First May Check-in!

[housecarder]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:

Symptoms:

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over?

[tikoberry99]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 29 weeks, 2 days! I believe cauliflower?

Symptoms: Very tired and irritable. I just want work to go away! Oh and peeing all the time!

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: My next appointment isn't until May 18.

Questions/Comments/Concerns:
My OB said to go to l&d if I bleed, have a watery discharge or contractions....I have always had a lot of discharge in general and def have more now, but sometimes my granny underwear is damp and I don't know if that's enough to go in...I asked her this and she said to lay down and get up a few times and if stuff comes out I should go to the hospital. This happened, but it was regular discharge.

Any STM advice or FTM ob comments on leaking amniotic fluid?

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over?

Game of Thrones and finishing up Better Call Saul. Also waiting for this seasons American Horror Story to show up on Netflix!

[acorn99]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:31+5/Pineapple/Pink

Symptoms: So tired with all the hip and pelvic pain.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: OB Tomorrow

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Just so over it.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Late to the party, but we are almost done with Breaking Bad. It took us a couple of tries to get into it over the last couple of years, but we stuck with it this time.

[ginabini]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:

30+1... Apparently as big as a zucchini? (but last week it said eggplant... to me that's the bigger one? oh well lol). Team pink!

Symptoms:

Feeling laaaaaaarge and in charge this week. My legs are definitely starting to feel every bit of these 20 extra pounds. Little miss must be having a growth spurt because my belly feels suuuper stretched out today.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:

Next appointment is on the 19th.

Questions/Comments/Concerns:

Comment: Its not technically anything, but 30 weeks was a huge milestone in my mind! Not even really sure why. Question: Has anyone had a baby in a transverse position? What did it feel like? I keep suspecting she may have rotated sideways because I feel kicks reeeeally far to my left side, but obviously have no comparison.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over?

I still love my Grey's Anatomy. I really like this season so far, but if Callie ends up leaving the show I won't be so happy!

[melody330]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 27+6/bananas/Green

Symptoms: just uncomfortable. Baby is very low and it's killing my hips. Reflux is still pretty bad when I lay down

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: tomorrow with my midwife. I need to get my rhogam shot too

Questions/Comments/Concerns: nothing really. Getting nervous my BP will start to creep up. This is about when it started last time

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Army Wives. I'm binge watching all the seasons on Netflix

[tikoberry99]

ginabini my baby was transverse up until last week. When he was transverse all the kicks were on my lower left side. I might get and arm punch on my right side, but mostly just my right side.

[feisty]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28/no clue/Pink!

Symptoms: Baby feels lower than last time around, tired and heartburn

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: GTT and growth ultrasound tomorrow!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I need to get in gear and get ready for baby's arrival.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over. GOT, think thats about it

[tootsie]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:
29w2d, Team Pink


Symptoms:
I feel so stretched out. I am not prepared for the next 11 weeks.


AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:
This morning, baby's heartbeat was great and I'm measuring just a week or so behind. Next appointment is in 3 weeks.


Questions/Comments/Concerns:
I'm thinking about chopping a couple inches off of my hair. Is that one of those things people tell you not to do during pregnancy? I don't want to regret it, but uughhhh, I need a change.


QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S2 is amazing. H and I will have to find a new show to watch once we finish it.

[cavewmn]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28w3d/coconut/blue

Symptoms: Sinus issues, groin pain, so tired, and just feeling the extra weight. I know there are others but meh.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Tomorrow 3hr GTT
9th OB
10th Pedi interview
16th Specialist
22nd Baby Expo!!!!
24th OB

Questions/Comments/Concerns:
We did the baby tour and I am in love with our hospital!
We will stay in LDR(Labor, Delivery, and Recovery) for an hour which means we get our golden hour alone with Wyatt!
Also only DH and I will be allowed in the nursery (I was worried if anything happened and I had to have surgery that everyone would get to hold him before me. Plus I don't feel I should have to fight to hold my son) *yay for anxiety*

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? I'm not sure. I don't think anything unless it just the things I watch over and over again. ADHD is out of control so it's hard to watch anything new right now.

[acorn99]

ginabini, when LO was transverse a few weeks ago, she had her head up near my left ribs and I would feel a lot of big moves from feet down low on my right side, with smaller punches from hands up in the upper middle part of my diaphragm area. Now that she seems to have turned, I feel lots of firms kicks up high, with gentler movement lower down.

[jewelsofthenile]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:29 weeks 4 days/ my app says pineapple/ Blue

Symptoms: waking 2-3 times a night to pee. Hip and pelvic pain. I feel like an over stuffed sausage

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Wednesday just a check up i will be at 2 week appointments after that.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: my left hip seems very tight compared to my right hip. I dont remember that from last time.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? I watch greys and we just started watching catastrophe on Amazon its hilarious to me.

[mcktymck]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28+5/a tropical coconut/blue!

