sends me dry heaving...yet after every little thing I eat during the day leaves this horrible taste in my mouth and all I was to do is brush my teeth all day. Luckily it only causes trouble first thing in the morning.

Rants/Raves/Questions? My sciatic nerve has killed me this weekend. I overdid it for sure cleaning house and getting stuff ready for baby. Soooo much stuff in our attic to go through.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Registry is pretty much put together. Ordered quilt and some things off etsy. Out of about 8 diaper boxes of DD's baby clothes we have about 10 things that will work for baby boy...definitely need to go clothes shopping! I'm trying to stay on top of all this...I don't want to be scrambling to finish stuff when I'm huge and miserable.

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? No chives! Tons of sour cream, butter, cheese, bacon. Now I want one! I also always eat the skin!

[bagels]

Jan 16, 2017 15:24:11 GMT -5 applemuffins said:

bagels sorry you feel like that about guessing the sex wrong I honestly don't believe in intuition about the sex. It's a 50/50 chance. I think if you had like, 12 kids and always guessed the right gender then maaaaybe, but even correctly guessing twice isn't that crazy. I think you can be perfectly in tune with your body and your baby without just knowing the sex. I was wrong for my kids! 50% of people are wrong with DD I thought for sure she was a boy, and then with this one I kept waffling back and forth. It is what it is.

Well I was correct with my other 4 kids, so I really trusted my intuition. But like you said, it is what it is. I'm just glad I didn't go team green or my trusting myself would have lead to a really big surprise hah! 😂

[cateyes]

cheezee-Brushing my teeth in the morning is the worst. Usually causing dry heaving if I have had nothing to eat and insta-puke if I have eaten. Then I feel like I need to brush again but I just puked....terrible cycle.

[teachermomtobe]

cheezee, I also have noticed I seem to have a terrible taste in my mouth when I eat anything. Sometimes brushing my teeth makes me have the bad taste! Fortunately I don't vomit but so weird that we have this bad taste. A symptom I guess?

[eucalyptus]

How far along are you? 20 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Size of a Belgian Endive, length of a carrot. Baby has straightened out enough to be measured head to toe instead of crown to rump!

Team? Green

Any upcoming appointments this week? Anatomy scan coming up

Any new symptoms or changes?

Rants/Raves/Questions? Baby's movements are starting to feel stronger and less like stomach gurgling. I am pleased about this.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Starting to think about a registry because we have been asked a few times. The baby store is overwhelming!

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? Butter and cheese is my favorite.

[eucalyptus]

applemuffins Crazy realistic dreams is such a great way to describe them! I wake up convinced it happened!

[mreve]

How far along are you? 19 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Zucchini

Team? Finding out next week!

Any upcoming appointments this week?
Ultrasound next Tuesday

Any new symptoms or changes? Just continuing to get bigger.

Rants/Raves/Questions? First trimester seemed to drag on forever, but now I can't believe I'm almost 20 weeks!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Nothing yet.

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? Butter, sour cream, chives

[trebletrouble13]

How far along are you? 19 weeks today!

What's new with baby (size, development)? Baby is the size of a mango! Still bouncy.

Team? Pink! We found out today!

Any upcoming appointments this week? Had our A/S with Perinatology today, have an appointment with my regular OB on Thursday.

Any new symptoms or changes? Still on the upward slope of feeling better.

Rants/Raves/Questions? I am so excited to be having a girl!

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Getting various rooms in our house organized so we can move DS to a new room and still have a space for guests to stay (in my sewing room). I also have given myself permission to start sewing all the adorable baby girl clothes with fabric I have been saving in hopes of having that chance.

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? Butter and salt, then cheddar (so it melts), bacon, and sour cream. I could take or leave chives. I usually eat most of the filling before picking each half up and eating it like a taco.

[marshian]

I forgot!

How far along are you? 18 weeks 1 day

What's new with baby (size, development)? Yawning, hiccupping, developing nerve endings in the brain

Team? Green

Any upcoming appointments this week? Nope

Any new symptoms or changes? Feeling great again!

Rants/Raves/Questions? Already ranted about MW office needing to reschedule my anatomy scan and not having time to do it. Will be calling them again tomorrow since I didn't hear back before COB today.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Last doula interview next weekend, chose a maternity/newborn photographer

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) Typically just salt and sour cream. If I'm feeling fancy, add shredded cheddar.

[teachermomtobe]

How far along are you? 19 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? tomato/cucumber/mango, 6 inches, 1/2 pound

Team? pink

Any upcoming appointments this week? we had our a/s this week so no more appts until regular OB appt mid-February

Any new symptoms or changes? Bump is more noticeable and firm, hiccup/burp thing going on

Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm going to a wedding this weekend and had to get a dress to accommodate a possible bump since I didn't know how big I'd be. It looks fine but I feel like it makes me look in the fat or pregnant? stage.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Had a painter come today to give us a quote for fixing the nursery and painting but just waiting for him to email the quote to us. Tomorrow I am going to look at a daycare that is really the only one I want to send baby to because it's literally next to my school, is a small in-home daycare, and all the teachers send their kids there. Only issue may be that I want to return to work in November and she is typically Sept-June because she only takes teacher's kids so that's 2 months without her getting $ but holding our spot.

