Weekly Check-In/ Ticker Change May 30-June 5

[requiressnacks]

Good morning lovelies! Happy Memorial Day to those who are stateside.

How far along are you?

What is your baby the size of?

How are you feeling?/Appointments?

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves)

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans?

[WineNChocolate]

Hey ladies totally MIA. I promise I will be better in a month when I get back to work.

How far along are you? 10w 1d

What is your baby the size of? Petit four, strawberry or a cardinal tetra fish.

How are you feeling?/Appointments? I am doing OK. Boobs have officially exploded..pulled out the maternity bra. I have been dealing with headaches when waking up those are not fun. Not sure if its lack of water or something else. I pee all the time..what's new.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) okay my bump..I need it to make a strong appearance its really just a Lil blip right now and I just want bump.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We are going to the lakes up north..lake Michigan for a weekend. 4th of July with the in-laws in buffalo. Probably some other long weekend get aways for the summer. Trying to learn michigan.

[littlelion]

WineNChocolate I love SW Mi! We go to the New Buffalo beach every summer (is that where you're going?). We've also done Grand Haven beaches and like to visit the farms in Coloma.

[Lucy]

How far along are you? 11w3d

What is your baby the size of? A Brussels Sprout

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Exhausted

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves)

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We took all of our vacations early... now it's just a long 3 months until school starts again (is it bad that I'm counting down to the first day of school and this year isn't even done yet??)

[emilie]

Hi all! Happy Monday!

What is your baby the size of? A Lego man!

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Pretty good. Excited that I want to eat food again. I even ate chicken this weekend! Now I just have to get over eggs, they are still gross to me.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) I am finally starting to gain weight a little bit/show I guess. I am definitely in "probably not pregnant but maybe a little fatter" territory. Time to buy some baggy shirts/ dresses for work because I don't want to tell them for a while.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We are on vacation now actually. We have a trip planned next month to tell the families but nothing else really. Maybe we will try to take a babymoon of some sort in September. Hawaii would be nice but I'm worried Zika will get there soon.

[Sunny75]

How far along are you? 9w 5d

What is your baby the size of? A grape!

How are you feeling?/Appointments? I’m feeling good! I was released from my RE last week and I have my first appointment with my OB next week. It’s going to be so nice driving 20 minutes to my appointments instead of 2 hours!

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) We have a ton of chores that need to be done around the house and I feel so useless. My poor H has been working like crazy trying to get caught up this weekend and I haven’t really been able to help at all. I even asked my doctor about mowing our yard since I always take care of that and he said to wait until the second trimester to do that. So that’s one more thing my H has to do now. Oh well, maybe once we tell our families about the pregnancy some of them will be able to help us get caught up!

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We usually go to Destin in May but didn’t get around to it this year. We may go in September instead. I miss the beach!

[WineNChocolate]

littlelion we are going up to Mackinac island. I will have to look up the beaches you mentioned! We are always looking for suggestions.

[Deleted]

How far along are you? 10 weeks

What is your baby the size of? Some sort of fish, or a plum

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Nausea still off and on, mostly at night or if I am in the car. I have my first appointment with the ob on Thursday! I'm so antsy and nervous even though I've been having symptoms and everything. I just want Thursday to get here more quickly.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves)I had all these grand plans for a few pairs of pants with stretchy tops lasting me all summer. Most of them have some sort of "sporty" roll down top on them. Stretchy, yes, except where the seam is for the stretchy fabric- which is right across my stomach. I was so uncomfortable at the movies the other day. There goes my nifty save money plan.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans. None, I plan to stay home, work in the yard a bit when it's cool in the mornings then hide out in the ac and do lesson plans for next year.

[Lucy]

May 30, 2016 15:15:33 GMT -5 @cahistoryteacher said:

How far along are you? 10 weeks

What is your baby the size of? Some sort of fish, or a plum

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Nausea still off and on, mostly at night or if I am in the car. I have my first appointment with the ob on Thursday! I'm so antsy and nervous even though I've been having symptoms and everything. I just want Thursday to get here more quickly.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves)I had all these grand plans for a few pairs of pants with stretchy tops lasting me all summer. Most of them have some sort of "sporty" roll down top on them. Stretchy, yes, except where the seam is for the stretchy fabric- which is right across my stomach. I was so uncomfortable at the movies the other day. There goes my nifty save money plan.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans. None, I plan to stay home, work in the yard a bit when it's cool in the mornings then hide out in the ac and do lesson plans for next year.

I found the same issue what the yoga pants I planned to use all pregnancy. Boo. 

And speaking of maternity clothes, I was given a pair of second hand maternity jeans that I've more or less lived in since I got them. So comfortable, and they fit really well. I looked them up to see about buying another pair -- keep in mind I know nothing about fashion, really. Target T-shirts are my favorite. Bring on Old Navy denim!

The maternity jeans are almost $200 a pair. They're Paige jeans. So my one pair is going to be it!

[mrsp121308]

How far along are you? 13w 2d

What is your baby the size of? Hot jalapeño or a peach

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Feeling much better, some foods still really make me sick (eggs, chicken, hot dogs) but overall I'm feeling much better. Still having brown spotting, ugh. I'm definitely over that. Next appointment is 6/10.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/raves) I'm obsessed with our new van.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans?
A few camping weekend trips, but otherwise we'll be home since we have some big projects we need to do to the house before baby gets here.