Symptoms: SPD, Sam loves to hang out super low so I'm peeing even more than usual, feeling very squished in my stomach and lungs, indigestion, all that fun stuff.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Friday the 13th. AW- I gained almost 14 lbs in 4 weeks, 8 of those in one week I was upset about it but my OB didn't even bat an eye and said I must've just gone through a growth spurt. Needless to say I've started walking more and cut out all of the daily desserts haha

Questions/Comments/Concerns: we were grocery shopping yesterday and one of the employees looked at me and said "you look like you're ready to pop!" I definitely got a look of sympathy when I told her I wasn't due until July.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? The Family!

[madamewaffles]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 32 tomorrow/no clue/boy

Symptoms: Hip pain!!! Feels like the bones are crumbling.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: OB Thursday

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Starting to freeeeeak out. 7 weeks till the squish is here.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Daredevil and counting down till OITNB's new season is up!

[housecarder]

tikoberry99 the nurse in me immediately went "you could do a ferning test to see if it's amniotic fluid" but that's not very practical. For me they ruptured my membranes in the hospital and it was super wet and slippery. Like super thin and abundant EWCM.

[housecarder]

ginabini Finn has been transverse this whole time and yes, I feel kicks and jabs way out on the sides.
tootsie my hair is the longest it's been in a while and I keep wanting to chop it, but I keep telling myself I'll love having it long to throw in a pony tail post partum when I don't want to do anything with it.
cavewmn even with my emergency c-section they gave me DD and had me hold her on my chest while we were wheeled in the same bed to the recovery room. Only her dad held her before me.

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 30+5/ butternut squash/motorcycle helmets/ twin girls

Symptoms: heartburn, puking, hip pain, back pain, pelvic pressure, swelling down below.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: BPP next Friday. Have to talk myself out of begging my OB to be done lol.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Just getting down to the final stretch. 6 weeks until they are here. I have their bag packed and am working on mine. Putting the car seat bases in this week.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessed with? We are watching Criminal Minds on Netflix and Game of Thrones every Sunday.

[willow]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28 weeks, I think eggplant, Blue

Symptoms: heartburn, tiny bladder, lots of movement, now it's getting to that point where some stuff he does makes me like "ow wtf?!", just a generally uncomfortable feeling at all times. Hips always are hurting.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Appt today, for general check in and rhogam shot and TDAP.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I feel both surprised and not surprised that I have reached 3rd tri. It went by fast but also super slow. I have a feeling these next few weeks will be fast though since I have a lot going on and will be on vacation for part of it.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over?: hmm that's a hard one. I haven't really been watching a lot of current shows this year besides TWD and Once Upon a Time (guilty pleasure). And TWD is over for the season so I am watching FTWD even though it's not as good. Not obsessed though. If anyone needs suggestions, I highly recommend binging on Veronica Mars (Amazon prime) or Friday Night Lights (Netflix). Two of my all time favorites.

[katelou]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 27/bunch of bananas/team pink

Symptoms: insomnia, heartburn

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: 3 hour glucose test is Thursday. Ughhhhh. At least my ILs are able to watch my kiddo so I don't have to take her or miss work.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I feel so much bigger than I did at this point last time... yikes.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? no time for TV

[ginabini]

May 2, 2016 12:00:31 GMT -5 mcktymck said:

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28+5/a tropical coconut/blue!

Symptoms: SPD, Sam loves to hang out super low so I'm peeing even more than usual, feeling very squished in my stomach and lungs, indigestion, all that fun stuff.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Friday the 13th. AW- I gained almost 14 lbs in 4 weeks, 8 of those in one week I was upset about it but my OB didn't even bat an eye and said I must've just gone through a growth spurt. Needless to say I've started walking more and cut out all of the daily desserts haha

Questions/Comments/Concerns: we were grocery shopping yesterday and one of the employees looked at me and said "you look like you're ready to pop!" I definitely got a look of sympathy when I told her I wasn't due until July.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? The Family!

I've come to the conclusion that unless you've been pregnant or been close to someone who is pregnant recently, people have absolutely zero idea what "ready to pop" looks like. I think its because in movies and tv and stuff when they show a pregnant momma "ready to pop", she's never as big as a real life mommas!

[littlesthobo]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28 +2, baby is the size of a rollerblade (ouch!?), team blue

Symptoms: back pain, dizziness, fatigue

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: OB appt next week

Questions/Comments/Concerns: My classroom is freaking HOT! Last week it was 30 celsius inside. Today it's not as bad, but it's 11 outside and the breeze is blowing in the right way. Health and safety says there's nothing they can do because there's no official cap on how hot it can be in our working environment. Right now I'm tracking the temperature daily along with how I feel, and I'm going to bring it up to my OB to see what she thinks.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? I'm still a Survivor fan. Been on board since season 1.