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) I usually have it plain (thanks lactose intolerance) or sometimes butter. In my ideal world it would have sour cream and bacon on it and cheese.

[leloyd]

How far along are you? 21 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Baseball hat, baby now has bone marrow. A/S showed my baby looks great, just has a tummy measuring a bit ahead which while not concerning now means I need to be extra vigilant with my diet (last time I had GD and was induced a week early when DD1s tummy measured 3 weeks ahead- she was and is perfectly healthy though)

Team? Pink

Any upcoming appointments this week? I just had my anatomy scan on Tuesday

Any new symptoms or changes? Nope

Rants/Raves/Questions? Sleeping on my back or my left side has gotten really uncomfortable, unfortunately DD1 throws a fit half the time when I try to roll onto my left side

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Getting stuff together to finish DD1s baby books so I can focus on DD2 when she gets here

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) Butter, Sour Cream, Cheddar Cheese, Chives and Pepper

[honda13]

How far along are you? 20 weeks. Halfway there!
What's new with baby (size, development)? Size of a pint of Root Beer
Team? Pink
Any upcoming appointments this week? I have to redo my AS since they couldn't get all the pictures.
Any new symptoms or changes? Crazy dreams
Rants/Raves/Questions? Just tired. I hate being tired.
What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? Getting started on DD1 big girl room this weekend so baby can have the nursery.
GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings)
Lately I have been really digging Wendy's baked potato with chives, butter, and sour cream.

[agm04]

How far along are you? 18 weeks + 1 day (forgot yesterday!)

What's new with baby (size, development)? bell pepper

Team? pink

Any upcoming appointments this week? nope

Any new symptoms or changes? sciatic nerve pain, and today my tummy is super uncomfortable. i don't know that it's baby related, but i want to go get in bed.

Rants/Raves/Questions? i just can't believe how fast time is flying this pregnancy! i think we're gonna have a newborn before i know it. also, rave: we booked a vacation to disneyland in late feb as a hybrid bday trip for DD (she turns two right before we leave) and babymoon.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? purging and organizing our house like a crazy person

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? butter, sour cream, cheese, salt, pepper. lots of all of those things.

[pinecone21]

How far along are you? 19 weeks

What's new with baby (size, development)? Hedgehog

Team? Pink

Any upcoming appointments this week? Had a renal ultrasound yesterday, anatomy scan will be on 2/1

Any new symptoms or changes? Bigger belly, feeling woozy if I lay on my back or right side for too long

Rants/Raves/Questions? My sister sent me a box of maternity clothes I had lent her. I think my taste has changed in the past 3 years, because I don't like a lot of it now! Too baggy, and not cute enough.

What's something new you are doing to get ready for baby? I made a small registry this week. I'm finally feeling better, so I started exercising again. Now I'm sore!

GTKY: How do you take your baked potato? (I.e., favorite toppings) I like sweet potatoes better, but for a baked potato I like butter, salt, and sour cream.

[agm04]

applemuffins DH and i fight about the car seat nearly every time he straps DD in. too loose, not the right position...he thinks i'm crazy but i'm willing to be crazy about that stuff! sorry you guys got in a fight.

pinecone21 i hear you on the maternity clothes! same situation here. i need to go shopping this weekend.

[starsandshamrocks123]

I forgot this week

How far? 20w 5d

What's new: size of a paper airplane

Team: pink

Appts? None until end of month

New symptoms: feeling better with nausea. Dealing with constipation and hello acid reflux last night at 2am. It woke me up and caught me off guard. Thank goodness for tums but this seems early for me. Last time it started month 8.

Rants/raves: not too much. I need to go through boxes of girls clothes my sister gave me. As well as go through DSs clothes and decide what to do with them.

What's new for baby? Working on getting rooms ready around the house. struggling with paint colors!!!

Baked potato: love the Outback one. Loaded. Salted on the skin. Butter, sour cream, cheese (shredded not sauce) bacon, chives. Yummmmmm!!

[ihatepizza]

I forgot as well!!

How far? 21 weeks 2days

What's new: size of a baseball cap

Team: green

Appts? First OB appointment in two weeks!

New symptoms: I get crampy when I over do it. Which, because I'm like the energizer bunny, happens a lot. DH is trying to step up so I can put my feet up more often.

Rants/raves: I still love second trimester! After being so so sick this feels like such a relief.

What's new for baby? My diaper stash is growing. My registry is out of control.

Baked potato: this is where I also admit I'm not a big potato person (unless I'm sick).

[starsandshamrocks123]

sabrinaml I meant to comment about the A1 sauce. I loveeee A1 but have never had it on a potato..: must try

[sabrinaml]

Jan 21, 2017 16:31:49 GMT -5 starsandshamrocks123 said:

sabrinaml I meant to comment about the A1 sauce. I loveeee A1 but have never had it on a potato..: must try

It's sooo yummy! I also like to dip my fries in A1 sauce.