[lastnamewithheld]

How far along are you? 11w3d

What is your baby the size of? brussels sprout or a poker chip!

How are you feeling?/Appointments? I feel fine still. my next appointment is a week away (wahhh)

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) not particularly.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We might go down to the beach for a day or two with my dad and step-mom in early July. At the end of July, we're going to go camping with H's family. We all rent cabins around a lake, so it's not like camping-camping...which is just about rustic enough for me.

[requiressnacks]

WineNChocolate, hope your headaches get better. My head has been raging and I don't know the root cause either.
emilie, Zika scares the crap out of me. I really hope it doesn't make it's way to the U.S.
Sunny75, congrats on getting released from the RE! Such an amazing feeling!
@cahistoryteacher, I'm having the same problem with my yoga pants. I was on the hunt all weekend for some soft, stretchy drawstring PJ pants, but I never found any. I'm continuing my search.
@kc295905, enjoy your vacation!
mrsp121308, everyone I know who has a van LOVES them!
lastnamewithheld, I prefer the cabin sort of camping too.

[requiressnacks]

I can't believe I started the check-in and never checked in! haha.

How far along are you? 13w1d

What is your baby the size of? A Jalapeno or a macaron

How are you feeling?/Appointments? I'm feeling good! No appointments until June 20 though. Going to be a long few weeks.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) I am telling my boss this afternoon! I am excited and scared. I work on a really small team.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans?

We are doing a long weekend in July at my Aunt's lakehouse in upstate New Hampshire. And then a week at Cape Cod in August. I had all these grand plans to do some sort of glamorous babymoon, but I think my husband is going to save his remaining time off for when the babies arrive. He gets zero paternity leave. womp womp.

[Deleted]

requiressnacks, Target sells some great drawstring pjs. They are great all year and quite stretchy. I have them in 3 colors. I think they are gillian o'malley or one of Target's house brands. I already had to let out the drawstrings on one pair this weekend. I had them perfectly tied so that I could just pull them on, but they would still stay up.

[sdgal]

How far along are you? 10 weeks 2 days

What is your baby the size of? kumquat

How are you feeling?/Appointments? feeling good. Going to do the Counsyl NIPT bloodwork this week

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) Argh, because I am overweight, my doctor wants to do an early glucose test this week as well. Boo

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We are going camping to Yosemite in June

[requiressnacks]

That's really early, sdgal! I'm doing an "early" glucose test and it isn't until 16 weeks.

[Becca]

Thanks for the check in requiressnacks. Where in NH will you be going? We spent this past weekend split between Winnipesaukee and The Notch.

How far along are you? 13 weeks today

What is your baby the size of? Matchbox car

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Feeling pretty good. No more appointments until June 24th, boo!

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) Finally met my OB last week. He is concerned about my naturally low platelet level. He is going to review all of my records from when I went to a Hematologist a few years ago and may send me to another one.

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? I'm still waiting on DH to find out when he can get off of work for the summer. For the past few years we have gone to Europe for a week, so I'm hopefully we will be able to do that one last time before the babies come. Otherwise, most of my downtime will be spent in NH

[sdgal]

May 31, 2016 15:34:16 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

That's really early, sdgal ! I'm doing an "early" glucose test and it isn't until 16 weeks.

Yeah its early. I asked and she said they do it for patients over, cough, 200 lbs, cough. Ugh
Damn infertility stress made me gain a ton of weight. I was a healthy 150 lbs at my wedding.

I'm hoping for the best, since I've never had trouble with my sugars even when overweight.

[requiressnacks]

Becca, we will be on Newfound Lake. Not too far from winnipisaukee!!

[requiressnacks]

May 31, 2016 16:01:52 GMT -5 sdgal said:

May 31, 2016 15:34:16 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

That's really early, sdgal ! I'm doing an "early" glucose test and it isn't until 16 weeks.

Yeah its early. I asked and she said they do it for patients over, cough, 200 lbs, cough. Ugh
Damn infertility stress made me gain a ton of weight. I was a healthy 150 lbs at my wedding.

I'm hoping for the best, since I've never had trouble with my sugars even when overweight.

Good luck! I'm overweight too so I feel you.

[brit365]

How far along are you? 12 weeks, 2 days

What is your baby the size of? a plum

How are you feeling?/Appointments? Still nauseous and exhausted. I did an elective ultrasound yesterday because PGAL brain was getting the best of me. I'm so glad I did though because I finally got to see the little squish moving around. Still sitting low around my bladder though so no good pics.

Anything you care to share with the class? (Rants/Raves) Just counting down the days until we can find out the gender!!

GTKY: Do you have any upcoming summer vacation plans? We leave Sunday for the beach and I cannot wait!!!

[sdgal]

Glucose test this morning wasn't too bad. I had the lemon-lime flavor that was just like a sweeter gatorade. Apparently its preferred over the orange.
Paper instructions said no food for 2 hours before the test. But when I called to make my appointment, they said no carbs or sweets. So I made myself 2 scrambled eggbeaters plain for breakfast an hour before the test. That was based on some advice from my pregnant friend who passed her test.

I'll update when I know my results.

I did the Counsyl blood-draw at the same time.

[sdgal]

I passed the glucose test.

And Counsyl got my bloodwork, so I hope we can get the results before we leave for camping next Saturday. Probably wishful thinking.

[requiressnacks]

I'm so happy you passed, sdgal!