[glaze]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 31/not sure/pink

Symptoms:Nausea is back full force with some puking, acid reflux, pelvic pain, headaches, no energy

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments:next week for a checkup

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I'm ready to crawl into a hole for the remainder of this pregnancy. I'm so tired and I feel so large already and anxiety is creeping up. Today at the grocery store a lady was like "look at you I bet you're due any day now" and when I told her I have 9 more weeks to go she said "nope, you don't" okay then.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? I just finished binge watching Nurse Jackie on Netflix.

[lostinfaith225]

Weeks: 29 wks 3 days, pineapple!

Symptoms : nausea, heartburn, dry heaving, aches and pains, exhausted

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: next week!

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I am setting up the nursery this week! Just put sheets on her bed and clothes in her dresser!

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Quantico, Blindspot, Castle, survivor, svu, greys

[cocobellaf]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: Large butternut squash or cabbage. 29w 1d technically, but doctor moved up my due date by a week. Baby girl is already over 3 lbs and is measuring 2 weeks ahead, fundal height is measuring 4 weeks ahead. She's also head down on the cervix, locked/loaded and ready to go.

Symptoms: Throwing up all the time. Back pain. Exhaustion.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Ultrasound!!!

Down to biweekly OB appointments now, next is May 12. I have a chiro appointment today after work.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: HOW MUCH LONGER!?!?!?!?!

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? H and I have been watching Foyle's War on Netflix. It's almost over and we're both really sad.

[harlowjune1984]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28. The size of a rollerblade!

Symptoms: Tummy feels tight all of the time. Lots of pressure on my c-section incision.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: I need to do my 3 hour gestational diabetes test this week.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I have been rapidly gaining each week, which happened with my first pregnancy around this time. I know that a lot is water weight, which will come off easily, but I figured since I should watch my sugars until my 3rd GT...I might as well watch my sodium as well. In the past 13 days, instead of gaining another 3-6 pounds....I lost a pound. Even if it is just water weight, I am happy that I didn't gain, since I am only suppose to gain 10-15 pounds....and I have gained 28 at this point.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? The Family. Its weird.....yet I still keep coming back for more. Same with The Path.

[sarcaztic10]

Weeks/Fruit/Team:27+2

Symptoms:heartburn, hip pain, lots of movement

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: Monitoring appointment on Thursday

Questions/Comments/Concerns:I did not realize that the completion coupon for my Amazon is a one time use code... I really want the EllaRoo woven wrap on my registry for 15% off but I cant afford to buy everything on my registry right now.

At this point I am just whining. I may just buy the EllaRoo and get 15% off and deal with paying full price on the little stuff.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? Orphan Black

[harlowjune1984]

ginabini, maybe they are basing off of a large zucchini that someone forgot to pick out of the garden...and now you can pretty much only make zucchini baked goods out of it? We grow zucchini, and usually pick them the size of the ones that you would get at a store for when we are cooking with them, but sometimes they can grow crazy huge. They have a different flavor, so they are really only for shredding for things like zucchini muffins or zucchini bread. Because I am like you, I would assume that a zucchini would be smaller than an eggplant. I have run into a couple of weeks were I feel like the next item is smaller than the previous item.

[cavewmn]

sarcaztic10, I ended up making a list of the things that we can use the discount on and will just throw it on a credit card. Then a list that it doesn't work on and we will buy that slowly. I am still shocked by the sticker price of getting ready for baby and this is just the essentials. lol

[mcktymck]

cocobellaf her little face those ultrasounds are so awesome, I want one bad!

harlowjune1984 ohhh man, that makes me want zucchini bread! That thing is a monster!

[harlowjune1984]

mcktymck, every time I think I have The Family figured out, it throws another curve ball!

tootsie, I say cut your hair if you want to, but not so short that you cannot get it into a ponytail for those days when you are so exhausted...you just want your hair out of your face. I had hair down to my waist up until January, and then I went and had it cut to just below my shoulders. While I am bummed I wont have my long hair for the weddings that I am going to this summer, I am glad that it takes me half of the time to do my hair these days.

[harlowjune1984]

mcktymck, It never fails that we end up with several of those in our garden. Its like they are small when we leave for a weekend to go out of town, and come back, and they are enormous! We end up shredding a ton, vacuuming sealing it in portions for zucchini bread, and freezing it. I was thinking of making some this weekend, but since I have to do my 3hr GT....I am holding off on baked goods until after the test!

[ellebelle]

Weeks/Fruit/Team: 28w3d, coconut, pink.

Symptoms: Hip pain, nausea, heart burn, BH like none other.

AW/Ultrasounds/Upcoming Appointments: 3 hour GTT on Friday.

Questions/Comments/Concerns: I've been trying to track my food on MyFitness Pal to see breakdowns with carbs, protein, sugars, etc. I have a lot of trouble hitting protein but everything either makes me nauseous or gives me heartburn. I want to eat healthy but it's so hard right now.

QOTW: What shows are you currently obsessing over? We're working through Archer, Supernatural, House of Cards, and Fear the Walking Dead.